In The News

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Spider-Man Encourages Reckless Behavior Among TeenagersNEW YORK, NY -- Last night, a young woman was attacked by a gang of masked thugs and dragged into an alley. The victim, Melinda Brown, managed to escape with superficial injuries, but not, she says, because of the girl, the masked vigilante known as "Stinger", who interfered on her behalf

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[magnetlips]

Cassie was clueless.

what She hastily texted back.

[magnetlips]

Cassie was at her mother's (for the weekend) at stepped out of her room to grab the newspaper for a moment. She scanned the paper looking and...

Oh. Oh. Oh that was so...

She threw the paper back down onto the coffee table and stormed back into her room, slamming the door shut.

wtf

[bouncywarrior]

"Oh man. Not again." Robbie facepalmed.

[beastly_avenger]

Hank sighed as he read the paper.

The issue really was terribly complicated. It was a different world from when the X-Men had first been formed, when they were the "Strangest Teens of All." And they'd had training. Lots of it. Practically boot-camp training. Training that many students were still benefiting from.

By the same token, such legislation years ago would have denied the world the likes of Spider-Man and many others.

What to do, what to do?

[teddyaltman]

Teddy scowled and pushed the paper away from him.

"Mom? Have I mentioned today how much I appreciate you being sane about my 'extra-curricular activities'?"

He could understand where people were coming from on the subject, but no. No new Underaged Hero Act. Not after what happened with the first one. No no no no.

Maybe he'd talk to the team about keeping an eye out for this 'Stinger' girl. Couldn't hurt, especially with the Gray Goblin still running around. Come to think of it, he still hadn't met that Cloud 9 girl that Kate had mentioned. They probably ought to see if she wanted to join in the training sessions too, if she was still doing the hero thing.

[soulintheshell]

Knock knock knock

...seems you got yourself a visitor, Cassie.

[magnetlips]

It was a good thing Cassie hadn't wrecked her room too badly. Still fuming, she left her room and went to answer the front door, about to snap at whoever it was, at least until she saw just who whoever was.

"Nate!" But I thought our next screw was tomorrow night!

[soulintheshell]

"Yep." He gave her a kiss hello.

"Who were you expecting, the amazing Spider-Man?"

[magnetlips]

And you were going so well with the kiss hello, Nate.

Cassie made a face. "So you read about that?" She stepped back to give Nate room to move inside.