Renee sat quietly eating her burger when the feeling of being stared at caused her eyes to shift upwards. "What's wrong?" Renee asked as she took another bite. "When they say you hear voices, is it just one voice or multiple?" Natalie asked. Renee's brow furrowed. "What do you mean?" Natalie's eyes lit up. "I find it fascinating that you get help from the void." She waited for the answer. "I mean they tell me about danger mostly sometimes more." Renee fidgeted. "How many voices do you hear?" Natalie followed up. "I really haven't thought too much into it." Renee felt uncomfortable. *You're in danger!* Her voices boomed in her head. "I'd love to study you sometime." Natalie stated as she set her burger down. *Run!* The voices urgently called out to Renee causing her void to crackle on her hands. "I...I refuse to be an experiment." She lowly stated as she tried to calm herself. Natalie lifted her eyebrow. "Mon amie, I fear..., I don't mean like." Natalie was flustered trying to fix the situation. "I wouldn't dare do the things I heard the IMC did to you." She quickly stated. *Get the fuck out of there!* The voices growled. Renee's eyes connected with blue eyes. "How much do you know?" She asked. Natalie softly smiled. "I read about all of the legends. Your story...I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked." She looked down. Renee took a steadying breath. "Nothing physical. I want to know more about my void." She blushed at the smile Natalie had. "Let's go back to my place so we can outline what to do." Natalie stood up holding out her hand to help Renee up.
Renee looked around at the unfamiliar house shifting her weight between her feet. "I'm sorry for the mess." Natalie called out from the other room. Renee looked around the room at the first place trophies on the shelves and pictures on the walls. Her house is so different than mine. Natalie's house was painted a light blue and it was noticeable she often pulled late nights with her inventions at the clutter spread around the room. Natalie walked into the room with a notebook in hand. "Let's get started, come have a seat." She said pointing at the table. Renee followed her over to the table taking a seat searching the walls while Natalie began to write down theories about why she can harness the void when a photo caught her attention. That's… "What's wrong?" Natalie followed her gaze and smiled. "My first win." She said as Renee tried to recall the memory. "We made a good team right?" Natalie smiled at Renee. "It was an interesting match." Renee's blush spread to her ears while staring at the photo. She has a photo of me on the wall. The photo was of Caustic, Wattson and her after a season two win. She focused back on Natalie as she was explaining the possibility of multiple dimensions.
Over the next few weeks they made a lot of headway into their research of the void. They would either go to train or a game then back to Natalie's to test different theories that Natalie had. "Are you looking forward to the match this evening?" Natalie said as she continued working on the invention to investigate the void. Renee shrugged her shoulders. I'm not thrilled with working with Nox but... She was pulled out of her thoughts by Natalie's voice. "Renee, have you ever had your void energy react outside of the games?" Natalie asked while moving to another side of the machine. "Sometimes." Renee answered feeling uneasy. "I'm going to go shower before the match." Renee stated as she stood to leave. "Au revoir, See you this afternoon." Natalie quickly got back to work. Renee quickly closed the door behind her. Why do I so readily give her information?" She pondered as she walked into her house. *Somebody is watching you* She scanned her living room when something knocked over in the kitchen. She gripped her Kunai and rushed forward. "What the hell are you doing in here?!" She glared at Elliot who had his hands raised. "I was just coming to bring you some left over pork chops." He said as she lowered her weapon. "How the hell did you even get in here." her brow furrowed. "Spare key." He held up the key. "I borrowed it from Path." He sheepishly stated as she took it from him. Fuck. She thought to herself as she put her Kunai away. She saw him out and turned to get ready for her next match.
The announcer boomed around them announcing they were down to the last three squads. Caustic just got done laying gas traps between Wattson's fencing. "I'm going to scout to see if I can find any squads." Wraith called out to her teammates as she slipped out of the door of the building they had locked down. Need a spot to see a good distance….The Roof. She thought as she grabbed the building to hoist herself up. *There's a sniper in the area* She jumped down and called out, "I didn't see anyone yet, but there is a sniper in the area." Caustic nodded and peeked his sniper rifle out the window. "Firing, subject down." He called out as the sniper rifle cracked in the silence. The announcer once again rang, "Two squads left." Wraith squeezed back out the door when she felt herself get pulled back. "Be careful." Wattson smiled. *Sniper, Move!* Everything slowed down as Wraith heard the crack of the shot ring out. She slammed into Wattson forcing herself to phase them back into the barricaded room. Her phase faded and she sunk to her knees. Wattson looked at her in shock as Wraith's eyes widened. "You're bleeding." Wraith gasped out. Caustic rushed over to the two, glaring at the skirmisher, "What did you do?" He said with accusation laced in his voice. "She was magnifique!" Wattson called out while wiping the blood from her nose. Wraith pushed herself off the ground and punched a void tunnel without a word. She ended up behind Octane and Bloodhound's cliff they were perched on and let her R-301 do the work. The buzzer went off with the announcement of their championship boomed around the arena. Wraith balled her fists up and walked past Wattson and Caustic without a word.