Thoughts were raising threw her head. So her baby was on the road, doing business that she loathed. Charming everyone with her sweetest smile. Home tonight, Anne wish her love , home tonight. But she would have to wait. Each trip was a little deeper. Each time she left, it hurt a little more,and each return was a little less warm.

Anne needed to clear her head. It was too much thinking of her Angel. It was a painful secret to keep, but one her angel wanted to keep out of fear. Anne didn't fear it, being exsposed, but understood why her angel would wish to be hidden. Novas were hated and loved by enough people as it is. No need to add a spark to that. Still it left a hole inside.

But she had to think of something else. It just was a hard thing to do, when her love with was in fuckstanbul, or whatever. She was gone, and that was a painful thing. She looked down and spoke into the intercom

“Tommy, get up here. I need the tapes we made last night. I want to see if those moron in congress still use their cell phones.”

A young man soon came into the room, and placed a small devise on the top of her desk and left. She made a note of how he was walking, and breathing. That one was nervus. Witch meant either there was bad news on the files or that he was hung over, again.

These sorts of things happened. It wasn't a problem, she didn't keep him around because he was good at his job. He was around because he did his job, and nothing less or more. She turned on the recordings. All at the same time. Her ears scanning for anything notable. There was a bit, mainly phone numbers to the women who helped congress run smoothly, by making sure old men felt something their wives did not have anymore. But nothing really shocking, until she heard a call from Boston.

“Sir, the cops are on the take.”

“No, they are the cops, those damned demons.”

“Only one thing I hate more than a nova, it is a fagot one. But as long as that copper is working this city, we would never getaway with it.”

“So, take him out? ”

“How do you take him out?He see the future!”

“Put pressure on him.Make him leave”

The call trailed off,into rather colorful words about Novas, and homosexuals.Anne listened to each word, recalling a song from years ago.From a time,with out novas." Shackle the minds,when they are left on the cross.When ignorance reigns,life is lost"

She thought of reasons to call Boston,leak this tape to the media.She thought over the morally just,and thenhergoals.She was going have to take these sort of people on.The real problem, is to strike too soon,and they will regroup.But strike too late, and it will be not enough.

She got up from her desk,and picked up a brand new cell phone.She never used the same one more than she had too.Sometimes, she went threw three a day,others lasted a week.The cost didn't bother her.It wasn't even something she thought of,anymore.Dailing up her love on the way out of her office.

"Love,I have to tell you something.Now,I truly see why you are,what you are."

A short pause,fallowed by asoft laugh.

"Are you trying to tell me, that you finally given up on men,Baby"

"Not that,my sweet love.I know why you fallow the Taras.I understand why it is a such a tempting path to fallow.But you know me.You know the moral cross I bare.You know I can't fallow the same path, or else I may lose everything I am fighting for"

"Baby, you eat your cake, and have it too.Your a nova"

"Love,if it is known,that I fallowed theteras, the big D,would be at my door.Not in a friendly,how are you doing.But with an army.And not just baselines.From there, the story has no happy ending.It's bad enough,they know I am Aberrant specializer, and think I am a Teragen one."

"But love,you are one"

"I know,that so you.But they don't know that.Anyways,Angel..I will be at JFK,waiting for you."

"Bye, love"

Anne was out the door,the sun was raising. She remembered the smog that used to choke the life out of everything. Her metal souls of her shoes, ground into the hard pavement . She didn't stop to talk to anyone. She wasn't in the mood.

She heard a muffled cry, from an ally way, just behind her building. It sounded like Amanda, her mail room clerk.She heard the start of a car.

"Code red, back ally.I repeat code red,no drill."

And she ran to back.She wasn't the fastest nova,but she was faster than the van's start up.As she got to the van,as it was just starting to move.SHe wasn't going to have this.A hand went into the grill of the van, right into the egiane block.Those things were hot.But thinking of pain, wasn't something she could do.She saw two men in the from of the van slam into the wind sheild

"Mother fuckers get the hell out of your van, now.If Amanda is harmed,I will make sure they pick you guys up with mops.After all you fight.."
A loud bang sounded off, cracked glass shattered, a ball of lead hit Anne in the gut.A cylinder turned,another shot,and another hit ball of lead hit Anne. Anne saw the guns.Saw this coming, but wasn't scared, the other man's gun didn't bother either, as they shot her. 22 ball of lead hit her body..most in the chest area.But both men, having proven how worthless their guns were, got out of the van ran.

(( the two men use English in a way I do not want to put on these forums.))

Anne didn't give them chase, stopping them, wasn't her problem, and making sure Amanda was alright was all that she cared about.She opened the door to the back area.Amanda was tied up and gagged, crying.Anne, carefully removed the gag.What Amanda said next shocked Anne.In a scared shacking tone.Stangely calm voice.

"Anne, your bleeding,and it's white, from your hand"

Anne, looked down to her hand,a gash along the back of her hand.White liquid coming from her, leaking.Not a large amount of blood, but it was more than noticeable.

"It is just scratch.I will get better, Amanda take two weeks off,on double pay.And, we will see that you get all the care you need, no cost would be too much"

Anne, didn't care about being targeted by hate groups, but her workers were just people.Taregeting them, waswrong.That was a no.But if the Michelletes wanted a war, they got one.

A news group was there,before the cops.Typical, nothing shocking in that.It was the way things were.If it bleeds,it leads.Looking to this moment she seized it, moving to a reporter.

"You get,this statement,but no editing,or you talking.Nod if you understand"

the reporter nodded.And Anne talked into the micro phone

"The,line has been crossed.The Michelites,have gone too far today.Two of my staff are being taken to the ER,one to a hole in the ground,and another was nearly kidnapped. These people, are human, just like me or you.They suffered because I am a nova.Now, I understand some people may think poorly of me.They may do stupid things out of fear.But now, I have to tell a whole family, their daughter ,sister and mother will not come home, because she stood up for her rights."


"I call, that everyone nova and baseline should see, that the Cult of Michelle, is a threat to everyone.Not just a problem of novas.I say ,that they should be stopped,by what ever means necessary.."

A short pause,then a loud crack.Anne's head whipped back,and her body fallowed.She landed on her back.THe world closing in around her.Everything going black.Everything going numb, save her forehead .It was burning.It felt so heavy.Her whole body felt heavy, then is all went away.The screaming was gone,the yelling was gone.Two more shots rang out.Silnce....