Chapter 18: Admirers
Natasha grimaced as she dodged more bullets, skillfully weaving the car through heavy traffic while breaking every rule in the book. "Perks of the job," she muttered with sarcasm, her expression focused.
Dave looked around as he saw many people coming out of their cars, cursing, but retreating and fleeing as they noticed the bullet marks appearing on the road.
Dave, leaning back casually, grinned. "Using your full authority to break as many laws as you want, huh?"
She shot him a brief, unreadable glance. "I could slow down... if you're eager to catch a bullet to the head?" she quipped.
"Not with me around," Trish chimed in, keeping her eyes on the bullets zipping past.
Maya Lopez with her powers tried to capture Trish movements but after a try that end up snapping her bone for applying too much force she stopped as Trish also generously heals her.
Natasha refocused on the road. "So, care to explain why you have a killer on your tail?"
Dave exchanged a glance at Diana, who clutched his arm, trying to hold herself steady amid the high-speed chase. "You know there's a seatbelt for that, right?" he thought, before answering Natasha, "Money tends to get you a few unwanted admirers."
"And one of your admirers seems very eager to put you out of business," Natasha remarked sarcastically, swerving to dodge another round of gunfire.
Dave shrugged. Natasha tapped her earpiece. "Who's behind the hit?" she asked.
A voice crackled in response, "It's one of the Ten Rings operatives."