A/N: An update long overdue…
Disclaimer: I do not own anything.
"Next." Charmcaster instructed, waving Vulkanus off as soon as he had come in. Of course she needed a new partner. After the mishap with Zombozo, she still saw potential in such teamwork. She just had to find the right person. Another thing that related to the failure with Zombozo was Vulkanus. So she'd dismissed him without another thought.
The next one to come in: Darkstar.
She looked him over. She'd heard his record. And she was holding it in her hands. Many misdemeanors. Enough of a record to make him high on the Most Wanted list across the galaxy. Just the mask and the all black wardrobe already intrigued her. So she waved him over, figuring "What's the worst that could happen?"
He stood there, his hands at his sides, his eyes dark behind the mask. "Charmcaster."
"Darkstar." Her response was as if she knew him, like an old friend, bitter and resentful. Because, looking at his files, they had the same sort of criminal history, almost always running up against Ben Tennyson and his lame little sidekicks who usually ended up kicking their butts. If they couldn't stop them alone, what stopped them from doing it together?
"You want a partner." A statement, not a question. He needed just as much help as she did.
"No doubt we both need it." She shoved some paperwork away. (Her office was an abandoned apartment building. It could've been worse. A warehouse was the second option.) "And I see we have the same problems. We both want Gwen dead, but Kevin somehow keeps getting in the way, the little weasel."
The energy vampire shifted on his feet. "He does seem to be quite problematic at the worst possible moments." His harsh voice echoed through the empty space.
"And why have you lost to them so many times?" questioned Charmcaster, pushing a few stray strands of silver behind one ear to keep it out of her dark eyes. Her gaze flitted up to see the moonlight glinting off the metal of his helmet.
"Kevin, mostly," he confessed reluctantly. "Gwen as well." He remembered how she'd turned him into this hideous monster in the first place… And then how he'd gotten turned back… And how Kevin had ruined that… And how he'd been turned back again… And how Ben had ruined that…
It just wasn't getting any better, really. Although if he had to look at each of them like they were a problem, Kevin was easily his biggest one. The big brute was such a pain… Always ruining everything. Always.
"And how do you suggest we plan on stopping them once and for all?"
Her question posed quite a problem for him. Because honestly, he had no idea on how to stop them. If it wasn't Kevin draining the energy back, it was Gwen beating up on him. And if it wasn't them, it was Ben. Ben Ben Ben, always an annoying little jerk with an ego the size of Texas.
"I can join in on any plans you have."
Well, he wasn't making any impressions, she wasn't sure if he even knew what he was doing or if he had an endgoal like she did, and he'd lost more battles than he'd won. Not to mention the fact that he'd actually teamed up with them once in the Highbreed war. (Traitor.)
"Next."
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~Sky