My Adrenaline

The Junkie

The Next Day

Caustic had quietly walked into Wattson's room before opening her curtains.
"Wake up Ms. Paquette."
She shifted her body the opposite direction in order to prevent the light from the sun from getting into her eyes. She groaned before Caustic walked over to her and gently shook her to get her up. She let out a sigh before sitting up and looking over at Caustic with tired eyes.
"Mn..good morning Dr. Caustic!.."
She said with a bright smile.
"Good morning, Ms. Paquette."
He said before walking out of her room and into his lab. He spent most of his time there, trying to discover the newest and most deadly toxins. Wattson however didn't understand how he could spend so much time in there. They both loved discovering and learning new things but Wattson also wanted to explore and show her new ideas to the world. She let out a sigh before walking over to her desk and grabbing a notebook with all sorts of scientific equations and written experiment results. She walked down the stairs and into the kitchen to study while eating. She set her notes down and grabbed an apple before sitting down and snacking while studying. After about and hour of studying she closed her notes and walked into Caustic's lab.
"Dr. Caustic..?"
"What do you need Ms. Paquette?"
"May I go on a walk?.."
She asked as she fumbled with her fingers feeling anxious.
"You know that I prefer you to stay indoors Ms. Paquette.."
"I know Dr. Caustic..."
He glanced over at her before letting out a sigh.
"Fine, but no more than an hour. Understood?"
She smiled and gasped loudly at his shocking response. She ran over to him before giving him a big hug.
"Thank you Dr. Caustic!"
She said before getting dressed into something more appropriate for an outing. She never really got out much but on every outing she was allowed to buy one thing and it was almost always a magazine that showed the latest fashion or anything Nessie related. She quickly got dressed into a cute shirt that had a bunny on it and some skinny jeans. She then ran out of the house as quickly as she could in order to be able to adventure as much as possible. She had put her money in one of her pockets but she knew that she wasn't going to spend it. She was busy saving up for what she believed to be the cutest little bag that she had seen, it was shaped exactly like a Nessie plush and she adored it!

Twenty Minutes Later

She had been wandering around in the forest for a while before coming across a strange building, well something similar..-
*"Where did this come from?.."*
Suddenly she was startled by a sudden yell in the distance.
"Yeeeepaaaa!"
She ignored it before beginning to walk around, spotting a sign on a wall followed by a picture of a strange man.
"Hm..."
*"The Gauntlet"*
She raised a brow at the sign.
"Never heard of it.."
She continued to walk around before spotting some bleachers. She was feeling quite tired and it appeared that no one else was there so she decided to take a break and sit down. Suddenly and out of nowhere, a man was flung off a sort of, jump pad. She watched in amazement, not being able to take her eyes off the man and his crazy stunts. He was doing all sorts of flips and other crazy acts. He was just getting ready to do another flip before spotting her and completely biffing it by landing face first into the dirt. She let out a gasp before rushing over to aid the injured man.
"A-Are you ok?!"
She exclaimed, worried for the strangers health. The man groaned in pain before turning to look over at the girl.
"Si, but quick question.."
She looked at him nervously.
"Yes..?"
"Did it look cool?..-"
He asked with a smirk while she just sat there looking at him, dumbfounded by his stupid question.
"Your a crazy idiot.."
"Ouch! That hurt!"
"What, the fall or my insult?.."
He thought for a moment.
"Hm..both!"
She sighed before gently moving his mask and googles away from his face. She looked at his injurys, luckily they weren't too bad, only a few scrapes here and there so it wasn't to much of a big deal. She began to try and help him up figuring that he probably scraped his knee and would need some help up but to her surprise his legs weren't just any legs, they were robotic ones. She stepped back and gasped in horror.
"Oh my goodness! What happened to you?!"
He looked over at her with a raised brow in confusion.
"What's the matter with you Chica?"
"What, um..happened to your legs..?"
She asked as she stared at them for a while.
"I-I don't mean to stare but..I've just, never seen anything like it before. It's..It's, incredible!"
He looked at her with a confused grin.
"Haha..haven't heard that one before!.."
She smiled while helping him up to his feet. They walked over to a small bench in the shade where she helped patch him up over a nice and simple conversation to help and get to know each other.
"Hm.. favorite animal?"
"Nessie! Um.. favorite drink?"
"A nice cold beer! What's your favorite hobby?"
"Coming up with new ideas and inventions."
She looked away for a moment before turning to ask him her next question.
"If it's not to personal of a question, I'd like to ask..how did you loose your legs..?"
He smiled at her, he honestly loved telling people about himself.
"Well, it all started with me at the Gauntlet for a tournament(not this Gauntlet of course). The challenge was to be able to get yourself as high into the air as you could."
He chuckled for a second.
"I also had been watching a lot of gaming videos where people had been launching themselves with grenades."
Wattson looked at him and laughed nervously.
"No way...you lost your legs to a grenade..to win a record?!.."
He smiled at her somewhat expecting that reaction but it didn't bother him.
"Yep!"
"And.. you don't regret it?.."
"Haha, No way! Now I can go as fast as I want whenever I want!"
He then held up a small green syringe up to her.
"Especially with the help of this little amigo!"
She pointed at the small syringe in front of him.
"What is that thing?"
"It's called stim, mi amiga"
"What does it do again?.."
"Makes me go faster!"
She look at him now a little concerned.
"Is it like a drug..?"
He thought for a moment before turning back to her.
"Yeah I guess, but if it makes me go faster I'll do whatever it takes!"
She smiled slightly.
"I admire your dedication to speed but, I think that you should be more careful!"
He shrugged at her before speaking again.
"I just live for the thrill in life."
She looked down for a second before noticing the time displayed on her wrist watch. She had been out for longer than she was supposed to and she would be in big trouble if she stayed out any longer.
"Oh no! I have to go I'm sorry!.."
He grabbed her by the wrist before speaking.
"Wait, when can we meet again?.."
She pulled away from his grasp.
"I-I don't know but I'll meet you again here as soon as I can!"
She said before running away and into the forest.
"Wait! I never got your name!"
He said before she ran into the forest and he couldn't see her anymore. He shrugged before grabbing his bag and beginning to walk away from the Gauntlet and the opposite direction that the girl went.