The steam crawling subtly on the ground, a pair of black and white skater shoes blurred reflection from the ominous lighting in the room. Her white hair protruding through the hoodie over her head “Z, will you take that ridiculous hoodie off?” The second witch ask, the silence is covered by the echo of dripping coming from around the roof above “No, it’s leaks in here.” Her voice direct and cutting, “Can I get the file or not, Amanda?”, “Fine, I guess” she replies out of exhaustion and irritation “head down into the spell chambers and it should be in the drawer in the meditation room”, Z tilts her head and walks down the dimly lit corridor only peaking over her shoulder “Stay put” to which Taisuke just looks around nervously. Awkwardly standing in front of the high council, his arm jerks up “Hi” he says with a shaky voice “What a interesting boy”, “quite interesting”, “yes, interesting indeed”. Taisake takes a step backward shaken by their eerie presences before him. “Taisuke” he hears his name but no mouths move, as the name echoes around the room like a fly searching for food “Well, it was nice to meet you guys…but I think I remember Z telling me to wait in the car” it takes no hesitation before he darts off back to the entrance door only to find out it’s been locked. He shakes it and pulls but no budge ”Damn it” he says taking a breathe “What do you want, witches?”
As Z passes by one of the other occupied rooms at the end of the hall, the sound of metal scrapping against metal, burning of flesh all the while slight patters of sparks. She moves in to see what was happening between the crack left in the door. But she leans on it heavier than expected and stumbles herself into the room “Hey Z” he say his neck crooked to the side, his flesh open while looking at his droid parts on the backside of his neck “Hey….Elvan” she replies. He was a, something, someone special, in shock her eyes wide open “So…..you two actually going to talk or just googly eye at each other?”, “shut up Chris”, “Hey…don’t forget whose shop you’re in” she barks at Z with her short red hair bouncing off her forehead. “Yeah, nice shop you got here what is it a 2×2 prison cell” Z laughter being contagious cause Elvan to laugh. Only for a split second before he whispers “ouch “ to himself at the discomfort. Z looks back at the room she should be in across the hall but she had time, at least a moment. “What are you doing back here Z? thought you were on a pilgrimage?”, “No I’m, there is just something here I need” Elvan puts his finger over his lips interrupting them “Secrets secrets” He says laughing at Z, her face drops to a dead stare and she begins to bite her bottom lip, her eye brows sink down as she creeps over careful to not alert him until she was completely behind him and flicks the piece of metal sticking out of his neck causing it to retract back into the metal beneath his muscle and flesh. He knee jerks his hand over the open wound before Christ instantly stops him from touching it, swatting at his hand “Stop, you’ll infect it” Christ hands Elvan at soft foam ball and he almost immediately begins squeezing it so hard that it seemed he might have permanently damaged it, but once he let go it filled back out again to it’s full circular form.
“Why the hell would you do that” Elvan shouts “excusing me of secrets, in the coven no less” He shy’d his eyes away not realizing she would take it so serious. Chris hunches over Elvan and after a few minutes finally gets the piece to not only come forward but also come completely out. Covered in blood and what looks to be some tissue, “changing out his enhancement chip” Z says out of curiosity “not just changing it out but a whole new part from Emerald city” Elvan looks up to see Z’s eyebrow raised “Emerald city….like the old wizard of Oz….two and two….the elite class” He sighs as he sees she still isn’t catching the reference “ I got the chip from a friend who works under some elite douche-bags”, “oh…gotcha” she says with a smile, bright and pretty he thought to himself just like when they were kids. That thought pushed back into her head almost instantly…. The hard drive, she leaves the room in a hurry leaving them confused but they ignored it.
push the rooms door closed as she enters, she begins the search starting through the various drawers in the room, before stumbling upon a pulse hand cannon, it wasn’t the latest model but it sure as hell could punch a whole through several blocks of concrete, as she held it in her hand it felt different then the ones she used before. Heavier but firmer grip, she wedged it behind her between her belt and pants. Search further into the room over old files and wanted photo, different black mail list and bank account numbers she finally comes across it. Taking the hard drive and moving as quickly as she could back towards the front she hears the hum of the ritual machine starting up the hallway all but becomes filled with like purple and blue lights consume what once was the dimly light hallway. It pulsed like the inside of a stomach. It was like nothing see had ever seen before the mystic glow and the hypnotizing song of pagan chants…a little distorted and robotic but beautiful in tone regardless, it slows her down almost as if she were high from just hearing it but as she comes into view of Taisuke in the exam tank bed “umm, what are y’all doing to him?”. Darts overing to Taisuke how is locked into the motherboard “He seems perfect”, “perfect indeed”, “a man of quality” the three witches converse. “Neura-link infuse process”, “hyper core implementation”, “ He will be amazing” each one sitting at a different desk on different levels all facing in the direction of Taisuke, Taisuke who laid on the exam table, a helmet over his head with cable coming out of….only the titans know and going into where-ever cables go on a human body. Z has heard of the android wicca ritual but she had never seen it in person and even the few photos and video clips she had been shows was never going to compare to seeing it like this; in person, to see how they enhanced certain people and how they decided. She always had lingering questions like…like why were majority of the enhancements mostly guys and why it was never anyone from the convent but always a close friend of a covenant member?
Z put her hand on the glass that’s separating her from Taisuke, as he laid there still. Motionless, The though of him popped into her head “you guys better take care of him” the loneliness setting in…. “care?” The first witch scuffs “we dare not harm him” says the second, “He is delicate, He is….well honestly gonna be cool”, “oh my god…Amy, you can’t just break character midway through”, “sorry” Amy clears her throat before bouncing back into character “He is amazing”. Z stands there for a moment confused by the interaction that just took place before shaking her head and wondering off back through the warehouse door, into the night once again.
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