The pillar to Heaven built in Hell

oh ok then she hands the ticket to the man Mr. cyborg said to give you this for his emp thingy whatever that is.

The lanky man that ran the shop proceeded behind the counter muttering obscenities to himself. He pulls what looks to be a scanner, similar to ones one might find in a grocery store for price checks. He waved the two girls over to the counter shortly before going into a back room. He makes a bunch of noise sounding like he was going through a pile of metal and glass. He emerged a few moments later holding a device the size of a football. On the device was a scratched out serial number and the vague letters "EM-Mk3".

"Your that Blacksmith's friend huh? Sheesh I'll be glad to get this out of here. The last thing I need is for feds to find me holding military weaponry. Ticket please miss."

He gives Jeannie a rather perverse look and vile grin sizing her up.

Cebra still wounded makes his way back to the motorcycle he was driving, making sure he had the layout plans of the facility with him. He strains a bit getting back on the bike but already feeling a bit better, likely the mild sedative the nanobots created to keep Cebra functioning and focused. He revved the bike and sped off towards the safe house still obsessively thinking about what the assassin had called him. "Monster" Cebra had done a number of awful things in his life, he had blood drenched hands. But there was something bothering him, something about that voice that just pierced the deep reaches of his conscience and memory but could not yet pull out.

Cebra pulled up into the garage parking the bike and heading up the elevator, the wound on his face almost completely healed. The chest wound however was taking longer and made Cebra cringe every couple of seconds slightly. The elevator stopped on the ground level letting in a middle aged Indian woman, her hair was shoulder length and jet black. She wore a suit that looked of high quality fabric with a long skirt. When she stepped in Cebra straightened up and tried hard to ignore the pain in his chest. She smiles at him as she enters, not a feigned smile between acquaintances but an honest gentle warm smile.

"Cebra how have you been? I have not seen you around lately. More 'late night parties'?"

She says with a somewhat cheeky smile.

Cebra smirks at the question, making sure to hide his face from her. Fortunately she was on the wrong side to see his wound.

"You interested Alima? Cmon you and I could have some fun, have a few drinks and see where the night takes us."

Alima laughs out loud.

"Yes I bet it leads all the way back to your place no?"

"Hmhm well you know me, always three steps ahead."

"before you fall back five, good try lover boy."

Cebra let's out a sigh of defeat.

"You're some kinda woman Alima, one day I'll be too charming to resist."

The door opens as Alima steps off looking over her shoulder giving a rather suggestive seductive look.

"Until then big boy."

Cebra watches her walk away mouthing but not saying.

"damn she can work me."

Cebra reaches his door and unlocks it with his special key. He puts the device with the data next to his computer before grabbing a beer and sitting down on the couch. His head tilts back as he attempts to relax

blacksmith? well, he does build things, yes where are friends owww shiny Jeannie looks at the device amused
she gives him the ticket. so is there anything we should know, like to keep from blowing ourselves with it? or is it pretty safe to move? huh wonder what he wants a shiny football for EM-Mk3 wonder what that means

Jeannie looks at it curiously wondering what it was exactly

A military weapon? This statement made her forget to say anything about the way this guy was ogling Jeannie. This kept getting better and better. She had believed the device was just something that would shut-down the Orion security system, nothing special. But if it was military equipment, it would certainly do more than just that. She would have to ask Cebra what this device was capable of and how he was planning on using it. If the device posed a threat to other people, she’d take Jeannie and the device with her and hand the last one over to the police. If she didn’t destroy it first.

She turned her wrist and looked at her watch. It was one in the afternoon. There was still time for her to get to her own appointment, but they wouldn’t have to linger her much longer. Not if they wanted to take the device to Cebra’s hideout first. A preferable action given they didn’t have a clue what the device was capable of.

“If that’s all, we’d better leave,” she told to no one in particular.

"It's not an explosive sugar it's an electro-magnetic wave pulse. This thing will take out anything electronic withing two hundred yards... Well for at least a few hours. Dont know why someone would want this but aint my job to ask questions."

The shop keep ushered the two ladies out as he peered around to see if anyone was watching. Clearly deep in the grips of paranoia.

oh yeah daddy does experiment with magnet thingys so will be safe sammie, huh but mister cyborg is part robot, huh maybe that's the help he need he can't use it without turning himself off. jeannie grabs the device yay mission accomplished, thanks for your help Mr. funny man huh Jeannie wondered why the guy seemed so strange maybe he needs a vacation.

well time to fly back and delever the goody!

So not an explosive. It still could cause a lot of collateral damage if it went off at the wrong place. She didn’t know exactly where this Orion base Cebra wanted to infiltrate was located, but she doubted it would be somewhere out in the wild where this device could be safely deployed without causing interference elsewhere. All the more reason she should speak with Cebra as soon as possible in order to find out where and how he was planning on using the device. If it was within city limits, innocent people might get hurt. That had to be prevented at all costs.

“You think so?” Sam asked Jeannie. Cebra didn’t strike her as the kind of person who would deliberately leave himself vulnerable, regardless of the return it would earn him. “We’ll know soon enough, I guess.”

When they walked back to the alley the had first landed in, Sam couldn’t help but watching over her back every now and then. Given her own senses in combination with Jeannie’s and her experience it was unlikely someone would be able to sneak up on them. Sam blinked for a moment. What was she thinking, apart from Cebra no one even knew they were out here! Let alone they were about to suddenly attack them. Some of the guy’s paranoia must have robbed off on her in the brief time she had spent inside. She shook it off and kept going until she was back into the alley.

“Ready for that flight back?” she asked Jeannie.

Cebra sat at his computer staring at the screen, the data from his device uploading. He wondered if it might be prudent to do a little research on Sam, he knew next to nothing about her. Besides the fact she seemed very law abiding and had a protective nature over Jeannie, he knew nothing. What would happen if they had to do something she was morally opposed to? Cebra usually had to get his hands dirty and that sometimes meant blood would be spilled. Sometimes playing fair was the thing that let evil people win, Cebra didn't love doing what he had to but someone has to do it. Someone has to be the cold sword of the just, life wasn't so black and white for him.

The upload finished as Cebra drifted to a search engine, his fingers hesitating over the keyboard. "Was this really necessary?" He thought. It wasn't as though she'd really gotten in his way or anything, frankly she'd proven quite helpful. A bit of shame came over him for his deep paranoia, he'd really hoped they could be friends or at least allies in this venture. He decided for once in a long time to give the benefit of the doubt and just trust Sam.

yup up up and away! she hopes on Sam's back and points to the sky

Before taking of, Sam pushed her hood back so she had a clear line of sight. Once this was done, and had established Jeannie was holding tight, she took off. Steadily she climbed higher and higher in a straight line until even the big blocks of apartments looked like dwarfs.

Once she was high enough, she bended forwards and continued flying horizontally towards Cebra’s place. Not as fast as the first time, she wanted Jeannie to enjoy the experience more this time. And she was afraid if she flew too fast, Jeannie might accidentally drop the device. No matter how sturdy it looked, Sam doubted it wouldn’t survive a fall from this high and better than any other high-tech equipment.

Before long Cebra’s place came in sight, and Sam had to slower down and start her descend. While making her way to the pavement, she checked the time on a big clock attached to the front of a watch shop. The trip back had taken her much longer than expected. She still had enough time left to deliver the device without having to rush, but not as much as she had expected. Interrogating Cebra about his plans for the devise would have to wait until she had met with his contact.

“End of the ride. We hoped you have enjoyed your flight with Sam Airways and hope to welcome you again soon,” Sam joked when her feet touched the ground. She had landed in the same alley she had used to earlier to take off. “Let’s go deliver the good news. I bet Cebra’s eager to her from us.”

Sam accompanied Jeannie back to the hideout. She reminded Cebra’s warning to open the front door with the key, which she did. Even if he hadn’t told her, she still would have used the key. Most people didn’t appreciate it if someone just flew in through an open window. And especially not if they smashed the front door to get in.

“Hi, we’re back,” Sam said when she pushed the door open. She didn’t know if Cebra was back or not, but didn’t want to startle him by entering without making a sound. He might believe them to be someone else if they did.

jeannie flowed sam in mr. cyborg come out where ever you are, we got your shiny football

Cebra stood outside on the balcony when Sam and Jeannie returned, he set down his drink and went back inside. Upon seeing Jeannie with the EM device he takes a few steps back.

"Eh hello Sam, Jeannie. Say do you mind doing me a favour and putting that thing in my armory? It's... not good if I have it out like that. There should be a storage container in there, looks like metal safe. After we can talk about the next step."

During the whole spiel Cebra forgot the wound on his chest hadnt finished healing and turns away to hide it.

"If you like you can order out, there are a bunch of menus on the table."

yay snack time! she toss the device to sam and goes to look a the menus