Lich held Miranda close to him. ''Now. Who will play with Miranda and me?''

Lich scanned the crowd. ''Yes, you the police commissioner's wife come and play.''

Pointing to one more playmate to join in. ''Let me not leave out the Mayor's wife. Bring them to me. Now.''

'' This is going to be so much fun but the loser will be sorry.'' His face broadcasting live.

The mayor's wife along with the police commissioner's wife were each brought forward, joining Miranda lined up.

Andy watched as Lich's men, brought him knives.

Taking them from one of his men. Lich scolded his playmates. ''Now stay still. Relax. Smile for the camera.'' Holding one of the knives up.

'' I wouldn't want to miss and ruin any of your pretty faces. My blades may make irreversible damage if you fidget.'' Chiding them merrily, holding up one knife to throw.

Lich began with the police commissioner's wife, aiming at her. ''Hearse or not.'' He missed the middle of her forehead by Andy's super breath blowing it off course, unnoticed by everyone except Peter.

Lich's next blade flew past her ear narrowly.

Everyone taken hostage were made to applaud Lich as she passed out. ''Spoil sport. Quitting the game so soon. No stomach for it.'' Placing Miranda in her place now.

Lex Luthor protested at this. Lich struck him out cold. '' Sit on it and twirl Luthor.''

''Let's make this interesting for Miranda.''

Lich asked viewers watching this the broadcasting lives to start messaging him, asking viewers to tell him what to do to his snowy haired hostage.

Read out pinging replies, Lich was encouraged.

Leering at the cameras, he took aim at her between her eyes while turning his head to face them and to his hostages and about to throw the dagger blindly at her.

''Where will I hit? Maybe Miranda's eye or her heart.'' Lich pondered the destination to her flesh.

''Stop.'' Andy said loudly from the crowd. ''Leave her alone.''

Lich turned to who spoke. The knife clanged to the floor loudly all eyes on him and Andy.

Miranda shook her head at Andrea. Not to. Pleading with her eyes.

''Well hello there.'' Lich snatched her press id reading, who she was at this event. ''Andy Sachs. Of The NY Mirror. A pleasure to meet you. Come forward. Don't be shy. I won't hurt you. Yet.'' Lich smiled at her.

Lich's men took a hold of her, letting them grip her. Andy was going to somehow get Miranda to safety.

Andy saw Miranda was wearing the present of Lex Luthor's necklace around her pale ivory throat. Feeling it making her suddenly weaker as Andy came closer to standing near Miranda, felt it overwhelming her just like that night when she was so sick from Luthor's ring pricking her, losing her balance, almost falling down.

Miranda lowly spoke to her. ''Andrea don't.''

''You two know each other.'' Lich's eyes gleamed on both Andy and Miranda. ''Miranda here matters to you. I can see she does Andy.''

Rasping out Andy hoarsely. ''Let her go.'' Andy struggled as she stood now in front of Miranda.

Lich began mimicking Andy perfectly. ''Let her go.''

''That's sweet. Defending you Miranda, like Brucey here did. Are you going to save Miranda from me? Be big and brave Andy.'' Lich mocked her. '' I'm waiting? Try to.'' Tapping her face amused at Andy's plight.

Miranda took Andy's arm, holding her up against her, what was wrong with Andrea. ''Andrea.'' Her eyes were in pain near her, she was perspiring as if feverish.

''Hold her up for me.'' Both of Lich's men made Miranda let go of her, they held Andy up between them.

''Do you like pain Andy Sachs of The NY Mirror?'' Lich taunted her.

Lich leaned his hideous face closer to hers. His breath hot on her face. ''I do.''

Trailing a knife he was handed by one of his men, running it along Andy's face, pressing the point into Andy's cheekbone.

Clicking his tongue, smirking at the pretty brunette who was having a hard time staying up right.

''Andy's not very much of a hero to you Miranda.'' Lich scathingly observed her and looked unthreatened at Andy who could barely stand now on her own. Fear did that.

''Such pretty eyes. I think I'll keep one.''

''Please. Don't hurt her. ''

Lich wasn't paying any mind to Miranda's pleas for Andy. Shall he slice an ear off or her lips? Choices, choices. He'd just have to mutilate her and do both. Make a real mess of her face.

''You can have this.'' Miranda unclasped the one of a kind kryptonite necklace along with her emerald bracelet. Offering it to him for Andrea.

Lich was handed it. He took it, examining the intricate stones. ''This for her. '' Lich smiled at Miranda, and broke a piece off and cut it across Andy.

In pain from not just being close to the necklace made of kryptonite, Andy felt Lich's new weapon, the broken kryptonite sharp as a knife cut her, and it felt like sheer agony for Andy.

Miranda nicked herself grabbing at the shank he sliced with, covering Andy's open wound with her hand.

''I'm very disappointed in Andy here, doing nothing to save you, aren't you Miranda?'' Lich stated primly. Miranda's eyes were cold on him.

Dropping the sharp krypton piece. Lich picked up another knife.

''Now I don't believe this blade is sharp enough do you Miranda. Quite dull don't you think?'' Using Andy's other cheekbone as a test to try its sharpness. Drawing it across her skin once more as Miranda waspishly begged him to stop.

''Bye bye hero girl.''

Lich was about to draw it across her throat and slice her jugular, to end her, Lich's hand was struck by webbing, knocking the blade out of his bony hands. ''Leave her alone.''

''Spiderman.'' Lich snarled.

Web head was here.

Andy wasn't embarrassed, no not at all. She didn't save Miranda. Couldn't. What the hell happened to her back there at Luthor's Ball against him? She just lost her powers, all her strength gone just like that, still hurting with her cheekbone being sutured she heard her parents, her Mom mainly entering the ER room.

Groaning, inevitable death by her Mom's coddling not from a deranged skeleton holding most of the city's wealthiest hostage and using Andy's cheekbone and flesh as a knife sharpener.

They'd seen it happen on live television.

''Rich here she is.''

Andy saw Miranda be offered Bruce Wayne's jacket and she looked like she was fine after a police statement.

Stared after Miranda wordlessly, caught by that pair of piercing blue as Bruce guided her to his car.

The police commissioner and the mayor's wives publically thanked Spiderman saving them from Lich as both their husbands stated to the press, 'Vigilantism in masked costumes was not tolerated in their city.'

On camera both men did extend their gratitude to the heroic actions undertaken by one person at this event tonight at saving all of them.

Andy shook her head at that lame thanks extended to Spiderman for saving all of them.

Lich and his group were captured in a web with the words by Spidey. 'Party's over.'

Andy was all stitched up. Bruce Wayne's invitation to her made Andy feel even worse about this evening and herself.

''Andy you were very brave.'' Rich grasped her shoulder with his large hands. No she wasn't. She couldn't do anything.

Gruffly only to Andy's ear. ''Even without your powers. I'm proud of you. Always Andy, with them or not.'' Andy's dark eyes were held by her father meaningfully.

Forming a watery smile at both of them.

''Do you guys want to come with me out of the city this weekend?'' Andy asked them.

Kat fussed with her, that she needed to not exert herself, to rest. Let her take care of her as Rich asked where she was planning to visit.

''I've been invited to stay at Wayne Manor.'' Andy shared this news, her cheek no longer throbbing now.

She was invited for the weekend to Wayne Manor and Miranda would be there. With her twins and Hyacinth staying over also almost made Andy really want to turn it down, she was told sternly that Bruce Wayne insists she accept and of course his invitation was extended by a butler named Alfred.

Wayne had a butler. Of course he did, Andy grumbled internally. Andy only had Siri, at least she use to have it.

Andy had accepted Wayne's weekend invitation. Discharging herself, signing forms and dressing, she just wanted to go home and start on an interview with herself and also stop feeling like she let Miranda down tonight.

By not saving her.

Mercy Graves reread it, the file she paid a lot for, her contact in the hospital was correct, Lex had to see this.

Her blood proved it and also seeing the reaction to the kryptonite necklace earlier in the siege wasn't a fluke.

Andy Sachs was not at all what she seemed.

She was one of them, an evolved being. A star species from beyond, of all people she was the flying blur.

Andy typed out another sentence on her laptop, tapping delete, she was frustrated and had writer's block, and Lich's words to her of being some hero to Miranda irritated her, how sickly she'd felt had worn off now, her cheekbone was tingling, it was late tonight, maybe she'd go and make another coffee for herself and stare at her screen for inspiration, knocking at her window made her blink. Saw him.

His face smiled through the glass, impishly.

''Peter.'' Andy said to the window.

What was he doing out here at this hour? Stepping out to greet him on her fire escape. ''Hey Andy. How are you holding up?''

Andy shrugged at him. ''I'm okay. I guess.'' Almost rubbing her stitches absently, compliments of that skeletal sadist who liked to play with knives. On her.

''You stood up to Lich. Pretty brave considering.'' Peter grinned at his work colleague and friend.

Lich and that necklace made her not be able to do anything. Kryptonite made her react badly to it. ''I did have Spiderman to save me.'' Andy's face fell.

She felt like in grade school when a bully named Scooter kept hitting Andy with a BB gun every morning on the school bus and it, the BB gun conveniently wound up on top of his barn roof for a whole winter.

Andy had sworn she didn't have anything to do with it. Not believed by her parents, apparently she was going through a sleepwalking…sleep flying stage. Rich and Katherine many times found her floating above her bed.

''Yeah he did Andy. He always has your back. You sure you're okay Andy?'' Peter saw something was bothering her greatly.

Andy shook her head. ''I'm fine. Just writing this story on her. I'm honestly stuck and it's due in two hours.''

'' I think it's time I introduce you to Gwen.''

Peter hardly spoke about his girlfriend. Gwen. Andy had never met her. Peter never brought her around at work.

''You can follow me if you want? Come on fly after me if you can keep up. Flying blur.'' Andy stared after Peter, saw it with her own eyes, Peter was Spiderman.

Showing off to her his amazing abilities as he swung through the air. Peter also knew what and who she was. How?

Catching up with him. He read her shocked face. ''The train Andy. You weren't wearing a disguise.''

Peter did a back flip and a web sling as he launched himself forward leading Andy to a place he always visited. Once a day.

Andy followed him to where he went to talk to Gwen, the graveyard, wordlessly Andy set down and came to stand next to Peter's shoulder reading the gravestone. ''Do you know I stopped being Spiderman for a time when I lost her. I got her killed. Gwen and her words to me is why I don't stop being there for people.''

Andy swallowed hard and here she was feeling humiliated because her pride was stung.

''I want to share this with you Andy.'' Peter played Gwen's message for her on his phone. Gwen's words made Andy wipe at her eyes.

''Become hope Andy.''

''I will.'' Andy knew she had her story with Pete's permission.

''Andy listen, if you love Miranda Priestly the way I loved Gwen, don't put her in danger like I did. Keep her safe.''

Andy promised him and herself. Miranda wouldn't know about her super powers.

Packing for her long weekend at Wayne Manor, Andy pressed send to her story to John before the print deadline at 3am.

Andy stopped Alfred from unpacking for her, she didn't need Wayne's nosy butler to discover Andy's superhero identity, her parents and she were settled in at Wayne Manor. They'd been picked up by a chauffeur at her place.

Wayne Manor was huge and amazing.

''Andy!'' Cassidy and Caroline bounded into Andy in greeting her.

''Hey you two.'' Hugged each redhead.

''Does it hurt?'' Caroline asked concerned at Andy's bandage as Cassidy shook her head at her twin. ''Andy doesn't get hurt Car.'' Mouthing why as Andy smiled at both. ''You know what's here, there's a pool and an indoor one and a maze and a stable.''

Andy hated Bruce Wayne more.

''So how's your Mom?'' Andy asked casually.

Car's blue eyes glimmered on Andy. ''You should go see and ask her Andy, Mom's in the garden.''

Andy grinned back at Caroline. ''I might just do that.''

Andy spent ten minutes selecting what to wear, to see her again, stepping out into the garden.

Heard them first.

''Miranda thank you for accepting my offer staying here this weekend. I feel horrible for what happened with that criminal. I'm glad we'll be working together from now on. ''

Andy winced, Wayne was on the Elias Clarke Board with her, just perfect Andy grumbled to herself, and she'd just read he'd donated ten million to the event that was attacked.

Bruce saw Andy first. ''Miss Sachs.'' Andy corrected him. ''Andy. Mr Wayne.''

''No call me Bruce.'' Shaking her hand being friendly, Andy felt like using her full strength in her grip of his hand, she didn't though, controlling it.

Andy still thought his brows and ears were to close together, she was guided by his hand on her back over to Miranda.

''Andrea.'' Miranda had sent Emily to see Andy last night but she'd been released and hadn't stayed overnight. Miranda was going to visit her.

Andy was watching them together as Bruce gave a tour of his grounds, Wayne was good at everything, cultured and well-travelled and spoke many languages fluently and athletic, a real jock with charm, Andy scowled, she was the same, gym, reward donut, practically lived at her fitness club, did subway stairs count as a workout?

Andy ate mulitculturally, she loved Bun Boe Hue soup, curry and she could greet her corner deli in Korean and she had backpacked through India before college.

Bruce Wayne wasn't just the only world traveller.

Pointing out a tree that blooms rare African tulips, over the wall Andy saw it had quite a drop of a ravine below which Andy made out a cave. Interesting, it seemed like Bruce Wayne was hiding something. The billionaire was too squeaky clean perfect.

''I'll have Alfred get my gardener to bring you one for your room Miranda.''

Andy rolled her eyes at him. Could he be anymore considerate Mr Wonderful, what not get a flower plucked from a Himalayan mountain top for Miranda?

Even her parents liked him. If her Mom made him cookies or knitted anything for him. Bruce only also owned her Dad's favourite baseball team. Offered his private box to Rich to enjoy a game. Andy was not going.

Her Dish subscription was the exact same experience.

Alfred interrupted. ''Master Wayne, your call. Sir.'' Bruce left them to stroll.

Before Peter told Andy what happened to Gwen, Andy would have shown Miranda her powers and maybe have brought fresh Kona coffee to Miranda's office window. Top that Wayne.

Miranda walked with Andrea, both didn't know what to say to each other since the attack last night. Miranda decided to ask Andy this anyway, she wanted Andrea to admit it to her. The truth.

She wasn't mad at Andrea, no she was furious with her. Lying to her that morning after her attack. Making her believe they were two people and not just Andrea. Coming to her home for lunch and returning and still continuing to lie to her.

Andy found her voice, watching her. ''So you're with Bruce Wayne.''

Miranda didn't answer about Bruce. ''Andrea tell me the truth, you're her. You saved me that night.''

Andy's dark eyes looked startled by her accusation and began denying it immediately. '' Miranda you think I'm Lyra Aeolian El.'' Andy saw Miranda was serious. Groaning inside, La Priestly perception was spot on.

Andy deflected her. ''You really think I'm a superhuman? That I'm one of them.'' Pointing to herself, amused at Miranda's words, laughing them off. ''That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. You think she's me, really?'' Andy snorted.

''Miranda that's priceless. That is the single most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.'' Sobering from her icy glare.

''I'm nobody's fool. Andrea.'' Miranda folded her arms at Andrea, who was lying to her, right to her face. Miranda couldn't believe her nerve, she knew she was right about her. Andrea was Lyra Aeolian El.

She'd seen proof last night. Really wanted her to just admit it.

''Andrea do not lie to me.''

Andy stood her ground. ''I'm not her. Miranda I swear. I'm anything but super. I can't fly and you saw me get hurt at the charity ball… If I was her, which I'm not, I'd be unable to get hurt. I wouldn't bleed. Which I do.''

Andy's fingers indicating her cheekbone to Miranda. ''You saw I do last night and remember with the paper cutter.''

Miranda did remember. Emily's lapis blue paper cutter which was made from a meteorite. A gift from her last boyfriend who worked at the Greenwich Observatory, Andy had borrowed it for a sec and cut herself opening a couriered package.

Surprised it cut her. Andy thought about it, the cutter was made from a meteorite. She had some vulnerabilities. If only she knew more about herself and what she was immune to and not.

Last night when Miranda had been cut by grasping from Lich, her piece of necklace, some of Andrea's blood was pressed to hers, she'd seen memories that were not hers.

She was sure they were Andrea's.

Imbued Miranda felt permeated with it.

''Kat we can't keep her. That's final.'' As if through another's eyes. ''Rich please what will they do with her?''

''She's not ours. Kat.''

''We found her last night for a reason Rich.'' Kat felt this way. She was special. She wasn't something to be afraid of.

''Rich she's just a child.''

Yes she was a child from up there, who was from that meteor storm, nothing normal about finding her naked in snow with strange slithering chains.

''Kat she's different, she's not like us.'' Rich stared at her. At breakfast she'd liked pancakes a lot and she'd used some type of heat out of her eyes to warm them up. Saw how her pupils went red doing it.

She'd offered some to him on a fork. Outstretched to him. Kat had frowned at Rich as he declined.

Rich watched her with a soda, his cautious eyes on the star child filling her mouth, swirling it around and tasting it for the first time and swallow. After a loud burp with a happy. ''Good.''

It handed the can back to him. Rich just looked at it, held it in his hand, knowing there's alien bacteria on it, that his body would not like to meet. He placed it down.

''Richard Andrew Garret Sachs why are you so afraid of her?''

He wasn't afraid of her. ''Kat I have work to do. I'll call child services about her in an hour. She's not staying.'' Putting on his work gloves and shrugging on his winter jacket.

Rich went outside to secure the barn, it was snowing heavily. Kat knelt down to who Miranda was seeing this memory through, another's eyes.

''You're staying with us. Rich will see you belong here. '' Kat smiled warmly, hugged her. ''We need to find you something else to wear.''

Miranda glanced down at an oversized faded Ohio State sweatshirt that swam on her.

Kat switched on the television that made her young visitor she was determined to keep, stare at it. Transfixed by a 80s commercial of a sleigh of flying reindeer showing a must have toy.

Miranda had just began as Runway's Editor the year that toy came out.

''Somewhere stay with her.'' The retriever sat down near her. The dog was still undecided about her.

Kat went upstairs, their nephew Henry had left some clothes when he visited them on Thanksgiving. A few sweaters and a pair of jeans, going to find them. Kat knew they'd be large in size but after the holidays they'd buy her new clothes.

Miranda saw her reflection, without any doubt she knew these brown eyes. Touching her reflection. It was Andrea.

Younger Andrea touched the television screen as if gathering information from it and looked away from it to the frosted window.

Told the dog in the same command as Kat. ''Stay.''

Opening the door, stepping out onto the front porch, barefoot, Miranda felt blowing snow fiercely in her eyes and face, squinting Miranda saw him on a ladder hammering a board, struck off of the ladder by a heavy gust. Falling back, he didn't collide with the ground, held up, Rich looked down at his work boots, and he saw he was being held up in mid-air by her.

Miranda watching this through her eyes, she was just as shocked as him. They were flying, held up by younger Andy in mid-air. Rich knew that from the height of the fall, if he'd not been saved by her, he'd be dead.

Miranda watched through Andy's eyes as set him down on the ground gently. Rich staring at her.

''Rich!''

Kat called out, lost sight of him in the worsening blizzard.

''Kat!''

Supporting Rich, the child found her way back to Kat and the house, Miranda saw how she did that, saw inside of Kat, her vision was thermal x-ray through the harsh snowstorm.

Kat checked over Rich, he was fine. Telling her what happened to him. How she could fly. Rich was still in shock. She could fly and had lifted him. Him? A grown man.

Kat repeated. ''Fly?''

Rich saw her watching him. Lifting her mouth into a smile. Not seeing a strange alien now. Just a kid.

''Kat bring me the phone.'' Going over to the counter to bring the phone to him. Kat held his eyes.

He'd said he'd call child services at noon, to take her away.

Handing him the receiver.

Rich dialled. ''Hi Skip can you deliver some clothes and toys from the store for me, anything a five year old would like. Yeah Kat and I just brought her home.''

Hugged exuberantly by Kat.

''Kat we're keeping her. If others knew this, they'd keep her locked up or hurt her. Treat her like a lab rat. I think she needs us and we…Kat…'' Rich rubbed his chin. ''we need her. What should we name her?'' Rich asked her.

Wrapping a blanket around her. ''Andy.'' Kat suggested to him.

Rich smiled down at his new daughter. ''Thank you for saving me. Andy.''

Changing to another memory of Andy's...

Miranda came face to face with Somewhere's heavy breathing next to her pillow, ''Andy don't miss the bus.'' Kat's voice called up.

''I won't. Mom.''

Running for it. Seeing a few kids lying to the school bus driver made Andy miss it as it pulled away. She couldn't be late for her field trip today.

Miranda felt it, a quickening as it started to happen as her skin rippled, stirring inside her as she ran faster in a super sprint.

Andy was there at the Ohio Planetarium before her class arrived, with her backpack slung over her shoulder, looking up and all around at the stars above her head.

Andy missed someone watching her closely, engrossed with reading the brochure.

Her class joined her.

''Hey Andy.'' Jostled by Eric and Dinky Patterson. ''Sorry about Scooter. Fess up how you did it?''

Andy looked puzzled. '' Do what?''

''Get here before us?''

Andy grinned. ''My dad drove me.'' Rich's words of to be normal drummed in her. Told to not use her powers, she usually obeyed. She had a good reason, she really needed to use them today. Not that her Dad would listen or understand if he found out she had used one of her powers.

''No way in that pick up.''

Both Patterson brothers in Andy's class thought there was something weird about Andy Sachs. Every since she came to live at The Sachs farm, a year ago.

She had a fast ability to dodge bullies and her Mom, Mrs Sachs volunteered at recess every school day, keeping an eye on her and then the time Andy bent a needle on the school nurse.

Mr. McFarland said he saw her fly once. Andy couldn't fly. She was super all right a super dork who got offended by one class mate when one teased that all aliens were ugly like E.T. and Alf.

Andy lagged behind on the tour as she heard a voice say a word she knew from somewhere. ''Zod's.''

Saw them. Andy somehow knew. He was one like her.

''Miranda.'' Calling her, Andy waved a hand in front of her face. Saw how Miranda was lost in her thoughts.

'' Miranda I'm not her.'' Andy lied again.

Miranda coldly held her eyes but relented. ''I see. No I guess you're not her. Andrea.''

''That's right. I'm not. Miranda. I'm just plain old normal Andy.'' Glad they'd cleared that up. Andy wasn't putting Miranda's life at risk, admitting she was her, this was a secret of Andy's, and Miranda wasn't going to know about her. Ever.

Andy noticed how Miranda hadn't answered her about Bruce Wayne, were they together, a couple now?

When did it start? Wayne was a playboy. Miranda wasn't his type. Not knowing any details and Andy's many questions remaining unanswered by Miranda of what Bruce and she were to each other, bothered Andy greatly.

Miranda knew. Tilting her head at Andrea in that lingering gaze she often gave at Runway to Andy.

Shivering under her intense blue on her.

''If you were her. Andrea. I believe you'd never let anything bad happen to me I think. I hope. Despite Paris and how you really feel about me?'' Leaning against the trellis with the overhanging tree with cascading bougainvillea falling down.

Andy blinked at her. ''Feel about you? Miranda in Paris I need you to know something…

Andy swallowed hard, she was going to tell her, involved with Bruce Wayne or not, Miranda needed to know how she felt about her. How she was in love with her.

''Miranda you need to know I'm… Andy looked at her.

Stepping out of her heels, arching up on her toes, Miranda reached for it. She couldn't quite grasp it.

''Yes Andrea you're….

''Miranda! Be careful.'' Andy rushed to her, both falling down.