We spent a few
hours working on the Machine’s remains. At that point it was starting to get
late so Aunt Mary called my parents to say I was with her to keep them from
worrying and me out of more trouble.
In the end,
efforts proved to be useless as all of the insides were utterly destroyed. The
only piece of new information we got was the locations of its new weaponry,
something I could have gotten by reviewing the footage of the fight. Just like
how I found out the old locations by watching replays of my fights with the
Machine.
“Thanks for
the help,” I tell my aunt as I exit her lab, “Even if we didn’t get much out of
it.”
“I was a
pleasure,” replies Aunt Mary, “I’m going to start here for a bit and get some
paperwork done.”
“Okay,” I say
before remembering something, “If you head over to the base at some point, I
can show you the upgrades for the Sentinel that I’ve come up with.”
“Thanks, that
would be great,” says Aunt Mary as I close the door.
I stroll down
the corridor as I head for the lift. Narszara left about an hour ago after a
long meeting with Director Dean, Britannia and a few other people in suits. I
hope it didn’t go too poorly.
Eternal is
waiting for me at the lift.
“Can I speak
with you?” asks my girlfriend’s brother.
“Sure,” I
reply.
“It’s about my
sister,” says Eternal as the lift opens up.
He stops
talking as he checks to see if it is empty. It is and we both step in.
“Top or
bottom?” I inquire.
“Bottom,”
answers Eternal, “Why would I go to the top?”
“Some of us
can fly,” I reply as I press the bottom for the ground level.
“True,” agrees
Eternal, “But most can’t.”
I shrug. He
does have a point.
“So want to
talk about my girlfriend?” I inquire.
“Yeah,” says
Eternal, “You know about the fact she has powers too now.”
“Found out
just over a week ago,” I confirmed, “The same time I revealed I was the
Sentinel to her. Any reason you didn’t tell her that?”
“I thought it
would best if she heard it from you first,” answers Eternal, “From what she’s
told me, you’re helping her start up her superhero career.”
“That would be
correct,” I reply, “I think she would find it better starting off with
associating with the League than joining the Defenders. No offense of course.”
“None taken,”
says Eternal as the lift doors open and we enter the entrance hall to Defender
Tower, “I agree actually. But what about equipment and training?”
“I’m going to
provide her with those,” I tell him, “Alex has agreed to give her some training
and I’m sure some of the others will help out a bit. As for equipment, I’ll
take her down to the base some point later this week. I checked with the rest
of the League, they won’t mind if I show her the base.”
“That’s good,”
says Eternal, “But what about actually going out in the field? We both know how
dangerous it can get.”
“I know,” I
agree, “That’s why I’m going to make sure she gets a good amount of training
done before I let her go out in costume.”
“That is a
relief,” replies Eternal, “It was also one of our parents’ main concerns even
if they never exactly brought it up with us.”
At this point
we’re just exited the building and it’s time for me to go home. I bid Eternal
farewell before activating my rocket pack and beginning the long trip home.
Darrac can
wait until tomorrow.
***
It was Tuesday
after school when I began building the Sentinel Mk VIII armour from the almost
finished spare set I been working on. It took me until Friday evening for me to
finish it.
But I am
finally done. The magnetic gauntlets and boots were added and only a bit of
extra bulk was gained around those areas. I doubt anyone who doesn’t know the
armour as well as I do would even notice the difference.
Another
upgrade from the Mk VIII is the addition of wrist mounted grappling hooks, the
same ones from the Lightweight armour. Not the exact same ones of course, just the same design altered to work
with the main Sentinel armour.
Like with the
new boots and gauntlets, they also added some more mass to the wrists of the
armour.
Just as I put
the new armour away in the lab, I receive a call from Aunt Mary over my League
communicator.
“A favour
please,” says Aunt Mary after we exchange greetings, “I got some information
about a villain job going down in America and I’m hoping you can find some more
information about it.”
“Sure,” I
reply, a bit surprised at the requested, “Any particular reason?”
“Just for
Liberty and her team,” answers Aunt Mary, “They’re currently intercepting the
job now and I would like some more information for them when they call back.”
“Send me what
you got and I’ll see what else I can find out,” I say.
Aunt Mary
hangs up and I quickly receive the files that she sends me.
I get onto the
main computer and start looking through the information. It’s about a member of
the Consortium, Void Knight, and a robbery of an armoured truck carrying
several precious gems.
I start to
look for more data, but it’s late and I’m tired after working on the new set of
Sentinel armour.
“Janelle,” I
say as I get up from my seat, “Can you get more information and send it to my
aunt please. I’m too tired to do it myself.”
“Of course,”
answers the AI.
I yawn as I
grab my school bag, sling it over my shoulder and walk towards the exit.
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