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ion and
increased speed as we followed the car. I was amazed that I could see
everything so clearly from where I was. Apparently only real bats are blind.
We followed the car easily through a maze of detoured streets, and I was
ready to ask Victoria what we would do when the thieves got to where they
were going. Suddenly, the car stopped, and three youths got out, laughing
and high-fiving.
Victoria dove quickly. Kei Mizutani tore through the laughing group before they
could react, and I saw one of the youths fall. Blood gushed from his throat,
which had been ripped apart. My enhanced vision was about to turn into a
detriment, for I had never seen my wife angry. Some things are better left
unseen. Victoria landed, turning back into a person (?), and confronted the
remaining two. I could only fly overhead and watch, because Victoria still
hadn't told me how to turn back.
One of the youths rushed her. "I don't know who the fuck you are, bitch,
but..." Whatever he was going to say was cut off as Victoria grabbed him,
picked him up and threw him with ease against a building. He hit just below
the second story, and fell to the ground with a dull thud. He didn't get up.
Gunshots sounded, and I heard my wife snarl. Frightened for Kei's safety, and
reacting instinctively,
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