Into the Ruins

[Asa]

Closed for HotSouthernGuy

The year was 2288 and the rest of the world was about to take back all the Scientific order had taken from them. With centuries of wars the Scientific order had run unchecked with their experiments on people and anything else they so chose without the world governments paying them much attention other than what was sent to them for their armies and "healing" of the everyday family.

Once it was discovered the rampant ruthless and inhumane actions of the Scientific order it was almost too late and the war turned on them. All of the nations turned on Scientific order and for the past 12 years they have beat them back and at long last they have driven them out of one of their strongholds in the lands once called England and Europe. With the intelligence reports stating that this was were the genetics experiments were done on humans to create soldier and other "genetic altered" to aid mankind the governments agreed that rising the active soldiers was not wise so an offer went out to all of the Bounty Hunters who traveled the Earthen space or badlands... places that life was hard pressed to survive and yet seemed flooded with outlaws war criminals and the like.

Nadia Premana

Genetic Altered
Human female
long dark hair
Golden felineish eyes
Athletic yet well blessed figure

She had been abducted as a young child and experimented on with her dna being augmented with that of Timber wolf and a mix of the predatory felines Cheetah, Tigress, Panther and whatever others they had on hand. Her form still bore ancient scars as she stalked around the ruins of what was her prison and now her home. Her only friend till an AI Jahee the name she gave it. The AI seemed adaptable and tried to teach her and help guide her to places of safety and food.

One morning before the dawn she heard noises and leaped atop one of the remaining floors of what once was a stunning building of the ancients. A faint predatory growl slipped from her lips as she saw the strange vehicle entered the borderland gates.

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

Axle

5'11
Black Hair thats grown long through the years
brown eyes and skin
Buff from the years working as a soldier and bounty hunter

"It is way to damn early to be working," Axle said to himself. He had made a promise to himself never to get up before the crack of dawn after he left his mandatory 4 years of military service. But the world government was paying a pretty penny for bounty hunters like him to hunt and capture or eliminate these so called "altered" individuals that the Scientific Order had created.

So now here he was driving his old modified military issued dune buggy into what looked to him as the city that looked very similar in what he read in books as London. He drove over a bridge which spanned over a long dried river. It had been almost 2 hours of driving and chronometer said he still had a little less then an hour til sunup so he decided to pull over and stretch his legs, maybe take a quick nap. Pulling the buggy over next to an old clocktower, Axle grabbed his sleeping bag and his shotgun from the back and wandered a few feet away to find a good hidden shelter where he could rest.

 

[Asa]

Crouching she saw the man and watched him carefully from her perch still growling faintly. Once she saw that the being was going to sleep she chose to go to Jahee and see what it could tell her about the intruder. Jahee quickly scanned the area of the old labs and paused then activating the humanoid image of an older man who she called Jahee...

Human male appearing to be in acceptable condition no medical requirements assessed. Non altered human. Does not wield any markings or implants to designate him as being of the Order either... Non threat status for now... a guest Nadia. Allow them to rest and approach when they awaken though stay where you can see them if you prefer for security reasons.

She nodded to the image and moved quietly back to her previous perch and studied the male her head tilted not having seen another living being in a very long time. She would dose lightly waking often to keep an eye on the male and the strange vehicle that brought him to her home.

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

Axle was a light sleeper. He felt that he was being watched sense the moment he laid his head down on his sleeping bag, but thought that it was just his imagination. But he couldn't help but scan the ruins above his head, he could swear that he could see moving shadows against them, but he was probably just being paranoid. Sighing he stood up and stretched knowing he wouldn't get much sleep if he didn't make sure that no one was around. Picking up his shot gun he checked the shells, loading 8 tazer rounds into it. He headed toward the direction he last saw the shadow, coming behind a few fallen rubble he found a young girl probably a few years younger then him, in her late teens or early twenties. She was almost completely nude, in shape, and from what he could tell pretty good looking. Checking his gun again, Axle took a few slow steps toward her, leveling the barrel at her.

 

[Asa]

She was roughly 25 clad in the remains of a Scientific Order's "soldier" uniform. A second skin black top holes all through the sleeves and body "corseted" with leather straps over her shoulders and around her body wher she had small packs hooked to for supplies and what was clearly a makeshift dagger. What might at one time have been pants now little more than a skirt of material connected in places around her legs.

A feral predatory growl still emminating from her as she moved to follow his actions facing him she hunched down as if ready to jump her feline eyes glowing or so it seemed in the slowly growing light of dawn. Sizing up the male before her like a wolf or big cat would possibly enemy or prey she leaped to a nearby tall crate to get a better vantage point and growled more. Her movements were more animal than human though she was clearly fully human by all looks.

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

The women didn't look like the freakish monsters military manuals described "altered" humans as, but he could tell she was different, for one she moved faster then anyone he had ever known and her eyes glowed whenever she moved in the shadows, almost cat-like. She didn't look particularly dangerous but the low growls coming from her lips had him worried. He slowly walked toward her, lowering his barrel a little, letting her know he wouldn't shoot unless she attacked. "I'm not going to shoot", He called out, "just tell me who you are."

 

[Asa]

Her head tilted hearing him speak.

I am... Nadia

Who are you? Why you come here?

Still vary wary though the growls did soften some to intermittent low growls still in lesser warning though him lowering the rifle did help. She watched him intently though as he was the first person she had seen in a while that was not dead.

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

Axle..my names Axle.

I was...I mean i am looking for "altered". I'm supposed to bring back any I find. Theres a large price on peoples head like yourself.

He drops the shotgun to the floor and walks up to Nadia unarmed.

"you know your not as scary as i expected"

 

[Asa]

Hunter... She hissed backing away not caring about him putting the gun down or not. You leave... Nadias home... not monsters.

Part of her thought to attack but for now she did not... yet.

Jahee not let you harm... He teach hunters not hunt they ignore he deal with.

She moved to leap away again. You go to Jahee now. NOW she growled and moved figuring the hunter would follow her.

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

Axle picked his gun up again, thinking that he should shoot her, throw her in the back of the buggy, collect his money and be done with it, but something told him to wait, at least til he found out who this Jahee was. Following close behind Nadia and letting his eyes adjust to the darkness, he called out "your going to have to slow down some, not everybody can see in the dark as well as you. And who is this Jahee anyways?"

 

[Asa]

She hissed slowing down a little to stay within visual range but out of reach.

Jahee Machine man

She was a little angry with Jahee for telling her that this male was not a threat and he ended up being a hunter.

Jahee teach you not hunt.

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

Axle Slowly walked behind Nadia, taking a good look at the ruins as he passed by.
This city must have been huge back in its prime, he thought to himself. "So machine man? what do you mean by that, a robot? AI? and do you and Mr. Machine man stay here alone? Where do you find food?"

As the walked into one of the ruins, Axle looked around, the place was pretty well kept, he guessed this was where Nadia and this Jahee spent most of there time. Walking a bit closer to Nadia he asked "How long have you been here alone like this?"

 

[Asa]

Getting to the panel and hitting at it. JAHEE!! No threat is hunter... you said no threat!

The low platform near the panel sprang to live with the image of an older man fairly grandfatherly but clearly one of the military arm of the Scientific order by dress.

Nadia... no threat meaning nothing registering the male as Scientific Order or active military. I have however managed to find out that the Order is acquiring intel on retrieving any of their projects and creations from this location so you will need to travel again to the South for a time.

The image then looked to Axle. State your purpose for being here. These lands are the property of the Scientific Order.

 

[Asa]

((Comp tried posting twice so ignore this box it shouldn't be here))

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

The Scientific Order has been disbanded for the past three years, a military order has been issued to destroy any remaining strongholds that the order my have. As for me well I'm being paid good money to round up "altered" like her. I'm not sure what happens to them after we bring them in and I don't want to know, but whatever it is, judging from those scars on her back, it can't be any worse then whatever happened to her here.

 

[Asa]

There are still pockets of Scientific order. I receive messages when they use their military police subprogram communications. I give you access to that communication subprogram you help protect those like her. They are not harmful or evil... just different.

Jahee looked over to Nadia. You seem hungry go get food and bring some for your guest.

Nadia took off to get food and let them talk more Jahee returned its gaze to Axle. I hold more information than the others have. And I was once human like you so I understand making deals my making deals to cheat death turned me into this. What questions do you have for me?

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

Axle took a seat cross legged on the floor next to the screen. "Not evil or dangerous? Thats not what we were told. According to the world government reports these altered were supposed to be soldiers used to push the scientific orders agendas. And from watching Nadia there I can see where those beliefs come from, she's quicker then anyone I know, sees prefect in the dark, and moves around like a cat. And your telling me there are more left like her? You could make the perfect army with just a few people like that. " Axle let his eyes wander around the old facility, taking note of all the testing interments. "What exactly did you do to her? How long have you kept her here like this?"

 

[Asa]

They were created for many reasons to help humanity rebuild and quite frankly the world governments wanted expendable soldiers and bullet sponges as they called them... a front line that was hard to kill and would better protect the normal human soldiers. Yes there are more they are scattered all over most are solitary beings like Nadia some have created a couple of small villages in the ruins elsewhere. This facility technically took up the entire island.

Jahee pulled up footage of the experiments conducted on Nadia and the records that showed her arrival at this facility at roughly age 4 along with at least 20 or 30 other children brought in by "normal military" soldiers with orders of what they wanted done to each child or each group of children.

They now wish to cover up their involvement so long ago. While the official word is that the Scientific Order has been fully destroyed it is not the case and they know it as they just terminated working relations with then 18 months ago. I am sure that you served with people with a strange scar or odd "birthmark" on them. Those were people like Nadia.

We can speak again later if you have more questions she returns soon with food.

Just a few moments later Nadia walked towards them with a large almost deer looking creature and tossing it down evidence that she took it down much like a wolf or wild animal would.

Jahee opened a panel up on the floor for them to use as a fire pit for cooking.

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

(sorry been out on break)

It was well into the night when the deer finished cooking on the old fire pit. Axle had spent much the time helping around Nadia's improvised "home". Now he sat in silence watching Nadia digging into the deer, its juices dripping down her chin as she tore into it like an animal. He had to admit she was pretty beautiful, her eyes glowing cat like in the dark. If it was anyone else he'd probably make a fool out of himself trying to get her. The awkward silence between them was starting to get to him, so he figured he might as well try to break the ice. "So the deer's pretty good, did you kill it by yourself?"

 

[Asa]

Hunting... seem appear in my mind once The order left here. Jahee say it is from what they did. You like deer...

She looked to him with almost innocent eyes her head tilted to the side she studied him. Still unsure about him knowing he was a hunter but hopefully Jahee helped him understand.

If you not hunt any more Can show you the others... home here... Jahee says I am loner from... ge...ne...teecs.

SHe looked to Axle to see if she said it right hoping he knew what Jahee meant. She crouched still but moved a little closer it was becoming the colder times.

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

Axle smiled and handed her his gun and knife, "yes the deer is great nothing like meat on an open fire, and fine no more hunting, thats a deal" he says sticking out his hand waiting for Nadia to shake it. "Friends?"

 

[Asa]

She tilted her head looking from his hand to his face and crouching moved over towards him a little and began studying his hand. She looked to him again carefully...

Since not hunting us any more what you do now?

She smiled pushing the weapons away. sitting there near him crouched ready still to jump if she needed to.

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

Axle couldn't help but grin when he saw that smile spread across Nadia's face "so you do smile huh?" he teased. Then laying back against the concrete floor he looked up at the stars, part of the roof missing from the ages. "No Idea, I was planning on quitting after this last hunt anyways, I guess I'll retire early, maybe find a nice place to live in the country where this war hasn't affected. But what about yourself?" he asked looking over at Nadia her eyes still studying him, "doesn't it get lonely here by yourself."

 

[Asa]

Sometimes visit village... what world out there like... where others... outsiders like you dwell?

She looked up to see what he was looking at. She moved to slowly lay down curling up she wondered if she should show him the village or not.

 

[HotSouthernGuy]

Axle looked up at her, scooting over so she could lay down and look at what he was looking at "So this village, are there anyone there like you? or are you the only one around?" Then he looked at the remains of the deer that Nadia had killed, and he looked over at her again, "How did something so small as yourself bring that thing down? No gun or anything?"