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Hunting the Manhunter

Nov 22, 2007 05:08

Los Angeles is a shithole.

Constant sun and constant smog
Constant traits of the Angelic City
Trapped in a vapid, shallow fog
The urban sprawl is constantly shitty.Sometimes, the rhymes still come to him, no matter how much time has passed since he was that broken fool wearing a cape ( Read more... )

manhunter, helix, mr. bones

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the_manhunter November 22 2007, 19:16:04 UTC

Kate Spencer had been on edge lately, and with good reason. It had been a while since she’d returned from Portsmouth City, and Dr. Mid-Nite hadn’t yet made good on this threat to come down and visit her and see how she worked.

Which was a good thing since he likely wouldn’t approve of what she was doing now, Kate mused as she slammed the heel of her hand into the masked face of a new villain calling herself Hangwoman - obviously a riff on an older villain named Hangman, if her costume and M.O. was anything to go by. Well, at least this time, the villain isn’t pretending to be a male.

Kate had lost a case against her earlier that day, and immediately, she’d hopped into her car and trailed the bitch all day, until she found her getting ready to brutally murder another cop.

Not this time, bitch! Kate thought to herself as she ducked and avoided what could have been a very vicious kick to the chest. She brought her staff up and whacked Hangwoman across the head with it. There was a resounding, dull thud as the staff made contact, ( ... )

saw_bones November 23 2007, 16:19:20 UTC

Kate will wake up in a sterile, if drably gray room, lying in a cheap bed.

A skeleton in a black suit is outside, looking in through a large window.

Smoking a cigar, he gives her a nod.

the_manhunter November 24 2007, 17:19:51 UTC

Kate sits up, her head groggy.

Her first thought is about the Hangwoman getting away. She curses herself, and as she does so, she sees a skull staring what she can only guess is intently at her.

He nods.

Kate immediately leaps off the bed and reaches for her staff - only to find that she doesn't have it with her. She reaches up to check to see if she's still wearing her mask.

She is.

Chanelling fear into anger, Kate strides up to the window and raps on it, ignoring the fact that she's about to talk to Skeletor-in-a-suit.

"What the hell is going on here?!"

saw_bones November 24 2007, 17:25:05 UTC

"Take it easy. You've got a concussion."

the_manhunter November 26 2007, 03:43:43 UTC

Kate takes a step back, breathing heavily. "It's a little late for Halloween, Jack Skellington," is all she says as she stares at Bones defiantly. "Let me out."

saw_bones November 27 2007, 17:41:46 UTC

"Why would we? Lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Flagrant violation of the public trust, and more than grounds for permanent disbarment."

the_manhunter November 28 2007, 03:45:07 UTC

Kate's breath catches in her throat.

He knows. He knows who I am.

Her heart starts pounding. Her thoughts go to her son and ex-husband first, worried that they might be under threat of some sort.

No, dammit, Spencer. Play it cool and smart. Just like in court.

"What the hell do you want?" she asks, instead.

saw_bones November 29 2007, 08:38:57 UTC

A gloved hand raises gently.

"Calm down. Have some dip."

She's got some hors d'ouvres sitting out near her bed.

the_manhunter December 3 2007, 10:07:38 UTC

"..." Kate looks down at the chips, dip, fruits, vegetables, hummus, and pita bread next to her bed. She turns back to the skeleton.

"What's in the dip, Jack? Tranquilizers? A roofie?"

Calming down, she is not.

saw_bones December 4 2007, 07:48:31 UTC

"The name's Bones," he corrects, before wrapping invisible lips around the cigar and smoldering it a bit as he sucks the smoke in.

An exhalation pours out through transparent nostrils.

"Department of Extranormal Operations. United States Government. You're in good hands, Spencer."

the_manhunter December 5 2007, 02:19:43 UTC

"That remains to be seen," Kate countered. She knew of the DEO, though not very well, unfortunately.

She looks him up and down. "Bones. Seriously?"

saw_bones December 6 2007, 05:50:57 UTC

"As you might imagine, I had a strange childhood," is his response to that.

"So which part do you like better? The legal eagling or the cracking skulls?"

the_manhunter December 26 2007, 08:02:33 UTC

"..."

Kate turns away from him, uncomfortable. He doesn't need to know about her double life, or about any of her lives. It's too...uncomfortable.

"Usually both, but the cracking skulls bit sounds especially fun at this very moment."

saw_bones December 26 2007, 08:46:35 UTC

"Heh. Walked into that one."

A puff on the cigar.

"What would you say to expanding on both? With the added bonus of being able to stop being so damn paranoid about being found out?"

the_manhunter December 26 2007, 09:04:39 UTC

Kate studies him carefully, turning over his words in her head as she considered what he meant.

"What, you want to start a new team of superheroes or something?"

saw_bones December 26 2007, 16:04:29 UTC

"Not quite. Super-Heroes are self-appointed and holier-than-thou. I'm gathering a squad of metahuman field agents. You're under the radar, of reasonably sound mind and body, and you're obviously a proponent of justice at all costs."

Smoke billows out through the hole of his nose.

"We can use you."

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