Martian vs Goblin Part 1 A cold November night, the year 2008.
Just some motherf***ing kids.
TIME: 1600
Young thugs, punks in the streets of Brooklyn New York, running amuck; causing chaos with any chance that they could get. Slinging drugs, ducking and diving was the life for many of the guys around the building. Lack of parental supervision and neglect fell upon just about every kid in the hood. Some had it worse than others. Veronica definitely had it bad at home, but at least she had her older brother Jared to hold it down sometimes. He would try his best to keep their father off of Veronica and their mother Luna. But, then again he had to deal with keeping the poor excuse of a man off himself as well.
The green-haired girl tended to stay outside most of the time. At her age, other than school, there wasn't too much to do but hang with the other kids and get into trouble. In which she and her friends typically were, constantly in and out of the Juvenile detention center-just troubled teens.
Normal activity, the street lights were just getting ready to come on. The young ones now would run inside for dinner, at least what their mothers or some form of guardian could put together for dinner. The only people outside and around the neighborhood at the incoming hour were the drug dealers, hookers, straight up hoes, and the ones just hanging about, drinking, smoking some form of drug on the corners. Not even the police came around at this time and Veronica's mother and father surely weren't home.
There, she sat on top of a railing near the entrance of her building. Her mother moved them around a lot when her father was off on a long bender, but he would always find his way back. The young girl tried not to get to comfortable in places, settling in was difficult. It was always the same line with her mother. “We are only here until the loan goes through on the house.” Her mother must be more delusional than she; to think she would ever be approved for a home loan.
The wind suddenly picked up slightly as the sky darkened; it became dreary and some of the older guys began to scatter out some. One here, one there, one looking around as he walked like he was scoping the place. Veronica was pretty observant most of the time, it was hard for her to mind her own business, but she was always quiet about it. As if she were creating secrets for nobody to know but herself.
Squinting her eyes at this behavior, she pulled out a pack of Newports from the back pocket of her dirty denim. Boxed so they wouldn't be as crushed as they would if they were a soft pack. The girl lit up a smoke, inhaling the first drag and holding it in as she jumped down from the railing and pocketed her cigarettes and lighter again.
Across from her childhood friend Tyler or Ty Ty to most, she lifted her chin up at him, signaling that she had a suspicious feeling. Ty and Veronica were extremely close friends, they told each other everything and that included sexual encounters they had. Even as teenagers, they partied like rock stars. The pale-skinned punk had an amazing intuition and Ty Ty knew that very well. If her gut told her something and she went the opposite way it would turn out badly. Tyler was extremely intelligent, testing the top in their school. Even though their school rated D, his IQ tested off the charts. Doctors had no answers for how or why, but his talent would go nowhere living the hard life.
Tyler and Veronica slowly walked together out from the walkway to their building and across the grass into plain view. They both stood near each other, both smoking, both looking around like they were ready for a fight. Had to be prepared for anything, but, something was definitely feeling strange. The wind was picking up but that didn't mean anything in this part of town, not even a blizzard could keep people inside. The struggle was real and nothing would stop those that were desperate enough.
Veronica puffed down her cancer stick and couldn't avoid this inner feeling she had. Perhaps it was just something in her head. Maybe, she was about to change, she couldn't explain it, but she knew something was about happen. “Yo, what you thinking?” asked her friend Ty as he knelt down next to her and watched the surroundings. “I dunno, something is coming.” young Veronica replied to Tyler with a hint of suspicion to her answer.
The wind blew colder, the sky turned the darkest of grey.
TIME: 1900
Screams were heard just down the street, screeching sounds of speeding tires through the neighborhood. Getting closer, and closer to Veronica and Ty Ty. He stood up next to the emerald haired girl and flicked his cigarette off into the distance. “What the f*** was that?” he asked. “How the hell should I know, I'm not a psychic.” she sarcastically footnoted at him.
Just then, three white vans all pulled up in a row and stopped, each lined up behind the other at the curb. Veronica noticed there were absolutely zero people on the street, no cars, no bums...nobody. “Ty what the f*** is going on?” she asked as if he knew any more than she did, but for all she knew maybe he did. Tyler took a step to the right, placing himself in front of her like a shield. “Tyler?” she whispered in his ear, pushing up close to his back. He still wouldn't say anything, just stood there in front of her.
The side doors of the three vans all opened at the same time. Men and women in white biohazard type suits and gas masks worn began to exit the vehicles and walk towards them. Veronica could tell Ty was frightened and so was she, after all, they were just kids. “What do you want?” he asked the group coming towards them. They said nothing and continued to march across the grass. Veronica was tempted to run, very very tempted, she was a little miss escape artist and even though she didn't smoke crack she sure would disappear just like a crackhead.
Two groups, one snatched up Tyler or at least tried to as he fought them all the way to one of the vans. Veronica, on the other hand, wasn't going so easily. She had no idea who these people were and she wondered why out of everyone around they came for her and Tyler? It was all so very strange and she was even questioning if it was even really happening. There had been so many times the crazed girl would blackout and come to in some strange situation she got herself into but didn't really know she had. So many questions, so few answers.
Veronica pulled a knife, walking backward and jabbing it towards the people in suits coming after her. Swiping her right hand forward, the blade sliced open one of the men's suits and he became scared and turned and ran back to one of the vans. Veronica found it odd, what was going on? One more footstep backward and she stepped in a hole accidentally and fell onto her back. The knife was knocked from her hand and she was punched in the face; seeing stars for a moment as they forced her across the yard and into the middle van.
MARS Institution and Research Center TIME: 2100
Lids slowly crept open and shut multiple times before the sedated Veronica became fully alert. Her orbs shifted from left to right. A hospital room, standard things around that you would find in a normal emergency room. Though her wrists and ankles were restrained, monitors beeped, stickers and electrodes were stuck all over her nerve and pressure points, even stuck on her head. Her hair had been slightly shaven in some places for the electrodes to stick on better.
She swallowed hard, dry mouth... and the beginning of a headache. Where was Tyler? She wondered as she laid alone in bed, only the echoing sounds of several monitors made a symphony of sounds for her; a musical masterpiece with her own signals. The heart monitor began to beep faster, Veronica was getting nervous and having some anxiety. Why was she in the hospital? Other than a headache she felt perfectly fine, just rather tired.
A few minutes later a man in a lab coat and clipboard unlocked the key-coded door and entered her room. She memorized his features, he wore glasses, was 5'10 ish, brown hair, thin, and his shoes were knockoffs. “Where am I?” she immediately asked the man. He ignored her, didn't even look in her direction. Instead just walked over to the monitors and wrote everything they said down on his clipboard and then turned to leave the room. “Hey... wait? Where the f*** am I?” she asked again louder, more aggressively and he didn't say anything, just left the room.
Huffing and sighing, Veronica rested her head back down upon the soft pillow and a million things were running through her mind. She was so confused, maybe her mom had her admitted again. Did she do something she forgot she did? Question after question, they alone were driving her insane.
TIME: 2315
She was bored, not a single person showed for hours. Eventually, she started to drift off here and there, hard for her to keep her eyes open now. Tired eyes led to a sleeping Veronica but it didn't last very long. Just as she was settled in her sleep, three men showed outside her door. They were dressed just the same as the guys from outside of her building. She sat up as much as she could in bed, her heart pounding in her chest, the monitors were ringing like crazy. They soon entered the room, headed straight for her. “What do you want?” she asked, the young girl was scared. Nobody ever answered her just stayed silent. The men in suits pulled all of the monitor lines off of her and dropped them to the floor. Her hands gripped the side rails of the bed and squeezed as they pushed her bed out of the room and down several hallways.
The inside of the room she was in looked the norm, yet, the hallways were lined with steel walls and a door was placed every so often. Veronica tried her best to take in every possible thing she could, which included; smells, sounds, voices, anything around her that she would remember. That was something she learned even at her young age. Always be aware of your surroundings and exits.
“Don't f***ing touch me!” she could hear the words close by as she continued to be escorted down the hallway. It was Ty Ty's voice, he was nearby in a room somewhere. “Ty?!” she yelled out and one of the men slapped her across the face and placed his hand over her mouth to keep her quiet. “V?!” her best friend hollered out right afterward.
Veronica was moved into a large, ice-cold room and her bed was placed right next to Tylers. Nothing was said until the men and women in suits hooked them both back up to monitors and left the room. “Yo, V... the f***?” he asked, his boyish hues wide as they could be with worry. “I dunno bro, where the hell are we, how? What? I dunno.” she replied, sitting up and looking around. “We gotta get out of here though, something doesn't feel right.” she said to him and he nodded in agreement. However, they both were restrained to their beds and the room was sealed with a key-code locked door.
“Have they done anything to you?” she asked him and he just shook his head no. “No, what about you?” he asked in return and she shook her head no as well. “Nope, I felt like they gave me something though, not sure what, had to be a sedative.” she said and ran her tongue over her dry lips. “I'm thirsty.” she stated and he nodded, agreeing he was too.
TIME: 2345
Sometime later, two doctors dressed as a normal doctor would be, in scrubs and a white overcoat. Followed by what seemed an army of men and women in biohazard suits. “What is happening?” she asked Tyler that just sat there just as confused and nervous as she was. The crew entered the room and spread out before the two hospital beds, looking over both Veronica and Tyler that laid with nowhere to go and their monitors ringing, chiming wildly.
“Hello, I am Dr. Kim and this is my associate Dr. Chi.” the doctor spoke in a friendly tone and both of the kids listened intently. “Forgive us for frightening you, that was not our intentions. With that being said, let me tell you why you are here. I am sure you have been wondering.” the man spoke with a smile given to both him and her. She wasn't being fooled though, these people had reasons she wasn't going to agree with, she could tell.
“We are working with a federally funded organization for a certain drug research program. If all goes well we will be able to help a lot of people. Your parents have agreed and have signed a contract for you two to be involved in this study from your particular area.” the doctor continued on, his thick accent made it a bit difficult to understand, had to listen much more intently. Veronica knew this guy was full of sh*t. Not even she could find her mom, seriously doubtful these people found her and got a signature for anything. Veronica's mom never signed anything and if she did, it was an alias.
Veronica looked over to Tyler and gave him a look of -say something. “What kind of drug study?” he asked, seeming to be cooperative but neither of them was going to be, especially Veronica. “Oh nothing too extreme.” the doctor replied and the two began to push two medical tables close to each of them. “Wait...I don't want this.” Ty screamed, beginning to freak out. “Me either, no please.” young Veronica squirmed and tried to kick her legs. The men and women in suits forced her and Tyler to lay down, they both struggled but with being restrained to the beds and being held down by so many people, it was impossible.
TIME: 0000
Once they had her and Ty Ty under complete control, each doctor stepped to the head of each bed, leaned over, and flicked the syringe a few times as Veronica and Tyler could clearly see the drug inside of it. Struggling to hold the two down, the doctors finally stuck the 18g needles into their necks and pushed the plungers at the exact same time.
Right then everything stopped, time froze everything in place. Her heart was racing like a horse, her veins were bulging and burning. Veronica closed her eyes and arched her back, feeling pain, feeling like she was to explode into a million tiny pieces all over the room. Then, suddenly everything began to play again and she took in a deep inhale, more like a gasp for air, like she had been suffocating. “Ahhhhh, HELP!” she screamed out and looked over at Tyler that was covered in hospital workers or whomever the people were. Her veins were burning and her body began to tremble and she couldn't control anything. “Someone help me!” she yelled and began to shake so badly the entire bed was moving all around, the monitors were falling over, wires were pulling from her body. “It hurts!” she cried out and then (BOOM) her wrists and ankles broke from their restraints and Veronica jumped into a shadow behind the door, becoming invisible. She grinned as she watched Dr. Kim and several men looking for her. Veronica couldn't have left the room, they were right there. Tyler was fighting his straps as well but they were doing a good job at holding him down.
Veronica had no idea what was just injected into her but she could feel something had happened to her. She could almost have a conversation with her own brain which was telling her to jump from shadow to shadow, she would be unseen. Jumping out from where she was hiding, she grabbed a scalpel she noticed on the counter instead. That was why it was a good thing to know your surroundings.
Grabbing Dr. Kim, she held the sharp blade to his neck. “Everyone, back off or I will kill him.” she said in all seriousness. Her breathing was heavy and her eyes were bloodshot, a headache hanging on. Doing as she requested, she inched over to the counter and grabbed the two files that were obviously theirs, and then slowly moved over to release Ty from his bed. While undoing his left wrist strap, the doctor boldly slipped from her grip and even took a slight slice to his neck. “Sh*t!” she cursed out as blood began to coat the floor and here came the suits coming for her again. She began to get clustered in her mind and with a held bloody scalpel in hand, she closed her eyes and turned the entire room pitch black. The men worked on getting Ty back into the one restraint and Veronica decided she needed to get some kind of help, this was in no way legal. Within the darkness, they couldn't see anything, and they definitely couldn't see her. Veronica looked back at Tyler, tears in her eyes as she jumped into a shadow down the hallway, and even though it killed her to leave him there, she ran away.
TIME: 0200
Out in the woods surrounding the building, she was so frightened. Veronica started to cry, what happened to her and Tyler? What was she to expect now? What was the research for? Wiping her eyes she decided to take a look inside the files she took from the facility. She sat, her back leaning against a tree, resting for now. Veronica couldn't believe what she saw when she read the files.
Project: (MARS4)
Status: PAUSED
Observation: 48
Battle Schedule: 1/1/2020
Subject#4FB: Veronica Blackwood (Martian)
Psychometric power: - the ability to discover facts about an event or person by touching inanimate objects associated with them.
Shadow Camouflage: - be unseen in shadows.
Darkness Manipulation: can create, shape, and manipulate darkness and shadows. By itself, darkness is mostly used to cloud everything into total darkness, but by accessing a dimension of dark energy it can be channeled to a variety of effects, both as an absence of light and a solid substance: one can also control and manipulate the beings that exist there, create and dispel shields and areas of total darkness, create constructs and weapons, teleport one's self through massive distances via shadows, etc.
Subject#4FC: Tyler (Ty Ty) Johnson (Goblin)
Telekinesis: - is a psychic ability allowing a person to influence a physical system without physical interaction.
Thermokinesis: - create, control, and manipulate heat.
Pyroportation: can teleport via fire, merging into flame of any size and appearing anywhere else from the same element.
Force-Field Generation: can create a shield, wall, or a field formed from energy, elements, the environment, or by manipulating smaller items to form a greater whole.
