Going Super chapter 5
By: Happiest_in_shadows@yahoo.com 
The story of a woman and her ever growing abilities. 


This story contains adult content though no out right sex...yeah I know don't
worry it is coming in later chapters. Anyway if you dislike general fondling
and bath scenes go read something else. If you want to give some feed back
which is welcome you may get in contact with me at
happiest_in_shadows@yahoo.com <mailto:happiest_in_shadows@yahoo.com> Done with
input from Animike and Anterion

Kate felt a little awkward as she stood in front of her locker. Once again
putting her uniform away only a year after rejoining the police department. It
seemed kind of strange as she had been looking forward to rejoining them for
such a long time. Now that was all changing, she was to be transferred over to
the SWAT unit. While this still meant, she would be a police officer she
wouldn't be getting the regular assignments anymore. Now her task would be to
deal with purely high risk situations. Mark still had some paper work to do to
make sure things where official and she just might have to go through the
testing period. This got a chuckle from her as she wondered what test they
could really do on her. She hoped they wouldn't make her dodge paint balls.
Not that she couldn't no she could move far more quickly then most bullets and
especially a paint ball. It was just she would feel it was silly after all
while a shot from a tank cannon had hurt like hell. It had not been able to
kill her. At least not in a single shot.

Then there was the factor that she had become stronger and faster since that
little test. Now she wondered if it would even be able to harm her. The
thought tempted her to seek another test but the rational side of her mind
told her that wasn't going to happen. You don't simply go to a military
installation and ask to borrow one of their tanks or to shoot you after all.
Still it would be such fun if she could give it a shot. Kate finally gave her
head a shake forcing such idle thoughts from her mind. She finished packing
away her equipment including her hand gun. As she did this though on impulse
she pulled the weapon open. Taking a look at the bullets she realized that the
where the same bullets from six months ago.

Every since she had gotten her powers she had no need to drawn her firearm. In
truth the weapon was far less lethal then her own horrifically powerful fist.
As she finished tucking everything away she finally walked out of the room
that she doubted she would be seeing again. SWAT had changed a lot over the
years. With the arrival of super powered beings their job had become a lot
more dangerous. Their equipment and training more specialized. They where now
housed in a different building then the police force. This was in part incase
the building just happened to be leveled. The threats where just getting so
powerful that even with their efforts to keep up it was still whole heartedly
lacking. The type of military great equipment they would require would be over
kill to say the least when dealing with common criminals. That said when
dealing with the more powerful ones it simply wasn't enough.

It was something that constantly frustrated both SWAT and the police force.
The peoples desire to be protected but not willing to let them have the
equipment they need. Saying that it was too costly and having to worry about
being sewed when one was used on a normal criminal. It was a serious hindrance
to them being able to perform their job. A giggle came from Kate. At least it
had been a serious hindrance to them being able to perform their job. She had
every intention of correcting that situation now that she had power on par
with some of the more extreme threats. A wave of excitement lit up her entire
body as she began to think of how the next villain would react to one of her
hits.

It was true the media knew she was super powered. However, they didn't have
any idea about the entire story. Just how powerful she truly was. This brought
back memories of her last work out of course she could remember it. Having
been working out exercising with the equipment Jack and her father had helped
develop for her. Her strength and speed and simply amazed even her. She still
wasn't sure when it was going to stop by her strength increase seemed too most
assuredly have a snow balling effect. Seeming to grow all the more quickly
with every few moments it improved.

" Hey Kate, you about done in there?" Eddy's voice got Kate's attention as he
pounded on the door to the girls locker room. Realizing that she had once
again let her mind wonder off she quickly made her way out of the room and
into the hall. Wearing her civilian clothing, she knew that wasn't going to
last very long though. Curiously she wondered just what her knew uniform was
going to look like. " Well it is about time. Here is the paper work." Kate
gave a slight nod as she took the clipboard in hand. It detailed all the
information that the new chief was going to need about her. She felt this was
odd though as even though they had the information on computer and seemed to
insist she bring paper work.

" All right. Well then Eddy I will be seeing you around."

" You bet you will no more going into dangerous situations for me. Next drug
house I come across we can just send you in. That way if there is an explosive
we will find out once you come flying through the wall." The look on Kate's
face could only be defined as stunned. As he openly announced what her knew
job was going to mostly consist of. A few moments later she found her entire
body convulsing with giggles.

" Well yeah I suppose you are right about that one. Seriously though take care
Eddy I won't be around to pull your fat tail out of the fire now." Eddy simply
chuckles at Kate's comment. They had opted not to have a party for her after
all she wasn't really quitting. She would simply be dealing with the cases
that better suited one with her talents. As Kate made her way out of the
building, she found Jack waiting with the vehicle for her. While the city did
indeed know of her abilities, she preferred to ride around when taking on the
roll of a civilian. Anyway her normal close really couldn't handle the speeds
she could move at. Not that her special police uniform could handle her true
speed either.

" I was thinking. Before we head over to your new station, what do you say to
letting me buy you dinner. It had been a while since we have eaten out after
all." Kate flashed Jack an exceptionally wide grin in response to his
question. It had been a very long time since they had eaten out. In part
thanks to Kate's appetite they where by now eating enough for a large family
and then some. Though it was odd despite this there was no way, Jack could
figure the food was providing enough energy for Kate's body to continue to
function. He had yet to mention trying to go without food for a while.
Deciding that as long as she was working, it could be dangerous just incase
her body happened to actually need it.

" Now are you sure you can flip the bill?" Jack grinned now as if quite proud
of something.

" Kate as you recall your father has me on his research team's payroll. I
haven't been going out either which means I have had plenty of time to save up
my money. I am quite certain that I can pay for your dinner. At least one of
them." Jack felt he needed to include that last part. This was a special
occasion after all and he doubted he could afford to feed Kate's appetite for
too long. Kate seemed to consider this for a moment. In truth she had gotten
use to their cooking routine. She often got to take care of breakfast being
the first one awake and needing the least sleep. While Jack would end up
taking care of dinner.

" Maybe later on. Though to be honest if you are trying to show me a nice
evening. I would much prefer if you made a special dinner for the two of us."
Jack couldn't help but feel a wave of relief as he had wondered if Kate's
appetite could actually make his wallet thinner. The idea of preparing a meal
for the two of them did seem like a much better prospect. Financially also he
felt more relaxed in a small setting with Kate then with a lot of people. He
had simply felt like celebrating.

" Well all right then but your celebration dinner is going to have to wait in
that case. I am going to need time to prepare." Kate gave a slight nod of her
head and leaned over planting a quick kiss on Jack's cheek. Leaning back in
her seat Kate let her eyes drift shut. Even though she enjoyed spending time
with Jack and didn't mind letting him drive it still seemed far to slow for
her taste. By now though Jack and everyone that drove Kate anywhere have
gotten use to the habit. She simply spent her time running around at such high
rates of speed. That she couldn't endure the comparatively slow rate in a
vehicle.

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" We are here." Kate blinked for a moment as she looked up at the structure.
The building was only three stories tall but it had a very solid look about
it. The structure was not only the SWAT members station but it also served as
a training ground. This instantly made Kate's stomach churned as she once
again had to wonder if they where going to make her go through the training
exercises. She was more then capable of handling them which should be
painfully obvious even with the small amount of power she had displayed before
hand. Letting out a sigh she proceeded to climb out of the vehicle.

Jack followed shortly after Kate. There was a reason for him being there after
all. As the person with the most experience with Kate he was acting as her
doctor of sorts. Should the chief have any questions about her condition he
was to do his best to answer them. Anyway he figured with as unique as Kate's
condition was anything he might say would sound at the very least reasonable.
Also it made Kate feel a little bit better to have someone along with her. She
still wasn't use to having to answer questions about her cell's make up.
Especially since she knew even less about it then Jack did. She was a bit
surprised though when he made his way to the back of the vehicle and proceeded
to open up the trunk. " Hey what are you getting back there?"

" One of your spare exercise suits. If they don't have any high strength
material handy like what the police used to make your modified uniform. I
figure we can offer this and just let them make some alterations to it. That
way you could have an outfit that can handle more of your abilities without
explaining why you need something that can endure such high speeds." Jack had
started to say Kate's exact rate of movement but at over 3,000 miles per hour
he didn't really want to risk anyone over hearing him. Especially since as far
as anyone else other then himself or Nathan. Kate was only suppose to be able
to run 120 miles per hour.

How Kate wished that she could use more of her speed. Perhaps run 200 mph or
maybe even 300 mph. It wouldn't be giving away too much of what she was
capable of doing after all not even 1/10 of her real speed. She had resisted
this urge though. They had no desire to let anyone know that her power was
still growing. Kate gave herself a quick smack to the forehead as she realized
she had forgotten the one other group that knew something of the truth. The
military knew she was much more powerful then what the media had knowledge of.
The odd thing about this though was it seemed the more secrets they kept but
shared with the armed forces. The more they where willing to help them. "
Sounds like a plan."

Kate let Jack lead her inside of the building though this meant she had to
push him a bit. Clearly he found the structure some what more imposing then
Kate did. As they walked into the front door he was a bit surprised though as
the atmosphere seemed relaxed. The receptionist gave the two of them a once
over though she seemed to recognize Kate right away. " Ah Miss. Stonecutter we
have been expecting you. Please follow me oh by who is your friend?"

" This is my doctor of sorts. He had been monitoring my condition to insure
nothing is wrong." The woman glanced over at Jack for a moment then seemed to
address him.

" And have you found anything out?" Jack's first thought way to say no but he
quickly changed his mind. This was another good chance to help stabilize
Kate's reputation.

" Well we haven't found any instability and her condition seems to be stable.
We still run checks weekly though to make sure nothing is amiss." The woman
gave a slight nod and walked on. Jack felt a little gelt for laying but he
hoped that would start a nice rumor. After all they didn't want people to know
that Kate's strength was actually growing at a preposterous rate as of late. A
rate that made him thankful he and Nathan had designed Kate's training
facility with such variables in mind. He was a bit surprised though when he
felt Kate's breath on his ear as she whispered.

" Now why did you have to tell her I was stagnant? Couldn't I have just been
improving slowly?" Jack instantly realized just why Kate was taking issue with
what he had told her.

" Now there is no reason to be a show off. Besides you want to keep it a
secret." Jack was a bit surprised by the rush of air that nearly pushed him
over as Kate gave a slight puff from her lips. Her lunge capacity and strength
having increased with the rest of her. Kate nearly blew him over though she
intentionally avoided it. Chuckling Jack smiled as he strained himself up
leaning forward and blew directly into Kate's ears. The shiver that went
through her entire body told him that despite her strength she was ticklish as
ever and the little things that annoy people still worked on her even if he
couldn't hurt her. " Now none of that young lady or I will have to tickle your
feat when we get home." Kate gave a slight chuckling. They both knew the only
way he could do that is if she let him. Still it was fun and at times she
liked to let him have a little control so she decided to play along.

" Well all right. I guess it isn't a good idea to be putting on such shows
when we are hear."

" Miss are you coming?" Kate and Jack turned their attention towards the
receptionist who had re entered the room having noticed their lagging behind.

" Oh sure was just taking a moment to look around." Kate proceeded to take the
lead followed shortly by Jack. As they followed the receptionist out. Neither
of them noticed the large amount of paper and other small items Kate had
accidently sent around the room with her little breath. Instead Kate found
herself feeling a little let down as she followed the woman throughout the
halls. While the exterior of the building seemed far more solid then the
police station, the interior was a different story. The internals of the
building actually being very similar to the police station. At first Kate was
a bit let down but soon realized she shouldn't be. Both of the structures had
after all been constructed to serve similar purposes and probably by the same
architect.

Also Kate began to notice the little details that she hadn't been paying
attention too earlier. The doors where clearly thicker and quite possibly
steel lined, the people walking the halls tended to have a more imposing
build. A build which in truth was very similar to Kate's own and the locks
where clearly made of different stuff. Nothing that would really delay someone
on par with herself or beyond but still quite nicely built. She imagined the
firing range would also be quite a bit more impressive. While the police
station had a few high-powered rifles for rare cases. She couldn't help but
imagine the SWAT station may have some true assault rifles she could play
around with. The fact that SWAT also took care of explosives was also an
extremely promising thought and she wondered if she could show off a bit more.

When they arrived at the chief's office, Kate noted how the door only had a
small window. It was clearly different from Mark's upon the clerks opening it
up and stepping into the room. While the furniture was the same. The lack of
any exterior windows and the computer on his desk spoke quite a bit. The
equipment was superior to what the police had though Kate had to remember that
this one institution operated all over the city. They where several police
stations on the other hand. Kate didn't get to much time to look around. " Ah
so you must be Kate Stonecutter. I got a call that you where coming up so
pleased to meet you." Kate was a bit surprised when the man setting in front
of her. His other all build reminding her of her father. Reaching out she took
his hand in a hand shake.

" It is a pleasure to meet you." Kate took a quick moment to glance down at
the name tag on the desk. " Mr....Hangman." The name took Kate a bit by
surprise a fact that wasn't lost on the chief who gave a slight chuckle.

" Yeah I got quite the name don't I? All well my family is largely from out
west and we have been involved in law enforcement for a while." Kate gave a
slight smirk wondering just how fitting the name was to the fellow in front of
her. " Anyway I take it that clipboard is for me?"

Remembering the paper she had taken with her Kate gave a quick nod and handed
them to him. " Yeah the chief said you would want them. I am kind of curious
though why you didn't just have him fax them?"

" Ah well called me paranoid but I have trouble trusting the internet anymore
these days. With people like Livewire or some other freak out there I just
can't trust what it is sending me anymore. That and well with all the hackers
out there. I simply like to receive a hard copy strait from the persons' hand
to make sure the information is accurate as possible." Kate considered this
for a moment when a mean grinned formed on her face.

" Oh and what about shape shifters?" The look the chief gave Kate a moment
later was entirely priceless. Setting the pad of paper down he proceeded to
lean over his desk a bit before cracking a smile. Speaking a rather humorous
tone of voice he tried to scold her while fighting back his own amusement.

" Now listen here young lady. Don't you dare go trying to ruin my trust in my
eyes as well. They are enough things in this world that you can't depend on as
is." There was a collective chuckle in the room as Kate quickly realized her
new Chief was just as laid back as Mark. At least as far as she could tell at
the moment.

" Anyway and may I know this young mans name?" Jack soon found himself being
indicated by Hangman.

" Oh this is Jack he is my doctor of sorts. We thought that it would be a good
idea to bring him along if you had any questions."

" Doctor? Just what do you do?" Jack stepped forward a bit trying to adopt a
more profession stance.

" Well I am not a doctor per say but I guess I am the authority of Kate's
condition. I was hired by her father to help keep tabs on Kate's genetic
structure and make sure it wasn't going through any changes." Hangman, seemed
to think for a moment before gesturing with his hand.

" Please go on. I realized earlier on I couldn't hope for a physical but this
will do just as well. I was actually wondering how best to handle the
situation." Jack gave a slight nod.

" Well so far Kate's genetic structure has been stable and her strength and
speed have remained constant. The only side effect of whatever changed her
body seems to be that her appetite has increased significantly. I have yet to
confirm but have reason to suspect that this is do to her bodies greater
energy requirements." Jack knew at that moment he was laying through his teeth
about nearly everything. Kate's genetic structure was anything but stable and
why she maintained a human form was anyone's guess. While she could eat a
great deal more then usual and often did he also doubted it was truly to meet
her body's energy requirements. After all at the moment he felt that even with
as much as Kate ate it wouldn't be capable of meeting her body's needs.

In fact the only thing that he felt her body could be using that material for.
A sudden wave of inspiration hit Jack as he glanced over at Kate. It was true
that he was doubtful that the amount of food she was eating could sustain her
energy needs. That said her body still couldn't pull building material out of
thin air. Could it? Assuming that it could and her current rate of evolution
perhaps she did indeed to eat such a sustained amount. Perhaps not to meet her
energy requirements but for her body to construct the complex compounds and
elements that it required to function. The thought did seem quite possible
however he would need to find some way of testing his theory. Perhaps if he
could convince Kate to quit eating for a while her strength would quit growing
or at a decreased rate.

The lunacy of the thought hit Jack a moment later. How in the world could he
even think of asking a person to starve themselves just to test such a theory?
Anyway their objective right now was to help Kate's strength increase not to
stop it. He didn't know what consequences just a plan could have either. "
Jack... Jack... Hey Jack anyone home." Jack found himself snapped out of his
current line of thought by Kate's voice. Blinking for a moment he finally
seemed to be truly looking at Kate and Hangman once again.

" Whoops sorry about that. I had a moment of inspiration." The two of them
gave a slight nod. A few moments later after Jack made no attempt to mention
what he had been thinking about he finally got asked a question.

" And what you realized. Could it be harmful to Kate's health or that of my
men?" Jack was quick to respond.

" Oh no no. It is actually more likely to be beneficial then harmful. At least
as far as Kate is concerned. I think I may have found a way to sort through
Kate's system and perhaps find out what began the change." Hangman gave a
slight nod to this. Though Kate knew better. Jack knew exactly what had
instigated the changes that where going on inside of her body. No if he had
figured something out or stumbled across a idea she felt it was something
else. Still, she wasn't going to push the issue at the moment. After all more
then likely the only reason he hadn't told her just what he was thinking. Was
the fact that they where with some people who where suppose to be kept out of
the loop as far as such things go.

" Well then. Do you think you could write me a report giving me some more
details about officer Stonecutter's condition?"

" Yeah that should be fine. Well so long as the patient doesn't mind such
information being given out."

" No that is okay by me." Hangman gave a slight nod and took a few moments to
read through some of the paper Kate had given him.

" Now it was a some what sudden transfer so we haven't gotten any special
outfit made for you like at the police station. We considered requesting your
old one but to be honest I kind of want you wearing our colors." Kate gave a
understanding nod hopeful that meant she was going to be getting a sturdier
set of clothing. She quickly realized this was her chance to get her foot in
the door so to speak and reveal that she had actually brought something that
could be helpful.

" Actually my police uniform was a little lacking in what it could endure. So
I was wondering if we could perhaps rework one of my exercise outfits." Kate
proceeded to bring out the bit of clothing that looked entirely too small for
her form. Of course being one of her exercise outfits it looked entirely to
small for her. The material having been designed so that it required a great
deal of force to stretch it. So that it would hug Kate's body quite snugly and
avoid wind friction tearing it apart. However, as the chief didn't know that
he couldn't help but stare at the outfit for a few moments.

" Don't you think that is a little small? I mean it looks like it was made for
a child." Kate gave a slight chuckle to his respond. A child would more then
likely have their bones crushed trying to wear the clothing and she knew it.

" Well it stretches you see. At least it stretches when I wear it. We designed
it to cut down on wind friction that way I could run faster the wind friction
slows me now." Jack suddenly wondered if he was having a negative influence on
Kate. The way that lie had rolled off her tongue was entirely too easy. Then
again he supposed that on a superficial level at least the wind would indeed
slow Kate down. Sort of how the wind could be said to slow down a train. At
least Hangman seemed to buy it as he took a few moments to look at the outfit.
Noting that it was a full form fitting peace of clothing.

" Well I don't feel that it is exactly the right colors." Kate gave a slight
chuckle to this.

" Yeah I know. We where just thinking we could use a similar design and
material. You would need to actually think of the look. I realize that I am
just another officer however, I feel it would be best to have something that
better suited my material. As I have no real need of any protective clothing.
At least nothing of the level which what SWAT generally uses would provide."
Hangman nodded his head in agreement. While he felt, a armored piercing bullet
would make it through Kate's skin that would also make it through the body
armor his men would be wearing as well. At least the majority of the time.

" Well would you be willing to have your uniform made as well? Kate gave a
slight nod figuring that she could use some of the money her father allotted
to her study. Anyway they had the money from the sell of her information to
the military as well. Though must of that had been eaten up by the building of
her work out facility. Actually she had suspicions that it had went over
budget but her father wasn't saying anything. " All right then. I will see
what we can come up with as far as design goes. It might take a while I will
need to consult with some people to just what image we are trying to portray.
Most likely a lot of black." Kate gave a slight chuckle having expected as
much.

" That will be just fine."

" Now that we have that out of the way. I am going to give these papers you
brought me a more careful read through. We aren't ready to have you start just
yet and it might take a few days to get everything ready. Since well you are a
special case. I doubt we will be ready for you tomorrow but you should still
stop by. We can get your locker assigned, maybe a fire arm if you want to
carry one for looks as I doubt you will be using them and a few other things."
Kate seemed to take this offer under consideration. While she didn't mind
carrying a gun she didn't much care for the drag such a side arm caused. Not
that it really slowed down her running speed. She simply didn't like that it
made her hold back more or risk tearing her outfit. Of course such a tear
would leave a gap which would lead to more problems and she didn't much care
for the idea of running around the city naked.

" No thanks I think I would rather simply deal without the drag. Anyway I can
about through something as fast as any bullet." Kate and Jack knew that she
could actually throw quite a large object much faster then any bullet had ever
moved. Considering that she could run at hyper sonic speeds it was actually
fairly easy to throw something smaller then herself and with a more
aerodynamic design far more quickly then even she could run. Of course they
preferred to conduct such throwing tests in areas that provided a suitable
back drop. Normally a nice mountain to catch whatever Kate had thrown rather
then risk it tearing someone or something important apart.

" Yeah I think I can see why you would prefer not to use a fire arm. Well
anyway you two get out of here and I will let you know when we have come up
with something. I may need to talk this over with the mayor of course. It is
after all a some what unusual request and we may have to keep you in a
standard uniform if it is felt it would cause a rift. Super powered or not you
are part of a team." Kate gave an understanding nod. She was still quite
hopeful that she would end up with a better uniform then she had previously.

" All right then we will talk to you later." As Kate and Jack left the room
Hangman proceeded to hold up Kate's work out outfit.

" Damn I hope she can wear this. Of course maybe we could trim out a bit?" As
the thoughts ran through his head he imagined what it would be like to see
Kate in the skin tight outfit. He was glad she was so strong considering how
the men would most likely react to such a lovely woman in such a outfit. She
would need that strength to make sure they stayed in line. It got a low
chuckle from him as he picked up the phone and began to make some phone calls.

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" Well how do you think things went?" Kate leaned her head against Jack's
shoulder as he drove the vehicle. Her eyes remained close he had to avoid the
temptation to look down her shirt and keep his eyes on the road.

" I think it well enough. Of course considering how shapely an officer you
make I imagine that will be some what helpful in getting your request
approved. Maybe tempt some young men into joining the police force and trying
out for SWAT." Kate gave a slight chuckle in response and proceeded to reach
up to her neckline. Lightly pulling on her shirt she exposed more of her
bountiful, delightful cleavage to distract Jack even further. Jack couldn't
help but notice it and wish he didn't have to keep his hands on the wheel but
felt if he ended up being too distracted and end up in a crash. Anyway most
likely Kate would simply scold him and tell him to keep his hands to himself.
It was kind of frustrating that even though she no longer wore her seat belt
she required him to keep his on.

" You know it isn't very polite to tease the driver." Jack attempted to keep
his eyes on the road though they kept snaking their way back to Kate. As he
glanced at her he couldn't help but notice the playful smile on her face.

" What is the matter? I am only trying to inspire you to get us home more
quickly. I am feeling playful and I am not a working police officer at the
moment so I can't write you a ticket." Jack couldn't help himself the rest of
the way home. Rather he found himself speeding the entire time. Even when he
realized he was speeding and slowed down he would find himself rocketing along
only a short time later. Kate of course kept her eyes close as despite this.
The trip was horrifically slow as far as she was concerned. Oh how she wished
she could show off some more of her abilities to the world.

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Jack had to brake quite a bit harder then usual in order to bring the vehicle
to a stop in time. Pulling into the parking lot, he found himself fumbling
with his seat belt wondering just what kind of play Kate had in mind. He hoped
she wasn't simply teasing him. He grew fairly confident she wasn't when he
took too long to get his seat belt off and she reached across. Took hold of
the strap between her hands and simply tore it in two. He didn't bother saying
anything as he looked at the smile on Kate's face. Simply climbed out of the
vehicle and began a slight run towards the door. He felt a rush of air a
moment later as he felt Kate breeze by. She was moving no more quickly then
60mph but that still made her a near blur when it came to passing him.

As he made his way over to the door, he couldn't help but wonder what had
caused this change in Kate. Then again she could be quite the tease and hard
to predict. They also spent a good deal of time cuddling and fondling each
other as well. Perhaps she had simply decided that it was time for them to
move onto the next stage in their relationship. He hoped that was the case.
Kate had actually been considering just that thought for quite some time. She
had simply made up her mind while they where on their way home that it was
exactly that time. Jack wasn't the only one that was finding the restraint to
be frustrating after all. As she waited for Jack to open the door she didn't
wait for him to step inside once he had done so. Rather she scooped him up
within her arms and proceeded quite swiftly into the room. Giving him a light
toss she sent him onto the sofa.

Jack landed softly enough and turned his attention to Kate. " Now don't get
excited to much. I am not quite ready to go all the way but still. I think you
are going to enjoy this." Kate proceeded to reach up and slip her shirt over
her head. She contemplated tearing it to shreds but she liked the shirt so
decided to spare it. As she did this she revealed a black silk bra that seemed
to be having trouble restraining her massive breast. Jack followed in Kate's
steps removing his shirt just as she had. As the two looked at one another
they each took the time to appraise the other. Kate's muscles while cut seemed
to be flowing together more smoothly then ever before. Though with each move
of her magnificent body a different set would announce themselves ever so
slightly.

Even in those areas that where completely relaxed she couldn't completely hide
her body's development. Jack had come quite some way himself. While he hadn't
been pushing himself to add on extra weight he had done a wonderful job of
toning up his body. His muscles had become fairly cut and his abs where fairly
visible. His progress had more or less leveled off as of late and now he
simply worked to maintain what he had developed. Still Kate was quite content
with this. He had done what she asked and most likely was developing a fair
amount of stamina which he was going to need. Reaching down Kate didn't show
her jeans the same mercy she had shown her sweater. Rather she proceeded to
slip her fingers into the denim and easily shred it. The button that held the
material together popping out.

Jack's face lit up at the casual display of strength and he couldn't get out
of his trousers quickly enough. As he did this, his arousal was quite obvious
clearly anticipating just what the next step was. Kate couldn't help but blush
a bit herself. Being quite excited on her part she hadn't actually gotten this
far with a guy before. Having all ways called off the relationship when the
guy had proven unable to control himself and endure her teasing. A few had
actually needed a fairly stout punch to get them to back off. Jack watched
Kate take the first step towards him though that was about all he could
actually see as a moment later she accelerated and was right in his face in a
blink of the eye.

A blink that he regretted making as it deprived him of a moment of gazing upon
Kate's spectacular beauty. Kate smiled and leaned forward a bit pressing her
chest against Jack's. Moving her breast back and forth a bit Kate ran the
silken bra against his chest for a moment before stepping back. Reaching back
she proceeded to slip her bra off exposing her wonderful breast. Her excited
nipples standing out quite clearly. The site was quite wonderful as Jack
watched Kate's wonderful breast bounce. The fact that her bra was purely for
show was plainly obvious as her breast needed no support. Starting to reach up
he was surprised when Kate's hand intercepted his own and pushed it away.

Reaching down Kate proceeded to place a hand just under Jack's now quite toned
rear. Lifting up she proceeded to cradle him. Bringing his face to her breast,
he got the message and proceeded to suck on her breast. He knew from previous
experience that he didn't need to show any restrain in dealing with Kate. So
he soon found himself not only sucking on Kate's tit but also biting. Soon he
began using his hands as well to message her breast. Squeezing with all his
might. It was amazing how her skin felt so soft and pleasant first however as
he applied more pressure he soon found he could make no more progress the same
as every time before. Yet it still amazed him.

Kate moaned lightly as she felt Jack message her breast. Looking him over she
proceeded to reach a hand down towards his penis. Reaching into his underwear
she took his shaft between her fingers and gave it a light squeeze. The action
enlisting a moan from Jack as he realized indeed Kate had never went this far.
With his building excitement he found himself squirming in her grip barely
able to control himself. Deciding to take a chance not that he could do a
great deal of thinking with his mind currently so distracted. Jack slowly
reached a hand down towards Kate's sex. Making sure she realized his attention
he slowly slipped his hand into her silk panties.

As he worked his hand towards her sex his finger finally came in contact with
her sex enlisting a sharp gasp from Kate. Slowly he began to rub his fingers
against her lips while continuing to apply pressure to her breast with his
other hand and suckle on her nipple. As he began to apply more force though he
was surprised by what happened. He found himself unable to push past her lips.
Though from Kate's moans it was clear she was enjoying what he was doing. This
still was quite the surprise as no matter how much force he seemed to apply he
couldn't make it past lips. " Having trouble?" Kate smiled down at Jack who
looked up at her for a moment. Unsure of just what to do he simply relaxed as
Kate settled him down upon the couch.

" Kate I don't know.." Jack suddenly felt himself very concerned as he watched
Kate reach down and slip her panties off. Moving on top of the couch she
proceeded to settle down just over the top of him.

" Sush now and just trust me." Jack didn't say a word as he felt Kate's hand
reach down and take him by the head. Pulling his face towards herself she
pressed his lips against her pussy lips. A slight moan coming from her as by
now her juices where beginning to flow. At first Jack was unsure of just what
to do but he soon caught onto what she wanted. Slowly he began to lap up what
managed to make it past her lips. The whole time his raging hard on remained
at attention though he felt some fear too just how far Kate might try to go.
He didn't really have much of a choice though but to trust her in the
situation. As he licked her lips he was thus perplexed whenever he found his
tongue actually able to journey inside of her sex. A slight giggle came from
Kate at this. " I had to learn how to get myself to relax."

Jack quickly decided he would have to ask her about that one later on. However
for the moment he had a more important task to take care of as he continued to
explore Kate's pussy. It was odd but it seemed that her body had changed in
quite a few ways as he tasted her juices. The flavor was far from what he had
expected and not at all unpleasant. Still as he stuck his tongue inside of her
he couldn't help but be some what concerned with what would have if she
clinched herself shut. The fact that her pussy alone could fear off his tongue
was both a exciting aspect but at the same time one that concerned him to no
end. The thought of what could happen if they went even further was also
there. As much as he liked Kate he didn't care for the idea of his penis being
ground to a pulp when she orgasmed.

As Jack made use of his tongue Kate found certain parts of his being inactive
at the moment. Finding this unacceptable she soon took hold of his hands and
guided them towards her rear. While she wasn't sure if he realized it his body
seemed to know the routine and began to squeeze and message her buns as best
his hands could. Content that he was now putting his all into it. She found
herself messaging her breast with her right hand while her left once again
found it's way into his underwear. Taking hold of Jack's shaft she began too
gently message it occasionally squeezing slightly more tightly when she felt
his release was nearing.

Jack could hardly believe what he was experience as he felt Kate's hand
working his manhood. He could hardly believe that someone who was suppose to
have so little experience could show such self control. It was a constant
reminder on how effective of a tease Kate could be. There was a brief moment
where he wondered if she could actually get up and simply leave him hanging.
Surely though she couldn't be that much of a tease. As he continued to lavish
his attention on her, he had to glimpse up every once in a while to watch her
powerful hands working her breast flesh. It was truly a sight to behold as he
realized that his hands could never hope to put as much of a indent into those
magnificent breasts as hers where. It was a strangely liberating thought
though as he found himself growing even rougher with Kate. Using more and more
of his strength knowing even at his best, his efforts could do no more then
please her.

As Kate enjoyed Jack's tongue, she could feel her orgasm building. She had
already been quite excited even before they had begun but now she had to be
careful to control herself. She wasn't the only one that noticed this as Jack
felt himself growing more concerned he attempted to pull his head away from
her. Only to have her hand reach down and press his head quite firmly back
against her crotch. Somewhat surprised by this he continued to use his tongue
to please her though as her moans increased in pitch and her breaths became
more rapid he grew more and more concerned. Kate's juices where flowing quite
freely by now and had actually managed to coat a decent amount of his face not
exactly a unpleasant experience quite some what unexpected.

At last Kate's body began to shudder and Jack thought to withdraw once again
however Kate's hand remained preventing this. As she came her muscle clinched
down upon his tongue and a wave of fear ran throughout his body as well as a
shock wave of pleasure. As the mixture of fear and excitement as well as
Kate's administration caused him to release. Soon he found himself bucking
underneath Kate while her body shuddered atop his. As her sex clinched down
upon his tongue, he was thus quite relieved to find it wasn't torn off. Though
he did get a mouthful of her juices and then some. It took some time but at
last as they both came down Kate glimpsed down at Jack and let out a slight
giggle as she looked at his face. Quite thoroughly coated in her fluids though
he looked quite content for the moment. " Well now wasn't that a fun step?"

It took Jack a moment to answer as he struggled to regain his breath. " Sure
was, but I think I need to get washed off now." Kate proceeded to look Jack
over some what surprised by how much nectar her body had actually produced. A
moment later a playful giggle escaped her and she settled back down upon his
face.

" First you have to clean my lips then I will let you up. Though be careful if
you bring me to orgasm again you have to start all over." Jack didn't really
get a chance to argue not that he minded. As Kate settled her crotch back down
upon his face he once again began his ministrations though he hoped she
wouldn't require him to service her to for too much longer. He didn't really
want to admit it but he was actually quite spent by now. He suddenly realized
why Kate all ways wanted him to build up his stamina and energy reserves over
strength. If he was going to be in a relationship with this magnificent being,
he was going to need all the energy he could muster.

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Jack's tongue felt quite numb having been forced to pleasure Kate for quite
some time. If he hadn't known better he would have sworn she had learned to
control her orgasms somehow. Every time he would nearly get finished she would
cum again and he would have to begin all over again. Not that he really minded
since Kate continued to tease and jerk him off the entire time. He had
actually gotten off twice more though that was in part thanks to the amount of
time Kate had spent on him. Now he was in the shower washing her fluids off
wondering just how they where going to clean off the couch. He figured he
would just get a steam vacuum. Of course he hadn't minded the entire event
rather he had quite enjoyed it. " So how often do you think we are going to
get to do that?"

Kate smiled up at Jack as she held him in her arms. Even though she hadn't
allowed him to do much moving his energy was simply spent. He was currently
cradled in her arms as she held him in the shower washing both of them off. A
part of her regretted that she had chosen to bath with him as the water simply
wasn't hot enough for her taste. Still getting to bath with Jack made it worth
it and she was currently considering alternating bath days. " Well I figure
every other day should be okay. If you're not fully recovered, I will just
hold back on you. I need to get your stamina built up even more. After all
mine sure isn't going down." Jack could only laugh weakly in response to
Kate's comment. It was quite true there was no way he could match Kate energy.
He suddenly felt himself some what concerned.

" Did I last long enough?" Kate gave Jack a warm smile and a slight giggle.
Lowering him a bit she proceeded to plant a kiss on his cheeks, forehead then
lips.

" Yes you did sweety. Though if you feel up to it I wouldn't mind if you
sucked on my tit while I washed us off. You can stop once I actually begin
soaping us up. Don't worry I won't make you put that tongue back to work for a
while." Jack smiled and proceeded to press his face into Kate's warm breast.
Lightly nuzzling her nipple for a moment, he finally began to suckle on her
tit. When he heard a moan, come from her he thought that he might have made a
mistake. Upon looking up though and simply seeing that same warm smile he
relaxed and continued to lightly suckle her tit. He didn't want to give her
too much stimulation after all she might become excited again. Kate was indeed
quite content with Jack he had taken such wonderful care of her, saved her
life, was helping to make sure she stayed stable, worked on his body at her
request and proven himself quite a giving lover.

He had even respected her wishes throughout their entire relationship and not
tried at least too much to force it any faster. Rather, he had simply allowed
her to set the pace of things. She was quite glad she had taken things as far
as she had with him. She was also glad that despite her body's enhancements he
had still been able to please her. It had actually been a fear of hers that
her sexual appetite would grow just as quickly as her strength. Luckily while
her sexual appetite had been indeed grown it wasn't nearly as quickly as her
other capabilities. She even felt that her sexual appetites might simply be
the results of years of waiting that and she truly cared for Jack. Of course
her strength allowed her to enjoy the experience all the more as she imagined
after getting off as many times as she had she would be quite fatigued. Now
she simply felt quite invigorated. " Hey Kate weren't you worried for a while
that you might tear off my tongue when you came?"

Kate looked down at Jack for a moment. Slowly a few giggles began to escape
her lips until she broke out into laughter. Lightly shaking Jack who simply
enjoyed feeling Kate's breast bounce again him. At last when she settled down
Kate used one of her hands to press Jack's head back to her tit. " No, I
wasn't. Jack we have been living with each other for over a year now. In that
time don't you think I ever had to take care of certain needs?" Jack thought
of this for a moment and finally simply nodded his head. Unable to answer her
as her hand kept his head pressed to her breast. " I was fairly confident that
if I didn't crush my dildos I wouldn't crush your tongue. Also I am pretty
good and controlling how much strength I exert."

Jack contented himself with this information though the reason he stopped
asking questions wasn't because he wanted to. It was because Kate wasn't
allowing him to move his head away from her breast. Absently he hoped this
would indeed become a regular happening though he knew he would have to wait
for his body to recover. Especially his tongue if Kate was going to require
the same treatment of him that she had previously done. It made him lament
that there wasn't some type of exercise program for ones tongue considering
how much use it was going to be getting soon enough. Kate was a bit surprised
when she felt Jack's hands pressing against her and hitting her a few times as
if she was hurting him. At first she just stood there thinking he was just
playing with her. She would find out the moment she let go that he was indeed
playing.

" You know my tongue being this tired kind of makes talking a pain, I wonder
what eating is going to be like. Blast I wish you could express milk to then I
wouldn't have to worry." Kate gave a slight chuckle but none the less gave a
some what rough push to the back of Jack's head forcing it back against her
nipple.

" Now Jack you shouldn't struggle like that unless I am hurting you. Anyway if
your tongue is that tired you should just relax and keep up what you are
doing." Even as she spoke Kate found herself thinking on the subject and
couldn't help imagine what it would be like if she could indeed breast feed.
She hoped her body still had that function. She knew most likely it did as
well the changes where altering her body quite heavily she only seemed to be
gaining abilities instead of losing them. Well Jack could handle eating normal
food for now and if his tongue really was that exhausted he could just drink
some slim fast and soup.

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Kate ran along at her rather slow pace of 120mph's having let her house early.
She had tuckered Jack out far more then she thought the previous day and he
was still asleep when she had left. Having left his breakfast on the kitchen
table she regretted not having anyone to eat with but she didn't want to wake
him. He was going to need to recover his strength after all especially she
hoped for another round of playing by the next day at least. She now found
herself headed towards the SWAT station. While she remembered them mentioning
she wouldn't be able to start work right away she at least wanted to play
around with some of the equipment which she had been invited to do. Curiously
she wondered what it would be like to be shot with a SWAT rifle as oppose to
the police's supply of fire arms.

Of course the guns weren't the only thing she was looking forward to the stun
grenades could be fun. Also she wondered if they would have any standard
grenades handy as well. She knew they couldn't harm her but it was always fun
to show off. Kate's smile seemed to disintegrate a moment later as she
remembered that this was all a secret. Thus holding a grenade in her hand and
letting it detonate would be entirely out of the question. There was no way
she could be that powerful at least with the limited information she had given
the media. A small part of her felt that she could inform the SWAT members of
her true abilities but she knew better then that. It was bad enough that the
military knew about it if a small portion of the military. If she went around
letting every organization, she was part of in on the secret she would be
found out.

She didn't like it but it did seem like she was going to have to keep this all
a secret a while longer. These thoughts made her somewhat nervous about
leaving one of her exercise uniforms behind. If someone got overly curious and
started working with the material, they would realize it was far beyond what
Kate required. Plus there was the little matter of how uncomfortable it would
be to wear if her strength was really that limited. True it wouldn't squeeze
the life from her like it would a normal person but it still would be quite
unpleasant to wear. How she wished she or Jack had thought of that earlier but
she chose not to worry about it. There was quite little she could do about it
currently. Switching her mind to other thoughts she decided she would have to
find a carrying back of some kind. Something that could handle her speed.

At the moment she found herself in her motorcycle racing outfit that she had
bought previously. It was just as good as her police uniform for being able to
endure her high speeds. Actually it was better as she didn't have to wear any
excess material. Still she felt she would near a carrying bag of some kind for
those days she wanted to bring a change of clothing. At least her current
outfit solved her problem of what she was going to wear to work. She could
just use the racing outfit on most days and pick up her work clothes from her
locker. That is if she wasn't stuck in a standard SWAT uniform. She truly
hoped that wouldn't happen there was no way the bulky material would be able
to withstand even the speed she currently found herself at. There would be too
much wind friction and considered how long she tended to run around she knew
it wouldn't last very long.

Well that wasn't her call she resolved as she made her way to the building at
last. It still annoyed her that she could easily turn the forty minute run
into a 4 minute or less if she could use her real speed. Then again she
doubted people would appreciate her lowering a sonic boom on them as she ran
by. Though that also depended on just how loud the sonic boom would be. She
wasn't a very large moving object after all perhaps it would be all right. She
soon resolved she would have to talk it over with Jack whenever she got home.
It wasn't something she could actually test herself as the one that would be
braking the sound barrier.

Kate slowed to a light trot as she finally made her way to the main doors.
Entering into the building the receptionist smiled at her and took a few
moments to dig in her desk drawer. " Here you are this is what you are going
to need while you are here." Walking over to the receptionist Kate took the
key from her as well as a few other bits of material. One of which listed the
weapon that she would normally be assigned.

" I thought I wasn't going to use a weapon." The woman gave a slight nod of
her head.

" Just a formality for now. We don't know how you are going to be handled just
yet. The chief is still talking things over with the mayor and a lawyer." Kate
blinked for a moment quite stunned by the last addition. The receptionist was
quick to notice this and rushed to put Kate's mind at ease. " They are so many
things in this city you can be taken to court for. We like to avoid as many
lawsuits as we possibly can. He is basically seeing if there is anything about
your outfit that could get a lawsuit." Kate gave an understanding nod though
now she wondered just what they where going to do.

" Oh well then perhaps I will go and see if I still can even use a gun." As
Kate made her way out of the room, she took a quick glance to her right. As
she did it didn't take her long to find a layout of the building. The diagram
wasn't exactly perfect but it would allow anyone to find just what they where
looking for. Her first thoughts where going to her locker room but she opted
against that one. What she really wanted to do was going to the target
practice chamber and get shot at. Making her way down a flight of stairs she
had to remember to stop by weapons storage. Opening the door slowly she walked
into a glass lined. The wires running through the glass and simple thickness
of it assured her that a bullet wouldn't be traveling through it.

As she looked around she was surprised there was no one waiting at the window.
Until a rather young looking man walked in a surprised look on his face. " Oh
hi there. Sorry for that just stepped out a bit. I hope you weren't waiting
for to long. Well since your back here I will assume you come to pick
something up."

" Err yeah." Kate couldn't help but wonder about this places security at the
young man's relaxed attitude. She half expected him to simply slide a firearm
under the opening.

" Great well then if I can see your card and get some id I will be... hey wait
a minute haven't I seen you before." Well at least he was going to ask for
some id ran through Kate's mind. All well she might as well expect to be
recognized. " Hey yeah you're that super chick they had on tv." Now Kate felt
like coming through the glass and strangling the guy, the words super chick
not mixing quite well in her head. " The one that wasn't powerful enough to
join any of the big groups so you stuck with us aye." Kate blinked for a
moment in all the time that she remained with law enforcement no one had
summed up her choice in such a manner. Now she truly just wanted to ram her
arm strait through the glass and grab him by the throat. Yank his tiny ass
through and give him the beating of a life time.

" Yeah... I am the one they had on the news a while back. Kind of surprised
you recognize me after all. After the first story they didn't run a lot on me
since well I am not one of the more powerful beings. You must stay glued to
your tv quite a bit to remember that." Kate felt a little better as she
managed to get an insult of her own out. She wasn't quite sure why she was
getting so upset about her powers being insulted. Quite possibly her ego
expressing itself more strongly then what she was used to. She was so proud of
her body and what it could do. Now this little chicken hiding behind some
bullet proof glass and wire was downing her. If he knew what she could really
do she bet he would shut up.

"That is cool. So what brings you by here." Kate started to reply but found
herself unable to. There was no way she was going to ask for a weapon
considering the comments that could be made about her. She could just imagine
it now, oh yeah I suppose with your strength level you could use a weapon or
anything even similar to that would enrage her. Even if he didn't make the
comment the thought of someone making it was almost more then she could stand.

" Well I figured there might be some gun nuts waiting in here. I was going to
ask them if they wanted to do a little target practice with me as the target.
Who knows perhaps if you're good enough shots they could get a nice show. All
well since you're the only one here though I guess I will be going." Kate
started turn to leave not wanting anyone to see the annoyance on her face.

" Hey wait a minute. Well you know if that is what you where wanting to try. I
bet I could get some of the guys to show up. Why don't you go on down to the
targeting range and I will look for volunteers?"

" Sounds like fun I will head on down there." Kate knew she shouldn't be doing
this as she walked out the door. She had told the media that certain bullets
could hurt her and she had no idea just what they where going to be using.
Still, she couldn't get herself to back down. Her ego wouldn't allow it. As
she made her way into the firing range, she realized she must have been using
some of her speed. The fact that she was the first one to arrive despite
having yet to learn the lay out of the building told her that. Only hesitating
at the line for a moment, Kate hopped over and proceeded out into the
targeting range before turning to wait for the others. A short while later a
group of males proceeded into the room and surprisingly enough one female.
There was also the weasel from the armory. It was odd but even though Kate
hardly knew the guy she was already quite upset with him.

" Well then are all of you ready to go." A few of them nodded and took their
booths. Kate noted that the one female officer set back instead of joining the
others. As Kate looked them over, she wasn't overly surprised to see a few
shotguns and even some automatic weapons. Realizing they had brought out some
of the good stuff Kate felt herself grow some what eager. At least they had
opted for rifles instead of shotguns. A single bullet she felt she could
realistically catch a hell of tiny beads where a different story.

" Before we begin, I was just wondering if you are going to be dodging." Kate
looked towards the armory guy.

" Well yeah I exercise the right to dodge or catch anything that is fired at
me. This is supposed to prove how good of shots you are after all. It isn't
going to be very realistic if I just stand here and don't dodge." Oh how she
wished she could simply stand there and catch anything that was fired at her.
Considering her true running speed she knew that she could. None of the
bullets would be moving as quickly as she was capable of running and
considering the distance and how quickly she could move her arms. Oh how she
wished she could just show off what she can really do. As Kate waited for the
first shot to be fired she noted no one was arguing with her. This only left
her to assume that things where about to begin. A moment later the sound of a
bullet being fired got her ears. Instantly Kate saw the world slow down around
her and the small peace of metal caught her attention.

It was odd though she didn't hear the bullet as much as she could feel it
being fired. Looking towards the offender, she considered waiting for the
bullet to reach her before changing her mind. Being careful to control her
speed Kate allowed her senses to function at their full capacity. This meant
the bullet seemed to be moving more slowly then a jog as far as Kate was
concerned. Instead of waiting for it to reach her however Kate went to meet
it. Reaching out with her hand she realized she had to be careful to make sure
she didn't smack the bullet back at the one who fired it. As she closed her
fingers around the peace of lead, she felt it slam into the palm of her hand.
The warm metal spinning for a few moments was an odd feeling as it slowly
flattened out against her palm. Kate felt an odd such as surprisingly she
found herself moving at normal speed after the threat had passed. The slight
rush she felt was actually some what exciting.

Looking around she noted the stunned look on a few of the peoples' faces.
"What?" Taking a moment to consider why they might stare at her, a light
chuckle came from Kate. "Did you not believe me when I told you who I am?" A
few of the people who had arrived gave Kate stunned looks before grins formed
on their faces. It seemed that may have been the case though if it was she
would need to have a worry with the one that had fired. That of perhaps they
simply where not 100% sure. In order to prove this Kate returned to her
previous position in the room and proceeded to open up her hand revealing the
peace of metal. As she held it up for the officers to inspect the reality of
the situation seemed to come home to them. Some of the SWAT members began to
look more nervous then before while others seemed to relax.

" Well lets let her have it." A moment later nearly everyone that had been
holding back a moment before began firing. It seemed instinctive that Kate
once again found herself in her accelerated state watching the bullets come
towards her. Kate's accelerated state gave her time to observe this and more
then enough time to respond to them that is if she could move her limb at
their full speed. A, idea hit her a moment later as she found herself
snatching up the bullets that would have hit her clothing. As they neared, she
began to run backwards though she had to wait for them to reach arms' length
in distance. This gave her a few more precious moments that moving at her
slower speeds she was able to snatch the bullets from the sky.

She continued this action actually managing to snatch all the bullets that
would have hit her before she felt herself nearing the wall. Looking to her
side, she waited for those few bullets that where not going to hit her slammed
into the wall. Of course the SWAT members hadn't quit firing and she could see
the second wave of bullets on their way. Unable to back up she quickly moved
along the wall. This time she didn't have to catch anything as she was able to
move out of the way entirely. This also gave her time to think it was odd but
her thinking process didn't seem to slow down at all as it had before. It
seemed her body was fairly good at deciding when she needed her accelerated
abilities. The only other cases were when she intentionally forced herself to
speed up or slow down.

As she looked at those that where trying to shoot her she had to remember to
begin dodging well before she had to. While her reaction time was far beyond
what was needed she was keeping her speed low. Moving roughly 1/6th the speed
of the bullets at least her running speed was. She had to keep this in mind
while dodging, her arms where an entirely different matter. While she still
held out on how fast she could move them she at least could move her arms more
quickly then her running speed. Still she wondered if the people shooting at
her would even realize if she moved things up beyond what the media knew she
could do. Perhaps they wouldn't realize if she began moving at 200 or 250mph?
It was a good thing those firing at her where fairly good shots and good at
team work as it didn't give her much time to think of this.

Beyond the first few moments those firing at her seemed to develop a
subconscious system. Each one taking a different area to keep their weapons
aimed at and wait for Kate to appear or seem to be there. They also began
taking randomly timed shots. Kate had to admit she had an unfair advantage
though beyond what she would have if the media had accurate information. She
was basically taking baby steps while her mind was working far faster. This
gave her time to plan and realize where the bullets would be within the next
few moments. Further more it wasn't exactly a game of dodge ball. Slowing down
for a moment Kate made this very apparent by holding out her hand. While after
the beginning she had been dodging, she had almost forgotten she could also
catch the bullets.

A steady stream of bullets slammed into her hand the metal spinning against
her hand as it degraded. At first the action actually seemed to stun those
firing at her despite what they had seen at the beginning. " What I didn't say
I would dodge everything. So long as you keep your ammo so spaced out I can
just block the few bullets that would hit me. That said if you focus your
shots at me then I can just move to another part of the targeting range faster
then you can re aim your weapons." Kate had a huge grin on her face as she
finished speaking quite confident that her strategy would succeed considering
the limited amount of attackers she had to deal with. Also, she all ways had
her senses to call upon. Kate made it fairly obvious that her plan would work
as everyone rushed to aim their weapons back at her. However, before they
could even pull the trigger she had moved to another spot.

" Now come on I thought you where trying too win a show. You haven't even
damaged my clothing yet." Kate's words seemed to put some more spirit into the
contest. Something that Kate enjoyed though now that she was only dodging when
she felt she needed to things became far easier. There was also another
problem as those firing at her found Kate's energy seemed limitless while
their ammo on the other hand was rapidly being depleted. This brought about
another problem as their ammo supplies began to run dry each member of the
team began to fire fewer and fewer shots. This meant Kate had even less she
had to dodge or block making the game all the easier for her.

As she continued her game Kate was surprised when she suddenly felt a slight
warmth. What made the moment a rather odd is it came from under her shirt. As
she looked down she found out why there was a rather neat though some what
large bullet whole in her shirt. Looking up she was perplexed until she
noticed the female SWAT officer had indeed come into play. She had what was
clearly a sport man's rifle and had apparently been observing Kate's patterns.
The woman had a large grin on her face. Though she wasn't in the room for the
same reason as the guys where. She had been watching Kate's patterns of
movement and managed to pick up something of a path she used. It had simply
been a matter of putting a bullet where she was going to be. The fact that
Kate was focused on the guys and their rapidly depleting supply of ammo
helped.

Kate hardly remembered the others in time to dodge the salvo of bullets that
came her way. Apparently she had stood still longer then expected. As she
dodged, she couldn't help but worry that for just a moment she had used more
of her speed then she meant to. Kate now found the shots coming all the closer
as she tried to think on her previous patterns and make sure she took
different ones now. While she doubted that the woman was really interested in
the game she wasn't going to take that chance. When at last the final round
had sounded from the gun Kate actually felt relieved. Looking around it seemed
as if it had all taken hours. That wasn't the case however as her eyes trained
on a clock. It had only been a few minutes she had to remember how much slower
things moved when she was in her accelerated state.

Reaching down Kate proceeded to stick a finger through the hole." Well one of
you got me." The smirk on the female officers face told her she knew it was
hers. " Hey what is your name?"

" Debra. I realize it is natural but your first thought is to go to the right
too often." Kate gave a slight snort though she didn't find herself getting
mad as she had at the weapons armory. Looking towards the men she noted they
all seemed a little stunned at how quickly they had unloaded their clips of
ammo yet been unable to hit her. At least with the stunned looks on their
faces she felt they most likely didn't notice any over did burst of speed.

" Well thanks for the information. So just what are you?" Kate watched as the
woman climbed down from her setting spot seemingly entirely relaxed. Removing
the clip to her fire arm and began to get things ready to be stored away.

" Sniper. So is this one of the ways you like to exercise."

" Sure is. Care to help me later on? It is nice to have someone to train
with." Debra seemed to take this under consideration.

" All right, but if you want me to train with you we are going to a wider open
plain. You move to fast to really target in such a confined area." Kate titled
her head for a moment.

" But wouldn't the extra range make it even harder to hit me as I would have
more time to react." The look on Debra's face told her that range wasn't the
only concern by a long shot. It seemed Debra had every intention of showing
Kate just how predictable her movements really could be. Soon Kate found
herself trotting after the woman having decided she would like to speak to her
for a while. The men on the other hand could only look on. The whole in Kate's
shirt wasn't in a particularly revealing area and it seemed their inability to
hit her had done something to their egos. If only they had known just how far
out of their league Kate actually was. Debra continued to keep quiet though
she didn't say anything to Kate at least until they made it back to the locker
rooms. Following her inside Kate was surprised when Debra let out a slight
huff.

" I have trouble talking in front of a large group of people. Maybe that is
why I like being a sniper. A lot of observing with no interaction between the
sniper and its target well until I pull the trigger then the interaction tends
to be brief. Except, of course in your case and some others." Kate gave a
slight nod quite glad to see the woman lightning up now that they where alone.

" Yeah I imagine so. I am still pretty surprised that you where able to land a
shot on me."

" To be honest I was worried at first. This little baby packs more of a punch
then what the others where using. It isn't as good as my work rifle but from
what heard on the news I didn't want to risk killing out newest member."

" Thanks." Was the only response Kate could think of. She couldn't let this
woman know that there was no way her little sniper rifle was going to hurt
her. If a tank shell hadn't taken her out she was extremely confident that no
little peace of lead moving at anything below mock 8 was going to have any
chance of injuring her and especially not kill her. Kate felt her desire to
brag about her abilities once again returning and once again she beat them
down. Since getting her powers keeping these notions in check had proven the
hardest fight of all. Of course doing this so often meant she had a lot of
pent up energy she tended to let out in the gym. After having to hold back so
many times during the day Kate was certain her work out would be quite intense
tonight. It helped that Jack was all ways there to admire her progress.

Kate watched as Debra took the weapon apart and stored it away. Of course it
seemed odd that she didn't drop it off at the armory but kept it in her
locker. Debra took notice of this and grinned. " Don't worry I am not stealing
anything. I like to go down to the range and do some shooting once in a while.
I don't like stopping by the armory though and the chief lets me keep the
weapon handy. It isn't exactly regular procedure but the chief feels it is
okay." Kate gave an understanding nod. Debra seemed to be able to handle her
firearms better then most anyone else Kate had seen after all. Actually Debra
seemed to be able to handle a gun better then anyone she had ever met.

" Oh no I wasn't thinking that. So tell me how long do you think it will be
before we can go have that little training session."

" I can't say just yet I will need to speak with some of my sniper buddies. I
recommend you wear something fairly sturdy though. My friends tend to have
much better aim then those you where dealing with today." Kate realized why
this would probably be harder then the firing ring despite the extra distance.
Who knows perhaps they would be able to guess where she is going to move and
just make sure a bullet was there waiting for her. At least it would help
prepare her for other situations.

" All right. I guess I will see you around Debra."

Taking off so soon?" Kate gave a slight shake of her head.

" No but I wanted to look around some more."

" Well then I will just show you around. Of course there isn't a whole lot to
show but it should be fun to have someone to talk to." Kate gave a slight nod
and allowed Debra to lead her out of the room after getting everything stored
away.

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Jack could hardly believe the numbers he was seeing as he looked at the
computer monitor. Kate was in the exercise room at the moment working out with
the high gravity spheres. She had come home from the SWAT station a short
while ago completely pumped about something. Though he didn't know what that
was when she told him she wanted a work out he wasn't going to ask questions.
Now though he could hardly believe how much she had progressed. Kate was
currently setting on the special bench that had been designed survive the
environment but making use of the same technology that each one of the
sphere's made use of. Except in the case of the bench it was pushing up
instead of down. It was a good thing it had been designed in such a way as if
it had not Kate would have shot strait through the floor and then some.

As each sphere she was currently working with was exerting 363 tons on either
one of her arms. How she was curling so much weight was beyond Jack he had
expected her strength to stop increasing before it had gotten to this point.
He had never expected Kate to reach a point where she could support an entire
building's worth the weight with a single arm. His thoughts where taken back
to the tank and how Kate had trouble lifting it above her head. Now she could
not only lift a tank but stack several on top of it. It was truly an
awe-inspiring sight. So much so that Jack had to triple check the computer
monitor before he could believe what he was seeing.

He had never expected Kate's strength to grow so fast. Now as he looked
through the viewing window at Kate's sleek muscular form he had to wonder how
she could avoid braking everything she touched. Kate of course noticed Jack's
stair and welcomed it. As she curled the sphere her biceps swelling she
proceeded to purse her lips into a kiss. Making a kissing action towards Jack
she noted the large grin that cross his face. It truly seemed he was enjoying
watching the show as much as she was putting it on. " Why don't you come on in
here? You have the computer safeties set don't you?" Jack gave a slight nod
though he took the moment to make sure before opening the door.

As he walked into Kate's exercise room, he could swear he felt Kate's strength
radiating from her body. It seemed to stretch out from her being and encompass
everything in site making it all appeared so fragile as if it was all a mist
and the slightest puff from this lady could take it all away. He wasn't sure
if it was all in his head but it even seemed his own body became less and less
real. A peal shell when compared to this wondrous being in front of him. Kate
this whole time found herself eating up the attention and held one of her
curls even longer then normal. " Why don't you come on over and feel of this."
Kate gave a slight gesture towards her biceps and hand to suppress a giggle
from the way Jack rushed over to her. As Jack reached out his hands he wasn't
sure of the entire situation.

Kate's strength was so wondrous he felt like his hands could be snapped off
simply by touching her arm. In reality this was quite true should Kate relax
her arm then flex as quickly as she possibly could with his hands encircling
them. However, as her current movements where very slow and deliberate the
only thing that happened were his hands being forced apart. Jack knew that
things had been like this for quite some time. That he had only been able to
endure a small portion of Kate's strength for a year now. Still the thought
that the arm he was currently gripping could support a building's worth the
weight was remarkably exciting. " Mind if we try a little game." Jack managed
to hold his voice steady.

" What is it."

" Well how about I try and distract you while you exercise." Kate smiled but
shook her head.

" Sorry sweety I don't think that is such a good idea." Jack let a sigh and
nodded his head. It was true at her current level if he accidently made Kate
flinch and she hit him. Well that could put a very quick end in their
relationship. Even a little tap would be enough to end his life and at the
moment she was using all her strength to lift those weights. He could tell
that at the current level it did require her to concentrate on what she was
doing. " Of course they are a few things that you can do. Just as long as you
stay away from my arms and don't get your fingers caught between any of my
libs." Jack couldn't help but grin as he backed away from Kate. Looking her
wondrous form over he began to size up his options.

Slowly making his way around her, he took note of her work out clothing hugged
her every curve. How the material fitted her like a second skin so much so
that her nipples and pussy lips where clearly distinguishable. In truth her
work out clothing looked more like it had been painted onto her body. " You
know perhaps it would do some good if we cut some wholes in this material.
Perhaps gave you some more ventilation. To be honest I wonder now why you
never complained of being over heated." Kate took a moment to reposition
herself. Laying down on her stomach and setting the spheres on her feat.

" Computer increase the tonnage by 50%." Kate gave a slight grunt of effort. "
Lower it by 10%." A moment later she seemed to relax a bit and began to pump
the weights. Getting an idea Jack climbed on Kate's back and proceeded to feel
of her thigh muscles as with each time she would raise her legs her muscles
would expand. " To be honest I haven't really felt warm at least not like I
use to when working out in quite a while. I guess my body has developed so
that it can handle heat better." Kate realized how silly of a response that
was when Jack had actually designed her steam bath. Of course he knew her body
was handling heat far differently then it use to.

" Hm still with you putting out energy proportional to what, you did when
exercising as a normal human. I can't help but think you would benefit if your
skin could get some air to it." Kate looked over her shoulder a moment as she
watched Jack messaging her thigh muscles.

" Don't forget my rear and I just think you want me to show more skin."

" Do you mind?" Kate couldn't help but laugh at the question. She hadn't
expected Jack to just blurt out what he was thinking. It was more then a
little funny and from the grin on his face she could tell he didn't mind her
laughing. As Jack continued to message Kate's thigh muscles he slowly climbed
off her. Remembering what she had said about her rear he began to message her
cheeks though his fingers couldn't make much of a depression in them. Bending
down he proceeded to place a few kisses on Kate's firm rump.

" Of course not. Still can it wait until I am finished exercising?" Jack
started to respond then took a moment to think about Kate's question.

" Tell you what. Keep up what you are doing and I will be right back." Kate
didn't bother responding as she watched Jack bolt from the room. Considering
how quickly he was running she doubted he was going to take very long. Though
she wondered just where he was running off to. Jack made his way quickly down
the halls wanting to return to Kate's side. As he ran, he made a mental list
of everything he needed. The primary being a cutting tool that could get
through the material of Kate's costume. He also decided that he was going to
have to get a back of ice from the kitchen and perhaps a container of water.

Kate was some what curious to just what was going on when Jack returned with
his items. Looking at his hands she noted the cutting instrument he was
carrying. The little blade looked like a carpenters knife though something
about it told Kate it was used for cutting through things other then dry wall.
" Now just what the heck is that?" Jack looked down at the three items he had
retrieved. Realizing that Kate hadn't seen the knife before it took him a
moment to decide how he wanted to word it.

" Well while the layout is similar to a carpenters knife this little, baby was
meant to cut through some of the materials used in setting up this facility. A
few of the parts needed some cutting also this is what helped us with your
outfit. It is so damn stretchy that it is hard to cut with a standard blade
even with it being laid flat." Kate nodded and watched as Jack walked over to
her. By now she had switched what she was doing and now was working on her
legs lifts instead of her leg curls. Looking down at her Jack held out the
pitcher of water and proceeded to dump a bit on it. The squeal that came from
Kate as the ice cold water met her heated up skin was something else. He
hadn't expected her to react so strongly considering how little temperature
normal effect her.

" My gosh that is cold." Looking at Jack Kate noticed the thoughtful look on
his face. " Is something the matter."

" Oh no. Well I didn't expect that to affect you really."

" Jack I realize most things don't affect me much but you poured that on my
nipples." Kate didn't bother saying anything but proceeded to continue her
exercise when Jack reached down and place his hands on her breast. Squeezing
as hard as he could, he proceeded to message Kate's breast. A few moments
later he removed his hands.

" That warm enough?" Kate couldn't help but giggle, having to stop her
exercise for just a moment.

" Yeah but why did you quit?"

" Well I was just thinking when you return to the working in public. I once
thought that we wouldn't really need to modify your work out clothing if you
decided to wear it out in public. I just realized recently that we need to
make the areas over your breast and delightful lips some what thicker. Other
wise well, we might as well paint your clothing on." Kate grinned and
proceeded to set up a bit. Lightly edging Jack away she looked down at her
body. Taking note of how tightly her clothing held to her form. She had to
agree with what Jack was saying. Slowly she found herself lightly chuckling at
the situation.

" You are right. I guess I never noticed it before but I guess that is to be
expected from something that is meant to fit my form so snugly." Jack walked
around Kate's relaxed form until he was standing just above her head. Bending
down he places a kiss on her forehead remembering her advice to stay away from
her moving limbs.

" Don't worry I will talk it over with your father and look into getting some
extra materials. Then we will see what we can come up with. That is if your
outfit is going to need extra material at all." Kate gave Jack a curious look.

" I was thinking that we could cut out some of the material on the back of
your outfit. That would expose some of your skin and allow it to breath more.
Even if your body doesn't really require it. It would at least save material
plus I think it would look nice." Kate slowly leaned back her legs once again
beginning their pumping at full paste. As she did this her eyes slowly drifted
shut as she considered the recommended modifications to her outfit and what
she would like. While she didn't mind Jack's recommendations she couldn't help
but think of some others. She knew she shouldn't be such a show boat but as
her power increased the desire to show off her body seemed to grow with it.
Anyway with as tight as her outfit currently was, it wouldn't be much of a
difference if she showed a little more skin. Provided of course it didn't
cause too much of a drag. Not so much that it would slow her down but she
didn't want to risk the material being torn away by it.

At last Kate's eyes drifted open as she thought of a question. " Sure that
would be fine. Jack, I was wondering though could we perhaps strengthen the
material while making it even tighter over all? So that perhaps we could make
the design a bit more pleasing to eye. Also well I think it might be fun to
show off some more of my body."

" Ah is my super fem beginning to enjoy flaunting her body?" Kate turned her
head lightly to the side for a moment as if thinking. Slowly turning it back
she intentionally drew out her answer.

" Well yeahhhh. I suppose I am. It is just since these changes have start
happening to me I have been and felt so much stronger and the work I push my
body the better it becomes. I can't help but want to flaunt it. You don't mind
to you?"

" No way. You know I love seeing you show off. Though I hope, you will save
the really skimpy outfits for when I am around."

" Of course." Jack smiled and took a moment to plant another kiss on Kate's
forehead.

" So what due you want to try to show off that body of yours a bit more." Jack
was some what perplexed when Kate had the computer lower the tonnage on her
weights and then took them in hand. She proceeded to lay back and begin her
inverted bench presses.

" Well why don't we start by playing around with this work out uniform? I have
a few spares so I think we can play around a bit. We may not be able to add on
extra attachments but we can see what cutting away some material does." Jack
gave an understanding nod and retrieved the cutting knife. " To begin why
don't you cut away the material around my legs. I really don't know why you
and my father had it put there in the first place." Jack seemed to think on
this for a moment. It was a pretty good point.

" I suppose it was just us worrying about their being any air friction that
might tear the suit apart." Kate nodded but watched with great interest as
joked pressed the blade down into her costume. He didn't bother worrying about
cutting her and continued to press down until it was clearly cutting through.
He thin proceeded to move the blade around her legs cutting open the top
portion of her leg covering. It was an odd experience for Kate as she felt the
razor sharp blade pressing into her skin the whole time. She knew this was a
requirement in order to cut the costume. It had been made simply too malleable
to be cut by any other method short of stretching it to its extreme and
tearing it. As Jack worked on making a clean cut it must have been the first
time in his life he had wished Kate's legs where less well developed.

The slight bumps her muscles tended to make was a slight annoyance and in
truth he all ways worried about slipping with the blade. While it couldn't cut
through Kate's skin, he knew that it would cut through a normal human without
the least bit of trouble. At last he finished the cut and moved on down to
near Kate's food. " All right now where should I start here."

" Just above my ankle it isn't like I really need to wear shoes. Still despite
letting bullets bounce off me I don't like the idea of stepping in some much."
It was a amusing thought realizing that the only reason Kate even wore
anything on her feet was she didn't like the feel of stepping on certain
things. Then again the only reason she was currently wearing close was for the
sake of decency.

" Hey Kate, I just thought of something. Are you sure you want to limit the
amount of material on your outfit?"

" Sure why not?"

" Well if you don't like stepping in things. You do realize with the lesser
amount of material your going to be smacking into an awful lot of insects."
The look Kate gave him told Jack she didn't appreciate the revelation. As she
considered this new bit of information, she slowed down her pace. When she
finally began to lift her weights again, it was with an added bit of
aggression.

" Yeah I am sure about it. Though I didn't appreciate that little bit of
information. Considering how fast I am really moving at top speed if I can't
avoid them, I am willing to wager they will just vaporize before I even notice
it. Still, if you think of anything else as revolting at that please sweety
keep it to yourself." Jack wondered if he might have really upset Kate but
pointing out the more revolting side to her powers. When he looked up at her
face though he found the same warm smile as always. Giving a slight nod he
actually considered pushing his luck and trying to think of another draw back
but decided against it. He enjoyed watching Kate flaunt her power after all.
He didn't want to risk something causing her to avoid it or even distract her
from it.

" All right." Finally getting to work on the lower part of Kate's outfit he
once again pressed the blade into the area just above her ankle. Bringing it
around in a circle as he did this the now separate section began to shrink
down though he needed to make one more cut before he could remove it from
Kate's leg. Placing the blade at the base, he slowly brought it up cutting a
vertical line from ankle to the upper part of Kate's thigh. The moment he
finished Jack gave a slight start as he heard a rather sharp snapping sound.
The material requiring far more then human strength to keep it stretched out.
As it was removed and snapped back together the sound actually caught Jack off
guard. " Dang wasn't expecting that one." Kate gave Jack a quick look over
before answering.

" Be careful not to hurt yourself." Nodding his head in agreement and removing
the final leg pace Jack stepped back to look Kate over. Her black and red
outfit was nice and in truth he felt that the removal of the leg section was
an improvement at last as far as looks went. Looking at her arms he considered
cutting them entirely away but decided he liked the gloves.

" Hey Kate how about your arms. I have to say I kind of like the gloved look
though perhaps we could take out the finger sections. It isn't like you are
trying to hide your finger prints after all."

" Yeah sure thing just as soon as I am done using my hands. I doubt you could
cut the material off right now." Jack nodded in agreement considering the
amount of weight Kate was currently supporting. " Any other suggestions?"

" Well perhaps we could take off one of your sleeves."

" Why just one?"

" Honestly I just like the look." Kate couldn't help but grin then gave her
head a slight nod. She didn't mind if they tried to make her outfit be
pleasing to the eye as well as functional. In truth they had already tried
that simply by making the material more then one color. Jack knew Kate liked a
red and black combo thus they had designed it with her in mind.

" We can probably get my outfit made later. I do like the idea but lets see
what the chief comes up with first. It would probably be best if we went with
whatever he decided on then if we ever get the chance we can try our
recommendations." Jack gave a nod of agreement before picking up the container
of ice he had brought with him. Kate gave him a curious glance unsure of what
he was about to do.

" You are lucky I can't dodge while holding up these weights." Jack grinned as
he dumped the entire container of ice on Kate's now exposed legs. He had
wanted to put it on her back but opted for her exposed skin. Anyway he didn't
know if she had finished all her exercise that would require her to lie on her
stomach. Chuckling to himself Jack set down and proceeded to watch the ice
around Kate's legs. Unsure of just what was going on Kate made sure to keep
her legs in the ice while she continued her work out. While she didn't know
exactly what Jack was doing she figured it was some form of research. This
proved to be quite true as Jack watched Kate's legs he noticed something quite
odd. The ice around her legs was evaporating at a rate far more quickly then
what it should.

It took Kate a while but she finally noticed Jack periodically pushing more
ice against her legs. " What aren't they covered up enough for you?"

" Kate most of the ice has already evaporated and you only switched to your
standard press a few moments ago."

" Computer drop the weight to 3 tons." At this Kate proceeded to set up each
weight weighing nearly nothing in her hands. Looking down at the ice around
her legs she could hardly believe how much had already evaporated. She was
curiously as Jack reached out and gave her leg a few flicks when he didn't
seem to get burned he placed his hand entirely on it.

" It feels the same to me but the ice is not behaving normally. I think this
is another aspect of your body we will need to research." Something of a drawn
out sigh came from Kate before she laid back and once again turned up the
weight.

" This body of mine is sure full of surprises." All Jack could do is nod his
head in agreement as he began to dwell on just what might be causing such a
odd reaction. Kate had no idea how much trouble her body could be. As thanks
to the difficulty in injuring her it was also very hard to test her. Curiously
he found himself wondering just what method would be the best.

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Kate couldn't deny the feeling of excitement she felt within herself as she
raced towards the SWAT station. Jack had opted to stay home wanting to think
on his findings with the ice and how best to go about testing the results.
Kate had to admit to herself she was somewhat curious just what was going on.
The ice had clearly been evaporating at an accelerated rate when touching her
skin while this in itself wasn't surprising the rate was far beyond what it
should have been. Then when Jack had touched her skin he hadn't felt any
amount of heat that could be described as abnormal. Kate decided she would
also need to speak to Jack about using such methods to run a test. She chose
not to let that bother her though after all today she was going to be finding
out about her equipment.

As Kate arrived at the station and entered into the lobby she quickly realized
she had been running more quickly then she should have been. Comparing how
long it had taken her to arrive at the station previously and now her current
time. A slight giggle was the only thing that came from her as she realized
this she was simply too curious to care. Finding out if she was going to be
stuck in regular SWAT gear or have a special uniform was her top priority at
the moment. The receptionist seemed a bit surprised when Kate more or less
appeared in the lobby and gave a visible start. " I got a call saying the
chief had reached a decision." It took the woman a moment but she finally
nodded her head. She never got to answer though.

" Hey Kate, I heard your coming to see the chief. So are you going to be
joining us soon?" Kate looked over to find Debra holding sniper rifle a rather
large grin on her face.

" Yup, off to some target practice."

" Yeah a little. Well then why don't you go ahead and get down there? He is in
his office right now. Before you go though, me and my friends have just about
settled on a date where we could go off at a wider open area. Then we can have
that target practice we talked about before. I will let you know for sure by
tomorrow if you are around."

" Well I hope I am around tomorrow then. I am going to go ahead and see
Hangman and find out how things went. Hangman, an odd name wouldn't you say."
Debra rolled her eyes.

" I have to agree with you there, still you get use to it. Eventually you
won't think of it any differently then anyone else's last names." Kate simply
smiled unsure if that was entirely true in this case, she didn't say anything
though as she made her way past Debra and down the hallways. As she came to
the chief's office, she made it a point to read the name on the doorway then
shook her head. There was no way she could imagine herself ever getting use to
such a odd name.

Hangman looked up from his papers as he heard someone knocking on his door. "
Come on in." As Kate entered the room he seemed to liven up a bit and began to
shuffle some papers around clearly looking for something. " Ah Ms. Stonecutter
glad to see you. I spoke it over with the mayor and legal department and we
have a few uniforms that might suit you. It surprised me how eager the mayor
was but it seems having an official enhanced life form on the books is
something he rather likes the idea of. I guess being the first to get a super
powered officer will help his political standings. Even if you're not the most
powerful."

Kate had enjoyed the compliments up until that point, however the hinting at
her powers limits once again was a stinging remark. Curiously she wondered if
Hangman had spoken to the armory guy or if he just made the comment without
thinking. Perhaps, it was just her and she shouldn't be getting so upset every
time someone made mention of her supposed limits. Her annoyance was
considerably dampened however by the news of getting not one but several
designs to chose from. " Well then may I see them?" Hangman gave a slight nod
and produced a sealed envelope. As Kate opened it up and began to look through
the designs she was somewhat surprised by what she found. A few of the outfits
where fairly unique that or so generic that no one could say they where rip
offs. A few of them including their color schemes where complete rip offs on
the other hand.

Kate soon found herself making a pile of those costumes that she founds
unacceptable and those that she did. " Well some of these are fairly revealing
wouldn't you say?" Kate glanced up at Hangman who visibly chuckled.

" Yeah I would have to agree. To be honest some of those uniforms really
surprised me. I figured they would try to give you more of a conservative
look. Oh yeah I almost forgot here is your work out clothing back." Kate
grinned as she took the outfit from Hangman who had to dig it out from a
drawer. He most assuredly wasn't the most organized of people she had met but
then again a clean desk is the sign of a sick mind. Kate didn't mind the more
revealing outfits though she had to wonder.

" Is this really the type of image that SWAT is trying to portray? I was
figuring my outfit would be meant to more conform to the outfit to show that I
am part of the same unit." The grin on Hangman's face told Kate he appreciated
her concern for SWAT's image. The sigh that came after words however told her
it was out of his hands.

" I appreciate the concern but this is the mayor's call. It seems he would
rather portray you as the city's official protector more then as another SWAT
member. I personally think the vast majority of these outfits stand out way
too much. Does he even realize the danger this is going to put you in? If you
get too much attention." Kate's previous anger faded away entirely as Hangman
expressed concern for her. Reaching out she lightly patted him on the hand and
once again began sifting through her outfit choices. At least she came to down
quite similar to what she and Jack had cooked up. The finger covers where
missing showing she made no attempt to hide her finger prints and the legs
where exposed. What made it particularly appealing though for Kate's purpose
as the uniform was mostly grey with some black mixed in.

" How about this one?" Hangman took a moment to look at the drawing before
shaking his head.

" Well it is your choice, though I have to say that I rather like that one."
Kate smiled and proceeded to put the image in one of her pockets.

" All right then. I will talk to my father about having the outfit made to my
specifications. Then will I be ready to start heading out?"

" Actually we figured that the city would have the outfit made for you." Kate
was a bit surprised by Hangman's response but quickly shook her head. She
wanted the outfit made out of material that would really let her cut loose
just incase she needed to.

" Don't worry about it, anyway no point in wasting the budget on a speciality
uniform. Just let us handle it anyway I imagine we have more experience making
uniforms for super beings. Even if I am the only one." Hangman, gave an
agreeing nod and Kate didn't give him a chance to put up more of a argument.
As Kate dashed out of his office Hangman felt quite proud of himself, he had
managed to get her to where one of the skimpier designs, kept himself from
looking like an ass and showed concern for his officer. Looking in his desk
once again he pulled out another envelope. Opening it up he looked at the more
conservative designs for Kate's outfit that he had been forced to remove for
the sake of duty before letting her choose.

"Blah." Was the only thing that came from him as he leaned back trying to
imagine what Kate was going to look like. Too bad he hadn't gotten her to
choose one of the ones that showed off a bit of her stomach. Then again the
material was so tight she imagined that her abs would still stand out quite
nicely.

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Kate had a huge grin on her face as she looked in the mirror. Her outfit had
taken less time then she thought it would to prepare. Just over a week now
that she had it however and found herself looking in the mirror she was more
then a little excited. The grey and black didn't exactly project a warm fussy
persona but this was meant to be her SWAT uniform after all. Perhaps one day
she would get to wear a uniform of her own make up and could use a brighter
color scheme. For now she was just excited that she would be able to begin her
work soon. Also she liked how this new uniform let her show off more of her
body. " Now you keep in mind, even though you got a new uniform that lets you
use more of your abilities well without being naked. You are officially at the
same level you where when you spoke to the media."

Kate turned her head in Jack's direction who was now setting on her bed
admiring her form. Playfully she stuck her tongue out at him. " Oh Jack you
don't know what it is like. Always having to hold back, wanting so much to
show what you can really do. It is almost maddening some of the time that I am
forced to move at less then 1/12th of my true speed. The fact that my strength
and speed are still increasing as well sure as hell doesn't make it any
easier."

" Well it might be true that I can't sympathize with wanting to show off, but
I think I can understand you better then you realize. Believe me Kate as much
as I love watching you flaunt your power I would love it if you could show off
more. Still your trying to keep as low of a profile as you can for the time
being. Though I suppose, you can only do that for a limited time." Kate gave a
slight nod and looked towards the bed. On it set a newspaper detailing the
latest exploits of the super friends and some events in New York. If Kate had
heat vision, her eyes would have incinerated the paper as she noticed the tiny
print the officer casualty list was in.

Jack knew it was a sore subject for Kate, he had over a year now to learn her
feeling towards such events. The press would report the property damage and at
times the civilian count, but it seemed as if the officers lost where simply
swept under the rug. She knew it wasn't the leagues' fault but she just
couldn't stand how the light was taken from the police. Further more she felt
that it only made the condition worse. By always rushing into save the day,
the league had caused the public to develop the notion that they didn't need
to beef up the police force. Then the villains would attempt to match the
leagues' power and put standard officers further behind. It was a constant
spiral that Kate could hardly bare. " I am sure that the men at the station
are going to love your new outfit as well."

Jack smiled as he Kate's mind switched to more pleasant thoughts once again.
The moment Kate turned towards the mirror he flipped the newspaper over. He
didn't want Kate to be dwelling on such things at the moment. She should be
happy today, she had gotten her new costume, she was going to get all her
official equipment and could finally begin work once again. Kate was pretty
happy about this, especially since it meant she could start paying for her up
keep. Well not entirely or really even a small portion. That was mostly her
fathers' doing, though Kate had gotten a pay raise since her switch it
wouldn't even begin to cover what she costed. Well except perhaps her food and
the normal items she used. However, between her clothes, the facility, its
power needs and everything else. No she knew whatever she chipped in as just a
drop in a 10-gallon bucket.

It did let her feel a little better about herself though. At least on some
level she was making an attempt to pay for her expenses. Perhaps once she was
able to reveal her powers to the public she could really help pay for things.
Snapping herself out of this line of thought she turned to her side, holding
her hands together Kate proceeded to flex her arms. Watching as the muscles
grew stretching material that could crush bones at least on the one arm that
she wore any material. " All well I guess that is enough strutting my
feathers."

" Ah why stop?" Jack kept his eyes locked on Kate's as she walked over to him.
Leaned down and planted a kiss on his lips.

" I do need to get to work after all. Though speaking of work just what have
you been up to." A long sigh came from Jack.

" Trying to figure out new ways to test you mostly. Nathan and I are running
out of ideas on ways to test the important information. We have given up on a
simple blood sample. Your DNA has simply become far too complex to study all
that is going on. It does resemble human in some ways still but not enough for
me to make an accurate comparison and have any faith in the conclusions." Kate
proceeded to wrap her arms around Jack in a gentle hug. Lifting him from the
bed she gave him yet another kiss.

" I am so lucky to have such carrying people in my life. Well then I am going
to get off to work. It should be fun showing this off around the station."
Jack didn't say anything as Kate set him back down on the bed. Watching her
leave the room he could tell when she began using her super speed after
walking out the front door. He could quite clearly make out the jump in speed
as her feet tore up the ground beneath them. At last setting up he made his
way back into his room. Flipped on his computer and bringing up a few images
of Kate's cells he placed his hands on his forehead. The basic structure of a
few components of Kate's cells seemed familiar, and their location seemed
correct. However, that was assuming they served the same function and didn't
only appear similar. There was also the fact that the sample he was currently
observing was several weeks old now.

He had to resort to asking Kate to injure herself. This was something he
didn't like doing as it didn't give the same precision as a needle also it
required her to endure more pain then a needle would. Setting up strait he
finally did the only thing he could do and went to making observations. Though
he had to wonder what was the point of all this. The only thing he could
really hope for was that one day he would look at Kate's cells and they would
be exactly the same as they had been the previous week. As he couldn't begin
to guess when they where going to stabilize.

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Kate was quite proud of herself being able to keep her speed under control
despite this being her first day of actual work. That is if they where called
in to do anything. She hated to admit it but a part of her hoped for something
too big to happen while the more rational side of her mind told her it was a
very bad idea. In truth the less SWAT had to be called in the better off
everyone was. If there never was a situation that had such a high risk factor.
Of course the adventure seeking side of Kate could rest assured that would
never be the case or at least she doubted it would be. What was waiting for
Kate outside of the station was thus quite the surprise. Debra and a few other
people holding what appeared to be sniper rifles where already waiting
outside. As Kate neared them, she slowed her speed to a trot. " We heard you
where finally ready to start and thought that we would greet you."

" Hey Debra. So are these the people who are going to be using me as a
target?" Debra gave a quick nod and gestured to them.

" Yup each one of them is a sharp shooter like myself. I figured as it was
your first day of officially being ready for service we could put you through
something of a hazing. Even if you are looking forward to this I bet after a
while you sure won't be." Kate grinned at Debra feeling the same rush to show
off that she often did. Of course this lead to her old lamentation that she
had to hold back.

" Well let me meet with Hangman then we can head off to were ever you have
planned. Just where do you have in mind after all?"

" Sniper range of course, we use it jointly with the military snipers. It has
plenty enough distance for practice." Kate nodded and had to remember to hold
back on her speed as she dashed into the building or she would have torn the
door off. Kate was more then a little eager to meet with Hangman though as she
ran down the halls she wondered if she should have waited for Debra to say
something. Considering that she had known Kate was arriving she must have
known something. Well she wasn't going to run back and start asking questions
now that would just make her look even sillier. She would just stay her course
and speak with the chief, let him get a good look at her outfit then be off.
As her thoughts turned to her outfit and just where she was if it wasn't for
Kate delight in her power she would have felt very out of place. As she was
now, she was simply too thrilled with her body and what it could do.

Hangman, was somewhat surprised when Kate entered his office wearing her new
costume. He had known she had a fetching figure but this was quite unexpected
and the way she carried herself was something else. " Mr. Hangmen I was just
dropping by to let you know that my uniform is in. Also is there anything else
that I need?" It took Hangman a moment to respond as he had to keep himself
from making a comment he feared he would regret.

" Yes I have all your information in and you are officially on active duty. I
thought we could get you in without running any test however it seems that
some would like a few ran. So I am leaving that task up to Debra. You probably
noticed her waiting for you at the front door. I am surprised she didn't tell
you though. She seemed so happy to be able to shoot at you." Kate rolled her
eyes at the comment. At one time in her life she might have taken such a joke
offensively but now she had begun regarding it as a game. Fortunately for
everyone else she kept in mind that such comments may not be jokes for other
people.

" And I don't want to keep her waiting then. This is one of the few times that
I have been looking forward to a test." Hangman nodded as Kate ran out of the
room. Curiously he wondered if this was really such a good idea. He had seen
the tv reports and heard her speak about how most bullets didn't hurt her.
Still, there where not going to be using standard bullets in this test. Kate
was fortunate that Hangman didn't remember the news broadcast very well or her
would have realized that sniper rifle's ammo would be far too dangerous for
her to use. That is if the limits she had given where her true ones. In all
the excitement and months since the interview Kate had forgotten some of the
details of the limits she had set for herself.

Debra smiled as Kate came back outside. " Well that was quick, I suppose the
chief told you that we would be testing you."

" Yes he did. So shall we get going. You just drive and I will follow behind I
am kind of eager to get use to his new outfit." Debra gave a nod at which time
she and the others made their way over to a few vans. Kate waited for them to
get out of the parking lot before taking off. She didn't feel much like riding
inside of a vehicle today though it meant she had to be even more careful of
her speed.

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Kate had to resist the urge to locate the snipers that would be firing at her.
Currently finding herself standing within a rather wide open plain she had
been instructed to try not to use her enhanced senses until the exercise could
begin. Curiously she wondered what plan the teams might have cooked up in
order to counter her supposed speed limit. Unlike at the station where the
people had roughly worked together but had no clear plan. She felt certain the
sniper team would have formulated a way to counter her speed even over such a
wide range. Of course she planned on using the same trump card from the
station on the range as well. She would just push her reaction time towards
its upper limit. The bullets would then appear to be moving slower then even
her true jogging speed giving her plenty of time to react.

She didn't dare do that just yet however as she wanted to let the teams get
into place. Other wise the wait would be almost unbearable as a few minutes
could very well seem to be a few hours. The entire world seemed to slow down a
few moments later though Kate wasn't sure why for a moment. She knew better
though then to push herself out of her accelerated state, if her body jumped
into it. Then there was something trying to hit her. Scanning the area she
caught sight of the rounds heading strait towards her ever so slowly though.
Even moving at normal speed she had plenty of time to choose a direction.
Playfully Kate opted for the direct rout as the bullets had been aimed high to
compensate for the amount they would fall in traveling where she was standing.

She imagined with their current path they would have normally hit her in the
head. Moving towards the rounds she easily ducked under them allowing them to
travel rather close to her back. The moment she had made this move though a
few more rounds where fired at her. Looking to her left she hadn't expected
someone to have their weapon already trained in that direction. It didn't help
matters that whoever this person was had fired in a two round burst. All well
she could just catch one of them and dodge the other. Kate barely remembered
in time that no she couldn't just do that. As she ran towards the bullets,
memories of the press conference came flooding back. These rounds where most
likely far too dangerous for her to catch with the limits she had given.

Falling to the ground Kate managed to roll under the secondary set of shots
the whole time silent cursing herself. With the limits she had given she could
probably explain away not being killed by the shells but she would at the very
least be injured. This meant that unlike at the station she was going to have
to avoid every single round if she didn't want to risk someone getting
curious. That is if she could avoid the rounds without dipping into even more
of her speed then she had revealed to the public. Not a good situation to be
me especially since this was probably planned. Unlike with the police she
actually had a chance of running into such well armed crooks with SWAT or even
better. Kate felt her confidence level sink as she wondered if she could
really get through this without getting shot a single time. From the way Debra
had been acting she had this planned out. Of course she could avoid them if
she used more of her speed but in the end that had the same effect as using
too much strength did.

Kate's action soon began to feel as if they took even her a long time to
respond to. Panicking as a few other shots where fired at her Kate pushed off
the ground sending herself into the air from her rolled position. A moment
later she realized her mistake as she caught sight of Debra. Kate could move
super fast and dodge easily while her feet where on the ground, but gravity
effected her at the same rate it did anyone else. Now after using to much
speed and far to much strength to push off the ground. The few moments it took
her to fall back to the ground was enough for the bullets fired from Debra's
gun to reach her. Her feet barely touching the ground she felt the impact
easily drive her weight back without having her footing. Kate was sent
tumbling and all the weapons fired stopped right after. As Kate lay on the
ground she didn't know what to do. She wasn't hurt except for her ego, it had
taken only a few moments but she had already been taken out of the game
officially.

If she just popped up entirely unharmed then it would be obvious she had lied
to the reporters about her limits. Then again they where going to find out in
a few moments when someone came to check on her. Faking an injury in this
situation wasn't going to help matters either. Unable to decide on just what
to do she simply laid there wondering how they could handle damage control.
She was surprised though when only one set of foot steps approached her
looking over and up she found herself looking at Debra's grinning face. " Just
like I thought not a scratch on you. I thought something was up when you
managed to avoid a few of those shots back at the station."

" What you knew I was just holding back?" Kate set up a bit pretending to do
it slowly for show. At least those that where far away could think she was
hurt. Perhaps Debra would be willing to keep her secret.

" Yeah I thought as much at least. That is really the reason I went ahead and
used armored piercing rounds in my gun. I figured if you lied about your speed
you where fibbing about your endurance to so I decided to test you." Kate was
unsure just how to respond to that. Technically she should be upset that Debra
had risked shooting her with an armored piercing round of all things. Then
again even if her true limits were what she told the media she probably
wouldn't have died, just had a serious injury. At the moment though she didn't
feel griping at her was a good idea.

" How many others know?"

" Don't worry I didn't mention my hunch to anyone else. I just felt like
testing you. I will keep your secret for as long as you do, after all if you
haven't been telling people I suppose you don't want anyone to know." Kate
gave a nod and stuck her hand up at Debra. A moment later Debra took it and
helped Kate to her feet though she didn't really need it. Soon the two women,
where making their way back to the other officers Kate covering a pretend
injury.

" Well how did I do on the test?" Debra chuckled in response.

" You didn't last nearly long enough to be honest but then again. You lasted a
great deal longer then most people would out in the open with multiple snipers
aiming at them. I figure we can give the chief a positive review with some
advice." Kate felt a little awkward as Debra helped her along. She didn't much
like the idea that here was another person that she had to trust. Then again
Debra had figured it out entirely on her own. Then again if someone was going
to figure out her secret, Debra was observant enough and had been in the right
position. Kate made a mental note that she was going to have to be a lot more
careful when dealing with such people in the future.

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Kate sighed as she set at her desk working on a few reports. It had been a few
weeks since she had went through her test and Debra had been true to her word.
Actually the two of them where getting along quite well. With Debra regularly
using Kate as a target, Kate had managed to weed out some of her jump impulse.
She had to constantly be sure to make sure she didn't go up other wise she
would be vulnerable in the downward fall. It was one of the frustrations of
her speed that now that she was paying attention to it she had to even watch
it while running. This only made her curious just what was keeping her on the
ground whenever she was running faster then any jet the military might have at
their disposal. Even if she wasn't aerodynamic in the least moving at such
high speeds even, a slight incline should send her air born. She had mentioned
this to Brian and while he was trying to think of a way to test such forces it
was proving like so many other test more difficult.

At least she had been enjoying her job as of late, the ability to run into a
building at inhuman speeds and immobilize people had made her an asset. That
and she always lead the charge especially into high risk situations. While
most still thought enough machine gun fire could kill her she was still far
safer then any of them would be. Plus in most situations Kate was simply to
fast for the attacker to raise the weapon to a firing position. This however
had lead to a problem which she was currently writing a report on. Kate had an
extremely hard time not braking peoples' fingers and arms. That is when she
was disarming them at super speeds it tended to happen. It was annoying for
Kate since if she hadn't been removing the weapons it would have meant they
got a bullet wound instead.

The problem lay in that it was something knew. Now Kate found herself filing a
report on why she should use a side arm in such situations. Her argument
focusing on the fact that while she regularly ends up braking something having
her use, a fire arm may end cause her to kill someone. She wasn't exactly
stressing over the report though. Hangman had made it clear he just wanted
something to show to the media should someone make a complaint. A, look I
reviewed my officers report and this is still the best solution, set up. The
only thing Kate hated about it was it was so boring and required so much time.
This had given her a idea though, she would have to look into getting a high
strength keyboard one that could handle someone typing at least ten times
faster then a normal human. It would allow her to lapse into her accelerated
state and while the time would seem to take as long it would still leave her
more of her day.

With her current equipment she was quite certain she would end up pounding it
into little bits if she tried such a tactic. Of course there was other reasons
Kate wanted to get this finished, namely her work clothes. She had gotten use
to it while at the police station but while setting entirely still simply
typing she couldn't deny how silly she felt. Especially since a few of the
SWAT members where still getting use to her chosen attire. Kate would normally
simply cross her legs or flex a biceps do something to tease back. However,
she couldn't deny to herself this was just a mask and she at times considered
getting a more concealing outfit. She had originally spoke of showing herself
as another member of the team but it was becoming increasingly clear that
wasn't going to happen.

She had been so excited about getting an outfit that would let her use more of
her abilities without being shredded. She hadn't thought about how she would
look around the office. Of course she could slip on a normal outfit but the
moment a call came in she would need to remove it. Normal clothing just
wouldn't last long enough especially thanks to the drag she created when she
really ran. While she did keep her speed down when in public Kate could never
resist pushing herself to a higher speed the moment she had some alone time.
These speeds where often in excess of 300mph just incase she had to slow down.
" Hey, and what are you doing?" Kate looked over to find Debra standing beside
of her.

" Typing up a report. Care to read it?" Debra straitened up and gave her head
a quick shake.

" No thank you. I don't like reading them unless I have to. Unless of course
it happens to be about a new type of weapon." Kate grinned and continued to
her work. " A couple of us have been talking and are curious just what is
going to happen whenever our call isn't to handle your standard humans. I mean
now that you are here now. Originally it was try are best to hold our ground
and hope someone arrives."

" Well I hope to get it over with before anyone else can arrive or any of us
get hurt." The smile on Debra's face told Kate she approved. Though the
concern in her voice told her she worried.

" Just don't go getting yourself killed. I don't know what your limits are but
they are some dangerous freaks out there. Though, I imagine you know what it
is like to have to wait for someone to show up and lend a hand. After all you
use to be a police officer, you didn't even get the same equipment as SWAT."
Kate nodded her head in agreement. She would most assuredly have to show Debra
just what she was capable of. It had been over two years since she began
developing her powers and except for against Copper head she hadn't really
gotten a chance to test them out. That was in part thanks to her having to
switch positions and the time it took her to refine her abilities. She had
spent 6 month's simply developing her strength after all.

Of course now that she felt she was ready she could feel the frustration
welling up inside of her. A mixture of fear and excitement to show what she
could really do. There was also some guilt there, as she had refused to hide
just who she was behind a mask or anything else. The moment she came out with
her full power she knew her family would be in danger and so would Jack. Of
course during this time they had time to make plans for such a situation.
One's which her father assured her would provide enough safety though how she
didn't see. That was in part thanks to them not telling her just what they
where and also her taking into account what she might be upsetting in the long
run. " You know I am a little surprised no one has said anything about my
chosen attire while I work." Kate opted to take her mind off her current
worrisome line of thought.

" Well who would? All the guys are keeping quiet about it as well they seem to
enjoy the view. Of course I have to say you best be grateful for your strength
over wise you would just be asking for someone to harass you. As you are now
most of the fellas are worried if they grabbed your but you might bust
theirs." Kate couldn't help but chuckle unsure if Debra was simply joking
around or if she was serious. While if someone did get so bold she may very
well respond in such a manor, she doubted anyone would.

" Yeah it also lets me avoid the armory department. I know I just talked to
him once but I can't stand the guy that runs it." Debra simply chuckled in
response to his comment. Unlike Kate she had to hear people talking about how
Kate had dodged the bullets. It was actually one of the main reasons no one
got to friendly with Kate at the moment. A few of the members had found it
hard to believe they had an actual super powered life form in their station.
That is until Kate had went down to the shooting gallery and proved it. Now
they where rumors going around the station about just what this meant for the
rest of them. Quite a few feared losing their jobs while others wondered if
they might to be enhanced. It was a subject of some debate to wether or not
her father's company had developed the treatment Kate had gone through.

Of course this meant attempts to brake in had increased however none of them
had been done by a truly competent person. At least not competent enough to
make their way in as often these beings found out that indeed Nathan had no
hand in Kate's manifesting powers. The fact that Jack was officially studying
Kate also helped things. As it made no mention of him being the one that
treated Kate. This of course meant the only person that officially knew how
Kate had gotten her powers was Kate herself and a supposed individual. It was
all for the best as far as Kate was concerned though she had begun wishing she
had taken the time to deceive the media into thinking even she didn't know
where her powers came from. The whir of a printer was actually a surprise to
Kate as she looked at the machine. Realizing she had finished her paper in a
half asleep state. " Hey Debra after I drop this by Hangman's office do you
want to go and get something to eat."

" No thanks, I am going to go shoot some stuff instead."

"Rifle?"

" Nope, I have been needing to work on my small arms for a while. I can handle
a rifle just fine but my skill with a side arm is rather lacking."