Meta-troubles

One of the mechanics threw himself in front of the cube, eyes fixed on a point over Gypsy's shoulder. Gypsy shuddered to think what part of the hologram he could see.

"No one's stopping this! This is the best thing that has ever happened to us!" he said. His partner looked at him strangely. Gypsy flushed.

The faintly muffled sound of the hologram making some chimney-centric innuendo drifted into the room. Gypsy fidgeted.

"I think we can come to some arrangement," Cisco said placatingly.

The other workman was peering at Gypsy though. He tilted his head.

"Your her, aren't you?" he said.

"What?" Gypsy stammered.

"Oh my god you are!" the first workman said, peering at her more closely. "Your boobs are incredible!"

Gypsy crossed her arms, despite the fact she was clothed. A downright inappropriate sound came in from outside. Gypsy's cheeks burned even more.

"Right, that's it," Gypsy said.

She lifted a hand threateningly, full prepared to blast the cube. It was Cisco who gently took her wrist.

"Hey, hey, hey, let's not be hasty!" Cisco said.

"Seriously?" Gypsy said.

"We don't have to destroy it, just disconnect it, leave it intact, you know..."

Gypsy raised her eyebrows.

"I like the video ok!" Cisco said defensively.

Gypsy paused.

"I can make you another," she said. "So long as you don't display that one to the entire city."

"Deal," Cisco said, after only a moment of conflicted hesitated.

"No deal!" the workman said. "What about us?"

Gypsy rolled her eyes, and blasted the cube. At least she tried to. Her blast of vibrational energy hit a tightly wrapped shape in the air, like hexagons made of something clear all lying side by side.

She frowned, then spotted the first workman looking slightly strained. A meta-human. Of course, there were plenty of them in Central City, probably one with some kind of forcefield generating power. That figured.

She glowered at him. There was an odd shimmer in the air between him and her now, most likely limiting anything she could do directly. It was too tight around the cube for her to try and open a breach there too.

Gypsy growled, for a moment genuinely terrifying.

The effect was slightly ruined by a "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, let's go all the way," crooned in the background. Gypsy swallowed her humiliation, really wanting it to be over.

"You are not going to keep showing off my naked body to the city!" Gypsy said.

"How about a deal?" the second workman said.

"I never agreed to one!" the first said.

"You haven't heard it," the second said. "We can let your friend in to disconnect the device."

"Wait a second!"

"If you strip here," the second said. "So he gets what he wants, but the city doesn't."

There was a pause.

"What?" Gypsy growled.

"Oh, I like that," the first said. "Closer view would be fine. Your choice. Either we get to see you naked, or everyone including us gets to see you do whatever else you're going to do. Your pick."

Gypsy clenched her hands into fists. It was really tempting to see if she could blast through the forcefields.