Mira formed the crystals growing on her arm into a sword and slashed at the man in the skull mask. He turned into a dark cloud of shadows and evaded the attack. The two men behind Mira pulled our machine guns and shot at her. Mira formed the crystals on her other arm into a shield and blocked the shots. But the man in the skull mask Shot her from behind with his shotgun. Mira froze, feeling the blood pump out of her side. Weakened by a single blow, she fell to the ground, and fell unconscious.
When Mira woke up, she saw she was lying on the ground, a wool blanket covering her back. Betty was curled up on the ground beside her head, sleeping. Mira looked up, and saw a man in black wool robes, similar, but not identical to the one worn by her attacker. The man wearing the robes was poking at the campfire with a stick. He noticed Mira was awake. "Good, you're up." Betty woke up, and licked Mira's face. "Are you okay? You were out for a while!" Mira laughed, I'm fine, Betty. Where am I? Who are you?" The man put down his stick, and pulled the hood off of his head. It was Scott. "Scott? What are we doing here? What happened with- Ah!" Mira tried sitting up, and her side where she got shot started hurting. "You'll be fine. I saved you." Scott said. Mira was just as surprised as she was in pain. Scott? The skinny loser waiter she knew her whole life saved her from terrorists? Mira tried again to sit up, a little slower this time. Scott said, "We're in the forest on the outskirts of town. I figured they wouldn't find you here." "What do they want from me?" Scott thought, and then replied, "Let's just say, you're very special." Mira knew that from the crystals already, but why would Talon want her just for that? Scott then stood up. "We need to get moving soon. Are you okay to walk?" Mira tried standing up. She was feeling much better now. "Perfect. Let's go." "Go where?" Mira asked. "Overwatch headquarters. I'm an agent who was sent to find you." Now Mira had knew she was losing it. "Wasn't Overwatch shut down?" Scott looked at her funny. "You think that would stop heroes from being heroes?" Mira was still skeptical, but she followed him anyways. Mira, Scott, and Betty walked through the forest until they got to a helicopter, camouflaged in with the forest. Mira, Scott, and Betty stepped in the helicopter, and the pilot lifted off. Mira had never flown before, as far as she knew, so she got a little airsick. Not bad enough to where she puked, just enough to unnerve her.
She fell asleep on the way to the base, but when she woke up, she was in a bed in a relatively small bedroom. She walked over to the door on the far side of her room, and opened it. There were similar-looking doors up and down the halls. On the front of each door was either a name of a person, or the room's name. Mira's door had no name on it. Suddenly, she heard a voice behind her. "Feeling well-rested, soldier?" She turned around and saw a bulky man with a blue sweatshirt, a red visor over his eyes, and the number 76 on the back of his sweatshirt. Mira recognized him from the news channel on the tiny TV at the coffee shop. "Soldier 76? The vigilante hero?" She asked. "You got that right. Now come with me." Mira followed him down the seemingly endless hallway, until they got to two heavy metal doors. Mira and Soldier walked into the room. There was a long silver table in the room, and little else except Scott was at the table. Mira sat down across from Soldier and Scott. Scott had a clipboard and pen. "Name?" Soldier asked. "Mira." She quickly responded. "So, why was Talon after you?" "I don't know." Soldier looked her up and down, then responded. "Fine. Guess you don't know." Soldier slid a file across the table towards Mira. She picked them up. The words "Project Darklord: TOP SECRET" were printed in red at the top of the file. Mira opened the file. The were pictures of a girl in a pod with strange purple liquid. Mira looked closer at the girl, then gasped. "You have quite the history with Talon, apparently, Miss Darklord." Soldier replied. "You were their super soldier project, created to help them destroy everything. But then you escaped, and lost all memory of it." Mira was in disbelief. "Technically, we should have reported your existence to the government, but we decided to give you a chance at redemption." Mira looked up at Soldier and Scott. "What do you want with me?" Mira asked, more fear in her voice than ever. "We want you to help us take down Talon." Soldier said, firmly. Scott slid the clipboard across the table towards Mira. It looked like the kind of paperwork signed at job interviews. "Sign below on the last page, and you're one of us." Soldier said, then added on, "Or you can spend your life in maximum-security prison. The choice is yours." To Mira, the choice was obvious.
