Fortunately for Adriana her struggles to stand up following the sparring match against Kat turned out to be from fatigue rather than a concussion as the doctor initially feared after Adriana had described the symptoms to him, still that didn't mean that she didn't have good company.
"You get into a sparring match with Kat and I nearly give myself an aneurysm trying to keep a big rig from falling atop some New York residents." Yuri sighed as Adriana stood at the edge of her hospital bed. "This hasn't been a good day for us short girls, eh Addy?"
"Oh, come on, I may be five foot four but that just means I'm tied for second shortest among the women in our group with Claudia." Adriana defended herself with a scoff as she rolled her eyes. "Then again, that's not really saying much considering Kat's the tallest woman in our group at five foot six."
"Yeah but Kat's still taller than most woman." Ehsan shrugged as he turned to Adriana. "Hopefully, it won't be too long until Yuri's back in action in any case."
"I hope so, I've only been in here a day and I'm already bored out of my mind." Yuri nodded in agreement as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. "I may be off the active roster for health reasons, but I'd rather be spending my time off at home with Kage."
"What am I? Chopped liver?!" Ehsan responded with a laugh and Yuri gave her boyfriend a cheeky grin. "Besides, according to the doc you should be okay to head home in a couple of hours, after that he wants you to take it easy." Ehsan added as the doors to the med bay opened behind them though neither of the three heroes looked up at first. "I know Kage has been missing you."
"Yeah, he's gotta be getting lonely down there." Adriana responded and Yuri shook her head in response.
"When me and Ehsan are up on the Watchtower together, we have a neighbour look after Kage for us." Yuri responded as the newcomer walked up to them. "Helps that he has a soft spot for German Shepherds."
"Yeah, wouldn't want someone who hates dogs looking after him." Claudia's voice rang out and the other three heroes looked up to see Adriana's older twin sister. "Addy, I know you want a chance to rest up after that sparring match but as the old saying goes, there's no rest for the wicked, we've got a League Mission to do."
"Already?" Adriana asked before grinning and cracking her knuckles cockily. "Not that I'm complaining, what's up?"
"Kat and Marco were set to help out Nightwing bust up a drug smuggling ring in Bludhaven, I figured you'd jump at a chance to beat up some drug dealers so I signed us up for the mission." Claudia explained and Adriana's grin quickly turned into a frown as it dawned on her. "She doesn't suspect the real reason, right?"
"After Jose was killed? All you needed to say was "chance to beat up drug dealers" and I would've said yes." Adriana responded with a nod as she walked over to her older sister. "I'm guessing Nightwing has more details?"
"Si, he'll full us in once we're on the ground." Claudia nodded before her sister left the med-bay without another word, Claudia went to leave before noticing the looks on her friends' faces. "Something on your mind?"
"Yeah, who's Jose?" Ehsan spoke up and Claudia frowned.
"He was our cousin, twice removed on our mother's side of the family but we were close, Adriana especially." Claudia explained before taking a deep breath. "He was around eighteen at the time and we had just turned fourteen when he was killed, he was desperate enough for money that he got into drug dealing, we've never been that clear on the details but a rival cartel ambushed the drug deal and opened fire, Jose was among the casualties having taken two gunshots to the chest."
"Man, no wonder Adriana hates drug dealers so much." Ehsan responded with a sad nod and Yuri seemed to share his sentiments. "Where you two still living in Mexico at the time?"
"Si, but we didn't stay in Mexico for much longer, our parents had been working on legally emigrating to the US for a while and Jose's death was the catalyst that sped things along." Claudia added as she took a deep breath. "Initially we moved to San Antonio, Texas, lived there until we were about to turn sixteen at which point our dad got a job offer that required us to move to New York but he would've been foolish to turn down, our powers awoke a few days later and, well, you know the rest." Claudia added before sighing. "Even two years and god knows how many miles later, Adriana hasn't gotten over his death, hopefully this mission proves to be some kind of therapy for her."
"One can hope, good luck on the mission." Yuri nodded before Claudia left the room, she soon caught up with her younger sister who has a lot on her mind.
"First I notice how attractive Kat is and now I'm doing the same with Yuri?" Adriana wondered as she walked towards the teleporters. "Is this a common thing for someone who's just discovering that they are a lesbian? When I get some time alone I should check my face again to see if I'm blushing, then again I guess I can only start worrying when I start thinking the same thing about my sister but until then….."
"Addy." Claudia said once she had caught up with Adriana and the younger of the two twins looked up. "Are you going to be okay going into this mission?"
"Physically? I should be fine, I have some bumps and bruises from the sparring match and my struggles to stand up once the match ended were more fatigue related than a concussion as the doc initially feared." Adriana explained as she stretched her arms a bit. "Mentally? It's a mission to beat up some drug dealers, if you ask me that never gets old! Especially if they have any ties to the Mexican Drug Cartels." Adriana responded as she turned to her sister. "Or is this about my performance issues of late?"
"You read my mind." Claudia nodded and Adriana let out an annoyed sigh. "First you screw up our chance to beat your initial Battle Royal time and then you slip up and give Kat the win in your sparring match against her, I just want to make sure that your mind's in the right place."
"Well, as long as it's in my head, we shouldn't have a problem." Adriana joked getting a laugh out of her sister. "But seriously, those were isolated incidents in training scenarios, once I'm down there in the heat of the action I'll be kicking ass and taking names!"
"I hope your right, you won't get a do-over otherwise." Claudia pointed out and Adriana nodded to indicate that she knew that. "You're not mad about our argument last night, right?"
"What, that thing?" Adriana asked before shrugging her shoulders. "Water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned, I may have gotten annoyed at what you were implying but after sleeping it off I'm willing to drop it, question is, are you?"
"We'll see, let's just focus on the mission for now." Claudia instructed her younger sister and Adriana nodded in agreement before they made their way to the teleporters. "I wish I could drop it but lying about League Assignments and the suspected drug use? I want to be wrong for once, but Addy's behaviour isn't helping!"
"You ladies ready?" Marco asked as he and Kat stepped onto the teleporter pod and the twin sisters nodded readily, Marco then gave the thumbs up to J'onn to tell him to teleport them down and he did so.
*in Bludhaven*
Once the four heroes had teleported down to Bludhaven they had a good look around the city as Nightwing was nowhere to be seen and they were on a rooftop that was high enough to give them a decent view, and the first impressions weren't good, off course the fact that it was raining pretty heavily didn't help.
"Don't know what city looks worse, this place or Gotham." Kat commented as she looked around with a frown on her face. "Though I will say that it looks a lot better than I imagined from how Nightwing described it to Travis and Pierre."
"That's because this city was rebuilt from the ground up a few years ago." Nightwing's voice rang out before he flipped onto the roof of the building. "To make a long story short, the government declared this city a No Man's Land and let the criminals run rufshot, it took a few years for it look as presentable as it does today, but crime is still an issue."
"Wow, and I thought some of the worst areas in Mexico was bad." Claudia responded with an impressed whistle and Adriana nodded in agreement. "Dragon Girl and Superman filled me and Lo Divino in on most of the details, but he said that you'd have more details."
"I'll see what I can do." Nightwing nodded as he glanced around the four heroes. "This drug smuggling ring is being run by a Mexican gang, and yes, they have ties to the cartels." Nightwing stated before noticing Adriana clench a fist when she heard that last part. "You have history with the cartels Lo Divino?"
"Not directly." Adriana responded as she shook her head before unclenching her fist. "But me and El Sombre have lost family to the cartels in their eternal quest to control the drug trade south of the boarder, if you don't mind, I'd rather not go into detail." Adriana added and Claudia nodded.
"Our parents were honest workers back in Mexico, never had any dealings with the cartels and they fled Mexico legally once our extended family did become involved and besides, we haven't been back there since we were fourteen." Claudia elaborated and Nightwing nodded in understanding. "So yeah, it's a bit of a sore spot for us, Lo Divino especially."
"So long as you can pull your weight and focus that anger on the drug dealers, we shouldn't have a problem." Nightwing responded before motioning for the four heroes to follow him. "I've taken down the rest of their strongholds single handily, this Mexican gang is especially vicious but, in the end, they are nothing but untrained, undisciplined thugs, nothing I couldn't handle." Nightwing elaborated before he turned to the four heroes. "And that brings me to the reason I asked for help from the Justice League, this is their main stronghold, I take this down and send the gang members to jail and their whole drug trade is in shambles, if it were as easy as the other strongholds then we wouldn't be here having this conversation."
"And there's a "but", isn't there?" Kat sighed as she got the idea and Nightwing nodded.
"Got it in one." Nightwing responded before retrieving several surveillance photos. "The gang has recruited two Super Powered thugs as backup for when I come knocking, I don't recognise any of them so they may well be refuges from your home dimension." Nightwing added as he passed the photos to the heroes.
"Yeah, I recognise them." Kat nodded as she and the others looked over the photos. "The guy with the horns calls himself Man-Bull, real name William Taurens, he's basically a Super Strong thug for hire, usually does battle with a guy from our home dimension called Daredevil." Kat added as she shook her head. "And like Turner D. Century, he has a talent for coming back from the dead, in recent years he's been killed off more times than I care to count."
"The guy next to him is The Scorpion, real name Mac Gargen, a C-List Spider-Man villain but a lot nastier than that designation would suggest." Marco nodded as he looked over his girlfriend's shoulder. "Two animal themed Supervillains, does this gang have any animal motifs or was it just a coincidence?" Marco asked before instinctively glancing towards the Mexican twins who shrugged their shoulders in response.
"Look, we may be from the same part of the world as this gang and they may have ties to the Cartels but that doesn't mean much when we weren't even born in this dimension." Adriana pointed out as she folded her arms. "To say nothing of just how many drug gangs there are in Mexico, besides Man-Bull and Scorpion jumped over as well and I think it's safe to assume that they just joined up with the first gang that stumbled upon them."
"She has a point, based on your descriptions of these guys, neither of them really screams "criminal mastermind" to me." Nightwing nodded in agreement before Kat passed the pictures back to him, however as Kat did so something caught Adriana's eye on the last picture.
"Nightwing, can I have a look at the last picture?" Adriana asked and Nightwing nodded before passing her the picture, she had a good look at it and her eyes narrowed as she recognized one of the figures. "¡Tienes que estar jodidamente bromeando!" Adriana cussed in Spanish earning a raised eyebrow from her sister.
"Is this going to be a problem?" Nightwing asked with a frown on his face and Adriana looked up briefly before shaking her head. "Something about that picture pissed you off."
"It's a long story, feel free to go on ahead, we'll catch up." Adriana responded and the other three heroes shared a look before nodding and leaving the rooftop, once the two sisters were alone Adriana wasted no time in showing Claudia the picture. "Look familiar sis?" Adriana asked as she pointed to a tall and muscular Mexican man in the background of the shot and it took Claudia a moment for it to sink in.
"Is that Raymundo?!" Claudia asked as she got in close. "He was Jose's best friend and we haven't seen him since we moved from Mexico." Claudia added before it sunk in. "Didn't he swear up and down that he had nothing to do with Jose's death?"
"And yet here he is, providing the muscle for a Mexican drug smuggling gang." Adriana nodded as she tucked the picture under her arm. "I'll give the picture back to Nightwing when we catch up with them, but this complicates things, if Raymundo was lying about his involvement in the drug trade then what the hell else, was he lying about?"
"That's a good question, and I'm not sure if we're going to like the answer." Claudia sighed as she turned away from her younger sister. "Are you still going to be okay heading into this mission? We both know how close you were to Jose before his death."
"I wish I could say with a straight face that I will be, but Jose was like an older brother to me." Adriana sighed as she folded her arms. "I mean yeah, I have an actual older sibling, but you get the idea, maybe we're mistaken, I mean Raymundo could pass for any number of Mexican guys who work out."
"I hope so, that still doesn't answer the biggest question of them all." Claudia responded as she leaned against the rooftop's edge. "Assuming Raymundo jumped over to this dimension like Man-Bull and Scorpion, why would he join up with a Mexican gang in a strange city?"
"Maybe he was looking for someone he could talk to? Raymundo's English has never been that great so maybe he joined up with this gang for convenience's sake." Adriana added before sighing to herself. "Then again, we're hardly ones to talk, we're still slipping Spanish words into our conversations in English."
"Si, but it's still better than the broken English Raymundo speaks." Claudia nodded in agreement before motioning for her older sister to follow her. "We'd better get going, wouldn't want to keep the others waiting."
"Si, let's go." Adriana nodded in agreement before the twin sisters took flight.
*twenty minutes later*
Fortunately for the twins, Marco had opted to hang back for when they caught back up with the other heroes and with his help they caught up with Kat and Nightwing as they surveyed a large warehouse near the docks.
"Is this the place?" Adriana asked before handing the picture back to Nightwing and he nodded before Adriana noticed that he had a laptop open. "You're on Facebook during a mission?"
"Not exactly, with Marco's help I've hacked into the building's security feed." Nightwing explained as he showed the Mexican women the footage in question. "Man-Bull and Scorpion seem to be acting as the muscle of this operation, when we get in there, we had better be ready for a fight."
"That's why we're down here." Claudia nodded before noticing the man who looked like Raymundo speaking to Man-Bull though the sound was muted. "Is there a way to turn the sound on?" Claudia asked and Nightwing nodded, Raymundo was mostly speaking in broken English, but his grasp seemed to have improved enough for him to have a decent conversation with Man-Bull.
But it was the content of that conversation that made Adriana's blood boil. "So, Ray, if you don't mind me calling you that, this is going straight to Mexico, right?"
"That's right big man! We're going to be raking in some serious moolah from this operation!" Raymundo nodded with a massive grin on his face. "And all I had to do was set my idiot friend up to join the cartel, his family never suspected a thing!"
"Yeah, yeah, you said before." Man-Bull responded with a nod as the massive Superhuman folded his arms. "What was his name again? Jorge?"
"Nah, his name was Jose, not that it mattered, he was so stupid about the way he did business back in Mexico!" Raymundo added with a nod and Adriana clenched her fists only to calm down slightly when Claudia put a hand on her shoulder.
"Claudia, he set Jose up." Adriana whispered to her sister as her eyes narrowed. "If it weren't for him, Jose would still be alive."
"I know Addy, but we can't rush into this without a plan." Claudia nodded in understanding as she watched her younger sister calm down. "We've heard enough from those guys." Claudia told Nightwing who nodded before turning off the sound and closing the laptop.
"Our best approach will be a surprise attack, Lo Divino and El Sombre will enter through the roof, Dragon Girl and Mental Boy will go in through the front door and I'll enter through the vents." Nightwing added as he turned to the others. "Wait for my signal, we can't leave anything to chance with these guys."
"I don't care." Adriana thought as she felt a tear go down her cheek. "Raymundo will answer for Jose's death!"
"See you on the other side." Kat said to the others breaking Adriana's train of thought and the rest of the team nodded before taking up their positions.
*a few minutes later*
By now all four heroes were in position, Adriana and Claudia were watching the action below them through a skylight on the roof (though not before they knocked out the guards on the roof) whilst Kat and Marco were hugging the wall next to the front entrance just out of sight in case there were any deliveries coming in and they were all waiting for Nightwing to get into position and give them the signal to go in.
But Adriana was having trouble keeping it together. "Addy, you need to stay focused." Claudia whispered to her younger sister as Adriana glared daggers at Raymundo. "If you rush in now then the whole plan will be in shambles."
"You heard what that bastard said!" Adriana responded as she glanced up at her twin sister and Claudia nodded hesitantly. "I can't believe we brought his lies for even a second! And yeah, I know that's hilarious coming from me considering how easily you saw through my lies yesterday."
"I'm just as furious as you are but whilst Man-Bull and Scorpion are fairly low down on the Supervillain totem pole they are still dangerous." Claudia pointed out before letting out a deep breath. "And then there's the question on if we tell mom and dad about this, and whether they should know or not."
"They literally just reunited with us after we entered the portal." Adriana sighed as she turned to her older sister. "I don't think they need that kind of news right now."
"You're right, but if we do tell them we need to consider when and how." Claudia nodded in agreement before the twins heard a truck pulling up, Claudia went over to the edge of the roof to get a better look and saw the unmarked van pulling into the parking lot. "Kat, Marco, you've got company, looks like another shipment."
"We see it, if it's just another bunch of thugs then we can take them down on our own before the gang members inside the warehouse realise what's happening." Marco responded with a nod as he glanced towards the van. "Thoughts Nightwing?"
"Keep your distance for now, this is hardly the only warehouse in the area and the adjacent warehouse is for a legitimate business." Nightwing nodded in response and sure enough the van entered the opposite building. "I'm in position, get ready to move."
"On it." Claudia nodded as she returned to her sister's side, once Nightwing pounced on an unsuspecting thug from the vent directly above him Adriana and Claudia opened the skylight to let themselves in.
"Nightwing's here!? Open fire!" The leader of the gang ordered but before any of the gunmen could do so they were knocked out by a pair of energy blasts from Adriana and Claudia.
"Sorry guys, but we're not letting Nightwing have all the fun!" Claudia added whilst Adriana remained silent, merely glaring at Raymundo through her mask. "And neither are they." Claudia added as Kat kicked the front door open and flew into the room taking out a few more thugs each, the ensuing fight was chaotic before the Man-Bull and Scorpion entered the fray but whilst Kat and Marco dealt with the Supervillains and Claudia and Nightwing dealt with the remaining thugs Adriana spotted Raymundo fleeing out the back and gave chase.
"Damn it man, this has all gone to shit!" Raymundo cussed as he ran through the hallway with Adriana walking behind him. "I need the heavy artillery, I need…." Raymundo trailed off as he reached for the door only for Adriana to blast his hand causing him to scream out in pain before he looked up.
"Hola Raymundo." Adriana said simply as she walked up to the man. "Remember me?"
"Why would I recognise a Superhero?!" Raymundo asked and Adriana said nothing before removing her mask, when Raymundo saw her face all colour drained from his face as he went pale. "Addy?!"
"Don't call me that!" Adriana demanded as she grabbed him by the collar and dragged him down to her eye level. "Only my closest friends and family can call me that! And I don't consider a man who murdered a member of my family to be a friend!"
"What are you talking about? I never murdered Jose!" Raymundo demanded and Adriana's eyes narrowed.
"I heard your conversation with Man-Bull, you set him up! You led the cartels to his location so you could join them!" Adriana responded as tears ran down her face and Raymundo's eyes widened when he heard that. "And even worse, you called him a fool! How could you do that to your best friend?!"
"You really think I gave a shit about that idiot?!" Raymundo asked with a scoff and Adriana's eyes narrowed. "It's survival of the fittest and your family were next on the cartel's hitlist but don't worry, you, Claudia and your mom would've been taken care off really well." Raymundo added with a shit eating grin and Adriana said nothing for a few seconds.
"You would've killed us?" Adriana demanded as her voice got low. "After we took you in when you had nothing?!"
"Survival of the fittest, but we would've had our fun with you, your sister and your mom as well!" Raymundo responded and without warning Adriana grabbed him by the throat. "What…. are you doing?!"
"Taking you for a ride." Adriana responded before blasting a hole in the roof and flying through it with her grip on Raymundo firm. "I'm not the scared fourteen year old girl you knew Raymundo, I'm a lot stronger." Adriana stated as she pulled back a fist. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't punch a hole right through your fucking head!"
"What do you want from me? To serve time for my crimes?!" Raymundo demanded as Adriana glared at him. "Fine, send me to jail! I'll serve my time, I'll reform!"
"You really think that's enough?!" Adriana demanded as she glared at the man. "Jose made some mistakes, but he would've made up for them if he had a chance, you prevented that from happening!" Adriana growled as she tightened her grip. "All so you could join a fucking gang, you have no idea how sick you make me, don't you Raymundo?!" Adriana added as Raymundo started to choke. "Start praying to whatever god you believe in, because you're about to meet him!" Adriana added before she went to throw the punch with all her might.
However, before it could connect a firm hand stopped it dead in its tracks, inches away from Raymundo's head. "Is that what your cousin would want?" Superman's firm voice rang out and this time, it was Adriana's turn for all colour to drain from her face as she saw the older hero flying beside her. "Let him serve his time Adriana, you know it's what Jose would want."
"Jose never got that chance!" Adriana pointed out as she turned to Superman. "Why should this scumbag get the same opportunity?!"
"Do you really believe that? Or is that your anger talking?" Superman asked simply and Adriana couldn't find the words before she loosened his grip on Raymundo's neck, without another word Adriana gently lowered him down and let the police take Raymundo into custody. "We have a lot to talk about when we get back to the Watchtower." Superman added before passing Adriana back her mask and Adriana nodded.
"Yeah, I know." Adriana responded as she let out a deep breath before sitting down on the roof of the warehouse. "But that? I know there's no excusing what I almost did, but he explicitly said that he would've killed my family if we never moved to the US."
"I know, J'onn alerted me to the situation after listening in on the conversation through your earpiece." Superman nodded in understanding as Claudia walked up behind her sister. "We'll discuss your punishment later once you've cooled down, it's unlikely that you'll be asked to leave the League given the circumstances."
"And we could've used your help back there for that matter." Claudia chimed in and Adriana looked up to see her twin sister standing behind her. "Luckily, me, Kat and Marco were more than enough to deal with Man-Bull and Scorpion, but you would've been a great help."
"I get it, I fucked up!" Adriana groaned as she ran both hands down her face. "So, what's the likely outcome of this?" Adriana asked as she turned to Superman.
"Suspension is most likely, how long depends on how convincing you are to the rest of the founding members." Superman explained and Adriana nodded reluctantly. "You'll still be able to go out as Lo Divino but any Superhero activities you undertake will be independent from the League and you can't call for backup, you'll also miss out on payment for the length of the suspension."
"Understood." Adriana responded before putting her mask back on. "Should I just beam up and face the music now or wait a bit?"
"You still need to cool off, you should consider yourself lucky that you're getting that much because if that was just a random thug, you would've been ejected from the League." Superman explained and Adriana nodded with her head low before Superman put a hand to his earpiece. "J'onn, I'm ready to be beamed up, Adriana will contact you when she is ready to explain herself."
"Understood." J'onn nodded before beaming Superman up, Adriana let out a scream of frustration before punching the roof leaving a large dent in it.
"I knew I should've asked J'onn to beam you up when you recognized Raymundo." Claudia sighed as she walked up to her twin sister and sat beside her. "Trust me to think that you could keep your anger under control."
"It was under control!" Adriana insisted and Claudia gave her a sceptical look. "I'm serious, all I wanted to was a confession out of Raymundo, for him to admit that he had Jose killed, if he had just left it at that I would've knocked him out and left him to the police with the rest of the gang members but no, he went and said that his gang would've targeted our family next and done unspeakable things to us and mom, next thing I knew I had him in a chokehold ready to punch a hole through his head."
"I'm not saying I don't blame you for being angry Adriana, frankly I don't know what I would've done in the same situation." Claudia nodded in understanding and Adriana turned to her sister. "But you should've known better than to let your emotions get the better of you and, well, you know what happened there."
"Easy for you to say, you were busy mopping up the rest of the gang." Adriana sighed in annoyance before shaking her head. "I know that's not exactly fair but I had no idea how long the rest of the fight was going to last, Man-Bull and Scorpion are decently powerful Supervillains on their own and there was still a few thugs left when I went after Raymundo."
"And maybe if said Supervillains were anything more than dumb muscle, you'd have a point." Claudia sighed as she turned to her sister. "And whilst Raymundo is taller and bigger than you by a considerable margin, you have superpowers, he doesn't, there was nothing stopping you from re-joining the fight sooner, instead we didn't even realize you were missing until all the other thugs and Man-Bull and Scorpion were knocked out."
"Nothing stopping me, except for my anger at how casual he was about killing Jose." Adriana sighed as she ran a hand down her face. "I think I'd better get this over with, not sure what we'll do about rent if I'm suspended."
"If you do get suspended, I'll ask Superman if I can fill in on your shifts for the length of the suspension." Claudia offered and Adriana bit her lip. "It's not ideal but short of starting that cooking YouTube channel we've been talking about for years I don't know any good alternatives."
"Knowing our luck, the algorithm will fuck it over anyway." Adriana sighed before putting a hand to her earpiece. "J'onn, I'm ready to face the music, I guess you can beam up Claudia as well."
"Will do." J'onn nodded before beaming up the twin sisters.
*two hours later*
Adriana had been called into the briefing room to explain her actions to the founding members almost as soon as she was beamed back up to the Watchtower and Claudia waited patiently outside the room for her sister's fate to be determined, Claudia had done her best to keep Adriana's actions from the rest of the league but there was one thing she hadn't counted on, namely the media catching word of it but fortunately it hadn't left Bludhaven as of yet.
"I knew taking Adriana on that mission was a risk, even before I knew that Raymundo was involved." Claudia thought as she ran a hand down her face, the eighteen year old was leaning against the wall outside of the briefing room in the same position, her arms crossed under her breasts and one leg across her upper thigh. "But I thought the most risk she posed was slipping up in combat again, if it weren't for Superman, she would've killed Raymundo back there!"
"She's still in there?" Green Arrow's voice rang out and Claudia nodded before noticing the look on his face. "Look, I understand trying to keep what Adriana almost did a secret for her sake but thanks to the media, word is spreading pretty fast among the League."
"I thought it would." Claudia sighed with a nod as she glanced up at Green Arrow. "What's the general consensus?"
"That there's gotta be more to it than what the media is showing, Adriana can get cocky, arrogant even, when on a mission but despite that, the older League members regard her the same way that they regard the rest of your group, a good kid with a lot of potential as a Superhero." Green Arrow explained and Claudia nodded as she got the idea. "That's stopped a lot of the nastier rumors from spreading around at least."
"I'm not even going to ask about the rest of them, seeing my younger sister ready to kill a thug was enough stress for one night." Claudia sighed in response and Green Arrow nodded in understanding. "But I can tell from the look on your face that you're not happy about it."
"From what I can tell, this Raymundo guy has a rap sheet that's almost as long as you and Addy are old, but that doesn't excuse almost killing the guy." Green Arrow responded with a nod before the door opened and Adriana stepped out. "What's the word Addy?" Green Arrow asked and once the door closed behind her Adriana let out a deep breath before turning to them.
"Unpaid leave for two weeks, they were reluctant to call it for what it really was, a suspension, because of the circumstances." Adriana sighed as she walked up the two older heroes. "And considering that I would've committed murder if Superman hadn't gotten there in time, I got off ridiculously easy."
"I was about to say the same thing." Green Arrow nodded as he looked Adriana's demeanor over. "I'm going to spare you the riot act because I can tell that you've already been read it thoroughly by the founding members, instead I'm just going to ask you one question." Green Arrow added and Adriana let out a deep breath as she knew what was coming. "What the hell where you thinking?!" Green Arrow demanded and Claudia went to stand up for her sister, but Adriana stopped her.
"Even after having it replayed to me by the founding members and after two hours to go over it in my head, I still don't know what I was thinking and that's the truth." Adriana admitted as she shook her head. "In hindsight, we should've swapped out with someone else the moment we knew that Raymundo was in the gang, way to much conflict of interest and all that, but I had fooled myself into thinking that I could handle it like any other mission and, well, you know the results." Adriana admitted as she glanced over at her sister who nodded in agreement. "I just gotta figure out how I'm going to spend the next two weeks considering that I've been spending most of my time up here in the Watchtower since jumping over."
"We'll figure something out, but it might be a good idea to try to lay low for a few days and wait for it to blow over." Green Arrow responded and the twins nodded in agreement. "Fortunately the general public doesn't know your real name and none of the media outlets got a good look at your face so going out in public as Adriana Alverez won't be a problem, but if I were you, I'd be getting a statement ready for your Facebook page."
"Right." Adriana nodded before the three heroes walked off.
*an hour later*
Adriana had returned home since receiving her suspension and had dried her hair (which was soaked from the rain) gotten changed into her day clothes, a bright blue crop top, blue jeans and trainers, almost as soon as she had returned home, even so she had other things on her mind.
"Suspended for two weeks barely a day after being reunited with my parents, great!" Adriana thought as she glanced at her phone, she had been getting text messages from her parents as soon as the news started to spread outside of Bludhaven, but Adriana wasn't ready to even try to explain herself to them. "I don't even know what to say to mom and dad, do I tell them the truth and let them know that they would've been murdered if we stayed in Mexico? Do I tell them a lie? Because that's worked out great for me so far!" Adriana thought before her train of thought was interrupted by a phone call and she grabbed her phone expecting it to be from her parents.
Instead it was from Rachel, but Adriana answered it all the same and put it on video call. "Hey Addy, I guess we've got an elephant in the room to address, don't we?"
"If you mean the news then yeah, I guess we do" Adriana sighed as she looked at her girlfriend. "Just so we're clear, that was far from normal for me when I'm in my Lo Divino guise, but that thug was a face from my past, and I wasn't exactly happy to see him in that situation." Adriana added before sighing. "And the award for "understatement of the fucking century" goes too…..."
"Adriana Alverez?" Rachel asked and Adriana nodded without hesitation. "If that's personal, I won't ask for details, honestly I knew that wasn't like you from what I've seen on TV and from the time we spent together but thanks for clearing that up, what's your status with the League?"
"Suspended for two weeks without pay and getting the riot act read to me by the founding members." Adriana sighed as she ran a hand down her face. "My plan is to lay low and let things cool down before I make a statement, until then my Lo Divino costume is staying in the wardrobe but since your one of the few non-league members who knows my true identity, we can still see each other."
"Good, I was going to ask if you were free tonight anyway." Rachel responded and Adriana grinned as she got the idea. "My group from Club 95 is coming over, I know you saw them flirting and/or making out at the club, but they aren't couples so who knows? Maybe we'll show you some more tricks in the bedroom."
"Barely been a lesbian for two days now and I'm already being invited to an all-girl orgy? You sure this isn't the plot to one of your OnlyFans vids?" Adriana joked and Rachel laughed before shaking her head. "I'll come over, need to let off some steam anyway and whatever happens in the bedroom…"
"Stays in the bedroom, don't worry about that." Rachel assured her and Adriana laughed in response. "They just want a chance to get to know you better, whether or not that means intimately remains to be seen and don't worry, we will be doing it in my bed this time, no neck cramps for you."
"Good, that was awkward explaining away to Claudia when I returned home the other day." Adriana grinned in response as she brushed some hair over her shoulder. "Would've been more awkward if I hadn't washed your lipstick from my neck in the shower."
"Trust me Addy when I was coming to terms with my status as a lesbian? All I'm saying is that I've been there, done that and got the t-shirt!" Rachel assured her and Adriana grinned in response. "Do you have a car? I doubt you'll be flying if you want to lay low?"
"Never learned how to drive, think I'll just get an uber." Adriana responded and Rachel nodded before Adriana grabbed a piece of paper from her printer. "Just got to leave a note for Claudia, she's still on shift up on the Watchtower and she won't be back for a few hours, depending on what comes up."
"And by then, we should be in the thick of things in my bedroom." Rachel nodded as she got the idea before Adriana grabbed a pen and started writing the note, once it was done, she stood up. "How long until you'll get here?" Rachel asked and Adriana thought for a moment.
"It took me about fifteen minutes to get to your place last time so depending on traffic, I should get there for six o'clock, depending on traffic." Adriana explained as she picked up the note and thought about where to leave it. "I just hope that this night will be worth it after all the hype your giving it."
"Sounds good, and don't worry, it'll be worth it, this may be your second time but for me and my friends? Well, let's just say that they are usually the first ones I call when looking for co-stars in my OnlyFans vids." Rachel responded with a wink and Adriana nodded before pausing.
"Wait, does everyone in your group have an OnlyFans or are you the only one?" Adriana asked with a raised eyebrow and Rachel shook her head.
"We all have one, gotta pay the bills somehow." Rachel explained and Adriana nodded hesitantly. "And I'm not about to suggest you start one, you made that clear after our first night together, to be honest I'm the tamest one of the group on OnlyFans as my friends aren't afraid to mix things up a bit."
"I'll take your word for it." Adriana responded with a chuckle and Rachel nodded. "I'll see you there."
"Look forward to it." Rachel nodded before blowing her girlfriend a kiss goodbye and hanging up, when Adriana saw the texts from her parents again, she sighed before glancing out the window as she pocketing the phone.
"At least it's not raining here in Star City so I can get away with wearing the crop top out in public, as for my parents, I'll call them in the morning, by then my night with Rachel and her friends will have cleared my head." Adriana thought before grabbing her jacket and phone charger, once her phone was on charge, she grabbed her keys to the apartment and made her way towards the door. "Where I'll end up by the end of the night? Well, I guess I'll have to wait and see, and if Claudia asks, I'll tell her that I went out for the night, for once I won't be lying." Adriana thought before leaving her room and, leaving the note for Claudia where she knew Claudia would find it easily and then left the apartment.
*fifteen minutes later at Rachel's apartment*
Now that she knew where Rachel's apartment building was (as opposed to the first time where she had to text Rachel for directions after a long while of wondering around the area) it hadn't taken Adriana long at all to point the Uber driver in the right direction and aside from having to resist outing herself as Lo Divino when a news report about the mission in Bludhaven came on over the radio the ride to her girlfriend's apartment went without a hitch.
"Maybe the next time I come over I'll be able to do so in the Lo Divino costume." Adriana thought as she handed over her money to the Uber driver who drove off once he confirmed that the Mexican woman had given him exact change. "Not like Rachel will mind helping me out of my clothes anyway! In any case, I'd better not keep them waiting." Adriana thought before she entered the apartment building and made her way up the flight of stairs.
Once Adriana was on Rachel's floor, she wasted no time in making her way to her girlfriend's apartment and knocking, a few seconds later the door opened, and Rachel was there to greet her. "Addy! Glad you could make it!" Rachel greeted her before letting Adriana into her apartment, once Rachel closed the door behind her the lesbian couple shared a quick and passionate kiss before leading her into the apartment. "Taylor just went out to get some snacks as we were running low, but she'll be back soon enough."
"I'm not that hungry anyway." Adriana responded with a shrug before glancing around the apartment, she recognized the other women in the apartment from her first trip to Club 95 though at the time she was more interested in Rachel as she was the only one paying attention to her. "I would question if they've never seen a superhero before, but they do live in Green Arrow's home turf, so I think it's safe to say that the answer is yes." Adriana thought before turning to her girlfriend. "So, are you going to introduce me or what?"
"You only had to ask." Rachel responded with a grin before leading her girlfriend into the apartment, the first pair she was introduced too were taller than both Adriana and Rachel now that she saw them standing up though the height difference wasn't that massive either, one was another Hispanic woman with shoulder length dark brown hair (though Adriana wasn't sure where she was from) whilst her companion seemed to be of Asian descent and both women were brunettes. "Guys, you remember Addy from the club, right?"
"I remember her saving us as Lo Divino if that's what you mean." The Hispanic woman nodded before looking Adriana over. "I'm Alex, she's Brittany, I'm guessing Rach told you about Taylor?"
"Yeah, I did, she won't be that long though." Rachel nodded once she checked the time on her iPhone, as the three other women talked for a bit Adriana stepped back to get a better look.
"I discover I'm a lesbian and my first girlfriend is a beautiful woman has a posse of other beautiful women that aren't shy about sleeping with each other, and here I thought I used up all my luck when I got my powers." Adriana thought before she heard a fourth woman yawning from the couch, the same one that she had sex with Rachel on and looked up seeing a blonde woman sitting on the couch. "Not sure how I missed her before considering how close the couch is to the front door, then again I was preoccupied with Rachel." Adriana thought before the blonde woman looked up and saw her.
"Oh, your Rachel's new squeeze, right?" The blonde woman said upon noticing her. "And the one who saved us from the Juggernaut, glad to see that Rachel still has good taste in women, hope she wasn't too rough with you."
"Thanks, I guess." Adriana responded with a slightly nervous laugh before Rachel walked up to her.
"Winding up my new girlfriend already Mandy?" Rachel teased the blonde who gave Rachel a knowing look before Brittany and Alex entered the living room and sat down. "Okay, just got to wait for Taylor and the games can begin."
"Games?" Adriana asked as she sat next to her girlfriend with a raised eyebrow. "What kind of games?"
"Cards against Humanity, Never Have I, FUNemployed, you know, simple stuff to start off with." Brittany explained and Adriana nodded as she got the idea. "And who knows? Maybe we'll bust out the raunchier ones later."
"Yeah, maybe." Adriana nodded as Alex got the game boxes out. "I've played Cards against Humanity and FUNemployed before, how hard can it be?"
*two hours later, back at the twins' apartment*
Claudia's shift had just finished and to say that the older of the two twins was in a bad mood was outing it mildly, still she did want to spend some time with her sister.
"Addy? I just got off shift, do you want to help me with dinner?" Claudia called out to her younger sister but got no answer, Claudia sighed before she started getting changed into her day clothes. "I hope she isn't trying to shut herself off from the world again, then again, I don't think I'd be able to blame her if she did." Claudia thought as she got changed into a t-shirt and jeans and looked around, once the El Sombre costume was in the laundry bin she started searching for her sister, until she saw the note.
"Claudia, after what happened in Bludhaven I needed a chance to unwind so I've gone out, haven't spoken to mom and ad about the incident yet but I will as soon as possible." Adriana's note rang out and Claudia frowned. "Lo Divino costume is in my laundry bin, and it probably won't come out of the wardrobe for a few days whilst I figure out my statement, don't know what time I'll be back, Adriana." Claudia read through Adriana's note a few times before frowning, crumpling it up and tossing it in the bin.
"Going out again? I would say "why didn't she call me first" but the reception up in the Watchtower is non-existent." Claudia thought with a sigh before checking her sister's room, sure enough the Lo Divino costume was in Adriana's laundry bin and she was nowhere to be seen. "Addy's lucky that it's my turn to do the laundry tonight, can't say I blame her for wanting to unwind whilst laying low but on the other hand, how exactly is she unwinding?" Claudia thought before grabbing her phone. "Green Arrow got off shift an hour before me and he knows this city like the back of his hand, maybe he's seen Addy?" Claudia thought as she dialled Green Arrow's number and waited for an answer to her video call.
"Hey Claudia, if we weren't co-workers and I wasn't old enough to be your uncle, Black Canary would be wondering if I'm cheating on her with you, given how frequently you've been calling me." Green Arrow greeted her dryly and Claudia laughed. "What's up?"
"I just got home from my shift at the Watchtower, and Adriana is missing in action." Claudia explained as she ran a hand through her hair. "On one hand, I'm glad she's not trying to shut herself off from the world again but on the other hand, I was hoping that we could cook together tonight."
"And your wondering if I've seen your sister?" Green Arrow asked and Claudia nodded. "To be honest, since I got off shift I've been relaxing at home, monitored the news for a bit for any signs of my Rogues Gallery but they seem to be quiet tonight, did Adriana leave anything to tell you where she had gone?"
"Yes and no, she left a note explaining that she needed to unwind whilst laying low but didn't give any details." Claudia responded as she shook her head. "And that off course, could mean any number of thigs, up to and including drugs."
"God, I hope not." Green Arrow responded as he shook his head on the other end and Claudia nodded in agreement. "For what it's worth, I reviewed the audio logs from Adriana's little chat with Raymundo, that didn't sound like someone who would turn to drugs for whatever reason."
"Yeah, this isn't like her and as I've already pointed out, I should know because I'm her twin sister." Claudia sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. "But her behavior has been so erratic as of late, lying to the league, going out at night and not returning until the next morning, the argument yesterday and the incident with Raymundo today, it's like she's becoming a whole new person and doesn't want to tell me why."
"I swear if this does end up being because she's got a boyfriend I'll scream." Green Arrow grunted in annoyance and Claudia nodded in agreement. "And don't take that the wrong way, but if I were your age, single and knew that two girls with your good looks were single and looking I'd be over the moon! I wouldn't be surprised if you and Adriana have some male admirers out there."
"I'm not about to deny it either, for some reason Addy tends to attract older male fans whilst I attract male fans at around the same age as me but with the rare exception, they don't act on it." Claudia sighed as she leaned back in her chair. "And then there's the occasional female admirers, and I'm not just talking about women we save like that group of women Adriana saved when The Juggernaut jumped over." Claudia added before pausing. "Sounds crazy but do you think she could've started a lesbian relationship and that's why she's being secretive."
"Well, if it's with one of the women she saved, it's not exactly as crazy as you'd think." Green Arrow shrugged his shoulders and Claudia raised an eyebrow. "You ever hear of love at first sight?"
"Yep, thought that only happened in Hollywood movies though." Claudia responded as she scratched her head and Green Arrow shook his head.
"Not really, I met Black Canary within a week of joining the League and we've been dating ever since." Green Arrow pointed out and Claudia nodded. "Same thing with The Question and Huntress?"
"Didn't they start dating after Huntress got the boot from the League?" Claudia asked with a raised eyebrow and Green Arrow nodded.
"Well, yeah, but calling that situation complicated is putting it nicely." Green Arrow responded as he shook his head and Claudia nodded. "But back to Adriana, can you think of any reason she might hide a lesbian relationship?"
"Just one, and it's a big reason." Claudia sighed as she glanced up at a family picture of the twins with their parents. "Our parents are Catholic but dad especially, she might be worried about how they'd take the news."
"That would explain the secrecy, but here's the thing." Green Arrow stated as Claudia shifted her weight. "I know you, Adriana and the others who initially jumped over from your dimension are pretty laid back about your secret identities, but the rest of the league takes Secret Identities very seriously, too the point where the only members of the league who can see the real names on the League profiles are the founding members."
"Your saying that the League would have no problem hiding her sexuality until she was ready?" Claudia asked and Green Arrow nodded without hesitation. "Just one problem, we kind of inherited our stubbornness from our mom, I just know that it'll take more than that for Adriana to admit that."
"Let's be honest, it's better than the alternative." Green Arrow pointed out and Claudia nodded before her stomach rumbled. "I'd better let you go, doesn't look like Adriana will be back any time soon and I'm sure she left you some meat in the fridge."
"And if I didn't go vegan last year for health reasons, I'd be ready to fry it up." Claudia sighed as she stood up. "Luckily, I know how to make a tasty meal without the meat."
"Yeah, well, if you serve me tofu instead of steak, you'll hear me complain." Green Arrow countered and Claudia shook her head.
"Just because I'm vegan doesn't mean I don't know how to cook meat, I just don't eat it and if someone wants me to cook them a steak, I will." Claudia responded before sighing and heading over to the kitchen. "Have a good night Green Arrow."
"You too and send me a text when Adriana does get home, I think I might have a solution to her temporary money problems." Green Arrow nodded before hanging up and Claudia sighed.
"We may be the same age, but Adriana's still my younger sister, even if the difference is by a few minutes." Claudia thought as she went into the kitchen to start prepping her food. "I hope Addy's getting a good meal wherever she is."
*later that night at Rachel's apartment*
The six women in the apartment had spent most of the night playing games but it didn't take long for things to escalate and eventually Brittany and Alex took Adriana into Rachel's room for a threesome whilst Rachel went at it with Mandy and Taylor on the couch, not that Adriana was complaining and by now they were sleeping off their sex, or at least Brittany and Alex were as Adriana woke up in the middle of the night.
"Oh god, what time is it?" Adriana thought with a groan as she rubbed her tired eyes, she spotted her phone on the bedside table alongside Brittany and Alex's phones and after adjusting the brightness so that it wouldn't blind her, she checked the time. "3:00am, great, another night Claudia will spend wondering where the hell I was, at least I won't have to lie about League Assignments this time, and I still need to call my parents for that matter." Adriana thought before swinging her legs over the edge of the bed and sighing. "Maybe I can get back to the apartment before Claudia wakes up…"
"Going somewhere?" Brittany's voice rang out as Adriana felt her bed mates' hands on her shoulders and she glances over at the other two, equally naked women. "When we heard you wake up, we hoped you'd be up for round two."
Adriana went to respond before Alex kissed her on the neck and Brittany felt up her breasts, Adriana didn't need much more convincing than that as she repositioned herself so that she was laying face up and towards the other women. "Just one more round." Adriana added before tossing the phone back onto the bedside table and it wasn't long before she was having sex with them again.
*the next morning*
Whether or not Brittany and Alex would agree to Adriana's request ended up being a moot point as it was the late morning by the time Adriana woke up again and the other two women were long gone, Adriana groaned again before reaching over for her phone again.
"Okay, it's only 11:00am, no big…" Adriana's train of thought was derailed as she sat up promptly. "11:00am?! Shit, I was hoping to be back for 08:00am!" Adriana cussed before she looked around Rachel's room, it didn't take her long to find her clothes from the night before as Brittany and Alex had presumably woken up hours before her and gotten dressed and she started searching for her clothes.
"Morning Addy." Rachel's voice rang out from the other side of the door to her room and Adriana looked up as she gathered up her clothes. "I hope Brittany and Alex weren't too rough with you last night."
"I'm still debating whether they were better than you or not but that's beside the point!" Adriana called out as she spotted her bra on the ceiling fan. "How did that end up on there?! Good thing I can fly." Adriana thought before flying up to the ceiling and grabbing her bra. "Please tell me the shower's free?"
"Yeah, just finished using it." Rachel nodded and Adriana wasted no time in racing into Rachel's bathroom to use her shower. "Were you meant to be back home by a certain time?"
"Not exactly, Claudia was still on the Watchtower before I left." Adriana responded as she showered herself thoroughly. "But I was hoping to be back home by eight at the earliest, and it's eleven o'clock now."
"Ahh." Rachel nodded as she got the idea whilst Adriana finished using the shower. "For what it's worth, Brittany and Alex had nothing but good things to say about your prowess in bed, both times."
"Tell them I said thanks." Adriana responded before she finished in the shower and started drying herself. "How was Mandy and Taylor?"
"If they weren't any good in bed, I wouldn't use them in my lesbian vids." Rachel countered and Adriana had to admit that she had a point. "Same goes for Brittany and Alex, I knew I was leaving you in good hands when took you to my bedroom."
"Yeah, hands and everything else." Adriana joked as she started drying her hair. "Where are they anyway?"
"Back home, probably won't see them again until I need them for an OnlyFans vid." Rachel responded with a shrug and Adriana nodded. "As cool as it would be to live in a house with all of them plus you, the rent would be sky high and don't get me started on buying a place."
"Good point." Adriana admitted with a nod before thinking of something. "You've obviously been awake longer than me, have there been any news reports on the incident that got me suspended from the League?"
"Not that I saw, the news stations seem to have moved on to other news stories." Rachel responded and Adriana rolled her eyes before she started drying her hair. "I think by this point the only ones still talking about it are those Anti-Superhero newspapers."
"Off course they are." Adriana responded as she rolled her eyes before she finished drying her hair. "They know that I don't want to come out of the closet until I'm ready, right?"
"Yeah, made that clear to them when they asked to meet you." Rachel nodded as her girlfriend emerged from the bathroom and returned to Rachel's room to get dressed. "Is it bad that I kinda want you to take your time getting dressed."
"Yeah, it's bad." Adriana responded as she rolled her eyes before putting her underwear on. "Never thought I'd be happy to see myself suspended from the League but here I am, don't want to miss the start of my shift two nights in a row." Adriana added before she finished getting dressed and walked up to her girlfriend. "Oh, and morning by the way." Adriana added before kissing her girlfriend passionately though like the last time it stopped right before it got past the over the clothes action. "There's no way I'll get home at a decent time without flying."
"I can drive you." Rachel offered and Adriana looked up. "I've got a licence and a car, it's an old, beat up four seater that I brought for cheap but it's better than nothing and it'll get you home just as quickly as an uber, a lot cheaper too."
"I'm not about to argue with that." Adriana sighed as she started brushing her hair. "Hopefully, Claudia got an early shift at the League, might give me some leeway when I get there."
"One can hope, follow me." Rachel instructed her girlfriend and one Adriana grabbed her things she followed Rachel out of the apartment.
*fifteen minutes later*
Adriana barely had time for a quick kiss with Rachel before she bolted out the door, as her apartment was on the 32nd floor of the building Adriana quickly realised that she was never going to reach her apartment in time.
"Get a high rise apartment I said, it'll be fine I said, easy for me and Claudia to go out as Lo Divino and El Sombre I…" Adriana's thoughts trailed off before she ran to the side of the building that she knew her room was on and once she was sure that no one was looking she took flight flying all the way up to the apartment she shared with her twin sister at which point she opened the window to her room. "One express elevator to my apartment, courtesy of Lo Divino!" Adriana thought with a grin as she stepped through the window and closed it behind her. "Okay, maybe if I get into my nightclothes, I can fake it like I slept in here…."
It was at that point that the door to her room opened and she span around seeing Claudia in her El Sombre costume sans mask and with a frown on her face. "Morning Adriana," Claudia greeted her, and Adriana gulped at her tone of voice. "I'll give you credit, flying up to your room to try to avoid me was smart, and probably would've worked if we hadn't used the same trick gods knows how many times on our parents after a major battle."
"I can explain." Adriana stated as she glanced at her sister. "At least I think I can explain."
"Good to see your being honest for once, or did you forget the note you left me." Claudia added before looking over her sister's outfit. "Did you sleep in those clothes?!"
"Huh?" Adriana asked before glancing at herself in the mirror and realizing that her crop top and jeans were crinkled up to hell and back. "That's gotta be from when I started the three way with Brittany and Alex, I was in such a rush that I didn't even think about that!" Adriana thought before turning to her sister. "No, I…"
"Are you going to keep up the lies again? We both know that's the one thing you're not good at." Claudia interrupted her and Adriana bit her lip. "Go ahead and get changed, I did prepare breakfast for you but, well, that's now in the bin as it went cold."
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that." Adriana apologized sheepishly and Claudia turned to her. "Anything I can do to make up for it?"
"Start telling the truth for starters." Claudia responded and Adriana let out a deep breath before she started picking out a new outfit.
"I've really stepped into it now." Adriana thought as she started getting clothes out. "Wasn't planning on going out anyway, had more than enough excitement last night, and it's not like I'll be called up to the Watchtower anyway, hopefully I can smooth things over with Claudia before she leaves for the Watchtower!"