Track Eight We Don’t Need Your Help
Radio Wave glared at Solace’s eyes. She felt uneasy and scared in his presence. She had never felt such strong sources of evil.
Buddha leaned back in his chair.
“This place is pretty good. The food isn’t too bad. Now I know where to go eat when I’m in Atlas.”
Radio Wave stood from her chair.
“I’m sure the ideas you have are very interesting, but we have more important matters to take care of right now.”
“Whoa. Relax hon. Sol said he can help us out and I would like to know what help he can offer.”
“What we need is money? Tell me. Is that something you can provide? Are you going to give us a hand out just out of the kindness of your heart?”
“Please, Hon, just calm down.”
“I will not calm down. We have a lot of things we need to take care of and talking to some wrestler you happened to meet in a locker room isn’t one of them.”
“We at least owe him enough time to explain…”
“We don’t owe him anything. Now if you’ll excuse me I have a meeting with Inhibitor. He has real help to offer.”
Solace placed his cup down on the table.
“Inhibitor currently has no leads or any ideas right now. The battle in Perez Park has left him in such a devastated state of mind that he is unable to think straight right now. In awhile, he’s going to call you asking you to meet him in King’s Row. In his company will be his sidekick Cirga and one of his officers. A girl named A-Zay.”
Radio Wave looked at Buddha.
“I don’t trust him.”
Solace stood from his chair.
“I know you don’t. But, when you are ready to trust me give me a call. You can also find me in Skyway City. Currently, I’m under Mynx’s employment. So you can find me with her. Until then, read these.”
He tossed an envelope onto the table and then left the restaurant.
Buddha turned the envelope. It read: To Buddha and Radio Wave.
“This is in your hand writing.”
Radio Wave examined the envelope. She couldn’t remember writing on any envelopes. She opened it and read its contents.
“This is a lease.”
“For?”
“It’s a lease for office space. It’s located in The Gish. That’s where Inhibitor lives. We’ve signed it as owners, including Inhibitor.”
“We’ve signed it?”
“These are our signatures.”
“How is that possible?”
Radio Wave tore apart the lease and dropped the pieces into her glass of water.
“We don’t need his help.”
“Wait a minute. We could have at least…”
“I said we don’t need his help.”
Before Buddha could speak Radio Wave reached into her pocket to retrieve her cell phone.
“This is Radio Wave. Hi, Inhibitor, how are you? I see. Okay, we’ll head over soon as we can. Take care. Bye.”
“What’s up?”
“We need to go to Inhibitor’s place.”
Buddha knocked on the door. He could hear sirens and screams outside.
“Not exactly the safest place to live is it?”
Inhibitor opened the door. Buddha could see the sleepless night he had in his eyes.
“Hi you two. Come on in. Sorry if I don’t look presentable right now I’ve been awake all night. Every time I close my eyes all I can see are panicked heroes caught off guard and trying to stay alive.”
Radio Wave placed her hand on Inhibitor’s shoulder.
“All of us that survived that night are having those same nightmares. We can’t let them run our lives though. Rather then dwell on the battle we should wonder on why it happened. Most of those groups that appeared are enemies. There has to be something behind the whole battle.”
“Actually, I sent out Cirga to do some investigating. I have yet to hear from him though.”
Buddha peered out the window. He could see heroes speeding down the streets. The ringing from behind him then broke the silence. Inhibitor walked across the room and answered.
“This is Hib. Hey, how are you doing? I’m doing as well as I can. So what information do you have for me? Uh huh. I see. Okay I’ll head over there right away, thanks. You too. Take care.”
Inhibitor turned to Radio Wave.
“That was Gregor Richardson. Hellions are causing a disturbance in a warehouse in Atlas Park. Sorry we have to cut this meeting short.”
Radio Wave stepped forward.
“We’ll go with you.”
“I’ll be fine.”
“No you won’t. You haven’t slept at all. We’ll go with you and help keep you safe in case things go bad.”
“Okay.”
Buddha looked across the street from Inhibitor’s apartment building. He noticed a For Sale sign in the window of an empty building at the corner.
“Why does that address look familiar?”
Inhibitor looked at the building.
“That used to be an radio station. It was closed down when the Rikti attacked. I’ve wanted to purchase it, but someone already has owner ship of it. I guess they are trying to sell it as well and make a profit of some kind.”
Buddha looked at Radio Wave.
“This is The Gish you know.”
“I already told you. We don’t need his help. We’ll manage fine without him.”
Buddha sighed and followed the two towards the tram station.
Song Twelve
Since the attack in Perez Park I have made it my own personal job to continuously keep watch over these three heroes. Never would I let them out of sight. However, that proves difficult when trying to stay hidden and you don’t posses the art of invisibility.
Heroes all around have battled the Hellions. What makes this battle so special is the discovery of information that turned a simple mission to break up the Hellions party into a mission of trying to save the world. Many new heroes would join the ranks. The station would be set up with one day having the hopes of becoming the first radio station to broadcast specifically to super heroes.
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