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Earning Her Stripes
Part Thirty-Six: Breaking Step
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by @Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
March
Fully aware that the car she was driving was more than a little conspicuous, and not wanting Monochrome's battlesuited buddy to land on it—and...
It does, yes.
(Also, I spell 'tyres' in the British/Australian manner. The only words I tend to spell in the US manner in these stories are ones where the pronunciation is changed by the spelling, such as aluminium/aluminum, or where something's written down, such as in PHO segments.)
Earning Her Stripes
Part Thirty-Five: First Contact
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by @Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
A No-Tell Motel on the Outskirts of Brockton Bay
March
May waited until darkness had fallen before she headed out to prowl the night. She'd...
Earning Her Stripes
Part Thirty-Four: Stealing a March
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
Thursday Morning, September 23, 2010
March
The car could have used a good clean-out but May figured it would defeat the purpose of stealing...
Lily can technically effect it ... so long as she brings along something that would normally be able to affect it.
If she empowered an industrial drill bit, and they put the good steel in a vise, they could bore a hole right through it. But an unempowered drillbit would do nothing.
But...
Earning Her Stripes
Part Thirty-Three: New Perspectives
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
Arcadia High School, the Next Day
Monochrome
Emma caught up with me as I strolled outside to enjoy the lunch break under one of the...
Earning Her Stripes
Part Thirty-Two: Taking Advantage
[A/N 1: This chapter commissioned by Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
[A/N 2: The first few paragraphs have been lifted out of another fic of mine, because why the hell not.]
Tuesday, September 21, 2010...
He does not.
He sank a ton of money into bribes and kickbacks and such, but the PRT pinged it (despite his best efforts) before it properly got started. The builder ended up in a lot of trouble, but he had enough cut-outs involved that he managed to slide out of the way before attention got to...
Coil isn't nearly as solvent in this fic as he is in canon. Every time he tries to expand his holdings, he gets shut down by the PRT.
He's got money, sure, just not a huge amount. No Bond Villain Base. No horde of mercenaries.
Lisa will get to him in time, though, once she finishes...
Earning Her Stripes
Part Thirty-One: Sealing the Deal
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
Recap: Monochrome
As the car approached the garage of the two-storey house, I crouched and then leaped onto the sloping roof. Tiny claws...
Earning Her Stripes
Part Thirty: Payoff
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
Director Emily Piggot, PRT
While Emily absolutely wanted to speak to Calvert and figure out his deal, she decided there was another stop she needed to make...
Earning Her Stripes
Part Twenty-Nine: Wake-Up Call
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
Director Emily Piggot, PRT
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"Renick, I swear to God …"
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Earning Her Stripes
Part Twenty-Eight: Stupid Prizes
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
Later That Evening
Monochrome
"Okay," Emma said. "We have a potential problem."
They were sitting in the living room of Madison's parents'...
And you know what would happen if this actually happened, and the NBPP got to found a black nation, and they started thriving, and the KKK was running everything else?
War.
The focus would go from "We don't want them living in our country!" to "Why do they have all our money?"
It would be...
Earning Her Stripes
Part Twenty-Seven: Idiot's Gambit
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
Victor
The timing could not have been much better. They'd finished their meals and drinks (coffee for him, tea for her) and had just paid when...
Earning Her Stripes
Part Twenty-Six: In the Crosshairs
[A/N: This chapter commissioned by Fizzfaldt and beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
Taylor
We met for lunch out in the courtyard, between two wings of the main building. The cafeteria had seemed very clean and orderly when I saw...