Apokryphal Apartments
Lina didn't have an office space persay. Well, at one point she did up until several months ago. Her partner, Carl Reyna was KIA during a mission where they were investigating a lab experimenting on humans, giving them abilities. What they were doing was illegal. Everything was fine until the situation turned upside down.
They called the woman "Patient Zero". Lina felt some kind of connection with the lady, like she knew her "signature". Though the woman's face was hidden through a ninja mask and shrouded in deep purple ninja gi, Lina believed avoiding detection would be easy. Wrong. When they were discovered, Lina took Carl and ran. Then he turned on her.
Something was off about his movements, like he was bieng controlled. He tried to kill Lina. The latter knew what would sever the tie but refused. She didn't want to live the rest of her life knowing she ended her partner's life, just to save them. So Lina did the most human thing she could... run, not knowing the latter would make it worse. Last she remembered was seeing the lady kill him in front of Lina... AS LINA!
That was the straw that broke this young lady's back. For the past several months, Lina went AWOL from the DPA and lived as a young teen in the Apokryphal Apartments area. Lina's spacial manipulation powers gave her the abilities to not only affect time around her but also on herself.
Everything was destroyed that day. Lina's confidence--an enemy that knew her every move, even using them! Then using the latter in mockery as she stood there helpless to save her partner.
Broken inside, Lina felt that returning to the DPA would be a disgrace to them. She was sure everyone was looking for her... But the girl wasn't ready yet. She couldn't cope with the failure of losing one of her closest friends. No, it was something more than that. Lina ran over her mind again in again the image of the shapeshifter that tricked Carl into believing it was HER. It didn't add up. Lina believed there was no way a small operation could duplicate that kind of power in a short length of time and with whal looked like a dozen and a half people (only a few of them were ACTUAL scientists working on "Patient Zero" while the rest were foot soldiers). They had to have had help. Given Lina's current state, very little is known about this group except for their name... They called themselves the Firestorm Cult. Yet for several months, they've been quiet. Good... As long as Lina didn't show her face, no more embarrasing moments could happen.
Lina sat there in an alley outside the apartment complex, laying up against a wall. She was drapped in a tattered greyish silver hoodie, holed blue jeans, and black sandals. The hoodie hid her face, wet from the tears of her bereavement.
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