Dragon has finished talking with Colin and is in a rather good mood. Their endbringer tracking software is coming along nicely and she got to watch a cape do power testing. She is one powerhouse, I mean the quirk of thinking she is an actual battleship can be forgiven with that kind of power. That and her analysis programs keep showing that she is a battleship, so in general cape stuff.
Dragon walks into Narwhals office ready to tell her friend about the day.
"Hey, dragon! I did the thing you asked me to!" Narwhal says with a smile
"What?" Dragon asks confused.
"Yeah that call about 5 hours ago, I mean flying a friend from Boston to LAX for business reasons is fine I guess. I'm also happy you're making other friends." Narwhal says
"I didn't call you," Dragon says
"Theresa Richter she used your full name," Narwhal says
"What!" Dragon shouts
"Yeah, the phone call was recorded… I should probably pull that up." Narwhal says
"Hey! Aria I need a favor, I'm a bit busy with Colin at the moment, I have a friend who needs to get from Boston to Los Angeles. Could you book a flight for her for me?" A voice that sounds exactly like Dragon's says
"Who is this? I don't know this number" Narwhal asks
"Theresa Richter, come on Aria. You know me," She says
A few moments pass however nothing is said.
"It's me Dragon, but I need to do this as my civilian ID." the voice says again
"Couldn't you do this yourself really quickly?" Narwhal asks
"You, know I can only run one instance of myself at a time. I am stuck in a programming project with Colin we are so close to cracking it, just a few more months and we'll have a program that will tell us where the Endbringers will attack." The voice says
"Sure, I'll see what I can do? Whats her name?" Narwhal's voice says followed by several keyboard clicks
"Georgia Beryl, Thanks again Aria. I've got to get back to work." The voice says
"Tell her I got a flight on American Airlines, she should be able to pick up her ticket at the Airport. She'll need to leave some form of contact info with them though." Narwhal says
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"You got, got by a thinker. Well, it wasn't too expensive I'm more worried about the fact they knew our names." Dragon says checking the account charge.
"So, are you not too worried about this?" Aria asks
Dragon stands there silent for a second tracking the caller's number.
"She called from a pay phone at an airport in Boston. Okay, I need to go delete several phone records now. The name Georgia Beryl comes up with nothing." Dragon says in annoyance.
"I'll call the Airport and see what method of contact she left," Narwhal says
Dragon is silent for a minute this time.
"Don't bother I got it already, she left an email." Dragon says annoyed
"Did you just hack an Airport security system?" Narwhal asks
"No, I did all the legal paperwork for it," Dragon says
"Do we have jurisdiction there? I mean We are in Canada." Narwhal asks
"I got Colin to do it, it was just forwarding an email for him," Dragon says
"This entire situation is absurd," Narwhal says
"Yeah the odds of it happening make me wanna divide by zero," Dragon says trying to joke
"If anything your boyfriend is efficient," Narwhal says with a smirk
"Yea- Wait a second!" Dragon shouts.
"Right, so what did you do today then?" Narwhal asks
"Oh, well an interesting parahuman came in for power testing." Dragon says
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Down in Brockton Bay.
"Hey, Taylor I'm home," Danny says
Taylor hugs Danny.
"I was so scared. You went to see a cape and haven't been back all day." Taylor says
"Next time you meet them I'm coming!" Taylor says firmly
"She said she would be back Monday to finish on terms of employment and her first day," Danny says
"You hired a cape?" Taylor asks a little shocked
"It's a little more difficult than that. Now you how did you know I was going to talk to a cape?" Danny says
"I did a lot of thinking dad… I spent most of the day thinking you know. I originally didn't want to tell you because I knew it would hurt you but then you go and do dumb things like meet capes with no backup. Dad, I'm a cape. I triggered in the locker," Taylor says
"Oh Taylor…" Danny says hugging his daughter again.
"No wards?" Taylor asks
"You see the parahuman I met today pointed out how corrupt the PRT is. She seems trustworthy and I think when she gets back Monday you are going to be there for the talk." Danny says
"Thanks, Dad," Taylor says
"Right so what's for dinner?" Danny asks
"Mom's lasagna," Taylor says with a smirk.
Danny laughs before looking back at Taylor.
"We both know it's just lasagna, she didn't have any special recipe." Danny says with a smile.
"It's made with love that's what makes it special," Taylor says with a pout.
They both end up breaking into laughter again.
"So what're your powers?" Danny asks
"Promise not to be grossed out?" Taylor asks back
"Sure,"
A dozen wasps suddenly start flying in formation in the living room.
"Bug control?" Danny asks
"Yep!" Pretty cool right?
"So the cape you met tell me about her," Taylor says
"Well, to be honest, she has blue and yellow eyes," Danny admits
"You're joking," Taylor rebukes
"She did, according to Kurt she wore sunglasses however, I think those eyes will draw enough attention as is. The funnier thing is legally speaking she is not a cape." Danny says with a smile
"The PRT is gonna blow a gasket," Taylor says
"You know what a gasket is?" Danny asks
"No?" Taylor replies
"Right, I say it's time we eat dinner."
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Georgia walks onto the beach after having spent most of the day at sea.
"Well, that was a productive day, I need to thank Dragon for the list of all the ships sunk off the coast of California. I mean I even found a ship from the Taffy 3."
Georgia still eventually managed to make it to a shopping area at the beach.
"Right, how do I get back to Brockton bay…" Georgia murmurs
"How many times must I tell you old woman! Pay the protection money!!!"
Georgia looks up to see a very intimidating man shouting at an old woman who appeared to be running a shop.
'Well, a drive shouldn't take more than two days, if I drive like an average Floridan I bet I could get there in under 36 hours,' Georgia thinks with a smile as she taps on the man's shoulder.
2900 miles at 80-90mph would do that.
The guy immediately turns around his face glowing red in rage.
"Who are you Bitch! you should know not to mess with the elite! We ar"
Georgia just punched him before he could finish his monolog.
"Thank you."
"Yep! Glad I could help. Have a good night ma'am," Georgia says pocketing the thug's wallet and car keys.
"I wonder which car is his," Georgia asks aloud looking at the parking lot.