If there was one thing to say about Peacock is boredom has taken its toll on her. She has been waiting for nearly an hour since getting off the phone with the pizza clerk and a bumbling oaf that seemed to be more incompetent then the nerds from lab seven at least lab eight make a bunch of cool weapons for her to use in the field. She silently sat in front of her many televisions all eight of her eyes focused on all of them. "Ugh where on earth is that useless delivery guy?" She clicked her tongue as she spoke "Last time I order from "New Meridian's finest." these bozos couldn't find themselves into a paper bag." She continued watching until a heavy crash came from behind her. "Oh, for the love of," She jumped off the couch and turned around to meet the glare of a masked figure. "Oh, what do you want now?"
The creepy woman stayed silent. heavy breathing came from underneath her mask. "Bloooohhd…" the woman's voice trailed off despite its sharp graveled voice. Her appearance was something that made a lot of the ASGL shiver upon encounter. On her back a set of four double edge swords were forged to her back connected by a single tube. In fact, her whole body was covered in tubes, nails, and scars. While the tubes on her back were confirmed to be patristic in nature, it sees whatever she was infected with could move inside her body forming barbed spikes wherever she needed them.
Little did all the Anti Skullgirls Lab know of lab zero's hidden Skullgirl blood experiments. This woman was caught recently by Parasoul during a mysterious signature was found. After her encounter with the mysterious woman she left the ASGL believing that they were a true menace. It does not help since roughly two months ago, a girl and a class three parasite broke in on accident trying to escape a mysterious class five parasite and its host. Since the incident, Peacock was on watch dog duties to track the woman down to no luck. afterwards this woman was left in their care. Granted it was easier said than done, she had a rather violent nature and a short fuse to boot.
She slowly crept toward Peacock with her crippled limp, the four blades spinning at a rapid rate. Peacock got her robotic arms up as her partner, another Parasite named Avery began trying to call up the rest of her chain gang for back up. Peacock seemed more annoyed and was not thinking straight do to hunger came up with a different plan. "If you want to kill someone go after that idiot of a pizza delivery guy." Her head caught a brighter idea "Or better yet make my job easier and kill this woman." She pulled a remote from under her hat and rewound a camera that was placed in the room with the weird gate device. The masked woman approached the screen placing her hands on the monitor blood slightly coming off the damped cloth that was wrapped on her hands. "(that outta keep her busy.)" She thought to herself as she went to the higher phones to try the land line.
The phone rang a little as she waited for someone to pick up. "Hello O'regino Pizzeria how can I help you?"
"Yeah where the hell is my pizza" Peacock said annoyed.
"I'm sorry?"
"Don't play coy, I ordered five pies close to two hours ago, Look it up it's under Peacock."
"Miss I don't see your order here."
At this rate, she got angered a hung up "FREAKING USELESS." She stormed down stairs and saw one of her partners BigBand, a giant man composed of wind pipe instruments listening to the radio. "Oye BigBand go out and get some grub will ya? that Pizza joint you recommended was useless."
BigBand looked at her. "Peacock I assure you, O'regino's is the best in town and they would never forget an order." His calm demeaner mixed with his size had given him the nick name of the brass giant but he detested the name usually.
"Reliable my rear." Peacock stated annoyed as she stormed off. She made her way back to her den to watch the news and maybe a handful of rerun cartoons to see that the mystery woman had the remote in her hand rewinding the footage. She stopped it on a single farm and closed in on it. "found who you want to kill?" she asked rather disinterested.
"FFFFF" the woman began making sounds with her lips Peacock stared confused.
Peacock stared at the masked woman with a raised brow. "FFF-Foil-Frown Fissile what?"
"IIILLL"
At this point the woman clearly was not making any sense "(What is she going on about.) What you sick?" She stared at her noticing the Parasite in some form of way receding like she was in control or at least some form of control outside of her mindless rage moments. "You first said F right what you mean Phill?"
"IIIAA"
"Hey I can't help if you are not being clear with me okay? Now what is it?" Peacock stared at the monitor to see it on a frame showing of course the device, the weird black creature it spawned, the mystery woman, finally the footage showed a Girl locked in bubble Peacock immediately realized who she was "That's the hairpiece that owes me money what about her?"
"FFFIIIILLLIIIAAA!" the mystery woman screamed the name in rages as red electricity pulsed through her. Peacock took a step back and quick drew her revolver. The woman stared at her. Something was different to her wasn't sure what. She then began to reach for her mask. The shadows created by her hair made her red eyes ominously pulse. She continued to remove the mask that was stitched to her head. She finally got it off. Peacock took a step back as she looked at her. She looked mostly normal outside of normal parasitic signs and the stiches that covered her face. She breathed heavily it seemed to have hurt her.
"Uh… What did I miss?" Peacock said as Avery poked his head out from underneath the top hat.
"That girl. I know her." She spoke "Please take me to her."
"Look lady, I'm not inclined to do anything." Peacock closed her eyes as she walked to the couch. "Wake me up when something interesting happens." She began waiting the monitors. She saw her reflection on the monitors.
"Very well." She spoke sorrowfully. She looked back at her mask as rage built up in her eyes. She grinned menacingly as she began to reattach the mask. "But if you won't take me to that room" Peacock saw the reflection again this time a familiar slender figure with glowing red eyes was there she turned around just in time to dodge a torrent of spinning blades slicing the couch in half. "I'LL JUST HAVE TO MAKE YOU BY FORCE." Her voice went from the calm person several seconds ago, to that of a psychotic serial killer.
Peacock jumped back getting ready to fight. "Avery wake the boys up." She said staring at the mystery woman. "I think this will go badly."
"On it boss." Avery spoke up as he retreated into the hat.
The woman dashed at her with the blades spinning at a crazy rate. Peacock blocked the strike grabbing a metallic pipe that was close by. Even with its size it cut half way through it. She winced as the edge of it was just inches away from her face. Peacock reached into a small dark hole and pulled her revolver out as Avery shot the attacker with a shotgun. She fired three rounds which were blocked by the blades as they took a fan position in front of her. Peacock dashed at her sliding underneath her leaving a bomb at her feet. the explosion caused her to go flying into the air. Peacock decided to capitalize on this as she formed a dark hole underneath her to jump into. It later reformed of the ceiling for her to fall on her attacker.
"You're out matched, give up." Peacock taunted only to see the woman go into frenzy state "Oh."
The assailant charged again as Peacock whistled. An anvil suddenly fell on the woman in front of her. It began to spread legs and began pounding on her. To Peacock's shock the woman was shrugging off the damage like it was nothing. "What on earth is this woman?" caught in her own daze the woman jumped on her and latched on hard. Several sharp spikes stabbed into her making Peacock flinched in pain. "alright uncle, uncle I'll take you to it."
10 minutes later
"Alight here it is Lab zero okay? Look it still busted from the last time." Peacock said annoyed
"Then we'll fix it." She stated willingly
"You got to be kidding." Peacock said as she rubbed her forehead. "The device doesn't work got it? Now if you excuse me I have a woman that belongs in some sarcophaguses to find."
"She went in there."
Peacock froze and looked at her "What? Well that changes everything" She stated loudly in a sarcastic tone "oh wait, no it doesn't. If she's stuck there then fine by me." The woman's red eyes turned to that of a glare filled with murderous intent. so much in fact Peacock had to change the direction she was facing to ease it from her.
Suddenly Peacock's radio phone went off. She picked it up and answered it "What? Anomaly? This room? NOT CLOSED?" Peacocks face got more and more shocked as she looked at the machine. The eyes on her metallic arms began changing color as she viewed it. "I'm getting nothing." She said back into the phone. "Turn it on?" She slapped her face in annoyance "it has been functional. AND NO ONE TOLD ME! Some help you are." She slammed the device as she walked up to the ring. "Hey windmill, that panel over there" she said pointing toward it "Pull the switch."
The woman pulled it as Peacock looked at the device, it seemed to be charging. "Well good news and bad news." She said looking back at the masked woman. "It seems to be operational but I have no clue on how long it'll take. Eggheads kept blabbing about unknow variables."
The woman sighed with relief "I will wait." She said calmly taking a seat on the floor.
Peacock stared at her "You know you can wait upstairs where there's food and TV? Don't worry bout the weird sci-fi machine. My friend Andy will watch it."
The woman looked at her and nodded removing the mask again. "My names Carol, though most know me as either Painwheel or in HER case experiment eighty-four."
"Yeah whatever, just don't make me hull yourself around." Peacock said as she began heading back to her den "Let's just hope Bigband brought something to eat."
Else where
"Kid, I'm ready for fourths." Samson spoke up as Filia and him sat with the rest of their assigned team. Filia looked at him in disbelief. He was extremely hungry today but they haven't done much of anything.
"Shockingly you make Nora look like a person with an average appetite." Yang said smiling at the picture of him and Nora in a hot dog eating contest. To her the match guaranteed first or second to either of the two.
"I don't think they would allow parasites into that kind of contest." Filia stated as she was about to get up and left. Her mind for the most part has not been there just on the pool of blood she encountered yesterday. "With Eliza, here everyone we know is at risk." She said as she walked with Samson holding two other trays since the last time he ate one of them the two were scolded for it. "I need to tell them."
"We don't even know if it's my psychotic stalker for all we know it's just someone's whatever they call it." His voice was welcome but not exactly comforting. "Ease up a little we still have a few weeks until the semester's end then we can focus on tracking her down." He was right Neither of them had time to be concerned about a something that could be nothing. deep down both knew they were biting into false hope. there as to much evidence against it.
"Alright I'll try to keep a calm head." She said placing the tray on a cleaning rack and proceeded to go get into a second's line. "Let's do as we said in our first day in the arena, show them how we do things in New Meridian."
Samson grinned at her "Atta girl." as he laughed.
Ozpin's Office.
Ozpin was drinking the coffee from the staff office. He has been focused on reviewing upcoming events. an alarm could be heard indicating someone was in the elevator coming up to his quarters. He continued to review scheduled events including a dance next semester. He felt a quick presence he looked up to see Oobleck who was holding a decently sized stack of papers. "I presume that those are not grades." he calmly stated as he looked at him.
"No this is evidence I was able to gather from Filia and Samson regarding New Meridian." He spoke ecstatically "Unfortunately it is not much. most of that is what we already know. She is not exactly the deepest well of information. about fifty five percent is pure speculation based on what she has said." He dropped the small size of papers on his desk. He went to leave before turning around. "I do advise you read threats however." with that he left toward the elevator yet again.
Ozpin looked back at the report that the eccentric paper left. He decided to check the first article of interests Filia and Samson's relation. as expected, most of it was what the two have already told them between the extended diets enhancements and her own amnesia. New Meridian as well as most the Canopy Kingdom would have been useful but it seemed again Filia's history of her own world was vast proved to be rudimentary. a good portion likely came from interviews from Samson. Ozpin looked concerned seeing who the last Ruler was, a war loving tyrant. but continuing reading it suggested he died in a war against an unknown force. "(this must be the threat many in her world fear.)" he thought to himself until he read the next subject, threats. Ozpin read it only have his eyes widened.
It read as followed. "Among everything in the world Filia and Samson originate from it seems that they all live in fear of the Skullgirl. the Skullgirl is a corrupted being of pure evil. While Filia knew little of the creature Samson has confirmed that one of them was so powerful it required the three waring kingdoms to form an unsteady alliance to defeat her. after her defeat an item called the skullheart appears. Not much is known other than the skullheart's appearance, a heart sized skull that has several other common traits of a heart. legend says that it will grant any woman's wish. there is a cost to this wish; should it be a wish from greed they will take the mantle as the next Skullgirl."
Ozpin leaned back after reading that segment before continuing the report. "Given Filia and Samson's backstory from the night they first arrived it is likely they were planning to ditch the Skullheat in an alternate dimension Filia however accidently got transported here during an escape from another parasite infected host who as Samson has stated, for a long-time obsession over him."
"Well" Ozpin spoke up reading this "It seems I should meet with the rulers of this world soon." He took another sip of his drink before continuing the report.
Somewhere in vale.
Roman had been laying low since the red hooded twerp and her orange haired friend foiled his latest heist. "She is not going to be happy about this." he mumbled as drank in the bar. he looked around to make sure there were no heat in the area before taking another shot. As he did so he remained unaware of the person approaching behind him.
The person eyed him as he slowly drinks his scotch. "My, what a lonely face. Tell me honey what is causing you trouble." She spoke elegantly though seductive.
"Not that it should matter to you but as of right now I am in deep trouble with my client." He spoke not exactly thinking on it. still facing a way from the voice that is coming from behind him.
"Oh, you mean the white fang" the woman kept her rather seductive voice. "Or that red dressed woman that is your real client?" her voice as she spoke turned more malevolent. Rowan turned around shocked to see a woman dressed in a black dress decorated with weird gold clothes that surrounded her attire.
"Who are you?" Roman demanded staring at him.
The woman smiled as she looked him over "a generous benefactor." She walked to the side of him and placed her arm around him. "You see I have a solution to make your troubles disappear. All I ask is that you and your client do something for me."
Roman eyed her whoever she was she was clearly not someone to be trifled with. "What is it you can offer exactly?" In his line of work this kind of questioning is required and so far, this woman was impossible to read. "More importantly, what is it you want?"
The woman kept her clandestine grin as she talked "I want you to steal plans for a device." She spoke calmly. "In exchange, I can offer you access to weapons beyond your wildest dreams. maybe enough to stop a group of pesky huntresses in training."
Roman thought of it then laughed. "Alright I don't suppose you can prove the existence of these weapons, now can you?" his amusement turned to fear as the woman proceeded to have her skin peel off her skeleton showing a White Skull with two bumps on it. "What the hell?" he said as he looked into the yellow eyes of the skull that stood before him. "Okay, you have my undivided attention." He shook his hand out "Torchwick." he calmly stated
The woman replaced her skin on the skull to have heal like there was nothing had happened. "My name is Eliza darling and I think we will get along famously. I'll being touch darling." She said as she walked away from Roman back on to the stage to begin her next act.