Pulp Echoes

Hui Yo Chae was monitoring the electronic city map on the wall, watching little lights moving about the streets, and knew where the agents of the Black Ghost were located. At least where their automobiles were, for she had helped put tracking devices on each of their vehicles. The phones on her desk had been silent now for several hours, and it worried her that agents of the black-cloaked avenger were even now in grave danger. She was thankful that her job was that as central command, and a monitoring status only.

These were the thoughts running through her mind as a sinister laugh brought her out of the reverie. An ominous chuckle filled the chamber of electronic equipment, snapping her head in the direction of the sound. To Yo’s amazement a black-clad ninja was revealed in the soft blue light of the small chamber. Tall and slender, the ninja’s face was covered with a black mask, leaving only venomous eyes exposed beneath an ebony hood. Strapped across the back was a long, deadly fighting staff.

Her initial reaction was shock, and then it was quickly replaced by anger. “How did you get in here?”

“A ninja can walk through walls,” laughed the being in black.

“Like comic book supermen can fly!” snapped Yo.

“A pity that your life was so short,” the Ninja commented as she pulled the fighting staff from her shoulder with fluid grace.