Diana fiercely marched into Genomex's head office after charging her way past the receptionist.
"Mr. Eckhart, we need to talk." Diana spoke clearly and quite determinedly. Mr. Eckhart was sitting in his chair, swinging around from the view of mutant's in their pods. The more Diana thought about it, the more it sickened her.
"Hello to you too Ms. Troy. I take it that Mutant X are out of the picture then." Mr. Eckhart's voice was naturally calm, but definitely not soothing. In fact, it just made him sound more menacing.
"Mutant X is back the way they were before, but they don't know anything about me or your machine." Diana replied.
"Good, so all's well. The final finishing touches are being made as we speak." Mr. Eckhart confided.
"I want you to pull the plug on your machine and then I quit." Diana said strongly, showing no weaknesses. Weakness was what people like Mr. Eckhart thrived on. It appalled her how long she'd been working for a jerk like him. He looked slightly taken aback by her proposal.
"And why would I, pull the plug, as you say?" Mr. Eckhart sounded intrigued.
"You shouldn't have the power to find any mutant, no one should. Imagine what would happen if it got into the wrong hands? We'd be exposed; the world would turn against us. They aren't ready to know about us yet." Diana reasoned, but Mr. Eckhart looked totally unconvinced.
"I assure you, it will be perfectly safe." Mr. Eckhart cooed.
"I'm afraid that's not good enough sir. I must insist." Diana put her foot down.
"Or?" Mr. Eckhart challenged.
"Or I'll have to use force." Diana replied threateningly.
"Well that's what you'll have to do then because 'Brillo Pad' is nearly finished." Mr. Eckhart stood up, gesturing her towards the door. She walked toward him and Mr. Eckhart didn't move. In one swift movement, she picked up the stapler from his desk and hit him over the head, knocking him unconscious.
"Sorry sir, but this is necessary." She muttered and knelt down beside his face. As before, she breathed out, letting her toxin infuse his body through his eyes. Getting up, she took the cup of water off his table and threw it at his face, waking him up. The first thing he saw was the most magnificent face on the planet.
"Diana, I've never noticed how truly beautiful you are." Mr. Eckhart complimented, walking towards her.
"Thank you Mr. Eckhart – " Diana started, but was cut off.
"Mason, please." He was completely besotted.
"Ok, Mason," She said, feeling really uncomfortable. "Would you do something for me?" She asked sweetly.
"Anything." He breathed. This is a side of Mr. Eckhart I thought I'd never see, Diana laughed.
"Would you shut down 'Brillo Pad' for me?" Diana smiled.
"Of course, anything for you. But first I might need a kiss." He smiled, coming faster towards her. Dear God I hope he's kidding! Diana felt extremely queasy.
"I'll give you a kiss if you do it first." Diana promised, with every intension of knocking him out again.
"No, you kiss me, my beloved and I will do this for you." Eckhart pinned her to the wall. Oh crap, Diana swore. She was going to regret this. She smiled sweetly, luring him to her. Reluctantly, she pushed her lips to his and he took full advantage of her. His lips were dry and lifeless and Diana felt physically sick, but Mason seemed to be enjoying himself. Pulling away as fast as she could, Mason looked disappointed.
"They'll be more of that if you shut down 'Brillo Pad'!" Diana smiled seductively. He frowned, but turned to his phone. While he was turned, Diana tried to spit out every bit of saliva Mason had put in her mouth. After dialling, Mason turned to look at her. And Diana smiled in response.
"Hello, Mr. Eckhart here, I'm calling off 'Brillo Pad'." Mason turned on his businessman voice of which Diana despised. It hadn't crossed her mind before, but maybe it wasn't Mutant X who were the bad guys, maybe it was Mr. Eckhart. Now she felt even more disgusted with herself. At least she was making amends with this.
"No, I'm not kidding and I realise this was our only shot, but I want that project erased!" Mason's voice angered slightly, but he never seemed to have lost control.
"Thank you." Mason hung up the phone and walked back towards Diana. "Now, where were we?" He got inches towards her face, before she punched him unconscious. There's no way I'm going through that again! Diana scoffed. Diana clenched and tried to shake off those horrifying images of her and 'Mason'! She bent down again and concentrated, drawing up every inch of power within her. Slowly, she breathed in, magnetising the toxin back into her bloodstream. She felt more in control this time, but still felt slightly queasy. Grounding herself for a few seconds, she stood up and looked at Mr. Eckhart's unconscious body on the floor.
"I quit." Walking out of his office and out of Genomex forever, Diana breathed in her first breath of fresh air as a free mutant.