Chapter 36: Chapter 36 - A Few Days Later
She spoke to the man briefly and concluded that it would take a few days, at most two weeks, before he could get her the ID she wanted.
The reason it took that long was complicated, but to put it in the simplest way, he had to add her to the database so that the ID would be recognized as genuine.
That way, it would work on most things she needed it for.
Thankfully it seemed the man was quite skilled with the computer, coding, and the likes of IT. But as he liked to call himself, 'hacker man.'
Regardless he told her the price, which was a lot, to say the least, and that was just the rough outline so that she had an idea of what she was working it.
The actual price could end up being a lot more depending on how much effort it took.
He also took a few pictures of her, a signature, and a fingerprint, along with other essential information so that it could be used to complete the process.
Again, she wasn't worried about the fingerprint being leaked because it wasn't her natural fingerprint and was simply something that came with her shifted form.
Now with all of this out of the way, she decided to head back to her home— it had been quite a while since she had left, and while the clone unit was doing its job well, she didn't want to push it.
She hid and went in the same way she went out, which wasn't very hard.
It was currently night by the time she returned, and the place was relatively quiet. Her clone had pretended to have fallen asleep, which allowed her to skip dinner; it would've been hard to avoid being caught if she had to attend dinner with the clone.
But now that she was home, she ordered the clone to switch with her in the bathroom like they had initially swapped, ordering the clone to go outside in her place and stay hidden for the time being— until she was ready to switch again.
As much as she wanted to do something better, she really had nowhere else to hide it, and she couldn't keep it inside the bathroom all the time because they might see it one day, and it would expose her.
Either way, it would stay hidden in a hole made by the worm units outside the house and switch with her when she felt like going out again.
It didn't need sustenance for anything, so she wasn't worried about that.
After sorting that hassle out, she decided to take a quick shower and sleep, it was late, and a lot had happened so far. And while her body didn't need a lot of sleep, she liked it regardless because it allowed her to relax.
Maybe it was her human mentality lingering and playing a part in how she behaved sometimes— but it wasn't bad; it humbled her.
Like that, the day flew by, then another, another, and another.
Three days passed by without any incident or without her leaving the house.
She decided it would be best for the time being to not go out, knowing that she was being searched for by the X-Men and that trying to attack the Morlocks for the time being might be risky.
Instead, she tried to focus on her new 'family.'
It was odd for a while, to say the least; she was never very close with her own family in her old life. She never paid much attention to them, and they never paid much attention to her.
With her personality, she simply didn't care then, but her new fake family was quite odd.
Maybe it was how they were new to the job, but they acted significantly over the top.
Roxy, her new mother, was very attentive. She tried her best to relate to and aid Lily in whatever she could in order to get her to settle down quicker.
She was a very friendly and caring woman, and while Lily could tell that some of it were fake— she was acting the role— but she could also tell that some of it was genuinely how she felt.
It seemed like she pitied the girl because of how she was treated, or at least how they assumed she was treated, and her circumstance. That, along with her actual friendliness, made her quite caring.
It took a while for Lily to get used to it; at first, she had her reservations and always tried to keep it an arm's length away, but after a while, she sorta just gave in and accepted that she was just a nice person.
Even if she was an undercover agent that was there to brainwash and observe her.
So with that in mind, she did start to treat them better— more openly with how she felt and how she spoke to them— but she kept her limits in check.
As for Stephan, her fake father, he was pretty funny to observe.
At first, he seemed distant and unsure of how to act around her. While it seemed like he was good at his job— being undercover— he wasn't very good at his job of being a father.
He didn't seem to know how to speak to her in a normal manner; sometimes, he would even slip up and accidentally speak 'formal' to her.
Which felt odd, to say the least.
But eventually, he got used to her being around, especially with the help of his 'wife.' He began to speak to her more naturally.
He was still reserved, but he did care— in his own way.
If Roxy was caring and outgoing, he could be considered caring and introverted. He showed his care subtly; he asked if she wanted anything whenever he went out, and he would try his best to make things easier for her around the house.
He even took her out shopping on her third day to get clothing, furniture, and many more things that would make her more comfortable staying with them.
He wasn't completely acting either, just like Roxy; he cared, she could tell.
And she quite liked the way he showed it.
She was never very outgoing in her old life. Even in this life, she has always been secretive or avoided standing out and drawing attention to herself.
She was never someone that could be considered extraverted in this life or the previous.
So his subtle way of kindness and care was much appreciated; it reminded her of herself.
She had decorated her room, and spent time getting to know her family, allowing them to learn about herself, what she wanted them to learn, and much more.
The three days were productive and relaxing.
Now, it was the fourth day since she had moved to this city, this house, and her family, and she decided to finally head back out again and hunt the Morlocks again.
She planned to go on a much larger killing spree this time, mainly because she knew that the X-Men were currently on her trial, or at least aware of her.
She wanted to be prepared for if they do find her eventually; to do that, she needed as many X-Gene abilities as possible.
As for them catching her in the act— from what she heard the woman say the last time she was out, they most likely gave up on searching for now since so much time had passed without finding her.
Chapter 37: Chapter 37 - Mass Hunting (1)
Three days had passed since the girl had begun her new life in the city with her new family, and during those three days, she rarely left the house aside from the first day here.
Now it was the fourth day, and she planned to return to hunting the Morlocks that lived under the city again— this time, she planned to go on a mass hunting spree.
She didn't make this plan rashly just because she wished to grow in power, either.
While yes, she knew she needed more strength as soon as possible to deal with future issues, she also decided to do this after observing the city for the past two days using her scouts.
Speaking of scouts, Lily had used all the mass she collected over the period of the two days— from her units eating and herself eating— to focus purely on making more fly scouts.
She wanted to increase the amount and, in turn, increase the range which her eyes could cover.
With that focus in mind, she had now reached a total of 3500 fly scouts in total, and they covered most of Lower Manhattan and even further beyond it with their range.
She had to stop creating more, not only because she ran out of mass but also because she could feel the mental strain that was starting to affect her because of how thin she was stretched.
But using all her scouts, she was able to verify that the X-Men were currently not within the city— at least not anywhere she could see them.
She was even able to use some of her scouts to find mutants in the tunnels below the city and hidden mutants throughout the city that hadn't even been exposed yet.
People who had recently awakened their abilities and didn't know what to do, those who awakened their abilities for a while but hid them, or people with powers so mundane they didn't even know they had them.
She planned to get most of them— eat them.
Her goal for the day was to at least get herself ten or fifteen new abilities— only then would she consider herself safe enough to not have to worry about escape from the X-Men.
Functional abilities that is.
Of course, she knew that many of the abilities she would acquire would be useless to her right now; most of them were weak or just outright useless. That was why she planned to get a lot to combine them to increase their effectiveness.
It was currently Noon, and she planned to hunt throughout the entire night and return tomorrow morning at the latest. So she left before it got even later.
Switching with her clone in the shower like before, she snuck out of her house and into the city in her altered form. This time she brought a bag with her that had extra clothing so that if her clothes got blood on them, she could switch out without worrying.
The last time she forgot to bring a change of clothing, it was hard to move around while avoiding attention being drawn to the blood on her.
Once out, she decided to head directly to the tunnel because she could see some mutants walking around in them through her scouts. It would be much easier for her to pick them off within the tunnels than throughout the city.
Getting into the tunnels wasn't hard; she went in the same way she did last time and started to explore.
She stuck to the top of the tunnel using her Reptile Physiology— an ability she had gained from all the reptilian animals she had eaten. This way, she could get a drop on anyone she came across— literally.
And came across she did— it didn't even take long since she knew where some of them were located thanks to her scouts.
The first person she came across was what looked like an older lady. She had grey hair wrapped in curlers— showing her old age— a wrinkled face and a short build.
Lily didn't even allow the woman to notice her or give her a chance to act; she dropped from the ceiling of the tunnel onto the woman below, the impact of the crash breaking the woman's back and killing her instantly.
It was painless; at least Lily tried her best to make it as painless as possible.
With the woman now dead, she didn't eat her body yet. She decided to save most of the bodies till she finished hunting so she could eat all of them at once— in case eating them would alert the Professor.
She had one of her worm units that followed her carry it away and store it somewhere safe in the tunnels so she could eat it later, ordering it to return to her once it was finished.
Then, she continued the hunt— with one down and many more to go.
She climbed back up to the ceiling of the tunnel and, this time, made her way down a side path. Her scouts had detected multiple mutants in that direction that seemed to be moving as a group— the old lady was most likely going to meet them up.
They were close, so it was the perfect chance to deal with them without wasting time; naturally, she planned to obverse them for a while before acting.
It took little to no time to reach them with her speed, and she stayed hidden within the darkness above to look down at them— her eyes seeing perfectly clearly without any bother.
Three people, three women, from the looks of it.
One was a young girl with dark skin; she had long black hair and seemed rather outgoing and friendly with the two beside her. She appeared around the age of the mutant she killed previously, which made her somewhat repressive about killing them.
She didn't enjoy killing children— hell, she didn't even enjoy killing innocent adults.
But she had to do it in order to grow.
'No, that's a lie.'
She corrected her train of thought. She didn't have to kill them to grow; she didn't have to kill anyone to grow; she killed them because it made her growth faster— it made it easier.
If she wanted, she could try to grow in other ways. This was Marvel; after all, hundreds of methods for an average person to suddenly spike in power existed— but she chose this way.
She did it because it was her nature— her mind told her to do it, and while her rational human side whispered in the back of her mind, holding her back, she did it anyways.
She wanted to grow faster, she wanted to be stronger— she was selfish.
Nothing more, nothing less.
She was no grand hero that planned to save the world; she wasn't some villain that planned to end it; she wasn't even anything in between.
She just wanted to become stronger however she could— strong enough to survive, to thrive.
These thoughts were good; they grounded her, made her understand her limits, and made her know when to hold back and act— but she didn't have the liberty of holding back yet, not right now.
She had to kill the young girl— even if deep inside her, she felt displeased doing so.
Shaking her head slightly, she broke her train of thought and looked at the other two.
One was a lady that seemed older than the girl but was still relatively short, in her opinion. She had a slim build with white skin, wearing what seemed like a dress and pants matching black. She also wore a hat with a small piece of cloth covering her head slightly, but it was thin enough to see through.
Lily instantly noticed the pipe in her hand— albeit not lit— but she could smell the scent of smoke drenched on the lady's body. It seemed like she was a smoker, one that did it quite often.
The final lady was taller than the other two, but not by a lot. She had black hair and wore a jacket and jeans. She didn't really have anything that made her stand out, aside from maybe the tattoo on her neck that looked like an eye.
But that was all of them in the area— she decided to observe them for a while before acting since it seemed they didn't notice her.
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