Adam Fenix's Story

Alarms. Lots and lots of alarms. Why alarms? Why today? Elisa had been sitting calmly in the waiting room of the facility, snacking on a candy bar when they started. It had made her drop what was left of the chocolate. "What could that be now?" she said to herself before standing and walking in the direction the loud, booming voice said over the stereo over and over- "All guards to station three". Elisa knew where that was from the tour she had been given this morning for this messed-up version of a bring your child to work day. So she started forward, following the large amount of guards headed that way too.

It wasn't long until she got there, and discovered the reason. Fire was everywhere, and her father was on fucking fire. "Shit!" she yelled and pushed through the crowed. There was another man on fire, but he didn't seem to be in pain, so she didn't worry with him. In another circumstance, that would have struck her as odd, but she had other things. Water. She needed water. There was a large bucket in the corner labeled 'emergency only'. Why would you need water for an emergency? Didn't they have sprinklers for that? She didn't really have time to wonder about that further, because the man on fire was getting closer and she couldn't really get over there. So she looked at the bucket of water and held out her hands, and suddenly the bucket lifted and rushed over to her father, pouring over his body and reducing him to more of a smolder. A very much in-pain smolder. "Help him!" Elise yelled and pushed two guards forward, towards her father. But they wouldn't go near him because of the fiery man. "I'll deal with this, you save my father!" she hissed, panicking. She was a stay-off-to-the-side person, and she didn't do orders very well. But she had to do something, right? So she stepped forward and looked at the man. Another experiment, perhaps? Maybe she could subdue him. "Could you maybe stop this for a second? I cannot be without a father, and the fire is going to kill him. Please- I'll help you do whatever you did this for" she whispered, holding out her hands in warning. The fire was quite hot and it pricked her skin and made her swelter.

She didn't like this, at all, but the guards had dragged her back to the hallway by this point. "Kid, you can't go making promises to an unstable thing like that" one of them said, trying to be nice. Always suck up to the boss's daughter, as they say. But that made her mad. Horribly mad. She had been one of those 'unstable things' not so long ago. "How dare you! I'd bet you picked up a normal man of the street and turned him into that, like you did to me!" she pushed forward, sending him to the floor. He reached for his gun, but he thought better of it, because he couldn't hurt her. She would kill him quicker than he could kill her, and he couldn't raise a finger if he respected his job. "Get lost" she huffed and pushed her way back through again, pushing away people as she went. "Hey, what did he ever do to you" she asked and pushed a gun away from a person on the front lines. Now she wanted to save him, getting him away from here. She had only survived because her father pulled her out, and he wouldn't get that luxury, from the looks of it. "Get lost, now. Go guard the exits. Your bullets will do no good, anyway" she yelled, and the guards look dumfounded. "Go. Die here, or stop him elsewhere" she said, a bit lower. A few of them thought it over and went off to some of the doors. A few moments later, the rest of them went. They trusted her, because she had helped them with their experiments and subduing others before- it hadn't been wrong then. Because she hadn't been one of the experiments.

But now she had been. One look at her father told her he was a goner- a shrived mess. She would have been sad- but he had never been much of a father, and he loved his work more than his family anyway- even died for it. She huffed and turned nodding her head. "Unstable thing my ass. Trust me but not another! I doubt I'm the unstable one. Or the mindless one"

Adam kept walking his fire still burning brightly. He looked at the strange girl somewhat confused but on high alert. "I suggest you get out of my way unless you want to be turned ash" Adam said his red eyes glowing brightly as a hellish look came over him. I'm not staying in here anymore and no one is going to stop me especially not a little girl like you as he readied himself to a fighting stance.

"If you didn't hear correctly, guards are at every single exit. And I am the daughter of that barbeque over there-" Elise pointed to the burned man. "I come here once a month and get a tour. I know every inch of this place. Also, I've been in your place. See" she looked towards a pen on a desk and watched it float into the air and settle back down. "I can help, and I know this isn't right. Follow, if you wish" she muttered, turning around. She was sort of proud of herself- she felt like who she used to be, before all of the experimentation. She walked briskly into the hallway and looked around for guards, which there were none because there were no exits on this hall.

She smiled to herself and got on her knees in front of a large vent. It was loose, from a few screws that had gone missing over the years. She pushed up the corner left, and it swung right- it always did. She pulled it all the way to the side and crawled in, not looking behind her to see if he had followed. She crawled for a while, then turned left, and crawled forward for a long time, and even had to slide down a long chute, until she came to some blinding light and a few rungs leading up to it. It was cheaper to get the air from the outside with a vacuum system then to air-condition it. The only problem was the vacuum, that pulled air in and made her hair blow back, even here. Up there and it would be almost hard to hold onto the rings. She sighed and began to climb the rings, climbing until she got to the top. This was the hard part. She focused on the grate that was pulling in air quickly and a few screws unhooked and it stopped pulling in air and swung outward. She huffed and pulled herself out in the air and into the city.

The facility was in the middle of town and she was now in a vacant alleyway a few houses from the facility- any closer and the air might be tainted with chemicals and therefore possibly kill them in such amounts and not in the open (they even had to clear out all the houses around the facility and turn them into smaller medical rooms up until this one, where a small old family lived) . She knew she had gone fairly fast, and it might take a few moments before he showed up- if he did at all- so she closed the gate and screwed the screws back in, allowing air to flow. That way, they wouldn't notice. She rested against the house and listened to the sounds of the city she was born in- people lined the streets, relentlessly demanding their product was better than others.

"And you just fucking alerted the townsfolk" Elisa huffed and began to run. She didn't need to be caught red-handed with a now-fugitive. That would make her a fugitaive too, and she was not a fugitive. She ran for quite a ways until she came in front of a very large house. "I'm not even going to check and see if you're behind me. But if you are, act normal, please?" She said quietly before walking towards the expansive home, even grabbing mail out of the mailbox on the way. A large greyhound sprinted towards her and she patted it lightly. "Flex, mail" Elise put the mail into his mouth and he ran forard, depositing it into the mail slot. "Good boy" she smiled and poped open the door

. It smelled sort of like rosemary inside, from all of the Purfume her mother used. That ment she was home. "Mom!" She shrieked and a very poised lady walked in from the stairs. "What, Hun?" She asked and walked forward. "Mom, I'm going away with a few friends-" she pointed behind her- a safe gesture if he had followed her in and if he hasn't "- and it's a camping trip. Going hiking in the mountains. I told you about it a few months ago, but we never got around to it. Anyway, today's the day. I just need to pack a few things an maybe some snacks" she smiled. Her mother couldn't hold her here- she was an adult legally, and her mother was forgetful. So she wouldn't remember it even if she had talked to her about camping. "Okay dear. Just a few days though... Your father is planning something for your birthday tommorow night and I don't think he would mind postponing it, but just don't be gone for more than a few days" her mother smiled and went over to the sink, where she began washing dishes like it was a new thing that she just had to try. Elise, however teared up at the notion of her father but didn't show it- she would find out soon enough.

So, Elise simply dashed up the marble steps and into her vast room. The place was huge, and she loved it. A bed that dominated only a corner of it, and it was a grand bed. She slung a large black bag onto the bed and put away a few of her more important items- a small easel and some soft oil chalk- a medium she didn't like all that much but it would be the easist to carry- along with a few canvases. "I can't live without my paintings" she said simply and grabbed another bag and went downstairs to collect food.

Adam was following her the whole time. He tried to duck out of sight while entering the house as to not cause a panic with the strange girl's mother. Adam almost instinctively walked over to window as to see what was going on outside. Was that man...the one I killed... Was he your father? Adam asked trying to act sympathetic but in reality he didn't care and he actually found it funny as he hated the man with a fiery passion. The only real emotion Adam really knew was rage and a sick sense of humor

Downstairs was now empty, due to the fact that her mom spent most of her day in her bedroom. Her room was like a second house- it's own kitchenette, a huge bed, and a connecting bathroom. So she rarely came out unless called upon. "Yes, he was my father. But he sold me out to work on an experiment. Pulled me out before I died, but still" she whsipered as she packed cans of food into the large bag and then bottles of water and even a slab of meat. "You can cook this, right?" She smirked and put the container in anyways. After that, a sprint to the office got her her leatherbound journal and a few choice pens before she called "Goodbye!" To her mom and walked to the door. She didn't open it, not yet, becuase he wasn't sure if she would see it again. So, she took one last rosemary-filled smell and clicked open the polished wooden door and walked into the street.

"I grew up around here. I know every way to get out and/or hide. Hide and go seek was brutal as a child" she laughed and focused on a patch of ground. "Father built this, to work from home. No one can get in except for him, and me, because I have a special way too" At that, the ground lifted up, along with a wooden plank, and revealed a slender metal staircase. She ran down them two at a time and waited a second before letting the ground fall again, sealing them in.

She dropped the bags onto a swiveling chair and got in front of a computer. "Dad kept all the files of everyone on here. You can look up yours, if you want. Here's mine" she tapped the screen a few times, and a file with her picture on it poped up and opened.



It continued on like that, showing day by day what atrocities she had to face.




"I don't know what mental state it enhanced, but I don't see the help it gives me. I'm not any smarter than before" she smiled and held her hand out- a chair from the corner rolled quickly over. "Have a seat and read up on every mean thing that they have done" she sighed and walked to the corner.

(welcome Thomas Nervel) Adam watched in astonishment at the entrance lifting almost on its own. He was tempted to ask how she did that but he still wasn't sure he could trust her since her father was the man he killed. When he was offered to look up his file he gladly took the offer. "I don't really remember much of my past. Just bits of my childhood before I became a prisoner there. Maybe this'll shed some light on things." Adam typed in his name and waited a second. Due to the lag Adam jokingly said "Must not be that important". But then this popped up


Adam Fenix- Test subject 732

Subject was collected at age 5 after family was put down by order or Lt. Nervel, struggled a bit and became prime candidate for pyrotechnic experimentation.
Normal mental capacity with damaged mental state: Subject is considered extremely dangerous


Adam couldn't read anymore he just stared in shock after re-reading"Subject was collected at age 5 after family was put down by order of Lt. Nervel" slowly feeling his rage growing "Collected....Family put down... Lt. Nervel" He said softly to himself. He then touched the link of Lt. Nervel's name and his picture popped up. Adam stared at the picture taking in the man's cold icy smile. Just then Adam screamed out in utter fury and smashed the computer screen with his fist on fire. "THAT SON OF A BITCH IS A DEAD MAN" Adam roared out his body slowly lighting on fire again. "I'M GONNA RIP HIS FUCKING HEAD OFF"

Sera research Facility:
Tom yawned as he walked into the brake room and poured himself a cup of coffee. He was pulling night duty because he was covering for a fellow officer, who was at his sister's wedding. He sat down at a table across from a guard.

"So anything happen Herald?" he asked the guard (who was on swing shift).

"Nope, and I don't see anything happening. I don't know why they even need guards. The computer security system seems to be able to everything just fine"

"Electricity does fail, so it is always good just to have something that does not need watts and amps." He sipped on his coffee, trying to wake himself up. Then suddenly, the alarms blared, and Tom spilled some of his hot coffee how himself.

"Jesus CHrist!" He yelled jumping up "What's up with this alarm?"

"I don't know" Herald said, grabbing his hat off the table, and pulling his mac 10 in front of him. Tom pulled out his side arms.

"Follow me" And he ran to the security room, he entered the code and entered with Herald hot on his heels. "What's going on here!" he said to the two guards at the computers.

"Experiment 732 has escaped and already attacked two people"

"What about the automated guns?" Tom asked.

"For some reason they wont come online, but I still have him on locator.. wait... some ones coming up to him, it's... Elisa Point..."
"Get Camera Visual" Tom commanded
"I'm trying sir, but they are also offline.... wait sir, they are moving off to a side room... They are using the air vents."
"Tell every guard to start surrounding the building to look for them"
"But this is pretty big.."
"Just do it!!" And with Tom's order, the guard relayed the order.
"How long until the the satellite comes around so we can track them outside?" THe guard tapped on his computer
"About 35 minuets sir...."
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(35-40 minuets latter)
A guard came into Tom's office, and he quickly shut down his computer.
"Sir, satellite is coming into orbit. We'll have contact for the next 2 hours. They are ready whenever you are."
"Thank-you"
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(10 minuets latter)
Thomas with 6 other men (who were armed to the teeth) were in the back of an armored van.
"Ok men, we have too targets Adam Fenix and Elisa Point. Adam has the ability to produce and shoot heat up to 3,000 deg. F. That is why we brought to blast shields with us. Elisa has the ability of telekinesis, that is why Josh is wearing that strange device on his head so that he can be resistant to it." he then opened up one of his two briefcases and started to hand out pistols

"Why do we need these sir?"

"Because they are specially made to shoot tungsten bullets"

"Why Tungsten sir?"

"BEcause his heat can most likely melt your lead bullets, and his heat can't melt tungsten. These guns are expensive. THe corporation will have your ass on a platter if you misuse them or waste bullets. Ahh, here we are" The armored car stopped and the men got out, too of them grabbing the blast shields. Tom was the last one out, he carried a briefcase (that had 10,000 dollars and a untraceable GPS computer, 2 strange devices and a note) behind his back, carefully dropped it when he got out of the car and kicked it under. He pulled out a hand-held device and started to search the empty lot around him. He soon bent over the dusted off an old key pad. He hooked his hand-held device up to it. A few seconds latter, there was a clank the spiral staircase came out of the ground.

"There we go" HE pocked the device and pulled out his pistol. The two men with the blast shields lead the way down, being as quite as possible. (These guys are specially trained, so they know how to be quiet)

Elisa, who had moved to the corner and was munching on a bag of chips from the kitchenette in the corner. No one in her family spent much time together, so even though they only had one real kitchen they had three or for kitchenettes to avoid talking to each other. When Adam burst out in anger Elisa dropped the chips and ran forward. "Calm it. If this place lights up, we can't get out fast enough. Everything will catch pretty quickly. All of these chemicals and such" she pointed to the rows of beakers in the corner and turned back towards the staircase. "We'll have to leave, you know" she whispered and walked over to pick up their bags. Just then, as she was making her way over to the door, something clicked and light rushed in. She almost screamed, but she figured that would not be the best idea, so instead she looked over at the large couch in the other corner that served as fathers "Rest Area" and watched as it was flung over Adam's head and turned, ramming into the staircase at high speed and both breaking it and blocking the men from getting all the way down. But it wouldn't last. "Come on" she whispered nervously and waved her hand to signal Adam to come towards a door labeled 'Emergency only'. She ran inside the slender form of the door that would just barely fit both of them and pressed the first button she saw.

There were many, to make sure the emergency was dealt with correctly. Fire, monoxide leak, unspecified emergency, or chemical spill. The button she happened to press was Chemical Spill. Even though it was probably too late and many people were already inside, every single exit and hole in the entire structure was closed off with lots of force making it airtight. The door they had exited was made of most-likely-even-missile proof glass (she didn't know, but one time she had taken a shotgun to it and not even a scratch) and even it pressed closer and locked in. Nothing moved, because the door that would let them out couldn't open until it decided they were fine to go. She didn't know what that entailed, but she soon found out.

Water sprayed down from the top of the machine-like structure they were now in (she didn't know what else it would be, as it was two very very strong glass doors and a very large block at the top of them that held a variety of emergency cleansing things). It was scolding hot and burned her skin, but soon it was followed by a spray of colder water. Air vents tried to turn them from soaking wet to damp, but because there were two bodies, not just one, it did little to no good. But because she was fairly certain the machine wasn't done (it wasn't, it had to sterilize them to make sure no chemicals got out. That involved very hot heat. It would be very uncomfortable) she turned to the glass door they had entered and smiled politely before moving the couch away. "Sorry!" she yelled over the hot air that was currently blowing her hair and body dry and making her sweat at the same time. Who's idea was this? This is like jumping into a fire she growled to herself as it stopped and the glass door on the other side clicked, signaling they could leave if they wanted. The corridor would lead them around and up after a few yards.

Adam looked over at her with an evil look of rage still in his eyes. But by this point he knew he had to trust her so he followed her. His blind rage literally was blind. His anger was blocking his ability to sense body temperatures so he didn't notice Lt. Nervel and his men approaching. This was probably good considering the equipment they were packing and Adam's furious arrogance would have still made him take on the men.

During the chemical shower Adam cringed at the cold water. Since his body was still heated the temperature change was cooling the flames which went strait to his nerves. Afterwards in the hot air Adam looked back at her and said smiling weakly"it's fine... I like it...What's your name by the way?" He called out to her

Elisa looked at the glass door in horror. They were getting out. "It's Elisa" she smiled lightly and opened the door, so she wouldn't be mashed into such a small area anymore. "They are going to find us if we leave here. Any ideas? This corridor opens up right next to the woods on the left side of the lot, where there is no houses. I guess we could make a run for it but I can't be sure we would make it. Maybe.." she trailed off and pulled the two bags closer to her as she ran towards the door. She cranked the handle until she could just peer out.

"We have to distract them. This is hidden, so they more than likely can't see us, but we can't take any chances. So, I'm going to distract them. You run when I say. They won't do that much to me, I don't think. I've helped them before. They owe me" she whispered, more to herself than to him. She reached down into her art bag until her fingers grasped a bright lime colored oil chalk. She had a few of them, this one wouldn't be missed. She held it out and then watched as it raised up and moved through the grass, over to their truck. A small giggle escaped her mouth as it moved over the car, slowly drawing out the words "Sorry, Lt. Nervel. Catch us if you can" before a small arrow was drawn, pointing to the nearest house- it was empty and there were a few passages that lead to it- but they were to other houses for other scientists emergency passages. Her father wasn't the only one who never stopped working.

She waited a few minutes for them to notice before pulling out another chalk- this one black- and pushing it forward at extreme speed. She let it go under the grass until it reached that house then lifted it up and made it move towards one of the guards, causing it to knock against his head. "Now" she whispered and used her powers to help her push the grate open. The second her feet touched the ground she was off, dashing into the woods. with her art bag and food bag in tow.

Adam waited patiently for Elisa to finish. Once she was done Adam began running along side Elisa "Is there a desert nearby? If there is I can probably get us hidden for a few days if it's the desert I'm thinking of I can probably get us hidden for a few days" still not knowing that Lt. Nervel was back there. "And I can get us there relatively fast"

Tom's hand held device was glitching on him. The dots hadn't moved for about a minuet. He beat his free fist on it.

"Come on you little bastard" Then suddenly, the dots jumped far to his left, he looked there, it was a small forest. THen a scream to his left. One of the guards was throwing off his helmet, which was smoking.

"THe forest!" Tom yelled, and when he looked back, he saw 2 figures coming out from the ground and running towards it. He rushed back to the armored car and pulled out a barrett 50 cal and took a knee. He took aim right right at Elisa's head, adjusting for wind and bullet drop, but he quickly instead aimed for one of her bags and fired, It tore in half and a few cans of food exploded.
"Damn, head them off!" he shouted at the driver. Both the driver and co-driver got into the armored van. Tom quickly dived under the car and threw the suitcase into the back of the armored car, he quickly put a small explosive under the rear bumper just as the armored car took off. Tom then touched his ear.

"I need a bird in the sky now!"

"It'll be 4 minuets sir!"

"Just hurry!" and Tom stood their watched as the 6 guards took pop shots at them, while chasing them, and the armored car drawing closer.

Elise was currently freaking out, mostly because she was loosing food. Her hand was holding the hole in her bag closed while running. It was hard, but she had to keep going. She turned and looked to see the people dragging closer. "They'll catch us. So form a plan. Now. I'll hide these-" she waved the bags, one more food can falling out "-you find them. I'll distract them" she hissed and threw her bags over into a branch and held out her hand, making a branch bend down until she could step onto it. She slowly allowed it to move back up, just slow enough so she does not fling her forward. She reached down and her bags pulled up to her, and she carefully made sure no more food fell out. Then she began jumping. She was never a good climber, but she could use her power on herself (after a very long time practicing) and help push her over to the next branch. When she got a few trees away into the brush, she carefully tied the bags up into a tree and made sure no more food would drop before she jumped back.

She looked over to see if Adam had bolted, but didn't look for very long before the the armored tank came into view. They were still shooting, but thankfully no bullets found her. When the tank passed, she looked at the tank. There was something inside. A suitcase. "Well, maybe there is something useful inside..... can't hurt. If they put it in a goddamn tank, maybe I can use it." she smiled to herself and held out her hand as she laid on the branch. The back poped open and the suitcase slowly rose to her. She wasn't sure if anyone had seen her when the case rose to her, but she grasped it tightly before deciding she needed to distract them. She hooked the case over a branch and jumped down. "Hey!" she yelled before pushing her hands forward, making the armored tank move to the left and slam into a nearby tree.

Then she turned and started to run into the woods at her left, falling a tree every few yards just to make sure they knew where she was and maybe also have a hard time getting to her. "They would do much worse things to him. They owe me" she kept repeating as she ran.

Adam didn't even wait for a response. He quickly scooped Elisa up and threw her on his back so he was giving her a piggy back ride. He kept running until he saw a clearing coming up. "Hang on!" Adam called to her. The just before he hit the clearing he jumped. Once he hit the ground he burst into flames and launched into the air the same way he got out of the building. Adam's fire thankfully didn't hurt Elisa as he could chose whether or not the fire could affect another living creature. "I sure hope this is the way to the desert" He thought to himself

(OOC: BTW, it's an armored car, not a tank, big difference)
Tom waited for the helicopter to come, while watching Alex and Elisa running away from the armored car and the 6 guards, which were falling far behind. Soon the helicopter came and hovered just above he reached up and clambered aboard. He handed over his hand-held device.

"This device is tracking them, hook it up to your computer and get going" The copilot nodded and hooked it up to the computer. And they took off. Within 1 minuet, they were above Alex and Elisa. He turned on the mini gun on the side of the chopper and started firing at them. He gave the appearance of trying to hit them, but his sharping shooting kills, he was purposely missing.

Elisa was gripping tightly to Adam's neck and was on the verge of throwing up. This was not a fun way to travel. That, combined with the fact that she had to focus her power on not letting any more food fall, was more than likely turning her face cartoon-character green. Then people or a person began to shoot at them. Wonderful. She carefully unhooked one arm from Adam's neck and placed the food bag against her chest so she wouldn't have to use her power on it any more. Then she turned to look at the attacker. A helicopter.

Elisa sighed and held up her free hand to steady her aim. On smaller things she didn't need to use he hand to steady her power, but this thing would fight against her power-even though no one had ever escaped it- it would be a bit more difficult. Once she had a good grip on the helicopter she began to make it turn very fast. It would either crash or have to stop, and either would be fine with Elisa. However, she couldn't keep doing this forever. Smaller things she could keep her focus fine on for hours or even days at a time with only breaks for sleep without any ill effects, but this was not small. But she had to try. So she kept it spinning. Even though she now had a splitting headache and in about five more minutes of this would make her pass out.

(OOC: just want to make sure you got my PM shadow)

Suddenly Adam and Elisa stopped and the helicopter went flying past them.

"Turn it around now!" The pilot turned back around and headed back towards them. As they drew nearer, he saw Adam forming a ball of fire, he turned on the mini gun. "Come on, come on." Tom said to himself. THen suddenly, the ball of fire turned into a whip, and Tom ducked down. The chopper shook violently.

"Lost control of the main rotter! We are going down!" the pilot yelled. And they chopper began to spin. Tom was just able to get to the seat and strap himself in, and he held on. 20 feet above the ground, the pilot manage to get enough control to make a rough landing. It jolted the helicopter, even braking the left skids, the helicopter leaned to the left, and the blades cut into the ground a bit. THe pilot got out of his seat and turned towards him.

"Sir are you alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine."

"Sir, they are getting away."

"Don't worry, they have tracking chips in them, they won't get far." Tom said. He unbuckled and got out of the chopper and looked in the direction where they were heading 'Open the suitcase soon' he thought to himself.

"I'm going to be sick.... please hurry to wherever you're going" Elisa said, her voice sounding very sick. "We are never traveling that way again. Ever" she grumbled but held fast- falling off would be a lot worse than having to ride. After a few minutes, she pointed to the left. "That way. The desert is that way" she whispered and held her bags close to her chest so she wouldn't drop them anymore.

Within a few moments they were in the area where the grass and became sparse and was replaced by few bramble patches and rolling hills of sand. "Let me down, I want to walk now" she hissed and jumped down anyway, using her power very carefully so she wouldn't break something on the fall. A few cans of food fell out because of the movement and she picked them up and placed them into the bag, quickly tieing the sides of the hole so nothing would fall out.

"How much longer do you think we need to go before we can set up camp? I'm getting peckish" she laughed a high, happy laugh- she was fairly happy she wasn't blown to bits, after all- and reached into the now-fixed bag to pull out a can of pre-cooked white meat. "We can either eat this tonight or we can cook the meat I brought- it will go bad soon anyway. Plus, I think we might need to ration our wa-" her eye caught the briefcase and she cocked her head to the side and pointed "What's that?" she quarried, stepping closer.