Chapter 1
Seven POV
I walked through the indoor jungle nicknamed the Petting Zoo, which had become my sanctuary, my refuge, my drug. It reminded me of my home in Kauai which I so greatly missed. But now I saw my metaphorical brother, Six everyday, along with Doctor Holiday, my good friend Rex, his brother Cezar, the nanite scientists(As I called them), and god forbid, the talking monkey Bobo Haha that constantly hits on me. I had hidden my black and white cordless electric guitar in a large tree which had a huge canopy and thick, long, flat branches that I would just relax on, meditating, playing guitar while singing, and nap on.
Rex had shown me the Petting Zoo, all of the technicolored animals along a with a few new EVOs that Rex couldn't cure that Providence had captured in the last couple months. He was surprised when the massive 14 ft crocodile came out of the water to greet me. Later, a tiny bunny jumped out of the bushes and Rex ran away screaming. That was a really awkward moment.
I glanced around to make sure no one was looking and grabbed ahold of a branch ten feet in the air and pulled myself up in an acrobatic trick. I kneeled and pulled off my boots and socks before throwing my jacket aside. I stood up on the branch and took off in a dead sprint gaining speed, I wanted to beat my land speed record. I let my nanites take away from the stress in my legs and I let them gently ease into their 'working mode' as Cezar called it. He was constantly working with me and my special nanites. It turns out the thing giving me my power was a dangerous nanite nicknamed Navitus- the Latin word for energy. The nanite was used to power the first entire facility. It was highly dangerous and powerful, it helped create light, electricity, and it powers and improved many machines and the nanite reactors. They say I can withstand it's potent programming and worked well with my own programming, so when it was blasted into the atmosphere, it was attracted to me and implanted itself into me.
I reached 900 and pushed myself to 1,000. Wind flew from around me, screaming, in all directions licking my bare skin. Come on Seven, you can do better than that, I scolded myself and increased myself to 1,300. You made it to 1,500 last time, you can do this! I made it to 1,400 then crawled my way up to 1,500. I pushed my nanites to maximum efficiency, and into overdrive. My head started to buzz as I increased to 1,550. A massive migraine screamed across my brain when I reached 1,590. I knew what was coming so dropped my speed to 300 nearly tripping over my own feet and let myself slow down to 200.
I relaxed as my migraine dissolved. I ran back over to my shoes and picked them up along with my jacket. I slowed down to 150 and let my powers fizzle out as I ran towards the door, I used my nanites to telepathically tell it to open. Blue lines appeared all over it and it spread open, unfortunately some idiot, also known as Rex, stepped into my path and I crashed into him. We rolled like a windmill backwards and hit a nearby wall. Rex fell on top of me, pinning me to the floor.
"Well thanks for the bash in the head," Rex laid on my body not moving.
"Well you saw the door open, you could have had the common sense to step out of the way."
"Well I'm not racing around the zoo."
"And I'm not lying on top of a teenage girl."
Rex's cheeks turned a slight red, nothing compared to my pure white exhaust glow that my skin makes when I'm tired. Rex stood up releasing the pressure on my chest and helped me up.
Rex changed the subject, "Did you make a new record?"
"Fifteen ninety."
"Very nice. Cezar wanted to see you for the Navitus check up."
"Thanks. I'll be in my room later."
"See you." Rex placed his goggles over his eyes, formed his boogie pack and took off flying.
I turned around and bottled into a 50 mph run. I ran past Doctor Holiday's lab, past the debriefing room, past the interrogation room, through corridor 35 and 42 and rounded a corner to Cezar's lab. I skidded to a halt and placed my hand on the door letting Navitus connect with the machines and the told Navitus to tell it to open.
3rd Person POV
Cezar and Doctor Rylander were too focused on their nanite infuser when Seven silently opened the door. Seven stealthily walked up from behind the spiky haired Latino scientist and the not completely put together scientist and pinched Cezar in the sides making him yelp.
"Seven, don't do that! You could stimulate someone so much that they would have a heart attack!"
"You were just so focused on the infuser that you missed my entrance, but hey, I don't mind it."
"Seven, sweetheart, can we have you help on getting the turbo charger, amp, and wires in. We can't seem to figure it out." Rylander motioned towards the device.
It looked like some sort of taser, with the taxing end unscrewed and changed. "I'd love to." Seven pulled up a chair handpicked up the infuser surveying the device.
She ran her finger over the inside of the machine and stared at the gadget intently. Seven let her powers turn it into a neon blue, translucent object while she identified the things needing correction. She picked up a screwdriver on the desk and undid a couple screws, pulling out a tiny metal plate. Seven picked up a blue wire and weaved it into the machine, the young EVO picked up the red wire and twitted it next to the blue one, she then held the yellow wire and put it on the other side of the blue. Seven gently tweezed the metal plate back into place and grabbed a strange clear pill like object and put it into the machine, she gave it a spin and it spun itself into place and placed the wires evenly around it. From there the raven haired adolescent picked up the turbo charger and put it into place by easing it in and giving it a click.
"That should do it." Seven stood and handed the device to Cezar.
Cezar held the device and pulled down gently on the lever. Several blue lines ran over the tasing part and a flicker of electricity appeared on the end.
"Magnífico! Nunca me hubiera imaginado que por mi cuenta(Magnificent! I would have never figured that out on my own.)."
"No había nada realmente. Estaba programado para ello.(It was nothing really. I was programmed for it.)" Seven shrugged.
"You truly are special sweetheart." The older man sighed.
"Not everybody likes people like me." Seven looked down.
"But we do." Peter Meechum walked into the lab and over to Seven.
"I appreciate it."
"Wanna get started on those tests?" Cezar put down the nanite infuser distracting her from her thoughts.
"Right away." Seven leaned back on the table and slid herself up. Cezar usually did the tests there.
Cezar opened a nearby drawer and pulled out a few medical things. He preformed a few tests like checking her temperature, reflexes, pulse, nanite count, and blood. Seven barely moved as Cezar jammed another needle into her arm, he checking her emotionless face for signs of pain.
Meechum looked at the image of Navitus on the screen working hard in her body. "You shouldn't work Navitus so hard while running, it could seriously hurt you."
Seven stared at the pessimistic man and relaxed. He was back to his normal self again.
"Meechum, have you ever considered Zen? It could help with your stress." Rylander teased in Seven's defense.
"Yeah, and I could give you the lessons." Seven smiled minimally.
"Very funny you too. I'm just looking after your and Navitus's tails. Don't come crying after me when you die."
"I think the outcome of you working Navitus is fascinating. It may improve your control over energy and relationship between the nanites." Cezar extracted the needle from Seven's lower arm.
Suddenly lights overhead began to flash and the sirens began to wail annoyingly. Seven leapt of the table and ran towards the door.
"Gotta go. See you in a few." Seven whipped around the door.
Seven ran down corridor 42, rounded into corridor 25, then to 36, and finally into 08 where she could board the Keep with everyone else. I ran onto the opening in the end and down a few flights of stairs a few agents stoping to watch the beauty descend. Seven quickly reached the cargo hold and sat on an exposed pipe, a little higher than her waist. Five minutes later, the Keep was off.
(In Seattle, Washington)
A massive overgrown dog-like EVO with red eyes, four tails, black fur with brown belly, long claws, and five stories high rampaged through downtown Seattle. A reporter with blue eyes and brown hair wearing a cream colored shirt and a burgundy suit, with a translucent umbrella stood in the rain and recorded the EVO's attack.
"We haven't had an EVO attack of this size since the Curing. Providence forces are moving in to intercept this creature and the Keep is now hovering over the metropolis. Soon there will be an end to all of this chaos.
(In Providence Keep)
"Rex, Seven, you're up." Six said over the ear com link.
"Finally," Rex stood up alongside Seven as the cargo hold opened.
"Great. Rain," Seven moaned sarcastically and pulled her hood over her head and Rex put his goggles on, "You take the first shot." Seven implied.
"What ever happened to ladies first."
Seven shook her hair and fast as lightning pushed Rex out of the plane. "Not cool Seven," Rex said over he intercom.
"Whatever happened to Mr. Tough Guy?" Seven replied and pulled herself onto Sable's back as he leapt out of the plane into the storm.
Rex dove straight down towards the EVO and cracked his knuckles.
_(On the Ground)_
The EVO prowled toward the reporter and her cameraman when she had her back turned. It's snake-like tongue fanned the air to find it's next prey. It hunched back on it's hind legs and stood up expanding it's height to six stories.
The monstrosity roared maniacally and spat some sort of hot pink acid at the reporter burning through her umbrella. The young lady screamed kicked off her heels and started running, alongside her cameraman. Right as it spit acid at the newswoman a blue glowing energy shield appeared from another EVO's arms.
"Alright ugly, bring it!" Rex deformed his Block Party and created his Smack Hands slamming the colossal mutation backwards. It roared at Rex and swung it's huge claws at Rex, unfortunately hitting him in the stomach and sending him flying back into a cement wall. Knocking him out.
"Seven! Rex's biometrics just bombed out."
"Understood." Seven flew low to the ground and leapt of Sable's back into a series of gymnastic front flips. She grabbed her katana and using her super speed ran up to the EVO, planted the katana into the ground and pushed herself off the katana plating a two footed kick to the EVO's face. She backflipped rearward and landed in a half spit. Seven stood at looked over at Rex. He didn't look injured or in pain, just knocked out.
Seven spoke telepathically to the EVO, "I'm sorry about the kick, we're trying to help you, so just relax." The EVO swiped at her and she dodged it's blows, "Your kind does not help, you kill, you hurt, you will never feel sorry. First let me have vengeance, let me kill them back, then we talk, then we forgive."
The T.V. crew recorded Seven's fight, "Recently we have heard gossip about Providence's brand new and extremely confidential secret weapon. It appears to be a..a.. EVO whisperer. Well, um, you can decide for yourself on Diane ." The reported say unsure of Seven's dark figure, masked by her hood, next to the EVO.
"I'm sorry if I hurt you too bad, but this is for your own good." From there, Seven took advantage of the storming sky and using the lightning, she used Navitus to have it strike down on the EVO. The lightning only angered the monster even more. "Your are trying to kill, you will regret." It spat it's pink acid at Seven, luckily only charring her light wall. She used her super speed to shoot neon blue energy blasts at the EVO. It finally was battered enough, to collapse in a puddle from exhaustion.
As if on cue, Rex awakened and stood up weakly and limped over to the EVO and placed his hands on the mutant telling his nanites to cure it. The overgrown flesh, razor claws, red eyes, and snake-like tongue shrank back into an adorable black lab puppy. It barked happily and licked Seven's face.
"Feel better?" Seven scratched the puppy's ears.
"Much thank you, your kind is nice, you protect, and you are special." The puppy rolled over on it's back.
"Goodbye puppy." Seven put her arm around Rex helping him walk back to the landing jump jet. Seven whistled and Sable fluttered own from a rooftop and and landed trotting beside Seven and Rex.
"Do you have anything to say, mysterious girl in black?" Diane Farah asked putting her microphone to Seven's face.
"No comment." Seven stoically snapped her fingers and the camera turned off.
The camera crew was left speechless as the two walked over to the jet and hopped on along with Sable.
"Nice job you two, by you two I mean Seven." Six stoically stood with his arms crossed.
"Hey, I did all the heavy lifting and Seven just took out the trash." Rex put his hands on his hips and leaned forward and looked into Seven's eyes.
"Yeah right, then why did you sit there watching me fight, while you chilled out." Seven leaned in and peered back with her hands on her waist.
Rex enjoyed this moment of gazing into Seven's magnificent blue eyes, creamy fair skin, daring black hair, and perfectly sculpted blood red lips. If he leaned in any further he could have kissed her, then again Six was watching them closely, and that was some thin ice he was treading on. Rex pulled away and crossed his arms like Six.
Seven raised her eyebrow and shook her damp hair watching Rex closely. Seven mimicked Rex and Six and crossed her arms and leaned against a wall in the aircraft looking at her shoes wondering how long this ride was going to be. A familiar voice cracked over their ear com links.
"You three are all needed in the debriefing room when you arrive back at head quarters." White Knight said flatly. "We have to discuss some important matters about an upcoming mission."
