The Fearsome Five: Bad News: Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

February 22nd, 12:22 AM

"You got her!" Julia cried, still holding her face, her hand red with her nose's blood.  "You really got her!"

She watched from the floor as the ninja and the old woman walked toward the Blue Lynx's unconscious figure.  They were silent, steady, obviously brimming with confidence.  They seemed like exactly the sort of people Julia wanted to work with.

"Well done!" she said, bringing her hands together in front of her face, clapping.

They didn't acknowledge her compliment, or even look at her.  The ninja and the old woman were only watching the Blue Lynx.  They were inches from her now, looming over her.  The old woman used her toe to poke the superheroine in the butt.  Aside from the tiny ripple in her skin, there was no reaction.

"She's out," the old woman said.

The ninja nodded in response.

"Okay, let's get out of here."

She pointed at the Blue Lynx, and the ninja bent down.  He scooped the girl up into her arms with ease, and held her close as if intending to carry her across a puddle.  Julia looked at the Blue Lynx's arms and legs, completely slack, swinging slightly in the air, and admired the cascade of dark hair tumbling from the ninja's arm.

This was it.  She was helpless.  Theirs.  They had beaten her.

Julia rolled over onto her knees, keeping her hand close to her nose, and looked to the old woman.

"So what are we going to do with her?" she asked, her eyes shining.

The old woman smirked, looking once at the ninja, and then back at Julia.

"You're not doing anything," she replied.  "You're going to stay right here."

Julia blinked.  "No," she said.  "That's not right.  We had a deal."

"Did we?" the old woman said.  "And what deal was that?"

"You said you'd help me.  That we'd help each other.  That we'd find out the Blue Lynx's secret, together."

The old woman shook her head.  "That might be so.  But my partner and I agree that you can't be trusted.  You're too wild for us to work with."

Julia tried desperately to get up, but pain prevented her from getting further than a crawl.  "Too... wild?  You work with a fucking NINJA!"

The old woman nodded.

"I invited you here!" Julia shrieked.  "I set this up!  I laid the trap!  You don't get to just... fucking... TAKE my prize!"

The old woman sighed.  "Let's go, Steve."

They turned around, the ninja carrying the Blue Lynx, and began walking to the elevator.

"No!" Julia cried, pulling her body along the floor, dripping blood, "You don't get to do that!  You bitch!  You fuckers!  The Blue Lynx is MY STORY!  I got the interview!  I caught her!"

But they didn't hear her, or they didn't care.  They just kept walking, the two villains who were supposed to be on Julia's side, until they reached the elevator.  They got in, turned around, and the old woman raised her hand to wave.  Julia emitted a long, wordless howl as the elevator doors closed on the ninja, the crone, and the Blue Lynx hanging in unconscious limbo.

On to Chapter Eight