Chapter 10

Vanessa Carlysle

The shapeshifting mutant is sitting at the backseat of a cab in direction of Marlene Vistain nursery home. It's been two days since she met with Kenan in his apartment, the day he told her that her long lost dream was feasible, not only feasible but can actually be realized quite easily. Since that day she couldn't help but feel happy and impatient at the opportunity given to her.

Vanessa couldn't help but think about the man that made it all possible, she only knew him for less than two but already started to love him. It could be called fate, the mutant rarely ever took any client these past few months due to having earning enough and only did it when she had an itch to scratch.

The moment the shapeshifter saw the young man she knew at that moment that he was special, her mutation allowed her to transform to the person she was exposed to, the more time Vanessa spend near a person the more she learn things about them, such as their personality, memories and life force but due to that power she couldn't form any bond with other people without her power acting up from staying too much time with the same person. For a time the mutant thought that death was a better option, but then she thought of her parents, they wouldn't like her to waste her life like that, so Vanessa have to continue live for them, them whose life ended too soon.

Then the shapeshiter met Kenan, she couldn't get anything from him no matter how much time they spend together, the first time it happen since she manifested her mutation. At first the mutant thought that the young man was a mutant like her but she was wrong. He was apparently given power by a god. All that didn't matter because she found somebody she could interact normally and that's something she desperately wanted.

That's why she chatted so much with what seemed a total stranger and confided some personal thing to him. The mutant woman finds him quite naïve, easy manipulated and not good a hiding his emotion from his face making him easy to read to experienced people like her, which is a good thing in her book because she like her man honest. The more she spend time with him the more she think that they're compatible, it also help that Kenan is a great lay thanks to his power.

His dream of having a harem was quite funny to her and he was serious about it but Vanessa doubted he will be able to accomplish it, especially in the twenty first century. The mutant planned to take all of his attention and time so Kenan can forget his silly dream because she didn't want to share his man but recently her thought changed.

The shapeshifter is starting to imagine her love interest with others women and to her shock, it aroused her. With the time she spent on the sex industries, Vanessa wasn't a stranger to a women touch and slept with her fair share of them, but sharing a man with other woman on the bed was never her thing until now. The thought was so tempting and arousing enough for her to consider helping Kenan bring a woman or two in the bed.

"We are here, sir." The cab driver said interrupting the shapeshifter musing.

"Wait for me I'll be back in fifteen minutes." A deep masculine voice said before handing a hundred dollar bill to the cab driver.

The driver nodded in agreement and tucked the money in one of his pocket. The black man left the taxi and walked through to the front door of the nursery home.

"What are you doing here Jason? I thought your shift ended." A guard sitting at the reception asked.

Jason, a guard that work the day shift in the nursery home. This is the cover they decided to use for the assassination of Marlene Vistain.

"Yeah but I forgot something in the locker room, so I came back to get it." The mutant responded smoothly the inquiry of her persona colleague. Vanessa stayed for a couple minute, making some idle chat with the guard to avoid being suspicious to him before leaving to do what she originally came to accomplish, inflict pain on the biggest mob boss in the city.

The shapeshifter directly walked in direction of the room of her intended target, ignoring the camera. Kenan's AI already took control over them and altered the tape to show Jason going in the locker room instead.

The mutant didn't waste time and shortly she was in the bedroom of a sleeping old woman. Vanessa made sure that it was the right person, she didn't want to end up killing somebody who has nothing to do with her personal vendetta.

"I don't have any ill will against you but I hate your son so much that I'm willing to kill you just to hurt him a little." Vanessa whispered to the elderly as she put on a breathing mask. "Be happy, you won't stay alone for long. Your son will join you shortly. Rest in peace and sorry."

She pulled out a spray given by Kenan from her pocket, something the AI made. From what Kenan told her, if a person inhales enough gas from the spray their organs will start to weaken at a fast pace, then ultimately die due to organs failure.

The mutant isn't sure how it is supposed to work but it didn't matter to her. She sprayed the thing near the face of the sleeping Marlene for a good amount of time, about half a minute before stopping. Vanessa stood at the bedside looking at the old woman and waited.

It wasn't the first time she killed someone, but for her it is an unpleasant thing to do. After suffering so many years, she long stopped feeling guilty for her victims. The shapeshifter believes that there's nothing wrong with enacting vengeance on people that made her suffer, to her those people reaped what they sow.

Five minute passed before Vanessa checked the pulse of the older woman, it was faint and getting fainter by the second but still there. The mutant sprayed the gas again for good measure and waited for another minute. This time she couldn't feel her breathing and pulse anymore. The shapeshifter sprayed the rest of the bottle directly into the nose of the dying woman and then left.

"I found it. Have a good night." Vanessa said to the guard at the reception while showing him her phone as she walked toward the exit.

"You too, brother." The guard replied while eating his fries.

Vanessa got into the taxi and left. She needs to prepare Kenan's well-deserved reward.