Scud wondered exactly where Lucy was planning on finding him women to date. Then again he really needed to start focusing on where he was going to find Lucy a few dates. He moved the mouse to clear the "World Domination is Fun" screensaver. Logging in to his secure email Scud saw that he had two new messages. One was a message about some miracle pill to cure balding and weak bladders. Scud shook his head. Even evil henchmen deal with junk mail. "Delete."
The second message looked a bit more promising. An email from Zeda. Double clicking the email and reading quickly about the latest government website she'd hacked (a town hall in some teeny tiny town he'd never heard of...boring!) it finally began to get interesting. Looks like a former Russian assassin is relocating to L.A. And she's single. And she's blond and attractive. And she's a lesbian. Scud patted himself on the back (literally) and quickly typed a reply to Zeda "Details woman! I need 'em now!" Well, looks like one blind date down, two more to set up!
He briefly wondered if he should set up an online profile for Lucy at some crappy dating site...was a lesbian site? The double entendre was there, but so wrong. He laughed a little and decided he would consider it later.
Feeling incredibly pleased with himself and in a very good mood, he ran down a short flight of stairs to round up some fellow henchman for an impromptu game of bingo. He was feeling lucky, and the god of bingo is never one to pass up an opportunity to win some easy cash. Like taking candy from some (large and muscular) babies.
Lucy pulled up to the Junkpit in the Skymobile and turned the key to shut off the engine. "This is going to be a piece of cake. I'm sure there are plenty of women here who would be perfect for Scud. Time to conduct some interviews!" Lucy smiled to herself at how easy her end of this deal was going to be. As far as men go, Scud was a great guy. Not bad looking. Smart, funny, loyal. For the most part. A bit of a softy. And a bit of a geek. Piece of cake.
She opened the door and got out of the car, not bothering to lock it. No one was that stupid. Especially not at the Junkpit. She strode towards the doors, music growing louder as she neared them. Lucy threw them both open, and made her entrance. She loved how people moved out of the way as she walked through the middle of the dancefloor. She scanned it, looking for potential candidates. She saw a girl with blue hair apparently lost in the music, and tried to get her attention. "Hey! Hey! Blue hair!" The girl finally looked up at her, eyes widening with alarm. "You-You're. You're Lucy Diamond."
She stood stock still not moving a muscle. Lucy gave her her most charming smile and said, "come over here with me. I'd like to talk to you about an opportunity you shouldn't pass up!"
Lucy began walking away from the dance floor and had almost reached her favorite booth when she realized no one was following her there. She turned around and scanned the dancefloor once more. She saw Blue Hair, still standing in the same spot. Lucy rolled her eyes and stalked back towards her, pulling her by the sleeve. "Sit. Please." Blue Hair sat obediently. Lucy realized that maybe this wasn't going to be as easy as she thought. At least not with women who knew who she was. "Soooo...tell me a little about you."
Blue Hair looked like a deer caught in headlights. "Wha-whaddya mean?" She looked around as if she could find someone to help her. "I-I was just dancin..." Once again, Lucy rolled her eyes. "I gathered. So listen. You know who Scud is?" Blue Hair nodded. "I want you to go out on a date with him." Her eyes opened impossibly wide. "But...I thought...we thought...isn't he gay?"
Lucy regarded Blue Hair with a serious look, then burst out peals of laughter. "Ha! No. Hahaha he's not!"
"Can I go now?" She slunk out of the booth and did her best to disappear back onto the dance floor. Lucy sighed and looked around The Junkpit again. "This place is full of one night stands," she thought. "And while I know Scud could at least use one or two of those, it's soooo not his thing." She rested her chin on her hand. She realized she hadn't thought of anything besides finding his dates at The Junkpit. And apparently everyone at the Junkpit thinks Scud is gay. Back to the drawing board. She signaled the waitress and asked her to bring her a Dos Equis. It was time to do some thinking. It had been two years she had found herself a date, let alone someone else. Where is it that people do this anymore? She briefly thought about hiring Scud an escort. Lucy rolled her eyes and hoped Scud was having as much trouble.
Lucy headed out of the Junkpit and back towards her car. She thought she had a genius idea. Everyone here knew her and Scud. Maybe she would try a bar where no one knew either of them. She knew she could potentially be recognized anywhere, but what the hell. At least she could get another beer without Blue Hair scurrying around like a scared mouse. She put the Skymobile in gear, and took off out of the gravel lot.