Baltimore, Saturday Night

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Kathy--err, well, Banzai now, she was in costume--still wasn't quite sure how this had happened. She was on a date, with a guy that she'd talked to exactly once, and while their date had begun with the traditional nice dinner in town, their main activity was definitely not going to be found in any traditional dating guide.

Well, that might not be entirely true. If Fandom ever published a dating guide, superheroing in Baltimore would probably rate pretty highly on the 'things to do with your date' list.

"So, this is pretty much the start of my beat," she explained, tightening her mask. "I like to start up here. It's the tallest building in the area and--I don't have to explain why I like the high ground to you, right." The guy who could fly around likely understood why she liked starting off high up, yes. "I'd ask if you had any questions before we started, but I'm pretty sure you've been doing this for longer than I have. Ready?"

[NFB for Baltimore, but open to anyone likely to be wandering around Baltimore. Come crash the date! It's a new Fandom tradition (h/t notaweenie)]

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"He's not a friendly stalker friend!" Banzai argued. And then, had to pause and concede, "Okay, so he does sometimes have boundary issues...but that's not the point!"

Dammit, Barry. This was all your fault somehow.

"The point is, it wouldn't kill you to be a little friendlier, Gorgon. Then you wouldn't have to spend your birthday patrolling alone."

"She's got a point," one of the guys on the ground said. "You wanna loosen these ties a bit, maybe we could--"

"I wasn't talking about you!" And now Banzai was facepalming.

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"For the record, I'd prefer to keep this as a two-person team-up tonight, unless we get to sing happy birthday to him," Johnny said. The costuming part of the conversation was kind of beyond him. That seemed like a running argument. Same for the stalker. Those could be discussed later if necessary.

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"No singing," Gorgon stressed, wrinkling his nose. "And who says I'm upset about being out here on patrol in the first place? Maybe playing lone wolf on the streets of Baltimore-" He pulled his phone out of his pocket and scowled at it. It continued to buzz. He held the power button until it went black. "-is exactly what I wanted to do tonight."

The one who had gotten a boot to the ribs a minute ago was humming Happy Birthday again.

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She didn't have a stalker! She just had a friend who sometimes thought it was okay to follow her into Baltimore while wearing a disguise! Totally different!

...Dammit, Barry.

"I didn't mean that we were gonna team up right now," she promised Johnny. "I just meant--in general, you know? Not tonight specifically. I mean, inviting him along on a date would just be rude to everyone!"

And she was babbling again. Greeeat.

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"Well, if he wants to take his birthday blues out on anyone he can find, I guess that frees us up a little bit to focus more on the date than the hitting people," Johnny reasoned. "Thanks for that, buddy!"

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"Anytime," Gorgon grumbled, reaching up to pinch the bridge of his nose. "You two lovebirds go and have your special evening, or whatever it is you're planning tonight. I'll keep an eye on the crime out here."

He was already preparing himself to think of every criminal he found tonight as that guy. Sparky. It was his birthday and he'd be a bitter old cuss if he wanted to.

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"I--we're--it's not--"

Banzai was going to kick Gorgon so hard in the shins for that. "We're doing just fine dealing with crime on our own, thanks."

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"And we're happy to deal with it while still giving the birthday boy some room," Johnny offered. "It's a present."

[gunslingerpose]

So help him, Gorgon was just smirking at them both now.

"Is it a date or isn't it, Banzai?" She had said it was one just a few moments ago, after all. "Nah, you know what, it's no business of mine. You two do whatever makes you both happy. I'll be here kicking this fuckwit until he stops singing at me."

He could just flash his goggles at the guy, but at this point, if buddy was singing just to piss him off, Nikolai was totally being goaded on.

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"It's a date," Banzai said, her hands over her hips. Nick was doing a fair job of goading himself. "A crimefighting date. So we can take care of ourselves and the crime on my beat. Thanks for asking."

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"If you have any other questions, you can e-mail us. HumanTorch.com, there's a convenient Contact form. We'll get back to you as soon as possible," Johnny joked.

About the getting back to him. The website was completely true.

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Ugh, teenagers. Gorgon rolled his eyes, not that anyone could see behind the goggles, and crouched down to resume zip-tying the last of the jerks he'd floored before these two clowns showed up.

"I'll save your public relations staff the trouble," he replied, pulling the zip-tie maybe a touch too tight. "And I'll stay off your beat, Banzai." He shot her a grin over his shoulder. "Good thing right now I'm working mine."

You come into HIS HOUSE...

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Banzai saluted. "Yessir, Mr. Gorgon sir," she said, totally not rolling her eyes or anything. "We'll leave with your new friends and your impromptu birthday party."

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"And remember, HAPPY BIRTHDAY... TOOOOOO..... YOOOOOOOOOOOOU!"

Was he signing that as he started flying off? Yes. Yes, he was.