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Post by Echo on May 8, 2013 18:14:08 GMT
"Ok, so how the hell do we find the other six if we've got nothing to follow?" Lexi asked Valerie, who shook her head. "Brilliant." Lexi sighed in frustration. "Emilie, tell me you've got something" "Sorry, Lexi" Emilie said, opening her eyes "nothing unusual around here that I can feel..." "Perfect. So we're stuck." "Maybe not..." the other two turned to look, intrigued, at Valerie, who was scanning around the area they'd first seen Three and Nine. "What do you mean? You got something?" Lexi asked. "Possibly." Valerie took a few steps forwards and crouched down, picking up something from amongst the blades of grass. "Scales..." said Emilie, slowly. "And a little fur" Valerie confirmed. She pushed through the bushes and called to the others to follow her. "Here. And here. And over there." Valerie pointed around. "And just here..." Lexi looked where she was pointing. "Tracks" Valerie nodded. "If those are from the same creature, I'd say it was Experiment Six" Lexi's eyes lit up just a little. "Can you follow them?" "I believe so." "I knew I'd like you, Sergeant!" "Call me Valerie" "If this pans out, I might just do that" Lexi grinned.
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Post by Echo on May 8, 2013 21:18:15 GMT
The PA system kicked in. "Will Katara Shadowdancer and Dayana Williams please report to meeting room five-one-seven. That's Katara and Dayana to meeting room five-one-seven." The crackly voice said in a commanding tone.
Katara sighed and put down her work for the second time that day, tidied her desk and made her way upstairs.
DG put her book back on its shelf and left the library. Katara was already waiting when DG walked into the meeting room. "Officials here yet?" Katara shook her head. "Any idea what-?" Katara shook her head again.
Before long, the official they'd met earlier in the day entered the room. "Ah good, you're both here. Excellent." "Why are we here?" Katara asked, mildly irritated. "Sergeant Reyes has filed a new report. They believe they're able to track Experiment Six which, as we know, appears to be the leader of the creatures." "Great. What does that have to do with us?" Katara almost snapped. "Both of you are required to be on active standby in case they require assistance. I assume, Katara, that you still possess your X-Transceiver?" "Of course." "Hand it over, please" Katara looked wary, but eventually pulled up her sleeve and unstrapped the device from her arm, handing it over to the official, who took it and placed it beside a device on the table. An image of Lexi appeared on the screen, the official pressed a couple of buttons, and Lexi's details were registered. "What're you doing?" she asked. "Lexi has one too. I'm inputting her details so that you can contact her." "Does it work across worlds...?" Katara asked, a little dubious. "When we started handing them out as standard, we modified them, taking back the ones our questers already had and modifying those as well. Yes, they work across worlds." 'Great' Katara thought 'Another way for HQ to get hold of me any time, any place'
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Post by Echo on May 11, 2013 16:46:27 GMT
"What do I need to know about Experiment Six?" Lexi asked. They'd been following Valerie for nearly an hour without even catching a glimpse of the creature, or any other for that matter. "It's tough" said Emilie "The way that door was gouged out, I'd say it was pretty big too." "Genetics?" "Complicated" Valerie replied bluntly. "So many things have gone into it I wouldn't know where to start." "Emilie, you said it was sentient?" Emilie nodded. "Sergeant, that add up?" "Who knows" Valerie sighed. "The combination of things in it? Sure, it could be sentient." "It's not in the data?" Valerie shook her head.
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Post by Echo on May 11, 2013 16:57:54 GMT
"I feel it" said Emilie, hushed as she paused for a moment. "Where?" Lexi asked. Emilie closed her eyes and concentrated. "Just past that half-building over there" she said, pointing to a building which was clearly still under construction. Lexi nodded to Valerie, who turned away. Her eyes glazed over and a tiny message scrolled across her lenses.
Found it
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Post by Echo on May 11, 2013 17:20:09 GMT
This time Katara refused to put down her work when she and DG were called again. She decided what she was working on was worth the tongue lashing she would no doubt be getting. Eventually DG and the official came to find her. "So this is where you work" DG said with a smile as she looked around. "What the hell are you thinking?!" The official roared. "I was thinking this would be useful" Katara replied holding up her creation proudly. It was a kind of crossbow, light and durable, but there was no cord. "How does it work?" DG asked, wide-eyed and intrigued. "Like this" said Katara, swinging it around to face a target on the wall. In seconds a red laser was aimed at the bullseye. The crossbow beeped and in a flash, Katara swung her arm up and pulled the trigger. A bolt flew from the weapon directly at the ceiling, but swerved at the last second and shot towards the target, hitting the bullseye right in the centre. Both DG and the official stared. "It can also fire lasers, but that shoots in a straight line so you have to keep aiming with that one." Katara smiled, triumphant.
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Post by Echo on May 11, 2013 19:09:46 GMT
Lexi and Valerie crouched behind half a wall under Emilie's instructions, as she crept forward further into the building. It was getting dark outside and it was difficult for her to see, but she pressed on, noting the fact that both Lexi and Valerie could see a lot better than her. There it was. It looked just like the image Valerie had projected onto the side of the building. "Six?" She asked quietly. It turned to look at her and made a strange almost roaring sound. She felt through its mind and discovered the language centres of its brain were, for all its sentience, still very much animal. She tweaked it just a little, making some minor modifications. "Talk to me" she said, keeping her distance. It looked at her, confused. " It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you" The creature began glowing. It looked scared. Emilie mentally called the others. "What's happening?" She asked it, but it looked frozen with fear. Lexi and Valerie burst in as it called to Emilie. "Help... me..." was all it said before disappearing in a flash of light. "Was that..." Lexi began. "A portal" Valerie confirmed.
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Post by Echo on May 11, 2013 21:36:02 GMT
Katara shoved her new weapon into her belt as she entered the portal room. The analyst ran down the corridor as fast as he could, praying to any God that could hear him that he got there in time. Just as the attendant was about to open the portal, he burst through the door. "Stop!" He cried, coming to an abrupt halt as Katara's crossbow aimed at his face. "Sergeant Reyes sent a message."
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Post by Echo on May 11, 2013 22:09:43 GMT
"Well can you trace it?" Lexi asked, frantic. "I'm trying" Valerie almost snapped. "Every world has its own particle resonance, and there is literally an infinite number of worlds to go through." "I thought you were some kind of super computer or something" "Even super computers take time to calculate something like that" Lexi paced anxiously. "She'll figure it out" Emilie reassured her "She always does in the end" "Why the hell was there a portal in here?" Lexi growled "There wasn't when I got here" "So how did it happen? Did that thing make it?" "I doubt it. Did you hear what it said before disappearing? It wanted help, it was scared." "It created the portal" said Valerie with certainty. "It may not have meant to, but it did." "How do you know?" Lexi asked, intrigued. "The portal disappeared as soon as the creature had gone. They don't usually do that. There was nothing on this side to keep it going. The only thing that changed was the creature going through. Therefore the creature made the portal." Lexi blinked. That logic sounded pretty sound. "If it's an uncontrolled ability, that thing could be anywhere" "I've got the world" Valerie announced "transmitting to HQ now."
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Post by Echo on May 11, 2013 22:29:57 GMT
"It's a world jumper?!" Katara couldn't believe what she was hearing. "I thought those things were myths..." DG said, a little awed. "Certainly not" said the official, who had joined them. "How do you think we learned to create portals in the first place?" DG shrugged. "I'm getting another message" the analyst stated "they've worked out what world it went to" The attendant took a look at the coordinates and nodded. "I can get you there" "Alright, ladies. You go after that one, I'll make sure the others know they're to stay on-world" the official said "You'll be joined by one other, Meghan" "Why?" Katara asked, vaguely irritated. "She's a copycat. She mimics powers. It's possible she'll be able to follow the creature if it jumps again." "So where is she?" "Here" said a young voice. Katara span around to come face to face with a girl who looked like she was in her mid-teens coming through the door. "She's a child!" "I'm twenty-two." "Judge not the look, but the heart, Katara" said DG. Katara sighed. "Fine, fine. Let's just go. The longer we take, the less likely it is we'll find the damn thing" The others nodded, the attendant opened the portal and the three women stepped through.
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Post by Echo on May 11, 2013 22:40:45 GMT
"Ok, so how do we follow it?" Lexi asked. "We don't." Valerie stated. "They've sent others. Our task remains the same. Track down the creatures, deliver them to HQ." Lexi growled, but nodded. It made sense, no doubt it was quicker to get someone already at HQ to go. They'd take too long to get back before following the creature, and it might move again before they got there, then they'd all be stuck. It was just irritating, that was all. Emilie put a hand on Lexi's shoulder. "So anyone know how to find the others?" she asked. Both Valerie and Lexi shook their heads.
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