Post by ECKS on Sept 15, 2006 23:49:32 GMT -5
(After showering and cleaning up a bit ECKS walks into his room wearing sweat pants, athletic shoes, and a hooded sweat jacket, bearing a small "X" logo on the front left side, zipped about halfway down, revealing some of his chest hair. He walks to his mirror, towel in hand and dries his still slightly wet hair a little more before fixing it again. Some stray hairs hang down over his forehead, but that's the way he likes it. Satisfied he walks to his window and gazes out. Rain is pouring down. Lighting can be seen in the distance.)
ECKS: "I sure hope I can make this place work. I'm no Xavier, and I more than have my share of problems but someone has to do it. Might as well be me. I got nothin' else to lose."
(He closes his eyes and takes a few deep breaths to relax himself a little. Suddenly he winces in pain and drops to one knee. He holds his head in his hand and cries out as the memory floods his mind again.)
ECKS: "NOOOOO!! Not again. Why do I have to keep relivin' this hell, I was there the first time remember!? I don't need to see it again! If Stryker weren't already dead I'd kill him myself for doing this to me! I'd... UGGGHH! GET OUT OF MY MIND!!"
(His whole body tenses up as he seemingly wills the thought out of his mind. Slowly he straightens back up. Relieved that it's over he still worries because he knows this will not be his last relapse. He knows only one thing will ever stop the pain caused by his memories. Finding the truth. But having no clue where to even begin looking has all but halted his search.)
ECKS: "Looks like another late night for yours truly. Guess I'll see what's on TV. Maybe I can still catch Letterman."
(He grabs the towel from the floor and tosses it onto the bed then starts walking to the door. He stops short as if hearing something, he listens closely straining to hear it again. But after several seconds the noise never repeats itself.)
ECKS: "Great. Losing my mind, too. What's next?"
(He shakes it off and opens the door, steps through, and closes it behind him. Mere seconds after leaving the lock on his window clicks and the window itself starts to slide open. A female form dressed in something Ethan Hunt on Mission Impossible would use to sneak into a building slips in, dripping wet from the rain outside. Her entire body is covered by the all black gear, save for her eyes and her long black hair. She spots the towel on the bed and picks it up, removing a few strands of ECKS' hair she places them in a small evidence bag and puts it in pocket on her vest. She then walks to the closet and discovers ECKS' uniform, she takes out one of the gloves and places three of her fingers in the three holes ECKS uses for his claws, she pulls out and small camera and takes a photo of this. She then looks at the name tag on his luggage bag and also takes a photo of his name. She then replaces the camera and backs out of the closet. After gently closing the door she turns around and to her surprise ECKS is standing right behind her, smirking.)
ECKS: "Find anythin' you like, darlin'? If not, by all means keep searchin,' not like you're botherin' me any, right?"
(She stands there not moving, just trying to figure out how to escape now that she's been seen.)
ECKS: "You know, it's not smart to break into a guy's room when he can hear and smell you before you even open the window. And that's after all your hard work climbing to the second floor, bein' so quiet, so's not to be noticed. Well don't worry doll, the way down's a whole lot easier."
(ECKS throws both hands back as he extracts both sets of claws in a flash of metal. SNIKT!! He goes to strike but his opponent is ready and more agile than he expected. As he swings his right hand, claws out, she turns and runs up the closet door then back flips and lands behind him, giving him a slight kick in the back. ECKS stumbles forward and sticks his claws in the door. She takes advantage and quickly runs to the window diving out head first, after a slight effort ECKS manages to free his hand and follows her out the window. He dives straight to the wet ground and at the last second flips in mid-air, landing on his feet, his knees slightly bending from the impact. As if almost on cue lightning lights up the rainy sky as he stands up, showing the anger on his face. He searches the darkness for her, his enhanced sight lighting up the night in a way no normal person would see. The hard rain prevents him from hearing anything else, though. But behind him the intruder has somehow managed to climb to the roof, probably with the help of a grappling hook of some kind. Lightning strikes again revealing her silhouette as she looks down at him for a second before disappearing to the other side of the roof. Realizing that he's been given the slip ECKS retracts his claws.)
ECKS: "I don't know who that was or how she did that, but I'm gonna find out. She was takin' pictures of somethin', recon maybe? Who ever she works for must be lookin' for me and I guess they just found me. She did make one small mistake though."
(He looks down at his left hand, uncovering a small tuft of hair he managed to cut from her with he left hand as she flipped over his head. He holds it up to his face and takes a few sniffs.)
ECKS: "Got her scent now. She won't be pullin' that 007 anymore, I'll smell her from a mile away. *SNIFF, SNIFF* There's somethin' real familiar about her scent, too. Like I've been close to her before."
(Running his free hand through his now soaked hair he turns and looks up at the window. After walking around to the window that leads into his office he uses one claw to pop the lock, then opens the window and enters. He places the hair on his desk next to a folder and sits down. He starts to sit down but remembers that the window in his room is open. So quickly he leaves to close it.)
ECKS: "I sure hope I can make this place work. I'm no Xavier, and I more than have my share of problems but someone has to do it. Might as well be me. I got nothin' else to lose."
(He closes his eyes and takes a few deep breaths to relax himself a little. Suddenly he winces in pain and drops to one knee. He holds his head in his hand and cries out as the memory floods his mind again.)
ECKS: "NOOOOO!! Not again. Why do I have to keep relivin' this hell, I was there the first time remember!? I don't need to see it again! If Stryker weren't already dead I'd kill him myself for doing this to me! I'd... UGGGHH! GET OUT OF MY MIND!!"
(His whole body tenses up as he seemingly wills the thought out of his mind. Slowly he straightens back up. Relieved that it's over he still worries because he knows this will not be his last relapse. He knows only one thing will ever stop the pain caused by his memories. Finding the truth. But having no clue where to even begin looking has all but halted his search.)
ECKS: "Looks like another late night for yours truly. Guess I'll see what's on TV. Maybe I can still catch Letterman."
(He grabs the towel from the floor and tosses it onto the bed then starts walking to the door. He stops short as if hearing something, he listens closely straining to hear it again. But after several seconds the noise never repeats itself.)
ECKS: "Great. Losing my mind, too. What's next?"
(He shakes it off and opens the door, steps through, and closes it behind him. Mere seconds after leaving the lock on his window clicks and the window itself starts to slide open. A female form dressed in something Ethan Hunt on Mission Impossible would use to sneak into a building slips in, dripping wet from the rain outside. Her entire body is covered by the all black gear, save for her eyes and her long black hair. She spots the towel on the bed and picks it up, removing a few strands of ECKS' hair she places them in a small evidence bag and puts it in pocket on her vest. She then walks to the closet and discovers ECKS' uniform, she takes out one of the gloves and places three of her fingers in the three holes ECKS uses for his claws, she pulls out and small camera and takes a photo of this. She then looks at the name tag on his luggage bag and also takes a photo of his name. She then replaces the camera and backs out of the closet. After gently closing the door she turns around and to her surprise ECKS is standing right behind her, smirking.)
ECKS: "Find anythin' you like, darlin'? If not, by all means keep searchin,' not like you're botherin' me any, right?"
(She stands there not moving, just trying to figure out how to escape now that she's been seen.)
ECKS: "You know, it's not smart to break into a guy's room when he can hear and smell you before you even open the window. And that's after all your hard work climbing to the second floor, bein' so quiet, so's not to be noticed. Well don't worry doll, the way down's a whole lot easier."
(ECKS throws both hands back as he extracts both sets of claws in a flash of metal. SNIKT!! He goes to strike but his opponent is ready and more agile than he expected. As he swings his right hand, claws out, she turns and runs up the closet door then back flips and lands behind him, giving him a slight kick in the back. ECKS stumbles forward and sticks his claws in the door. She takes advantage and quickly runs to the window diving out head first, after a slight effort ECKS manages to free his hand and follows her out the window. He dives straight to the wet ground and at the last second flips in mid-air, landing on his feet, his knees slightly bending from the impact. As if almost on cue lightning lights up the rainy sky as he stands up, showing the anger on his face. He searches the darkness for her, his enhanced sight lighting up the night in a way no normal person would see. The hard rain prevents him from hearing anything else, though. But behind him the intruder has somehow managed to climb to the roof, probably with the help of a grappling hook of some kind. Lightning strikes again revealing her silhouette as she looks down at him for a second before disappearing to the other side of the roof. Realizing that he's been given the slip ECKS retracts his claws.)
ECKS: "I don't know who that was or how she did that, but I'm gonna find out. She was takin' pictures of somethin', recon maybe? Who ever she works for must be lookin' for me and I guess they just found me. She did make one small mistake though."
(He looks down at his left hand, uncovering a small tuft of hair he managed to cut from her with he left hand as she flipped over his head. He holds it up to his face and takes a few sniffs.)
ECKS: "Got her scent now. She won't be pullin' that 007 anymore, I'll smell her from a mile away. *SNIFF, SNIFF* There's somethin' real familiar about her scent, too. Like I've been close to her before."
(Running his free hand through his now soaked hair he turns and looks up at the window. After walking around to the window that leads into his office he uses one claw to pop the lock, then opens the window and enters. He places the hair on his desk next to a folder and sits down. He starts to sit down but remembers that the window in his room is open. So quickly he leaves to close it.)
