forum The Hero shows up at the Villain's doorstep one night // One on One // CLOSED

Started September 13, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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Killian sat up, looking around curiously. "Okay." he replied, arms still around her waist as he looked around. He smiled, stretching a little. "That was uncomfortable. I don't like being hunched over like that." he grimaced.

”Sorry about that, but it was necessary if you didn't want to be noticed.” Jade reminded him as she dismounted and walked over to the fuse box. ”You may want to stay near the bike.” she cautioned as she turned on a couple of breakers. There was a soft whir of machinery as a small square of the garage floor rumbled before lowering.

Killian chuckled, climbing off the bike and stretching. "But why?" he asked. "This is my chance to explore my mortal enemy's secret lair." he protested, grinning in an almost manic way.

”First of all, it's my Den.” Jade retorted as she removed her helmet. ”And secondly, you're on an elevator. My Den is below us.” she explained as she walked over to stand next to him. ”Did you really think I used the house?”

Killian wrinkled his nose. "Secret lair sounds better." He replied. "And no, I didn't." He leaned against the bike.

Jade rolled her eyes and stepped on the platform under the bike as it started descending at a steady pace. Once they were clear a replacement slab fit itself into the empty space they left. The elevator went past the normal basement level and into a moderately large sized open room with a couple of monitors ahead, the center one was the biggest, there was a well-organized workbench with a lot of tools and diagrams, even a welding torch, and a few projects in various stages of completion. ”Be careful what you touch.” she warned

"Why? Will they explode?" He asked with a grin. "Or poison me? Or otherwise kill me? Or do you just not want me messing with your stuff?" he looked at her with a smirking grin.

Jade smirked. ”Nothing will poison you, or at least shouldn't but everything else is possible.” she admitted. ”Some of this stuff needs more work and a certain touch if you want to keep your limbs.” she clarified as she placed her helmet and gloves aside.

"So it does explode!" he said, sounding happier about that than he should. He started to walk around the room, clasping his hands behind his back to repress the urge to touch things. He looked a lot like a child in a candy store. Well, except for how he was dressed.

Jade held back a small laugh at his excitement. ”It does happen every once in a while even if it's not supposed to.” she admitted sitting in the rolling desk chair at her monitor station. ”Now, aren't you here to help me?” she asked, her fingers already dancing across the keyboards.

Killian sighed. "But you don't need my help." he replied, looking at her. "I can't do any of the things you can do on computers." he wiggled his fingers at her, wrinkling his nose.

Jade chuckled. ”Not many can. It's nothing to be embarrassed about. I just… I would like your input.” she spun the chair so she could face him. ”I don't know if you know the other villains the way I know the heroes but… You have a different way of thinking about these things that could be very helpful.” she explained.

Killian nodded, and came over. "I…know a few." he said slowly, and went over to her, looking at the computer screens. "What am I looking for?" he asked, leaning against the chair slightly as his eyes flicked over the computer monitors.

Jade smiled and pulled a stool for him to sit on beside her. ”I'm not completely sure what we're looking for yet but this monitor has some profiles for people, mostly with records, I’ll admit,” she pointed to the one on the right, ”and the one in the center is the traffic cams in the area where I was shot at.”

Killian nodded, and ignored the stool, still leaning on the back of her chair. "Hm." He replied. "Do you recognize any of them?" He asked, glancing down at her for a moment, then back at the screens.

Jade shook her head. ”I didn't get a good look at the attacker's face. But there are some villains that have been in the local area and other criminals.” she swallowed a bit nervously. ”Now I don't want to accuse anyone yet, but I included some people with a military background, including snipers. I… I don't know how far the shot may have come from.”

Killian nodded, eyes still flickering over the screens. "Hmm. Not those three." he pointed. "They don't do this sort of stuff. They're more of petty thieves, that sort of thing." his gaze wandered around the screens still as he turned over information in his head.

Jade nodded and removed the three Hex pointed out from the list. ”Yeah, I remember catching them a couple of times and they're not exactly team players either.” she agreed, glancing at the traffic monitor and typed in a time a few hours before she recalled being shot. They would need time to set up.

He kept scanning the names. "Hmm. Have you fought or caused the arrest of anyone from the Grey Skulls gang recently?" He asked, glancing at her. "They wouldn't touch you otherwise."

Jade thought for a moment before shaking her head. ”No, I haven't fought them recently and I doubt that they would know if I was the cause of an arrest.” she replied before removing most of the names affiliated with that gang. She did leave a few she had suspected of going rogue.

"Okay." He replied, frowning a little. "Not Garrick, he's more of a…upclose and personal sort of guy. Not a sniper. He uses knives." He gestured to a picture. "And not Lenning, either. Just not his sort of thing."

Jade nodded and removed their names as well. ”Do you know if any of these people would team up with each other?” she asked. ”Unless a speedster used a gun, I'm not sure it was one man or even a shapeshifter posing as a man.”

Killian frowned, studying the images carefully. "These eight would be willing to team up." He replied, pointing.

Jade tapped a few keys, sorting those eight into their own group, before turning to the main monitor watching for any familiar faces.

Killian sighed. "Those two would work for anyone, so long as they got paid." he pointed to two more.

Jade blinked in brief surprise. ”I hadn't considered a paid hit.” she typed in a few notes about that under the list. ”But then that seems like there wouldn't be any other target or very few.”

Killian nodded. "Yes." he shrugged slightly. "But you wanted any possibilities." he replied, looking at her.

(gtg to bed now. Good night!)

(Goodnight!)

Jade nodded slowly. ”Yes. I did.” she said her voice trembling just a bit before she cleared her throat to hide it.

Killian glanced at her for a moment, then returned his attention to the screen. "Hmm…get rid of these four." He said, pointing.

Jade blinked and shook her head before removing the ones he pointed out when the middle monitor chimed. She turned her head look and gave a rueful smirk. ”Gotcha.” On the screen was a figure wearing a large oversized black hoodie covering their face and obviously avoiding the cameras. ”Well, there’s at least one, but I can't get any details. They may have dodged cameras before.”