6 Months Later And The Rest...

[ngm_miscellaneous]

And in a million other ways, life went on...

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[ze_leaper]

Adrienne returned to the apartment she shared with Millicent. The past six months had been good for them, filled with meaningful and well-paying work, and a few jobs that had been... less pleasant, but still paid a lot of cash.

And even in a city this big, with this many super-heroes, they'd managed to avoid attracting any of them. Though they had both briefly stepped out during that mess with all the robots. One did look after one's home, after all.

"How did your meeting with the client go?" she asked.

[weapons_mistress]

Keeping an ear open to the goings-on of the superhero community was a must for the modern mercenary. Considering the recent changing of the guard, so to speak, job offers were starting to come from different sources.

"Cordial enough," Millicent replied as she did a series of push-ups. "He wants us to steal something from some rich bloke with a lot of security. Wouldn't tell me much else unless we accept the contract."

[ze_leaper]

It was true. With both SHIELD and the Avengers gone, more and more jobs of varying legalness with popping up.

She considered this. "I am not certain I like that. What was your gut feeling?"

[weapons_mistress]

Millicent paused in her push-ups, moving into a seating position.

"The man gave off a distinct mob vibe. I've heard rumors of a new syndicate making waves. I think it has something to do with that."

[ze_leaper]

Adrienne frowned. "Crime syndicates... tricky. Especially the ones who use confusing acronymns."

She paced back and forth a little. "Though they do pay rather well, usually. And the more mundane ones typically do not put up a fuss about paying."

[weapons_mistress]

"I suppose we could do a little bit of digging. See if any names keep coming up," Millicent thought.

[ze_leaper]

"A little dark web checking would not be amiss," Adrienne agreed. "Still, what is bad for the so-called "do-gooders" has been quite good for us."

[weapons_mistress]

"It never seems to last. That's why we need to take advantage of things as much as we can before things get "stable" again."

[ze_leaper]

"It seems a bit unfair," Adrienne said, "but I suppose that is the hand we are dealt."

She shrugged. "Still, I would have liked to match skills with some super-person eventually."

[weapons_mistress]

"You know it's that same desire that pretty much destroyed our fathers' ability to get real work," Millicent stated.

[ze_leaper]

Adrienne laughed. "Oh, put I could have such fun with some would-be Captain," she said. "I could fight him, or try to seduce him, or perhaps both?"

She held up a hand in anticipation of Millicent's glare. "I am joking, of course."

[weapons_mistress]

Millicent raised an eyebrow.

"I know you well enough to know when you're only half-kidding."

[ze_leaper]

Adrienne laughed again. "Guilty as charged, I suppose."

[weapons_mistress]

"Well it's not as if you've ever caused us any longterm harm," she conceded.

[ze_leaper]

"I am a professional, after all."

[weapons_mistress]

"Plus, I will admit those spandex uniforms are very..flattering."

[ze_leaper]

"Oh, they most definitely are..."

[weapons_mistress]

"Anyway," Millicent says, trying to get off that train of thought. "Anything on your end?"

[ze_leaper]

She frowned. "The potential client turned out to be HYDRA. Good money, but I will not work for Nazis."

[weapons_mistress]

"Frankly at this point I'm not sure HYDRA can still claim to be a Nazi group, but I understand your point."

[ze_leaper]

"Founded by a Nazi, Nazis they remain."

The French had long memories.

"The second meeting of the day was more promising, though. An AIM splinter group."

[weapons_mistress]

"I'm assuming it's not those fanatics from RAID?"

[ze_leaper]

"Definitely not," she confirmed. "Mechanically Advanced Dynamic Engineering."

Adrienne shrugged. "They want us to steal an experimental power cell that is being developed by a scientist at Empire State University."

[weapons_mistress]

Millicent just stood there quietly for a moment before responding.

"MADE?"

[ze_leaper]

"A stupid name, yes," she agreed. "But a stupid name offering a substantial paycheck."