Down - Part 3

Scorcho · Generous lover of posting. Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 563

[A small jet touches down on a private airstrip, from out of it steps Lance Aukland and Kirk Ares. Awaiting them are three people: One of them is a woman in her early thirties, long brown hair, dressed in slacks, a red blouse, and a brown overcoat. Next to her is a 16 year old girl with short, brith yellow hair sticking up in small pigtails, goggles pressed over her forehead, wearing a tattered red t-shirt and tights, with specially made boots on her feet. The third is an man in his 40s, his unshaven face looks battle scarred as he stands in a strange looking suit of armor, faintly glowing with what looks like electrical circuits throughout the suit, he holds his helmet by his side. Kirk glances at them...]

Lance: Welcome to Oz, mate.

[Kirk takes a moment to observe his scenery, a beautiful beach, clear blue sky, and the sophisticated structure he has landed in...]

Kirk: Nice place... Must be making a pretty penny...

[lance smiles a bit.]

Lance: Well, we're government sponsored, so most of this is taxpayer money...

[Lance laughs a little as he starts to walk towards a mid-sized, but very modern looking building. Kirk and the other three follow, and they step inside to a large open area looking similar to a lobby. There's an elderly woman behind a desk answering phone calls...]

Lace: Kirk, let me introduce you to the group...

[Lance motions to the woman in the overcoat...]

Lance: This is Beth Sullivan, AKA Shell... She's our scientist and will be doing most of the work with you...

[Kirk nods to her, she smiles softly. Lance then motions to the girl.]

Lance: Holly Sullivan, AKA Twitch... She's the newest member of the group, and the fastest person in Australia.

[Holly smiles, blowing a large, pink bubble with her gum...]

Kirk: I see...

[Lance motions to the man in the armor...]

Lance: And this is Tom Dodd... AKA Circuit. He's been fighting crime for over twenty years, and is amazing at creating new kinds of gadgets... He made Twitch's boots, and the suit he is wearing, obviously...

[Tom nods to Kirk...]

Tom: Nice to meet you...

[Kirk nods back.]

Nice to meet you all... So what now?

Lance: Well, get your stuff unpacked, and we'll meet you in the training room in... twenty minutes?

Kirk: Alright, sounds good to me...

[Lance grins.]

Lance: Great, see you then...
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[The members of the Vigilance force are waiting in the training room when Kirk enters wearing blue jeans and a flannel shirt with the sleeves ripped off...]

Twitch: Y'know, I expected you to be bigger...

[Kirk kind of glares at Twitch...]

Kirk: Sorry to dissappoint you...

Lance: Don't pay attention to her, let's see what you can do...

[Kirk glances around the futuristic looking room, filled with various types of equipment.]

Kirk: Alright, what do you want me to do?

[Shell chimes in...]

Shell: Well, I want to see the limits of your power.. So I'd like to run some tests...

[Kirk glares angrily at her, Lance gives her a look of urgency...]

Shell: Uh, I mean, we'd like to observe you, and I'll record some information on it... Why don't you start off with this compression meter... Just go ahead and give it a good punch...

[Kirk grits his teeth a little bit and mutters...]

Kirk: Gladly...

[Kirk stands in front of the machine, trying to get a good stance, he focuses his thoughts on the padded plate, glancing over to Beth, thinking back to the experiements Clarity Inc. did on him. He rears back and launches his fist forward, sending it crashing it into the plate... The machine, which was bolted a foot deep into both the ceiling and floor folds in on itself, causing the bolts to pull from the ceiling and floor, the twisted machine falls over on it's side as Twitch jumps back quickly. The four look at him in disbelief, as the gause hooked up to the machine to measure the pressure reads: *,***,***. Kirk looks down at the machine, a little stunned at the outcome, glancing over to the four... Shell finally softly speaks...]

Shell: Amazing... We reinforced this machine very heavily for your arrival, I didn't think the force would go past the million mark...

Circuit: I've never seen anything like that in my damn life...

Twitch: Oh my gods!!!

Lance: [Laughing slightly...] Well, I guess you passed that test...

[Kirk motions to the rubble...]

Kirk: Sorry I busted your machine...

[Beth chimes in.]

Beth: No, Kirk, please don't be sorry, that was phenominal...

[Twitch looks over to Beth and giggles slightly...]

Beth: Alright, let's observe your lifting ability...

[Beth motions to a machine resembling a trash compactor with hand holds on top.]

We're going to have this machine pushing down on you, just resist it, try to push it back up...]

Kirk: Am I going to break this one too?

[Beth laughs nervously...]

Beth: I hope not...

[Kirk stands under the machine, liftins his arms up and gripping the hand holds. Beth turns on the machine and it begins to press downward. Kirk forces it back up. A meter measuring the weight of the pressure beging to rocket upward by thousands... Kirk continues to hold the machine up as the pressure increases more and more. this continues for roughly one minute, then Kirk's arms buckle. The instant they do, the machine cuts off and raises back upward...]

Beth: 40,236 pounds... Incredible...

Circuit: I have to admit, that is real impressive... When did you know you were able to do this?

Kirk: About when I was a teenager...

[Lance glances up at the clock...]

Lance: Alright Kirk, very interesting observations we've made. We have an appointment with the Prime Minister. Feel free to check out Melbourne. We should be back to tonight.

Twitch: Just try not to knock over any of our buildings...

[Kirk glares at her, Beth punches her in the arm, Twitch giggles.]

Kirk: Well, alright then, I'll make my way around town and try to stay otu of trouble...

[Lance laughs.]

Lance: You'll be fine mate, Aussies are very accepting of super beings, and for the most part it's a peaceful place... See you tonight.

[Kirk nods and waves, the four make their way out of the training room, Kirk takes a seat on a nearby bench, looking over to the destroyed machine, then back to the door. Getting up and walking out.]
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