Return To Angel Falls

Return to Angel Falls

The steel-skinned woman known as Kai Steel allowed herself a wide grin. Ramping up on the throttle, Kai felt the engine of her modified Honda Valkyrie rumble with barely restrained power as she screamed passed a man in a white, underpowered Porsche Cayman. Flashing him a bright, metallic smile as she flew by, Kai almost chuckled when he nearly swerved off the road and tried to catch up with a determined look on his face.

“Not with that European piece of crap, guy. Sorry! I wonder if he knows what most gals think about men who drive those cars,” Kai mumbled to herself offhandedly.

Looking up ahead, the Angel Falls skyline came into view just on the horizon. Kai spared her speedometer a glance and noticed she was still moving along at a healthy 176 MPH. At that rate it wouldn’t take long to get back to Angel Falls; to get back home. Unfortunately she doubted the State Patrol Officers would just let her speed like a madwoman all the way to town. It was too bad. Kai really couldn’t recall the last time she had so much fun just riding out on the open road. Likely, she knew, it had quite a bit to do with all those sessions with Dr. Hauptmann. It was almost as if Dr. Hauptmann were somehow able to unlock all those doors in her mind that were shut against all of the unpleasantries in her life. Kai had spent the last few months traveling various parts of the country and even had a nice quiet visit with her parents. That was a first, it seemed. The whole trip left Kai feeling as though she had gotten a long, calming, breath of fresh air, but it was time for Kai Steel to resume her duties as a Guardian and to watch over the city she has come to call home… She just hoped the rest of the team wouldn’t be too upset with her personal sabbatical of sorts.

Coming up on a gas station, Kai pulled her bike up to one of the pumps. It may be heavily modified, but it still needed gasoline to run. Stranger Industries likely could have made it run on some crazy fusion reactor and hover all over the place, but Kai had insisted it stay as traditional as possible; meaning she wanted to hear the roar of an internal combustion engine and feel the rubber grip the road. It was extremely fuel-efficient though!

The steel amazon allowed herself a slight smile as she realized her imposing presence had attracted a few gawkers. Kai still wasn’t very comfortable with all the attention her appearance earned her, but she was working on it. Walking passed a couple of men standing outside the convenience store’s entrance, Kai went inside to pay for the fuel. She very nearly had to push the crumpled twenty into the hands of the man behind the register. One might think the people this close to Angel Falls would be used to the occasional Meta now and again. Ah well. She walked back to the women’s restroom and unzipped her jumpsuit. She pulled a neatly folded blouse and skirt out of her large purse and set it on the counter. Just about when Kai would be getting into town, it would be time for her scheduled visit with Dr. Hauptmann and for some reason Kai felt it important to dress nicely for each appointment instead of just slumming in wearing her PJ’s. She quickly pulled on the blouse, which zipped down on one side, and slipped the skirt up her long legs where it pulled tightly over her metal rear. The slits along the sides were long enough that she could ride her bike without embarrassing herself by pulling the skirt up around her waist. Kai would swear, however, that the stupid thing must have shrunk a little bit because it was too damn tight and a little more revealing than she remembered.

“I guess that’s what throwing it in the drier will get me for my impatience,” Kai mumbled to herself. “Well I guess I don’t look too terrible in it. Hrrmph! No use worrying over it now, Kaitlyn.” Smoothing the skirt down, she shoulders the purse with her riding clothes and pulls on a pair of peep toe heels.

As she walked back out to her Valkyrie, Kai did her best to pretend everyone else didn’t exist. Lifting the seat, she tucked her purse away. Starting the oversized motorcycle, her attention was caught by a man in a white Porsche Cayman screeching his tires in front of her bike. Looks like he didn’t get enough the first time, she thought.

“Yo, Hotness! Why don’t you try catchin up to this when I’m ready for that ass? Maybe you wanna let me motorboat dem metal beach balls when you finally make it into town! Woooo!” The tires smoke as the Porsche burns enough rubber to repave the entire stretch of highway before they catch and the little white sports car tears off towards Angel Falls.

“I know the little, overcompensating, piece of trash was NOT just referring to my… As… I have NEVER!” Kai sputters in shock as she watches the car head for the horizon. “Screw it!” She reaches down and tears the shoes off of her feet, letting them drop to the ground, and straddles her purring Valkyrie. Just as she is about to go flying wildly down the road, Kai Steel looks out over the horizon passed the shrinking form of the white Porsche. The city of Angel Falls dominates the skyline. It feels great to be back in Angel Falls. It feels better to be home.

Kaitlyn O’Hern, the woman known as Kai Steel, puts her large Honda Valkyrie into gear and it roars as she gives the throttle a healthy twist. She rides towards the city at breakneck speed, a smile on her face.


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Big picture, so best if you full view!

Yay! Finally posted something after half a year... And yes, I changed her hair. I figured I would give it a try and see how I like the shorter hair on her. I was pretty partial to it long, but we'll see.

Artwork done exclusively in Adobe CS2 with a Wacom Intuos 3 as usual. I am a little rusty... I also don't have any skill at drawing motorcycles, cars, or anything mechanical, so I apologize for the bike!

A couple of mentions:
Stranger Industries strangely belongs to

Dr. Hauptmann Is taking appointments through the all-powerful,

Kai Steel is of course my OC.


Kai Steel is racing back home in