just a person

okay, the data bears out that public investment in health, education, public commons, and infrastructure has a massive return on investment for both the economy and the nation as a whole, so we should be investing as much as we can afford into public institutions.

Years in the ghost court has changed Wes enough for him to act as a warlock patron. Unbeknownst to him, a marriage certificate does act as a warlock pack. Steph finds out when she accidentally eldritch blast the villain of the week.

(Lmfaoooo)

Spoiler happily ran across the roofs of Gotham City, completely ready to end the patrol and see her husband again.

Husband. Her husband, Wesley Weston! She was elated to have finally married him after so much happening. All around her, there were couples that formed with the residents of that other universe (cough, a certain trigger happy crime lord and his Princess), and she was happy to be one of them!

Yes, they were a bunch of weird, powered up, mutated humans from another dimension, but Spoiler wouldn't trade them for the world.

Red Robin followed after her and cleared his throat. "Earth to Spoiler? You're on patrol, remember?"

Spoiler blinked and realized that she had almost missed the thief that was slinking away with a flatscreen TV from a nearby electronics store in his arms.

"Oops," she muttered, before dropping off the roof in front of the thief. "I don't think you've paid for that."

The man jumped at the sound of her and cursed. "Damn Bats!" He hissed, immediately holding out a gun to her face. "Back off, or I'll shoot!"

"Over a 40 inch TV?" Spoiler snarked. She knew that Red Robin was behind her and she was confident in her own prowess.

Wes always loved complimenting her about her skills and her talents, as if determined to wear down on her insecurities. Now that they were married, it somehow gave her a strange sense of comfort.

"It's not just about the TV! This is about freedom! This is about justice!" The man screamed. Both she and Red Robin shared a look of exasperation.

"Get on with it. We have things to get back to," Red Robin said. Spoiler knew that he had his own outer dimensional partner to get to and she silently agreed wholeheartedly.

The man bared his teeth. "But thankfully, I'm not alone either, Bats."

And just like that, he threw the TV at their faces, which they dodged. But unfortunately, that was when they saw an entire gang of people with guns pointed at them.

Ever since the citizens of that other dimension had crossed into theirs, it had been chaos. But as time went, those same residents, Wes included, calmed down the situation and were often helping the heroes in slowing down crime.

As such, Spoiler could admit that she got a little bit careless after so many days of minor crimes.

Spoiler cursed as she was cornered against a wall. A group of three people were aiming at her and she could see Red Robin struggling against a group of six. The barrel of the guns were cold as they pointed at her and suddenly, Spoiler regretted being so carefree.

What would Wes think if she came home with gunshot wounds?

The guns cocked. Spoiler raised her hands without thinking and suddenly, a bright purple flash came from her hands, shooting out and striking the three men perfectly.

They all fell down with cut off shouts. Spoiler froze as Red Robin and the other gang members stared at her in shock.

"So you've had powers this whole time—?!" He was cut off by a punch to the jaw.

Later that patrol, as Spoiler was unable to replicate what she just did with that magical blast, she told Wes about it.

"— and then I couldn’t do it again! I told Tim not to tell B, but I’m really worried. Is this some sort of mutation? Or did I somehow unlock my meta genes like Duke? Wes, what do you…” her voice cut off.

Her husband was staring into the distance, his eyebrows furrowed as a faraway look entered his eyes, one of deep contemplation and a dawning realization.

Stephanie suddenly realized something. “… you know what caused it, don’t you?”

Wes coughed. “Well… err, I think I forgot to mention that when we get married, it— well….”

Danny has gotten very good at getting into and exploring the internet. Not only from having to follow Technus through it, but also because it was fun!

So it shouldn't have been a surprise that when the time came when he had to escape Amity Park for good, he did it through the web. He had never gone outside the city's servers before, so he did get a bit lost, but soon he was exploring all around the world.

He knew he had to get out of the web eventually, but the persecution had left him a little traumatized. It was safe in there, and he was healing well, or at least his pixelated body seemed okay. And okay, maybe online food was a little tasteless and numbed his tongue, but it was keeping him fed, so who cared.