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A/N: Moving on like the slow snail I am, here's the tenth chapter, woo! Breeched the tenth chapter finally, like I said I;m not finished with stories, but I will be soon, so hold on to your pants kids Sin's back and he's ready for action.
Enjoy!
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Navigational Error
"Shit!"
"What?"
"The Chang Clan that's what!" Rorek gritted his teeth, sitting back in the high steel black chair, laptop out and open on the countertop that resting in the middle of his kitchen. Raven from the bathroom, returning from a long relaxing shower, corned the hallway corner and pulled back the dangling beads to peek at the goings-on. Violet eyes wide awake and curious, her hair was tangled, and dripping wet from the dampness she didn't dry out completely.
Draped in one of Rorek's favorite shirts and short sweat shorts she walked out and stood behind him. Towel in hand she ran it through her wet hair, trying to get it as dry as possible, "What about the Chang Clan? Aren't they just a group of low life merchants?"
Rorek snorted and glared at the information on his laptop, "You wish, no wonder we never worry about these guys in the first place! Chang pays Slade's little group for protection and cover against us!"
"Since when did little old Chang get a big pay check?" Raven sneered and walked around the counter to the fridge where she reached in and snagged an apple, Rorek looked up briefly to notice she was wearing his favorite white collard Polo shirt with the Chinese Dragon battling a white tiger in the middle of a Ying/Yang symbol. Very beautifully designed and perfectly detailed, he glared at her.
"Since when did I ever give you permission to go snooping around in my drawer?"
Raven, moving from the fridge to the sink washed the apple, turned around and took a bite out of the apple, all the while eyes drooped giving the perfect dry expression and tone, "Since I never had any extra clothes – besides the one's I stashed here for that one time when Malchior kicked me out for his "meeting" with a few "business girls" and I accidentally left a few items in your closet. That's why."
Rorek shook his head and went back to the laptop, "You think you own the damn place don't you."
"I don't think Rorek," Raven took another bite, chewed and swallowed while smirking, "I know, you're father just absolutely ADORES me. So no matter what I do or say, he'll always be on my side … don't give me that look you know it's true."
Again, Rorek paid closer attention to his laptop, trying to forget the fact that Raven was still in his favorite shirt. His favorite goddamned shirt! Ruining it with her wet hair and EVERYTHING, hell, she gives him a bump on the head last night and goes prancing around with his stuff on her person like it was no big deal! I gotta get a new best friend, he thought dejectedly with a sigh, "Whatever, come here and look at this. I just found out that Slade's money payment was doubled … obviously he's either expecting something from Chang … or Chang's getting a little too greedy."
"Rorek, in this crazy life we live, who isn't?" Raven scoffed and walked around the counter to stand behind him again and look at the information being fed, "However … what's Moth's involvement? How … come … he … what the fuck?"
"Don't go to your eye doctor just yet, what you're reading is right," Rorek took a deep breath and explained what needed to be said, "Sin … they're after Sin, Raven. Well to get more technical, they're after Sin's Ford GT, Kitten was only half right when she said that they were trying to take over the Boulevard … Chang … he got money alright … bought off Logan Industries … making his way to the top of the market."
"Hell no!" Raven jerked her head back, "Why was I not informed of this?"
Rorek chuckled, "Hold on, it gets better, turns out the reason why Slade's paying Chang double is to complete a deal they set up. Chang owns Logan Industries, but Slade's going to be the one calling all the shots. Slade's not only taking the battle to the streets, he taking it to the boardroom. Oh and get this, the reason Moth's in on the deal is to again help to keep our noses out of their business. At the same time he's good friends with Control Freak."
Control Freak … Raven HATED Control Freak.
Just thinking about having to deal with him now was ludicrously insane!
Stories circulated that Sin once ran into Control Freak and raced him for pinks – the pink slips of the cars – and this guy was sooo hyped up on technology it made Rorek's head spin! The race as all done by Sin's mad skills alone, Control Freak had scrambled Rorek's system and ability to hook up with his Nightrider. Sin won of course, however Control Freak was livid and a sore looser, immediately after his loss he contacted the cops and one of the biggest police pursuits in the world took place!
Control Freak had not only called the cops from Narca City, but in five different surrounding districts as well. Rumor had it that Sin's tank was running on empty … and then … just disappeared. Not into thin air, but somehow escaped and the deal search was on for a mid-night blue Ford GT. Obviously, Control Freak had kept his car, feeling all smug about "driving" the #1Nightrider into the shadows for a long time. Revenge was a bitch when Control Freak three weeks later had his car totally FUBARed.
To say the least, Sin was not very pleased with the little stunt the computer nerd pulled.
Rorek had to agree, because of that one move he had to buy a new laptop, and the laptops he uses for these kinds of things were not cheap.
Raven shook her head, coming back from the rumor mill she turned around and tossed the red towel she used on the couch, things were just getting harder and harder to handle, "We have to Tell Trigon about this … even I get the feeling he doesn't know about Chang, Moth, and Slade."
"Don't do that!" Rorek shot up and jumped off the stool, "Raven, don't you see what this is?"
"A big pile of crap?" she snarled, Rorek snorted.
"No, Raven this is our chance! We can use this to our advantage!"
Eyes shot open, so fast Raven spun around, making her own head dizzy she glared at Rorek and accusingly shouted, "Are you suggesting we join these guys on there little scheme! Rorek! You're Sin's navigator for Christ sake! Think!"
"No Raven, you think," he argued, "you take on Slade, Chang, Moth, and Control Freak yourself and you can finally beat Trigon! That's the only reason why you can't escape him now, because he's not only threatening your business, but he's using the fact that you don't have anyone to get your back if a war should break out. Beat Slade, take his drones, beat Chang, take his company, beat Moth take his knowledge … Raven … you can do this!"
"Rorek are you insane!" she screamed, "I can't take on Slade by myself! Slade's Scathe's beef not mines! –"
"He's entering the corporate realm, beat him there, then take him down when he least expects it … you already know Robin's like his step son considering the fact that Slade's bangin' his mother! Robin hates him, do you both a favor and put the dog down. I'll help you if Malchior doesn't."
Unsure, uneasy, and most importantly so very afraid – though she wouldn't admit it – Raven shook her head and turned around, pacing the divider of the living room and kitchen she huffed and puffed as if breathing was becoming impossible. Risky, risky, risky … that's all she could think about, but as her head ran down the pros and cons of the matter she found that no matter which road she took there was a dead end. Either decision she made could kill her … if she went with Rorek she'd have to really – and she means REALLY – stay out of Trigon's radar.
Yet if she denied this, then she'd be stuck working for Scathe, trying to hold – and eventually loosing her company to him. Raven blinked and blinked again … a lot to think about and she wasn't going to decided all in one day, "I … I – just give me a moment to talk it over with Malchior … alright? Cause we both don't know if Trigon already knows about this whole thing yet. As far as I'm aware of Malchior didn't talk to him about anything I shared … so … lay off it for the moment."
Not giving Rorek the chance to argue even further, Raven threw away the half eaten apple and threw back the beads that hung over the frame of the entrance hallway. Listening to it clang and click against each other while she walked down the hall to the room at the end to the left. Opening the door and entering with her eyes closed, she closed the door and leaned against it. Bowing her head and putting a hand on her forehead, her dripping wet hair falling beyond her face.
Rorek on the outside had followed after her, but quietly and silently until he reached her door and leaned on the opposite side, "Raven? You listening to me?"
I've been listening to your crazy ass ever since you first walked into my life, Raven thought with a small chuckle to herself, finding that thought rather funny in their situation, however Rorek heard the chuckle differently. From his point of view it sounded like she was sobbing and he got worried.
"Raven … I'm sorry alright, really, I'm sorry to have forced that idea on you, it was stupid and it was so totally uncalled for I –"
Raven turned around on the door an leaned the side of her head on it with her body pressed against it's cold wooden texture. The smirk on her lips growing to a smile, "Rorek, shut-up. Not everything that happens to me is your damn fault. I'm alright … and as long as we're not dead by the time we at least put your crazy ass idea to the test … I'll be fine."
Rorek pushed off the door and stared at it almost imagining Raven on the other side smiling cause he could feel it, she was in a light mood, even after their little episode, apparently she was feeling rather generous and opened the door. Leaning her shoulder on the side frame she nodded a "yes" to his silent "are you sure" question.
"Okay then," Rorek sighed and smirked, "Wanna go help me work on the Ford GT?"
"Yeah, sure … let me get dressed first."
"I'll be at the shop then." With that Rorek pushed off her door and walked to the exit. Down the stairs and heading towards the mechanic shop across the street, he sighed and exits the apartment while Raven got dressed. Probably looking for new ways to ruin his favorite clothing no doubt.
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Rorek, waiting for Raven in the Mechanic shop fiddled with a few choice tools and sighed. Staring at the laptop he used to help Sin escape many a problem Rorek sucked in a deep breath, but stopped when a message was flashing in his screen, "What the …" trailing off he immediately went to work to find out who the messenger was and cursed when a video popped up, "Control Freak!"
"Hey there navigator," the ugly fat and pimpled out computer nerd/geek/dork/freak all of the above that thought he was an actually member of 'Clash of the Planets' TV program. Rorek growled in irritancies, "hope you and the bitch ain't busy because I got an offer you just can't refuse."
"Fuck you zit-boy," Rorek snarled, "You know the rules, no rematches."
"Does it look like I play by the rules old man?" Control Freak snickered, then moved off the screen, sctruggling was heard, then a loud and harsh THWACK! Rorek cringed, he may have not know what it was Control Freak was doing, but he was sure he didn't want to know. Especially since ignorance was bliss, when Control Freak came back to the screen he showed a knocked out girl with red streaks on the sides of her short slightly spiky hair. Red and black-eyeliner was seen with make-up tearstains trolling down her face.
It was also clear what the sound was because producing from the side of her head was blood; Control Freak had hit the girl. The girl that Rorek bit down on his lower lip and held his breath as he whispered her name, "Argent."
"Exactly pretty boy," Control Freak shoved her to the ground and out of sight, leaning close to the screen he snickered, "did a little research, you a thing with the pretty goth didn't you? Well then … I guess you know where this is heading. Tell Sin to meet me at the edge of the city Nirvana Avenue side and if you know what's good for you, you'll let me hack your system and give her false directions. Do I make myself clear blue-eyes?"
"…" Rorek was at a loss for words, he didn't know what to say … didn't even know what to think! Argent … he's only meet her once on the way home when she was caught in the rain and he offered to drive her to her apartment. After that he just had a feeling for her. Yet now … because he had meet her and was still seeing her every now and again, Rorek gulped, This isn't happening … this isn't … how the hell did this happen?
"Hey! I ain't talking to my –"
"SHUT-UP!" he shouted already annoyed that Control Freak found his server, hacked him, threatening him, and now using him. It was all killing him, but he had faith in Sin, blue-eyes blazing with a defiant fire Rorek put on his head phones with a deep scowl on his face, "You're on."
"That's a good navigator, remember, you never spoke to me. Edge of the city Nirvana Avenue side, you got 30 minutes."
"Can I at least know where you're heading?"
"Hell no, I know you smartasses and you ain't gonna be helping the Sin forget already Rorek?"
"I may have caught a slight sense of amnesia, yeah."
Control Freak glared, "You best be getting that checked, I'm serious this time, Sin is going down for sure and neither of you will be able to stop me."
Rorek sneered, "Ask me if I care." Cutting off the connection Rorek ripped out his cell phone and dialed for Sin putting it to his eat and listening for an answer. Shook his head when there was one … "Yeah Sin it's me Rorek."
"Rorek, who else knows this line, but you. Now what's the problem?"
"It's … it's Control Freak, he wants a rematch and –"
"No."
"What?"
"I already said … and I've been repeating that I don't do rematches. That fat-ass can plant him self right up my –"
"Sin … it's important."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"… Look just come down and we'll work it out, after all, its just Control Freak right?"
"… You tone disturbs me …"
"Not right now Sin, just come down … now, you only got 30 minutes to meet with Control Freak down Nirvana Avenue to the edge of the city."
"… Nirvana Avenue huh? You emotional Rorek?"
Rorek blinked and pulled the phone from his ear to give it a look, the brought it back and asked sharply, "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"Emotions … I don't do emotions … Lust."
Click.
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X was just pulling up into Hearsay Street, getting ready to park down the block so to sneak into the apartment without looking suspicious, Jinx was just about to jump out the car. However both stopped when they heard the familiar burning of rubber coming from down the road where they where doing to walk and disbelief both etched on their faces when they saw the car that was tearing down the streets, "THE FORD GT!"
That was exactly who they saw, but what they didn't expect was for it to stop right next to them and roll down the window to throw them another rolled up piece of paper. Jinx being the closest caught it and immediately covered over her mouth when Sin tore down the road once more, "Jinx! Get in! NOW!"
Without a moments' hesitation or doubt, Jinx jumped back in forgetting all about Raven and Rorek. Slamming the door shut and hanging on to anything in order to help her get through her cousins gutsy driving, "What the hell does this guy think he's doing calling us out in broad day light? Is he fucking insane?"
"No," X gritted his teeth, "He's fuckin' stupid, cause I got him now!"
Jinx turned to her brother, "Don't be too arrogant Angel, remember we're in broad daylight and your license plate is still on! If the cops find out about your race it's all over."
"Where's he headed?" X ignoring his smarter cousin demanded, Jinx rolled her eyes and looked out the windshield, then down at her hand to the rolled up piece of parchment that was tossed to her. Undoing the string and unrolling the parchment she blinked when she saw it was written in perfect calligraphy. It was beautiful. Yet rushed.
It read:
Love and Lust are really different, yet often misplaced. Because of the problems that have befallen upon my damned soul, I am now trapped in Lust's blue web where the cow shall consume me if I am not careful. You are welcome to try and race against the cow and I, but be warned, just because the sky is blue doesn't so often mean that Nirvana holds innocent souls.
"What the hell is up with this guy and riddled?" Jinx jerked back and reread the paragraph once more, just trying to get a grip on what it might mean. Even X was having a hard time thinking about it, however that wasn't the point.
"Jinx! Where the hell is he going!"
Jinx shot X a look of annoyance, "Weren't you listening? He's heading towards Nirvana Avenue, so get to moving slow poke!"
X choose to ignore that last statement and put the peddle to the metal, the Ford GT was fast, the driver was unbelievable, and not to mention insane! With an obsession with the seven deadly sins, Angel wondered just what the hell this guy was up to? Why terrorize there "humble" streets? It didn't make any sense! Jinx jumped, "Shit!"
"What?"
"Someone's calling me!" Jinc reached into her pocket and pulled out her sell phone, "Hello?"
"Hey Jinx! Look back!"
"Huh?" Jinx turned around at the sound of Starfire's voice gasped when she saw that just behind them and catching up quick was Robin's 911 Carrera S, "Damn! Starfire, put Robin on the line!"
"Why? He's asking I you guys wanna race …"
X glanced at his rearview mirror, "Fuck! Jinx; tell that dumbass to back off! I'm taking down GT!"
Jinx snapped a glare at her cousin, "Starfire, listen to me, tell Robin to follow us into Nirvana Avenue, we've just spotted Sin on the move so stay with us."
"Got it."
click.
X gave his cousin a look of disbelief, "What the hell was that? What the hell was that!"
"Shut it X, it's good if Robin's coming with us, he can help solve Sin once and for all. Besides, it sounds like he's racing someone else. He's going to be distracted with three people, it will throw off his concentration somewhat so we can steal a chance to take him down."
"Right, and since when did you become a cop?" Jinx faltered, then shook her head and gave X a glare.
"A cop? Please, as if, now let's go, let's go, let's go!"
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