Another chapter...and look it has a song title from Linkin Park's Hybrid
Theory CD. (yes, that is where I got the idea for the title.) Anywho....I
dun own Trigun, only the characters that I created and this fic idea. Have
fun if you made it this far. R&R!!
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Chapter 5:Points of Authority
The leader of the guards gently knocked on the door Dr. Locheski's office. He was a young man in his late twenties, maybe early thirties. His black hair cut professionally short, it was short enough to spike. His eyes were deep set, sharp and midnight blue with lighter flecks of blue near his pupils. On his face was a scar located under his left eye that started close to the nose and ends at the end of his cheekbone. The uniform he's wearing fits him like a glove, with a few loose areas that allowed him to move.
He stood there for a moment before the doctor opened the door. The doctor knew what the young man was here for and so did the young man. The young man was there to give an update on the runaway experiment. And the update wasn't good.
"Ah....Captain Logan Exsony," Dr. Locheski greeted the young man. "I hope you brought good news."
Captain Exsony sighed and shook his head as the doctor allowed him into the office. "Sorry, sir. We don't have the experiment that escaped."
Dr. Locheski sighed as he sat down behind a wooden desk. "It's still early, so I'm not THAT worried or angry that you don't have it. Have you searched all the towns near the facility?"
The young captain nodded. "Yes, sir. On a 50 iles radius, I've sent teams to each town, making the search a bit quicker."
"And yet you still don't have the experiment."
"No, sir. It's kind of complicated with a very vague discription to go by."
Dr. Locheski nodded as he stood up from behind the desk. "I had a feeling that was part of the problem." He walked over to a filing cabinet, pulled out a drawer, flipped through some of the folders and pulled out one. The doctor gently tossed the folder onto the desk before sitting down. The captain picked up the folder and opened it. Clipped to a stack of papers was a picture, it was of the experiment 5201 on a practice run. It was a good picture, the best one there. It has a good look of what its face looks like, not to mention the build it has, very muscular and lean.
The doctor sat there a moment, looking at Captain Exsony as he flipped through the papers. "Let me tell you something, Captain. That experiment is very important to me. I've had that thing since it was only a baby and it's parents died on the front door of that facility. I've grown sort of attached to it, more as a pet than anything else."
Captain Exsony nodded. "I understand, sir."
"No," Dr. Locheski stated. "No, you don't. The other thing about 5201 is the genetics that I used to altered it to what it is now. Part of it, a wild sand cat; another part, a spider; a third it's true DNA and the last part, a plant. The kind that power most of the towns on this planet. You can read that all in that file there for a more thorough description."
"It's part plant?" Captain Exsony was confused.
"Yes, but it doesn't know how powerful it is. So be careful. Its probably more smarter than it lead us on to be, especially if it was able to escape like this."
"I will be sir," the captain replied with a nod, he bit back a smart- ass remark for the second part that the doctor said.
Dr. Locheski stood again, but this time walked over to a cabinet along the wall. He opened a pulled out a tranquilizer gun and six tranquilizers. "Here, these tranquilizers are strong enough to take 10 men out with one dart. Use them wisely on 5201, I would like to have it alive."
Captain Exsony took the gun. "Thank you and I will."
The doctor responded with a nod. "Just so you know, I will at the main genetics facility that is 150 iles north of December. Report there if you have my experiment by then."
"Yes sir."
*****
Devi woke up on the bed after the first of the double suns rose in the sky. She found the bed to be very comfortable, more comfortable than the one she had at the science facility. There, it was stiff and hard and she always woke up stiff and tired. Here, she felt for relaxed and revitalized than before.
She yawned as she climbed out of bed. The tiredness she always gets in the morning at the facility seemed to have followed her here. Must be a natural thing, Devi thought. Changing into her black unitard from her simple pajamas, she started the morning the same way she always did, with some stretches and exercises.
Devi stretched and reached for the ceiling. She did a small jump and allowed the spider part of her DNA kick in as she stuck fast to the ceiling. She relaxed all of her muscles, which she knew would end up popping almost every joint of her body, especailly her spine and shoulders. Pulling her feet to the ceiling, Devi gracefully got off the ceiling with a simple flip.
From there, she reached up and slowly bent backwards into an arch. This helped stretch her quads and abs for a moment before kicking up in the air. She had total control of her body as Devi easily did 15-20 handstand push-ups. Devi tucked her head and rolled silently from her handstand position.
Devi stayed on the floor and did some ab work. She was used to doing this sort of thing everyday in the facility, just before the scientists came. She would warm-up and be ready for whatever tests they threw at her. Most of them were of strength, seeing how much she can lift in one shot. Others were of endurance, how fast she can get from point A to point B. Devi remembered that she excelled very well at these tests. The scientists were very pleased with the results.
After her ab work, Devi went into some stretching, mostly of the legs, then to do some more simple flips. After that part, Devi practiced some kicks and punches. She mainly taught herself when it came to mertial arts, there were some nights when she couldn't sleep and she just taught herself in the end.
When she was done there, Devi went into the bathroom to clean up a bit and fix her hair.
The front part of her hair was cut much shorter than the rest of her hair. It was now able to cover her ears with ease. She did this herself, knowing that if anyone else would do it, they would ask about her ears. Devi washed off her face and braided the longer part of her hair. Then, grabbing her trench coat and gloves and putting her boots on, Devi headed downstairs for breakfast.
*****
Captain Logan Exsony stood at the one edge of town with some of the soldiers that were assigned to him to help with his search. The others were at a different part of the town. He held up a small, hand held box that can be considered "lost technology," even though the box looked a bit on the crude side with a wire that was a good 8-12 inches long coming out of the corner, and the speaker part consisting only of a mesh wire covering. All the wires were hidden inside the box.
"This Alpha Search leader calling to all posts, come over."
There was a blast of static before a response came back. "Alpha Search leader this is Beta leader,we read you, over."
Another static burst, then: "Alpha this is Delta, we read you, over."
Captain Exsony was surprised that this "thing" actually worked. He lifted the box to his face as he spoke again. "You may begin the search. Search every building. This is probably the furtherest 5201 could have gotten too. Make sure you ask the people if they've seen it. Make contact with me when you've spotted it."
Delta was the first to speak. "Alrighty, over and out."
Then Beta responded quite the same. Captian Exsony hopped off the vehicle he was on and started down towards an saloon/inn. If anywhere, 5201 would probably be here.
*****
Devi came down silently and surprised Meryl by coming up behind her and saying, "Good morining." Meryl wasn't pleased, since she spilt coffe all over her front, but Milly and Vash had a good laugh. Vash invited Devi to join them for breakfast. Devi ordered a shortstack of hotcakes before sitting down. Meryl stormed off to change out of her now coffee colored clothing, muttering something about "being worse than Vash."
Vash instantly noticed something. "Hey, you cut your hair, at least part of it."
Devi brought a hand up to the shorter part of her hair. "Yeah."
A waitress brought Devi her shortstack and, after pouring some sweet smelling syrup on, she dug right in. At the same time as she ate, Devi was casually catching the scent of her compainions. Vash had a sweet, leathery aroma, which she figured mostly came from the trenchcoat. Milly's was more innocent and flowery. Meryl came back wearing now all white once more. She had the slight stench of coffee, mixed with perfume and sweat. Devi could tell Meryl works hard at what she does.
Vash spoke up as Devi was a fourth of the way through her meal. "I have a question for you."
"Hmm.." Devi had her mouth full, but she lifted her head to look at Vash.
"Do you want to join us on your travels?"
Meryl sighed and rolled her eyes. Just what she needs, another person to follow.
Devi smiled as she swallowed the sweet tasting, and smelling, pancake. "As much as I appreciate the offer, I'll have to decline. Anyways, I have a feeling we'll be meeting again."
She was about to have another bite when she stopped. A very familiar scent reached her nose. Devi continued to eat, acting as though nothing was wrong when there was. She remembers that scent, it was a recent one she picked up, but not as recent as these events. Then she placed her finger on it, the captian that had a tendency to appear for the night shift of gaurding the facility. She never got a name, but she remembers that he usually walked throughout the facility during the night. The scent got a bit more stronger.
Devi took one more bite before getting up. She gave quick good-byes and walked up to the bar to not only pay for her meal, but for her room and told the man there that she was leaving today. The man nodded in reply and she quickly and silently headed up the stairs.
Vash watched her oddly. When she was out of site, he asked, "I wonder what's wrong with her. She seemed to have started to act strangely all of a sudden."
Meryl huffed,"I don't know, and frankly, I don't care. We better be heading out today too."
*****
Devi reached her room. She told the barkeep that the key would be on the nightstand when he came up. Suddenly feeling a bit frantic, she started to gather her things into a pack. Food, drink, money, gel, hair stuff, clothing, it looked like she had everything that she bought or brought with her. Relaxing herself and telling herself she has time, she started to neatly put her things in the pack.
She took a deep breath and caught the scent of the captain. He was a bit closer than before, she figured he was heading right for here. Let's hope he didn't bring anyone else with.
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Oooo...cliff hanger!! Dun you just love, and hate, them at the same time? Now you'll have to wait for the next chapter to be posted. Until then, review!! I just LOVE reviews, especially if they are good. Love and peace!!
Chapter 5:Points of Authority
The leader of the guards gently knocked on the door Dr. Locheski's office. He was a young man in his late twenties, maybe early thirties. His black hair cut professionally short, it was short enough to spike. His eyes were deep set, sharp and midnight blue with lighter flecks of blue near his pupils. On his face was a scar located under his left eye that started close to the nose and ends at the end of his cheekbone. The uniform he's wearing fits him like a glove, with a few loose areas that allowed him to move.
He stood there for a moment before the doctor opened the door. The doctor knew what the young man was here for and so did the young man. The young man was there to give an update on the runaway experiment. And the update wasn't good.
"Ah....Captain Logan Exsony," Dr. Locheski greeted the young man. "I hope you brought good news."
Captain Exsony sighed and shook his head as the doctor allowed him into the office. "Sorry, sir. We don't have the experiment that escaped."
Dr. Locheski sighed as he sat down behind a wooden desk. "It's still early, so I'm not THAT worried or angry that you don't have it. Have you searched all the towns near the facility?"
The young captain nodded. "Yes, sir. On a 50 iles radius, I've sent teams to each town, making the search a bit quicker."
"And yet you still don't have the experiment."
"No, sir. It's kind of complicated with a very vague discription to go by."
Dr. Locheski nodded as he stood up from behind the desk. "I had a feeling that was part of the problem." He walked over to a filing cabinet, pulled out a drawer, flipped through some of the folders and pulled out one. The doctor gently tossed the folder onto the desk before sitting down. The captain picked up the folder and opened it. Clipped to a stack of papers was a picture, it was of the experiment 5201 on a practice run. It was a good picture, the best one there. It has a good look of what its face looks like, not to mention the build it has, very muscular and lean.
The doctor sat there a moment, looking at Captain Exsony as he flipped through the papers. "Let me tell you something, Captain. That experiment is very important to me. I've had that thing since it was only a baby and it's parents died on the front door of that facility. I've grown sort of attached to it, more as a pet than anything else."
Captain Exsony nodded. "I understand, sir."
"No," Dr. Locheski stated. "No, you don't. The other thing about 5201 is the genetics that I used to altered it to what it is now. Part of it, a wild sand cat; another part, a spider; a third it's true DNA and the last part, a plant. The kind that power most of the towns on this planet. You can read that all in that file there for a more thorough description."
"It's part plant?" Captain Exsony was confused.
"Yes, but it doesn't know how powerful it is. So be careful. Its probably more smarter than it lead us on to be, especially if it was able to escape like this."
"I will be sir," the captain replied with a nod, he bit back a smart- ass remark for the second part that the doctor said.
Dr. Locheski stood again, but this time walked over to a cabinet along the wall. He opened a pulled out a tranquilizer gun and six tranquilizers. "Here, these tranquilizers are strong enough to take 10 men out with one dart. Use them wisely on 5201, I would like to have it alive."
Captain Exsony took the gun. "Thank you and I will."
The doctor responded with a nod. "Just so you know, I will at the main genetics facility that is 150 iles north of December. Report there if you have my experiment by then."
"Yes sir."
*****
Devi woke up on the bed after the first of the double suns rose in the sky. She found the bed to be very comfortable, more comfortable than the one she had at the science facility. There, it was stiff and hard and she always woke up stiff and tired. Here, she felt for relaxed and revitalized than before.
She yawned as she climbed out of bed. The tiredness she always gets in the morning at the facility seemed to have followed her here. Must be a natural thing, Devi thought. Changing into her black unitard from her simple pajamas, she started the morning the same way she always did, with some stretches and exercises.
Devi stretched and reached for the ceiling. She did a small jump and allowed the spider part of her DNA kick in as she stuck fast to the ceiling. She relaxed all of her muscles, which she knew would end up popping almost every joint of her body, especailly her spine and shoulders. Pulling her feet to the ceiling, Devi gracefully got off the ceiling with a simple flip.
From there, she reached up and slowly bent backwards into an arch. This helped stretch her quads and abs for a moment before kicking up in the air. She had total control of her body as Devi easily did 15-20 handstand push-ups. Devi tucked her head and rolled silently from her handstand position.
Devi stayed on the floor and did some ab work. She was used to doing this sort of thing everyday in the facility, just before the scientists came. She would warm-up and be ready for whatever tests they threw at her. Most of them were of strength, seeing how much she can lift in one shot. Others were of endurance, how fast she can get from point A to point B. Devi remembered that she excelled very well at these tests. The scientists were very pleased with the results.
After her ab work, Devi went into some stretching, mostly of the legs, then to do some more simple flips. After that part, Devi practiced some kicks and punches. She mainly taught herself when it came to mertial arts, there were some nights when she couldn't sleep and she just taught herself in the end.
When she was done there, Devi went into the bathroom to clean up a bit and fix her hair.
The front part of her hair was cut much shorter than the rest of her hair. It was now able to cover her ears with ease. She did this herself, knowing that if anyone else would do it, they would ask about her ears. Devi washed off her face and braided the longer part of her hair. Then, grabbing her trench coat and gloves and putting her boots on, Devi headed downstairs for breakfast.
*****
Captain Logan Exsony stood at the one edge of town with some of the soldiers that were assigned to him to help with his search. The others were at a different part of the town. He held up a small, hand held box that can be considered "lost technology," even though the box looked a bit on the crude side with a wire that was a good 8-12 inches long coming out of the corner, and the speaker part consisting only of a mesh wire covering. All the wires were hidden inside the box.
"This Alpha Search leader calling to all posts, come over."
There was a blast of static before a response came back. "Alpha Search leader this is Beta leader,we read you, over."
Another static burst, then: "Alpha this is Delta, we read you, over."
Captain Exsony was surprised that this "thing" actually worked. He lifted the box to his face as he spoke again. "You may begin the search. Search every building. This is probably the furtherest 5201 could have gotten too. Make sure you ask the people if they've seen it. Make contact with me when you've spotted it."
Delta was the first to speak. "Alrighty, over and out."
Then Beta responded quite the same. Captian Exsony hopped off the vehicle he was on and started down towards an saloon/inn. If anywhere, 5201 would probably be here.
*****
Devi came down silently and surprised Meryl by coming up behind her and saying, "Good morining." Meryl wasn't pleased, since she spilt coffe all over her front, but Milly and Vash had a good laugh. Vash invited Devi to join them for breakfast. Devi ordered a shortstack of hotcakes before sitting down. Meryl stormed off to change out of her now coffee colored clothing, muttering something about "being worse than Vash."
Vash instantly noticed something. "Hey, you cut your hair, at least part of it."
Devi brought a hand up to the shorter part of her hair. "Yeah."
A waitress brought Devi her shortstack and, after pouring some sweet smelling syrup on, she dug right in. At the same time as she ate, Devi was casually catching the scent of her compainions. Vash had a sweet, leathery aroma, which she figured mostly came from the trenchcoat. Milly's was more innocent and flowery. Meryl came back wearing now all white once more. She had the slight stench of coffee, mixed with perfume and sweat. Devi could tell Meryl works hard at what she does.
Vash spoke up as Devi was a fourth of the way through her meal. "I have a question for you."
"Hmm.." Devi had her mouth full, but she lifted her head to look at Vash.
"Do you want to join us on your travels?"
Meryl sighed and rolled her eyes. Just what she needs, another person to follow.
Devi smiled as she swallowed the sweet tasting, and smelling, pancake. "As much as I appreciate the offer, I'll have to decline. Anyways, I have a feeling we'll be meeting again."
She was about to have another bite when she stopped. A very familiar scent reached her nose. Devi continued to eat, acting as though nothing was wrong when there was. She remembers that scent, it was a recent one she picked up, but not as recent as these events. Then she placed her finger on it, the captian that had a tendency to appear for the night shift of gaurding the facility. She never got a name, but she remembers that he usually walked throughout the facility during the night. The scent got a bit more stronger.
Devi took one more bite before getting up. She gave quick good-byes and walked up to the bar to not only pay for her meal, but for her room and told the man there that she was leaving today. The man nodded in reply and she quickly and silently headed up the stairs.
Vash watched her oddly. When she was out of site, he asked, "I wonder what's wrong with her. She seemed to have started to act strangely all of a sudden."
Meryl huffed,"I don't know, and frankly, I don't care. We better be heading out today too."
*****
Devi reached her room. She told the barkeep that the key would be on the nightstand when he came up. Suddenly feeling a bit frantic, she started to gather her things into a pack. Food, drink, money, gel, hair stuff, clothing, it looked like she had everything that she bought or brought with her. Relaxing herself and telling herself she has time, she started to neatly put her things in the pack.
She took a deep breath and caught the scent of the captain. He was a bit closer than before, she figured he was heading right for here. Let's hope he didn't bring anyone else with.
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Oooo...cliff hanger!! Dun you just love, and hate, them at the same time? Now you'll have to wait for the next chapter to be posted. Until then, review!! I just LOVE reviews, especially if they are good. Love and peace!!
