Ralph Myerz "Think Twice"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fehwcUDsqGY- Show quoted text -
V started making her way down to the elevators, which previously according to the floor plans of the day only went upwards, but now V was hoping that she could see if there was an override for the basement floors. As she approached the elevator shafts, she noticed a slight light emanating from below the metal door frame. As she approached the door, she paused instantly in her tracks. She felt a shiver fill her body and leave her in a second, as if a cold breeze of dread passed through her. She looked at the door, and then realized that the light wasn't there when she was there ten years prior, during the initial siege of Parabolic City.
She paused and waited, for what felt like an eternity. Then she moved a slot machine with her mind in front of the door. She waited, but nothing happened. She then reached out and hit the elevator call button. A ding was heard as the elevator began to make it's way down to the first floor. Finally the idea came, "
how are they still having power in this building after ten years." V held her saw up at the ready to blast away anything that was in the door. The door opened to reveal a completely empty elevator. V approached the elevator, but couldn't stop the feeling of dread that washed over her as she went closer and closer to the door. Finally she decided to push the slot machine into the elevator door. With that the door instantly closed, sealing up behind themselves with an instant seal that will weld steel together in under three seconds. Then there was a humming-cutting sound, that came from inside the elevator. Then a crash, as the ceiling of the car had fallen on the car. A sound of an exploding slot machine, complete with the clicking winning sound was heard.
"It's a trap. It's all been a set up." V said to herself, as she began to make her way towards cover.
"Jack! Abort mission, I repeat, Abort mission!" V yelled into her two way com, that was built into her symbiotic suit.
"*static* repeat...*static*...please repeat....*static* you are breaking up *static*" Came the unmistakable sound of Jackly.
"Abort mission, it's a set up. I repeat...." is all V got out, before an explosion caused the elevator door to fly forward, right where V would have been if she hadn't gone for cover.
Once the door finally made contact with a row of slot machines a large explosion of static electricity and energy flooded the room. The static dispersion caused the power in the grand room to momentarily flicker on and off. Though the lack of lighting was made up by the glow of three black lightsabers that illuminated the room, along with a back lighting coming from a light that could now be seen from inside the disabled elevator car.
V watched as the three assassins made their way out of the car. They were well trained, but they all split up into three different rows going down the rows of slot machines.
"I can smell her." One of the assassins said, as his black lightsaber highlighted his gnarled teeth and bright red eyes. "She's injured too."
The second assassin chimed in, "this will be all too easy." Then like that the lights slowly regained their electrical circuit and the room slowly lit up again. With the lights at full blaze, V would easily be spotted.
V huddled behind a row of slot machines, focused. She focused on the energy that radiated throughout the casino. She closed her eyes and began feeling an electrical cling beginning to form around her right hand. Till finally her right hand began to glow, like a miniature flash light. Thankfully the lights were fully on at this point, or her position would have been given away in a second. At this point, the three assassins were adjusting to the newly acquired light from the absence of light that they had just been exposed to.
Finally the glow turned a burning blue, a that point, V raised her right hand up and then slammed it through the floor to a master power cable that feed electricity throughout the main lobby. A shock of pain radiated through her, as her right hand still had the hole burned into it by the white phosphorous rounds. Grabbing a hold of the the main power cord, she felt the energy of the room drain into her, as she became the start and end of the circuit. She guided the electricity through her, to her suit. She felt the energy level of her suit rise, as the lights at first began to dim and then finally went out entirely. Now, the room was coated in darkness again.
"Did she do that?" The third assassin asked out loud.
"She must have," Replied assassin number two.
"How can you drain the energy from an entire room? Master might have been right about her." Said the first assassin, "it will be a shame that we will kill her, before the master can train her."
The three voices began to converge on where V had been, but she was too quick, too smart. She knew to keep moving, keep the enemy guessing. Also she left a nice surprise for the assassins. As the first assassin (assassin number 3) approached where the energy drain had occured he smelt the distinct smell of blood from the right hand of V. He smelled it so closely now, his hand trembled as he wanted to have just a taste of Master's chosen one. He reached his hand down, and as he did, he failed to notice a red line that had been running right over top of the spatter of blood. In less than a second an explosion occurred, that severed the main power cord to the room, and two sent the third assassin into hundreds of spots around the casino. The smell of burnt flesh and plastic filled the room, as a faint smoking began to occur as the main power line had been severed, but somehow the electricity was still flooding through the main power line.
"
One down, two left here." V thought to herself, as she made her way out of the lobby room. Fortunately now, V had one thing going for her, her armor was back up to full power, but her right hand had a faint trickle of blood streaming from the once cauterized wound in her hand that was now ripped open, when V had to punch her way through a marble floor tile.
V made her way to the bathroom. She decided to go to the men's bathroom. It was remarkable to her, as to how clean the whole bathroom had been. She turned on the sink to the hottest it would go. V braced herself, as she prepared for what would soon follow. She would first apply steaming hot water to remove any infectious materials that had penetrated her skin. Then, she would take an ace bandage from her first aid kit. Wrap it, and then find Jackyl and leave this dump. She paused, looked at herself in the mirror, as she did, she noticed a strange smell.
V then sniffed the air, "
what is that?" She thought as she began to look around the room and into the mirror, then she noticed it from the mirror, the water in the sink was melting away the porcelain lining of the sink.
"What the?" V let out, as she began to back away slowly from sink. The sink then began to vibrate, only for an instant, as the heat of the chemical that it was containing burned too hot. Then finally it exploded. V quickly dodged away from the spraying liquid, as she watched it begin to cling to and burn the area around her.
V then thought to herself, as she made a note of the smell and properties of the compound. V was shure that she had seen this chemical somewhere before. Then she remembered a demonstration two years ago about a new proto-type of chemical that burned hot individually one was a liquid, one was a powder. Individually they would burn the flesh off of you and shred your Graviton suit into shreds. But when they combined to form AB compound, the compound could burn at a rate that was ten times hotter than white phosphorous.
V made a quick scan of the room, to find where the B compound would be, as A was clearly in the pipes. Then she looked over at the towels. "
That bastard." V thought to herself. Let someone was their hands, burn them, knowing that instantly they would reach for a paper towel without thinking and then they would burn off their hands down to the nubs.
As the thought flowed through V's mind, she got a slight, but sadistic smile. She could almost have an appreciation for whoever was putting her in this mess. "
It's a shame I'm going to have to kill them, for wasting my time." V thought as she then felt the two assassins heading down the hall, right out in front of the wall.
V then reached out with the force, turing on the three other sinks, in the men's bathroom that she had retreated to. Once all four were going at full blast, she started throwing paper towel, by paper towel onto the mirror that hung on the wall facing the hallway. Finally V used the force and began turning the faucets around, so that the faucets started spraying the mirrors. A faint metal grinding sound could be heard as each faucet made it's inevitable 180 degree turn, to face the mirror, that hung on the wall to the hallway. Finally the chemical A water made it's violent, but inevitable contact with the chemical B towelsr. once that happened the wall began to burn and corrode away. Few things can explain how noxious a chemical burn is, let alone the smell and the vapors that are created from melting cement and steel lined walls, that are brought down to nothing, but ash and bubbling rubble in a matter of seconds.
From the hallway it looked as though the wall started to glow, then the wall dissolved and a flood of blue liquid streamed into the hallway, of course it was helped by V forcing the projecting the flow of the spewing water, out into the hallway.
"What is this?" Asked the second assassin.
"Time to go." The first assassin replied. No sooner had he said that, then a blanket of brown paper towels beggining to fly over top of the ever growing pool of liquid, in the middle of the floor.
"What, why?" Were the last words uttered by the second assassin, as a few towels managed to cling onto his pant's leg. Then a spray of liquid dripped on the assassin's upper hip and rolled down to his pant leg, where the paper towel had already started to burn it's way through his suit.
The first Assassin didn't waste any time leaving the area. A loud cackle could be heard coming from the mouth of the first assassin. "God damn, we are gonna have some fun with her corpse, when were done." He said, as he made his way down the hallways.
The second assassin had the unfortunated occurance to have the rest of the blanket paper towels fall on him. His skin melted slowly as the liquid that pooled around him, now combined with the chemicals from the paper towels. If V had to guess, the assassin might have died of suffocation, due to the lack of oxygen in his body, before his skin was melted away and his organs became a liquid mess that pooled on the floor. Slowly the floor opened up as the completed AB chemical solution began to burn anything in it's path.
"
Well I'm safe for now." V thought to herself. "
Now all I have to do is get Jackyl and get the Hell out of here."
"Jack! Can you hear me? Come in Jack...Damn it! Do you hear me?" V began to yell into her two way communicator. Though there still wasn't any electricity on this floor, due to the detonation in the main room, lights could be seen coming from the floor below, where the AB chemical solution had opening up a passage way to the floors below.
"V." A faint voice called out, not in the voice of Jackyl but in the confident voice of the Reverend. "You will not be able to leave V, not with Jackyl at least, if you go now." A slight pause as V made her way around the pools of liquid in the bathroom and exited through the bathroom door. As she left the room, she entered the hallway, with the ever increasing cavity of a hole that filled the entire floor of the hallway of the Casino.
"Come on down." Came the calm and benevolent tone of the Reverand, with a touch of over confidence.
"What if I said No." V said, feeling somewhat dumb as she spoke to an inaimate objects.
"Then you wouldn't be of much help the Jackyl here? Would you?" The revereand said through a smile, even though V couldn't see the face of the Reverand, she knew that his face was one constant smile. "
Enjoy it while you can. If you are still alive...if you are still alive..." V thought to herself as she jumped over the flowing pool of water and into the giant cavity in the floor. Stopping herself just before she hit the ground, she glided over to the edge of the A chemical that was still pouring into the first ground level floor of the building.
Now that she was on the ground level, she could finally see the monitors where the Reverand was speaking from, but rather than seeing the annoying immage of the self-richeous Reverand, V saw another pickture. A piture that shot ice down her spine and made her exhale uncontrollably. She looked up and saw Jackyl, her special OPs parter, captured. Though the fact that Jackyl was captured didn't surprise her, what did surprise her was that he was bound in a black chair. The chair was custom made with wrist, elbow, thigh and anckle restrains built inot the chair, or rather the chair was built around the restraints. Upon seeing the chair, V's jaw dropped as she stared on with horror. "It can't be." V whispered. "The same chair, the same fucking chair." With that V started to get angry, as now she knew she was being fucked with.
V watched as a female figure walked onto the screen. The figure was wearing nothing more than black leather all over her body, to include a face mask. As she came into the screen, she cracked a whip that wrapped itself twice around the chair that Jackyl was tied to. With a sharp tug of the whip the chair toppled over backwards into a pool of ice water. Small air bubbles made their way up to the surface as the leather wearing female then dropped a small electric line. V felt as if she was going to vomit.
*FLASHBACK TO 17 YEARS AGO*Time: Graviton Officer V's 32nd Operation: Day Number 168 of Infiltration.Mission Summary- V using the Alias Ariel Winters was to seduce Congressman and Political Tycoon Michael Torlion. It was believed that Torlion had been selling government secrets, it was V's job to find out who he was selling information to, what information was sold and provide spin control in case things got ugly.
V awoke to find herself restrained, her wrists, elbows, things and anckles were all bound. A black mask covered her face, V felt her breathing being restricted one from the mask and two from an extra restraint that had been tied around her mid-section.
V instantly tried to jerk her arms, but the restraints were well crafted and she wasn't able to get the leverage or torque she would need to break them from her current position. With that jerk a sound was heard at the far end of the room to the right. The room was at least twenty feet long, from her current position forward. If she had to guess the entire room was forty feet wide and forty feet long, V was always good about judging distances.
"I'm glad you've finally woken up, Ariel." Came the smug voice of Torlion.
"Lover." V began, "what is the cause of all of this. I knew you liked it rought, but give a girl a ..." A sharp backhand was felt striking the face of V. The hand was close to V, it didn't come from Torlion. Also the hand wasn't as danty as Michael Torlion's hands either. It had to be the hand of Vinny "The Grabber" Valcon, the right hand man and all around thug for higher for Mr. Torlion.
"Who are you really?" Mr. Torlion had moved closer, his voice was only a bit away now.
"Honey." V said with a devlish smile as she secretly licked away the blood that draped itself over her top lip. "I'm Ariel.." A slight feeling of weightlessness hit V, as her weigth was shifted in the chair. Originally she was sitting upright, but now she was plumiting backwards. As she began to fall, V tried to brace for impact, tightening her back muscles and leaning as much weight as she could on her right shoulder. Trying to let her shoulder take the brunt of the blow. Then a splash, and V was instantly submerged, her entire upper body was outside of a freezing pool of water. The shock of the cold water caught her off guard, as the breathe was instantly released by her tightening chest.
Shi'ido are amazing creatures. Especially those that have been trained to move their vital organs to their extremities during times of trouble. V did so now, focusing, she realized that her hands and feet were not fully submerged. This normally showed the parady of the cold and allowed the fear of the breaking of the hands and feet to sink into the victim. V used this to begin growing an extended air tube to the poors of her feet, allowing vital oxygen to reach the lungs and in turn reach the brain. Next thing V had to do, was get out of the chair.
Finally after a minute of being submerged, V was brought to an upright position. V made sure not to gasp for air as she was finally able to take in a full breath. This took away the power from the torturer. The torturer normally asks something along the lines of "do you like breathing, well if you do, you should tell me what I want to know." V thought to herself.
"Torlion probably had to get how to torture for dummies. Fortunately for me, he's extremely dumb and lazy and probably just read the title headlines.""Cool enough for you?" Torlion said, trying to get some type of response.
"Not as cool as you are baby." V said, a devlish smile filling her face from behind the mask. Then as V suspected Vinney came with another backhand to the face. V let out a large sigh as if she was already tired of this sherade. "Look honey, I told you. If you wanted a threesome it would have to wait till your birthday. Though I thought that you'd choose someone cuter than Vinney." A few more punches came as Vinney was getting irritated at the mockery now.
"Who sent you."
"Cupid. Don't you remember, it was Valentines day and..." V was splashed into the water. Then a metalic whirring sound could be heard as Tolion's miniature generator started up. Then the sound of electricity flowing thorugh the metal bucket that V was in. V could feel it pulsing, at first she fought the current, having it tighten her muscles uncontrolably. Then a strange thing happpened. She accepted the current, she accepted her fate, that she was to die today. She let the current flow through her, and around her. At first she figured that it was because she was close to death, but instead she felt invigorated from this, she felt alive. For the first time in a long time, she truely felt alive. A warming sensation filled her, as the ice in the tub around her began to melt, she felt the warm glow of energy pulsing through her body.
A minute and a half later she was pulled out of the tub, again this time she made no gasp for air, and for the first time she sat upright.
"Now do you want to tell me who you are? Or shall I continue." This time Torlion pulled off the bag from her head. Rather than seeing the face of a battered abused woman, he was shocked to see the face of V staring back at him. A huge smile from clung to her face, as she stared back at Torlion. Then Torlion noticed that asside from smoke rising around the body of V, V was completely fine.
"What?" Torlion said with a shaking voice. "Who. who are Yooou?"
Nothing more than a smile filled V's face, as she looked on with a murderous look. It would be the equivalent to the way an Eagle looks at a field mouse, if the field mouse could see the Eagle just before the impact.
"Fine." Torlion said. "I know who can make you talk." A slight pause as Torlion shifted his gaze from V, to Vinney who was standing behind her ready to plunge her back into the iron tub again. "Vinney get her." With that Vinney left the room.
"Leaving me alone with you, not such a smart move." V said as the smile on her face widened, but the murderous look in her eyese never shifted.
"I'm in control here. Not you." Torlion said.
"Really. Lover." V said Lover mockingly, hoping that it hurt, everytime she'd say it. "You don't sound so sure of yourself."
"Listen here you Cunt. I'll find out who you are, before the day is done." Then Torlion shifted his gaze as Vinney could be heard going through the hallway draggins something in heels behind him. "Just watch, I know what makes you tick."
"Do you now, this has to be good." V said condesendingly as she knew that she was getting under the skin of Torlion.
"You might be some type of Masochistic freak, but how would you feel if we harmed her." With that Vinney "the Grabber" pulled a female figure forward. The female was wearing nothing, but a black lace braw, black lace panties, black heels and a black leather bag over her face. V didn't need them to remove the bag to know who was under the mask. Then in that instant, every ounce of ground that V had gained was suddenly and irrevocably lost. Even before Vinney could remove the leather mask, a few clumps of crow black hair already betrayed the identity of the woman behind the mask.
Portishead-Glorybox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF-GvT8ClnkMission Update:
V posing as Ariel Winters found out that her new boyfriend and Congressman Torlion frequented a local gentlemans establishment. It was at first believed that here is where Torlion was selling his government secrets. Though V soon found out that there was one reason and one reason alone why people frequented the Blue Orchid Gentlemens Club, and it wasn't their happy hour specials. Though the club swore that they showcased over 200 different women from over 20 different species, there was only one woman that was worth going to see, Anix'anna.
Anix'anna was a crow black haired vixen with milky white skin that floated across a stage. Upon seeing the girl and seeing her then boyfriend Senator Torlion bewitched by her charms, V knew what she had to do. At first she began taking notes, asking for help. V originally used the excuse of her cheating husband, but Anix'anna soon became more than just a teacher of how to seduce. Anix'anna became the seducer, and V became the seduced.
It's hard to describe the bond that V had with Anix'anna. You tell yourself a lie enough times and you can believe it. You let yourself sleep easily knowing that you are just using Anix'anna as an asset, that you can drop her at the drop of a hat. Yet something always makes you want to go back for more.
V's mission could have been over a month ago, but V had grown attached. Not to Torlion, no self respecting woman could ever grow attached to the scum of the Galaxies like Torlion. V had grown attached to Anix'anna. V knew the whole corrupt heirarchy, she had the lines and documentations that connected corrupt corporations to their respective corrupted polititions. There was only one loose end, that needed to be tied.
As an undercover agent you were never allowed to say goodbye. You were never granted the ability of true intimacy. True intimacy caused you hesitate, it caused you to pause. Truth be told, V paused. Hell she didn't just pause, she baulked, she went head long into an all out stop. If her head was in the game, she would have been out on her next assignment, and not here bound on a black metal chair with elbow, wrist, leg and anckle restraints.
If V had done as she was told, as she had been trained, she wouldn't be soaking wet, watching her love's blindfold get pulled off right before her. It was the shock, the look of pain in Anix'anna's eyes that brought everything crashing to a hault and caused the fire to filter out from her eyes. For the first time in this whole exchange and banter that pig, that fucking pig Torlion was winning. Torlion always did have an ace up his sleeve when it came to creative bargaining. Hell half of the documentation that V was able to get was the black list material that could get half of the senators disbarred from office, permanently. V should have seen it coming, she should have known that Torlion would make it personal.
"Ah. Not so fiesty now are you. BITCH!" Torlion said thorugh a smug smile as he took out a thick cigar and started to chew the end off.
"What, what is this?" Came the shaking timid words of Anix'anna. Anix'anna who had less than a few seconds to take int the fact that she was one kidnapped. Two, she was in nothing but a black lace bra, black lace panties, and black leather boots. Three she was in the Torlion house, and four that she was staring at Ariel Winters Torlion bound to a chair over top of an electrified metal bath tub. Anix'anna's lip began to tremble, no longer thinking of herself, only for the woman that had gone to her and for over the past 150 days. "What did they do to you?" Anix'anna asked as tears began to form at the corner of her eyes, now being able to see the smoke rise and singe marks that were all over V's body.
"It's okay. They can't hurt me." V said, her voice nearly gone as she herself was fighting back the tears of seeing Anix'anna in pain.
"Like Hell we can't." Torlion yelled out around his cigar. "Vinney. Do it."
With that a swift kick the the chest caught V right in the sternum, sending her chair tumbling over into the metal tub.
Through water you can hear sounds much clearer. You can hear the screams of a loved one, as you are being submerged. You can hear the flow and hum of electricity. Back in the ice filled tub, V felt her rage return. She didn't care about the torture that she'd endure, she brought it upon herself. The bitter pain that stung is what they might do to Anix'anna, all because she didn't leave quickly enough.
V kicked from side to side, but it was no use. This chair was specially designed and hooked into place to not allow for shaking while submerged. All V could do is wait and listen. The screams that Anix'anna let out were enough to make V's blood boil. Finally Torlion turned off the generator and hoisted V up in time to see Vinney dragging Anix'anna behind Torlions Desk. Back there Vinney hid a button that let out two old fashioned cast iron arm and leg restraints.
Torlion took his eyes off Vinney and Anix'anna as he looked at his wife. "Now dear. Are you gonna tell me who you really are and who sent you. Or do I have to get rough on your friend there. Oh don't worry, I'll let you watch."
V took in deep breaths as a way to try and control the rage that was building inside of her.
"I do knows how you love to watch. I've seen your collection of tapes of Anix'anna and I. Which is why I'm going to set up a personal viewing for you. Followed off by me killing her right before your eyes." Torlion said, cigar now lit. With that he took a deep puff and blew the smoke in V's face. "Then after I kill your little cunt girlfired, I'm gonna kill you. After you tell me who you are of course."
At this point Vinney had gotten the first arm restraint on Anix'anna. V's chest still heaved in and out as she tried to calm herself enough to think. Then V saw it all unfold, the future the past. She saw the events and the times, her skin lit up with goose bumps as she realized a way. She saw a way to fix it. Then in less than half a second it was over, a faint trickle of blood flowed down V's nose as the fresh scent of iron and copper filled her nostrils.
"WAIT!" V yelled out.
Vinney and Torlion's eyes switched to V. As she slightly adjusted her posture in the chair. V's eyes never looked away from Anix'anna. Almost with an unseen gesture, Anix'anna knew this was V's way of giving Anix'anna a chance to free herself. Anix'anna not missing a breath, looked away from V and noticed the knife that was in Vinney's waistband. She grabbed it with her free right hand and instantly slashed at Vinney's neck. Arterial spray then began covering the angelic white skin of Anix'anna. The plump and over weight body of Vinney began to tumble. Anix'anna provided a swift kick to the stomach to ensure that she wasn't trampled from the weight of Vinney.
Torlion dropped his cigar to the ground as he began to run towards Anix'anna. Anix'anna turned holding the knife out at arms length, like a caged animal, trying to fend off herself from a charging hunter.
Rage filled V, she felt a rise and flow of energy around her. Then she felt Torlion as he ran across the room. V then felt herself able to add energy to movement of Torlion. Soon Torlion found himself flying headlong into the wall. Torlion's limp body hit the ground. V had never been able to move an object without her suit. She never knew that she could move anything, until now.
She looked over at Anix'anna, who looked at the incapacitated body lying on the floor with shock and horror. She looked over at V, with fear and then anger took her.
"What just happened."
"You saved your life." V said. Now that the danger to Anix'anna was over, V was able to calm herself and regain her composure.
"What? How?" It was clear that shock was beginning to take it's toll on Anix'anna.
V then looked down at her restraints and using her mind and anger she forced the restraining straps free. V heard a gasp as Anix'anna looked on with horror.
"What are you?" Tears began to form in the eyes of Anix'anna.
V walked calmly over to Anix'anna. Looking at the blood splattered vixen, V couldn't help but want to touch her face one last time.
"We are free." For the first time V meant it. She would leave the Gravitons, she would leave the special forces, all for this moment, all for Anix'anna. V reached out with her left hand gently touching the blood spattered face of Anix'anna smearing the blood particles together and watching how the red mixed with the white across her face. V then unable to control herself went in for a kiss.
The feeling, the moment, the electricity all combined for the first few seconds of bliss. Then pain. A sharp pain in her stomach. As she looked down she saw that her stomach was now bleeding.
"The knife" V thought to herself. Then a sharper pain as the knife turned inside V's stomach ensuring that the wound wouldn't close.
"You bitch. Why did you do this to me." Anix'anna was still frantic, still fightened. She probably didn't even realize what she had done yet. "Your a witch. Have you been controlling me all this time?" Apparently Anix'anna knew what she was doing.
"No. I ..." V tried to plead her case to get Anix'anna to listen to her, but pain filled her as her hands grasped desperately to hold in her guts. Her Graviton suit had a pressure seal that would combat such an injury, but this mission called for her to not be in her suit. A feeling of weightlessness filled her head, as she then fell herself falling back on the floor. Anix'anna had given another swift kick, this time to V making her body convulse with pain as she fell back wards. V's head hit the hard marble floor of Torlion's office.
"
One day, you might find yourself in a hostage situation." The voice of Captain Carthridge, V's old Drill Instructor came to her loud and propheticly.
The first thing you do is secure the area. Next thing you do is make sure to remove any weapons that the hostage might have acquired during their captivity. Hostages are wild animals, they will strike first and ask questions later. It is important that you establish yourself as a person to help, maintian control of the situation, this might save your life. Too many good troops have been lost thinking that they can relax, only to be attacked by those that they were sent to help."V smiled to herself, as she couldn't help but laugh as to how weak she had become. How weak she had let herself get. Then she felt a wave of warmth fill her, as she gave into the feeling the want of rest. "SLEEP." V's body cried out, and then she was absorbed in a white glowing sea, peace.
V woke up to the smell of smoke and fire. A feeling of panic hit as she scanned the room, she saw the empty chains dangling over her feet. "Anix'anna?" V called out. Realizing that she was gone, V tried to quickly get up to her feet, all to find an intense pain in her stomach. V looked behind her to see Torlion's throat slit from ear to ear. A slight sigh came as she realized that threat had been neutralized.
V looked around for help, then she found the phone on Torlion's desk. Without thinking V dialed for emergency help.
"Hello. Police. We've had a home invasion. I've been stabbed, my husbands been murdered. Please send help." Another white current washed over V as she found herself falling to the floor.
V awoke to find herself in a hospital bed. A nurse came to her. "Ariel? The police men have some questions for you. Will you be able to see them?"
"What? Yes." V said as she tried to get up, but then found that she didn't have any energy.
***
"Ariel, can you describe the men that killed your husband, Senator Torlion?"
"Yes...."
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"Ma'am you realize that you just described the president of the Colonies right?"
"No..."
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V made sure that all of the senators and corrupt politicians paid right then and there. A scandal broke out, throughout the senates. V was later able to retire from the lime-light as Ariel Torlion, the widow of now dead senator Torlion.
V spent the next six months in rehabilitation, trying to be able to walk again. At first the Doctors swore that she would never be able to serve, let alone maintain being a Graviton. All that changed with then Admiral Carthridge came to visit V while she was in the hospital.