Spider Venom: Manhunt (Part 2)
After hours of research Trevor leaned back in the rather uncomfortable library chair, rubbing his face as he let out a long exasperated sigh of irritation, tiredness, anger, a mix of emotions. Suddenly a cute girl came up to him with a smile, she was younger than he was, wearing typical office like clothes, neat, prim and proper, she came offering him a soft drink. "I noticed you've been here hours searching newspaper articles. Are you a detective?" asking with a slight blush upon her cheeks, causing Trev to turn his head round, his arms falling to his side, his eyes flinging open, she seemed to admire him. "Ah, no" he said with a chuckle, "I'm just doing research for someone. Well helping them." saying with a relaxed tone as she kept offering him a drink, he took it with a smile, bowing his head a little in thanks "Thanks." before popping it open taking a sip, this time his long sigh was out of a much needed cold drink. "So you've been watching me? Do you work here?" he felt the need to ask, she gave a weak nod, "Yes. I just tend to read since the days are long and quiet, not many people really talk to you when you work in this sort of environment. 'Cept for the other workers. But I'm not really interested in them." she took the set next to him, even going as far as to pull it a little closer to him keeping that same almost innocent smile on her face. "I see. Well why are you interested in me?" he asked as his brow lowered with curiosity, she had an embarrassing attempt to hide her blush, "Well. I just thought you looked interesting, I wasn't wrong when I saw that you seemed to be doing a lot of digging. I just thought it was strange, I was curious." being open with him she looked up at him, Trev smiled at her, taking another sip of his drink. "Thank you. No as I said I am just doing research, I wouldn't be very good at being a detective, I'm not much of a fighter." saying with a casual smile, turning off his computer, knowing he had enough to go on, or at the very least act on, which was better than what he and Ken had a few hours ago. "Oh I see. Can you tell me about it?" asking innocently, Trev rose one side of his cheek, shaking his head a little, "No I can't I'm sorry." he stood to his feet, handing her the unfinished drink, "I'm sorry but my friend is waiting on me. Thank you for the drink, I appreciate it. Have a good day miss." Trev gave her a smile before heading off, "Bye..." she smiled taking a look of the can, pursing her lips with a smirk.
Trevor headed back to the place where Ken rested his head, and evidently now him too. When he got there he paid the taxi, careful not to make him park right outside, so not to give away his location to anyone. So he walked a few minutes before arriving, when he entered he was very surprised at how much work Ken had done to clean the place up. The floor was polished, the walls were painted, the furniture was arranged properly, hell, he even changed the bed sheets. "You've been busy darling." Trev said jokingly, before Ken came down from his vantage point, Trev knew he was there, whenever he wasn't there was when they were together or he was out on a mission. "That's right, I hope you like what I've done to the place." Ken said casually, not really asking because he worried, he knew it was a damn sight better than it was before. "I love it." Trev said smiling a wide smile, he took hold of his companion kissing him looking into his eyes before pulling away "I have some good news." Ken instantly perked up with excitement. "You've found something?!" he asked, not able to contain himself, he nodded, "I have indeed. Sit down and I'll explain."
The sat down nearby one another. "You see, I noticed Shocker usually gets his goons to handle most of his operations, thus making sure he is kept out of being caught, or blamed. Though he wants fame, he doesn't want to attract anyone but Spiderman. Therefore he goes for the big heists when he can, like the one he was on with you. To lure him out of hiding, he definitely wants Spiderman more than the money. Right now my guess is he is figuring out how best to use the money to attract Spidey's attention. But, that is the obvious part. The best part is that Shocker doesn't operate at all outside the city, his goons, his organisation operates outside yes. But he has never hit a place outside the city, leading me to believe he is only staying here because of Spiderman. A man who has contacts outside the city, along with other branches and money could easily get out unhindered. So the only logical conclusion from this knowledge is he really wants Spiderman." Trevor finished explaining that part, Ken gave a frown of thought, approval even, before a brief pause he spoke, "So did you find out where to start?" wondering if he found out more than his motives and patterns. Trev sighed a little, before answering, "Well since he has just gotten a successful heist it is safe to assume he won't be interested in doing another one so soon. However, all we have to do is monitor the market for transactions his goons are likely making." Ken pouted a little, "Like what exactly?" Trev smiled "Guns. Food. Drinks. Drugs. Women. Things you'd expect goons to buy for themselves, each area has promising aspects, the probability that someone in his entourage will take some of the heist money to use selfishly. And when they make a purchase we will be on them in a heartbeat. So will the police probably, but that means they lead us straight to him, or the very least get them out of hiding, running. I know who will run faster them or you." he gave him a wink and a smile. Ken returned his smile with his own, "That is very good work. Very good. So basically what you're saying is we have to wait?" Ken asked, seemingly half irritated along with half impressed. Trevor nodded "'Fraid so. Unless you can access the banks database or the police database, both of which are highly secured then yes. All we can do is wait." Ken sighed, feeling impatient, "I hate waiting."
"I can help you access the databases." a soft alluring voice called out from the rooftops, Ken and Trev both reacted, looking at the same place, a woman fell from the ceiling, clad in black leather, with white fur trim. Ken instantly snarled at the woman, "What the fuck do you think you are doing here? How'd you find me?" his rage barely contained, she pouted jokingly, "Aw, that isn't very nice. And I came here offering help." her voice remained ice calm, soft, relaxed, even her body hinted no anxiety or worry, she was dangerous. "Help?" Trev spoke out, feeling like he recognised the voice from somewhere. Her attention drew to Trev, "Yes. You want to get Shocker off the streets, and I want to keep my Spidey safe. We are all winners here if we simply cooperated. I know you made a deal with Spidey. I know you are after him judging by what your friend here was studying in the library." she winked at Trev. "You're that girl?!" he shouted out his eureka moment, Ken was utterly confused by this, "That's right honey. You preferred me shy and innocent did you?" Pouting before giving a kiddie shiver, "I didn't feel comfortable, felt like I was wearing someone else's skin." "Would someone please tell me what the hell you are talking about?!" Ken interrupted, Felicia crossed her arms, giving a twitch of her head towards Ken, still looking at Trev "Not very patient is he." she chuckled before taking a step to the side, her boots clicking loudly under the newly polished floor. "I have my speciality in certain areas. One of which is knowing how to break into encrypted systems. A girls gotta make a living some how." she gave a large grin, Ken let out a sigh, trying to keep himself calm. "I assume you want us to go after him, leaving Spidey out of it?" Felicia nodded slowly, "You may be short tempered but at least you're not a total idiot." keeping that smug look on her face, which Ken wanted to pound out of her. "How will you contact me if a transaction is made?" Ken asked, "So you agree?" Felicia said beaming, Ken simply nodded not wanting to say he agreed, not to another person who had bested him in combat, especially one that was close to Spiderman, it was too embarrassing to choke down, he almost snapped there and then. "Here." she tossed him a phone, "I'll ring it as soon as I spot something interesting. Just be sure to keep it with you at all times. Well, ciao boys" she gave a cute wave before darting off with incredible agility, Ken was so pissed, not only did he have another agreement he had to fold under, but he also had to wait, hell he was even agreeing to protect Spiderman. But if it meant getting Shocker to pay for his betrayal then so be it, he could always lure Spiderman out of hiding, but Shocker was different.
"You okay?" Trev asked, knowing by the look on Ken's face he wasn't okay, he looked truly pissed, understandable given the circumstances. "Can you believe that bitch? She just casually strolled in here and made that offer?" he clenched his fists tightly, Trev preceded to try to calm him. "Maybe she came here offering because she knew she would get her way. We both know that she is going to be valuable in finding Shocker. The way to look at it is that she is being used by us to find him quicker, rather than waiting for a longer period of time, and somewhat relying on luck. This takes out both the time aspect as well as the luck aspect, meaning we should have a high chance of being successful in finding him." trying to reason with him, Ken gritted his teeth, turning aggressively towards him before nodding slowly. "Yes you're right, at least we don't have to wait as long now." Trev was actually surprised he managed to calm Ken down, he expected to get punched, but nothing, he smiled, knowing he was able to defuse some of his anger at least, which pleased him.
Ken sat down, appearing calm as his hand came to rest under his chin. "So we wait..."