snippet from Different Masks
Different Masks
Sparky and Fireburst smiled.

Phenol noticed the color was coming back to their aces. Firebrst was no longer pale, but very tan. Actually, he was Mexican, and had curly black hair, his dark brown eyes had a sparkle in them whenever he looked at Sparky.

Sparky too had a sparkle in her brown eyes whenever she looked at him, but hers was brighter.

Suddenly someone started wooping, "Man! That was Fresh!" He turned to his friend, who was grinning. "Did you see that, Smiley? Just blew up! Ka BOOM!"

"Yes!" Smiley said, "That's the coolest thing I've ever seen!" He looked ove rto his friend, "But, who did it 200Flushes?"

2000Flushes shrugged, "I don't know? Do you Thor?"

They looked at a fat blonde, "Nope," he said with as much sarcasm as a speedbump.

Phenol wasn't interested at all with the three buffoons, as they seemed. So she turned back to her group. Everyone was back to their work. Flash whispered in her ear, "We're reading from here." He put his finger on the title Chemical Reactions In Insects and Butterflies, "To here." He turned two pages and pointed to the section review.

Phenol smiled and nodded. "Thank you," she whispered to him and started reading. Along with ESP abilites, she aquired a photographic memory, and speed reading abilities. She went through the first section in one minute. She took a piece of paper and as fast as the wind, answered the questions ans was done. She realized in that moment that she was shareing the book with Flash and he had just whitnessed the whole thing.

He stared at her in amazement. "My God! What the Hell was that?" he said softly.

Phenol shrugged slowly and gave a shy smile.

"I only know of one other person that can..." his voice faded, "But you couldn't

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