Lina Trinch: Thank you for reviewing again ^^ I seam to have lost all of my other reviewers…I actually really hate White, if you couldn't tell.
AN:
Okay, I have exams next week, so I'm pretty busy studying right now. I'm still going to try posting some chapters though because I have all of them written up to chapter seven.
I'm going to rant a little about Payback before I start this chapter. I loved that episode! It might have been my favorite…if only it had more Six in it. Then it would be perfect. There was a little hint of Holix though, but I'm not sure if it was intentional. When Six was flying to the Keep and talking to Holiday, he said, "I'm getting you off that ship." He didn't say you all or everyone, he just said you to Holiday. I loved that…then Van Kleiss wanted to turn Six into an Evo, and I was just like, "If turn him into an Evo, I will come through that TV screen and kill you." I'm sure there was more I wanted to rant about, but I can't remember anything right now. Anyway, I hate that that episode was the season finale…I just hope that the show's going to start airing in January again or something, and that CN's not going to wait until Spring to air them…well, enough with my rant. GR © MoA.
"Well, here's your room, and…just call if you need anything. Here's my number. I'm guessing you already know Six's number, and that you don't really want Rex's number, because he'd probably call you non-stop. Just like he does with Six and me." Holiday handed Yin a piece of paper with her cell phone number printed on it. The doctor was showing Yin to her room and giving her a tour of the base.
"Thank you doctor."
"Call me Holiday."
"Alright. Thank you Holiday."
"You're welcome. I'll be back tomorrow morning to check up on you. It's late; you should get some sleep." Yin nodded. "Good night." Yin stood in place as she watched the doctor walk away. The girl turned and stared at her room door for a couple seconds before opening it. She walked inside, and saw a room with gray walls, gray floors, two gray closets, and a gray bed. Gray. Everything was gray and colorless; just the way she liked it.
Yin walked over to the closet doors and opened them. Empty. She walked over to the other closet and opened that one. Empty. The girl stared down at the clothing she was currently wearing. The blood covered and ripped clothing she was wearing. 'I need new clothes…' The girl looked over at her phone to see what the time was. 'A little after midnight…are any clothing shops even open this late?'
"Wouldn't hurt to check." The girl said aloud. Moments later, she was standing in the center of a crowded mall. "Thank you teleportation."
Yin walked around the mall for about five minutes before deciding that this country was insane. 'One; what mall would be open this late? Two; who the hell would shop this late? Three; why am I shopping this late? Oh right, I need new clothes.'
Suddenly Yin felt a person run into her. She looked down at the ground to find a girl who appeared to be around sixteen staring at her while standing up. The girl had dyed blonde hair, and was wearing a light blue dress. "Watch where you're going, goth loser." The girl stared at Yin. "And what's up with the blood?"
"It's a long story. And I'm pretty sure you couldn't even comprehend most of it."
The girl scoffed. "Try me."
"There was this battle with an Evo, and-"
"What's an Evo?" The girl asked.
"Exponentially Variegated Organism." The girl just stared at Yin. "They're the mutated monsters that we see running around."
Something clicked in the girl's mind, and she smiled at Yin. "Oh…those things are scary."
"They're not really that frightening. They're just mutated humans."
"Well, why were you fighting one? I thought that was that weird organization's job."
"Providence. And my apprentices and I were actually saving two of their agent's butts."
"Was it Rex? He's hot."
"Nice talking to you." Yin said as she walked away. 'Well that was a great conversation…now to actually find some clothes without running into anyone else.'
Five minutes after shopping; Yin had found everything she needed except for a shirt. The girl wandered into a store with heavy metal music blaring over through the speakers.
"Hi, I'm Ben. Can I help you find anything?" A salesman asked Yin.
"Um, do you have any shirts that look like the one I'm wearing? Just plain black." Yin opened her jacket so that the man could see her shirt.
"Whoa…nice blood. Did you buy it here?"
"What? Oh, no. It's real."
"Dude! What happened."
"Evo fight. Lesson learned; never try to save Providence agents."
"You know Providence?"
"I used to be an agent." Yin didn't really want the man to know she was one of the founders.
"Cool." The salesman blanked for a second. "Oh! But we have some shirts that look like that, only they're half-sleeved shirts; not sleeveless."
"That's fine with me. Probably even better. I won't have to wear this jacket all the time."
"What?"
"It's personal."
"Okay. Here, follow me." The salesman led her to a table of shirts. He held up one of them. "What's your size?"
"Medium."
"How many do you want?"
"Um…five I guess."
"Alright. Follow me to the register and I'll ring you up." Yin followed the man to the register and handed him a hundred bucks.
"Keep the change. It's my boss's money anyway." That was right. Yin had stolen money from White. How? That was her little secret. Let's just say she was stealthier than Six, and she knew the lock code to White's room.
"Thank you…?"
"Yin."
"Well Yin. It's been nice talking to you. Maybe we could talk again later? Here's my number." Ben wrote his number on the back of Yin's receipt and handed it to her along with the bag of black shirts.
"Maybe." Yin picked up the bag and walked out of the store. She walked into the bathroom and teleported herself back to base.
"Well that was…stressful. Reminds me of why I hate going to the mall…" She placed the bags on her bed and put all of the clothing in its place. Yin then changed into a new pair of clothes and decided to get some sleep. It had been about a week since she had slept more than one hour. Hopefully she would end that trend tonight.
The girl laid down and let herself slip into a light sleep. She was never a heavy sleeper. With all that went on in her life, she couldn't afford to sleep through noise and chaos.
After a few hours, which seamed like mere minutes, Yin was woken by a blaring alarm clock. She glanced over at the clock on her bedside table. 5:30. Early, but not too early. Wow…she had actually gotten four and a half hours of sleep last night.
The girl stepped out of bed and slipped on her sneakers. She didn't like tying the laces, so she double knotted them and never untied them. Unlike the rest of her clothes, her shoes were still covered in blood. Yin hated shoe shopping, so she hadn't bothered to get new shoes. She thought the blood looked kinda cool too.
The girl exited her room and instinctively walked down to White's conference room. "Yin, I didn't expect to see you here this early."
"I don't sleep much."
"What are you doing here?"
"Asking. What's the real reason you want me here?" Yin asked.
"I don't. But like I said before, you can be a valuable asset." White said.
"White, I'm psychic. I know that's not your only reason."
"Look, I have a mission for you. You are to travel to Abysus on an undercover mission. You are to travel there now, and you are not to tell anyone where you are going."
"Isn't Abysus where the nanite event occurred?"
"Yes."
"Then what could possibly be there that you want me investigating?"
"Yin, do you remember the pack?"
"Yeah…we kept an eye on them a while back. But, they weren't a threat-and oh wow. Van Kleiss, that diplomat who tried to kill everyone, he was their leader." White nodded. "Then why do you want me there?"
"Van Kleiss has been showing…interest in Rex. He wants him to join the pack. I need you to get to know him and see what his plans are."
"So, Van Kleiss is…stalking Rex? And you want me to see why?"
"Basically. A jet will transport you to Abysus."
"Wait; a Providence jet will blow my cover. I need to teleport there myself and put on a good act. Just tell me the coordinates and I can find my own way there."
"Do whatever you want. Just don't blow it." The screen went blank, and then displayed the coordinates that Yin was to travel to. She took a mental note of them.
Yin walked back to her room and pulled her blood stained clothes out of the trashcan. 'These may come in handy…' The girl put on the clothes and then teleported herself to Abysus. She spotted a castle in the distance. 'Okay, looks like I'm walking a mile or two. But first…' Yin took out one of her stilettos and cut her arm, leg, and cheek. 'Need to make this look convincing.' Blood began dripping from the cuts the girl had just made.
She began walking towards the castle. The walk took her about ten minutes. When she got there, Yin started banging on the door. She was holding her side to make it look like she was injured.
A gothic girl in a dress and leggings opened the door, and was about to ask a question, when Yin cut her off before she had a chance to ask anything. "I-I…Providence, they-they" Then she fainted. Well, faked fainted, but this girl didn't have to know that.
Yin heard the girl run down a hall. Moments later, she heard the girl talking to a man. She didn't open her eyes to see who the man was, but Yin guessed it was Van Kleiss. "Who is she?" He asked strictly.
"I don't know. She just mentioned something about Providence and then fainted." The girl answered.
"Biowulf, come here." The girl heard vibrations on the ground as the creature walked closer to Van Kleiss. "Take her to my throne room." Yin felt a force lift her from the ground. The creature was metallic and cold, yet she could feel a steady heart beat and breathing. 'Evo?' She thought to herself.
Yin felt the creature carry her away from Van Kleiss and the girl. Biowulf eventually put her down on a hard, cold surface. She waited until Biowulf walked out of the room to open her eyes. There was a distorted looking throne surrounded by vines. Well, the entire room was covered in cracked, brown vines. Everything looked…dead in this place. Yin didn't know whether to like it, or to be afraid.
She continued looking around the room, when her eyes met a group of statues. 'These look just like Evos…' She double checked to make sure no one else was in the room before walking over to the statues. Yin analyzed the statue. 'It…it is an Evo. And Evo that was drained of all nanites and energy.'
The girl heard a noise coming from outside the room. She ran back to where Biowulf had placed her and laid back down. Yin could feel the vibrations on the ground. 'Five…five of them. He brought the whole pack.'
She felt herself being lifted by a vine, but forced herself to stay calm and not open her eyes. "She's knocked out." Van Kleiss analyzed. "What happened?"
"She came knocking on the door, and I answered it. She was frantic and possibly in shock from losing blood. Before she went out cold, she mentioned something about Providence. Then she just fell, and I came to get you." The girl who found her said.
The girl felt a vine loosen on her, and then found herself hitting a wall. She fell to the floor and rolled over. Since she assumed Van Kleiss would expect the impact to awaken her, she opened her eyes and started to slowly stand up. If she wanted this to work, this act needed to be convincing. "Where-where am I?" Yin forced a tone of fear to linger in her voice.
"Why, you're in Abysus my dear." Van Kleiss said.
She turned to face him. "Is Providence gone?" She decided to keep the element of fear in her voice. At least for now.
"Yes, they're gone. Providence has been attacking these lands without reason. What did they do to you?" Van Kleiss asked her.
"They-they hurt me." She said while holding out her arm, showing him her cuts. "They said I was different, then they came after me and tried to kill me." Van Kleiss raised an eyebrow at her comment. 'And this is all going according to plan.'
"Why exactly did they come after you?" He asked.
"Because of m-my powers."
"Your powers?" Van Kleiss asked. "And what exactly can you do?"
"I'm not an Evo, if that's what you're asking. I'm just different. Weird. An outcast."
"You are not an outcast, my dear. Your skills, whatever they are, will be appreciated here."
Yin slowly nodded. "I-I can c-control…elements."
"Would you mind giving a demonstration?" This was all going according to plan.
"S-sure." She replied. The girl lifted her hands and fire emerged from the ground.
"Impressive." Van Kleiss's eyes widened. "Can you bend any other elements?"
"I-I can control fire, water, earth, air, metal, wood, and darkness. Not light though."
"Would you care to demonstrate some of those other abilities?" He asked her.
"Certainly." The girl decided to bend wood first. She flicked her wrists, and all of the vines covering the room started to bend to her will. They all followed whatever direction her hand went.
"Impressive." Kleiss commented.
She then decided to bend earth. She threw her hands down by her sides in a swift motion. The entire room shook like an earth quake was occurring. Then she lifted her hands up and the section of the ground she was standing on separated from the ground and turned into a platform. The girl then had the platform rise in the air. She brought it back down and joined it to the ground where it once was.
"What about water?" Van Kleiss asked.
"Is there any water nearby?" She asked.
"There is an ocean about a mile away."
"A mile…I think I can work with that." Yin closed her eyes and raised her hands in an arch like shape, above her head. Before anyone could react, water began to pour in through the windows, starting to flood the room. Before the water rose any further, Yin controlled the water to return to the ocean.
"Very impressive. Now…what about darkness?" Van Kleiss questioned.
"I thought you would ask about that. Everyone does. Darkness is not truly element bending. Though I can manipulate it, darkness is completely different from the traditional elements. It can control the bender if they are not strong enough to control it."
"Would you care to give a demonstration?" Kleiss asked.
"Give me a second." Yin reached to her right eye and took out her contact lens. She didn't really want anyone seeing her left eye. That's what her bangs were for; to hide her left eye.
Her eye that was once green was revealed to truly be deep red. She walked over to the girl who met her at the door and looked her in the eyes. "Your name is Circe, and you are a siren-like Evo. You lure other Evos by creating sonic waves with a…second mouth? You also have a crush on Providence's Evo boy: Rex." She broke eye contact with the girl and looked at Van Kleiss. "Care for me to go on?"
"No. That's good enough." Van Kleiss said.
"How-how did you tell all of that just from looking into my eyes?" Circe asked. She appeared to be afraid of Yin.
"Eyes are the portal to the soul. I can see your thoughts, your emotions, everything by looking into your eyes. The ability to control darkness has many different branches, the most prominent of which is clairvoyant abilities." Yin said.
"Yin, the pack could use you. I know you're not an Evo, but you could help us fight for the freedom of Evos. Fight against the organization that hurt you. What do you think?"
"Joining the pack? I'm intrigued, but I'm sure it's not as easy as you're making it sound. What's the catch?"
"Smart girl. You have one task before you are allowed to join. Think of it as an initiation. Yin, you are to kill Rex. He is no longer of any importance to me." Yin froze in place, as well as Circe. 'Well, this plot just failed.'
AN
Please R&R! I've lost most of my reviewers, and it's pretty saddening…I'm writing a Christmas story that should be up in a few days in addition to this story. For this story, I've written all of the chapters up to chapter…seven I believe. So I should have those up soon. But please R&R!
