[Time: 21 years ago, Location: Hidden Underground Complex] Nadia's eyes darted about wildly as she ran rapidly down the hall. She knew the way out of this place, she'd seen one of the guards go out and was planning to finally escape. She made it to the hidden door and outside before the alarms sounded. Breathing heavily she kept running as shouts rose up behind her. "I'm only seven." she thought as she ran, "How do I get away from these big men?" Still she pushed onward through the overgrown woods that hid the entrance to the complex. She could hear them getting closer, but there was another sound in front of her. A train. She could see the clearing ahead now and with all her strength she began to sprint as fast as her little legs could go. With a gasp and startled scream she broke free from the trees and found herself falling off a small cliff. The ten foot drop ended with her landing head first on a box car rolling along the track and being knocked unconscious. [Time: 14 years ago, Location: The Young Family home - Uptown Khazan City] Mrs. Helen Young and her husband sat on their adopted daughter's bed trying to calm her down from her latest nightmare. Nadia's memory had been lost when she fell onto the train but every so often she'd have a flash back while sleeping. She'd never remember them after waking, except once when she was about nine. That night she retained the memory of her brother, nothing more. Still, they always left an odd feeling in her. After she'd relaxed some, had a glass of water, and convinced her parents she was ok she went downstairs to get a snack. Grabbing a soda from the fridge she continued down to the basement where her father trained for his boxing matches. She walked up to the bag and stared at it seeing a face from her nightmare. She screamed in anger and punched the bag with all her strength. The steal chain's it hung by snapped and the bag soared across the basement slamming into the wall ten yards away. Tonight's nightmare had been like no other. She'd seen her kidnapping, and her parents' death. She remembered it all, including the face of the man responsible, and her 'inheritance'. [Time: 11 years ago, Location: Cyber-Ware Industries, Nathan Han-Tao's office] "And what can I do for you young lady?" Mr. Han-Tao asked. "Don't patronize me!" the girl standing on the opposite side of his desk shouted. "You know who I am and what I want, and I will....." "Young lady," He interrupted. "I assure you I don't know you. Now if you would kindly leave or do I have to call security?" Nadia's face contorted, "You hired him to kidnap me, and my brother. He told me himself, and I can assure you that I will find my brother and....." "That's enough! Security!" Nadia shook her head and turned, "I'm leaving. But I will be back." She turned and walked out just as two security officers reached her. They reached out to grab her and with one smooth motion she threw booth of them through the open door into Han-Tao's office. Inside the office Nathan watched the bodies land. From a side room two more people entered. Nathan turned to one of them, "Wolf, make sure she leaves." he nodded and followed Nadia out the door. Nathan then looked at the other man who was in a suit. "Any idea who she was?" he asked. "None sir." "Then find out!" [Time: 3 years ago, Location: Cyber-Ware Industries, Nathan Han-Tao's office.] The door to Nathan's office burst open and a woman walked in. "What's the meaning of this!?" The woman walked over and slammed down two items, a badge and sheet of paper. "That's a warrant to search this place." "On what grounds!?" "Industrial Espionage, Murder, Kidnapping, need I go on?" As she finished a few more officers walked into the room. "Sgt. Young, take a look at this." one of them said. Nadia turned and looked at the laptop the man held. It displayed Cyber-Ware's bank account, spending, and current balance. "What's this 'Training program'? You spent a lot of money on it." "I'm calling my lawyer." |
