Damien al Ghul/Damien Wilson (headofthedemon) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-09-09 22:30:00

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inactive - damien wilson, inactive - lian harper

The Heist
Edge City was home to one of the few Wayne Enterprises technical depots in the American Northwest, and Damien knew that the Grand Design would need parts of the best quality for maximum output. The machine is nearly completed, but so much remained to be done. Tonight, he would kill two birds with one stone.

He would obtain the parts needed for the machine and test the loyalty of the League of Assassins' newest member. Lian Harper had made herself indispensable to him over the past week, but Damien was still wary of her. Morgaine still advocated murdering her (in her sleep was Morgaine's favorite suggestion), but Damien could not yet drop the hammer.

He hoped that Lian would prove up to tonight's task and handed her the binoculars so that she could see the their target from the top of the cliffs several miles above the facility. The pair of them, along with seven others, would rappel down the cliffside and into the valley to infiltrate the building.

"Once we have procured our items, we will exit the building and head for the chopper. It will be here on time. We will spare no civilians who stand in our way. Do you understand our mission, Lian?" Damien asks his Head of Security.

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rightontarget
2010-09-11 02:53 am UTC (link)

Lian signaled for one of the ninja to take out the security cameras.

When she was certain that the cameras were out, Lian moved forward, keeping out of sight the entire time.

A guard was circling the perimeter. Lian remained hidden, before sneaking up behind him, pricking him in the neck with a small dart.

The dart was lace with a powerful sedative. The guard would be knocked out for a good twenty four hours, but if anyone walked by, they'd think he was dead.

Lian grabbed the guard's keycard and continued to the door. She swiped the keycard, making her way inside.

There were more security cameras when she got inside. Staying out of sight, Lian quickly took them out before signaling for the others to make their way to her.

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headofthedemon
2010-09-11 02:58 am UTC (link)

Damien watches her work. Efficient. Calm. Self-assured. All desirable traits in a field leader. The other ninja follow Lian and Damien pulls up the rear, keeping an eye out for any other security measures or patrols they might have missed.

The guard laying on the ground is moved out of sight, though once he is, Damien uses a nerve strike to make sure the guard does /not/ wake up. Ever.

There shall be no trace of their presence here.

He moves closer to Lian as the other ninja get into position.

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	rightontarget 2010-09-11 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Lian peered around the corner. No one was coming. She signaled for them to move, slinking along as if she was one with the shadows themselves. There was a guard up ahead. Lian creeped up behind him. She was going to have to up her game if she wanted to make it through this alive. He was testing her. She snapped the guards neck. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

headofthedemon
2010-09-11 03:53 pm UTC (link)

Damien watched as she snapped the guard's neck and he collapsed. It was so vicious so...sudden that he couldn't help but be inspired and just a bit taken with it.

Lian was truly one of a kind.

Once the guard was dispatched, Damien began giving orders by hand signal. Two ninja were sent to disable all security alarms and other camera on the premises. Three others were sent back to deal with any other roving security outside the base. Three further were corral the remaining scientists and complete another, smaller mission during their time here.

The final two were sent to keep watch for any new arrivals to the area. Soon enough, Damien was left alone with Lian. He directs her to follow him around the hallway to the right and down another series of turns, before they come to a large steel door in Northwest Corner of the base.

Damien waits a few seconds, punches in a series of key codes, then steps back. The door opens with a hiss of released air. Ice cold air rushes from the room, and Lian can inside that it is a weapon storage unit of some kind.

Damien removes a small pellet from his belt, crouches and rolls it across the floor into the center of the room. Nothing happens for a second, and then the pellet begins to emit white smoke.

Very soon, lethal grid of red laser lines springs into being before them.

"Show me, Lian, how you would overcome this challenge." Damien commands, speaking for the first time.

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rightontarget
2010-09-12 01:04 am UTC (link)

She'd crossed a line. One that she never thought she'd cross.

She did for a reason. If she hadn't done it, then she'd end up dead. She just had to keep telling herself that it was for a purpose...that she had no other choice.

Yeah, that would mask the knot of shame in her stomach perfectly.

She'd take it out on some poor defenseless punching bag in the gym later.

Right now, she'd had other things to worry about.

Lian observed the red laser lines, calculating exactly how she was going to get around them.

She deposited her bow and arrows at Damien's feet, her knives secured to her person. She approached the the grid of laser lines, dropping flat on the ground and slowly slinking forward on her stomach, before slowly getting up, avoiding getting lasered, not even paying attention to the fact that her ass was up in the air. Her head was last to come up, as she did a handspring over another set of lasers, avoiding any part of her body coming into contact with them. She took a moment's refuge against the wall, before going back down to the ground, legs first this time, as she slid under the lasers again, before slowly slinking back up, launching into a couple more well-place handsprings, landing in front of the storage unit.

Lian took out the stolen security card, swiping it to open the storage unit. Pressing a button on the console, the lasers deactivated. Checking for any booby traps, Lian removed the weapon from it's unit, turning to face Damien.

And yes, the look on her face might indeed be a little smug.

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headofthedemon
2010-09-12 01:21 am UTC (link)

She moves like a shadow, or water, smooth as silk. Damien thinks to himself as Lian moves through the grid. He was suddenly glad that Morgaine was not on this mission. She might put forth some idea that Damien was enchanted by this dark-haired assassin.

Which would be the utter truth.

As he smiles at Lian, he enters another code into the dialpad, and Lian will watch as Damien deactivates the laser grid.

"Well played, Jade Dragonness." Damien smiles.

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	rightontarget 2010-09-12 01:29 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks," Lian said, returning the smile. "I believe this belongs to you," she said, presenting the weapon to him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	headofthedemon 2010-09-12 02:53 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you, Lian." Damien says, accepting the part from her. "We will have much to discuss after this is over. For now, we must obtain one more item before we leave. While you were in there, I summoned the chopper. ETA, ten minutes." he says. "Come, we have more item we must obtain." he says, turning to head down another hallway. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2010-09-12 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	"I am looking forward to discussing it," Lian said, picking up her bow. She nodded, following after him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	headofthedemon 2010-09-12 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	Damien leads her to another storage area, where he obtains several solar powered battery cells, and twelve high-grade circuit boards. Once they have what they need, he turns to Lian. "It is time to meet at the rendezvous point. The building should explode within four minutes." Damien says, heading for the door. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2010-09-12 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	Everyone that wasn't with them was dead. Lian pushed any thoughts she had about playing the hero to the back of her head. "Let's go then," Lian said, following after him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

headofthedemon
2010-09-12 09:49 pm UTC (link)

As the pair returns from their destination, they are met on the way by each group of ninja that Damien gave a side mission to. Each of them reported in that their objectives were achieved. All facility workers had been dispatched. Charges were set. Files obtained. Parts for the machines appropriated.

The members of the League of Assassins follow the Demon's Head to the chopper as the Wayne Enterprises facility explodes, leaving no trace of the of their presence behind, but several dead bodies.

The helicopter will take them to the airfield where the private jet is waiting for their arrival.

After a shower and a change of clothes, Damien will pour two glasses of wine, waiting for Lian to join him.

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	rightontarget 2010-09-12 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	Lian took a long shower of her own. She had a lot to mull over in her brain. Like maybe she was getting in over her head. And the second she got out of her meeting with Damien, she was definitely taking advantage of the gym. She changed, and made her way to Damien's chambers. She knocked on the door. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

headofthedemon
2010-09-13 12:13 am UTC (link)

"Enter." he calls back, having settled himself in his chambers. He knew that she may have something to say about how the mission occurred, but he would deal with those concerns. He didn't know what she would wear, but he decided to try something new tonight.

He wore plain old blue jeans and a white tee shirt. Morgaine wouldn't just guess something was up if she saw him in this; he would know. Damien only wore formal clothing or his gear, ever.

Mother would not approve.

"Excellent work tonight, Jade Dragonness. I admit that there were concerns of your readiness for the mission, but all of the members of our team approved of your leadership ability.

Their doubts are silenced." Damien tells her, standing up to offer her the glass of wine.

"To a job well-done."

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rightontarget
2010-09-13 12:26 am UTC (link)

Lian hadn't been going for formality. She wore a pair of black pants and black blouse. It wasn't super casual, but it was better than the workout pants and sports bra she'd been close to wearing. She could change after her meeting, anyway.

Lian took the glass of wine. "Thank you," she said, "I am glad that my work satisfies you."

She admitted that he looked pretty damn hot in formal wear. But seeing him...less than formal made even...hotter.

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headofthedemon
2010-09-13 12:46 am UTC (link)

"You moved with surety and direction that I have rarely seen. My sister would have been hard pressed to deny you." Damien says, taking a sip of his wine. He steps away from her to take a look at his bookshelf, selecting a book seemingly at random.

His blood was still up from the mission, and reading often brought him down from such...though Lian being in the room with him was much more heady than the wine.

"I have been watching you for the last week and there is something about you that troubles me.

Is there anything that you wear that does not look good upon you?" he asks, his eyes slowly taking in ever inch of her body.

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	rightontarget 2010-09-13 12:57 am UTC (link)
	Lian took a sip of her own wine, a grin crossing her face. Her own blood was up the mission. And being the presence of Damien wasn't helping bringing it down. "I could ask the same question to you," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

headofthedemon
2010-09-13 01:07 am UTC (link)

"You could, but you did not." Damien teases with a smile.

"There are other questions I would ask you, but those are for another time. For now, I will go with another one that I have desired an answer to.

Do you enjoy stories or poems?" he asks, setting down his glass and smoothing back his hair before opening the book. She will see that it is titled Arabian Nights.

"I would like to share with you a story I enjoy about a being called the Jade Dragonness." Damien says, gesturing to a chair.

"Will you sit with me?" he asks.

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	rightontarget 2010-09-13 01:21 am UTC (link)
	"I do," said Lian, "And I would love to hear it." She set down her glass of wine, sitting in the chair next to him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

headofthedemon
2010-09-13 01:49 am UTC (link)

Damien waits for her to be seated, taking another sip of wine in the meantime. Once Lian is seated, he will begin reading the story of the Jade Dragonness to her. It is the story of a young woman who leaves home with nothing, determined to succeed or fail by her own merits.

In time, she catches the eye of a lonely prince who befriends her, then falls in love with her. There are portions of the work that would be deemed racy by modern standards, but Damien doesn't simply read the story.

He tells it as if he lived it, once long ago.

Eventually, the story comes to an end, and he looks over to Lian.

"What do you think?" he asks.

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	rightontarget 2010-09-13 02:00 am UTC (link)
	Lian just listened, occasionally sipping on her wine idly. The way Damien read the story drew her in, and she found herself hanging on every word. She was a little disappointed when he stopped reading, to tell the truth. "It was beautiful," she said, "You read it so...vividly. I felt as if I was there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	headofthedemon 2010-09-13 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you, Lian. That is high praise, coming from you. Perhaps, some night soon, I will read you another story, but it will be one of your choosing. Perhaps I can make it as vivid as you say I made this one." Damien says to her. "Would you like more wine?" he asks (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2010-09-13 02:28 am UTC (link)
	"I am looking forward to it," she said with a smile, "And I would love some." "You know...you should dress casually more often. You pull off jeans and a t-shirt as well as you do a tailored Italian suit. Though you could be wearing a track suit, and you'd still look good." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

headofthedemon
2010-09-13 02:36 am UTC (link)

Damien pours her a bit more wine, finishes his fist glass, and fills a second for himself. He sits down next to Lian again, looking into her eyes.

"I do not know that I would pull off a track suit as well as you think, Lian. Many track suits are horrible in look." he chuckles, taking another sip.

"I would like to get you out of those clothes, Lian...and into a black dress." Damien says, after a significant pause midsentence.

"Have you ever been to Dubai?" he asks her.

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	rightontarget 2010-09-13 02:43 am UTC (link)
	"I've never been fond of them myself," Lian said, taking a sip of her wine. "Though I don't doubt your ability to pull it off." "I could change, if you really want me to," she said with a teasing grin. Lian shook her head. "I have not." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)