Welcome to the Omniverse, Claire Ferguson

[Blink]

It took some time, but Blink and Rufus eventually found their destination. They had traveled down into Coruscant to the fourth tier, which was much darker then the levels above it. Well, that wasn't entirely true. It was darker in that it appeared to be nighttime, despite the fact it was clearly past sunrise. But it more then made up for the lack of sunlight in the brightly lit neon signs that lined up the streets. They saw stores selling weapons, night clubs promoting various entertainment items and more then their fair share of drug dealers. Fortunately, most people left them alone. Rufus had his tank top on, exposing his muscles and two holstered in a strap at his sides were more then enough to scare people off. Blink had on a black trenchcoat, so the pink woman wasn't doing herself any favors in the social department either.

Blink had to guide her and Rufus to what appeared to be a red light district, onto a wide sidewalk that was near a strip of businesses. They were looking into an empty lot with a wooden entrance. There were no windows. No signs. Just a wooden wall and a similarly structured door. Blink glanced side to side. The lot was nestled between a mini-mart, called Omni-Stop, and a strip club called 'Siren's Song.' She wished she had made that up in her head. She hadn't.

"Are you sure this is the place?" Rufus asked, clearly not impressed.

"I'm pretty sure," Blink admitted, "I think it looks...cozy."

"Looks like a garbage dump."

Blink gave him a look of skepticism, as if to say 'really?' But she couldn't argue too much with his opinion. Considering she'd been staying in a pretty large apartment belonging to the Freedom Fighters, followed by the Luna Moore Inn, this particular place didn't look like it was going to live up to those standards. "Let's take a look," she finally decided, and the duo moved in. Blink led the way, opening the unlocked door and stepping inside.

The front room of the building didn't seem to boast much. It was dimly lit by some old school light bulbs that obviously needed to be changed out. There was a dusty desk and a filing cabinet off to the side, like it was set up to be a lobby. "See? Garbage dump." Rufus stated.

That wasn't the interesting part, however. Blink nudged his shoulder and pointed him towards the back of the room. It led into a small hallway that went both left and right. To the right was a bright greenish light coming from the opposite end of the hall. "There's something back there," Blink told him. They moved to investigate. Once they made it into the hall, Blink glanced to the left. There was a small office with a glass window on the door. Further down, the hall opened up into a larger room. She decided to investigate it later, opting to turn right and head towards the green-lit room. "What the...?"

The room in front of them was already open; the double doors had been left unlocked and pushed in for the two to find. "What is this? The damn Matrix?" Rufus asked, in awe.

They were looking at what seemed like a server room. The various switchboards and server stands all lit up an emerald shade of light, which is what caused the hue down the hallway. The wires all seemed to route towards the back wall, in the middle, where a single computer was mounted to the structure. As Blink walked in with Rufus shadowing her, she squinted to see the small writing desk in front of the monitor. There was a small black spiral notepad. On the front was a pink sticky note that read 'Cell 5.'

Welcome to your new Headquarters, Claire. Blink glanced up towards Rufus, who seemed to have the same confused expression on his face, which indicated that he heard the voice of Gruu as well. You are the fifth and final cell. My last team to send out into the Omniverse to fight for good. I entrust all of the resources and responsibilities of this team to you.

"You couldn't have sprung for a better pad?" Rufus asked aloud, causing Blink to smirk. "I mean, I've stayed in some pretty shoddy places before, but no one is going to take us seriously in this dump."

I'm glad you could join us, Mr. Kain. You'll make a good addition to Ms. Ferguson's team. Gruu spoke telepathically. All I can do is provide you the resources. You'll have the money and through this dataverse room, you'll all the information. I'll give you the tools, but you have to put the work in and put them to use.

"In other words, he said to clean it up yourself," Blink giggled at him. Rufus rolled his eyes, but he did give her a smirk.

Your first mission is to recruit. Gruu continued. In the Datavase, you'll find dossiers on potential team members. Whether you choose to go after them or recruit your own allies, that's up to you. I'd like you to build the team before you take on any missions, but...be ready, as always.

"I can't just tell people that I'm recruiting for a secret military team," she refused. "Also, I can't say I'm putting a superhero team together either. That sounds even worse."

You won't have to. You'll find your cover on the terminal.

Both Rufus and Blink looked up at the computer. It had a black background but green robotic font, making it seem like something right out of a computerized world. The screen lit up and showed Blink what Gruu was talking about. She was looking at a name that brought back a flood of memories...both happy and awful. It reminded her of what she lost, but it also made her think about what she could do here, in the Omniverse...in the future.

Exiles Detective Agency
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With a deep breath and a last ditch effort to choke back any emotional tears that might have been threatening to water her green eyes, Blink spun around and nodded sternly at Rufus. "Let's do this."