Working for Omni-Reform

[Devven]

The yalmaha descended from the heavens with only the lite whine of its anti-gravitic generators giving out the only sound. Rain drops streaked off of it's silvery surface, reftecting back the image of the sky as it drifted two feet off the ground. There was no other movement from it, no sign that anyone was inside, its windows were tinted darkly so no one on the outside could see in but anyone inside would be able to seet out.

Seated quietly inside Luvii and Devven looked out the windows at the passing pedestrians as they went about their business in Omni Entertainment. They stared out towards the ground level entrance of the building they had parked next to, watching for any movement in and out. After a moment Luvii turned to her husband and spoke.

"This is the place then huh?"

Devven turned to the windshield of the yalmaha and touched it with his finger. Upon its surface a grid map and coordinates came to life, giving the two operatives all the information they needed to know. "Yeah, that's the place, Building 34." Amanda's husband touched the windshield once more and a portrait of a man came up this time while to the side of it informational text scrolled up.

"Mr. J. Bullock lives on the twentieth floor." As Devven said it he leaned forward and looked up to see with his own eyes how far up they had to go. Amanda did as well and sighed.

"So what did Mr. Bullock do to deserve special attention from Reform?" she asked her husband.

Devven pauses and reads some of Mr. Bullocks background and case file as the information scrolls up on the windshield before he responds to his wife. "Seems he's been caught talking to clanners and going to their rallies. He's even gone to their territory without getting the proper permissions."

Amanda frowns and that and shrugs. "So what? There's no law in the books stating that a citizen has to have permission to travel anywhere on this planet.....other than going to the alien controlled parts but that would be insane! Why's Mr. Bullock so special?

Devven turned and looked outside at the passers by. " Mr. Bullock is a researcher with Omni-R&D. His particular research group is working on some very confidential stuff, very alien technology oriented stuff. Well, you can imagine that his superiors would get su****ious if he started talking to the clans."

Amanda nods. "They're afraid he'll defect and give the clans all the information they want about what Omni is working on."

Devven nods, "Yep."

The married couple sat there for a moment longer before eighter of them said anything. But they both knew they had to get to work.

"Alright, lets get going." Devven said as he reached over to open the access hatch on his side.

The sun was breaking through the stormy clouds up overhead already. Devven stepped out and walked to the rear of the yalmaha. He opened it up and reached in for his Perenium Blaster. He hooked on a strap and swung the rifle around his shoulder. Once he was sure the rifle was securely snugg next to him he grabbed his black trenchcoat with its Omni-Reform insignia on the shoulder and put it on.

"You think your gonna need that?" Amanda asked refering to the rifle.

Devven shrugged. "You never know love." He walked away from the vehicle and with a hiss the trunk closed on its own accord. Devven walked around the levitating yalmaha and approached his wife. He kissed her lightly on the cheek and smiled.

"Ready to go?"

Amanda, a doctor of exceptional skill, put on her own Omni trenchcoat and gave him a smiling look.

"Let's get this over with."

[Devven]

Once inside the building Devven and Luvii didn't meet any other resident of the building. It didn't take them long to find one of the elevators which was located close by to the entrance. The two Omni-Reform officers walked along as casual as possible and tried to act normaly. But the clothing they both wore and the dark glasses gave them a slight air of mystery about them. Inside the elevator, only the humming of the air rushing in from the air duct and the sound of the elevatore as it moved upward through the shaft.

Luvii looked up at the increasing numbers on the digital readout as it showed the occupants on what level they were. Next to her Devven looked straight ahead at the closed doors, saying not a word. She looked at him again and wondered what was going through his mind.

"What are you thinking love?"

Devven glanced at his wife. "Hm? Oh, nothing much. I'm just wondering why some citizens do dumb things like Mr. Bullock. Omni-Tek provides them with everything they need." He said as he turned back to looking at the closed doors.

"Not everything...." Luvii muttered under her breath. Devven looked at her again but said nothing. Her words were full of defiance. She wanted to turn to him and tell him that Omni-Tek didn't give them freedom, not true freedom. To Devven she seemed to grow more and more resentful of Omni with each and every passing day.

"What do you mean love?" He asked her.

"Nothing." She said to her husband. She realized that now was not the time to start an argument with him.

They both fell into an awkward silence for a moment.

"I saw Tai the other day!" She exclaimed. She knew mentioning Taiseiten would get him talking. The Opifex teenager held a special place in Devven's heart and hers.

You did!? Where'd you see her? How is she doing? Devven was about to ask his wife more questions but realized he should let her answer the first barrage of them.

"She's fine.....now. Someone dropped her off after she got pretty banged up."

"What happened?!" He asked concerned.

"She met a rhinoman."

"Ouch!"

"Yea...ouch is right." She nodded.

The elevatore stopped at that moment and the doors slid open at their destination floor. They stepped out made their way towards their objective.

"I worry for her you know." Devven sighed to his wife. Luvii turned to her husband and smiled.

"Surprises me to know you would have such caring feelings for a clanner." She told her husband, not at all meaning what she just said but still grinning devilishly to see how her husband would react to that statement. She of all people would never harbor any ill will against the clans of Rubika. She admired and respected their sence of individuality and strong will. But her husband's feelings were more complicated and to know where he stood she needed to ask these questions once in a while.

"Hey, that's not fair. You know I like Tai very much. He told her before he fell into a thoughtfull silence.

"She never asked nor was she ever concerned if we were Omni. She's a good girl and it doesn't concern me that she's clan." He said matter of factly.

Luvii completely believed him. No matter what his job made him do, one thing Devven didn't do was pass judgement on a group of people. He always judged one individual at a time. That's why she loved him.

The two Omni-Reform officers finally came to Mr. Bullock's apartment. The door looked like all the others in the floor, all except for his name identifying that this apartment was his. Devven reached up and pressed the door bell. There was no responce. Devven again rang the door bell and waited for a responce. The small surveillance cameralocated right above the door bell lit up.

"Who is it?" Came Mr. Bullock voice from the small speaker.

"Mr. Bullock? My name is Taursius Sahadumn. With me is Amanda Sahadumn. We are Omni-Reform officers. "

There was a long silent pause.

"Mr. Bullock?" Devven asked.

"What do you want Mr. Sahadumn?" Jenkins asked. Devven could tell from his voice that Mr. Jenkins was nervous. He glanced over to Amanda. She shrugged.

"Mr. Bullock...we have a few questions to ask you. Do you mind if we come in?"

Silence.

"Mr. Bullock, we have orders to speak to you. You can allow us in on your own accord or we can come in on our own. We have the clearance to do so!"

There was no responce for a second. Devven was about to punch in the access code when the speaker came to life.

"Just a second please..." Mr. Bullock said.

Devven turned to his wife and saw the relief in her eyes. He smiled at her but before he could say anything the door in front of them shatttered as it was riddled with high vilocity rounds comming forth from the inside.

Luvii let out a scream as she tried to cover herself with her arms. Devven instinctively covered and protected her with his body as his protective field deflected most of the rounds while his body armor took care of the rest that got through.

A thought crossed his mind as he protectively held his wife.

This was gonna be one of those days...

[Devenah]

Ducking from the explosion and being covered by Devven was something she was use to by now, what she wasnt use to was this constant asult by emotions again. It was bad enough as she walked to the apt to give her a blinding head ach from all the feed back coming in from the residents.Bad enough that she wasnt keeping her own emotions as tight as she would like, knowing that her beloved had picked up on her feelings about reform again.She had wanted to tell him that Mr. Bullock was not going to come out and surrender, but in doing so she would have tipped her hand and he would have realized her empathy was getting stronger again. The second of relife she had shown to him was all that she was able to give him before Jenkins Bullock suprised her with his actions. Maybe if she hadn't gotten distracted by all the emotions from others she might have been able to warn Devven about the explosion, then again maybe not...He was right. It was going to be one of those days.

[Devven]

Heat and wind washed over Devven as he lay on top of Luvii. His ears ringed for a second or two from the ear splitting noise of the blast. His mind was awash with thoughts of what to do next. Foremost of those thoughts was getting his wife away from this obviously dangerous situation. Second was his concern for the current condition of Mr. Bullock. Was he severely injured or perhaps even worse….dead?

He tried to move but as soon as he did a sharp pain shot up from his legs. He looked down and saw that a piece of shrapnel had penetrated his leg armor. But he didn’t worry. It was clear to his eyes that the nano bots circulating in his blood were already on their way to repairing the ruptured skin and expelling the foreign object from his leg. Even his armor with its own repair bots was being repaired.

“Oh no!” Luvii gasped as she finally noticed his wound.

“It’ll be alright….are you ok?” He asked his concerned wife.

“I’m fine….hold on, let me fix that up for you.

With one swipe of her hand over the wound, Luvii transferred some of her medical nanobots to her injured husband and within minutes the wound was gone, hardly leaving trace that an open gash had been there mere seconds ago.

“There love, that should be fine now.” She told her husband as she leaned over to kiss him.

The blast had set off the emergency lights and warning sirens in the hallway. Black smoke drifted up towards the ceiling from several small fires inside the apartment. Devven got up and helped Luvii up to her feet as he glanced inside. Devven saw no movement and soon began to think the worst for Mr. Bullock.

“Let’s get Omni-Pol in here…” Devven said as he stepped inside the ruined apartment. Looking around he noticed a dozen ammunition casings scattered on the floor. There was no body. Devven realized the explosion wasn’t big enough to have utterly disintegrated the body. Being careful not to disturb the evidence, he stepped over them and walked over to the shattered windows. A breeze was blowing and the burnt and torn drapes slightly fluttered. Mr. Bullock had a nice view outside his apartment. Devven could see cargo transports flying across the sky while others made runs up and down from a large cargo ship parked a mile or so over the city.

It was at that moment that Devven decided to look down at the street. To his astonishment he found Mr. Bullock alive and well on the landing platform four levels bellow. With him stood a huge burly atrox, clearly a body guard. With them were an opifex woman and two other solitus males. She was clearly in charge by the way she stood and the way she spoke. Given their orders, the two males walked off to the awaiting transport and began the engines for take off. Devven realized him and his wife had dropped in at the moment Mr. Bullock was about to be smuggled out of Omni territory. They had to be stopped. Quickly Devven unslung his Perrenium rifle and clicked off the safety.

“How long did Omni-Pol say they were going to take love?” He said over his shoulder.

“Only a minute love. Why?” She asked him.

“Too long….” He said absent mindedly.

Devven raised his rifle and leaned over the railing.

“You there….halt!” He shouted down.

Mr. Bullock, the atrox and the opifex female looked up and were surprised to find someone had survived the explosion. She shouted over her shoulder at the transport, ordering it to prepare to leave. She then told the atrox to accompany Mr. Bullock into the transport. Mr. Bullock ran alongside the massive beast, glancing only once at Devven’s direction.

“Damnit! He’s going to run!" Devven thought to himself as he looked at Mr. Bullock entering the transport. Devven turned his attention back at the woman. It wasn’t long before she reached around her back and pulled out two very big pistols and pointed them straight at his direction. She had a grin as she did so. Devven didn't like this at all.

[Devenah]

Hearing Devven ask that question she knew right then that she was going to do something she would regret later andd have a had time explaining to him. Seeing him at the window and relizing what he was about to do she lunged at him and knocked him off balance. At that exact moment 2 shot rang out and would have hit her love square in the head if she hadn't bumped into him
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" Dam it love what the hell do you think your doing..He will get away"

Standing in front of him she whispers, " Saving your butt, thats what I was doing.."

Taking a deep breath she tries to reason with him knowing he is about to yell at her and accuse of of siding with the enemy, but the deep breath made her realize the shooter hadn't missed as much as she hoped.

" Before you start yelling could you please hold out your arms for a min love?",Luvii whispers softly.

Glaring at his wife " Why so you can tell me it was and accident and try and distract me?"

" No love, so I dont hit the floor", saying that Luvii passes out from the loss of blood seeping from two neat holes above her left shoulder.