The Next Week:
Lana heads straight for the lab. She waves to the security guards and the receptionist before getting onto the elevator and pressing the button.
"Hold the elevator."
Lana presses the button and looks up to see her 'aunt' get on. The black haired woman looks down at her with a smirk.
"Good morning."
Lana nods to her before moving so she can press her button.
"You look nice today."
"So do you."
Lana was wearing a sleeveless fit and flare blue dress with nude heels. Her necklace sits securely around her neck and she has gold bracelets on.
"That necklace does look good on you."
"Thank you."
"Think of it as a gift."
"It was a gift."
"Not from your father…from me."
Lana turns to look at her but she quickly notices a bracelet similar to the one she's carrying on her wrist.
"…was it a part of your collection?"
"You could say that. You must know the history behind it."
"I do. A female warrior snuck into a camp and this was made in her honor."
The woman laughs and nods halfheartedly.
"You have part of it right. It was made for the warrior by the general of the other army. He gave it to her the night she killed him. That necklace absorbed all the power from him and his army. It makes the wearer very powerful. The owner was also said to have been able to control anyone wearing it."
Lana nods slowly before touching it.
"That's…interesting. Why would he give her a necklace if they were at war?"
"They weren't at war. He was her beloved. They were to be married."
Lana looks at her before shaking her head.
"That's horrible."
"It's smart…but to each their own…you must feel yourself getting stronger?"
"I work out a lot."
"Not just physical power little girl."
Lana glares at her before pressing her floors button again. This elevator was so slow.
"In a hurry?"
"Yes."
Finally the elevator stops and the doors open. Lana steps off but her wrist is caught in a vice like grip. She turns and looks at her aunt in fear.
"Be careful little one…you never know which side of the story you'll end up on."
Lana looks at her with big eyes but she lets go and the doors shut with her smirking behind them. Lana rubs her wrist in pain while thinking over her words.
"Lana!"
Lana looks around quickly and sees Lexi.
"Oh! Hi Lexi."
"Come to give my device back?"
Lana nods quickly making Lexi frown.
"You look like you just saw death…everything okay?"
Lana shakes her head before handing the device back over.
"Not really, but I have a favor of you."
"Oh?"
"Can you make 5 of these?"
Lexi's eyes go wide as she thinks about it.
"Uh I guess so…I'll have to see when I can fit it in-"
"Lexi this needs to be off the books. I'll pay you myself."
Lexi nods slowly before looking her over again.
"Okay I can do that…what're they for?"
"Another favor…no questions?"
Lexi nods and motions towards her lab.
"Well whatever they're for you'll need to design the hologram."
Lana nods and thinks about each of the boys and what she thought they'd look like as humans. Lexi walks them into her lab before motioning to a seat in front of her computer table. Lana sits down and touches the surface of the table making it light up.
"Five you said?"
Lana nods and Lexi types something in.
"Okay well just like any file, name it and save it when you're done. I'll help you if you need anything."
Lexi sits down beside her and starts doing other work. Lana rubs her wrist as she looks at the first file. She clicks it and names it Splinter before choosing, male, and grey hair.
"Will the device keep their eyes and voice the same?"
"Of course. It can just change their sex and other physical features, but their body type will stay the same. So if you're skinny, you'll be skinny as a man too."
Lana nods and go back to planning out their features. She finishes Splinters then starts on Donnie's. She picks male for all of them but Donnie has light brown hair, Mikey has dirty blonde hair, Raph has dark brown hair, and Leo has almost black hair.
"What're these models err modeled after?"
"Famous celebrities who I think are hot."
Lana laughs and looks at her friend.
"Are you kidding?"
"Of course not. If I'm changing peoples appearances, they're going to look hot."
Lana shakes her head and looks at the other options.
"Can I choose which celebrity?"
"Ya sure."
Lexi slides over in her chair and touches a few buttons.
"Just tell me which one."
Lana looks at them all and smiles.
"Mako for Splinter, Andrew Garfield for Mikey, Jason Momoa for Raphael, hmm Donnie and Leo are hard. Ohh! Kit Harrington for Donnie, and Chris Evans for Leo."
Lexi looks at her and smirks.
"I bet I can guess all of their personalities from these selections."
"Bet accepted."
"Okay Splinter…little Japanese man?"
"Yes."
"Mikey…well Andrew is a lovable jokester guy so Mikey must be too."
Lana nods and looks partially impressed.
"Donnie must be the quiet one. Kit doesn't say very much but he does a lot with his actions."
"Good."
She smiles then looks at the remaining two actors.
"Okay so Raphael…must be the strong one? And he doesn't talk as much as act…gets angry?"
"How'd you know that?"
"That's all Jason is known for. That and be a sarcastic shit."
Lana laughs.
"That's Raph."
"Now Leo…you chose your favorite actor so you must harbor some sort of feeling towards him."
Lexi smirks at her but before Lana can protest Lexi continues.
"But he also must be nice and quiet too, but in a different way than the others…leader type?"
Lana nods absently. Lexi watches Lana before saving all of their profiles.
"How'd I do?"
"Amazingly well…it's like you know them."
"It's a talent. Okay so while these profiles will incorporate similar facial structures of the people you chose, they won't look exactly like them. Just similar."
Lana nods and watches her type away.
"Lucky for you I made a few of these already so it'll just take like 30 minutes to download the software and information."
Lana nods and stands.
"Let me know when they're done?"
Lexi nods.
"Of course."
"I'll have the money wired into your account."
"Lana you don't-"
"Yes I do. This is amazing technology but keep it to yourself for right now okay?"
Lexi nods quickly.
"Oh I meant to ask…have you made any others besides these?"
"No way. You're the first."
Lana nods and sighs.
"Okay thanks. I'll be back later."
Lexi waves to her before rolling to another part of her lab. Lana walks back to the elevator and starts running some errands. She visits Steph and talks to her for a bit before heading up to her father's office. When the doors open she walks out and sees Erik standing there talking to her dad. She looks at both of them before smiling at him when she passes.
"Good timing Lana."
"For what?"
"You're going to show Erik what you do."
"Excuse me?"
Erik looks at her quickly and looks surprised.
"Lana-"
"You're taking my job?"
Erik looks at Winters and starts to protest.
"He's an exceptional employee."
"I know he is."
"And you'll be taking over my role for the next few months."
Lana stops' glaring at Erik and nearly falls over at what her father said.
"Excuse me?"
"Better now rather than later."
"…I can't do your job."
"It's quite easy Lana. Come over-"
"No."
He looks surprised and glances at Erik before looking sternly at her.
"This is not what we agreed on dad."
"Things change."
"No."
Lana grabs her purse and starts to walk away.
"This is what we agreed on."
"I agreed to try it out dad, not to take over the company a few weeks into me being here."
Winters dismisses Erik and walks over to the furious blonde.
"Lana-"
"I never signed the contract. I have no legal obligation to do this."
"Lana I need you too-"
"Just get your sister to do it."
He looks taken aback.
"My sister?"
"And while you're at it tell her to leave me alone. I don't need anymore bruises."
Lana shows him her wrist and the purple bruises forming there. Her dad looks at her arm before anger flashes in his eyes.
"Serpiente did this?!"
"Serpiente? No Sera-"
"Right. Go home. Don't come back until I call you."
Lana looks at him and he walks her to the elevator and pushes the button.
"Go home."
The doors open and he gently pushes her inside and watches the doors close. Lana tries to make sense of what just happened but sighs instead. Her phone buzzes and she picks it up.
"Hello?"
"Hey come and pick these up."
"Okay see you in a second."
Lana quickly presses the button on the elevator, which stops it quickly. She gets out and walks quickly to the lab.
"Lexi?"
Lexi appears and hands the devices to her quickly.
"You need to go."
"What-"
"Yes what are you talking about Lexi?"
Lana stands defensively and slips the devices into her bag before standing in front of her friend slightly.
"What are you doing down here?"
The black haired woman smiles sinisterly before sitting onto the edge of the table.
"I'm tying up some loose ends."
Lana looks at her before taking a step back.
"That wasn't nice of you telling your father on me."
"You're right…I better get going."
She stands up and raises a brow.
"Oh? Did you really think I'd let your friend leave like that?"
"What do you want with Lexi?"
"She knows too much. At least about the technology."
Lana nods and pushes Lexi backwards. The evil looking woman walks forward but before she can make a move Lana jumps up to spin kick her but she blocks with her arm. She slides back a few feet and glares up at Lana as sparks erupt from her wrist.
"So that necklace is helping you."
"What're you-"
"You'll find the power it has isn't always helpful."
Lana's eyes go wide and she takes a few steps back. The woman gets up and throws her bracelet onto the ground showing her true form.
"You're-"
"Stone? Yes. You can thank your father for that."