Super Volume 2

Natural Selection prt. 1

Kat's POV
"Just so you know, I'm blowing off my own sister for this." I said. "Do you think I care about your sister?!" Quinn groaned. We're getting ready to go to her fathers weird business thing. "You should! Especially since I'm your girlfriend." I sang. She scoffed. "Are you done yet?" She snapped. I ignored her. "You should also care about my dad. Cause when he finds out I haven't been with my sister this whole time, and instead have been kidnapped by you. Oh boy! You are so fucked." I laughed. I walked out of the bathroom after I changed and she just stood there unamused. "Is that the favor I owe you? Letting your dad murder me?" She asked. "No, but it'll be fun to watch you plead innocent." I giggled. Quinn rolled her eyes and looked me over. "Wow. You actually look really nice." She blushed a little. "You clean up well, yourself. Shall we?" I asked. She smiled and led the way out.

Quinn pulled up at her fathers mansion and took a deep breath. "Remember. Go along with everything I say. Everyone in this building is ready to kill you if they even get a whiff of suspicion. Got it?" She asked. "You're going through a lot of trouble for this. I mean, you kidnapped a stranger and pleaded for me to act like your girlfriend, just to show off to your hot headed dad who thinks you're a pussy. And by what I've seen, you are!" I exclaimed. "I'm not a pussy! Ugh-" Quinn slammed her hands on the sides of the wheel. Then she sighed. "I have never been good enough for him. So much is expected of me, because I'm his daughter. And maybe I'm good at it! Maybe I could pull it off if I really tried... but they'll never believe me, even if I did. So I might as well lie about it. I just got lucky that you're willing to go through with this without me forcing you." She explained. "That's because there's something in it for me! And besides, I kinda get what you're talking about. I'm the best at my job. I do everything that I need to do to live up to my dad... but I'm not him... and I don't want to be him. Just because I can do it, doesn't mean I want to." I replied. She smiled softly. "Thanks, Kat. Ok, I'm gonna get out. Let me open the door for you." She said. I nodded and she got out of the car.

We walked right in and I hooked my arms around Quinn's. She brought me to a tall man with a scruffy beard. He held a glass of wine and was laughing with two other men. "Father, I've arrived." Quinn told him. He glanced over and looked me up and down. "Yes you have. Glad to see you've finally taken my advice and caught a girlfriend. Just one is a shame though." He laughed. Quinn was taken back with disgust, and I just patted her arm. "So. What's the doll's name?" He looked back at me. "This is Kat. Kat, this is my father, Javier." Quinn introduced us. "Oh my apologies! Not a doll. A pet." Javier laughed at my name. I furrowed my brow. "Don't call her that, father." Quinn snapped. "Whatever. Nice to meet you, Kat." He held out his hand. I huffed and shook it. "You too, sir." I replied. "I will say though, Quinn. You should have found someone shorter than you. With this one's height, you look like her bitch." He noted. I huffed a laugh and Quinn rolled her eyes. "Thank you for that. We're gonna walk away now." Quinn faked a smile and pulled me away. "So, he's a dick." I whispered. "You don't know the half of it." Quinn agreed.

Quinn and I sat down at a table under an umbrella in the backyard. "Damn. I never thought I'd see a waiter in someone's yard." I admitted. "He works at the bar." Quinn gestured back to the bar attached to the side of the mansion. I blinked at her. "Not any more normal." I told her. She shrugged. "Everyone here seems so nice. I don't see why you were so worried." I chuckled. "That's only because no one has needed me for something yet." Quinn sighed. "Mmm, someone's coming this way." I mumbled. Quinn perked up and turned around to look. A girl our age was walking towards us. She had long blonde hair and strange eyes. Her pupils were red and her eye color was black. Something about her seemed familiar, but I couldn't place it. "Sash! Of course you're here!" Quinn rolled her eyes and scooted closer to me. "Hello, Quinn. Finally found a suitor, I see." Sash smiled. Her voice vibrated slightly, and it threw me off. This girl wasn't human in the slightest. "Uh huh. Why do you still come to these? Your mother never shows herself, and all you ever do is sign a few papers and then torment me. Is that really worth it?" Quinn snapped. "You think my family wants to work with you? Ha! Your father is a wimp, that begs for people more powerful than him to protect him in exchange for money. I'm not here to torment you. I was hired to protect you." Sash explained. While she was talking, I quickly scanned over her. "I don't need your protection." Quinn snapped. I gasped in shock and immediately looked down. They both looked at me. "And who are you, then?" Sash asked. "Uh... I'm Kat." I smiled nervously. Quinn raised an eyebrow at me and I shook my head. I couldn't scan her. Her magic counteracts mine. There's only one alien species that can do that. The sworn enemy of the Tublos. This girl is a Madex, which means I might actually be in some real danger now. "You look... familiar." Sash squinted at me. Right on time, Zed called me. Quinn took my phone and read over the contact. "Answer it. Tell your dad I said hi." She glanced away, telling me to leave, and I did. I took my phone and ran off behind the garden walls.

My jaw dropped at the gorgeous water fountain in the middle of the garden and I groaned in annoyance as I answered my dad. "Yeah?" I asked. "Lizz just left for the dance. Said you went early. I just wanted to make sure you made it there ok." He said. I stared at the rushing water in front of me and thought for a moment. "Yep. A-ok." I nodded. "Good! Good..." Zed replied. We both sat in silence for a minute. "You didn't turn off your location." He said. "Fuck! I knew it! I knew you'd realize." I groaned to myself. "You do realize you're a mafia leader's house right now? He's like one of the biggest, most well known ones! Are you ok?!" He exclaimed. "Yes, I'm fine, dad. I found a uh... a possible suitor." I explained. "Do not say what I think you're about to say." Zed spat. "Mmm... ok. If that's what you want." I agreed. "Katherine Blaster!" He yelled. "It's Kat! Stop calling me that." I snapped. Zed sighed. "Dad, I'm fine. I made a deal with his daughter, Quinn. I play her fake girlfriend at this party, and she'll do me a favor in return." I explained. "Well aren't you clever. Just be careful. You know how people on this Earth are." He warned me. "I know, dad. See you later." I hung up on him and sighed in relief.

"Fake huh?" I heard. I spun around and Sash smirked at me. "I'm sure Javier would love to know that. Then again, he'll never get to know, because no one is going to see you again after tonight. Isn't that right, rodent." She snarled. I gulped. "That's right! I know what you are, Kat." Sash stepped closer. "Listen, I'm not who you think I am, and you don't want to cause a scene here." I tried to reason with her. "A scene? Ha! These parties always end in a blood bath. It might as well be yours." She snapped. I quickly transformed into my ferret form and took off into the bushes. She blasted a laser right after me, slicing the shrubs right in half. "My people were said to have exterminated your kind! It will bring me great pleasure to finish their mission!" I heard her transform and ducked down behind a rock. "I'm not even from this universe! Tublos are extinct here. You succeeded! So leave me alone!" I shrieked. Sash blasted at the rock, and I flew out of the way just in time. "I haven't succeeded until you're nothing but dust! Regardless of your home dimension!" She shouted. I transformed back and put a force field around myself. Sash's true form was mostly human-like, except half-way down her arms and legs, fur started to sprout, and her hands and feet became claws. Her hair became fluffier and two large dragon-like horns came out of her head. Lastly, she had a long tail like a lion's. "First time meeting a Madex. Kinda disappointing! I thought you'd be cooler!" I pushed the force field forward and it blasted her back. Then I ran out of the garden, and back to Quinn.