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Post by niko on Jun 23, 2009 10:10:13 GMT -5
Mahari stood up and looked at the cabinet with his invention. "yes, yes, I am no fool and know about all that. Why else would the AI on it say time paradox. I have no intention of using it" No his point was made. Kit would have to refrain from telling Mahari that he could not do something. He certainly proved he could and would continue to do so just to prove his own brilliance.
Mahari would have to learn just because he can do something doesent mean he should.
"I am going out okey? I just cant stand this lab anymore" Before he had refused to go out but now Mahari had finally let his gaurd down.
"Ah yes, before I go" He handed her a disk. "I broke the code. These are the locations that sector 6 has meetings" With that Mahari went outside..... and never returned.
6 hourse later in a undisclosed location--
Mahari was strapped to a chair with a device holding his head and eyes open. The room went black then flashed with a humm. In the observation room draca scientists were watching. "Is'nt he incredible." One female spoke. The other replied. "Yes, we will be studying him for years to come. Continue the brain suck. Take everything out of his head.
"What if our leaders find out?" The younger scientist asked. "They are fools. To kill a creature like him.... madness. No, I say keep him. Drain his brilliant mind of knowledge and begin taking blood samples. That same day Kumar came and looked at the bunker sceptically. This was his first time actually coming here. The village was rebuilt and everything was back to normal so he took the time to bring Kit a gift to show his thanks. It was not much. But it was the thought that counted right?
"Uhh...."He spoke and pressed a button to a speaker on the heavy set doors. "Hello?"He asked
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Post by Mai on Jun 23, 2009 19:05:41 GMT -5
Kit pressed her own button to reply. She'd lost track of time going over the data, but she didn't even glance at the clock and realize how long Mahari had been gone as she replied.
Be there in a sec.
She shut down the computer and hid the disc away for safe keeping, coming up from the safety of the lab, almost as secure as the basement. She put the security precautions into place, tied her hair up out of the way, and jogged to the front door. Her hand rested on the pistol she kept behind a mirror next to the door, which she had tucked into her pocket, and set about unlocking the door.
Her grip on the gun loosened as she recognized Kumar, and she motioned him in. The outside was far from beautiful, but the inside, minus the lab and the safe room in the basement, had been beautifully decorated with bits and pieces from around the continent, much of it woodwork from a village near Kumar's.
Welcome, Kumar. I didn't expect to see you, but do come in. Can I get you something to drink or eat?
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Post by niko on Jun 24, 2009 5:31:25 GMT -5
Kumar smiled and shook his head. "no thanks. I have to get back to the village to help finish rebuilding. I hope you like this. Its from all of us" he handed her a gift basket of sorts with various things.
With that he was gone. Hours passed and Mahari still did not return. Something bad must have happened. But it was nothing the brilliant scientist could not overcome. Surrounded by guards, laser trip wires. Full blown security system. Nothing for him.
He managed to short out the holding cell he was in by prying open a circuit panel. Mahari evaded the guards well enough and looked for a way out. Quite conveniently he found the control room for the research facility. Un guarded of course. They must be running off a skeleton crew. There was a escape pod rocket launcher in the wall and mahari started to type at the super computer.
"Hold me will you. You stupid knuckle draggers" he found the self destruct option and activated it. Panels on the floor opened up and the reasearch facility AI spoke. "Intruder detected in control room. You will never figure out the code"
Mahari smiled as he looked at the dance dance revolution style code squares. " You have got to be kidding.Look what happens when you let women run things. There love of colored things is counter productive. HA! A quadra decimal color coding system. This will but take a moment" With that he let out his infamous mad scientist laugh and started working his feet on the coded squares on the floor.
It took a few seconds and he cracked the code. "Self destruct sequance activated. Evacuate" mahari ran over to the entrance to the escape rocket and sat in to start working the controls to open the blast doors. The rocket shot off leaving the facility on the ground just as it exploded.
The escape rocket crashed and mahari came stumbling out as the hatch popped off. "of course they neglected shock padding..." Hours later Mahari came back dirtied and very exhausted.
"I need rest my dear. I have had a very trying day" He did not elaborate further and collapsed on the bottom bunk where he slept. The bunk bed was the only sleeping area there and the two got acustomed to sharing a room and bathing quarters.
Mahari got up later in the night and grunted. His body ached from the experiments the draca scientists conducted on him. Honestly Mahari felt violated.
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Post by Mai on Jun 25, 2009 21:02:55 GMT -5
Kit had been worried and had just finished equipping herself to go find him when he came in. She'd managed to sleep, though very restlessly and with much waking up through the night, even with the time vortex inside her. Tonight happened to be one of the worse nights, when she actually couldn't sleep. Hearing Mahari grunting, she sat up, and climbed down to the floor. Without even asking permission, she sent out a small, well controlled well of healing magic, her old stuff, from before absorbing time itself.
That should feel better. Need anything?
Just like she had back when he was in training, she was taking care of what he needed. She knew she hd no need to worry about herself. He, however, was entirely mortal, and now, more than ever, she felt the need to care for others before caring for herself. It had been a dnagerous habit before, but now... Now there was nothing that could harm her. She could be hungry, but would never starve to death. She could be thirsty, but never be dehydrated. Wounds healed near instantly. Death was more like a short-term illness rather than an end. For now, she enjoyed it. Eventually, she would become like Jack, go through a period of suicide attempts, and then simply wish it would end. After all, in immortality, you watch everyone you care about wither away and die, no matter what they mean to you, or what species they are. Death comes to almost all, and those who who don't die suffer the pain of watching everyone else die.
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Post by niko on Jun 26, 2009 6:58:46 GMT -5
Mahari smiled at Kit in a way that seemed more then friendly. "Thanks. Much better. I should not have left. A Valkrie patrol found me. They ran a couple of tests but underestimated me. I got out and blew there base to hell"
He stood up now. "i think I have had enough rest. Well, more rest and then to the lab I guess"
The next day--
He found it pleasent to have Kits company around. She did not call him insane or mad as most people did. Funny how madness and genious often walked hand in hand and often confused together. He actually liked her alot but lacked the courage to man up and just say so. Maharis' observations in life of the opposite sex was disconcerting to him. They tended to dislike nerds like him in favor of the more common badboy.
In the lab he was looking over some paperwork when Kit came and presented a paper. At the question of what he saw maharis eyes went from the paper to kits chest then back to the paper.
"Uh, Two D's and a F" It was a cheeky joke. But that was exactly what he saw. mahari took the paper and looked it over. "thats a typo. You dont want to mix those chemicals together unless you want to blow us up"
Mahari stood up and went over to the obersvation room of the Dark Matter excelerator. "Let us study dark matter today yes? Really no body even knows how it came to be. I believe the big bang the created the universe and paralel dimensions with the use of it. They say I'm mad" He thought it was a normal laugh. But to everyone else it just added to the perception that he was a mad scientist. Mahari would never hurt a fly though and had a heart of gold. Though strange he may be.
Mahari made a sorry look to Kit. "Sorry, I forgot my laugh bothers you. At least its not high pitched and annoying. Mahari went into the test chamber with the dark matter excelator and put up the test cube that would monitor all the dark matter shooting through it. When you thought of it the device acted like a X-ray.
Mahari heard a click and turned around to pull at the door. It was locked. He looked to the observation room where kit was. Evidently she must have accidently pressed the startup sequance button.
He yelled at her but the glass was soundproof. "Push that button to abort! Shut it down!" Mahari put his back up against the wall and his eyes went wide as the dark matter exelator hummed to life. "Ah cmon god!" He yelled even though he was a athiest. "No fair. "I cant believe I'm going to die like this! And as a damn virgin!"
With a blast the excelator filled the room with dark matter only seen as a series of bright flashes. When it all stopped and the auto lock on the test chamber door came open Mahari came stumbling through. His scientist coat tattered, black, and smoking. The dark matter even burned his shadow into the wall.
Mahari stumbled along towards kit held up a finger. kit.... my dear.... next time please refrain from pushing the pretty red button" With that he fell over sideways. God knows what damage his body suffered. He had energy course through his body. some not even named by science yet.
He recovered well enough though and sat up. "Facinating. I was expecting a breakdown at the cellular level. But nothing. This requires study" Here he was talking about work. The young man never knew when to quite. He was smart enough to build a supercomputer with just a old pizza box, a toaster and paperclick but was not smart enough to see he needed rest. Especially after the accident.
"I better check to make sure..." he mumbled to himself and sat in a chair so a medical machine to conduct a scan. "No anomalys detected" was the response.
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Post by niko on Jul 3, 2009 13:11:18 GMT -5
True the experiment had no ill effect. But Mahari's behavior changed a little with the course of time. He disapeared from time to time and returned quite suddenly as if a ghost. It was clear he was leading some kind of double life now. Mahari had learned that though he was bred to be a warrior. He was not mentally cut out for it. Instead he discovered on accident that he was rather good at being sneaky and quiet like a flickering shadow.
He started to use these skills to try and avenge the loss that Kit had suffered. It was not a act of charity being as he wanted to win her favor. But then again perhaps it was seeing as Mahari had no intention of her ever finding out. In the passing weeks and months the news repeatedly spoke of a mysterious agent that wrecked havac in the capital. A agent that has never been seen. The media called him a SIGIT Ninja. Unlike the ninjas of old this new class used technology.
Mahari returned from such a mission. He snuck into the NSA building and hacked the national defence network without even being seen or noticed. Having aquired the information he wanted Mahari snuck back out once again without detection.
Of course things do not remain hidden for long. Kit would discover a secret sliding door that contained weapons. Not the bulky noisy military grade ones that most men typically prefered but instead silanced pistols and rifles.
It was late and Mahari figured Kit was asleep. Letting down his guard this once he entered the lab and typed at the stealth unit on his forearm. A recent invetion that helped him out alot. The air shimmered and Mahari appeared out of thin air dressed in a black sneaking suit.
His optical goggles hummed as they zoomed in on Kit and with impressive lightning speed he pulled a silanced .45 cal Mark 23 pistol out to point at her. "Typical women" he thought to himself. "Always nosing around"
Mahari lifted up the goggles from his face to rest them on his head. "What are you doing?" he asked her. of course the question could easily apply to him. By this time he realized he was still pointing the pistol at her and put it away.
"Uh, I was just out trying some new tech I invented. Its a nice night. A full moon out" With that said he coughed nervously and moved past to start putting his gear away in the secret wall room. A data disk dropped from a velcro pouch on his tactical vest and Mahari tryed to snatch it up but was not quite quick enough.
"Dont look at that!" he protested. Seeing it was no use he gave in. "Learned where your cousin Niko is" There was a pause as he tryed to remember the name of her friend. "And that Atakai guy"
"It seems your friend betrayed the council and tryed to sneak Niko out of the capital. Well they got caught. They both have been kept at Maelstrom prison this last month. Your cousin is doing about as well as he can considering. Atakai, well He paused after that.
"The prison prides itself in bloodsports. Cagefights to the death. Atakai seems to be there star. And considering my people run and own the prison the Valkrie government is making alot of stud mony by selling Atakai off. That and bets"
Fates were cruel and no good deed went unpunished. Atakai was right back at the spot that Kit found him so long ago. A slave and fighter. "I can get you into the prison easy enough. Fake guard papers are no difficulty"
True to his word Mahari got Kit into the prison. Niko was under heavy guard and Atakai was easy enough to find in the courtyard. Armed guards and snipers stood along the walls watching the fight below in the courtyard. Atakai had just finished with the forced battle leaving 7 bodys scattered around him. All dead.
Atakai had gotten the reputation as a iron fist fighter. That and his legs. Quite often then not a single punch or kick from him to the head would break a mans kneck. A bleeding inmate stood up and tryed to flee but a armed guard pointed a weapon and yelled at him to continue fighting. The man listened to the female draca guard and turned around just in time for Atakai to do a roundhouse kick. A sickening crack echoed in the courtyard as the prisoners kneck broke and his body collapsed to the ground.
The fight was won and as always Atakai was the victor. The draca guards pointed there weapons at Atakai and shackled him up to take the broken spirited man away to his cell. One of Kits coworkers elbowed her in the side. "Magnificent isent he?" The guard on the wall traced her sniper rifle on Atakai until he was back in the prison facility then spoke to Kit again.
"New on the job here? Well make sure you keep your distance from the inmates. If they get there hands on you" She did not have to elaborate further. When you keep a bunch of men locked up like animals guarded by only women. They tended to act less then civilized.
The guard looked at her watch and handed Kit the sniper rifle. "Okey your up. Keep a eye out for escapees. Shoot them in the head. Except for our prized fighter of course. He has been making many attempts to escape but we have a team to subdue him for that" The guard then left for her break leaving Kit in charge.
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Post by Lazy Mai on Jul 7, 2009 0:56:33 GMT -5
Kit took the rifle, though she wasn't sure if she'd actually use it or not. She did enjoy the fact she'd been left alone though. It was perfect, and the distance was no problem, not even with how long she'd been away from the two she was trying to rescue. Not now with her power boost. Her eyes glowed slightly, mixing the gold with the red of the contacts she wore to blend in.
Atakai, Niko. Don't do anything too rash. Let me in on whatever you know that'll help me get you out.
She figured they would recognize her voice, forgetting it had been years since Niko had seen her, though not nearly as long in Atakai's case.
She knew she could have just gone straight in and broke them out and lived to tell the tale, but she also knew that would likely get them killed. Her time in the NSA would pay off now, when sense came before action.
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Post by khamar on Jul 7, 2009 3:51:13 GMT -5
Niko was the first to respond. "Cuz? What are you doing here?" It was a stupid question and did not need answering. "They have me in the high security wing of the prison Niko could offer no more information then that. Atakai eventually responded. "Leave me here. I deserve to rot" He was obviously upset about how things turned out for Kit and her family. Now though, was not the best time for him to be on a guilt trip.
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Post by Lazy Mai on Jul 7, 2009 12:56:42 GMT -5
Kit replied first the Niko.
Alright, I'll get you as soon as I can.
Then she heard Atakai and forced herself not to scowl at what he said.
Damn it, Atakai! Get over yourself! There was nothing you could have done. Hell, I couldn't do anything either! None of us could. So snap out of it or so help me, I will knock you unconscious and carry you out!
She spotted someone trying to escape at that point and bit her lip. She knew, if she aimed right, she could miss just close enough for it to not harm him and not get her fired. She aimed, shot the rifle, and watched as the bullet skimmed the front of the man's forehead, leaving a skim wound that would no doubt scar to leave a line across his forehead. He stumbled backwards, startled at the sudden pain, as he had been expecting a quick death if he was caught in the sight of a sniper rifle, and soon gave up his plan, thinking it a warning, rather than a shot purposefully meant to do no fatal damage.
She returned to focusing on the mental messages.
Now, Niko, what are the locks like there? Do the cages block magic going in and out, or just out? Once I'm in htere I can get out, but I've got to be able to get in.
She had a lock picking device acquired from Jack. Supposedly it would open any locked door in thirty seconds, but she knew it wouldn't help to get her in, not in this prison. However, seeing as how prisoners had everything taken from them, the inside wasn't protected against this technology, which was, in the end all and be all, alien.
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Post by khamar on Jul 7, 2009 14:52:00 GMT -5
The lone guard decided not to push her luck and raised her hands above her head in surrender to Kit on the wall.
Niko replied to Kits mental message. "It only blocks magic from going out. This is a prison after all. Everything was built to keep people in.... not out"
Despite what Kit was told by the guard she relieved. Atakai had outlived his use in the prison wardens eyes. Right now they were strapping him on a torture table. One of the reasons why he spoke to her as he did.
"Well, good luck with that Kit. Your going to have to wait in line at the moment. I have to atone for my sins in life The table was movable and the guards in the small room moved it straight up so Atakai was facing them. He had just been pumped full of every interogation drug known to man.
"You use to be a member of sector six right? Tell me everything you know about them" Atakai replied. "I dont know" The answer earned him a strong punch to the face. "Dont play stupid! Give us names!" The guard nodded her head to another who stood near a lever on the wall. Electricity surged through Atakais body from the table that he was locked in to.
The interogater started going all out on Atakais face and chest before grabbing his throat. "Give us names! Locations!" Atakai struggled to keep his eyes open and gave a bloody smile. "I can do this all day" The guard let go of his throat and punched him a few more times in the face before saying. "Up the voltage!"
Atakai's body convulsed as electrical strands of energy danced over his body. When it ended smoke vapors drifted slowly off his body and the guard resumed the interogation. "I will cut off your balls with a rusty knife if you dont tell me what I want to know" Atakai was in shock and too dazed to answer. He was helucinating and having flashbacks.
First was the voice of a old friend of his long since dead. "Hang on there mate" The guard struck Atakai in the face again and his wife Natasha and daughter came to his sight. "Are you sure you must go? Come back soon. We will be waiting
The guard nodded to her associate and the electrical current was bumped up to almost fatal levels. Atakai was electricuted and struggled to breath as more smoke vapors rose from him. The body was an amazing thing. But even it could only take so much. Atakai was drifting off now and he heard his wifes voice again. "Will I ever see you again"
With strength that came out of nowhere he started to struggle against the metal couplings that held his wrists and ankles to the table. The interogater smirked. "Thats it dog. Dont you go dying on me yet.
She looked over a tray of torture tools and picked up a knife to stab Atakai in the side of his abdomen. "Oh, does that hurt" She mocked. "He isent going to talk" she finally concluded and gave a final nod to her associate. "Fry his worthless ass"
The interogaters associate started to work the panel on the wall. "Its going to take a minute to charge up
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Post by Lazy Mai on Jul 7, 2009 19:21:28 GMT -5
Kit got hte message, though she was a bit confused at first. Glancing around, she shook her head, pinpointed him, and realized what was going on when she found where he was with her mind.
Damn.
She let go of the rifle, and teleported in behind the two, grabbing their necks and cracking their heads together. One spun to fire at her with a gun, but too late. She'd flicked the electric system off, and, though the bullet hit her heart and she fell, it would take even longer now to charge up. Too long for the two guards, now even less prepared since they thought her dead. She drew in rough breath, wincing in the pain of coming back and grabbed the two daggers hidden under her clothing and threw them, killing the guards. She stood up and brushed herself off, beginning to unstrap Atakai with a slight smile.
Miss me?
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Post by niko on Jul 8, 2009 4:29:49 GMT -5
When he was released Atakai stood up on his weak legs and picked up one of the guards weapons. "you have no idea. This place has been hell"
Atakai walked towards the door and stopped to lean against the wall. "I dont think I'm going to make it. That witch beat the life out of me. Just go on. I'll catch up"
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Post by Lazy Mai on Jul 8, 2009 9:33:29 GMT -5
She nearly laughed at the thought of leaving him because he'd had the "life beaten out of him". Life wasn't much of an issue for her. Instead of keeping going, she turned around to face him, a slightly amused smile on her lips.
Well, it's a good thing I've got a surplus then, isn't it?
She asked before doing the only thing that would transfer some life from her to him. She kissed him. She pulled back a moment later, her eyes and face still glowing slightly golden.
That should feel better. Now, come on. We've got to get to high security.
She threw a magic cloak over him that would make him look like one of the female guards unless someone knew he had magic cloaking him, and continued on, not even bothering to apologize.
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Post by niko on Jul 8, 2009 15:27:12 GMT -5
Atakai was taken totally by surprise but did not push her away as he felt energized from it. When she pulled away he felt guilty. Not sure if it was magic, or the kiss that gave him the strength to go on. It was good Natasha was not here. A fight would have definetly broken out. But then again, he thought a cat fight between the two of them would have been kind of hot.
It was also good Mahari was not there either since he would have become instantly jealous. Oh the drama.
With the newfound magical disguise they managed to go unharassed. But that would only last so long. The others were bound to discover there dead coworkers.
Atakai showed Kit the way to Nikos cell. As she worked on the thick door with her high tech lockpick he was the lookout and kept a watchful eye for guards. Atakai though he had a pistol was always better as a hand to hand fighter and quickly dispatched a guard without killing her.
When the cell door opened Niko came out looking very tired. Well, she had everyone now and that left only one thing. Signallying Mahari so he could pick them up on the prison roof with the helicopter he 'acquired'
Maharis voice came to the hidden earpiece he desighned on Kits ear. "Have you gotten them yet?" Getting the okey he started towards the prison.
As soon as the group made it to the roof the prison alarms finally kicked off as the guards finally figured what was going on. A white helicopter could be heard and Mahari hovered off the side of the roof and looked at Kit from the cockpit and gave a thumbs up.
When everyone got in Atakai closed the sliding door of he helicopter just as armed guards came from the stairway door and started shooting. Mahari did some evasive manuevers and took off.
"Not bad for taking a brief reading course eh?" He asked. He may not have been a fighter but but he had his uses. He turned to Kit with concern and asked "Are you okey? Your not hurt are you" His cocern was sweet but unessesary. If anything he should have been more worried about himself considering a stray bullet caught him in the side.
Mahari landed the helicopter on the pad outside the bunker and waited for everyone to get out before he did. He took off the flight helmet and held at his side. "Well while all this has been fun I look alot better in a lab coat then a flight suit. He left after that back into the bunker to take the elevator down to the lab.
Atakai watched Mahari leave and spoke to Kit. "So... is that nerd the one that is replacing Rico"
Mahari sat on a table in the medical wing and started to operate on himself. Nothing difficult at all for him. Pulling out the bullet with surgical pliers he dropped the round into a tin cup with a loud clank.
"Bloody Hell that hurt" He grumbled and started to stitch himself up before finally putting back on the sterile clean smelling lab coat. To complete it he reached into the coat pocket and took out a ID/Security card to clip on his front pocket.
Atakai wanted to talk to mahari and walked in with a fresh new set of cloths. "Hey, thanks for helping to break me out of there." Atakai had suspitions and had to investigate. "So your a draca huh? What brood?"
Mahari went over to a mircroscope and peered into it before answering. "I'm from the Ocana brood. Was suppose to be of the warrior bred class but was to runtish and too smart. The valkries tryed to kill me before Emperor Vinnie rescued me to be a scientist for him." There was a pause. "May his soul rest in peace"
Atakai nodded his head and left stopping only as he saw Kit. He wispered. Take care of the kid okey? He is one of my grandchildren" No doubt the offspring of one of his bastard children when he use to be a breeder.
"I"m going to go rack out a bit. Is there anyplace I can sleep in this underground lair of yours?"
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Post by Lazy Mai on Jul 8, 2009 15:48:02 GMT -5
Even if I wasn't, I'd heal. Time vortexes have their uses.
She replied with a smile, moving closer to look out the window. Whenever she was in a flying machine of any type, she had to be able to see where they were going. It was a quirk of hers, probably due to the fact that more often than not, she flew on her own wings.
She smiled at him and did something he would definitely find worth the effort put into the mission to free the other two behind her. She pecked him on the cheek as he flew.
Thanks for your help, Hari.
Hari had been a nickname she'd happened to pick up just recently, having decided Mahari was too long to say at times. She had no doubt Niko's eyebrows were probably shooting right off his forehead, but she didn't bother to look back to confirm.
Let's head home. I could do with some cheese and potato soup. What about everyone else? And, yes, Atakai, I have learnt to cook without burning anything.
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