Shades of Justice: Chapter 24

Dante glanced over both shoulders to make sure there was no one close enough to eavesdrop. He looked back at the purple bartender. “I’m looking for someone.” He said.

The bartender raised its eyebrow. “Doesn’t your command center have all kinds of equipment to help you find what or whoever you want? The cyclops asked.

Dante nodded. “Yeah, but we can’t get any of it to scan anything off planet.” He admitted quietly.

The cyclops blinked. “Why can’t Lidarion Jus- oh!, Ohhh.” The cyclops realized who Dante was looking for and set the glass it was cleaning on the counter top, then grab a pen and Dante’s wrist to write a series of characters. “There’s an elevator own the hall to the left. Two floors down is where you need to be to find this address. Knock on the door. Ask for The Witness.”

The cyclops finished writing the address  on Dante’s wrist and he pulled his hand back to inspect it himself. ‘Who’s the witness?” Dante asked.

The cyclops picked up another glass and got back to polishing. “If anyone or anything within a hundred light years  knows where you need to go or who you need to see, the witness knows.” The cyclops explained.

Dante got up off the bar stool before the Cyclops stopped him. “Just between you and me.” The cyclops  started quietly, leaning over the bar. “How  bad is it?” The Cyclops asked.

Dante tried to smile and shrug it off but he just looked sad. ‘ I’ve been a Justice less than a week, Lumarion and Technarious are gone and our command center has been trashed. How bad does that sound?” he asked.

The cyclops nodded and reached under the bar to grab something it tossed at Dante. Dante caught it and it appeared to be a switch to turn something on or off. “When you see him again, tell Technarious that Narlath’s debt is paid.” Narlath went back to cleaning glasses.

Dante nodded and investigated the switch. “Will do, but first what is this thing?” he asked.

Narlath smiled. “Intergalactic strobe, an emergency beacon that sends and S.O.S to the other Justice teams.”

Dante looked up from the beacon. “There are other teams?” He asked.

Narlath nodded. “It’s a big galaxy kid. There’s a lot out there worth protecting, so the Shimmeron made sure there were people training and geared to protect it. But that’s not important now, you need to get going.” Narlath finished.

Dante nodded. “Thanks.” He said before he pocketed the beacon and left the bar.