Maria Helena Grayson (crossbow_bat) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-08-22 00:06:00

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Dance. Dance. Dance. Just dance.
Maria hadn't planned on keeping her dancing job at The Diamond Room but it had proved to pay well in more than just one way. Sure the cash was great, but the information she was getting out of Tony "The Nose" Bucco and the Gambino crime family was worth more than the cash. The Huntress used the information to take as many of those bastards and their associates off the streets as possible. There was also the cash and jewels she stole from them as well. That money helped pay for her equipment and the rest was donated to the various charities around Gotham.

She heard Candy Star introduced and she headed for the stage.

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	first_son 2011-09-03 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Ok, maybe a little. I fear if you and Alina ever conspire though. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-03 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Maria grinned. "Maybe we will. Just to keep you on your toes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-03 01:19 am UTC (link)
	He laughs. "I shouldn't have said anything." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-03 01:25 am UTC (link)
	"Too late now," Maria smirked. "Alina and I will have a nice long chat about you and what to do with you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-03 01:32 am UTC (link)
	He sighs, then goes up to the counter and borrows a pen, and writes down a number. "Since I'm doomed either way, I'll save you the detective work. Besides, better she hear you're a friend of mine, since she still keeps a secret identity." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-03 01:42 am UTC (link)
	Maria grinned like a Cheshire cat and snatched the paper out of his hand. "Thank you very much." Oh this was going to be fun. "Speak of secret identities, how did you like my new one?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-03 01:51 am UTC (link)
	He blushes. Hard. "I... am not at all sure what to say." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-03 02:07 am UTC (link)
	Maria smiled. He was cute when he blushed. Too bad he wasn't a few years older. "I actually enjoyed dancing. I may stick with it as a second source of income. Do you think I should?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-03 02:13 am UTC (link)
	The blush isn't fading much. She's still both older, more experienced... and, well, faster than he'd be comfortable being in a relationship with, but she's fun. And exhasperating. But fun. And fun has not been much of his life. "If you enjoy it... sure. You're good at it." Very good. Damnit, blushing more. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-03 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you," she said grinning. "I promise I'll try to give you more of a head's up next time. But I think I will keep dancing. The money's good and it gives me an in into Gotham's underworld." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-03 02:22 am UTC (link)
	He sighs. "Yeah, it probably would. And... we do work well together. So... if you want to work together more..." He reminds himself, the strip club is for a good cause. The strip club is for a good cause. And he has a feeling a lot of people would be giving him a hard time for that line of thought. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-03 02:24 am UTC (link)
	"I would like that," she said. "And don't forget about our Thursday nights. I'm not letting you out of those." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-03 02:31 am UTC (link)
	"You can let me know when to be there. And I won't forget. You can decide what we're doing this Thursday." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-03 02:34 am UTC (link)
	"I will. Thanks again for helping me out tonight. I really appreciate it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-03 02:35 am UTC (link)
	"Not a problem, that was a lot of people taken off the streets." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-03 02:48 am UTC (link)
	"It was, but with the right lawyers they'll be back on the streets in no time. Such is the way of life." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-03 02:50 am UTC (link)
	"That's what happens when people won't testify. I can probably get at least some of them put away a little longer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-04 01:38 am UTC (link)
	"I know. Which means we just have to put them right back there after they get up." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-04 01:59 am UTC (link)
	"This time you have a witness, who has an open public persona, can appear in court, has a family who has enough standing to address the UN, doesn't need to hide. I saw and heard enough. Some of the bodyguards, I can't guarantee. But I think I can get some of the actual bosses put away more seriously than you think. Another benefit of working with me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-04 02:15 am UTC (link)
	Maria smiled. "Are there more benefits?" she teased. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-04 02:29 am UTC (link)
	"Aside from catching bullets, blushing easily and being able to testify in open court, nope. I make your normally exciting life much more boring." he teases back. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2011-09-04 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Well damn," she said with a laugh. "My life could use a little more boring." She finished off the last of her burger and sat back in the chair. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2011-09-04 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	He finishes not long after she does. "Now that's something I never thought I'd hear." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)