[center][h1][color=f6989d] Celerity [/color] and [color=0076a3] Kieran [/color][/h1][/center]
[center] collaboration with [@dabombjk][/center]

Celerity turned the corner into the office and grabbed the clip board off of her desk and glanced up.  There was a buxom blond there who handed her her ID immediately and a guy who was trying not to stare at the blond. She smirked knowingly. She handed the blond a key and a basic information book on the HQ. 

[color=f6989d]"Name." [/color]Celerity said to him.
 
[color=0076a3]"Hello my name is Kieran. I am here to...check myself in I suppose?"[/color]

Celerity  looked at him and handed him a key and a book with some papers to read.

[color=0076a3]"Thank you." [/color]Kieran looked at the blonde women. [color=0076a3]"Have a wonderful day."[/color]

Kieran then began walking away, in the direction of his new room.

Kieran held the book in one hand, and looked at the key in his other hand, as he walked to his new room. He had not expected such......normalcy. He had expected more resistance against him in though he had only been here for a few moments. Kieran did not expect the compound to be as big as it was though. He admired the craftsmanship that was involved, enjoying the colors and the scenary. Everything seemed..........new. Kieran became so distracted he became lost quite a few times. He was able to explore and see most of the facility though thanks to his bad sense of directions. Kieran found the pool room, the rec room, the workout room, and even the kitchen. Kieran was unfamiliar with such accomidating features, and was slightly overwhelmed.

Kieran eventually found his room, and looked it over. He had a bed, a dresser, and a desk. Kieran only had a small bag with very few belongings so he set his bag down on the floor next to the desk, and looked through the drawers. No previous belongings left behind, and everything seemed clean. He looked around, more familiar with the sound of silence that followed, but felt like he should be doing something. Helping out with anything or possibly training. I mean, thats why he was here partly. He was someone of above human average power, and was considered dangerous by the government. Kieran left his room, then went to the workout room he walked by earlier. 

When he arrived he took off his jacket and shoes, and placed them neatly by the door. He looked at all the equipment and decided on starting with weight training, where he was weakest. Kieran picked up a few weights off the rack and started to lift.

Celerity zipped through each room and checked them. At her high speeds she had every room in the complex inspected and a report done on them in less than a minute. She decided to go to the workout floor and she went into the gym and passed Kieran along the way as a blur. Once in the gym she ran up the wall and did a backflip that was so fast it turned into 3 backflips before she could stop. 

Celerity was irritated with her mother for pulling her off of her assignment with the DOD in the alien defense department. She had been quite happy there. It had kept her thoughts off of what had happened and the Conspiracy HQ did nothing but toss it in her face. Her expression sad she wanted to wear herself out. She wanted to pretend it never happened. Even after 5 years it was still fresh in everyone's memory. She refused to talk about it though. That she didn't have to do.

As Kieran continued his workout he watched as a new person showed up, enthusiastically runnning and flipping and engaging in several activities. Kieran continued working out, but also watched with interest in the new women. She was very impressive, and he did not meet many people with beyond normal human abilites.

Celerity stopped and leaned forwards stretching. Her powers didn't really effect her the way some of the others did unless she used both powers at the same time which was a pretty normal occurance for her. She walked over to the window and sat on the ledge next to it. It was strictly for viewing the most vulnerable direction in case of attack. 

She heard Kieran and turned towards him and wondered how many others would be showing up today. She caught his eye on her but she was distracted and not paying too much attention.

Kieran blushed and looked away, seeing that he was caught looking and slightly embarressed. Kierans wings shuffled slightly on his back. He hated keeping his wings hidden but he hated being insulted for them as well. As much as he disliked his angelic heritage he did love his wings. They gave him a sort of pride and he loved flying. Kieran outstretched his wings slightly, his wings sort of appearing on his back. His onyx black wings streched out slightly then flapped once, a new surge of strength building. Kieran flew up and hovered slightly in the air, stamina overflowing.

Celerity snapped back to the present when he opened his wings and took flight. Her gaze followed him about 15 feet up into the air. She raised her hand and yelled. [color=f6989d]"Defend yourself!"[/color]

She sent the force spheres from her hands into the direction of her teammate and took off running. Her speed color was blue as she circled the room in other directions launching spheres at him and then putting her own forcefields up.

Kieran, surprised at first but letting instinct take over, dropped the weights and twisted his body mid air. He twisted himself so that turning his body upside down his wings were able to block the spheres before they hit his body. As he was surpside down, he mentally stopped himself from hovering and fell to the ground, dodging more spheres. He landed on his feet, twisting his body so he was right side up again. Kieran tried to track the woman, but to no avail. She was too fast.

Kieran then analyzed the situation. If he could not track her exact movements, or contain her, and needed to block incoming projectiles then he needed to do something that could stop all three things at once. Ducking and swerving around more projectiles, nimble and swiftly, Kieran formed an idea. There was a blue streak wherever she went, and if he could at least slow her down........

Kieran jumped forward, using his wings to propel him, at the exact moment he needed to. He then wrapped his wings around himself, and waited knowing in a moment she would run into him. He had analyzed the room, and according to how fast the streaks were going and what had appeared to be in random directions, he predicted the next blue streak would start from where he was now defending.

Celerity dodged his position  and she purposely ran into him sending him flying backwards. She stopped and stared at him. She stood there shaking her head at him with a frown on her face.

[color=f6989d]"You need to practice. I'm not having this team getting themselves killed like.... just practice."[/color] Celerity started walking towards the door.

Kieran nearly landed harshly against the wall, except he was able to flip himself and land with his feet against the wall. He jumped off the wall and watched as Celerity walked towards the door. He chuckled. 

"[color=0076a3] I was going to say the same about you. You are very predictable. If I had wanted to I could have hurt you. I chose not to retaliate because this is [u]practice[/u]. [/color]"

Celerity gave him a disbelieving look. [color=f6989d]"Sure you could..."[/color] She said laughing as she left the room. Zipping up to R&D she went in to look at what was being worked on. 

The new security measures were tightest on the R&D floor. It was the most often attacked place in the entire compound. Bell had made the construction crew fortify it with foot thick walls. There had to be extra supports put into the building just to handle the extra weight of the floor. Celerity punched in her code and entered the main room. She looked at the head guy in there and said, [color=f6989d]"Hey Sheldon, how is it coming along? Anything new or unusual in the defence area?" [/color]After he filled her in on his latest project she headed to the office.

Kieran smiled and shrugged. He watched as Celerity left cracking his neck muscles. He did not enjoy fighting, but she seemed nice. Kieran massaged his temples, feeling a head ache coming. Sometimes he could pick up extremley strong emtions from nearby people. Nothing useful in combat and something he couldnt control, it was just his angel side being annoying. Celerity seemed to be upset, bothered, almost even depressed over something. He felt bad for her, being the good guy that he is. He wished he could help her move past whatever was bothering her. But it seemed as if their personalities would clash more often than not. 

Kieran spread his wings and gained some air, then flew out of the room. He flew down the halls, trying to find an exit outside. But he kept getting lost.

Frustrated, Celerity hung up the phone. Her mother wasn't reachable right now and it was making her crazy. She needed something to drink so she rounded the corner into the hallway and made a left at the end of the hallway. The kitchen was up ahead on the left and the lounge was at the end of the hallway. She grabbed a soda and plopped down onto the sofa in the lounge. She reached for the remote and flipped the tv on. Once she found something mindless to put it on she laid her head on the arm of the sofa and closed her eyes for a moment.

Kieran ended up in the kitchen, landing on his feet and scowling. He had no idea where he was going, and it was starting to annoy him. He looked around and saw Celerity, and smiled. He waved at her.

"[color=0076a3] Hi. I am trying to find an exit outside, but I keep......getting lost. Pretty big place. Could I ask for your assistance?[/color]"

[color=f6989d]"Sure, the front doors you came in at are down this hall to the elevators, make a right and go straight you can't miss it." [/color] Celerity realized her voice was sharper than she had intended it to be.[color=f6989d] "Sorry, I'm just distracted, It's not you. At the end of all of the main hallways is a door that will open to the outdoors. They are like school doors in the way that they will automatically lock when you leave. You can only get back in through them if someone is there to let you in otherwise the only entrance is the main one you came in earlier."[/color]

Kieran scratched his head. That all sounded logical but.........

"[color=0076a3] Any possible way you could show me. Its a beautiful day outside, come outside with me I was just going to go for a fly.[/color]"

Celerity raised her eyebrow at him and got up off of the couch with her soda in hand. [color=f6989d]"Sure, I guess." [/color]She walked with him so he could keep up with her. [color=f6989d]"Any particular place you were flying to?"[/color] She turned right and as they passed the office she heard the phone ring. Stopping she popped her head in. 

[color=f6989d]"Is it for me?" [/color]The other girl shook her head and Celerity continued walking with Kieran. [color=f6989d]"So where are we going?"[/color]

Kieran shrugged. 

"[color=0076a3] I didnt have a goal in mind. I just felt like flying. Its a beautiful day, and its been a long one already. The world is so full of strife and anger and conflict, so its nice to escape while you can. I have seen you on the ground. Have you ever been in the air before? [/color]"

[color=f6989d]"Yes, kind of. When I run fast enough I can litterally run through the air for a few seconds at a time."[/color]
 
Celerity glanced up at the sky as they walked outside. The sun was shining and there was a slight breeze, it was perfect outside. She smiled and her mood lifted.

Kieran smiled and looked at her.

"[color=0076a3] My name is Kieran by the way.[/color]"

Kieran wrapped his arm around her waist, then spread his wings and flew high in the air. Kieran had no idea how high they were going, but he flew them as high as he could go before it would get cold. When they stopped Kieran kept them hovering for a moment, to take in the view.


When he wrapped his arm around her waist Celerity was going to object until he lifted them both off of the ground and into the air. Her arms automatically wrapped around him and her eyes looked out at the HQ from above. She felt happy and thrilled and exhilerated all at once. She looked over the HQ for anything she needed to fix or take care of. She turned her head to look at him and realized that her face was merely a couple of inches from his and she shifted slightly so that she could talk to him without breathing up his nose.

[color=f6989d]"How do you ever touch down to the ground? I would stay up here forever."[/color]

"[color=0076a3] The sky is calming and relaxing but it is too close to the heavens. I prefer my adventures on the earth honestly. But when things become too stressful or when something happens that hurts me emotionally I escape to the sky. [/color]"

Kieran leaned forward and they started flying, slowly forward.

Celerity stayed quiet for a moment. [color=f6989d]"Rachel... only those close to me call me that though."[/color] She glanced down and wondered about a million things at once.[color=f6989d] "So do you have any family?"[/color]

Kieran grew quiet at the mention of his family. He knew people were going to ask, since he was gaining new teammates, but it did not make it any easier to talk about. Kieran flew a little faster, twirling in the air once mainly to show off a little.

"[color=0076a3] My mother.....has passed on from this mortal coil, and my father.......well see I am Nephilim. Offspring of an angel and human. My father.....is supposedly some higher up in command of the heavenly host, so I never met him.[/color]"

[color=f6989d]"Ah, I see. Both of my parents are alive. It must be hard not having them around you."[/color] Celerity was starting to feel as if she were slipping a little. She hadn't thought about how close they were til she felt his thigh against hers.

[color=f6989d]"Maybe we should land now? I think I'm starting to slip a little."[/color]

Kieran raised an eyebrow.

"[color=0076a3] I mean, I dont normally bring people up here with my but I am-[/color]"

Kierans fingers slipped, and before he knew it Rachel had fallen out of his grasp. Immediately, Kieran folded in his wings and dropped like a log through the open sky. He caught up with her, wrapped his arms around her, then stretched out his wings. They continued to fall but slightly slower every other second. Kieran was able to slow their approach to the point where when they landed he was able to land on his feet with a soft [i]thud.[/i]

Rachel had caught his expression realizing he had thought she was possibly insulting him and then she slipped and fell from his grasp. It happened so fast she almost didn't catch her breath. When he caught her she wrapped her arms around him tightly and held on. 

She wasn't normally afraid of heights but this had taken her by surprise a little. She hadn't expected him to actually lose grasp of her. When he touched down her head was resting on his shoulder. She hadn't reacted like that in a long time. When they landed she didn't release him right away. It took her a moment to get her land feet back. 

Kieran took a small step back but continued to let Rachel support herself on him. He had not meant to let her slip out of his grasp but hey accidents happen. Kieran smiled weakly.

"[color=0076a3] Sorry. I promise that doesnt usually happen I swear. [/color]"

Kieran didnt lie. His concentration was messed up when he mentioned his parents. Its almost like his achilles heel, but he didnt like people knowing that. Kieran looked around, realizing that they were on top of a building in the city. 

After getting herself back together and her stomach out of her throat she nodded and looked at where they were.  She recognized the location and she said, [color=f6989d]"Race ya back?" [/color]

"[color=0076a3]Definetely.[/color]"

Kieran readied himself and spread his wings out.

Celerity ran off of the side of the building straight down the skyscraper and through the city streets hitting mach three as casually as she could be. In reality she was glad to be back on the ground. She did envy him the ability to take to the skies at his whim though. She naturally was faster than him but she waited for him at the front door with a smile.

[color=f6989d]"Not too bad on the time there."[/color]

Kieran took off almost immediately after Rachel. He wasnt anywhere nearly as fast, but Kieran like to think he was fast enough. Kieran arrived back shortly after, sliding in at an entrance with a smile on his face.

"[color=0076a3]Thanks, I may not have super speed but I take pride in my speed.[/color]"

Kieran laughed and scratched the back of his head. 

"[color=0076a3] Thanks for a little fun outside. Sorry for dropping you.[/color]"

Celerity smirked and opened the door.[color=f6989d] "We are good. I'm still hoping Bell called while we were out." [/color]She went inside and headed towards the office.

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