Pete's Smudge plan
And here's how it played.
I was sitting on a fire escape facing
the warehouse when I saw a Superboy.
Despite the ratty cloak, the walk screamed SuperBoy.
I looked extra hard, because the Supergirls ignored
the dark ones. They only went after the white ones.
As rare as Superboys were on Smudge, the white ones
were even rarer.
But this one, this one was whiter than me, and
I knew they'd go for him.
I was right.
Like a tidal wave, a group of Supergirls appeared,
pushed the Superboy towards the warehouse.
I signaled to Juba as I ran down, reaching just as
they pulled off his pants and went to stick a needle
up his penis.
That's when I fired.
The weapon didn't kill the Supergirls, just
electrified them. Juba helped me get Superboy's
pants on, and him out of the Warehouse.
And standing there, suddenly, was another one.
Another Superboy, who said;
"What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to save him!" It should be obvious.
This Super got his arm under the other, and
realising I had intelligent help, dismissed
Juba. Two for one, I was thinking.
I gave directions, we got Blondie up the stairs
of a kotch I'd leased in a squat usually used
for whoredom not far from Ahmet's.
We got the Super on the bed and I took a long
drink of look. This one was almost an albino.
He didn't look like Nal, who was tan with long
black hair. But he was just as perfect.
Helper Sup dropped his rat cloak, asked;
"Why are you helping him?"
"I need to get a message to a Superboy," and gave
this one a study. He had ginger hair and hair grew
on his face?
"I'm not one of them," he explained, "though I once
passed. My name is Doug, what's your's?"
"Pete," I flick, disappointed, then, "Why you concerned?"
"I told you. I once passed. And a fem stole the key
I was using, shhh, he's waking..."
Blondie woke, scared, confused, and repulsed by me.
That was pretty blatant.
Fortunately, he was virtually paralysed, and just
conscious.
I gave him the history of Steel, so he'd know what
I'd saved him from as I slipped a message in his
pocket.
Doug spoke to him in Superboy speech and Blondie
babbled something. Doug helped him up, went out
with him. I tried to follow, calling after
Blondie I had a message for Nal.
I don't know if he heard as I tried to follow
them, but they were big and could ride the crowd.
I was pushed aside and realising the Supergirls
might be up, made it back to my ship.
I wanted to link this Doug who had 'passed',
maybe he could help me. But I couldn't risk
dying on Smudge.
