《The Enterprise》


 Document 1

    Document 1:


    ?- The Universe, an ever changing/shifting puzzle of cause and effect. A place of randomized trauma and unprecedented results, that is if you''re ignorant. There are those who know how it works and if you''re able to see the ¡°circuitry¡± you wouldn¡¯t be surprised as much. The Enterprise is a place with such people. A building with no origin, no face, no character it¡¯s about as drab and unappealing as it gets, but it¡¯s more than what it seems.


    (The scene opens up from the POV of a man in bed who¡¯s alarm just went off)


    ?- Uh? *shutting off his alarm clock/sigh*


    (The man has long black hair that reaches to his lower back, a faint beard and light brown skin. He gets out of bed with a huge yawn and prepares for a shower. As he gets in his body is shown to be full of scars. He gets out of the shower, makes breakfast for himself and starts to watch TV for a while)


    TV news anchor- In recent news uprisings have been spotted happening in Poland as protestors have been pelted with tear gas-


    (The man shuts off the TV after looking at the time. He goes to brush his teeth and wash his face. Afterward goes over to his closet, gets a black and white suit with a red and black tie, along with a nametag with the name ¡°Jacob A. Maverick¡±, he puts it on, then grabs a brief case with the writing ¡°O-103¡± inscribed on it. He makes his way out of his apartment as sees a ball headed towards him and stops it with his foot, soon a kid comes up to retrieve the ball)


    Child- Thank you mister-


    (The kid sees Jacob and gets intimidated by his appearance and stature, so he runs away. Jacob watches the kid leave, then gets into his car which is a black 4 door ¡°Bexus¡±. He drives away from his apartment going down a few streets and onto a long road that leads to a giant barren land in the middle of Washington DC, inside of the crater are tons of graves with crosses to mark their postings. Jacob gets out of the car and enters the building after scanning his name tag. Jacob just sighs as he enters the tall, black building, which has a large lobby with many passageways to different areas, an elevator in the back and giant circular reception desk in the middle which Jacob makes his way to)


    ?- It¡¯s him


    ?- He¡¯s the one you told me about?


    ?- Watch out for him


    (Around Jacob are some new recruits that are getting the initiation from their superiors. Jacob makes it to the desk to meet one of the receptionists at the middle of the large lobby, which is a chubby, dark-skinned lady named Latoya)


    Latoya- *filing nails* Ok, I see your problem Mr. Green and I implore you to seek Dr. Morrow for more details on your matter as he is head of ¡°O research¡±- *notices Jacob* Excuse me for a bit, Hey baby, how you doing today *smiling*


    Jacob- *unbothered* Do I have any objectives for today


    Latoya- *sigh* Your no fun *looking on her computer* You haven¡¯t been assigned to anything specific¡­hmmm *peering closer to the computer as she gets a notification* Oh looks like your in luck there has been a request sent from D-2 for an assistance request but that seems too low brow for you-


    Jacob- I¡¯ll do that then


    Latoya- Well ok then *typing* let me just put you in *She focuses in on the computer as she types away* alright there you go


    Jacob- *bland* Thanks


    Latoya- No problem


    (Jacob starts to walk to Sector 1)


    Latoya- *in background speaking in headset* Associate Maverick is taking on the assistance request in D-2¡­


    (Jacob makes his way down the hall and sees a bullet train that has recently stopped; he gets on and sits down along with the many other riders in the train, some wearing similar suits to him but with either a Yellow, Green, or maybe a Purple tie and others getting off the train in damaged/bloody research equipment. As he gets comfortable a man walks towards him in a conductor''s uniform with closed eyes and an eerie smile)


    Conductor- *smiling* Good Evening Mr. Maverick, how are we today?


    (Jacob says nothing)


    Conductor- *not missing a beat* Outstanding! Now, where are we off to?


    Jacob- *looking out the window* D-2


    Conductor- *mock salute* Understood


    (The Conductor leaves through one of the doors at the end of the car. The train ride then commences and as soon as it does, it ends as most of everyone else has left the train with Jacob still on. Jacob then gets off at his destination and walks out into the station platform)


    Conductor- *waves* Happy Hunting!


    (Jacob enters a world of night, purple and blue with noticeably vacated research equipment covered with bug-like creatures and an even bigger bug in the back)


    Jacob- *loosening tie* At least they all got away


    (Jacob then unlocks his briefcase and pulls out a collapsible scythe that he flips around himself)


    Jacob- *bored* Time to work


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    (Jacob is pulling his scythe out of the head of the large bug- like creature)


    Jacob- *bored* Looks like y''all have gotten bigger


    (He puts his scythe in the case, walks back to the train platform,scans his tag and after a few seconds the train comes back around. The doors open, Jacob walks in and goes to take a seat)


    Jacob - *in head* Almost always the same thing everyday


    Conductor- How was it Mr. Maverick?


    Jacob- To The Enterprise


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    Conductor- At once sir *mock salute*


    (The Conductor leaves and the train starts to move again and makes it back to The Enterprise quickly, as he exits the train car he makes his way to the cafeteria where he gets some food and sits down. While he¡¯s sitting there he¡¯s joined by someone with a red and black tie and an eye-patch reading ¡°O-1234¡±: This is David Barclay)


    David- Sup Jacob


    Jacob- *looks up* Hey


    David- *sits down/nonchalant* Have you heard, recruitings is tomorrow


    (This doesn¡¯t sit well with Jacob)


    David- *eating* You forgot, didn''t you


    Jacob- I wanted to *looking at his phone*


    David- *picking at his food* Look man, I know you hate it but your gonna have to get used to it, the sooner you accept that fact the better you¡¯ll feel


    Jacob- Thanks for the advice, *eats a bit of his sandwich* I¡¯ll just opt out


    David- You know you can¡¯t


    Jacob- *scrolling through phone* Wishful thinking


    Intercom- ASSOCIATE BARCLAY, YOU ARE TO REPORT TO SECTOR 3 EVALUATION LAB 1 FOR ANALYSIS


    Jacob- *looking up* What¡¯s that about?


    David- *sigh* Probably to do with the mission I was sent on this morning, had to deal with a breach


    Jacob- Alright then


    (They eat for a bit and then David gets up)


    David- Welp looks like I¡¯m out *see''s Jacob¡¯s downtrodden state/sigh* Look just try and bear with it, that¡¯s the best I can give you


    Jacob- Thanks, David


    (David leaves and Jacob is left there to finish the rest of his meal)


    Intercom- ASSOCIATE MAVERICK, YOU ARE TO REPORT TO SECTOR 3 EVALUATION LAB 2 FOR ANALYSIS


    Jacob- Looks like it¡¯s my turn


    (Jacob finishes his food and makes his way to sector 3)


    ?- *whispering to coworker* I wonder what they want with ¡°Reaper¡± in the lab


    (Jacob makes his way to Sector 3, after passing by many coworkers and researchers, he makes it to the evaluation lab where he meets Dr. Hermione Hemingway)


    Hermione- Hello Mr. Maverick


    Jacob- *sits down in chair and sets down his case* Dr. Hemingway


    Hermione- *sits down with a notepad and recorder* This recording is being taken as documentation of Associate Maverick¡¯s assignment in D-2 at 0700 hours, are you ready to proceed, Mr. Maverick?


    Jacob- Yes


    Hermione- *straightens up* Alright, could you give me a description of your assignment?


    Jacob- When I got there everything looked normal as they usually are in D-2, after walking for a bit I discovered the reason for the site¡¯s evac. Those "bug things¡± were crawling all over the place


    Hermione- *finishes writing* Were the ¡°bugs¡± blue and green, sharp teeth, human-like arms and reptilian-like tails?


    Jacob- Yes


    Hermoine- Must be O-145 *starts writing*


    Jacob- Among them was a larger one, I assumed it to be the alpha


    Hermoine- O-145-1?


    Jacob- I guess


    Hermoine- Hm, were you able to get a sample of the specimen?


    Jacob- No, if you need one you can probably still get it


    Hermoine- *tapping pencil* Anything else


    Jacob- No


    Hermoine- *writing down something* Alright we will send security into that area for the next few weeks in case any further events from O-145 happen again, thank you for your time Mr. Maverick *presses button to end recording*


    (Jacob gets up to leave)


    Hermione- Mr. Maverick please be sure to get samples next time, the research team would greatly appreciate it


    (Jacob just leaves, passing by the many other workers to make his way to the Chief¡¯s office at the top floor through the elevator)


    Jacob- *in head* The Chief, the boss of this place, nothing major happens in this building without her say so *scratches neck* I¡¯ll see if she¡¯ll let me out of recruitment this time


    //DING//


    (Jacob exits the elevator and goes to the receptionist)


    Jacob- I am here to see Ms. Rayleigh


    Receptionist- Oh, let me phone you in *ringing* Ms. Rayleigh? You have a visitor *pause* it¡¯s Associate Maverick *pause/puts down the phone* Your clear


    (Jacob makes his way through the lobby into the office. He opens the door and feels the immediate cold, stillness of the room. Not a shred of life or being in it, just the dispassionate air of an office space.)


    ?- Hello Jacob, to what do I owe the pleasure


    (Sitting at a desk in front of him was a woman of average height, dark skin, 2 cornrow braids, and an eerie blank expression; this, was Nora Issac Rayleigh)


    Jacob- I would like to opt out of the ¡°Recruitment Program¡±


    (There was a deafening silence)


    Nora- No


    Jacob- Why not?


    Nora- We¡¯ve had this conversation before, Jacob, as a worker of The Enterprise you must adhere to the ¡°Recruitment Program¡± when it is presented, as a way to introduce new members into the organization


    Jacob- You know of my reputation right?


    Nora- Yes and I simply do not care; so, will you still prattle me with this and proceed to waste more time or continue to do your job?


    (Jacob stays silent for a bit)


    Jacob- Goodbye


    Nora- And Jacob


    (Jacob looks back at her)


    Nora- Have a good day


    (The door closes behind Jacob)


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    Case File:


    0-1


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Name: ¡°The Enterprise


    Gender (If applicable): N/A


    Species (If known): N/A


    Age (If known): N/A


    Height/Width/Weight: 948 m (3110.24 ft)[variable]/570 m (1870.08 ft) [variable]/ N/A


    History: O-1 was found on November 29, 18XX


    Description: Tall, black, visually unappealing building


    Ability: Seems to be able to shift and move around internally on the will of the Chief. It can contain any paranormal threat the The Enterprise can get their hands on.


    Containment procedures: N/A


    Transporting procedures: N/A


    Added Notes: The Enterprise chooses a new Chief every time the previous one dies. The means by which it does this is unclear but there are some suspicions on how, though they will not be leaked in this document due to confidentiality.

 Document 2

    Jacob- Goodbye


    Nora- And Jacob


    (Jacob looks back at her)


    Nora- Have a good day


    (The door closes behind Jacob)


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    ?- The ¡°Recruitment Program'''', a way for new personnel to be initiated into The Enterprise but unlike most occupations, who mainly get their staff voluntarily, The Enterprise gets most of its employees from¡­


    (Several buses pull into The Enterprise parking lot unloading prisoners in jumpsuits being led by police)


    ?- ¡­Life-sentence to Death row inmates


    (The prisoners are led into the building by Enterprise personnel who lead them through a different entrance on the side of the building labeled ¡°Recruitment¡±. As they are led into the building some are amazed at the sheer scale of the place. All of the inmates are lined up in rows of 10 and by the end of it there are 348 inmates all together)


    [A/U: R/B = Red and Black tie]


    R/B Associate- ATTENTION!


    (All the prisoners look to the front)


    R/B Associate- AS WE PROCEED WITH THE ¡°RECRUITMENT PROCESS¡± CHIEF RAYLEIGH WILL GIVE A SPEECH TO WELCOME YOU ALL INTO THE ENTERPRISE, AS SHE BEGINS TO SPEAK DO NOT INTERRUPT AND DO NOT SPEAK UNLESS EXPRESSLY SPOKEN TO, NOW WITHOUT FURTHER INSTRUCTION I PRESENT: NORA ISACC RAYLEIGH


    (The prisoners begin to see Nora walking down through an appearing staircase; she goes to the mic and begins to talk)


    Nora- WELCOME NEW ASSOCIATES OF THE ENTERPRISE I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO TURN YOUR PATHETIC LIVES AROUND AND TO BECOME LESS OF A BURDEN ON SOCIETY


    (A lot of the inmates don¡¯t take that statement lightly)


    Nora- AS YOU MAY KNOW THIS CHANCE TO BE IN THE ENTERPRISE ONLY COMES ONCE A YEAR AND SINCE IT WOULD BE A WASTE TO HAVE YOU DIE WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT, WE CREATED THIS PROGRAM TO NOT ONLY RECUPERATE OUR LOST PERSONNEL BUT AS TO OFFER YOU A SECOND CHANCE, NOW OFFICERS IF YOU WOULD *gestures to the police*


    (The officers go to each inmate, gives them a piece of paper and then takes off their cuffs)


    Inmate 1- *in head* Why would they take off the cuffs?


    Nora- NOW, I AM LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BASICS OF WHAT THIS JOB ENTAILS, ALL THOSE STRANGE OCCURRENCES THAT YOU HAVE EITHER WITNESSED OR HEARD OVER THE YEARS, WILL BE IN YOUR CARE TO CONTAIN AND RESEARCH FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MANKIND; THIS JOB WILL BE PERILOUS AND MANY OF YOU MAY DIE BUT YOU PROBABLY KNEW THIS CONSIDERING YOU WERE ALREADY FATED FOR THAT ANYWAY. ANY QUESTIONS?


    (Everyone is silent)


    Nora- GOOD NOW LET¡¯S BEGIN


    (Nora puts her hand forward and closes her eyes)


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    (A red marking appears on all of the inmates backs and then disappears)


    Nora- NOW THE SCORING YOU¡¯VE BEEN GIVEN ON YOUR PAPER WILL TELL YOU WHICH ASSOCIATE YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED TO AND NOW THE AVAILABLE ASSOCIATES WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES; RED AND BLACKS?


    (The R/B tie associates walk up on the extended podium. There are a total of 7; 4 male 3 female)


    Jacob- *raises hand* JACOB ABER MAVERICK


    David- *raises hand* DAVID BARCLAY


    (Next was a buff, olive skinned, old man with a bald head, green eyes and long gray beard he was about about 5 inches taller than Jacob)


    Gennady- *raises hand* GENNADY TILO WULF


    (The next was a smaller brown skin man,darker than Jacob), with earrings, a small afro, gray eyes and an up tight demeanor)


    Enzokuhle- *raises hand* ENZOKUHLE ATTWATER


    (The next was a woman as tall as David, with dark skin, brown eyes and her hair tied in a bun)


    Janis- *raises hand* JANIS ISABELLA BURKE


    (The next was a shorter girl with red hair, being split into 2 cornrows, similar to Nora¡¯s, with pale skin and a more relaxed demeanor)


    Shannon- *raises hand* SHANNON EVEREST


    (The last girl was the shortest of the R/B ties, she was asian in appearance, with long black hair that flowed down with one lock on her forehead and black eyes)


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    Yuina- *raises hand* YUINA HAGIHARA


    Nora- NOW THE BLUE TIE ASSOCIATES


    (There are 80 blue tie associates present and after they all say their names Nora proceeds with the program)


    Nora- NOW GO TO YOUR ASSIGNED ASSOCIATE AND THEY¡¯LL GUIDE YOU THROUGH YOUR FIRST DAY


    (Jacob just stands there with a scowl on his face which David takes notice of)


    David- *sigh/whispers* Try to lighten up man


    Jacob- No


    (David just rolls his eye at his behavior. After a bit of time a girl with a scar on her face, hair in a ponytail and a few tattoos,walks up to Jacob)


    ?- You Jacob?


    Jacob- Yeah


    ?- Guess I¡¯m with you then


    Jacob- Ok, stand here


    (She then stands behind him as a man with white skin, a bald head, faint beard and a missing tooth, comes up to Jacob and stands behind him)


    Jacob- *in head* Seems he read the assignment


    (After another man with brown skin, short hair and a small tattoo, and another woman with tan-ish skin, long black hair and a nonchalant expression, came up to him everyone stopped buzzing around and have found their assigned associate)


    Jacob- Alright nice even split we got here, could I see your papers


    (All 4 of them give their papers up)


    Jacob- *looks between them and the papers* Ok so your Sara, Phil, Deonte and Rosalin


    All- Yep


    Jacob- Ok come with me


    (Jacob leads them through the main building of The Enterprise and then to Sector 7: Containment)


    Jacob- Make sure to follow me and to not get lost


    Rosalin- Uhm, Mr. Maverick I heard someone call your name I sounded urgent


    (Jacob looks at the group skeptically for a bit)


    Jacob- Alright I¡¯ll be back, don¡¯t touch anything


    (Jacob leaves)


    Rosalin- *smirking* Wow I can¡¯t believe he fell for that


    Phil- How could a dumbass like that work in this place?


    Rosalin- Doesn¡¯t matter *looks around* you guys wanna scope this place out


    Phil- Yeah


    Sara- Sure


    Deonte- I¡¯m in


    Rosalin- Alright


    (They go through the containment sector and Deonte gets a bad feeling)


    Deonte- Hey, don¡¯t you guys think it¡¯s weird how unguarded this place is


    (Sara looks around and notices that there are next to no associates where they are)


    Sara- Yeah it¡¯s weird


    Rosalin- That means more peeping time for us


    (They get to a door that reads ¡°O-77¡± and Rosalin peers inside)


    Rosalin- Yo guys let¡¯s check this out


    Sara- What makes you think we''re gonna be able to go in there?


    (Rosalin then pulls on the door and it opens with little resistance)


    Rosalin- *confused* Wow that was easier than I thought


    Deonte- I don¡¯t trust this


    Phil- I¡¯m with Deonte on this one


    Rosalin- Stop being such fuckin pussies and come on nothing¡¯s gonna happen


    Sara- But-


    Rosalin- C¡¯mon gurl, 7 is a lucky number anyway and this one¡¯s got 2 of ¡®em


    (They all go into the room and see a weird triangle/trident/staircase shaped thing with many weird colors and textures all over it)


    ?-Idiots


    Sara- Alright so we¡¯ve seen it let¡¯s go *turns around but looks behind her* guys?


    (Rosalin keeps going closer to it)


    Sara- ROSALIN-


    (Rosalin then touches the weird triangle thing and starts to get sucked into it)


    Rosalin- PULL ME OUT PULL ME OUT!


    (Phil and Deonte rush to try and pull her out but she gets sucked in. Then Phil and Deonte meet a grim fate as Phil gets burned alive not being able to scream much before becoming a singed husk of his former self and Deonte gets turned into a pile of writhing flesh that looks at Sara. Sara throws up after witnessing this and hobbles her way out of the cell)


    ?- *nonchalant* Seems like they didn¡¯t make it


    (Sara looks to her right and sees Jacob casually leaning up against the railing)


    Jacob- At least you have some manner of brains up here *points at his head* or just dumb luck


    Sara- *horrified* What. The fuck. Was that!


    (Jacob takes out his phone and ignores Sara)


    Jacob- *ringing/someone picks up* Hey S¨¦phora, you and Akoni are gonna need to come down to O-77¡¯s cell, got some new test data for you *hangs up*


    (Sara runs up to Jacob and grabs him by his suit jacket)


    Sara- ANSWER ME ASSHOLE!


    Jacob- *nonchalant* You mean that? That was just your friends


    Sara- *angry* WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM!


    Jacob- You know as well as me


    (Sara then lets go of him and goes into thought for a bit)


    Jacob- *unbothered/fixing his suit jacket* You guys might just be the dumbest group I¡¯ve ever had


    Sara- *snapping out of it* WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY!?


    Jacob- I¡¯m not wrong, am I? Why do you think I left you behind to go find who ¡°called my name¡±? You think I would just fall for that? Why do you think the door was just left unlocked, for your benefit? *gets in Sara¡¯s face* No. This was a test and you barely managed to pass it


    (Sara then backs up from him and balls up on the floor)


    Sara- But they were my friends


    (Sara then hears a piece of paper being unfolded)


    Jacob- Rosalin Faudel¡­convicted of mass genocide, kidnapping, rape and manslaughter; sentence Death penalty


    (Jacob whips out another piece of paper)


    Jacob-Phil Conners convicted of illegal drug trade, arson *looks into O-77¡¯s cell* hm fitting,and assassination of a congressman; sentence Death penalty


    (Whips out another)


    Jacob- Deonte Berlise Hendricks Thorton convicted of aggravated property damage, hate crimes, torture, terrorism and piracy


    (Pulls out one more sheet of paper)


    Jacob- Sara Lee¡­convicted of illegal drug trade; ¡°birds of a feather¡± I guess, human trafficking, kidnapping, severe extortion, fraud and robbery


    (Jacob then puts the papers away)


    Jacob- Such bad people and only one of them survives *crouches down next to Sara* I¡¯d say it¡¯s well deserved


    Sara- Shut up


    Jacob- Looking at your paper, I¡¯m surprised your so shaken up ¡°human trafficking, kidnapping¡±, I wonder what happened to those people you sold, couldn¡¯t have been good


    Sara- Stop


    Jacob- And what about the kidnappings I wonder what you may have did to them, maybe the extortion is part of that or the drug trade and then robbery, huh, it must be money that drives you


    (Sara stiffens a bit)


    Jacob- *Standing back up/crossing arms* I guess I¡¯m right, *its silent for a bit* so you''re one of those guys, huh, the ones that have this flippant attitude or inflated ego up until you have your crimes laid out to you and you become a weep mess, figures


    (They stay in silence for a bit until Sara begins to speak)


    Sara- W-What is this place¡­


    (Jacob looks at her, leans back on the railing and then sighs)


    Jacob- The Enterprise


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    Case File


    O-77


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Name: ¡°The Contradiction/Paradox¡±


    Gender (If applicable): N/A


    Species (If known): N/A


    Age (If known): N/A


    Height: 2 ft (0.6096) [variable]


    History: The oddity was found in D-5 after research teams were sent out for a third exhibition of the area. Enterprise personnel found O-77 on a pedestal-like structure deep in D-5¡¯s domain. When being retrieved Associate Ulysus Bermini fell victim to it as he was liquified upon touching O-77. Precautions have been taken so that this does not again transpire.


    Description: This object is described as "the manifestation of a contradiction." It is a portal/wall its 1D/2D/3D/4D/5D its tangible and intangible it''s there and not there it''s bright and dark it''s tough and brittle it''s alive and dead etc.


    Ability: The object''s shape varies from the Penrose triangle, impossible trident, Penrose stairs, impossible cube, and other impossible shapes with no defined area or mass or even presence. During testing it has been known to grant, harm or kill individuals. The results seem to be random to anyone who comes in contact with it. It doesn¡¯t seem to have any motive and seems to just exist as is.


    Containment procedures: O-77 is to be monitored constantly and cannot be touched with physical contact lest you be put in another dimension or what not. Its danger level is between Purple and Brown but could be Red/Black so it''s closely monitored.


    Transporting procedures: O-77 is to be transported in its standard tungsten-bullet proof casing and is to not be tampered with under any circumstances unless approved by head research S¨¦phora Reed, Akoni Montaque, by Chief Nora I. Rayleigh herself or at minimum R/B tie clearance

 Document 3

    Jacob- Looking at your paper, I¡¯m surprised your so shaken up ¡°human trafficking, kidnapping¡±, I wonder what happened to those people you sold, couldn¡¯t have been good


    Sara- Stop


    Jacob- And what about the kidnappings I wonder what you may have did to them, maybe the extortion is part of that or the drug trade and then robbery, huh, it must be money that drives you


    (Sara stiffens a bit)


    Jacob- *Standing back up/crossing arms* I guess I¡¯m right, *its silent for a bit* so you''re one of those guys, huh, the ones that have this flippant attitude or inflated ego up until you have your crimes laid out to you and you become a weep mess, figures


    (They stay in silence for a bit until Sara begins to speak)


    Sara- W-What is this place¡­


    (Jacob looks at her, leans back on the railing and then sighs)


    Jacob- The Enterprise


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    (There are researchers at the cell of O-77; One of the heads of research S¨¦phora Reed, a woman with eye bags, white skin, brown hair tied in a messy style, and a tired but flippant demeanor, goes up to Jacob)


    S¨¦phora- So, what happened


    Jacob- I¡¯m sure you¡¯ll see it on the tape but all I can say is I got a couple of dumbasses for my recruitment


    S¨¦phora- Heh, funny *looks at the disfigured bodies of Paul and Deonte* How many did you have again?


    Jacob- 4


    S¨¦phora- And 3 dead already, heh, fitting for you


    Jacob- I thought Akoni was going to be here too


    S¨¦phora- He¡¯s too busy dissecting those chimera bugs you took out yesterday, thanks by the way, we got some nice data from them


    Jacob- Your welcome


    S¨¦phora- Welp I¡¯m gonna head back now, see ya, ¡°Reaper¡±


    Jacob- Bye


    *S¨¦phora walks away with the researchers*


    (As the researchers leave, Sara is just sitting on the floor as Jacob walks up to her)


    Jacob- Get up, we gotta finish the tour


    Sara- No


    Jacob- I wasn¡¯t asking


    (Jacob then grabs her by the shirt and drags her along as she protests)


    Sara- Let go of me you asshole, I¡¯m not doing this anymore!


    (Jacob then turns around and gets in her face)


    Jacob- *stern* Listen¡­when you signed up for this, you signed up for that too *pointing at O-77¡¯s cell* and you¡¯ll be seeing a whole lot more of it so stop being a bitch and let¡¯s go


    Sara- Then I¡¯ll quit


    Jacob- *pushes her back* You can¡¯t


    Sara- The fuck you mean ¡°I can¡¯t¡±


    Jacob- Because once you were given that mark from the Chief your fate was sealed, so if you want to quit go ahead, they¡¯ll just make you into a test subject your already not getting out of jail, they may as well make you useful


    (Sara is shocked by the revelation)


    Sara- N-No your lying


    Jacob- After seeing that, would I?


    (Sara is left speechless but then just accepts it)


    Sara- F-Fine


    Jacob- Good now let¡¯s go


    (Jacob then takes her to Sector 6: Mathematics)


    Jacob- This is the Mathematics division. These guys calculate all the weird happenings in the world that are the result of paranormal events


    (Jacob and Sara walk over to one of the mathematicians. The guy notices he¡¯s there and gives some papers to him)


    Mathematician- Ah, Associate Maverick, here are your papers


    Jacob- I only need one *grabs a paper*


    Mathematician- Sorry sir, we just expected *looks behind Jacob* more to be with you


    Jacob- Sorry but do to *looks at Sara* unforeseen circumstances I only have one with me this time around


    (The mathematician hands over the paper to Jacob who then hands it over to Sara)


    Jacob- Your gonna need to read this if you want to have a very basic understanding of what your gonna experience on this job


    (Sara takes the paper and reads it feeling a little confused by its contents)


    Jacob- Onto the next one


    (Jacob then takes her to Sector 5: Weapons and Development as the sound of muffled gunshots and other oppressive sounds are heard in the background)


    Jacob- This is where we acquire our equipment and weapons it¡¯s also where most of the complicated stuff in this place is created *walks to a window of sorts and rings a buzzer* Yo E! You here?!


    (As Sara is looking at all the weapons racked behind the counter, one of the louder muffled gun sounds stop. Then, after about 30 seconds, an older looking woman with a slender/bodacious figure, blonde hair tied in a low bun, blue eyes and a scar on her cheek comes from around the corner and walks up to the window with a pleasant smile. She wore ear muffs, protective glasses, a dark blue waistcoat, black pants, an Edwardian style dress shirt with large sleeves, black gloves and black dress shoes. This is the head of Weapons and Development: Estralza Gertrude)


    Estralza- *slides the ear muffs down/slides the glasses up* Oh Jacob, good to see ya deary, been a while


    Jacob- Only a few days


    Estralza- *sigh/* When you''re as old as me, even a few days can feel like forever, *inspecting her gun a bit/looks at Sara intrigued* and who are you?


    Jacob- Estralza meet Sara, Sara meet Estralza Gertrude, the armsmith, tester, mechanic and seller of all of The Enterprise¡¯s mechanical assets


    Sara- Uh nice to meet I guess *continues to look at all the weapons behind her*


    (Estralza notices Sara looking around behind her)


    Estralza- Something caught your eye deary?


    Sara- Uh, no I-


    Jacob- *under breath* Oh no¡­


    (Estralza ignores what Sara says, turns behind herself and grabs a Desert Eagle)


    Estralza- *talking fast* Could it be this gas-powered, semi-automatic Desert Eagle with a 9 to 10 round magazine able to fire .50 BMGs like no tomorrow *flaunting the gun*


    (Estralza then aims the gun at a target board)


    Estralza- *putting the earmuffs on* Cover your ears if you would, *to the workshop staff* EARS!


    (Both Jacob and Sara cover their ears as Estralza then fires a few rounds into the target, hitting the bullseye more than once)


    Sara- Um, I-


    Estralza- OR this *pulls out an ACR* gas-operated, rotating bolt, automatic combat rifle, *under beath* that was sadly discontinued, but I¡®ve thus refurbished into something that can mow down anything with it¡¯s homemade 5.56¡Á45mm NATO round ammunition *cocks the gun and aims* EARS! *fires into the target board*


    Sara- No, just-


    (Jacob then puts his hand in front of her Sara)


    Jacob- Just let her finish


    (Estralza then put a sniper rifle on the table)


    Estralza- OR this McMillan TAC-50 which I modified to handle my very own custom made ammunition, a shot from this baby will kill just about anything, be that normal or not *aims the gun* EARS! *fires into the target board*


    Estralza- OR something smaller like this magnum revolver 500 with it¡¯s sleek but elegant frame that also fires .50 cal rounds


    Estralza- OR *picks up a standard glock in her other hand* this standard issue glock that fires the conventional 9mm *aims the gun* EARS! *fires both guns into the target board*


    (Estralza then slides her ear muffs and glasses away then leans on the counter with the 2 guns still in her hands)


    Estralza- Am I moving too fast for you?


    Sara- Uh, yeah


    Estralza- I¡¯ll say it a bit slower then *gets a thought* or maybe you''re more of a melee user, well if you don¡¯t mind I have some swords back here-


    Jacob- So E *interrupting*, what¡¯chu been up to?


    Estralza- *stops collecting the swords* Oh, would you like to see?


    Jacob- *looks at watch* Sure


    Estralza- Well then, come on in *opens the door for them and goes to set the swords down* Tapio!


    (A man wearing a similar suit to Estralza, but in black and white without the puffy sleeves, walks towards her)


    Estralza- Would you be a dear and put those back for me


    Tapio- *bows* Yes ma¡¯am


    Estralza- Thank you *sigh* he¡¯s such a good kid, if I ever kick the bucket or retire I hope I can entrust this shop to him


    Jacob- Let¡¯s hope he can handle it


    (They go into the back, past several racks with a bunch of swords, knives, guns, grenades, etc being stocked by several employees with similar outfits to Estralza, just black and white instead)


    Sara- Quite the arsenal you have here


    Estralza- Why thank you dear


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    (After walking past the racks they end up in a workshop of sorts with the muffled gunfire being a little louder but not too noticeable. In the workshop they find many types of deconstructed guns, schematics and different materials in testing locations then Estralza leads them to her work bench where 2 guns are stationed)


    Estralza- Here they are, I present to you projects ¡°Black Light¡±, ¡°White Dark¡± and *gestures to a different table* ¡°Pointbreak¡±


    (What is being shown are 2 rather advanced looking rifles with many different fixtures, tools, bullets and other projectiles like objects of different sizes around them and a table full of swords with different dates posted near them)


    Jacob- Still working on these, eh?


    Estralza- *smiling* Of course


    Sara- What are they?


    Estralza- ¡°Black Light¡± here is my attempt at creating a reliable compact railgun that can fire faster and harder than your standard military issue ones and ¡°White Dark¡± is my attempt at a compact reliable coilgun that I can can do the same to as the railgun but for coilguns and ¡°Pointbreak¡± is my attempt to make an ¡°ultimate sword¡± you could say, I¡¯m just combining different swords with different anomalous objects to see what I can create from their union, some have been successful some have not *looks disappointed*


    Jacob- But you look stumped


    Estralza- That¡¯s because I am, deary, the biggest conundrum I find myself in is finding an adequate power source and strong enough materials for the barrels and projectiles of these guns, I¡¯ve been hearing about this new material called ¡°CrCoNi¡± so I might give that a try but that still leaves me with the problem of a power source


    Sara- They are quite neat


    Estralza- Indeed they are, but they aren¡¯t finished, hm *goes into thought*


    Jacob- *looks at the time* Welp, nice talking to ya E but we gotta finish the tour


    Sara- See ya


    Estralza- *looks up from the guns* Oh, See ya dearies, have a good day


    (Estarlza then gets a call that she isn¡¯t to happy about answering)


    Estralza- Hello¡­


    (As Jacob and Sara walk out of Estralza¡¯s workshop and past the other developers Jacob gives some advice)


    Jacob- You can go to her if you need weapon repairs or new equipment but always remember to pay


    (They way he said that last part worried Sara a bit but she just nodded and they walked to further into the Sector to find a gym with many people working out)


    Jacob- *gesturing to the gym* We don¡¯t only develop equipment here we also develop physiques make sure to come here often to be in top shape, if you lag behind on a mission your as good as dead


    Sara- Ok


    (Jacob then takes her to Sector 4: Research)


    Jacob- This is where we research many of the paranormal things we collect from our missions, you already met one of the lead researchers back in containment, let¡¯s see if the other one is here


    (They walk through the Sector, with Sara seeing many weird objects and things getting experimented and tested on)


    Sara- *in head* This place is unhinged


    (They then happen upon one of the researcher labs with the label ¡°Heads of Research¡±)


    Jacob- Akoni, you in here?


    (They walk into the room seeing different creature diagrams on the wall and several dissected specimens on the tables)


    Sara- *in head/unnerved* Freaky


    ?- Yah suh mon (Over here man)


    (They then see a person hunched over at as table and humming to themselves, the person then turns around, taking off their mask and smiling; this was the other head of research: Akoni Montaque)


    Akoni- *removing goggles/leans back in swivel chair* Yow, Jacob buddy, Tuh wah duh mi owe di pleasure? (Hey, Jacob buddy, to what do I owe the pleasure?)


    (Akoni was a skinny, dark skinned man with upper-back length dreadlocks and a small beard on his chin. He wore sandals, rolled up pants, a lab coat, gloves and grabbed a piece of beef jerky from off the side to eat)


    Jacob- Just here for the tour


    Akoni- Oh mi know, Jus waah tuh staat ah conversation (Oh I know, just wanted to start a conversation)


    (As Akoni moves out the way a bit Sara sees what Akoni was working on; it was the flesh pile of Deonte)


    Sara- Is that¡­ *disgusted/pointing at the mass*


    (As she focuses on the pile it starts to look at her as if trying to ask her to end its suffering. Akoni looks at the mass and smiles)


    Akoni- Mi did hear whappen tuh di rest ah unu squad Luk gud gnarly Mon Buh di samples did quite satisfying (I heard what happened to the rest of your squad, pretty gnarly, man, but the samples were quite satisfying)


    Jacob- Yeah only got this one left *gestures to Sara*


    Akoni- *walks up to Sara studying her/smiling creepily* Tuh bad mi cud''n git yu as well Mi cyaah ongle imagine o yu wudda tun out (Too bad I couldn''t get you as well, I can only imagine how you would have turned out)


    (Akoni starts to creep out Sara as Jacob then interrupts their one-sided conversation)


    Jacob- We got a tour to finish so we¡¯ll be on our way


    Akoni- Nuh muss Nuh muss mi wud''n waah fi tek up tuh much ah yuh time (Of course, of course I wouldn''t want to take up too much of your time)


    (Akoni then goes back over to his workbench and starts to resume what he was doing)


    Akoni- Oh yeh Dem specimens wi braat Fram yu yessideh yielded sum noice results buh neks time try tuh tek sum bac wid yu di fresher di betta Yu know (Oh yeah, those specimens we brought, from you yesterday, yielded some nice results but next time try to take some back with you the fresher the better, you know)


    Jacob- No promises *leading Sara out*


    Akoni- Heh, Si ya ¡°Reaper¡± *waves behind him*


    (As they are walking to the next sector Sara is deep in thought)


    Sara- *in head/shocked* What is up with the people here, that guy was just playing with Deonte¡¯s corpse like- *remembers what Jacob told her*


    [Flashback:


    Jacob- *stern* Listen¡­when you signed up for this, you signed up for that too *pointing at O-77¡¯s cell* and you¡¯ll be seeing a whole lot more of it so don¡¯t try to back out now


    End Flashback]


    (Sara thinks for a bit after remembering that scene)


    Sara- *in head* I guess he wasn¡¯t lying


    (Jacob and Sara arrive at Sector 3: Human Resources. They see a bunch of people at desks talking to people about their jobs, training and other things in their daily lives)


    Jacob- This is the birthplace of the ¡°Recruitment Program¡±, it¡¯s also where you¡¯ll see your benefits and other employee details like your salary


    Sara- *looking around* ¡­Alright


    Jacob- On your own time, feel free to come here should you have any questions on your training or other personal facets, onto the next one


    (Jacob then takes her to Sector 2: Finances. Where people are filing taxes, looking at stocks, making calls and settling payments)


    Jacob- This is our ¡°Finance department¡± where we discuss our budgets and stuff like that, mostly just running numbers here so don¡¯t expect to have meaningful conversations unless it¡¯s about which country we owe reparations to, you won¡¯t have to worry much about this place, they pretty much do it all for you


    Sara- *sarcastic* How convenient


    (Jacob then takes her to Sector 1: The Metrinite Train Station)


    Jacob- And lastly the ¡°Metrinite Train¡± this bad boy can take you anywhere in the world and anywhere through the multiverse


    Sara- *confused* What the hell do you mean by ¡°multiverse¡±?


    Jacob- You¡¯ll get a hint of it from that paper you got from ¡°mathematics¡±, anything in depth I¡¯ll explain tomorrow, now *looking at his watch* that¡¯ll mark the end of the tour *they begin to walk out to the front reception desk* Oh yeah and this is reception. You''ll come here for jobs and other missions you may take on if you''re not currently assigned to anything


    Sara- Ok


    Jacob- For tomorrow, I expect you to show up at HR, you¡¯ll receive your uniform and your name will be called on the intercom for when I come to get you. Understood?


    Sara- Yeah


    Jacob- Good, go out the doors and get on your bus, I¡¯ll see you tomorrow


    (Sara then walks out to the prison buses where she gets handcuffed and sat in the bus with the other inmates who look as mentally exhausted as her)


    Inmate- So how was your guy?


    (Sara doesn¡¯t answer instead being lost in her own thoughts)


    Inmate- *scoffs* Figures


    Sara- *under breath* What have I gotten myself into


    (Jacob makes his way to the R/B tie breakroom, grabs a cup of water and sits down on the couch, soon Gennady comes in)


    Gennady- Oh Jacob, how are you my boy?


    Jacob- I¡¯m alright old timer, just takin¡¯ a break


    Gennady- *sits down* Hmmf, A man needs his rest after all


    Jacob- Amen to that


    (The room gets quiet for a bit until Jacob breaks the silence)


    Jacob- So, how''s your squad?


    Gennady- *sits down* A rambunctious bunch but nothing I can¡¯t handle, looks to be the same as last year


    Jacob- Good for you man *leans back*


    Gennady- I take it yours isn¡¯t so good?


    Jacob- Nah it¡¯s not that considering 3 of them are dead


    Gennady- *is a little surprised by this* Already?


    Jacob- Yup


    Gennady- How unfortunate so who¡¯s left?


    Jacob- Just one girl named Sara Lee


    Gennady- Any thoughts?


    Jacob- Just needs to get adjusted other than that she¡¯s fine


    Gennady- Alright, it seems that mine have already accepted the reality of this place or they just don¡¯t care


    Jacob- Who knows


    (The 2 sit in silence for a bit until David walks in)


    David- Man I got some assholes this time around *rubbing neck*


    Jacob- What¡¯s up with you?


    David- Fuck you mean is up with me, I got one decent guy in my squad and the others are some bitches


    Gennady- Please refrain from that language


    David- Sorry Wolf, just *sits down* Shit! *sigh*


    Gennady- David?


    David- Again sorry


    (The room gets quiet again)


    David- *sits down* So what about you guys?


    Gennady- Jacob here has already lost 3 members


    David- *looks in disbelief* Seriously man?


    Jacob- Yeah


    David- Damn, that didn¡¯t take long but at least you still have one, right, at this point I almost think you''re killin¡¯ em yourself


    Intercom- COULD ASSOCIATE MAVERICK MAKE HIS WAY TO THE CHIEF¡¯S OFFICE


    Jacob- *sigh* What does she want now


    Gennady- Oh you know, for our evaluations on our teams, prodolzhay seychas (go on now)


    Jacob- English, please?


    Gennady- Just go


    Jacob- Alright then, see you guys later


    (As Jacob gets to the door he sees Janis about to come in)


    Janis- Oh hello Mr. Maverick


    Jacob- Ms. Burke *holds the door for her*


    (She enters the room as Jacob makes his was to Nora¡¯s office; taking the elevator he makes it to the Chief¡¯s lobby)


    Receptionist- Oh, Mr. Maverick go right in


    (Jacob goes into the office and sees Nora looking over the city, she then turns around to meet him)


    Nora- Hello Jacob


    Jacob- Hey


    Nora- *sits down* How was recruitment?


    Jacob- Fine


    Nora- I heard you already lost some potential personnel


    Jacob- Yeah they had some promising skills, it just seems that one of those skills was getting rid of themselves


    Nora- So you have one left?


    Jacob- Yes


    Nora- And who is it?


    Jacob- Her name is Sara Lee


    (They both sit in silence for a bit with Jacob being confused by the silence)


    Nora- What do you think of her?


    Jacob- She¡¯s fine just needs a briefing as to what we do here


    Nora- So just like the rest of them


    Jacob- Yes


    Nora- Anything else you would like to add?


    Jacob- Nah


    (There is another break of silence)


    Nora- Alright then, have a nice day


    (Jacob gets up and goes to leave and as he leaves Nora¡¯s smile starts to fade a bit)


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    [A/N: The document Sara was given in the ¡°Mathematics¡± sector]


    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    World equations


    (Revised) By: Dr. Leon Pick


    (Warning: All Associates must read this document; failure to do so may lead to unprecedented events and/or accidents that The Enterprise will not be liable for)


    The universe is made up of a vast array of math equations that repeat into different strings but the main rule is that every equation starts and ends with 0


    (Ex: 0+1+1¡Á2¡Â2¡Á4¡Á10-5¡Â3¡Â5-5=0). The key is, to not look at it as one equation but to see it as a series of different equations strung together in sequence


    (Ex: 0+1=1 +1=2 ¡Á2=4 ¡Â2=2 ¡Á4=8 ¡Á10=80 -5=75 ¡Â3=25 ¡Â5=5 -5=0).


    But sometimes the universe has a mess up and the answer ends up being undefined as one of 2 types of impossible equations: the 7 Undefined Equations (Ex: 0¡Â0, ?-?, ?¡Â?, 0¡Á?, 1 to the power of ?, 0 to the power of ? and ? to the power of zero) or Negative Radicals (Ex: ¡Ì-7).


    When the 7 undefined equations happen, portals open up bringing paranormal organisms, objects or oddities to the world, we call these ¡°Undefined Events¡± or UE¡¯s for short. (Ex: O-303 was found in Cleveland, MI after a UE took place and brought it here)


    When the negative radicals happen, an already existing organism or object receives a paranormal attribute, which can be anything. These are defined as ¡°Radical Events¡± or RE¡¯s for short. (Ex: O-2991 is an example as she was hit with a ¡Ì- when she was younger and this caused her electrical capabilities)


    Both of these events are incredibly unpredictable and should be met with severe caution until the nature of them is assured on The Enterprise¡¯s danger scale (see ¡°O Danger Classification¡± document for more information)


    Added notes: Most of this information has been provided by the O-41 specimens.

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    Jacob- Her name is Sara Lee


    (They both sit in silence for a bit)


    Nora- What do you think of her?


    Jacob- She¡¯s fine just need a briefing as to what we do here


    Nora- So just like the rest of them


    Jacob- Yes


    Nora- Anything else you would like to add?


    Jacob- Nah


    Nora- Alright then, have a nice day


    (Jacob gets up and goes to leave and as he leaves Nora¡¯s smile starts to fade a bit)


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    [Dream:


    Sara- ROSALIN-


    (Rosalin then touches the weird triangle thing and starts to get sucked into it)


    Rosalin- PULL ME OUT PULL ME OUT!


    (Phil and Deonte rush to try and pull her out but she gets sucked in. Then Phil and Deonte meet a grim fate as Phil gets burned alive not being able to scream much before becoming a singed husk of his former self and Deonte gets turned into a pile of writhing flesh that looks at Sara. Sara throws up after witnessing this and hobbles her way out of the cell. Then the 3 of them grab her and try to drag her into O-77)


    Sara- PLEASE PLEASE NO LET ME GO, LET ME GOOOOOOOOOOO¡­


    End dream]


    Sara- Huh!?


    (Sara wakes up in a cold sweat, breathing heavily and gripping her chest then an officer knocks on her cell)


    Officer- Lee, get up, it¡¯s time for work


    (Sara then gets up, makes her bed and gets escorted out of the cell in cuffs)


    Officer- C¡¯mon y''all we ain''t got all day!


    (She then gets loaded onto the prison bus. The ride is mostly quiet with occasional banter and reprimands from the officers. Soon they make it to The Enterprise and get unloaded in the parking lot. Green tie Associates come out to meet the prisoners as they are relieved of their cuffs. They are led into the building and into Sector 3 where they all sit down as their names are being called. Sara just sits there and starts daydreaming)


    [Flashback:


    (Rosalin, Deonte, Sara and Phil are in a gym working out)


    Deonte- *bench pressing* Watch us get this job and finally be free, *racks barbell* easy way out, here we come


    Sara- *curling dumbbells* I hope it¡¯s that simple


    Rosalin- Of course, it¡¯ll just be some menial work for time out of jail, seems worth it to me


    Phil- Plus we''ll be getting paid too, so a win-win scenario all around


    Deonte- Where¡¯d you hear that from?


    Phil- Well it is a job and they can¡¯t make us work without paying us so I¡¯m pretty sure we¡¯ll get paid


    Sara- Sounds good to me


    Rosalin- Alright then see ya on the other side, assholes


    (The group all laugh together as they go back to their workouts)


    End Flashback]


    (Sara is still sitting in the chair until she hears something)


    Intercom- AHEM, SARA LEE PLEASE COME TO DESK 7 FOR YOUR SUIT AND TIE


    (Sara then gets up and goes to one of the desks at the front)


    Receptionist- Here is your employee card as well and feel free to use the changing rooms over there


    Sara- Thanks


    ?- MAN FUCK THIS!!!


    (Sara then looks over to one of the other desks and sees one of the inmates grab one of the receptionists and hold her in a choke hold. The green ties present don¡¯t seem too fazed about it though)


    Inmate- I¡¯m getting the fuck out of here, whether you like it or not


    (No response)


    Inmate- Now if you want her alive I suggest you get me out of here now


    (One of the green ties sigh)


    G/T- You really think the life of one employee means we¡¯ll just let you walk free


    Inmate- Wha-


    (The Inmate is then rendered unconscious by the Green tie)


    G/T- This dumbass *points to a yellow tie Associate* you, take this guy over to Sector 4 and give him to an ¡°Akoni Montaque¡±


    (The name brings a chill down Sara¡¯s spine)


    Y/T- Yes sir


    (The yellow tie then puts the inmate on his shoulders and takes him to the research sector. The Green Tie then looks to he recovering receptionist)


    G/T- Are you alright?


    Receptionist- I¡¯ll be fine, he wasn¡¯t too hard on me


    G/T- Then carry on


    (The green tie then goes back to his post and the receptionist just goes back to her desk as if nothing happened)


    Sara- *in head/walking to the changing room* Guess that''s what happens to the wild ones


    (Sara gets changed into her suit, puts on her yellow tie and looks into the mirror at herself)


    Sara- Look at you Sara, from death row inmate to office worker, what a life


    (She then leaves the bathroom as a name is called)


    Intercom- TADASHI KAITO PLEASE COME TO DESK 9 FOR YOUR SUIT AND TIE


    (Sara then walks by a guy with bandages fully covering his head except for his eyes)


    Sara- *in head* Never seen him before


    (Sara then sits down for a small while then¡­)


    Intercom- WILL SARA LEE REPORT TO THE LOBBY FOR ASSOCIATE MAVERICK


    (Sara then gets up and goes to the lobby where she finds Jacob holding a clipboard at the reception desk with Latoya)


    Latoya- So when do you think we¡¯ll be able to go out sometime


    Jacob- Probably never


    Latoya- *smiling* Never say never, sweetheart *notices Sara* What do you need, baby?


    Jacob- She¡¯s with me


    Latoya- Oh so she¡¯s part of your new squad


    Jacob- She¡¯s the ONLY part of my squad


    Latoya- *surprised* Already?


    Jacob- Yep


    Latoya- Guess it can¡¯t be helped, you do have a reputation for it, sorry


    Jacob- Let¡¯s go Sara


    Sara- Ok


    Latoya- Have a good day you 2 *waves happily*


    Sara- Thanks


    (Both Jacob and Sara start to walk down to Sector 5)


    Sara-*in head* At least there''s one normal person here


    Sara- So what are we doing today?


    Jacob- Going to meet E again and then I¡¯ll give you a fitness test


    Sara- *confused* I don¡¯t have any gym clothes


    Jacob- That won¡¯t be a problem, oh and here *gives her a walkie talkie*


    (Sara looks at it)


    Jacob- I¡¯ll be calling you on it should we ever get separated on future missions or for when you go on your own and need to call for backup


    Sara- Alright (pockets it)


    (They make it back to the window at ¡°Weapons and Development¡±, with the faint sound of testing gunfire, as Jacob notices a lack of ¡°Estralza¡± in the air)


    Jacob- You here E!?


    (No one answer but one of the staff comes up to him)


    Developer- Oh Jacob how ya been?


    Jacob- Fine, where¡¯s E?


    Developer- She took the day off, couldn¡¯t tell ya why though


    Jacob- *brushes his hair out the way* Well guess we¡¯ll have to talk to her tomorrow *looks at Sara* Hey, are you good with guns or swords?


    Sara- If I had to say, guns maybe


    Jacob- Hey could I get a standard glock with 5 extra magazines and a sword?


    Developer- Sure thing are we renting or buying


    Jacob- Renting


    Developer- Gotcha *goes to get them*


    Jacob- *to Sara* You see I would have gotten you a personal weapon but since E isn¡¯t here I¡¯ll just have to give you something in the meantime


    Sara- Ooooooook


    (The guy comes back with what Jacob ordered)


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    Developer- Alright standard issue glock with 5 extra magazines, would you like one of our magazine bags and holsters?


    Jacob- Uh, sure


    Developer- *loading the gun and mag bag* Alright there is a $100 fee for renting items


    Jacob- Won¡¯t be a problem *hands over a $100 bill*


    Developer- Thank you


    Jacob- Here *hands Sara the stuff*


    Sara- *putting the holster and mag bag on* You sure it¡¯s ok to give me a gun and a sword?


    Jacob- Yeah *walks off* Not like you¡¯d be dumb enough to use it here anyway


    (Sara just holsters the gun and walks off with him)


    (Jacob then leads Sara to the gym where they see other people working out as well)


    Jacob- I¡¯m gonna need you to do all of these to the best of your ability *hands her a paper*


    (Sara looks at the paper and sees that it has slightly harder exercises than what she was given for the application phase)


    Sara- What about this *gestures to her suit* I don¡¯t have any gyms clothes


    Jacob- Like I said that won¡¯t be a problem *takes a whistle and a timer out of his pocket then sits down* get ready


    Sara- *confused* What¡¯chu mean ¡°get ready"?


    Jacob- Do I have to spell it out for you your going to do those in your suit now shut up and start working


    Sara- What!? But-


    Jacob- *agitated* What did I just say?


    (Sara gets scared by this, sits the walkie talkie and gun equipment down and starts to do the exercises after he blows his whistle and sets a timer for 30 minutes. She starts to and after she¡¯s done he gives her his thoughts)


    Jacob- Passable


    Sara- *panting* What?


    Jacob- Your Passable


    Sara- *panting* Alright whatever


    Jacob- *writing down some stuff* Your gonna have to do this everyday so get used to it


    Sara- That¡¯s fine, at least I get it


    Jacob- Now go take a shower and come back *gestures to the gym¡¯s locker rooms*


    Sara- Aight


    (Sara goes to the locker rooms and as Jacob sits there and waits for her David comes into the gym, looking strained, with his squad)


    Jacob- *in head* Seems like she¡¯s giving him a hard time again


    David- Sup, Jacob


    Jacob- David


    David- You already done your testing?


    Jacob- Yeah she¡¯s taking a shower now


    David- That¡¯s cool I gotta test my guys right about now


    Jacob- Who are they?


    David- *to his squad* Yo!


    (The 4 people come over one of them taking a bit longer than usual)


    David- This is Johnny, Yaara, Adina and Tadashi


    (Johnny Hastings was a man of average height, with a crew cut, a faint beard, green eyes, pale white skin and a few tattoos. Yaara Milton was slightly shorter than Johnny with shoulder length black hair, brown eyes and a similar middle eastern appearance to Jacob. Adina Underwood was shorter than Yaara, had black hair, black eyes, a scar on her face and a gap in her teeth. Tadashi Kaito was the tallest of the group, about 3 inches taller than David, with his head being completely covered in bandages, except for his eyes and nostrils of his nose. His eyes were black and he had a stiff demeanor to him.)


    Yaara- Hey


    (Johnny, Adina and Tadashi remain silent)


    Jacob- Hi


    David- Well better get this started, alright fellas were gonna be doing a fitness test today so lock in *hands then all a sheet of paper* complete as many of these as possible in 30 minutes; Ready¡­GO!


    Johnny- Wait wait wait wait, in our suits?


    David- Yes-


    (Tadashi immediately starts doing the first set of exercises barely any noise emanating from his body)


    David- *under breath* Looks like someones eager, what y¡¯all waiting on, get too it


    (The group starts to do the workouts alongside Tadashi who is already moving onto the next set. As this is happening Sara comes out of the locker room)


    Jacob- Finally¡­


    (Sara walks up to Jacob, looking very uncomfortable)


    Sara- My suit is still wet


    Jacob- Deal with it


    (David then notices Sara next to Jacob)


    David- So you''re the one that survived eh?


    Sara- *putting her equipment back on* What?


    David- Of his squad, your the only one that survived


    Sara- Uh yeah, I guess


    David- Well try to survive as long as you can- HEY HASTINGS STOP SLACKING *blows whistle*


    Jacob- Alright then we¡¯ll be on our way, see ya David


    David- See ya


    (Jacob and Sara then start heading to the containment sector)


    Jacob- Now did you read that document you were given yesterday?


    Sara- Uh yeah but I was a bit confused


    Jacob- Of course, but I guess it¡¯s as good a time as any, let¡¯s stop by ¡°Mathematics¡± and give you a crash course


    (They make it to ¡°Mathematics¡± and see a small video seminar happening based on ¡°World Events¡±)


    Jacob- Oh, forgot about that, just go sit over there and listen I¡¯ll wait over here


    (Sara goes over to the rest of the inmates and new recruits, sitting in one of the open seats in front of the presentation where a man in a coat with glasses, a crew cut, a goatee and formal attire with a pointer stick is on the board)


    [A/N: MTN = Mathematician]


    MTN- Now, as I said, because of how the universe is structured whenever there is a mistake in it¡¯s many equations one of 2 types mishaps can occur ¡°Undefined Events¡± or ¡°Radical Events¡± these have been abbreviated to ¡°UE¡¯s¡± and ¡°RE¡¯s¡± for simplicity¡¯s sake. An ¡°Undefined Event¡± is caused by a universal equation ending in one of the 7 undefined equations these include: 0¡Â0, ?-?, ?¡Â?, 0¡Á?, 1 to the power of ?, 0 to the power of ? and ? to the power of zero. A ¡°Radical Event¡± is caused by a universal equation ending in a negative radical which includes ¡Ì-1,¡Ì-2,¡Ì-3 you get the idea. ¡°Undefined Events¡± cause dimensional gateways or portals to open and bring all kinds of paranormal objects, organisms, or oddities. ¡°Radical Events¡± cause already existing objects or organisms to become paranormal. Both of these events are planned for but unexpectedly our hardworking mathematics department have been at work trying to predict the next ¡°UE¡¯s¡± or ¡°RE¡¯s¡± from happening but it will take time. New recruits make sure you listen to your designated associates when these events happen in order to follow proper protocol and ensure safe and successful capture and containment of these anomalies. Have a great day Enterprise staff!


    (A fast speaking voice then comes on)


    TheEnterpriseisnotliableforanymishapsinjuriesordeathsbroughtuponfromfailuretocomplywithestablishedprotocol :)


    (Everyone gets up from their seats and walk back to their respective associates, as Sara is walking back to Jacob he just finishes a phone call )


    Jacob- You understand it?


    Sara- Um, basically


    Jacob- *getting up* Basically is better than not at all, well get ready because we gotta job to do


    Sara- What kind of job?


    Jacob- We gotta provide security for the research sect, they¡¯re examining a new dimension through the Metrinite train


    Sara- Were providing security!?


    Jacob- Well I¡¯m providing security your just there to watch and offer the team your help should they need it


    Sara- Oh, ok then


    Jacob- Fine then let¡¯s go-


    Sara- Wait you still didn¡¯t explain to me what you meant by the ¡°multiverse¡± yesterday


    Jacob- Oh right that, *sigh* I¡¯ll explain it on the train it¡¯ll give you a more visual feel about it


    (Jacob and Sara make it to Sector 1 along with the rest of the research team)


    S¨¦phora- Good, you make it *to her team* alright everyone let¡¯s go


    (After they all get onto the train and, it starts rolling. Sara takes notice of the Conductor going around asking questions to the research members)


    Sara- What¡¯s up with him?


    (As Sara is pondering, Jacob goes over to S¨¦phora and asks her)


    Jacob- Could you explain to my trainee how this train and the multiverse works?


    S¨¦phora- Sure, we got time


    (S¨¦phora gets up from her seat and sits with Jacob and Sara)


    S¨¦phora- Ok, also I need you to want this train ride to go on for a while


    Sara- Why?


    S¨¦phora- Because depending on your perception of time the ride can take only a couple of seconds or forever


    Sara- No way¡­


    S¨¦phora- Anyway I¡¯ll begin, this is the Metrinite train, it can go anywhere in the world and through the multiverse. We are one of many realities and the Metrinite train allows us to access other ones. There are currently only 13 that we know of considering it seems to take time for the Metrinite train to find these different worlds and it does so at random. Some of them are good while others we have to make good by force if necessary, regardless of its danger we have to document them. Do you get it?


    Sara- Yeah, and who''s that guy? *gestures to the conductor*


    S¨¦phora- That''s the Conductor, he''s the one who pilots this train and helps with retrieval missions incase we need to move a lot of equipment around, he''s a nice guy try to say hello


    Sara- Nah, I''m good-


    Conductor- And how are we doing over here?


    (The sudden appearance spooks Sara as she jumps in her seat)


    S¨¦phora- I''m doing fine


    Conductor- Mhm, and what about you miss?


    (Sara is put off by his chilling demeanor as his eyes remain shut)


    Sara- I''m fine...


    Conductor- Great just let me know if you need anything


    (The conductor walks off)


    S¨¦phora- Told ya he''s nice *leans back*


    Sara- *uncomfortable* Thanks for the tip


    S¨¦phora- Your welcome *notices the train slowing down* seems like were here


    Jacob- *waking up from a nap/yawn* Finally


    Sara- Already?


    S¨¦phora- Remember what I said the perception of time is different for everyone on the train *starts walking and commanding he research teams* Our scouting team has already cleared this place as breathable so we¡¯ll be fine, lets go


    Jacob- C¡¯mon Sara let¡¯s do this


    Sara- Aight


    (They get off the train and head into a new world as the conductor walks out to the terminal and stands off to the side)


    Conductor- Happy hunting, all of you


    (Some say "thank you" to him but others just ignore him as S¨¦phora starts the expedition)


    S¨¦phora- *speaking into voice recorder* This is head of research S¨¦phora Reed recording as this marks the first expedition of D-14 at 1500 hours with research squad alpha and accompanied by Associate Jacob A. Maverick and his recruit we advance *stuffs the recorder in her pocket* I want research equipment stationed around here make sure it¡¯s set up correctly *gestures to Jacob and Sara* Maverick, take these *hands them bags and gloves* I want you and her to scout the area and bring back anything interesting you might find


    Jacob- Roger that *looks over to Sara/putting on the gloves* You go that way and I¡¯ll head over here make sure to radio me incase anything happens


    Sara- Gotcha


    (Sara then goes off on her own and finds some mushroom looking specimens)


    Sara- Alright let¡¯s do this


    (She starts picking them up and putting them in here bag as she does this something slinks around behind her)


    Sara- Huh? *looking back*


    (Nothing is there until she looks infront of her and sees a black humanoid creature with bone like protrusions coming out of its body; she stumbles back which causes it to try and get closer to her which she responds to by quickly pistol whipping it in the head killing it)


    Sara- What was that!? *picks up her walkie talkie* Hey, I¡¯m gonna need you over here


    ~Jacob- Alright be there soon~


    (As Sara then pokes the dead carcass with her sword the ground starts to violently shake and then a giant version of the specimen she killed comes out of the ground)


    ?- ??? ??? ??? ??????? ????, LEAVE NOW! (YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE, LEAVE NOW!)


    Sara- *in head* How can I understand it?


    Sara- I was just about to actually *slowly steps back but runs into Jacob*


    (Sara gets spooked, turns around and shoots Jacob in the face which he doesn¡¯t react to and just pulls the bullet out of his skin, no blood is seen)


    Jacob- Please be careful, if I were one of the researchers you might have been punished by the Chief


    (Jacob then walks over to the creature and tries to play diplomat)


    Jacob- Ok, considering you have some level of smarts, I¡¯ll ask what you want?


    ?- RETRIBUTION!


    Jacob- Sorry I¡¯m not at liberty to allow that so how about this I take this corpse here back with me and we go our separate ways?


    ?- NOOOOOOOO!


    Jacob- Well that sucks, *groan* Well looks like I¡¯m gonna have to do things the hard way *opens the staff casing*


    ?- I WILL KILL YOU IF IT¡¯S THE LAST THING I DO


    Jacob- Well, killing you will be the first thing I do


    (Both Jacob and the monster get ready for battle with many other specimens coming from the ground surrounding them on all sides)


    Sara- Uh, how are we getting out of this?


    Jacob- Easily


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    [The sheet that Sara was given for her workouts]


    Conditioning Workouts


    Warm Up Set 1: Conditioning Drill


    Bend and Reach: 5 repetitions, slow


    Rear Lunge: 5 repetitions, slow


    High Jumper: 5 repetitions, slow


    Rower: 5 repetitions, slow


    Squat Bender: 5 repetitions, slow


    Windmill: 5 repetitions, slow


    Forward Lunge: 5 repetitions, slow


    Prone Row: 5 repetitions, slow


    Bent-Leg Body Twist: 5 repetitions, slow


    Push-Up: 5 repetitions, moderate


    Warm Up Set 2: Military Movement Drill


    Verticals: 1 repetition


    Laterals: 1 repetition


    Shuttle Sprint: 1 repetition


    Main Activity: Speed Running (30:60s)


    To be repeated six times.


    Run: 30 seconds


    Walk: 60 seconds


    Cool Down Part #1: Walking


    Walk until your heart rate comes down to fewer than 100 beats per minute.


    Cool Down Part 2: Stretch Drill


    Overhead Arm Pull: 1 repetition on each side, hold for 20 seconds


    Rear Lunge: 1 repetition on each side, hold for 20 seconds


    Extend and Flex: 1 repetition on each side, hold for 20 seconds


    Thigh Stretch: 1 repetition on each side, hold for 20 seconds


    Single-Leg Over: 1 repetition on each side, hold for 20 seconds


    (Repeat: Until timer runs out)

 Document 5

    ?- I WILL KILL YOU IF IT¡¯S THE LAST THING I DO


    Jacob- Well, looks like killing you will be the first thing I do


    (Both Jacob and the monster get ready for battle with many other specimens coming from the ground surrounding them on all sides)


    Sara- How are we getting out of this?


    Jacob- Easily


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (Jacob takes his scythe out of its case and readies for a fight as Sara does the same)


    Jacob- Sara


    (Sara looks at Jacob)


    Jacob- Watch and learn


    (Jacob grabs the very end of the scythe¡¯s handle and puts it behind him)


    ?- YOU WILL BOTH DIE HERE


    (Jacob takes in a sharp breath and, in a second cuts the head off all of the black inky creatures and bisects the lead one. Sara looks dumbfounded as she sees the scythe stretched all around the area and its head going through the lead ones body)


    ?- W-WHAT IS THIS?


    Jacob- Oh your still alive, you¡¯re much more resilient than I thought *takes out his radio* hey S¨¦phora ping my location and come over, got some interesting specimens for you


    ?- I¡¯LL KILL YOU I¡¯LL KILL YOU


    (The monster tries to punch Jacob away)


    Jacob- *sigh* Oh shut up *retracts his scythe and cuts off both of it¡¯s arms*


    ?- RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH¡­


    (Sara and Jacob cover their ears)


    Jacob- *nonchalant* Quite loud


    (S¨¦phora and some of her team appears and S¨¦phora is super excited seeing all the creatures laid out on the floor)


    S¨¦phora- Oh my, Jacob who are all these beauties!


    (Sara is confused by the sudden shift in personality)


    S¨¦phora- They so very interesting sadly you couldn¡¯t get them alive


    Jacob- Who said that?


    S¨¦phora-?


    (Jacob walks over to the creature)


    Jacob- wake up *stabs it*


    ?- RAAAAAAAH! YOU CONGROK I¡¯LL EAT YOUR INSIDES


    (S¨¦phora shrieks in glee)


    S¨¦phora- IT CAN EVEN TALK OH WHAT A BLESSED DAY WE HAVE!


    (S¨¦phora is dancing around the beast as it tries to kill her but can¡¯t with the loss of its lower body and arms)


    S¨¦phora- QUICK GET IT TO THE TRAIN WE HAVE TO STUDY IT IMMEDIATELY *quietly into the recorder* this is S¨¦phora with an update on a new specimen; physical description is black, slimy, bone covered and appears to be lacking a face


    (As the team gets ready to take away all the smaller monsters¡­)


    ?- I¡¯m sorry my love I tried to protect our children but have failed you


    S¨¦phora- Oh? Are you saying there are more of you maybe we should *stops herself as she gets into a thinking pose*


    S¨¦phora- *in head* It said ¡°lover¡± meaning it can breed but if it can then what''s to say killing it would mean the end of its species or at least a significant part of it, not to mention¡­


    S¨¦phora- How are you still alive?


    ?- LIKE I WOULD TELL YOU THAT


    S¨¦phora- Hmm, you must have extremely fast clotting abilities and maybe regenerative ones too hmm¡­ *to her team* keep him alive and take the dead ones to Akoni that bastard would love to get his hands on these *goes over to Jacob* Good work on keeping a live specimen this time


    Jacob- No problem


    S¨¦phora- Oh and what would you say the danger level of that thing is?


    Jacob- Uh, I¡¯d say at purple tie wasn¡¯t much of a challenge


    S¨¦phora- Ok then thanks


    Jacob- Don¡¯t mention it *goes over to Sara who is confused about this whole situation* Good job on getting your first kill


    Sara- Oh uh thanks I guess *putting the sword and gun away*


    Jacob- Just make sure you can actually hold your own next time, can¡¯t always count on someone to save you y¡¯know, *pats her head* now c¡¯mon we gotta help with these bodies


    ?- WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY CHILDREN PLEASE DON¡¯T-


    S¨¦phora- Please be quiet, we won¡¯t hurt any more of your kind as long as you cooperate with us so please pipe down before I have him deal some more punishment to you


    (The monster is then quiet but then Sara walks up to it)


    Sara- What¡¯s your name?


    (The monster is confused by this but answers)


    ?- Fyndorax


    Sara- Well sorry for killing one of your kids, if that means anything


    Fyndorax- It doesn¡¯t


    Sara- Oh, well then, bye


    S¨¦phora- *to a researcher* Hey you, go get a few more boxes from the sector


    Researcher- Yes ma¡¯am *leaves*


    (Sara goes back over to Jacob and starts to help with some of the bodies)


    Sara- Hey, how come we can understand that thing?


    Jacob- Remember that marking the Chief gave you yesterday, it allows us to understand any language we hear or read


    Sara- *lifting up one of the bodies* That¡¯s convenient


    (After the other researchers come back with more crates they put the rest of the bodies into them as they approach the station)


    S¨¦phora- *to the conductor* Could you please bring up the storage cart?


    Conductor- *bowing* Right away, madam


    (The conductor then whistles and the train goes forward a bit revealing an end portion that opens its doors for them)


    Conductor- Here you are


    S¨¦phora- Alright everyone load up the corpses and anything else you¡¯ve collected


    (Jacob, Sara and the rest of the research crew stock up the back compartment with all the specimens bodies and heads with Sara throwing in some of the mushroom-like plants she pick up)


    S¨¦phora- Hey, Jacob were gonna be staying here for a while make sure to find more things if you can, it''s always helpful


    Jacob- Sure thing S¨¦ph


    S¨¦phora- I need some of you to go back and deliver these to Akoni, got that?


    Researchers- YES MA¡¯AM


    (After a few hours of scavenging and documentation S¨¦phora pulls the plug)


    S¨¦phora- *speaks into a radio* Alright everyone time''s up, let¡¯s head back now gotta unload this data


    (One of the researchers near Jacob relays the message)


    Researcher- Hey! Time to go back


    Jacob- *cracking back* Finally, let¡¯s go


    Sara- Kay¡¯


    (They all head back to the train)


    S¨¦phora- Jacob you¡¯re gonna need to stay here and watch over the other crew man until I get back


    Jacob- *not really pleased to hear this* Fine


    S¨¦phora- Thank you


    The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    (S¨¦phora and a few other members board the train as it jets off. Jacob and Sara stand on the terminal and it gets a little too quiet)


    Sara- Soooo¡­What was that back there?


    Jacob- What do you mean?


    Sara- I mean the scythe, the monsters and, oh yeah, the fact that you took a BULLET TO THE MOTHERFUCKING SKULL *pointing at him*


    Jacob- Oh that well you see the scythe is my weapon it¡¯s one of the O¡¯s that you see from time to time, the monsters well that just happens and the bullet, well, the scythe gave me some extra abilities along with it


    Sara- So how¡¯d you get the scythe-


    (The train comes back and as the door opens a purple tie and green tie associate come out along with the other researchers)


    <ol>


    <li> Tie- This is Purple Tie Associate Brock Lyle and Green Tie Associate Emil Nov¨¢k, we are here to take over your security Associate Maverick</li>


    </ol>


    Jacob- Copy that, lets go Sara


    (They pass by each other as Jacob and Sara get on the train and get situated)


    Sara- Back to what I was saying, how did you get your scythe?


    Jacob- *sits back* No


    (Sara gets caught off guard by Jacob¡¯s blunt answer)


    Sara- ¡°No¡± what?


    Jacob- I don¡¯t want to talk about it


    Sara- Fine


    (The train ride lasts for a little longer for Sara than it does for Jacob but it arrives all the same. As Jacob and Sara exit the train they run into Janis with her group)


    Janis- Nice to meet you Jacob


    (Sara takes notice of Janis¡¯ clothing she has the standard suit jacket, R/B Tie and white button up shirt but the bottom is a short skirt, leggings, and wedge heeled boots)


    Sara- *in head* That doesn¡¯t look battle ready


    Jacob- Hey Janis *looks behind her* these yours?


    Janis- *sigh* Yes, they are quite the, what''s the word, burden on me but I¡¯ll manage


    Sara- *in head* Ouch


    Janis- Go on, introduce yourselves *steps off to the side*


    (First was a girl with short hair, dull eyes, pale skin and of modest stature)


    Jemma- Name¡¯s Jemma


    (Next was another girl but taller and more ¡°awake¡± looking, her hair was in a low ponytail and she also had pale skin)


    Marita- Marita


    (Then there was a small man with a french accent, minimal facial hair, dark skin and pensive eyes)


    Beno?t- Beno?t, sir


    (And lastly was the tallest of the group was an olive skinned, long bearded, man with a more burly build)


    Yacouba- Yacouba


    Sara- *in head* quite a mixed bag


    Jacob- And here¡¯s mine *pushes Sara forward*


    Sara- Hey, I¡¯m Sara


    Janis- Well now that you all have exchanged pleasantries, we should get going now


    Jacob- Alright see ya then


    Janis- Likewise


    (Janis and her group get onto the train while Jacob and Sara make their way to sector 5)


    Jacob- Just drop off your stuff there and come on


    (They then head to sector 7 with Sara getting uncomfortable from this)


    Jacob- I¡¯d like to show you something


    (They go into the sector and head to a cell marked with ¡°O-41¡± with a glass window and 2 cone faced almost bird like individuals are sitting in opposing chairs with a few chairs off to the side)


    Sara- Who are these guys


    Jacob- We call em the ¡°birdmen¡±, they don¡¯t really do much as they mostly just sit and talk to each other most of the time but sometimes we¡¯ll get a very interesting conversation between them, they are the reason for us knowing most about the universe as we do


    Sara- Oh well that''s neat


    (Jacob then unlocks the door to the containment cell shocking Sara)


    Sara- What are you doing!?


    (Jacob just motions for her to come in but she decides to stay outside as she has a bad feeling but Jacob just grabs her and pulls her into the room. As they are in there Jacob gets 2 chairs and sits them perpendicular to the ¡°birdmen¡¯s¡± chairs.)


    Jacob- Sit


    (Sara then sits down followed by Jacob)


    [A/N: BB = BlackBird/ WB = Whitebird]


    BB- Do you wish to join our conversation?


    Jacob- Yes


    BB- And you? *gestures to Sara*


    (Jacob then motions to her to say ¡°yes¡±)


    Sara- Uh. sure


    WB- Then do try to keep up


    BB- So, what do you all think of the Johnny Trakers (Tray-Kers) team?


    Jacob- I don¡¯t know I don¡¯t really watch sports like that


    WB- There alright could do better when it comes to their team work some of them have a loser mentality


    (The turn goes to Sara as they all look to her)


    Sara- Uh, I don¡¯t know


    BB- Their star player is pretty good, though he needs to get his act together that many children with that many women is not good for your financial and emotional future


    Jacob- That does sound like a risky thing to do I¡¯ve heard a lot about athletes doing that, personally I think they should just think more with their head and less with their dick


    WB- I your right about that one


    Sara- Sure


    BB- The new ¡°Pistol Rebellion¡± album came out yesterday, I heard it was good


    Jacob- It is especially the song ¡°Heartfelt¡±


    WB- That one felt kind of weak to me, I liked more of the ¡°UV collapse¡± track, it had a better flow and such


    Sara- I don¡¯t really listen to music


    BB- Stars are quite interesting are they not?


    Jacob- I¡¯d say they are but I mostly just chock them up to giant gas balls in space


    WB- Which is basically what they are


    Sara- They are nice to look at though


    BB- They are but don¡¯t you think it¡¯s fascinating how gasses in space just come together and due to their gravity cause chain explosions to go off and create those same balls of gas


    Jacob- Well when you put it like that it is quite interesting


    WB- Couple the fact that there are different things those starts can become when they die: They can be a a new star, a neutron star, a pulsar, a magnetar, a quasar or even a black hole maybe even a white hole


    Sara- *in head* My brain hurts from all of this


    Sara- That''s very neat


    BB- From my side I would say I like the magnetar more, for that sake of its name and appearance


    Jacob- It does sound cool, I¡¯ll give ya that


    WB- But sometimes you have to go to the simpler things like flowers, they are ¡°bright¡± like stars but they have a nice ¡°air¡± about them


    (Sara perks up at the mentioning of flowers)


    Sara- Have you heard of Carnation flowers?


    BB and WB- Yes


    Sara- They are my favorite kinds of flowers, I don¡¯t really know what about them I like but they just instill a feeling of comfort ya know?


    (Jacob subtly smirks at this)


    BB- I believe I do but I have always been more accustomed to the look and scent of Lavender myself


    Jacob- I¡¯m not really into flowers so I¡¯ll pass


    WB- I¡¯m more of a Rose kind of guy, maybe cliche but it¡¯s the truth


    (They all share a laugh and go on talking for longer with Sara joining in on the conversations she could respond to and trying her best with the ones she couldn¡¯t. After all the talking they left the containment cell with Sara saying bye to the specimens. After walking for a bit Jacob asks Sara a question)


    Jacob- So, what do you think of them?


    Sara- They¡¯re weird but nice, it was fun talking to them


    Jacob- It¡¯s good that you think that because they are one of the more chill ¡°O¡±s in this place, so be sure to remember them as a friendly face


    (Going back to the ¡°O-41¡± specimens)


    BB- That talk was quite eloquent, if I do say so myself


    WB- It¡¯s nice to have a more packed conversation every now and then


    BB-.....


    WB-.....


    (The room gets eerily quiet with the 2 ¡°birds¡± sitting and just staring at each other)


    BB- Should the age of the 10 crowns be realized upon the shadow sky¡­


    WB- The world shall be brought into a new age¡­


    BB- Should that age be compromised, erasure is insured¡­


    WB- Should that age be free, prosperity will be rewarded


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    O-41


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Danger Level: Yellow Tie


    Name: ¡°Birdmen¡±


    Gender (If applicable): Males (presumed)


    Species (If known): N/A


    Age (If known): N/A


    Measurements: Height = 6¡¯ 9 ft (2.05 m) Weight = 199.8 lbs (90.62 kg) Waist = 34.8 in (88.39 cm) Hips = 41.2 in (104.64 cm) Chest = 47 in (119.38 cm)


    History: They were discovered in D-1 sitting and talking to each other. They seemed to pay no mind as personnel seized them and carried them back to The Enterprise for processing and  containment


    Description: These organisms consist of 2 sharply dressed, identical, bird-like faced individuals (both seem to be male in voice and appearance) that are differentiated as Black and White (based on their suits colors). They never seem to blink and can¡¯t be killed either. Both specimens look like complete inversions of each other as is their mannerisms. For example Black likes to speak formally while White likes to speak flippantly/ White likes to sit in more serious poses while Black sits in a more cordial pose/ Black likes his coffee white while White likes his coffee black/etc.


    Ability: These 2 specimens have the ability to know anything. Most of the time they just sit and talk to each other about different things they should have no knowledge of, like sports, video games, movies, tv, political states of different countries, gangs, economies, astrology, math, science, history and even people though they have been told to limit this talking to things that don¡¯t involve employees and people¡¯s personal lives, they seem to have acknowledged this complaint but they simply ignored it.


    [Voice Recording 1 O-41 Date XX/XX/XXXX Examiner: Elizabeth Braxton


    [chair moving]


    ¡°Hello both of you I am Elizabeth Braxton and I will be your examiner¡±


    ¡°Do you wish to join our Conversation?¡±


    ¡°Yes¡±


    ¡°Then do try to keep up.¡±


    ¡°How do you think Dale¡¯s dog ¡°Benjamin¡± is doing?¡±


    ¡°Not well, he seems to be vomiting and having diarrhea with some fever¡±


    ¡°Why do you talk about the things you do?¡±


    ¡°Must be Pancreatitis¡±


    ¡°What breed is Benjamin again?¡±


    ¡°I believe he¡¯s a Cocker Spaniel¡±


    ¡°How do you both know this information?¡±


    ¡°Makes sense that breed is more prone to it than others¡±


    ¡°Poor bastard, ¡°Benjamin¡± was the only thing left after his wife¡¯s death¡±


    ¡°I presume this might be karma considering the fact that he¡¯s a hired killer¡±


    ¡°He could try and ease the little mutt¡¯s pain  since there''s no way he can be cured¡±


    ¡°All he can do now is wait for the little guys eventual end.¡±


    ¡°*sigh* Pull me out were not getting anywhere today, this will mark the end of today¡¯s session¡±


    Recording Closed]


    Containment procedures: Their danger level is Yellow to Black/Red tie because of the information they spout and their apparent immortality but most peculiarly about them is their apparent non hostility to those that do harm to them if one gets shot in the head they continue the conversation as if it never happened. They only seem to ever drink coffee despite not appearing to possess a mouth. They are to be monitored and kept under constant recording and surveillance for the information they spout is sometimes too dangerous or too vital to the development of mankind


    Transporting procedures: Should there be any need for them to be transported. Both specimens are to be walked out and put onto a soundproof platform for transport.

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    BB- That talk was quite eloquent, if I do say so myself


    WB- It¡¯s nice to have a more packed conversation every now and then


    BB-.....


    WB-.....


    (The room gets eerily quiet with the 2 ¡°birds¡± sitting and just staring at each other)


    BB- Should the age of the 10 crowns be realized upon the shadow sky¡­


    WB- The world shall be brought into a new age¡­


    BB- Should that age be compromised, erasure is insured¡­


    WB- Should that age be free, prosperity will be rewarded


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (It''s a new day as Sara is seen with David¡¯s group getting a mission break down from him as they listen somewhat intently. We flashback to this morning with Jacob waking up with a phone call)


    Jacob- *groggy* Hello?


    Nora- Good morning Jacob


    (Jacob is surprised by Nora¡¯s voice)


    Jacob- What do you need?


    Nora- I¡¯ll be going on an excursion to meet all the world leaders, I¡¯m sure you get the gist


    Jacob- *sigh* Yeah, so why did you call me?


    (There is a slight pause)


    Nora- ¡­Because your insurance


    Jacob- *groan* Fine


    (Nora then hangs up the call and Jacob lays back on his bed)


    Jacob- Well this is going to be boring


    (He gets up, gets dressed and goes to The Enterprise and meets up with Sara)


    Jacob- Hey


    Sara- Hey


    Jacob- I need to let you know that I¡¯ll be gone for quite a while


    Sara- Why?


    Jacob- Because I have to escort the chief to several different conferences around the world


    Sara- Well then what am I supposed to do?


    (Jacob thinks for a second)


    Jacob- I¡¯ve got an idea


    (Flashforward to them being in front of David and his squad)


    David- What?


    Jacob- I need to you to look after her maybe give her to other R/B Ties if she¡¯s too much for you, just keep her busy for me while I¡¯m gone


    David- Fine


    Jacob- Alright, see ya


    (Sara gets with the group and David directs them)


    David- Alright guys let¡¯s head to sector 1 I got a job from the research team on an ¡°infestation¡± and we gotta clear it up


    (They all nod and follow him down the hall)


    (Cut to Jacob in the ¡°Chief¡¯s lobby¡±)


    Receptionist- You can go in, she¡¯s expecting you


    (Jacob then goes into the room and sees Nora tidying herself up ending with her putting some black lipstick on)


    Nora- Are you ready? *puts the lipstick in her pocket*


    Jacob- How long are we going to be gone for?


    Nora- About 3 months give or take


    (Jacob is shocked at the information)


    Jacob- That long, really, that seems longer than last time!?


    Nora- Yes but last time a lot of the countries wouldn¡¯t comply with our accord so this time I will have to encourage them to concede to our previous agreement, and know that you will be duly compensated for your efforts like always *eerily smiles*


    Jacob- Could I go pack some more clothes?


    Nora- Sure I¡¯ll give you some time, but do hurry , there is only an hour between us and the Congress meeting


    Jacob- *sigh* Ok *about to leave*


    Nora- And know that Mrs. Plum will be coming with us as well, she¡¯ll be our schedule handler *looks back out the window*


    Jacob- *mocking* Yay


    (Jacob leaves and walks more sulkingly through the lobby)


    Receptionist (Alicia Plum)- *in head* Looks like he didn¡¯t take the news well


    (Jacob makes it down to the lobby and walks out to his car and during the car ride he vents)


    Jacob- Why the fuck does she have to do this now, I was content with just training Sara now I gotta go to everywhere else and do ¡°stuff¡± with Nora


    (Jacob then sits in silence for a bit)


    Jacob- This sucks


    (After he gets home and packs all his stuff into a large suitcase he exits his home and drives back, deciding to wait outside of The Enterprise. After a while Nora comes out along with Alicia and a Purple Tie associate; Burke Burns)


    Nora- Shall we be off?


    Jacob- Your the boss


    (Nora walks past Jacob and towards a limo)


    Burke- Alright everyone let¡¯s get going


    Nora- Mr. Burns here will be our driver


    Jacob- K


    Nora- And you should load your luggage on the Train, considering we won¡¯t need it for now


    Jacob- *looking at his suitcase* Oh yeah


    (Jacob then makes his way into The Enterprise and goes to the Metrinite train meeting the conductor)


    Conductor- Hello Mr. Maverick


    Jacob- I need you to store this on the train


    Conductor- At once sir


    (After that he goes back out to the parking lot and sees that Nora and co are already in the car with Alicia waving at him)


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    Alicia- Over here!


    (Jacob gets into the car sitting next to a cross legged Nora)


    Burke- Everybody comfortable


    Alicia- Yes


    Jacob- Yeah


    (Nora says nothing, and they are off. After a couple seconds of driving Nora decides to break the silence)


    Nora- Jacob, how have you been?


    (Jacob is surprised by the question)


    Jacob- Fine, I guess


    Nora- Elaborate if you would


    Jacob- Uh nothing much just working for you, training Sara and living


    Nora- That sounds nice


    (The conversation ends there with Jacob making a confused, weirded out expression. After the 8 minute car ride they make it to the Congress building, with Burke opening the doors for Alicia, Jacob and Nora)


    Nora- *to Jacob* Remember your here for insurance so act naturally


    Jacob- Yeah yeah I get it


    Nora- Burke, turn the car off, this will take a while


    Burke- Yes ma¡¯am *bows*


    Alicia- Alright let¡¯s not dilly dally everyone the meeting will be starting soon


    (The 3 of them walk into the Capitol building, seeing all manner of Senators and Representatives walking and talking, receiving some looks as they walk through)


    Jacob- This place just looks more and more pretentious with every visit


    Alicia- Mr. Maverick, please give some respect


    Jacob- They¡¯ll have to earn it first


    (They make their way to the main hall where both Senators and Representatives have mainly congregated, taking a seat in between the Representative seats and the Senate seats. They¡¯re seat has its own insignia on it, being that of the same marking that is shown on the front of The Enterprise. Nora sits in the middle with Alicia to her left and Jacob to her right with his case in his lap. After being seated the Congress is called into session by the president; Felix Hardy)


    Felix- The XXXth Congress is now in session


    (Cut to David, Sara and the rest of the squad doing a mission in D-8 with them killing off several weird canine like creatures, with eight extremities and long tails. David is mostly just sitting back and watching as his team and Sara take care of the creatures)


    Sara- *in head* Comparing this to what Jacob had me doing yesterday, I¡¯d say I¡¯m taking this much better *looks around* maybe it¡¯s because I got a team this time


    David- Hey, Sara!


    (Sara looks back in front of her to see another one of the creatures pop up but Tadashi deals with it swiftly by shooting it in the head and slicing through its neck)


    Sara- Thanks


    (Tadashi just ignores her and goes back to slaughtering the creatures)


    David- Hey, Sara, you''re gonna need to be able to multitask if your gonna survive in this line of work, *a monster comes up from behind David but he just spin kicks it hard enough that its neck snaps* can¡¯t be getting easily distracted by things or people, *twist his foot into the creatures neck* like me


    Sara- Aight


    (They kill some more of the creatures and after about 50 minutes they¡¯re done. After reloading and cleaning their weapons they head back to the train platform)


    David- *yawn* Glad thats over I can finally rest *goes to sleep*


    Sara- *in head/irked* You didn¡¯t even do anything


    (The train ride is awkward as everyone is in their own world at the moment and don¡¯t feel like talking to each other. Johnny is looking at his weapons, Yaara is also sleeping, Adina is humming a song to herself and Tadashi is staring off into space. So after the short ride they all make it to the train station and as they are about to enter sector 1 the alarm goes off)


    Intercom- ALERT! ALERT! UNDEFINED EVENT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY ANY AVAILABLE AGENTS PLEASE RESPOND


    David- Well then we might as well take this on, I¡¯d like to see if I can relieve some stress today anyway, *turns around* everybody back on the train


    (David¡¯s squad and Sara groan loudly)


    David- Oh, shut up


    (They all get back on the train with David telling the Conductor the location and after a moment and a few hours for others they are there. As they get off David relays to the Conductor)


    David- Let them know that I¡¯ve taken on this job


    Conductor- At once Sir


    (As they exit they hear sounds of explosions and screams in the distance.)


    David- Let¡¯s go team


    (Sara and the squad follow suit as they make it to ground 0 and see a creature over 50 feet tall, with a muscular body, no eyes, a type of mane and multiple protruding horns and a splitting mouth)


    Sara- *in head* Almost looks like a lion


    David- *stretching* Alright guys sit back and watch me deal with this, *grabs his eye patch* it''s time to get messy


    (Flash back to the Congress building. After a few miniscule conversations get wrapped up, Felix Hardy begins to reading his prompt)


    Felix- Alright, Senate and House, we are here to discuss with Chief Rayleigh of The Enterprise on the bi-yearly renewal of ¡°The Enterprise commission¡± act set in 1790; is everyone ready to proceed?


    (No one says anything)


    Felix- Then let¡¯s begin, Chief Rayleigh I have been informed that you have made some claims for increased funding on part of your recent exhibitions and supplies?


    Nora- Yes


    Felix- Well then we can¡¯t exactly sign off on such a decision


    Nora- Why?


    Felix- Given how much we had to pay for last year¡¯s events adding onto that fact with the recent ¡°Phoenix Incident¡± the federal budget is stretched thin as is


    Nora- If I recall correctly The Enterprise helped in reparations with those events and didn¡¯t ask for much in return, besides compensation for the lost personnel during the ¡°Phoenix Incident¡±, we¡¯ve had to do this in other events in other countries as well


    Felix- Speaking of other countries, we¡¯ve been getting rising tensions most notably from the North Korean, Chinese and Pakistani governments because of your invasive escapades. This has snowballed into sanctions from Russia, given their allied treaty with China and North Korea, threatening to have their oil exports withdrawn. Considering the fact that your base of operations reside in the US and other ¡°stations¡± that are already in their countries they attribute most of this to us


    (Jacob gets a weird feeling in the air and starts looking around the room)


    Nora- If that is the problem then I will gently calm those governing bodies and clarify, once again, that The Enterprise is it¡¯s own separate entity and that it¡¯s choices doesn¡¯t reflect those of the states


    Felix- Well if that''s how your gonna settle it then I¡¯ll leave you to it, on the other hand I have received word that the Department of the Treasury has issued complaints on your tardiness when it comes to your taxes


    Nora- Would you mind running by me all the ones we¡¯ve been late on?


    Felix- Gladly


    Felix- Ms. Robinson


    (Lindy Robinson the current Secretary of the Treasury stands)


    Lindy- Ahem, by our accounts you have been late on a total of 4 payments these include: Income, Payroll, Property and Corporate income taxes


    Nora- When were these requested of us again?


    Lindy- The income tax was due the 15th of April last year and it took you 5 days after to file it. The Payroll tax is due at the end of each month and you were faithful to the schedule but you started to fall behind during October and November where payments were getting a bit delayed. The Property tax was due December 20th of last year and it was 10 days after when you decided to file it. and lastly The Corporate income tax was due March 15th of last year that one was paid sooner with only 3 days late


    Nora- We were late on those, because through most of last year we were experimenting with different ¡°O¡¯s¡± and required lots of materials to help with said experiments not taking into account just how much this would cost, ended in us being slightly behind on our payments also given that we are mostly preoccupied by giving indemnity to the countries, that you have so eloquently reminded me of, it¡¯s hard sometimes to remember all the places we owe money to


    Felix- Even the one that is just down the street?


    Nora- Yes, but rest assured, that we will crack down on this in future endeavors


    Felix- Well that easy to say but you must show us that truth if you want us to believe it-


    (A bang is heard and the whole room goes quiet as they see Jacob standing on the edge of the upper seats with his scythe up against a guy''s neck who was holding a gun. Everyone starts to freak out a bit but Nora just gets there attention then continues talking without missing a beat)


    Nora- Mr. Hardy, The Enterprise has protected this world from many threats and it will continue to protect it from many more to come. Now though there are some that may wish harm on us like this man here *gestures to the shooter* we will protect them to our utmost ability nonetheless


    (Nora then turns to the man)


    Nora- What is your name?


    (The man tries to keep quiet but Jacob starts to press the blade closer to his neck)


    Russell- Russell Wall


    Nora- Now Mr. Wall, I would like to ask, what is the purpose of this attempted assassination?


    (Jacob lowers the scythe form his neck but takes the gun out of his hand)


    Russell- *sneer* I¡¯m not telling you shit


    (Jacob¡¯s blade goes back to his neck but Nora signals him to lower it)


    Nora- I don¡¯t know that the circumstances were that caused you to make this decision but I humbly apologize for anything The Enterprise has done to you to warrant this, now in future please try to resolve your animosity in a more civilized manner as to not have this happen again


    (Nora then looks back to the president)


    Nora- *dead stare* Please invest in some higher security Mr. Hardy because things like this shouldn¡¯t happen in such a civilized place


    (The room gets eerily quiet with that last remark then an alarm goes off signaling the room of an ¡°Undefined Event¡±)


    Nora- Well it seems as though we have another matter to clean up, I¡¯m sure one of our many Associates will be happy to fix this mess and hopefully you all will be very accommodating to the sacrifices we make for you, understood?


    (The room is quiet)


    Nora- Good, then I shall take my leave; Alicia, Jacob?


    (Alicia gets up apologizing for the sudden departure and Jacob backflips behind them grabs his case and puts away his scythe as they leave the hall)

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    Nora- Well it seems as though we have another matter to clean up, I¡¯m sure one of our many Associates will be happy to fix this mess and hopefully you all will be very accommodating to the sacrifices we make for you, understood?


    (The room is quiet)


    Nora- Good, then I shall take my leave; Alicia, Jacob?


    (Alicia gets up apologizing for the sudden departure and Jacob backflips behind them grabs his case and puts away his scythe as they leave the hall)


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    (Sara and the squad follow suit as they make it to ground 0 and see a creature over 50 feet tall, with a muscular body, no eyes, a type of mane and multiple protruding horns and a splitting mouth)


    Sara- *in head* Almost looks like a lion


    David- *stretching* Alright guys sit back and watch me deal with this, *grabs his eye patch* it''s time to get messy


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (It opens on David pulling the eye patch up to reveal a fully black eye socket with a black smokey liquid coming out that forms into a black, stary, humanoid woman with no eyes, white lips and white hair )


    Sara- *in head* Freaky


    Johnny- *in head* What is that!?


    ?- Hello, my love


    David- Open


    (The entity opens her chest to reveal a dark space-like abyss that David reaches into and pulls out a metal bat with the word ¡°NASH¡± labeled on it)


    David- You know the drill Nightmare, keep damage to a minimum and no killing bystanders, got it?


    Nightmare- Yes my love


    (Just then Nightmare dispatches around, cleaning the surrounding area while David stares down the massive creature as he then gets into a stance and leaps to the monster)


    David¡¯s group and Sara- Woah!/ HOLY SHIT!


    (David then brings the bat down on the monster¡¯s head stunning it)


    David- Whew, yah got one thick ass skull i¡¯m gonna needs a little more force if i¡¯m gonna crack it


    Monster- RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!


    (The monster regains its composure as it swipes around the area at David which he starts to bat away)


    David- Bink, Boonk, Pow, Outta-the-park


    (After launching all of those rocks and debris at him the creature then decides to charge. David, seeing this, decides to spin the bat around his body while also charging forward. The monster does a claw swipe, while David prepares his bat they both clash and make a giant shockwave that pushes both of them back, the monster less though because of its size. David gets caught by Nightmare who tries to cuddle with him)


    David- Focus ohn tha mission


    (Nightmare then goes away and David looks at his bad and sees noticeable damage on it)


    David- Looks like i¡¯m gonna have tah got visit e again, welp time tah break it down *rolling his shoulders*


    (David then dashes towards the beast prepping the bat into swinging position then¡­)


    David- BOINK *crack*, BONK *clang* BOW! *bing*


    (David starts with a hit to the side of its body, then a hit to its chest and lastly as hit to the forehead killing the beast. David has Nightmare grab the creature and lower it to the ground gently)


    David- Don¡¯t wanna get yelled at fowh causing more propehty damage


    (He goes to find his group and they signal him with their yells)


    Squad + Sara- OVER HERE! *waving*


    (David then dashes over in no time and makes sure everyone is alright)


    David- Yah guys *ahem* You guys ok?


    Adina- Yeah, just some dust and dirt but other than that were fine


    David- Good good


    (Just then Nightmare hurries back and tries to slash Adina¡¯s head off but David stops her)


    David- Nightmare


    (The entity then turns back around and comes over to David)


    David- What have I said about trying to attack my squad members?


    Nightmare- I know but she clearly wants to take you from me-


    David- Stop, just *sigh* open


    (Nightmare then opens her her body and he chucks the deformed bat in)


    David- Remind me to bring that to E when she gets back, it needs repairs


    Nightmare- Yes, my love


    David- *yawning* Alright team I¡¯d say that was a sprawling success


    Johnny- Uh, I guess


    Yarra- Yeah


    David- Oh right, follow me


    (They all walk with David to where the monster had fell and then David pulls out several swords, knives, hacksaws and other sharp weapons and lays them on the ground)


    David- Just so that you guys don¡¯t feel left out, I¡¯m going have you cut this bastard into smaller pieces


    (They all look at the gargantuan creature)


    Sara- I¡¯m sorry, but how the fuck do you expect us to do that?


    (They then all look at Tadashi climbing up the creature to sever it¡¯s arm)


    David- *pointing* Like that


    Sara- But seriously though how?


    David- Look just cut off some manageable chunks and then we¡¯ll call it a day, ok, ok, ok, ok, good *underbreath* Nightmare you better not kill any of them I mean it


    (David then passes out asleep on the ground)


    Nightmare- Don¡¯t worry my love I won¡¯t


    (The team then get on with the dissection as David is fast asleep with Nightmare watching over him like a vulture)


    (1 hour later)


    Sara- How much longer do we have to do this?


    Yarra- *grunt* Idk probably until he wakes up *pointing at David*


    (Sara groans at this as she then hears something large hit something. Turning around she sees that it¡¯s Tadashi who has severed a large chunk of skin off and then moving deeper into the arm)


    Sara- Looks like he¡¯s having fun


    Johnny- Hey hurry the fuck up don¡¯t wanna be here all day


    (After several 2 mores hours of dissection, David awakes from his slumber with a yawn and a bit of amazement as each of the squad and Sara have their own piles of severed flesh)


    David- Wow I¡¯m surprised you guys, especially you Tadashi managing to sever the entire arm is quite impressive, you sure your not superhuman?


    (Tadashi says nothing as he just stands there with the weapons in his hands)


    David- Yaara and Sara are tied, Adina got more and Johnny has less than Adina, well the placements are Tadashi in first, Adina in second, Johnny in third, and Sara and Yarra tied for 4th


    Adina- Hey you never said that this was a competition


    David- Never said it wasn¡¯t either


    (Adina gets a little pissed)


    David- Anyway, *calls S¨¦phora* Yo I took down the new beast that showed up come to Louisville, Kentucky and you should be able to find us make sure to bring some big containers and a lot of manpower, K, bye *beep*


    (Everyone is looking rather tired and so David pulls out some chairs and benches)


    David- Alright guys you¡¯ve earned some rest we¡¯ll wait here for S¨¦phora and her team to come claim some of this


    Yarra- You don¡¯t have to tell me twice *sits down*


    Johnny- I second that *also sits down*


    (Everyone is sitting in their own chair/bench and they all wait for about 30 minutes when they see Enterprise personnel showing up to the scene)


    David- ¡®Bout time


    (S¨¦phora the appears first and runs up to the monster and starts to ogle at it with shock and wonder)


    S¨¦phora- First O-3405 now we have you, SQUEEEEE this is such a blessed time be alive


    David- Could you give some thanks to my team here they helped with all the samples


    S¨¦phora- Oh of course, thank you all for these pieces I¡¯m so grateful


    (S¨¦phora then notices Sara standing with the rest of the group)


    S¨¦phora- Oh hey Sara fancy meeting you here where¡¯s Jacob?


    Sara- He said that he went with the Chief somewhere


    S¨¦phora- Oh it¡¯s that time of year again isn¡¯t it, well at least he had the wherewithal to give you to David here


    Sara- I guess


    S¨¦phora- Alright everyone I want those pieces right there taken and sorted and, hmm *looks to David* Hey David


    David- Hm?


    S¨¦phora- Could you take the larger part to The Enterprise for us?


    David- Hmm, maybe if I just, *to S¨¦phora* Stand back, Nightmare, open


    (Just then Nightmare opens her body and David pulls out a Tachi from it)


    David- I¡¯m gonna have to bisect this thing a little more, if it¡¯s going to fit


    (David then gets into a stance and then zooms back and forth on the monster cutting it¡¯s other arm, legs and head off)


    David¡¯s Squad and Sara- *ticked off/shared thought* You couldn¡¯t have done that earlier?


    (After David gets done cutting it into smaller pieces he then commands Nightmare)


    David- Nightmare, swallow each piece


    (Nightmare then grows in size and drapes herself over each of the meat chunks)


    David- Alright gang let¡¯s move out!


    S¨¦phora- Hey, that¡¯s my line


    (They all get onto the metrinite train and head to The Enterprise )


    S¨¦phora- Oh, I so pity the Finance division, that amount of property damage is gonna be a doozy


    David- Eh, let¡¯s just let them handle it, after all, it¡¯s their specialty


    (They make it back to The Enterprise and everyone unloads the cargo just as David gets an idea)


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    David- Hey, I¡¯m gonna need all of you to go dump your clothes in the wash and wait put on your sweats then go to Sector 5, I need to test something there


    The group + Sara- K


    (As they go to Sector 5, David goes with S¨¦phora to Sector 4 as he is led into one of the larger testing labs)


    S¨¦phora- Ok, this should be big enough for a small piece of it, maybe


    (David then goes to release one of the legs of the creature but finds that it¡¯s too big)


    David- Yeaaaah, that¡¯s not happening


    S¨¦phora- Yeah¡­


    David- I¡¯m gonna go inside and make it smaller, Nightmare don¡¯t try anything funny


    (David then walks into Nightmare going into the starry black void and finds the many different carcass pieces floating around


    David- Alright let¡¯s do this *a sword then appears in his hand*


    (David then proceeds to slash up the the pieces into even smaller chunks and when he''s done stares at his handy work)


    David- Finished


    (He then walks out of the portal and notices that S¨¦phora is no longer in the room with him)


    David- S¨¦phora?


    S¨¦phora- Over here


    (David then looks behind him and sees her open the door)


    David- Why were you outside-


    (David then looks at Nightmare with a glare, who then looks back confused)


    S¨¦phora- Well you see, ¡°Nightmare¡± here was staring at me a little too much so I just stayed outside until you were done


    David- Ok, good as long as she didn¡¯t do anything else, Oh and how are these pieces


    (David then makes Nightmare dump out the sliced up pieces on the testing floor)


    S¨¦phora- Ah much better and make sure to keep the other pieces as well if these run out we may need more


    David- Gotcha


    S¨¦phora- We¡¯ll be able to get tons a data from these and the recorded footage that we retrieved from the news and bystanders


    David- Good and if that¡¯s all, I''ll be going now


    S¨¦phora- Have a nice day, oooh Akoni is gonna flip when he sees this *takes out her phone*


    (David then goes back to the lobby and sees Nora, Jacob, Alicia and Burke entering The Enterprise)


    David- Hey, so how was the meeting?


    Nora- It was fine Mr. Barclay, pray tell where is your team?


    David- Oh I sent them to Sector 5 I¡¯m gonna have them go up against each other to gage whos strongest


    Jacob- You''re including Sara in this too?


    David- Yeah, why wouldn¡¯t I?


    Jacob- No reason just making sure she''s doing something


    (Nora twitches at this statement)


    David- Aight then


    Nora- Now if you¡¯ll excuse us Mr. Barclay, we have another meeting we have to attend


    David- Sorry bout that I¡¯ll leave y¡¯all to it *leaves*


    Jacob- *in head* Hope she¡¯ll be alright


    (David makes it to Sector 5 to see his team just chatting and working out a bit)


    David- Well at least they¡¯re doing something, *gets their attention* alright guys follow me to the training rooms


    (They make it to the training room as David gives them the agenda)


    David- Ok I¡¯m gonna have you guys fight each other to see who''s the best here, it¡¯ll be fist fight and it only ends if you die


    (Everyone, except Tadashi, is scared by that statement until David starts laughing)


    David- HAHAHAHA, you should have seen the look on your faces!


    (They all, except Tadashi, are angry at the small prank)


    David- *composing himself* The match will end once either person taps out, alright


    (no response)


    David- Alright let''s get to it, *sits down on the side* Alright let¡¯s get down to it I¡¯ll have Tadashi and Johnny go first then Yarra and Adina, and Sara you fight one of the last 2 left, Aight¡­


    Yarra- Uh¡­


    David- Aight! Tadashi and Johnny get your protective gear and get up there


    (Tadashi and Johnny get into the sparring ring after putting on their gloves and head pieces)


    David- And go!


    (Johnny goes in for the boxer approach coming with right and left hooks and quick jabs but Tadashi is keeping his distance from him as he mostly just parries and blocks)


    David- *about Johnny to himself* Sick strikes, boys¡¯ been ahound tha block


    (That is until Johnny throws a punch that Tadashi grabs and then pulls Johnny forward into an elbow to the chest and then a 7 piece combo to the thigh, liver, side-of-head, shin, side-of-neck, back of the knee, which causes Johnny to take a knee, and then a kick to the face. Everyone is silent as Johnny is on the floor aching so bad he can barely move)


    David- HOLY SHIT, HE MOVED LIKE A FUCKING NINJA!


    (Everyone looks at him and then he composes himself)


    David- *ahem* I¡¯ll give that wind to Tadashi, and Johnny you ok?


    Johnny- Yeah *groan* I¡¯m fine just need to rest a bit


    David- *pulling up his eye patch* Hey, Nightmare, pick him up and bring him over here


    (Nightmare then comes out as she picks up Johnny who groans in pain and gets laid down on the benches. Tadashi then walks down from the arena and takes off his gloves)


    Sara- *in head* Don¡¯t wanna mess with him


    David- Alright Yarra and Adina, y''all are up next


    (Yarra and Adina go up to the ring after getting their gear on and Adina gets into a boxing pose, similar to Johnny, and Yarra has her hands lower and her feet spread apart a bit)


    David- Go!


    (Yarra then goes in for a front kick that Adina dodges and tries to counter with a left jab but gets punched away by Yarra. They go for another with Yarra going on the offensive and pushing Adina into a ¡°corner¡±. Adina sees an opening, when Yarra has to take a small break to catch her breath, so she starts to lay on the pressure with rights and lefts. This causes Yarra to go on the defensive but clearly taking damage from the onslaught of attacks. She then tries to end it with an uppercut to the jaw but Yarra moves to the side, with Adina¡¯s glove grazing her cheek, and leg sweeps Adina then landing elbows her in the chest knocking the wind out of her)


    David- Nice, *to Adina* yo, you good?


    Adina- *getting up* Nah, I¡¯m done, that''s enough for me


    (Adina then takes off her gear and walks down to the benches)


    Adina- Shit man, that hurt *groans/rubs chest*


    David- You get some rest and now moving on we got Tadashi and Yarra, gear up


    (Tadashi puts his gear back on and gets into the arena)


    Yarra- Can I sit out for a bit that took a bit out of me *to Adina* you hit like a truck


    Adina- *grunt* You''re no slouch yourself


    David- That¡¯s alright, come down and get some rest, Sara guess it¡¯s your turn then


    (As Yarra is leaving the box, Sara is shocked by the news)


    Sara- What!? I have to fight him?


    David- Yeah, go ahead I¡¯m sure it¡¯ll be fun


    Sara- *in head* Easy for you to say


    (Sara then puts on the gear and walks into the arena and faces off with Tadashi who just looks at her as if she isn¡¯t even there)


    Sara- *in head* What is with this guy *gets into a basic MMA fighting stance


    David- Go!


    (Tadashi quickly dashes to Sara and goes in for a leg sweep but Sara manages to backstep it and tries to retaliate with a punch but wasn¡¯t ready for the follow up kick that Tadashi had spun around with clocking her in the face. Sara skids across the floor and tries to recover but Tadashi was just too quick. As soon as she gets up he punches her in the face, knees her in the chest, punches her in the face again and was gonna end with a downward ax kick until¡­)


    David- STOP!


    (Tadashi, hearing this, then retracts his leg and promptly exits the ring)


    David- Aye, Sara you aight?


    (Sara doesn¡¯t really say nothing and David goes to the side of the arena and asks again)


    David- Hey you alright?


    (Sara then finally starts to get up as she says)


    Sara- Fuck no


    (She then goes to sit down as David calls up the last fight)


    David- Alright guys last one today is Tadashi and Yarra and Tadashi¡­


    (Tadashi then turns to David)


    David- Please ease up a bit


    (Yarra enters the arena with her gear on and gets back into her stance as Tadashi just stares at her)


    David- Go!


    (As soon as he says that Yarra goes in for a low right hook to the jaw but Tadashi quickly avoids it and goes for a spin kick which Yarra blocks albeit barely. Tadashi then decides to go on the offensive with a feint kick to the leg but then going in for a punch which Yarra wasn¡¯t ready for and taking on the hit. Tadashi then continues the combo with a left, right, uppercut, 2 punches to either side of the ribcage and focused punch to the sternum which Yarra takes and ends up almost passing out but seeing that she''s still conscious Tadashi goes in for a devastating punch but¡­)


    David- STOP!


    (Tadashi then stop his advances and looks at David)


    David- TADASHI WHAT DID I JUST SAYS *accent flaring*


    (Tadashi then looks at Yarra and bows his head then walks out of the ring to the others and bows to them as well then ends with a bow to David)


    David- *in head* I truly got a weird one this year *sigh*


    David- Alright that''s enough for today, if you need any first aid go to the infirmary in Sector 4 otherwise go back to your rooms and Tadashi chill out for a while man, that''s all I got to say to ya


    (Everyone starts to clear out and as Sara leaves to the infirmary Yarra comes up next to her)


    Yarra- You ok?


    Sara- Yeah but that motherfucker hits like a damn train, felt that shit through the headpiece


    Yarra- Yeah he hits harder than Adina and she already has a good punch


    Sara- Well I¡¯m going to the infirmary to see if anything he did was internal I¡¯ve seen a lot of ninja movies so I hope the damage ain¡¯t severe


    Yarra- *laugh* Eh heh it hurts to laugh, well I¡¯ll see ya around Sara


    Sara- You too


    (Sara gets to the infirmary and wonders where the doctor is)


    Sara- Hello!? Is there a doctor here?


    (Its silent for a bit then someone comes from behind the corner in a swivel chair)


    Akoni- Yow, Wah cyaah mi duh fi you? (Hey, what can I do for you?)


    (Sara is shocked at the revelation and so is the person behind her)


    Johnny- WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU HERE!?


    Sara- AH!? Don¡¯t do that, but yeah what he said


    Akoni- Oh well mi di docta yah as well, pleased tuh mek yuh acquaintance. (Oh well I¡¯m the doctor here as well, pleased to make your acquaintance) *mock bow while in the chair*


    (Sara then looks at him then Johnny then herself and decides¡­)


    Sara- Y¡¯know what, I¡¯d rather take my chances *leaves*


    Akoni- Eh Ar loss Wah bout yu sir? (Eh, her loss, what about you sir?)


    Johnny- *sigh* Do you have, like, an ice pack?


    Akoni- A com rite up! (Coming right up)


    (Cut to Jacob, Nora and Alicia sitting at a lunch table inside of a local Japanese restaurant called ¡°Sansotei Ramen¡± sitting next to the window. Jacob¡¯s eating Tonkotsu, Alicia¡¯s eating a Shoyu and Nora is eating Tonkotsu Black)


    Alicia- Well that was wrapped up rather quickly


    Jacob- Yeah I hope all of them will be like this, so I can relax


    Alicia- Agreed


    (They sit there for a bit as a speed car goes by with cops chasing after it)


    Nora- *sip* It¡¯s a nice day isn¡¯t it?


    Jacob- Yeah


    Alicia- I¡¯d say it is though a bit chilly


    Jacob- That¡¯s Canada for you


    (They sit and eat for a bit as Alicia finishes her ramen and stands up)


    Alicia- Alright we have a little more downtime before the next meeting or do you want to go now Ms. Rayleigh


    Nora- I¡¯d like to finish my Tonkotsu first, then we¡¯ll go to the meeting because I would like to get as many done as possible within the day, given that I feel as though we are about have a busy year


    Alicia- Yes ma¡¯am


    (Alicia notices that Nora is eating rather slowly so she does the only sensible thing)


    Alicia- Excuse me waiter *someone comes over* Could I get another ¡°Shoyu¡± bowl, if you wouldn¡¯t mind?


    Waiter- Right away ma¡¯am


    Jacob- Did you not eat today?


    Alicia- I did but that bowl was just too good, I gotta have another


    Jacob- Well at least you enjoy it


    Alicia- Indeed I do


    (They all sit there a bit and continue to eat with a Nora looking at the interaction with interest)


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    O-1234


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Danger Level: R/B Tie


    Name: ¡°Nightmare¡±


    Gender (If applicable): Female (presumed)


    Species (If known): N/A


    Age (If known): N/A


    Measurements: [Variable]


    History: The oddity was discovered inside of a ¡°Benjamin Robins¡± in Nampa, Idaho. It seemed to have taken over his body and was terrorizing the nearby citizens as well as the man¡¯s family. Enterprise personnel appeared on the scene and apprehended Mr. Robins and were able to separate the ¡°Oddity¡± from his body though this costed Mr. Robins his life.


    Description: 0-1234 is a tall (variable) woman (in appearance) humanoid that is black in color with many white spots on her resembling stars. It wears a dress type of clothing and a half mask that covers its eyes. Its mouth seems to be sewn shut, who or what did this is not confirmed.


    Ability: The oddity is quite similar to O-303 in appearance and functionality as it seems to have a consciousness of its own but is quite hostile. When bonded with someone it displays the ability to manifest itself as a shadow that is able to fight with its bonded recipient. O-1234 also can be used as a storage space for its user as it can store tons of different items. [These results are from the examples shown during Associate David Barclay¡¯s bonding]


    Containment procedures: When not bonded it is to be kept in it¡¯s cell in Sector 7 and is to not be opened unless with express permission from Warden Micheals or the Chief herself


    Transporting procedures: When not bound O-1234 is to be kept in a solid titanium casing and is not to be let out unless with express permission from Warden Micheals or the Chief herself


    Binding: The oddity is currently bonded to Associate David Barclay as it has taken its place in his right eye


    Added Notes: During testing, a ¡°willing¡± participant was tasked with exploring O-1234¡¯s storage abilities and was fitted with a video-camera and tether to be pulled out should O-1234 do anything unexpected. After Associate David gave permission the participant was put into O-1234. They were in there for 20 minutes and when they came out they were a babbling mess. Here is a recording of what was heard


    VOICE RECORDING TAKEN X/XX/XXXX


    David - He stayed in thehe fowh quite a while


    Examiner- Mr. Lynns, can you hear me? What did you see?


    Norville Lynns- ?????? ???????? ??¡ô?¡ö? ???????????? ??¡õ??? ?? ????¡ö??? ¡ñ?????????????? ?????? ????????¡ö??????? ????¡ñ??????????? ?????? ??¡õ?¡õ?¡ö? ??¡õ??? ?????? ????????????¡ñ? ??????????¡ö?????????? ????????? ??¡ö??? ?????? ???? ?????? ????¡ö????? ¡õ??? ??¡ö? ??¡ö??????? ??¡õ??????? ??¡õ? ???????? ?????? ??¡ö???¡ñ?¡ô??? ¡õ??? ????????????? ?????? ?????? ????¡ñ?¡ñ??????? ¡õ??? ????¡õ???¡ö??? ????¡ñ?¡ñ? ??¡õ????? ??¡ö??? ??¡õ? ????¡ñ?¡ñ? ?????? ¡ö????? ????????¡ö?¡ö???¡ö???


    David- What did she do tah him?


    Examiner- *sigh* We¡¯ll try again later with a different subject. Take Mr. Lynns to sector 3 for further study. That marks the end of today''s test.


    We tried again later on but this time told the participant to close their eyes. There were no side effects in this test but we weren¡¯t able to collect any data. In the nest test we asked for Associate David to participate, he stepped in, and when he tried to explain what he saw, it came out as the same incoherent ramblings from Mr. Lynns but he seemed to have kept his sanity. Upon further interrogation he knew what he was saying but there was something preventing him from translating it for us. Whether this is because of O-1234, a higher being or maybe a universal rule is up for debate and speculation. Further testing and study will have to be done to find any solid conclusions. All that is known now is that its pocket dimension ignores mass and has properties beyond human understanding.


    It¡¯s name was from itself as Associate Barclay has said ¡°She likes to be called ¡®Nightmare¡¯ for some reason¡±


    O-1234 seems to have an irrational hatred towards other females. As described by Associate Barclay ¡°She wants to kill every woman near me, constantly saying ¡®He¡¯s mine¡¯ in my head, It¡¯s annoying.¡± This has been relayed to the Chief but she has since ignored it.

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    Sara- Hello!? Is there a doctor here?


    (Its silent for a bit then someone comes from behind the corner in a swivel chair)


    Akoni- Yow, Wah cyaah mi duh fi you? (Hey, what can I do for you?)


    (Sara is shocked at the revelation and so is the person behind her)


    Johnny- WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU HERE!?


    Sara- AH!? Don¡¯t do that, but yeah what he said


    Akoni- Oh well mi di docta yah as well, pleased tuh mek yuh acquaintance. (Oh well I¡¯m the doctor here as well, pleased to make your acquaintance) *mock bow while in the chair*


    (Sara then looks at him then Johnny then herself and decides¡­)


    Sara- Y¡¯know what, I¡¯d rather take my chances *leaves*


    Akoni- Eh Ar loss Wah bout yu sir? (Eh, her loss, what about you sir?)


    Johnny- *sigh* Do you have, like, an ice pack?


    Akoni- A com rite up! (Coming right up)


    ¡ª-----------------------------------------------------


    (Alicia notices that Nora is eating rather slowly so she does the only sensible thing)


    Alicia- Excuse me waiter *someone comes over* Could I get another ¡°Shoyu¡± bowl, if you wouldn¡¯t mind?


    Waiter- Right away ma¡¯am


    Jacob- Did you not eat today?


    Alicia- I did but that bowl was just too good, I gotta have another


    Jacob- Well at least you enjoy it


    Alicia- Indeed I do


    (They all sit there a bit and continue to eat with a Nora looking at the interaction with interest)


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (It¡¯s a new day and Sara wakes up with a groan getting her suit from the cleaners and put it on looking in the mirror)


    Sara- Just another day


    (Sara then walks out to the lobby seeing David and his crew waiting for her, as she goes over she notices the bruises on Johnny¡¯s face)


    Sara- *in head* Looks like he hasn¡¯t gotten better yet


    David- *notices Sara* ¡°Sleeping beauty has awoken from her eternal slumber to grace us with her presence¡± *mockingly*


    Sara- Oh hardy har


    David- Ok so we''re gonna head to Sector 5 because I need my bat fixed and also to see if E cooked up anything new


    Adina- Why didn¡¯t you get it fixed yesterday?


    David- Because E is the only one I trust with my stuff


    (Adina takes that with a shrug and they make it to Sector 5 after a small walk. Sara picks up on the sound of gunfire and other sounds as well. David goes over to the counter and pressed the buzzer waiting for Estralza¡¯s arrival)


    Johnny- Hey David?


    (The group looks towards Johnny)


    Johnny- I¡¯ve been meaning to ask you, how does that ¡°nightmare¡± thing work?


    Yarra- I¡¯d like to know as well


    (David shifts a bit and begin the explanation)


    David- To put it simply, she''s a being that follows my commands and lives in my right eye, well more like lives in my head *poking his temple near the eyepatch*


    Yarra- Could you go into detail?


    David- Well basically¡­


    (Someone taps David¡¯s shoulder, causing him to turn around, and it¡¯s revealed to be Estralza)


    Estralza- Oh, David deary, how have you been *begins pinching his cheeks*


    David- *moving her hands away from his face* Hehe, I¡¯m doing fine *lifts up eyepatch* Open¡­


    (Some of Nightmare comes out and opens up with him pulling his deformed bat out)


    Sara- *in head* Nightmare didn¡¯t attack her?


    David- I came her because I need you to fix my bat *puts it on the counter making a loud clanging noise*


    Sara- *in head* How heavy is that thing?


    (Estralza grabs the bat, with subtle struggle, looks it over and then develops a playful smirk on her face)


    Estralza- *smiling* Is that it?


    (David then gets quiet and looks like he¡¯s trying to fight back the urge to say something but it comes out anyway)


    David- And to see you¡­


    Estralza- Aww, how sweet of you deary, taking time out of your schedule to see little ole me, but don¡¯t come too often or else you might neglect your duties *looking at the bat¡¯s deformities*


    David- Whatever you say


    Estralza- Alright, I¡¯m gonna have to bend this baby back into shape or maybe just reforge it, how quickly do you want this returned to you?


    David- Eh, take your time I have other weapons to use anyway, I wouldn¡¯t want to rush your skills


    Estralza- Oh thank you deary *bright smile and puts the bat on a trolley behind her* so is there anything I can do for you right now?


    (The group are a bit distraught with the scene that just played out as David just stands there with a sly grin on his face)


    David- Hmm¡­not really, unless¡­ *looks behind him* Would any of you, not Sara, be inclined to have their own personal weapon?


    (Everyone in the group is surprised while Sara is a bit pissed)


    Johnny- FUCK YEAH, MAN!


    Adina- I mean, I don¡¯t mind


    Yarra- Same here


    (Tadashi just nods his head)


    Estralza- Well then come into my shop


    (Estralza opens the door and everyone begins to walk in. Estralza leads them to a room with many training dummies and target boards.)


    Estralza- I¡¯ll be right back with the weapons dearies, just a moment


    David- Oh, uh, let me help you *walks to her*


    Estralza- Such a gentleman *puts hand on her chest*


    (As they both leave the group just sits down on the benches in the back)


    Adina- So, anyone notice anything different?


    Yarra- What do you mean?


    Adina- With David


    Yarra- Explain


    Adina- I mean like he¡¯s acting a lot more¡­refined? *underbreath* Is that the right word?


    Johnny- Now that you mention it, he does seem to be acting a bit nicer, less of a dick and more of a teacher


    Adina- That''s what I mean


    Sara- What does it matter?


    Adina- It doesn¡¯t just something I wanted to share


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    Sara- Aight then


    (After a few more minutes David, Estralza and 2 other workers come back with 4 trolleys full of melee and ranged weapons)


    David- Were back! *pushing the trolley*


    (The group perks up at this)


    Estralza- So dearies on my right here we have the melee weapons and on my left we have the projectile weapons all handcrafted by me *walks behind the carts* be sure to pick anyone you like, like¡­


    (Estralza then picks up one of the swords on the cart)


    Estralza- ¡­This scottish claymore with the ability to ¡°rattle¡± targets, or, if you wanna have a little fun, this compact, blowback operated machine pistol also known as the MAC-10, or maybe-


    (David then comes up from beside her and pats her on the shoulder)


    David- Deep breaths E, you gotta calm down


    (Estralza then realizes what she''s doing)


    Estralza- Oh right sorry everyone, just a habit of mine, *giggle* please pick whichever one meets your eye, I¡¯ll just stand by if you need any information


    (The group starts to advance towards the carts when David stops Sara)


    David- Sorry Sara, since Jacob isn¡¯t here you can¡¯t get a weapon yet


    Sara- Why?


    David- Regulations and all that, since I¡¯m not your official leader I can¡¯t make decisions like this for you, sorry


    (Sara just goes back to the benches after rolling her eyes)


    Sara- *in head* His ass better get back here soon


    (David¡¯s group is searching through the carts seeing which weapons work best for them while asking Estralza every now and then for advice. Tadashi picks up the claymore that Estralza had shown earlier and a katana)


    Estralza- Interesting picks but why not the tachi?


    (Tadashi just looks at her as David explains)


    David- The guy doesn¡¯t talk at all so don¡¯t expect him to answer anything


    Estralza- Oh my mistake deary


    (On the side Johnny picks out a few assault rifles)


    Johnny- Hey can we test these out?


    Estralza- Why of course deary, why do you think I brought you here?


    Johnny- Thanks


    (Johnny then gets an AAC Honey Badger assault rifle)


    Estralza- Don¡¯t forget the ammo


    (Johnny looks down at the many bullets at the bottom as Estralza comes over and helps him)


    Estralza- . 300 AAC Blackout rounds, made by yours truly *hands over the magazines*


    (Johnny load the gun and dumps the mag into the target board)


    Johnny- *impressed* Whoooo, yeah, that''s what I¡¯m talking about


    Estralza- Glad you like it deary


    (Everyone then notices a something zoom by and sees Tadashi dashing over to the training dummy with the claymore and katana in hand and starts slicing and stabbing it then cutting off it¡¯s head)


    Estralza- He¡¯s fast


    Sara- *in head* Of course


    (Tadashi then walks back over to the carts and bows to Estralza)


    Estralza- My pleasure deary


    Yarra- Um¡­excuse me?


    (Estralza and everyone else looks at her)


    Yarra- What about these?


    (Yarra shows 2 hatchets in her hands and Estralza gets a bit excited from her choice)


    Estralza- You have good eye there deary, those are my lovely hatchets go on try them out over there


    Yarra- Thank you ma¡¯am


    (Adina is on the side and picks up a shotgun)


    Estralza- Oh, you like my Rock Island vr60 tactical 12 gauge shotgun 601 bc, one of my favorites actually *lightly pushes Adina* go ahead, try it out


    (Adina starts to walk over to the firing range)


    Estralza- Oop, sorry forgot the shells *picks up a box of shells, fills a magazine then hands it over to Adina*


    (Adina then loads the gun and begins the fire it over and over)


    Estralza- *chipper* What do you think?


    Adina- *in head* She¡¯s so energetic


    Adina- I like it but I need something just incase this runs out


    Estralza- Would you prefer another gun or melee weapon?


    Adina- Why not both?


    (Estralza then has a look of realization then laughs)


    Estralza- Oh of course why didn¡¯t I think of that *taps head*


    (Meanwhile in the background Tadashi is looking over the carts and spots 2 large, twin, silver and black Beretta 92 GTS 9mm style pistols. He picks them up and brandishes them feeling their weight and searching for the ammo. One of the workers notices this and tries to go help him but Tadashi soon finds the ammo and loads up the guns himself)


    Developer- *in head* Guess he¡¯s got it then


    (Tadashi then walks past everyone to one of the target boards and shoots several rounds landing near perfectly accurate headshots on the target)


    Adina- Ok, now I feel like he¡¯s cheating


    Everyone except Estralza and the other developers- *shared thought* Same


    Estralza- Oh do you like those? Those are my twin Berettas; Ava and Emma


    (Tadashi lower both guns and looks at them then nods his head)


    David- Guess he likes them


    (Everyone experiments with their chosen weapons, figuring new things out about them, seeing what they do or just getting a ¡°feel¡± for them. After a while they all make their final decisions; Johnny - Assault rifle, Adina - 12 gauge shotgun, Yarra - Twin axes along with a small pistol and Tadashi - 2 swords and 2 Beretta pistols. They all go to the front with their chosen items and complementary holsters as well)


    Estralza- So, I take it that you all have found something you like?


    The group- Yeah/Yep/Absolutely/*nod*


    David- Guess they have


    Estralza- Alright so let me just ring these up lets see, Berettas ammo, claymore, katana, Honey Badger with ammo, vr60 tactical 12 gauge with ammo and dual hatchets, that totals to $9319.88


    (Everyone except Tadashi gawks at the price their eyes almost falling out of their skulls but what happens next really makes them question something about this job)


    David- *pulling out his wallet* No problem


    (David causally pulls out his card and pays for all the items as though it were mere pocket change)


    Estralza- *takes the card* Thank you deary *swipes it* please enjoy my creations


    David- We will E, see ya


    Estralza- *waving* Toodaloo


    (Everyone walks away from the stand as they make their way to the lobby)


    Sara- Ok, I gotta ask, how much do you make on this job?


    Adina- I second that


    David- Well you see depending on your tie level *pulling up his tie* you get bigger bucks with your missions


    Johnny- Gotta specific amount?


    David- Ah, um, y¡¯know what let¡¯s go to HR, they¡¯ll break this down better than I can


    (The group makes their way to HR where they see people at desks asking and answering questions from Associates. David spots an open desk and takes a seat with the rest of the group standing behind him)


    Kristin- Hi I¡¯m Kristin Vankova how can I help you today?


    David- Hi, I just have a few question on salary


    Kristin- Alright what are your questions?


    David- Go ahead


    Sara- How much do we get paid?


    Kristin- Well considering you''re a yellow tie, your cut is $50 an hour for any work that is done by you


    Yarra- What about the other tie levels?


    Kristin- Hold on a moment¡­


    (Kristin then looks into a drawer and pulls out a sheet)


    Kristin-... All Associates are paid hourly and like I said before yellow ties get paid $50 an hour but for the rest; Green ties are given $100, Purple $400, Blue $2000 and R/B $5000


    (The group, except for David and Tadashi, have their jaws dropped as they see the increase in numbers for the Associates pay)


    Johnny- Do you even need to work anymore after a certain point?


    Kristin- Well yes because after you are given the mark by the chief you cannot leave The Enterprise so you''re required to work here until you''re unable to or you die


    (The group is then hit with the realization that they¡¯ll never be able to leave this place)


    Yarra- Um, how does this system work exactly like how are you able to pay everyone that amount?


    Kristin- That is a good question and the answer is that we get money and funding from all around the world every country pays a small tax to us for our services and in return we help in the restoration of their destroyed towns or cities, it¡¯s our way of making this a beneficial relationship for both sides, so is that all you came to ask?


    David- *looks to the group* That it?


    (They all nod in unison)


    David- *getting up* Thank you for your time Kristin


    Kristin- No problem Mr. Barclay


    (They all leave HR and David gets an idea)


    David- Man I¡¯m starving, wanna grab something to eat?


    Adina- You didn¡¯t have breakfast?


    David- I did, but I¡¯m still starving, c¡¯mon let¡¯s go


    Sara- *in head* Why do I feel like we¡¯re just being dragged around everywhere


    (They make it to the cafeteria, everyone gets some food and goes to sit at a table. Johnny, while eating, looks at Adina and notices she''s staring at Tadashi)


    Johnny- Why you staring at him?


    (Adina makes a ¡°shushing¡± gesture at him before motioning for him to lean in)


    Adina- *low voice* Because I need to know how this motherfucker eats with that mask on, I mean he has to take it off and I¡¯d like to know what his face looks like


    Johnny- *low voice* Now that you mention it I¡¯ve never really thought about that


    Adina- Same here but then I looked over and noticed him eating but I couldn''t see his face so I¡¯m trying to see if I can catch him in the act and see what he¡¯s hiding underneath it


    (Tadashi then picks up his utensils, skewers some food and bring it up to his mouth)


    Adina- Here he goes again


    (Tadashi then pulls his mask forward and puts the food in his mouth before letting go of his mask)


    Johnny- *frustrated* Of course


    Adina- I¡¯m gonna try to get another angle on him


    (Adina and Johnny try to uncover Tadashi¡¯s identity and Yarra is off the side eating contently, David grabs Sara¡¯s attention)


    David- Hey Sara, can I talk to you for a second?


    Sara- *eats a fry* Sure


    David- How are ya holdin¡¯ up?


    Sara- I mean I¡¯m aight, nothing really bothering me


    David- How ya feel about Jacob?


    Sara- Well he¡¯s cold, distant, kind of a dick and he needs to get some sleep, why do you ask?


    David- ¡®Cause me and Jacob been friends for years and he¡¯s just been getting more and more down over that time so I just want how he¡¯s been doing from another outside party, ¡®cause I feel like he might just give up


    Sara- Well if he does I don¡¯t know what I¡¯m gonna do about it


    (David ignores that comment and gets a little serious)


    David- Look, Jacob might have told you this, but in this job things are gonna happen, good things, bad things, all kinds of things. But the important thing is that you need to know how to deal with those things when those things arrive


    Sara- You said things way too many times


    David- Ahem, sorry, but you get my point right, I mean look at Tadashi he may be a mute weirdo but he¡¯s got a soldier mindset, if anything more like a robot but I can tell nothing fazes him so he might feel right at home here. But I¡¯ve had too many people die in this line of work because they didn¡¯t take it seriously or they were too emotional, you¡¯re gonna need to develop a thick skin if you wanna survive


    (Sara then thinks about what he is telling her and one thought comes to mind)


    Sara- How come you¡¯re not my leader?


    David- Heh, ¡®cause my squad¡¯s full *eats a burger*


    Sara- *in head* I took this job because I didn¡¯t want to just die with the sins of my past riding on me, just get paid do some crazy shit, rinse and repeat but chilling with these guys makes this feel a lot easier, some more than others but it feels nice


    (The group just sit there and eat lunch as Tadashi is leered at by both Adina and Johnny as Yarra laughs at their attempts)


    Adina- *in head* C¡¯mon you kung fu cunt just show us your face


    (Tadashi just ignores both of them as he continues to eat his food without them being able to see his face)

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    (The group just sit there and eat lunch as Tadashi is leered at by both Adina and Johnny as Yarra laughs at their attempts)


    Adina- *in head* C¡¯mon you kung fu cunt just show us your face


    (Tadashi just ignores both of them as he continues to eat his food without them being able to see his face)


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    Sara- *in head* Today was going so well¡­


    *BANG*


    Sara- *in head* And now¡­


    *BOOM* *AHHHHHHH*


    (Sara gets launched in the air and falls on her back)


    Sara- *in head* I might just die


    (Hours earlier)


    (David and co are going through the building after lunch and run into Janis and her group walking through the lobby)


    David- *in head* Here goes nothing


    (David approaches Janis and flags her down as she looks his way)


    David- *nervous* Heyyyyy¡­Janis


    Janis- Hi David, what do you want?


    David- Well I was wondering if you would like to take the reins of Sara here and then give her to another one of the Red and Blacks when you¡¯re done


    (The group and Sara are surprised by this as it seems to have come out of nowhere)


    Sara- Why all of a sudden-


    Janis- Sure


    (Everyone, including David, is surprised by her answer)


    Janis- *to Sara* C¡¯mon, I don¡¯t have all day


    (Sara turns and looks at David)


    Sara- Why are you suddenly getting rid of me?


    (David then puts his arm around Sara shoulder and takes her off to the side)


    David- Look I just thought that since the only Red and Black Ties you¡¯ve met are me and Jacob, you might feel a little more comfortable with a female leader this time, pluto you¡¯ll be able to meet other Red and Black Ties


    Sara- *sarcastic* How considerate of you


    David- C¡¯mon it¡¯s only for a while and then you¡¯ll be in the hands of someone else


    Sara- *groan* Fine


    (They come back to the group and Sara joins Janis¡¯ squad)


    David- You guys have a nice day *leaves*


    (Janis turns and looks at Sara is a scrutinizing way)


    Janis- Another felon for me, this should be interesting, *to the group* let¡¯s go


    (Janis leads the group to sector 1: the metrinite train, and escorts them on it. They all sit down as the Conductor comes along)


    Conductor- Is everyone doing fine?


    Janis- Yes


    Conductor- *excited* Splendid, let me know if you need anything! *walks away through the train doors*


    (Janis then gives them the rundown)


    Janis- Listen up, you 4 *gestures to her group* already know what our mission is but for the sake of this waste of space *points a thumb at Sara* and any of you that forgot, I¡¯ll just repeat myself


    (Sara gets a offended expression on her face)


    Sara- *in head* Fuck you too then


    Janis- Were going into D-9 for a bit of field training


    Sara- *in head* So like with David


    Janis- *checking nails* So I expect all of you to do your best because I won¡¯t be helping even if you die or maybe I will, I¡¯ll think about it when we get there


    (They make it to D-9 and walk out into a ¡°fire and brimstone ¡° type of dimension with mountains lava )


    Janis¡¯ group + Sara- *amazed* Woah


    Janis- Stop gawking, it only wastes time, alright follow me


    (The group walks through the rocky plains as Janis gets to an open area and then slams her fist into the ground shaking it. The group is surprised by this action and ready themselves as the ground continues to shake with mounting suspense)


    Janis- That should do it *clapping her hands*


    Sara- What did you do that for?


    Janis- You¡¯ll see


    (Just then a weird amalgamation of flesh and rock drops from one of the mountains and lets out a terrifying roar. Sara sees this and gets a flashback to when Deonte was turned into a pile of flesh)


    Janis- There it is, have fun *waves hand*


    Sara- What the fuck you mean have fun!?


    (Janis¡¯ group unsheathes their weapons)


    Janis- I mean you¡¯re gonna have to deal with it


    Sara- I don¡¯t have any weapons


    Janis- Oh you don¡¯t hmm well that sure is bad, you¡¯ll be fine


    Sara- What the shi-


    Yacouba- Hih?e you cihhn take awne awff my swo?ds (Here you can take one of my swords)


    (Yacouba hands Sara one of his Khopesh swords)


    Sara- Thanks *takes the sword*


    (The flesh/rock creatures start to surround them)


    Marita- Captain! Do you have a plan?


    (Everyone looks behind only to see no one there)


    Marita- Captain?


    Janis- Yoohoo!


    (Everyone looks up to see Janis on top of a large boulder laying on her side)


    Janis- I¡¯m up here


    Marita- Um, is there a plan to this?


    Janis- Survive for¡­eh *looks at watch* 30 minutes!


    Sara- WHAT-


    Janis- *bored* Look out


    (Sara turns around to see one of the creatures shooting some crystal like spikes at them)


    Yemma- *in head* So it uses crystals as well


    Beno?t- *readies his sword and gun* Focus up, we can¡¯t be caught lacking by these things *shoots a few bullets before going in for a slash on the exposed flesh parts*


    Marita- Right!


    Janis- *nonchalant* That''s the spirit


    (The group and Sara starts battling the weird fleshy/rock monsters but it appears that as they fight the monsters seem to get stronger or just more numerous. Yacouba gets his arm and back sliced up and Jemma¡¯s leg gets broken from an ill timed dodge)


    Jemma- ARGH!!


    Marita- YEMMA!


    (Marita then shoots the beast until it dies and goes over to guard Jemma. Sara slices through one of the beasts and then blocks a strike from another one but is clearly having a hard time as well)


    Sara- How are we supposed to last like this? She said only 30 minutes but you''re telling me it¡¯s not up yet?


    (Sara then looks at the others around her but doesn¡¯t notice the crystals that land next to her and explode)


    Marita- WATCH OUT!


    *BOOOOOOOM*


    Sara- *in head* Today was going so well¡­


    *BANG*


    You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.


    Sara- *in head* And now¡­


    *BOOM* *AHHHHHHH*


    (Sara gets launched in the air and falls on her back)


    Sara- *in head* I might just die


    (One of the creatures comes up to Sara and tries to claw her but suddenly a red line goes through it¡¯s body killing it)


    Janis- *sigh* I can¡¯t have Jacob getting mad at me for killing on of his felons


    (Janis comes down from the rock and there is a red ribbon that starts to envelope her arms)


    Janis- Welp, let''s do this


    (Pan over to David¡¯s group, he gets a call from S¨¦phora)


    David- Hello?


    S¨¦phora- Hey, I¡¯m gonna need you to come to the lab for 2 reasons: 1. Because I need more samples and 2. Because of what I uncovered from the previous ones


    David- Ok, I¡¯ll swing by *hangs up/looks to his group* Hey I need you guys to head to sector 4 and meet S¨¦phora


    Adina- What about you?


    David- I¡­gotta go take care of something


    (Cut to David heading back to sector 5, as he sees another group of people led by a Blue tie. They all get their weapons and leave as David gets to the counter, with Estralza moving some stuff around)


    David- Hey!


    (Estralza turns around and is surprised to see him)


    Estralza- David? What did I tell you about these visits? Don¡¯t want you skimping out on your work, deary


    David- I know, it¡¯s just I wanted to talk to you about something I couldn¡¯t say earlier, do you have a minute?


    (Estralza things for a second and comes to a conclusion)


    Estralza- Sure, deary, come in


    (David comes and Estralza starts to lead him to the back)


    Estralza- *to a developer* Clarise, deary, could you take care of any customers that come, I need to speak with Mr. Barclay in private


    Clarise- Yes, ma¡¯am


    (Estralza then leads David to her personal workshop where her prototype guns and sword lay about)


    Estralza- So¡­what is it you wanted to talk about?


    (David sits down and doesn¡¯t know how to bring up his question but tries)


    David- Well, I don¡¯t want to get all up in your business but I was worried when I heard. What happened to you that made you take a day off, you¡¯re usually always in no matter what?


    (Estralza is quiet as she''s turned away looking at one of her prototypes)


    Estralza- Thanks for your concern deary, but you should find solace in that it was just a little conflict with my daughter


    David- Can I ask what happened exactly?


    *BZZZT*


    Estralza- Well you see, she¡¯s been getting into some trouble with the law lately and I had to bail her out


    David- Oh, well that rough


    Estralza- Yeah but not much I can do about it, she¡¯s her own woman now so I¡¯m just here to help if she needs it


    David- That¡¯s nice of you


    Estralza- Thank you, deary


    (Brief silence)


    David- So, how ya holdin¡¯ up?


    Estralza- I¡¯m doing fine, just working on these darlings and selling my fine arts to the wonderful people of The Enterprise


    David- *in head* Never change E, never change


    David- Well I¡¯ll be off, just wanted to see how you were doing is all


    Estralza- Well I appreciate it, deary, see you


    David- See ya


    (Back over to Janis, her crew and Sara, Janis has taken a fighting pose as she then extends the ribbons on her arms into swords and whips them to her sides)


    Janis- All of you pull back I¡¯ll deal with this *scanning the area* Let¡¯s see, about 25 of them, yeah this¡¯ll be quick


    (Janis then dashes towards 2 of the creatures and takes them out with ease; she then moves onto another 3 then then 2 then 5 and so on)


    Sara- *in head* About damn time


    Jemma- Woah


    (Soon all of the creatures are dead in under a minute then several more begin to come but they are taken care of just as quickly)


    Janis- Alright, all of you get to the train station, I¡¯m gonna deal with some more of them because I feel like it *dashes towards the monsters*


    Beno?t- *picking up Jemma while everyone else is distracted by Janis* You heard the captain, let¡¯s go


    (Everyone takes heed of his words and make their way to the station as Yacouba is holding his arm and Marita is checking on Jemma¡¯s broken leg)


    Sara- That fucking bitch!


    The group except Jemma- Huh?


    Sara- Your captain, what''s the deal with her? She sees us barely holding on, her leg is broken, your arm and back are sliced up and you''re well you''re relatively fine but still. Then I get blown up and then she tries to help!? Man fuck that


    Yacouba- That¡¯s jusht how she is, she¡¯s stone cold, nihver takihng iht easy awn us *argh* (That¡¯s just how she is, she¡¯s stone cold, never taking it easy on us *argh*)


    Marita- Careful now but you¡¯re right, though I do have to admit I didn¡¯t think she would go this far


    Beno?t- I agree, but we shouldn¡¯t dwell on it, I can see the station up ahead


    (They make it to the station and set Jemma down on the platform. Marita then grabs her leg and pops it back into place¡­)


    [A/N: Note, you should not try to realign a broken bone yourself, unless you''ve been trained in how to splint and medical help isn''t immediately available]


    (Then she lets her leg rest wrapping it in her suit jacket)


    Sara- How do you know how to do that?


    Marita- Learned it when I was younger and during my time in the crack business


    (Sara is surprised by how easily she said that but the rest of the group doesn¡¯t react so she assumes they already knew)


    Sara- Why don¡¯t we just leave now?


    Beno?t- Because we were ordered to stay here


    Yacouba- And do you wanht to face thihh captaihn¡¯s w?ath if she fihnds awuht we lihfht hihrr? (And do you want to face the captain¡¯s wrath if she finds out we left her?)


    (After a while of waiting Janis finally returns with barely even dust on her clothes)


    Janis- That was a little enjoyable, now is everyone ready


    The group- Yeah¡­


    Sara- Now wait a minute


    (Everyone turns to her)


    Sara- What was that back there?


    Janis- What do you mean?


    Sara- First, you sit on top of a rock and leave us to deal with those things, next you have us fight them for too damn long, 30 minutes my ass and then look at us he¡¯s all cut up, she has a broken leg and I got blown up and you didn¡¯t help until I was almost fucking killed, do you even care about any of us-


    *SLAP*


    (Sara is left confused as Janis slaps her in the face leaving a red mark there. Janis then walks up to Sara)


    Janis- Let me get something straight, I don¡¯t care about any of you¡­


    (Everyone feels threatened from the way she says that)


    Janis- ¡­To me, you''re filth that I¡¯m put in charge of to either recycle or take out and right now you¡¯re making we want the latter but since you''re not under my jurisdiction, I figured I¡¯d help you out to avoid the headache later *to the conductor* Conductor, call up the train


    Conductor- At once Ms. Burkewood


    (After a few seconds the train gets there)


    Janis- And word of advice, be more grateful when someone comes to save your sorry ass


    (They all get onto the train and it¡¯s pure silence throughout the short ride. They get back to The Enterprise and hop off the train)


    Janis- Yacouba, Jemma go see Akoni in the infirmary, Beno?t, Marita go report this to the Warden and you *gestures to Sara sarcastically* go to Akoni as well, since you got blown up an all and if you¡¯re not there then I¡¯ll have to discipline you personally, understand


    Sara- Fine


    Janis- Good, *waves hand* bye


    Sara- *underbreath* bitch


    Janis- What was that?


    Sara- *sweats* Nothing


    (They all make their way to Akoni¡¯s shop)


    Sara- Anybody in here?


    Akoni- Mi wi bi rite deh eena ah second! (I¡¯ll be right there in a second!)


    (They all sit in the chairs off to the side as Akoni comes in on his swivel chair)


    Akoni- Well wud yu luk at dat lickle miss ¡°chances¡± hav cum bac fa sum treatment. (Well would you look at that little miss ¡°chances¡± has come back for some treatment)


    Sara- Not me them *points to Jemma and Yacouba*


    Akoni- Eh Dat a fine at least mi git 2 more subjects todeh. (Eh, that¡¯s fine at least I get 2 more subjects today)


    (Akoni starts on Yacouba by getting him to a table and laying him on his stomach. He begins by first staunching his bleeding and then cleaning the wounds)


    Akoni- Mind a tell mi o dis happened? (Mind telling me how this happened?)


    Sara- Went on this mission with that Burkewood bitch and it led to him getting cut up and her leg being broken


    Akoni- Burkewood bitch? Hah Dat a ah out a road wan (Burkewood bitch? Hah, that¡¯s a new one)


    Sara- She got other names?


    Akoni- Mi hav hear seh nuff fram alla di people mi hav si ¡°fucking bitch¡±, ¡°whore¡±, ¡°monster¡±etc. An eh eva deh wid ar heh heh heh.(I¡¯ve heard many from all the people I¡¯ve seen ¡°fucking bitch¡±, ¡°whore¡±, ¡°monster¡± etc. and it¡¯s always with her heh heh heh)*starts applying ointment*


    Sara- At least I¡¯m not the only one


    Akoni- Yow yu hear seh anyting fram Jacob? (Yo, you heard anything from Jacob?)


    Sara- Hm? Oh, nah he¡¯s been silent ever since he went on that trip


    Akoni- Yu bess kip up wid ''im ar ''im mite gwope yu inna dust Eff yk wah mi mean (You best keep up with him or he might leave you in the dust, if you know what I mean)


    Sara- Yeah sure


    Intercom- ALERT! ALERT! UNDEFINED EVENT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LISBON, PORTUGAL ANY AVAILABLE AGENTS PLEASE RESPOND


    Akoni- Uh oh soun like chubble (Uh oh sound like trouble~)


    [Lisbon, Portugal]


    Nora- Oh well it seems as though we might have to deal with something here *sips tea*


    Jacob- And just when I thought I would get a break


    (They are standing near a portal that has something beginning to come out of it)


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    O-2223


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Danger Level: Yellow Tie


    Name: The Red Ribbon


    Gender (If applicable): N/A


    Species (If known): N/A


    Age (If known): N/A


    Measurements: Width = 1 in (2.54 cm) Length = Variable


    History: This object was found on 5/2/19XX in Fiumicino, Italy after a report of a ¡°infinitely growing ribbon¡± came from one of the residents. It was found that it came from a local store the Merceria L''Angolo Delle Idee Fiumicino and was cut to be used for a birthday wrap


    Description: O-1223 is a red, silk, ribbon that grows continuously until it is bound to someone. When not bound it is a normal silk ribbon that grows continuously. If pieces are cut off, they don''t retain the growing property of the original piece.


    Ability: O-1223 has the ability to grow infinitely and, from observing Associate Burkewood, can harden and form into different weapons for offensive purposes and a type of armor for defensive.


    Containment procedures: When not bound, O-1223 is to be kept in it¡¯s containment cell and should not be removed by any one but it¡¯s recipient or by transporting personnel


    Transporting procedures: When being transported the ribbon needs to be rolled up and put on a containment chamber so that it¡¯s growth can be slightly inhibited


    Binding: Associate Janis Burkewood


    Added Notes: Where does the growing ability start if you cut most of it up, does it come down to chance or is there a specific piece?


    In case of the death of Associate Burkewood another applicant must be found as quickly as possible to prevent overgrowth of the ribbon

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    Akoni- Yu bess kip up wid ''im ar ''im mite gwope yu inna dust Eff yk wah mi mean (You best keep up with him or he might leave you in the dust, if you know what I mean)


    Sara- Yeah sure


    Intercom- ALERT! ALERT! UNDEFINED EVENT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LISBON, PORTUGAL ANY AVAILABLE AGENTS PLEASE RESPOND


    Akoni- Uh oh soun like chubble (Uh oh sound like trouble~)


    [Lisbon, Portugal]


    Nora- Oh well it seems as though we might have to deal with something here *sips tea*


    Jacob- And just when I thought I would get a break


    (They are standing near a portal that has something beginning to come out of it)


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (The portal opens more to reveal an animalistic beast coming out of it. Once it¡¯s fully revealed it has feline-like features with its eyes being blue with slit pupils, its ears having small tufts of white fur on the ends, along with its 2 tails having puffballs on the ends as well. It¡¯s color is white and blue and it¡¯s very large, being around 120 ft in length [including tails] and 30 ft in height. The beast snarls and growls at its surrounding when it sees 2 figures approaching it)


    Jacob- I got this *reaches for his scythe*


    Nora- No


    Jacob- ?


    Nora- I¡¯d like to take care of it


    (Nora begins to walk towards the beast as it continues to growl at her presence. It then lunges at Nora in which she holds out her hand and grabs it with telekinesis. She observes it as it moves and writhes with thin her psychic grasp and comes to a decision)


    Nora- I¡¯d like to take this one back *looking back* ALICIA!


    (Alicia comes out of hiding as she makes her way to Nora and Jacob)


    Alicia- Y-Yes Ms. Rayleigh?


    Nora- Call the Warden and tell him he¡¯s got another ¡°O¡±


    [A/N: ¡°O¡¯s¡± are called ¡°Zeroes¡±]


    Alicia- Yes ma¡¯am *takes out her phone*


    (The feline then starts to glow from it¡¯s fur patterns and releases a blast of energy from its mouth which is stopped by Nora without difficulty)


    Nora- How interesting¡­


    (Jacob then walks up to the feline and just stares at it for a bit while the creature stops firing and becomes visibly scared of him)


    Jacob- *in head/confused* What did I do?


    Nora- It seems to be frightened of you


    Jacob- You don¡¯t say, *sigh* so I¡¯m guessing we¡¯re keeping it?


    Nora- Very perceptive


    Jacob- Tch, whatever


    (After a small bit of time some time Enterprise personnel show up along with a man in a black and white suit with


    The Enterprise logo on it but with a ¡°lock¡± branded over. He had a handlebar mustache and a cane with a cloak that draped over his frame. This was Lian Micheals, The Enterprise warden)


    Lian- Good evening, Ms. Rayleigh


    Nora- Hello Lian, what do you think of this?


    (Lian looks at the creature and strokes his chin)


    Lian- Quite peculiar, not particularly interesting but a containment priority nonetheless *starts to walk away* I¡¯ll have Estralza make some restraints for it, in the meantime I¡¯ll have some Associates keep watch over it


    Nora- Thank you Lian, I¡¯ll be taking it back like this though so let¡¯s get a move on


    Lian- Yes ma¡¯am


    (Cut over to The Enterprise with Jacob, Nora, Alicia and Lian entering the metrinite station and many of the Associate being shocked by the new ¡°catch¡± from Nora)


    Jacob- Hey Nora, I¡¯m gonna go look for Sara would that be ok?


    (Nora blankly stares at Jacob for a bit)


    Nora- Sure but don¡¯t be too long


    (Jacob walks through The Enterprise and sees Sara walking out of the infirmary talking to Yacouba)


    Jacob- Sara!


    (Sara hears Jacob and is surprised to see him)


    Sara- Jacob? What are you doing back so early?


    Jacob- Had to stop by and delivery a new ¡°O¡± to containment


    Sara- Oh


    Jacob- Hey, *waves over* come sit with me for a bit


    (Jacob and Sara go to find a bench and they both sit down)


    Jacob- So how are the Red and Blacks?


    Sara- I¡¯ve only met 2 and I hate one of them


    Jacob- Tell me about it?


    Sara- David is cool, not much there, but his squad has this guy in it, Tadashi, that¡¯s just¡­ I don¡¯t know he¡¯s just weird


    Jacob- The guy with the bandages?


    Sara- Yeah¡­


    Jacob- I¡¯m not surprised, I got a weird feeling from him too but I¡¯m guessing you got to witness it first hand huh?


    Sara- More like felt it first hand *rubs her face* the bastard can really throw a punch


    Jacob- Ok and what about the other one?


    Sara- *sigh* Don¡¯t even get the started on that bitch


    Jacob- Was it Janis?


    Sara- *sarcastic* Oh how did you know?


    Jacob- She¡¯s been known as that for a while, I¡¯m not surprised that you think that of her


    Sara- She¡¯s honestly just a cunt with the way she so casually puts our lives in danger for her amusement and how she legit let me get blown up, sure I¡¯ve only been with her for a day but-


    Jacob- Sara¡­


    Sara- What?


    Jacob- Listen that stuff is gonna happen and-


    Sara- Yeah yeah I know but could it not be with her, she just makes it ten times worse?


    (Jacob thinks for a minute and then pulls out his phone and calls Janis)


    Jacob- Hey¡­Yeah Hi¡­I¡¯m here with Sara right now and I¡¯ll be putting her in the hands of someone else for the time being, that ok with you?...Ok thanks


    (Jacob then dials someone else''s number)


    Jacob- Hey old timer¡­You got a minute?...No I just need to ask you a favor real quick¡­Would you be able to take on my convict?...Thanks I¡¯ll meet ya at the lobby *beep*


    Sara- Who was that?


    Jacob- *getting up* Someone who you might like more


    Sara- Oh?


    Jacob- Don¡¯t thank me now, you¡¯ll be back in the hands of Janis later on but I think it would be great to know that there other kinds of people in The Enterprise and plus I don¡¯t think you¡¯ve fully felt Janis consider


    (Jacob and Sara make their way to the lobby and wait there for a bit until Sara notices a tall burly man with a long beard and a bald head making his way towards Jacob with his squad)


    Gennady- Jacob, my boy, how are you?


    Jacob- I¡¯m doing fine


    Gennady- Is this the one?


    Jacob- Yep this would be her


    Sara- *intimidated* Hi


    Gennady- Greetings


    (Jacob then gets a call on his phone and sees it¡¯s from Nora)


    Jacob- *walking off* Welp guys I¡¯m gonna be gone I¡¯ll see you all in a few weeks, bye!


    Gennady- Good luck


    Sara- See ya


    Gennady- Now¡­


    (Sara then feels the mood shift as Gennady stares at her with an intense glare)


    Gennady- It¡¯s time to get to know our new member


    Sara- *nervous* Huh?


    (Jacob is walking to the train station and is intercepted by Janis)


    Janis- Evening Jacob


    Jacob- Hey Janis


    Janis- Thanks for taking that wretch off my hands she was gnawing at my patience far too much for my liking


    (Jacob is silent for a bit then gives her some advice)


    Jacob- Hey Janis, could you be a bit nicer?


    Janis- Where is this coming from?


    Jacob- I¡¯m just saying I¡¯ve been hearing some stuff about you for a while now and it doesn¡¯t seem to have changed from what was originally said years ago if anything it¡¯s gotten worse


    Janis- Why should I bother wasting energy being nice to these wastes of space?


    Jacob- *shrugs* Hey, I¡¯m just saying you might need someone''s help someday and they may not reciprocate


    Janis- Heh, I never took you for a joker Jacob, if that day were to come, then I¡¯ll gladly accept my fate, but until then I¡¯ll handle things my own way


    Jacob- I can respect that


    Janis- Thank you for understanding


    (Cut back to Sara who is currently in a room talking with Gennady and his squad)


    Gennady- *smiling* Alright everyone I would like to introduce our new temporary recruit, what is your name lass?


    (Sara is put off by Gennady¡¯s very upbeat demeanor)


    Sara- Sara


    Gennady- Last name?


    Sara- Lee


    Gennady- Alright now all of you introduce yourselves


    (A middle eastern man with short black hair, eyes and a small beard, with similar but lighter skin than Jacob raises his hand)


    Imran- Imran Katsaros


    (A woman of russian descent with an undercut, a large scar across her face and pale white skin raises her hand)


    Avrora- Avrora Roy


    (Another woman of smaller stature with white skin, platinum blonde hair and green eyes raises her hand)


    Ragna- Ragna L¨¢n¨ªkov¨¢


    (Lasty a man with darker skin, a shaved head and a tattoo on the side of his face raises his hand)


    Bobby- Bobby Oswald Banister


    Gennady- *raises hand* Gennady Tilo Wulf, alright now that we all have introduced each other how about we go around-


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    ~RING RING~


    (Gennady gets a call and sees that it¡¯s from the Research division)


    Gennady- Hello?...Yes¡­I would be glad too¡­You¡¯re welcome Ms. Reed *BEEP* Well we¡¯ll have to pick back up on this later we have a job to do


    (The group makes it to the train station where they see several of the researchers but also another team with them led by Red and Black member Enzokuhle Attwater with a circular case that reads ¡°O-3378¡± on his back)


    Enzokuhle- Hello Mr. Wulf


    Gennady- Evening Mr. Attwater, I wasn¡¯t expecting company on this?


    Enzokuhle- The S¨¦phora doesn¡¯t want to take any chances with the recent uptake in dangerous anomalies so they thought they would need more than just me in case things went south, though I do think I could handle this all by myself, I will admit, the company is a appreciated


    Gennady- I am glad you think that, with 8 of us I¡¯m sure we will be triumphant


    Enzokuhle- There goes that unwavering optimism


    Gennady- Oh, also these are my team members, say hello


    Avrora- Avrora Roy


    Imran- Imran Katsaros


    Ragna- Ragna L¨¢n¨ªkov¨¢


    Bobby- Bobby Oswald Banister


    (Enzokuhle then goes through his team members he points at a girl of Thailand descent with long dark hair)


    Enzokuhle- This is Mali Wattana¡­


    (Another woman of Serbian descent with short brown hair and a tired appearance)


    Enzokuhle- Ljubica Babi?¡­


    (A short man with dirty blonde hair and a faint beard)


    Enzokuhle- Denis Klossner


    (An Indian man with a long beard and short hair)


    Enzokuhle- Mahavir Chowdhury


    Sara- *in head* I¡¯m surprised he remembers all their names


    Gennady- Nice to meet all of you *bows* I¡¯m Gennady Tilo Wulf I hope we can have fruitful endeavors


    Ljubica- Um¡­ok


    Gennady- Question Enzokuhle?


    Enzokuhle- ?


    Gennady- Don¡¯t you find it funny how we managed to find another dimension so soon, I mean, the last one was found like a week ago?


    Enzokuhle- *rubs chin* That is quite interesting, but I mostly treat these the same as ¡°O¡¯s¡±, that we can retrieve some back to back if the universe is feeling particularly ¡°spicy¡± for whatever reason


    Gennady- That is true, I just found it interesting is all


    Sara- *in head/looking at both Enzokuhle and Gennady* Why does it feel like the personalities are switched here


    S¨¦phora- Alright everyone we will be embarking into D-15 I want everyone to stay behind the Associates until the coast is clear, anyone in violation of this may find their head no longer attached to their torso, is that clear


    (The crowd is silent)


    S¨¦phora- I¡¯ll take that as a yes, alright everyone load up


    (The many researchers and Associates load up onto the train and the conductor begins the ride)


    Sara- *sigh* Here we go again


    (The train stop and they make it to D-15 with Gennady and Enzokuhle taking their first steps in the new dimension)


    Gennady- *deep inhale* Ahhhhhhh~ Do you smell that? Smells like¡­


    Enzokuhle/Gennady- ¡­Opportunity/OPPORTUNITY


    Gennady- Oh come on Enzokuhle you took my, what do the kids call it ¡°THUNDA¡±


    Enzokuhle- Heh, you¡¯re always the same Gennady, let¡¯s focus on the mission ok?


    Gennady- I am, but it¡¯s important to keep the spirits up as well, Ms. Reed it is clear near the station!


    (S¨¦phora comes out of the train and sees the new dimension which has a more desert mountain vibe)


    S¨¦phora- *in head* Similar to D-9, minus the fire, smoke and lava


    S¨¦phora- *speaking into voice recorder* This is head of research S¨¦phora Reed recording as this marks the first expedition of D-15 at 1700 hours with research squad alpha and accompanied by Associates Gennady T. Wulf and Enzokuhle Attwater and their recruits we advance *stuffs the recorder in her pocket* Now remember everyone stays together, Team 1 set up equipment here, teams 2 and 3 go with Associates Wulf and Attwater to scout the area and retrieve valuable research materials, am I clear!


    Everyone- RIGHT!


    Gennady- Let¡¯s split up we¡¯ll be able to cover more ground that way


    Enzokuhle- Right, c¡¯mon team 2


    (Gennady leads Sara and the rest of his group through the terrain as they go through the valleys)


    Gennady- *to the squad* So how do you all feel about this place?


    Bobby- Rocky


    Ragna- *mock clapping* Bravo Einstein


    Bobby- Fuck off


    Gennady- Now now, what did I say about language?


    Bobby- Whatever


    Imran- It seems pretty desolate, not much different from my homeland


    Gennady- Interesting, where are you from again?


    Imran- Saudi Arabia


    Gennady- The middle east eh, makes sense then, anyone else have some first impressions-


    //CLANG//


    (A loud metallic noise is heard after a black blur is seen before kicking up a cloud of dust. Sara looks up after the dust clears to see Gennady with a large arachno-reptilian creature attempting to stab the back of his head)


    Gennady- C¡¯mon now one of you has to have another opinion


    Avrora- Um, sir you might wanna look behind you


    (The creature then tries to go for another strike but Gennady punches it¡¯s claw away the force of which explodes the limb)


    Gennady- I would prefer it if you didn¡¯t try to hurt my comrades or me for instance


    (The beast roars as it brings its scorpion tail to Gennady who just swats it away, chopping it off in the process. He then runs towards it and, with his hand in a ¡®chopping¡¯ posture, he stabs it right through the head killing it)


    Sara- *in head* How strong is this guy !?


    (He then takes out his phone and takes a couple of pictures)


    Gennady- Alright, got those just in case and now time to lug this boy back to ground 0 *grabs on of its legs*


    Ragna- Hey how did you do that?


    Gennady- I just punched and stabbed it


    Ragna- No shit, I mean how did you that without a weapon


    Gennady- Oh, so that¡¯s what you mean and please ease up on the swearing, you know how everyone else has a weapon or some type of anomaly that they use to fight and contain other anomalies?


    (They all nod)


    Gennady- Well you see, I am the anomaly


    (This surprises a few of the squad)


    Avrora- I thought that was just a myth


    Gennady- You see my anomaly is that I am really strong and impervious to almost anything, as you just witnessed


    Sara- That¡¯s pretty cool


    Gennady- Thank you, now let¡¯s get this back to ground 0


    (They drop off the carcass with the research team)


    S¨¦phora- *excited* Quite the specimen you¡¯ve got there Gennady, ooh I can¡¯t wait to show Akoni-


    ?- Yu nah guh haffi wull on very lang! (You ain¡¯t gotta wait very long!)


    (Everyone looks back to see Akoni coming off the train with some returning researchers)


    S¨¦phora- *surprised* What are you doing here?


    Akoni- Well ih did a get ah bite lonely inna lab an mi jus waah tuh si wah eh like tuh guh inna di field again an mi muss seh mi areddi like ih (Well it was getting a bit lonely in the lab and I just wanted to see what it¡¯s like to go into the field again and I must say I already like it)


    Sara- *in head* I can never escape this guy can I?


    Akoni- *amazed* Suh de dis wah yu waah tuh show me? (So is this what you wanted to show me?)


    S¨¦phora- Yep, supplied by Gennady himself *hand gestures to Gennady*


    Gennady- No need for thanks it is my job after all


    Akoni- Now dis de sinting legit long-seed man oh mi cyaan wull on tuh analyze dis fucker.( Now this is something legit old man, oh I can¡¯t wait to analyze this fucker)


    //BOOM//


    Sara- What was that?


    Gennady- *waves hand* Let¡¯s find out


    (Gennady and the rest of his squad make haste to Enzokuhle¡¯s location and find him and his crew battling with different kinds of hybrid looking creatures, mostly reptilian or bug-like. Enzokuhle is using what appears to be a bike wheel to fight as he telekinetically throws it through many of the enemy creatures who are bisected and cut in half from it)


    Gennady- ENZOKUHLE, NEED HELP DOWN THERE!


    Enzokuhle- NAH, I GOT IT UNDER CONTROL


    (Enzokuhle starts spinning his weapon around and chops the head off the rest of the creatures)


    Enzokuhle- Phew, done with that


    (Gennady and co come down the hill)


    Gennady- Impressive fighting from all of you


    Imran- If I may ask, what is your weapon? *points at Enzokuhle¡¯s wheel*


    Enzokuhle- This is O-3378, ¡°The Bike Wheel¡±, I forgot what the file said on its history but from what I¡¯ve seen and can do with it; it¡¯s an unbelievably sharp wheel that I can control telepathically, the telepathic part is a bit weird but hey I¡¯m not complaining


    Gennady- I can attest to its sharpness, it was the only thing besides Jacob¡¯s scythe that managed to hurt me


    Imran- Impressive


    //RUMBLING//


    (The ground begins to shake as crack form below everyone¡¯s feet with it giving way to a large amount of creatures who separate the groups from each other injuring many of the recruits in the process)


    Sara- WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?


    (Large dragon like creatures with 8 limbs, split tails and mouths with gyrating teeth appeared in front of them along with hundreds of other monsters and abominations appearing from the ground)


    Sara- *scared* No way


    (Sara tries to compose herself but seeing that she¡¯s all alone she starts to believe this might be the end. One of the monsters sees her and so she unsheathes her sword and gun, preparing for the ensuing fight)


    Sara- GENNADY AND ENZOKUHLE! *firing her guns at the beast as it lunges for her*


    (Sara closes her eyes and next thing he hears is a slicing noise and a large crash)


    Sara- Huh?


    (When she opens her eyes she sees Enzokuhle standing in front of her)


    Enzokuhle- C¡¯mon, we gotta get out of here-


    Gennady- ENZOKUHLE!


    (Both Sara and Enzokuhle look up to see Gennday holding onto many of the the recruits as he sets them down in front of)


    Gennady- I grabbed as many as I could find


    Enzokuhle- That¡¯s more than enough if we are to find the rest we¡¯ll have to take these bastards out first *readying his wheel*


    Gennady- I couldn¡¯t agree more *a hint of malice dripping in his voice*


    (Both Gennady and Enzokuhle brace themselves and then leap towards the massive army of creatures in the region. Enzokuhle slices and dices every single one of them and Gennady turns himself into a human missile going through beast after beast, tearing their limbs off and ripping out organs. They continue this massacre for a good hour before they finish)


    Enzokuhle- *pulling his wheel out of one of the corpses* That was the last of them


    ?- H-Help¡­me


    (Enzokuhle hears a voice and follows it until he finds Ljubica underneath a rock)


    Enzokuhle- Hold on I¡¯m gonna get you out from underneath there


    (Enzokuhle uses the wheel to cut the rock into smaller pieces and then takes the rest of the rock off of her; what he sees shocks him. Ljubica¡¯s lower torso and legs were completely crushed and she meagerly held on to life. She reaches a hand out to Enzokuhle¡­)


    Enzokuhle- Thank you¡­


    (...before dying)


    Enzokuhle- Rest in peace, Ljubica


    (Gennady is looking for the other 2 of his squad members calling out their names and one of them answers his call)


    ?- OVER HERE!


    (Gennady then runs to the origin of the cry and sees Avrora holding up a dismembered Imran)


    Gennady- Good Lord, what happened?


    (Avrora gives Imran to Gennady)


    Avrora- His arm was bitten off by a smaller version of one of the creatures we were able to kill it but I had to use his jacket to staunch the bleeding but he passed out by the time I heard you¡¯re call


    Gennady- Thank you Avrora, climb on my back I¡¯m going back to camp


    (Avrora gets on his back and he runs back to camp being careful to not go too fast in fear of losing Avrora. When they get there they see the rest of the crew minus Enzokuhle and Ljubica. Gennady goes over to the research teams and drops off Imran)


    Gennady- Akoni! Get him some medical attention immediately, I¡¯m going out to look for Enzokuhle-


    Enzokuhle- No need¡­


    (Everyone turns to see Enzokuhle holding a legless Ljubica wrapped in her own jacket covering her lower wounds)


    Enzokuhle- *approaching researchers* Take her to the morgue or the research division


    Researcher- Yes sir


    (The researchers take both Imran and Ljubica away with Akoni following them onto the train, the rest of the squad feels distraught about the whole situation)


    Gennady- All of you stay here, were going to recover, some of the specimens for Ms. S¨¦phora and Mr. Akoni


    (No one in the group says anything but they all collectively acknowledge his command)


    Gennady- Enzokuhle?


    Enzokuhle- I¡¯ll stay here with them just in case anything else tries to rear its ugly head


    (Gennady nods in affirmation and then goes off to collect as the squads try to comprehend what just happened and the researchers acting as though it didn¡¯t happen)


    S¨¦phora- Looks like that¡¯s probably 2 added to the morgue, I wonder what kind of results well see from their bodies


    (Bobby then gets up and grabs S¨¦phora by the collar)


    Bobby- WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY!?


    (Everyone looks on at this with S¨¦phora keeping a calm demeanor)


    S¨¦phora- I just said what was gonna happen to them, it¡¯s not like they can object anyway*shrugs*


    (Bobby is about to smack S¨¦phora when Enzokuhle comes and punches him to the ground)


    Enzokuhle- Threatening an Enterprise researcher as a convict, that warrants some level of repercussion¡­


    (Enzokuhle walks over to Bobby and starts to beat him up)


    Enzokuhle- Even though you all have gone through this do not forget your situation, if you step out of line I am contractually obligated to put you back into it, do not forget that *cleans off his bloodied hand with Bobby¡¯s shirt*


    (Bobby is on the ground with a bloody nose and a heavily bruised face. Sara, after witnessing the scene, remembers what Janis said¡­)


    [Flashback:


    Janis- Let me get something straight, I don¡¯t care about any of you¡­


    End Flashback]


    Sara- *in head/sighs while looking to the orange-red sky* Guess that applies to more than just her


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    O-2701


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Danger Level: Red and Black Tie


    Name: Gennady Tilo Wulf ¡°Pilebunker¡±


    Gender (If applicable): Male


    Species (If known): Human


    Age (If known): 59


    Measurements: Height = 7¡¯2 ft (2.18 m) Weight = 305 lbs (138.34 kg) Waist = 43 in (109.22 cm) Hips = 54 in (137.16 cm) Chest = 53 in (134.62 cm)


    History: O-1701 was found in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany when reports of ¡°A man with the strength of a thousand men and a toughness thicker than steel¡± met the ears of Enterprise personnel. After a brief scuffle Chief Jean-Michel Perrault made a compromise with O-1701 that led to it¡¯s capture


    Description: Human male/bald/large muscular build/long beard/pale skin/docile and polite behavior


    Ability: O-1701 has been tested to be able to lift an incredible amount of weight the exact limit of which is unknown but it is believed to be 5,000,000 tons. O-1701 also seems to be impervious to all forms of weaponry at mankind''s disposal


    Containment procedures: Because of O-1701¡¯s docile and controlled demeanor containment for this organism isn¡¯t really warranted but in case of breach or roguish behavior the Chief will have to detain him until methods are figured out on how to deal with him


    Transporting procedures: O-1701 is allowed to work as a normal agent as long as he follows The Enterprise¡¯s policies and rules


    Binding: N/A


    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    O-3378


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Danger Level: Green Tie


    Name: The Bike Wheel


    Gender (If applicable): N/A


    Species (If known): N/A


    Age (If known): 70 years


    Measurements: Wheel diameter: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)


    History: O-3378 was discovered February 4, 19XX in Milford, Ohio in a bike shop. A man by the name of Timothy Rutherland was working on a new bike using Magnesium wheels when he went to pick it up and the wheel cut his hand. He reported it to Enterprise authorities who secured the wheel and compensated Mr. Rutherland for his injury


    Description: O-3378 is a magnesium alloy wheel designed by Mr. Timothy Rutherland as he was attempting to make a wheel that ¡°Was fully made of medal and was inclined enough to make sharp turns¡±. The wheel is a 27.5 diameter


    Ability: O-3378 has the ability to cut through anything it comes into contact with, though there are a few exceptions (ie. O-103, O-2701, etc.). This cutting ability has been tested on many different materials and O-3378 has been able to sever through all testing minerals and fibers, synthetic and natural. Through testing with Associate Enzokuhle Attwater the object doesn¡¯t cut it¡¯s bound host thus giving the user immunity from it¡¯s effects.Associate Attwater has also displayed the object ability to be controlled and levitated in testing.


    Containment procedures: When not bound O-3378 should be kept in it¡¯s containment cell unless given permission from the Chief or Warden


    Transporting procedures: O-3378 should be held only by its ¡°Hub¡± or middle of its frame. Failure to do this can result in severe injury and even death if handled incorrectly


    Binding: The object is bound to Red and Black Tie Associate Enzokuhle Attwater

 Document 11

    Enzokuhle- Threatening an Enterprise researcher as a convict, that warrants some level of repercussion¡­


    (Enzokuhle walks over to Bobby and starts to beat him up)


    Enzokuhle- Even though you all have gone through this do not forget your situation, if you step out of line I am contractually obligated to put you back into it, do not forget that *cleans off his bloodied hand with Bobby¡¯s shirt*


    (Bobby is on the ground with a bloody nose and a heavily bruised face. Sara, after witnessing the scene, remembers what Janis said¡­)


    [Flashback:


    Janis- Let me get something straight, I don¡¯t care about any of you¡­


    End Flashback]


    Sara- *in head/sighs while looking to the orange-red sky* Guess that applies to more than just her


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (As everyone clears out of D-15 after Gennady brings back the research specimens, everyone is subjected to a not so enthusiastic train ride)


    Sara- *in head* This is getting old now¡­


    (They all arrive back at The Enterprise. The squads begin to unload the specimens onto carts and wheel them to the research sector)


    Gennady- All of you can have the rest of the day off, I¡¯ll deliver these, take a break and Bobby go to the infirmary if you need, good job out there


    (The squad begin to dissipate)


    Gennady- Oh and Bobby¡­


    (Bobby turns to him with a beat up and bruised face)


    Gennady- ¡­Please refrain from physical contact with Enterprise staff, I wouldn¡¯t want anything worse to happen to you


    (Everyone dissipates)


    Sara- *in head* This place just¡­sucks


    (Cut over to Akoni as he is treating Imran on one table and examining Ljubica on another. Black Tie Associate Shannon walks into the room)


    [A/N- See Document 2 for Shannon¡¯s description]


    Shannon- So what¡¯s going on here?


    Akoni- Oh nutten much, jus a fiks sum injured subjects, wah duh yu want? (Oh nothing much, just fixing some injured subjects, what do you want?)


    Shannon- Nothing it¡¯s just that after my mission from this morning and the recent expedition, I wanted to see the aftermath of the event and it looks like it was quite the doozy *looking over at Ljubica¡¯s body, then looking at Imran¡¯s*


    Akoni- Yeh Wi get sum noice specimens an ah research subject tuh ramp roun wid (Yeah, we got some nice specimens and a research subject to play around with) *cleans Imran¡¯s wound*


    Shannon- That great, anyway, everyone seems to be so down, like more than usual down, probably has to do with that expedition?


    Akoni- Ding Ding


    Shannon- Well then I better try to get the morale back up


    Akoni- *waving her away* Yu duh dat Waail mi try tuh fiks up dis bastard yah (You do that, while I try to fix up this bastard here)


    (Shannon leaves while Akoni continues to look at Imran¡¯s wounds taking a couple of samples while he¡¯s at it)


    Akoni- Diis will com inna nicely (These will come in nicely)


    (The next day)


    (Sara wakes up and makes her way to the lobby looking for Gennady when she runs into Janis whose not with her crew)


    Janis- Oh you¡¯re still alive *sigh* shame


    (Janis then walks away Sara gets pissed and flips her off while she¡¯s not looking)


    Sara- What a great start to my day *sarcasm*


    (Sara sees the rest of Gennady¡¯s crew off to the side)


    Sara- Hey


    Avrora- Hey


    Sara- You guys heard anything from Gennady?


    Avrora- Nah, were just waiting here for him to show up


    (After a few minutes Gennady appears with a few new additions)


    Gennady- Hello there my friends I see we¡¯re up and at ¡®em


    Ragna- Who¡¯s this?


    Gennady- Oh this is-


    Shannon- HI THERE I¡¯M SHANNON EVEREST, RED AND BLACK TIE ASSOCIATE, PIANIST, TRACK RUNNER AND PART-TIME MONSTER SLAYER NICE TO MEET YOU


    (Shannon comes right out of the gate with vibrant energy that unnerves the group)


    Shannon- Now what are your names, or should I call you all troublemakers 1 through 4


    Sara- Sara Lee


    Avrora- Avrora Roy


    Ragna- Ragna L¨¢n¨ªkov¨¢


    Shannon- Oooh, I like your name


    Bobby- Bobby Oswald Bannister


    Shannon- Alright so that¡¯s all of you now, *gestures to her team* introduce yourselves


    Taylor- Taylor Abram


    Jin- Names Jin Maki


    Isidro- Isidro Santana


    Nelda- *drowsy-fun way of speaking*Nelda Downer


    (Sara gets accustomed to the new batch of victims colleagues she will be with for the following day)


    Shannon- Now everyone I know you all are probably scared from yesterday¡¯s exhibition but don¡¯t worry I¡¯m here to make sure you recover well, so onward to the Metrinite train


    Sara- Hey, can I just ask¡­why?


    Shannon- Hm?


    Sara- I mean like, why are you doing this?


    Shannon- Because the best way to get you all used to it is to take you through it again


    (They all look at her like she¡¯s crazy)


    Shannon- Oh c¡¯mon, trust me *waves them over*


    (Sara mentally freaks then calms down)


    Sara- *in head* Fuck this place, fuck this place, fuck this place


    Shannon- C¡¯mon everyone to the train *points forward* wait scratch that to Sector 5 *points in a different direction*


    (Cut over to David who is walking through the Research sector to meet S¨¦phora)


    David- Yo! Seph, what¡¯d you want to see me for?


    S¨¦phora- Hold on a second David! Be right there!


    (David then looks around her lab at the new specimen she gathered from yesterday and so decides to just sit in a chair on his phone. Soon S¨¦phora comes out to meet him with some trays that she sets on the table)


    S¨¦phora- Hey David good to see ya


    David- Same so what¡¯d you need me for?


    S¨¦phora- You still have those pieces from O-3405?


    David- Uh yeah


    S¨¦phora- Good I¡¯m gonna need you to drop those on these trays


    David- Gotcha *lifts up eyepatch* Open


    (Nightmare comes out of his eye and widens her body as it stretches to the ground. David goesand grabs a tray and heads into the abyss of Nightmare¡¯s body.


    David- *glare* Behave Nightmare


    (He goes in and out a few times and at the end has 5 trays full of meat)


    S¨¦phora- Oh thank you I¡¯ve finished examining the other samples so I¡¯m trying to see what other things I could uncover from this


    David- Aye do your thing I¡¯m just here to help¡¯


    S¨¦phora- Oh also I need another favor from you


    David- Ok spit


    S¨¦phora- Let¡¯s go over to Sector 7 cause we haven¡¯t come up with a secure way to move it without severely injuring other personnel so we''re gonna visit *finds a recording camera*


    David- *nonchalant with a salute-wave* Lead away


    (S¨¦phora and David make their way to Sector 7 and, after an elevator ride and a walk, make it to cell ¡°O-3407¡±)


    S¨¦phora- Just so you know this is a new one we got from the Chief yesterday


    David- *stretching* So a newbie this should be interesting


    (S¨¦phora then opens the cell and it appears to be a lot larger on the inside than was previously thought. Inside they look to see the creature has woken up to their presence and starts to growl at them in an attempt to scare them away)


    David- So what did you want to do?


    S¨¦phora- Oh simple, to take, combat data from this thing


    David- Oh¡­oh


    S¨¦phora- Yep, get on in there pal *pats his back*


    David- You¡¯re lucky I like you, gimme the camera


    (S¨¦phora then hands the camera to David who then summons Nightmare)


    S¨¦phora- Tell me when you¡¯re ready


    David- I need you to fight that thing but don¡¯t kill or severely injure it alright


    Nightmare- Yes darling


    This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.


    David- *to S¨¦phora* Alright were running


    S¨¦phora- K


    (S¨¦phora then goes outside and unlocks a box on the side of the door then pushes a button that releases the restraints on the beast. The feline starts to stretch a bit from its restraints and then locks eyes with Nightmare as she gets closer. It then decides to lunge at her clawing in her direction. Nightmare dodges the strike and goes in for one of her own, cutting the beast a bit and it decides to ¡°charge up¡± a bit and fire lasers out of its mouth. Nightmare ¡°opens¡± her body and absorbs the lasers, as she does that, the beast goes for tail strikes as it seems the puff balls at the end of its tails have straightened and hardened into spikes. Nightmare and the feline go at it a few more times then Nightmare grabs it¡¯s tails and flings the beast into a wall)


    David- *annoyed* Nightmaaare¡­


    Nightmare- Sorry dear-


    (As Nightmare is distracted the beast tries to go for David who doesn¡¯t even flinch as the beast gets very close to him. Just then Nightmare appears right in front of him and the creature holding in a grip that assured its death if it didn¡¯t follow instructions)


    Nightmare- ??¡õ?¡ô??????? ???? ¡õ?????¡õ?¡ö???¡ö?????? ¡ñ????? ?? ????¡ö??? ¡õ?¡ö? ???? ¡ñ?¡õ????? ??¡ö??? ??¡õ?¡ô??? ????????????¡ö????? ????¡ñ?¡ñ? ???? ?????????????????? (You¡¯re my opponent, lay a hand on my love and your existence will be rectified)


    (The beast is scared stiff as it feels that it¡¯s life is in certain danger, just then S¨¦phora pops in)


    S¨¦phora- Alright David I think that should be enough for today, I want to get back to the samples you gave me


    David- Aight *stops the recording* Nightmare put it back in it¡¯s binds


    Nightmare- *rage subsiding* Yes dear


    (David and S¨¦phora leave)


    David- *to Nightmare* Close the door on your way out


    (S¨¦phora and David make it down the hall a fair bit as S¨¦phora is rewatching the footage)


    S¨¦phora- *excited* Ooooooh this is just too good, such a magnificent creature I want to know more already


    David- We can go back


    S¨¦phora- Maybe tomorrow I still want to examine those samples after all


    David- Oh yeah *Nightmare returns to his eye socket* forgot


    (They get into the elevator)


    David- Hey Seph?


    S¨¦phora- Yeah?


    David- You sure do get excited about this stuff every time, doesn¡¯t it ever get a little dull to you?


    S¨¦phora- Neh, not really *reviewing the footage* everything we get here is unique and that uniqueness is exactly what I¡¯m looking for in the things I research, it¡¯s truly marvelous


    David- *smiles/shrugs* Heh, whatever ya say


    //BZZZ//


    (Cut back to the large group Shannon is at the window of Sector 5, she hits the buzzer)


    //BZZZ//


    Avrora- *in head/looks at Shannon and her squad* They already have the weapons they need, could this be for a favor?


    //BOOOOOOOM//


    (Everyone except Gennady and Shannon flinch at the explosion that rocks the sector. Shannon just calmly hits the buzzer again)


    Taylor- *in head* So that is more normal than I thought


    (After a bit more time Estralza comes to the front wearing a welding mask and a thick welding apron)


    Estralza- *taking off the mask* Well if it isn¡¯t my favorite customer, what can I do for you deary?


    Shannon- Hm, surprise me


    (Estralza gets a wide smirk on her face as she goes to the back)


    Avrora- So what exactly are you getting?


    Shannon- *waving her hand around* Oh you know, a bit of this, a bit of that, a little dab of this, and another dab of that


    (Everyone but her group is confused)


    Shannon- You¡¯ll see


    (Almost on cue Estralza comes back with a large container with straps on it)


    Estralza- There you go *heave* your ¡°surprise¡±


    (Shannon picks up the bag and straps it to her back)


    Ragna- Ok I¡¯m just gonna ask, what was that explosion?


    Estralza- Oh that? That was just a failed test for my supercharged railgun, the thing shot well but the recoil was too great. So I¡¯ve been trying to find a way to hinder it¡¯s pushback as much as possible since it also messes up the controls when in use, I¡¯ve only been able to do a test every now and then because of the high power costs and the barrels being destroyed


    Ragna- *intrigued* Sounds pretty cool


    (Estralza beams up at her inquiry)


    Estralza- If you think so maybe I can bring you back to see both of them, I¡¯ve been attempting to infuse some other weapons for a while-


    Shannon- Thanks E, but we have to get going we¡¯ll be sure to come back later on though


    Estralza- Oh well, you don¡¯t have to hurry you still have job to do after all


    Shannon- See ya


    Estralza- See you deary''s


    (As they leave Estralza cracks her back)


    Estralza- *crack* Phew, I¡¯m getting old, ALRIGHT EVERYONE GET READY FOR TAKE 2 READY THE COIL GUN *puts her welding mask down*


    (Shannon and co go to the metrinite station and gets situated on the train)


    Conductor- Where to?


    Shannon- D-8 if you wouldn''t mind


    Conductor- *bows* At once


    (As Sara sits down and just enjoys the short ride. Soon they reach D-8)


    Shannon- Let''s go everyone!


    (Shannon excitedly hops her way off the train)


    Sara- Oh yeah, back here


    (The group gets to the bottom of the terminal and travels a good distance into the dimension before Shannon slams the giant container down and then pulls a whistle out of her pocket)


    Shannon- *TWEEEEEEEEEET*


    (Just then a bunch of canine-like and even humanoid creatures rear their heads from many different hiding places)


    Shannon- *excited giggle* Here we go¡­


    (Shannon then opens the container and closes her eyes)


    Shannon- Eeny, meeny, miny, this one¡­


    (Shannon grabs an ax from the container that has a turquoise edge on it)


    Shannon- And this one


    (She then takes out a gauntlet with sharp knuckles


    Shannon- Oooh, I wonder what you guys do *puts the gauntlet on her left hand*


    (Shannon then turns around to all the surrounding enemies and charges at them with both of her weapons readied)


    Sara- *to Gennady* You not gonna join her


    Gennady- No, she likes to do this a lot, every time she¡¯s on a mission she plays a roulette with her weapon of choice, quite dangerous I may say


    (Shannon uses the ax which cuts through most of the canines by growing larger in size as she sweeps in around the battlefield)


    Shannon- Watch out heavy load here


    (Ragna laughs a bit)


    (Shannon then shrink the ax back down and throws it back to the group with Gennady catching it)


    Shannon- THROW ME ANOTHER!


    (Gennady grabs a sword and throws it to Shannon)


    Shannon- Ooh pretty color


    Sara- Why doesn¡¯t everyone do this?


    (Shannon is shown in the background to be destroying the landscape with her gauntlet that seems to have a double impact feature installed hitting the ground with double the force)


    Gennady- Did Jacob or Estralza not tell you?


    (Sara shrugs)


    Gennady- *sigh* The reason is that not every weapon can go with any Associate some just don¡¯t bond with everyone, Shannon here is a special case, as she is able to use any weapon without issue


    Sara- That''s pretty cool honestly


    (Shannon then throws the gauntlet back)


    Shannon- ANOTHER!


    (Gennady then grabs a gun and chucks it over to her)


    Gennady- We¡¯ll go back to Estralza for a full explanation


    Sara- No thanks I¡¯m good


    Gennady- *crossed arms/concerned* Nonsense, knowledge of this profession is imperative for survival


    Sara- Ok ok fine *sigh*


    (Shannon uses the sword in her hand to slash several solid sword beams that impart themselves in the surrounding area, disappearing after a short time)


    Shannon- That¡¯s interesting but not too surprising *throws the sword back*


    (Shannon then aims the gun at the area as it charges up and releases a hail of bullets that multiply rapidly as they are fired)


    Shannon- NOW THIS IS FUN AHA!


    (Shannon lays waste to the area as the rest of the group just watch)


    Bobby- So why the fuck are we here again?


    Gennady- She said it was for hope but I believe it''s just for her relieve some stress


    Jin- *tired of this* That¡¯s exactly the reason


    Taylor- She does this everytime we have a mission I¡¯m surprised she hasn¡¯t run out of weapons at this point


    Jin- *waving hand while looking up at the sky* Not really complaining though, gives us some time to rest after a job


    (After about 2 to 3 hours of testing weapons, Shannon packs everything up and signals for everyone to leave with her)


    Shannon- Let¡¯s go everyone


    (Everyone goes to the train platform)


    Sara- So why do those things keep spawning here, it¡¯s almost like a video game


    Shannon- Oh that''s because, well I forgot what number it was but there¡¯s a Zer0 or ¡°anomaly¡± in here that creates those creatures¡­


    [A/N: ¡°Zer0¡± is the term for any anomalous object, organism or oddity; ¡°O¡¯s¡± = ¡°Zer0¡±]


    (Sara has a flashback to the giant creature from chapters 4 and 5)


    Shannon- I¡¯m pretty sure they thought it would have been a waste to kill it so we kept it as a place to train up recruits in combat prowess with endlessly respawning enemies, so yeah, very much like a video game


    (They all get back on the train and make it back to The Enterprise)


    Shannon- Well I hoped that upped yalls spirits


    Gennady¡¯s group + Sara- *shared thought* We didn¡¯t even do anything¡­


    Gennady- They didn¡¯t get to do anything


    Gennady¡¯s group + Sara- *shared thought* Exactly


    Shannon- Oh I just thought you guys didn¡¯t want to get your hands dirty so soon after yesterday''s expedition, sorry if you wanted to join, you should have asked


    Gennady¡¯s group + Sara- *shared thought* Gotcha¡­


    Sara- Anyway how about we just chill out for now, eh?


    Gennady- How about we meet one more person I¡¯m sure you would like her


    Sara- Are you?


    Gennady- Of course


    (Gennady then pulls out his phone and makes a call)


    Gennady- Hello¡­yes it¡¯s me¡­I want you to meet some people¡­please if you could¡­great be right there *beep* come on everyone, to Sector 5


    (Gennady leads them to one of the training rooms. As they open one of them they see 5 people in there: 4 recruits and one Red/Black Tie associate. All of them are sitting or lying down as the R/B tie plays a shamisen)


    Gennady- Yuina! How are you?


    (The Red/Black Tie associate, known as Yuina, gets up and introduces herself by moving her hair out of the way and has a bored expression on her face)


    Sara- *in head* She¡¯s so short


    Yuina- So these are the people you wanted me to meet?


    Gennady- Yep, how are they?


    (Yuina looks over all of them and comes to one conclusion)


    Yuina- Not impressed


    Ragna- Hey!


    Gennady- *optimism shot* Of course you¡¯d say that


    Yuina- Why do you have 5 of them though?


    Gennady- Well this one, Ms. Sara here is actually under Mr. Maverick¡¯s guidance


    Yuina- What about the rest of his squad?


    Gennady- You can probably guess that much


    Yuina- Figures


    (Yuina looks Sara up and down)


    Yuina- You don¡¯t look cut out for this line of work¡­


    Sara- Huh?


    Yuina- You¡¯d be better of back in the shithole they pulled you from considering you¡¯d just be a hindrance to Jacob anyway


    Sara- Oh I can show you that I ain¡¯t no slouch


    (Yuina then gets up in her face)


    Yuina- Is that a challenge?


    Sara- I don¡¯t know, is it?


    (They both have a stare off until Yuina breaks it with¡­)


    Yuina- I¡¯m not interested in a fight right now so I¡¯ll have you go against one of mine


    Sara- What, are you scared?


    (Yuina then grabs her shamisen and strums it a little casing a tiny explosion in front of Sara causing her to stumble back)


    Yuina- No, but if you piss me off *glare* you should be


    (Sara then gets up)


    Yuina- Need to watch that mouth of yours I know many other associates that don¡¯t take well disrespect, you probably already met one of them


    (Sara then remembers Janis and flinches a bit)


    Yuina- Now who would like to go first? *strum*


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    Zer0 Derivatives


    By: Estralza Gertrude (Sector 5 manager)


    Classified


    After many sleepless nights and testing I have finally uncovered the procedure on how to synthesize weapons with the properties of the Zer0¡¯s. By extracting I have been able to create weapons able to use the abilities of a Zer0. I understand that this process is very demanding on Enterprise spending but it only seems to be that way because of the estimated power level of the base Zer0.


    Though, through testing, there has still been the issue of compatibility as when a subject tried to use one of my weapons they experienced negative symptoms from derivative. This seems to correspond to the base Zer0¡¯s power level; so, for example, if I were to theoretically synthesize a weapon with the ability of Associate Culann Rodriquez¡¯s Zer0 it would probably kill whoever isn''t compatible with it considering the strength of the base Zer0 itself. Though I hear from the research department that the side effects of non-compatibility in the derivatives is less severe than the base Zer0¡¯s, so this might be mere conjecture.


    Through testing, there have been rare cases where some were able to use more than one weapon at a time. Through study with the mathematics division, we have come to the conclusion that the reason why some are able to use more than one derivative may be due to that person¡¯s ¡°universal code¡± being more ¡°flexible¡± than the average person¡¯s giving them the ability to handle more ¡°equations¡± than others. It seems though that this may not be attributed to the base Zer0¡¯s considering the fact that anyone has yet to use more than one.

 Document 12

    Yuina- Is that a challenge?


    Sara- I don¡¯t know, is it?


    (They both have a stare off until Yuina breaks it with¡­)


    Yuina- I¡¯m not interested in a fight right now so I¡¯ll have you go against one of mine


    Sara- What, are you scared?


    (Yuina then grabs her shamisen and strums it a little casing a tiny explosion in front of Sara causing her to stumble back)


    Yuina- No, but if you piss me off *glare* you should be


    (Sara then gets up)


    Yuina- Need to watch that mouth of yours I know many other associates that don¡¯t take well disrespect, you probably already met one of them


    (Sara then remembers Janis and flinches a bit)


    Yuina- Now who would like to go first? *strum*


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (The room is silent for a bit until¡­)


    ?- I¡¯ll do it *raises hand*


    (Everyone looks to the girl that raised her hand)


    Yuina- Alright *strums shamisen* Flora, step up and you¡­


    Sara- *sneers* Sara


    Yuina- Step up


    (Both combatants go over to the racks and get into the ring after putting on their sparring gear. Yuina begins to strum her shamisen in a rhythmic way while circling the 2 in the arena)


    Yuina- 2 warriors prepare to hone their skills, iron sharpens iron and steel sharpens steel *strums 2 times* on 2 player sides of a monochrome wheel¡­ *she stops circling and focuses on her strumming*


    [A/N: Yuina starts to play ¡°Yoshida Brothers - Kodo¡±]


    (Yuina begins to circle the ring again as Sara and Flora begin to circle each other. Sara then begins her onslaught of attacks with Flora dodging and weaving each punch as she looks for an opening. After the flurry of strikes she finds one as Sara gets tired from her many punches. Flora begins to go in for a right but then nearly gets caught by the surprise roundhouse kick from Sara which she backflips away from)


    Flora- Luring me in for a kick, ok I¡¯ll give ya that one¡­


    (Flora then runs towards Sara who blocks for a punch but doesn¡¯t expect the lean back kick that Flora pulls off and then gets double punched back from a left and right. This leaves Sara slightly bruised as she tries to catch her bearings a bit)


    Sara- *in head* She¡¯s not as overboard as that karate motherfucker *remembers Tadashi* but she¡¯s still pretty strong


    Yuina- *still strumming* The fighters separate after their interaction, how will they approach the next set¡­


    (Sara and Flora go in and trade blows with each other as they slowly pick at each other¡¯s weak points and openings. They go at it for a few more punches and kicks and some safe licks here and there. Flora then baits Sara into a punch which she then catches and ends the fight with a quick punch to the chin, which knocks Sara out for a second. Sara then falls to the ground, regaining consciousness, but not wanting to move and Flora just sat down after the victory)


    Yuina- *stops playing* The king Flora and the peasant Sara, such is the way of things as they should be *she strums a few more times*


    (Sara just ignores her moniker from Yuina as Flora walks over to her)


    Flora- You did well *holds out her hand*


    (Sara grabs her hand and then gets put into an arm bar)


    Flora- That¡¯s for the kick, heh


    Sara- Ok, ok let me go


    (Flora let¡¯s her go as she rolls backwards onto her feet)


    Gennady- *clapping hands* HA HA HA AN EXCELLENT DUEL AND EXCELLENT MUSIC


    Yuina- *does a slight bow* Thank you, Gennady


    (As Sara and Flora exit the ring Gennady gets an idea)


    Gennady- Listen everyone


    (Everyone looks to him)


    Gennady- How about we have a team building exercise!?


    Bobby- More stuff, man?


    Gennady- Of course,you musn¡¯t waste precious time sitting about and watching


    (Gennady¡¯s group looks disheartened while Yuina¡¯s looks intrigued)


    Gennady- How about this, all of you use your weapons and fighting techniques against me, that way I can teach you and you can get used to your weapons quicker


    (The groups look at each other


    Joschka- You sure you¡¯ll survive that?


    Gennady- HAHAHAHAHAHA


    (The groups are put off by Gennady¡¯s loud boisterous laugh)


    Gennady- You think too lowly of me my friend, the only one of you I¡¯d be wary of is young Yuina


    (Everyone looks to her as she stands with slight pompousness)


    Gennady- So, are you in?


    Avrora- Sure


    Bobby- K


    Ragna- Why not


    (Sara nods)


    Gennady- Yuina? *raised eyebrow smirk*


    Yuina- *to her crew* What do you guys think?


    Joschka- Sure


    Leo- Could be fun


    (Flora and Marcelle both nod)


    Yuina- I¡¯d say that¡¯s a yes


    Gennady- Splendid, now let''s go gear up


    (The scene changes to them getting weapons from Estralza who hands them a lot of different derivatives for them to try out)


    Estralza- *handing them the derivatives* It¡¯s interesting how only David and Janis have really come by to synchronize their crew with a weapon, what''s taking you fellows?


    Gennady- Oh you know just me trying to ease them into this


    Yuina- I just forgot


    (Estralza laughs)


    Estralza- Ha ha, never change you two, never change


    (Estralza finishes handing them all the derivatives they asked for)


    Estralza- Ok that should be enough for you, now remember all of you, if the weapon feels ¡°funny¡± or painful to use in any way, drop it immediately, understand? *smiles*


    (She said this with such serious that most of the group hasn¡¯t seen from her)


    Gennady- Of course we understand, Estralza, you need not worry about us


    Estralza- Oooooook but if one of you ends up *mock slicing neck gesture* don¡¯t blame mua *points at herself* if anything happens to you


    Gennady- Alright Estalza


    Estralza- Oh and remember to take care of them they¡¯re quite difficult to produce and they¡¯re quite expensive after all


    Gennady- We will Eztralza


    Estralza- TAPIO! READY TEST NUMBER 5 OF THE HIGH VELOCITY RAILGUN I¡¯LL BE THERE IN A SECOND


    (Sara picks up her usual stuff from her and they make their way to the metrinite train with a bunch of derivatives in boxes on carts)


    Gennady- Now everyone, like Estralza said, we must take care of these weapons with our utmost supervision and not to lose any of them


    Yuina- I think they heard her Gennady, you don¡¯t have to repeat it


    Gennady- It doesn¡¯t hurt to repeat it, that only means it¡¯s fresher in their brains to remember


    Ragna- *to Avrora* I almost can¡¯t stand his attitude sometimes *rubs her temple in annoyance*


    Avrora- Can¡¯t say the same he¡¯s like the only ¡°ray of sunshine¡± in this place


    Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.


    (Sara looks around and notices how drap everyone looks, not completely defeated but no one looks happy to be there either, except for a few)


    Sara- Guess you¡¯re right


    Bobby- Hurry up lets go


    (They all get on the train and head into D-4 and after the short but music filled train ride, with Yuina playing some chords on her shamisen, they make it. Gennady steps off the train and takes in a huge breath of air)


    Gennady- AHh~ nothing like extradimensional air to get the lungs working *looks back towards the group* Alright everyone let¡¯s go


    (The groups make their way passed many researchers and testers into a further part of the dimension and stop at a nice clearing with lots of space )


    Gennady- Alright this should be far and wide enough *starts to stretch* now everyone get your weapons and let¡¯s begin the exercise


    (Everyone goes to the boxes and grabs a weapon of their choosing from them. Some of them have to dip in multiple times because they aren¡¯t compatible with some of the derivatives. Sara only grabs her basic weapons. As they all get ready to fight, Gennady notices something wrong)


    Gennady- Whoa whoa whoa young Sara, what are you doing?


    Sara- *confused* Getting ready?


    Gennady- Why aren¡¯t you picking up one of the derivatives


    (Sara looks at the box then back to Gennady)


    Sara- I was told by David that I¡¯m not able to get one due to regulations or some shit


    Yuina- Just take one, we won¡¯t tell


    Sara- Ok then


    (Sara then grabs an ax from one of the boxes)


    Gennady- Alright everyone ready?


    (The groups get into position as Yuina just sits off to the side readying her Shamisen for a song)


    Gennady- BEGIN!


    [A/N: Play¡¾Monster Hunter£ºZinogre Battle Theme¡¿Japanese Shamisen Cover]


    (Immediately Flora runs up with her pole arm as she swings it amateurly at Gennady¡¯s arm which gets stopped immediately as it collides with him)


    Gennady- *stroking his beard* Hmm, Flora you seem to need some level of training with that polearm-


    Flora- I wasn¡¯t finished


    (Flora activates its power and it starts to heat up extremely quickly and burn Gennady¡¯s suit but not injuring Gennady in any way)


    Gennady- *intrigued* I see a type of firepower *chuckles* literally


    (Next up was Bobby with his spiked gloves that he supercharges with the ability to double his impact force which cracks the ground below them which surprises everyone but not moving Gennady)


    Gennady- For that, you need to get used to the force of those strikes because they pack quite a punch *heh heh* I¡¯m on a roll today


    Gennady- Alright all of you come at me but be careful not to hit each other *waving his finger*


    (Everyone gets ready)


    Gennady- Oh and remember to go as hard as you can, use your weapons to their fullest ability and¡­HAVE FUN


    (Everyone goes in on Gennady blasting him with multiple weapon strikes with Gennady giving them pointers throughout the exchanges. The ¡°fight¡± lasts for quite a while with some of them taking break in between to catch their breaths and Yuina enjoying every second of it laughing as some of them get blasted back by the force of their or each other''s weapons. After a while they all are too tired to continue with Gennady¡¯s clothes being either burnt or cut off of his body making him mostly naked, save for the spare bit of pants that are left on his waist)


    Gennady- *clapping* Splendid, splendid, I do hope all of you found great enjoyment in that


    Flora- *raises a thumbs up* I sure did


    Gennady- Well that¡¯s good


    Leo- Hey, I wanna see you two fight *points at Yuina and Gennady*


    (Genandy and Yuina looked at each other then back to the groups)


    Flora- *perks up* Yeah, show us something badass


    (Gennady looks back at Yuina and vice-versa)


    Gennady- *smirk* Up for a bit of sparing Yuina?


    Yuina- *stretching* Sure, these fingers haven¡¯t strummed enough yet


    Gennady- EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT; let us duel!


    (Yuina gets up, notices something and then calls to Leo)


    Yuina- Hey Leo, hand me your suit jacket!


    Leo- *confused* Huh?


    Yuina- Gimme your suit jacket


    Leo- Why?


    Yuina- Just do what I say


    Leo- Okay *takes off the jacket* Here *chucks it*


    (Yuina grabs the jacket and then throws it to Gennady who catches it)


    Yuina- Put that around your waist, you¡¯re gonna need a new suit later on


    Gennady- *grateful* Many thanks Yuina and Leo


    (Gennady puts the jacket around his waist and gets into a stance)


    Gennady- Ready


    (Yuina whips her hair back as she takes the Bachi and strums the Shamisen causing an explosion)


    [A/N: A ¡°Bachi¡± is the term for a Shamisen¡¯s strumming pick or plectrum]


    Yuina- That¡¯s it, *she strums a few more times* 2 warriors prepare to hone their skills, iron sharpens iron and steel sharpens steel *strums 2 more times* on 2 player sides, of a monochrome wheel


    [A/N: Play ¡°{Monster Hunter: Mizutsune Battle Theme} Japanese shamisen cover]


    (Yuina then enters into a rhythm with her shamisen as explosions ring out all over the place near Gennady. The explosions ramp up in ferocity and power as Gennady dodges and weaves them while smiling)


    Gennady- WONDERFUL!


    (Yuina is then seen flying due to the force of the explosions as she strums her shamisen in a trance like state, flowing with each strum as the ground continues to shake and all the recruits are blown back from the force of the explosions)


    Sara- WHOA WHOA WHOA, WHAT THE SHIT!?


    Joschka- Looks like she¡¯s gotten started


    Flora- WOOH KICK HIS ASS, BOSS


    (Yuina and Gennady continue their battle as Yuina starts to get even more in the zone, making nuclear level explosions, as the battle has progressed further away from the group. A few of the recruits try to sneak a peek at the explosion but Yuina¡¯s group tells them not to)


    Leo- *playful* You shouldn¡¯t look, you might blind yourself


    (Sara gets a small glimpse of what¡¯s happening and is astonished by the abilities that the 2 titans before her possess and then remembers all stuff she¡¯s seen from all of the R/B Tie Associates)


    Sara- *in head/smiling* If all of the R/B Ties are like this then I wonder how I can get that kind of power¡­


    (The thought lights a bit of a fire in Sara and gives her a drive she thought she had lost long ago)


    Sara- *in head* Maybe I can make the most of this place


    (The battle in the background rages on as the group either watches, makes jokes or just banter with each other)


    Sara- *in head* And maybe kill that son of a bitch once and for all


    (The scene cuts to 2 ? months later, with Nora in the middle of North Korea having a ¡°discussion¡± with the supreme leader Jo Jin Nyun)


    Nora- Now if you would please just-


    Jo Jin- I don¡¯t care, your presence here disgusts me to begin with but the fact you are trying to get me to capitulate the damages caused to my country by you is beyond me


    (The room is silent and then he continues)


    Jo Jin- Now you have either 2 choices: you can either die right where you stand¡­


    (He then signals for the guards to arm their weapons)


    Jo Jin- ¡­or you can trade your secrets with us and then I might reconsider your offer, what will it be?


    (Nora, Jacob and Alicia are all silent. Jacob is eyeing the room, Alicia is nervous and Nora is keeping her composure as she begins talking once again)


    Nora- There''s a saying I like "They won''t fear it until they understand it and they won''t understand it until they''ve used it." That¡¯s the atmosphere I¡¯m feeling from this conversation *her hands move from her back to her front* and so I will say to you what I¡¯ve said to the other leaders who have tried this on us¡­


    (She then begins to walk towards Jo Jin)


    Jo Jin- SHOOT HER!


    (All of the guards begin pulling their triggers at which Jacob unsheathes his scythe and slices all of the guns in half and protecting Alicia at the same time)


    Nora- We are merely here¡­


    (There is a flash of Shannon associates helping people after a Undefined Event)


    Nora- ¡­to provide protection¡­


    (Another flash of David, Enzokuhle and other Associates apprehending some Zer0s)


    Nora- ¡­to capture anomalies¡­


    (Another flash of Gennady and Yuina sparing with each other)


    Nora- ¡­to hone our skills¡­


    (Another flash of Janis intervening in a business matter)


    Nora- ¡­and foster relations. Now I understand your worries about us, for you know nothing of us, so you fear us because we cannot be controlled and thus we are an unknown. I understand that feeling but know¡­


    (A time lapse of what has happened in the last 2 ? months, with Nora speaking in other countries and Sara, and the many groups she goes through, building comradery with each other as they train and convene with each other)


    Nora- ¡­that should you cross us in any way¡­


    (Nora then grabs Jo Jin¡¯s head¡­)


    Nora- ¡­you must be ready for a retaliation from


    (...and stares into his soul with unblinking eyes)


    Nora- ¡­ The Enterprise.


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    O-2005


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Danger Level: Red/Black tie


    Name: ¡°The Shamisen¡±


    Gender (If applicable): N/A


    Species (If known): N/A


    Age (If known): 50 years


    Measurements: Length = 3.28 ft. (1 m) Width = 9.84 in (25 cm) Height = 37.04 in (950 mm)


    History: This object was found on 2/13/19XX in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan; located inside of a local music shop that sold and taught traditional Japanese instruments. It was reported after a student by the name of Yukio Shinoda, who was enrolled at the store, used O-2005 and ended up destroying the building and surrounding area which resulted in the deaths of many civilians and excessive property damage. Enterprise personnel showed up to the scene and confiscated O-2005 from Mr. Shinoda. He was brought in for questioning but committed suicide soon afterwards.


    Description: O-2005 is a normal looking ¡°Tsugaru¡± Futozao Shamisen with 3 strings. Its ¡°head¡±, ¡°neck¡± and ¡°body¡± are dark brown in color with the front of the body being light beige. The pegs are dark brown and the strings are yellow. The pick that was used with it is white with black lines on the handle and seems to be made out of ivory.


    Ability: O-2005 (as observed when in the hands of associate Eiji Kawaski back in 19XX) has the ability to cause differing levels of destruction based on the tuning, strum and (perceived) rhythm it is being played in. It has also been shown to entrance its user depending on how ¡°in the zone¡± the user is when performing a song. In one of its tests in D-4 it was capable of destroying an area equivalent to the American ¡°Super Bowl¡± stadium (At 3.1 million square feet [287999.424 m]) we are not sure if this is the limit but think it¡¯s close.


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    <li style="font-weight: 400">Added: Associate Yuina Hagihara has shown that its higher blast radius is that of a nuclear bomb.</li>


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    Containment procedures: O-2005 is to be kept in its cell unless given express permission from a Sephora Reed, R/B Tie or the Chief


    Transporting procedures: O-2005 will be kept in a sealed metal case and can only be opened with permission from the aforementioned individuals when not binded


    Added Note: O-2005 is currently in possession of Associate Yuina Hagihara

 Document 13

    (Sara gets a small glimpse of what¡¯s happening and is astonished by the abilities that the 2 titans before her possess)


    Sara- *in head/smiling* If all of the R/B Ties are like this then I wonder how I can get that kind of power


    (The thought lights a bit of a fire in Sara and gives her a drive she thought she had lost long ago)


    Sara- *in head* Maybe I can make the most of this place


    (The scene cuts to 2 ? months later, with Nora in the middle of North Korea having a ¡°discussion¡± with the supreme leader Jo Jin Nyun)


    Nora- Now if you would please just-


    Jo Jin- I don¡¯t care, your presence here disgusts me to begin with but the fact you are trying to get me to capitulate the damages caused to my country by you is beyond me


    (The room is silent and then he continues)


    Jo Jin- Now you have either 2 choices: you can either die right where you stand¡­


    (He then signals for the guards to arm their weapons)


    Jo Jin- ¡­or you can trade your secrets with us and then I might reconsider your offer, what will it be?


    (Nora, Jacob and Alicia are all silent. Jacob is eyeing the room, Alicia is nervous and Nora is keeping her composure as she begins talking once again)


    Nora- There''s a saying I like "They won''t fear it until they understand it and they won''t understand it until they''ve used it." That¡¯s the atmosphere I¡¯m feeling from this conversation *her hands move from her back to her front* and so I will say to you what I¡¯ve said to the other leaders who have tried this on us¡­


    (She then begins to walk towards Jo Jin)


    Jo Jin- SHOOT HER!


    (All of the guards begin pulling their triggers at which Jacob unsheathes his scythe and slices all of the guns in half and protecting Alicia at the same time)


    Nora- We are merely here¡­


    (There is a flash of Shannon associates helping people after a Undefined Event)


    Nora- ¡­to provide protection¡­


    (Another flash of David, Enzokuhle and other Associates apprehending some Zer0s)


    Nora- ¡­to capture anomalies¡­


    (Another flash of Gennady and Yuina sparing with each other)


    Nora- ¡­to hone our skills¡­


    (Another flash of Janis intervening in a business matter)


    Nora- ¡­and foster relations. Now I understand your worries about us, for you know nothing of us, so you fear us because we cannot be controlled and thus we are an unknown. I understand that feeling but know¡­


    (A time lapse of what has happened in the last 2 ? months, with Nora speaking in other countries and Sara, and the many groups she goes through, building comradery with each other as they train and convene with each other)


    Nora- ¡­that should you cross us in any way¡­


    (Nora then grabs Jo Jin¡¯s head¡­)


    Nora- ¡­you must be ready for a retaliation from


    (...and stares into his soul with unblinking eyes)


    Nora- ¡­ The Enterprise.


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    (It¡¯s been almost 3 months and Nora, Jacob and Alicia are back at The Enterprise getting off the metrinite train)


    Jacob- Back here again *stretching* y¡¯know I almost missed this place


    Alicia- I¡¯m glad, all that traveling weighs on you a bit


    Nora- Let''s go everyone


    (The group leaves the train station and Jacob sees Sara conversing with David¡¯s group and then Sara notices him)


    Sara- Hey, Jacob


    Jacob- Hey Sara


    Sara- I almost forgot I had a leader for a while


    Jacob- I don¡¯t blame you, it has been 3 months after all


    David- Yo Jacob how ya been man *holds out his hand*


    Dap me up


    (Jacob and David dap each other up and pat each other on the back)


    David- So how was the trip?


    Jacob- Same old same old *rubbing his neck* I¡¯m honestly getting tired of it


    David- Wish I could come with


    Jacob- Why not ask?


    (David looks over to Nora and gets a chill up his spine)


    David- Yeeeeeeeaah I¡¯m good on that


    (Nora looks at Jacob and Sara then thinks about something, which causes her to pull out her phone. The scene switches to S¨¦phora who is seen reclining back in her chair, eating ramen while working on some documents. She hears her phone, sees that it''s Nora and picks it up)


    S¨¦phora- Ma¡¯am? *about to take another bite of ramen*


    Nora- *through phone* Is O-2991 ready for field duty?


    (S¨¦phora then gets a smirk on her face)


    S¨¦phora- Let me see real quick *goes through her computer* it seems that after her last 10 tests she¡¯s come back more manageable each time but still on the risky side


    Nora- *through phone* Is it fit for combat duty?


    S¨¦phora- To put it simply, Yes


    (Scene switches back to Nora)


    Nora- Good *hangs up*


    (Nora then walks over to Jacob, Saral, David and his group which causes David to choke on his words as he becomes almost robotic around Nora)


    David- Hello ma¡¯am, evening ma¡¯am


    (Nora doesn¡¯t acknowledge him as she then starts talking to Jacob)


    Nora- Jacob, I remembered the fact that you seem to be lacking in personnel


    Jacob- Uh huh


    Nora- So how about I give you new ones


    (Jacob is a little surprised at the offer)


    Jacob- This early? *scratches head* It''s not even next year yet


    Nora- It¡¯s not going to be inmates this time, instead I¡¯m going to use Zer0s


    (Jacob and David are confused by this proposition)


    Jacob- I¡¯ve already got one here *points to his scythe case*


    Nora- But this one is going to be a Zer0 organism


    (Jacob and crew are all either confused or nonchalant about the proposal)


    Jacob- I don¡¯t get a say in this do I?


    Nora- No


    Jacob- *sigh* Fine


    (The scene cuts to Nora, Jacob, Sara and S¨¦phora walking through Sector 7)


    Sara- *in head* I haven¡¯t been here in a while


    (Sara starts to get flashbacks of what happened to the previous members of her squad)


    Sara- *in head* At least these guys are here now, so I should be fine


    (After a while of walking the group makes their way to a door with the inscription ¡°O-2991¡± and the name ¡°Hazard¡± on the front of it. They all hear some muffled sounds coming from inside the room)


    S¨¦phora- I never thought we would get to use you *unlocks the door* I guess today''s your lucky day


    (They walk into a room made of wood with ample light on the ceiling)


    Sara- Not what I expected-


    ?- Howdy!


    (Sara looks to where the rest of the group are looking to see a woman hanging from the ceiling on a pull up bar in a blue, yellow and black skin tight rubber suit. She had pale skin, blonde hair, blue eyes, noticeable freckles going from ear to ear, a muscular/curvy figure, large bust and a very strong country accent)


    Sara- *in hear* Wait, I¡¯ve seen this girl around here before


    ?- Whut brings yawl fahn paypul here? (What brings you fine people here?)


    Nora- I have a proposition for you


    ?- Whut?


    Nora- How would you like to finally have some freedom?


    (This makes the girl smile as she flips off the bar and pops her neck)


    Sara- *in head/surprised* She¡¯s taller than I thought


    ?- *intrigued* Yawl¡¯re not pullin'' mah leg? (You¡¯re not pulling my leg?)


    Nora- Work with this fine gentleman here *gestures to Jacob* and you¡¯ll be as free as a bird, what do you say?


    (The woman then runs up to Jacob)


    ?- Ya seem plenty strong


    (Nora then grabs the lady with telekinesis and pushes her away as she playful and exaggeratedly falls on her back)


    Nora- Don¡¯t overstep your boundaries


    ?- Aah git it, aah git it *gets up and holds out hand* names Natalie Brett this is gonna be fun (I get it, I get it)


    (They all exit the room and the girl is seen with a new jacket on)


    Nora- Now, I have some business to attend to so I will leave you all to your own devices


    S¨¦phora/Jacob- Yes ma¡¯am/Yeah


    (Nora leaves)


    S¨¦phora- Alright everyone, let¡¯s move


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    (They all walk through Sector 7 as S¨¦phora gives Jacob some instructions)


    S¨¦phora- Jacob as a warning keep that jacket on her when she¡¯s around people, try to keep her away from getting physical with anyone else and get her back here at the end of the day; if all goes well then you won¡¯t get an earful from Nora, got it?


    Jacob- Got it


    (The scene cuts to Jacob, Sara and Natalie in the lobby after S¨¦phora left them. Many of the passing by associates are staring at Natalie because of her bodysuit)


    Natalie- *giddy* So when do aah git a taste of freedom ah-gain!? (So when do I get a taste of freedom again!?)


    Jacob- After you show me what you''re capable of *leaves to Sector 1* c¡¯mon were going to the train


    (The 3 of them wait for the train as they, or more specifically Natalie, continue to get weird looks from the surrounding personnel as Natalie is looking at everyone else with childish eagerness)


    Natalie- So many strong lookin'' people, aah wish aah could fight ''em all right now (So many strong looking people, I wish I could fight them all right now)


    Sara- *in head/confused* What is up with this chick?


    (The train arrives and everyone gets on. Natalie skips her way to her seat and then slouches down in it)


    Conductor- And where will we be going today?


    Jacob- D-8


    Conductor- Understood *walks away*


    Sara- *in head* I¡¯m getting tired of that place


    (The train ride is quiet until Natalie starts making gestures each time she sees something out the window)


    Jacob- *in head* She¡¯s like a kid


    Sara- So, what makes you so special?


    (Natalie looks at her and then smirks)


    Natalie- Yawl¡¯ll know soon enough


    Sara- Whatever


    (They make it to D-8 with them all getting out and walking past many researchers surprised by Natalie¡¯s presence)


    Natalie- Hey Dr. Brant, Emily, Shido, Cornelius¡­


    Sara- She seems to know all these people


    Jacob- Probably because they¡¯ve been experimenting on her


    (They walk to the training site as Jacob then claps his hands making a very loud noise which attracts the weird canine-like creatures, with eight extremities and long tails. Jacob then sits down and gestures for Sara to do the same)


    Jacob- Alright, show us what you can do


    (Natalie looks at Jacob and then begins stretching and jumping around as the dog creatures begin to approach her. She then takes off her jacket, whips out her hands, puts them together and says)


    Natalie- RENDER!


    (A massive lightning bolt shoots out and branches into many different beams frying the creatures on the spot as Natalie has a fit of uncontrollable laughter)


    Sara- Woah


    Jacob- *intrigued* Ok¡­


    (Natalie, noticing more creatures approaching her, then runs at super speed and punches the creature in the chest. The punch breaks it¡¯s ribs as it flies through the air and lands on the ground trying to breath)


    Sara- And she¡¯s super strong?


    (Natalie then proceeds to decimate the remaining creatures with her bare hands and she electrocutes them and with more blasts that fry their bodies. As more come she responds by balling her hands together and channels a large amount of electricity in her palms)


    Natalie- Ball Lightning!


    (She sends the ball through all the monsters ripping them apart or frying their nervous systems in the process)


    Sara- she''s pretty cool


    Jacob- Yeah


    (After the massacre is over she celebrates her victory)


    Natalie- YES YES YES THAT''S WHAT AH¡¯M TAlking abou-


    (Natalie then passes out on the ground)


    Sara- Uh is she ok?


    (More of the canine creatures start to approach her as Jacob swoops down kills all the creatures and then carries Natalie firefighter style while grabbing her jacket)


    Jacob- Let¡¯s head back, hold her jacket *hold the jacket out*


    Sara- Sure *grabs it*


    (Jacob and Sara walk back to the researchers near the train platform. Jacob goes up to one of them to ask a question to one of the researchers: Dr. Brant)


    Jacob- Hey, can you explain what''s up with her *shows the sleeping Natalie on his shoulder*


    Brant- She must have depleted her electrical stores but don¡¯t worry they will refill after a bit of time usually we carry a taser on hand to rejuvenate her


    Sara- *in head* Why am I even surprised


    Jacob- I guess S¨¦phora forgot to tell me about that part


    Brant- Don¡¯t worry, um, ATTENTION EVERYONE!


    (All the researchers look to him)


    Brant- Does anyone have a taser for Mr.Maverick?


    Researcher- I got one here!


    (The researcher comes over to Jacob and hands him the taser)


    Brant- Thank you Mr. Shido


    (Jacob then fiddles with the taser)


    Jacob- I¡¯m assuming I just shock her?


    Brant- That is correct, preferably on her skin


    (Jacob then tases Natalie¡¯s arm which wakes her up instantly)


    Natalie- Huh!? What happened!? *notices where she is/looks behind her* Oh hey doc


    (Natalie then slides off of Jacob¡¯s shoulder into a front handspring)


    Jacob- You mind if I keep this?


    Brant- Not at all, we have plenty


    Jacob- Thanks *puts the taser in his pocket* let''s go guys


    Natalie- Aye sir *mock salute*


    (They gets back on the train, with some other Associates and Sara starts to ask Natalie some questions)


    Sara- So how can you do all that?


    Natalie- You mane theyis? (You mean this?) *conjures a small ball of electricity in her hands*


    Sara-Yeah


    Natalie- Wayul Ah can¡¯t rilly explain it it sort uh gist comes out wheyun Ah want it to (Well I can¡¯t really explain it it sort of just comes out when I want it to) *reabsorbs the ball*


    Jacob- You''re definitely the result of a RE, that¡¯s for sure


    Natalie- Yeah thet¡¯s whut thuh doctors tode may nevur rilly understood thet though or *thinking pose* maeybe Ah gist wasn¡¯t listenin'' *shrugs* eh who knows (Yeah that¡¯s what the doctors told me never really understood that though or maybe I just wasn¡¯t listening eh who knows)


    (Sara then stares at Natalie for a bit)


    Sara- Why are you so happy all the time


    Natalie- Hm?


    Sara- From what I understand you¡¯ve probably been experimented on here so I¡¯d expect a lot of more that *points at Jacob*


    Natalie- Ah mean it wasn¡¯t so bayud all thet happened wuz Ahd git shocked, evur now an again an sent out fahwar fites an rinse an repeat (I mean it wasn¡¯t so bad all that happened was I would get shocked, every now and again and sent out for fights and rinse and repeat)


    (Sara is surprised by these retellings as Natalie continues)


    Natalie- *smiling* Sumtimes Ahd git thangs shot at may or cut open but Ah wuz either asleep or it didn¡¯t affect me (Sometimes I would get things shot at me or cut open but I was either asleep or it didn¡¯t affect me)


    Jacob- I¡¯m guessing that jacket is for your powers?


    Natalie- *grabs the jacket* Thay sayud it¡¯s lahk an electrician¡¯s jacket but much tougher (They said it¡¯s like an electrician¡¯s jacket but much tougher)


    Jacob- Interesting


    (An alarm goes off as everyone listens)


    Intercom- ALERT! ALERT! SIGHTINGS OF O-1098, CODENAME ¡°THE WENDIGO¡± HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MORGAN-MONROE FOREST, MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA, ANY AVAILABLE BLUE TIE OR R/B TIE ASSOCIATES PLEASE RESPOND


    (Jacob rolls his eyes and then the Conductor pops in)


    Conductor- Should I redirect you towards this?


    Jacob- No, I¡¯m sure someone else will handle it I¡¯m still not sure about this one here *points to Natalie*


    Natalie- Hey!


    Jacob- And plus Sara isn¡¯t ready, yet


    Sara- Wha-


    Conductor- Understood


    (The Conductor leaves)


    Sara- The fuck you mean, I¡¯m not ready?


    Natalie- Same hare!?


    Jacob- *sigh* Sara let''s not kid ourselves, I know you''re not nearly strong enough to take on something like ¡°The Wendigo¡± and you *points at Natalie* I don¡¯t think you¡¯re ¡°charged¡± enough to go and fight some more


    Sara- Maybe I would be if you had given me those deriva-whatchamacallits


    Jacob- Derivatives?


    Sara- Yeah those


    Natalie- An Ah can git charge, gist needs tuh find uh ¡°box¡± or sumpn or shock may with uh taser (And I can get charge, just needs to find a ¡°box¡± or something or shock me with a taser)


    (Jacob sits there for a bit and contemplates their words)


    Jacob- Fine then let¡¯s go find E


    Natalie- Yay! Who¡¯s E?


    (Cut to Jacob¡¯s group being in front of Sector 5 David and his group are exiting it with their gear)


    David- Hey man


    Jacob- Hey David, where are you going?


    David- To take care of that request in Louisiana


    Jacob- You sure you don¡¯t wanna leave it to a Blue Tie


    David- Nah, I¡¯m bored, plus these 4 need some valuable experience and there''s nothing like on the job training


    Jacob- Whatever ya say man


    David- Uh who¡¯s this? *gestures to Natalie behind him looking all over the place*


    Jacob- She¡¯s my new potential recruit


    Adina- What¡¯s up with her outfit?


    Natalie- Thuh doctors sayud it dampens mah powers so Ah don¡¯t hawhrt thuh paypul Ah¡¯m next to (The doctors said it dampens my powers so I don¡¯t hurt the people I¡¯m next to)


    Yarra- *in head* I was not expecting that accent


    Johnny- *in head* She¡¯s kinda hot


    (Natalie then goes up to David and looks him over)


    Natalie- Ya saym rilly strong, let¡¯s fite sum tahm (You seem really strong, let¡¯s fight some time)


    David- *chuckles* Maybe later


    Natalie- Same with you *points at Tadashi who stares at her blankly*


    Johnny- What about me?


    Natalie- You''re ok


    Johnny- *disheartened* Damn¡­


    (Adina pats him on the back)


    Adina- You¡¯ll get em next time champ


    David- Anyway, we better get going, see ya


    Jacob- See ya man


    (Jacob and co make it to the Weapons and Development window and ring the buzzer. After a few minutes, and explosions, Estralza comes up to the counter with notable soot and ash on her clothing)


    Estralza- Oh Jacob, deary, you¡¯ve returned I must have missed your arrival, *notices Natalie observing the weapons she has in the back* oh and who is this


    Jacob- This is a potential new recruit for me but, I¡¯m just here to give this one a weapon


    Estralza- *smirking* A derivative?


    Jacob- Of course


    Estralza- Why not her? *points to Natalie*


    Jacob- She¡¯s a Zer0


    Estralza- Oh that makes sense


    Natalie- Yeah, Ah can do this *put her hands together and separates them revealing a beam of electricity*


    Estralza- Quite interesting, I wonder if-


    Jacob- Uh E, the weapons?


    Estralza- Oh right follow me


    (They go into the back with Estralza sitting them all down in the testing area where David and his group synched up with their weapons)


    Estralza- Jacob, deary, would you help me with the carts please


    Jacob- Sure


    Sara- Actually I think I already have one in mind


    (The scene cuts to Sara holding a Naginata in her hand)


    Jacob- You sure you know how to handle that thing?


    Sara- A little I got to test it out with Gennady while you were away


    Jacob- *smirks/in head* Thanks old man


    Natalie- *sitting upside down/confused* So whut¡¯s so special bout these thangs anyway?


    Estralza- Well you see-


    Sara- They can do things like this¡­


    (Sara throws the naginata at target and everyone watches as it come right back after skewing through it)


    Estralza- Well I was going to go through the rigorous and arduous task of my expertly defined craft but yes they can do that


    Jacob- You sure you want that?


    Sara- Yeah, it¡¯s kind of my best bet right now I¡¯ll try to bond with another one later if I can


    Estralza- Well what¡¯s stopping you from right now deary?


    Sara- ?


    Estralza- You can try your luck with any of my weapons here and see which one fits you the best. Who knows, maybe you¡¯ll be able to use more than one!


    Jacob- Sound like an idea to me


    Sara- Sure why not, better do it now than later


    Estralza- Exactly, deary


    (The scene cut to in front of Morgan-Monroe Forest with David and his group)


    David- Alright everyone, this is gonna be one of your first real missions, so I want all of you on guard, ya hear me?


    Everyone but Tadashi- Right


    David- Alright *turns around* let¡¯s go hunt us a Wendigo


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    O-2991


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Danger Level: Purple Tie


    Name: Natalie Brett ¡°Hazard¡±


    Gender (If applicable): Female


    Species (If known): Human


    Age (If known): 25


    Measurements: Height = 5¡¯9 ft (181.35 cm) Weight = 134 lbs (60.78 kg) Waist = 33.12 in (84.12 cm) Hips = 48 in (121.92 cm) Bust = 45 in (114.3 cm)


    History: O-1991 was originally a prisoner who got into conflict with the law when she started assaulting civilians in the burrows of New York City and was put in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility where she contended with all of her cell mates and every prisoner that crossed her way bringing all of them to near death states, she was then offered a proposition ¡°Work for the Enterprise or be given the death penalty.¡± She took the job for the Enterprise saying ¡°As long as my fists sting I¡¯ll gladly play along!¡±


    Description: Human female/unkempt hair/athletic build/blonde/pale skin/erratic dangerous behavior


    Ability: This organism has an electric output that comes out when she punches or kicks someone which gradually goes from a small sting to a full on electric shock that can even paralyze normal people if she puts enough energy into the strike/Our researchers have described this power as having similarities to a ¡°static discharge¡± while the subject''s nervous system works like a ¡°current discharge¡± making the organism extremely volatile when near because of it¡¯s violent tendencies based on it¡¯s ¡°charge¡± level


    Containment procedures: O-1991 is to be kept in a insulated chamber with Australian Buloke bed framing, a punching bag for training and a rubber latex suit with an extra insulated electrician''s jacket to suppress her constant electrical state


    Transporting procedures: O-1991 is to be issued an electricians jacket, rubber boots and wooden arm/leg cuffs made from the aforementioned Australian Buloke/personnel have raised complaints about O-1991¡¯s talking and have requested she be silenced; this complaint is still being pondered


    Binding: N/A

 Document 14

    Sara- Yeah, it¡¯s kind of my best bet right now I¡¯ll try to bond with another one later if I can


    Estralza- Well what¡¯s stopping you from right now deary?


    Sara- ?


    Estralza- You can try your luck with any of my weapons here and see which one fits you the best. Who knows, maybe you¡¯ll be able to use more than one!


    Jacob- Sound like an idea to me


    Sara- Sure why not, better do it now than later


    Estralza- Exactly, deary


    (The scene cut to in front of Morgan-Monroe Forest with David and his group)


    David- Alright everyone this is gonna be one of your first real missions, so I want all of you on guard, ya hear me?


    Everyone but Tadashi- Right


    David- Alright *turns around* let¡¯s go hunt us a Wendigo


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (David then pulls out several walkie-talkies from nightmare)


    David- We¡¯ll use these to communicate with each other *hands everyone a walkie-talkie* I¡¯ve had some experience with this one, you¡¯ll know when you¡¯re close by the look of ¡°dead¡± things it¡¯s good that it¡¯s Spring that¡¯ll make it easier to tell, you got that?


    (Everyone nods)


    David- Alright we¡¯ll go in teams of 2: Tadashi and Adina y''all''re team 1 and Yaara and Johnny y¡¯all¡¯re team 2, there¡¯s a clock and gps on your talkies, rendezvous with me at this point within 2 hours


    Adina- Wait why do I have to go with tall, dark and anti-social


    David- Because


    Adina- That¡¯s it, you¡¯re not going to give a reason-


    David- Happy hunting *runs off into the forest* REMEMBER TO WATCH EACH OTHER¡¯S BACKS *waves*


    (They all watch as David just disappears into the greenery)


    Yaara- Well since he said split up, me and Johnny will go this way *points to the left* so I suggest you both go that way *points to the right*


    Johnny- Sounds like a plan to me


    Adina- Now wait a minute-


    (Tadashi begins walking in the direction Yaara pointed to)


    Johnny- Better hurry before your partner leaves you in the dust


    Adina- *GROAN* Fine, damn


    (The group splits up as Adina manages to catch up with Tadashi)


    Adina- Hey wait, were supposed to be working together here


    (Tadashi doesn¡¯t talk but just continues to walk through the woods)


    Adina- *sigh* Why do I even try with you


    (The scene cuts to Yaara and Johnny as they are scoping out the general area)


    Johnny- Find anything that looks ¡°dead¡±


    Yaara- Nah not yet


    (They walk around a long while before Johnny says)


    Johnny- Man this shits boring


    Yaara- Ya think?


    Johnny- I know we¡¯ve been at this for about an hour and haven¡¯t found shit


    Yaara- Well this is our job so we''re gonna have to do it regardless


    Johnny- Well you can I¡¯m just gonna mosey around


    Yaara- Such a gentleman


    (There''s a small pause in the conversation)


    Johnny- So how¡¯d you get here anyway?


    Yaara- Hm?


    Johnny- In The Enterprise,I  mean


    Yaara- That''s random


    Johnny- Look I¡¯m just trying to make this less boring


    (Yaara remains silent for a bit)


    Yaara- Rape


    Johnny- Huh?


    Yaara- Raped some guy back home, a young man


    Johnny- Now that¡¯s random


    Yaara- Can¡¯t say I didn¡¯t enjoy it but I didn¡¯t expect to get caught


    Johnny- No one ever does


    Yaara- Anything else you wanna know?


    Johnny- Why did you do it?


    Yaara- He was a handsome man, but he rejected me so I took him by force


    Johnny- Crazy ass bitch


    (Cut over to Adina and Tadashi as they walk through the forest for another 30 minutes before Tadashi and Adina stop as their radios go off)


    David- //Everyone meet at the rendezvous point in 30 minutes//


    Adina- Guess were going back


    (Tadashi immediately turns in the direction of the meeting spot and begins walking in that direction)


    Adina- *in head* Sometimes it''s hard to believe he¡¯s not a robot


    (The scene cuts to everyone meeting up at the rendezvous point)


    David- You guys find anything?


    Adina- Found zilch, nothing but trees and grass


    Johnny- Same here


    David- *sigh* We¡¯ll search for 2 more hours afterwards, for now let''s eat up


    Yaara- Eat up?


    (David then opens Nightmare, pulls out a blanket and then drops a bunch of sealed sandwiches and water on the ground which surprises the group)


    Adina- Where¡¯d you get all of this?


    David- I stockpile food in Nightmare incase of situations like this


    Yaara- Is it still edible? *looks at the suspiciously not rotten food*


    David- Everything that goes in here never goes bad so I can put anything in here with having to worry about it rotting


    Johnny- *takes bite of a sandwich* pretty handy


    (Everyone sits and eats together in a very quiet manor. No one is talking so the group just feels awkward)


    David- Ok I¡¯ll break it, how do you guys feel in this line of work, 3 months in I mean?


    Yaara- What¡¯s there to feel about it, it¡¯s not like we can quit


    David- I know that, I¡¯m just askin¡¯ how is it?


    Adina- Pretty ok honestly better than prison so I¡¯ll give it that


    Johnny- I hear that


    David- Noted


    (It goes back to silence again until Johnny asks a question)


    Johnny- How do you feel about this job?


    David- Hm?


    Johnny- I mean if were all sharing tell us how you feel about it


    (David looks up to the sky and begins to speak)


    David- I was in the same situation as ya¡¯ll¡­


    (Everyone looks at him intrigued)


    David- An inmate at Suffolk County but got moved over to Phillips State after causing too many problems for the city, something like mass genocide or whatever, then got put on death row and that¡¯s how I ended up here *takes a sip of water* so if I had to say how I felt¡­well I¡¯d say lucky *takes another bite of his sandwich*


    (The group was a little surprised by how callously he was in saying this)


    David- Welp we better start our search again, Open


    (Nightmare opens up)


    David- Dump all your trash in here, I¡¯ll empty it later


    (Everyone does as instructed)


    David- Alright remember we¡¯ll search for 2 more hours and meet up at the entrance of the forest if no one finds anything, got it?


    The group, except Tadashi- Yeah


    David- Alright head out *disappears into the brush*


    (Tadashi is the first one to leave the group as Adina tries to catch up and Yaara and Johnny go off in their own direction. With Tadashi and Adina they walk through the forest for about 20 minutes with them not finding anything)


    Adina- *yawn* I can¡¯t wait til this is over with- *sniff* What''s that smell?


    (She notices Tadashi stop right in front of her)


    Adina- What¡¯s u-


    (Tadashi puts a finger up to shush her and then he focuses in for a second getting in a ¡°ready¡± stance. Adina sees this and follows suit getting her shotgun ready. Suddenly a tendril comes towards Adina as Tadashi shoots it down)


    Adina- Holy shit!


    (The limb retracts into the darkness as they feel an eerie pressure emanating from the trees as the space around them becomes ever darker)


    ?- N?? ¦Á??¦É?¦É¦Ò?? ?¦Ò ?? ?¦Ò?????¦É¦Ò?, ??? ?¦Ô????¦Á??? ?¦Ò? ?? ??¦É??, new specimens without meaning, it¡¯s time to commence the killing


    (A beast with the head of a deer- skull and the body of darkness and fur rears it¡¯s contorting figure from the shadows)


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    Wendigo- Meat fresh meat


    (The beast makes a strike for Adina when it¡¯s shot in it¡¯s face by her and put down)


    Adina- SON OF A BITCH *BANG* DON¡¯T SCARE ME LIKE THAT


    (Adina continues to shoot the Wendigo as it remains motionless. Adina runs out of ammo and goes to reload)


    Adina- Better call David about this-


    (Adina then gets stabbed in the leg by one of its tails. Tadashi throws his sword through it and flips over to pick it back up. The Wendigo stands back up as it¡¯s head looks unscathed)


    Adina- Tough guy huh-


    (The Wendigo goes in for a strike to her face that Tadashi barely blocks it)


    Wendigo- Food of high caliber, good for me


    (Tadashi begins to shoot and slash the Wendigo, not doing much damage in the way. Adina provides back up with her shotgun shots but has as much success as Tadashi. Tadashi then throws his radio towards her and Adina gets the message)


    Adina- *using radio* HEY DAVID, WE¡¯VE FOUND THE BITCH GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE NOW!


    (Adina then puts down the radio and provides support again but is feeling the blood loss from her wound. Tadashi¡¯s claymore agitates the Wendigo as it causes weakness in its limbs, decreasing the power of its strikes)


    Wendigo- You, annoying, DIE!


    (The Wendigo¡¯s strikes become quicker and harder; Tadashi is keeping up but is slowly getting overwhelmed and this causes him to start switching between his guns and swords in mid air to try and last. It¡¯s not enough though, as the Wendigo shoot out an attack that throws Tadashi back with Adina on the side bleeding out)


    Wendigo- Morsels and Morsels, all for me


    (The Wendigo picks them up and begins to eat them as a hand slams down on its head)


    David- Sorry I¡¯m late guys *notices Adina on the ground*


    TADASHI, IS SHE OK?


    (Tadashi puts a finger to her pulse and feels it¡¯s weak, shaking his head to David to let him know)


    David- TIE SOMETHING AROUND HER WOUND, EYES AND HANDS, MAKE SURE IT¡¯S TIGHT


    (Tadashi uses her and his jackets to cover her eyes and tie her hands then applies a make-shift tourniquet* to her leg)


    (A/N: When applying a tourniquet to stop bleeding after an injury make sure its placed 2-3 inches above the wound and should be secured tightly, make sure it¡¯s between the heart and the wound. DO NOT put over joints. Make sure this done correctly to prevent irreversible tissue and nerve damage)


    David- Go, Nightmare


    (Nightmare then extends and swallows Adina into her making a noticeable growl as she does)


    David- That¡¯ll give us time until we get back to The Enterprise


    (The Wendigo then gets a surge of power with a terrifying shriek, throwing David off who lands gently on the ground)


    Wendigo- YOU TOOK MY PREY


    (The Wendigo begins summoning a bunch of emaciated, copse-like, humans from the ground)


    Wendigo- SEIZE!


    (The corpses go towards David as he asks Nightmare)


    David- Open


    (David then grabs a tachi out of Nightmare and begins to swiftly deal with all of the humans in a matter of seconds, slicing through them like a hot knife through butter. After he¡¯s finished with them the Wendigo then charges with a shriek that rocks the ground and goes for a swipe that David dodges slicing it¡¯s arm in the process)


    David- Gotchur arm


    (The Wendigo then goes in for a tail stab that David has Nightmare grabs and then rip off)


    David- Gotchur tail


    (The beast, not enjoying being toyed with, begins to pace around the field trying to strike David from different angles but David just chases it making a cat and mouse game. After a bit of chasing the Wendigo then goes for Tadashi who is sitting off to the side but David catches onto this and gets in front of it grabbing its face and almost crushing it)


    David- Ok fun times over, Nightmare!


    (Nightmare then emerges from his eye and pins down the Wendigo by its arms, legs, severed tail stump and head and then he makes a call)


    David- Hey, S¨¦phora¡­


    (Cut over to S¨¦phora who¡¯s working on a test subject of O-77)


    S¨¦phora- *beep* Yeah?


    David- I got the Wendigo specimen here


    S¨¦phora- Oh that¡¯s perfect


    David- You need it alive?


    S¨¦phora- Absolutely!


    David- Aight *beep*


    (David then turns back around to the Wendigo)


    David- I¡¯d advise you to close your eyes while your in there, don¡¯t wanna have you going crazier than you already are or dying *waves* Nightmare


    (Nightmare then descends on top of the Wendigo and absorbs it into her. As this happens Johnny and Yaara finally arrive)


    David- Well you guys sure took your sweet time


    Johnny- Sorry, were not as fast you man


    David- Well, besides one injured, I¡¯d say that was a job well done, everyone


    Johnny- I could use a smoke right now


    David- Old me would agree


    (David walks up to Tadashi and gives him a pat on the shoulder)


    David- Good job, man


    (Tadashi looks at David for a bit but then begins walking with him. They all walk back to the train and Yaara asks a question)


    Yaara- You got a pretty handy power


    David- Hm?


    Yaara- To be able to keep stuff like that in there


    David- I mean, its harder to use it when I have to keep something alive


    Johnny- Oh yeah where¡¯s Adina?


    David- She¡¯s in here *points at his eye*


    Yaara- You put her in there with that thing?


    David- Don¡¯t worry she¡¯ll be fine it won¡¯t be able to touch her and, as long as Tadashi did his part, she won¡¯t die


    (Both Yaara and Johnny look at Tadashi, who just blankly stares off into the distance)


    Johnny- I still don¡¯t get that guy


    (They make it to the train and back to The Enterprise making their way to the infirmary in Sector 4)


    David- Aye Akoni, you in here?


    (They walk into the infirmary and see many others on tables around the place along with nurses and doctors treating them)


    Akoni- Yah suh


    (The group sees Akoni at a desk eating ramen and waving at them)


    Akoni- Wah brings yu mandem here? (What brings you guys here?)


    David- *removing eyepatch* Hold on, Nightmare¡­


    (Nightmare opens up her body and David walks in finding Adina floating in the space)


    David- Alright, let¡¯s see what¡¯s wrong


    (David notices the gash in her leg)


    David- *thinking* Tadashi did tell me her pulse was low she might need more blood


    (David then takes her out of Nightmare and lays her down on the table)


    Akoni- *smiling/looking over Adina* Suh dis de wah yu yah fah (So this is what you¡¯re here for)


    David- Yeah, Tadashi said her pulse was low so she might need some blood


    (Akoni thinks for a second)


    Akoni- Wull ah second (Hold a second)


    (Akoni goes over to his computer while signaling a nurse)


    Akoni- Kim guh git ar sum anesthesia (Kim go get her some anesthesia)


    Kim- Yessir


    Akoni- Wah deh ar name again? (What¡¯s her name again?)


    David- Adina¡­uh *looks at her name tag* Underwood


    (Akoni begins to type furiously on his computer and brings up Adina¡¯s medical profile and sees Adina¡¯s blood type)


    Akoni- *looks to a nurse* Kim, guh git an IV stan *puts gloves on* (Kim, go get an IV stand)


    Kim- Yessir


    (Kim goes and gets the stand as Akoni goes over to a freezer and takes out a blood bag)


    Johnny- I¡¯m guessing she needs a transfusion?


    Akoni- Yep


    (Akoni then looks at Adina and notes her vitals and other life signs)


    Akoni- Seems moderately stable Gwine haffi perform surgery pan ar doah Cah dis leg wound luk nassy. (Seems moderately stable, gonna have to perform surgery on her though, cause this leg wound looks nasty)


    David- Is she saveable?


    Akoni- Yah man


    David- Then that means we can leave; Johnny , Yaara grab her stuff, see ya Akoni


    Akoni- Bless up (Have a nice day)


    (David and Co leave the infirmary and David calls S¨¦phora)


    David- S¨¦phora, where you at?...alright we¡¯ll be there soon


    (They head to Sector 7 where a cell has been prepared for its arrival)


    S¨¦phora- Good you made it


    David- *shrugs* It''s what I do


    S¨¦phora- Now follow me *waves them over*


    (They all walk into the room as other Associates prepare the binds)


    S¨¦phora- Alright everyone stand clear, David, go ahead


    David- *removing eyepatch* Open


    (Nightmare then opens up and pulls the Wendigo out of herself while holding it in place. S¨¦phora begins to become ecstatic from its appearance)


    S¨¦phora- Oh my you¡¯ve caught such a beauty David just look at it


    (She gets closer to it¡¯s face as it tries to snap at her but is unable to because of Nightmare¡¯s grip on it¡¯s muzzle)


    S¨¦phora- *pulling hand back* Hehe, alive and feisty, alright lock it up


    (Nightmare holds it down as the surrounding Associates including David¡¯s crew secure it down)


    Wendigo- All these snacks, so much for me, if only I was free


    S¨¦phora- Oh we''re gonna get SO much data from you hehe


    (Her acting like this creeps out everyone except David and Tadashi)


    David- If that¡¯s all S¨¦phora we¡¯re out


    S¨¦phora- Alright have a good one


    Johnny- I don¡¯t think I¡¯m ever gonna get use to this place


    Yaara- Same


    David- Don¡¯t worry you will, sooner or later


    (Cut over to outside of Nora¡¯s office with a Mathematician at Alicia¡¯s desk named: Leon Pick)


    Leon- Hi Ms. Alicia


    Alicia- What can I do for you, Leon?


    Leon- I need to speak to Ms. Rayleigh about something


    Alicia- Is it urgent


    Leon- Absolutely


    (Alicia clicks a button on her desk phone)


    Alicia- Ms. Rayleigh, Mr. Leon Pick would like to see you, he says it¡¯s urgent¡­


    (There is a brief stint of silence)


    Nora- ¡­Let him in


    Alicia- That''s your cue


    Leon- Thanks


    (Leon enters Nora¡¯s office as he is overcome with an unknown pressure on his body the air is heavy and the tension is high)


    Nora- What is it Leon


    Leon- *gulp* Um¡­pardon the intrusion Ms. Rayleigh, but I have some files here that I need you to see


    Nora- And what, pray tell, are these about


    Leon- They¡¯re from O-41


    (The room gets eerily quiet)


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    O-1098


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Danger Level: Blue Tie


    Name: The Wendigo


    Gender (If applicable): N/A


    Species (If known): Former Human


    Age (If known): N/A


    Measurements: Vary


    History: O-1098 was discovered 2/18/17XX in the Ohio River Valley in its neighboring woods. There were reports of people being taken from settlements and never seen again which prompted a letter being sent to The Enterprise personnel and they were sent out. A fierce battle was erupted in the region as Associate William T. Hoffman was able to subdue and capture O-1098, describing it as ¡°The creature the natives have talked about¡±.


    Description: O-1098 has 2 known forms: its Beta stage and Alpha stage, which are designated as O-1098-B and O-1098-A respectively. In its beta stage O-1098 is/are emaciated humans that exhibit cannibalistic tendencies reminiscent of Algonquain folklore. They are extremely hostile and attack humans on sight or animals should they come across any. They cannot speak and seem to have lost all manner of intelligence they once had as people, as they attack regardless of harm that may befall them. In its Alpha stage O-1098 grows a skull and antlers reminiscent of the family Cervidae it¡¯s body becomes much bigger and more emaciated as it¡¯s bones can almost be seen clearly through the skin. It has multiple prehensile tails with sharp protrusions on each of them. The Alpha stage possesses superior intelligence to its Beta stage and seems to be able to control the Beta variants like some sort of hive mind.


    Ability: O-1098-B possesses animal-like senses and enhanced levels of strength and agility that exceeds that of its original human host. O-1098-A has those aforementioned abilities but its strength is far greater and its prehensile tails and even faster agility and speed make it far more of a threat along with its ability to control its Beta variant. The Alpha displays the ability to decay plant life around it to an exponential degree. This allows it to be easier when trying to identify if O-1098-A is in the area especially in seasons or places of rapid floral growth. Most peculiarly, O-1098-A can cause an entire area to become a ¡°dark reflection of itself¡±, giving it full dominion over that space. It seems to receive a power boost of some kind as it has been reported of it being much faster when this domain is employed. O-1098-A can also possess others and make them into the O-1098-B types. The process by which it does this is unknown but from what has been shown O-1098-A inserts its ¡°energy¡±, for lack of a better term, into the subject and slowly morphs that person¡¯s body into a O-1098-B.


    Containment procedures: O-1098-A/B is to be kept in a secured facility and shouldn¡¯t be interacted with by anyone under Purple Tie clearance


    Transporting procedures: Should O-1098-A/B need to be transported the specimen should be secured tightly in binds and a Purple Tie or higher Associate should be accompanying any researchers at all times


    Binding: N/A

 Document 15

    Nora- ¡­Let him in


    Alicia- That''s your cue


    Leon- Thanks


    (Leon enters Nora¡¯s office as he is overcome with an unknown pressure on his body the air is heavy and the tension is high)


    Nora- What is it Leon


    Leon- *gulp* Um¡­pardon the intrusion Ms. Rayleigh but I have some files here that I need you to see


    Nora- And what, pray tell, are they about


    Leon- They¡¯re from O-41


    (The room gets eerily quiet)


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (The room is still quiet with both of them looking at each other)


    Nora- Play them


    (Leon sets up the computer and begins typing and brings up the video tapes. Nora notices the dates)


    Nora- Why are these just now being brought to my attention


    Leon- Pardon? *he then realizes what she means by that* Um¡­because it was lost in all the other documents and files lying around and some files got labeled wrong causing it to take longer for someone to actually compile all of them together and watch them


    Nora- For 3 months?


    Leon- *feeling nervous* Yes ma¡¯am


    Nora- I expect this to be done more efficiently next time, or else


    Leon- Yes ma¡¯am


    (Leon then begins to play the recordings)


    [A/N: BB = BlackBird/ WB = Whitebird]


    //BB- Do you wish to join our conversation?


    Jacob- Yes


    BB- And you? *gestures to Sara*


    (Jacob then motions to her to say ¡°yes¡±)


    Sara- Uh. sure//


    Leon- Sorry I¡¯m gonna have to skip this


    //WB- That one felt kind of weak to me, I liked more of the ¡°UV collapse¡± track, it had a better flow and such


    Sara- I don¡¯t really listen to music//


    Leon- Not there


    //(Sara perks up at the mentioning of flowers)


    Sara- Have you heard of Carnation flowers?


    BB and WB- Yes//


    Leon- Not there either¡­Here! *stops fast forward*


    //BB- That talk was quite eloquent, if I do say so myself


    WB- It¡¯s nice to have a more packed conversation every now and then


    BB-.....


    WB-.....


    (The room gets eerily quiet with the 2 ¡°birds¡± sitting and just staring at each other)


    BB- Should the age of the 10 crowns be realized upon the shadow sky¡­


    WB- The world shall be brought into a new age¡­


    BB- Should that age be compromised, erasure is insured¡­


    WB- Should that age be free, prosperity will be rewarded//


    Leon- We weren¡¯t sure what to make of this so we decided to bring it to your attention


    (Nora sits and stares at the paused footage)


    Nora- I¡¯m not sure of this either but it¡¯s ominous enough to take into consideration regardless, send that file to me and keep it under lock and key only you, me and the R/B Ties have clearance


    Leon- Yes ma¡¯am


    Nora- You are dismissed but if there is anything else about this from O-41 that I need to know I want to know Immediately, understand


    Leon- *gulp* Y-Yes ma¡¯am


    Nora- Go


    (Leon then promptly leaves her office)


    Alicia- Nerve racking, isn¡¯t it?


    Leon- Tell me about it, how do you deal with her?


    Alicia- Limited interaction with a spot of warm tea *sips her cup*


    (Back over to Nora who is sitting in her chair tapping her fingers)


    Nora- It seems as though things will be changing around here *clicks her desk phone* Alicia arrange for a meeting with the R/B Ties in 30 minutes


    (Cut over to the meeting room with all the R/B Ties around a table. Jacob is on his phone, David is eating a sandwich, Gennady is sitting up right in a rigid manor, Enzokuhle is slouching, Janis is filing her nails, Shannon is excitedly looking around the room and Yuina is tuning her Shamisen)


    David- I wonder what we got called in for


    Shannon- It¡¯s been a while since we¡¯ve all been brought together like this


    Jacob- Us being like this means that something big is up


    Yuina- Whatever it is I hope we¡¯ll be over with it quickly


    (After a short bit of time Nora and Alicia walk into the room. Jacob gets off his phone, David puts away the sandwich in Nightmare, Yuina puts away her shamisen, Janis stops filing her nails and Enzokuhle stops slouching)


    Nora- Hello everyone I¡¯m glad you¡¯ve made it today, as you know I only call you in case of important matters, and this is one of those matters


    (Several Yuina, Shannon, David and Gennady lean in)


    Nora- I have received an omen from anomaly designation O-41 otherwise known as the ¡°Birdmen¡±


    (Nora signals for Alicia to present the file of O-41 on the projection screen. Gennady, Shannon and Enzokuhle look engrossed by the presentation while everyone else is bored by it)


    Nora- These 2 have given this message *gestures to Alicia*


    (Alicia then plays half the clip)


    //BB- That talk was quite eloquent, if I do say so myself


    WB- It¡¯s nice to have a more packed conversation every now and then


    BB-.....


    WB-.....


    (The room gets eerily quiet with the 2 ¡°birds¡± sitting and just staring at each other)


    BB- Should the age of the 10 crowns be realized upon the shadow sky¡­


    WB- The world shall be brought into a new age¡­


    BB- Should that age be compromised, erasure is insured¡­


    WB- Should that age be free, prosperity will be rewarded//


    (Shannon raises her hand)


    Nora- Shannon


    Shannon- What does that mean?


    Nora- To be honest I am not entirely sure but due to the nature of O-41 this can¡¯t be dismissed as mere jargon from them


    Gennady- If it is as important as you make it out to be, shouldn''t we take measures to decipher it?


    Nora- Yes, and that¡¯s what I¡¯m going to attempt to do


    Jacob- Then why have you called us here?


    Nora- In order to warn you of this because I believe this as a premonition of something to come, something rather grand in scale, something that could top the ¡°Phoenix Incident¡±


    (Everyone stiffens up at the mention of that event with the whole room getting quiet as they take in those words)


    Nora- *getting up* Now that that is settled I wish you all happy hunting, you are dismissed


    (Nora and Alicia leave. Everyone just sits there for a bit with Jacob being the first to leave)


    Jacob- Well that was a waste of time see y''all later


    Janis- Nonchalant as always


    David- I¡¯m coming with ya


    Shannon- Same here


    (They all leave with Gennady, Enzokuhle, Yuina and Janis staying)


    Gennady- What do you all think?


    Janis- About what?


    Gennady- That omen


    Janis- Just something else we have to deal with on top of everything else, just a little more importantThis novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there.


    Yuina- *shrugs* Honestly, it almost sounded like the end of the world


    Enzokuhle- Isn¡¯t that a bit much?


    Yuina- Is it, she did say it could top the ¡°Phoenix Incident¡± and considering what happened there, this seems real dire


    (They sit in silence for a bit with Janis breaking it)


    Janis- Given that we don¡¯t know much about what we''re dealing with let¡¯s leave it to Nora to figure


    Enzokuhle- Agreed


    (Everyone gets up from the table and leaves the room. Cut over to Jacob and Sara as they enter the Containment sector as they see Akoni and a few other researchers headed towards Natalie¡¯s cell)


    Jacob- Akoni? What are you doing here?


    Akoni- Yu didn''t know? eh Natalie''s voltage tess todeh (You didn¡¯t know? It¡¯s Natalie¡¯s voltage test today)


    Jacob- Didn¡¯t know


    Sara- Voltage test?


    Akoni- Yeh Evri month wi tess o much powa shi a gat jus in kies wi needa tuh mek an adjustments tuh ar clothing ar cell (Yeah, every month we test how much power she¡¯s got just incase we need to make an adjustments to her clothing or cell)


    Jacob- Well let¡¯s go see then


    (They get to Natalie¡¯s cell and open it to reveal Natalie doing stretches)


    Natalie- Howdy, Doc whut yawl need may fahwar?(Hey Doc what you need me for?)


    (She then turns around an notices Jacob and Sara)


    Natalie- An yawl guys came too! (And you guys came too!)


    Akoni- C''mon Natalie mek wi git pan wid unnu tests (C¡¯mon Natalie let''s get on with your tests)


    Natalie- Ok, ok


    (Everyone exits the room and make their way to Sector 4 where Natalie stands on a rubber/plastic platform and hooks herself up to a machine, grabbing it¡¯s handles)


    Sara- What¡¯s that do? *pointing to the machine*


    Researcher- Its a high capacity wattmeter that¡¯s been modified by the guys at Sector 5, we use it to determine Ms. Brett¡¯s electrical power and output along with other things of high voltage


    Sara- ?


    Researcher- Basically it tells us how strong her power is


    Sara- Oh-


    (The researcher then gives her a pair of goggles)


    Researcher- Put these on if you wanna watch, it gets bright


    Sara- Oh, thanks


    (Sara puts on the goggles as Jacob does the same)


    Researcher- *prepares mic* //Whenever you¡¯re ready Ms. Brett empty the tank//


    (Natalie takes a deep breath and then explodes with electricity lighting up the entire room and making a small shockwave as she does it)


    Sara- Woah¡­


    (After about 30 seconds Natalie collapses to the floor)


    Akoni- An dat a alla (And that¡¯s all)


    (Akoni then reads the wattmeter)


    Akoni- Christopher, what does it say?


    (The researcher beside Sara, Christopher reads the meter)


    Christopher- 48,828,125 volts multiplied by 1024 amps gives us, let me put it in a calculator real quick, uuuuhhh¡­5,000,000,000,000 watts or 5 terawatts; which is about 5 lightning bolts give or take


    Akoni- Ah lickle higher dan ar laas tess, aright nine night ar up (A little higher than her last test, alright wake her up)


    Jacob- *taking off goggles* Yo, if she has that much power how come she was conked out so quickly after today¡¯s mission test?


    Akoni- Fram wah mi hav si ''im caa shi nuh kno o tuh dial ''im bac, releasing dat much energy suh quickly leaves ''er outta fa ah bite, Yu mite needa tuh teach ''er dat (From what I¡¯ve seen its cause she doesn¡¯t know how to dial it back, releasing that much energy so quickly leaves her out for a bit, you might need to teach her that)


    (Jacob remembers her use of her powers and how she had much of her residual energy going every which way, none of it focused to a specific target)


    Jacob- Yeah¡­


    Akoni- ¡­Dat an di machine extracts everyting fram ar suh dat cud bi ah factor (...That and the machine extracts everything from her so that could be a factor)


    (Some researcher go over to Natalie¡¯s snoring form and shock her with some of her own electricity waking her up)


    Natalie- Uh?


    Researcher- Wakey Wakey


    Natalie- Oh it¡¯s gist yawl guys (Oh it¡¯s just you guys) *yawn* So whut''d Ah git? (So what''d I get?)


    Researcher- 5 terawatts


    Natalie- ?


    Researcher- You¡¯re as strong as about 5 lightning bolts


    Natalie- FUCK YEAH!


    (Jacob comes into the chamber)


    Jacob- C¡¯mon Natalie we have training to do-


    (Jacob gets a call on his phone)


    Jacob- *beep* Yeah?


    Estralza- Hello, Jacob deary


    Jacob- Hey E, what¡¯cha need?


    Estralza- Do you still have that electric lass with you?


    Jacob- Uh yeah


    Estralza- Could you bring her over here?


    Jacob- She just got done with testing so I don¡¯t think she¡¯ll be of much use to ya


    Estralza- That¡¯s fine, deary, I still want you to know what I¡¯m doing anyway


    Jacob- Alright, we¡¯ll be over there soon *beep*


    Jacob- Sara, Natalie c¡¯mon were going to meet E


    Sara- Why?


    Jacob- Something she wants to show us I guess, I don¡¯t know *looks over to Akoni* Yo we out


    Akoni- Aright si ya (Alright see ya)


    (They head over to Sector 5 as Estralza is there waiting)


    Estralza- Oh hello dearies, glad you *opens door* came come come, I have a proposition for you


    Jacob- Alright lead the way


    (They make their way to the back)


    Jacob- So would you mind filling me in on what this is about?


    Estralza- Ah yes my apologies do you remember those 2 guns I had?


    Jacob- Nope


    Sara- Nope


    Natalie- Huh?


    Estralza- Heh, kids


    Jacob- C¡¯mon E it¡¯s been like forever since I probably last saw those thing


    Estralza- No, no it''s alright deary just come with me


    (They get to the back and see Estralza¡¯s inventions as she directs them to the 2 guns she still working on: ¡°Black Light¡± and ¡°White Dark¡±)


    Jacob and Sara- Oh these 2¡­


    Estralza- Yes these 2 and I was finally able to procure the CrCoNi alloy


    Jacob + Sara- The wha?


    Estralza- Just call it Cerconi


    Jacob- Got it


    Estralza- And my goodness is it heavy but I managed to replace the barrels and any other necessary parts with it and some other tough metals, this stuff wasn¡¯t cheap after all


    Jacob- Ok, so why did you need Natalie again?


    Estralza- Because she *points at Natalie* can probably help me with my powersource problem, considering you went to her test today how much did it say she could output?


    Jacob- I don¡¯t remember


    Sara- I think around 5 terawatts, I think that''s what Akoni said


    (Estralza¡¯s eyes light up)


    Estralza- That could be good


    Jacob- But then again isn¡¯t that not that much since that only around *checks on his phone* 5 lightning bolts of power, wouldn¡¯t you be able to make that here


    Estralza- Yes and no, you see I could generate that power here but because of The Enterprise¡¯s current financial situation, that I have been getting complaints about, we aren¡¯t very liquid for the electric bill plus the fact I went a little crazy in making all of those derivatives for last year I¡¯m gonna have to lay low for a bit on the energy consumption, mainly just staying at moderate operating power, less I want another earful from Ronald


    Jacob- Fair, but Natalie just got out of testing so I don¡¯t think she¡¯ll be at full power


    Estralza- That''s fine as long as we can get close, alright Jacob, please carry these out to the testing area


    Jacob- Aight fine


    (Jacob lugs the guns out into the firing range and sets them up on the stands)


    Estralza- Now Natalie deary would you please impart your electricity into *opens a compartment on the guns* these receptacles *put glasses on and hides behind Jacob*


    Natalie- Ah¡¯ll try


    (Natalie holds her hands onto the guns and shoots her electricity into them powering them up with a distinct ¡°humming¡± sound)


    Estralza- That¡¯s enough deary


    (Natalie stops and slumps her way to a seat)


    Jacob- *in head* At least she didn¡¯t burn herself out too bad this time


    (Estralza goes over to the guns and checks their power levels and sees they¡¯re in useable range)


    Elstralza- *in head* That should be enough for a satisfactory test


    Estralza- Now Jacob, deary, I would like for you to shoot them, you 2 *points to Natalie and Sara* please get behind the barriers


    (Sara and Natalie follow instruction as they get behind the shield as Jacob gets into position)


    Estralza- Ready Jacob?


    Jacob- Yeah


    Estralza- FIRE!


    (Jacob shoots and the guns and the resulting shockwave cause the room and everything in it to shake and sees that it obliterated the target)


    Estralza- *clapping happily* Oh nice nice, now try the next one


    (Jacob moves over to the coilgun and takes aim)


    Estralza- Ready Jacob?


    Jacob- Yeah


    Estralza- FIRE!


    (Jacob shoots and notices a slight difference in firing power and sound of the gun as it also obliterates the target. Estralza eagerly makes her way over)


    Estralza- Thank you thank you thank you


    (Estralza looks over the weapons and notices warping of the barrels and other components)


    Jacob- Is everything alright?


    Estralza- Sadly not, there¡¯s slight warping of the barrels and certain parts look like they¡¯re a bit fried


    Jacob- Aw I¡¯m sorry


    Estralza- Don¡¯t be these things happen from time to time, after all if everything works out perfectly life wouldn¡¯t be fun


    Jacob- I hear that


    Estralza- Now would you be a dear and heave these back into my office, please?


    Jacob- Sure


    (Jacob and Estralza disappear off into the back leaving Sara and Natalie out in the testing area)


    Sara- Yo Natalie


    (Natalie wakes up a little groggy)


    Natalie- Huh?


    Sara- How does it feel to do that?


    Natalie- Tuh do whut?


    Sara- *motions with her hands* That electric shit


    Natalie- Ah don¡¯t rilly know how tuh say it but it¡¯s almost lahk takin'' uh hawh?ge shit an lettin'' it all out, in uh fun way (I don¡¯t really know how to say it but it¡¯s almost like taking a huge shit and letting it all out, in a fun way)


    (Sara, cringing from the way she described her powers, asked a different question)


    Sara- So have you always been able to do that?


    Natalie- Yea, evur since Ah wuz little (Yeah, ever since I was little)


    Sara- Pretty cool but getting shocked all the time can¡¯t feel good?


    Natale- Eh, it¡¯s aight honestly it¡¯s almost lahk uh nice massage or sumpn lahk thet (Eh, it¡¯s alright honestly it¡¯s almost like a nice massage or something like that)


    (Its quiet for a bit)


    Sara- You ever feel like leaving this place?


    Natalie- Nah, it¡¯s pretty fun here so I don¡¯t have many complaints


    Sara- *intrigued* Nothing about you being cut up or being shot at, at all?


    Natalie- *bright smile* Nope


    Sara- Aight I guess


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    Energy Consumption


    By: Ronald Accument (Sector 2 manager) to be forwarded to Estralza Gertrude (Sector 5 manager)


    11/25/20XX


    Mrs. Gertrude, it has come to my attention that we have started to go into the red concerning our revenue because of Sector 5¡¯s extensive use of power. Though, granted, our income may be able to make this back in due time, it cannot be a guarantee  due to recent excursions and collateral damage done to other countries via recent UE¡¯s and RE¡¯s that The Enterprise must cover. I understand that the work that goes on there is very power costly and is heavily sensitive, but I advise you to hold back on the usage as it is causing a slight recession in available funds for other projects as well as employees such as myself. To remedy this, I suggest doing these projects in moderation or warning the Finance department beforehand as to properly prepare us for such a monetary excursion.


    -Sincerely Ronald Accument

 Document 16

    (Shannon raises her hand)


    Nora- Shannon


    Shannon- What does that mean?


    Nora- To be honest I am not entirely sure but due to the nature of O-41 this can¡¯t be dismissed as mere jargon from them


    Gennady- If it is as important as you make it out to be, shouldn''t we take measures to decipher it?


    Nora- Yes, and that¡¯s what I¡¯m going to attempt to do


    Jacob- Then why have you called us here?


    Nora- In order to warn you of this because I believe this as a premonition of something to come, something rather grand in scale, something that could top the ¡°Phoenix Incident¡±


    (Everyone stiffens up at the mention of that event with the whole room getting quiet as they take in those words)


    Nora- *getting up* Now that that is settled I wish you all happy hunting, you are dismissed


    (Nora and Alicia leave)


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (Nora makes her way down the hall with Alicia on her tail)


    Alicia- Do you really think what they said could be that bad?


    Nora- Like I said during the meeting I¡¯m not entirely sure as there isn¡¯t enough present data to go off of but it would be stupid to not take it seriously


    Alicia- Yes, of course so how will we act on this?


    Nora- Like I said before, I¡¯m going to attempt to decipher this message of theirs into something more substantial, I almost get the feeling you don¡¯t listen during the meetings


    (Alicia is embarrassed at being called out)


    Alicia- *composing herself* Um, of course I do I just wanted to make sure y¡¯know


    (Nora doesn¡¯t respond as they just make their way down the hall nora then stops)


    Nora- Make sure to stay close to me


    Alicia- *understanding the situation* Yes ma¡¯am


    (Nora then shifts the surrounding building into a staircase that leads her all the way down to Sector 7. They walk for a bit until they get to O-41¡¯s cell and walk in)


    [A/N: BB = BlackBird/ WB = Whitebird]


    WB- It looks like the ¡°Positive¡± has come to talk with us lowlifes?


    BB- So it would seem


    Nora- Hello gentlemen


    WB- Wanna join?


    Nora- Yes


    BB- Then do try to keep up


    WB- The tulips in Mrs. Wagner¡¯s garden are looking very healthy today


    BB- Yes they are but I fancy the Roses more, such elegant hue of pink to them without spilling much into red


    Nora- I¡¯m not really a fan of flowers


    WB- She¡¯s gonna need to take care em they¡¯re delicate after all


    BB- Agreed


    (Nora says nothing)


    WB- Delicate flowers always a pain to take care of why not just do something more fun


    BB- Many have their own aspirations and hobbies that they find enjoyable whatever those reasons are I meagerly care but it is important to at least acknowledge those aspirations, no matter how useless they are


    Nora- I disagree


    WB- Same here, why not do something more worth your time there''s no reason to both with something that lackluster


    BB- Not as lackluster as that Hollander movie that came out recently, a ghastly picture show honestly


    Nora- I haven¡¯t seen it


    WB- It¡¯s quite popular for how bad it is no one really likes it so they just hound it for their own pleasure, but I¡¯d say a petter showing would be the Burlesque showings of Eveline Power


    BB- I concur she is quite the star I have always wondered why she never did movies


    (Nora says nothing and the room randomly goes quiet and then WB gets out of his chair)


    WB- I¡¯ll get me some coffee *looks back towards BB and Nora* Would you like some?


    BB- Yes, white coffee, 13 sugars


    Nora- Espresso with 1 sugar


    WB- Coming up


    (The room is eerily quiet with the just the sound of coffee utensils clinking together)


    BB- The way one enjoys their coffee can tell a lot about that person


    WB- Take my coffee, I like it black, the plainess is just what I need nothing extra or complicated just straight coffee


    BB- Or take mine for example, I favor mine white with 13 sugars, it¡¯s nice and sweet making the day feel jovial with the right amount of elegance to balance it out


    Nora- Then what would you say about mine


    WB- Your choice of espresso means you like the minimal things of this world something like a neutral feeling


    BB- But the quaint bit of extra sugar emanates a sort of ¡°positive¡± feeling of you


    Nora- And what of those who don¡¯t like coffee


    WB- Then we just go off of what else they drink


    (WB comes back to the chairs with 2 coffee cups on coasters in his hands)


    BB- Much obliged Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.


    Nora- Thank you


    (WB goes back to get his coffee and sits down with them and takes a sip)


    Alicia- *in head* How do they drink?


    WB- *setting the cup down* Did you know that the total amount of blood vessels in the human body can wrap around the earth 2.5 times?


    BB- Yes, actually it''s quite marvelous how that is


    Nora- Agreed


    WB- Those same blood vessels are not even that big just look at the capillaries


    BB- I agree, although it is sad since many diseases can take over those precious vessels like any other part of the body


    WB- I hear ya, since Mr. Vitali has been suffering from Peripheral artery disease it¡¯s been hard for him to return to work


    BB- Unfortunate, they were just about to work on that new anomalous object


    (Nora and Alicia take note of this)


    Nora- What kind of object


    WB- Oh, just a pair of gloves that can augment a person behavior, nothing too crazy


    Nora- Alicia, document this down


    Alicia- Yes ma¡¯am


    BB- Truly it''s not as terrible as the event that will happen in Houston, Texas


    (Alicia is unnerved by this while Nora merely listens to their talk)


    Nora- Is it anything I need to worry about


    WB- Not really but I¡¯d recommend someone strong


    Nora- Alicia, call Jacob and have him keep watch over the area


    Alicia- Yes ma¡¯am *makes a phone call*


    Nora- I have a question for both of you, on your premonition from 3 months back


    BB- And what exactly is this ¡°premonition¡±?


    Nora- Alicia play the clip


    (Aicia plays the tape for them. Both of the birds sit in silence)


    Nora- Anything to say


    (The birds drink their coffee in unison)


    BB- Paul is a kind fellow for help Mrs. Amani


    WB- I agree he¡¯s been a changed man after his heart surgery


    BB- Dr. Brenda is a very skilled surgeon-


    Nora- Answer me


    WB- I agree she¡¯s really good but maybe she could be more organized


    BB- Her desk is quite the conundrum


    Nora- I¡¯ll ask one more time what does the premonition mean


    (The tension in the room escalates as both birds become silent again. Alicia holds her breath and Nora inquisitively stares at both of the birds)


    WB- I think you should be more worried about Houston, Texas for now


    BB- Your answers will come in due time


    WB- Patience is the key


    BB- All you have to do is wait


    (Nora then gets up out of her seat)


    Nora- Alicia¡­


    (Alicia finally exhales after realizing she was holding her breath for that whole time)


    Nora- Were done here


    (Nora walks out of the room with Alicia following behind)


    WB- She¡¯s always so pushy


    BB- May need to get that temper checked honestly *sips coffee*


    (Nora and Alicia are walking down the Sector)


    Alicia- Um¡­I¡¯m guessing we''re gonna have to wait until we find out about that warning then?


    Nora- ¡­Yes, so for now The Enterprise will continue to work as it has been and when any events that coincide with that premonition occur, they are to be secured under chief clearance authority until further examining is done


    Alicia- Yes ma¡¯am


    (They walk for a bit more with Nora shifting the building a little to get to their destination faster)


    Nora- You called Jacob


    Alicia- Yes ma¡¯am, he said he would be on his way immediately


    Nora- Good, we cannot afford any more cataclysmic events, literally


    (Alicia remembers the complaints she looked at for the financial division)


    Alicia- Agreed-


    (Alicia gets call on her phone)


    (The scene cut over to Jacob, Sara and Natalie being on the Metrinite Train. Sara is staring out the window, Natalie is playing with her electricity and Jacob is napping)


    Natalie- *excited* Ah wonder whut way¡¯re fitein'' tuhday, more weird dogs maeybe? (I wonder what we¡¯re fighting today, more weird dogs maybe?)


    Sara- I don¡¯t know girl, I can never tell with this guy *gestures to Jacob*


    (Natalie then gets an idea and makes her way over to Jacob charging up her hands like defibrillators as she gets ready to shock)


    Jacob- You do that and I break your finger


    (Natalie immediately went back to her spot and didn¡¯t say another word)


    Natalie- *playfully whispers* Cranky


    Sara- Uh sure¡­


    (Sara turns around and gets slightly shocked by Natalie)


    Sara- Ow, what the f- hey!


    Natalie- *picking her ear/smiling* Wuzzn¡¯ me


    (Sara just grumbles and walks to another seat away from Natalie. The train ride is over soon and they all get off of the train with Sara feeling a little PTSD from the sandy desert air)


    Sara- *in head* Reminds me of then *remembers the D-15 excursion*


    Jacob- Lets go


    (Natalie flips off the platform to the ground)


    Natalie- C¡¯mon slowpokes


    Jacob- Natalie don¡¯t go far


    (Sara just meanders on through as they reach the streets of Houston with many people being surprised by their presence and Natalie being overly excited to be outside of The Enterprise)


    Natalie- Ah can¡¯t evun remember how long its been since Ah¡¯ve been outside, uh lot hotter than Ah remember (I can¡¯t even remember how long its been since I¡¯ve been outside, a lot hotter than I remember)


    Sara- Could you please give me an answer as to why we''re here again


    Jacob- I was asked by Alicia to watch over this place; she told me something bad might happen here soon, so I¡¯m just keeping watch


    Sara- So were just chillin¡¯ out here? Then what are we supposed to do in the meantime?


    (Natalie wanders off a bit and one person comes up to her)


    ?- Can I take a picture with you?


    Natalie- *playfully shrugging* Sure, why not?


    (Natalie and the person take a snapshot together and Natalie shocks them a little)


    ?- Ow, what the hell?


    Natalie- Wuzzn¡¯ me


    (The person now weirded out leaves, Jacob and sara finally catch up)


    Jacob- Natalie, what did I say about running off?


    Natalie- Uh, not tuh go too far?


    Jacob- Yes, now c¡¯mon


    (Jacob and co walk around taking glances at the scenery and the sights of the city)


    Jacob- *to Sara* Never been to Houston before?


    Sara- Yeah, I¡¯ve been during my stint with¡­the cartels


    Jacob- *looking at the scenery* That makes sense, what was it like?


    Sara- I¡¯d rather not talk about it


    Jacob- *looking around at everything while keeping Natalie from going too far* I¡¯m guessing it was real bad, wasn¡¯t it?


    Sara- It was


    Natalie- With how you make it sound, makes me wanna meet these people


    Sara- Trust me, you don¡¯t


    Jacob- Anyway let''s make sure the area is clear before-


    (A giant explosion appears in the distance as a few building get destroyed and people start screaming and running)


    Jacob- It looks like that''s it


    (Jacob then grabs Natalie and Sara in a football carry)


    Sara- What the f-


    Jacob- Let¡¯s go


    (Jacob then jumps into the sky towards the explosion)


    Natalie- *cheering* WOOOOOOO


    Sara- WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH


    (When they get near the site there''s a giant crater in the middle of it. They land with a large thud as Sara takes a moment to keep her lunch from returning)


    Sara- Please¡­warn me next time¡­jackass


    Jacob- Sure


    (Natalie goes off first towards the larger crater and spot something)


    Natalie- *smiling* Yo, check it!


    (Natalie points at a figure walking up to them)

 Document 17

    Jacob- Let¡¯s go


    (Jacob then jumps into the sky towards the explosion)


    Natalie- *cheering* WOOOOOOO


    Sara- WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH


    (When they get near the site there''s a giant crater in the middle of it. They land with a large thud as Sara takes a moment to keep her lunch from returning)


    Sara- Please¡­warn me next time¡­jackass


    Jacob- Sure


    (Natalie goes off first towards the larger crater and spot something)


    Natalie- *smiling* Yo, check it!


    (Natalie points at a figure walking up to them)


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (The figure is revealed to be a barefoot woman of light brown skin and long white hair wearing a strapless dress)


    Natalie- *in head* Hif shay did thus then shay must bay purdy strong, raht? Wayul thayure''s naw better way tuh find out! (If she did this then she must be pretty strong, right? Well there''s no better way to find out!)


    (Natalie then dashes towards the lady charging up an attack as the lady doesn¡¯t seem to be moving. That is until she starts to slowly raise her hand, seeing this, Jacob immediately grabs Natalie and pulls her back as the lady throws a devastating strike towards them cutting through the air and blasting Jacob away)


    Natalie- WUT THA FUCK!


    Sara- What should we do?


    Natalie- *getting up* I don¡¯t know, maybe kill her?


    Sara- DID YOU NOT SEE WHAT SHE JUST DID!?


    ?- Who¡¯re you?


    (Both Sara and Natalie are a little surprised she can speak)


    ?- Your scent is foreign to me; are you here to bring me back?


    Sara- What is she talking about?


    Natalie- Fuck if ah know *charging up* BALL LIGHTNING


    (Natalie throws her attack at the lady who just takes it without much effect)


    Natalie/Sara- ¡­shit-


    (The lady speeds towards Natalie and does a stabbing motion with her hand and as she''s about to strike an object comes from the sky landing in between them; its Jacob¡¯s scythe)


    Jacob- Whew, damn, you''re strong if I wasn¡¯t here you would have chopped dumb-dumb here in half *takes off his suit jacket*


    Natalie- Hey!


    Jacob- So I¡¯m gonna have to bring you in *crack knuckles*


    (The lady starts to mutter something under her breath)


    ?- ¡­no¡­no¡­no¡­no, no, no, no, no, no, NO, I will not go back, I will die before I go back, I WILL KILL YOU BEFORE I GO BACK *reveals her slit pupils and sharp teeth*


    (The lady lunges a Jacob as he pushes Natalie and Sara to the side and blocks the punch from the lady which causes massive shockwave to ring out)


    Jacob- Let¡¯s elevate the situation


    (Jacob then grabs her arm and throws her into the sky jumping after her)


    Jacob- Nevermind


    (He then slams her down to the ground creating another crater in the soil and causing a mini earthquake)


    ?- Ugh¡­


    (The lady then sees Jacob land and lunges at him with a flurry of strikes which Jacob parries and blocks with little effort, though the hits progressively destroy the sleeves of his button up shirt. Jacob notices she¡¯s unscathed as the lady is, flipping around and using every part of her body and even claws on her hands to try and kill Jacob as he is merely blocking and evading. She even throws dirt in his eyes which he dodges and then tries to leg sweep which gets stopped immediately)


    Jacob- *in head* Let''s test something


    (Jacob then proceeds to grab her arm and break it which causes the bones to poke through the skin. The lady screams out in pain as he lets go of her. She stands in pain for a bit before snapping the appendage back in place with the skin healing over it)


    Jacob- So you can regenerate


    ?- What do you care, scum


    (The lady then leaps toward Jacob who uses his scythe to bind her body in place)


    Jacob- It means you might have a shittier time with docs than most, SARA, NATALIE?


    (Both of them come out of the rouble not looking too worse for wear Sara with a few cuts and bruises and Natalie with some as well that seem to be healing in real time with electricity)


    Jacob- Didn¡¯t know you could also regenerate Natalie?


    Natalie- Oh thus? *gestures to the healing cuts on her arms* Yeah it¡¯s gist sumpn mah body duz on its own s¡¯cool tuh look at (Yeah it¡¯s just something my body does on its own its cool to look at)


    Sara- So what about her?


    (They look at the lady struggling in the binds of Jacob¡¯s scythe)


    Jacob- I¡¯ve seen all I needed to see let¡¯s take her back to The Enterprise and let S¨¦phora or Akoni deal with her


    Natalie- Sounds lahk uh plan tuh me (Sounds like a plan to me!) *thumbs up*


    (Jacob takes out his phone and calls S¨¦phora)


    Jacob- Yo, I caught a new one for you, I¡¯m bringing her in *beep*


    (He then calls Nora)


    Jacob- Hey, I¡¯m bringing in the new Zer0, you might need some reinforcement on those restraints, I¡¯d say she¡¯s about as strong as Gennady


    (This strikes a cord with Sara)


    Sara- Strong as that monster!? *thinks about Gennady¡¯s hulking form*


    (Natalie walks up to the lady and stares her in the eye, smiling)


    Natalie- Ah can¡¯t wait tuh havuh rematch with you (I can¡¯t wait to have a rematch with you)


    (The lady then snaps her teeth at Natalie like a shark)


    Jacob- I don¡¯t think that''s a good idea Natalie, based on what I¡¯ve seen from you you¡¯re not even on Yuina¡¯s level so I know your not leaving a scratch on little-miss-rabid over here *walks up to her* That reminds me, what''s your name?


    (The lady just stays quiet and sneers at him)


    Jacob- Pity


    (Jacob then grabs the scythe and hoists the lady up like a handbag)


    Jacob- Let¡¯s go


    (Cut over to the train ride as Jacob¡¯s back asleep, Sara is also napping and Natalie is running up and down the train cars with other Enterprise looking at her weirdly and the lady is just sitting in the chair restrained by Jacob¡¯s scythe)


    (Cut over to The Enterprise where Jacob and co head over to Sector 4 and meet with S¨¦phora)


    S¨¦phora- Hey guys, Natalie congrats on your¡¯re new record by the way


    Natalie- Mighty thanks


    S¨¦phora- So *looking over to the lady with a grin* is this who you were talking about? *points to the lady*


    Jacob- Yeah


    S¨¦phora- *small/quick claps* Alright let¡¯s take a look


    (S¨¦phora begins to inspect and measure the lady and asks another researcher document the measurements she takes)


    S¨¦phora- I¡¯m assuming you had to fight her?


    Jacob- *on his phone* Mhm


    S¨¦phora- How tough was she?


    Jacob- Not very, I¡¯d say she¡¯s at about Gennady¡¯s strength level


    (S¨¦phora is intrigued by this statement)


    S¨¦phora- Ok Little-miss-powerhouse


    (S¨¦phora documents a few more things down)


    S¨¦phora- What¡¯s with the dress?


    Jacob- Fuck if I know


    S¨¦phora- Fair enough, alright, lay her over there and administer some sedatives; make sure to restrain her


    (Jacob and some other researchers do just that as the lady struggles in his grasp trying to break free of his scythe. They all wait for a bit and keep having to administer higher doses of sedatives in her body until eventually she falls asleep. S¨¦phora then comes close with some surgical instruments and notices she¡¯s having a harder time cutting through than with other specimens)


    S¨¦phora- Hey Jacob would you mind helping me out here, I need you to open a fissure on her arm


    Jacob- Alright


    (Jacob walks up towards the woman and then uses his finger to cut her arm open which leads her blood to flow out into a petri dish. S¨¦phora notices how the blood seems to be rotting in real time)


    S¨¦phora- *in head* Just like the male specimen


    (S¨¦phora then looks back at the incision that Jacob made and sees that it has healed making her grin a little bit)


    S¨¦phora- Hey Jacob, how good would you say her regeneration is?


    Jacob- I was able to break her arm and she healed it almost immediately


    S¨¦phora- Anything to say that she would be able to grow back a limb?


    Jacob- I don¡¯t know If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    (S¨¦phora thinks for a bit)


    S¨¦phora- Bring a container of liquid nitrogen and cut off a chunk of skin from her


    (After administering a few more sedatives, Jacob then cuts out a piece of of her skin and immediately places it in the aforementioned dry ice)


    S¨¦phora- Not sure how long this piece will last, take a few more samples


    (Jacob does just that taking off a few more tissue samples and nails)


    S¨¦phora- Ok, I¡¯m gonna run some tests, thanks for the specimen, you can take her from here


    Jacob- Aight, let''s go guys


    Natalie- *mock salute* Aye Aye Capn


    (The group make their way down to Sector 7, on the way the lady is slowly waking up and make it to the new cell that Nora had prepped for her)


    Jacob- Alright let¡¯s get you hooked up to here


    (Jacob then puts her in the binds of the room while putting his scythe away)


    Jacob- So what''s your name again?


    ?- *drowsy*


    Jacob- Good to know


    (He gets up and leaves the cell)


    Sara- I almost feel bad for her


    Jacob- Why?


    Sara- The way she sounded when we met her, I¡¯ve heard that cry too many times


    (Jacob looks at her)


    Jacob- Well then it shouldn¡¯t bother you that much, let''s go


    (Sara looks back at the cell and just laments leaving with Jacob and Natalie)


    (The scene cuts to an interrogation room with 2 Green Tie Associates on either side of a Yellow Tie handcuffed to the table. After a bit of time Alicia walks into the room and takes seat on the other side of the table)


    Alicia- Who am I speaking with today?


    (The Yellow Tie doesn¡¯t speak so he¡¯s hit on the side of the head which he gives no reaction to, just a bruised and swayed head)


    Alicia- Not a talker I see, who¡¯s his assigned Associate?


    G/T- Keon Bruno


    (Alicia then opens her tablet and looks up the people on his squad she then compares the picture and the person in front of her)


    Alicia- So, Ale Lorenzo, what made you want to kill one of your fellow associates?


    (Ale says nothing as he just look at her with a stale glare)


    Alicia- Well before we proceed do you have any last words?


    (Ale says nothing)


    Alicia- Alright, take him down to Sector 7, I have to make a call


    (The Green Ties then pick Ale up and haul him out of the room with Alicia following from behind)


    Alicia- Ms. Rayleigh, I looked into that matter and I must ask which Zer0 should we test on him?


    Nora- Hmm¡­Try O-303, we haven¡¯t tested that one in a while and I¡¯m sure Akoni and S¨¦phora would love to see what will happen this time


    Alicia- Yes ma¡¯am


    (Nora hangs up the phone. Alicia then calls for S¨¦phora and Akoni as she makes her way down to Sector 7. After a bit of time, Alicia is down at the cell of O-303 along with S¨¦phora, Akoni and a Blue Tie Associate holding Ale along with a body bag)


    Alicia- Thank you both for coming


    S¨¦phora- No problem Alicia


    Akoni- Mi hav nuh qualms a bi dung yah now mek wi si wah O-303 hav inna store fah wi (I¡¯ve no qualms being down here, now let¡¯s see what O-303 has in store for us)


    (They open the cell and throw Ale in there with a spherical shaped object floating in the air. Ale just stands next to the door looking at it as the sphere pours a viscous black liquid from it making its way over to Ale)


    Akoni- Yah eh com (Here it comes)


    (Ale backs up closer to the door not wanting it to get closer to him and, in the blink of an eye, it leaps onto him and crawls its way to his mouth, causing gags and forced vomit to emit from his mouth as he is brought to the floor. His body begins to break in different directions causing him to scream in agony, with the pain eventually making him pass out. He immediately wakes up and finds that he has been taken into a subspace within his mind. Ale gets up and looks around, confused as to where he is and what he¡¯s doing there)


    ?- ????¡ñ?¡ñ?¡õ? ??¡õ???????¡ö???¡õ?¡ö?¡­It¡¯s nice to meet you


    (A face forms out of the space around him Ale is surprised by it and is more surprised that he can actually understand it)


    Ale- Who are you?


    ?- You can call me Revenant and I¡¯m taking this body as mine


    Ale- I¡¯d rather you not


    Revenant- I¡¯m not asking


    Ale- And I¡¯m not giving


    (There¡¯s a brief silence resonating between them in the space as the Revenant looks at Ale with sifting eyes and Ale looks with indifference)


    Revenant- What do you want?


    Ale- What?


    Revenant- *taking form and sitting* You¡¯ve interested me so I¡¯d like to know more about you, but I¡¯d like to know what it is you want most first


    Ale- What I want first¡­is to get out of here


    (The Revenant stares at him for a bit)


    Revenant- Ok it should give us enough time to talk *snaps fingers*


    (On the outside Ale¡¯s lifeless body is on the floor looking contorted and mangled)


    Akoni- *disappointed* Luk like eh ova areddi *gestures over to the Blue Tie* help wi wid dis (Looks like it¡¯s over already, help us with this)


    (They pick up Ale¡¯s body and load it into the body bag)


    S¨¦phora- Looks like another bust and I had my hopes u-


    (The body bag violently rips open and Ale¡¯s body comes out with a mask over his face ripping everything around him, cutting Akoni and S¨¦phora int he process with his elongated limbs. The corpse looks around and flips over the railing and launches itself to the top of the Containment sector and speeds out the entrance way. Akoni sighs and presses a button on his watch that activates an alarm)


    Akoni- Yu criss S¨¦phora?(You good S¨¦phora?)


    S¨¦phora- Ah, I¡¯m alright but it looks like we finally got a unique specimen


    Akoni- Mek wi hope wi git ''im bac fresh (Let¡¯s hope we get him back fresh)


    (Cut over to Jacob and co as they make their way through the lobby)


    Natalie- So, whayer tuh neckst? (So, where to next?)


    Jacob- Right now I just need to relax and-


    (The alarm goes off as they all turn around and notice a high speed object coming towards them from behind which speeds past them out the main door)


    Sara- What was that?


    Intercom- WARNING! WARNING! CONTAINMENT BREACH IN SECTOR 7, ALL PERSONNEL UNDER PURPLE TIE CLEARANCE MUST VACATE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY!


    (Jacob immediately runs after the unknown object keeping a brisk pace)


    Sara- So what do we do now?


    Natalie- *smiling* Ah¡¯m gunna faller dem (I¡¯m gonna follow them) *charges up*


    Sara- Just don¡¯t they¡¯re probably long gone by now


    Natalie- Hoo cares, Ah¡¯m shore Ah can ketch up *dashes off* (Who cares, I¡¯m sure I can catch up)


    (Natale beams down the lobby but before she makes it to the dorr a large hand grabs her and halts her in her tracks)


    Gennady- I¡¯ve secured the containment breach everyone, we are safe


    Natalie- Hey! Whut thuh- Let go uh may! Struggles in his grip (Hey! What the- Let go of me!)


    Sara- Unm, Gennady the breach already left *points at Natalie* she¡¯s apart of our squad


    (Gennady then looks at Natalie and sees her poutign face)


    Gennady- My apologies, Miss¡­


    Natalie- Natalie


    Gennady- Ms. Natalie *holds out his hand for a handshake which Natalie reciprocates* it¡¯s good to meet you *looks at her outfit* that is a very peculiar work outfit?


    Sara- It¡¯s cause she¡¯s a Zer0 so I guess she doesn¡¯t get a uniform


    Gennady- My, my what a new development we have here I¡¯ve never heard of Zer0¡¯s being used as teammates, but then again, that¡¯s kind of what I am aren¡¯t I, haha


    Sara- You could say that


    Gennady- So where is Young Jacob?


    Sara- He went after the breach from earlier


    Gennady- Oh well if he¡¯s on the case it¡¯s as good as caught


    (Sara looks at Gennady¡¯s group mainly looking at Imran¡¯s prosthetic arm)


    Boddy- Hey Sara, haven¡¯t seen you in a while


    Sara- Haven¡¯t either, how have your guys been?


    Imran- Working, that¡¯s about it


    Sara- I hear that


    Avrora- So what can she do? *points at Natalie*


    Sara- She can-


    Natalie- Ah can do thais *electrifies her hands making a bridge of lightning with them*


    Ragna- Badass


    Sara- Where were you guys headed to?


    Gennady- Just the training grounds to sharpen our combat senses would you like to join


    Sara- I don''t kno-


    (Natalie aggressively shoves Sara out of the way)


    Ragna- *whisper* Damn


    Natalie- YES YES YES PLEASE TAKE ME WITH YOU!


    Gennady- Alright let¡¯s go *waves his hand*


    (Natalie practically skips her way over to the group with Sara getting up from the side)


    Sara- Could of said excuse me next time bitch *follows along with them*


    (Cut over to Jacob who is till chasing the Zer0)


    Jacob- Where could it be going? We¡¯ve been running for like 5, maybe 7, minutes now


    (Inside of Ale¡¯s mind a conversation is being had between him and the Revenant)


    Ale- My life has a cacophony of shitty moments and many near-death experiences, I¡¯ve killed many, tortured some and trafficked others, but I share no guilt for them so I continued until I could feel it but it never came, sadness is an unknown to me just like many other emotions, so I don¡¯t know


    (The Revenant just looks at him with an unreadable stare)


    Revenant- So what are you?


    (Ale looks at himself and thinks for a bit)


    Ale- A deadman walking


    (The Revenant is surprised at first then begins laughing loudly at his statement)


    Revenant- After all that you come to that ironic conclusion, what are you called again?


    Ale- Ale


    Revenant- Well Ale you¡¯ve intrigued me so I¡¯m gonna live in your body for the foreseeable future


    Ale- Why?


    (The Revenant then walks up to him and grabs his face)


    Revenant- Because I wanna see if this corpse will ever come to life


    (The Revenant then slinks his way into Ale¡¯s left eye causing him to wake up and reveal that he¡¯s sitting cross legged at the edge of a cliff on a coast. He notices his clothes are in tatters and his shoes are gone with the wind from the shore washing over him and the waves making a resonant sound on the cliff)


    Ale- Hey


    (Jacob is revealed to be standing behind him)


    Ale- I guess this is the part where you take me in?


    (There¡¯s a brief silence)


    Jacob- Nah, I¡¯m just here to sit with you


    (Jacob walks over to the edge and sit beside Ale)


    Ale- What for?


    Jacob- The view is nice


    Ale- Sure is


    (They sit there admiring the scenery as the sounds of wind, waves and seagulls take over; both of them taking in the sight)


    Jacob- So what made ya go all road runner on us, other than the obvious


    Ale- This thing *points to his left eye* made me do it, don¡¯t know why, but now it lives inside my body


    Jacob- Reminds me of David, so how was it?


    Ale- What?


    Jacob- Your first bonding, I hear it''s different for everybody, so I wanna know what yours was like


    Ale- Painful¡­extremely painful


    Jacob- One of those, you feel any better


    Ale- Yeah guess it fixed up my body while we were talking


    Jacob- You spoke to it?


    Ale- Yeah


    Jacob- Gotcha, gotcha


    (They sit in silence for a little more time and just watch the waves moving back and forth)


    Ale- Alright, let¡¯s go back


    Jacob- Really? Don¡¯t wanna stay and watch it a little longer


    Ale- You don¡¯t seem to take your job seriously


    Jacob- *gets up* When you¡¯ve seen all the shit I do it pays to not take everything seriously


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    O-303


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Danger Level: Blue Tie


    Name: ¡°The Revenant¡±


    Gender (If applicable): Male-presumed


    Species (If known): N/A


    Age (If known): N/A


    Measurements (If applicable): Diameter of 9.51 in (24.2 cm)/ 29.5 in (74.9 cm) in circumference/ N/A


    History: O-303 was found after a ¡°UE¡± in what is now known as Omaha, Nebraska. When Enterprise staff came to the scene O-303 seemed to have possessed a resident of a town leading to a confrontation with Enterprise Associates who were forced to put them down. When the body was destroyed, O-303 fled from it as it seemed to try to find the next available host but was quickly detained by personnel and brought into containment.


    Description: O-303, in its ¡°docile¡± state is a black and green orb with similar dimensions to a recreational basketball that floats in the air. When presented with a human specimen it becomes extremely active and when undergoing ¡°coherence¡± it corrupts its host by going into any orifice ie eyes, nose mouth, ears, etc. For all of the failed subjects O-303 elongates their limbs, rots their flesh and causes them to go on manic episodes of violence.


    Ability: The abilities displayed during its capture were speed, limb elongation, corruption of nearby fauna and bilingualism (seeming to speak another language altogether that was untranslatable).


    Containment procedures: O-303 is to be kept in its containment cell at all times and is not to come into contact with anyone. No one without a blue tie to Chief approval can open its cell. When extracting it from test subjects you must wait until the subject fully dies. This is most noticeable when the subject has stopped audibly screaming. Then when O-303 returns to its original position at the center of its cell. Afterward take out the corpse inside of its cell and take it to Sector 4 for research.


    Transporting procedures: It is to be kept in a sealed tungsten container and is to not be let out under any circumstances.


    Binding: N/A


    Added Notes: It has undergone 58 binding attempts and all have been failures since its capture. Perhaps the first binding with O-303-1 was worth more study but we¡¯ll have more test subjects in due time.


    VOICE RECORDING TAKEN X/XX/XXXX


    (Associate = Blue Examiner = Green Test Subject = Red)


    *door opening*


    ¡°Ok "coherence¡± attempt number 58 is a go, Mr. Ainz if you would.¡±


    ¡°H-Hey what are you doing, let me go-¡±


    ¡°Push her in.¡±


    *door opens/struggling/door closes*


    ¡°PLEASE C¡¯MON LET ME OUT, I¡¯M SORRY FOR SPEAKING UP!¡±


    *glooping noises coming from the room*


    *terrified shriek* ¡°GET THAT THING AWAY FROM M-lagdgbaiksdubjgakbd¡±


    ¡°Subject is undergoing Coherence.¡±


    *gargling and cracking noises*


    *sigh* ¡°Subject has failed to cohere,¡± *scribbling* ¡°move O-303 back into it¡¯s containment cell, ending recording¡±


    ¡°RAHHHHHHHHH-


    RECORDING STOPPED

 Document 18

    Jacob- Gotcha, gotcha


    (They sit in silence for a little more time and just watch the waves moving back and forth)


    Ale- Alright, let¡¯s go back


    Jacob- Really? Don¡¯t wanna stay and watch it a little longer


    Ale- You don¡¯t seem to take your job seriously


    Jacob- *gets up* When you¡¯ve seen all the shit I do it pays to not take everything seriously


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (Jacob and Ale both turn to head back when Jacob notices Ale looking back)


    Ale- Where are we anyway?


    Jacob- Uhh *checks phone* Big Sur, California


    (Ale looks over the view)


    Ale- I might come back here someday


    (Jacob stands there admiring the scenery a little more)


    Jacob- Yeah, me too


    (Cut to Jacob and Ale back at The Enterprise in front of Nora)


    Nora- Explain


    Jacob- I was walking through the lobby with Sara and Natalie when I saw this guy run right past us, so I followed and we ended up on the coast of California


    (Ale just looks blankly towards Nora as she does the same; with Alicia looking at Ale¡¯s rags that used to be clothes and his bare feet but mostly looking at his hollowed out eye socket)


    Nora- Were there any mishaps along the way


    Jacob- Nope


    Nora- Then it seems like O-303 has finally found a host and a new squad


    Jacob- Yeah¡­wait what?


    Nora- I¡¯m assigning him to your squad, I¡¯m sure he¡¯d be a perfect fit


    (Jacob is put off by this sudden development)


    Jacob- You sure you don¡¯t wanna run him by the others?


    Nora- Everyone else is full and you haven¡¯t filled your male member quota


    (Jacob just looks defeated but accepts it)


    Nora- Anyway take him to Sector 4 for testing, goodbye


    (Nora and Alicia leave. Jacob and Ale both stand there for a bit until Jacob initiates a conversation)


    Jacob- Soooo¡­how much control do you have over that thing?


    Ale- I don¡¯t know


    Jacob- *sigh* Well then, let''s find out


    (They show up at Sector 4 trying to find either Akoni or S¨¦phora and pulls up at their offices)


    Jacob- Where are they?


    Ale- Who?


    Jacob- Akoni and S¨¦phora, they¡¯re like the head researchers, they¡¯re usually here


    Ale- *rubs eye* Probably took the day off


    (Jacob walks over to a researcher and asks about them)


    Jacob- Hey, have you seen Akoni or S¨¦phora around here?


    Researcher- Last I heard they were headed to the infirmary after a confrontation with O-303


    (Jacob then looks to Ale with a scrutinizing look and Ale is confused until he remembers a cutting up some doctors when he made his escape)


    Ale- Oh


    (Both of them make their way to the infirmary and spot both Akoni and S¨¦phora there, getting stitches. Upon closer inspection Akoni is reprimanding a nurse for her inaccurate stitching on S¨¦phora while he¡¯s doing his)


    Akoni- Nuh, di stitch a supposed tuh bi evenly spaced O else a eh supposed tuh lack correctly! (No, the stitch is supposed to be evenly spaced, how else is it supposed to close correctly!)


    Nurse- Y-Yes sir, my apologies


    Jacob- Yo S¨¦phora, Akoni


    Akoni- Yow wah gwaan (Hey what¡¯s up)


    S¨¦phora- Oh looks who''s here *gesturing towards Ale*


    Ale- Apologies


    Akoni- Nuh bi hush, Wi kno wah wi signed up fah (Don¡¯t be sorry, we know what we signed up for)


    S¨¦phora- But If you wanna make it up to me, let me experiment on you real fast


    Ale- I don¡¯t mind


    (The 3 of them are surprised by this)


    S¨¦phora- Well then after I¡¯m done getting patched up here we¡¯ll start, aye Akoni?


    Akoni- Fi sure, bredda (For sure, brother)


    S¨¦phora- We¡¯ll set up a team soon


    Jacob- Great ¡®cause I¡¯ve gotta go find my other 2 lackeys, lets go Ale


    (They leave the infirmary as Jacob makes a few phone calls)


    Jacob- Hey, you got Sara and Natalie?


    David- Uh, no?


    Jacob- K *beep/ring* Do you got Sara and Natalie?


    Shannon- Nope


    Jacob- K *beep/ring* Do you got Sara and Natalie?


    Enzokuhle- Not at all


    Jacob- K *beep/ring* Do you got Sara and Natalie?


    Gennady- Yes they¡¯re here with me in D-4, come and join us if¡­you¡­like


    (Jacob is confused by Gennady¡¯s slow talking)


    Jacob- I plan to *beep/looks to Ale* follow me


    (Jacob and Ale makes their way to the metrinite train as board it)


    Conductor- And where will you 2 fine gentlemen be headed?


    Jacob- D-4


    Conductor- Right away sir *walks off*


    (The train ride begins shortly as Jacob and Ale sit across from each other)


    Ale- I have a question


    (Jacob looks at Ale)


    Ale- What is this place?


    Jacob- Didn¡¯t they tell you in the tour thing like 3 months ago?


    Ale- I don¡¯t remember


    Jacob- *feeling a little tired* Well neither do I *reclines back*


    (The train ride continues in silence as they make it to D-4)


    Jacob- Let¡¯s go


    (They walk off the train onto the platform and go through the research camp. Jacob then stops and super jumps into the air spotting Gennady and co in the distance, then lands back next to Ale)


    Jacob- C¡¯mon


    (He then grabs him and super jumps with him to the spot where the rest of the team is, kicking up a dust cloud in the process)


    Ale- Maybe a little warning next time, dick *rolling his shoulder*


    Jacob- *ignoring Ale* Yo, Gennady!


    Gennady- Jacob, my boy, how are you?


    Jacob- Could be better¡­


    (Jacob then notices all of Gennady¡¯s teammates including Sara on the ground, while Natalie is just standing there with stray arcing electricity emanating from her with her hands out wide looking to the sky)


    Jacob- Woah, what happened here?


    Gennady- Well¡­


    [Flashback:


    (Gennady and co are walking into the field from the the train platform ready to train)


    Gennady- Alright everyone, we¡¯re going to be doing some combat exercises, I wanna see you give it your all, Aye!?


    Natalie- AYE!


    (Everyone else is just nonchalant about this)


    Gennady- Alright everyone I¡¯ll divide you into groups of two each you will each spare against each other-


    Natalie- Actually, Ahv uh better idea how bout all uh yawl *points at the group* fite may at thuh same tahm (Actually, I have a better idea how about all of you fight me at the same time)


    (Everyone of the group is confused)


    Gennady- And why would you want that?


    Natalie- Caws Ah¡¯ve nevur got tuh do thus before, an Ahv so much energy Ah need tuh release raht now *hands crackling with electricity* (Cause I¡¯ve never got to do this before and I have so much energy I need to release right now)


    Sara- Natalie look you¡¯re strong, but after what happened on our last mission, you¡¯re not that girl pal, trust me


    Natalie- *sharp smile* Woahna put thet tuh thuh test (Wanna put that to the test)


    Ragna- I¡¯ll take her up on that, that Ok Gennady?


    (Gennady looks contemplative as he strokes his beard)


    Gennady- I don¡¯t see why not, if Ms. Natalie here has that much faith in her abilities, I say lets humor her and let her showcase them as she pleases, after all not all fights are going to be one on one battles so this will provide experience for group fights and hopefully build teamwork, yes an excellent idea indeed


    (Gennady is in the background gleaming from his thought process and Natalie¡¯s suggestion. This greatly excites Natalie as she charges up even more)


    Gennady- *shaking himself from his hubris* Anyone else want to join in?


    (The rest look at them and collectively decide to enter)


    Bobby- Eh fuck it, might as well


    Avrora- I¡¯ll do it


    (Imran doesn¡¯t say anything but just gets his weapon ready)


    Gennady- Alright, everyone into position


    (Gennady¡¯s group and Sara surround Natalie on all sides as she begins to stretch)


    Gennady- On my mark¡­


    (Everyone gets into their stances as Natalie continues stretching)


    Gennady- Get set¡­


    (Everyone gets ready)


    Gennady/Natalie- GO!/Go


    (Everyone charges Natalie at the same time, closing in from all sides. Natalie just stands there until she speed blitzes and kicks Ragna in the side making her skid across the ground unconscious, shocking everyone in attendance)


    Natalie- *getting back into position* That felt good *crackle of electricity*


    Bobby- *surprised* She¡¯s that fast!? How are we gonna-


    (Natalie appears in front of him with a jagged grin making Bobby back away from her quickly. She just stands there and lifts up both her hands and makes grabbing motions)


    Natalie- *smiling* Hands


    (Natalie rushes over to Bobby as he goes in for a strike which she dodges effortlessly. Bobby strikes repeatedly at where Natalie is but is ever so close as she nimbly dodges all of his strikes. On one of the punches he manages to get Natalie where he wants her and goes for a face shot but she does a backbend, into a handspring and kicks him in the jaw)


    Imran- Flexible too


    (Sara goes in with her spear as she tries to catch Natalie off guard but Natalie punches the spear to the side and back hands Sara into the dirt. Then Bobby, recovering from the kick, mostly resorts to the double impact punches of his derivative, which he isn¡¯t able to land)


    Natalie- Yu heit harrd ¡­


    (Natalie then leg sweeps Bobby)


    Natalie- ¡­.but tu slow


    (and is thoroughly buried into the ground by a charged punch from Natalie. Imran lunges in with his prosthetic and goes to punch that Natalie dodges last second)


    Natalie- *gleefully* HAHA, Nao were talkin¡¯


    (Imran goes in for another punch Natalie then charges up her arm and meets his punch with her own breaking Imran¡¯s prosthetic)


    Imran- !


    (Natalie winds up for another punch but they all hear)


    //BANG//BANG//BANG//This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    (Gunshots fire as Gennady yells at Avrora)


    Gennady- AVRORA!!


    Avrora- oooooooooh, Uh, were guns not allowed?


    Gennady- Of course not we don¡¯t know if she can even survive them-


    Natalie- heheheheheHAHAHAHA *stares at Avrora* Yu want sum tu


    (Everyone looks to Natalie as she has the bullets that were just fired at her being held in the air by an electric barrier around her)


    Natalie- Wayul then wha didn¡¯t yawl gist say so!? (Well then why didn¡¯t you just say so!?)


    (Natalie runs over to Avrora and begins to combo her relentlessly, as Avrora can¡¯t keep up with the onslaught of attacks that Natalie continues to pour into her; so she merely succumbs to the beating. Imran, throughout the barrage, notices he can¡¯t move his right arm at all and that it¡¯s blackened)


    Imran- What did you do!?


    (Natalie doesn¡¯t respond as she just goes up him and rapid punches him until he passes out)


    Gennady- My goodness¡­


    (Natalie stands among the bodies of all the members gazing up at the sky and begins laughing crazily, weirding out Gennady a bit. She catches her breath, she opens up her arm to the sky)


    Natalie- ¡­I like it)


    [End Flashback]


    (Natalie looks back at Jacob, Ale and Gennady. She whips her hair back)


    Natalie- Ay boss, chur back alrede, hehe (Hey boss, your back already, hehe?) *walks over to them* Who''s ¡°blaak ah¡± ovur hare? *pointing at Ale* (Who''s ¡°black eye¡± over here?)


    Jacob- Heeey Natalie, meet your new teammate *gestures to Ale*


    Ale- Hi


    (Natalie looks him up and down)


    Natalie- *circling him* Dusn¡¯t look lahk muhch (Doesn¡¯t look like much)


    (Natalie puts her arm around his shoulder)


    Natalie- But it¡¯s ahways gud tuh hav sumone tuh mess with (But it¡¯s always good to have someone to mess with)


    Ale- ¡­Ok


    Natalie- Hmph *takes her arm off him/walks over to the knocked out members*


    Jacob- Gennady¡­


    Gennady- ?


    Jacob- What is your impression of Natalie?


    (Gennady looks at Natalie as she is lightly kicking the asleep teammates)


    Gennady- She¡¯s like a rabid dog¡­


    (Natalie grabs Imran¡¯s arm and starts inspecting it)


    Gennady- ¡­a dog that needs a strong leash before she bites off too much


    (They both stand there and watch before Ale interrupts)


    Ale- So what next?


    (Jacob thinks for a second¡­)


    Jacob- I know


    (¡­and then takes out his phone)


    //RING//RING//RING//


    Jacob- Hey S¨¦phora, you and Akoni alright to come down to D-4? | uhuh, yeah | alright see ya


    (Jacob hangs up)


    Jacob- Alright *starts stretching* You and I are gonna be sparring when the researchers get here


    Ale- Huh?


    Jacob- Don¡¯t worry just do your best and everything will go smoothly


    (After a while S¨¦phora and Akoni come out into the field)


    Akoni- Irie Irie git pan wid ih Mi hav bin deh wait fi eva tuh si dis ting eena action (Ok, ok get on with it, I¡¯ve been waiting forever to see this thing in action)


    (S¨¦phora and the other researchers set up some chairs and research equipment. Jacob and Ale both get into ready positions, as Gennady stands near the researchers for protection. All the other team members are still recuperating on the floor behind the researchers)


    S¨¦phora- Alright, begin


    (Nothing happens at first as the notice Ale muttering to himself)


    Ale- Whats wrong?


    Revenant- Gotta say the magic word


    Ale- And that is?


    Revenant- Unfold


    (Ale feels stupid having to say this)


    Ale- *sigh* ¡­Unfold


    (Ale¡¯s left eye becomes black and starts pouring a black and green substance from it, wrapping around Ale¡¯s body and changing his voice slightly)


    S¨¦phora- Now things are getting interesting


    Jacob- C¡¯mon!


    (Ale lunges at Jacob with blistering speed. Jacob grabs his arm and spins around throwing him a good distance from him. Ale is in a state of shock with how fast he was just moving)


    Jacob- Ya ok?


    Ale- Yeah, I¡¯m fine *shakes head*


    Jacob- Ok then, again!


    (Ale goes a bit slower this time and approaches Jacob with a fast punch followed by a laser shot from his other hand)


    S¨¦phora- Beam projection? *looks at a paper* Checks out


    (Ale and Jacob begin squabbling as they begin breaking the area around them and slowly getting faster and faster with their movements but Jacob is always a step ahead and not breaking a sweat as Jacob continues to parry all of his attacks. Then Jacob kicks Ale into the air who begins levitating)


    Akoni- An flight? Mos intresting indead. (And flight? Most interesting indeed)


    Jacob- That definitely gives him an edge on most of us¡­


    (Jacob then whips out his scythe and extends it towards Ale pulling him towards him into a punch)


    Jacob- ¡­but me


    (Ale gets up out of the crater made from his body and rubs his face)


    Ale- Damn that hurt


    Revenant- Lemme try something


    Ale- What do you mean?


    Revenant- Just trust me


    Ale- Ok fine


    (Ale¡¯s arms become fully coated in the black and green coloring and are both aimed down to the ground¡­)


    Akoni- *curious* Wah a ''im doing? (What is he doing?)


    (...and creates a giant ball of energy that explodes but then condenses back into an orb the size of a soccer ball)


    Ale- This feels heavy


    Revenant- That''s the idea


    (Ale then throws the ball up and then as it¡¯s coming down¡­)


    Ale- Won¡¯t this kill him?


    Revenant- So what if it does?


    Revenant/Ale- SHOOT!


    (...punches the ball right at Jacob, who upon seeing the attack coming, puts up his hand. As the ball makes contact with his palm, the force and pressure from it immediately removes Jacob¡¯s shirt. He then grabs onto it and slowly closes his fist extinguishing the attack within his palm)


    Revenant- Oh¡­


    (Jacob then wiped his hand on his pants and causing a few of the female personnel to give some ¡°ooh¡¯s¡± on the side from the sight of him shirtless)


    Jacob- *faux concern* Yikes glad I stopped that, who knows what might have happened it hit


    (Jacob looks over to S¨¦phora and Akoni)


    Jacob- That enough data for you guys?


    S¨¦phora- Yeah that should suffice


    Revenant/Ale- ¡­/¡­


    Revenant- That¡¯s enough from me


    (Ale¡¯s aura immediately recedes as the Revenant goes back inside his eye)


    Ale- Uh, what the-


    (Jacob appears in front of Ale, his imposing figure draping over him like a menacing shadow. Jacob then lifts his hand and rests it on Ale¡¯s shoulder)


    Jacob- Good job man, you passed *pats him* c¡¯mon lets go-


    (Just then Ale¡¯s eye activates again and he turns around to find Jacob has stopped a punch from Natalie)


    Jacob- *sigh* What are you doing?


    Natalie- *smiling* Move aht thuh way, it''s mah turn(Move out the way, it''s my turn)


    Jacob- *holding Natalies arm* No more fighting today Natalie, I¡¯m sure we¡¯ve all had our fill *looks over to Gennady¡¯s group looking exhausted*


    Natalie- Wayul Ahvn¡¯t an Ah¡¯m itchin'' fahwar uh fite *crackles electricity in her hands* (Well I haven¡¯t and I¡¯m itching for a fight)


    (Jacob looks between her and Ale and sighs)


    Jacob- Ok Natalie, how about this, we can fight¡­


    (Natalie¡¯s face beams up)


    Jacob- ¡­but as soon as I put you in a submission we stop for the day, ok *lets go of her arm*


    Natalie- Ah¡¯ll take it *getting ready*


    Jacob- Ok get ready¡­get set¡­go


    (It all happened in a few seconds Natalie was already on the floor in an arm bar confused)


    Sara- *groggily* I mean, what did she think was gonna happen?


    Jacob- I win


    (Jacob the gets up and walks away with Ale with Natalie still confused on the floor until her brain finally clicked)


    Natalie- Aye, thet¡¯s ain¡¯t fare, Ah wanna do over *points at Jacob*(Hey, that¡¯s not fair, I wanna do over)


    Jacob- Sorry Natalie, games a game *shrugs*


    Natalie- Nah, Ah wasn¡¯t reddy thet tahm *gets into a stance again* (Nah, I wasn¡¯t ready that time)


    Jacob- But *mock yawn/stretching* I¡¯m tired now and so is Ale here


    (Jacob pats his shoulder and Ale understands the situation)


    Ale- Same here


    (They walk away from Natalie who just stands there and whips out her hands in anger)


    Jacob- *in head* She¡¯ll calm down¡­hopefully


    Jacob- Hey Ale¡­


    Ale- Hm?


    Jacob- You¡¯ll fit right in


    Ale- Whatever


    (Cut over to an alleyway somewhere at night in Paris, France; where a man is spinning his pocket watch while observing the locals)


    ?- Beautiful night, for the sight of red


    (He then notices a lone man walking the street)


    ?- And here comes first pickings


    (The man walks over to the unaware passerby¡­


    //BZT//


    (...and clicks his watch as he gets close to the guy, pulling him into the alley and shanking him in the side)


    ?- Blame yourself sir, didn''t your mother ever tell you not to be out this late-


    (The man then notices the fact that the guy he just stabbed hasn¡¯t made a single facial expression the entire time. He checks if he stabbed him and then asks)


    ?- Aye, what''s that matter with ya?


    (The stabber then notices that everything has quieted out as he doesn¡¯t hear any sounds around him. After a few more seconds the man''s facial expression changes as he screams out in pain at the knife in his side but is promptly shut up by his attacker)


    ?- *alarm/in a hushed tone* Hey, shut the fuck up! *drives the knife in deeper/killing the man*


    (The attacker looks around and the leaves the area promptly)


    ?- *taking out his watch and spins it* I¡¯m lucky this guy stayed quiet for most of that but what the fuck just happened


    (He clicks his watch again and continues down the street noticing everything around him is frozen again)


    ?- What is going on *he goes up to someone on the street* hello!? *waving his hand in her face* hmm


    (He then gets an idea and slaps her and notes the fact she didn¡¯t react)


    ?- Ok¡­


    (Everything begins to speed up again and he walks swiftly behind her as the lady finally reacts to the hit)


    Lady- OW! WHO HIT ME!?


    (She then looks behind her at the man, who she notices is walking quickly away from her, and begins briskly walking towards him. The man is twirling his pocket watch thinking about what just happened¡­


    ?- *in head* It seems time keeps stopping for everything but me but what could have triggered it-


    (...and then gets turned around by the lady)


    Lady- Sir did you hit me!?


    ?- *putting on his best scared impression* No ma¡¯am, I have not the faintest clue what you¡¯re talking about


    Lady- Have you any idea who did!?


    ?- No miss but I assure you, that you have the wrong man


    (She then rushes past him in a frantic hurry the man then clicks his pocket watch again and notices that the lady has stopped and then he realizes)


    ?- So it¡¯s you, you¡¯re the key to this little trick, but let¡¯s see how long you take


    (He then begins counting the seconds and makes it to 15 before time goes back to normal and he continues his journey down the street)


    ?- *in head* So adding about 5 to that would make it 20 seconds, 20 seconds for the world to be my oyster


    (The man then walks down a dark alley and smiles to the sky dangling the watch)


    Bastien- It seems fortune favors you, Bastien


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    Uniform Notice


    By: Tryston Lyon (HR)


    Personnel of The Enterprise are expected to be in uniform when on duty or when attending to present duties inside The Enterprise. REMEMBER, clothing is supposed to be of Enterprise standard:


    For Colored Tie Associates:


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">White dress shirt</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Black waistcoat (optional)</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Black suit jacket (can be taken off on missions or in emergencies </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Black dress pants</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Black dress shoes </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Suspenders are optional</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Tie indicative of rank</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Name Tags</li>


    </ul>


    For Sectors 2,3,6: Finance, Human Resources and Mathematician Associates:


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Men: Button-down shirts, polo shirts, khakis, dress pants, chinos, or slim-fit jeans. They can also wear a sweater over their shirt, golf pants, or a sports jacket with a tie. For shoes, men can wear loafers, flats, or leather dress shoes. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Women: Blouses, shirts without collars, business separates, dresses, skirts, or pants. They can also wear an oversized blazer with jeans, ballet flats, pumps, or comfortable heels. Skirts and dresses should be knee-length or longer. If skirts are shorter than knee length then leggings will have to be worn underneath</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Both: Remember name tags</li>


    </ul>


    For Sector 3: Human Resources


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Men: Button-down shirts, polo shirts, khakis, dress pants, chinos, or slim-fit jeans. They can also wear a sweater over their shirt, golf pants, or a sports jacket with a tie. For shoes, men can wear loafers, flats, or leather dress shoes.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Women: Blouses, shirts without collars, business separates, dresses, skirts, or pants. They can also wear an oversized blazer with jeans, ballet flats, pumps, or comfortable heels. Skirts and dresses should be knee-length or longer. If skirts are shorter than knee length then leggings will have to be worn underneath</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Both: Name tags are mandatory and should be visible on your person at all times</li>


    </ul>


    For Sector 4: Research Associates:


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Associates working with anomalous objects, organisms or oddities in laboratories must wear closed-toe shoes, long pants or skirts which fully cover the legs, and a lab coat unless given permission from the Chief. Employees shall confine long hair and secure loose clothing and jewelry before beginning work. Each department or laboratory will determine required additional personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves and eye protection appropriate for working with specific materials.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Remember name tags</li>


    </ul>


    For Sector 5: Weapons and Development


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Wear long-sleeved shirts that cover your stomach and lower back, and long pants that go down to your shoes. Avoid loose clothing, skirts, and skin-revealing clothing, as well as untucked shirts and scarves. You can also consider wearing an apron to keep your clothes clean. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Wear closed-toe shoes made of natural fibers, such as leather boots or high-top leather shoes. Avoid thin fabric shoes, sandals, open-toed shoes, and high-heeled shoes. You can also consider slip-resistant shoes for extra traction. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Tie back long hair or tuck it into a hat so it''s no longer than chin-length. You can also use hair ties to keep your hair out of the way.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Remove all accessories, including jewelry, headphones, earbuds, scarves, and neckties. You can also consider wearing a face shield. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Wear eye protection at all times, and consider wearing ear protection. You can also consider rolling up long sleeves on your shirt so they stay above your elbows. </li>


    </ul>


    Sector 7: Containment Associates:


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Each person in The Enterprise is responsible and accountable for his/her own safety performance. It is important that each person understands that he/she is also expected to work in a manner that will not cause harm to any other person within The Enterprise¡¯s personnel. Anomalous objects, organisms or oddities can affect the body in various ways since each is unique in its anomalous properties. There are three major routes of entry: inhalation, ingestion and skin contact. If one of these 3 happens to you, report it immediately to your supervisor and or the Warden. The research team will be called in and handle the situation accordingly.</li>


    </ul>


    NOTE:


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Failure to abide by this dress code will result in write ups from superiors and deduction from paychecks starting at 10% and going up by 10 until the end of the year. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Custom wear can be commissioned for a fee and the order should be filled out on a CURF (Custom Uniform Request Form) sheet. Sector 5 will be left in charge of any augmentations to the wear if needed and Head Developer: Estralza Gertrude, will be left in charge of its make. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">If anything should happen to your uniform please send in a URF (Uniform Request Form) to HR and you will be delivered a replacement at our earliest convenience. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Any other clothing aside from the standard uniforms is within the rights of the wearer. </li>


    </ul>


    The Enterprise is not liable for any of these items and is not obligated to reimburse the Associate upon damage, misplacement or misuse of said clothing.

 Document 19

    (They walk away from Natalie who just stands there and whips out her hands in anger)


    Jacob- *in head* She¡¯ll calm down¡­hopefully


    Jacob- Hey Ale¡­


    Ale- Hm?


    Jacob- You¡¯ll fit right in


    Ale- Whatever


    (Over in France)


    Lady- Sir did you hit me!?


    ?- *putting on his best scared impression* No ma¡¯am, I have not the faintest clue what you¡¯re talking about


    Lady- Have you any idea who did!?


    ?- No miss but I assure you, that you have the wrong man


    (She then rushes past him in a frantic hurry the man then clicks his pocket watch again and notices that the lady has stopped and then he realizes)


    ?- So it¡¯s you, you¡¯re the key to this little trick, but let¡¯s see how long you take


    (He then begins counting the seconds and makes it to 15 before time goes back to normal and he continues his journey down the street)


    ?- *in head* So adding about 5 to that would make it 20 seconds, 20 seconds for the world to be my oyster


    (The man then walks down a dark alley and smiles to the sky dangling the watch)


    Bastien- It seems fortune favors you, Bastien


    /////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\


    (Everyone on the train and situated as Jacob looks at himself)


    Jacob- You owe me a new suit


    Ale- Apologies


    Jacob- Nah I¡¯m kidding but you gotta get that thing under control can¡¯t have you going to crazy when were on missions, we already got Natalie


    Natalie- Hey!


    (S¨¦phora is in the background going through a tablet then making a phone call)


    S¨¦phora- Hey David, are you free right now | k, can you do me a favor, I need you to take¡­O-4058 to Sector 4 and keep it there until I get back, ok? | good, see ya


    (Natalie is taking a nap sprawled across the seats while Sara and the rest of Gennady¡¯s group either rest or lick their wounds. Sara looks at Imrans destroyed arm becomes inquiring)


    Sara- Ey, Imran what''s up with the arm?


    Imran- Oh this? Got it from Estralza and Akoni after I lost my arm, it was supposed to last me forever but *clanks shirt full of broken arm pieces/gestures over to Natalie¡¯s snoring figure* I guess not


    Sara- Yeah¡­looks badass though ain¡¯t gonna lie


    Imran- Yeah it¡¯s pretty cool but it was painful to put on


    Sara- How so?


    Imran- The process for binding it to your nerves takes time for it to properly ¡°set¡± or something like that, Akoni wasn¡¯t very descriptive with his explanation *sneers at Akoni who''s looking at some data on his tablet*


    Gennady- Imran, my boy, we''re gonna need to go by Estralza to get that arm fixed pronto


    Imran- Yeah, I figured that much


    Gennady- Oh and Miss Sara, are you alright?


    Sara- Yeah I¡¯m fine, still a little bruised though *points at Natalie* this bitch just doesn¡¯t know how to pull a punch


    Gennady- *looking over at Natalie* I agree, but please, watch your language


    (They make it to The Enterprise and everyone files out)


    Gennady- We¡¯ll be headed over to Estralza for maintenance on Imran¡¯s arm


    (He looks over to the shattered remains of Imran¡¯s prosthetic)


    Jacob- We¡¯re headed to HR, gonna need to get me and Ale new suits, see ya


    Gennady- See you all at a later date, c¡¯mon comrades


    (Gennady¡¯s team makes it to Sector 5 and rings the buzzer. After a few moments a developer arrives at the window but upon seeing Gennady, gives them some different news)


    Developer- I¡¯m sorry sir, Mrs. Gertrude will be with you in a minute


    Gennady- It¡¯s alright take your time


    (The lady nods and leaves. Ragna goes over to Imran¡¯s arm and inspects his arm)


    Ragna- Man, that girl really fucked your arm up, heh *she thumps the broken metal*


    Imran- I noticed


    Bobby- My question is, where¡¯d they find someone like her?


    Avrora- She was like a sentient beast


    Bobby- I¡¯m sure this place can find anyone especially people like her, and man she hits like a truck


    Imran- Agreed


    (After a few more moments they hear a few testing shots and explosions then Estralza comes to the window covered in soot and a few locks of hair sticking out of her hair bun. She takes off her mask, with the group seeing her excited eyes staring back at them)


    Estralza- *smiling* Oh, Gennady deary, good to see you, how can I be of service?


    Gennady- Well¡­


    Imran- It¡¯s actually me in need of service


    (Estralza then looks at the broken remains of Imran¡¯s prosthetic, along with the bag of mechanical shards and loses it)


    Estralza- EH!? WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BABY *reaches over the counter and grabs Imran¡¯s limp arm*


    Imran- Don¡¯t blame me, take it up with Jacob and his team


    Estralza- I¡¯LL BLAME ALL OF YOU! *inspects the damage of the arm* just come to the back


    (She buzzes them into the workshop while grabbing the bag full of metal pieces and everyone follows in after her. Estralza then takes out her phone)


    Estralza- *RING* Thomas, deary, will you be able to finish the test for me, I¡¯ll be busy for a while


    (A after a bit a developer comes to meet her)


    Estralza-


    (They get to Estralza¡¯s personal workshop the group looks at all of her guns and other weapons she¡¯s been working on)


    Bobby- *in head* Don¡¯t fuck with you, huh


    (Estralza, frowning, goes to a drawer and pulls out a pin with a weird hook in it. She goes over to Imran, grabs his shoulder, ignoring his uncomfortable expression, inserts the metal pin, twists and turns it until she causes the arm to disconnect from his shoulder. She grabs the mechanical limb and puts it on the table, pulling down her desk lens as she does so)


    Estralza- Could you explain, in detail, how this happened? *goes over to the drawer and brings out a few more tools*


    Gennady- We were training against Young Jacob¡¯s group when one of his members clashed with Imran¡¯s arm and rendered it in that state


    Estralza- *inspecting the arm with some tools* Was this the electric one?


    Everyone- Yes/Yeah


    Estralza- After how long I¡¯ve been here and how many things I have seen destroyed or broken, you would have thought I would have gotten used to it by now


    Gennady- That is true


    (It goes silent for as Estralza looks at a few things in the arm)


    Estralza- *sigh* Well as much as it pains me to see one of my pieces in this state, I am glad for the opportunity to innovate, when did you acquire this limb?


    Imran- About 3 months ago


    Estralza- Is that not a little early for rehabilitation


    Imran- The doctor said I¡¯d be fine if I went with the quick process


    Estralza- Which doctor was this?


    Imran- Akoni


    Estralza- Of course¡­


    Imran- Is it salvageable?


    Estralza- Yes it is actually but it will take some time give me around a week maybe 2 gonna need to make some adjustments and augmentations


    Imran- Thank you-


    Estralza- Not yet, Now who¡¯s card do I need to drain


    Imran- ?!


    Estralza- *looking at them with a confused but increasing in anger expression* Surely you didn¡¯t think this would be free, did you?


    Imran- Uhh¡­how much we talkin here?


    (Estralza¡¯s growing anger recedes to an analytical one)


    Estralza- I¡¯d say for a repair it would be a few hundred but with new augmentations along with the repairs I¡¯d say a thousand or 2


    (Gennady¡¯s group are all gobsmacked at hearing the price¡­)


    Gennady- Alright


    (...until Gennady nonchalantly opts to pay)


    Bobby- I forgot y''all get paid a fuck ton of money


    (Hearing this puts a smile on Estralza¡¯s face)


    Estralza- *pats his back* Glad, I can count on you, handsome


    Everyone¡¯s shared thought- That changed her tune fast


    (The scene changes, inside a destroyed city bodies strewn all over the streets and buildings destroyed; a clear sign of chaos. The sounds of squelching bodies and spilled blood is ever present as there is a small boy trying to run away but makes it to a dead end. The boy looks everywhere but sees no way of escape and looks behind him to see a woman in a dress with dried blood all over her body)


    You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.


    Boy- Please sister, it¡¯s me! Don¡¯t you remember!?


    (The woman walks closer and closer to the boy who begins to accept his fate but makes one last attempt)


    Boy- Please Korenska-


    (The next thing that happens is the boys chest is stabbed through making him look towards the arm in his chest then at the lady then falling to the ground, dead. The lady is shown looking at the boy in a state of confusion then falling to her knees)


    Korenska- I¡¯m sorry, Pengola


    Korenska- !?


    (Korenska wakes up and finds herself in one of The Enterprise¡¯s holding cells with her arms bound into the walls. She looks around the the place taking in the semi-large room with it¡¯s cold bright light in the ceiling)


    Korenska- What is this place? Ah!


    (A rush of memories hits her as she remembers her fighting Jacob and his group along with being sedated)


    Korenska- Who are these people?


    (She then looks at her arms and tries to rip them out of the wall)


    Korenska- Oh


    (She then pulls even harder but realizes she not going anywhere)


    Korenska- So this is how it¡¯ll be *has flashbacks of her homeland* I guess I deserve it


    (She slumps her body as she laments the situation she¡¯s in after about 5 minutes her cell door opens to reveal David)


    David- So you¡¯re one of the new ones¡­


    Korenska- Who¡¯re you?


    David- Oh, you can speak? Well that sucks, she¡¯s not gonna go easy on you, hand me the key


    (One of the researcher take out the key and begins to walk towards him when Nightmare comes out of David¡¯s eye and swipes the key from him)


    David- Don¡¯t try anything Nightmare


    (She begins to unlock Korenska¡¯s binds who then twists her wrists)


    Korenska- *sneering* What is it you want?


    David- You¡¯re gonna have to ask S¨¦phora about that


    (David then uses Nightmare to bind Korenska¡¯s arms and legs together)


    Korenska- ?


    David- For others safety


    (David and Korenska make their way to Sector 4 passing by many Associates who are interested in who he has in binds. Korenska looks around and is astonished by the architecture and technology in the building marveling at it all)


    Korenska- What is this place?


    David- ...your funeral


    (That statement confuses Korenska until she gets to Sector 4 seeing all the instruments everywhere jogs her memory back to how she got here and she begins to struggle)


    David- *sigh* Nightmare


    (Nightmare begins to wrap around Korenska and then puts her into the binds on the table)


    David- I told you¡­your funeral


    (Just then S¨¦phora comes into the room)


    S¨¦phora- Ah, David thank you for helping


    David- Eh


    S¨¦phora- Well then let''s see


    (S¨¦phora then looks over Korenska for a little while with some ¡°oohs¡± and ¡°aahs¡± accompanying the stares. She then retrieves some gloves)


    David- See ya


    S¨¦phora- Actually David, I¡¯m gonna need your help with this


    (David looks back at her with a tired/reluctant expression)


    David- Seriously?


    S¨¦phora- Yes, since we don¡¯t really have anything  that can cut through something like this, I¡¯m gonna need you to help me


    David- *sigh* Fine


    (David cursed his contractual obligation but has an idea)


    David- But I¡¯m gonna have Nightmare stand in for me since she¡¯ll be able to do anything I can if not better, Nightmare make sure to listen to her


    S¨¦phora- Bu-


    David- Pleasure working with you *waves*


    (David then walks to the exterior of the Research wing sitting with his body stretched across the bench sitting outside of the labs)


    David- *sigh* Why me


    (S¨¦phora was uncomfortable being in front of Nightmare without David¡¯s presence but did her best to ignore it as she began to look at Korenska¡¯s bound figure and gaining an eerie smile on her face causing Korenska to sweat)


    S¨¦phora- Ok¡­Nightmare, cut into her arm right here


    (Nightmare, begrudgingly, does as she is told and cuts into Korenska¡¯s skin like a hot knife through butter. Korenska starts to scream but it''s muffled by the binds across her face and mouth. S¨¦phora looks at Korenska quickly healing her wounds as she begins to calm down)


    S¨¦phora- Healing rate is remarkably fast *in head* Guess Jacob wasn¡¯t lying


    S¨¦phora- Onto the next test, sever one of her fingers, ring finger if you would *flexes her ring finger*


    (Nightmare then slices of Korenska¡¯s finger causing her pain and S¨¦phora grabs it and begins to examine but after about a minute the finger decays in her hands and regrows on Korenska)


    S¨¦phora- So she¡¯s able to regenerate digits, Nightmare, cut off an arm¡­


    (Nightmare does this making Korenska pass out from the pain but ends up regenerating the appendage)


    S¨¦phora- ¡­and she can regrow limbs as well


    (S¨¦phora then gains a manic expression)


    S¨¦phora- Let''s continue the process


    (Cut over to Jacob and co dealing with HR as they put in the order for Ale¡¯s replacement suit. Jacob and Natalie get the most attention as he¡¯s half-naked and Natalie isn¡¯t wearing her jacket, instead having it slung over her shoulder, so more of her figure is shown due to the body suit)


    Jacob- I¡¯m here to make an order for him *points at Ale*


    Receptionist- Name?


    (Jacob gestures for Ale to speak)


    Ale- Ale Lorenzo


    Receptionist- *typing* Ok let me see your name tag


    (Jacob gives it to her and she scans it)


    Receptionist- Any alterations to the wear?


    Jacob- I¡¯d say blue tie level materials


    Receptionist- That all?


    Jacob- Affirmative


    Receptionist- Alright *typing* I will relay this to Sector 5 and you should expect the replacement in 3 weeks


    Ale- What am I supposed to wear in the meantime?


    Receptionist- A standard yellow tie suit like before you can pick one up from the tailors in Sector 5


    Jacob- Then that¡¯s where we''re headed, c¡¯mon team


    (The team make their way over to Sector 5 when they notice David sitting slouched in front of Sector 4 with his eyepatch off showing the tail of Nightmare leading deeper into the sector causing Ale¡¯s eye to flare up a bit)


    Jacob- Hey David


    David- Hey man, what happened to your shirt?


    Jacob- Training


    David- Oh right, gotcha


    Jacob- So what¡¯cha doing out here?


    Natalie- An whuts wichur eye? (And what¡¯s with your eye?)


    David- *sigh* Just playing scientist with S¨¦phora, letting her use Nightmare as her assistant


    Jacob- Mind if we go see?


    David- Be my guest, not like I could stop you anyway


    Jacob- C¡¯mon guys, were taking a small detour


    (They go deeper into the Sector following the trail of Nightmare until they reach the room they were looking for and Sara is shocked. The group see Korenska screaming in agony as her organs are ripped out and bones are split and put into containers as she passes out and comes back repeatedly being in a beastly state trying to snap at anything around her with the muzzle over her mouth. Sara looks at the scene with shock and familiarity as she remembers the people that she helped  traffic along during her stint in the drug trade. The faces of those children and adults alike as they were ripped from each other and violated in front of her eyes comes back with a fury. She is about to say something when she notices Jacob in front of Korenska looking her in the eyes as she¡¯s going ballistic from the pain. His presence there shocks S¨¦phora and Nightmare since it happened within a split second)


    S¨¦phora- What are you doing here Jacob-


    Jacob- Release her


    S¨¦phora- What-


    Jacob- Release. Her.


    (S¨¦phora, unnerved by Jacob¡¯s cold demeanor, releases Korenska¡¯s binds and watches as she falls to the floor frothing from the mouth, scaring most all the personnel in the lab. After a few seconds Korenska rushes towards Nightmare, but isn¡¯t able to hit her as the being dodges each of her swipes. She then dashes towards S¨¦phora but is blocked by Jacob who pushes her aside. She then looks around and finds the exit; dashing towards it, not caring about who¡¯s in her way. She runs right past David who just lays right back down on the bench)


    David- Jacob can handle that


    (Back with the group, everyone is shook at the sequence of events that just played out)


    Natalie- Now thet¡¯s uh fast bitch fah¡¯ve evur sayn wun! Gist lahk yawl buddy! *smacks Ale¡¯s arm* (Now that¡¯s a fast bitch if I¡¯ve ever seen one! Just like you buddy)


    Jacob- You guys stay here, I¡¯m gonna go after her *sigh* twice in one day, I¡¯m gonna need time off


    (Jacob then dashes down the hall past David who smiles a little)


    David- Heh, Knew it


    (Korenska made it out the exit of The Enterprise in a feral state as she barrels down the streets and alleyways, inundated with sights and sounds unfamiliar to her. The honks of car horns and the bright lights of the city cause her to almost lose her mind completely is this cacophony of sensory overload. She runs around everywhere to get away from it, but everywhere she goes the new sensations stop her in her tracks. She then looks back where she came from and succumbs to a feeling brought on by the foreign stimuli. Meanwhile Jacob makes it out of a building and down the streets of chaos left in Korenska¡¯s wake but then is surprised to see her barreling towards him and zipping past him)


    Jacob- *in head* She¡¯s going back?


    (He follows right after her and sees her run all the way back to The Enterprise at high speed but then jump and run up the building)


    Jacob- Hm


    (Jacob follows behind and it takes a bit but he makes it to the top. He looks for her and sees her sitting on the edge of the roof with her knees to her chest and her arms wrapped around them, her long white hair flowing to the side as the winds blow calmly around them. Jacob walks up slowly behind her, setting his scythe on the ground and sitting with her, his hair also blowing across his face. There¡¯s a cold silence between the two as they sit and gaze at the bright city in front of them. After a few minutes Korenska breaks the silence)


    Korenska- What do you want


    (The question comes out frail almost lifeless)


    Jacob- Nothing really


    Korenska- ¡­Then why are you here?


    Jacob- Because I want to be


    (The silence returns as Korenska is confused by that statement)


    Korenska- Is it not because of me?


    Jacob- Yeah, but also because I¡¯ve seen a pretty view earlier today and thanks to you I get to see another one, never really enjoyed this view of DC before


    Korenska- ¡­DC?


    Jacob- Yeah, Washington DC


    (They both gaze at the expanse of the city in serene enjoyment)


    Korenska- Its beautiful, this DC, you call it


    Jacob- Looks that way, huh?


    (There another stint of silence that Jacob breaks with a comment)


    Jacob- Sorry about before y¡¯know your arm and the torture, hope you can forgive me and the rest of the crew about it


    (Korenska looks at the healed appendage he had broken hours earlier)


    Korenska- Why apologize for something that is no longer a problem?


    Jacob- Because it may still hurt inside


    (Silence comes back as Korenska ponders his words remembering something)


    Korenska- ¡­Why did you free me?


    Jacob- Hm?


    Korenska- I was your prisoner yet you set me free from your comrades, and then you ask for forgiveness, why?


    (Now the silence is brought upon by Jacob as he gazes at the skyline almost searching for the words as he surveys the horizon)


    Jacob- I have seen the lowest of the low at my small stint in this damn place and almost everyone of them I never cared about, but you, you¡¯re different; I can tell you¡¯re not as bad as everyone else, so I just couldn¡¯t let you be put through all that


    (Korenska just stays quiet for a bit)


    Korenska- ¡­If you knew me¡­you¡¯d say I deserve it


    Jacob- Then it¡¯s a good thing I don¡¯t know you then


    (Korenska is taken aback by his response but looks at the view with levied feelings)


    Jacob- ¡­So let¡¯s start then


    (Jacob holds out his hand to her as she looks at him in confusing and intrigue)


    Jacob- The name¡¯s Jacob Maverick, nice to meet you


    (Korenska looks at him a little wide eyed internally questioning his intentions, but upon seeing his genuine smile is a little put at ease although still cautious. She extends her hand and grabs his)


    Korenska- Korenska Adrogondel, likewise


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    O-4058


    Object/Organism/Oddity


    Danger Level: R/B Tie


    Name: Korenska Adrogondel ¡°The Madam¡±


    Gender (If applicable): Female


    Species (If known): Human (presumed)


    Age (If known): 25


    Measurements: Height = 5¡¯7 ft (170.18 cm) Weight = 128 lbs (58.05 kg) Waist = 30 in (76.2 cm) Hips = 43 in (109.22 cm) Bust = 41 in (104.14 cm)


    History: This organism was found in Houston, Texas after a resulting UE. She destroyed a small part of the city requiring personnel, consisting of Associate Mavericks team, showed up to interact with it, the subject charged at them and initiated a confrontation with Associate Maverick in which it was captured after it¡¯s defeat at his hands


    Description: This organism is a humanoid female with white hair, darkskin, slit cat like eyes with sharp teeth, claws and all white lips. The subject was found wearing a black and red dress with blood all over her hands


    Ability: The organism has an inhuman level of raw strength with it being comparable to Associate Gennady. It has a temper to match said strength, as described by Associate Maverick. It has moderate regeneration abilities being able to heal skin, muscle and bone in mere moments.


    Containment procedures: Its danger level should be considered Red/Black tie as the subject is very hostile and its aforementioned strength requires R/B Tie or the Chief herself to keep watch. Tests being performed on it show that it¡¯s DNA dies and is unusable immediately after being extracted from it so tests must be performed with a liquid nitrogen tank near at all times as to preserve the materials


    Transporting procedures: Red/Black tie associate Maverick or Barclay will hand transporting procedures of O-4058

 Document 20

    Jacob- I have seen the lowest of the low at my small stint in this damn place and almost everyone of them I never cared about, but you, you¡¯re different; I can tell you¡¯re not as bad as everyone else, so I just couldn¡¯t let you be put through all that


    (Korenska just stays quiet for a bit)


    Korenska- ¡­If you knew me¡­you¡¯d say I deserve it


    Jacob- Then it¡¯s a good thing I don¡¯t know you then


    (Korenska is taken aback by his response but looks at the view with levied feelings)


    Jacob- ¡­So let¡¯s start then


    (Jacob holds out his hand to her as she looks at him in confusing and intrigue)


    Jacob- The name¡¯s Jacob Maverick, nice to meet you


    (Korenska looks at him a little wide eyed internally questioning his intentions, but upon seeing his genuine smile is a little put at ease although still cautious. She extends her hand and grabs his)


    Korenska- Korenska Adrogondel, likewise


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    (The handshake lasts quite a bit then they separate)


    Korenska- So what''s next?


    Jacob- Fuck if I know¡­I guess talk


    Korenska- I guess¡­


    Jacob- Before that *takes out his phone* Hey David, everythings cool now, tell everybody for me | just gonna have chat with Korenska here | see ya


    (Jacob hangs up and turns to Korenska. She silently looks at him not knowing where to start)


    Jacob- Alright, I¡¯ll go first¡­like I said, my name¡¯s Jacob, I like burgers, quiet times and my friends, I dislike losing


    (Jacob extends his hand gesturing for Korenska to start. She looks down at the roof thinking of her words carefully)


    Korenska- I¡¯m Korenska¡­


    (She doesn¡¯t know what to say as she¡¯s never done this before)


    Jacob- That¡¯s a start *tired smile*


    (The scene changes to Sector 4 in the aftermath of Jacob and Korenska¡¯s departure. S¨¦phora is dusting herself off while everyone else is getting their bearings together. Ale is in the background holding his eye struggling, while Sara tetchily walks over to S¨¦phora)


    Sara- Fuck was that


    S¨¦phora- *pissed sigh* Unprecedented circumstances are always apart of research, rest assured were fine


    Sara- Not you bitch, I¡¯m talking about what you were doing


    S¨¦phora- My research?


    Sara- No, what you were doing to her


    S¨¦phora- What do you care


    Sara- Because it¡¯s not right


    S¨¦phora- *sarcastic* Oh that¡¯s rich, the ¡°condemned¡± talking to me about what¡¯s ¡°right¡±


    Sara- Don¡¯t act like you know me


    (Sara gets up in S¨¦phora¡¯s face)


    S¨¦phora- Knowing your a ¡°deathy¡± is more than enough


    (S¨¦phora gives a snarky smirk as she looks down on her)


    S¨¦phora- Don¡¯t do anything you¡¯re gonna regret~


    (Sara then remembers the last time she did this)


    Sara- No one¡¯s here this time


    David- I am


    (Everyone looks back to David, who¡¯s casually walking towards everyone)


    David- I know how much you want to but just don¡¯t you might get a beating or worse killed


    (Sara then mean mugs S¨¦phora, who has a smug look on her face, and walks back to her group)


    David- Jacob said everythings alright, so he¡¯s got it under control-


    (David then notices Nightmare slightly twitching while looking towards Ale whose also struggling)


    David- What¡¯s wrong with you both


    (Everyone looks at the 2 and are surprised when the Revenant burst out of Ale¡¯s left eye and attacks Nightmare)


    Ale/David- *struggling* Argh/Nnrgh


    (The 2 beings clash and starting fighting as David is calling Nightmare to stand down but Nightmare doesn¡¯t listen and begins to lay into Revenant beating him into submission and is about the land a killing blow that is until Both feel a force of several suns upon their body)


    ?- Would someone mind explaining what is happening here


    (Everyone looks towards the new voice and sees Nora walking calmly into the room with a leveled, gloved hand causing the entire room to become filled with viscous tension)


    Nora- Answer me


    (S¨¦phora speaks up after adjusting herself)


    S¨¦phora- I was in the middle of my research when Jacob came in, released my subject and let it escape; then his subordinate here *points to Sara* decided to get smart with me


    (Nora then looks to David)


    Nora- David, is this true


    (The question felt more like a statement in David¡¯s ears as he wonders if breathing wrong might get him killed¡­or worse)


    David- Yes it¡¯s all true¡­


    Nora- I see


    David- ¡­but Jacob said he took care of it


    (Nora then looks at David again and David almost curses himself for speaking. Nora just stands there, still holding Nightmare and Revenant, with David waiting for the worst)


    Nora- *releasing her hold* Well if he handled it then tell him to meet me when any of you see him again, thank you David


    (David is confused by her nonchalance to what she just said, even S¨¦phora is surprised by her response)


    Nora- But I must remind you to keep control over that Zer0 of yours, unless you wish to incur heavy penalties


    David- Yes ma¡¯am


    (Nora then walks away with a remark)


    Nora- S¨¦phora, please study the behavior between O-1234 and O-303 at your earliest convenience


    S¨¦phora- Yes ma¡¯am


    (Nora then leaves and everyone lets out a breath they didn¡¯t know they had)


    S¨¦phora- Minor setback all things considered *looks at Sara* I suggest you keep your remarks to yourself unless you wanna end up on my table *walks away*


    Sara- Whatever bitch


    (David then retracts Nightmare into his eye and fixes his eyepatch)


    David- *to Nightmare* I don¡¯t know what that was but never do that again


    Nightmare- but¡­


    David- Never


    Nightmare- yes


    (David then fixes himself up)


    David- I need some fresh air, see y''all later


    Natalie- Buh Bye! *waving enthusiastically*


    (The scene cuts back over to Jacob and Korenska on the roof just chatting and Jacob showing her things on his phone)


    Jacob- ¡­and we call this a pyramid; ancient people called Egyptians made them for their pharaohs¡­


    Korenska- Pharaohs?


    Jacob- Kings¡­


    Korenska- Oh¡­


    Jacob- ¡­and they made them pretty big and stuffed them with many treasures


    Korenska- This little device is truly fascinating


    Jacob- Yeah, I guess they would be pretty neat to someone like you


    (They sit in polite silence for a bit)


    Korenska- Your world¡¯s history isn¡¯t so different than mine, almost like parallels


    Jacob- I would agree with you on that


    (Jacob then checks the time on his phone and gets up)


    Jacob- Welp I¡¯d say it¡¯s about time we head back inside


    (Korenska flinches at the mention of going back inside)


    Korenska- I would like to stay here a little longer if that would be fine


    Jacob- I would let you but I¡¯m already on borrowed time here since I kind of broke the rules in order to let you out


    (Korenska¡¯s face falls as she understands his plight but doesn¡¯t want to go back)


    Jacob- *sigh* Tell you what, I¡¯ll stay with you throughout your tests so that they don¡¯t go too far, ok?


    (Korenska says nothing but gets up from her spot and starts to walk)


    Jacob- *under breath* Atta girl


    (Korenska walks to the edge and Jacob follows her grabbing his scythe on the way over)


    Jacob- So you think you can survive that jump


    Korenska- I honestly hope I don¡¯t


    Jacob- I almost feel ya-


    (Korenska then walks off the edge free falling to the ground. Jacob shrugs his shoulders and joins her in the free fall. David is out in the front about to pull out a cigarette when 2 loud bangs land in front of him on the platform of The Enterprise shocking him)


    David- THE FUCK WAS THAT!?


    (As the dust settles he sees the bloody and broken body of Korenska rapidly healing and moving and the relaxed body of Jacob getting up)


    David- *sigh of relief* Fwew, Jacob, don''t scare me like that man, I see you got the breach handled *points at Korenska*


    Jacob- Didn¡¯t lie did I?


    David- Yeah, yeah whatevs *sigh* I¡¯m gonna go see, E


    Jacob- Have fun


    (David leaves)


    Jacob- So, lets go


    (Korenska walks up popping one of her arms back in the socket and follows him inside. They walk through the lobby bumping into Latoya at the front desk)


    Latoya- Jacob, what happened and who¡¯s this? *gesturing to Korenska*


    Jacob- She¡¯s the breach that I cleared up


    Latoya- *resting arms on the counter* Wow 2 within a week, might be a new record, so where ya off to now?


    Jacob- Gonna drop her off at research but with my supervision *looking back at Korenska who just looks down at her feet*


    Latoya- Alright, good to know see ya later, baby


    (Jacob doesn¡¯t respond to that as he makes his way back to sector 4 with Korenska timidly walking behind him)


    Jacob- For what it¡¯s worth I''m not gonna let them hurt you¡­too much


    (Korenska doesn¡¯t know how to feel about that statement as they both get back to the labs to see the disheveled state most of the occupants are in)


    Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.


    Jacob- What happened here?


    Sara- David and Ale¡¯s things *points to her eye* went all crazy and tried to attack each other


    (Jacob looks over to Ale and notices him sitting off to the side holding his eye not much out of pain but confusion)


    Jacob- We¡¯ll worry about that at some other point, where''s S¨¦phora?


    (Sara is disgusted by the name)


    Sara- Over there *points in her direction*


    Jacob- Thanks


    (Jacob walks over to S¨¦phora, who gets alerted to his presence by one of the other scientists)


    S¨¦phora- *miffed tone* Oh you¡¯re back *looks to Korenska* at least you brought the subject with you


    Jacob- I¡¯ll be watching over her while you do your research


    S¨¦phora- Why?


    Jacob- Because¡­I want to


    (It¡¯s quiet for a bit then S¨¦phora begins laughing her herself)


    S¨¦phora- So good ol¡¯ Reaper finally grew a heart, why now huh? Change in diet, activities or is it simply cause you wanna fuck her?


    (The last line takes the room by surprise as they weren¡¯t expecting her to say that)


    Jacob- Simply a change in interests


    S¨¦phora- Pfft, whatever *puts on gloves* and I should let you know, Nora asked for you to come see her


    Jacob- Now?


    S¨¦phora- Yep


    (Jacob internally sighs and looks to Korenska who¡¯s been quiet this whole time. Jacob looks at her and she looks back at him, he then walks past her as she begins to follow. He then turns around to stop her)


    Jacob- You''re staying here


    (Korenska looks visibly disturbed by the news)


    Jacob- *sigh* Look just stay here with Sara, Ale and Natalie, Natalie don¡¯t provoke her but keep S¨¦phora off her


    Natalie- Aight *crackles electricity*


    (Korenska looks visibly saddened by his departure)


    Korenska- *in head* Why do I feel this way? This man captured me mere hours ago and yet I am sad to see him leave


    (Jacob turns to her)


    Jacob- I¡¯ll be back soon, count on it and please *whispers to her* try not to hurt anyone


    (Jacob leaves as the sector goes quiet with the subtle crackles of Natalie¡¯s electricity. Then everyone hears the sound of someone humming to music and the familiar sound of foot flops)


    Akoni- bibiddi beep bop skippy scop-


    (He sees everyone looking at him confused)


    Akoni- What?


    (Jacob is at Nora¡¯s door and makes his way in)


    Nora- Good to see you Jacob


    Jacob- *takes a seat* S¨¦ph said you needed me?


    Nora- Yes, I wanted to know about that breach that you let escape and cause extreme damage to the streets of D.C.


    (Even though the tone isn¡¯t present, Jacob feels he¡¯s being scolded)


    Jacob- Yeeassss, about that, I handled it


    Nora- I know you handled it but I want to know why it happened


    Jacob- Because I let her escape


    (Nora is silent for a second)


    Nora- Why


    Jacob- To put it simply *leans forward* I felt bad for her


    (Nora goes silent again which puts Jacob off)


    Nora- This is a new development¡­


    Jacob- Hm?


    Nora- You¡¯ve never been one to care for the well being of others as of late, especially when it comes to Zer0s


    Jacob- I know¡­


    Nora- Then what changed


    (Its Jacob¡¯s turn to go silent as he remembers Natalie¡¯s explanations on the train ride)


    [Flashback:


    Natalie- Ah mean it wasn¡¯t so bayud all thet happened wuz Ahd git shocked, evur now an again an sent out fahwar fites an rinse an repeat (I mean it wasn¡¯t so bad all that happened was I would get shocked, every now and again and sent out for fights and rinse and repeat)


    \


    Natalie- *smiling* Sumtimes Ahd git thangs shot at may or cut open but Ah wuz either asleep or it didn¡¯t affect me (Sometimes I would get things shot at me or cut open but I was either asleep or it didn¡¯t affect me)


    :End Flashback]


    (He then remembers the fight with Korenska)


    [Flashback:


    ?- ¡­no¡­no¡­no¡­no, no, no, no, no, no, NO, I will not go back, I will die before I go back, I WILL KILL YOU BEFORE I GO BACK *reveals her slit pupils and sharp teeth*


    Jacob- *in head* Let''s test something


    (Jacob breaking her arm and snapping the appendage back in place with the skin healing over it)


    Korenska- What do you care, scum


    (Jacob remembering her struggling in his grasp trying to break free of his scythe)


    :End Flashback]


    (Jacob looks up at Nora and breaths in deeply)


    Jacob- ¡­I guess, I¡¯ve regained a conscience


    (Nora analyzes this statement, as well as Jacob¡¯s body language and social cues)


    Nora- Is that all


    Jacob- Yes¡­


    Nora- Well, then you can thank your conscience for your cut pay for the next month


    (That causes Jacob to sigh in annoyance but also in understanding)


    Jacob- Understood


    Nora- So is that all


    Jacob- Yeah


    Nora- Then you may leave


    (Jacob gets up to exit the room and when he put his hand of the door he stops himself)


    Nora- Is something the matter


    Jacob- *not turning to look at her* Can the Zer0s with consciousness be treated better here, at least the ones who we can reason with?


    (Nora just stares at his back in contemplation)


    Nora- I will leave that up to Akoni and S¨¦phora


    (Jacob doesn¡¯t say anything but just subtly acknowledges the situation he¡¯s in and leaves. He makes it back to the research labs and see Akoni is here now chatting with S¨¦phora and making Sara uncomfortable)


    Jacob- I¡¯m back


    (Korenska subtly beams up at this and Jacob makes his way over to everyone)


    Jacob- Sara, was everything alright?


    Sara- Yeah, you weren¡¯t gone for very long, doubt anything could have happened


    Jacob- You¡¯d be surprised *walks over to S¨¦phora and Akoni* alright you can begin now


    (S¨¦phora is confused by this and asks)


    S¨¦phora- Didn¡¯t you just get angry at me for this?


    Jacob- Yeah which is why I¡¯m making a small change, the use of anesthetics


    S¨¦phora- Why?


    Jacob- Because I¡¯m sure you wouldn¡¯t want one of your experiments to die from shock right?


    S¨¦phora- You¡¯re kidding, that thing can literally self heal I¡¯m not concerned for its health if it can do that


    Akoni- Oh Duh wi dear ¡°Reapa¡± hab ah sawf spot fah ah Zer0? (Oh, does our dear ¡°Reaper¡± have a soft spot for a Zer0?)


    Jacob- Maybe or it¡¯s just consideration out of my subordinate¡¯s feelings *gestures to Sara* either way it should be done like this


    S¨¦phora- And who says I should listen to you, I don¡¯t see an official document from Nora


    Jacob- That is true¡­


    (Jacob goes into deep thought and comes up with an idea)


    Jacob- But that just mean I¡¯ll have to do one of my other duties and protect you from rogue Zer0s


    (Everyone is confused by that statement as Jacob faces towards his crew with an arm up)


    Jacob- Sorry Korenska, I can¡¯t let you harm S¨¦phora, so I must ask you to stay back


    (Everyone is confused until Akoni starts to laugh)


    Akoni- HAHAHAHA


    S¨¦phora- Your a smart motherfucker Jacob, I¡¯ll give you that


    (Sara catches on and so does Ale while Natalie just sits there confused at the situation unfolding in front of them)


    S¨¦phora- Ok ok fine I won¡¯t experiment on her today, sheesh, you¡¯re lucky I have another specimen I felt like doing today, PERKINS!


    (One of the researchers comes up to her)


    Perkins- Yes ma¡¯am?


    S¨¦phora- Is Wendigo ready?


    Perkins- Yes ma¡¯am, but may I ask what about that request from the chief?


    S¨¦phora- I¡¯ll deal with it later


    (S¨¦phora moseys off to one of the other labs as Akoni walks up to Jacob)


    Akoni- Jacob, Jacob, Jacob, haha, *pats Jacob''s shoulder* yu jus poked an anomaly wid dat gweh (Jacob, Jacob, Jacob, haha,you just poked an anomaly with that move)


    Jacob- *rubs his neck* Like I give a shit


    Akoni- Neva change Reapa neva change An nuh di irony a nuh laas pon mi. (Never change Reaper never change, and no the irony isn¡¯t lost on me)


    (Jacob watches him leave the area with S¨¦phora in tow)


    (The scene cuts over to David walking down the hall to Sector 5. David rings the buzzer for Estralza and she comes to the window rather quickly this time)


    Estralza- *taking off her goggles* Oh hello David deary, what brings you here


    David- *sigh/rubbing face* Nothin much just need to clear my head


    Estralza- *smirking* Then you¡¯ve come to the right place


    David- Heh, I always do


    (Estralza leads him to the back where she has multiple targets already set up for other guns)


    Estralza- Just wait here deary, I¡¯ll be back


    (David sits down on one of the benches and takes a few deep breaths before Estralza comes back out with a few carts. David goes to grab one but Estralza playfully smacks his hand)


    Estralza- *smiling* Payment?


    David- *sigh* Of course


    Estralza- *chuckles* We¡¯ll see, deary


    (David picks up a pistol and begins examining it)


    Estralza- Would you like for me to explain each one?


    David- Pretty sure I remember all of them from last time, unless ya got anything new


    (That statement puts Estralza in thought)


    David- Heh, I¡¯ll ask if I need it


    (David opens Nightmare, takes out a pair of noise cancelling headphones and puts them on. He goes over to the targets and begins firing the shots one after another goes to another. Estralza sits and watches with a proud smile on her face as he picks up another gun and begins firing. He switches from pistols to shotguns firing all manner of pellets from 10 gauge to .410 bore. He then moves onto assault rifles annihilating the targets as they are layered with holes and bullet markings. After a while the firing ceases and David takes off the headphones fixing his hair as he does so. Estralza gets up from her seat clapping her hands)


    Estralza- Any complaints?


    David- None that I can find in any of these bad boys but if I had one it would be, something new


    Estralza- Pardon?


    David- I¡¯d like something new, something I¡¯ve never had before, something with the old Estralza-touch *taps Estralza¡¯s shoulder* ya know


    (Estralza puts her hand on her chin in deep thought at the remark)


    Estralza- I think I''ll have something ready in the future, is this a custom order or just a challenge? *smirks*


    David- You¡¯ll take it as both either way *leaves*


    (As David leaves Estralza then tightens her gloves and says to herself)


    Estralza- I accept, deary


    (She then notices all the bullet and pellet cartridges on the floor. She then opens her phone and calls David)


    Estralza- You forgot to pay


    (David then ran back and paid in full both for his usage and forgetfulness)


    (Cut to a man in his room blasting music and ¡°rocking¡± out as he¡¯s reading his mail)


    ?- Enterprise recruitment letter?


    (The man flips open the papers and sees the salaries)


    ?- WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS I¡¯D BE SET FOR LIFE THERE


    (He then looks out the window to the night sky)


    ?- But I have heard some nasty rumors about that place¡­


    (He then folds the papers back and steels himself)


    ?- Well wouldn¡¯t hurt to check it out, amiright?


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    The Enterprise


    The Enterprise


    Estralza¡¯s gun terminology


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    <li style="font-weight: 400">Action: The action is the brain of the gun. It is the part where you load, fire and eject the casings.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Stock: The stock is the handle of the gun. It is made up of the butt and the fore-end.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Barrel: The Barrel is the nose of the gun, the point where the bullets are fired from. Once a bullet is fired, it travels through the barrel and out the muzzle.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Muzzle: the muzzle is the hole the bullet exits from.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Bore: The bore is the inside of the barrel</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Cylinder: The Cylinder holds the rounds in a revolver. It rotates as the gun is fired, pumping bullets into the chamber.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Grip: The Grip is where you hold a gun.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Hammer: The Hammer on a revolver is a pin like instrument that strikes the primer which fires the bullet from the gun.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Clip: A clip stores the rounds of ammunition on a single line-like device that can be placed into a magazine.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Magazine: The Magazine is a container that is spring activated, which can be detachable or fixed. It holds cartridges for a repeating firearm.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Trigger: The Trigger is what you pull yo fire the gun</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Trigger Guard: The trigger guard is the loop that fits in front of the trigger to shield it from accidental firing.</li>


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    Ammunition


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Bullet: is the projectile that exits the gun.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Cartridges/Shell: This is the case, primer, propellant and projectile (bullet). The bullet sits in the cartridge case.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Shotshell: Are rounds of shotgun ammunition, containing pellets rather than a bullet.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Pistols:</li>


    </ul>


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">9mm is by far the most common. It''s moderately powerful and small, a full size pistol typically holds 15 or more rounds. Recoil is mild.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">.45 ACP is a large and fairly powerful cartridge. Capacity is typically limited to under 10 and small .45 caliber pistols are rare. Recoil is stout but not unpleasant. .45 ACP has a strong reputation as a ¡°man stopper¡±.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">.380 ACP is a small cartridge used almost exclusively for pocket pistols. Capacity is usually 6-10. Such pistols have jumpy and unpleasant recoil because they''re so small.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">.40 Smith and Wesson is similar to 9mm but bigger and more powerful. Recoil is snappy but manageable and capacity is usually 13 or more.</li>


    </ul>


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Revolvers: </li>


    </ul>


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">.357 Magnum is a powerful cartridge used mostly in full size revolvers. It has a reputation as a ¡°man stopper¡±. .357 revolvers can also shoot .38 special. Recoil is stout but manageable.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">.38 special is used mostly in small pocket revolvers or very old revolvers. It¡¯s similar in power to 9mm but a little less powerful. Recoil is mild except for in very light pocket guns.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">.44 Magnum is not the most powerful handgun cartridge in the world but it is very powerful and it is the most powerful common handgun cartridge. It can be used to hunt anything in North America, is often carried for defense against bears, and is generally regarded as a badass weapon. .44 Magnum revolvers are almost always big and heavy. They have a lot of recoil and require a skilled shooter to control.</li>


    </ul>


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Rifles:</li>


    </ul>


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400"> 5.56/.223 is what almost all AR-15 type rifles are chambered in. It fires a tiny bullet at extremely high speed. Recoil is very low, effective range is about 300 yards. The ammo is light so someone can carry a lot of it</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">7.62x39 is what AK-47s and several other eastern tactical rifles are chambered in. It''s bigger, heavier, and more powerful than 5.56 but shorter range with best effect within 200 yards. Old surplus 7.62x39 rifles and ammo used to be extremely cheap.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">.308/7.62x51 is a powerful rifle cartridge used mostly for hunting deer and larger animals or for long range shooting. It''s about twice as powerful as 5.56 and can be used on any animal in North America. There are some old military rifles in this cartridge such as the m14, they''re fairly big and heavy things.</li>


    </ul>


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Shotguns:</li>


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    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">By far the most common chambering for a shotgun is 12 gauge. It''s a big, powerful, versatile cartridge with a lot of recoil.</li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">20 gauge is smaller than 12 gauge, it¡¯s mostly used by women and children who don¡¯t want heavy recoil.</li>


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    Warnings/Precautions


    <ul>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Hollow Point Bullets are not more deadly than full metal jacket bullets. Though a hollow point will cause damage, full metal bullets are actually more likely to over-penetrate and move when with the flesh, causing a more devastating wound. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Guns are really loud. How loud exactly? Most heavy duty guns could cause hearing loss. It simply isn''t possible for two characters to have a lovely chat while firing weapons. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Rifles with scopes make it easier to shoot but they won''t make a beginner a sudden genius marksman. Scopes help but they don''t perform miracles. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Shotguns shoot shells not bullets. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Your character should not tuck a just fired handgun into their waistband or else they will get a nasty burn. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Silencers or better yet, suppressors do not silence your shots. They actually lower the sound by a few decibels. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Don''t have your character fire a gun sideways. They will fuck up their wrist and look stupid while doing it. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Most rifles and shotguns aren''t pump action </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">If you drop your gun, it won''t fire itself. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">The clip and magazine are two different things. They can''t be used as synonyms. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">When somebody is shot, they don''t go flying back. They crumple on the spot. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">The exit wound of a bullet is larger than the entry point. </li>


    <li style="font-weight: 400">Most beginners will have trouble with recoil. Bloody noses and black eyes are common if one doesn''t know what they''re doing.</li>


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