Yesterday. About 20 years from now in a future you probably won't remember as well as I do. The world has become more of a Gothic Punk world filled with people driven by their own greedy sexual agendas and less observant to the world around them.
The midnight blue Lamborghini Diablo I am driving races eastward from an underground genetic research facility known as the Hades Tower (Human Altered DNA Engineering Systems) just outside Las Vegas, Nevada headed eastward towards Atlanta, Georgia. I have been given specific instructions by my superior Walter Stonehenge downloaded into a small internal computer implanted just under the skin slightly above my left ear. Moving with a purpose, the sleek exotic car hugs the curves of the road equally as effective as the tight, black leather, mini dress hugging the curves of my body.
To give you an idea of who I am without giving away too much mystery, I am an undercover genetically altered bounty hunter capable of shape shifting my outward feminine appearance at will to the human eye despite the fact I am not a woman, but a transvestite. Very little of my immediate present history do I completely remember. I do know my past and present are vastly connected as well as obscured from my present memory. Why, I do not know?
Racing along the long stretches of highway at a phenomenal rate of speed, I focus my thoughts onto my objective. A slight touch to the left side of my head activates the internal computer located just under my skin.
"Find your specified target James Coldburn, interrogate, and eliminate him anyway necessary without making your mission known to his superiors." A computer simulated voice echoes in my head.
"Yes, locate, interrogate, and eliminate target James Coldburn. "I repeated as I race eastward close to top speed in my Lamborghini Diablo under a cover of darkness.
"Your target James Coldburn is in Atlanta." A list of locations he is known to frequent are being downloaded to your internal computer, Kira. Everything useful in locating your target and mission is also being downloaded." The computer generated voice goes on to say as images of clubs, buildings, and known hangouts flash before my eyes.
"Target information acquired. Directives understood." I repeated as I settle into the leather seats for the long ride ahead gripping the steering wheel with an arm length black leather glove and the other on the gear shift.
The stillness of the night surrenders itself as the silhouette of the car slices through it in the blink of an eye. Fast forward. Present day. 10:45 pm EST.
I pull into the back parking lot of a Gothic Punk oriented bar catering to alternative sexual fetishes known as The Masquerade with my Lamborghini Diablo. Moments later I exit the Lamborghini wearing a tight black leather mini dress with full arm length black leather gloves and matching thigh high, black, PVC boots. Instantly my appearance begins to shift in the early evening moonlight as the Lamborghini fades from visibility.
A quick touch to my left temple paints the face of a sophisticated, single, and available female over me to be viewed by anyone looking at me. My hair lengthens down my back and changes from blonde to red as I pin it up into a ponytail making my way to the club entrance. Failure is not an option for me. Everything useful in completing my mission is at my disposal as my internal computer begins running programs such as temptation, seduction, and desirability to further enhance my appearance and sex appeal.
Upon entry, I stroll through the bar surveying the scene, soaking up the fetish club atmosphere. Hypnotic strobe lights, black lights, and neon lights outline and trim the inside of the bar. Overhead speakers pulse and vibrate the club walls with a gothic industrial sound from a song called "Star" by Sundown.
โซโช Come now - We got someplace to go
Candycanes and alot of tools on show
Sit straight / breath / take in this place
Wrists tied down and a strap across your face.
Cold burns - Needle to the nail
Liquid fire - Blazing vapor trails
Put out exihibition style
The lights are all over you
What's that traumatic smile? โชโซ
โซโช Held on no restriction line
It's all science-fiction in your mind
Slip tarp - Drugs and vaseline
I've seen you girl working wonders on the screen
One way - No time to abort
Lifeline cut off - There's no last resort
Endpoint - The pain becomes the fuel
Your life is so sad and the world's so cruelโชโซ
Making my way through the club, I see synthetically fueled junkies tripping and grooving to the heavy, gothic, industrial music blaring from the speakers. Once through the heart of the crowd, I make my way to the far end of the bar. There are people sparsely spread out the entire length of the bar. Searching for a secluded end, I take an empty seat with my back against the wall. Everyone in the club seems to be in some kind of hypnotic trance oblivious to my presence like I was invisible to them.
"Perfect. The sheer trance like mood of the bar will make it easier for me to locate my intended target James Coldburn." I whisper to myself glancing at the clock on the dingy club walls; 11pm.
I extracted a cigarette from my purse, light it, and combed the club's dance floor like a hawk looking for any sign of my intended target. After a few puffs from my cigarette, I flag down the bartender, and order a Long Island iced tea as I wait patiently surveying the club floor observing the strange, fetish, leather clad, attire worn by the club patrons.
"That's just freaky." I say out loud unaware a secret, sliding door has opened behind where I'm sitting at the bar.
"Well, aren't you a delectable piece of eye candy." A stern voice says feeling me out like a new play toy massaging my shoulders.
A bit startled, I shift my posture in my barstool cringing a little bit soon as the hands meet my soft feminine flesh. I turn to face the voice making eye contact with the man behind me. Anticipation drips from my thoughts like acid and warning lights trigger in my brain. I begin scanning the man standing before me: tall, about 6'1", fair complexion, short, brown hair, piercing green eyes; serrated grin on his face.
"Could it be?" I think silently running a subject analysis confirming my suspicions that this is James Coldburn standing in front of me. "I trust you are liking what you are seeing?" I say seductively inviting my target into a comfortable state to lower his defensive suspicions anything might be out of the ordinary.
"Yes, I'm very much liking what I see, Ms...?" James Coldburn says taking a seat next to me at the bar, spinning his barstool to face me undressing me with his stunning green eyes that seem to glow in the club atmosphere.
"Kira Brandenburg." I say completing James Coldburn's sentence sipping on my alcoholic beverage and locking my eyes on him.
"Right, Ms. Brandenburg." James says looking me over still undressing me with his eyes. "You don't look German with red hair." James says flagging down the bartender to order himself a drink as well.
"I've dyed it red recently." I say as my voice slowly takes on a slight German accent.
"Impressive! A sophisticated German woman with luminous blue eyes, red dyed hair, and an outfit that screams lust in every language all alone in my favorite hangout. So, what brings you here this evening?" James inquires feeling me out on potential availability for hooking up.
"I'm just out looking to have a good time, enjoy myself, and see what Atlanta has to offer in the way of nightlife." I say making up some generic bullshit to generate and build interest in me from my intended target.
"Well, now, Ms. Brandenburg, you have definitely come to the right place to explore Atlanta's nightlife." James says eagerly in anticipation of whatever he is pondering in his head.