Series: Manchester Chronicles |
Writer(s): GreyScribbler |
Link: Deviant Art |
Date: Early October, 2008 |
Preceded By: Maggie's Clock |
Followed By: The Split |
My Fair Ladies is the fourth story in the Manchester Chronicles, following Kieran Hawthorne and Heather Prescott as they encounter drug dealer Felicia Silvermane, as well as working to please the women-oriented charity Friends in Need.
Summary[]
At Celeste's, Heather Prescott and Kieran Hawthorne have dinner and discuss the future use of their shared abilities. In addition to having some fun after stopping time the pair encounter Verity Knight, Kieran's ex-girlfriend, who is in Manchester with Larissa Penbrook of Interpol to help apprehend Felicia Silvermane. Kieran and Heather investigate Verity's activities and remain in a state of high alert, while in the meantime Felicia is more concerned with having fun with Isabella Winthrop, her staff and any random people Razor Blade collects for her.
As the days go by Kieran is tasked by Sutcliff & Raynott with attending the annual Friends in Need ball as their representative. The organization is uneasy with having a man attend unless he has a date they consider to be to their standards, leading Kieran to again approaching Heather for help. Heather ultimately agrees, despite disliking the group. At a morning tea function, Kieran and Heather stop time and soon discover Felicia present. Further investigation leads to them discovering Verity and Larissa were kidnapped by Felicia, frozen by Type-7 and then given a Type-7 Chip. Able to unchip Verity, the trio makes a plan to arrange a sting for Felicia alongside the local police. Jeremy Atkinson is caught during the sting, Kieran and Heather also stopping time to avoid anyone being shot, but ultimately Felicia is able to successfully claim she was chipped as well and evade arrest. Celebrating despite the setbacks, Kieran and Heather stop time to fool around with Verity and Larissa.