Cape High Series by R. J. Ross (#14-#15, #18, #20)
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Overview: Overview: R.J. Ross was born in Kansas City, grew up in Kansas City, and still lives there today, working as a secretary for the family business and writing whenever possible. She enjoys writing romance and young adult fiction the best and likes to believe that fairies are real, but they don’t sound like bells and there’s no second star to the left involved.
Genre: Sci-Fi; Superheroes
Cape High Book #14: Shadow Boy:
“So Shadowman’s not in the Cape Cells… me and him, we didn’t exactly get along well that last conversation,” I admit.
“You can find him,” Technico says. “Skye can find him as long as he’s not roaming the shadows, but you can find him, regardless.”
“Can you?”
“I can find his phone—but the moment I do, he’s usually switching to another one. Your dad is paranoid, for good reason.”
“So you want me to focus on Shadowman, while you take out Herold?”
“That about sums it up,” he agrees.
It’s dangerous—but not as dangerous as a lot of the stuff I’ve done in the past. “If I find him, how am I going to stop him? He’s a lot older than I am, and he’s more powerful, right?”
“He is,” Nico says. “And there’s a good chance he’s got a technopath behind him, just like you do. We just need to take that into account—”
“But—” I jerk, since I wasn’t the one that said that. There, standing in the hall, is Carla, her hand over her mouth.
“You should be in bed,” I say automatically. “You’ve got classes in the morning.”
“Classes don’t matter!” she says, stepping into the room. “You’re just planning on running off on your own to find Shadowman, right? You could get caught—or killed!”
“He won’t kill me, I’m his son."
Cape High Book #15: Super Villain Grandpa:
I’m a disgrace to the Falconess name. Yeah, that’s where this story starts. A pretty pathetic place to start, don’t you think? Well, it’s not as bad as it sounds. At least it’s pretty here.
“Welcome to the family island,” Mom says, pushing me towards the towering jungle past the beach we’re standing on. “No Internet, no television, no indoor plumbing. This is where you’ll be training until Mom deems you worthy of going back. I just wish—” Mom lets out a sigh, looking at me with a sad little smile. “I wish things had gone differently,” she finishes, pulling me into a hug. “Be good Keliah, and try not to die. You have your phone if anything too bad happens.”
“Wait, what?” I say, shocked. She steps back and summons her wings, taking to the air. “Mom? MOM!” I yell as she flies away, leaving me just standing there on a beach. “I don’t want to die!”
She’s gone. I know she heard me, she’s just ignoring me. I’ve been abandoned on Grandma’s island, and Grandma is nowhere to be seen. All I see is a little island covered with trees and animals.
Cape High #18 Rocky Road:
“So… what’s the lecture going to be?” I say as I look around the Science room. There are long tables lined up and a desk in front. All of the tables are covered with machinery. “Going to tell me that I can’t skip school in the middle of the day?”
“You skipped school for an entire year, I figure it’s too late to go into that,” Nico says, dropping down in the chair at the desk. “I just figured you’d want to talk about it.”
“About what?” I ask.
“Going to meet your mother,” he says.
I go still, feeling completely off-guard by that. “What?”
“You found out about her, so you should want to see her, right? I know I would. I did, in a way.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I say, starting for the door.
“I barely saw my father while I was growing up. He was always away, out saving the world. I was around your age at the time when I decided to do it. I’d just thrown my stepmother out of the house—”
“You did what?” I say, my jaw dropping.
“She was trying to make Liz tougher than I am. Liz hadn’t even come into her powers at the time,” he says. “It was pretty much child abuse. I threw her out of the house, told her not to come back. She never did. It left me with a little girl to raise and an old man that was never there.”
“So you went to find him,” I say, absently sitting down in one of the larger chairs in the room.
“Yeah,” he says. “I couldn’t even fly at the time, so I ran all the way to Saint Louis, just to see him at one of his appearances. He didn’t even notice me in the crowd.”
“Did you have an illusion watch on?”
“I wore a hat.”
“How big was the crowd?” I ask. It startles a laugh out of him.
“It was massive,” he admits. “But I was a kid—I was HIS kid. I expected him to be able to pick me out of a crowd. I went home, feeling completely abandoned. It felt like his job was more important than his family ever would be. I wasn’t wrong, either. Even though Sparky was gone, we still barely saw him. He would come home only when he needed to sleep. Just like I am, now, he only had to sleep once every three or four days. He would head straight for his bed and sleep so deep that I felt like I was stuck guarding him, as well as Liz.”
“So… with that sob story, you really expect me to go out and find her?” I say.
Cape High #20 Rise and Shine:
"I caught a glimpse of the pets, too,” I admit. “They look like real animals, even move like them. I sort of wanted one, myself.”
“Your dad could make you one?” Adanna asks.
“Well, I’m still grieving over my last pet.”
“What last pet?” she stops and stares at me. “PLEASE tell me you’re not talking about the exploding mutant guinea pig.”
“It was a heartbreaking time, okay!” I say as she starts to laugh. “I’d like to have a pet, but…well, I’m not sure I want one that’s smarter than I am.” She starts laughing even harder, so I give up and take her cookie.
All of a sudden Cubby jerks, looking up excitedly. “It’s on!” he says, running past me for the house.
“It’s on! It’s on!” Robo says, chasing after him. I look at Adanna, who groans and gets to her feet.
“Come on, we’re watching them, remember?”
“Petleaves! Everybody loves Petleaves!” plays from the wall as we walk into their front room. It’s some sort of commercial, I guess? I walk over, looking at the wall-sized television, wondering what’s so fascinating. On the screen are a group of kids about Cubby’s age, surrounding a very strange looking plant…
“’Danna, Sunny, it’s on!” Cubby says, pointing at it.
“I know, Cubby, but remember, Papa said no. The only creatures we buy off the Dark Shopping Network are the ones that need to be in our sanctuary, remember?”
I feel a chill run down my spine, barely hearing the two as I stare at the screen. The plant on the commercial… it’s moving just like an animal.
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#19:
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Christmas Short Stories:
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Cape High Villainy:
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