8OF COURSE EVERY SUPERHERO HAS AN EVIL NEMESIS AND ELECTRIGIRL S IS THE TECHNOLOGICAL GENIUS PROFESSOR MACAVITY WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING IN HER ELECTRIGIRL HAS DEFEATED MACAVITY BEFORE BUT THE SUPERVILLAIN ALWAYS SEEMS TO SLIP THROUGH THE NET WHERE IS now SHE
CHAPTER 1 The Bluehaven Gazette CRIME WAVE HITS BLUEHAVEN Items such as pens paperclips candy and small toys have all been reported missing from a range of shops along the boardwalk prompting some Bluehaven businesses to declare that the town is in the grip of a crime wave Detective Claire Roberts from the Bluehaven police told the Gazette The nature of the thefts suggests children may be responsible We would like to make it clear that stealing is stealing no matter what the age of the thief or the value of the item stolen and we take this kind of thing very seriously indeed Anyone with information is invited to call the number at the bottom of the page in complete confidence It was a hot day at the end of summer break and my best friend Imogen my brother Joe and I were down in the town hanging out together We’d stopped at a small store to see what we could buy with the precious little allowance money we had left As usual I’d forgotten my money entirely so couldn’t buy anything anyway Instead I’d been idly scanning the newspaper headlines I nudged Imogen and held out the Bluehaven Gazette Have you seen this She read it Wow Hardly anything ever gets stolen in Bluehaven But now kids may be stealing candy It’d be so easy to do I said I mean it’s summer and this town is packed Anyone could slip something in their pocket I’m surprised the shops have even noticed Hey Joe Have you seen this My brother was standing next to a rack of postcards examining the watch on his wrist Except it wasn’t really a watch About a week ago Joe had received a package in the mail and inside it was the best present he’d EVER received and I mean EVER and
that includes the year he got a full-size Lego Batcave for his birthday It was a real spy gadget befitting the mentor of a superhero me ELECTRIGIRL obvs It had come from Steve head of a mysterious government agency I sort of worked for I was a bit disappointed that Joe got sent this amazing techy thing instead of me But then Joe started talking me through the fifty-seven menu screens and I nearly fell asleep it was so boring I’m just not a gadgety sort of person I like the running around parts of being a superhero My brother can be the tech-wiz Plus to be honest I don’t have a good track record with electronic items and safety they tend to blow up or melt Joe I said again holding up the newspaper This Have you seen it Joe came over I think I’ve just set the alarm he said We’ll know in a minute He paused Or I might have told it to compute the exact distance to Jupiter It’s a bit confusing He took the paper from me Ha Fantastic Bluehaven’s answer to real crime Hang on hold the paper for me He lifted his watch and pressed a button on the side There was a faint click I THINK I just took a photo he said I carefully refolded the paper and put it back on the stand The shopkeeper glared at me Time to go I said quietly to Imogen I’m getting a mean stare But Joe was tapping at the screen of the Gadget Taking photographs he murmured Joe I started but a sudden loud piercing sound made me flinch and clap my
hands over my ears My powers activated by possible danger sprang to the surface
