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Anna increased her speed on the wet sidewalk. The rain drizzled on her hooded head. She turned into a dark corner and looked back. When she made sure nobody was chasing her, she relaxed and tried to catch her breath.

It's been a week since she had left her home in Florida for New York. She booked herself in a hotel and was living the life. After four days, she had spent all her savings.

She was so stupid. She made no plans for the future. How could she be so naive? She got evicted from the hotel and she had spent the last two days living through change, looking for a job. Places that had vacancies did not want to employ a seventeen - year – old girl who wanted to live in their workplace.

She finally exhausted all her money. The grocery store was her last chance.  She talked to the manager about a job and he flatly told her no. so on her way out, she grabbed a canned drink and ran as fast as she could. Some of the employees gave chase with shouts of 'stop thief'. She left them behind quickly. She had not run so fast before. She almost seemed to be like the wind, moving effortlessly with blistering speed. All thanks to her new powers.

She looked down at her stolen good. It didn't look like a drink. She read the inscription on it and discovered it was pesticide.

"FUCK."  She screamed, putting all her frustration, anger and despair into one word. She could not even steal well.

"Damn, you got some lungs on you."

She flinched and looked at the source of the voice. It was a large man with a face riddled with scars. Behind him was a boy about her age, dressed shabbily with short, thick and rough hair.

The man bared yellow tooth in what he probably thought was a smile. "What's a pretty thing like you doing all alone?"

"J-just on my way." She straightened and started to walk away.

The big man grabbed her arm. "Come on, don't be like that."

She could not believe her luck. This was happening to her twice in a week. "Please, let me go."

"it is okay, pumpkin. We are just gonna have a little fun."

With her free hand, she popped the cover off the pesticide can and sprayed it into the man's eyes. The man howled in pain and released his grip on her. She tried to run but the boy reacted faster. He grabbed her arm and pushed her against the wall.

She yelled for help but there was no one to help her on the empty dark street.

The big man recovered faster than she thought. He stared at her with his eyes red and watery.

"You are going to pay for that, bitch." He slapped her hard. She only saw white for some seconds. He punched her stomach. She doubled over and he brought his heavy fists down on her back and the slumped to the ground.

Anna groaned loudly in pain but the thug wasn't done yet. He kicked her savagely in the ribs. She let out a blood curling scream.

"Aren't we going to have fun with her anymore?"  The boy whined.

"Nah. She ruined my mood. Now I am just going to hurt her bad."

He grabbed her by the scruff of her shirt. She could not see well out of one eye. She could feel blood running down her nose and she was sure she had a broken rib.

He slammed her head against the well. Her skull reverberated and her vision shook. A familiar tingle ran through her skin. He punched her hard but this time she absorbed the pain and use it to fuel that   feeling inside her.

The feeling dulled the pain in her body. Anger. She could use that.

The man raised his fist to punch her again but she caught it. The man looked at her with a sneer. She suddenly squeezed hard and his fist cracked in her hand.

The look of contempt changed to horror. She pulled him closer and delivered a punch of her own. His head snapped back. She stomped on his leg and brought him down on a knee. She delivered a devastating upper-cut that saw him fly against the brick wall.

The boy was visibly scared but to his credit, he brought out a pocket knife to fight rather than run. He lunged hard and wide. She dodged the swipe of the knife and grabbed his shoulder. She held onto his thick rough hair and pulled hard. The boy screamed and tried to pull back but could not escape her strong grip. She was aware of his skin breaking and blood seeping out of his neck but she did not stop until the screaming ceased and his head was fully detached from his head.

She let the limp body drop to the floor with blood spluttering around the headless neck. She turned around to face the big man who was staggering and blinked trying to recover from the blow she had inflicted on him.

She threw his partner head at his feet. He looked down at the face; it took him a second to recognize the face. He screamed and scampered back in fear.

She stepped forward. "What's wrong? Don't you want to have fun anymore?"

"P-please just let me go." He moved further back until his back hit a wall.

Anna kept slowly coming forward.

Seeing no way out, he decided to run and squeeze past her. It was like he was moving in slow motion. She grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground.

She knelt over him and started to punch him violently. Her hands started to glow but she did not stop until his face became a pulp of blood.

She looked down at her glowing hands and the energy receded. She looked at both bodies. It was like a veil was removed from her face and she realized what she had done.

She had killed again and this time, it had been a lot easier. She stood from the man's body and sighted the pesticide can. She picked it up and walked away from the human mess she created. She had to stop herself and she knew just how.