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I stopped not far from the agreed place, went into one of the alleys and waited. We agreed to meet here, out of sight.
After a while, a car stopped not far from here, and a girl got out. As she stepped into the dark alleyway, she began to look around tensely. No wonder, these places aren't particularly safe. I didn't startle her, just stepped out of the shadows and said:
«You came alone, I hope?
The girl flinched at my voice, but then calmed down and spoke up:
«We had a deal.
I nodded:
«Okay, then we'll talk...
We discussed some details of our cooperation. I told her some information about Roni and his condition, and also mentioned Stein. I saved the basic information for later, depending on how the girl behaved.
«Okay, what I've told you is just a little thing, you know that. But if you want to know everything, you should help me. - After saying that, I took out a vial of my blood and handed it to the girl.
«I mean, that's...
I nodded:
«My blood, study it, tell me everything you can find out.
«Okay, but you have to give me some details, about your condition, how your power works and stuff.
I grinned:
«It's not hard. First of all, I eat people, I can eat anything, but the brain is the most nutritious, also if I eat bone marrow.....
Next I told her some basic information about my power. Of course I didn't mention to her that I could absorb the powers of others. When asked why I'd taken Black and Tony's bone marrow, I replied that meta people's brains were far more nutritious than human ones. I wasn't going to reveal all of my cards, but I had to reveal my weakness, as this information was very important. It was because of my hunger that I decided to do business with this girl. The stronger I get, the hungrier I get, something had to be done before it was too late..... So I told her that I couldn't satisfy my hunger with normal food and I had to eat the living, I also didn't forget to mention that I had to eat people who were alive or had just died.
After my story, the girl sighed:
«I see. Looks like you didn't have much choice...
I grinned:
«There's always a choice, I could have just died, but I didn't.
The girl shook her head:
«It's not funny, a lot of meta people are not at fault and their abilities have ruined their lives. So how are you different?
At her question, I just smiled and then turned around and said:
«See you later Caitlin, I hope you don't blab like you promised.
After that I quickly left the meeting place and went to my base. There didn't seem to be any tail, but I already knew that, judging by the sounds, the girl hadn't brought anyone, that was good....
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My next meeting with Caitlin wouldn't be for a while, I wanted to do a few things before we met. First, I decided to hold off on Dudochnik, it would be a good chance to grab him a little later. He mustn't tell Cisco about Stein and the fact that they merged together with Rani. I wanted to do that instead, since it was important information that's the reason Caitlin is working with me. But I didn't want to take Dudochnik away before the time was up, there were risks, Flash could interfere, and the guy had his own gloves, and that's not a bad weapon. Let him sit in Star Labs for a while, and when Ramon lets him out, I'll take him, he won't even have time to blink, he's no threat to me without his gloves.
The second thing I wanted to finish was Peekaboo. The teleport girl, her power was something I really wanted. Even though she had weaknesses, but if I got it... Oh, I'm gonna have a huge opportunity. And with a lot of new problems coming up, this ability will be very useful. It's a shame that it'll be weakened after absorption, but I'll have to take it anyway. If it gets to Star Labs, I won't see it for a long time, so I should have acted sooner.
The events with the Strangler were quickly passed. Barry defeated him safely, saved all the people on the dam, got fame and recognition. The guy was locked up in Star Labs and the problem was solved.
Yeah, how badly I wanted to intervene... Barry was disarmed and I could easily knock him out, and Blower was no match for me at all without his gloves, Flash had stripped him of them, so he was no threat to me. But of course it's a stupid idea... Thawne may have speed issues, but it wouldn't take much for him to beat me. I may have super instincts, strength, sight and hearing, but even that wouldn't be enough to fight a speedster of that level. And I wouldn't be locked up in a cell in Star Labs, I'd probably go to the afterlife or Thawne would do a couple experiments on me. I wasn't happy about it, so there was no point in touching Barry. Not only that, but even without Thawne, I couldn't touch Flash at all; the most I could afford was to take some of his bone marrow, and I couldn't count on much more than that. Killing Barry is stupid, he's much more useful alive. Of course it'll be hard with the flashpoint, but it's a long way off, I'll figure something out by then....
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When the Peekaboo finally appeared, I sprang into action immediately. I had no time to waste, taking her out from under Barry's nose was possible, but it was better to do it now, without making a fuss. I still had to deal with Dudochnik, so there was no time to waste....
I followed the sports car that had left the prison not so long ago, from which a prisoner had recently escaped. I knew immediately where to look for the girl, so I quickly put on the suit, grabbed a stun gun, a bag, and duct tape. I couldn't let the girl use her ability or there would be trouble. I could have gouged out her eyes, but I'd need them myself, I couldn't waste a specimen like that.
I drove out to the girl's apparent location. It was one of the apartment buildings on the north side of Central City.
When I arrived at the place, I found the very car in which they had fled. Then I went closer to the car and smelled it.
Hmm, okay... Remembering the scent of the couple, I followed the trail. It was night outside, so there were no people here, which was good for me, since I was wearing a mask and a costume, I didn't need any extra spectators.
Eight floors up, I found the right door. Judging by the sounds from the door, these two are having a good time... Well, I don't blame them, the guy was in jail, the girl was probably lonely....
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