Officer Kendra Jones was one of the few people they trusted with the secret of Vic’s powers. Vic’s constant presence at various crime scenes over the years had raised her suspicions, but even she’d been surprised by the source of his superhuman abilities. She’d been his biggest ally, fielding questions from the other officers and assisting him when he needed it, though she dogged him about joining the police force. She saw him as some sort of super man, a modern day comic book hero she wanted to recruit in the city’s fight against crime.
But Vic wasn’t a hero—he was a man, nothing super about him. Most of his powers were crap, or fizzled long before they could be harnessed and used. He’d only be a liability, he tried telling her, but she refused to listen. However, he couldn’t deny her f
