Westopolis - Actress Abduction!

[Dr. Mechano]

"Eeeek!" a young woman shrieked in terror, surrounded by deadly chainsaw-wielding robotic ninjas.

"Somebody, heeeelp!"

The mechanized martial artists pounced, grabbing the distressed damsel as she kicked and fought her artificial assailants, "Gah! Let me go, you unsightly brutes!"

"GIVE US THE CODES..." one of her abductors droned in its synthetic monotone voice.

"I won't!" she responded defiantly, "My people will never give in to the Robo Syndicate's unruly demands!"

"IN THAT CASE," another ninja said, "WE SHALL SIMPLY TAKE YOU TO THE BIG BOSS. TAKE HER AWAY!"

"Nooooo!" she shouted as the group of mecha ninjas whisked her away, before suddenly adding, faintly, "Hey, not so rough! You're messing up my new haircut!"

"CUT!"[/I]

Everyone groaned as the lights suddenly came on. One of the ninja robots removed their mask to reveal a rather irritated face as a man wearing a beige beret stood up and approached the set.

"Sera," he said with a tone of restrained frustration in his voice, "Just read the lines as written!"

"Well, excuse me for raising a completely reasonable complaint," she responded, brushing her hair while she checked her reflection in a robo-ninja's armor, "But some of us do have standards, and I'd appreciate it if my beautifully coiffured hair wasn't absolutely manhandled by these second-rate stuntmen!"

One of the aforementioned stunt doubles was just about to speak up, only to be interrupted by the exaspprated director,"...Just take five, everyone- We're gonna have to redo the whole shot when we resume... again.

Looking aside, the actress smiled brightly and began speaking, "My name is Sera Prentice. You all probably know me as the president's daughter, as well as for my esteemed status as an acclaimed movie star! Right now, I'm starring in my latest film, er... Robo Ninja Princess 2. To be honest, this shlock flick is beneath an actress of my talents, so everyone involved should consider themselves quite lucky to have Sera- the rarity of cinematic talent- in their midsts! I don't know what's next in store for my exciting life, but you can be sure it will be extravagant!"

The director just stared, puzzled, "Who are you even talking to?"

"What?" Sera asked, gesturing to the phone in her outstretched hand, "I am making a video diary of my day-to-day life as a struggling performer. Now that you've interrupted my recording, I must start all over again!"

Her irritated frown was soon replaced with a bubbly grin again, "My name is Sera Prentice..."

[Val]

While the little princess prattled on about how amazing she -thought- she was, a pair of cold eyes watched her. A bandicoot girl brushed her ebony hair from her face with a gloved hand as she glared at Sera. She had snuck onto the set and posed as a worker there to get close to this self-proclaimed rarity on the orders of her boss; Finitevus. He had told her to kidnap Sera, he didn’t say why and she wasn’t one to ask when a mission presented plenty opportunity to cause chaos.

And after putting up with this self important pretentious bimbo’s so-called “acting” all day she really needed some action. This chick was insufferable! She was on her last nerve. She had been trying to wait for her to go to the bathroom or…anything that’d have her be alone but it just hadn’t happened. The few times she’d gone to the bathroom she’d refused to use the onsite facilities and had gone to her trailer…and her bodyguards had followed.

As Sera began to record her second attempt at her video diary the bandicoot girl snapped. Enough was enough! She pulled off her gloves, revealing sleek, gleaming, steel hands. She pocketed her gloves and made a dash for Sera. She was almost there when she saw one of the bodyguards making a move. She thrust her right hand at the guard, open palmed. There was a high pitched whine from her hand for a second before a blast of air was fired from her palm. A sonic sound wave intended to disrupt the equilibrium of it’s target.

[Dr. Mechano]

"...I don't know what's next in store for my exciting life, but you can be sure it will be-" She stopped suddenly, "...What?"

Out of nowhere, someone was moving toward her, and she'd already knocked aside one of her bodyguards.

Sera blinked, staring at the stranger while trying not to let on to her own nervousness, "Hmph. While I am used to being mobbed by strangers wherever I go, I did expect a little peace and solitude while I was on the set."

She looked past the strange girl, as another bodyguard quietly approached from behind. Trying to stall and distract her, Sera continued, "Er... So, I take it you want an autograph, right?"

[Val]

An autograph? Who in their right mind would want this vapid, egotists autograph? Oh, the second bodyguard was sneaking up behind her. Both her hands whined, longer this time as they built up more strength. She spun around and fired, the shockwave sent the bodyguard flipping through the air into a table.

The girl, Shiv, then reached into her pocket and pulled out a large gold ring. It looked exactly like the rings used for currency, only it was thicker. She threw it behind Sera and just before the ring touched the ground it stopped, hovered in place for a second and then grew to an enormous size, almost 7 feet in radius. Shiv then held both her arms up defensively as more guards and security slowly advanced on her.

“You come any closer and I burst your eardrums outta your heads. Me and little miss superstar here are goin’ on a trip.”

[Dr. Mechano]

"Eek!" Sera screeched, seeing another bodyguard get knocked out.

She stood up, with her hands in the air, nervously laughing, "Heheh... It's money you want, right? I don't have very much on my person right now, but Daddy can send you as many rings as you want. N-no need to do anything rash, now..."

[Val]

Jeez, does this girl -ever- shut up? Ugh, this was gonna be a pain. Shiv was so tempted to just hit this stupid bitch with a sonic wave and knock her out…but then Fini would probably be angry with her…dammit. “Oh My Chaos! Would you just shut your trap and get in the ring?” She waved her hand to point at the ring, ordering Sera before turning and firing a few blasts at other guards standing around to take off a little frustration.

[Dr. Mechano]

Aaand Sera used this brief moment to dart out of the room, frantically waving her arms and screaming her head off.

"Waaaah! Someone help! A crazy pig-rat woman's after me!" she shouted as she ran out of the studio and down the street, "I need the police! I need my bodyguards! I need a hairbrush!"

[Val]

!?

Wh-what….WHAT DID SHE CALL HER!?

Ok, that’s it. Screw whatever Fini wants. She didn’t care if he was gonna be pissed, this little whore needed to be hurt…a lot.

The giant ring shrank back to it’s former size and Shiv grabbed it and sprinted off after Sera, screaming, “Get back here, you vapid cow!”

[Dr. Mechano]

Sera stopped running, and stared back at her pursuer.

"...Cow?"

It. Was. ON.



"You... little... Grrrrrrrr-RRRRRRRRRR!" she growled shrilly, suddenly lunging at Shiv as she swiped at her with her fingernails with reckless abandon, too caught up in the moment to articulate a coherent sentence.

[Val]

Wait, she wasn’t going to? Oh Chaos, Sera was honestly trying to attack Shiv.

The two girls collided and fell to the floor, biting, scratching, slapping and pulling hair. Sera wasn’t strong but she…was persistent. Clearly insulting her appearance was her shitstorm button.

In the adrenaline and rage fuelled blur of a fight, Shiv caught sight of security running for them. Either Shiv ended this fight quickly or she’d fail and be caught. But how to do it? She’d hurt Sera badly if this continued.

Thinking quickly Shiv threw the Warp Ring above them both and it grew once again. She then grabbed Sera with both hands and blasted her with a sonic wave to launch her into the ring.

[Dr. Mechano]

"Waaah!" Sera shrieked as she was propelled through the warp ring, instantly transported away by the ring's teleportation technology.

Where was she going to end up now?

[Val]

Ugh, thank Chaos. She was through the ring and had been sent to the Dark Legion Base….wait..oh crap. Now that Sera was gone, the guards pulled out their guns and aimed at Shiv.

“Oh Hell no, I am -not- gonna go down like this!” She jumped to her feet and put both her hands together. Waves of high pitched sound rippled out, amplifying each other. The advancing security all fell to their knees, holding their head in agony. Shiv smirked, her ears were protected by implants attached to her eardrums that filtered out the sounds of her own wave generators.

With all of her would be captors incapacitated, she leapt through the ring after Sera and escaped back to the Dark Legions base, the ring vanishing in a brilliant flash behind her.