Thread: Empire-City of Sin (Black_Out and Sardonyx)

As much as the steady beeping of medical equipment served to calm some of Major Powers concerns for her long time friend and mentor, hearing the doctor outside his room talk of the potent poisons in Justicars system made her all the more grateful that hed gotten to the help he needed so fast. Shed ask him how later, then kick his ass for not calling on her to back up his play against the killer that had terrorizing the waterfront of late. She took a moment to read the label on the bag dripping its contents into the patient who currently occupied her attention, taking note of what it was and its dosage. Im going to have to get a hold of some of this... just in case... she thought to herself matter of factly, having already decided on what shed be doing after she left Justicars bedside. Major Powers focus went from her plants to Justicar when she heard him cough quietly and then tease her back. Lollipop, eh? That mean youre well enough to suck on these? She asked cheekily as she undoes an extra snap or two on her uniform, making it seem like her breasts could come spilling out of it at any moment. She appreciated the fact that Samson couldn't help but try to make her feel like everything was normal and it would all be ok, but at the moment, seeing him so beaten up and struggling with even the smallest movement, she knew he was in a bad way. Hearing his pained groan made her feel something cold and horrid clawing at her guts as she couldnt help but warily respect the thing that did this to him. Then she caught sight of the extent of his injuries and her pale skin got a bit whiter as the magnitude of the beat down hed received was now clear to her. Shut the fuck up, Justicar, Daphne said, but any anger in her tone wasnt really directed at him or his little jest about dress up play. The shift in her body language and tone was subtle, but to Sampson, someone who knew her so well, it was obvious that shed went from bad ass, professional heroine to something more personal, a friend caring for a friend in need. Dont make me lie to you, she says softly, eyes downcast after hearing his admonitions against taking action on her own. Bigger check... and nastier... she said, then she leaned down to kiss his forehead as his eyes closed and his body surrendered to the need for healing sleep. As the other nurse entered the room Daphne headed to the door as it started to close. She caught it and said, Ill fetch another bag of the Anti-venom so were ready to administer the 2nd dose in an hour, doctors orders. Those are kept... ... the third set of shelves in the 2nd refrigerated cabinet in room I-2332, The other nurse offered helpfully to Daphne, accepting her as another of the army of nurses that work in the hospital. Daphne nodded and went off to fetch two bags, one for Justicar and another for herself, just in case she had need of it later. She used her cellphone to summon an Uber and as she waited she looked up information on Komodo dragons. Wow... virgin birth eh? Hopefully, this is a Guy K-dragon mutant, Daphne mused aloud as she got into the Uber and gave it the address of a mall nearish her house. Then she scrolled through a few sites, learning of their ability to summon extreme bursts of speed and their superior sense of smell that was actually a result of their sense of taste and their odd gait. Of course, hes not just a Komodo... who knows what he can really do... she mused aloud as she entered her condo, stripped out of her borrowed uniform and hopped in the shower. She let the hot water scald her skin and give her skin a ruddy glow as it washed away every tension and fear in her leaving only behind only a white hot will to end the threat to all she cared for in Empire City. That, and a plan. Daphnes studies on the animal known as the Komodo Dragon, the places where the recent attacks that could be attributed to the new villain preying on the populace of Empire City happened and a hunch or two gave her a sense of the monsters range. Justicars words haunted her, hes gotten bigger... how big was bigger, she wished she could have asked Sampson that, but having seen his wounds and knowing that that all happened through his armor, it gave her a sense of what she was up against. From that, she started making a few plans. First and foremost, Major Power knew she had to do her best to take out the killing machine fast and from a distance. She smiled as she gazed at Justicars last Christmas present to her, a high powered rifle that shot high velocity tranq rounds designed to take out a rhinoceros, and thought to herself, how thoughtful. Next, she realized that Killer Komodos forte was most likely close range combat, so she made up a nasty surprise to hopefully even the odds if it came to that. Then she packed up her gear in a large dry bag before shrugging a duffle over her shoulder filled with her diving gear. All this she took down to her truck and she made her way to the edge off the hunting range she sussed out for Killer Komodo. Then she stripped off her clothes, leaving herself in a black and white bikini and her purple domino mask as she took her gear from the truck. She got ready, checked her scuba tanks and her personal underwater vehicle, strapped the dry bag onto her back and then quietly made her way through the swampy water looking for any signs of the monsters presence or lair.