zoe_torres (zoe_torres) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-02-15 13:11:00

Entry tags:

inactive - angie holt, team - suicide squad, zoe torres

Escapees in the Triangle
The file she'd gotten from Angie had been committed to memory and destroyed as instructed when Zoe returned home. Once she located the three escapees from Super-Max, she kept an eye on their comings and goings, and their contacts. With the police a rare sight in the Triangle, they were soon comfortable enough to branch out and resume their previous activities.

Zoe fully recognized she couldn't go in alone with guns blazing, although it was tempting. Her efforts up to now had all been aimed at the small fish. Big fish needed more experience than she had if she wanted to make it a permanent solution. Calling in the police wasn't an option. She didn't trust the police to do more than speed through without unlocking their doors, even if Mom was pleased with the contact her new business ally had referred to her. They came in herds or they didn't come at all.

She did think about Red Robin and asking him for help, but he was so straight. He'd want to do things by the book, but the book didn't work. These guys already had their shot at rehabilitation. She'd much rather a divine retribution story made the rounds with explosions, blood and bad guy bodies.

She took pictures, kept notes, and finally delivered her own file to Angie's office.

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zoe_torres
2011-02-17 02:53 am UTC (link)

It occurred to Zoe that Angie was kind of like the stranger in the van who offered you candy in the form of new toys and invited you to jump inside.

She followed Angie down to the car, feeling very exposed in it. Zoe moved on foot everywhere, knew every shortcut and detour in a fifteen block radius.

"Higgins won't be a problem after Riviera is down. Once this gets around, it'll make others think twice."

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	yourkingismine 2011-02-17 03:01 am UTC (link)
	"Got it. Anyone else you want to deal with while we're out?" she asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

zoe_torres
2011-02-17 03:16 am UTC (link)

Warning flare number gazillion. Zoe admitted to some bloodthirst when it came to the Triangle, but she hadn't yet considered a full on shooting spree. She didn't want to end up in Super-Max herself.

"I don't want to call too much attention down here. The cops don't like it, but that don't mean the mayor won't ask for the Guard if he thinks the Triangle's having a spree day. These three are enough for now. They all got sheets and nobody's gonna worry too much if they turn up dead. The rest can be sliced off a bit at a time."

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yourkingismine
2011-02-17 03:40 am UTC (link)

"Then that's what we'll do." she says, getting in the car and unlocking the passenger side door.

Angie gets the two of them four blocks from the first target's location before parking the car in an alley and killing the engine. Exiting the car, she speaks aloud.

"Sphere One. Mask Zoe." she says. "Sphere Two, mask me. Sphere Three, recon area, one-mile circuit centered on this location." Angie says.

One of the T-Spheres follows Zoe, the second follows Angie and the third vanishes.

"Let's move."

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zoe_torres
2011-02-17 04:22 am UTC (link)

Out on the street was not the time to demand what that sphere thing was doing, but Zoe wasn't stupid. She knew what 'mask' meant and she'd get answers later. If it meant that no one would see her, she wouldn't have to leave the Triangle when this was all over.

"Riviera is holed up in a corner apartment on a floor down from the top. The apartment over his is empty."

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	yourkingismine 2011-02-17 04:32 am UTC (link)
	"You know if he's got people with him? Is the apartment above him always empty or does he use it? If it's empty, we can go in through the top, drop him and vanish before anyone knows what happened." she says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

zoe_torres
2011-02-17 05:03 am UTC (link)

Through the ceiling. Zoe wouldn't have thought of that. Through the fire escape window, sure, but Zoe was thinking now that maybe Angie had an industrial saw in her left shoe.

"He's got a couple of guys around during the day, but he sends them out when the girls arrive. The apartment over his has been empty since he's been there. The file you gave me said the building owner owes Riviera."

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yourkingismine
2011-02-17 05:35 am UTC (link)

"If he's got company, they could be witnesses. We can deal with them the easy way or the hard way. Up to you on that one." she says.

"Building owner shouldn't be a problem. I'll make her an offer she won't refuse." Angie says, looking toward the high-rise four blocks away, and the setting sun.

"Dark is coming on. It'll be easier for us to do this in the shadows than the light." she says.

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	zoe_torres 2011-02-20 01:48 am UTC (link)
	"Working girls are just that. There's no reason to hurt them when they're hurting themselves. We can get him in between or with his boys. His boys can die with him for all I care." "C'mon, we do wait on the roof and go into the apartment above his through the window." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourkingismine 2011-02-20 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"All right, Zoe. Lead the way." Angela says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

zoe_torres
2011-02-23 05:53 pm UTC (link)

The old apartment buildings in the Triangle had a disadvantage over the new ones in Star City. The locks were either broken or so close they only needed a good body nudge to force them.

She led Angie through the back door and up five flights of stairs to the roof, leaving the iffy elevator to the residents. Close to dusk, people were already inside out of the cold and oblivious by choice to what was going on outside their front doors.

From the roof, they went down the fire escape to the empty apartment over Riviera's. The tiny one bedroom space was empty of furniture and basic appliances, the floor covered in filthy carpet that began life in an avocado color. An indescribable odor floated out of the minuscule bathroom.

"If he follows his normal schedule, his boys will be arriving soon. They'll bring liquor and smokes, some food."

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	yourkingismine 2011-02-24 06:12 am UTC (link)
	"Bathroom would be the best place to go in, if we can manage it." Angie says. "I can get us an image of the next floor if you give me a minute. This one will have to be quick and messy." she says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

zoe_torres
2011-03-06 06:25 am UTC (link)

"Take two minutes if you need it." Zoe may have made a weak joke, but her face gave little away. She moved around the bare room on soft footsteps, accustomed to walking on roofs and not raising any alarms below. She peered out of each one to check the surrounding buildings, careful to keep herself in the gloom. "Once it goes down it'll be quick and messy. We can take a few to make sure it's all set."

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yourkingismine
2011-03-06 06:35 am UTC (link)

She talks to the T-Sphere, walking over to one of the windows opposite where Zoe is standing. She opens it just a bit, enough to allow the little device to slip out the window.

The T-Sphere glides down one floor, taking image scans of the inside of the apartment. Two minutes later, the little sphere floats back into the apartment, follwing Angela into the living room.

"Zoe, check this out." she says. "Playback."

Three beams of light emit from the little device and Zoe is treated to a two-minute HD playback of the events in the apartment. There are two scantily-clad women dancing around in the living room while three men watch them. A third woman stands against a wall, cornered by a man that matches the description in Zoe's file.

"There's your guy." she says.

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	zoe_torres 2011-03-06 06:54 am UTC (link)
	Zoe's mouth tightened at the image. "Yeah, that's him. They don't usually come this early but I guess he's having a party. I don't want to hurt the girls. Just him and his boys." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yourkingismine 2011-03-07 04:30 am UTC (link)
	"Sounds good. You go in through the front door, and I'll back you up from the bathroom." Angie says. "When you get down there, count to twenty, then knock on the door. That should be enough time for me to be in place." she says. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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