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Really fun. Even the normally rather professional Nyx had to admit it. Soaring over the landscape from an overwatch position and seeing everything so small laid out around her was lovely. She didn’t get to do it too much just for pleasure given how much time she spent at her job, and her general desire not to be pointed and stared at by everyone. That was one advantage the invisible blue nudist had, she supposed, no one to see her. Those complaints aside, it was still fun to beat your wings against the air and feel yourself accelerate upwards as you soared the gales.\n\nThis, however, was not fun.\n\nNyx banked hard and torqued her body to the side to fit through a vertical gap that seemed to come out of nowhere. Her tail scraping the stone mountain face at impressive speed as she did so. A moment far less than a second of delay would have seen her splattered on the wall.\n\n“Shit shit shit shit!” She cursed under her breath, though it wouldn’t have mattered much if she was shouting, at these speeds the air noise stole her voice as soon as it came out. Then she had to twirl around the reverse direction to maintain both speed and to get her direction changed as she needed. Nyx wasn’t sure how fast she was going, other than ‘very’, but ‘very’ was quite fast enough when you were inches from stone cliff sides.\n\nIf her quarry had another trick like that up her sleave then Nyx could easily be in trouble. The snake lady knew these mountains, Nyx did not. The snake lady had also likely been flying much longer than Nyx herself and likely was far more skilled at it, hence curving a blind corner and launching through a vertical gap barely two feet wide.\n\nAt the same time she couldn’t just give up the chase. It was another ang….anomaly… like the one back home. At least Nyx assumed so. The creature was a winged biped who was apparently not visible on the normal visual spectrum at least. She also had feathered wings and, evidently, a penchant for going after the interlopers. Lots of evidence there that there were many similarities between this one and the one she was familiar with.\n\nThat said, there were differences too. This woman was definitely not of the same species as the other. While Kate was already, wings aside, apparently of a race no one could identify, she was at least mammalian. This one was reptilian, or reptile like, anyway as she still had hair and other ‘mammalian assets’ as it were. Reptile folk were a thing, emphasis on ‘were’, which made this one extra odd.\n\nAlmost as odd as the fact that Nyx could see her at all. Nyx tried to focus on her flying and not the implications of that, making a note to pay Kate a visit later to check her theory, when she turned yet another sharp corner and.\n\n“SHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTT!” Nyx pulled up hard as she came face to face with a wall. Her wings ached from taking the load of the sudden change indirection. The cliff face was more of a jutting section of rock extending from the side of the mountain, and if she could pull up just enough to..\n\nSharp pain exploded from her lower body as her legs clipped the top edge of the obstruction. The impact spun her forward onto the top of the offending rock with similar force. She was able to get her arms up to shield herself but still took quite an impact as she ended up flat on the rough jagged surface that served as something of a ledge. She grunted in pain as she came to a stop, wincing and gritting her teeth as her legs throbbed with every heartbeat, as did her ribs, and her arms. She really hoped nothing was broken, but didn’t feel quite like moving right away till the pain settled and gave her mor accurate information.\nShe did manage to drag her arm out from under her and slap at the communicator in her ear. It was useless at speed with the wind noise, but calling Lauren up seemed in order now.\n\n“Five!” She grunted into the communicator, “I’ve crashed. Possibly need a pick up. My loca…”\n\n“Won’t hear you” a voice replied though the com. A female voice Nyx realized, and one that she had heard before very recently.\n\n“I… how did you get on my…” Nyx shook her head, “Look im not your enemy”\n\n“Chasing me”\n\n“I just wanted to talk.” Nyx looked around for the other angel woman, but saw nothing. How the heck was this happening? Kate had talked about how she could ‘ask’ locks to open for her, and ‘feel’ the city’s pain, but Nyx had always considered it more metaphorical than anything with the shapeshifting metal that could easily be used as a pick, not to mention that there was so much other extreme weirdness to deal with and learn about first that she…. Well mental note to dig deeper into how much control these beings had over technology. In the mean time though she had a line open somehow so she was going to use it, “Where are you? I’d like to talk face to face.”\n\n“What are you”\n\n“I uh… I’m, er, ‘seven’ one of the regional directors of the FBC, but you can call me Cybele Nyx if you like. Who are you? Where are you?”\n\n“Asked what, not who. As for where….”\n\nNyx gasped in sudden pain as a pair of feet slammed into her back, she was forced face-down hard on the stone rock and found her self sliding along it as the dragon snake lady used her as a landing pad The force had dragged her a good ways along the stone, cutting up her front, she was sure of it, and doing a real number on her coat.\n\n“Am here”\n\nNyx grunted wincing in pain and managed to cough up some words, “So… you… are…. NNNN, Fuck…”\n\nThe lady knelt down, still standing on Nyx’s back, then grabbed her by the muzzle and tugged, forcing Nyx to look back at her. She was pretty, in a way. Shining multicolored scales that seemed to sparkle as their colors changed. Nyx wasn’t used to looking at reptilian faces, but she imagined this one would be considered quite lovely. Vibrant purples and blues, along with greens and, well every color she could think of on the horned reptile face. Of course, she was still glaring down with angular snake eyes and standing on Nyx’s back forcing the air from her lungs, which limited the admiration factor somewhat.\n\n“Answer.” The woman demanded.\n\nNyx grunted again, taking a moment to process, ‘not who, but what’ that was what was being asked. Unfortunately Nyx didn’t actually have the best answer, “Uh.. I’m a Cat. Lykoi specifically. I..\n\n“Have wings. Cat don’t. How?”\n\n“I…” Nyx grunted processing this woman’s stunted style of speech. She took a guess that the speech pattern was more a factor of isolation and lack of regular communication, and not evidence of lacking intellect. Given she barely understood what happened herself she gave the best answer she could “I copied.”\nThe woman finally stepped off Nyx’s back, then grabbed her by the arm turning her over. Nyx winced and struggled into a sitting position surveying both the effervescent snake lady and herself. 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Chapter 12: Chase

Flying was fun.  Really fun.  Even the normally rather professional Nyx had to admit it.  Soaring over the landscape from an overwatch position and seeing everything so small laid out around her was lovely.  She didn’t get to do it too much just for pleasure given how much time she spent at her job, and her general desire not to be pointed and stared at by everyone.  That was one advantage the invisible blue nudist had, she supposed, no one to see her.  Those complaints aside, it was still fun to beat your wings against the air and feel yourself accelerate upwards as you soared the gales.

This, however, was not fun.

Nyx banked hard and torqued her body to the side to fit through a vertical gap that seemed to come out of nowhere.  Her tail scraping the stone mountain face at impressive speed as she did so.  A moment far less than a second of delay would have seen her splattered on the wall.

“Shit shit shit shit!” She cursed under her breath, though it wouldn’t have mattered much if she was shouting, at these speeds the air noise stole her voice as soon as it came out.  Then she had to twirl around the reverse direction to maintain both speed and to get her direction changed as she needed.  Nyx wasn’t sure how fast she was going, other than ‘very’, but ‘very’ was quite fast enough when you were inches from stone cliff sides.

If her quarry had another trick like that up her sleave then Nyx could easily be in trouble.  The snake lady knew these mountains, Nyx did not.  The snake lady had also likely been flying much longer than Nyx herself and likely was far more skilled at it, hence curving a blind corner and launching through a vertical gap barely two feet wide.

At the same time she couldn’t just give up the chase.  It was another ang….anomaly… like the one back home.  At least Nyx assumed so.  The creature was a winged biped who was apparently not visible on the normal visual spectrum at least.  She also had feathered wings and, evidently, a penchant for going after the interlopers.  Lots of evidence there that there were many similarities between this one and the one she was familiar with.

That said, there were differences too.  This woman was definitely not of the same species as the other.  While Kate was already, wings aside, apparently of a race no one could identify, she was at least mammalian.  This one was reptilian, or reptile like, anyway as she still had hair and other ‘mammalian assets’ as it were.  Reptile folk were a thing, emphasis on ‘were’, which made this one extra odd.

Almost as odd as the fact that Nyx could see her at all.  Nyx tried to focus on her flying and not the implications of that, making a note to pay Kate a visit later to check her theory, when she turned yet another sharp corner and.

“SHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTT!” Nyx pulled up hard as she came face to face with a wall.  Her wings ached from taking the load of the sudden change indirection.  The cliff face was more of a jutting section of rock extending from the side of the mountain, and if she could pull up just enough to..

Sharp pain exploded from her lower body as her legs clipped the top edge of the obstruction.  The impact spun her forward onto the top of the offending rock with similar force.  She was able to get her arms up to shield herself but still took quite an impact as she ended up flat on the rough jagged surface that served as something of a ledge.  She grunted in pain as she came to a stop, wincing and gritting her teeth as her legs throbbed with every heartbeat, as did her ribs, and her arms.  She really hoped nothing was broken, but didn’t feel quite like moving right away till the pain settled and gave her mor accurate information.
She did manage to drag her arm out from under her and slap at the communicator in her ear.  It was useless at speed with the wind noise, but calling Lauren up seemed in order now.

“Five!” She grunted into the communicator, “I’ve crashed.  Possibly need a pick up. My loca…”

“Won’t hear you” a voice replied though the com.  A female voice Nyx realized, and one that she had heard before very recently.

“I… how did you get on my…” Nyx shook her head, “Look im not your enemy”

“Chasing me”

“I just wanted to talk.” Nyx looked around for the other angel woman, but saw nothing.  How the heck was this happening?  Kate had talked about how she could ‘ask’ locks to open for her, and ‘feel’ the city’s pain, but Nyx had always considered it more metaphorical than anything with the shapeshifting metal that could easily be used as a pick, not to mention that there was so much other extreme weirdness to deal with and learn about first that she…. Well mental note to dig deeper into how much control these beings had over technology.  In the mean time though she had a line open somehow so she was going to use it, “Where are you?  I’d like to talk face to face.”

“What are you”

“I uh… I’m, er, ‘seven’  one of the regional directors of the FBC, but you can call me Cybele Nyx if you like.  Who are you?  Where are you?”

“Asked what, not who.  As for where….”

Nyx gasped in sudden pain as a pair of feet slammed into her back, she was forced face-down hard on the stone rock and found her self sliding along it as the dragon snake lady used her as a landing pad  The force had dragged her a good ways along the stone, cutting up her front, she was sure of it, and doing a real number on her coat.

“Am here”

Nyx grunted wincing in pain and managed to cough up some words, “So… you… are…. NNNN, Fuck…”

The lady knelt down, still standing on Nyx’s back, then grabbed her by the muzzle and tugged, forcing Nyx to look back at her.  She was pretty, in a way.  Shining multicolored scales that seemed to sparkle as their colors changed.  Nyx wasn’t used to looking at reptilian faces, but she imagined this one would be considered quite lovely. Vibrant purples and blues, along with greens and, well every color she could think of on the horned reptile face.  Of course, she was still glaring down with angular snake eyes and standing on Nyx’s back forcing the air from her lungs, which limited the admiration factor somewhat.

“Answer.” The woman demanded.

Nyx grunted again, taking a moment to process, ‘not who, but what’ that was what was being asked.  Unfortunately Nyx didn’t actually have the best answer, “Uh.. I’m a Cat.  Lykoi specifically.  I..

“Have wings.  Cat don’t. How?”

“I…” Nyx grunted processing this woman’s stunted style of speech.  She took a guess that the speech pattern was more a factor of isolation and lack of regular communication, and not evidence of lacking intellect.  Given she barely understood what happened herself she gave the best answer she could “I copied.”
The woman finally stepped off Nyx’s back, then grabbed her by the arm turning her over.  Nyx winced and struggled into a sitting position surveying both the effervescent snake lady and herself.  She blushed slightly at the state of her top, but it had been shredded along the rock surface pretty hard, and she doubted that present company cared much, considering.

She wobbled to her feet, apparently her remaining leg was not, in fact, broken, which was a blessing.  She checked herself for other injuries, most of which were minor, then turned for face the female.  Then instantly felt something sharp on her neck.

Nyx eyes widened, but she stayed calm.  The female she was speaking too actually was a few feet away, not touching her at all, but was flicking her fingers and moving what looked like, shards of black glass?  This woman didn’t have the living liquid gold that Kate used at all apparently.  Rather there were floating shards of some sort of dark purplish substance she apparently could control from a distance, and one such shard was poking firmly up under Nyx’s chin.

“How Copied?”

Nyx took a breath, forcing herself to remain calm, and started to explain everything.

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