Servos and Paradise Nightclub and Restaurant
1F Front Desk
10:15 PM
Vanny managed to recover from being stunned from the flash bang. When she opened her eyes, Vanessa, Chad and everyone else was gone and Dawkin and Elizabeth had their weapons, both of them armed with the SIG MCX aimed on her.
"It's over Vanny." Dawkin said.
"We're putting a stop to what you and my father are planning. Now drop that gun." Elizabeth said.
"Elizabeth….wow….it's been such a long time. Is daddy's little girl trying to be tough without her mutant powers now? Remember when you could snap someone's neck so quickly and easily, those must have been the days huh? I bet if I didn't have one of my guards shoot you with that dart that night at Silver Parasol, you would be able to easily snap my neck right now and I could shoot you, and you still could pull it off without the wound even fazing you. But now…now your just human. A regular, disposable human." Vanny was about to pick up her gun and raise it at Elizabeth.
Elizabeth and Dawkin opened fire on Vanny, putting several bullet wounds into her chest.
Once Vanny was down Dawkin and Elizabeth looked at each other, Elizabeth, like Vanny, was another copy of Vanessa at least physically, right down to her blond hair in a ponytail, green eyes and freckles. But this body had the mind and soul of Elizabeth Afton.
"We were in the right. She raised her weapon at us." Dawkin calmly said.
"At least we have the information of where father is keeping them. And his other plans. Although, if he finds out she's dead, he will not be happy, at least in the short term. He will eventually get over her…." Elizabeth said.
"I'll call it in." Dawkin was about to get on the radio when Vanny opened her eyes again and got up from the floor, the blood from her wounds had stopped bleeding and healed. Her white outfit however was still stained with her blood. She threw an empty syringe out of her pocket onto the floor.
"What the hell man!?" Dawkin raised his weapon at Vanny.
"No…" Elizabeth already knew.
"Oh c'mon Lizzy, you know what it feels like to have that power. It was genetically coded in you, it is still apart of you, however, the nanomachines we injected in you merely turned off those genes through epigenetics. In theory, your powers could be reactivated, if the corresponding genes are turned back on. These nanomachines William has allowed me to test, actually deliver the needed genes to my cells directly. I had injected it hours ago in the ladies room, I just needed to buy time for it to take effect. Whatever my genetic makeup would have looked like hours ago is totally different to how it would look now. Ether way, your not capturing me or stopping me. So you may as well just tell me where Vanessa is and walk away now." Vanny grinned.
"Not a chance." Dawkin said opening fire on her again. She laughed as she dodged the bullets, an afterimage trailing her, and she suddenly had Dawkin by the neck pinning him against the wall.
"So Lizzy, should I end him the way you tried to end Jason that night at the facility?" Vanny laughed.
"Look, don't hurt him okay? Let him go, please." Elizabeth pleaded.
"I'll never tell you where we took her…." Dawkin said.
"It's ether the Pizzaplex, her home, or one of your branch offices. I guess I'll have a few places to visit….unless…there's someone else I can take in her place…and she looks…exactly…like her….as a matter a fact, I think he will be even more pleased if it happens to be his own daughter." Vanny grinned looking at Elizabeth.
Elizabeth saw Dawkin with another flashbang slipping into his fingers as he pulled it out of his vest pocket while Vanny was distracted. He gave her a signal with his eyes.
"Yeah…I can go with you…I'm sure father misses me quite a bit. Just…let him go okay?" Elizabeth played along.
"You were always so easy to bend." Vanny said dropping Dawkin on the ground as she walked up to Elizabeth.
"Dawk, let us know if your in the clear, we are outside the door. Just give us the signal and will come right through that door. Blox can see you through the window." Fusion said.
Dawkin waited while Elizabeth distracted Vanny.
Meanwhile….
Outside the bar at the OAOS command bus parked outside the barricades.
"C'mon let's find Gregory. Elizabeth and Dawkin can handle this." Vanessa was lead by Marta to another commotion down the street. Gregory and Faux Freddy fighting each other, destroying city and private property in the process. A team of OAOS agents, FBI agents and police were also on standby at that scene, trying to land a shot on Faux Freddy, but he moved too fast to get a good shot.
"Gregory!" Vanessa could care less about Vanny, it was her son she was most concerned about. Marta held her back from running into the battle. Even though Marta knew the woman could stand on her own against most animatronics using her wits, this was not a battle she needed to step into. It was too dangerous for her.
Back inside the bar…
Cue Theme:
Dead or Alive 5 – Alpha 152 Theme
Elizabeth gave Dawkin a signal with her eyes. Dawkin gave a signal with his hand to the window.
He tossed the flashbang as Elizabeth hit the deck. Vanny dived behind the counter, covered her eyes, closed her eyes and ducked avoiding the stun. She then arose with her Glock 19 taking aim at the various members of OAOS resulting in a shootout. She dropped behind the counter and laid down, already bloody from her previously healed wounds. Motionless, intentionally dropping her heart rate down to near undetectable levels. A new ability she has gained from the DNA mutations. The shooting stopped. One of the new OAOS agents, a recent new recruit trying to prove himself decided to procced and investigate against Dawkin's wishes. Before Dawkin could tell him to stay back, Vanny opened her eyes and grabbed the young man's leg and brought him to the floor grabbing it with great strength.
He cried out as he tried to reach for his gun before she snapped his hand.
"Please help me!"
She grabbed his head and slammed it against the floor crushing his skull with her great strength. Blood seeped out from under his head. The team opened fire as soon as she was seen on the mirror behind the counter.
She grabbed his weapon, the MCX strapped it around her shoulder and then took his body to use as a bullet shield as she forcefully slammed him into one the group of OAOS agents knocking them to the ground. She then opened fire on all of them. They took cover behind tables and booths.
A helicopter can be heard in the sky above the bar building.
"Officer down! Get an RA ASAP. She's trying to escape via the roof! I'm in pursuit!" Elizabeth shouted on her radio.
Vanny went through the door that leads to the second floor as Elizabeth gave chase with her own weapon in hand. Vanny tried to dash using her new powers but it seems somehow she was getting weak, almost sickly. It's like her body was burning up, as if her metabolism shot up so high, her body can't keep up with itself.
It's the ATP, Adenosine Triphosphate, synthesis process….my body must be in overdrive. The mutation must of altered the metabolism of my mitochondria. Their starving…and so am I...Why do…I feel sick…yet so…so hungry….Why didn't this effect Elizabeth when we created her body? We are the same genetic base as Vanessa…We need to figure this out soon…
"Vanny are you there? We are just above the bar as you had asked. Did you retrieve the package?" LongJack asked on the radio.
"Negative…need to abort. I tested a sample of AN-8387 on myself. I needed to see if it worked." She responded.
"What!? You know it's unstable still. Did Eclipse see you take that sample out of the lab?" LongJack asked.
"No…but I need it. I need to show Will, that I can be as strong as we made him. That I'm fit to be a leader by his side….Please don't tell Eclipse…." Vanny said.
"You have my word, but sigh….I don't agree with this. You could cause irreversible effects on yourself when tampering with your DNA." Longjack warned.
"I know what I'm doing. I was the one who brought everyone back. Speaking of, Elizabeth is on my tail." Vanny said.
"BaseGirl can hold her off." Longjack said looking at his partner.
"I'm on it." She said.
BaseGirl dropped down from the BlackHawk helicopter with all her tactical gear on and an MP7 submachine gun in hand.
Elizabeth was actually catching up to Vanny. Elizabeth wanted revenge for everything Vanny put her through as an adult, and everything her father put her through as a child.
Vanny fired off a few rounds from her Glock since it was easier to run and gun with the handgun. The shots missing Elizabeth. Elizabeth took aim with her SIG MCX and fired off a few rounds, one of them hitting Vanny's leg, and this time the wound did not heal.
"Fuck!" Vanny shouted as she nearly collapsed on the roof. BaseGirl offered cover fire forcing Elizabeth to take cover behind an HVAC unit. BaseGirl managed to retrieve Vanny putting her arm around her. She lead her into the helicopter LongJack managed to land.
Elizabeth ran out from cover once BaseGirl and Vanny were on the helicopter and it started taking off.
Elizabeth tried firing at Vanny and BaseGirl, BaseGirl returned fire before shutting the door.
Elizabeth kept shooting at the door in rage, but no effect, since the helicopter was armored.
"Damn it." Elizabeth said. The OAOS team caught up with her.
"Elizabeth, thank god your okay." Dawkin said showing concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine. But I lost her…." She responded.
"It's okay…we already know where that helicopter might be headed, I've informed air control to track her to be sure. I…just lost another recruit…James is dead. I now I need to get on a call with his family." Dawkin said.
"I'm sorry…" Elizabeth said softly, her voice sounding like Vanessa's.
"I know we made a deal with you, to keep you out of prison. Well after tonight, someone in DC was able to pull some strings…so here." Dawkin handed her keys.
"What's this?" Elizabeth asked.
"Key's to a 2035 Civic waiting back at the office, it's yours as long as you work for us. And also, your new apartment a few blocks from here. Why don't you call it a night. You should have received an email with the address on your iPhone we gave you." Dawkin said.
"Why are you guys doing this?" She asked.
"Because maybe, somewhere in there, your nothing like what your father tried to mold you into. Maybe you being born again in a clone of Vanessa Afton, is reality giving you a second chance. Take it." Dawkin said.
"Thank you….I wanted to ask. Can I go see Vanessa and my family at the Pizzaplex or her home?" She asked.
"As long as you don't leave town without us knowing first, you are legally allowed to. You are dismissed, head back to the office, change and get out of here Elizabeth. I'll see you tomorrow." Dawkin said.
She looked down at the keys in her hand.
Maybe he's right. Maybe it is a second chance.