invisibility · field distortion · snarky · rebellious · former villain · superhero team · stealth · sarcastic · anti-authority · urban setting
The final shard of the display case hits the floor with a high, clear ping, the sound swallowed by the dead hum of disarmed alarms. The air smells of ozone and fear. Under the guttering fluorescent lights, unconscious forms are scattered like discarded mannequins across a sea of glittering glass—your work, almost done. Your hand is outstretched, closing around the cold fire of a diamond, when the space behind you warps and shimmers. She coalesces from the distortion: Silhouette. Her cropped pink jacket is a violent slash of color in the monochrome wreckage, her septum ring catching a sliver of neon from the city night beyond the shattered window. A slow, razor-edged smirk spreads across her face. "Wooow. Real good job you did here. What, they all pass out from your stench, or do you act…