V+ TOWER = TROUBLE IN SCHOOL
So this is a couple of stories about a girl who got put in Tower Prep because of some interesting circumstances. She is completely normal, no powers….so why is she there. The only way to find out is to read. Ray & OC
V POV
Twiddling my thumbs together, I leaned against the hard metal of the helicopter that was taking me to some unknown destination. The windows were paint thoroughly in black and there was no pilot as the helicopter was on auto pilot. Go in, get out, never speak about it again. Simple instructions for a simple job. My partners in crime were going over the job description while our boss was sitting in the corner, hands folded neatly on his lap.
"V…are you listening?" A hand waved over my face. I snapped back into focus and saw Kev trying to get my attention. I nodded my head. "Good. So we are all on the same page right?" The other two nodded their heads as well. Four of us, all around the age of 16, we weren't sure. Hard to tell when you don't even know when you were born. "We go in, hack this Whisper 120 computer and then we get the hell out. The only thing between us and that computer is a bunch of teens. Normal teens. Easy job, let's get it done. "
Four kids to hack into a computer you might ask. We weren't just four kids. We were trained to do this since we were brought into the society. The kids of the Boss. Kyle the thief, Mike the hacker, Kev the game maker and leader and then there is me with the quick in and out job. I was the youngest and the last one to join the group. The good things were the friends, then respect, and of course the cash that came after each heist. The bad thing: the constant fear of getting caught.
"Do we have a plan B?" Kyle asked playing with a cord of his sweatshirt. He was wearing the uniform of this school we were supposed to infiltrate. The boys wore khaki pants, blue polo's and red sweatshirts with a T on the right upper breast. I had on a similar outfit but my pants were replace with a skirt and knee high socks. I hated skirts. They were so impractical for any sort of job. I pulled it down more, hating feeling so exposed.
"Yes we have a plan B. We always have a plan B." Kev looked at me, amused. I glared at him and crossed my legs, looking like I owned the place.
"Like what you see?" I taunted. The other boys growled and whistled. Kev got closer to me. He nibbled on the side of my neck a tad. I moaned and leaned closer to him.
"Mmm." He hummed against my skin. It's not like anything was going on between us. This was just something we would do to calm our nerves. The jobs got down quicker and fast when we weren't all strung up. The boss clapped his hands and Kev sat back down on his own side. "Focus children. There can be no mistakes here."
"Yes sir." We all said. This was all part of the ritual. Going through the motions was another way to keep us calm. Nothing new, nothing unexpected. Then the helicopter stopped and landed. We all looked at each other and then at the boss one last time.
"Get it done."
Ray POV
I quickly put up an arm to block a punch from the strong fist the was aimed at my face. Not that it would hurt me, it was more out of reflex. Archer was pissed off and quite frankly he was getting me pissed off as well. I couldn't believe that he actually came back to this place and him and Headmaster were acting all buddy-buddy. So why the hell did we both have to have the same training period with Coach and then get paired up to spar against each other? Don't get me wrong, I was pleased to have a chance to deck him but under the careful gaze of Coach there wasn't much I could really do. It was just sparring, not fighting. That, in my book, wasn't good enough.
Archer whipped around and planted a round house kick to my chest. His signature move I guess you could say. The impact felt like a child was pushing against me without much hope of being able to move me. A smirk grew on my face. By now, you would have thought that he would know better than to use that move on me. Archer lunged at me, but I got him be the forearms. He tried to push against me but I was too strong. After ramming him into a beam, I chuckled evilly as I heard him loose his breath. I knew better than to let him go so I held him there.
The fury in his eyes made a rush of adrenaline whip through my body, adding on to my already off the chart strength. "Tap out?" I suggested. Archer shook his head and tripped me. A new move he had probably learned from Coach. I was pinned to the floor by the blonde Preflexer. I scowled, my lips slowly pulling back from my teeth.
"Now why would I give you the pleasure of that Snider?" He asked, pulling a fist back. With a grunt I pushed him off of me, which resulted in him flying across the room. I winced inwardly as he landed. I had to be careful. Suki would kill me if I messed Archer up too bad. Even though she was going out with Forest, she and I had become pretty good friends. Also I still had a soft spot for her, which she never let me forget about when she wanted a favor. Lucky for me, Archer was like a weed. He just kept popping back up.
We both got up and went back into fighting stances. Archer jumped around a bit. I stood my ground. Neither of us moved and I was not going to let this end in a draw. So I rushed him. He side step just in time and I checked myself. Knowing that he would see what I was going to do next, I faked a right tackle. He leaned to the left two seconds too soon. Quicker than either him or I realized, Archer was pinned under me. My fist was pulled back just like his was moments before, ready to deliver a bone crunching punch to the pretty boy's face. Instead I hit the floor right next to his head, leaving a good sized dent around my hand.
Both of us were breathing hard. Sweat made my hair stick to my face.
"Archer, Snider, times up." Coach said, probably writing something down on the clipboard he had. I glared at Archer who was in turn, scowling at me. I could have been cruel and evil and punched his face in. I still could…that would have earned me a one way ticket to West Campus. Plus I didn't really want to.
I got off Archer and offered him a hand. It was a sing of truce between us, since usually at the end of our sessions, one of us was on the floor wondering what the heck happened. Cautiously he took my hand and when I didn't show any sign of pulling a trick, he gripped it harder. I yanked him off the floor like he way no more than an empty backpack. No one ever said I had to be gentle. He rubbed his shoulder and winced as he rolled it back. "Damn it, Snider. For once can you just help me off the ground?"
"Don't be such a wuss."
"Then ease up on the strength a little." I chuckled harshly at his comment. It's not that I absolutely loathed the guy. I just found him extremely annoying. Plus I still held a grudge against him for stealing our clothes and making Dona, Zack and myself run outside…naked…in front of the girl's dorm. I still had nightmares about that. Not exactly something you could forgive and forget. And I never forget.
"Archer, Archer, Archer," I said shaking my head as we walked to the boy's locker room. "Now where would be the fun in that?"
V POV
This was way too easy. Like the unsettling type of easy when things go perfectly according to plan. My fist were clenching and unclenching as we walked through the halls of the school unnoticed. I kept close to Kev not wanting to get lost here. He lead us down twisted hallways and doors till we finally got to the main computer room. Kyle and Kev stayed outside the door while Mike and I slinked in. I couldn't believe what I was seeing and I was pretty sure the Mike was in tech geek paradise.
"Holy…" My eyes widened. At the computer that was in front of us. Five different screens were flashing different pictures and information. The mass amount of info that it must have contained were unimaginable. No wonder why the boss wanted us to hack this computer.
"Talk about SkyNet." Mike murmured as he took out his laptop from his messenger bag.
"Just get it done. This place gives me the creeps." I said handed him some cables from my bag. He immediately got to work typing in codes of information. Kev looked at me through the window and I nodded my head. He nodded his in return and then went back on lookout duty.
"Holy shit. V check this out." I knelt beside him and looked at the screen. It was a profile of one of the students. Ian Archer. I read through the bio and my eyes stopped at a certain word I did not know. Preflex? Mike flipped to another one. Another student. The new word this time was Mimicry. The next, Hyper hearing, The next, Siren. The next, Hyper Speed. It went on to the next and the next, words that we had no idea what they meant but had a pretty good guess and what the where indicating. "What are these guys? Mutants?" Mike asked as he looked at me.
"I highly doubt that we are in a Marvel comic."
"But still, this…these people aren't…" His computer started smoking.
"Mike?"
"Don't look at me. This thing has enough memory to download and entire city worth of info. It shouldn't be overheating like this." Then he heard something. An icon appeared on his laptop. A bright red T. We looked at each, fearing the worse.
Intruders in main computer room.
The computer was…talking! Mike and I stood there dumbfounded before snapping back to reality. We knew the drill. Dump everything and get out. We rushed out of the room, and ran down the hallway. Kev and Kyle were following us, hard on our heels. Too bad some of the students wearing blue coats were on our trail.
"SO PLAN B WOULD BE GOOD RIGHT ABOUT NOW KEV!" Kyle shouted to our leader as we turned the next corner running into two students. Oh shit. The screens around us were showing Mike and me hacking into the computer. That didn't go so well with the boys. Quickly, I slinked past both of them but the blonde one's hand shot out I second before I could get fully past him. Then I pulled out a gun that was hidden in my sweat shirt. Nothing big but it would definitely put a hole in his head.
"Let go now and get up against the wall." I commanded, never flinching or wavering. After all, I was plan B. The blonde and raven head got up against the wall. The boys started running again. After a long look at the two I had held at gunpoint, I winked and ran after my partners. I knew those two were going to follow us. Let them try to catch up, I chuckled to myself.
Finally on the roof of the dorm building, four ropes were hanging from the helicopter that was hovering over the roof. Perfect timing. That was expected though. SO we all grabbed on and safety seemed only a full pulls away. Then again, I guess not.
Cut, snip, fall…. Love you too…Boss…