Continued from here part 2
Sacramento, Mexifornia
Tiffany was worried but Curtis looked almost awestruck at General Balain, "That armor looks awesome."
Balain nodded, "I know, right."
Tiffany and Marcum looked at them with a mix of confusion and embarrassment. Tiffany swatted Curtis on the back of the head, "Pay attention!"
Curtis turned, "Mom told you to quit doing that."
Marcum waved the men forward to arrest them as Tiffany looked stunned at her brother continued, "Its rude."
As a soldier moved in Curtis grabbed him by the arm and yanked forward while driving an elbow into his face plate and bending it in. He then spun around and swept the legs out from under the second sending him crashing to the ground.
Marcum looked on stunned as Curtis put down all twelve of his men with ease. he moved to stop him personally but was blindsided by a shot from Tiffany's gun. She launched an explosive at him that sent him flying into a store front.
Balain moved in and grabbed him in a full nelson, "Quick question, are the flames on the sides too much?"
Curtis shook his head as he struggled a bit, "Nah, they're badass."
He then flipped up and pulled himself free before driving his foot into her chest. An energy shield prevented him from damaging her suit. Curtis grinned, "That's cool."
Tiffany yelled, "Be impressed later."
He sighed, "Okay."
His fingers then lit up with energy and he hit five points on her armor and Balain noticed she could no longer move. She chuckled, "You're good."
Tiffany looked on them like they were insane, "What the Stark is wrong with you people?!"
She then blasted a hole in the ground and jumped down, Curtis gave a wave and followed.
***
Marcum came back as Balain yelled out, "Can you hit the restart under the panel on my gauntlet?"
He flipped open the panel and rolled his eyes at the button marked,'Ctrl-Alt-Del.' "Are you nine?"
She ignored him, "They went down the sewer, give them the full spider sweep in case they have friends."
Marcum hit his comm and gave the order as Balian tapped him on the shoulder, "You like my armor right."
He sighed, "Can we just do our jobs here?"
She opened her other gauntlet and raised a screen with a map of the sewer system and a red dot, "He's headed east."
"You bugged him?"
She gave a nod.
***
Tiffany and Curtis tromped through the sewer. Tiffany was frustrated, "Why do you need a rat?"
He pulled the small tracking device off his shoulder and planted it on the small rodent in his hand, "Just having a bit of fun."
He then put it down, "Give'em hell little buddy."
They then ran in the other direction.
***
Several hours later a filthy soldier yelled into his comm, "There's no starking way the tracker is right."
Marcum gave an annoyed reply, "Just follow it."
The soldier looked into the 3 inch wide pipe, "Will do as soon as my Pym particles get here."
Marcum put his head in his hands as Balain looked on him, "He put the bug on a rat, didn't he?"
"Would you mind if I put in for a transfer to Chicago?"
She gave a wary look, "Chicago is a crater."
"Oh, I know."
***
Tiffany knocked on a small door in an out of the way section of the sewer and the door swung open to reveal a man with a web tattoo on his hand, "You the Cage kids?"
Curtis nodded as he put out his hand, the Spider shook it, "Dennis O'Neil, most folks call me Fiddler Back."
"Why?"
O'Neil gave him a wary look, "Why not? Anywho, come on in and we'll figure out how to get you out of town."
(To be continued)
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