"Prowl"

"Prowl"

Psycho looked at the clock in the lobby of the DREAD base for what seemed like the millionth time in ten minutes. Would it ever be 6:30? Most people finished their work days at 5:30, sometimes earlier on Fridays. People with kind, caring bosses who also wanted to get home to their families. But no. John Dread claimed that since DREAD was an evil organization hell-bent on controlling the world, they all had to work twice as hard to keep an edge on all the meddlesome do-gooders in the work. Like N-Tek. Gr.

However, Psycho's mood was immediately absolved when the clock finally struck 6:30. He strode happily out the door whistling "I Feel Like A Woman". He even held the door for an anonymous minion…before tripping and kicking said minion in the head, never interrupting the whistling. Psycho happily walked towards the parking garage, leaving the very confused and somewhat concussed minion lying on the sidewalk.

Dread watched suspiciously over a security monitor. He did not like it when his associates were too happy. When the enforcers of all that is evil are too happy, things happen. Kittens are rescued from trees, and orphans are hugged. Dread shuddered.

Psycho must have realized that he was being watched at that moment because he turned and waved to the camera, still whistling. Dread grimaced and turned off the camera. Why was Psycho so happy on Fridays? Of course everyone was happy to escape the daily grind of capturing and torturing N-Tek subjects, but was it really that bad at his base? He sniffed, insulted.

However, work and John Dread were far from the cyborg's mind sometime later, after he had driven home and waltzed about his bedroom trying on different outfits, finally settling on a pair of tight black slacks and a funky-looking pink shirt with tiny quails printed on it. He gave himself a final once over before heading out the door. He had been alone in his bed for too long lately. He was going on the prowl tonight.

Six nights a week he was Psycho, head minion at DREAD. However, tonight was different. Tonight, he was a she. And she was a lady.