Chapter 10: The Leader, Part 4
"Hello, this is Rick Jones. If you've got a problem, shop's closed until morning-"
"Rick, this is Jennifer. I'm in a bit of a jam at the moment, and I'm going to need your help."
"I'm listening…"
"How'd you get cell reception in this place?" McGee complained as She-Hulk hung up.
"I have a good plan."
Betty blinked her eyes as she looked up at the ceiling of the holding cell.
"Where am I? And who are you?"
McGee cleared his throat.
"Jack McGee, Daily Bugle."
She-Hulk extended her hand.
"Jennifer Walters, attorney-at-law."
"Why are you green?"
"It's a long story. Let's just say it involved a transfusion-"
"You got the blood from Bruce Banner, didn't you?"
"How could you tell?"
"Skin's a dead giveaway."
She-Hulk chuckled.
"Nice to see we're getting along here, but we need a way out before Thunderbolt Ross shows up and brings this place down on our heads! Or before Bruce does. Or before this gal hulks out and does Bruce's job for him-"
"Or a certain reporter could do something to get us out of here."
McGee paused for thought before diving towards the door's lock.
"For crying out loud, who uses these locks anymore? Anyone got a hairpin or two?"
Betty reached out, removed two pins from her hair, and handed them to McGee.
"So, any idea of where Jennifer is?" Rick asked as he and Bruce Banner drove out into the desert.
"I can smell her. Take a left here."
"And- ta da! The lock is now opened, and we are out of this place!"
The trio emerged from the cell into the corridor.
"Less on theatrics, Jack." Betty muttered as she made a run for the exit.
"Try and keep up, Mister McGee." She-Hulk responded.
"The trail stops here."
Rick killed the truck's engine and got out, with Bruce following shortly thereafter.
"That door's solid steel. I don't think there's a way inside."
Bruce grinned.
"Rick, make me mad. I dare you."
"Uh-"
"Go on."
"The guys who came up with luminiferous ether were right!"
Bruce's face contorted into a look of irritation.
"The tax code is good as it is!"
"Go on!"
"Your mom's the reason for the population boom out here!"
That did it.
"Yep. That's your cousin, Jen." McGee muttered upon hearing the Hulk's roar.
"Good. Now let's-"
Just then, a guard turned around the corner.
"Oh no you don't!"
A full clip of rifle rounds was discharged at She-Hulk to no effect.
"Oh-"
Betty's eyes turned yellow, and she began to gain muscles.
"Nobody shoots my friends!"
She grew taller, and her skin turned red. The guard whimpered and ran, just as the Hulk broke into the facility.
"MCGEE! JENNIFER! COME HERE!"
"Great idea, big guy! Glad I thought of it!"
The four bolted out the Hulk-sized hole in the door and got a good distance away from the Leader's facility.