Chapter Six
Blue Acquaintance
'You know maybe my calculation were off' I thought. For two weeks I searched for the red bastard's safehouse and came up with nothing. Perhaps I was going at this equation wrong ,maybe I should stir up a little trouble in Gotham and see if that gains the psychopaths attention, than again actions like that could possibly gain the wrong attention. I heard the door to my room slowly crack open, I didn't turn my head I figure it was either Joey or one of the scouts. "You suiting up again tonight?" It was Joey, I could hear the slouch in his voice apparently these late nights were finally getting to him. I decided to go the sarcastic route with my answer "No. This is a hologram. The real me is at Kmart shopping for crack in the clearance section." I said with a smirk on my face. "Huh. I always kinda thought you were a closet druggie." He responded with a chuckle. "Ha. Very funny" I said with no emotion. My statement cause a small smile to appear across his face.
"Pass me that dagger. It's next to the Vans." I pointed. He slowly picks up the shadow blue razor edge weapon throwing it in my direction as I adjust the torso part of my armor. "So you said these daggers absorb digital data right?"
"Yup. It's easy to hack when your weapons does half the work for you." I answer shoving on my futuristic combat boots on with a grunt.
I found his questioning of my dagger a little weird, something was on his mind. "What's bugging you" I asked.
"Nothing. I think you might need a little help is all, so I've assign a scout to help you on your mission, if that's ok that is" he says sheepishly.
I stare him in his eye and say "OK" as I shrugged the more help the merrier.
"Oh. Your OK with that" he says while exhaling " I always figure you like to work alone or something like that".
"No. Working in teams can help one achieve there goal faster." I say while sliding my silent standard issue pistols in there correct places.
"Oh OK" he says looking relieved.
Finally snapping the collar and shoulder pads into place I was almost ready. My futuristic suit pretty much just look like a ninja suit with a dark shade of shadow blue douse onto it. There were key differences of course, like my combats boots were actually anti-gravity boots in disguise ,however without the proper propulsion I developed makeshift wings that are attach to my underarm, shoulders and waist (think of a flying squirrel) to give me a control push when flying. The wings are unnoticeable a least when I'm not flying, with just two beats of my synthetic wings and with the use of my boots I can reach up to seventy miles per hour easily.
Reaching down I pick up my helmet placing it correctly upon my head, slowly air was release as it latched onto the armor collar pads. Weren't to many helmets like mine, there were no visors or eye sockets to suggest what was under the mask was living. Just four pupils size camera's place at a slant to give an aggressive outlook (imagine a V). Going down the center of the mask was a thin crest, not for show a heat sensor. You could say my sorta robotic looking suit was made because while I did enjoy delivering the "final blow" after a long chase I didn't enjoy hearing the final pleads of my targets. People seem to beg less when they thought you were a robot hell bent on there destruction so I played my part never speaking a word while I'd haunted my victims.
My tool's of destruction; two silent pistols, about twenty-two data daggers, two hooked sabers, and eight exploding ninja stars, I was ready.
Joey realize I was finish "I'll go get the other guy." He spoke walking hastily away.
As Joey walk away I admirer my suit will because damn I was a work art.
Eventually I got tired of admiring myself turning to the door of my guest room I figure I'd met Joey half way. Sauntering down the hallway I made my way towards his hideous place bookcase, pulling candle the floor gave way like before. Do to the fact I was wearing anti gravity boots I simply floated down to the lair below, another good thing about these boots was there silent. Quietly landing I walked along the lair figuring my accomplices would be here being this was the usual spot we met before I started my searches.
I heard someone somewhere off to the corner of the lair say something. "he's a very serious guy, I need you to take this outing just as serious and no distractions OK, please no playing around." Joey demanded. I figure this guy must've been quite the joker which might explain Joey's uneasiness when he offer the idea of a partnership. For a Twenty-Five year old I didn't think of myself as a serious person ,however I understood what he meant.
"Alright. alright I get it. The guys takes his work very serious and blah, blah, blah. I understand." I heard the other guy say brashly. Whoever this other guy was he sure had a very high pitch voice, maybe he was just energetic, as I made my way towards the voices I realized my early judgment was a little off in fact way off. The person staying next to Joey was no guy, I'll rephrase that. She was no male in fact she was a full grown women with a full grown women's body. I wanted to say hello to alert my comrades of my presence only to find my mouth completely dry because the only thing my mind seem to be able to process was how tightly her suit hugged her body ( I have a filthy mind). If it wasn't for this mask I probably would have a blush going across my face. "Alright I'll be back." Joey said while turning in my direction. "Oh" he said sounding surprise "hey Midnight met your new partner Cobalt, she's uh . . ." Cutting him off she spoke "intelligence, graceful and happy to met you" reaching her hand out to commerce a handshake she bowed.
Walking towards her I nervously said "h-hey" engulfing her hand in mine I bowed, as I rose I spoke "Midnight Maestro. Tenth level hacker and 94.4 completion rate assassin." She acknowledges what I said shaking my hand, as we separate. "Cobalt. Tenth level scout and espionage perfectionist." She says sounding sly. I couldn't tell her emotion under her mask and I should mention her curvaceous body was cover from head to toe in this cobalt blue color ninja suit. You could see traces of armor under the material, other than that her mask was shrouded by this hoodie like chainmail and the visors that cover her eyes reminded me of diamonds.
"Alright since we're done with the introductions, will you guys know what to do, I'll be watching and listening on the Comms and as always thank you" Joey said heading to his usual station.
"Soooo how do you plan to get to our destination?" Cobalt asked her head tilted. "The usual way" I said lifting my arms behind my head showing off my synthetic wings. "Oh that's cool" she says, but suddenly she disappears leaving a blue puff a smoke behind and 'Glulf' I feel a weight leaning on my right shoulder. Apparently I wasn't the only one showing off my new comrade here was a teleporter. Slowly pushing off my shoulder she was leaning on she spoke "See you there Midnight" disappearing in a cloud of blue smoke, 'Glulf'.
'Guess I'm playing catch up.' I thought slowly floating above the ground before beating my wings sending me flying through the secret exit.
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