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The Way I Are
Topic Started: May 24 2010, 12:06 AM (267 Views)
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The Way I Are

“Ah, Ms. Eiras.” It was Mr. Lin. He approached Zara Eiras’s desk. Zara lifted her gaze up to the Asian descended man. He probably was tall for an Asian since he was taller than Zara, but that wasn’t saying much since she actually felt short. “Yes, Mr. Lin? What can I do for you?” Zara pushed the papers she had been working on to the side and focused her entire attention upon the manager of this portion of Zeta Corp. She regarded him carefully, but his disciplined face showed no signs of showing what he was thinking. Zara figured that he was the type who could kill a person without feeling any remorse. Of course, Zeta Corporation would never condone such a thing. Not publicly at least.

“What is on the docket for today?” He asked, he motioned for Zara to follow him. She picked up a black portfolio and stood up from her desk. She flipped open to the schedule on the third page and scanned the list of items. “Today, you have a meeting scheduled with the union in thirty minutes, at ten a representative of the city council will be stopping by to discuss the contract the city signed with Zeta Corporation, and at four you have- ” The two had walked across the length of the office to an elevator. Mr. Lin pressed the button before silencing Zara with a gesture. “I don’t need you to tell me what’s at four. What else is on the docket Ms. Eiras?”

Zara Eiras inspected the portfolio once again. “Dinner with Mr. Jalapeno of Blue Streak INC. You also need to inspect the Friday night reports, and approve the funding for the third floor’s PROJECT: ARCHON.” The elevator chimed before the doors flew open. “That sums up the day very nicely Ms. Eiras.” The two stepped into the elevator. “First floor if you please Ms. Eiras.” Zara pressed the “1” button on the elevator. The doors slid closed. Zara felt the elevator rock slightly as it began its descent from the twenty-third floor. “Ms. Eiras, I’m a good friend of you father. You know this right?”

Zara nodded. “At Mr. Eiras’s orders we’ve begun the Zodiac project. Zeta Corp has already started actually funding for the project – in fact almost everything is ready.” Zara raised her eyebrow as if to question Mr. Lin, however she didn’t actually feel curiosity. She actually felt very little these days… It was odd however that she could remember the few days after she was born in which she could feel emotion… Emotion was something so powerful, and so taken for granted that now that she no longer had the luxury of such, the memory of it cut through the centuries. “We simply lack members to fill our ranks.”

“I know you’d much rather devour the human race than save it, but right now, this contract is your father’s fancy. You can’t disobey his will…and just in case you actually manage to, I’m here to reinforce it. You understand this? Yes?” Zara didn’t need to nod, but she did. She considered the many times Mr. Lin had told her this already. In fact she had almost broken free from her father’s will in recent days, but Mr. Lin quickly and quietly subdued her. It was just a matter of time. That’s how Zara felt. Honestly, she held nothing against her father. She just didn’t feel enough. She didn’t feel any hostility towards him, no anger, or hate. The only real thing she felt was hunger.

For some reason… she wanted to devour people.

“Now that that is clear; I’m giving you a new job. You won’t be working as my secretary any longer. Instead you’ll be working as a member of the zodiac.” Mr. Lin explained. “Its simple really. We’ll give you a special ear piece that lets you tune in on our frequency – we have a dispatcher monitoring the police scanner who will inform you of any need for you to be deployed. Fighting the bad guys is just one part of your mission. The second part is to recruit members for the Zodiacs.”

The elevator chimed moments later the doors slipped open. “Am I allowed to use the supplies in the Zodiac HQ?” Mr. Lin nodded, “Oh… and one more thing.” He pulled out a ring and handed it to her. “this is your authority. The police have been informed what it means.” Zara took the ring from Mr. Lin and slipped it over her ring finger. “What does it mean sir?” She asked. Mr. Lin began to walk away, but he stopped and glared at Zara. “It means… don’t **** with me.” Zara stepped out of the elevator after Mr. Lin. They exited the building and approached a limo sitting outside. Mr. Lin ducked inside. The driver closed the door before rushing towards the front of the limo.

The window rolled down. “Ms. Eiras…” Zara leaned forward. “Yes sir?” Mr. Lin was looking straight ahead. “Get started right now. Don’t worry about my secretary work. I already have a new one. Here… give me that Portfolio.” Zara handed him the portfolio. Mr. Lin took the portfolio and began to roll up the window. “Sir…” He stopped. “What is it?” She eyed at the various men standing in front of the building glaring at the pair. “What about the union?” Mr. Lin looked at the various employees that represented the union. “You’re all fired.” He said simply before rolling up his window. Shortly thereafter the limo drove away.

Zara returned to the building and took the elevator down to the Zodiac headquarters. “Hey! Do you have clearance to be down here?!” The man at the hub asked. Zara flashed the ring on her finger to him. “I see…” He said to himself. “Well, what can I do for you?” Zara motioned towards her ears, “Give me a radio.” The man nodded, “Here you go.” He handed her a small ear piece that she fitted into her ear. “Hope you enjoy it. Now you can listen to my annoying voice all day!” Zara just shook her head. “I’m taking one of the cars. Keep me informed. I don’t just want super villain activity… if you pick up any super powered activity let me know.” Zara told the man. “Will do!” He yelled after Zara. She had already begun walking towards the garage with all the cars. She found a black Oldsmobile and entered, the keys were in the ignition.

She started the engine and pulled out of the garage, she drove down one of the tunnels and finally exited the Zodiac HQ through one of the special secret entrances that put her inside a public parking garage. She peeled out into the main street and drove up to the highway.
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He sped through the streets, looking down only to turn on the GPS in this car. Ah. Finally, something he jacked belonged to someone rich. He spoke out-loud the coordinates that he had memorized and looked down again to see where the beeping dot was. Slightly to his left on the highway. Seemed the guy was on the side of the road. What a moron.

He went up the ramp, spying the guy a bit off in the distance. It seemed as if the dumbass was running around like a headless chicken in the middle of the lane, briefcase on a portable table off to the side. He swerved into his lane and headed straight for him, accelerating the vehicle. He was gonna play chicken with the guy. He kept driving, having no want to stop. He spun the wheel to the right, half hoping the car wouldn't hit him. It did. He heard the thud of car on bone and crunch as the bones cracked. Oh well. Not his fault.

He maneuvered into the side lane and stepped out of the car, throwing the briefcase into the back seat. First payment. His.

He jumped back in behind the wheel, already shouting the next coordinates into the GPS.
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“Hey Eiras. This is Dispatch.” Zara didn’t reply. She maintained a smooth cruise down the road. “I’m picking up several 911 calls from the same area. It sounds like we got a mad driver or something… Normally we’d just let the police deal with this, but you’re closer.” Zara gazed into her mirror and looked at the driver in the car behind her. It was a woman with several children in the back seat. She seemed frustrated with the children. They looked delicious to her. “That’s not my job Danny.” She told the dispatcher. “Just let the police handle it.” ’At the next stop light… I’ll get out and…’ A new voice came in over the com. It was Mr. Lin. “This is Mr. Lin. Zara, I’m authorizing this dispatch. From now on, anything Mr. Angelus here tells you Zara – follow his instructions. He isn’t your boss, but he does give you your jobs. Understand?”

“Yes Mr. Lin.” Zara sighed through the radio. She flipped on her left turn signal and watch with an amount of regret as her car and the car of the woman’s changed paths. Too bad. She hit the gas and calmly spoke into the radio. “Okay then Danny. Tell me where the problem is.” After being relayed with the information she sped as fast as she could through the roads, the logo on the side of her car giving her all the authority she needed.

Zara was directly behind this guy now… She was going to see what he tried to did. If he tried to escape her she might have to run him off the road. ’Hmm… No one would mind if I ate a menace to society right?’
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He tracked the beeping dot on his GPS carefully. It was right ahead of him. Always. It kept moving. Why could everything be simple? It always had to have a catch. Time to make the transaction on the move. He met the moving car in seconds, equaling their speed easily, the cars engine matching it effortlessly. He opened the window, seeing the back window of the other vehicle open with suitcase in clear view. He held up 3 fingers, slowly counting down, grabbing one of the vials from the sun visor. At 0 Hour, they both tossed the items into the others car. Ah. Easy money, and he still had a vial.

He stepped on the pedal as hard as he could, speed off as fast as the car could go. 155mph said Wiki, and he was going to test it.
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Speeding off huh? Zara hit the gas on her car as well. ’If I was just a tad closer I could jump onto his car… Hmm… okay lets figure out how I want to do this…’ Zara maneuvered her own car past several other vehicles as she tried to stay on the tail of this faster vehicle. ’What kind of car is this anyways?’ Zara wondered to herself. ’Who would honestly drive a car like this around on a public free way in the first place?’ Zara spoke into the radio, “Hey dispatch, you said that I was checking out a car crash right?” She waited for the reply. ”That’s right. There were several 911 calls that said that some kind of mad driver just crashed into another one.”

”Right, well for some reason that driver just took off in the person he just crashed into’s car. Not to mention it’s a beast of a car. Right now we’re heading south on the highway, Coordinate with the police and form a road block would you? I’m going to try and force this guy off the road if I can.” Zara spoke into the radio. With that she pressed the petal to the floor. Her goal wasn’t to pass up the sports car in front of her, but rather to hit its bumper. At this speed, even a small bump could cause the car to fishtail.
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His eyes flicked back multiple times, trying to see if he was imagining things. There was a car tailing him. Holy crap I do something illegal, cops come. I do something legal, cops come. Sigh. Leave me alone! He sped straight toward the wall in front of him, which was merely a few dozen meters away from him. A wall....four feet high. A u-bend on the high way.

He turned his head around to face the oncoming car, trying to see the driver. He flipped them the bird before turning around. His eyes turned toward the bend, concentrating on using his powers as such a high speed. Within seconds the land in front of the wall became a ramp and a good chunk of the land behind him became rough outjuttings liable to crash anything not careful enough. He launched his car off the ramp, concentrating on making it tilt/curve to the left now, making sure the tailgater wouldn't use it if he/she got past the blockade.

He car landed with multiple bounces, his foot pressed hard to the brake. He slowed down right next to a car dealer. Hrm. Maybe he should get one of those Gallardo's. That's what he was gonna do.

He pulled in.
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'...Why isn't he slowing down? Does this guy have no common sense?' She saw the driver turn around and 'flip the bird' at her. 'Yup... I was right. None.' He hit the wall... no wait. He didn't hit the wall, he flew into the air. Zara was already hitting the brakes on her car, she hadn't planned to drive straight into a wall with some goofball, but he launched his car into the air. 'That isn't normal...' She thought to herself. "Well... neither am I..." In a demonstration of speed the woman bolted out of her car and into the into air after the psychotic teenager. Zara already was planning to question the teen as soon as she got her hands on him. Which shouldn't be too much longer. She landed on the side of the street and watched as the teen casually pulled into a parking lot. "Dispatch... you're probably going to hate me for this."

"Whats going on?" Danny asked over the radio. "This guy just jumped off the highway and pulled his car into a car lot, The police won't be much use here. I think we have a powered individual on our hands.." She told the dispatch. "Roger that Zara, discretion advised." Zara chased after the kid into the lot and entered into her awakened form. Her body shifted; she now had snakes for hair, a vicious mouths for shoulders, and a long snake like tail. Even with her tail, she wasn't slow, as made clear by the speed in which she caught up to the teen.

The mouth on her right shoulder opened and released a horde of tentacles. "You've been a bad boy." She said to him as the tentacles pierced through the car in an attempt to wrap around the boy. "I think we need to have a chat... how about you?"
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The teen almost literally, shat in in his pants at the sight of the snakes wrapping around his neck. The immediately started torching them, experience telling him to use his Pyrokinesis to control the flames from erupting too far and burning the inside of the car. His foot stomped on the pedal, dreams of getting a Gallardo right now destroyed. With a controlled burst of wind, he blew out the windshield, attempting to pull out onto the street as fast as he could. He needed to get back to the highway.
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’No kidding! Some kid of pyro kid?’ Zara pulled away from the window with only light injuries from the flames. Almost as soon as she did the kid tried to peel out of the dealership! ”We haven’t even had our talk yet!” She shouted to the teen. Her left shoulder mouth opened wide and released a second horde of tentacles. The tentacles quickly wrapped round each other until they formed a shape similar to an arm. The same thing happened with her right tentacles. She grabbed the back end of the car and lifted it up so that the wheels were no longer touching the ground. This demonstration of strength was accompanied by a demonstration of her awakened powers. Her right tentacle arm molded together into spear that she used to puncture the axels of the hind wheels.

”Hey Pizza Face- I want to talk to you!” ’And maybe eat you later…’ She added as a side thought. Though… Mr. Lin would not approve of Zara eating someone… especially if they were potentially an ally for Zeta Corporation. ”If you can keep yourself from pissing your pants for five seconds – you know what – screw it. No one cares if I a punk like you lives… I think I’ll just eat you.” ’This is all your fault…’ Secretly Zara was crying inside. She was actually sick to her stomach that she thought that this kid would be a tasty snack.
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As soon as he felt the back of the car lift up, he knew it was time to bail out before she flipped it or something and he busted his ass. He opened the door and dived out the best he could while being restrained, hitting the ground awkwardly. If he could, he'd go into a sort of kneeling position as if he were going to...you know what, nevermind. He had a better solution to solving this than...bah 'trying to bribe' this bitch.

"What kind of fucking cop are you?" He yelled at her, shuddering inside. "I try to collect my allowance from my mother and then speed off trying to go buy what I've been saving up for for a month~ Then I jump a ramp and pull in the car dealership and I find YOU trying to fucking kill me? WTF! And yes, my parents are adrenaline junkies, that's why they choose this way to give me my allowance! The worst you can give me is a ticket, so screw the hell off~" Unbeknowest to her, he was already charging up his flame in case she didn't let him go.
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“One; I’m not a cop, Two; Speeding is a ticket, Three; Destroying public property is a felony, four; What kind of parent gives their child a suit case full of money?” Zara slithered towards the teen. She dropped the car and instead ripped off the passenger side door closest to her. ”I don’t know who you think you are, but you have a bad case of road rage… The only reason I don’t let the actual cops deal with you is because you have powers.” The snake’s that made up Zara’s hair were all hissing angrily at the teen. ”I had actually hoped you had some sense in you to talk with me in a civil manner. I might have even been able to arrange something that would have been to both of our likings. No.. you just have to be some punk with an ego and a bad case of angst.”

”Sure. Your powers might be useful… but your personality needs a little improvement.” Zara wasn’t going to wait any longer to see what he was going to do. She used the car door as a make shift shield and charged the lad her right tentacle arm wrapped itself together until it formed a sharp point like a spear just as it had earlier. ”I might change my mind if you calmed down!”
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As soon as she grabbed that door, he let loose his fire in one pillar, hoping to blind her for a moment. Maybe the sudden brightness in this dark would even get flashed for a while. He darted for the Gallardo a few steps away, jerking the handle a few times. Of course it was locked. It was a freaking Gallardo. He immediately focused on his wonderful crime-loving powers and started giving random bursts inside the locking mechanism of the car, hoping he would get a lucky break. He did.

He swung the door open, hopping in the car and giving it a quick one-two. He grabbed the keys from the sun visor up above. He roared the engine to life. He gunned it, breaking through the fence easily. He hoped she wouldn't tag on as he turned onto the street.

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Zara used the door to take the blow from the fire. It quickly grew hot and she had to drop it. She managed to escape the blast, but not in time to stop the teen from driving off in some expensive car. "Dispatch, this is Zara... kid got away. I'll file a report on his appearance and known powers as soon as I get back to the HQ. Over?" She waited for a moment. "Roger that Zara. Return to base as soon as you can." Zara looked up at the highway at her car. 'Looks like I'm walking.' She thought to herself as she reverted to her human form.

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