Agent in the Dark

"Hey Blondie?" I said.

She looked at me, apparently understanding that I had directed my words to her.

"When she's done you get her to the ground and keep her safe!"

She nodded solemnly in acceptance of my command.

Asia cried out, "Where are you going?"

"This towers got to come down! Best way to do that is to overload the reactor in the basement." I said.

"I'll see you soon?" She asked worry for me in her eyes.

"Soon." I said and then she was gone, as Blondie clawed her way up the outside of the building sending chunks of glass and steel falling off into space. The good Lord sure did work in mysterious ways, I reflected to myself watching them go up the sheer side of the building.

Asia clung on to the hard armored form she was pressed up against hoping to not experience her own freefall as Lori had. They were there at last. It was windy and the robot person that John had nicknamed Blondie kept a steadying metallic hand against Asia's back to hold her in place against the gusts of the wind.

"Oh drat it! What were you expecting Asia? Did you really think they would just leave a USB port hanging out for you to hook up with!" Asia said in disgust talking to herself, as she stared bitterly at the securely locked base of the signal towers tech input/output receiver.

Blondie leaned past her and sank her talons into the locked access door. The metal of the door crumpled and ripped, as Blondie pulled the entire door off its hinges and idly tossed the door off into space.

Asia swallowed, at the sight of the awesome display of power she had just witnessed.

"Thank you…… Do you have a name?"

"Flicker. Call me Flicker."

"Okay then Flicker, can I ask why it is that you're helping us?" Asia asked, in a severe need to know why.

Flicker reached up and pulled the facial armor mask off along with the helmet she wore. Asia gasped, as long blonde hair took flight to stream out into the wind.

"Because he is my brother." Flicker said solemnly.

Asia hadn't needed her to tell her that, because the resemblance was there in her face to be clearly seen. She was as beautiful, as her brothers were handsome, but her light corn blue eyes were sadness itself.

"You cannot tell them!" Flicker said with the most passion that Asia had seen her exhibit yet.

"Why not?" Asia exclaimed.

"Please!" Flicker said, as the sadness in her eyes intensified.

There was a wealth of anguish in that 'please' and Asia answered, "Okay, but they need to know at some point!"