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- The crowd was still applauding the unexpected arrival of the Ninja
- Squad luchadores in their trademark black costumes disguised by
- trench coats, who had doubtless shown up to avenge their master’s
- recent defeat at the hands and feet of the Jade Princess at QuadroSlam
- in Mexico City. Surprise guests often showed up unadvertised at the
- slams, but the entire Ninja Squad was an unexpected bonus.
- The ninjas were a writhing mass of pumping limbs, each member
- desperate to land a blow on the Jade Princess, and there was nothing
- the slight girl could do but lie there and absorb it.
- Butler entered the ring quietly. The element of surprise was often
- the difference between victory and defeat in against-the-odds
- situations, though if Butler were honest with himself he would admit
- that secretly he usually felt that the odds were in his favor, even in this
- case, where he was outnumbered twelve to one. Twelve to two if Juliet
- were still conscious, which was six to one, which was virtually evenstevens. A moment earlier Butler had felt a little self-conscious in the
- borrowed costume of fake bearskin leotard and mask, but now all
- embarrassment was forgotten as he clicked his brain into that cold
- space he called combat mode.
- These people are hurting my sister, he thought as a hot trickle of
- anger cracked his icy shell of professionalism.
- Time to go to work.
- With a growl that was totally in keeping with his Crazy Bear
- costume, Butler rolled into the ring under the bottom rope, stepped
- briskly across the canvas, and began laying into the ninjas with blatant
- economy of movement. There was no threatening monologue, not even
- a simple foot stamp to herald his arrival, which was hardly courteous.
- He simply dismantled the ninjas as though they were a Jenga stack.
- There followed thirty seconds of flailing limbs and high-pitched
- screaming that would have done hysterical teenagers at a boy-band
- concert proud, and then, finally, Juliet was uncovered.
- ...
- A couple of the ninjas had recovered and tried a few of their stylized
- moves on their attacker, only to be rewarded with casual openhanded
- slaps.
- “Watch it,” snapped Butler, drawing breath once more and shooting
- the ninjas the evil eye. “I need a minute of family time.”
- - The Atlantis Complex, Chapter 2
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