Justice for All (The Outcast Book #1) Read online

  “Why not? Green Hornet had someone drive him. So did the Shadow.”

  “And they both sucked. If there’s a motorcycle I’m riding it.”

  “Fine. We still need a name, though.”

  “How about the Albatross?”

  “Can’t you take this even a little seriously? This is a big deal—for both of us.”

  “Yeah, sure.”

  I see the guy lurch out of the alley in time to shove Melanie back. He has a gun in his hand, an old revolver that might not even work. He holds out his other hand. “Money. Now.”

  I glance over at Melanie, who doesn’t have the terrified look she did that night on campus when those convicts accosted us. She nods to me. I turn back to the guy and smile. “You should walk away while you still can.”

  “What’d you say, little girl?”

  “I said you should walk away while you still can.”

  “You serious? I got a gun—” I bat the gun out of his hand in mid-sentence and then swing my left leg around to knock him off of his feet. Before he can get up, Melanie kicks him in the midsection a couple of times.

  “I told you,” I say.

  “Yeah, don’t mess with the Outcast and Midnight Spectre.”

  “Midnight Spectre?”

  “What do you think?”

  I shrug. “It’s kind of goofy. What do you think?” I ask the guy on the ground.

  He just groans with pain. I scoop up his revolver to drop into a storm drain later; he’ll be a lot better off without it. A guy can get hurt in this city waving around a gun.

  “Well, Midnight Spectre, let’s go home. We’ve done enough crime-fighting for one night.”

  “Yeah, sure.” We leave the guy writhing in pain on the sidewalk. As we walk down the steps to the train station, Melanie says, “I think her costume should be a really dark blue, with a hood over her face. And a cape. What do you think?”

  “I’m not wild about the cape.”

  “It’s traditional, you know?”

  “It’s traditionally lame.”

  “What do you know?”

  “Not a lot. I’ll leave the comic book stuff to you.”

  We board the train to take us home. As we’re sitting there, me listening to Melanie’s ideas for her sidekick character, I see a guy lift a purse off an old lady’s shoulder. I put a hand on Melanie’s arm. “I’ll be right back.”

  Then I take off after him. Maybe I can’t go after Madame Crimson or her goons right now, but in this city there’s still plenty of work for a hero.

  About the Author

  Patrick "P.T." Dilloway has been a writer for most of his life. He completed his first story in third grade and received an 'A' for the assignment. Around that time, he was also placed in a local writing contest for a television station, receiving an action figure in lieu of a trophy, thus securing his love with the written word. Since then, he's continued to spend most of his free time writing and editing. In the last twenty years, he's completed nearly forty novels of various genres. When not writing, P.T. enjoys reading and photographing Michigan's many lighthouses. In order to pay the bills, he earned an accounting degree from Saginaw Valley State University in 2000 and for twelve years worked as a payroll accountant in Detroit.

  Also By the Author

  Chances Are Series:

  Chance of a Lifetime

  Second Chance

  Last Chance

  Girl Power Series:

  Girl Power

  The Impostors

  League of Evil

  Stories, Volume 1

  Tales of the Scarlet Knight Series:

  Dark Origins

  A Hero’s Journey

  Time Enough to Say Goodbye

  The Hazards of Love

  Change of Heart

  Betrayal Begets Blood

  Future Shock

  Living Sacrifice

  The Heart of Emma Earl

  Children of Eternity Series:

  Forever Young

  Young Family

  Young Hearts

  When You Were Young

  Sisterhood

  Awakening

  The Night’s Legacy

  Higher Power

  The Best Light

  The Naked World

  Liberation Front

  The Leading Men

  The Changing Seasons

  Chet Finley vs. the Machines of Fate

  Another Chance (Faces of CHANCE #1)

  Justice for All (The Outcast Book #1)

  Part 1

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Part 2

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Part 3

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Part 4

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Epilogue

  About the Author

  Also By the Author