At a Glance [RP]

Tyra

Tyra

Socially Awkward Jelly Bean

At a Glance


They appear to be normal...


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Horns honked and cars whizzed by, the city quite a bustle as it was rush hour. Great crowds of people roamed the sidewalks and crossed the streets, which made it the perfect time to blend in. Stepping out from an alley onto the sidewalk, Tyra pulled the hood of her jacket more over head in an attempt to conceal her face. She walked at a casual pace, her gaze facing downward, so as to not attract attention. However, she couldn’t help herself and stopped to peer in a bakery window, the scent of freshly made bread and scrumptious treats torturing her heightened senses. No, she couldn’t… She hadn’t had a run in with Gemini agents in an entire two weeks, but that didn’t mean she could sit back and relax. She was a fugitive, and the sooner she got out of the hectic city the better. Constantly, she felt as if there were eyes everywhere, seeing right through her disguise. Gemini was becoming more intelligent and cunning every day, finding new ways to plant its eyes and ears in hidden places no one would ever think to look. But she was so hungry…! She winced and held her stomach as it protested loudly. It’d been a few days since she’d used up the last of her food supplies. Sooner or later, she’d have to restock, which meant walking right into Gemini’s line of sight. Growing into a powerful organization, it now had control of all food sources throughout the city. Tyra groaned a bit as hunger clawed away at her insides. “Shh, can’t you just be quiet?” she spat, looking down at her stomach. Sighing, she tugged her jacket closer about her and forced herself to continue walking. In a few hours, she was supposed to meet with her contact here in the city. Maybe…just maybe she could find a market to at least get a snack if she was going to be here until then. Spying a market not too far down the street, she hastened her pace and cautiously ventured in, keeping a sharp eye out for security cameras. She hurriedly scanned the canned food isle, her light feet making almost no sound on the tiled floor. However, she could almost tell something wasn’t right. There were barely any people roaming the store… Stuffing a few cans of soup into her bag, she beelined right towards the exit and had almost made her way out when a familiar buzzing sound met her ears. The sound of a plasma gun charging… She barely had time to look when the bright red streak zoomed past her head, just barely missing her, and collided with the door, melting its pane of glass almost instantly. Tyra had no time to think. Taking a deep breath, she rammed into the other exit door, flinging it open. Her hood flew back, revealing her cascade of light blue locks, but it didn’t matter now. It had been a set up. The sixteen year old girl barreled down the street, shoving people out of her way as she scrambled to elude the men in black, who were now in pursuit.
 
In a near by coffee shop spectators watched the girl barrle past. One girl inside peered out and blinked, feeling unsettled. She sighed and popped up from her chair setting a book down. She had blood-red hair and green eyes, as shimmering as emeralds. She looked around the plucked a white and red jacket from a chair. She opened the door promptly and peered outside the shop doors. "Oh not another-... Geez..." She looked back inside then looked towards a man sitting in a chair by the back. She ran over taking a cup from him. "Come on, brother let's get going." Mirina sighed and sipped the coffee that was left tossing the cup in the trash. "I think I just saw the girl we're supossed to meet."


The man blinked as the cup came losse from his grip, was slurped dry, and tossed away. He sighed and scowled. "Yeah sure." He then looked around and smiled standing. "Come on then..." His hair was a royal blue with light green eyes. He looked around and walked out, some stares revcieved. His excuse when asked was always, dyed hair. He walked out and ran after the girl and the men. Mirina had followed suit. "Berch this has to be the girl!" Shushing the redhead he ran a bit faster.


 
Dusk sat atop the roof of a two storey building, specifically a bakery as he watched the occurrences taking place in the street below. If he could catch a few extra non-humans and exceed his quota then the organization would likely give him a bonus and especially if he could bring them back in good condition. He had been up on the rooftops all day, watching the streets and skies of the city for targets. So far, he had caught a harpy and a lycan. Both of them seemed to be adolescents and he had turned them in as a set,, both in what one might think of as perfect condition. Sure, there were cut marks on the body and the captured needed medical attention when he turned them in but he didn't lop off any limbs or do any permanent damage.


He sighed, believing that the night might actually end up being a barren hunting ground with how easily these creatures could blend in at night with the crowds in the streets and low visibility in some areas. Thankfully, he had gotten a scanner from the Gemini agents. The scanner was nothing special but it would allow him to detect non-humans if he got close enough. The range was still, however so limited that he seldom got to use it to check a target before he restrained them. Still, just having it out helped sometimes. Some of the non-humans would run upon sight of him walking in with it and that was what he used to find quite a few of them.


During his watch, he noticed a girl running from a small group of Gemini agents and smirked behind his mask. "Perfect..." His voice was cold and betrayed no emotion as he spoke to himself. To make things better, this girl was coming towards him. He ran crouched to avoid being spotted as he made his way towards the ledge. He tapped the icon on his chest, activating his suit's cloaking device. He had a limited time which it could maintain the cloak for as it was very draining to keep active and he had to use that time wisely. He jumped off the ledge and into the streets below. He began his advance towards the girl, intending to meet her and trap her between him and the Gemini Agents. He ran, slipping between people in the streets like a breeze.
 
Back and forth, two and fro, Tyra weaved and bobbed through the people but the agents were still gaining. Oh, if only she could fly right about now! However, turning into her dragon form amongst all these people would cause mass panic and she would likely injur innocent lives in the process. Her heart pounded hard against her chest, threatening to jump right out of her throat as he eyes frantically searched for an exit, an escape. To her relief, a narrow alleyway presented itself and she thankfully took the opportunity, ducking down into it. Throwing herself against one of the walls, she attempted to quiet her raspy breathing and watched carefully as the Gemini agents came to a stop close to the alley. "Oh please...don't look this way..." the blue haired girl thought, her hands becoming cold and clammy as she watched the agents grasp their guns tightly and look around, trying to decide which direction she had gone.
 
The redhead had climbed up a building and followed the action. She soon made her way back down the buildings. She snuck around the back having kept up with the action. She ducked into the alley and looked around. After spotting the blue haired girl she snuck over through the narrow passage. Her eyes were dim yet had a faint glow to them. Soon she got close to Tyra. "Shhh..." She whispered.


Nearby Berch was watching the few Gemini agents that had chased the blue haired girl. He saw his sister heading into the alley from the building and relaxed slightly. But was still tense mainly for the fact his sister was now in harms way.


(Sorry for the short posts its hard to format and type long stuff on my iPod)
 
Dusk quickly made his way to the alley, having followed the girl's movements up until that area. He concluded that she must have ducked into the alley or he would have noticed her still running through the crowd but the Gemini agents apparently were not as adept at tracking as he was. An alley would make for a good place to lose pursuers due to all the twists and turns one could make in the shadows. The narrowness of the alley could prove to be an issue since it would force the agents into a bottleneck should they go in. It seemed that it was time for Dusk to take over where others were liable to fail. He still had precious few seconds remaining on his cloak and he decided to use those to advance on the prey.


Dusk walked into the alleyway, not making a sound and ready to activate his immobilizer to stun the target so he could use the scanner. The immobilizer was really just a modification to his gauntlet which would allow him to shock whoever he touched into submission, however it did have lethal potential if he chose to raise the voltage. As he kept walking, he soon saw not one but two people hiding in the alleyway. This could work out very well her him and mean a rather large bonus. He made sure to get on the other side of them so running further into the alley would not be much of an option.


As his cloak time ended, he called out to the Agents ."In here!" Not wasting a single second, he immediately grabbed for the two girls. He was hoping to grab them by their arms or necks but any place of contact would work as long as he could still stun them to bring them in. As his hands came close, his gauntlets became live and the electric charge on it produced a faint glow.
 
Tyra began to relax as the agents seemed to be totally lost and she was joined by a red-headed girl, probably one of the contacts she was supposed to meet with. But then, tradgedy struck... "In here!!!" called a loud voice, which immediately caught the agents' attention. Spinning on their heels, they turned and faced the two girls, guns poised and charged. Tyra barely had time to breathe when someone or rather something stepped out of the shadows. It appeared to be some sort of tall, humanoid machine and its arms were ablaze with crackling electricity. Not to mention it was reaching right for them! The blue haired girl shouted, "Jump!!" to the red head as she dove to the side to avoid the deadly machine's clutches, however, she wasn't fast enough to escape a finger of electricity that managed to sting her elbow, traveling up her arm. In a cry of pain, she hit the hard pavement before attempting to rise to her feet. There was no time now and she had no choice; she was cornered. Growling, she leapt backwards as her skin began to rapidly change color. Giant, graceful wings unfurled behind her as her body morphed into the form...of a Dragon. She crouched low and bared her sharp teeth at the people surrounding her, though you could tell she was favoring her injured foreleg from the electric shock. Her long, scaled tail swung back and forth, the deadly silver blade at its tip slicing through the thin city air.
 
Mirina instantly reacted to the crackling sound. She dove to the side and bit her lip. "Crap...!" She looked at the Dragon form infront of her and sighed. "Great..." She pulled somthing from her bag and glared at the agenrs and the machine, was it a machine? No that was a person! She bit her lip staring in fear almost. Out of no where she pulled Tyra backwards, "RUN JUST RUN!" She yelled, "Your leg will be fine just run!" And with that she yanked somthing from her bag, pushing a button a beeping sound echoed in the air and a loud crack accompianied by a dark cloud of smoke coated the area. She coughed and ran down the alley as fast as she could.


Hearing the comotion Berch set off around the back of the alley waiting for the redhead and the supossed girl that was a contact.
 
"Do not let the dragon escape!" They had indeed found two non-humans but they were escaping. Dusk deactivated the electric shock generator in his gauntlets. He had no intention of letting them get away so easily and gave chase. He jumped up to the alley wall and as his feet made contact with it, jumped off the wall and onto the wall on the other side. Doing so repeatedly ended in him reaching the rooftops within seconds. He ran along the rooftops, peering down into the alleyway to find the escapees. This was no difficult task even with their head start as a dragon was not something easy to overlook when it revealed itself.


He had a plan, however. He could capture them now or he could follow them and end up capturing even more of their kind. The latter would require proper timing and there was no guarantee of success. He had no intention of going empty-handed. However, he could just as well disguise himself. He knew the human forms the creatures were using to disguise themselves so tracking them would be all the easier now. If he went for the capture now, however, the targets would likely be badly damaged from the inevitable fight. He considered his courses of action and decided upon the first. He could always track them down and cause them to lead him to more but one of them had been grazed by his shock gauntlet. That would slow her down and he could not pass up the opportunity.


He reached down to a compartment of the suit at his waist and opened it. He pulled out what appeared to be three needles before closing the compartment. He took aim at his target, holding each needle between two of his fingers of his right hand. He planned to let the redhead go and get to her later with interest so the dragon girl was the one he meant to capture at the moment. He waited a moment so he could close more of the distance between them and himself, maintaining silence in hopes of making them lower their guards as it appeared that they were not being followed.
 
The putrid black smoke seemed to wrap around Tyra's lungs, sucking away the oxygen. "You go!" she commanded the red head, "I'll be right behind you! There's a time to run and a time to fight. I'm not running until I take these agents down." Coiling tightly, Tyra listened carefully and waited for the right moment to attack. Hearing the noise of an agent coughing on the smoke gave her that opportunity. Taking a deep breath, she opened her jaws wide and sprung from her crouched position, a cascade of brilliant, sapphire blue flames shooting from her mouth at the unlucky victim. There was a yell as the Gemini agent was engulfed in flames, but he was quickly silenced as the cold fire did its damage, freezing him solid. Using her tail, the indigo blue dragon shattered the frozen form into pieces, injuring the other agent in the process. Turning on the ball of her left hind leg, she sped after the red head, catching up with her in no time due to the fact that Dragons were indeed faster than humans were on foot. "Now we run!" she gasped, wincing as pain shot through her injured foreleg with every step. "Where'd that...that metal thing go? I don't see it!" she asked the girl next to her frantically. Her deep violet eyes searched the alleyways but the machine had disappeared. It couldn't have just vanished into thin air...
 
Mirina slowed a tad and looked at Tyra, "I don't know but we should keep going..." She looked at Tyra and sighed, "You ok? We'll go inside in a second." She walked towards a building quickly. "Its not safe out here." She looked over at the alley way's end and waved at her brother. "We're ok..." He meerly dshook his head with doubt, "Just go inside I'll scold you about this later."


Mirina nodded and opened a door to the inside.
 
Dusk smiled behind his mask. These creatures made amusing game and despite their combat ability, were no match for him thus far. Maybe he could keep one as a pet after Gemini finished their study. A dragon, werewolf or a harpy might make an interesting pet after all. He put the thought out of his head. This was no time to be getting distracted and he had to stay on task. The dragon having stopped to kill one of the Gemini agents had given him a short space of time to get ahead of the two and he used it for that purpose precisely.


He noticed a third person, a male. The redhead had waved to him and by he did not react negatively to seeing a dragon with this girl. That let him know that this person could be another non-human. Now he knew the appearances of three non-humans and planned to document them as soon as possible to make it easier to find them in the future. Knowing what someone's disguise is can help find them, even when you do not know who they are. He had to act now however, or risk losing his primary target. For the purpose of tracking the other two, he pulled out a small, black, disc-shaped device which was only half an inch in diameter from another compartment on his waist. He held this device in his left hand, ready to stick it onto the redhead or the male when the opportunity arose.


He tossed the three needles at the dragon girl. The needles were extremely thin to ensure that they would be exceedingly difficult to spot when incoming and sharp enough to pierce the hide of a fully grown bull elephant. The true purpose of the needles was however to hit pressure points and disable the target while applying a potent neurotoxin which they were coated with. He was unsure of dragon anatomy and hitting the necessary pressure points to disable them would be difficult, especially when accounting for the scales he had to pierce with the needles. His aim was however on spots such as the neck, right leg and right arm and more specifically on the spaces between the scales so the needles would slip through without issue.
 
Tyra finally slowed to a halt next to Mirina, out of breath from the long run. "I-I'm fine...I heal fast," she replied, looking down at her injured foreleg. She carefully limped inside, though she could have sworn she felt a slight pinch between a couple of her scales. Brushing if off as nothing, she looked at the two, managing a smile. "You two must be my two city contacts," she deduced, slowly sitting down on her haunches. Closing her eyes, she began to shrink in size and her wings and tail seemed to almost disperse into thin air. Soon, the blue haired, violet eyed girl was standing before them, holding her left arm tenderly. "Mirina and Kane, isn't it?" she asked. For some reason, though, she was having a hard time focusing. She was....so tired all of a sudden. Peering down at her watch, she saw that she still had had several hours before she would have had to go Dragon and lose her energy. She frowned slightly, trying to work out the situation in her head.
 
Mirina blinked and looked at Tyra quickly walking inside. Her brother sighed, "Hold on I'll keep watch. Mirina get her a room and some food." He then shut the door. Mirina sat down, "No Kane is an old friend of mine... That's my brother Berch." She blinked and plucked a small object from Tyra upon further examination she dropped it and blinked, "You need to lay down." Standing she bit her lip. "You got injected with a potent... Somthing I forget what it is." She shook her head. "Your very lucky. I'd keep a low profile while you're here."


Outside her brother sat and waited for a second in order to keep the coast clear, just incase the agents kept the chase up.
 
With the dragon girl injected with neurotoxin, she should be a easy target to capture. However, he had hoped to capture her before she managed to get inside. Either way, he was not letting up. It would be good to stay unseen for as long as possible and get everything done by himself and quietly but that was not always a luxury he could afford himself. It seemed there was one person sitting in front of the building, keeping watch. He may as well grab him and see what he could get for him.


He pressed the icon on his chestplate once more and the cloaking device in his suit activated immediately. He jumped down off the rooftop, landing on his feet before silently running to the building. He was already quite close to it and did not have to expend much of his cloak time getting there. He walked over to where the male was seated near the entrance. He swiftly reached out with his right hand and grabbed him by the neck. He put his left hand over the male's mouth to prevent any cries for help from being heard.


Dusk smirked behind his mask as his cloaking device shut off and his invisibility was replaced by an electric shock running through his gauntlets. He shocked the male with enough voltage to put an adult dragon under or at least the amount it usually took to do so. He spoke softly as he activated his communicator via voice command and sent out his message. "Comm unit activate and patch to the nearest Gemini position." He waited quite literally a few seconds before he said his message. "I have a non-human in hand. Send in a team to pick him up. You can trace the signal to my position." With said done and done, he deactivated his communicator via voice command. "Comm unit deactivate."
 
"Poison?" Tyra finished her sentence, looking down at the pin prick in her shoulder. Already, her knees began to feel a bit weak so taking Mirina's advice, she sat down on a nearby couch, rubbing her temples. "No matter, we should discuss business before it affects me further. She removed the pack from her shoulder, setting it on the tiled floor. "Do you have one of the Gemini testing facility plans I asked for?" she began. The entire reason she had risked traveling so deep into the city was because she was planning an attack on Gemini. Of course, it was only a small one, hoping to take out a small testing facility, but every big accomplishment begins with tiny steps. Rummaging through her bag, she pulled out a broken communicator, a Gemini corporation symbol etched in its side.


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The comm unit was silent for a few moments, then suddenly sparkled to life, crackling and popping before the voice of a Gemini agent made its way through. "Rodger that, Dusk. Sending a team out immediately." The comm device then became silent once more.
 
Mirina nodded promptly. "Berch has it in a safe... I'll have to get him he only knows the combo. You're welcome to stay here though," she added looking around. "Though he's not in yet... I should check on him in a second." She walked into a near by kitchen and started grabbing food. She figured that Tyra was hungry and walked over with some foods. "Eat up I guess!"


In an instant Berch had reacted by stumbling backwards, though caught bu the grasp of the metal hand. He tried to cry out in pain but he was too late as he soon was in and out of conciousness.


Mirina heard a tiny bit of motion from outside but discounted it. Probably just her brother checking around the building.
 
Dusk lifted Berch up and put him over his shoulder. Everything was going well so far. Still, he might as well mark the location with a tracker. That way, he could return later for the others. He tossed the tracker in his left hand onto a section of wall near the rooftop where it would not be easily visible. The tracker stuck to the wall and assured that it had stuck in place, he walked off with his captive. The team was coming so he could go too far away from the location but he couldn't stand by the entrance and wait. The others could come out and he could not fight three dragons at once.


Dusk silently walked into the darkness of the alleyway. Once a suitable distance in, he turned to a nearby building. He raised his right arm and what looked like a kunai knife with a line attached shot out of his gauntlet and over the top of the roof, landing on the roof. The knife unfolded into a grappling hook. He started retracting the line attached to the kunai and it hooked onto the edge of the roof. He rested its strength by tugging on it. It seemed sturdy enough and once on top of the roof, he could simply wait for the team to come by.


Dusk started to retract the line once more and it pulled him and Berch up onto the roof. Now with a place to sit and wait for the agents, he placed his captive on the rooftop. He ensured that both he and his captive were hidden in the shadows of the rooftop. Now he had his hiding place covered and the last things to do were to find out what exactly he had captured and ensure whatever it was would not wake up and attack him. He pulled another needle from the same compartment as before and gently pricked the male with it, sending the neurotoxin into his blood without causing enough pain to wake him.


Now that Dusk's captive was assured to be incapacitated, he pulled out the scanner and passed it over the male. The device emitted a faint light as it was passed over him. Dusk checked the results of the scan once the pass was complete. He was pleased to find that he had caught a hydra dragon. The venom he could harvest from the dragon could come in handy but the dragon was Gemini property now. He put the scanner back inside the compartment he took it out of and sat on the rooftop as he waited.
 
Tyra leaned back on the couch, fiddling a bit with one of her braids. "Are you positive this place is safe?" she finally asked, shaking her head to try and clear her head. The way that machine had just disappeared was beginning to worry her. She'd never seen anything like it before. How far had Gemini advanced? Was anywhere safe? She sighed deeply, her breath coming out in a frosty, white cloud. Cautiously, she reached for the bowl of fresh fruit, grasping a crisp, red apple in her palm and staring at it for a moment before taking that first bite. She closed her eyes, almost in ecstacy. It had been so long without a meal, she was beginning to forget what food tasted like! Just then, she stopped to listen. She could have swore she heard...there it was again! A kind of scratching, gravelly sound coming from the east wall of the building. What could be out there?


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It wasn't long before there were dark shapes that could be seen, moving in the shadows. The Gemini task force that had been sent out slowly began to surround the building, charging their guns and keeping an eye out for Dusk.
 
Mirina nodded promptly, "Oh yeah its safe! My parents built it themselves. Dad and mom were aware of Gemini before it was an open project. They had heard of THAT facility awhile before they went missing..." She yawned and streched, "I need to get my brother inside... Then I'll make some dinner! Meat, noodles, breads maybe dessert. Its not every day we get alot of guests!" She went to the door streching some more. "He's got a computer room upstairs if you want to get online! We have tons of info on there." With that, she left going outside.


The room was nice and clean. The walls lined with a few bookshelves. Everything looked top of the line. Of course Mirina made a business out of helping Non-Humans like herself around the city.
 
Dusk saw the Gemini task force in the streets below, searching for him. They had gotten there a bit faster than he expected and he was thankful for that. Now he just had to get back down to ground level with his prize and hand it in. Then he could go after the other two at a later date. He rose to his feet before picking up his prize and putting him over his shoulder. He walked to the edge of the building's roof, operating in silence as usual before he jumped down into the streets below. His sudden appearance took a few newer agents by surprise but hose who had worked with him for years were already used to his habit of coming out of nowhere.


Dusk waved to the group as he walked towards them and softly called out to them. "Over here!" He placed emphasis on what he said to ensure that it had that little extra volume to ensure it was heard without alerting his future prey. He stopped in front of a building near the one which the agents had surrounded, keeping against the wall there to prevent being spotted by anyone walking out of or inside the building yet still visible to the Gemini agents around it. He called to them just as softly as before, ensuring he was just loud enough for them to hear him. "So am I going to have to walk with this or do you guys have a truck or something with you for him?"
 
((Hey Dg, please keep any OOC chat in the character sheet thread, ok? :3))
 
Tyra's vision began to cloud and a weird, prickly feeling began to course through her body. What exactly did that needle have in it? Finally, she had to lie back on the couch, the feeling becoming even worse as the toxin worked its way through her bloodstream. No, she couldn't fall asleep and let her guard down! But no matter how hard she tried, her eyelids began to close, her thoughts becoming fuzzy.


The leader of the Gemini task force approached Dusk, his gun propped on his shoulder. "We have a truck waiting out of sight a mile east. We couldn't bring it any closer for fear of being spotted and our cover blown," he explained in a low voice, "So what do you think we have in there? Lycans, vampires, dragons?"
 
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