//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: The Maretrix OC // by Violet Runner //------------------------------// A phone rang repeatedly before someone finally picked it up. "Yeah." A male voice asked. "Is everything in place?" A female voice asked in response. "You weren't supposed to relieve me." The first voice said a little annoyed. "I know, but I felt like taking your shift." The second voice said. "You like him, don't you? You like watching him." "Don't be ridiculous." "We're going to kill him, do you understand that?" "Crescent Sliver believes he is The One." "Do you?" "It doesn't matter what I believe." "You don't, do you?" "Did you hear that?" The female voice asked hearing a small clicking noise. "Hear what?" "Are you sure this line is clean?" "Yeah, 'course I'm sure." "I'd better go." A woman with dark green hair hunge up a phone. Outside the room she was in, several police officers advance towards the door with flashlights and guns. "Freeze, Police. Hands on your head. Do it. Do it now." A cop shouted kicking down the door. Slowly she put her hands on her head as more police entered the room. Outside a black car with tinted windows pulled up beside the other police cars. Two Government Agents stepped out of the car, wearing dark suits and sunglasses. "Lieutenant..." One of the Agents said walking up to the guy in charge. "Oh shit..." The Police Lieutenant said looking at the two Agents "You were given specific orders..." The Agent said in a stern voice. "Hey, I'm just doing my job. You give me that juris- suck my-dick-tion crap, you can cram it up your ass." The cop said dismissively. "The orders...were for your protection." The other agent said. "*Laugh* I think we can handle one little girl...I sent two units...they're bringing her down now." He said showing he was better then the Agent. "No Lieutenant, your men are already dead..." The first Agent said. A Cop holding handcuffs was getting ready to put them on the green haired women, who was standing with her back to him, and her hands on her head. Suddenly she spun round, kicking him to the ground, she grabbed his gun and beat up the rest of the officers. "Crescent! The line was traced, I don't know how." She said frantically, picking up the phone sitting on the desk. "I know, they cut the hard line. There's no time, you're going to have to get to another exit." Crescent said from the other end. "Are there any agents?" She asked. "Yes." "Celestia dammit." "You have to focus, Hawkeye. There's a phone at Wells and Lake. You can make it." "*Sigh* All right." Hawkeye said looking around. "Go!" Hawkeye dropped the phone and burst out of the room, just as the second Agent entered the hall, leading another unit of police. She raced to the opposite end, exiting through a broken window onto the fire escape. She looked down, and saw the first Agent below, staring at her. She climbed the fire escape all the way to the roof. Once on the roof, Hawkeye started running as the second Agent arrived after her, leading the group of cops in pursuit. Hawkeye began to jump from one roof to the other, in one fluid motion, in comparison to the wild jumps of the cops. The second Agent, however, had the same unnatural grace. They then reached a huge gap between two buildings, which Hawkeye jumped with no problem. "That's impossible!" One of the cops said watching her. They stare as the first Agent duplicated the move exactly, following her onto the next roof. She quickly hid behind a chimney, as he looked around the rooftop, searching for her. Not far off, she saw a window, and made a dash for it. She dived through the window, rolled down the stairs inside, and managed to land without to much damage. "Get up Hawkeye. Just get up. Get up!" She said trying to motivate herself. Hawkeye emerged from an alleyway, and at the end of the block, she saw a telephone booth. As she watched, the phone began to ring. As it rang, a truck pulled up in front of it, it's headlights pointing towards the phone. She suddenly ran for the phone box, racing the truck. It almost managed to crush the phone booth, just as she answered the phone. She put her hand out to the glass of the booth, just as the truck hit it. The first Agent inspected the wreckage and saw that there was no body. "She got out." The second Agent said disappointedly. "It doesn't matter." The first Agent said dismissively. "The informant is real?" A third Agent asked joining them. "Yes..." The first Agent said calmly. "We have the name of their next target.." The third Agent said turning to face the first Agent. "The name is Violet..." The second Agent said doing the same. "We'll need a search running.." The first Agent said. "It has already begun." The third one said happily. A young man in his early 20’s was asleep at his computer, with his headphones on. His cheap 3 year out of date computer was running a search on a man named Crescent Sliver. Suddenly the screen went blank as the words 'Wake up, Violet.' appeared. He sat up, and stared at his computer screen. “What?” He asked himself looking at it. 'The Maretrix has you...' Then appeared on the computer. “What the hell?” 'Follow the white rabbit...' “Follow the white rabbit?” He said confused. He pressed the 'esc' key repeatedly, to no effect. The computer then came up with one more message appeared. 'Knock knock, Violet.' There was a loud knock at his door, making him jump. He stared at the door and then back at his computer screen to find it blank. “.....Who is it?” He called out. “It's Deep.” A voice said from the other side. “Yeah...yeah...you're two hours late.” Violet said opening the door a little. “I know, it's her fault.” Deep Darkness, a buff dark skinned man with black hair said gesturing towards Solo Gamer, a slightly dark skinned women with half green half dark green hair. “You got the money?” He asked. “Two grand.” Solo said showing him the money. “Hold on.” Violet said going back into his apartment, shutting the door. He opened a book with a hole cut in it, took out a Flash Drive, and went back to the door, handing the Flash Drive to Deep. “Hallelujah a completed version of Fighting Is Magic. You're my savior, man. My own personal Jesus Christ.” Deep said kissing the Flash Drive. “You get caught playing that...” Violet began. “Yeah, I know. This never happened, you don't exist.” He said holding a hand up defensively. “Right.” Violet said rubbing his face. “Something wrong, man? You look a little whiter than usual.” The black haired man said a little concerned. “My computer.... it... you ever have that feeling where you don't know if you're awake or still dreaming?” He asked. “Mm, all the time. Its called Mescaline, it's the only way to fly.” Deep said smiling a bit. “Hey, it sounds to me like you need to unplug, man. You know, get some R and R. What do you think Solo? Should we take him with us?” “*Looks Violet up and down* Definitely.” She said smiling a bit as well. “No, I can't, I got work tomorrow.” Violet said scratching his chin. “Come on, it'll be fun.” Solo said looking Violet up and down again “I promise.” She said seductively. Violet then noticed Solo had a tattoo of Angel Bunny on her shoulder. “Yeah, sure, I'll go.” He said not taking his eyes off the tattoo. Violet, Deep and Solo arrived at a club a few minutes later. Violet was standing next to a wall, doing nothing when Hawkeye walked up to him. “Hello Violet.” She said. “How do you know that name?” He asked looking at her. “I know a lot about you.” The green haired woman said. “Who are you?” Violet asked confused. “My name is Hawkeye." “Hawkeye... The Hawkeye? The one that broke into Hasbro’s headquarters and stole that manuscript for an unreleased episode of MLP?” He asked astonished. “That was a long time ago.” She said thinking back. “Jesus!” Violet said amazed. “What?” She asked. ”I just thought, well, um...you were a dude.” He said a little embarrassed. “Most guys do.” Hawkeye said. “That was you on my computer. How did you do that?” He asked wanting to get some answers. “Never mind, right now all I can tell you is that you're in danger. I brought you here to warn you.” She said getting serious. “What about?” Violet asked a little worriedly. “They're watching you, Violet.” Hawkeye said warningly. “Who is?” He asked looking around and seeing no one. “Please, just listen. I know why you're here, Violet. I know what you've been doing. I know why you hardly sleep, and why night after night you sit at your computer. You're looking for him. I know, because I was once looking for the same thing. And when he found me, he told me I wasn't really looking for him, I was looking for an answer. It's the question that drives us, Violet. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did...” Hawkeye said still in a serious tone. “What is the Maretrix?” He said more as a statement then a question. “The answer is out there, Violet. It's looking for you...and it will find you...if you want it to....” She said before leaving.