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Kinetix turned and smiled at Emily, partly to avoid looking at Angdar. "Nice shooting, Red Arrow! Couldn't have held Flamer at bay for long."
With a wave, she began using her field to smother the fires. The smoke would take longer to clear out, but she had time... what little time there was before the villains would crack under Angdar's questioning.
-------------------- Why must power be so elusive?
From: Aleph | Registered: Nov 2003
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It didn't take long for Angdar to get a few choice pieces of information from Flamer and Troll ...
something about a Middlefinger being a boss.
... and the location of his base of operations.
Power Boy addressed his four friends ...
"A new Middlefinger crime boss, with anti-matter technology and possibly an army of super powered goons? YES!!! Must be Friday! This is what I've been missing!"
"I've got a plan to get us in there ... something I learned from the Trojans ... and then we'll break this case wide open!"
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"Sounds good. The sooner we get to the bottom of this, the better."
Angdar glanced over at Kinetix and shook his head. He knew he had to come clean soon, but he worried at how she would react.
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Emily wondered how these two had this information. Since she was a newer member, she didn't know who the Middlefingers were. She made a mental note to contact the folks on Legion World about this case. She wondered where they were headed next. Before they left, she bought some vodka and whiskey to add to her supplies.
-------------------- Go with the good and you'll be like them; go with the evil and you'll be worse than them.- Portuguese Proverb
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Once at the warehouse. Power Boy and Lolita gathered the Quintet.
Angdar and Kinetix's conversation was interrupted.
"Here's where we are. Lolita has briefed me on this Middlefinger. Apparently, the Middlefinger name is a title of organized crime leadership ... The title is usually assumed by killing the previous Middlefinger.
Each of them have come into conflict with the LMBP. A new Middlefinger can not be tolerated. Especially since he or she seem to be involved in illegal genetic experimentation to provide super powers, a form of indentured servitude, and even ... anti-matter weaponry.
The Middlefinger's powers have varied. Until recently there was a new Middlefinger for every year of the Legion of Message Board Posters history. It is unclear whether this is intentional.
At least three Middlefinger's remain alive, bucking the trend of regicide.
Middlefinger VII - Skulivard Nox, an insane Coluan in a mental hospital
Middlefinger VIII - A mysterious and troublesome female.
and
Middlefinger IX - a microscopic alien imprisoned in the LMB Trophy Room.
Lolita has confirmed that Middlefinger's VII and IX are still imprisoned. VIII is missing.
However, we could be facing even more Middlefinger's if they have continued the trend of a new Middlefiinger with each successive year of the LMBP.
We must assume for the worst and plan to face Middlefinger X, XII, and XIII as we are in the 13th year of the LMBP."
Power Boy let the information sink in for a moment.
"Right. We are clearly going to need help. I am changing this mission from seek and destroy ... to an information gathering mission.
We've got to find out how the Middlefingers fit into all of this ... once we find out what their role is, where they are, and how extensively they have integrated into the political networks of the United planets ... Then we will bring the whole LMBP back to break the Middlefinger's off!!!"
Power Boy waved to the space-pirate ship they captured.
"We believe most crime on Rimbor is connected back to Middlefinger, we can use this ship and the coordinates we received from the space-pirates to infiltrate the gangs of Rimbor, learn what we can, and then we will get out."
Power Boy grinned ... Zoe and Angdar would like this ...
"We'll need new outfits, some costumes that make us look like criminals and villains."
"Gather what you need and change ... and we will depart in the middle of the night for that space-pirate camp."
[ December 08, 2012, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: Power Boy ]
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Kinetix hung back to talk to Angdar. She knew they'd need to do a lot of prep work, including costumes and research. But she didn't think she could focus, what with the bombshell that Angdar had just dropped on them.
She caught his eye and waited for him to approach. He smiled a little. She could tell he wasn't exactly feeling guilty. But did she have a right to expect him to be?
"Ang, I don't have anything to say about you being bisexual. Heck, with many of the LMB guys being gay it is so not a problem. What I can't wrap my head around is that you seduced both Blaze and IB, who are in a relationship! And from what I gathered, both of them were involved. So... what the heck happened? Are you attracted to both of them? How many times did this happen? Are you still going to be looking for more? I can't wrap my head around this yet!"
-------------------- Why must power be so elusive?
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Emily was not quite sure how to react to the new orders at first. She followed Zoe, who apparently was prepared for this type of circumstance. She examined the costume that Zoe had given her, which was a primarily white costume with green and purple trim. The chest area gleamed,
"What do you think?" Zoe whispered.
Emily replied, "It is pretty nice. You know, when this is all over, I should recommend you to my family. We really need to repair the meeting room."
Zoe agreed, "Sure. How do you feel about the mission?"
"I don't feel very nervous yet...it will kind of be like attending a family party. I act as expected and everything will go fine," Emily replied. And if worse comes to worse, I simply reveal my true identity and lay the cards down. The Sivana Family name should mean something here, if it truly is a planet of criminals.
-------------------- Go with the good and you'll be like them; go with the evil and you'll be worse than them.- Portuguese Proverb
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Kinetix waved goodbye to Emily, who was beginning to become a fast friend. She has a great sense of style... If her relatives are anything like her, would be fun to meet them.
She heads off to her own room to begin working. She'd already helped Lolita fix up HER own costume; Lolita had plenty of good taste and just needed Zoe to make the work go faster.
She walks quickly down the hall. She still doesn't want to see Angdar just yet. She's not really mad, just confused. She does't really have a right to be; the incident with IB and Blaze happened way before they'd become serious. She shouldn't be shocked either; she always knew the two boyfriends were a frisky pair. And Angdar was a young man in his prime. So why did it bother her so? Was she beginning to really fall in love with Angdar?
She kept walking, digesting this thought. She couldn't get it out of her head right now.
-------------------- Why must power be so elusive?
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Power Boy put on his costume provided by Zoe's power ... it was tight ... Power Boy didn't have a super power to help him get into it ...
Finally once it was on, it was all black and shiny like leather, with a huge circle cut out of the chest showing his ample chest. The shirt ended at his shoulders leaving his arms bare. He put on some bracelets and arm bands that accentuated his muscular arms ...
He guessed Zoe wanted him to look as muscular and imposing as possible. The dark outfit reminded him of something he wuld wear on Apokolips.
Infiltrating criminal gangs, pretending to be bad ....
"This was going to be fun."
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Angdar got into the outfit that Zoe had prepared for him. It also required a small image inducer to finish the look. He looked at himself in the mirror and smiled...
"Alright then. I think that does it."
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Angdar laughed. "Sorry, I'll tone down the wings a bit. Honestly wanted to see if you could be shocked."
Angdar grabbed the image inducer and fiddled with it. As he did, his wings appeared to be more their normal look. He also took the helmet off. "Not a huge fan of these...would have been the one not so good thing about the Wingmen."
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SharkLad made his way through the casino floor of Zaryan's Palace: Grand Hotel and Casino. It reeked of cheap perfume and booze. Usually, his seven foot frame, rows of razor-sharp teeth, and talon-like claws would get him more than his share of funny looks, but it didn't seem like anyone was paying him too much attention. The patrons were too busy losing their money.
Somewhere in this crowd could be his target, Gruertis Nyebif. Reconnaissance didn't come easy to SharkLad -- he was more of a smash and dash kinda guy. But being with Lolita had taught him a little bit about the art of subtlety. He walked up to an waitress and flashed his best smile.
"Scuse me, miss, but..."
Before SharkLad could finish his sentence, the waitress let out a scream loud enough to rattle some of the nearby slot machines.
"Whoa, whoa. Take it easy."
But the waitress continued to scream.
"So much for subtlety."
Two goons in dark suits suddenly appeared at SharkLad's side.
"Is there a problem here, sir?" asked the bigger of the two goons.
"We got no problem," SharkLad growled. "I was just asking for a drink and she started screaming her head off."
"Perhaps you should come with us, sir," said the smaller of the two goons.
"And where would you be taking me exactly?"
"Just come with us, sir."
A crowd was starting to form around them. If Gruertis Nyebif was on the floor somewhere, he was certain to hightail it out of there if he caught wind of SharkLad's presence.
"Sprock this!"
SharkLad opened his mouth and let loose a barrage of projectile teeth, pinning the two goons to the ground. Before he could make another move, a security team appeared and surrounded him.
"So, we gotta do this the hard way, huh?"
Seconds later, the security team was scattered around the casino in various states of injury.
"Please, please! There's no need for this," came a voice behind SharkLad.
SharkLad turned around and came face to face with Gruertis Nyebif.
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