Lt. Rebecca Taylor

Name: Rebecca Taylor
Gender: Female
Tier: Global
Affiliation: Hero
Team: AEGIS


Seeping through the dirty windows, the light of the full moon would shine into the barely lit pub. The musky smell of alcohol would fill the room, piercing deep into the lungs of whoever took a breath inside the pub. The bell at the door would ring, as two cloaked people hurried into the bar, and took a seat at the bar. The scantly dressed bartender turns to face the two newcomers, and asks with a smile.

"Evening, what would you two like to order tonight?"

Taking off their hoods, the two people would make their respective orders. The first person, Tobias McArthur, the battle hardened veteran speaks up.

"Just a jug of beer for me, sweet heart." He added the last part with a wink, making the bartender smile in the process.

The second person, Rebecca Taylor began to order.

"Whiskey."

As the bartender went to fetch the order, the two people turned to each other and began to talk.

Rubbing his bearded chin, the Tobias was the first to speak. "So..Rebecca, long time no see, right?"

With a smile, Rebecca answered, "Yes, I believe the last time we spoke like this was right after we defeated Timelord in Britain."

Tobias let out a laugh, "That's right, that's right. I owe that bastard some credit though, he made me ten years younger again! You really did a number on that guy though, really messed his crew up. No one could've done it like you."

Just as Rebecca was going to answer, the waiter returns with the drink. Drink in hand, the duo return to talking.


Cheeks red due to the alcohol, Tobias speaks up again. "Becca, you do know why I've -hic- called you right?"

Still sober, Rebecca rolls her eyes before answering, "What, you want to propose to me again?" She said, with sarcasm.

With a mighty laugh, Tobias corrects her. "N-Nah Becca, don't be stupid! I'm here to offer you a job."

Rebecca would begin to speak up, but Tobias would cut in. "Sh-shh. I know you retired after fighting Timelord, bu-but this isn't a field job! Just listen-listen-...Now, Mr. M sent me here," Rebbeca's eyes would light up at the mention of M's name, "A-And he says that he need you, because we need a leader."

"Mr. M's the leader." She corrected him.

"No not of OUR section, but of smaller sections. Smaller groups. A-a child division, if you will. AEGIS is recruiting more youths s-so ORO-OROB-OROBORO...the bad guys don't recruit them instead. So we need squad leaders. -hic- I'm the leader of Squad B..and you..er..you"

"Me?"

"You'll be the leader of Squad G...the rejects..."

"Rejects?"

"Y-yeah. They're a bunch of spoiled kids Becca. A bunch of assholes. They've gone through 'bout 3 or 4 leaders and everyone quits...That's why you're in the list...So whaddya say?"

Rebecca took another shot of whiskey. "I'll think about it.."

"G-great! Just meet me at the old HQ and we-we'll get an interview done...although between us lovers,"

"Never was your lover."

",between us friends, no one really wants the job, so uh, just go and you'll probably be accepted...it pays good."

"Alright."

Standing up, the two figures would exit the Tavern, give each other a hug, and go their separate ways.

The sound of her cell phone ringing would barely be audible thanks to the increased traffic of New York's tourist section. The taxi she was riding in would be lost among a sea of yellow. Realizing that her phone was ringing, Rebecca picked it up.

"Hello?"

A muffled voice would come respond from the other end, "Yeah, hey Becca it's me Tobias, where are you?"

"I'm almost there, it's this damn traffic, I swear why couldn't we have chosen a closer base?"

"Well, when we were younger, you liked the city, remember?"

"Yeah, yeah..It just seems so pointless now, guess after 20 years of exploring the world, New York isn't that interesting anymore."

Tobias laughing, would agree with her. "You're right, but you always were an adventurous one, right?"

"I suppose you're right."

While they were chatting, the taxi was zig-zagging through the traffic, in an effort to arrive at the location as soon as possible, given that this was a high-profile customer. Not everyday does a taxi driver get to transport an member of The Enforcers, retired or not. A long twenty minutes later, and after a large number of close calls, the taxi would finally arrive at it's destination. Enforcers HQ, the old one at least. Paying her fine, Rebecca would step out, and walk up the main door. At the door, Tobias and another person would be waiting.

"Tobias, and... M." Rebecca would greet, the former in a good mood, the latter with caution.

Mr. M, one of the higher ups in AEGIS, and Rebecca's former leader, he was here to conduct the interview.

"Oh hello Silver Rapier, pleasure seeing you again." M greeted, with a smirk.

"No, not anymore, it's just Rebecca." She shot back at him.

"Doesn't matter anymore, Rapier, we have business, do we not? Our friend, Rocket Man over here, told me that you wanted to sign up for the leadership of the G Squadron. Is that correct?"

"..yes, Tobias told me that you were looking for a leader for a band of rouges."

"No, Rapier, not a band of rouges, they're merely troubled teens, seeking for a leader to guide them. Although seeing your past as a troubled teen, I figure you can relate, no?" A cheap shot. "Nonetheless, I take it you have all of your gear ready?"

"I left all my stuff here when I left." She responded.

"Well then, Rocket Man, would you be a dear and fetch her gear?" M ordered Tobias. "And, you Rapier, follow me to the simulation chamber, I want to see exactly how much you've rusted over the years...you must be pushing on 50 now?"

"I'm 34."

"Close enough. Now let's go."

Entering the large headquarters, Rebecca would be greeted by the familiar smell of bleached floors. The smell would hit her like a wall, but she would get used it, the smell triggering memories of fighting in this place, and of planning missions with the Enforcers. Old memories, but good memories. The simulation room was not that far, being the third room on the right. The giant room was illuminated by huge lights, making it practically glow white. Giant screens would line the wall, projecting anything that the control room ordered it to.

Tobias would stroll in behind them, carrying a box full of clothes and weapons.

"Here you go Becca..erm..Rapier. All of it's there, luckily I kept it in storage, so the moths didn't get to it."

With a small smile, Rebecca would change out of her civilian clothes, a simple tee-shirt and pair of jeans, into her 'work' uniform. The spandex would fit tightly on her body, but it would be integrated with a rubbery sort of material, making it easy to move and maneuver around her enemies. He signature silver rapier would hang from her side, attached to her belt.

"Well, me and Rocket will go turn on the simulation..and you..get ready." M said.

Readying her rapier, Rebecca got into stance, and prepared herself.


"Alright then, if you are ready Silver Rapier, we shall commence the simulation."

A robotic voice would shoot out, piercing the silence inside the simulation room, "Initializing simulation number 33, 'Robotic invasion'. First Wave set to arrive in 20 seconds. Please be prepared. At any time would you wish the simulation to end, simply say 'stop' three times in a row, and the simulation will finish. Have fun."

Twenty seconds would pass. The floor would begin to emit steam, as panels would rise up, exposing to floor. Up through the holes in the ground, various robots would emerge. The robots would have a spider-like appearance, with eight robotic legs sticking out from under their robotic bodies. They would look around for a minute before setting their sights on the only non-robot in the room, Rebecca.

"So, Rapier, let's see how well you do against five 'street tier' robots. Begin."

"Hmph. Street tier is nothing, I'll allow them to strike first..if they can." Rebecca gloated, with a smirk.

The robot spiders would not hesitate to attack, lunging at Rebecca. The first would shoot out it's legs at an attempt to pierce through Rebecca's defense. However, it would miss, as Rebecca simply bent backwards, the legs shooting out inches above her face, the wind from the hit ruffling her hair.

"Not fast enough." She muttered. Swiftly raising her leg, she delivered a quick kick to the robot's supporting leg. With five it's legs in the air, kicking out the sixth one made the robot spider straight down. While this little fray was happening, another robot spider began to attack, shooting out another piercing attack, it made sure to stay on four legs, learning from the other's mistake. Quickly thinking, she planted both of her hands firmly on the fallen's spider's body, and propelled herself into the sky, and above the oncoming leg. The leg, already in movement, pierced straight to the body of it's fallen brother, rendering it defeated. Landing behind the second spider, Rebecca kicked it in the rear, sending it crashing on top of the fallen one, causing it be impaled on it's own, and the other's barbed pincers.

"Well, that's two down, I guess it's time to attack."

"Let's see if these things still work." Rolling down up her sleeve, Rebecca would press a button on the inside of her glove, effectively turning on the magnetic chip stored inside her glove's palm. Pointing towards one of the charging spiders, the magnetic attraction would prove too strong for the robot, pulling out it's own legs from underneath it causing it to fall on top of itself. Strolling over to the struggling spider, Rebecca would swipe over it's hull with her hand, efficiently destroying it's hard drive, effectively destroying it from the inside.

"Three down, what's the other two have?" Raising her hand and activating the magnets, Rebecca attempted to repeat the same pull out the legs from underneath it attack, only to no prevail. The remaining robots had hardened their exterior shells, changing their exterior from metal to a non-magnetic alloy. The other two began their attacks. Slashing and flailing, the two robots began to swing through the air, all attempting to hit Rebecca, who was, with some effort, dodging all of the attacks, weaving, ducking, and leaping through the mess of metal tentacles. The robots, however, were beginning to become accustomed to he dodging moves. With one tentacle coming from the bottom, Rebecca leaped to evade it, only to fall into the path of another one. The tentacle crashed into her, sending her flying through the air, and crashing into one of the piles of junk metal.

"Ouch." Rebecca muttered to herself.

Meanwhile, up in the control room, Mr. M and Tobias were taking notes.

Wincing, Tobias would break the silence, "So...So..She's accepted, right?"

Mr. M would look at him, before answering. "Of course Rocket, she's the only one that signed up. Now shush up, back to the excitement."

"Yessir."

Rebecca would begin to stand up, dusting off her pants. She reached for the sword on her side.

"M, can I just finish these pieces of scrap metal off?"

Mr. M let out a sigh, disappointed that the fun was going to end, "Yes, just do it." His voice shot out through the speaker system.

A smile began to spread across her face as she reached for he rapier hanging from her side.

 
Smirking, Rebecca's fingers began wrapping around the handle of her rapier, gripping it tightly, and letting it go, repeating the process various times. It was ready. In a flash, she drew her rapier, a shimmering silver blade. The rapier shone brightly in the already bright room, glimmering and sparkling. A truly elegant blade indeed. Whipping it up and down, with such speed that the human eye could not even begin to perceive.

"Hmph. I need to sharpen it some more, it's gotten quite dull." She muttered under her breath. "Oh well, enough of that. Let's begin, shall we?"

With a smile, she whipped the silver rapier behind her back, and began walking towards the first robot spider. The spider, in response, shot out a leg in order to grab her. With a slight movement of her blade, Rebecca angled it, piercing one of the leg's main screws, making the leg fall off of it's hinges. The spider shot out another leg, which was easily parried. Rebecca swiped her hand upwards, sending the leg flying over her head which gave her more than enough to time to step into deadly distance. With a quick movement, she picked up her sword and pierced the robot's hull, going straight through the motherboard, rendering the robot useless.

"Quite dull indeed."

The other robot charged full speed at her, which again, was parried easily.

"Game over." She muttered under her breath, driving the sword deep into the robot's hull, her whole arm piercing the front and coming out the back. She pulled her arm back and pierced it again, and again, and again. All of this in under a second. Thus, the final robot was slain.

"Well then. I think this end our little meeting. Rapier, you are, of course, accepted. Please report back here next week at the same time. A month's pay will be provided in advance, and you and your crew will be able to use this old base, as the current Enforcers are at the new one in Reach." Mr M told her all of this with a great tone of arrogance.

Rebecca put down her sword, and began to undress. Putting on her regular clothing she looked at the two men.

"M. It was...good seeing you. I'm going to leave now. Tobias, you want to go get some drinks later?"

Tobias blushed, "Y-your asking me out? Usually I have to force you to go somewhere with me. Err, sure. That'll be good."