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Post by hrg on Mar 20, 2009 8:04:41 GMT -5
March 5th, 2009
New York Subway Noah Bennet sat on the subway reading the New York Times. He took off his glasses wiping them putting them back on to enjoy the newspaper he barely got to read now living in Costa Verde which was about three thousand miles away. Wonder what Claire and Lyle are up to? Bennet stop it. Get your head into the game. He had a job to do while he sat on the subway. He was here to stalk a Benjamin Price who was 34 and had a power. Noah had no idea why Angela was so keen on having his man join them. He studied the man for awhile now and nothing that special happened to him. It was as if she wanted the man to save global warming with his Energy Manipulation power. He just didn’t get that but his boss was a lot different now then when he had first joined them. After all his bosses changed as much as Claire changed her views of him. The Company had its weird rules about recruiting certain individuals. He had to stalk the man to make sure he could become a great asset for the paper company. Following was the easiest part of it all. Then he would eventually capture him and take him to the New York building to try and show him if he didn’t join what they would do to him. He looked at his newspaper again flipping to a new page which he had taped a piece of paper to. 8:15 am. That was the normal time Ben would get off the subway and head to work. He would have to stop that from happening today. He got up and held on to a bar getting closer to Ben. I’m getting too old for this. I need a new partner. Wonder what’s Elle up to these days? He took out his phone as it rang which was all in his plan. “Hello. Hey honey yeah I’m still on business. I’ll be home soon. Bye sweetheart.” He shut his phone and was now ready to get back to work. He worked best being morally gray but sometimes when the job needed it he needed to go black. |
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Post by solidus on Mar 21, 2009 17:55:16 GMT -5
The metallic sounds of New York were blocked from entering Ben's hears by the power of his MP3 whose appearence was nothing short of an I-pod rip off. Ben had given up buying new MP3 after he'd often find himself accidentally using his power to sap the music device of all of it's energy, leaving it practically dead. He was just lucky his power wasn't cruel enough to take away power from something important like the train he took everyday to the job where his days were numbered, or anything from work that would shorten his time there.
He never liked his job. His coworkers were snooty and lacked any respect for anyone other than themselves. He wasn't doing anything important or interesting, and he believed he was too good for this mundane existence. He could absorb energy and manipulate it into anything he wanted. He had only saved a woman's life a month or two ago, he should have been rewarded for his good deed but instead karma decided to punish him with his regular life because he choose to take her to bed.
He needed something to happen. He needed something to change. He needed to be somewhere where he could use his powers for a reason. A reason that was above for his own amusement. A reason he could be proud of. A reason that didn't involve taking out beer cans from across the room. These were the thoughts that rattled around Ben's mind as he stepped into the streets of New York from the train station. Like every morning for the past two months, Ben was wondering if today was the day he'd learn he was going to get fired.
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Post by hrg on Mar 22, 2009 17:42:55 GMT -5
Noah followed the man out of the subway watching him making sure he didn’t notice he had a follower. He walked about ten steps behind Ben who was making his way into his workplace but before he could Noah saw a opportunity that he couldn’t pass up. “Mr. Price?”
“Mr. Price.” Noah called out as he walked now stepping in toe with his job. “I’m with corporate. We have been hearing about you lately.” He flipped opened a leather wallet pulling out his corporate card handing it to Ben. That was what he loved. The Company had any service card they need in minutes since they did work as a paper company.
“You just saved a women’s life?” He questions knowing how to play this game so that strangers would trust him. "That was my daughter small world right?" It made the job a lot easier then it had been back in the day. “We need to talk if you want to…” He thought about saying save your job but he then got a better idea. “If you want to move up to my level.”
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Post by solidus on Mar 30, 2009 13:06:41 GMT -5
There was a short pause when a mysterious man caught up to Ben informed him he was the father of the woman whose life he had saved. According to him he was the father of Amy. Her memory was still fond in his mind, though they'd only spent an after and evening together, it had been the closest he had ever felt towards another person and though she had to disappear in search for her lost children. But before she left him, she gave him a simple warning. A warning that he never truly understood until now. The warning was simply 'beware of the company'.
"Your the father of a 30-year old women? Jesus you must have really good moisturizer," Ben mocked, however despite the poorly thought out lie presented to him by this man, Ben decided to humor him. After all, perhaps this cooperate man held the answer to all of Ben's problems. Ben had very little to loose. "What do you want? And exactly is your level."
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Post by hrg on Mar 30, 2009 14:18:30 GMT -5
Noah bit his tongue when the man gave him a smart ass comment. Damn Elle and her non-researching abilities. He nodded. “I’m her adopted father.” He states which was true just his daughters name was Claire. “My level.” He states now leaning in a bit closer to the man. “Is one above those with powers.” He smirked and handed him a real business card. “We locate the high risk individuals like yourself.” He had a gleam in his eye knowing that if the man didn’t join him they would come out fire blazing.
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Post by solidus on Mar 30, 2009 17:33:01 GMT -5
"I bet," Ben replied as the man in horned rimmed glasses realized that Ben had called his bluff. He took the true business card from Noah and read it's name allowed. "Primatech? Your daughter told me about you guys. Apparently when someone like me wakes up and finds they can defy the laws of nature, the good people of your company come knocking down their front doors. But she never mentioned they were recruiting. But you've got my interest and what your offering sounds better than the dead end job I have now. So do I have to sign anything or what?"
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Post by hrg on Mar 31, 2009 10:33:46 GMT -5
Noah smirked at the man who now seemed interested in joining him. Line cast and bait. “We only recruit those we think are in the same rational reasoning that the company is based on.” He got out his phone flipping it open pressing the walkie-talkie button. “We are moving in.” He shut it and smiled at the man. “Sorry we always come prepared had to let them know you’re one of us.” He shook his head chucking a bit. “You sign a paper saying that you agree with the ways of the organization other then that some basic power testing to know who you should be paired up with.” Noah looked at Ben hoping he was still on the bandwagon. “Plus you have to be put out on a field project just in case you cant round up others like yourself. So what do you say?” He held his jacket where his gun was cursing on why today of all days he had pissed off Elle who was his partner.
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Post by solidus on Mar 31, 2009 16:49:47 GMT -5
"Well I can call in sick for today, but that'll only work for today, and I wanna make sure things work with you guys before I simply quit my job... whilst I'm still holding onto it," Ben said who was already imagining what he'd say to his ill-manored bosses when he'd inform them that he had found something better than they're good awful low paying job. "So, bring me the forms I need to sign and I'll take your test or assignment or whatever." Ben looked around, scoping the environment around him too see if he could spot this man's back up that he mentioned, assuming that they could be seen. "What do I call you anyway. I mean you know my name, it's only fair that I know yours."
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Post by hrg on Apr 1, 2009 9:16:38 GMT -5
Noah smiled as Ben went on about joining them. He cut him off when he started to get worried about his job. “Don’t worry about calling in sick. We can call and tell them you are helping at corporate for awhile till you decide if you want to join us if not you are free to go back to your life.” Before we then come after you. He smiled as he reached his hand into his jackets inner pocket pulling out the forms. “I come prepared. You have too since we’re in the paper business.” He held out the forms for him to take. A smirk appeared on his face when Ben asked what his name was. “You can call me Bennet.”
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