Eve was quiet for a minute after the explanation, continuing to stare down Brand with an unreadable expression. It was quite obviously beginning to make him very nervous. Finally, Eve sat back, eyebrows furrowing.
"You realize how absolutely insane this would sound if I hadn't seen it myself? An organization of children with superpowers saving the world from villains. Do you realize how absolutely and utterly ridiculous it sounds? Its like something out of a sci-fi movie. Not to mention semi kind of inhumane. Literal children. In life or death scenarios. With actual villains. Where they could very likely die. I have a lot of things I want to say, but I'm not going to." She said. Brand nodded, sighing.
"Yes, I know. It's weird. But you don't have to worry about the last part. We make sure to train our operatives in various mixed martial arts, as well as using their upgrades to their maximum potential before we send them out. And we do have to let go of some members because of various reasons. Recently an entire group of operatives have gone rouge, and we have been unable to capture them as of yet. We used to only have six, but after a certain incident, we got close to half of the school in, making over three hundred. As I said, various things happened and we had to let go of some members, along with the whole rouge thing, so we currently are at one hundred sixty seven members." He replied, setting his arms on the table.
Eve once again paused to take in the information, thinking it over.
"Alright. Makes sense. One question that I will ask, however, is what's going to happen now? You've told me everything, but if memory serves, you're likely just going to erase my memory so as to keep the secret. Why tell me all of this?" She asked curiously.
"Well, because I see some potential in you. According to what we've seen on the surveillance footage, you have shown a good amount of knowledge about fighting, and not to mention you saved one of our agents from what could have been a very painful death, which I have to thank you for. Anyway, you seem like a good candidate for an agent, and I would like to know if you would joint the team." He answered truthfully. Eve blinked, bewildered.
"And what if I said no?" She said.
"Then we would wipe your memory and send you off."
"Fair enough." Eve crossed her legs, closing her eyes. She thought for a minute, weighing in her options. Finally, she shrugged.
"Know what? What the heck. You got yourself an agent." She said. Brand smiled slightly.
"Great. Hold on, let me get you out of that chair." He replied, standing up and walking around to her, unlocking her wrists from the straps. She rubbed them a bit, cracking her knuckles with her palms in a non threatening manner.
"Thanks." She said, nodding to him. He nodded back before gesturing over to the door.
"Follow me." He said. Eve did so, matching his pace as he opened the door and walked out, holding it for a second so she could exit. When she looked around, she couldn't help but be impressed. The two were standing in a large, dome shaped room held up by various columns. Different colored tiles spanned the floor, as well as various work stations with tons of scientists, and a few different children milling around. On the walls were different tv screens, each showing something different. And in the middle of the room, was a large circular table with a hologram of earth spinning in a slow circle above it.
She suddenly noticed the group of children from earlier standing next to said table. Julio, or "Flinch" as she had been informed, noticed her, pointing and saying something to the others before waving. She waved back as the other five children's attention drew over to her. She turned away, hurriedly following Brand again, as she had fell behind slightly.
"Okay. Wow. Nice place." She remarked, still scanning the area. Brand chuckled.
"Indeed it is. Indeed it is." He said. The two came to a large metal door, and he pressed a button on it, causing it to slide open.
"This, is the upgrade room. Where, as the title suggests, you will be getting your upgrades. Step inside please, I'll be right there in a second." He said. Eve nodded, stepping inside. It was bare, but had a few different panels and things spanning all across the walls. A window suddenly appeared on the side, showing Brand standing inside some kind of observation room. His voice came over an intercom somewhere in the room.
"Now, I'm sure this is probably going to hurt a bit, but please try to stay calm. It likely won't hurt all THAT much. Depending on what your upgrades are going to be. It's going to scan for your weaknesses, and when it finds one, it'll inject you with nanobytes, which will give you the powers according to the weakness it found." He explained as a green lazer began to scan over her. She nodded.
"Yeah, you told me a bit about that." She replied, looking at a hologram of herself that was beginning to make itself known in front of her.
"SUBJECT IS IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION. NO PHYSICAL WEAKNESS FOUND." A sudden electronic voice said. Eve raised a brow. A few more seconds passed, the computer continuing to scan her. It suddenly stopped.
"WEAKNESS FOUND. SUBJECT HAS HIGH EMPATHIC AND ENERGY SENSING ABILITIES. BEGINNING UPGRADE." It said. Eve was suddenly pushed on her back by a table that came up from underneath her, strapping down her arms and legs. The panels on the walls opened up, and long tentacle like things with syringes on the end came out. She tensed a bit, but took a breath.
"Don't worry! Again, it probably won't hurt much! Just stay calm!" Brand said. She nodded, and a needle went into her neck. She tensed again, shivering. Things started going black. What fun.
