Snippet #1364054

"Congratulations, you're now my sidekick, get used to the Kevlar." She shook his hand and groaned afterwards. Do I have to? It's so heavyy she whined to herself. "Come on, let's get out of here." Gloria nodded. "Right..right." Walking out of the interview room was a breath of fresh air. She didn't have to worry about not getting an offer like the others she had passed by. She was already accepted. She stayed at the hero's side somewhat impatient. She wanted to just grab her things and go already..that made her wonder where such a hero lived.
When they finally made it to the information desk, she laughed at her partner's groans. Apparently the office women had confiscated all his weaponry. She even gave her cousin Reanne a high five on it. She was aware that her cousins were concerned for her and thus wanted to make extra sure that the guy wasn't going to do anything harmful. He had managed to slip through their checkup with a gun but she wasn't going to mention that. They would stop her from being a sidekick at all.
Gloria stopped laughing, feeling something on top of her shoulder. "Here's a welcoming gift." he said. She looked down at it. "Hey it is kind of cute" she said. 'Cute' was a word she didn't say often but since it was animal-like. She felt free to say it. The spider scanned her and she felt uncomfortably exposed. "Ally!" it said
"See? It likes you." the hero commented. "It can't see through clothing right?" she asked half jokingly.

As they walked out of the Centre, he gestured towards an armoured 4x4. "That's our ride outta here." Could use some tweaks.. Her gaze shifted noticing someone mysteriously appearing next to the vehicle. "That must be Paradox, don't worry he's on our side." her partner said smiling once again. "Okay that's good" she said.

A wave of bullets were aimed towards them from the roof she guessed. She had ducked behind the Centre's mailbox then looked up for her partner. 13 shots hit him square in the chest causing him to drop on the ground to one knee. "Hey you alright!?" she called out. "Gloria! Get to the Panther, NOW!" throwing her the keys from his pocket. She caught the keys and ran for it. This was no laughing matter. She climbed into the vehicle's seat and started the engine. It was a good thing she knew how to drive.
She quickly pulled up the Panther at the kerb opening the door. "I hate snipers" he said looking down at his chest at the mess they made. "Oh I hate snipers too" she said pretty sure that everyone did if they were the ones getting shot at. "Don't worry about me, dragonskin body armour is a god send thank goodness for genetic engineering." he reassured letting out a weak smile. Somehow that didn't make her feel better.
"Man the gunner position, I'm driving over to that mercenary headquarters and you let hell break loose." he took over the wheel and started driving recklessly. She wanted to question how long he had been driving but decided against it, instead preparing for the worse to come.