Welcome to the Omniverse, Claire Ferguson

[Blink]

From where she was standing behind a thin balcony railing, Claire Ferguson could clearly see the entire first floor of the Mystical Worlds Museum, as well as many exhibits that were along the second floor. To her left, downstairs, was the entrance lobby of the museum, security checkpoint and the front door. To her right, on her level, was the beginning of the 'Featured' Exhibits' area. Her green eyes squinted a bit to see into the open room. She could see some glowing radiating off of the orb that she had seen earlier, but she couldn't see it directly from where she standing.

Everybody ready? The voice came from her head. It was the telepathic and telekinetic Vendetta who had organized this whole operation that was speaking directly into her brain. It felt as if someone else was having a thought inside her head. She never enjoyed it when telepaths talked to her like this, and this time wasn't any exception. We're starting in two minutes.

Blink didn't have a good feeling about this. She had a history of bad decisions in her previous world, so this was feeling awfully familiar. She had turned out what seemed like a legitimate/boring corporately funded job in favor of this highly dangerous, illegal operation because it sounded like a good idea at the time. As she looked around the museum and saw some of her co-horts, she was feeling less optimistic. Not because she thought the plan would fail: it wouldn't. It was a good plan to steal a dangerous artifact. But because she had only been with this team for a couple days, and she was taking a lot of their Robin Hood style promises on faith.

Across from her on the balcony was Rufus, now sporting a white coat and sunglasses (even though he was indoors). There was a joke there that he finally decided to wear something appropriate, and now looked like a bank robber. Downstairs, positioned at choke points where guards would be coming from when the action started, was the two bronze-skinned brawls known as Turk and Tank. They didn't talk much, but Blink was certain they had a lot to say in their fists. Both looked eager to get started. Over near the access point for the featured exhibits was Tiana. She looked about as cheerful as usual. When she locked eyes Blink, there was a quick flash of annoyance across her face. Yea, that girls didn't like her.

"Ready?" Came a voice behind Blink. She turned her head to see the cybernetic-adorned Psi. He had been wandering near her the entire time, though out of view. "It's about go-time."

"Doesn't really matter if I'm ready at this point," she shrugged. She wasn't making an effort to hide her discomfort at the situation. "We're here now. Past of the point of no return."

Psi nodded in agreement. "It'll work. We'll get the orb."

"Yea...hopefully for a good cause."

This time, she didn't get a response. She didn't know if maybe it was because Psi had similar doubting thoughts about their allies, or maybe because he didn't want to argue with her. Either way, he went quiet and backed up a bit, away from her.

Alright folks, here we go. Vendetta was speaking into their heads again. Blink could see the faces of her teammates all look up at the same time. They were all looking at her. Blink, get Psi into the security room and get out here.

Blink turned around to look at Psi, who was staring directly towards the left: where the security room was located. If she had time, she might have scolded him for being super obvious about it. But no guards were around them in the immediate vicinity, so no big deal. She put her hand up and shot a small roseate bolt of energy towards the corner of the room. It lit up into a green-and-pink doorway; much smaller then her usual portals. On the other side, she could see into the security room from the back. It was time to move. She led the charge.

In a matter of moments, Claire had lept into the room and assessed the situation. Three guards: one sitting at the console and the other two towards the left, talking. She went for them first, throwing a punch at the guy on the right and bringing it back so her elbow caught the one on the left. She disarmed the pistol that left-guy was bringing up and quickly shoved him backwards. Her speed was unmatched by the duo, even if her puny arms weren't exactly doling out knockout shots. She punched the other guard twice, enough to send him back.

The sound of laser fire lit up the room. She looked up in time to see Psi had jumped into the portal behind her and shot the guy that had been sitting down. He quickly shot the one Blink shoved away as well. "Look out!" He barked at her, causing her to teleport to the other side of the room, just in time to see the one closest to guy swing a nasty-looking baton at the spot she used to be. Psi fired his pistol, which Blink now realized had appeared around his hand mechanically, and took out the last guy. She took a deep breath, relieved that he had joined the fight. Perhaps she had over-estimated herself there.

"Are they...?" she asked, nodding to the corpses.

"Nah, just knocked out." He responded. She felt relieved. Not only because it meant she didn't assist in murder, but also because it meant Psi was not a murderer. She felt better about being in his company. "I'll get the security sorted. You get outside."

Blink nodded and backed up. "Thanks. You did good, there," she complimented, and then turned around into a portal. She appeared outside, in an alley overlooking the museum across the street. Vendetta was there, sitting down on a folding chair, watching the building. "Psi's in," She told the telekinetic. "You knew that, though, huh?"

"Nope," he responded without looking back at her. "Can't read minds, just talk into them. But maybe once we get this Orb of Horace, that'll change."

She didn't respond to him. She still wasn't sure what would happen once he got that orb. She was hoping he'd walk away and nobody would get hurt. That they would use it as leverage in his fight against corruption in the lower tiers of Coruscant. She glad that her doubt wasn't able to be read; that had been a concern of her's since she met Vendetta.

"Good job, though," he finally praised. "If everything goes right, Psi will only cut the security systems in the featured exhibits, so we won't see any resistance until we grab the Orb."

"Then we leave," Blink finished.

"Right."

There were some awkward moments after that, as Blink looked past his tattoo'd head and towards the seemingly quiet museum. It had been barely populated earlier, as it was nearing closing time. Now the only people left were their team, maybe a couple last onlookers and tourists, and the crew locking the place up. There wasn't much to see from where she was sitting.

Finally, Vendetta spoke up, but not verbally. Tiana, move towards the security room to make sure nobody goes in there. Everyone else, Psi is almost ready to hit it. Get ready in case of alarms.

"I thought you said no alarms?" Blink asked. He literally just said that.

He looked back at her. "I said hopefully no alarms."

At that moment, there were alarms.