Ch 2 Secrets Revealed
After looking at her laptop screen for what felt like hours, Max shut the computer off and lay in her bed. She didn't mind all the hard work that went into helping Terry after all he is Batman. Who wouldn't want to help their best friend save the city every night? But she knew the best thing she needed right now was to get some rest. She was no good to Terry or Batman if she couldn't keep her eyes open. She pulled the blanket over her head just in time to hear the phone ring. She mumbled obscenities to her self as she answered the phone.
" Tell me you you've got good news for me." Terry asked as he flew around the city.
" I got you a date. It's for next week. Give me a little more time and I'll have this disk decoded."
" So what did Dana say when you told her I couldn't take her to Chelsea's party."
" Well, she pretty much said that she's going weather you take her or not."
" I can look forward to hearing from her tonight."
" So, the old man didn't give you the night off?"
" No. But, I'm not surprised. The most he said he'd do is think about it."
" Maybe you should think about telling Dana. It would make life a lot easier." She said as she smiled to herself.
" No. You wouldn't know if you weren't so nosey"
" I know….." A knocking at the door interrupted Max " I gotta go. Talk to you later." She hung up before Terry could answer. On the other side of the door was Chelsea. Max eyes opened wide as she stepped aside to let Chelsea in.
" I hope you don't mind that I stopped by." Chelsea said as she sat on the couch. " I got your address out the school directory."
" No it's ok. What's up?"
" I wouldn't tell you this, but, you're Terry's best friend, and since him and I don't hang out like you two but……" She ran her hands over her legs as she let out a long sigh " It's been a while ago but Dana's gone out with Nelson and Jared."
" Nelson and Jared know that Dana's dating Terry?"
" She told Jared that her and Terry were broken up for good and Nelson did care who she was. You know how he is." Max sat in the chair across from Chelsea.
" This is gonna break his heart." Chelsea stood and took a few paces towards the door.
" I know I should have let Dana be the one to tell him this, but I couldn't let that happen to Terry. The way Dana complains......she always seem to make him out as the bad guy. But, after what he did for me when I was at The Ranch, I figured it was the least I could do." Max turned around in the chair smiling.
" I know." Max thought of the numerous times she had been saved by Batman,
" You two be careful around her. Her new best friend these days seem to be Nelson."
" We will. See you tomorrow," Chelsea let herself out as Max thought of a way to tell her best friend that his girlfriend was being unfaithful. She locked the door and the window as she laid in her bed and thought of what to do.
* * * *
It was after midnight when Nelson found himself standing in the middle of Joker Territory. He wasn't surprised when the Jokerz appeared out of the darkness and surrounded him. The Joker leader stepped into the middle of the ring that formed around Nelson.
" You have a death, wish don't you kid?" Nelson shoved his hands into the pockets of his jacket as the Joker leader walked around him.
" No……"
" I think you do. Because anybody that comes into Joker Territory after five is asking for trouble."
" I'm here on business." The joker leader stopped in front of him as Nelson pulled a cred card out of his pocket.
" What kind of business?"
" I need you to kidnap someone." Nelson handed the Joker leader the cred card who gave it to a joker girl to his right. She scanned it and laughed as she told the Joker Leader the amount.
" There's only five hundred creds here." The other jokerz began to laugh until the Joker leader put his hand up.
"If you want us to do this, it's gonna cost you more. Make it five thousand and you got a deal."
Nelson started laughing. " I could get the T's to do it for a thousand."
" Two thousand and we'll do it."
" Deal." Nelson handed the Joker leader an envelope " I'll get you your money when the job's done. Don't hurt her. Just follow the instructions inside the envelope." Nelson turned his back. As Nelson walked away, the Joker leader looked in the envelope at the picture as another joker looked on.
" I remember her." The second joker said.
" From where?"
" Terminal wanted us follow her. Batman called her by first name. He called her Max."
" A friend of Batman's?" He said smiling at the picture " This should be fun."
