Awww! That was a fun, little story! The interaction between everyone was well written and very enjoyable.
“I first became aware of the presence of nitroglycerine when I and a number of my colleagues in the fourth estate were all affected adversely by something we were exposed to during a press conference that was held by Councilman Robbins. Subsequently we determined that what we had been exposed to was, in fact, nitroglycerine.”
They got the nitro from off Robbin's hands not the cards themselves. That was some pretty sweet detecting on Hattie's part.
Just then the doors at the back of the room opened and the ever youthful Ultra Woman stepped in. Her cape swished side to side behind her as she moved. To every outward appearance Ultra Woman was a woman of about thirty, just as she had been since the day she had made her debut and then returned after an absence of about thirteen years. She did not appear to have aged a day in the thirty years since her debut.
Ultra Woman is a presence to be reckoned with! I was a little concerned, because she does wear a mask and people are always leery of a person hiding their true identity. Still you made very plausible reasoning, especially since Superman has testified under oath.
A rather smug look overtook Draper’s features as he responded, “I was at a town hall meeting with several hundred people preparing the crowd for the councilman. The councilman was due there at 7:30. He scheduled it that way so that he would be present when the bomb went off. The venue was just around the corner from Eighth and Main, a location he could reach before the detonation.”
The councilman is toast!
Neat ending! Everyone is happy, especially JJ, who now has a lovely girlfriend!
Ahem, will there be more adventures with Hattie and company?
