The Conversion Bureau: Gentek's Solution

She shook her head at her cameraman as they both sat waiting on the back end of the news van, waiting for the Princess to arrive, at his horrible joke. “That is the most racist thing I’ve heard from you yet.”

He laughed, straightening an imaginary tie, happy about his joke. “Hey Jews and Harry Potter don’t have that in common ya’know.”

She rolled her eyes and at the crest of their roll she noticed the helicopters moving away from their patrol pattern around the tower of Gentek. Elbowing him she pointed up and scrambled for her microphone, while he scrambled for the camera and flipped a few switches elsewhere in the van.

Checking to make sure that her earpiece was in she stood as best she could in front of the Gentek HQ, waiting for her partner to finish picking up his camera. When he finally picked it up he immediately started counting down with his fingers, not giving her a moment to spare, and also at the same exact time as she could hear the distinct whine of the helicopters coming back. As he made a fist her ear-piece came to life. “Hello Patricia, you mind telling us what is going on down there?”

She smiled and gave a nod to the camera, turning around to point at the Gentek building behind her. “Hello to you too John, today is a special occasion as Princess Twilight Sparkle herself is coming down, as per a request by Gentek to help supply them with Radiation for their experiments. We just saw the three helicopters guarding Gentek fly off, so we’re expecting it to be for escorting the Princess.”

As if on cue the helicopters came back into view with a golden carriage in the middle, a helicopter on either side and one behind the carriage, slowly gliding downwards to land in the compound. “Unfortunately we aren’t allowed inside due to the hundreds of precautions surrounding the compound but I can tell you what we do know.”

“Please do Patricia, we’re always happy to hear about how things are going with Humanity’s last hope.” She nodded and walked out of the frame slightly as her partner zoomed in on the carriage slowly moving downwards.

“Well from what we’ve been able to glean, Dr. Alex Mercer has requested access to more magical radiation and since she’s in the area Princess Twilight decided to come down and bathe a room of their choosing with magic. Other sources specify that she is giving them the Conversion Serum so they can reverse its effects following the deployment of Gentek’s cure.” She shrugged as the cameraman moved back to her since the carriage disappeared.

“All our sources are conflicting in nature but all that they have in common is that Princess Twilight Sparkle is doing what she can to help Gentek with their cu--” She was cut off as the world went grey and everything turned into varying shades of black and white.

The building behind her seemed to warp inwards before the middle of it exploded outwards in a horrific display of metal, steel and glass, showering the streets around her and the cameraman in a sharp rain, slicing into their clothes and skin as it fell to the ground. The glass and steel rain continued for at least five seconds before it died down , leaving a dull ringing in their ears.

Patricia waved incoherently and turned around in a small lazy circle as she regained her senses, while the cameraman turned his camera upwards towards the smoking building, now missing a house sized chunk in its side. Smoke billowed outwards from the spot, as the helicopters fluttered around trying to figure what was going on, meanwhile on the ground every soldier visible and not were sprinting to and fro as a klaxon sounded from inside the compound.

Her earpiece buzzed, but remained incoherent for several moments, finally making sense of what John was saying on the other end. “Patricia! Are you okay, what’s going on down there!?”

She brushed her cheek free of a liquid leaking from it, before answering. “Gentek has just been attacked.” She said not believing it herself before saying it again, with more force. “Gentek’s just been attacked! All the Blackwatch soldiers are running around and I see one less helicopter in the sky now!”

She coughed slightly as she stared at the building, not believing it’d just been bombed, while her cameraman kept sweeping over the scene with his camera. She stood there for a minute before noticing something about the building. She asked as she saw bits of the building starting to fall at an angle. “Is it tilting?”

As an answer a large crack sounded and it suddenly slumped to the side, a cascade of debris falling on those unlucky enough to be below. “Oh my god Gentek is completely falling apart.” She said to herself, covering her mouth.

Unbeknownst to either of them a lone figure stood near the top of the building, hanging onto the window frame as she looked out below. As the building gave another mighty crack she stepped out and let herself plummet to the ground.

The cameraman and reporter stood there in silence as the building fell further over, slowly but surely collapsing onto its side as the Blackwatch soldiers cleared the surrounding area and a few tanks drove out onto the street, sending cars careening into others as they dodged the massive rolling tanks.

As they all flooded out of the compound one figure seemed to stand out amidst the confusion. Orange raggedy hair that grew out in messy clumps, pale skin that stood out amidst the flood of black gas-masks, a skintight black jumpsuit that looked nothing like the other black suits. A few of the Blackwatch noticed this too, and drew their guns on her, their tri-optics focused down their sights as they threatened to shoot her.

Patricia and the cameraman weren't sure what happened, but the next thing they knew the six that drew their guns on her were sent flying through the air, one of whom went smashing into the news van, ripping the camera out of the camera man's hands as the van was shoved onto it side. The woman was replaced by an eruption of dust, and another down the street, and another and one more before the eruptions of dust disappeared leaving the cameraman and reporter staring dumbfounded at the superhuman woman that just disappeared.