[h2]The Queen Bee[/h2]

Just as it seemed that Elijah, Damien, Nate and Aiko were just about to begin organising and working out what was going on, a heavy creak came from the direction of one of the walls. The tiling of the wall suddenly began to break into smaller pieces of tile, all scattering away from the opening that was beginning to form in the wall. With the buzz of excited electric and a final shudder, the tiles formed together again and what used to be a wall was now a doorway.

It would have been a perfect opportunity to escape if it wasn't for the fact that a dark figure took up the doorway. The light of the room illuminated a breathtakingly beautiful face graced by a body that most supermodels would die for. Sucking the life essence from people had its upsides, after all. Moving forward, she stopped and crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow in disbelief. Long black hair flowed half way down her back and overall, she looked... perfect. Too perfect, in fact. Painfully perfect.

[b]"I would have expected a little better defenders for the Seed but I suppose I can't complain."[/b] Her words were delicately overbearing. Like she was smothering them with every quick twist of her lips. Stepping forward, the light illuminated the veins of silvery flowing metal that lined her clothing as she defined the etchings of a seductive smile upon her lips. [b]"Normally I would stay around to play with men of your stature but I have a job, boys, and you lot are just an afterthought compared to that little sweet-cheek."[/b] Aiko suddenly found herself on the receiving end of the stare that seemed predatory yet oh-so-inviting. The look was almost motherly.

[b]"I would request that you skip the heroics but I guess that is simply futile."[/b] Letting a disappointed sigh escape her lips, she stepped forward and waved her hand lazily, as if the action itself didn't require her utmost attention. From the walls and her clothing, the strange metallic liquid clumped together to form the same blades that had slaughtered Max Velocity. [b]"Step back, little one."[/b]

She knew that she shouldn't waste their Meta blood so her blades returned to their floating liquid form and suddenly lashed out at Nate, his clones and Damien. The metal wrapped around their arms and legs like tendrils before gaining some sort of magnetism and dragging them to one of the nearby walls. The only one not targeted was Elijah Craigh - she wanted to kill any form of rebellion growing in him.

Without the protection of her metal, she appeared almost foolish approaching the Pyromancer but the man wasn't harmful to her. [b]"You're a strange one, Elijah Craigh."[/b] She murmured softly, her steps slow as she edged closer to him. When she actually reached him, she could see the hesitation in his eyes. [b]"Such raw, untapped power. You would make for a delicious mate but alas, work life and personal life must remain very apart."[/b] Her words seemed to paralyze him and allow her to reach up and pluck Aiko from his shoulders like a rare fruit.

Once Aiko was safely behind her and not moving, she turned back to Elijah. Cutting out any air resistance and applying a massive amount of force to her arm, her fist suddenly pummelled forward, landing dead-set in his stomach and sending him rocketing back against the wall. There was no heroic battle or even a small rebellion. One of the strongest Metas out of all of them was reduced to a crumbling mess with a single punch. It was becoming very certain who their primary enemy was now. [b]"I hope, for your safety gentlemen, that you do not exhaust your use. I've always wanted to sleep with myself, after all."[/b] That one was a directly referring to Legion and a little hint to her powers as she winked at the pinned up man.

[b]"Come, little one, we have much planning."[/b] She giggled gently and gently took Aiko's hand. As she moved to leave, she could hear Elijah somehow recovering behind her and staggering to his feet. She knew what would follow. She knew that men like him forgot their intelligence when it came to protecting something precious. [b]"Close your eyes, little one, you will not like this."[/b]

Just as she warned Aiko, a small sliver of the liquid metal grouped together into a blade and drove itself into the oncoming form of Elijah Craigh. She turned her head to the side a little and  regarded him from the corner of her vision before sighing and dropping Aiko's hand. Turning her body completely, she took a step closer to Elijah who looked almost shocked. Stepping up onto her tippy toes, she delicately wrapped her fingers around the back of his neck and pulled his head forward. With a gentle kiss, the blade drew itself from Elijah's staggering body and morphed back into her clothing. [b]"Another time, Elijah Craigh?"[/b] There was a challenge in that tone of hers as she dragged a sole digit along his rather large wound.

Extracting the gathered blood, she raised it to her lips and delicately sucked while holding eye contact. His wound itself began to burn like Hellfire but it also began to seal over as she turned and left, Aiko in-hand.

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