Valkyr

[Shenzii]

Rylyn sat up in her bed. Her body was dappled in sweat. Another nightmare she thought to herself as she pushed the blankets off of her and walked to the bathroom of her LA condo. She washed water over her face and looked at her scars. The nightmares only occurred a couple times a month. Her hazel eyes glistened in the dim light of the bathroom. Switching off the light, she walked to the living room and switched on the television. She looked at the clock on the wall and sighed. "Its time to get up anyway."

[Gelidus]

Gelidus's alarm went off at 6:00 AM. He slammed the off button and groggily got out of the bed. He had only just managed to fall asleep because of the jet leg he was experiencing from traveling to LA from Moscow. Cranky and irritable, he went to his hotel bathroom and took a cold shower to help wake himself up.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono came up to the condo that his officer had given him the address to, as well as the person he was going to room with. 'Rylyn', must be female, wonder if she likes scotch. He put the card in his pocket as he knocked on the door, his first bottle of the day held in his left hand and already half-empty.

[Shenzii]

Rylyn jumped at the knocks. Who the hell comes knocking at six-thirty in the morning... She grumbled and went to the door. She was adorned in sweats and a small tank top. "Hello?" She asked squinting at the fresh LA sun as she opened the door to find a man. "Can I help you?" She insisted.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono takes in a swig of scotch while looking at her. Mmmm, not bad. He put the bottle down and looked past her, then back down. "Yeah, my commander said I'm living here with someone named Rylyn, I'm guessing she cleans up well judging by how you look."

[Shenzii]

She looked at him oddly and snatched the scotch from him. "I'm Rylyn. Who's your commander? And I don't like alcoholics..." She sneered. She eyes him for a moment. Why am I sharing a condo I pay for and worked for with someone I have never met. She stepped aside to let him in.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono seemed a bit displeased, but the smile returned before he spoke. "All soldiers that are administered Valkyr are under the same commander, and since I got tranferred from the state of Alaska to Los Angeles California, I naturally have no home here. So, he said I would share a condo with someone, and their rent will be paid for housing me. My name is Chrono."

[Shenzii]

Her gaze softened. "Come in Chrono," She offered. She walked back to her couch and sat down. Rylyn gave a giant yawn and looked at Chrono. "I suppose I should give you a tour." She got up and sauntered to the kitchen, which was opened to the living room and dining room. She then showed Chrono to his new room. It was smaller than her own but was already furnished and ready. "There is a bathroom across the hall. My room is toward the back. There is also an exclusive pool for my condo, and beach front view. So Enjoy. She slipped past him and left him to set his room up.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

If she paid any attention, he basically had nothing on him except a duffel bag full of clothes, and the bottle of scotch she had already gotten rid of. "So, how often are your nightmares, or did your exposure do nothing as well?" He set his bag down and sorted out his clothes, placing them in separate drawers.

[Gelidus]

Gelidus got out of the shower, brushed his teeth and combed his fur. He put on a nice suit and a tie and walked out the door. He went down the elevator and started heading to his rental car. The hostess was on his pathway to the parking garage. She gave him a pleasant, "Good Morning!" He ignored her and continued to the car. The first place he drove to was a coffee drive-thru just around the corner. He ordered five shots on ice, payed for it, and drove off.

[Shenzii]

"I get two to three every month if you must know..." Her words were cold as she tensed up. She looked at him. "You're one of the lucky ones." She got up and went to the kitchen. She pulled out a small vile of blue liquid; Valkyr. She placed it in a syringe and into her arm. "Sadly I take a shot once a day. The nightmares seem to stay sedated when I do." She wiped off the small trace of blood and walked over to Chrono. "So why exactly are we bunking together?"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

"You can talk to our commander if you want, he just gave me the address and the person who lived here." He stood back up without pushing off the floor with his hands, and sat down on the bed before looking at Rylyn. "If you want what he told me, he thought I would be too attractive to most women, and would probably get into fights with all of the other males. 'Under this logic, I decided to send you to a woman that I'll believe will castrate you the moment you try anything.' I don't know what he saw in you, but at first glance I'm guessing three-hundred to four hundred is all it takes to hold you down."

[Gelidus]

Gelidus drove up to Los Angeles Air Force Base, showed the guard his international access pass and continued to the base headquarters. He walked in, went up the stairs and went down the hall to his right. There was the base commander, along with the commander of the Valkyr project, and a few other officers waiting in the conference room. He took his things and got his presentation ready.

He sipped his coffee and began. "I, as well as everyone else, are here to discuss the advancement of the Valkyr project. As you all know Russia and the US have been in partial collaboration in it's refinement. I have come to you all to once again explain the Russian's advancement of the project. Unlike when I usually appear every month, I have significant news. We have created a strand of the drug that we belief to remove the current side-effects of the drug in use, as well as prevent any more negative effect. This will leave only the positive effect that we are all looking for. Now I will use my presentation to explain just how that's possible..."

[Irishhnd]

Irian walked down the dark alleyway, hearing the sounds of wings above him, beating heavily to keep the creature in place above him. It was unusually cold for a Los Angeles night in the summer, he ignored the black winged monster following him, and the shadows moving about the alleyway. He curled up near a dumpster and pulled his hood over his head and eyes, closing them to try and get some much needed sleep.

[Gelidus]

Gelidus's presentation was about half-way through:

"...In order to test this drug, I'll need at least five participants who are already taking the original Valkyr drug. We would also like to have someone from the 1% that doesn't suffer from the negative side-effects join in the study. I will stay in the states for the next month in order to keep track of the American subjects. I'll work in cooperation with the American scientists in the research facility here in LA. Russia is already testing some of their soldiers, but we would find it best if we could test soldiers from both countries. I trust you will be able to supply volunteers General Patterson?" The general shifted his body and responded "I'll find volunteers from my soldiers and send them to the research facility by the end of tomorrow."