Creative Writing: Stupid Knucklebug

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Miss Matrix didn’t think about it as her fingers flew across her laptop keyboard. She connected to different security cameras across the city. She zoomed into the suspected hideouts of the Knucklebugs. "Alright, they’re close, and— the stupid battery died! The stupid camera battery died!" Except she didn’t say "stupid." She said something worse. "Stupid Knucklebugs, stupid dragonfly girl!" She kicked the edge of her desk and switched to another camera in a mall. A teenage boy looked up into it. Her first thought was that he was picking his nose. Her second was that Libellule sent him. "Oh, Matrix!" he sang. "I know you’re watching me, so come on and fight me, you snake!" He held up the green-pink Frisbee all Libellule’s lackeys had. "So childish." Miss Matrix …show more content…

Arachnid? Take her down." ⌨️ Miss Matrix sat on a park bench, eyes closed. The Knucklebugs weren’t villains who she could defeat by taking down their villains of the week. And she’d tried physical combat against their newest lackey, sent by the Arachnid. It had worked, but she knew it wouldn’t on the other two’s. She heard the sound of footsteps, and Lucky Chance sat next to her. Lucky Chance smiled. "Hey, don’t feel bad. Haven’t you ever almost failed like this when you were starting out?" "No," said Miss Matrix. And it was true. She hadn’t started as a hero. "But… they need to be gone. And they don’t know what I’ve been doing these past few years." "You aren’t…" "I’ll make them pay. I’ve done some horrible things, but this is my chance to be forgiven." "Why do you want to do this? So much?" “I have my reasons.” Miss Matrix smiled. “Do you know anything about Viper?” � She was a fool to believe that she belonged there. She was a liar that didn’t deserve anything. Libellule planted a kiss on both Lightning Flyer and Arachnid’s cheeks. “You’re less than nothing. We’ll give you one more chance. Leave. Now.” Viper nodded, and she turned on her heel and walked out of the

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