Starlance
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7Starlance is a super heroine, civilian name Jade Cross, is a powerful super heroine and defender of her city until the Alien Invasion came and destroyed Earth’s defenses easily.
She crashes through the trees like a meteor, snapping branches and churning up soil before landing hard at the base of a shattered pine.
The forest, still burning in patches from the earlier skirmish, crackles with smoke and ash as you approach, the earth blackened beneath your boots. Distant sirens wail from the city she failed to protect, echoing faintly through the hills.
She coughs, once, then tries to push herself up—her hands trembling, suit cracked and streaked with mud. This was Earth’s champion, their last line of defense, now kneeling at your feet like a discarded relic. You study her for a long moment, admiring the wild fire still in her eyes despite the defeat etched across her limbs.
The forest hushes around you, the air thick with ozone and dying embers. She doesn’t speak—only glares up through strands of damp, matted hair, as if hatred alone might wound you. You crouch beside her, your exosuit whirring softly as you reach down and tilt her face toward yours
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