[ WP ] You decide to fight crime despite the fact that the only power a freak lab accident granted you is tremendous over-confidence .

`` Hold it right there!'' 
 
 The two robbers froze, and one hissed to the other: `` Shit, it's a *super*!'' 
 
 I emerged from the shadows, smiling condescendingly. `` That's right. There's a new hero in town, and you're unlucky enough to be the first to test him.'' 
 
 One of the two, a woman with a heavy-set jaw, spun and cocked her gun. `` New, huh? So maybe you do n't have full control over your abilities yet.'' Her voice trembled slightly but it was clear that she was n't intending to go to jail. 
 
 `` On the contrary, I've probably trained more than any of the other heroes in Maxotopos City.'' I smiled my dashing smile. `` Try to shoot me, I dare you. See if I can catch the bullet. But I warn you, if you attack, the gloves are coming off!'' 
 
 The other robber whimpered and threw himself on the ground, begging for pity. The woman spared her comrade a disgusted look and spat. 
 
 `` Catch it, then.'' 
 
 The gun went of with a loud bang. 
 
 I moved my hand, quicker than lightning, to deflect the bullet, and ignored the sharp pain that flared in my ribs, probably from straining a muscle. 
 
 `` You had your shot,'' I grinned. `` Now it's my turn.'' 
 
 `` Fuck,'' the woman said, startling into a run, but I was faster. 
 
 Or so I thought, but it turned out she was a villain gifted with superspeed. *Such confidence... I should have known. * 
 
 `` Looks like your fiendish boss escaped, this time,'' I panted at the remaining criminal. 
 
 `` Boss...? Shit man, are you bleeding?'' 
 
 I looked at my incredibly toned body, surprised to find a wound at my side. *No! Could she have found one of my weaknesses? * 
 
 `` I underestimated her,'' I said out loud. `` Every hero needs his nemesis... and it looks like I found mine.'' 
 
 `` Dude, are you okay? You're, uh, really pale.'' 
 
 The robber was hesitantly starting to get up, but just then the police arrived, and the man begrudgingly resigned himself. Handcuffing the robber, the chief recognized me for a super by my suit, saluting me. 
 
 `` Thanks for your help,...?'' 
 
 `` Magnus,'' I said, smiling at him and trying to ignore the pain that made me shake. 
 
 `` Magnus,'' the chief nodded. `` We owe you a great- wait, are you alright?'' 
 
 I scoffed at the wound. `` This? It's nothing to my super strength.'' I gave him a look of scorn. Did n't he know I could deadlift 1.5 times my own body weight? 
 
 The chief seemed less certain. `` Are you sure, sir? Maybe we should call an ambulance?'' 
 
 `` And risk unveiling my secret identity? I think not. I have my own resources, officer.'' I'd hurry home to the first aid kit. That seemed like the best plan. 
 
 `` Remember my name, it's one you'll be hearing a lot, soon,'' I smiled my dashing smile again, but for some reason it did n't have the desired effect on the policemen. `` Maxotopos is safe now Magnus is here.'' 
 
 I collapsed when I tried to set off for a flight-jump, no doubt incapacitated by some insidious poison Swiftjaw ( as I had decided to name my nemesis ) had implanted when she outspeeded me. 
 
 As darkness set in, I heard the police chief sighing. `` That's the third one this week, Larry. And you wonder why I still think it's a bad idea to condone this vigilante stuff.'' 
 
 *Yes*, I thought, *This is how it should be. Outside the law. I am the hero Maxotopos needs but not the one it d-* 
 
 Magnus lost consciousness.
