Out on Patrol [Open][NR]

Trashed those 2 clowns over at INC Headquarters. Fun, but now it was time to do something right. If he could do that to those 2 super powered goons, beating up some criminals should be easy. He could make a few dollars that could be used to possibly buy more supplies to be turned into gadgets or upgrades to his suit. The new Stealth function made him not so scared to go outside anymore. It would be easy to hide and disappear should any of those super freaks come nosing around.

On top of a building he was standing, with his black cape flowing in the winds off to one side, looking down at the streets below on this darkening evening. With the way the clouds were gathering it looked like it would rain. He jumped in the air and used his cape to glide around the buildings, stopping on several to spy around. He used the cameras, scanners and microphones in his helmet to survey the environment, looking for anything out of the ordinary.

Stretch had to be somewhere sleeping. Had to be the reason he wasn't in his ear yakking away. Someone once told him about a place called Dirty Jobs. Rumor had it that the place gave out crazy tasks but paid handsomely...

A giggle escaped her, unhinged grin in place and the usual psychotic look in her mismatched eyes: she was fucking nuts, and did nothing to hide it. Her usual outfit of a hoodie and sweatpants had changed up slightly. She wore a black v-neck t-shirt with short sleeves and a black leather jacket over this which was open in the front. Legs were covered in a pair of decoratively ripped leggings and a black skirt, feet covered in black combat boots. Her long hair which was black at the roots and faded to purple was back in a ponytail, bangs hanging down along her face.

She had gone on her way, going from roof top to roof top, in search for this guy with the red V on his chest. Had been doing the same thing since she had left Alec Kane's office hours previous. She had searched high and low, blending in for the most part with the human populace at least at first, but she had worked her way up higher, taking to the roof tops for a higher vantage point.

However, nothing had popped off. So, she had moved on. There was a place she hadn't thought to check, but figured that now was as good a time as any to do so: Old Edge. So, she hopped from building to building, searching for the guy with the red V on his chest....

"Come out, come out, where ever you are... Cala wants to play a game with you!~", she taunted in a sing-song type voice, not bothering to keep her voice down: she wanted him to hear her, she wanted to lure him out, to play with him.

The Vigilante dive bombed the alley; into a group of 5 shady looking individuals trying to break into a chemical plant through the back entrance. He used his cape to slow his fall at the last minute, and used the kinetic energy gathered in the dive to create a shockwave, sending all five of them flying away. Some of them splatted into walls, some of them bounced off of some of these walls. One of them hit a fire escape and did several flips before landing hard on the back of his head.

One of them managed to get up and throw a punch. It was easily swatted to the side, and followed by a roundhouse kick to the side of his head. It knocked the man off of his feet and head-first into the nearby wall. Another one of the men approached with a metal pipe he'd found in the alley, and took a swing with it at Vigilante from behind. V ducked under the swing and turned with a furious combination of blows to the body. The combo ended with an uppercut which sent the man airborne.

This was about the time he heard a female's voice. "Come out, come out, where ever you are... Cala wants to play a game with you!~"

What the hell?

The Vigilante dodged several punches from another one of the men, slinking around every blow before grabbing the ankle of the man while ducking underneath a left hook, and turning to throw and launch the man skyward. Who was that girl? Who was she looking for?

Enhanced hearing picked up the sound of a fight: including what sounded like people being blasted into walls and... was that a body hitting metal? Odd sound, but maybe this was what she needed to follow. It took but a moment, tracking the noise of the fight like one would the smell of something. A few hops across some more roof tops later and she had reached her destination.

Vampire Physiology:

She was crouched at the edge of the nearest roof, peering down into the alley as she watched the rest of the fight scene unfold in front of her including the man who had been launched skyward: she had found the dude with the red V on his chest, but he looked pretty busy. Her grin remained on her face as she continued to watch for a second more before speaking again, "I found you.~ I knew I would, Cala always finds what she's looking for!~" A giggle escaped her, high pitched and crazed in its sound.

In one lithe and graceful movement she stood from her crouch and jumped right off the edge of the roof. Her form sped to the ground, black leather jacket billowing out behind her in the wind. Her form landed near silently in another crouch and she stood slowly before pulling the jacket back into place around her body, while her mismatched gaze remained on the guy with the V on his chest. "Hello handsome..."

"You can't be talking to me."

Name: Cala Jo
Species: Vampire
Threat Level: Massive


Previously downloaded data. Another one of the super freaks from downtown had found him. He knew it was a bad idea to come back out so soon. Something had been in the back of his mind all day, telling him that maybe he should stay in the house, lay back in the bed, watch a movie or something. Stay out of sight. It was too late for that now. It looked like the Vigilante's next battle started now.

This time against a girl? He would never be able to live with himself if he hit a cute girl, even if this one looked out of her mind. The plan was to run away. Get home, stay in the house for 2 weeks this time.

Vigilante went into a crouch, and leapt dozens of feet skyward. There was no way any girl would talk to him like that and mean it, she must have been put up to this. Girls didn't look at him like that unless they wanted something. In this case it could have been his blood. There was some weird fantasy about having some sexy babe sucking the life from a guy, or maybe he was just a pervert deep down. He had to get away from this girl, and now.

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At the top of his jump, a height of about 30 feet Vigilante hit the jets on his boots and used his cape to quickly begin gliding away from the scene. If he could make it back to New Edge, he thought of a plan to lose her downtown somewhere before making a break for home. This was no time to be cocky or show off; if he got into a fight with and won against another one of that Kane guy's people, soon he'd come around looking for him himself. Vigilante began to gather and store the kinetic energy of his movements just in case

Energy Count: 1

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Aww, her new friend was running away. Well, she wasn't about to just stand here and not follow him. Thank god for vampiric speed, and strength. She bent her knees, launching herself quickly into the air just as he jumped into the air as well, following after him. Her form landed in a crouch on the roof top she had previously been on, but she didn't remain there, instead she sprang herself forward, quickly putting her body in motion, the whole movement graceful and fluid. She didn't fly, instead she kept him in her sights due to her enhanced eyesight as she quickly hopped from roof top to roof top, tailing him.

Vampire Physiology:

That same unhinged grin remained on her face, but it was now slightly more crooked: there was just something about a chase that got her blood pumping in ways that almost nothing else could - it might have been the natural predator and prey instinct kicking in since most people didn't get a chance to run from her, but she wasn't here to make a meal out of the guy.

She had promised Mister Kane that she would try and keep the damage down to a minimum, and that's exactly what she was going to try to do; besides, she didn't want to break the guy, not like the other two seemed to have been trying to pull when they went after him back at the INC. Headquarters. No, all she wanted was to stop him long enough to talk, and possibly convince him to willingly go see Mister Kane - besides, he had peaked her interest, running around in a costume like some sort of superhero, and an interested Malkavian was a happy Malkavian.

"Aww, don't be like that! I just want to talk, handsome!", she called after him as she continued to chase and follow.

"Talk about draining out every ounce of my blood, right? Yeah, NO!"

Staying up here, out in the open like this, this was a bad idea. He was never going to escape a Vampire by flying away. Running was the next idea. How fast was this girl below? He didn't think she'd be able to keep up with Mach 5. Vigilante began a long slow back flip high above the streets of Old Edge. Another plan had formed.

Stretch picked up the communication. "....Uhhh, you're on? And you're on the move too eh, what's going on? I thought you said you were gonna lay low." Stretch sounded like he'd just woke up. He and V got the cameras working recently, and now V could see Stretch in his heads up display, while Stretch could see what Vigilante saw through his monitor at home.

"Yeah, I know I said that, and I should have. Now I got another one of those freaks after me."

"What? Who?"

"Some girl, a Vampire. She looks hot as hell kinda but she looks a few cards short of a full deck."

"...There's a girl chasing YOU, and you're running AWAY?" Stretch's eyes got wide. "Where is she? She's hot? Turn around so I can see her."

"Are you nuts?? This is one of the super freaks we're talking about here!"

"So? Maybe the Kane guy got impressed and he sent you a reward."

"Shut up!"

When he was upside down, Vigilante dive bombed toward the ground, picking up an incredible amount of speed as he descended. He used his cape at the last minute to slow his fall, land, and take off running, quickly reaching speeds of Mach 5. Windows of buildings, homes and cars would explode as he rocketed down one of the main streets of Old Edge, heading for the huge city in the distance. There was the deafening boom sound while V broke the sound barrier. Once he was between those big shiny skyscrapers again he'd get to test out the new stealth functions. Disappear, then head home asap.

Energy Count: 2

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Baw, those two who went after him before must've really rattled him if he thought she was lying: which she wasn't. She had got her meal a good few days ago, and didn't need to feed that often due to her age... but, she wasn't going to waste her breath trying to explain that to him in that much detail - at least not while attempting to chase his ass down and get him to listen to reason.

She saw his flip and dive, while hearing him talking to... someone? Did he hear voices in his head too then? Then they had to be friends!

A plan formulated automatically in Cala's mind as she leaped from the building she'd been on, jumping to the ground below as she watched him take off: fast as hell too. No matter, she might not have been that fast that second, but her Trickster characteristic came in handy: her speed evolved as she shot off like lightning after him, following at first the path of destruction as another boom echoed through the air: her own body breaking the sound barrier as she followed, which thankfully caused less damage due to the windows having already been blown out, and glad that she always wore the pendant Mister Kane gave her, encase this chase got more destructive when they hit the city.

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She pushed herself faster, enhanced sight picking up on his movements, as she continued to give chase she shouted after him, "Bloody hell! I'm not going to eat you! And those two weren't supposed to try and kill you, or even injure you badly!", she could only hope her words caused him to slow, because who knew what sort of other tricks he had up his sleeve if he could move this fast? It wouldn't surprise her if that suit could do a hell of a lot more than just that.

Vampire Physiology:

"Yeah? Then why'd that big gay looking dude with all that armor on with the spear try to clobber me?"

Vigilante couldn't believe this girl was actually catching up to him, running as fast as he was. The scenery around him looked like he was traveling at warp speed.

"That other guy who could turn into a tiger did something funny to the wind too! I would'a got really hurt if that hit me! I know I was wrong for hacking those files! I'll even delete them once I get away from you! But if you freaks think you're gonna get your hands on me, think again!"

She couldn't take corners like I could. V was going to try and juke her. A sharp left turn on the next street, followed by another quick right turn, the quick changes in velocity made hard winds that would continue on to shatter windows and rustle trees, some of them being knocked over.

The bridge over to New Edge was in view. Across the river and into the downtown areas, and he figured he was home free.

"If you run away without getting a good look at this girl and what she has on, that will not be cool!"

"Shut up, man!"

Energy Count: 3

Oh god, she was going to crash, and it was going to hurt! She saw him take the sharp turn while she had nothing but a building to crash into in front of her. Her body suddenly shifted, feet going straight to the building, and as luck would have it, her feet hit an outside steel beam, which bent slightly, but gave her enough of a hard surface to bounce off of compared to crashing through the structure like she otherwise would have, and keep going, straight after him. She didn't slow, and didn't give up, yet.

Trickster:

"Listen, we keep running around like this we're liable to break something.. and if we break something too badly one of us is likely going to die... Those two disobeyed orders! In fact, the tiger guy isn't even here anymore, he's off on some island somewhere! Only reason I'm chasing you now is because you insist on running away instead of talking!"

They were getting closer to the city and she knew it, and she didn't know how well her luck was going to hold out if he decided to pull another of those quick turns. Mister Kane had cautioned her that if things started to get torn up too badly to just bail out: but she really didn't want to return empty handed, however she wasn't about to cause a whole bunch of chaos and destruction and disobey orders.

"Honestly! Why are you running? You handled those two with ease, so how do you think I'd fair against you any differently? All I wanna do is talk!"

Ok. She wasn't going to stop coming, no matter how fast he ran. It was starting to look like another fight situation. She was a girl, but she was also some sort of crazy breed of Vampire. Mal-ka-vian? V was no fan of pain, being bitten, things of that nature. He was tired of running away from super freaks, and if he didn't finally stand up for himself, they would chase after him forever.

He hit the brakes, slamming his boots into the street. A shower of yellow sparks cascaded from the soles; he also spread out either arm and used his cape to slow down as well. V turned sideways and dug his legs into his skid, tearing the street up somewhat, and came to a complete, smoking stop. Behind him a distance was the bridge back to New Edge. Traffic was swerving wildly around this kid in the black armor, honking their horns and yelling things from their windows.

That tiger freak with the bow and arrows was gone, but what about the big dude in the armor? Was he even still alive after what happened to him? They disobeyed orders and intended on doing him serious damage. Was someone out to get him, then? Or was it some superiority thing in which those two freaks just wanted to make an example of the lowly human in a high tech suit of armor. Was this the case here too? Another girl to come along, flashing a pretty smile, showing a little skin, wanting something, a favor of the genius nerd. Gaining his trust while slowly sharpening that knife to drive into his unsuspecting back.

After standing up straight again V pushed his cape back and stood in his fighting stance. His torso and arms had an abnormal transparent glow due to the kinetic energies he'd gathered so far.

He said, "You're some sort'a Vampire super freak, and i'm only human. Honestly, I think i'd get trashed, just like I was supposed to at Murder Inc. I got lucky. Mom always said never to hit girls, but Dad said don't just stand there and get beat up by one either!"

He tightened his fists and pressed his hands as close to the gloves as possible, for maximum impact. His boots were still smoking while he started in the girl's direction, waiting for her to either attack now that she had gotten him to stop, or to say something else and talk, like she claimed. A fight against a pretty girl never ended well. You either beat her up, and have people looking down at you, call you a woman beater, and others coming after you, or get beat up by the girl and get laughed at. Strategies, strategies...

She watched him skid to a stop, tearing up a part of the street while causing a traffic jam of epic proportions.... Not like that was about to be the only damage done, either. Her own form turned sideways, legs suddenly no longer running, combat boots digging into the pavement while her right hand also hooked in tight and deep to the pavement. She ripped up more road as she came to complete stop several seconds later. She released her hold on the road and stood, making a mental note to not even look at her possibly very shredded leather boots, nor the damage to the road which she would find some way of fixing later.

Vampire Physiology:

So, she had got him to stop... but he still didn't seem to believe she wasn't here for a fight. However, with his words it seemed like he wasn't the type to throw a first punch against a girl. Good, very good. She would only fight him if it came as a last resort, she had no interest in bloodying up a human who ran around in some sort of superhero suit.

"Well, you're right handsome, I'm not going to lie; I am a Vampire. But, that has nothing to do with anything; I unlike the other two like to try and obey orders, even if some of the rules get a little... bent along the way." Like her causing a small bit of destruction, even though she had told Mister Kane she would try not to break anything. "Anyway. Like I've already said, I'm not here to fight you, or bloody you up or anything... and honestly, why would I lie about it? I'm a Vampire, you've said it yourself, if I wanted to "trash" you as you put I would go ahead and try, but I don't. I'm simply here because your abilities have intrigued Mister Kane and he wishes to meet you; no harm no foul type of deal. That's what the other two were supposed to accomplish, they were supposed to come get you for Mister Kane; not attempt to break you into pieces."

As she spoke she kept a close eye on him, ready to stop talking and move at a moments notice if he decided to attack her halfway through her little speech, or to again start to run and flee. She wasn't about to let her guard down, human or not, if he wanted to he could probably do some serious damage to her, and while she might like getting her ass beaten it would be highly counter-productive to what she was trying to accomplish here.

He remained in his fighting stance, which left him guarded on all sides. The traffic on this street was becoming crazy since this road was the main way in and out of Old Edge, and because the bridge was so close by. Vigilante didn't care. He was confused as to why she kept calling him handsome, since his helmet had no visible facial features, and there was no way that she could see under it, even with some freaky Vampire power.

The head man wanted to meet him, that Alec guy. A one on one with the head freak would maybe yield answers about his parents, but this all sounded like a trap.

"How do I know this isn't a trap? Top dogs always send out some sexy girl to go convince people to see things their way, and if you refuse, boom. Instant teeth in your neck. Most of the time they get the teeth in the neck anyway!"

"...Duuuude, she HOT. She looks like the type that'll turn you over and take control! Ride you out! Slap YOU on the ass!"

V tried to ignore Stretch. "How do I know the second I set foot in that building that you guys won't hit me with your freaky voodoo? what's Kane wanna talk to me about, anyway?"

Stretch was doing something on the screen that V couldn't quite see. "...Dude tell her to pull up her shirt," he said. It looked as if he was drooling.

"Stretch quit being such a pervert!"

"Don't you have some sort of awesome gadget on that sweet looking suit of yours that can tell if I'm lying or something? It'd come in handy, since I'm not..." What was she going to do to make him see the truth? "Look... I really have no way to honestly try and convince you that no harm will come to you, other than to say that don't you think if Mister Kane really wanted you dead, especially after those other two failed... wouldn't he have come here himself to ensure the job got done right? I mean, what could it honestly hurt to go see what he wants? He's not a bad guy, despite what you might be thinking."

Cala paused for a moment, listening to not only the words he spoke to her, but the one side conversation she was picking up on: apparently he was talking to... someone? "Oookay, either you hear voices in your head, or someone's listening... doesn't matter." She shrugged lightly. She hoped her words of wisdom worked: she didn't speak them often, due to the fact that she was too insane to care about wisdom, but she figured it was worth giving it a shot.

"Besides...", she added after a moment, unhinged grin back on her face. "You've peaked my interest... I like a guy in a suit with a cape." She bit her bottom lip, fangs nowhere in sight since they were sheathed within her gums, so nothing but sparkling white teeth showed while she waited for his answer and gave him a once over, taking in the full detail of him.

"She has a point dude, that Kane guy was the one who nuked New Vegas. If he could pull something off like that by himself, then taking you out would be a piece of cake."

"Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence, Stretch!"

"Look at that grin on her face man, she wants you. So what if she's a Vampire? Maybe you could even get in good with Kane and his Company, and there'll be other girls, y'know? Maybe he can tell you something about your parents. That's what you wanted all along, right?"

What was the harm in going to that big building downtown for a sit down. This girl who had different colored eyes and a crazy smile on her face that touched him in unmentionable places wasn't trying to run him through with arrows, or smash him in half. She'd even said she liked him. She liked The Vigilante, not Matt, but he could live with that for now.

The Exoskeleton began to let off steam and wind while he released all of the Kinetic energy he'd gathered since beginning to run away, flapping his cape around behind him and ruffling the trees in the surroundings. To meet the Boss of the whole city. She said he was a good guy. V had been convinced the dude was some sort of warlord or airheaded playboy. He wanted to see this guy with his own eyes. That, and the way this Vampire girl was looking at him made him curious. If it was a trap, well...he'd cross that bridge when he got to it.

Vigilante stood up straight. He said, "Okay. Why not...I wanna see what this Kane guy looks like for myself anyway. You asked, instead of attacking me like those other two weirdoes. I really hope you aren't lying and using your good looks like most girls do. If this is a trap i'm prepared to raise some hell to get out, just letting you know, even if it means I gotta face off against you."

"You didn't tell her to pull up her shirt yet."

V didn't respond to that. "So when's Kane want to meet me? Now?"

She blinked at the steam and wind that his suit began to give off, but seeing as it wasn't causing her any sort of harm, nor did it seem like any attack of any kind she kept her posture relaxed and loose. She had heard of people needing to "let off some steam" before, but that put it into a whole new context.

Her grin turned into a happy looking smile which reached the whole way up to her eyes, causing them to shine and gleam slightly due to the high impact emotion as she listened to him agree to come with her to see Mister Kane. She glanced around at the damage they had caused, figuring that it wasn't as bad as it could have become. She then turned her mismatched gaze back onto him.

"Hang around me long enough, handsome, and you'll learn I'm not like most girls... But, don't worry... if I double cross you I'll let you whoop my ass.", she said with a grin, not adding in the comment of how she might enjoy having her ass whooped by him. "As far as the when... well, I'm sure Mister Kane would see you now if you wanted to head over with me now? Better to get it over with and all that jazz as they say."

She bounced on the balls of her boot covered toes while waiting for him to respond, not caring about the crowd that was slowly drawing, nor the continued traffic jam and angry drivers that she could hear bitching and moaning about the blocked street. She wasn't going to budge unless he said he was ready to go now, and then she was more than willing to start leading the way over to Darkman Tower, and to Mister Kane.

"I can think of many other things to do to that nice ass other than whoop it---"

"Sure, now's a good'a time as any. After you?..."

There she went the handsome again. Vigilante ran one of his hands across the black, featureless helmet he had on. Was she seeing something he wasn't? She'd let him whoop her ass? This girl was off of her rocker. She probably got off to pain, a machoist-something. Still, he couldn't help but be attracted to her. What was she like behind the scenes? In the bedroom?... Even V had to think about it. He didn't remember the last time a girl looked at him like that without wanting their Algebra homework done. He never remembered any of them complimenting him either.

"Hang around me long enough, handsome, and you'll learn I'm not like most girls..."

Now even he'd found himself wanting the crazy looking vampire in leather to pull up her shirt. At least this didn't end violently...

She gave a nod, her smile turning into a unhinged grin once more as she finished looking him over for the second time since they'd been standing there in the streets. "Alright then handsome, since I'm sure you'll have no problem keeping up with me let's go..."

With those words said she took off, vampiric speed once more going into action, darting around him and down the rest of the street, and then to the bridge. She darted in and out of cars and people as she ran, sure that they'd be glad to have herself and V out of the way so they could go on with their lives without the wait. She glanced back from time to time to ensure that V was following behind her without trouble as she ran her way through Edge, heading towards the towering building that was Darkman Tower...

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