Stellar Evolution
Chapter One
"Contractors are evolving. Some of them realise they have more power than humans and want to gain control."
Misaki, Li and Mao sit in a sharp black Porsche. Misaki and Li in front and Mao in the back. It's been 3 months since Li started working with the New Syndicate.
"We call the process of the contractor's evolution 'Stellar Evolution', since every contractor has their corresponding star." Misaki informs Li.
"Still not much is known about this process, even less about Dolls." Mao adds.
The car comes to a halt outside of a garage. Misaki reaches over to the passenger side and opens the glove compartment, pulling out a small black device with a red button. She pushes it and the garage starts to open.
"Where are we?" Li asks.
"There has been reports of a contractor in this area we're here to recruit ...or destroy. It all depends on what they want. As for this garage, the Syndicate owns many around the city as well as apartments and other property like the one you're in." She replies.
Misaki and Li walk up the metal stairs leading to the second floor of apartments with Mao on Li's shoulder, as they get to the top a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes starts to leave, glaring at them as she walks by.
"Excuse me mam, have you noticed anyone suspicious in the area?" Misaki asks politely.
The woman smiles and takes a bottle of water out of her bag.
"mam?" Misaki repeats.
The woman throws the bottle of water in the air. Her eyes glow crimson. The bottle explodes into tiny ice shards, crashing down on Misaki and the others. They duck down and brace themselves, looking up to find the woman sprinting away.
"Quick we can't lose her!" Misaki shouts.
They begin chasing her down a labyrinth of luxury apartments, most of which are empty with people being at work or school. The high volume of white walls reflecting the sun's brightness and fresh smell of paint was enough to make anyone feel queasy.
"I know this area, keep on her Li!" Misaki shouts before taking a sharp right away from the chase.
Li looks around for a way to slow the blonde woman down, noticing a metal pipe spitting water into a puddle on the path. He stops and touches the metal, waiting for her to step in the puddle.
'Now' His eyes glow, he misses. 'She's fast.' He thinks.
"Stop." Misaki appears at the cross junction of paths in front of the woman, gun pointing at her. "We just want to talk."
"Talk or kill? I know how this world works. Contractors aren't wanted." She's British.
"That depends on you. We are part of an organisation intent on the coexistence of contractors and humans as equals."
"Bull. I'm seen as a weapon to you, that or money."
"We want you to join us, help us take down contractors who oppose us and Humans who use contractors as weapons."
The woman looks interested.
"In return, you get a new identity and new life to do what you please with when you're not on missions."
She walks up to Misaki and extends her arm, to shake hands.
"Elizabeth." She says.
Kirsi stands on a beach dressed in a light dress swaying in the ocean breeze, something is different. She can feel it.
"Where am I?" She says out loud but to herself.
"Yin, what's wrong?"
She turns and sees a young man with semi-long dark hair and emotionless face. Hei.
"Me?" She replies.
"Who else would I be talking to?"
"I'm not...wait...I can see you?"
"What's wrong with you today? No, you can't - your observer spirit can."
"This makes no sense, what is an observer spirit and who are you?"
"It's me Yin, you need some rest. Get out of the sun for a while."
"Why do you keep calling me that, what's going on?" she shouts.
She wakes up panting. Blind.
"Just a dream." she pants. "I never thought I would be so happy to be blind."
"It seemed so...real."