Chapter 4, captured
Ten minutes later, Katheryn bounded down her apartment steps wearing a loose-fitting skirt that was sitting a little bit too low, her new tail poking over the waist band and a sports bra, the back of which was pushed, uncomfortably down by the wings that were now protruding from just below her shoulder blades. She found that the she seemed to have more energy than normal, giving her more speed and balance, although the later may have had something to do with her tail. She stopped as she reached the street and was blinded by the bright sun and, as her eyes adjusted to the outside light she found herself marvelling at the new depth of colour her all too familiar surroundings seemed to have. Maybe, she thought, not all the changes were bad.
"Exobyte carrier detected."
Katheryn turned as the metallic voice rang out behind her, the sun reflected off the Brainiac drones metal skin as it clanked towards her.
"Please remain stationary and prepare to be processed."
With a laugh Katheryn weaved her way down the street only to see a second drone approach from the other end of the street. Both drones fired a beam of light at her, the beams hit and seemed to do nothing.
"Target marked, prepare for transport."
"Screw that." Katheryn said leaping into the air and flapping her new wings, they beat out of time with each other sending her spinning to the ground.
"Dam, I need to practice that." She muttered to herself.
"Exobyte host appears to have mental damage."
"You what." Katheryn screamed, her entire body tensing with anger. The two drones moved towards her and she leapt forward landing on one of the drones, slipping she fell to her knees and as she tried to get a hold of the surface she found small claws push through her fingertips and dig into the dome. A smile crossed her face as she realised she now had a weapon she could use against the machine. Suddenly a beam of light poured down on her from the sky above and everything went black.
The next thing Katheryn was aware of was an immense coldness that penetrated through her skin and seemed to flow with her blood. The came the sounds; A strange humming, the clanking of metal on metal and the sliding of automatic doors. The she heard static followed by a voice.
"Hello, can you hear me? No don't try to answer, this is only a one-way communication so just listen. You are currently in a stasis pod on a Brainiac ship. I have managed to hack the systems and have activated the revive protocol, you should feel yourself warm up and, when you reach the correct temperature the door should open. I'll be back in contact."
Left alone with the sounds of the ship Katheryn lay in the pod, her capture adding to all the events of the previous day her main desire was to get out and smash something.