Walking Shadows 7: run
Her father wanted to name her Aquatica. Her mother wanted to name her Velocidad. Thankfully wiser heads prevailed. Her uncle Jose convinced them that Rosa might be more apt.
It never stopped either of them from dressing her on garish tights during her childhood years. They called her Waterspeed and brought her along on missions.
Those memories still haunted Rosa Acevedo after all these years and all these miles. She came back to America to put that life behind her.
Only it seemed like that was harder than she would think.
She tied up the last of the bank robbers in reams of twine. It took her about two seconds as she moved faster than the human eye.
All she had wanted to do was set up a bank account, a simple financial transaction. When the men with guns entered, her choice was simple: stop them or let them walk away with her life savings.
She wasn’t going back to Guadalajara after just a few days. She wasn’t sure she ever wanted to go back.
She made short work of all six of them. Clearly they didn’t expect metahuman intervention. It seemed no one ever did.
The last man secured, Rosa Sped back to the teller window.
“That’s all wrapped up. Can I set up an account now?” The words came out fast, but not…
