A Hidden Secret

[LordPsycho]

((Oh It will, will it?))

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As Laur sits in her recovery room, A nurse comes in, carrying a large boquet of flowers, with an attached ballon saying in large, rather cheery letters, "Get Well Soon". The Nurse sets them on a nearby table, then turns to Laur, saying "Compliments of the CEO. He wished to stop by, but developments out there has prevented him from doing so."

[Laur Doyle]

((*Watches the debate*

*Decides to keep out of it*

*Looks at writing on balloon and flowers and slowly smiles*))

*Laur watches Till turn back slowly to look at her, then listens carefully to what he has to say. After he leaves, Laur holds it up and watches as the rubies sparkle blood red*

*One of the medics that had looked after her earlier tentatively opened the door, and Laur put the ring away, carefully closing the black box as he spoke*

Miss Wikins? There's a bed ready in the recovery room for you, if you'll follow me. We need to have you under observation while you recover

*Laur grips the little black box tightly and gets up to walk after the medic, wincing as another shot of pain from the almost healed injuries rocked her. Walking outside, one of the scientists that had supervised the blood transfusion nervously approached her*

Miss Wilkins, I-I've been sent to offer you our deepest apologies and regrets...

*Laur stops, her eyes narrow. When she speaks venom is so potent in her voice you'd think it could melt the walls*

Never speak of this again. Ever. To anyone. You have no idea what you've done

*With that she continues to walk, the medic shows her to a room with several beds inside. Fortunately none of them were occupied, and the one at the far side of the room has been made up, pillows fluffed and a blanket draped over it.There is also a small table next to it with plenty of fresh water in a jug and a glass. The medic turns to Laur*

We will monitor you and your lifesigns from outside so you can rest in peace, and we can keep an eye on your condition

*She nods and the medic exits, Laur walks over to the bed and sits down. She puts the black box on the table and then puts her head in her hands, thinking about what options she had*

*Laur responding to the nurse that had come in with the flowers and balloon with cheery letters lets a small smile show*

I understand. I will thank him myself when I am recovered and business does not prevent us from meeting

*She opens the black box again and takes the ring out, after a few seconds observing and appreciating the rubies and it's simple elegance, Laur slips it on a finger*

*Then she lies down to rest, and before she knows it she's fast asleep. Her body and mind exhausted*

[Till Doyle]

((Ve are being vatched. I zhall have to, deal with zis in zome vay. *Waves in a friendly manner towards Micheal and DP* ))

His daughter had fallen asleep half way through the book, her tiny eyes closed tight, as she dreamed the dreams that little girls dream about. Till spent about ten minutes watching her rest, and wriggle around in her bed. Eventually, he stands, and makes sure she's tucked in carefully.

He stands up, and quietly leaves the room, dimming the lights. Queitly pulling the door two, he turns, and heads down the stairs, his private security officers keeping silent gaurd around the premises, he is gauranteed her saftey.

Heading back to the transport platform, he keys in the co-ordinates for the HQ and heads back to the medical facilities. He silently enters Laurs ward, leaving his cane outside on a 'waiting' bed. Carefully, he balances himself on the beds as he walks towards her. He sees the balloon, and the flowers, and picks up the note, reading it.

If he were in the mood, he would have crumpled it, he places it back in the same position. He sees her wearing the ring, and raises an eyebrow, he pauses, privately collecting his thoughts. He pulls her blanket up over her, and then sits down in the chair next to her bed. It must have been a relatively comfortable chair, as, within minutes, he had silently fallen asleep, although, ready to react should anyone enter the room.

[Laur Doyle]

*As Laur is sleeping, she is dreaming... But the dreams are mixed and muddled up. Laur dreams about her long dead brother, and what others might consider terrible things she had done. She also dreams of the future, and a fiery barren landscape, of a world free from freaks...*

*But that dream ends badly, as Laur was made and still is, painfully aware of what she is...*

*Before the dream becomes a nightmare, Laur starts to wake up. She turns over, to find someone had pulled the blanket over her*

*Opening her eyes, she finds herself facing the wall rather than the table. Laur sits up and looks over to where the flowers, balloon, jug and open black box were. She sees Till sleeping in a chair next to her bed, and his cane nowhere to be seen, and contemplates putting the ring back for the briefest second*

*Laur decides against it, as she knew by now he'd have noticed, instead she reaches for the jug of water and the glass. Laur picks them and pours the water into the glass, taking a sip before speaking*

It would seem I am not the only one in need of rest

[Till Doyle]

Tills eyes opened slightly as he heard some ruffling, realising it had come from Laurs bed as she woke up and leant over to get water.

Laur:

[Laur Doyle]

*Laur drinks another mouthful of water, before putting the glass back on the side. Looking back to Till as he opens his eyes and puls himself upright*

A little pain when I walk or bend, but as long as my body doesn't reject the blood I think I shall be okay

*Laur slowly blinks, and cups a hand under her chin to hold her head with it*

As for my other condition, that is yet to be seen. Is my gun still in the cabinet?

[Till Doyle]

Till looks at Laur with a slight concern, "I have a gaurantee, a 'life' garauntee az zo to zpeak zat ze blood vill be accepted, hence ze new mutation vithin your body."

He slides her gun out of his jacket, and passes it towards her, as he does so, "I, thought you may like ze new grips. I vas vondering, if you vanted an inzcription on ze grips?"

[Laur Doyle]

*Laur nods slightly closing her eyes as Till explains about the blood, then she takes the gun and examines the smooth red grips Till had replaced her usual black grips with*

It suits it.

*She pauses, thinking about what she might have wanted put on the inscription. For once, it is difficult for her to think*

I would like an inscription. But I'm not sure about what

[LordPsycho]

((I think it's been too long since TIll had a demonstration of The Sensei's power ))

*On the mirror infront of the bed, red writing appeared on the mirror. It read:

[Micheal_Rawlings]

Bah! Get lost DP! It'll take Till seconds to recover from that horrifing expirience.

Seriously, that kind is nothing new to us here. We receive death threats on a regular basis, however usually their creators are immediately destroyed.

[LordPsycho]

((much as you will be soon enough.))

[Till Doyle]

((Hmmm - most curious.))

Till was about to speak to Laur as he was interrupted by The Dark Psychos messages. Raising an eyebrow, and yet, narrowing his eyes, he stared intently at the mirror.

He remained silent for a few seconds, "A meddlesome god? Zomezing vill be done about him. We have more important izzues at zis time." Pausing again, and just about to speak, a man in a suit strolls in and hands him a file.

Taking it, he sits back, and as he opens it, gestures the man away, "It appears az zo shares are up. Profits are up. Ve have lozt no ztaff, and productivity iz reaching its previous peak..." Just then, a scientist bumbles in with another file.

Till flicks it open, "Zo zey are approaching ze..."

"Yes sir. Miss Wilkins intell earlier was correct about positioning. What should we do about the site sir?"

"Have Project Stop fed, and fitted into the device. He muzt remain alive at all cozts! Prepare ze mechs from ze facility. All of zem muzt be ready for deployment. Activate ze missiles, and fire upon either my mark, or Miss Vilkins mark. Ve zhall attack everyzing zey have. Do they know about ze full details of ze facility?"

"No sir, we believe they only know a little."

"Zen hurry and prepare." He turns to look back at Laur, "I am going to ze command centre. I'll have you taken to ze medical facility zere. I require much of your input. I zhall zee you shortly."

With that, Till stands up and begins to turn away from Laur.

[Micheal_Rawlings]

((I'm going to assume you're reffering to Goron's army that is approaching... am I wrong?

EDIT: Never mind I see your post in the wilds. I'll edit this post accordingly now.))

Rawlings looked outwards over the sand to the North. A large cloud of dust had appeared on the horizon maybe an hour ago. Satellite pictures had shown a large army of maybe 200,000 or more moving southward towards them.

Mike was not worried. This Head Quarters could withstand the assualt of a force of a million men, provided that the defense systems were active. He blinked and grabbed his radio from his belt. Now would be a good time to check.

"Are all of our defenses operational?" he spoke into the radio. Several seconds passed before he heard the head scientist's response.

"Yes sir, all systems are operating at 100% efficiency," the voice crackled through the radio.

This was good... they were ready for anything these "Defenders" could throw at them. Rawlings smiled to himself and decended back into the base.

[Laur Doyle]

*Laur stops herself from staring as Till says something about a meddling god, must be the Sensei again*

*As the first scientist bumbles in with the file about productivity, which Laur listened to interestedly and intently, she couldn't help but wonder what it is he had been about to say*

*Laur remains quiet and observant as the second file is brought in and orders are given, allowing herself a small feeling of pride as her intell was once again, found useful*

*As Till stands up to turn around Laur almost frowns, but she speaks just as the other scientist leaves through the door*

Till, before you go. What was it you wanted to say? I must know, if you feel it be so important

[Micheal_Rawlings]

((Well it's getting rather boring in the Corporate thread... who's up for stirring up trouble? Or better yet, we could go get the Ice arifact. Anyone?))