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Posted by Black Canary
on 10/20/2008, 5:36 am, in reply to "The Brave and the Bold: Improvisation"
Site Vet
-Meanwhile-
Barbara Gordon and Melody Chase were already on route to Babs’ tower home when her cell phone went off. Thinking nothing of it, Babs picked up. “Hello?”
“Hey, it’s me, Hal. You two alright?”
“We’re fine,” she said in a mixed relieved yet worried response. “What’s going on?”
“We’re trying to subdue these guys, but it’s not easy. At least they’re attention is on us now. Listen, I scanned them with my ring. They’re stuffed with some chemical or something that I assume is giving them their super speed. Ted asked me to ask you to see what you can find,” Hal said.
“I will. Keep me posted,” Babs said as she hung up and focused back on Melody.
“Is Ted and the others alright? Why did they stay behind?” Mel asked, very worried. She wasn’t the type of person that was used to that sort of thing.
“They’re all fine. They are just trying to make sure everyone escaped and calling the authorities. I’m sure they’re staying out of danger and waiting for the police to arrive,” Babs lied.
After a few more stressful moments the girls arrived at the tower. Once they rode the elevator to Babs’ floor, she invited Melody inside. “Please make yourself at home, Mel. I just have to check on a few things.” It was then that Charlie, also known as Misfit, entered the room. “This is Charlie. She lives here under my guardianship,” Babs explained. “Charlie, please keep Melody here company for a few moments,” she said and rolled into the back room.
Charlie sat down in a chair across from Mel and gave her a huge smile. “Well hi there!” Mel slowly pulled back and gave a weak smile as she began to count the minutes until Babs returned.
Oracle wasted no time logging into her massive terminal and looking for any information she could find about a drug or procedure that could give someone super speed. As usual time got away from her and it had been around thirty minutes with no leads. She had become quite annoyed at her lack of progress when a message appeared on screen.
::What are you looking for?::
She was taken aback by someone breaking into her private network, much less knowing what she was doing. She began running a series of tracking and security programs in the background as she simultaneously began speaking to the intruder.
::Who is this?”
::A friend.::
::What do you want?::
::To help you.::
::Help me what?::
::Stop Velocity 9.::
::What’s Velocity 9?::
::The drug you are currently researching.::
She was unsettled immediately but that just strengthened her resolve to find out who this person was.
::How do you know that?::
::Do you wish to help your friends or not?::
:I do.::
::I know where you can find all the information you need. I am sending location information now. Good luck, Oracle.::
::Wait!::
“Damn it!” But it was too late as they had already left her server. She was still running a variety of systems and computations for answers as to who that was. Perhaps Calculator messing with her once again? But his M.O. was usually quite different. None the less, this lead had to be investigated. She tried to raise Nightwing and the others on their communicators or cell phones, but to no avail. Huntress was also out of reach.
With no other recourse, she began printing out the directions as she put on her coat. Melody nearly leapt out of her seat in thanks as Babs came back into the living room. “Is everything alright?”
“Fine. But Charlie and I have to do something really quick. A small family emergency, but nothing to be concerned with. You are welcome to stay here and wait on the others. I’m sure they’ll be back shortly,” Babs said and faked a smile. “Come on, Charlie,” she ordered as she made her way out into the hall. “We’ll be back soon, Mel, promise,” she said as they exited her apartment.
“What’s really going on?” Charlie asked as soon as they door closed.
“I can’t reach the others. They’re fighting off some gang downtown,” she said.
“Cool, I’ll just grab my suit and go help,” Charlie offered.
“No. We have something we need to do,” said Babs as they entered the elevator.
“No way! You mean a mission!?” Charlie practically screamed right as the doors closed.
Babs rolled her eyes and collected herself. “Yes, something like that. I need you to teleport into your room and get your uniform. Then meet me in the parking lot. The other parking lot.”
“Shweet!” Charlie said as she vanished from view in a puff of pink smoke. Babs began to ponder if she should have just gone alone.
-Caribian Chemicals-
It always unsettled Barbara when she found a business she had never heard of before, especially with her vast knowledge and resources. None the less, she waited patiently at the backdoor for Misfit, who had teleported inside to unlock the door for her. She had already used her laptop to scan for alarms, but this primitive building didn’t even have an electronic lock. It had a deadbolt of all things. To save time, she instructed her protégé to head inside. After what took too long, the door finally opened. “After you, bosslady,” Misfit said with a smile as she held the door open. With another disapproving look, the duo headed inside.
They quickly found their way to the main office due to schematics that Oracle had nabbed. Misfit sat in a chair as boredom sunk in while Babs swiftly began going through hard copies of files. Just as she began to fall asleep, Misfit noticed a shadow appear in the doorway, blocking the light. She turned to see what it was and backed up into the desk in fear. “Um…boss?”
TBC!
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