The previous night...
A collaborative post between @Chulance & @XandryaReaper had a devious grin on his face underneath his mask. He was poised & ready for what he was about to do next. Earlier today he'd been walking around San Francisco in his civilian guise & happened to run into Olivia whose beauty had caught his eye. What started off as harmless flirting had become so much more when he got an inkling of who he was actually dealing with. Or rather who he would be dealing with if his plans for her went off without a hitch. And so after uncovering this pertinent information the stage was set, and he'd offered to take her out on a date that very night. In the end was receptive to his flirtatious behavior and agreed to meet up with him that evening. She found herself wooed by his game that was so good it was almost as if he was reading her mind.
Of course a romantic night out was not the real reason he'd offered her dinner, no his purpose for luring her out was for more sinister. He was parked in his car, a 2013 silver camry hybrid across the street from the place he'd invited Olivia to. Unlike earlier when he met her, he was dressed in his full reaper garb & heavy tint was applied to the windows so no one could see into the vehicle. He was smoking a cigarette as he awaited Olivia's approach, also checking his phone just in case he messaged her. As soon as she got to the restaurant he'd make his move and the games would begin.
The Altered incident from the previous day had Jack Damore on edge. He threatened Olivia once more, demanding she return home but she wouldn’t have it, not caring what he nor what the rest of her family had to say. Olivia was actually excited despite the chaos surrounding her. She was going on a date for the first time in a while; nothing fancy, just a nice dinner to get to know each other and talk. She liked first date dinners as she was able to get to know the guy a lot better versus having to sit in silence at a movie.
Heading to her car, Olivia tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. She had on a floral
dress and red heels. Maybe a bit too much for a dinner date, but she was dressed to impress. Turning on her vehicle after getting inside of it, she set her GPS to take her to the restaurant. On the way there, Olivia listened to a variety of songs from her phone. She preferred listening to her playlist rather than listen to the radio as their commercials were annoying most of the time, especially those involving injury attorneys.
The spot was on the opposite end of town from the catastrophe from the previous day. After maybe 15 minutes, Olivia arrived. She put the car in park and texted Alex.
I’m here.Putting the phone away, Olivia turned off the vehicle and grabbed her purse. As she was stepping out, she noticed the parking lot was a bit deserted save for a few cars, but given what had occurred, that didn’t seem out of place.
As he was ashing his smoke in the holder his phone buzzed.
Perfect Timing He thought to himself as he shot her a text that he was here. A brief stretch of his neck and a satisfying popping noise after he was ready to get going on his mission. Looking out the passenger window he spotted Olivia and she was dressed down. A smirk crept across the edge of his lips as he looked her up and down. He briefly entertained following through with the actual date and maybe whatever came after.
No, as sexy as she is I can't allow that to interfere with my mission, there's too much at stake. Reaper followed dismissed any thoughts romantic, sexual or otherwise involving himself & Olivia. A switch went off within him then he was locked into his mission. Turning the keys he started the car and drove to the other side of the street the parking lot was on. He pressed down on a button to partially roll down the driver side window slowly. “Olivia!” He called out in his voice as Alex as he pulled up next to her.
Right as he did that the street lights near her as well as all the lights in the restaurant turned off & two muscular man rushed out the restaurant tackling her against the car hard. A third man emerged from the restaurant with a gun in hand. He approached Olivia and pressed the cold barrel of the gun against her skull. Reaper pressed the button again now mostly rolling down most of the window. Reaper unleashed his power on her causing her sight/vision to b replaced by pitch black, & also cause his voice to sound extremely loud, distorted & demonic.
“Olivia listen to me closely if you want to live. Do not fight, do not struggle, or you will be shot dead.” Reaper barked orders at her, while one of the first two men who initially bum rushed her against the car took out a pair of hand-cuffs & attempted to cuff them around Olivia’s hands/arms.
Her phone went off. A moment later she also heard her name being called out. Olivia looked behind her, smiling. They had arrived together it seemed, but her smile faded as the lights suddenly gave out with no warning, startling her a bit. She then heard some shuffling which confused her as she was sure she was alone in the parking lot. The young woman turned towards the noise, and her eyes widened when she saw the outlines of two figures rush her. She didn't have any time to react, being unable to brace herself immediately before being slammed into a car. In the heat of the moment, Olivia dropped her purse with her cell phone and her wallet in it.
"What are you—"
Olivia then felt something being pushed against her skull, and given what was transpiring, it wasn't hard to guess it to be a gun. "Please, I can give you money!" Her vision then went black, and an inhuman voice addressed her. She was at a loss for words as she listened to the instructions, her heart nearly about to burst through her chest. She wanted to push back and defend herself, get away from whoever these monsters were, but she feared for her life. Once she felt the cold, hard steel come in contact with her wrists, Olivia tensed up. She didn't struggle, but nonetheless they weren't gentle, forcing her arms together to handcuff her. The fact that she was practically blind and unable to see her attackers was really scaring her. "What do you want from me?" she asked in a shaky voice.
"Your soul, hahaha no just your life." Reaper chuckled he couldn't help but to threaten her soul with the demonic voice he was using. He had a sick twisted sense of dark humor, He had the men open the door and shove Olivia inside the car before getting two of them got in the vehicle with her in the back-seat, while the third man took a seat in the front passenger seat.
Reaper went to his apple maps on his phone, and put an address in. Siri’s robotic monotone voice was heard and began giving instructions. Reaper pulled off from the restaurant and began heading towards the location an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town. “We don’t want your money bitch, we want you! If you follow my instructions you may end up being able to keep your life. Of course much of that depends on your father, and his willingness to comply with our demands. You know him best, what do you think matters more to your father his precious daughter or national security?” Reaper poised to her trying to drill into her that she was being taken because of her father & his position. He felt a rush as he sped through the streets in the car, having snatched the daughter of the head of the CIA.
"Oh, you're using me to get to
him", she responded with a slightly bitter tone. She was still a little scared, but the initial shock was beginning to wear off. A couple of years ago, prior to her father's promotion to the position he was currently holding, Olivia, along with her mother, were instructed to watch a safety video. The content highlighted various topics such as what to expect being related to someone in her father's position. Thinking back, Olivia should have paid closer attention to the video, though it probably would not help change her current situation for the better. "I think he would do just about anything to get me back. Of course, that depends on the manner in which you're willing to conduct business..." she trailed off, wondering to herself the lengths her father would be willing to go to get her back. In a lot of instances, he tended to put his job ahead of a lot of things. "If you lay a damn finger on me, you and your goons are dead, and he'll make sure of that."
Reaper laughed at Olivia's commentary and at a red light reached back to slap her as hard as he could before getting back to driving. "Listen here BITCH, a LONG AS your still BREATHINg your in good enough condition for me to bargain with your father." Reaper growled after saying that wanting Olivia to know he was not going to treat her humanely if she irritated him or talked back. He didn't have to give her any sort of majestic treatment either, he wanted her father to know that she was suffering in order to truly motivate him to listen and give into his demands. Soon they arrived at the warehouse, and Reaper parked out back. The goons in the back opened the door and tugged/pulled at Olivia to bring her out the car and follow Reaper into the warehouse.
The slap stung, and she bit her lower lip to prevent herself from screaming obscenities while struggling against her handcuffs. But instead of fighting a losing battle, Olivia took a few deep breaths and thought of something to say. "Look, I'm not saying my father will play fair, but he's been involved in enough hostage negotiations to know when he's going to lose." That last bit was a lie. Her father was never a cop nor a detective, but no one else knew that. "If you harm me and I'm barely breathing, he won't concede. Trust me, I want to get out of this alive...it's
my life, not his."
She was then roughly pulled out of the vehicle, nearly losing her footing. "Wait, do you have my belongings? Please, just give me my sight back!"
Reaper rolled his eyes under his mask as she complained about her purse & phone. "Are you really worried about your damn stuff, yeah we have it." Reaper announced seeing that one of the guys actually had her stuff although. hewonderd why he even cared considering her situation.
Once they made it inside the warehouse, he decided the least. he could do was honor her last request. Focusing his power on her he caused the darkness to dissipate, as well as removing the distortion caused by his voice. Even with her sight restored the abandoned warehouse waw as dimly lit building. "By the way don't bother lying to me, I
knowwhen your lying it's kind of me thing if you will. But if you don't believe me you can put me to the test if you want me to help you realize that I can know all your lies." Reaper announced as he went to sit down in a chair and took out his phone. Now the next step was to contact her father and let him know that he had Olivia.
Reaper had the three men standing around Olivia where she was now sitting. He picked up her cell phone and walked a few steps away from her. He went to her contacts and texted Olivia's father.
We have your daughter, if you ever want to see her alive again, call now.The young woman blinked a few times as her vision returned and the darkness surrounding her slowly dissipated. She wasn't surprised to see that those who had taken her were wearing masks in order to protect their identities. Olivia sighed, realizing the little bit of leverage she had was useless at that point. Out of all the Altered she could have encountered, it just so happened to be she was kidnapped by one able to read minds.
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The text Jack received nearly paralyzed him, especially since the message was sent from his daughter's phone. With a shaky hand, Jack placed the phone call, bringing the device up to his ear as he waited for an answer. He simultaneously got up from his desk to close the window blinds of his office, wanting to have complete privacy as to what was about to occur.
Reaper had the three men standing around Olivia where she was now sitting. He picked up her cell phone and walked a few steps away from her. He went to her contacts and texted Olivia's father.
We have your daughter, if you ever want to see her alive again, call nowA sly grin formed on Reaper's face underneath the mask as it dawned on Olivia that any lies to him were a fruitless antic. "Alright time to speak with dad and see how he feels about his wittle girl being gone." Reaper had mockingly used a baby voice tone to further antagonize her. He made a mhmm hmm sound of satisfaction as the face-time call he placed to Olivia's father went through. Sliding to the right the call was accepted, and after a few moments said connected. The call went through and Reaper flipped the camera phone to to be facing Olivia.
While two goons stood guard of Olivia, the third guard approached Olivia and pulled out a taser. Reaper gave him a nod and the third goon proceeded to use the taser on her, while Reaper held the phone still wanting her father to be able to see his men harming his daughter. "How do you like the view Mr. Damore? My name is Reaper you might have heard of me with your profession, although I'm sure your people are focused on finding that rather large woman Lori Martinez. I assure you that while I can't grow big and step on your daughter, i can do so many other horrible things to her like dousing her in gasoline and "dropping" a match, plucking her hair out with tweezers or even better her teeth, or maybe just slowly beat her to death among other things, all of which you can prevent if you co-operate." Reaper said the last part slow but steady anunincating his words to indicate he had no qualms with bringing serious harm to his daughter
Her body suddenly tensed to the point where she could not do anything but scream in pure agony in response to the pain spreading through her body. The feeling was truly indescribable, and her hands were unintentionally struggling and pulling against the handcuffs to the point where her wrists would be bruising later on that evening.
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The video didn't seem real and Jack could only stare as his daughter was tased for what felt like an eternity by some asshole twice her size. However, he found his words relatively quickly.
"Alright, enough!" he barked, barely able to maintain his composure. "Tell me your demands and I'll do the best I can to make sure it gets done, just please don't hurt her."
Reaper's hands clapped at the screams of agony being emitted from Olivia. Hearing the pain & suffering from a regular human with ties the CIA was music to his ears. He had developed an intense hatred for anyone involved with and related to the government since they'd chosen to persecute his kind. "I'm glad you understand the gravity of the situation sir, most importantly I need to procure the location of the Tartarus Compound. From what I hear it's a secret underground prison facility for altered humans & the numbers of
hostages you have has rising rapidly the past two months." With access to Tartarus he'd be have access to hundreds or more altered who were already suffering the worst fate at the hands of the America Government. "A cash stipend as well wouldn't hurt, I mean what's 200K for your daughters immediate release?"
A lump caught in his throat. The cash was not an issue, but the exact location of the Tartarus compound was something he did not have access to. Not because of a lack of security clearance, obviously, but he was not on the access list for the facility and thus he didn't know exactly where it was. That was handled by another branch altogether.
"I can get you the cash right away, you just need to send me the details so I can get that to you immediately. However, I need to speak to someone to find out the location of the facility as I don't know exactly where it is"
Reaper wished he could extend his power through visual chat but as well as that would be he required close physical proximity for his talents to take effect. Unlike Olivia it was very unlikely he'd be able to approach her father so easily. "As I said sir the cash is a welcome ADDED bonus, the icing if you will but Tartarus is the cake, and I much prefer the cake if i HAVE to pick." Reaper made a hand motion to the taser carrying goon.
The goon set the taser down and slipped on a pair of brass knuckles. He clenched his fist and after making sure the camera was focused on Olivia the goon threw four hard blows to Olivia’s chest. “Speak with them fast, lightning speed if you will, next up is boiling water or slowly cutting her fingers & toes off, I need the location of Tartarus right away otherwise I’ll be mailing your daughter to you in pieces.” Reaper spat back with venom, a sick twisted joy could be heard in his tone as he was taking pleasure In drawing out Olivia’s torture. It was a power trip to cause pain & agony to the daughter of a man in the same government that abused & violated the rights of altered humans with no regards for there well being.
An unknown amount of time passed by, but eventually, Olivia stopped screaming once the pain vanished. It was gone instantly, and she looked around scared before noticing a figure standing in front of her. Olivia looked up only to see the man’s fists coming down on her. The few blows he delivered were enough to knock Olivia off of the chair. She fell over with a loud
thud, her chest heaving up and down as she was finding it hard to breathe. Unable to speak, Olivia lay there with tears rolling down her cheeks and a thousand yard stare expression on her face.
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Jack gasped, seeing what was happening to his daughter. “I’ll get you what you need as soon as I possibly can, just please don’t hurt her anymore! I will start making my phone calls right away!"
"Hit her again!!!!!! In the face!" Reaper yelled as the goon was about to punch her in the face. "Stop" Reaper commanded the goon right before he punched her in the face with the brass knuckles. "I think you understand the seriousness of your daughters plight and hopefully for her sake you act in accordance. You have one hour to give me an update, hopefully you have the location by then, but I'm not an entirely unreasonable individual. However I'd be a shame for her if no progress has been made by update time. Talk to ya soon pops." Reaper hung up and put her phone in his pocket.
Reaper waltzed over to Olivia who was now sprawled out on the floor. He put the chair back up-right and motioned for the goons to help her up back into the chair. “Olivia I want you to know I’m many many things but a liar is not one of them….most of the time. If your father gives me what I want you will live and regain your freedom. However if he doesn’t, the taser and brass knuckles is just the warm up.” Reaper said In a sinister yet smooth tone.
Jack hung up the phone, slamming it down on his desk as he rubbed his eyes with his free hand. He would have to find a way to give Reaper the location of the facility or else Olivia was as good as dead. Unless...
Being the head of the CIA had its perks. Jack phoned the San Francisco Police himself, speaking directly to the SWAT supervisor to let him know of his plan. Yes, just about anyone who had a gun was busy that evening, but this took precedence. While the team was being rounded up and debriefed, Jack contacted one of the analysts to pin down Olivia's cell phone's exact location. It didn't take long for the results to come back to some warehouses quite a ways from downtown. Jack video called the SWAT supervisor to give him the location of the warehouse. They discussed possible entry methods with the least risk possible to Olivia. As time went on, Jack was mindful of his deadline.
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Her hair was a mess as it was matted to the sides of her face. The mascara and eyeliner she had put on earlier that evening was streaking down her cheeks. Her chest was on fire, and Olivia was breathing slowly in order to avoid worsening the pain she already felt. With her head down, anything she said was barely audible. "So are you really going to kill me if you don't get what you want?"
Reaper brushed at Olivia's hair while humming. It wasn't a violent action but it was one that was no doubt unwanted from the man who'd kidnapped her & had men harm her on his command. "If you want me to be brutally honest, then it's a 95% possibility I will murder you if he does not comply. Otherwise I risk my future threats not being taken as seriously, the remaining 5% is the small chance you have something else to offer in light of your father's failure that compensates for his lack of co-operation." Reaper answered plainly remaining honest as he told he was.
She recoiled as the man who had caused her so much pain in so little time began to play with her hair. The fact that she would never see the light of day sunk in, and Olivia started sobbing. "I-I don't know what to offer you! I don't have anything of value with me, no information..." She then stopped, looking up at him. "I know the password to my dad's work laptop. He keeps it in his study but if I can somehow get my hands on it, you'll be able to access a ton of files obviously not meant to be seen by anyone else." The sound of desperation was obvious in her voice as she clung to what little bit of hope she could.
One of the three goons left the open part of the warehouse they were in and returned with a wireless speaker. Reaper took out a third cell phone, & went to his notes clicking a saved mp3 audio recording. He pressed pause before the pre-made recording played & connected the phone to speaker via blue-tooth. He had the goon who fetched the speaker place it in the corner of the room they were in. He made no commentary about what the purpose of this tactic was and simply continued stroking Olivia’s hair for a little bit until stopping.
Reaper was giddy with twisted excitement at causing her to be uncomfortable, the feeling of having power over another person was addictive. Reaper rubbed his fingers together underneath his gloves while considering what she said.
Unfiltered access to the computer owned by the CIA Director? That could prove to be invaluable "Well well well you are certainly full of surprises, that last ditch effort to preserve your life is amusing. Of course with the skill I have, I technically don't
need to keep you alive anymore." Reaper said tapping his head jokingly to refer to his own talent. "I want you to know I am not evil, men like your father are evil, and unfortunately your collateral damage as a loved one of an evil man. If you were on my side Olivia you'd already be free, there is NO information, career or money I'd put ahead the life of any of my family or people, yet here we are still which likely means your father isn't planning on giving me what I want." Reaper added pointing out that while he was a violent extremist he valued the people he loved more then anything else unlike her dad.
"He's not giving you what you want but I am! Clearly like you said, my dear father isn't gonna do jack shit to save me. They know me at his job, I have Level 1 unrestricted access meaning I can come and go into his office as I please. Wouldn't you want someone like that on your side?"
Olivia was jumping through hoops to save herself, and she meant it when she said she'd be willing to betray her father to save herself. He'd just done the same to her. In fact, what he did was way worse, and she hated him for it.
"Hmmm perhaps you have a point after all." Reaper considered what Olivia was saying, of course fearing for her life was a powerful motive. Unlike her father she had relented giving up his secrets, and he'd clearly chosen the security of the nation & his career over that of his daughter's own well being. "Well then Olivia you've just saved your own life, welcome aboard to the revolution." Reaper clapped his hands together as he was now fully sold & on-board with utilizing Olivia as a vital tool for the war brewing against the Altered.
She finally managed to breathe a sigh of relief, looking around the warehouse. “Thank you, it’s much appreciated,” she added, never having been so honest in her life. The goons were still around, and Olivia didn’t know how she felt about them just yet. "So, uh...can you take off these handcuffs? They're starting to hurt quite a bit.”
Reaper debated on what she said internally before fishing the keys out his pocket. Without a moment's wait he unlocked the cuffs & released her.
Within thirty minutes it was on, SWAT had been dispatched to the warehouse. Luckily Reaper had the ability to detect them long before they had arrived at the door of the warehouse & adjusted accordingly. As the warehouse was two stories, he’d taken them to the top floor. As the first SWAT team burst in, the radio was playing a recorded message. “Everyone shoot yourself In the head, kill yourself you have NO reason to live, come on everybody let’s go, shoot yourself in the head if you not a hoe.” A recording of Reaper’s voice was playing.
His power was infused with the message, causing the SWAT agents who’d burst in to fall under his spell. The agents were stripped off there willpower and put their guns to their head. Within seconds gun-shots went off as the agents that had entered had all killed themselves. Up on the second floor Reaper had head-phones covering his ear, and had given head-phones to Olivia as well as the three goons on the second floor to prevent them from falling under the mind-controlled message on the speaker. The speaker was still replaying the same message over and over ready to trap any other agents who entered.
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