Rise of the Reaper
Helena's P.O.V Red outfit from DOA 5
As we relaxed Alex went to take a long shower I was tempted to join him but I feel that I would be sending the wrong signal. I think back to my dream and why Alex and I wouldn't be able to have children. His powers weren't forced in fact all sentinels have the powers from the start it just takes a while for them to appear. Alex told me that as much as he wants to be a parent that probably won't happen even if it's with another sentinel. I find it sad because he always wonders if he would be a great parent. In my eyes he'd be a perfect father. I should think about this later. Hmm maybe I should talk to Kat so I can get to know her a little better. If she has to be here I'd prefer a friend to an obstacle. Ah she is in the living room just sitting there. Before I enter the room she seems to know I'm there. "Hey Helena." I smile and sit down next to her. She turns to me a sad look in her eyes. "What's wrong?" Tears start pouring from her eyes. To my surprise she moves next to me and rests her head on my shoulder. "Sorry Helena sometimes I'm just a mess." I sigh. "It's alright Kat." we sit here for a few minutes. "So tell me about yourself." She moves her head p and stares at me. "Well I guess since you and Alex are involved I guess we have to get along so OK." She takes a minute to compose herself. "Well I guess I should start with why I'm called reaper. It's my blades were like scythes so Alex and Clinton started calling me reaper and it stuck. Well that's at least half the reason the other part was I am really good at killing people. I was one of the best in using my blades next to Alex of course. I would always have been at least three steps ahead of my enemies. But I got cocky and one day it caught up with me." Her voice starts to break up at this point so I out my hand on her shoulder. "You don't have to continue if it causes you this much pain Kat." She looks at me with tears rolling down her face. "You know Helena Alex has always been good at matchmaking. He has hooked up a lot of sentinels. Even me." I nod and give her my full attention. "I had a secret that I never told anyone not even my folks knew." "Knew about what?" Kat's cheeks turn red. "That I have a thing for um girls." "OK I get the feeling this has something to do with you getting cocky." "Yeah you see I was out with matchstick my girlfriend and we got a little distracted. Well we were supposed to be looking for black omega troopers." "You mean Titian's soldiers?" "Yep. So as we were walking and it looked clear the odds of us finding anything were very very low."
Flashback years ago
"Kat we're on patrol we shouldn't be doing this!" Matchstick aka Sam said as Kat kissed her neck. Kat smiled "Oh come on Sam there isn't anybody around here for miles." Sam's will power was vastly fading. Until the pair heard a noise. "Uh OH." they said in unison.
Present
As Kat was telling the tail of her capture Alex came into the room. "Ah much better. So what are you two talking about?" "Kat was telling me what happened to her blades." He looked shocked. "Really?" Kat nodded. "You said she was trustworthy and since she's gonna find out anyway." "So you get to the bad part yet?" She shook her head. "What bad part?" "We were jumped by black omega troops and captured." We were put into a coma and taken to a lab. The scientists stuck wires into us and..." As Kat recalls the experiments they preformed in a pained voice I try to hold back my tears. after she finished recalling the torture she took a deep breath. "If it wasn't for Alex and Clinton I would be dead." I turn to Alex and he begins recalling the events on that day.
Flashback years ago
Alex and Clinton were walking down the hall of the base. Alex looks at Clinton. "So? Are you gonna ask her?" Clinton stops and turns to Alex. "Who?" "You know very well who. Don't give me that crap." Clinton raises his hands in defense. "Hey come on Alex what chance do I have with Sarah I mean seriously?" Alex shakes his head. "Clinton really you're one of the best people I know. Any girl would kill for someone as smart, kind, and brave as you." "You forgot funny." "You're not that funny dude." "Hey what are you two boys talking about?" Clinton nearly jumped out of his skin. "H..hey Sarah what's up?" She moved her brown hair to the side giving him a smile. "Nothing much. You?" Alex elbowed Clinton in the side. "Well I was wondering if you um wanted to go out you know on a date with me?" She ran into his arms. Her Australian accent clear as day. "Of course I've been waiting for you to ask me ever since Alex said how great you were." He turned to his best friend. "Really?" Alex nodded. Sarah turned to him. "So Alex is it true that you set up Reaper and matchstick as well." He nodded. "So when are you gonna find a girl for yourself." he rolled his eyes. "I don't have time to plus there isn't anyone I would be interested in any way." "Well I'm sure you'll find your princess someday." He smiled. "Well I'll leave the two of you alone." Just as he turned to leave a young Corporal came up to the three of them and saluted. "Sirs the council has ask you and ghost to their camber." The corps were run by the first people to find the technology of the first ones. A race of aliens that put their tech on earth for humanity to find and use. After them was the sentinels then admirals and generals. Alex and Clinton arrive at the council camber. "Ah war machine ghost at last." They saluted and stood in attention. "We wish to inform the two of you that reaper and matchstick have been captured." "What!" they said in unison. "They were ambushed three days ago." Alex was fueled by anger as reaper was one of his best friends since before they joined the corps. He Clinton and Kat grew up together their parents were great friends. "Then why the fuck weren't we told about this?" "Calm yourself war machine we only got the message a minute ago." Clinton quickly step in before Alex could yell at they lack of intelligence. "We request the rescue mission." "We knew you would bring them back." The two looked at each other and walked out. Heading straight for the teleporters. "This could be a trap you know." Alex turned to Clinton and nodded. "That is always possible ghost but we can't let them die." "We won't." "Dam right we won't,"
2 hours later.
"OK so how did we miss the black omega base?" Clinton asked as the two of them look at the city sized base. "Well it could have been cloaked." "Maybe. So how do you want to do this." Alex looked to the ground for a second. "We can't take the time for the cloak and dagger routine." Clinton nodded. "So guns blazing?" "Yep I'm on point." the two rushed the base firing their rifles and not missing a shot. "Hey Clinton your at least twenty hills behind." Alex said while they run into a tunnel. "Well it's hard to keep up with you when your pissed off." They turn a corner to a large door. "Alex do you have any explosives?" "This is me you're talking to so yes." Alex planted a bomb on the door and then the door was gone. The two ran into the room guns out ready to fire. "Alex Clinton! Kat was chain to a nearby wall and she was in bad shape. "Kat hang on I'll cut you down!" But before Alex could move he and Clinton were knocked into the opposite side of the room. They looked up to see Sam only very disfigured. "What the hell did they do to her?" Clinton looked like he was going to be sick and that rarely happened since he had a very strong stomach. "Ah Alex I was wondering when you would get here." Titian's voice spoke with a gleeful tone. "Titian I should have known! What have you done to Sam?"
Present day Helena's P.O.V ten minutes later
After the gory details of what happened to Sam Alex went on to what happened to Kat's blades and how she got her scythe. "So Alex you made her scythe?" "Yes I did and it's not just a scythe." "Right do you mean?" Kat smiled. "I think a demo is in order." We headed outside.