Metropolis

Scarlett's hands were a little shaky as well. Her whole body felt shaky really, but her hands were most noticeable. They would have been anyway if she wasn't holding them steady, together in her lap. It had been exciting, but not necessarily in a good way.


"I guess I found some adventure." she joked with a smile, reaching for the small coffee sitting in front of her. What else was she supposed to do besides go back to what she had been doing? In all honesty she wasn't even that hungry anymore. She knew she would be hungry again once she calmed down.


Even though she had more to talk about, Scarlett just wasn't feeling so talkative anymore. There was a lot on her mind, but anything she wanted to say, she wasn't sure she wanted anyone else to hear. Her and Eve were friends, but she wasn't up for talking to anyone about what was bothering her. So she quietly sipped away at her coffee, stewing in her thoughts.
 
Eve also drank from her coffee in silence, a plethora of thoughts ran through her mind all at once as she stared at a point just sideways-behind of Scarlett.


She knew what to do but she was afraid to do so. It'd be weird to tell Scarlett about her plan and even more so to ask her to come with her. So she just finished her coffee before saying:


" Rough day huh? Say, if you're going to be okay, I'll be going home again now though. Got some ... stuff ... I need to take care off. "
 
As gear walked down dark streets, she frowned deeply, the red marks on her face keeping her smiling though. Not like she, or anyone else could tell though. As she passed below an open window, a report on a virus came on. Stopping mid step, she tilted her head a bit towards it, cocking her left ear to the window.


"A virus that the military wants, hmm...?" A dark grin slide across Gear's face as she pushed the sunglasses on her face higher up and went back to walking, knowing exactly where she was going to do now, and what she was going to ruin next. Though she didn't realize it, the ledge she had just been under had caught into a blazing fire.
 
"I'll be fine." Scarlett assured Eve. She was pretty resilient and in all honesty the lumps on her back were more upsetting than what had just happened. A gun to her head had been scary, but it was over now and the robbers were gone. Ither thoughts were flooding her mind now. Maybe she would go to a military bas anyway. If nothing else she was sure that she could figure out what was going on with her if she went.


"What about you?"


Maybe she had been the one with the gun to her head, but Eve had been the one to jump in and get the gun from the guy, and she seemed a lot shakier than Scarlett. This 'stuff' Eve had to take care of had her a little interested, but it wasn't any of her business so she wasn't going to butt in.
 
" I'm ok. Just need to straighten things out. I'll catch up with you another time alright? "


She said before giving the waiter a signal for the bill. After paying it, she got up and hugged Scarlett before taking off.


' Ok, now how to find that damned military base... ' She thought as she walked around the city.
 
Ryker watched the people exit the car. One was a strange kid: Pale, wealthy looking, and dressed out in a suit. Looked like a foreigner. Not the type of person Ryker was used to meeting, however, he got a strange unexplainable vibe that the two of them were no so different. A shiver ran up Ryker's spine at the thought. The other man was large gorilla of a man, with big fists that look like they could break a man's bones, or worse, easily.


"A bodyguard?", Ryker thought to himself. "If I were rich and in these streets at night, I would want one. But then again, if that were the case, I wouldn't even be out here..."


The gorilla's wreaking-ball fists balled up, as if warning Ryker to stay away, a viable threat to any normal human in their right mind. Ryker however was not an ordinary human, and even as he crept closer, he wondered if he was in his right mind. The lure of the strange boy however drew in Ryker's curiosity regardless of the warning. The giant turned to look at Ryker. "Oh shoot..." Ryker cursed quietly to himself "Looks like curiosity is gonna get the cat mangled."
 
As Artemis entered the hotel,Butler overheard what the suspicious boy had said. "Quite perceptive. Unless you have pressing buisness with Master Fowl,keep your distance."


After this piece of "Friendly" advice,Butler quickly followed Artemis inside.
 
The open threat of mutilation had left Ryker stunned at the entrance to the building. He watched the two of them enter the building and the door slam rudely shut in front of his face. "That guy has sharp ears for a gorilla..." Ryker muttered to himself under his breath. He pressed his ear against the door, listening for the footsteps to walk away a fair distance before cracking open the door silently and following the sounds quietly.


Pressing business was a relative term, and Ryker was fairly certain that even the butler's worst wouldn't kill him. Not that he had ever tried to press his own limits. It would be a bad thing to find out for sure. Either way, Ryker was fairly sneaky and he crept along without a sound. the only thing now that would give him away was the damp moldy smell of stale hotdogs that still clung heavy to himself still. it was understandable since he hadent showered since the last rainstorm, a side effect from living out on the streets. He drew up slowly to the room's doorway and pressed his ear up against the door to listen to the hushed conversation happening inside.
 
Artemis,once inside the room,headed straight for the closet,and removed a suit. "We've finally done it,Butler. We've finally done it." Artemis entered the washroom,and began to change into his suit,discarding the hoodie and jeans. After exiting the washroom,he dumped the folded clothes on his bed,and hung the suit hanger on a doorknob. "We've successfully stolen the lost Van Gogh masterpiece 'The Fairy Thief'."


Artemis pulled out the tube,and gingerly removed the painting. It depicted a green creature sneaking into a building while a human slept in a bed. "We'd do Mulch proud,eh Butler?" Butler nodded grimly. He remembered his first run-in with the effluent Mulch,almost five years ago,although to Artemis,it only felt like two.


"Any plans,sir?" Butler was curious. Artemis always had an interest in the fine arts. "I do. First I'll see if I can get Foaly to examine it. If not,an appraisal here will have to do. Then,if it's authentic,I'll donate it to The Louvre."
 
Ryker was no expert on art by any means, but when he heard the words "Van Gough" even he knew it had to be worth a pretty penny. That painting could feed him for years maybe, if he could sell it, but then again he needed to get it first. A sudden pang of guilt washed over him. The rich kid seemed fairly decent, but then again, he had just admitted to being a thief. Would stealing from a thief be justified? Ryker swallowed down his pang of guilt and steeled his nerves, ready in case the kid came back through the door.


He would come back for the painting. This was one prize worth taking. Ryker backed slowly away from the door and turned silently to leave unnoticed when he bumped into a table knocking it over with a loud "Thud!" followed closely with the even louder "CRASH!" of a shattering vase. Ryker cursed under his breath and made a dash for the exit hoping to escape without being detained. This was one situation he would rather let go rather than explain.
 
OOC: Going to " transport " everyone who wants to go to a military base, to the military base, soon. Feel free to keep going on your own business if you want. But if you are going to the military base, you'll develop your powers and find a mentor. Cheers ~ ^^


Edit: Take this as a selective timeskip, you're free to ignore the timeskip if you don't want to interfere it with your own storyline at the time. :)
 
Eve is standing in front of a large fenced area that holds many establishments, tents and the like. As she tries to step in through the opening guarded by 2 guardhouses and some patrolling guards she gets stopped in her tracks by a commanding voice.


" Where do you think you're going? State your reason for being here. "


" ... I'm sorry, I thought this was the entrance. I'm here to see if I have that virus that's been going around. "


The guard's eyes instantly fixated strongly on her after hearing what she just said and his righthand gripped his smg's grip tighter it seems.


" Carry on, it's the main building that you're looking for, the largest one. Can't miss it. "


As Eve proceeded her walk to the main building she swore she could feel the burning eyes of the guard on her back.


Shrugging it off she arrived at the building and pushed the heavy door open.


She saw a LOT of guards inside for only a few dozen people, the wait to be 'served' didn't seem to be long 'cause men and women in white jackets were taking people along with them in a nonstop flow.


Eve seated herself in the middle of a row of seats with noone on and waited for her turn.
 
Butler heard a thump and crash in the hall behind him,immediately followed by panicked breathing and footsteps. He drew a platnium coloured handgun from a shoulder holster,and burst into the hall. Seeing the boy from earlier running off,he quickly aimed at his back and fired. The weapon fired a blue beam of light that hit him instantly,causing all of his muscles to sieze up.


Butler immediately rushed over to him,and hauled him into the room,where Artemis was already on his computer,speaking with someone.


"...sure? Alright. Which chute?" The voice on the computer replied, "E-18. I'll have Holly there to pick it up." "That'd do. Thank you,Foaly." Artemis turned off the computer,and looked at Butler and the boy,and asked, "Is this the eavesdropper?"
 
Although Talon got a little lost on the way over, she made it to the large fence that surrounded the military base. Standing in front of it for over a minute caught the attention of the guards,


“I’m here about the virus” she explained.


They let her by with no problem, directing her to a building which she quickly made her way to as her weight, once again, adjusted. Past the double doors laid a foyer full of guards, who she ignored as to not have the virus act up again. With a glance around the room, she realized that not a lot of people were sure on what exactly this virus was. Choosing a chair in the middle row she sat down, only to hear the chair creak and threaten to break, she could only sigh.
 
Stepping up to a large gate with the opening in front of her. A gaurd caught her arm and stopped her. Without saying a word, Gear pulled her arm away from him as she pushed her sleeve, the whiteness was spreading as the gaurd watched it.


"Virus, eh? Get on in that building." He pointed towards the largest one there, and Gear nodded, pushing her glasses up farther on her nose as she walked away from him. As she neared it, her plan to screw with the place suddenly became very un thought out. Looking around, she could just feel all the eyes of the soldiers silently comparing her figure to that from a wanted poster of her that might or might not be up somewhere.
 
After Eve left, Scarlett stayed and finished her coffee quietly, keeping an eye on the TV for anything else about this weird virus. She didn't learn anything new, though and left a tip before leaving the small shop. She would have taken advantage of the day but instead she found herself walking back to the motel she was staying at. Her back was sore and she decided to take some ibuprofen and watch the news for any more information they had about this virus.


As soon as she got back the first thing she did was turn on the TV. She could feel the lumps on her back throbbing and turned up the volume on the TV so that she could hear it clearly from the bathroom. The lumps were noticeably bigger than they had been this morning and even the slightest touch hurt. Still, she poked at them a little to be sure she was right and that the pain hadn't been some fluke.


Her skin was stretched over the lumps so thin that she was afraid to hunch over or do anything that would stretch it even more, afraid that her skin might actually tear. There was a ziploc bag next to the sink with a few ibuprofen capsules inside. She took two of the red pills out of the bag and held on to them in one hand while the other turned on the sink and filled a glass that had been sitting next to her toothbrush halfway.


After popping the pills into her mouth she swallowed them down with some water. She wasn't sure if they would help, but it was worth a try. It hurt enough that she was willing to try just about anything. She could hear the news but it just kept saying the same thing. Go to the nearest military base if you're experiencing strange symptoms. And according to Superman these symptoms were actually superpowers. At first she'd been reluctant to think that she was developing superpowers but the more she heard and thought about it, the more she started to think that she should report to the military base.


She sat on the bed and heaved a sigh. This military thing was sounding better and better. She didn't know what the military would do for her but at least she could figure out what was going on. And what was the worst that could happen? Right now she couldn't even lay down.


She still wasn't completely sure about this, but it would at least be an adventure. First she changed, she put on something strapless and backless. She carefully put on her jacket, wincing when it made contact with her lumps. They had already been throbbing and she didn't think that they could hurt much worse but they did. The TV was off, the door was locked and Scarlett was on her way to the military base. This time it would probably be too far to walk, so she would have to catch a taxi.
 
Ryker was sprinting for his hasty escape when a flash of light struck him from behind and suddenly his muscles seized up. His feet no longer landing in front of him as his momentum carried him forward, He had just enough time to think "Oh crap!" before the laws of gravity carried him to the ground, face first. Spitting out a mouthful of plush carpet Ryker tasted blood. He must have cut his lip against his teeth when he fell.


Ryker saw stars, lots of stars. they danced around his vision as the room spun-no wait, he was being carried-His vision almost made sense now. He blinked away the stars as he was dumped ungracefully in front of the other boy. "Ummm... hi?" Ryker tried to say, but between the tazer-like after effects and the blood in his mouth it sounded more like' "Muugh ryaah!"


He licked his lips once more, to clear the taste of blood and spat it to the ground, as the last of the stars twinkled out of his mind "Who the heck are you?!"
 
Artemis smirked. "I have a better question,young man: Who are you? I believe I'm in the right to question you,since you were eavesdropping on me and my associate here. There was some very sensitive information involved,you know."
 
Ryker glanced nervously at Artemis, then at the painting, then to Butler, then back to Artemis. He then spat out the first conceivable excuse he could think of "Um... I'm just here to sell vacuums, would you care to buy one?" Wincing at how lame the excuse sounded, he decided to give a bit better of an answer. "Well, actually, I noticed you as you pulled up. you're a strange person (no offense intended) and I felt a strange kinship to you... hard to explain really." Ryker started sweating. Not the normal sweat of a normal human, but literally sweat streamed from every pore of his body. "We're a different sort of folk then your everyday chump,. you know it as well as I." He slid free of Butlers grasp and planted both feet solidly on the ground folding his arms in defiance. "Now, I was wondering. What strange twist of fate could have brought the two of us together?"
 
As the boy slipped from Butler's grasp,he re-adjusted it,so he had another firm grip on him. "You avoided the master's question,young man."
 
"I'm a nobody, so far as most people are concerned. Name's Ryker, and I was just passing through. Now, I would really appreciate it if your chump would release me. before things get ugly" Ryker gave a bright fake smile of innocence to Artemis "...And when I say 'ugly' I mean horrifically-out-of-your-nightmares ugly."
 
Butler and Artemis gave a single chuckle in unison. At Artemis' signal,Butler released Ryker,and Artemis replied, "Thank you for your cooperation. My name is Artemis Fowl,and this is my bodyguard and manservant Butler. Now,you said it was a twist of fate that brought us together? I see no evidence of this. But I'd be interested to hear your counterargument later. I have an urgent delivery to make. If you wish to persue these matters again,I'll be at the military base after the delivery. I've heard some remarkable things..."


Artemis stood up,and bowed cordialy to Ryker,then left the room with Butler and proceeded to the Mercedes.
 
Ryker leaned on a chain link fence at dusk and watched a white Mercedes bull up, it's headlight casting long shadows in his direction. Ryker squinted into the light as is settled on him and got closed. As the car slowed down Ryker muttered to the driver "about time you got here.."


It probably wasn't a good idea to annoy his new "friend" so early, but Ryker figured he could push it a bit further. "I almost thought you weren't going to show up."
 
Artemis and Butler pulled up to the gates of the military base at dusk. Butler saw Ryker,and said, "Interesting." "Our newest friend?" "Yes,sir."


They left the Mercedes parked in the public parking structure the gate,and Artemis replied "I always keep my promises. Shall we proceed?"


Artemis gestured for Ryker to go ahead,and followed him to the gate. "Stop right there! Why are you here?"


They were lit up by a searchlight,and the collective clicks of nearly twenty assault rifles filled the air. "Simply following Superman's instructions,soldier." There was the sound of chatter and then the voice said,as the gate slid open, "Proceed to the main building. It's the largest one on site. Any detours and you'll be filled with lead faster than you could blink. The gorilla will take a few blinks."
 
Ryker acted as if the soldier's guns didn't even exist and glared at them coldly, but turned and walked to the building directed by the soldiers. He had enough trouble to worry about without adding new enemies. Ryker nudged Artemis and whispered, "So, what's the news on this place? I don't tend to follow the news much..." He glanced at one of the nervous looking soldiers and back to Artemis. "They look worried. should we be?"
 
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