Thread: Hero Business [Defenders -- Sigr & Virginia]

There have been a whole lot of bad apples. When Kingpin got arrested there had been a pretty big cleanup of the police system, but Jessica didn't trust that it had purged everyone who was problematic. Especially because the Hand was a thing now. Had been a thing for much longer than Kingpin. There are always going to be bad apples. This was a thing that Jessica believed completely. She let out a tiny snort at the suggestion of 'civil', but didn't say anything about it. She didn't really need to, there was no way Matt didn't know exactly what she thought about civility. It... had a use, of course, but it wasn't her forte. Maybe on the phone or for short periods of time, but she got by just fine and just the way she was. In whatever version of functional she and her life were. She hooked her arm around his when he offered, rolling her eyes. When she realized that he wouldn't be able to see it, Jessica announced I'm rolling my eyes at you, thought the fact that she had his arm did sort of take some of the intended meaning for that away. Fine, but now I'm real close to dragging you. It was a half warning, though she kept pace with him carefully on the way out to the street as opposed to just dragging him like she could have. Hard to believe you can stand cabs, even I hate the smell. And she didn't have super senses. It had to be real bad for Matt. Still, he was right. I bet this is the fastest you ever get a cab. She was a pretty woman and she knew it, and Jessica had no qualms about using that to get the thing she needed. In this case it was a cab, and she plastered a stupid fake and super happy smile on her face to flag the cab down. Oh boy. Second best. That's what I wanted to hear. There was no real fire in her tone, just the same sarcasm that seemed to drip from her words at least half the time. She dropped down into the cab and shoved herself up against the window about as far from Matt as she could be. It was nothing personal. Well, not too personal. Not more personal for him than it would be with anyone else. She just didn't like being too close to other people. Well actually she might not mind getting real close to Matt, but only once and only if she never had to talk to him again. He was a good looking guy, even if a little bit exhausting. When they got to the precinct, she took a moment to drain the rest of her flask and then let out a loud sigh. Right. Let's go. Christ I hate this. The people in there, they knew her. Detectives were dead because of her, there had been the incident with Kilgrave, some of those officers still wouldn't look her in the face. Admittedly she'd only seen them once or twice since then, but she knew. These were the sorts of things that Jessica noticed. I'm coming into the interrogation room, she informed him. I don't care how we have to get me in, it's happening. There had to be some legal maneuver, otherwise she'd have to do her thing to get in, and that was a lot less friendly than Matt's thing that didn't involve menacing and fussing at the police officers until they gave up and let her do what she wanted. Every time I'm in here I'm being interrogated and then something weird happens, she warned him casually. Not my fault, she clarified after a few seconds, which would have sounded entirely true to anyone who didn't happen to have super senses.