Gun Bunny 11

Danny blinked in surprise as Rachel, Taylor, then Amy, ran through the kitchen, doing two laps around the table chased by three barking dogs, oh, and the girls were in bra and panties, everyone, including the dogs, yelling or barking. He looked at Sherrel after the parade, rampage, whatever that had been thundered back upstairs "Your thoughts?"

"Wot?"

"How did you not notice all of that?"

"Oh, the girls, well Rachel hates bras. Can't blame her. Miserable things. Amy and Taylor don't want their girlfriend getting ogled so they make her wear one, keeps the pokies down, it is coming on to winter you know. Plus, its spirit week for homecoming, so you know, rah rah sis boom bah, hence-" she was interrupted by the back door slamming open and closed and a 'Hi Mr. Hebert, Squealer.' from a smiling blond before a wooshing noise indicated Vicky's progress up to the girl's room and the barking started again. "makeup."

Danny sighed, got up, and put more bacon in the frying pan. Sherrel looked at him with a smile that went all the way to her eyes and propped her chin in her hand watching him. He tossed "Uh, as much as I like that look, A. it makes me afraid and B. you could help." over his shoulder. Sherrel got up, stepped into his back and wrapped her arms around him and up onto his chest. "Hence why I am afraid."

Sherrel chuckled "We can wait until the girls leave." Danny turned the bacon smiling. Sherrel; still snuggled into his back started cracking eggs into a bowl.

"Dangerous." The two at the stove turned to look at Rachel, then broke apart standing hip to hip and working. Rachel nodded and started setting plates.

Sherrel arched a brow "No makeup?"

Rachel snorted. "Got away."

Taylor skidded into the kitchen and sat at a chair next to Rachel. Sherrel nodded "Nice, can hardly tell. Some lip gloss and you will slay."

Amy walked in and sat, on Rachel's knee, with Vicky following her and folding into a chair across from them. "Told you."

Taylor rolled her eyes "After breakfast. Hey Sherrel we are taking the Stryker."

Danny nodded "Gets around easiest, has enough room for you all, and your stuff, and you can do the M68A1E4 and carousel if Coil tries something.

Vicky nodded "After school and before the pep rally, we are going to go hunting, see if we can't find some of his jerks."

Ryu walked in at that moment "And electrocute them."

Danny face palmed "So tiny, yet so blood thirsty. Good morning Sally."

"It is, I would have been here earlier, but somebody tried to smuggle some girls in. I had to take care of them and him."

Rune walked in and sat on Vicky's leg "Shocking."

Danny laughed "It was for them I bet."

Sally grinned "They'll learn eventually. Maybe."

Amy shrugged "Hopefully before they all need Depends. How many do I need to fix?"

"Bah, none of them. It was early and I was tired from the run this morning. They'll be numb for a day and the cops have them now." Amy leaned over the table and touched her from where she had sat on Rachel's leg.

Danny looked around the kitchen then got up and started counting floor tiles "What are you doing dad?"

"We need a bigger kitchen for the gang, a bigger table too. One more boy or girlfriend and we will be out of laps. We don't use the parlor, nobody does anymore, formal living rooms are out." Rune looked at Vicky and made kissy face. Vicky shoved her off and she sat there hovering. She had charged her jeans in anticipation of that shove.

Amy nodded "Water or fruit juice, you are a little dehydrated Sally. No tea it's a diuretic." Sally pouted.

Danny brought her a glass of orange juice. "I'll get the carpenters and masons to come by. Should be easy. We can open the whole thing up to that picture window in the front."

Sherrel nodded "I got just the glass. Fifty cal proof. Now that the crowds of gawkers have died down. Or organized. Though I could make it one way. Who did that organization thing. I know it wasn't us.?"

"The mayor, he was tired of having to commit so many police to crowd control. So, they put in that overhead cover on the empty lot next to the Matthews, paid the DWU to put it in really, the parking too, and advertised walking tours. He also changed the bus route to come down our street, so now they can have a guided tour from the cover, or take the bus to the stop in front of the Williams, do the walking tour, and get on another one in front of the Jones house, or vice versa. There's a pamphlet." Danny informed them "Pretty smart, election soon you know."

Sherrel nodded "Had to put cameras and whoopy lights on all the rides. Freaking tourist everywhere. Between the End shooter, Miss Electric, and Miss Cure all.

"Hey, Taylor, I got some DU, I am going to plate your rides. I did some work on the power plants, transmissions, tracks, and suspension, so I think we can add twenty tons to them. Got a sweet space laminated armor array the other day tinking around. Took away that rear driver to get room to shoehorn a bigger piston engine in and modernized the turbine. More power, lower fuel consumption, and less weight. It will be cool. Add fuel cells to the outside instead of those cans and they should be up to modern standards. Then, if that works, we will upgun them to 120's. I'll start with the three tank. It has the weakest power plants. Once I do that I think I will get a co-generation plant and wheel motors. I almost got it now. I mean we got turbines already."

Taylor nodded "Do I want to know where you got DU armor plates?"

"It fell off the back of an army truck. Well maybe five army trucks. Never be able to use it all up. They were semi's, tri axel tractors and trailers." Everyone froze then cracked up. The girls finished breakfast and trooped out. Sherrel listened to the sweet growl of the tinked Cat C7 as she led Danny upstairs. He grinned goofily.

"Taylor, you know Sherrel is…" Amy watched the helmeted head bopping blithely, leaned over, looked, then poked her "Plug your CVC in!"

"Nope! Lalalalala!"

Everyone laughed and the travelling circus hammered through the streets towards Arcadia high school, civilian cars got out of the way and the drivers smiled and waved. Jealous faces followed the progress of the Stryker from behind bus windows. None of them realized the thing had barely gotten warm before Taylor parked it. Today was not an open troop hatch day. They locked the hatches, checked themselves, fixed their helmet hair, checked the three dogs with them, and left through the troop door in the ramp, then locked it. They were mobbed, as usual, on their way into the school. The Wards watched grinning. No one cared about them or their identities anymore. There were now six out cape's attending Arcadia and three of them were super heavy hitters. Nearly Triumvirate level. The other three were no joke, a Master seven, an Alexandria package and a Shaker eight.

Gun Bunny

The bright white streak shot down from the heavens and landed on the van, or the bedrock under it rather. Legend sighed and brought Alexandria her cloak "Hold my cloak and watch this? What the hell Rebecca? At least wear the Nomex."

"It works. Glory Girl is a genius. That was the Nomex, it is fire resistant, not proof. Now find me that bus with the rest of the nine and we will finish this today. Fuck Manton and his fucking projection."

The horizon lit up and Legend sighed "Or she has an anger issue, seems to be going around. I suspect you are too late. It looks like David found the rest of the Nine first. Well, he gets closure for Hero."

Rebecca, Alexandria, snorted "Yeah closure. He will be drunk in that museum again Paul."

Paul, Legend, nodded "But now maybe he can move on." He looked in the distance "You think he is going to toss Crawler in the sun like he said he was?"

Rebecca looked "Either that, or drop him on the survivors from altitude. If there were any." I can't wait to do this to the Elite. Gun Bunny and the girls killed the Fallen and gutted the Teeth. They are the biggest problem children after the Nine."

Paul frowned "Contessa and Doctor Mother are going to flip."

"Yeah, well, fuck them too. They sent us after the fucking Siberian. Let's see how her path likes some pro-active Protecting."

Legend shook his head looking at Rebecca "You know, those two were right about the experiment. Someone did take over Brockton Bay and is ruling it as its undisputed queen."

Rebecca smiled "Yeah, I wonder how Calvert feels about that?"

Paul shrugged "I think it won't matter what he thinks in a couple of weeks."

"The little insect does have a knack for pissing off those who can stomp him." Rebecca laughed.

Paul shook his head "Come on, let's find David and go get a drink. Then we are going to have to talk to Doctor Mother and Contessa." Rebecca's smile morphed into a wrinkled nose.

Gun Bunny

Taylor shot the mercenary off hand, he was behind her. Sally snorted and lit up five of them. Vicky plowed through the, fortunately off, air conditioner of a high rise and emerged from the other side carrying what was left of a sniper.

Rune circled down behind Vicky who carried her prisoner to Amy, who was already checking the other ten on the ground. "A full squad. He has to run out of these sometime soon."

Taylor opened her mouth and Lisa came up on the net from the Stryker idling down the street toward them as the crowds closed in again from where they had scattered. "I got his money, well most of it, so sooner than he thinks. It's a pretty freaking mess. We are probably going to catch some serious heat over it. From the states involved as well as his criminal contacts. Should net some pretty serious coin when the dust settles though."

Taylor looked around and opened her mouth again and a girl shoved a pen and autograph book at Rune. Taylor snapped her mouth closed. Rune signed the book then looked at the girl "Who to? Justine? Really?"

"Hey! It's the hometown collection. Just Rachel left now." Rachel whistled to the dogs and they eyed Justine alertly. Justine threw her a pout "Don't be like that Rach!" She very boldly walked over past the dogs who wagged their tails at her and got scowled at by Rachel "See Brutus and the gang love me. Now, on this page. Then I saved these for the dog's footprints. I dont have an inkpad though." Rachel signed and then paged through the book looking at a page for each of the dogs with their names on them. She gave Justine a nod. Justine beamed.

"Hey!" Taylor finally managed. Justine turned and grinned at her "I'm not a band bitch. You're safe."

Sally chuckled darkly "They aren't though. I wonder how they would like to be incontinent, permanently."

"Oh please do! I mean really! They are just jealous, not that they know what they are jealous of. Although you hear stories."

Vicky rolled her eyes "Like the ones they are spreading about us?" She hung up the phone "Cops will be here 'soon' they said."

"They are busy, you all, the Wards, I mean all, New York and Boston too, the Protectorate, The PRT, New Wave, and the DWU over in the boat graveyard. You all have been going hard since lunch." Justine looked at the girls.

Taylor shrugged "Coil is an ass."

"Hmmph, well this better be your last if you want to make the rally. Hey can I get a ride?" Justine batted her eyelashes at Vicky.

Vicky huffed "What the hell is it today, did I coordinate especially well or something? First Rune, now you Justine?"

"Hey! That's how these rumors start!" Rune interrupted "Not that you aren't looking tasty."

All the girls laughed at Vicky's blush. Justine snorted "Please, every minute of you all's day is posted online. You don't have time for wild drunken orgies the band bitches wish they were having, unless you picked up a better time manipulator than Clockblocker. Even at your houses the cameras are always on. I don't see how you do it."

"Ignore it as much as possible." Taylor told her before turning to talk to the harried police sergeant that had driven up. Amy started briefing the paramedics that arrived shortly before him.

Later, after the Stryker was parked in its customary two spaces Justine looked around and laughed "So a partially naked orgy, not much orgy though. I love this thing. I need one. I wonder how much it cost? It's like a dressing room and hang all in one."

"It was surplus. An interim vehicle. The army didn't own the tech data so they let them go first of anything. GDLS took it in the ass over not giving the army the tech data. They charged the piss out of the government for mods to the tech data though. That also had the effect of holding down modifications and the vehicles were getting long in the tooth. No A1 or anything. Short sighted on GDLS's part. Then the US pulled out of everywhere and, well. The troops call them Kevlar coffins. They really aren't that bad but they are a little light on the armor. We bought them for scrap weight price. Squealer tinked ours. No idea how much she would charge for one. They are pretty cool." Rune looked around "What? I dont just fly the Death Zeppelin."

"Or its sports car cousin, which is new and you haven't said! Come on, how can I be the girl in the know if you all don't tell me things?" Justine asked her.

Rune went back to getting changed with a snort. Amy frowned "Hey, speaking of that, you aren't afraid of being seen with us?"

"Why? Oh, no. Everyone knows those bitches are full of shit. Hmm, they might be interested, You, Taylor, and Rachel need to be careful. Vicky is on again with Dean, Rune, well no offence but, none of our guys have nutted up that far. Sally and Lisa just cut them to ribbons with words." She paused "Or not words and do us all a favor."

"Permanent incontinence, herpes simplex twelve, eaten by dogs, or shot dead?" Sally asked. They all cracked up. Even Rachel laughed pretty hard.

As it turned out Sherrel was right, a little lip gloss and they all slayed that evening. Justine, Theshadowknows (girl in the know about Battery Lordsport) (verified know it all) included. The cheerleaders laughed at the sour notes from the band. The Wards stayed in their pack of males watching the apex predators play. Minus their sacrifice, Dean, Gallant of the Wards.

Gun Bunny

Sarah Pelham chuckled at Danny and her sister Carol "Relax, jeez, they aren't even going to the dance with anyone and every move they make is on YouTube. I see you looking at your smart phone Danny. Let them be girls a little."

Carol sighed "You say that now. I remember when you were a wreck about Crystal. Where is she by the way?"

Sarah snorted "At the game and going to the dance. Her boyfriend is a senior remember?"

"Boyfriend! I should be so lucky. Amy has two, girlfriends, not that I mind the girl part, but two? How does that even work?" Carol took a long pull of her wine. "And Vicky is like a yoyo with Dean, or a light switch. That child needs to make up her mind!"

Neil, Mark and Danny looked at each other and practiced their married men sympathetic faces. Sherrel snorted at them and Sarah chuckled when Carol just glared. Neil shrugged "I just wish Eric would finally decide. Proud of the boy, I mean he is killing them, both sexes, but doesn't he have to pick one?"

Lorraine shook her head "Don't try to impose binary sexuality on him. Let him be. He will decide one way or another. Erh let him be as long as he isn't hurting himself or others. If he is, bring him down here and I will shrink his head."

Carol turned to her "So we are your Cape Parents group session?"

"Oh thanks! I can bill it like that! I was just between clients. How is Amy doing?"

Mark smiled "She and I are both better. Still baby steps, she fixed some damage, but the chemistry is still screwed up so she adjusts it every morning."

Lorraine nodded "Clinical depression is a pain in the professions ass. There is hardly ever an obvious physical cause. If she finds one, she can make millions. Of course, the drug companies will try to kill her for it. It's a cash cow for them. Some of the crap they pedal even works, sometimes."

Danny laughed "Only if they all decided they want to die horrible deaths. Taylor and Rachel?"

Lorraine shook her head "All the girls. You heard that dream of Lisa's. They would all go all out."

Sherrel walked in and sat next to Danny "Damn right! Group session over? Can we talk about meeting with Piggot now?"

"The operators and lawyers are already joined at the hip. Why are we meeting her again? Oh, oh hell no, you can't just have her healed." Sarah shook her head.

"If she leaves, we are going to get a new one, not Rennick, probably not Armstrong. The rest of them are dicks and we would have to educate them. Probably the hard way. If Taylor didn't kill Tagg in the first meeting Sally would. Better if she is here a while longer. Meanwhile she gets sicker every day." Sherrel looked around at the nodding heads.

Sarah sighed "Can we finish with this Coil prick first?"

"Not to be optimistic, but Mark Hausen thinks he is going to do something soon that will expose him. Plus, from the message traffic Lisa has robbed him blind." Danny tossed out.

Sarah nodded "And not many people want to come in here right now. Other than the tourist. What is the deal with Purity? I mean without her the Empire doesn't have ranged powerful capes. With Hookwolf, Cricket and Storm Tiger still off the field they are mostly, well not tolerable, but certainly not the Empire of a few months ago."

"Losing normal members all the time too. Sally doesn't play around. Taylor either, but she is mostly non-lethal now. Though not non-crippling come to think of it." Carol added.

"And Amy is still making everyone she touches allergic to illegal drugs and somehow less likely to abuse alcohol. I still don't know how she does that. There has to be some common element? We don't prescribe meth or heroin but the opiates, pharmaceutical ones anyway, still work on patients. We have to talk to her about nicotine next. We can save some of that three hundred billion in smoking related cost to the economy. And nearly the same on alcohol cost. The eleven or twelve billion for drug related cost isn't peanuts but she can make a bigger difference." Lorraine told the group.

Danny smiled "I'm pretty sure you just have to mention it to her, she will figure it out."

Charmaine arched a brow at the discussion apparently winding down. "And Bakuda? You know that's what Piggott really wants to talk about, getting her fully healed and her working with Squealer and Gun Bunny. Let's not forget about Purity wanting to join the parent's group and Max Anders son to have play dates with Battery Lordsport."

Danny waved her off "It'll work out." Charmaine appeared skeptical.