Quote:Her flight took her to the far side of the Arena from where the fight had been, where a double dozen Catholic school girls were in the process of getting on school buses in front of the ‘town museum.’ One of which, a red head toward the middle of the group, was wearing a mask. The Ant that had been created as ‘Mother Superior’ greeted Liz warmly. “Lady Astarte! Is everything alright? We were just getting the girls to safety as we heard a battle was raging a few blocks from here.”Whately Academy: The Secret of the Forger's List
“Nothing to worry about, Sister,” the superheroine replied as she passed and walked up to Elaine. “But then I don’t think masks are a part of your school’s uniform.”
Loophole grinned up at the Headmistress. “Why, Lady Astarte has little old me gotten under your skin? That you’d be reduced to cheating?”
Carson’s frown deepened to levels that would put the Grand Canyon to shame. “I beg your pardon?”
“Ah’m only wearing a mask because this is being recorded and the arena rules require it. Otherwise Ah am in civilian clothing and fit right in with the girls here. So, you only singled me out because of something were this ‘for real’ quote unquote Ah wouldn’t be wearing, ergo, you, ma’am, are cheating.”
The guffaws that were coming through the ear piece weren’t helping Liz concentrate. “Alright, points to be awarded to Loophole for a very clever piece of rules lawyering. Now, where is Zenith and why can’t I sense her?”
The grin on the red head’s face sent chills down Carson’s spin, though she was well schooled enough not to show it. “If you thought that was good, just wait until I lay this Amicus curiae on you. Zenith is where you can’t get at her, with not one, but two bags of money. And, by the rules put down by Gunny Bardue only one of us has to not be captured for us to win.” She presented her hands together. “So, take me in copper, Ah’ll go quietly. But we won this round twenty minutes ago.”
Carson’s eyes narrowed. “Where is she?”
“Do you admit defeat?”
It was only by force of will that Carson’s teeth didn’t grind. A large part of her wanted to make the self-confident little miss sweat out the remaining twenty minutes of the battle, but the teacher in her was far too worried about not being able to sense one of her students. She could teach that lesson later, the safety of one of ‘her kids’ far outweighed letting Loophole ‘win’ for once. “Fine, now where is Zenith?”
“She’s in mah secure locker in the workshop, wearing mah armor. Ah teleported her, mah armor and two bags of ‘loot’ back there twenty minutes ago. And before you start on me about how this is supposed to test mah powers, let me just say Ah used mah powers. Ah just outsmarted you.”
Elizabeth shook her head slowly. “Loophole, in the real world…”
“In the ‘real world’,” the red head interrupted, “Ah won’t be robbing banks.”
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