Villains Club Training Camp (5)

Boney Stalker

Garfield

"I mean the jailbreak is a simple issue. We just have to sabotage it, at the last moment. Make sure everyone gets captured!" Penny was explaining as we talked over the phone.

"Awwww, That's no fun Bad P! You have to at least TRY to break out some of the villains, otherwise the community will get upset!" Lucyfar was trying to push her way into the video-call but Claire was having none of that, instead turning her charm right up and giving her disapproving glares. "C'mon Claire bear! Don't look at me like that! At least check the list and see if there's anyone you want out! I know I have targets to break out as well!"

"We'll look at the list!" Penny sighed dramatically, "But it's a super max prison. Most of these people will be mass murders Lucy. You know I'm not cool with that!"

"I know, miss goody two shoes keeping the team from having fun!" Lucy pouted and walked away.

"Is she really Lucifer? The crown prince of evil!" an unseen voice on the other end of the line asked, in a flat monotone. Raven was still there?

"YEP! That's ME! The soul and power of Lucifer is bound in this humble vessel! Ready to unleash crowning chaos and sin upon America! Or Anywhere!" Lucy yelled back.

"As for Miss A. That's complicated." Penny demurred. The footage on the phone was a blur of scenes as Penny took the call outside, leaving the other kids in the lab. After the elevator had stopped whirring, so that all that could be heard was the distant sounds of 'kids playing sport' on the oval after school; Penny continued.

"I know Reviled has been training with Miss A at that course. It's possible you, Changeling and him could gang up on Miss A. As long as I'm not there she'll be more willing. Then I can lead the jail-break mission.

"I don't like that this will split us up!" I added, talking over the decision. "Even if you have the members now to do this;"

"I know but we can't pick and choose. Our back accounts are empty and we need these jobs! I'm happy to bring Raven and Crow along, maybe Harley Quin's kids as well. Will is too young and Alinta has her own stuff going on!"

After a moment of thinking through, all of us loaded into the car, taking our discussions on the road. Now we thought about it, we wanted to plan well away from the other villains who might be eavesdropping.

After some initial planning that would see Lucy meet up with the others on her turf, Claire's mother drove us to pick up Ray. All we needed to do was accompany him to the super secret location where he was being trained in the art of the ninja, break in. Not get killed (probably by joining the class for a couple of sessions) then convince this Marcia to either follow us home, or let us follow her home.

"For your safety Garf, you should totally be in your human-ish form when we meet the class. None of them have seen your normal form, and so long as you don't shape change they won't doubt you. You're just one of Claire's friends."

That reassurance didn't make me feel any better.

In the lull of silence as we drove, I twitched. Thinking over Claire's reaction to that man. "What did that guy do to you?"

My sentence dropped into the air like a sack of lead, but after a moment Claire responded.

"He's not the first. My power isn't actually that different to mum's, it just acts a little different."

"Cause your gay?" I interjected, getting relaxed giggles from mother and daughter.

"Possibly!" Misty asserted, "Although there were other factors."

"In our second week of being Villains, Penny, Ray and I were invited to China-town. A truce zone where villains hang out, to meet the LA Mob boss. Spider." Claire began.

"We had earlier that week stolen something from the Seven and a Half men, those same people you met upstairs."

"A bottle of Dragon's Blood, as I recall!" Misty added, filling the scene, "From a lock-box in a warehouse. You donated it so the hero Marvelous could restore her magic, and prevent the whole blood-wyrm incident!"

I nodded. I had zero idea what a blood-wyrm was, but Penny and co were notoriously on whatever side they needed to be on.

"After going through the markets, looking at stuff, talking to the scientists who ran their stalls, Lucyfar lured us into a trap!" We both looked at the woman in the front passenger seat.

"The Seven and a Half were given one chance to send their message to the kids. Two big bruisers, Sharkie's uncles. Plus Witch Hunter and Jagged Bones." Lucy explained. "I'd already met the kids and were betting on them. I did bring backup for them though."

"The fight started, Penny bouncing around with her bracelets, Ray trying to go toe-to-toe with the fish people. The kids were standing their own against seasoned villains. Then Claire turned on the charm, tried to talk Boney down."

"He picked me up by the throat." Claire said quietly, "Told me I was the prettiest thing he'd ever seen, and that he just had to own my bones. And he licked my face."

If I had hackles right now that would have been enough information for me, I felt myself turning red and had to resist the urge to change shape, fly back, run back and -

- and Claire's hand was holding mine. And I looked up, and saw sympathy. "I know Penny is worried. She knows stuff I haven't told you. Not just about this."

Lucy finished the fight description. "MY backup arrived in time, a seasoned villain named Bull who is well known for being a gentleman bruiser! He intervened before anything worse could happen." Lucy added.

"But that night after our meeting, Jagged Bones followed me home. Stood outside our house, made sure we could see him. And every now and then, I think I catch glances of him. I'm pretty sure he's stalking me." Claire finished. Squeezing my hand.

oh.

Lucifar punching the dash of the car broke the spell of that news. "I can't believe that sick freako pleaded 'altered mental state' - Following a little kid home from work and lurking outside their house is MURDER WORTHY! I swear if I see one foul step from that pervert I'll ~"

"Lucifar. That's enough." Misty interjected.

"Everyone knows it, nobody likes it. In time one of us will get that chance. For now, Ray is just down the road. Let's sort out what we're going to do about Miss A, with calm heads."

We all nodded.