Maria Helena Grayson (crossbow_bat) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-05-27 21:20:00

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(Not Quite) Hell on Wheels (open)
Huntress opened the throttle on her bike and increased her speed. The men on bikes ahead of her had been pulling away, but she wasn't going to let them get away. They were part of a gang who were pushing drugs to middle-school kids and Maria wasn't about to let them go anywhere but to the land of pain and jail. Preferably in that order.

She had been following them for a few days to learn their supply and distribution routes so she could bring down the whole gang and not just two little fishes. Tonight they were heading toward Metropolis to meet up with a fellow member who dealt in Metropolis. She gunned the throttle and closed the gap between them.

Huntress pulled up along side of one and grabbed her crossbow. She aimed and fire, the small arrow going into the front tire of the bike. The front tire deflated and the bike flipped, the back going up over the front. The man on it went flying off and hit the ground hard. He wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Huntress kept after the guy on the other bike and pulled up along side of him. She took aim, but he swerved toward her and she had to swerve to avoid him hitting her. She straightened out and half stood up, putting her weight on her hands. She put her right knee on the seat and kicked out with her left foot at the man on the other bike.

He wobbled a bit before losing control. His bike started to skid and the rear wheel hit hers. Not good. So not good. Her bike started to skid and there was only one thing left to do. Huntress jumped from the skidding bike and went flying through the air. She tried to adjust her position to make a somewhat reasonable landing, but she had been driving too fast for that. She hit the ground hard and with some bone breakage.

"Ow. Double ow." There wasn't a part of her body that didn't hurt and she was going to lie here and enjoy the nice hard ground for a bit.

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	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-01 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Never even thought about it. Not a big Tom Cruise fan, I'm afraid. How about you, craziest thing you've done?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-01 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	"It's a classic." A waitress came to take their drink order and Maria went with a diet cola. "Outside of the crazy stuff during kicking asses, that's tough. The most recent was Batgirl and I took Batman out, got him drunk and left him stark naked in the morgue with a toe tag and all. It was his twenty first birthday." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-01 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	"I can't imagine that went over very well." he replies, after placing his own order for a Coke. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 12:05 am UTC (link)
	"Thomas took it well enough. He managed to develop a sense of humor. We did grow up together. We had a good laugh over it later." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 01:23 am UTC (link)
	"So then there's the question, did he ever get revenge for that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"Nope. No time. I ended up here before he could get me back. Though knowing Thomas whatever it was, it's waiting for me if I ever get back." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sure you will, someday." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 01:35 am UTC (link)
	"Maybe, maybe not. It's not like there's any shortage of bad guys here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 02:09 am UTC (link)
	"I suppose that's true. And it sounds like you're getting settled in ok in our Gotham. Still, it'd be nice to be able to let you see your friends and your world again." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"It would, but I'm not going to count on it. I'm pretty content here and while I miss them, I'm not going to be devastated if I don't go home." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 02:48 am UTC (link)
	"Fair enough. We're certainly glad for the help here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"It's been a hoot," she said. "It's also nice having friends here. I don't feel like an outsider or that I'm all alone." She smiled. "It's also nice to have cute guys come to rescue." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 03:48 am UTC (link)
	"Rescuing fair damsels... or even unfair, but cute, damsels, is part of the job." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	Maria blushed a bit. "Life's not fair so I figured I can be unfair too." She gave him a wink. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	"So far, I'm not complaining any." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 04:22 pm UTC (link)
	Maria grinned. "Good. So I found out I have another brother," she said. "I was chasing a bad guy into Bludhaven and ran into a brother who's a dimensional refugee like me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Huh, interesting. We've gotten a few of those... I had a cousin for a while, same way. Sounds like Gotham is getting quite the population." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	She shook her head. "He's out of Bludhaven." Maria ordered Pad Thai and garlic beef when the waitress came to take their order. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Ah, true. Still, seems like a lot of the conflicts in one bleed over to the other. At least you have more family close by." he replies, before ordering See Iew with chicken when the waitress takes their orders. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	"It's taking some getting used to," she said. "I'm not used to so much family. It's a bit unsettling at times." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm sure you'll get used to it soon enough." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	"I know. I'm flexible and I adapt." Maria almost said she was flexible in more ways than one, but wisely decided against it. She didn't want to scare the poor boy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	He raises a brow, giving her a small grin. "Not going to be more specific on that?" he asks. Not made of glass, and getting used to her, apparently. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner crossbow_bat 2011-06-02 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm trying to be on better behavior and you're not making it easy, Mr. Kent." She smiled. "I could say that I'm flexible in many ways." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Dinner first_son 2011-06-02 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	"You obviously like making me blush, and no harm done. I'm trying to loosen up some - you're probably good for me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)