Koreatown, Los Angeles, Wednesday

[spin_kick_snap]

After discovering that Anders could heal the infected, the heroes of LA had been buoyed up by the knowledge that they could stop the spread of the zombie virus. Regenerator couldn't change anyone who had become of full-fledged zombie, but he was able to heal those they got to in time. It helped that the victims tended to have as much as a whole day between when they were bitten and when they turned. Stealth got word out to the populations that were most vulnerable, promising 'free and discreet care' to anyone who needed it, for whatever reason, and soon people were coming to them, either to be healed by 'Genny or two get heroes to help transport the infected back. 'Genny set up a walk-in clinic in a warehouse Stealth had procured and rather than patrolling, Banzai had started helping him there. She was fast, she was agile, she was good at calming people down--she made an excellent assistant and a new rapport sprang up between them.

They were saving lives. They were making a difference. It even made having to move back in with her family (under the guise of visiting for 'spring break') more palatable.

This rush of good feeling lasted for three days. Just three days. They knew they weren't stopping new zombies from turning, but between the people they were healing and the zombies the rest were killing, they really thought they were making a difference.

They were wrong. They were so wrong.

It was Sarah who woke Kathy up from her nap, eyes wide and a little scared. The fear alone had the bottom dropping out of Kathy's stomach; Sarah didn't do scared. She'd gone to school everyday through Seventeen territory and hadn't even flinched. "Sarah," she said, holding out a hand. "What is it?"

"Something's happening," Sarah said, going to sit on Kathy's bed and curling up against her big sister. "Something big. There was some kind of terrorist attack today--like a biological thing. People were screaming and rioting and attacking one another on Hollywood and Highland. Just out in the street in the middle of the day! Like--people ripped one another's throats out and stuff. It's all over the net--people were taking videos and running and screaming--they attacked little kids! And the way they looked--!" Sarah shuddered, hiding her face. "It was awful. Like a horror movie but for real. I watched people die. It looked like some were getting eaten."

"You shouldn't be watching this kind of stuff," Kathy said absently, stroking her sister's hair while her mind whirled. "It's just going to freak you out. Don't worry, the superheroes will fix it."

"I hope so," Sarah said, cuddling close. "Cause the videos I saw? It looked like the end of the world."

[NFB, but Kathy's going to be calling people. If you want her to call you (or want to call her), ping in and she did!]

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[soniaroadsqueen]

Kathy hadn't been in her room recently. It didn't worry Ringo. Her senpai could take care of herself. But that didn't mean Ringo didn't miss her. So she was sending a text.

Well, it had an image attached. Of a huge slice of cheesecake slathered in cherry sauce.

You're totally missing out.

[not_every_mage]

Anders wasn't exactly waiting by the phone for Kathy,but it had been a few days with no word and he was starting to fret.

The logical move was of course a gif of cute animals. So that's what he sent to her phone.


This is what we're doing all day Sunday.

[beautifulsenshi.livejournal.com]

She'd been doing a night run along the rooftops when her communicator went off. It wasn't that late yet, was it?

"Go for Venus," she said, launching herself off a rooftop and into the air, coming down running on the next roof. "Look, Artemis, I'll be home in an hour, I swear. But if I try to do any more math homework, I'll explode."

Who forgot she'd forwarded her cell to her communicator for certain people? Minako, that's who.

[tigerundercover]

Raven would be texting Kathy in a little while, anyway. She had news! Great news!

But seeing Kathy's name on her phone, right around the time Kathy was supposed to be coming home so they could get ready for prom, sent a little shiver of dread through her stomach.

"Please tell me you're calling so I can go pick out your dress or something."

Was she going to have to play the recording for you, Kathy? She was not above turning into a big muscley leather daddy and dragging you home in front of all your superpowered friends!

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante's phone was buzzing. He slid it out of his pocket and checked the caller-ID.

'SUPERBALL' lit up on screen. Right.

He thumbed the big red DENY CALL button with barely a thought.

If Kathy wasn't planning to show up back here, he couldn't see a goddamn thing they had to talk about, anyway.

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka had never made a phone call in her life. She hadn't received very many either, funnily enough.

Which meant that her phone going off--blasting some cheerful, sugary thing--was an occasion that required excited shrieking, flailing, and falling off her bed as she scrambled for her phone.

... It was lucky that she managed to actually answer the phone, really. "Hi hi hi!" Alluka chirped. "You've reached me!"

[vdistinctive]

The radio at the diner kept swapping between upbeat sexy songs and laments about growing old. Eliot blamed the kitchen staff, and hid away in the office.

[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

A text came in sometime that day: Is it important to vote for Prom? Because I don't know who to vote for.

How is Los Angeles?