Tales of the First

“We'll find out,” Wendy said. “For now stay offline until you're sure we're secure.”

“Of course,” he said.

“Did you find anything else interesting before you had to shut down?” Sienna asked.

“Actually yes,” he said. “Given the source it's probably nothing but I think it's worth mentioning. You may not be the only person with powers under their control.”

“Hmm?” Sienna tilted her head at him curiously.

“Well you know how there's kind of a trend for people to dress up as superheroes and fight crime?”

“Yeah,” Wendy said. “Like that ninja guy with the foam sword. I wouldn't call it a trend but there's certainly more than a few – especially over the Pond.”

“Well I found an article about how one of these people in America seems to have real powers. It says she's a healer and goes by the name of Cornucopia if it's to be believed but as I said the source is dubious.”

“Dubious?” Sienna said. “It isn't the Onion is it?”

Martin chuckled briefly and shook his head. “No, this source does claim to be true. Claim being the operative word. It was the Star.”

“Ah, definitely not a reliable source,” Wendy said. “But you think it might be true?”

“Yeah,” he said.

“Why?” she asked.

“Because it named her as being from a remote town in the Rocky Mountains that was all but destroyed in an avalanche a couple of winters back and I recognised the name. It's the same town my research pegged as the first magenta fog incident.”