Arch Rivals (Super Hero Academy Book 2) by Simon Archer

Author:Simon Archer [Archer, Simon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-20T22:00:00+00:00

16

Mother

Though it would no doubt be considered gauche by the hero community and the international press, I declined to view the medal ceremony being held in the center of the cleaned-off Orion Arena. Though I was the mentor of the silver medal team, I had more critical matters to attend to, things that would do far more for Carter’s best interests than smiling and waving beneficently to the crowds. Instead, I watched it from the small office each of us coaches had attached to our team’s locker rooms.

Besides, the people here had shown their allegiance for what it was. The citizens of Alexandria naturally favored their hometown heroes, that insufferable Gateon boy and his Valcav associates. Of more interest was the fact that his ‘redemption’ story, coming from being the son of the world’s greatest tyrant to become a hero worthy of the Delgado medal, seemed to have caught the hearts of many others among the remaining free cities of Terra.

And then there was the Brand of course. As I sipped at my cup of green tea, I arched an eyebrow as I observed how rabidly they cheered for their ‘young Lord,’ almost as fervently as they cheered for their bronze-medal-winning team. I kept that monitor on as I turned to the work at hand, fishing the make-up compact out of my purse to hold up in front of me.

I pressed the concealed button on the top with a slender finger, an act that would only look like a move to wipe away a bit of dust, then opened it. That activated the telepathic pulse transmitter and receiver concealed in the otherwise innocent object, and as I adjusted by make-up, I opened myself to its psychic output.

“This is Mother,” I sent to the device, and its reply from my superiors at my own academy was near instant.

“Receiving you clearly, Mother,” Reroute, our dispatcher, whispered in my mind. The old psychic was always a comfort in these undercover missions, as his presence meant that back-up and extraction was only a thought away. “Things seem to be going well at the World’s Finest. What do you have to report?”

I leaned in towards the compact as if I were using the mirror to examine a blemish on my ghost-white skin, but the real purpose was to hide the subtle movement I used to insert the data chip from my team’s suit-based sensors into the compact.

“As expected, our young Oliver’s deception properly incensed and focused Valcav’s attention,” I reported mentally. I even managed to hide the satisfied smile that threatened to creep onto my lips. One didn’t achieve the position I did in my work if I couldn’t keep up a simple con. “Though the recording instruments in his suit were destroyed beyond salvaging, the rest of the team recorded a vast trove of data on our targets, as well as Inferno’s patsies and the other nine academies.”

“The data is coming in clearly,” Reroute acknowledged. “How much do you think Valcav and the Brand

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