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"Relax, tiger. You did your one bad deed for the day... We'll have ourselves a little vengeance, and then I'll take you on a small tour of the place. I thought you might appreciate that. Quid Pro Quo and all. You'll get back safe and sound, I promise."Lilah's eyes were on the road when I slid my eyes back at her, the look ( Read more... )

It took longer than I'd expected to make my way to the diner to meet up with Lilah. L.A. wasn't usually a 'get up with the sun' kinda town, but I guess once people realized that we were getting a real sunrise again, they were a little more motivated. And so even though it wasn't all that hard to get outta the hotel, I still doubled back twice and ( Read more... )

Yankin' off the seriously stank t-shirt, I looked around the bathroom in my room. On the left, the laundry hamper; on the right, the wastebasket. Bundlin' up the shirt, I made a pretty decent hook shot right into the trash. Wasn't about to even try washin' the thing ( Read more... )

After a shower and leavin' my hands under the cold running water for a few minutes, I was feelin' just about like a new man. The trainin' session with Dawn had actually gone really good, and I think she learned a few things. I was even feelin' jazzed up enough to give Lilah a call-- don't know if it was lucky or not that she didn't pick up. ( Read more... )

One thing about actually having lived here in the Hyperion is that I can move around and do stuff that I've done a hundred times before and be so confident about it that no one would ever think to ask me what the hell I was doing. I could use my newfound powers for good-- like, say, raiding the liquor stash in the kitchen-- or for evil, like I was ( Read more... )

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"I didn't know that you were so anxious to get started. Well, good for you, Charles. I do have something that I'd like you to do for me."I frowned into the phone. It was about damn time that this started gettin' into gear. Hadn't been very long since we got all our new tenants that I'd signed the contract Lilah had handed ( Read more... )

With all the people-- and were those two new girls I saw in the lobby as I walked across the second floor balcony? Damn, people, I know we're down a couple of people, but maybe now wasn't the time for the Hyperion to start takin' in guests again. Fuck, that would be all we needed, more civilians in the way. Or maybe they were new Potentials, and ( Read more... )

One of the advantages to livin' in a place like the Hyperion for a couple years is that you get to learn all its little ins and outs better'n just about anybody, especially the ones that wouldn't get noticed even by big brain types like Wes. I moved as quiet as I could from the back hallways up to the third floor and into my room without the ( Read more... )

((Makin' with the cavalry))

((Sounding the retreat))

I rolled outta bed. I'd been so grateful to get back into my own damn body-- black, bald and beautiful, that I celebrated by crashin' for a good long time. I was pretty sure I heard the last couple notes of my ringtone as I was openin' my eyes. Of course, it stopped just as I reached out for it and flipped it open.

One (1) Missed CallAs if I ( Read more... )