Chapter 2- A great spirit of adventure:
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Susan ran, and ran, and ran, trying and isolate the source of the mysterious noises but it proved more difficult with the winding streets and echoing ally-ways, she wandered how her grandfather had done all this and especially in his bad physique; she was already tired. She couldn't use the excuse of her regeneration tiring her because that happened over a day ago, no one would understand anyway. She slowed to a halt after coming to a fork in the road and began to pant heavily. She was about to give up because the sound had silenced, so she turned around but something stopped her dead in her tracks; like a physic barrier she thought.
She took this as a sign and turned around beginning to run down the left road but that proved to be the wrong one as she got a blinding sensation telling her to go the other way. She continued with this trial and error method until she reached a darkened ally-way.
Moss covered walls ascended all around her with strange patterns all around in no logical order. In what seemed like the centre was a woman lying there; dead. Stone cold. While Susan had seen more than a few dead bodies in her life, this one was the worst and committed in the worst possible way. It was gruesome with an arm detached and bite marks all along her side. She had her blouse removed and she knew why but did not linger at it for too long. Blood covered the 3 walls around her but Susan could not figure out why because as far as she could tell there was no puncture wound big enough to cause such a blood splatter. Before she could stand up straight she heard the words "Freeze!"
She did not turn or even move an inch but simply used her physic abilities to see from a more non- linear point of view and discovered it was a city guard. He held a gun and moved closer questioning her as he did, "Who are you?" Why are you here?" "Did you do this?" All of which she did not answer. Her grandfather had taught her how to escape many situations like this as they often found themselves in one like it; all it took was a little slight of eye. The moment he got close enough she slipped round him from the right and continued for mere seconds while he lost his sense of direction and where she was, then she easily slipped away unseen.
Not two days into her regeneration and she was already in trouble.
Evading more of the guards was a little trickier but not impossible. You see this city is the most technologically advanced and all the guards had face tracking equipment which made blending in just that much more exciting.
She ducked and jumped around so many corners she could count, swearing along the way until she reached a dead end, but she could still hear the shouts of men not too far away. "Oh I've always wanted to try this!" She muttered under her breath, as she jumped and grabbed onto an overhanging pole. Swinging her legs forward and back several times until she picked up enough pace to jump forward to a higher ledge. She froze when she saw figures arriving beneath her but luckily they didn't see her. She lingered up there, trying not to lose her balance, as she ease dropped on the conversation.
After another few minutes she scrambled along the ledge round a corner and onto a small rooftop where she simply sat and gazed over the city. Pondering over the events of the night she recalled the conversation and it had revealed some very useful information. It turned out there had been many more murders like this; 5 to be precise. They also talked about the evidence they had collected and it did correspond to anything in their database or their national allies. Susan was intrigued by this and decided she needed to investigate but that was proving more difficult than anything else. Fiddling around in her pockets she discovered the one thing which could do the trick.
A scrap of physic paper.
Before his departure, her grandfather had torn her a piece of and said it would be use full in starting a new life... Or using it to bypass security at a guard station. As she wandered up to the tall building, well the tallest building on the country, she pondered around the thought of which disguise she should use. It could have been easy to assume the role of an inspector but that may involve interaction with others, no she needed something of high importance but someone not everyone would talk to if they needed something.
A doctor.
Yes that would suit her splendidly. Dr. Susan Foreman.