Little Fists Pounding on Your Chest

Starlight was a rising star among the more than two hundred superheroes under Vought International.

Before long, she might well become the newest member of the Seven.

Rumor had it that Lamplighter, one of the Seven's founding members, had submitted his retirement request to the company. That would leave a seat open.

Vought International had not confirmed the news, but with major outlets racing to report it, the rumor was unlikely to be baseless.

Those same outlets had eagerly speculated about who would join the Seven next. Starlight was one of their favorites.

Gil never imagined that the moment he decided on a whim to rob someone, the famous Starlight would catch him in the act.

Luke heard the commotion behind him and turned around.

He saw a beautiful white Girl with her hand on a young man's shoulder.

The man looked terrified. He stood frozen in place.

"He was trying to steal your watch," Starlight told Luke.

Her blue eyes were captivating.

She was petite but had striking curves. Luke could tell that beneath her seemingly delicate frame lay a wild sort of strength.

A sexy little wildcat.

Luke stared at Starlight for a long moment before coming to his senses. "Oh. Thanks, thanks."

Then he waved to show his sincere gratitude.

Luke's stare had made Starlight uncomfortable. So many men looked at her that way.

There always seemed to be some primal desire in their eyes.

She had Luke wrong, though. He had been staring in a daze purely out of appreciation for her beauty.

Then Starlight saw him wave.

Her expression darkened.

Only then did Luke remember why he had been holding his arm awkwardly across his chest: he was covering certain private parts.

When he waved, he exposed them to Starlight.

Starlight was furious. She had stopped a robbery, only to discover that the person she had helped was a pervert.

Now the pervert had waved at her in broad daylight, wearing an utterly innocent expression.

It almost seemed like a provocation.

Starlight was too angry to contain herself.

Her blue eyes suddenly turned gold.

The supermarket lights began to flicker.

Without meaning to, Starlight had activated her Psychic Powers.

Starlight's Psychic Powers were extremely unusual. She could absorb and release light energy and interfere with the electricity around her.

Light energy was both the source of her strength and one of her means of attack.

She could emit a brilliant flash strong enough to blind an enemy facing her in an instant.

This made her stand out even among Vought International's many people with Psychic Powers.

Luke realized his mistake. He was about to lower his arm and cover himself again, but it was too late.

As the lights flickered, Starlight threw a punch at him.

She was angry, but she had not entirely lost her head.

She knew that besides controlling light, she possessed extraordinary endurance and physical strength.

By the age of ten, she could punch straight through a wall.

Now she was twenty. Apart from the forces of Evil she had taken down, no one knew just how strong her body had become.

No ordinary person could withstand a full-force blow from her.

So Starlight deliberately held back.

She put just enough force into the punch to break his ribs. It would be a small punishment for the rude pervert.

Thud!

A heavy, muffled impact rang out.

Starlight's fist struck Luke's chest, but it felt as though she had punched a wall of solid steel.

A punch like that would have left a shallow dent even in steel.

Luke, however, stood where he was without budging an inch.

Starlight stared at him, disbelief filling her beautiful eyes.

This man was not just mentally twisted.

His body was freakish, too.

A freak twice over.

The shoppers had no idea why the lights were flickering. They were looking up and glancing around when the sudden thud drew every eye toward them.

The lighting steadied.

"Is that... Starlight?"

Someone recognized her almost at once.

Normally, a chance encounter with Starlight would have sent everyone rushing over for autographs and photos.

But no one approached now. They stood rooted to the spot.

They needed a moment to take in what they were seeing.

It was a bizarre sight.

As a promising newcomer with limitless potential, a Supernova whom Vought International was heavily promoting, Starlight's behavior at that moment was decidedly improper.

Her little fist was planted against some unknown man's chest.

Most shocking of all, the man clearly had a taste for bizarre outfits. Two large holes in his shirt exposed precisely the two spots that should have remained covered.

And Starlight's little fist was planted squarely on one of those spots.

No one had expected the famous Starlight to stage a "little fists pounding on your chest" scene with some pervert in a public place like a supermarket.

Starlight quickly realized how bad this looked.

Her face turned scarlet.

She had no time to wonder why the man before her had such a freakishly tough body.

She had a more urgent problem to deal with.

Among the shoppers, someone had already pulled out a phone, ready to capture the scene.

Starlight could not let that happen. Vought International might have a formidable public relations team, but she wanted no baseless rumors linking her to this pervert.

Luke also noticed that every eye was on them. When he saw someone raise a phone to take a picture, panic crossed his face.

He did not want his good name ruined in an instant.

In truth, Luke was worrying too much. Very few people in this world even knew he existed.

He racked his brain for a way to escape this mortifying scene.

The lights suddenly went out.

Whoosh.

Whoosh.

People heard two sounds slicing through the air. When the lights came back on, Starlight and the pervert were gone.

By then, Luke had already sprinted a kilometer from the supermarket.

"Stop right there!" Starlight shouted from behind him.

She had gone all out to catch the damned pervert.

Luke realized the sexy little wildcat was still chasing him. Without looking back, he kept running.

Starlight stopped and watched the pervert's figure recede into the distance.

Luke vanished from sight, leaving her alone and bewildered in the wind.