Something just had to go wrong

The Ranger grunts feeling himself pushed up into the wall so that his ass is practically sitting on the bricks listening to what she's saying with a frown on his face though it doesn't show because of his hood. As she steps back he stands up a bit only to then be hit in the chest by the smushed drugs, whichever they were he doesn't know, and has to wipe them off; flinging them to the ground he looks up at her. "Thanks for that but I don't smoke..." Ranger mutters underneath his breath inaudible to those without enhanced hearing or some type of gadget that enhances ones hearing. As she starts to walk away he only shakes his head in disaprovale, "you say your not a hero and though that may be true in some cases but there is good in you; so why give away the chance to bring it out even further and show the world what you can do." He mutters unsure if she can hear him or not, it doesn't matter to him if she did or not only that she can't see the good in herself that he can. But then again he always seems to see the good in everyone even if its deep down and they themselves won't admit that they can do good.

. o O ( Number one: She let you go. Number two: She just tossed the pack of cigarettes at ya', not at your face particularly.)

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Just go re read my post, please. :] Thoroughly. If you don't understand what Paine has done to The Ranger, then you should calmly find a way to exit this topic.

“They say it takes a stranger to show one whom they really are,” The Ranger says softly to the first thing that comes from her lips before the obvious confusion and feeling of weakness washes over her. He watches her closely trying to figure out everything she is feeling just by taking note of her body language, facial expressions, and everything else practically emitting off of the pour girl from the new experience she is going through. At the next thing she says a faint smile comes to his emotionless face, though it quickly disappears as he answers her question, “why the what if? There is no what if, you are good Paine you just haven’t admitted it to yourself and have tried to keep it buried deep down because of the way you grew up and everything that you have gone through in this short existence we call life.” The Crimson Archer says pausing to take a breath before continuing, “Because you are good though you should take up the true title of ‘hero’ and show the world who you really are and not what others want you to be.” He whispers softly watching the show of her strength and near invulnerability before him knowing now with such hard skin she is a tough person to get through to but somehow by only saying a few words he did get through to her. Well, his parents did always say that he was good at getting under peoples skin and that he was always good at listening to others in need; hell his mom said he should have studied to be a psychiatrist or therapyst instead of a lawyer and one point.

The Ranger nods his head as she finally comes to realize the truth in his words and with herself. He watches her come twoards him and blinks slightly at the sudden hug not expecting it in the slightest but what happens next suprises him even more so in the fact that he never would have thought it to happen. Her nail accidently cuts through his hood and makes it fall off and onto his back, his eyes widdeing slightly as he realizes what transpired, quickly going to grab it and pull it on but the threads are to far broken and wouldn’t do him any good to put it back on. As his hood falls down the face of the famed lawyer undefeated in court, Rey Miller, is shown to her and unless she doesn’t read the knews she will now know whom he is. He chuckles slightly at her reaction and runs a hand through his dirty-blonde hair as he reajusts his voice box to his normal voice, knowing that the fake one he uses while in costume will do him no good here now. “Well…it seems that you now know my secret identity miss Paine….or I assume you do if you watch even the vaguist of news reports.” Rey says in his normal voice, the calm, comforting, singer’s voice that he was borne with.

Rey laughs slightly and shakes his head, “thank you…I’ve been told that a couple times…and you yourself are very beautiful.” He says though it may only sound as if he’s just being nice but he truly means it, for he is not one to lie being a strong christian believer, for the most part. A slow smirk comes to his face as he shakes her hand back, “I know, Black Arrow and Black Knight tend to keep watch on everyone back at Phantom Base…you yourself have been followed quite a bit.” He says hearing her yell out fuck and starts to run off makes him turn around only to see the reporter and a slight groan escapes his mouth. At speeds unfathomable to the human eye and the short distance between himself and the reporter he takes off grabs the camera and sprints back after Paine herself, knowing she isn’t as fast as he is he quickly puts his arms around her and picks her up briddle style, unconsiously though not knowing how it would look to her because of how he’s carrying her. Though no where near as strong as she, his own strength can compete with even the strongest of human olympians and with his speed they are out of there and racing down the ally in seconds, already a block away. “Sorry if you’ve never travled this fast before outside of a car, but I’m not take any chances so just tell me when you’d like to be put down.” He whispers just loud enough to hear as he keeps running, subconsiously, to his his home not even realizing that’s where he’s headed to yet.

Rey blinks as he realizes that he did still have the camera and shifts Rebecca a bit in his arms as he throws it over his shoulder knowing at these speeds unless it was one of those new ‘indistructable’ cameras it would shatter into a millon pieces. “Oh, shut up….not like anyone would believe one of the ‘elusive’ Phantoms stole a camera and then ran off with a beautiful young herone.” He says grinning slightly and keeps running a bit now realizing where he’s heading and laughs to himself, yet keeps going anyway coming up to his house through his secret entrance in the backyard. Once inside he stops and sets her down lightly before shedin g his hood and cape, which fall to the ground. Looking back at her he says,”hmm…yea so this is my house, or the basement of my hourse…as I go upstairs to change take a look around and make yourself at home.” Taking his leave he grabs his hood and cape then sprinting up the basement stairs then to the other stairs and up to the second floor and to his bed room. He closes the door, or so he thinks as it is actualy cracked open, and discards his hero costume while trying to find appropriate civillian clothes.

Rey looks around trying to find some clothes that aren’t pieces to his costume or things he would wear to court though so far failing greatly, having only found a pair of socks. He mutters to himself standing up straight and scratching his head as he looks around in front of him, and then it happens, what he was hoping wouldn’t happen at all. Paine comes in and sees him ass naked, literally, and this only makes him cringe even more as she yells out and runs out slamming the door shut behind her before running down stairs. Groaning slightly he chuckles at the scene knowing to anyone else it would have seemed funny, as he finds clean boxers, jeans, and a shirt all right on his bed where he left them this morning. After changing into them he walks down the stairs and into the kitchen where he heats up a frozen pizza and coffee, coming out to the living room he walks over to her scratching his head in embarrassment, “so how much did you see exactly, and how much did you love?” He asks in a joking tone, winking to let her know he’s kidding if she didn’t catch it in his voice, as he sits down on the arm rest next to her head sot that his legs are in front of him and his head turned to the side looking down at her. Oh, sure it’s a bit awkward and she will probably slap him but he feels like messing with her right now just to lighten the mood and try and make it less awkward by simply joking around with her.

Rey laughs grinning at what she says giving him the idea of a perfect reply“Hmm, just the backside ehh? Too bad for you then, missed out on the front” he says jokingly easily catching the pillow thrown at him. As he hears the ding on his pizza he jumps and goes over to get it taking the pizza out onto a plate, once that’s done he pours the coffee into a cup adding his honey and stirring it up. Taking his food he walks back into the living room taking a sip of the coffee he hears her question and shrugs, “hmm…just the first place that popped into my head really…well besides the Phantom hide out but I ain’t to sure Black Knight would like it too much if I brought an outsider into the hideout, even if she is a hero herself.” He says eyes quickly scanning her subconsciously as he thinks of a topic to talk about as he takes a bite out of his pizza then realizing he should offer her some food he coughs slightly. “You want something to eat or drink?” He asks trying to be a good host anyway he can , “or do you wana do something? I’m up for anything as long as we lay low here for a bit, they won’t think to look here.”