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Chapter 5 by micdan282 micdan282

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Back in Action

Nightingale turned toward the purple smoke, fired a grapple line at the nearest fire escape, and soared into the night.

The source of the explosion was an old car under the bridge on 5th Street. A hole had burnt through the front of the car, the metal still glowing orange from the heat. Three men were shouting at each other. They wore the colors of the Jagged-Tooth gang, low-level street thugs who usually dealt in stolen car parts. Tonight, they were dealing in energy weapons.

"I told you not to touch the trigger, you moron!" one of them yelled.

The "moron" was holding a rifle that looked far too big for him. It was sleek, silver, and glowing with unstable violet light. A Supplier Pulse Rifle. Military grade.

"I barely touched it!" the man argued, sweating. "This thing is twitchy!"

Nightingale landed silently on the side of the bridge above them. Three targets. One heavy weapon. Unknown instability. She didn't hesitate. She dropped from the bridge, landing behind the gunman. The three men jumped back.

"Nightingale!" the leader shouted, reaching for a pistol tucked in his belt. Too slow. Nightingale flicked her left wrist. The grapple hook fired, the claw snapping around the leader’s pistol. She jerked her arm back, yanking the gun out of his hand and sending it skittering across the floor. In the same motion, she drew a Stun Baton with her right hand. She surged forward, slamming the electrified tip into the leader’s chest.

ZAP.

He convulsed and dropped. The man with the Pulse Rifle panicked. He swung the massive weapon toward her.

"Don't come closer!" He fired abd a bolt of purple energy tore through the air. Nightingale didn't try to block it, she slid underneath it, the heat singing the air above her head. The blast hit a tree behind her, exploding it into purple smoke. She rolled to her feet and tossed a smoke pellet at his feet.

HISSS.

Thick, grey smoke filled the small shop instantly. The gunman started coughing, swinging the rifle blindly. He heard a zip-line sound above him. Nightingale had grappled to the bridge. She hung upside down for a split second, then dropped right on top of him. She drove her knees into his shoulders, taking him to the ground hard. The Pulse Rifle clattered away.

The third man bolted for the back door. Nightingale stood up amidst the smoke. She raised her right wrist. She aimed.

Zip.

The grapple line shot out, wrapping around the runner’s ankles. Nightingale pulled back sharply. The man’s legs were yanked out from under him, and he face-planted onto the ground.

"Stay down," she commanded.

Nightingale walked over to the Supplier Pulse Rifle lying on the floor. She picked it up. It was heavy, dangerous, and worth more than this entire block. In the time since she'd taken out the Supplier everyone wanted to get some, now that they were a rare commodity. Every two bit thug thought they were an arms dealer selling whatever Supplier weapons they had. She hated to think about it but it was nearly more dangerous now than before she'd taken him down.

Sirens wailed in the distance. Nightingale made sure to wait for them to arrive so she could hand them the rifle directly. She didn't need this tech getting lost and ending up back in the wrong hands.

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