I was one of N-Tek's field agents, waiting for my chance to prove myself and as luck would have it I got my chance a month after being recruited by Commander Forge Ferrus. But I made a terrible mistake and as we reached the outskirts of Copper Canyon I went against orders and tried to take down Miles Dredd all on my own, despite being warned about just how dangerous he was. Though if I hadn't taken such a drastic step to be noticed I wouldn't have found him. And as I leapt from the back of one of the many Jump Jets already in the air I saw Dredd far below and before anyone could stop me I headed his way. It was at that point that someone fired a shot and it narrowly missed me, causing me to lose focus.
"Who did that?" I growled as my parachute billowed out behind me and that's when I first saw Jason Naught, laughing as he lowered his arm. Ignoring Dredd for the moment I decided to go after his second in command, almost instantly gripping my knife and as I slashed through the parachute his eyes actually went wide as I droped the last foot or so. Though he didn't expect me to almost instanty rush him and he jumped back as I lunged, my leg hitting his armored arm instead of anything vital.
"Not even close." Jason taunted as he drew back his fist and I ducked, kicking upwards and knocking him to his knees. But as I went to launch a roundhouse kick at his face he aimed, the blast catching me off-guard and striking my chest. I let out a cry, slamming hard into the ground and leaving me momentarily winded. "Say goodnight, N-Tek stooge." Jason growled as he aimed at my head but just as he went to fire my helmet slipped off and he found himself unable to shoot. "A woman?" He whispered as I stumbled to my feet, seeing stars and he frowned as I faced him.
"Yeah...a woman." I panted trying to glare and failing as I saw spots. The blow from his gun sent waves of pain radiating through my chest and abdoman and as I tried to shake off the dizziness he moved forward. "Bsck off!" I shouted as I lunged only to a well-placed kick to strike the side of my head and I cried out, trying to stay awake and fight back.
I only managed to take a single, shaky step before the gorund rose up to meet me. The next thing I knew someone was atanding over me and as I let out a groan, my whole body crying out in pain I heard a familar voice.
"So you finally woke up, huh?" Someone chuckled and as my eyes opened I growled, laying eyes on the one pesron I didn't want to see. "You brought this on yourself."
"I was...following orders." I groaned as I tred to move, only to discover that my legs and arms were bound. "You..." I mumbled an insult before I started to pass out, not even noticing that my kidnapper was staring at my face with a flicker of surprise in his eyes. When I woke for the second time today I found myself lying on my side and as my eyes slowly opened I winced as a bright light made spots appear.
"She seems to be aware." Someone said and I relaxed, hearing the voice of Kat and as the light moved from my eyes I sighed. "Can you hear me?"
"Yeah...I can hear. Thanks for blinding me." I groaned as I moved onto my back and I heard her chuckle before someone moved closer to the bed. "Commander Forge I..."
"Save it. You went against direct orders and almost got yourself killed. What do you have to say for yourself?" He asked now standing over me and I groaned wanting my head to stop hurting so badly.
"I'm sorry I tried to kick Jason Naught's butt without asking permission first. And now I ache all over." I replied as my eyes opened and he couldn't hide the smile that appeared on his lips. "I'll admit I took a big risk but..." Before I could continue Forge held up his hand.
"I think right now you should rest those bruised ribs and that black eye. We'll leave your punishment for a later date." Forge told me before he walked out of the room, trying not to chuckle at the glare I gave him.
"Great so I have a black eye? All this from fighting Naught." I muttered and Kat raised an eyebrow, curious as I sat up. Pressing a hand to my side I rubbed my eyes wondering why I'd been so reckless. Then something occured to me and I turned to Kat. "Wait didn't he capture me?"
"I'm not sure what you're talking about. When we picked you up you were lying unconscious a mile or so from the base. That's actually what I wanted to ask; how did you get there anyway?" Kat asked as I shook my head, trying to remember just how I had ended up here. After a few minutes I drew a complete blank and getting a shrug from me, Kat frowned. "Maybe Jason let you go." That made me laugh, a slightly tired laugh and another shake of my head.
"Doubt it. He seemed more than happy to take my head off. But its strange...when he saw my face he stopped. Wonder why?" I muttered and Kat gave me a sudden grin. "What?" I asked, eyes narrowing and when she told me I immediately blushed. "There's no way he likes me. We're enemies and he tried to..." Suddenly I blinked as my head started to throb and she sighed, checking my black eye for a moment.
"Look just rest for a while. No use worrying about it now though he must have let you go." Kat told me and I gave her a slight nod, lying back and in less a minute I had fallen asleep. Due to the injuries I had from Jason I found myself confined to N-Tek and as I sat on the Medical Bay I was now occupying I sighed.
Even Kat and Jefferson, two of my fellow N-Tek agents and friends couldn't help since I knew they'd get into serious trouble so in the end I decided to train. At least that way I'd have something to do and I wouldn't keep dwelling on what happened. But as I made my way to the traning room I heard my phone ring and I stopped walking, slipping the phone from my pocket before I stared at it. "Huh unknown number?" I whispered and after a slight hesitation I answered it, only to instantly growl as a familar and very unwanted voice answered. "You!"