@IngloriousInk -You're capable of so much more, Mark." She left him briefly, returning to the roof using the wings of a peaceful dove -

@IngloriousInk -to bring the criminal down to the man she had rescued him from. A firm hand pressed against his shoulder to force him -

@IngloriousInk -to his knees. He begged for mercy. "Show me that you are better than just another criminal who kills in the name -

@IngloriousInk -of his own ideals." Her arms crossed and she took a step back. He was now in Mark's mercy, but Mari trusted him.

@IngloriousInk Mari flinched, but it wasn't out of sympathy for the criminal's pain. No, for just a split second, she expected Mark to -

@IngloriousInk -kill the man in front of her. For that, she felt guilty. He followed through with her assumption, merely breaking a few -

@IngloriousInk -bones and showing her that he could be trustworthy; that he was capable of change. A smile broke her nervous demeanor. -

@IngloriousInk -"Cheetah." Once again snatching the man, who cried out in what could only be agony, -

@IngloriousInk -Mari dashed away to the steps of the nearest police station. She dropped the unfortunate soul onto the stoop. -

@IngloriousInk -"Consider yourself the luckiest man on Earth right now. Next time, I won't be there to save you." As the creature whimpered-

@IngloriousInk -both thanks and desperate apologies, Mari made her way back down the few blocks to Mark. Once she arrived, Mari didn't -

@IngloriousInk -stop. She was elated that he had proven himself when the rest of the world could have labeled him a monster. -

@IngloriousInk -When even she, Mari admitted, was also just as quick to judge him. She nearly pounced onto him and squeezed his torso -

@IngloriousInk -with excitement. "This is great, Mark! This is such great news."

@IngloriousInk Vixen chuckled at Mark's comments and gave him a playful punch on the arm. "I admit, I thought it would take a lot more -

@IngloriousInk -to convince you. But I'm proud of you, Mark. You did the right thing today. Well..." She glanced around at the -

@IngloriousInk -messy scene. Blood had already begun to dry as it baked under the harsh sun. "You did /a/ right thing."

"The greatest happiness is learning to let go, take up your wings, and fly higher than you ever could before."

"But some of us have trouble with letting go of the past. Letting go of people. Some of us are still searching for relief."

"It's not the past that makes us who we are. It's the decisions we make that build us."