Spider Quinn 20 The Imitation Tempest Part 6

Dafoanairi saw Tania running up. “What’s wrong?” she asked as she held her staff in a ready manner.

“I was in the park, and then there was someone following me,” Tania explained.

“There is someone nearby. It could be one of those agents,” the Enigma said.

“Agents?” Tania asked.

“Oscorp, intimidating the hero vigilantes by having them followed,” Dafoanairi answered.

“As if people in Lawndale aren’t on edge enough!” Tania responded. “What’s your plan?”

“We were doing our usual late-night patrolling and rescuing,” Dafoanairi snarked. “But if you want to go home, we can take you there.”


Tania thought for a moment. ‘It’s probably a good idea to go home.’ But she did also enjoy the occasional night with the two heroes as they did what they did. ‘And they seem mismatched, but they work.’

“Tania?” Dafoanairi asked.

“Not yet,” Tania said.

“We were headed to the Giant Strawberry,” the Enigma said.

“It is a good lookout spot,” Tania said. “But on a cloudy night like this?”

“Things can still be seen,” Dafoanairi said.


At the Strawberry, the town still seemed quiet, but the Enigma was able to spot some agents as they jumped from rooftop to rooftop downtown. “That’s about four or five so far,” she said after fifteen minutes.

“Four or five too many,” Dafoanairi murmured.

“It’s not like you can fight them all,” Tania said.

“A war between the heroes and Oscorp wouldn’t be good for Lawndale,” the Enigma said. She thought about her encounter with the agent an hour before, and the damage she did to the that house. ‘More buildings damaged, but at least it got off a lot better than the Lawndale Center.’

“That’s an understatement,” Dafoanairi said.

“So, what will you do about it?” Tania asked.

“Not sure yet,” Dafoanairi admitted. “But we can’t just lie low. That won’t be good for Lawndale either, and it would be like admitting defeat.”

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