It has been sooo long but I'm finally here. BTW; I'll start to answer your reviews the way it should be done from now on starting with the reviews you leave for this chapter. Ok?
Valeria89: Thanx, this chapter isn't the most interesting one but it'll give away more about the characters' personalities and a new character is introduces; guess who it can be?
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Disclaimer: I don't own the TT.
Where we left: "This is so no good… What will I do? What can I do?" The journalist stayed in silence for a moment before raising his head to look at his reflection again "I know! I know what I'll do! He said they were just friends so I don't think this will cause trouble, besides, I enjoy the exercise..."
Now with the story…
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Chapter 6
: 9:00 a.m. with Rachel:
"Where is he?" Asked Rachel aloud looking up at her old clock hanging from the wall. She was waiting for Gar; he was supposed to be with her at 8:00 or earlier. It wasn't as if someone was there with her at the moment but they had agreed that he would be at her house everyday at 8:00 a.m. and he had never been late. She wondered if she should be worrying about him "He probably just slept in."
She sighed and then took a book from the table in front of her and started reading.
After about ten minutes Rachel heard Raven and Robin running towards her, she lowered her book just in time to receive Raven on her lap and Robin on the couch beside her.
"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" The vet said putting her book aside and petting both dogs on the head "Bored already?"
They stayed like that for a few seconds until Raven suddenly perked up and started to growl. Rachel stopped petting her and looked down to her pet; Raven was usually calm and she almost never growled with such intensity. She wondered what she could be feeling to do something like that.
"What's wrong girl?" The vet asked curiously while her dog continued to growl. Then there was a knock at the door and Raven started to bark spitting hatred with each bark that escaped from her snout "What is it?"
For a moment Rachel thought it may be a thief or some other kind of criminal, but it wasn't possible; there had been some thefts before and it took three of them for Rachel to understand whenever Raven tried to tell her there was a thief trying to enter her house. And, while Raven usually ran around the house barking loudly and stopping just a few times to jump and growl in front the door, this time the dog was just barking loudly but stayed still on the sofa.
Rachel was doubtful but she knew the person outside her door didn't have any intentions of committing a crime, but then why was her pet acting so weird. The sound of the doorbell yanked her from her thoughts and she realized she had yet to open the door. However, the moment she stood up Raven started to bark louder alerting the vet once again.
"Calm down Raven." Rachel said to her dog "Look, you stay here with Robin and I'll get the door."
The aforementioned dog just stayed staring at the door wondering about his companion's reaction.
Rachel walked towards the door as the doorbell rang again.
"I'm coming." The vet called, still ignoring her dog she opened the door "Yes?"
"Hello there."
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: With Gar:
"Rachel is so gonna kill me!" Gar yelled while running around his room trying to finish getting dressed, Beast watched him amusedly from the vet's bed "How could I sleep in so late?"
Beast barked at him and Gar turned to the dog while still looking for his shoes.
"So yeah, I watched a lot of movies yesterday and went to bed around four in the morning but it wasn't my fault!" Beast barked at him again and Gar sighed "Ok, Ok, it was my fault but you don't have to shove it in my face."
Beast jumped off the bed and walked under the bed only to walk out of there with the shoe his owner was looking for in his snout. Gar took it and thanked him quickly.
"You think anything interesting is happening there?" Gar asked to his pet who growled in response; not a good sign "Aw man, I just hope whatever is happening there won't be dangerous for Rachel or for me."
Beast whimpered and jumped on the bed again lying down as if trying to calm his nerves down a bit.
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: Back with Rachel:
"What are you doing here?" Rachel asked menacingly; now she understood why Raven was acting so strange.
"What do you think? It's time for a special clean up."
"I don't think anything would be able to clean you up even a little bit."
"Don't take it too seriously Rachel; I had to look out for my future."
"I don't care anymore; you were never true."
"Aw, please." The newcomer neared Rachel and she backed away; Raven started to bark louder but stayed standing on her spot on the sofa "You know you still love me."
"Just leave Rorek here, Malchior, and I'll do the rest." Rachel retorted taking the leash from Malchior's hand and backing away a little more "In the mean time, why don't you go out and buy a coffee or something?"
"Good idea, but before that…" Malchior somehow managed to trap Rachel against the wall and put his face close to hers "How about you kiss me good-bye?"
"Don't make me hurt you." Rachel threatened trying to sound intimidating but it seemed not to have an effect on the boy before her.
At that moment Raven and Robin ran from the sofa towards the female vet and stood beside her barking and growling loudly at the newcomer. Rorek stayed behind not making any kind of movement to try and help his owner who backed away from the dogs; had it just been the terrier he wouldn't have any kind of problem, but the new dog was bigger and it really looked as if he would bite him any moment now.
"Malchior?" The mentioned man turned to the door to find Rachel's coworker standing on the doorstep with his dog in his arms; the other Terrier was also growling at him.
Gar was very surprised to say the least; it had been quite a while since he had last seen the pale brown-eyed man with long black hair near that house. Apparently, his work as a designer had kept him busy for sometime but he must have been on vacation at the moment to bother taking his pet to the vet personally; usually it was the woman who worked for him who brought the dog.
"Garfield, such an unfortunate surprise to see your lousy self around here." Malchior commented pretending to be calm while still having three dogs ready to kill him "I thought Rachel would have fired you by now."
"Sorry to disappoint you; I could suggest you get outta here now so you won't be near my lousy self anymore, what do you say?" Gar proposed not the least bit amused.
"Fine by me." Malchior retorted and shot one last glare at Rachel before walking out of the house, the dogs followed him until he was completely out of the house and still then they continued barking at him until he was out of sight.
"Are you ok Rachel?" Gar asked approaching his coworker and letting Beast go, Rachel sighed and nodded.
"You have no idea how much I hate him." She said with a frown on her face "He's the worst person I've ever met!"
"I know Rach, and I totally agree." Gar nodded before looking down at Malchior's dog "How sad is it that a dog as sweet as Rorek has to live with someone like Malchior?"
"I know," Rachel said petting the dog on the head, the animal replied by wagging his tail animatedly "This is a dog I would love to have."
Rorek was a 22-inche male Siberian Husky with thick and rather soft white fur, triangular-shaped ears, well furred tail and blue, almond-shaped eyes. He was really a beautiful dog and, as Gar mentioned earlier, sweet as well.
"Raven is gonna get jealous if you say that again." Gar teased closing the front door as Rachel let Rorek off the leash.
"That would never happen." Rachel assured picking Raven up and turning back to Rorek "C'mon, let's get you all cleaned up."
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: Let's get back to the real time and with Wally and Rich just where we left them:
"Do you feel better now, Wally?" Richard asked once Wally re-entered his office.
"Much better, thanks." Wally answered with a nod closing the door behind him "Sorry if I scared you but I had a big breakfast this morning."
"It's all right." Richard replied with a nod "So, shall we start with the interview then?"
"Sure." Wally dug through his pocket looking for his recorder and his notepad so he could start asking his questions "Here they are!"
"All right, ask away."
"Will do." Wally started the recorder and put it down on the desk so it could record the words coming from both men's mouths just fine, then he opened his notepad and read the first question "Now Richard, please tell us what was this meeting with Slade for?"
"Well, Wilson Enterprises and Wayne Enterprises had an agreement; Wilson Enterprises were in the need of capital so they could get raw material for their factories and now they are going to pay us by sending us transportation and some other kind of properties for Wayne Enterprises."
"This new material you'll be receiving will be exclusive for Jump City Wayne Enterprises?"
"Yes. Wayne Enterprises in this city has been inaugurated recently as you know and it still needs some material to work just as well as the rest of the already existent Wayne Enterprises in the near cities; with the acquisition of this new transportation and properties we'll be at the top in no-time."
"Are you planning on becoming an associate of Wilson Enterprises?"
"Not at all; both of our companies have a special rivalry and we like it that way because it makes us want to improve our job hence becoming better and better with each passing day."
"Then you are cool at the moment."
"Totally."
"Great, is there any kind of upcoming projects here?"
"For the moment I'm only trying to meet the CEOs of other Enterprises around the city and trying to make sure all of us are on the same side even with the rivalry that obviously exists."
"Then you already met the CEO of Wonder Enterprises?"
"I did and I know there will be no kind of problems with them; the CEO is a very compressive woman and also pretty intelligent and she knows how to run her company and that's something I admire in her. I assume you have heard of her so you must know she's my age and she has already a lot of achievements as CEO of Wonder Enterprises and I'm sure her company will grow even more with her at the head of it."
"And what do you think about Slade Wilson?"
"He's a very experienced man that surely knows what he's doing with his business; he's very serious and, from what I've heard, that helps him concentrate better in his job. I'm sure it's thanks to his organization that he's become one of the most powerful men around the zone."
"You think you'll be as good as Bruce Wayne is in the business?"
"I always looked up to him but now I wish to be even better than him and showing him he made the right decision by picking me to run his Enterprises in this city."
"Good luck with that."
"Thank you."
"Aaaaannndd…" Wally said finally picking up the recorder and stopping it "That would be it."
"Well, that was easy." Richard sighed relieved.
"Why were you so nervous?" Asked Wally strangely.
"I thought you may ask me about something personal or something."
"C'mon Rich; I work for a Newspaper not some random Spectacles Magazine"
"Heh, heh, ahem…" Richard laughed sheepishly "I know but it wouldn't be the first time I was asked about my personal life."
"If you want me to ask you about it then I could." Wally joked pretending to turn the recorder back on.
"No, that's ok." Richard retorted raising his hands in defense "Then, that would be all?"
"Unless you want to talk about, say, your date with Rachel this Saturday then it would be all."
"It's not a date!" Richard yelled back "It's an outing to the park."
"The park where we met her at?" Wally asked raising an eyebrow.
"The same one." The dark-haired boy nodded.
"Cool." Wally stood up and offered his hand for Richard to shake "Thanks for your help Rich; I owe you one."
"Don't even mention it." Richard replied standing up and shaking the redhead's hand "I'll see you around then."
"Count on it, bye! And good luck with your date!"
"It's not a date!"
"Yeah, well; good luck." Wally turned on his heel and walked out of the office closing the door behind him as he whispered to himself "You'll need it."
'Ok, I got what I needed; so cool!' The journalist thought to himself while putting the recorder back in his pocket.
"Have a nice day miss!" Wally waved to the secretary who nodded at him as her reply. He went back to the bottom floor and was about to walk out of the building when he noticed there were still a lot of journalists outside the building trying to enter and get the interview with Richard while the Police was trying to keep them away from the door. Ever so carefully as not to let the other journalists notice him he walked to one side of the door where Charlie, the guard, was standing and tapped his shoulder. Charlie turned around and looked down at him.
"Can you help me get outta here without those guys noticing me?" Wally asked loud enough for Charlie to hear him over the journalists' uproar.
"Behind me." Charlie replied taking two steps forward so Wally could walk in-between the building and him so he couldn't be seen by anyone else.
"Thanks man!" Wally called once he was completely out of the building "It was nice to meet you!"
Charlie waved and Wally ran towards Jade's car where she was already waiting for him.
"It took you quite a while." Jade commented opening the door and getting into the driver's seat while Wally took the seat beside her.
"There was a little chit-chat but I got the interview." The man answered fastening his belt; Jade had a very special way of driving and he wanted to live long enough to give the interview to Joe "How about you?"
"He barely spoke; he told us what the meeting was for and that he hoped Grayson could be as good in business as Bruce Wayne was, otherwise Wayne Enterprises would pass to second place right after Wilson Enterprises in the Merchandise." Jade answered starting the car and making her way back to Jump's Daily.
"A little harsh, don't you think?" Wally asked amused after hearing Jade's story.
"He's a harsh man living in a harsh world with a harsh rival in this harsh city, what did you expect?" Jade asked with a roll of her eyes,
"Ok, I get it." Wally conceded sighing before a thought came to him "Maybe there could be a WWE special with Richard and Slade fighting against each other over the name of 'the best company in the city'."
"How do you take your coffee?" Asked Jade looking at Wally as if he was crazy now that they were at a red light.
"Cream and ten sugars." That answer earned him a you're-kidding look from his partner "Really."
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: With Richard:
"Miss Moth," Richard called through the intercom "Could you come here please?"
"Right away Mr. Grayson."The blond woman answered; a moment later the door opened and Katherine walked into the office "What do you need?"
"I'm finished with these papers and I need you to photocopy the contract Slade Wilson and I signed please." Richard answered pushing some papers over the desk so Kat could take them "And I also need you to tell the journalists out there that I'll give a press conference about my meeting with the CEO of Wilson Enterprises tomorrow at noon on the bottom floor."
"Are you sure you want to attend to the media?" Asked Kat, usually people like her boss didn't like to give interviews; if the Wally guy hadn't been Richard's friend she would be surprised about him accepting him in his office.
"It's something I have to do, whether I want to or not." Richard replied solemnly.
"Ok then, if you say so." Kat nodded "By the way, there are some documents in the computer that the CEO of Wonder Enterprises sent and there are also some coming from other Wayne Enterprises of the near cities so you can be updated on what is being done in each one of them; you have to answer them back with your own record."
"But I just got here and Jump City Enterprises isn't that old." It almost sounded like a whine but it was actually a complaint; a huge difference there, huh?
"I know but there have already been some movements here that you father did;" Kat started to explain "Don't worry, I already prepared a folder on your Desktop with everything you need, you just have to organize the documents and all that."
"Great, I'll start right away." Richard extended his hand as if waiting for the folder.
"Mr. Grayson, are you feeling ok?" Kat asked with a quirked eyebrow; her boss looked rather nervous and distracted.
"Yes, sure I just want the folder; why do you ask?"
"I said it was on your desktop." Kat replied pointing to the computer on Richard's desk.
"Right, right." Rich replied sheepishly rubbing the back of his head awkwardly "Thank you, you may leave now."
"Ok, call me if you feel like fainting." Kat winked at her boss and got out of the office, leaving Richard alone with his thoughts.
"I seriously need to find a way of calming myself down while I'm in the office."
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: Back with Rachel:
"Achooo!"
"Gezuntight." Rachel said to Gar who sniffed loudly.
"Aw man, I'm gonna get sick!" Gar whined sniffing again.
"I told you that you had to keep Rorek still so you could clean him up properly but you decided to start playing with him and, in the end, he was the one who cleaned you up." Rachel said reaching for a pack of Kleenex from a drawer of the stand next to the couch "Here."
"Thanks." Gar then blew his nose and threw the used Kleenex into the can that was near by "Could you make me a cup of tea?"
"You hate tea." Rachel stated surprised at the request.
"I know, but you always say it's good for colds and I wanna give it a try; I want to keep attending animals and if I'm sick I won't be able to do it 'till I get better." Gar excused himself.
"All right, wait here." Rachel said standing up ready to make her way to the kitchen.
"While you're at it, how about some cookies or something?" His answer came in the form of a cushion to his face "I was joking!"
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Not my best but I needed to add some things before everything started to take form. Still I would like to read your reviews for the chapter.
Next chapter: The days passed by and Saturday arrived; good things are coming… But good things for whom?