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Chapter One October 23rd.  11:34 PM. First, there was nothing. And then, there were small sounds.  Crickets chirping.  The wind rustling through the trees. Her eyelids began to open.  She could feel cool air on her face and legs.  She could feel pain.  In her body.  In her head.  And especially in her wrists. She could feel, too, a profound sense of weightlessness. Her vision was blurry, but she could begin to make out shapes.  The dark corners of a medium sized room.  A small white table with a few scattered objects.  In front of her, two large doors.  Barn doors.  All illuminated by a single small light source coming from somewhere around her head.  She saw light, moonlight, coming in through a small window on her left. She tried to breathe in, but her airflow was interrupted.  Something had been placed over her lips.  Something sticky.  She could feel it on her mouth and on ...

Early in her superheroine career, long before her tussle with the Equalizer and looking for some good P.R., Liberty Girl agreed to an interview with a local journalist.  Or someone she thought was a local journalist, anyway... The story is told from the POV of The Journalist (TJ).  We join him in a small warehouse room, sparsely furnished.  There is a wooden chair before him, and a door behind the chair.  The door opens.  LIBERTY GIRL (LG) walks in. TJ: Liberty Girl! You made it! LG: Hi there! And you know that I always keep my promises! TJ: (chuckles) I guess you do!  Please, please, have a seat!  We’ll get started right away.  I know you have a very busy schedule, especially this time of year. LG: ( she takes a seat, brushing her hair aside ) Oh yeah.  You bet. Liberty Girl gets settled.  She glances around the room. LG: Pretty interesting place to conduct an interview. TJ: Well, you know.  I want...