Rally stared at the stars from her roof top. The cool air kissed her face as it ebbed away at the unresolved tension left in her from her date. It was every thing she thought it would be. Though Morrigan was the queen of battle among the succubi entertaining and seducing even the wary was her nature. Flawless cooking, flowery words and teasing touches all left Rally hot in ways she was just now cooling down from. She might very well have said yes if it weren't for the interruption. Rally shook her head even if she was aroused from the date she still didn't trust the woman. She reaffirmed her self, it would be along time before she was sharing a bed with that woman but somehow a second date wasn't out of the question.
May looked at her oddly quiet partner that had for some reason taken solace on the roof of their shared home. As she maneuvered her child like figure out onto the brisk Chicago evening the young explosives expert was asked, “Do you think there is life out there?”
The blond blinked several times. Rally Vincent was known to hunt many things, cars, guns, even people however the hunt for extraterrestrial life hadn't ever really come up before. To the unexpected question she changed the subject, “The date went that bad huh?”
“I don't know.” The virgin answered honestly. Her social life hadn’t ever been the most spectacular and this was her first such date as an adult. She took a long look at May, “I just had a date that completely reworked my theory of well... everything.”
Blinking repeatedly May poked her partner's shoulder wondering if she would explode into a cloud of bats, “So you slept with her?”
From her sitting position Rally turned her head to the side slowly and raised an eyebrow, “What?”
May stammered a bit, “I... um shouldn't pry... The first time can be intense.”
“What, wait no.” Rally restrained herself as she looked at the befuddle expression on the blond's face, “It was just a date.”
Sputtering a bit May crossed her arms. “Well what was I supposed to think. You went on a date with a succubus then come back acting all weird.”
Rally palmed her face wondering just how much more embarrassing this day could be.
“Rally!” Misty's voice screamed from inside the house.
May's hand slid inside her vest looking for her stun grenades at the sound of the panicked scream. Rally shook her head and took her time standing up.
The woman looked over at her young partner and chuckled a bit, “Oh yea, Goldie is back in town.”
“Thats not funny Rally.” May gave her boss an annoyed look. As the older girl slipped back into the house.
Slipping back into the house Rally dead paned, “Come on I got to stop Misty from killing Mary-Ann”
Rally looked over her living room turned three ring circus. Silently cursing her fates as she watched Roy and Jezebel talk to the former harem girl. Misty, Becky, Ken and May were all looking at her with disbelieving eyes.
Ken seemed to be the most rational of the bunch well at least taking it in the quickest, “So she just told the girl to sleep?”
“Yea, she handed me my purse and the gun. Then she passed out in my lap.” Rally finished retelling the highlights of her date.
Roy came back to the table holding a finger print card. They had decided it was probably for the best if they found out just who Mary-Ann was and if she had a family to go back to, “The real question is what was she doing with one of the Caro brothers. If Goldie throws her weight behind one of the families it could send the whole city into a gang war.”
A knock at the front door ended the conversation before anyone could speculate on the gang politics of the city. Rally just shook her head she went to the door. Morrigan stood next to a scruffy, half dressed man who looked like he could definitely use another six hours of sleep. The tall lumbering man paused at the threshold of the house, “I can't do much unless she asks me in.”
Rally looked at her date then at the half asleep man then back at Morrigan, “I thought you were getting help?”
The queen succubus smirked, “Even I would have trouble rousing a wizard at this hour. They tend to enjoy their beauty sleep.”
“Of course, a wizard.” Rally looked at the tall lanky man and shook her head, “And here I thought you were going to get the Queen of Pluto.”
Morrigan gave her an amused look, “She's a bit higher up the food chain. It's probably best if we let a local practitioner take a crack at it first.”
Rally looked at the scruffy man one more time daring him to tell his story. Slightly shrugging the man sighed, “No, I'm not here to pull rabbits out of a hat.”
Seeing his annoyance Rally hastily apologized, “Ah, sorry. It's been an interesting night. Come in, she's in the kitchen.”
Roy and the wizard exchanged glances as the tall lanky man went into the kitchen to examine Mary-Ann. All eyes then turned to Morrigan who was standing in the entry foyer with Rally.
The teal haired woman casually joked, “I suppose the date is over?”
Rally nodded, “Mexican stand-offs tend to do that.”
A small chuckle came from the succubus, “Perhaps next time we can do something about that.”
The bounty hunter's lips curled into a smile, “Not sure that would qualify as a date.”
In the kitchen Jezebel looked at the lanky man dressed in his pajamas as he pulled a bit of hair from the girl, “Oh, I know you. You're that one with the ad.”
He rolled his eyes, “People do tend to advertise their goods and or services.” Waving a little crystal over her head the wizard ignored the succubus. He was getting paid to be hauled out of bed at two in the morning and look for any magical compulsions. However, even with a fifteen hundred dollar retainer in cash he was going to work quickly then go back to bed, “Could you go some place else it's hard enough to do this without adding distractions to lack of sleep.”
Jezebel humphed as she patted Marry-Ann's head, “Be a good girl for the grouchy wizard and I'll be sure to get you a nice reward later.” The American succubus shimmied out of the kitchen and joined the spectators watching Rally and Morrigan.
Around the corner Becky whispered to May, “Are they flirting?”
“I'm not sure.” The tiny demolitions expert cocked her head to the side trying to read their body language, “They are either flirting or setting them selves up to hunt mob bosses I'm not sure.”
Misty watched the two with a bit of trepidation. Part of her was extremely jealous of the teal haired creature. Before she could work her self up into a fit her thoughts were curbed a bit. The thief’s eyes bulged a bit as the local succubus purred in her ear.
“Could be doing both knowing them.” Jezebel added in a quite whisper sending shivers down Misty's spine, “Those two getting together would only help your chances in the long run kiddo.”
Roy shuddered a bit he really didn't want to over hear that last tidbit. He knew Rally Vincent could cut a path of destruction a mile wide and by all accounts the Morrigan could probably up that by an order of magnitude. The equation involving Goldie, Rally and Morrigan frankly scared him worse than that serial butcher they had to hunt down a few months back. Rally's friends watched intently as Morrigan planted a kiss on the girl's lips before dropping something into her hand. A moment later the teal haired seductress disappeared in a flurry of bats.
Rally blinked several times as she looked at the set of key's Morrigan pressed into her hand before she vanished. The corvette logo emblazoned across a thin strip of metal attached to the ring of keys shined in the light. A giddy smile crossed her lips then briefly vanished as she looked at the shimmering beauty sitting under the street light in front of her home.
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