A/N: All Sues need a villain, and tonight we get the first hint of our Mary-Sue Deville, Katielle!
They all assumed a fighting stance, before taking advantage of the thugs' moment of stunned awe to strike the first blow. None of the women needed to speak, their strong mental connection making it possible for them to communicate silently.
Clairetta launched in with a crack of her whip, followed by Lauraleese, who let rip with a roundhouse kick.
Acacia Moon flew off Annabeth's shoulder, and the young woman faded out, becoming invisible.
Sarahfina materialised a sharp silver disk in each hand and sent them spinning, ducking and diving around the lackey's heads through use of her powerful telekinetic abilities.
Lauraleese flicked another switch on her wristband, and a mini flame-thrower popped out and quickly assembled itself. She began firing small blasts at the goons, easily wiping several out.
Clairetta continued with her whip, as well as throwing the occasional punch. Her stunningly green eyes flashed as she took out several thugs.
Annabeth moved quietly in her invisible state, pressing her thumb against a nerve in the lackeys' necks and knocking them out.
The battle was soon over, and the women smiled triumphantly at one another before putting their weapons away. Acacia Moon landed back on Annabeth's shoulder as she became visible again.
"Let's see if our friend the bartender is ready with that information, shall we?" Lauraleese rapped on the door.
The man was quite clearly expecting to see his goons as he pulled open the door, and froze as the four young women he was faced with quirked an eyebrow each, perfectly in sync. He began to bolt, but Clairetta lashed out with her whip, catching him around the throat and pulling him back. Lauraleese then pressed him against the alley wall, holding him in place with her foot as she pointed her flame-thrower at him.
"But you're a bunch of women! You're weak and pathetic!" he scoffed in disbelief.
"That's what my father said when he tried to force me to marry my rich ancient cousin, resulting in my running away!" said Lauraleese, angrily.
"That's what my father said to me right before he abandoned me on the street, leaving me to fend for myself!" added Annabeth.
"That's what my father said right before he and my mother died tragically when I was still a baby and I was taken in by my evil distant relatives!" Sarahfina stated.
"That's what my father said as he sold me into slavery and I was forced to perform back-breaking tasks throughout my childhood!" bit out Clairetta.
"Thanks for bringing back painful memories," growled Lauraleese. "But that wasn't the information we were after. Care to try again?"
"Uh . . . Gee, we must have gotten our wires crossed," began the bartender, clearly awed by their feminine grit and determination. "What was it you wanted to know?"
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"Well done, ladies!" Juzt S. Dunn, Chief Commander of the Lightning Knights, looked up from the neat file on his desk at the four young women in front of him. "Now that we know the whereabouts of her main minion, Frank N. Stein, we're one step closer to finding Katielle, your number one foe!"
"Whatever it takes to bring her down, chief!" said Lauraleese on behalf of her friends.
"That's right," the others nodded, without disturbing their glistening, flowing hair in the slightest.
"I knew I could depend on you, girls," said Dunn, before reluctantly dismissing them.
The four young Knights walked down the main hall of the Thunder Tower, drawing a crowd of admiring followers. They turned into the rec room just in time to see a most disturbing scene. Random Virus, his evil side clearly in control, had backed a pair of trainee Knights into a corner and was about to claw them!
Quickly summing up the situation, Lauraleese spoke out in a honeyed tone, "Random."
The cyborg's claw stopped mid-swing, and he blinked several times before the light in his eye switched to green. "I know that voice," he muttered, turning to the door. "Lauraleese!"
"Hello, Random," the Knight walked confidently towards him, her hips swaying in time with her glossy blonde locks, and her beautiful, clear blue eyes shimmering.
Random was held captive, unable to stop his eyes from roaming over her well-defined figure.
"It's been a while," Lauraleese placed a hand under his chin and forced his eyes onto her face, where they settled on her luscious, moist lips. She generously allowed him to taste those lips for a full, passion-drenched minute before pulling away and extricating his good hand. She held it in her own as she whispered, "Let's go someplace quiet and . . . talk."
While this had been happening, Annabeth knelt by the two trainees huddled in the corner and spoke soothingly to them. They hung on her every word as she gently encouraged them to stand. She watched them leave, followed soon after by Lauraleese and Random, before turning to Sarahfina and Clairetta. They were both flicking casually through crime magazines, totally unfazed by all that had occurred, but glanced up when a messenger came running in.
"Sarahfina! Your expertise in all things complicated is needed in the dungeon!" he barely managed to get the words out, he was so distracted.
Sarahfina sighed and stood up. "You girls coming?" she asked Annabeth and Clairetta, who shrugged and accompanied her into the depths of the Tower.
"Ace Lightning and his team have returned from their mission," the messenger began to explain the situation, although none of the women needed him to. They knew he was just trying to find a way to spend as much time with them as he could.
"We know, we just bumped into Random Virus," Clairetta told him. They all knew this wasn't strictly true, as none of them would be so ungraceful as to bump into anything.
"Well, they brought back a new villain, but so far he is resistant to all our methods. We can't extract a confession from him, and he refuses to stop being difficult."
"What is this villain's name?" asked Annabeth, her heart instantly going out to him, as it did to all lowlier creatures.
"Kilobyte," the messenger pressed a large button, and the lift doors sprung open.
Eclair, Sarah Frost, Hyperpsychomaniac, Rika Silverstar, and katie, you girls rock! Care to repeat?
