The sound of the alarms blaring could be clearly heard down San Jacinto street as Harris County Sheriff's scrambled into there vehicles to apprehend an escaped criminal. Elena watched the madness from the back seat of a dark blue malibu sedan with black tinted windows. The driver was an Elderly man in his late 60's. She had given him a simple order when she compelled him, "TAKE ME TO WEST HOUSTON. QUICK, I'M IN A HURRY." She felt bad about using her new skill on him but it gave her a chance to figure her abilities out.
Her plan was simple. She would get the old guy to drive her as far as she could and then rush home to smooth things over with her Dad. Even if that meant going the extra mile to "convince" him. She hadn't tested how long the skill lasted so she would use her time with the old man to get a clear scope of her skills effectiveness, as well as it's full duration of effect.
'I know Dad is probably furious with me right now, but with this skill i could get him to calm down and hear me out.'
'Worse comes to worse, i'll have to compel him to get us out of Houston, Maybe to another Continent. There's no way i'm going to jail.' She thought as the old man continued North down San Jacinto nearing the ramp to the expressway.
Elena hadn't noticed the 'stop and go' traffic because she was so lost in thought, so her surprise was apparent as they approached a small barricade with officers posted on both sides.
They would stop each car and speak with the driver for a momment before making a thorough check of the vehicle.
'Fuck me sideways, just my luck.' She thought
There was nothing she could do. The officers were posted on every block, she was only twelve cars away from the checkpoint.
'All i can do is wait it out and hope that i can talk my way out of this.' she thought.
The car inched forward every now and again, and the closer she got, the more nervous she felt. Finally after 20 minutes of waiting, it was their turn. The blue Malibu stopped and the officer indicated for the driver to roll down the window. The eldery man rolled down the window.
"Hello sir, sorry for the inconvenience. We have an escaped suspect on the streets and this is just a precautionary measure." The officer explained.
"I have to take her to West Houston." The elderly man mumbled.
Elena froze.
"Whats that, sir? Can you speak up for me?" Said the officer with a concerned look on his face.
"I have to take....her to West Houston. I have to do it now. I have to be quick, She's in a hurry." The old man yelled to the officer in a mad fit.
"Sir, i need you to step out of vehicle." The officer commanded.
"Noooo!" The old man screamed.
"I have to be quick, i have to take her to West Houston. She's in a hurry."
Elena was completey horrified as they pulled the rambling old man from the vehicle. She quickly activated her skill as the Police Officer opened the back seat.
"I AM NOT THE GIRL YOUR LOOKING FOR."
"Oh yeah. I think your exactly the girl we're looking for." said the officer, as he grabbed Elena from the backseat and cuffed her.
"LET ME GO NOW!" Elena commanded but to no avail.
[System message, Target's s level is to high. Level 1 Skill-Compulsion is ineffective.]
The melodious voice of the system rang in her ears as a status panel displaying her stats appeared befor me her.
"DAMN, LET ME GO!" Elena cried.
"Only place you're going is back to jail little one. Now shut up and get in the car." The Officer said as he pushed Elena into his squad car.
3,2,1
The timer ended and another status window appeared.
[Skill-Compel Cooldown 19:59]
It was at this point that the old man had a fit. "I have to take her! let me go, i have to take her! She's in a hurry!" The old man snapped. He became combative with the two Officers. He punched and kicked like a madman trying to get to Elena untill one of the officers had to bring him down with a tazer.
Elena was devestated. She had gotten the old man involved. SHE compelled him, and he had went insane when he wasn't able to carry out her command. Now he was on a stretcher with a slim chance on survival and felony on his record.
The two Officers returned to the car and started driving. But something seemed off to Elena. They weren't driving back to the station where she was originally.
"Where are you taking me? This isn't the way back to the station." Elena said
"Look at this one Vaan, She's not as stupid as you thought huh?" Said one Officer
"No, She's definitely stupid." Said the other Officer as they both laughed. They drove further and further into the heights untill they reached a large warehouse. They drove through a secured gate and into one of the nearby units. The two Officers got out and pulled Elena out of the back seat.
"What are we doing here? Please let me go! I won't do it again. Please i need to speak with my father." Elena cried.
She was so desperate to make things go back to normal. She knew that she had made so many mistakes. There was no way to take them back though. The only way to move was forward.
"Please, God let me get out of this." she whispered.
[A prayer has been made to the wrong deity, your blessing has been tainted. All buffs will be halved for 1 hour.]
[You have recieved the title -Unfaithfull- when equipped the tether between you and the divine is severed, and you are harder to locate through divination.]
The status screen blinked
_______________________________________________
Name: Elena Amathusia Level-1
Race: Human
Class: Cleric
Godess:?????????
Active Title: [The Blessed Child]
Inactive Titles:[Unfaithfull]
STATS
Strength-10
Defence-10
Wisdom-10
Intelligence-10
Dexterity-10
Charisma-50
Exp. 0/100
Skills
Passive- *15% Boost to cast speed,
*Tainted Blessing of ?????????
Active- *Compel
_______________________________________________
The transparent status window show the skill cooldown timer was still up in her peripheral.
[Skill-Compel Cooldown Time ~09:27]
'What's this now? Life's fucking me over again huh? no surprise there.' Elena thought as she was forced through the unit door and into a brightly lit office space.
A well dressed man with brown hair, dark brown eyes, and sharp features quickly shuffled over to receive the three of them.
"The boss is expecting us. we've retrieved the girl as requested." Said the Officer on the right who was aptly named 'Vaan'. His large and obtruse stature was a testament to his mothers name sense.
"I'll notify him right away." said the man as he pulled out a cell phone. After a 3 minute conversation, he returned.
"He will be here shortly. He say's that he is pleased with your work." Said the man
"And you.....We've been looking for you for a long time."
"Careful Mr. Simmons" Vaan said. "This one here is a Siren. She'll have you in a psche ward....like that" Vaan snapped his fingers for dramatic effect.
"Is that right? A Siren. I swear this job never gets old." Mr simmons said as he walked back to his desk. "Lock her up untill the boss arrives. I need you two Dogs patrolling outside. From the intel we've collected, this little siren is supposed to have a bodyguard."
*****
Damien Mcbride was driving faster than he ever had on 610 heading west to the heights. The Tracker he had implanted in Elenas ankle was pinging her location. The dot blinked on and off slowly and Damien looked at it with the eyes of a worried man. He felt like a fool, but most of all he was furious, and someone had hell to pay!
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