Being a vigilante was... well, it was hard to describe.

For the most part, it was fun- Jimmy was the awesome vigilante Canary, who could give people bad luck and fly away from danger and shoot things with his awesome crossbow!

But sometimes it sucked, because there were moments when he ended up being chased down by heroes who wanted to arrest him for vigilantism (which was illegal, which Jimmy thought was stupid).

Today was one of those moments.

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Jimmy glanced after Maelstrom with a disappointed sigh as the villain ran after Listener, who was scolding him quietly. Man, I was so sure we were gonna catch them-

"Okay, we need to do- a lot better next time." The winged man glanced sideways at Cleo (well, Thanatos, but he knew her actual name so he didn't see the point), the zombie hybrid who was very firm on the fact that she was in fact undying (despite having a limited number of lives).

"Hundred percent, hundred percent, yeah." Jimmy mumbled, wincing as he gingerly opened and closed his left wing, which had gotten smacked against a wall during his scuffle with Listener.

BDubs, Jimmy's short (said with love but it was true no matter how much he denied it) roommate with white hair that was normally brown, rolled his eyes. "Hey, I tried, okay? It's crazy that you expect me to focus on capturing things when I'm being drowned by fish boy. Unbelievable." The vigilante added wryly, earning himself a light smack across the back of the head from Cleo. "HEY! What in the world is wrong with-"

All three of them paused at the sound of voices from around the corner, Jimmy's wing freezing in its half-open position. "...Look, I'm just saying that maybe you shouldn't stop to fix your hair when there's an urgent villain sighting." The voice of Truthfinder, a hero who could tell when people were lying, was the first to come into earshot.

"He has a point." Muttering sympathetically was the fire-resistant hero Imp.

Cleo swore under their breath as Spellcaster's voice joined the conversation. "Hey, I'm not gonna fight villains if I look awful, okay? What if someone takes a picture?" He complained dramatically. Jimmy took an uncertain step behind his red-headed friend (who he was taller than, so he wasn't sure exactly why he did that) as the three heroes turned the corner.

There was a moment of agonising silence as the two trios stared at each other for a moment (although it felt like an hour to the white-haired vigilante) (at least, he was white-haired in his vigilante form- normally his hair was a lovely shade of dark blonde). Then chaos erupted as Spellcaster pulled out his spellbook and BDubs jumped forwards in a vain attempt to stop him.

Jimmy, narrowly dodging an awry arrow from Truthfinder which was fired in response to Cleo reluctantly aiming an attack at the hero, spread his wings fully, launching himself into the air with a panicked yelp, looking around wildly for an escape route as he flew higher and higher (albeit in a slightly wonky pattern as his wing was still slightly stiff) in an attempt to get away from the fight.

He could see BDubs appearing and vanishing as his friend panicked and paused time accidentally (multiple times) as he attempted to run from Spellcaster, who looked equally as confused as Jimmy's friend did.

Cleo had just completed some sort of elaborate kick that involved a cartwheel (Cleo was the only vigilante with any sort of fighting training) and kicking Truthfinder in the face. The winged hero recoiled with a startled shriek and clutching his mouth.

Jimmy huffed out a small laugh despite himself, flapping his wings even harder in an attempt to keep himself airborne. Now where did Imp go-

The golden-eyed vigilante's question was answered as Imp, who had flown up behind him, lunged forwards and...

Flew past him, missing Jimmy by a couple of inches and crashing into the wall of the building opposite. Ouch. He winced slightly as Imp swayed back and forth for a moment, regaining his balance and turning around with a shout that Jimmy couldn't quite make out before attempting to attack him again.

Honestly, the heroes weren't great at their jobs, (Jimmy was great at his, of course) so it only took a few neat dodges, an infliction of bad luck and one awkward kick in the hero's direction before Imp went spiralling downwards and barely managed to steady himself before he hit the ground.

Upon closer inspection of the fight on the ground, BDubs had managed to pause time long enough to escape and Spellcaster, who Imp had just crashed in front of, was looking around with a bewildered expression. Cleo had managed to knock out Truthfinder and had run away at some point during the fight. Jimmy, realising that being the only vigilante left against two heroes, flew away as fast as he could.

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It took about thirty minutes for Jimmy, who was still reeling slightly from the pain in his wing, to make his way to the apartment he shared with BDubs (he flew down an alleyway and quickly changed back to his civilian form first, obviously- the only remaining sign of the brown-eyed man's alter ego were his yellow wings, the cape folded over his arms and the mask poking out of his hoodie pocket).

He then burst into the apartment with a dramatic huff a few minutes later. "Well, that sucked." Jimmy said with a laugh, glancing over at BDubs, who was sat on the couch studying a small cut on his arm.

"Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah." His brown-haired friend rolled his eyes as he caught sight of the tattered cape Jimmy was carrying. "I can't believe you still wear that."

"What?! It looks cool when I'm flying!" The dark blonde protested lamely, hanging the cape and mask on the coat hooks that had been crookedly nailed onto the wall by BDubs.

"Capes are a disgrace to heroes everywhere." BDubs said wryly.

"Well, luckily for me, I'm a vigilante, not a hero." He shot back. BDubs rolled his eyes again. His roommate then paused as his brown and green gaze flicked to Jimmy's wing, which still stuck out at an awkward angle.

"What happened there?" He asked sympathetically.

Jimmy shrugged. "Tried to shoot Maelstrom, thrown against a wall by Listener," He said with a sigh as he sat down next to BDubs. "What about you?" The winged man nodded at the cut on his roommate's arm.

"Maelstrom's stupid, dumb, good for nothing, lame trident." BDubs huffed.

"Dude, couldn't you just have- paused time and like... punched him?" Jimmy said curiously.

"If I did that, I'd win every fight! I wanna be a legit vigilante, thank you very much." His friend huffed, launching into a rant about legitimate vigilantism and abuse of powers.

Jimmy rolled his eyes, crossing his arms and shooting BDubs an amused look. Here we go again.

Wooo Solidaridubs AU but also superheroes because hehe superhero au go brrrr

I don't proofread so sorry for any errors :D

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