Re: Mini-Grand 5110 <Round 2: Chrome City>
03-11-2012, 02:13 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by Ixcalibur.
Thomice emerged from the wreckage of the fast food restaurant hauling the freezing blocks of ice. He was met by an even larger group of bystanders than when he had gone in. He guessed that the sudden unseasonal and extremely localized blizzard had drawn their attentions and he frowned. Well there was no point in worrying about uninformed citizens seeing him use his abilities now, their views had probably been mostly obscured by the wreckage anyway. This was the kind of thing he’d normally never hear the end of but seeing as he had just bagged two unique battlemonsters (if they were battlemonsters) he figured they’d probably overlook it just this once.
However before he could think too much about this there was the sound of screeching tyres and the crowd on the street to his right dispersed to allow a van to pull up in front of the wrecked restaurant. The van was black and unmarked, it did not even seem to have license plates. It skidded to a stop in front of Thomice, the back doors burst open and a pair of Unity Agents emerged. Their expression when they saw Thomice holding the unidentified battlemonsters in blocks of ice was primarily one of disapproval, with a little disbelief thrown in there for good measure.
“We’ve got two more battlemonsters frozen in there.” He said. “They’re only standard but we’d best be safe and get them anyway.” The agents said nothing; one of them folded his arms. “Look I’ll explain myself when we aren’t on public display.” Thomice snapped. “Get in there, get those battlemonsters and let’s get out of here.”
“Fine.” One of the agents replied, his expression said that he would be expecting Thomice to make good on his explanation. The two agents ventured into the wreckage and Thomice climbed into the back of the van. After a minute a woman climbed into the back of the vehicle and took a seat next to him. She looked flushed and was breathing deeply. Her hair was red and tied back into a ponytail, her face partially obscured by a baseball cap and the rest of her clothing non-descript.
“This is a private vehicle.” Thomice said, his temperature subconsciously dropping. In response the woman held up a hand as she gasped for breath. Before she had managed to regain her composure the two Unity agents had returned with a battlemonster frozen into a block of ice each and they did not look best pleased.
“I can’t believe I nearly missed them.” She said when she had regained composure. “I’ve been looking for them for days now.” She looked up at the pair of agents standing just outside. “Quick get in, you know we aren’t supposed to hang around here.”
“Who are you?” Thomice asked bluntly. “And what are you talking about?”
“Scarlet Talbot.” The woman held out a hand to Thomice, he declined to shake it. She looked from one irritated face to another and sighed. “I’m with Unity you morons; yeah sorry for the unorthodox arrival but I have literally been after these monsters for days and I was not letting them get away. Now are you going to stand there and gawp or are you going to get in the van and take us back to headquarters.” A pause, and no tangible response. “I think I can hear the police approaching.” There was little argument after that. The agents climbed into the back, closed the door and shouted to the driver. The van pulled quickly away, leaving the sound of approaching sirens and a confused crowd behind them.
There was a couple of minutes of silence, broken only by Scarlet’s muttered comments as she scrutinised the frozen battlemonsters. Thomice didn’t know what was going on but it seemed pretty clear that if another member of Team Unity was in on it then he’d not really made the find of a lifetime. This was more likely one of Unity’s side projects that had accidentally gone rogue. He felt somewhat disappointed and regarded Scarlet with irritation.
“What’s going on then?” He broke the ice, so to speak.
“Classified.” Scarlet replied offhandedly. “You know how these things are. I’ll talk to whoever is in charge around here.” Thomice snorted. It figured.
The trip to the local Unity headquarters was short and uneventful. It was located beneath the Chrome City shopping mall, beneath an innocuous looking parking space in the underground parking lot. Of course those in the back of the van did not see this, being stuck as they were in the back of a windowless van. They heard the whirring of machinery as the car stopped for a minute and then when they emerged they were in the midst of a bustling laboratory. Everything was white or silver and everything shined. Scarlet… Lady Jaska Til’Defal looked around in barely concealed wonder. Her world had had some technology but she’d never seen anything like this before. It took her a minute to get herself back under control. There were some important looking people approaching the group, whoever was in charge of this place she reckoned.
Scarlet turned back to Thomice and the agents. “Whatever you do, do not let them unfreeze.” With that said she was ready to meet with whoever was in charge around here.
Thomice emerged from the wreckage of the fast food restaurant hauling the freezing blocks of ice. He was met by an even larger group of bystanders than when he had gone in. He guessed that the sudden unseasonal and extremely localized blizzard had drawn their attentions and he frowned. Well there was no point in worrying about uninformed citizens seeing him use his abilities now, their views had probably been mostly obscured by the wreckage anyway. This was the kind of thing he’d normally never hear the end of but seeing as he had just bagged two unique battlemonsters (if they were battlemonsters) he figured they’d probably overlook it just this once.
However before he could think too much about this there was the sound of screeching tyres and the crowd on the street to his right dispersed to allow a van to pull up in front of the wrecked restaurant. The van was black and unmarked, it did not even seem to have license plates. It skidded to a stop in front of Thomice, the back doors burst open and a pair of Unity Agents emerged. Their expression when they saw Thomice holding the unidentified battlemonsters in blocks of ice was primarily one of disapproval, with a little disbelief thrown in there for good measure.
“We’ve got two more battlemonsters frozen in there.” He said. “They’re only standard but we’d best be safe and get them anyway.” The agents said nothing; one of them folded his arms. “Look I’ll explain myself when we aren’t on public display.” Thomice snapped. “Get in there, get those battlemonsters and let’s get out of here.”
“Fine.” One of the agents replied, his expression said that he would be expecting Thomice to make good on his explanation. The two agents ventured into the wreckage and Thomice climbed into the back of the van. After a minute a woman climbed into the back of the vehicle and took a seat next to him. She looked flushed and was breathing deeply. Her hair was red and tied back into a ponytail, her face partially obscured by a baseball cap and the rest of her clothing non-descript.
“This is a private vehicle.” Thomice said, his temperature subconsciously dropping. In response the woman held up a hand as she gasped for breath. Before she had managed to regain her composure the two Unity agents had returned with a battlemonster frozen into a block of ice each and they did not look best pleased.
“I can’t believe I nearly missed them.” She said when she had regained composure. “I’ve been looking for them for days now.” She looked up at the pair of agents standing just outside. “Quick get in, you know we aren’t supposed to hang around here.”
“Who are you?” Thomice asked bluntly. “And what are you talking about?”
“Scarlet Talbot.” The woman held out a hand to Thomice, he declined to shake it. She looked from one irritated face to another and sighed. “I’m with Unity you morons; yeah sorry for the unorthodox arrival but I have literally been after these monsters for days and I was not letting them get away. Now are you going to stand there and gawp or are you going to get in the van and take us back to headquarters.” A pause, and no tangible response. “I think I can hear the police approaching.” There was little argument after that. The agents climbed into the back, closed the door and shouted to the driver. The van pulled quickly away, leaving the sound of approaching sirens and a confused crowd behind them.
There was a couple of minutes of silence, broken only by Scarlet’s muttered comments as she scrutinised the frozen battlemonsters. Thomice didn’t know what was going on but it seemed pretty clear that if another member of Team Unity was in on it then he’d not really made the find of a lifetime. This was more likely one of Unity’s side projects that had accidentally gone rogue. He felt somewhat disappointed and regarded Scarlet with irritation.
“What’s going on then?” He broke the ice, so to speak.
“Classified.” Scarlet replied offhandedly. “You know how these things are. I’ll talk to whoever is in charge around here.” Thomice snorted. It figured.
The trip to the local Unity headquarters was short and uneventful. It was located beneath the Chrome City shopping mall, beneath an innocuous looking parking space in the underground parking lot. Of course those in the back of the van did not see this, being stuck as they were in the back of a windowless van. They heard the whirring of machinery as the car stopped for a minute and then when they emerged they were in the midst of a bustling laboratory. Everything was white or silver and everything shined. Scarlet… Lady Jaska Til’Defal looked around in barely concealed wonder. Her world had had some technology but she’d never seen anything like this before. It took her a minute to get herself back under control. There were some important looking people approaching the group, whoever was in charge of this place she reckoned.
Scarlet turned back to Thomice and the agents. “Whatever you do, do not let them unfreeze.” With that said she was ready to meet with whoever was in charge around here.
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