Standing on the sidewalk and a little out of the way, Assault held a hand to the side of his headset as he listened to Piggot on the other end of the call.
Cracking a smile, he decided to break into the conversation before it got too far, "Trap, I call trap, just saying that this bait is looking like a trappy, trap, trap."
His lovely wife that stood next to him rolled her eyes and let out a sigh of exasperation, "And how would you know it's a trap?"
"Ohh, well don't mind me as I count the facts with my toes," Assault singsong a little as he went to take off his boot.
"Assault, get to the point." Piggot ground out from the other end of the line.
"Fine, fine, is no one finding it strange that he would be here out in the day after killing Hookwolf last night? Come on, the guy's baiting the Empire to attack and isn't even shy about it." Assault continued with a snort, "And did anyone notice that little approach of his? Because I just finished watching the video, and I would put him at Mover 5 or 6, easy."
"What video?" Director Piggot questioned with a growl.
Assault snickered, "It's all over PHO already; the guy was running on the water with his dog. There was this other video of him on the highway before blurring forward connecting to his running on water after jumping off the I9-bend. People are already speculating what kind of powers he might have to not create a sonic boom when he broke the sound barrier over the bay."
"Battery, I want you and Assault to assess the situation and see if you can have him come into the PRT headquarters to collect his bounty. We can deal with him once he is on location." Director Piggot answered, "Armsmaster, my office now." Then the click told Assault that she had more or less hung up.
Assault shook his head, then put on a smile and leaned closer to his wife, and placed a kiss on her lips. She did a quick look around and noticed that no one was paying them any mind. She acted all prim and proper, but Assault knew what she liked. So with a smirk, he gave her very perky ass a pinch before they fell into a similar rhythm of travel. It didn't take much time for them to get from their current location to the other side of the boardwalk.
Their arrival was met with one of the PRT squads; from what he could understand, they had orders to spread out and provide backup. That was foolish if someone in charge had actually taken the time to ask him.
Cape's were unique individuals and this one already showed he was willing to draw blood. Not only that, he was bold about it as he was here now trying to bait the E88. Only instead of them, Piggot decided she wanted to swallow that bitter pill.
With a smile, Assault gave Battery a nudge in the side, "Puppy, do you think he's fluffy?"
"Huh, we didn't get anything about the massive dog other than what you told us about that PHO video." Battery muttered, then her eyes went wide, "Do you think that's a bio-tinker creation?"
Luckily, Battery had said that in a low voice so only he could hear the question, but instead of answering. Assault smiled and waved for those around him. With a tap of Battery's shoulder, they stopped and gave an autograph while the operator over the earpiece did their job.
Proceed with caution, get confirmation. Militia and Dauntless standing by-
He smiled and waved at everyone, "Come on Battery, let's go say hi."
The small crowd made way at his words, and Assault guided Battery towards the table with the unknown cape. He almost stopped when he realized the cape was no longer wearing his mask. Alright, guess that was how he wanted to play this.
Ethan really wished he wasn't stepping into a trap with his wife at his side. Now that she was here with him, she was also very much capable of being caught in any crossfire.
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I sat nice and relaxed with Arcanine to one side and Tsunade on the other; PRT goons filtered in amongst the crowd but they stayed well out of the way while Assault and Battery came over to the table. They, of course, played things up for the crowd, but it was the eyes that gives things away. Battery was on guard sure, but it was the cat-like grace that Assault danced around with that truly put him as a combatant.
Battery might have been a cape for years, but it was very clear Assault was the real hands-down brawler between the two in just his prowl-like walk. The crowd ate it up and some took out phones to snap pictures and record anything that just might be able to give them that 15 min of fame.
"Hey, hey, is this seat taken?" Assault asked with a smile even as he threw an arm lazily over the back of the seat. Battery gave us a tight smile.
Tsunade just waved her hands at the seat. "They are indeed free."