A Night Out (open)

[Spoiler]

The Spoiler sat near an decorative stone gargoyle on the ledge of one of Gothams tall buildings. She wasn't sure why she had decided to come out here without any backup, and she was now beginning to feel quite nervous about her choice.

"Crap", she muttered as she watched even more men gather below. They were drug dealers, and Stephanie was determined to stop this shipment.

Things in the drug world had gotten bad since the war. It was easier for the dealers to slip through the cracks, and people were turning to drugs more and more often.

Stephanie had been patrolling Gotham religiously since the war started and half the heroes went off to offer their support.

"Crap ", she repeated as even more men had gathered. This was bigger than she had thought.

But she hadn't seen Robin in a while, and she couldn't bring herself to call Batman.

"Here goes nothing", she sighed as she pulled her eggplant colored hood on.

[The Juggernaut, Bitch]

Walking down the streets at night in Gotham was never a good idea. Muggers, thugs, or just plain psycho killers could jump out from any darkened corner. For Cain Marko, this wasn't a problem.

He wore probably the biggest overcoat you can buy off the rack. His helmed head catching the glint off of a streetlight ever so often. So far he had been relatively ignored by the local populace. People seemed to be to busy piecing back there lives from the war.

He rounded one corner and came upon several men loading packages into a large van. There was a brief pause as both parties looked at each other.

"You rounded the wrong corner pal." Said one of the goons. "Now ya gotta pay."

Cain held up his dinner plate sized hands. "Easy fellas, I didn't see anything. I'll just be on my way."

Another goon spoke up. "Oh you'll be on your way alright." They started to form a crude semicircle around Cain.

[Spoiler]

Spoiler palmed herself in a face when a seeming civilian walked into the middle of the circle of thugs. Civilians always complicated things, though this one was a hulking figure.

She took a deep breath and made a quick call over her communicator. "Batgirl...Robin..", she peered down again. "I'm at some drug run near Crime Alley"

"Time to give these goons a taste of the Steph" , she whispered to herself as she leaped down from her perch and catapulted into the middle of the ring of punks.

"A party" , she hissed as she roundhouse kicked one of the larger men down. "And me without my party dress" , she laughed as she sent a powerful roundhouse right to one of the other men. She was famous for that hook.

[Angel]

Angel wandered down a shorcut through a rather dangerous place of Gotham. If you ever asked her opinion, she'd say the entire city was dangerous, but that was one of the main reasons she lived there. She heard a rucus and looked up to see a hooded figure fighting off a bunch of thugs who were just surounding a....very hulking citizen. A loud sigh escaped her. And here she thought she would just go home, strip, and get to bed.
After a run in with Scott, she changed her mind and decided to blow off a little steam.
She cracked her knuckles and charged. If she were the Angel everyone thought was alive two and a half years back, she would have said soething funny then attacked. But not now. She just attacked.
A powerful and unexpected upper cut caught on of the thugs and hurled him into another. Brushin her thick red hair from her face, she took a fighting stance as more came.

[The Juggernaut, Bitch]

The thugs coming after Cain had really not surprised him. The two apparent vigilantes that jumped down to kick their asses, did however. The duo were doing a fine job beating the snot out of the men and Cain felt it best if he just held back. There was no need for his particular brand of destruction.

After roughly 5 minutes of what few would call combat, the two had all the goons either unconscious or moaning in pain. Cain took this moment to introduce himself.

"Ummm, excuse me. I know I've been out of the loop for a while but I don't recognize either of you."
He paused and held out a hand, "I'm Marko, Cain Marko."

[Angel]

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Angel finished tying on of the thugs' arms behind his back along with about four more. She turned to the man who spoke. Fixing the overcoat colar that was crooked from fighting, she turned her back on the two.
"I don't take introductions well."
She stated simply. She didn't even want to tell him her name as Angel. Last thing she needed was him blabbing off to someone about how he met some red head who called herself angel and one of her old 'coleagues' saying,
"Oh my god, I thought she was dead!"
And then tracking her down.

[Spoiler]

Stephanie busied herself with questioning the drug runners while the other two seemed to make idle chat. Steph was usually a fan of that, helped liven up the nights. She rolled her eyes at the dramatic way the redhead turned her back and made some comment about introductions.

It wasn't until a long time later, after Steph had gotten all the information she needed that she payed any attention to the two.

""Spoiler" , she said as she extended her arm. She gave a tiny smirk and put her hands on her hips. "You know, the vigilante vixen?" , she said with a tiny giggle. She always thought her relative obscurity in the superhero world was quite funny.

[The Juggernaut, Bitch]

"Nice to meet you both." Cain looked at the one called Spolier. "Can't say I've heard of ya little lady but you handled yourself well." He paused and adjusted his overcoat. "You girls wouldn't happen to know of a good place to stay for the night. I'm heading out in the morning for New York."

[Angel]

If Angel had still been one to let her sarcastic anger burst out when she read an insult, of what seemed insultin anyways, from someones mind, she might have said something to 'The Spoiler's' thoughts of her being dramatic. She merely just walked away towards the general direction of her home. Just remembering where she had parked her car before going after Pastoni, she turned on a heel and headed down an ally. As she walked down, something that had to happed to all girls who walked down dark allys happed. Angel rolled her eyes before the man had even stepped from the shadows armed with a butterfly knife. "Aren't ya a perdy thing?"
He smirked, his grammar horrible. Angel just ignored him and kept walking. The man got annoyed at being ignore and came after her, grabbing her around the shoulders and puting the knife to her neck.
"You shouldn't play with knives"
Came her calm response. She grabbed the man by the wrist and flung him over her shoulders like a sack of flowers. He was stunned but advanced again. This time she side stepped his attack and pushed his own force against him. He flew out of the ally way and slammed into a nearby dumpster. His knife followed, pinning his collar to the large container.

[Spoiler]

"Really? Think so? I used to be Robin!" she boasted. She left out the part where Batman fired her. Spoiler shrugged as she looked around. There were plenty of hotels in Gotham.

"What's her problem?" . she asked as she jerked her thumb in the direction of the red headed woman who huffed away.

"There's some hotels a couple of blocks away. You don't want to stay in this neighborhood though, that's for sure"

[The Juggernaut, Bitch]

"Robin eh? Not a bad boast. Well I can see why ol' Bats would choose you." He turned in the direction the other girl had headed. "She seems more like his kind of girl, hehe."

"So about those hotels. I'm kinda looking to keep a low profile." He gestured a the large coat. "I heard that Batman of all people was against the war and I'd rather not draw his or any of his cohorts attention."

[Spoiler]

Spoiler couldn't help but laugh a little. Sure, Batman used to be a mentor or hers...but that didn't really work out. Sometimes she really hated that man. He was just so...grim. But this new guy seemed pretty friendly. Seemed.

"I think you would be okay in one of those hotel room" , she paused for a few seconds and tilted her head upwards. "I'm not a cohort" , she assured. She tapped her masked chin as she stared as the direction of the hotels. "You were in the war?" , she questioned.

[The Juggernaut, Bitch]

"Yep, 2nd Battalion. Ran with some pretty heavy hitters. Colossus, Thing, Hulk. Though Banner was really whiny when he wasn't transformed." Cain smiled and motioned for her to follow him. "I may need an escort to that hotel. Wanna come with?"

"You know, it may never be said but allot of us appreciate what you folks did by staying and watching the home front."

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Stephanie slid away from the scene as the cops swooped in to escort the gang to their lovely new jail cells. She smiled a little, behind her dark mask. It was fun meeting new people and not being expected to really show yourself.

She listened as the man talked about who else he had been in the battles with. She didn't much keep up with the superhero community, so she had only heard of Hulk. She didn't even know who Banner was, but she smiled and nodded anyway.

"Sure, I'll go with you" , she answered quickly, still a little on edge about this guy. She hopped behind him and followed suit. "I couldn't be in a war..." , she whispered as she stared down at her black boots that reflected blue shine. "For a few reasons. A) I have no super powers. B) I only just turned eighteen. C) Not sure if I'm up to killing... and D) I'd get my head blown off in seconds" , she ended with a splash into a shallow puddle. "But thanks anyway, and I'm a big supported of what you all did too.