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Post by Fayte Syndr on Nov 13, 2015 4:05:39 GMT -5
Fayte takes the front seat, closing the door before Sinclair steers the car back onto the road and making a u-turn to head back to the mansion. Sinclair starts babbling about some nonsense on the news about some zoo, though it seems more like she's talking for the sake of talking seeing as she did not want to turn on the radio.
Faye leaned against the locked door, her seat belt on as she watched the hypnotic road pass beneath them. She began to feel herself getting drowsy, really drowsy. The past three nights of staying up and hoping for visions to just come to her, along with being unable to sleep in the first place from the horrid scene with the slime monster and fear for her friend, was catching up to her.
The psy user slumped against the door a bit more, passing out from exhaustion now that she felt a bit more relaxed.
"Seems like Fayte fell asleep from my rambling," Sinclair huffed, "C'mon I know I wasn't talking about something interesting, but that's just plain rude," though she was not serious about her complaint. She figured the teen was tired, and was attempting to make a joke of it.
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Post by Katelyn Dimeo on Nov 13, 2015 4:32:34 GMT -5
As the car began moving, Kate let herself relax again finally, grateful for the fact that Leon had let both of them go without the big fight that Kate had been fearing, especially with her handicap putting her at a disadvantage. She smiles and nods a couple times in Sinclair's direction as she speaks, and in giving the oldest of the three females in the car her attention, she's not even aware that Fayte fell asleep until Sin takes note of it. She gives a quick glance to her friend and then returns her eyes to the blonde driving.
"Please don't take it personally." Kate finds herself saying in defense of her best friend. "Fay told me she didn't get all that much sleep the past few days since I disappeared, worrying about what might have happened and stuff. She's my best friend and honestly if the roles were reversed, I'd likely be the one sleeping right now." She says and then looks back to the sleeping blonde for a moment with a fond look. "We're both very thankful and happy for the gift of a new home and fresh start that you're giving us, I promise." She adds as she turns back to Sinclair, and then realizes that the blonde had been mostly kidding.
"Oh, right. Sorry." Kate says next with a nod, kicking herself mentally and resolving not to take everything so seriously if it was at all possible. Ever since being shot, she knew she'd been a different person, and kinda missed the way she'd been before powers and almost dying.
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Post by remingtons on Nov 13, 2015 5:07:14 GMT -5
"No, no you're fine Hun," Sinclair insisted, "Victor can take things a bit too literally sometimes too, doesn't get when i'm just teasing him and he'll always give me strange looks."
The woman kept her eyes on the road, a bit happy that she can talk to Kate one and one that did not involve the creature or Kate's imprisonment. While she did not know much about Fayte, Katelyn seemed like a good girl.
"He's too serious, needs to lighten up a bit and laugh a little sometime. Word of advice: Don't be like him. People tend to not like people who are way too serious..." Sinclair shook her head.
She turned the car around a corner, "Any requests for Dinner tonight? Anything you can think of. Our chef used to travel quite a bit, and even if he doesn't know it he'd definitely be eager to try to make it."
Sinclair's cell vibrated, a message from Victor going through to her cellphone. She ignored it, valuing the rule of not texting and driving...
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Post by Katelyn Dimeo on Nov 13, 2015 5:23:15 GMT -5
As Sinclair spoke in assurance that it was all good, Katelyn took the opportunity of a brief stop to unbuckle and slide into the middle of the backseat so that the driver could have a better view of her as they spoke. She gives a slight nod to her new... guardian?'s words.
"Yeah, I used to be more carefree. Just a few months ago even, but well getting shot in the chest with what should have been a fatal wound kinda changes your perspective on things." She replies softly, feeling that she could trust Sinclair with bits of her past. "It was how I found out I could regenerate. I keep trying to find the girl I was before but with everything that's happened since... Every new bad thing that happens seems to push me further and further away from her."
She goes silent for a moment or two, and then meets Sinclair's eyes in the rearview mirror when the blonde woman asks if there was anything specific she'd like for dinner. Kate gives a noncommittal shrug, not having ever been one to be particular. She'd eat about anything at this point, more than three days following her last real meal and even was aware if not for her healing there would have been no way she'd have been out of the bed and walking around yet.
"Uhmmm.. I'm fine with whatever they were going to make anyways, really." She replies with a light smile, and then looks down as she heard the faint rumble of a cell phone on vibrate.
"You're not going to pick up?" She inquires curiously and then reaches up with her hand to once more sweep her hair back as it had shaken a bit during her and Fayte's farewell visit and walk through the junkyard. She also finally pulls her stump out of her jacket pocket and lets it rest upon her lap, not having to worry about unwanted questions about it from the blonde.
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Post by remingtons on Nov 13, 2015 14:41:30 GMT -5
Sinclair felt a new wave of pity rush over her before she spoke, "Well, now that you don't have to worry about that kind of stuff as much, maybe you can find her again?" she smiled encouragingly at Katelyn's words about losing herself due to some rather horrible events.
She glanced at the phone as it vibrated once more again and Katelyn questioned if she's going to pick up, "I'm not one to text and drive-" the phone vibrated again. Several more messages from Victor. What could he possibly want that's so important?
"Guess it's time to change that," Sinclair muttered, picking up the phone to glance at it quickly as she entered an area with less traffic and stopped at a stop light.
She read the text messages that said, "Home now please.", "I kind of messed up a bit", "Could really use your hand right about now", "I'll explain when you get here", "Also I can be funny, I just choose not to!"
Sinclair blinked, taking a second glance before putting the phone down.
"It seems Victor's having a bit of a problem at home..." She simply said.
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Post by Katelyn Dimeo on Nov 13, 2015 14:53:46 GMT -5
Kate gives a slow but hopeful nod as she takes in Sinclair's words about things being different now and that she could maybe find her old self again. "Yeah, maybe." the teenager says in a low voice and then falls silent for a couple moments as the blonde woman explains about not texting while driving and Kate gives an understanding nod. That kinda thing could end badly, and Sinclair obviously didn't have the security of healing herself like Kate could if an accident happened.
When they stop briefly a few minutes later, the brunette teen watches as Sinclair gets another text and checks it before informing Kate that it seemed that Victor was experiencing difficulties back at the mansion. Upon hearing that, Kate feels the color draining from her face in worry, and trembles just slightly.
"Its not... that thing is it?" She asks with a slight pause and clear concern in her tone in reference to the creature. "I don't want to have to do anything like what I had to do to let you guys get it contained again... Like ever. Electrocution sucks." She adds in a near whisper, feeling her panic rising and keeping her voice low in not wanting to wake up her overly tired friend in the passenger seat.
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Post by remingtons on Nov 13, 2015 15:09:05 GMT -5
Sinclair could definitely pick up on the rising panic in the teen's voice, "No!" she said quickly, "Well he did not say exactly what, so it could be anything," she said to help calm the teen down. She almost regretted even telling the teen that something had gone wrong.
"That thing should really be under control by now," she attempted to reassure the teen, "After all it's practically useless in the semi-solid state so long as it doesn't touch anything that's living. The Jar keeps it from transforming into anything big enough to break out, and the electrical shocks keep it in the semi-solid state so even if it could, it can't transform period." She explained the fruits of their research to Katelyn, their ability to keep Kin entrapped within a simple jar.
"The only way it could have gotten out is if Victor had decided to continue the containment project without me. Even then, we've figured out how to feed it more appropriate food. It can take in plant life as well, not just meat. So it's probably nice and full by now, it had said itself to you that it did not take pleasure out of eating humans right?" Sinclair's main focus was trying to get Katelyn to calm down. The last thing she wanted was to make Katelyn feel unsafe in her own new home.
She smiled and took a glance to the rear view mirror, "Don't worry, you wont have to go through that again so long as I can do something about it,"
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Post by Katelyn Dimeo on Nov 13, 2015 15:27:35 GMT -5
Kate lets out a relieved sigh as Sinclair gives her assurances that the creature was well contained. She closes her eyes for a moment as she forces her panic down and over the next few moments her trembling subsides. When she goes still, Kate slowly reopened her eyes and breathed out.
"That's good." She says softly, though for reasons unknown to her Kate finds herself with a bit of sympathy still for the creature that had stolen her hand. She tries to ignore it for the most part though, and certainly doesn't voice her thoughts on the matter. The thing scared the hell out of her, and likely now that she had turned her back on it to help the Remingtons get it back under control, Kate had a real fear that if somehow it did get free again, she would be the first one it came for with intent to finish the job and eat the rest of her.
"It did say that yes, and I hope you're right, but desperation might change things." She replies, her gaze meeting Sinclair's in the rearview mirror again. "Who knows if it was telling the truth though... For all we know it was trying to get me to let my guard down. It did break out right after telling me that, and just because it said it didn't like to eat humans, it never said nothing about not killing us. Plus I would imagine fed now or not, it's gotta be pissed. Hell I know I'd be if it was me in the jar getting shocked every few minutes. Like I said, electrocution sucks."
She forces herself away from her current thoughts a second later, since it seemed after all that the creature wasn't a part of whatever issue Victor was having.
"Did he say what the problem was though?" She asks, now more curious than anything. "I could help, maybe."
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Post by remingtons on Nov 13, 2015 15:45:18 GMT -5
There was another ring on the phone, Sinclair glanced at it while she was waiting for the red light to pass.
"I tried to continue the containment project and shorted out the electricity units in the house when I tried using the room's charge on it..." the text message admitted.
Sinclair quickly attempted to think up a different thing to say was wrong, not wanting to worry the girl once more. However there was no way the electric was going to be back on by the time they got there, and the girl would probably put two and two together.
"Just a power outage it seems," Sinclair said as if it were nothing. She remained calm, as another text came in to tell her that the creature was locked in the containment room, they just had no way of opening it safely. This helped Sinclair keep her composure a bit more, since her husband was not in immediate danger.
However that still brought the problem of being right back to square one in terms of getting anywhere in controlling the creature. The plan was to build a containment room where they would immediately electrify anywhere in the room and send him into the goo-form at their own will should it either get out of hand, try to escape, or if they wanted to transport it to somewhere else without keeping it in a constant goo form.
The goo was definitely incapable of leaving the room now, but it was unsafe to enter the room or even to open the door now. Victor was getting quite a bit frustrated with the creature. It was in a leopard form once more, pacing along the back and glaring at the door. They had put so much time and effort into the room in the past three days, only for him to screw it up. He had attempted to speak to the creature, but it refused to assume a human form in order to speak. It just glared at the camera with hate.
This was getting on his nerves. This thing was too dangerous to keep toying with like this, and he doubted that it would be remotely cooperative at this point. He figured it was time to bring up plan D to Sinclair when she returned, termination.
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Post by Katelyn Dimeo on Nov 13, 2015 16:49:06 GMT -5
"Oh." Kate replies simply in reply to Sinclair's mention of a power outage, not putting much thought into what that might mean in regards to the containment of the creature. Or perhaps she didn't want to let her thoughts stray to the alien again, both because Kate wanted no kind of repeat of having to do what she'd done before to leave herself in a coma and also because deep down she knew she wouldn't have a shot in pulling off the same trick twice. The creature was far from stupid and she knew it wasn't going to let her get close again, so in the end she tells herself that it's just like a simple blown fuse or something in the main part of the house. Sinclair seemed calm enough about it, so Katelyn is able to accept it as the truth.
She settles back in her seat and then glances sideways out the window as the car begins moving again, falling silent for a couple moments before speaking again with the hopes of completely removing her worries for the time being.
"So uh... that thing you said before about tracking down a cybernetic hand for me... You must have some real cool and smart friends huh?" She asks, intrigued with robotics and the like, having been a big fan of the Battlestar Galactica reboot, and for a moment she envisions herself with a replacement hand that looked like one that would be found on a Cylon Centurion. Kate shakes her head slightly at her own silliness and then turns back to face forward so she could meet Sinclair's eyes in the mirror again as she waited to see what the blonde woman would say next.
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Post by remingtons on Nov 13, 2015 17:32:46 GMT -5
"More like a cool and smart husband....or a lot of money," Sinclair corrected Katelyn, "Victor and I have spent a lot of our time just researching all sorts of different fields before we came to Reighs. We dabbled a bit in robotics before, but we haven't gotten that far into combining it with the biology of a human. If we can't make a functioning hand we can just hire someone to make one for you and make adjustments as needed down the line," Sinclair spoke.
"We're kind of living off of our parent's fortunes and businesses, so we don't really work. After a while it gets kind of boring just whacking golf balls and showing up to parties," she explained, "Our parents had arranged for us to get married when we were small, they passed away a few years ago though so the money is all ours to do whatever,"
Meanwhile Victor was trying to figure out what to do. He swore under his breath as he stared at the monitor with the creature contained. He needed to do something. Sinclair should be home any minute.
The creature had not moved so far, but just as he had made note of it the creature suddenly melted down and reformed itself into Katelyn. His eyes widened as the creature made its way to the door. They did not exactly take into consideration that the creature now also had Katelyn's strength. The creature reared back the fist, before moving to slam the fist into the door at full force...
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Post by Katelyn Dimeo on Nov 13, 2015 17:47:11 GMT -5
Kate gave a small smile and nod of understanding as Sinclair explains a bit about her and Victor's past, even if she was still a bit shaky in terms of where exactly she (and Fayte) would stand as far as the male Remington. She hoped that by helping before with the creature would ease the tension that they had between them, but as she'd not had a chance to speak with the man since her reawakening, Kate has no way of knowing for sure yet.
"Well whatever you can come up with I'm sure will be better than not having a hand at all." Kate replies with acceptance, and then finds herself blinking as the blonde continues telling her more about the shared past between the husband and wife.
"Wow... I had no idea people were still doing that... But if you're happy with it then good on you, I guess." She remarks in reference to the arranged marriage deal. "Sorry to hear about your parents though, but I guess it gives us all something in common in that we're all orphans."
Kate pauses for a moment then, hoping that her last words didn't come off as insensitive or anything, since that hadn't been her intent. She'd just been trying to find some common ground that they could all share, since while she didn't know about Fayte's future but personally Kate didn't see herself becoming a scientist, didn't feel she was quite smart enough in that area. For the past couple years until discovering her powers she had wanted to become a lawyer so she could help the Costello family in her own way, to which her adopted dad Nic Pirelli had be encouraging her towards, but now she had no idea what she wanted to do with the rest of her life.
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Post by kin on Nov 13, 2015 18:56:34 GMT -5
He pulled his fist back and slammed it into the steel door. A large dent was created in it, but the door held strong. Kin raised a foot and slammed it into door, sending it flying off its hinges and into the wall behind it. The albino Katelyn disappeared, and was replaced with a pure white panther with ram horns. The panther growled, looking around in case there's some kind of trap. He sees none, and begins the sprint for freedom.
He has no idea where he was going, just that he needed to go up. He could hear the terrified screams of the house's staff that were in charge of keeping things clean as he passed by. He ignored their screams and continued to look for the nearest door out. He figured the Remingtons were likely tracking him down, as sirens began to wail and he could hear Victor on the intercom trying to get people organized and into their rooms so he could issue a lock down without trapping anyone with the creature.
As he approached a door he melted into goo and reformed as a ram, smashing the door into splinters as his ran into it full force. He resumed the panther form once more, he could practically smell the fresh air! He was in a hallway now, filled with rooms and he could spy a window at the end. What interested him however, was the fact that there was a certain someone between him and the window he could easily smash through.
A deep grumble rumbled in his throat, glaring at the woman, prepared to avoid an attack if she decided to come at him in full force. He took a step forward, his eyes trained on the woman that had lied and betrayed him. The idea to claw her into shreds came to mind, but Cody had always said that revenge sometimes just was not a good answer, so he dismissed it.
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Post by Katelyn Dimeo on Nov 13, 2015 21:43:00 GMT -5
The rest of the car ride home had been quiet, and Katelyn nodded off in sleep for a bit shortly after speaking. When they'd arrived at the mansion again, Sinclair had woken both her and Fayte, and the three women had all re-entered the residence. As Sinclair had taken Fayte off to show her the room that Fayte would have for herself, Kate had slowly made her way back to her own.
Upon arriving, she dropped the backpack upon her bed and was about to go see about a shower, when the alarms start blaring and she goes intensely rigid for a moment. Then Kate turns and rushes from the room, unsure of what was going on and praying it wasn't what she feared.
No such luck.
Kate skids to a stop in the hallway almost as soon as she cleared the threshold out of the room, almost tripping herself up on the rug that ran down the center of the hallway outside her new bedroom. As her gaze fell upon the creature now in the form of a panther, her body froze up as fear once more filled her, and she finds herself screaming internally though makes no sound as it takes a menacing step toward her and growls.
"Nooo..." Kate whimpers out, frozen to the spot even as every instinct is telling her to run, her feet just don't want to obey and then she realizes the only way back downstairs would be on the other side of the creature as the hallway on her side dead-ended at the window. "S-s-stay away..."
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Post by kin on Nov 13, 2015 22:18:25 GMT -5
The woman was scared, Kin took this as a good thing at least for him. She was probably too terrified to try to do anything to stop him. He began to walk forward, his eyes not leaving the woman until he fell into a puddle of white goo before shooting up and reshaping himself into Katelyn's form when she had her hand still there.
"I suppose I should thank all you wretched insects here," Kin decided to speak his anger rather than express it physically, "In my time here I have learned quite the valuable lesson. One Cody could not teach me, and would not teach me."
He was growing closer, approaching the girl slowly as she stepped back with every foot he took forward. Her back was against the wall, and the distance between them closed quickly, "Humans can be vile and traitorous, only looking out for yourselves and even fighting among yourselves. If it's not human, kill it. That is your values."
He glared down at the woman, using her strength to pick her up and hurl her out of the way. When he was done he continued, "Humans are not to be trusted. Especially not little girls that do not understand a mistake."
With that said, he leaped out the window in Katelyn's form. Kin changed to goop midway, smashing into the ground as the glass failed to harm him. He reformed himself as an owl above the glass, and flew. He aimed to fly as far away from the Remington's household as he could. He flapped his wings, the distance growing once more as he was finally free from the containment and torture of the Remingtons. However, he would not forget it.
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