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I wouldn't recommend it. Rotten hours, lousy pay, rotten benefits....

But at least I'd only have to provide support and stuff, right? I mean, I can do that.

I think.

Well, I mean, it's not like I've been a sidekick before.

Sometimes the support is the hardest part. Because they're out there doing whatever they do and you're back behind the lines waiting for it to go wrong and believe me, it goes wrong more often than it goes right.

It can be really rewarding. It can also break your heart. If you're gonna do it; be durable.

I am, really. Thanks.

How long've you been doing the sidekick thing?

Good.

Unofficially since my last year of junior high. Officially, about 4 years now. I'm Chloe by the way.

God. You're experienced.

I'm Amy. So, your hero... heroine... whatever. Super-powered or non?

You know, I never thought about it, but yes I guess I've got sidekick experience!

My hero's very much of the super powered variety. I freelance sometimes with others who are the same and one who's non-powered just crazy skilled.

Wow.

Where'd you go to find all of them?

The first one I've been friends with long before I knew there was anything different about him. So it just kind of clicked when I found out his secret.

The other ones I stumbled into meeting through him.

Looks like I've gotta find myself at least one superhero on my own, then.

As long as you keep your pride and let them know you're as important as your partner, all good.

I think I could do that.

You realise you're sitting on a curb waiting for the bus without me, right?

(How's that?)

Excellent! That's the spirit! Your partner is a boy or a girl?

I'm kinda in the market. You got any suggestions?

Well, that depends on the field your work in. What are you good at?

I was kinda drop-kicked into the heroing industry. But I guess I'm your standard Girl Friday: find out who this person is, locate and retrieve this random possibly mystical object or maybe just my mom's favourite vase, book me a table at that exclusive restaurant...

*smiles* That sounds amazing. Haven't you ever consider being the heroine yourself isntead of just the sidekick?

Well, I considered being a private dick once, but nothing came of it.

Maybe you should put a better ad. Something like "Sidekick looks for strong superheroe".

'Damn good female sidekick seeks superhero/ine'?

*laughs* Sounds good enough.

Thanks.

I'm Amy, by the way.

*smiles* Burton Guster. But everyone just calls me Gus. Nice to meet you, Amy. Good luck with your job-hunting.

Thanks. Great to talk to you.

I could use a sidekick. Possibly. What sort of powers do you have?

A wide range of abilities.

How about you? What do you do?

How delightfully vague.

I'm Iron Man and... well, I don't have powers per se. I just have a high-tech suit and a lot of weapons. And I can fly.

I'm Amy, I do have powers but not of the helpful variety, and I can book a flight on pretty much any airline you care to name.

I see. Well, I could do that too but it's more fun to fly on your own outside of plane.

And I'm Tony Stark. It's nice to meet you. So far anyway.

I imagine it would be.

I do try. I just gotta know first, though: you're not prone to fits of madness, evil laughter, or plotting complex plots to take over the universe, are you?

No, no and no. I do laugh sometimes, but mine is not an evil laugh.