Mistral And Varietta

Issue 11. After Mistral's loss against Epsilon, she lands on one of the Makin Islands where she meets a teenage girl named Varaletta

After Mistral gets thrown out of Nagasaki by Epsilon, she lands on one of the Makin Islands that managed to stay safe from Epsilon. She hits a tree and lands on a boulder on a beach. She lays there for a few hours then a group of kids find her. One kid pokes her with a stick. Mistral doesn't respond. Then the kid goes to find a pulse and finds a very weak pulse. The kid then signals for the others to come and carry her. The kids carry her back to a cave where a teenage girl is living. She signals them away. She undresses Mistral and puts her catsuit on the ground. Mistrals catsuit is ripped up and dirty from the recent battle and its a bit discolored. The girl then tends to her wounds. Some have healed but most still haven't. The girl notices a wound automatically healing slowly. She then looks at Mistral's whole body and sees all the bruises and broken body parts on her. The girl then starts to make an improvised cot and lays Mistral on it. She then applies improvised medical supplies on Mistral's wounds. The girl does what she can and puts a blanket over Mistral. Before heading to bed, the girl takes off Mistral's bandana and lays it next to her on the cot.

The next morning Mistral still hasn't woken up from her wounds yet and still remains unconscious. The girl is out by the beach washing Mistrals catsuit and her bandana. She returns an hour later to set some food by Mistral in case she wakes up. She then goes outside the cave to see how the children are doing. She sees the children working together to build improvised houses and feeding each other. Most of the children are preteens and a small percentage are still kids. The girl then calls over a little boy. The boy runs over to her and she tells him to bring her a sewing kit. The kid does as hes told and runs inside a makeshift hospital. The girl then goes back inside the cave and sits next to Mistral.  The kid looks for the girl and finds her inside the cave. He hands her the sewing kit and she immediately gets to work on sewing Mistrals suit back up. About half an hour later she shifts her work onto a makeshift table and continues sewing there. A boy comes into the cave and asks if the girl needs anything. She waves him off and he says ok. The boy then gets a shifty look on his face when he sees Mistral laying on the cot. He sneaks over to her and attempts to lift up the blanket covering her. The girl then yells saying "Don't you think about it!". The boy then hurriedly leaves the cave and the girl gets back to work.

Sundown approaches and Mistral is slowly regaining consciousness. She starts to lay up but her arms are to weak to support her and she winds up coughing blood. The girl runs over to her and gives her some water. She holds up Mistrals head and tells her to swish it around to get the blood out of her mouth. Mistral does so but very slowly. She then spits out the blood and the girl gives her more water. She tells Mistral to do it again for good measure. Mistral spits out the water again and the girl is still holding Mistrals head. She then gives her fresh water to drink and Mistral finishes it like her life depends on it. Mistral still trying to get up, is still struggling and the girl tells her to lay still. The girl then walks away and returns with a rag to clean the blood from around Mistrals mouth and face. The girl then talks to Mistral. "Can you tell me your name?" The girl then leans her head closer to Mistrals lips and Mistral responds very quietly "Reiko." The girl then tends to the rest of Reiko's body. Since Reiko wasn't wearing anything under her catsuit shes completely naked apart from the blanket. She cleans the wounds around Reiko's ribs and hips then her legs. The girl the notices how pale Reiko is mostly because of the blood loss. Reiko then does a weak chuckle because the girl wiped a ticklish spot. The girl then stops and feeds Reiko some food. Reiko gobs up all the food. Minutes after she finished eating, Reiko has regained partial strength and attempts to sit up. She does but it required a bit of effort. The girl then asks if Reiko wants to stand up and Reiko shakes her head yes. The blanket falls off of her and Reiko attempts to stand up while the girl supports her. Reiko legs wobble as she attempts to stand up. Reiko finds her balance and attempts to walk. She can walk but slowly since shes still recovering. Reiko then asks the girl for a bit of space then Reiko performs a kata she learned from Aikido class. She performs half the kata before her body gets full of cramps and sore again. Reiko then walks over to the girl and asks where her clothes are. The girl shows her and Reiko looks a bit disappointed because she didn't know how badly she ripped up the suit. She regains a bit of happiness to see most of it sewn back up. "You did this?" Reiko asks. "Yes. The kids carried you to my cave." "Wait, where am I?" "You are on the Makin Island Kiebu." "Holy s**t I'm at Makin? How did I get here?" "You tell me. The kids found you laying on a boulder on the beach." "Oh no, Epsilon." Reiko then attempts to fly off but fails because her body has not fully recovered yet. "What are you doing?" "Oh s**t. You might not understand." "Acid?" "Wait what? No." "What then?" "When I get fully healed ill show you." "Fair enough." "Hey can you put your clothes back on? You're making me a bit hot here." "Yeah sure." Reiko goes back inside the cave and puts her catsuit back on then walks back over to the girl. "So who are you?" "My name is Varietta. I live her but as you can see the island is mostly destroyed." How was it destroyed?" "This crazy powerful lady came destroying the islands." "How did you guys survive?" "When we saw the lady destroying the other islands, we started to gather everybody up and hide in that cave we were in. Sadly only me and the kids survived. The adults were all killed off because they sacrificed themselves to the lady to keep us from getting detected." "This lady, what did she look like?" "Oof she was ugly. She looked really old and was wearing this sliverish looking outfit similar to yours." "F**k." "What?" "Hate to tell you this Varietta but that lady is my mother and I failed trying to defeat her." "What, shes your goddamn mother!?" "Sadly yes." "How did she get those powers?' Reiko sighs and tells Varietta "Sit down its gonna be a long story."

She tells Varietta about what happened and Varietta looks astonished rather than surprised. "So you have superpowers?" "Yep." "Are yours similar to your mothers.?" "I've only unlocked about two of them that's about it." "Oh wow." "Yep." "So I guess your mother calls herself Epsilon because shes insane from the serum." "That's what my dad and I think." 'So what happens now Reiko aka Mistral?" "I don't know. I cant really use my powers at the moment but my healing factor still works so i guess i can help around the island till I get em back." "That would be great Reiko." "Ok it's settled then Varietta. Oh by the way, are you a lesbian?' "Yes actually, i though it was obvious when I told you I was getting hot when i saw you naked outside." "Yeah true i should have figured that out." "Why'd you ask? You one too?" "Well I'm half but i prefer men." "Oh, I see." "Yeah sorry." "Its ok." Reiko and Varietta then stand up and walk out of the cave, then Reiko says to Varietta "So, where do you guys need help?"