"Did you find anything interesting?" Wayne asked as he followed behind Zeak.
"All I could find was a wire transfer of some money and a few phone calls from this number, " Zeak said as he pulled up the phone to show Wayne.
"Oh, well whose number is it?" Wayne said as it was obvious what his next question was.
"Well that's the hard part, it appears to be a burner phone that they used but it was for sure from New Dawn."
Wayne just clenched his fist and took a deep breath as he knows his time will come.
"Alright, well I'm going there anyways, I'll try and find some answers then. By the way, this gun is fun but my aim is terrible," Wayne said with a wry smile.
Zeak looked at him as Wayne switched the subject but he didn't say anything about it.
"Haha, I should've guessed that would've been a problem, well most people don't use weapons anyways so it's alright if you want to give it back," Zeak said with his palm out.
"Give it back? I just told you this thing is fun, I just need to practice."
"Alright well, I'm sure you'll get some practice on your next mission."
"Do you know anything about being in a Sidekicks team?" Wayne asked after a few moments of silence.
"Sidekick? I can't say I do, but why do you ask?" Zeak said looking at him with curiosity.
"I met a Sidekick while I was out and he said if I get stronger and a spot is open I can join his team, so I just wanted to know what that would be like."
Considering Zeak didn't have any experience in that field, Wayne decided to just spent the next day and a half with Zeak.
"Alright man, I'd hate to be late for this mission and it's a little distance so I'm going to head out," Wayne said as he headed out with his device to see where the mission was exactly.
"Five-hour ETA on foot? Let's make it three," Wayne said with a smile as he took off. Wayne definitely felt his strength as he ran full speed hitting 80mph and people with speed abilities top out at 150, with some rare cases faster than sound. So for Wayne to be as fast as he is now without being a speed user was an amazing feat.
After two hours Wayne reached his location, it was in the middle of nowhere and he saw a short burley man with a gut packing glasses of white liquid into the back of the cargo.
"Hey! I'm Nightfall, I'm here for the Mission," Wayne said as he headed towards the man.
"Of course, of course! I asked for you myself after I saw that interview of yours, once I saw the condition of the beast I knew you can handle your own, my name is Higby," he said as he stuck his hand out for a greeting.
Higby wore a white farmer throw-over with jeans and had a straw hat that gave off the look of a farmer.
Wayne shook his hand and looked around to see he was the first person there.
"I see I'm a bit early, so is there anything I can do to help while I wait?" Wayne said with a chuckle while scratching the back of his head.
"We don't start for another four hours, have you eaten?" Higby said.
"I can always eat."
"Good, come on in while we wait then, the wife will whip something up," Higby said as he headed towards his house, it looked like just an ordinary brick dome house.
As Wayne got inside Higby introduced his wife to him and asked if she can make them something to snack on while they wait on the others. Higby walked Wayne to the living room and offered for him to sit on the couch.
"So do you ask for everybody on your missions?" Wayne asked, hoping to break the awkward silence.
"Of course, my cargo is too important to be mishandled by thieves."
"What is the cargo anyways?"
"That I can't tell you unless you have enough to spend on it," Higby said with a chuckle.
"Alright well I'm pretty broke and if you still asked me that even after the money from this mission, yeah I definitely can't afford it."
"It's alright, just do your job and we can go out to eat to celebrate and it'll be on me."
Wayne liked the sound of that as Higby's wife brought out snacks and drinks for them to have while they wait.
As it got to thirty minutes before the mission Higby decided to start as everyone was already there.
"Alright I think all things are in order, you guys should know who you're fighting with and who may have your back, so if you will just state your name and let the next person go," Higby said as he began hooking the cargo up to his truck, which had modifications, making it so everybody could fit and their seats were outward facing, making it easily accessible to act on thieves.
"Rose"
"Arctic"
"Radio"
"Celeste"
"Grim"
"Nightfall"
As everybody was formally introduced, they followed Higby to his truck and began sitting in the seats. Wayne ended up sitting in the middle on one side of Celeste and Arctic, who were constantly staring at him, everyone got settled and waited for Higby to head out.
"Is there a problem?" Wayne finally said as he was getting annoyed and didn't want this whole trip to be like this.
"So you're Nightfall huh? You're all over the forums right now and I wanted to know.... is it true you can make people see nightmares?" asked Arctic, who was wearing navy blue tights with black accents.
"What the fuck? Who said that?" Wayne was taken aback, angrily thinking his powers were already out there on forums for people to research him. He figured there would only be one person who could've known about this and he would deal with him another time.
"Careful dude, no intrusion, I just want to know how it works so I don't get caught up in it," Arctic said with his hands raised.
"It's cool, I just didn't know I became a mini-celebrity, but don't worry about it, it won't affect you unless you're my enemy," Wayne said with a smirk.
A moment later the truck started moving and the mission had officially begun.