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Nolan begrudgingly trudged through the cold streets at night. He had been assigned by one of the teachers at Romano's to go and fetch something. He was a senior for goodness sake! He shouldn't have to go on fetch quests! But it didn't matter. The school was military-like for a reason, and he would be in trouble if he were to disrespect one of his "higher ups". Still though, it got him a chance to be outside of the school and wander around for a bit. It was the weekend. He had done everything that needed to be completed so far except for bringing back the package, and was free to wander around until he needed to head back before the curfew hit.

It had been a while since he had had the chat with that... lieutenant was it? Who described herself as some sort of super hero. He didn't really believe the hero part, but he did like that she seemed to have powers... and that was something he craved very badly. Romano's could shape him up, but it did leave him bitter that he didn't have as much control as he wanted.

And so he was muttering to himself about the assignment, finally passing by one of the parks that were littered with coma-induced trees and leaves everywhere when he thought he saw... someone. He wasn't sure though but he decided to take a closer look, just in case it was something interesting.

Nolan had thought he had seen someone, but as soon as his eyes had registered the person in the darkness, or what he thought had been registered, they were gone. Before he had time to blink however, they were behind him, and he couldn't help but jump a little at the voice. He whirled around, almost hitting the other. It was some woman who looked to be in some sort of... pilot's uniform? He didn't know.

After taking a second to keep himself from squeaking out in reply he said, "I was getting a package for someone. I saw something in the darkness of the park and I was curious as to what it was." He wondered for a moment... "Was it you? How did you get behind me so quickly?" If he was a cat, curiosity probably would have killed him many years ago. "Wait... are you one of them? Those... Negaverse people?" He knew about the terrorists, though he didn't care about them. But they seemed to have all of those white uniforms on. This one was no where near that absence of color. "What were you doing out here?" He didn't know that he was in any danger. From what he had heard about the Negaverse, they seemed like they better ones.

Nolan felt nervous with the woman circling him. She could easily hurt him. After all, he was just a skinny teen still. And she looked like she had experience. "Yes... sometimes one must go and look anyway though if they are to get anywhere." He replied, giving the other a serious look. How else were discoveries made other than someone being curious? Even if one stumbled upon it, they had to be curious enough to look at it a bit closer.

"Teleported?" His eyes widened. He didn't think it was possible! "That's amazing!" And now his child-like eagerness was starting to surface again. "I've met an agent. They saved me from... some sort of monster. Though they were a..." He tried to think of it. What was their name again? "A lieutenant I believe. Chrysoprase was their name. They were the one who told me about the Negaverse." He grinned at the General. "Though, she told me the Negaverse was full of super heroes out to destroy the "bad guys". I thought that was a bit silly, but I was interested. I don't know the "bad guys" she was talking about though. But I believe they were the terrorists."

His mouth turned into a grimace when she told him to go home. "Well I'm sorry for interrupting your research but, I want to know more about this Negaverse!" He was reaching now. He couldn't really say he wanted to know "just because". "Let me join you guys! I want some of that power!" And now his selfish side was coming out. He wanted the power. He wanted it for himself.

And it probably wasn't the best way to impress the General. But he honestly didn't have any other reasons as to why he wanted to join.

"Parasites? What do you mean?" He asked, looking at the woman still, though wondering if he would get any answers. He honestly didn't care about being some 'super hero' or whatever. But there was a way to get power, to understand a part of the world that no regular human was a part of and he wanted to join it. He made a face when Zircon told him about what he would have to do. "Isn't that how it is everywhere? You have to start from the bottom to get to the top, otherwise you wouldn't be good at your job now would you?"

He grinned at her. A bit of drudgery was nothing. He was already being forced to do practically-slave work at Romano's, even if he did enjoy working in the kitchen from time-to-time.

"I'd rather not. Now you've got me intrigued. I want to know more about this Negaverse, what these parasites you're talking about are. What's really going on with the world, since the news stations and even the dark internet don't seem to know about it." He didn't really care about defending Earth. It was practically all on it's last legs anyway. But if there was a way to save himself... It sounded like this Negaverse was a way to protect it, but what kind of protection? He wanted to know. "Kill me if you must, but I'm not moving."

When she was able to literally put her hand through his chest and grab onto... well what he assumed was his heart, he truly thought she was going to kill him. After all, she was touching his heart. She was going to rip it out Mortal Kombat style and he would be dead. The pain that followed it only made that feeling even greater and he grabbed onto her hand through it since his instinct was to try and stop whatever was trying to kill him.

But trying to get a hand out of one's chest just wasn't possible. He still felt the pain, but he also felt something else. Though the pain was ever present it was as though something was being put inside of him, like one would put a vaccine into their arm, only this was throughout his entire body.

He gasped when she let go of him though he collapsed onto the ground, though he held himself up by one of his feet and the other his knee. He still felt tiny pangs throughout his body, but he could definitely tell that something was different. For one he was no longer wearing his coat and he looked at his arms. He had... an outfit on. Not the same as hers, so it was a little weird, but he felt... good. Better than he had as just a human.

He finally managed to get up and looked up at his superior and grinned. "Lieutenant... I like that." He raised an eyebrow at the offered hand, but took it nonetheless. "Sounds good to me." He said, wanting to learn everything that came with these new powers.