That’s The Power Of Love
Ilma, Francine, Violet, and Ash are on patrol.
“...So…” Ash says with his hands behind his head “...Would you mind telling us what your powers are?”
Francine and Ilma laugh.
“You’ll see soon enough.” Fran says with an amused expression on her face.
“Wait a second!” Violet scoffs. “It almost sounds like you want us to run into trouble!”
“...Yeah…and what of it?” Ilma says with a smirk while flexing her muscles.
“...Oh…nevermind…” Violet says with a sigh.
‘Why did I get paired up with the thrill seekers?’ She thinks to herself.
Suddenly, Fran gets a call.
“Hello! This is Valentine!”
“Oh, that sounds terrible! We’ll be over right away!”
She hangs up her phone.
“Follow me!” Fran says as she points a fencing sword forwards.
“Hell yeah!” Ilma yells out as she follows her girlfriend.
Violet and Ash share a glance with the former looking annoyed and the ladder giving a shrug before they follow the heroes.
As they arrive on the scene Ash and Violet quickly see what the issue is.
The call Fran got led them to the entrance of a local drag club. It seems like there might soon be a fight between some of the staff and patrons of the club and the hate mob that was right outside their door.
Their were a group of protestors holding up signs that had anti-LGBT messages on them.
As the heroes and students drew closer they were able to hear the argument more clearly.
“What you all are doing is unnatural!” A man holding a sign yelled.
“Fuck off and leave us alone!” One of the club’s Drag Queens yelled back.
“That isn’t a very nice thing to say!” Francine says with a smirk.
“I know right!” The man holding the sign responds.
“I wasn’t talking to you!” Francine snaps back.
“EXCUSE ME!” The man responded. “WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY?!”
“Do I really need to repeat myself?” Fran said with a smug look on her face. “I thought I made myself quite clear!”
“I heard you loud and clear babe!” Ilma says with a smug smile of her own.
“Aww! Thank you!” Fran says as she gives Ilma a quick kiss on the cheek.
“WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!” The man screams with a disgusted look on his face.
Fran thinks this over for a moment.
“I don’t think there is anything wrong with me. Do you think there is anything wrong with me babe?” Fran says with a faux confused expression.
“Not at all! In fact, I think that you’re perfect!” Ilma says with a wide grin.
“THAT’S IT! I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SINFUL BEHAVIOR!” The man yells as he runs directly towards Fran and tries to slam his sign down against her head.
Fran, completely unphased by what was happening, just grabs the sign and pulls it out of the man’s grasp.
“Hey babe!” Fran turns towards Ilma again. “Which sin am I behaving like?”
“...Uh…” Ilma considers this for a moment before she gives a shrug. “...Pride maybe…”
“...Interesting…” Fran says as she hands the hateful sign to Ilma. “...I think that I am more of a lust than a pride…”
“Speaking of pride...” Ilma ponders as she breaks the wooden sign in half with her bare hands. “Let’s protect this nice club from these violent individuals.”
“WHO ARE YOU CALLING VIOLENT?!” The man shouts as he raises his fist in an attempt to punch Ilma in the face.
Ilma quickly grabs his fist and stares at him with a blank expression.
Ilma quickly blinks twice and then points at the man's fist.
“Hey babe. This counts as violence right?”
“That is an interesting question, but wouldn’t that man have to damage you for it to be considered violence?”
Violet chimes in to give her opinion on the matter.
“In this circumstance I believe that the attempt of harm is in and of itself a violent act even if no one is harmed.”
Ash nods in agreement.
Ilma turns her attention back towards the man.
“So, you know that you just attempted to strike a licensed superhero, right?”
The man stands in stunned silence before he eventually gives a response.
“...They let the gays be superheroes?”
“Well I am gay and I am a superhero.” Ilma casually responds.
“I am also a gay superhero.” Fran quickly follows up.
“I’m gay too.” Ash says. “and I am also trans.”
“So if we are to go by the rule of threes, then gay superheroes are a thing.” Ilma says as she looks back towards the man she is still holding the clenched fist of.
The man is in stunned silence yet again before he eventually gives his next response.
“THEY LET THE TRANSGENDERS BE SUPERHEROES?!”
“As far as I can tell I’d say that is also a yes.” Ilma says as the man stumbles backward to pull his fist from Ilma’s grip.
The man tries to punch Ilma yet again.
“I think we should wrap this up! Right babe?” Fran says as she winks towards Ilma.
“Yeah. I think you’re right.” Ilma says as she quickly dodges the man's attack and punches him in the face instead.
Before the man realized what had just happened to him he was already half way down the street before he eventually collided with a light pole.
“Punching bigots never gets old!” Ilma says as she cracks her knuckles.
“You can say that again!” Fran says as she walks towards Ilma to give her yet another kiss on the cheek.
“That never gets old either!” Ilma says with a blush.
Fran turns her attention towards the other protestors.
“Anybody else have anything they’d like to say? I’m all ears!” Fran says as she puts a cupped hand behind her ear for emphasis.
All of the other homophobic protestors immediately drop their signs and take their leave.
“Well that takes care of that.” Ilma says with her hands behind her back.
“Not quite.” Fran says as she walks towards the bigot who just got punched in the face.
The man just got back up onto his feet and is brushing dirt off of his pants.
Fran saunters up to him, raises his chin with her pointer finger, and gives him a seductive look.
“Go turn yourself in.” Fran calmly says.
“Yes ma'am.” The man says with swirls in his eyes as he immediately begins to walk towards the police station.
Ash watches the man walk by him and turns his attention towards Francine.
“...I…He…What?” Ash says with a lot of confusion in his voice.
“Oh!” Fran walks back towards the others. “That’s my superpower!”
“...Explain…” Ash says not any less confused than he was before.
“I have the ability to briefly mind control people who find me attractive. It works on anyone of any gender as long as that criteria is met.”
“Oh, Cool!” Ash then turns towards Ilma. “What’s your power?”
“The more love that I feel the stronger I am!” Ilma says with a wide grin.
“And I love her a whole lot!” Fran says as she gives Ilma a kiss on the lips.
“Also, before you ask, my power has nothing to do with how muscular I am! These guns are all natural!” Ilma says as she proceeds to flex her arm.
“...Can I ask one more question?” Ash says as he rubs the back of his neck.
“Sure, go right ahead!” Ilma responds.
“Does Fran ever use her power on you?”
“Not often. I just force her to do the chores when she forgets sometimes.”
“...Hey…these kids don’t need to know that!” Ilma blurts out with a flustered look on her face.
“At least I didn’t tell them about the other stuff!” Fran says as she nudges Ilma with her elbow.
Ilma quickly picks Fran up and throws her over her shoulder.
“Hey! Put me down!”
“Not until you stop talking about that stuff!”
Fran crosses her arms.
“...Fine…Can I get down now?” Fran said with a huff.
“Well, since you asked so nicely!” Ilma says as she places Fran back on the sidewalk.
The drag queen that was arguing with the bigot approaches our group of heroes.
“I just wanted to thank you all for your help!”
“Don’t mention it! This is what heroes do!” Fran says with a smile.
“Also, here are some free tickets to our next show!” The queen hands them four tickets. “I know that you aren’t doing this for the rewards, but I just had to show you my gratitude.”
“Thank you!” Fran says as she takes the tickets. “We’ll be there!”
The heroes say their goodbyes as they continue their patrol.