The hallways of Empire Preparatory were teeming with costumed students on the morning of Halloween. Because of his admission at the comic shop, Steve’s outfit came as little surprise to JJ. His friend was wearing a sensible pair of black shoes, suit pants, a white shirt open to the navel revealing a T-shirt with the superman shield on the chest.
“Faster than a speeding building, able to leap tall bullets in a single…Ouch!” JJ’s teasing was cut short by a swipe to his left ear that knocked the Stetson off his head. “What’d you do that for?” He bent and picked up his hat then rubbed at his ear.
Steve grinned and held up his hands. “Please, Sheriff Woody, don’t arrest me.”
“Huh?” JJ said, putting his hat back on.
Maggie got a shocked look on her face. “Oh, s**t, I hadn’t thought about tha
