#Dark Claw is not unreasonable and would rather have allies then enemies

[kurtty-drabbles]

Ocean au (part 14)

N/A: Here we go. The Ruby part is almost over.

@djinmer4 @dannybagpipesarecalling @bamfoftheundead

Walking on New Gotham in the daylight, and being a pretty woman as MJ knows she truly is, can be dangerous as a super-hero may fall for you or a super-villain will kidnap or you can be mutated into a new type of monster, but, MJ is testing her luck by going to the most popular points of New Gotham.

Her red hair is free being slowly touched by the soft winds of such madcap city and she´s on the cellphone as she´s getting closer of a nice cafe shop that has little to no accident of villains or mutations. Of course, due to the nature of her work, and people do take notice of what a pretty woman as MJ speaks on the cellphone, she has to use some code words.

"Sweetie, which outfit you´ll wear for the party?" MJ asked with a sweet smile and being nothing more than a woman talking with a friend about a cool party they will go later.

Peni, on the other line, is typing violently on the notebook to the point MJ,  and the Korean girl replies. "Wakanda has a tough firewall, but, I manage to plant a bug and I can control a bit the geo-gun, but, MJ....the gun is too unstable at the moment...if it went insane..."

MJ flashes a nice smiling and continues to her brilliant charade. "Don´t go too overboard, sweetie is just a party and nothing else!"

"Look, the geo-gun is unstable as it is...I may try to make sure it won´t kill the entire city, but, MJ this is a dangerous weapon" and she stops typing "but I thought in something, if something went wrong, you think Killmonger will really help us?" there´s sarcasm in her tone and MJ can see how the Korean girl knows the answer already.

"No, of course not, silly, that´s not his style" MJ is not breaking the character even with the possibility of being on her own and having to face Wakanda on her own.

"So...I would prefer to not use the weapon...but I have a different idea, how about we lead to someone the truth about the ruby?"

"That seems a sensible idea. Who will take you?"

"Kurt Ryder comes to mind but MJ, I think I have a better candidate" and as the conversation ends MJ is already on the cafe shop facing a chair being used by one Peter Ross.

Reporters love stories like this and MJ is an excellent actress.

"Hi, excuse me, are you Peter Ross?"

"Yes, I´m"

_________________________________________________________________________________________ Kitty Pryde is stepping out of the elevator with a big bag, one full of food and other goodies, when she spot Kurt Ryder ending a conversation on his phone and Kitty narrow her eyes slightly. Peering into his form for one minute, one minute exactly, as she goes to her house and leave the bag there and goes talk with Kurt Ryder.

Is he really Nightcreepr? Yes, but what does this mean to Columbina and Kitty?

"Ryder!" she speaks as the man was no longer speaking on the phone and is looking at her in that cocky style of his. She´s looking at his hair, to be exact, is just like Nightcreeper.

She moves her hand, once asking if she could touch Ryder´s hair and to his own surprise he agrees, and Kitty is messing with his natural curls and as she let a hair lock fall to the side, she can see he´s Nightcreeper.

"I´m a fan of colleague's movies, I´m a big fan and I noticed that among all those treasures of bad plot and acting...you were there in the movie 3 wishes for one night" her hand is patting his shoulder for a moment. "Why you didn´t go full actor? You had potential!"

And that break his cocky attitude, not really but it reduces so that´s something, as the man pouts and asks one thing of total importance. "You never saw my TV show but you know I was in that trash movie?" and there´s a disappointment in his tone and Kitty merely shrugs.

Now, is Kurt´s tone to narrow his eyes at her as he makes another question. "Gambit is a professional poker player. He told me you´re not....so, what you truly work with, Kitty Pryde?" and crosses his arms trying to look intimidating but it is such a backlash to Kitty because it gives more proves that he is Nightcreeper.

How...How did he turn into that green wacko?

"I know how to play poker. I tend to play more poker than do my usual job" not a lie, per se, but she can´t give all the details to Mr noisy reporter. "I´m a sexologist and I attend people in my home...my home is my office, and trust me, I´d not have money to keep two places" again, not a lie and is almost comical how a thief is being honest to a Mr noisy reporter like him.

Kurt Ryder blinks at her for a moment. "Aren´t you worried about your safety?"

"I´m. Always. But...let me put this way, I have more chances of meeting a green wacko in a speedo than a lunatic breaking in my house" and again, that´s true and she beam at this as for once, Kurt Ryder has no response to such statement.

"Still...That can be dangerous" Ryder stated and Kitty has such tranquillity in her posture that confuses the reporter. "Besides, even if no one went to your house...what if someone steals from you? Columbina is walking around this city and we don´t know her plan"

Kitty blinks and chuckles as she replies. "I plan to make chilli and if you want a piece of that you´ll have to offer something really good, Mr noisy reporter"

"I´ve Bavarian Beer. We can share"

"Damn you and your beers. You got again"

Ryder makes his mission to protect this naive woman and Kitty makes her mission to keep a watchful eye on Mr noisy reporter aka Nightcreeper.

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Felicia Hardy, Oracle and Columbina are ready to complete the mission and stole the ruby and sure, they aren´t shocked to see the security in this museum, but, one thing takes Felicia´s focuses away. "Why Ororo wants this ruby?"

Columbina does not know many details of the political warfare of Wakanda and the world but she can make a hazard guess. "Wakanda wants their secrets to remain secrets and I think we shouldn´t make more questions" and soon the plan begins.

Felicia would distract the guards prompting them to take their eyes from the ruby. Oracle tackle with the security camera making it seems that the image on the screen is the same and does not show one sneaky Columbina.

And Columbina phases the lasers. She hates lasers. As she caught, she put in her bag(a special one for the crime) and put a fake one, this ruby was made by Icy Woman and her fakes are perfect. Sadly, the trio of thieves didn´t see one sneaky spy watching the scene.

"P, inact plan B"

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Ororo and T´Challa got the ruby back in record time and thanks were given to Kitty and her group as well a promise of confidentiality, which no one dares to break it, and T´Challa then announced he´s needed in Wakanda.

Sure, T´Challa would rather take a more discreet route, but, he´s the King of Wakanda, people are bound to reconize him whatever he wants or not, and as a crow of reporters and even fans gather around his presence, making the typical questions about Wakanda, his bag starts making a sound and the ruby is activated.

A geo-gun was exposed and Ororo was called to solve the problem and Wakanda now has to do RP to keep the bad press and image out of their beloved nation.

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"A geo-gun that was placed in New Gotham is owned by Wakanda and was stole by their high-security facilities with easy. If that gun did fall for the wrong hands...we all would be in great danger, one that could be bigger enough for The Amazon to contain" Peter Ross is giving the news and more details that no one was aware before.

Meanwhile, MJ is happy that her plan does not lead in death and even Columbina´s death(what MJ can do? She´s a fan of this thief) but one problem arises.

"MJ, we can´t leave New Gotham so soon"

"I know, Peni, some sacrifices should be made here" and MJ has her cellphone ring and is not surprising to see Columbina aka Kitty Pryde´s number on the screen.

"I know it was you. Was this the plan all along?" she asked and MJ chuckles.

"No, the initial plan would get you and your friends dead. I rather avoid killing and make enemies"

"I think Wakanda think differently"

"Did you rat me?"

"As much you did"

"Oh, Columbina, this is our business now. Can I do anything to make up for this?"

"You own me big. And I mean, really big for this"

"And like all Lannisters, I pay my debts, Columbina"

"I know"

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The JLX is talking about the ruby´s incident. The way Wakanda can produce such dangerous guns and others weaponry was a debate back and forth and the fact that now New Gotham has a spy of this calibre means one thing.

"We must do something...arrest her" one of them suggested, but, the heroes aren´t keen to this decision.

"Why? Because she told us what Wakanda was planing? Well, if Columbina can be a, what´s the word again, oh right, a good candidate, why not MJ and Peni Parker...no, we´re not related" Peter Ross announced as Nightcreeper would make a question like this. Peter Ross´s secret identity was undercover by the team in their last mission together and they promised to keep a secret.

"I agree" Dark Claw states shocking everyone as is extremely rare Dark Claw agrees with Spider-boy. "We don´t need to make more enemies. If this MJ and Peni Parker are merely hired to do their jobs...why we couldn´t be their clients?" and adds "of course, there´s no guarantee she would be a good employee and stab us in the back. We don´t know why Killmonger hired those two...maybe they are the best or maybe this was a last resort, either way...let´s not be too hasty"

And Dark Claw´s eyes are locked on Spider-boy. "And let´s use our minds to think over this and not be lead on by a pretty face" and this make Nightcreeper giggles and Spider-boy just rolls his eyes.