In Two Minds

National City By Night

Quinn frowned feeling the frustration as she placed the empty glass onto the small coffee table in front of her, this case was proving to be one of her more difficult ones. 

A headache forming at the base of her skull she leaned her head back and tried to let her mind rest for a short time, in the week she had been here she had found nothing, not even a rumor she'd been given the names of all the players she had to focus on yet despite that she had come up with nothing. 

"What is a world killer anyway?" Quinn cursed under her breath despite the emptiness of her living room, the apartment they had given her for this job was tiny she felt like she knew what those killer whales felt like held in captivity in small tanks. 

"At this point, I think we should just lay back and forget all about whatever it is." If only that were possible, usually she went with that gut feeling, her intuition had never put her wrong before but this time she was questioning it. I can't be right, I just can't be. 

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"Ms. Wilson it's a pleasure to meet you." The raven-haired woman smiled brightly at her from across the desk where she had been sitting before jumping up and reaching her hand across the desk, Quinn took a moment to take in the delicate perfectly manicured hand, bright red nails dominated the paleness.

"The pleasure is all mine, Ms. Luthor, my previous employers had a lot to say about you. "

A red blush crept across the woman's face. "Usually that is never a good thing."

Quinn shook her head and smiled. "This time it is a very good thing, they have only good things to say about you." The woman had no idea how much of a compliment that was.

Her face deepened to a crimson red as she turned her attention to the file in front of her, the resume that had been made up for just this occasion.

"You are an expert in ten forms of martial arts." Lena Luthor lifted her gaze from the file and cast an impressed eye at the dark-haired woman sitting opposite her, Quinn shrugged for her this was nothing her parents had thrown her into the world of martial arts at the age of four years old, not that she hadn't enjoyed it she had and it had come in handy so many times.

"Yes, I spent six months in Cambodia studying Pradal serey."

Lena looked at her puzzled, Quinn laughed.

"Not many people know what it is, it's an unarmed martial art and combat sport, it translates roughly as free fighting, you have to knock out an opponent, force a technical knockout." Quinn looked across at the woman who seemed to be catching fish, her mouth agape, Quinn laughed.

"Basically I know how to fight without weapons."

"Your experience with weaponry is a little frightening."

"A human is only frightening with a weapon if they enjoy it, I, however, do not it is merely a necessity."

She resumed her reading, Quinn took a deep breath and leaned back against the chair almost bored, blowing air between her cheeks as she surveyed the room.

"Your credentials are outstanding Ms. Wilson, military time, protecting world leaders." Quinn grimaced at the knowledge of what the military time was, time as a Nazi officer on Earth X she shivered at the memory.

"Yes, I like to be where the action is," Quinn whispered quietly.

"Obviously."

Rising to her feet whilst smoothing down the back of her skirt, Quinn became almost transfixed on the sight, before shaking away any impure thoughts that were left to circle around in her head.

"Well Ms. Wilson I would be a fool to turn you down, you have the job."

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It had been that easy, even without her powers of persuasion she had breezed it, so why was she finding it so hard to accept what her gut was telling her.

Quinn threw the tv remote across the room in frustration and feeling agitated began to pace back and forth going over in her mind everything she knew, her long black hair a stressed mess handing around her shoulders.

"The only thing that is keeping me sane is knowing the D.E.O wouldn't be so stupid as to let Supergirl fight this creature alone." Her overseers had assured her of this.

Crash, Bang, Thud.

"What the fuck was that?" Running to the window she looked out and observed two flying objects chasing each other, the devastation left in their wake was truly astonishing.

"Oh for fu..." 

Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath Quinn prepared herself to do things the hard way. Of course how much fun would easy be anymore?

"There's been a change of plan I'm going in, this will not end well."