Suddenly, a large, full color hologram flares to life, and a near lifelike image of Praetoria appeared! She looked older, at least by a few years. Her suit was changed as well, a more conservative full coverage top paired with matching gloves, skirt, and boots, all deep red. She also wore a short yellow cape on her back. There was a yellow symbol of a stylized sun on her chest. She waved and said ”Hello, Earth! Praetoria here from the Gloxebian system! Spatial distances work different out here, so don't ask me exactly how far I am since I traveled by wormhole anyway. My teachers back home will definitely assure you all that science was NOT my strong suit!”
She smiled and folded her arms across her chest lightly. ”I just wanted to let everyone know I’m doing okay, and have encountered so much good out in the universe. I know back home we tend to see and assume the worst in others, especially off-worlders. But I’ve learned that what we’ve encountered is just a few bad apples in the grand barrel that is the cosmos. And the small acts of kindness I’ve seen out here remind me so much of home…I miss everyone so much. I hope to see you all again someday soon, and I am so glad to hear that the Praetorium Museum is being reopened!”
She waves to everyone and then blows the crowd a kiss before the feed closes.
Praetoria looks at the bouncers and puts a hand on her hip. She steps up and mutters into the bouncers ear ”You really think the PR for this place is able to stand up to the counter story the Taylor PR team will weave about this place? Or you think your bosses would prefer the story we might run anonymously about how great of a time people have here? You tell me…” before stepping back and looking him in the eyes.
”Okay,” Kayla says before tapping the device on her wrist. Her armor shifts and transforms into a tight black dress with a plunging neckline, jeweled choker, and a high rising slit connected with golden bands on her left thigh. ”How’s this?”
Kayla returns the hug. She answers ”Oh yeah. Is it just us three, or are the rest just known for being fashionably late?” She pauses and then adds ”Speaking of fashion: what look we going for here?”
After about an hour, whatever alarm system Shin has set up alerts an unregistered person approaching. Eventually identifying the culprit as Kayla, and once she is allowed entry, she floats inside and lands lightly on the floor. She is wearing the much more revealing suit she sported for a few weeks after their trip to the island. She looks the place over and says "Little less 'frat house' than the previous base. But stodgy as Hell."
Kayla balks at the revelation. ”Well…that…is something,” she replies. ”That may…make things a bit awkward. But,” she smiles comfortingly, ”It doesn’t bother me any. I’ve heard of and seen stranger things.”
Kayla gestures to her wrist, which has a fairly sizable but nice looking wristband on it. ”I keep my wardrobe and super suits all on here. It’s a special little device that lets me swap to and from super suits quickly, as well as my normal clothes. None of this is actually fabric, even though it feels like it. It’s actually some nanotech.”
She emphasizes her point by tapping a button on the wristband and her tank top and skirt quickly shift on her body until she is in her current super suit.
Kayla looks at the newcomer and smiles back politely as she sizes her up. ”Kayla. Or Praetoria,” she answers before looking to Max. ”One of your teammates?” she asks.
Kayla smiles knowingly and says ”That sounds about right. Knowing Horizon…” before coughing slightly. She then sits up and says ”Listen, don’t worry about all of that,” as she waves a hand in general direction of the rabble rousers as she scoots closer to Max. ”They’ll get over it soon enough. But, if you want some PR help, I can give you my number and maybe my Aunt can work her magic.”
Kayla pulls up her phone and does a quick Infini-web search and then says ”Oooooh. Yeah…My Aunt was not on board with that one being released. But it was one of my suits, and she eventually caved,” as she bobs her foot up and down.
”So, you are part of Horizon’s new team, huh? How is that going? And what are you all calling yourselves?” she asks as she leans back on the bleacher behind her, lounging in quite a relaxed posture.
Kayla smiles and replies ”Well, that’s a bit awkward,” she says teasingly, obviously joking as she has a seat beside Max and crosses her legs. ”So which one was your favorite?” she adds, continuing to jest with the “demon” girl.
Max, wherever they may be, notices a very recognizable individual approaching her. That is the tall, lean, blonde form of Kayla Taylor, known in the superhuman community as Praetoria! She is dressed in designer attire: a form fitting tank top that doesn’t quite reach the top of a green skirt that just barely passes the length requirement for the dress code of the school.
”Hey there! You must be who has the place all in an uproar!” she says cheerily. She holds a hand out politely for a hand shake and says ”Nice to meet you.”
LOL! Didn’t mean to scare you. Just High School is rumored to be petty. And full of drama. We both may have to deal with our fair share before the year ends.
Yeah, she regrets me leaving because she wanted another shot at my powers. Watch your back around her.
Never heard of a Steel Guardian. Must be yet another newcomer to the scene.
I’m fine. I guess. Says a lot that you are the only person to reach out to me, even though the rest knew me way longer.
"Hey! I'm glad you texted. Kinda assumed all of you guys were dropping me like a hot rock since Siphon took my spot. Glad to hear you are fitting in! Sophie and the girls should take good care of you. If they don't, let me know and I'll line them out! And I know you aren't from here, so if you need anything, you tell me and I'll take care of it, okay? How are the others? ...Rory and that bimbo still together? And thanks, but I don't think any of them actually miss me..."
We have now got 60 COVID+ cases in inpatient beds. Holding 68 patients in the ED due to no beds to admit them to. 10+ of those are also COVID.
We have admitted patients in the ED that are waiting in recliners. Saw one that was actually just on 3 plastic chairs pushed together to act as a bed while they had an iv running.
All the while, still taking all the STEMI, stroke, and trauma patients in the region because we are the only hospital that can.
Had to put 6 med/surg patients in the Labor and Delivery department for those nurses to take, and 2 in our surgery recovery area, just to try and make room in the ED so we could resume actually triaging patients.
And that was last night.
I also got called in to work Monday night, then begging me for help, and I did so, without pay because I’m salary.
Earlier this week I had a patient arrested due to threatening staff.
And a guy walk in…WALK IN…after being disemboweled in a knife fight.
Kayla looks down at The Maw in confusion. She then just sort of stares at the floor for a moment in thought.
I have my powers. I have what’s left of my family. I have a world of fans that love me and look up to me. I have my life. I have…me.
She slowly lands and wipes her eyes. She steps over and gives The Maw a firm hug around his waist. ”Thanks big guy. I needed that.”
She then slips past him and heads through the penthouse to Angela’s office. She knocks before slipping inside. ”Angela…there’s something I want to do…”
An hour later, on several news outlets:
Praetoria stood on a balcony the family often used for official press releases. Though this was the first time she had ever been seen using it. She stood there with a practiced smile and waved at the gathering crowd as the other present members of the Taylor family stood behind her, Angel in particular appearing very pleased.
Praetoria then stepped up to the podium bearing the Praetorian insignia. ”Thank you for coming everyone. I will keep this brief so everyone can get back to their families. As of today, I will be officially stepping into the responsibilities of my father, and his father before him. This has been some time coming, but it is now time for me to do what is needed of me on behalf of the world.”
”As such, I will be stepping away from working as part of the Sentinels to give these responsibilities my full attention. I thank them wholeheartedly for the opportunity to train and hone my skills alongside them.”
As reporters begin to clamor for questions, she holds up a hand and smiles and says ”Im sorry, we will be doing another release later and will take questions then. For now,” she smiles and shrugs ”I have Trigonometry test to study for!” which elicits some laughter from the gathered reporters and crowd.
Kayla tries, poorly, to control her breathing. ”I don’t…I don’t know how much more of me is left to grind away. I have lost so much…”
She pushes away, but continues to let him hold her at his eye level, her eyes darting between his. ”What more does the universe want from me? I’ve lost my parents. My brother hates me. I have no friends. What more is left?”
Kayla crawls to her feet. Her blonde hair hangs around her tear stained face like a veil as she staggers over to the Maw and floats up to his head to wrap him up in a hug, burying her face into the base of his neck as she doesn’t stop crying.
”Why? Why do all these bad things keep happening to me? What h-have I done to deserve this?”
As a player, love the drama that Praetoria brings. Shin however has reached his threshold for times that she yells at the team and then flies away without resolving anything. He's hoping that by at least putting this discussion out there, they can decide what to do about her whether they agree with his proposal or not.
On the other hand, he's sweating bullets because he feels he's just pulled a trigger that can't be undone and may destroy everything he cares about in this time period, so feel free to lay the pressure on him there!
Heh. Definitely is one of the scenarios I was anticipating this culminating to. So you didn’t catch me off guard with it, by any means.
Also, do not for one second concern yourselves with offending me as a player here. I love good RP drama, and don’t mind where it may go so long as it is a natural feel and nobody actually gets offended/hurt by it.
Stalwart can confirm I discussed several scenarios/options with him prior to the RP tonight. Heh
Kayla doesn’t flinch or look away as Siphon steps up. Her own eyes appear dangerously close to blasting a hole through Siphon’s skull.
Siphon wrote:
"Do you want that? Do you want me to stay as a villain? Well, f**@ you! I'm not going to let you tell me what I am!"
”I won’t have to. You’ll prove that on your own,” Kayla snarls back.
She then gives the others a disgusted look. She looks at the breakfast they are eating and says ”Lost my appetite,” before making her way to the lift and pushing a button so hard it cracks.
Once topside she doesn’t even bother trying to hide herself as she immediately blasts off into the sky and soars straight for the Tower. Once there, she heads straight for her room and slams the door so hard it shatters! She then flops on the bed and buried her face in her pillows and sobs.
Psyche:
If you try and get a read on Kayla through all of this, if it isn’t clear, she is experiencing an incredible amount of anger, pain, and betrayal.
"...Fine? You want to talk about betrayal?" Shin's wiping his hands on a dish towel to focus his own anger and to try and avoid anything to do with his powers. "I come to this future, my future, and find out that I've betrayed every ideal that I upheld in my time. My future self is a monster. The next time I meet him, I will do whatever I have to do to take him down, because that's my responsibility to fix. I have to prove that I will never become that man. That's how I plan to deal with my betrayal."
”Do whatever it takes, huh? How very ‘Dusk’ of you…”
“Shin”Horizon” Akebono” wrote:
"You feel betrayed, so what are you going to do about it?" He asks her. "Do you want revenge? Do you want us to throw Valerie out into the cold? Do you just want us to feel pity for you? I've given you space to work out your feelings. I've given you so much slack for continuing to go off and do your own thing rather than be a part of this team. I have been as patient as Gautama under the Bodhi tree to see you try and gain a little bit of empathy and humility. So maybe, just maybe, take five minutes to actually have a conversation with the person you feel slighted by to get their perspective instead of jumping up and down and blaming everyone for hurting your feelings," He finishes.
”You think I haven’t been trying to be a part of this team? I’ve been trying to be accepted by all of you from the moment the Sentinels were formed! But every time I turn around one of you is either trying to cut me down or some outside force is trying to control me to do something against my will. You forgetting that during Dread’s attack on me that I was being controlled by something? So subtle that Psyche couldn’t detect it and I couldn’t even tell where I ended and it began? Of course you don’t! Because none of you care!” Kayla retorts. She then turns to look at Rory. ”None of you.”
“Rory “Frostbite” Noble” wrote:
Rory moves around the kitchen island that was between him and Kayla so he was somewhat standing between Siphon and Praetoria forming a bit of a triangle. "That said, what Dread did was horrific but you and your parents were targeted specifically by psychotic megalomaniacs who sought out and developed tech to steal powers, Siphon on the other hand did go out one day and choose the power she has. As far has her 'wrong acts', which I am sure will be the subject of numerous future discussions, that is kinda the point of her joining the team to get a fresh start."
Kayla waves Rory’s retort off dismissively. ”Yeah, and your judgement isn’t being skewed, huh?” she asks, giving his crotch an accusatory glance.
“Andressa De’Liano Aka Triplight” wrote:
Andressa stepped away from the counter a bit and looked to Kayla, "Some of us don't even really have powers, but that's besides the point. Kayla, I think she really wants to try to do this hero thing. Sure Valerie made a mistake at the party." She looks back to Hux who chirps and squeals a bit. "And by the sound of it you told her to take her best shot at the party?" She looked back at the draconic creature as if for confirmation, it warbled again.
"Look, this is difficult most of all for you, and 'I' am sorry for putting you in this position. This wasn't Valeries plan, Rory's, or anyone elses. I took a chance and if it doesn't pay off then I'll deal with it." She looked to Valerie with a weary but honest smile, "I really hope it doesn't come to that though. Please just give her this one chance to make things up to you."
Andressa gave another glance to Valerie then looked back to Kayla, "I'm certain things can work for the better if we all work together, besides we're heroes right? Impossible is what we're supposed to make possible." She felt that perhaps quoting an old show that up until now hadn't served her wrong yet might add some credit to what she hoped to accomplish. Placing a hand next to the plate of eggs she acknowledged there presence but wasn't about to eat with this much tension.
Kayla’s head wheeled around towards Trip. At first it looked like she might snap at her too, but Kayla actually let out a breath and said ”Trip, you weren’t here for all of that with Dread. But you did know what she did to me,” as she points at Siphon. ”Yeah, she sure as hell took her best shot, and then some. Then proceeded to abuse the power she stole from me for her own personal gain. If she wanted to be a hero, deep down, she could have used my powers to try and turn a new leaf then. Instead, she wanted to make another score,” Kayla pauses and gives Rory and Siphon a glance and snarled her nose. ”…and then some.”
”Can’t be a hero?” Kayla seethes. ”When have I EVER tried to play god like that, Horizon? Do YOU understand how absolutely terrifying it is to have your powers stripped from you and used for acts of cruelty or greed? Sure, your ‘alternate self’” she says with air quotes, ”is on the loose doing his own evil schemes, but at least you’ve never been made powerless in the process. Oh, let’s not forget that the ‘alternate you’ managed to slap a mind control rig on me and force me to do all sorts of things I don’t even want to get into, by the way.”
”And then, after all that, the group of people you consider your closest friends in the world goes and, without even asking you, recruits someone to the team that forces you to relive that threat EVERY MOMENT they are around them. Someone who has already stolen your powers once before and went on a crime spree like it was a game!” Kayla shakes her head in defiance. ”No. You don’t get to lecture me from some false heroic pedestal on this. You all have no idea how…how…how betrayed I feel right now!”
”STAY. PUT.” Kayla fumes as Siphon begins to leave. Her eyes have now flared into pools of pure golden fire, and her whole body seems to glow with a faint golden fury.
Kayla’s eyes turn to Valerie as she saunters out of Ness’ old room. And with Rory right behind her! Then, she has the audacity to goad her, in front of everyone!?!?
”You have got to be s#!!ting me!” Kayla fumes as she slides off the countertop. ”You all agreed to this, without even so much as ASKING my opinion on it first?”
Part of her considered firing up what she hoped was her “Anti-Valerie Uniform” and proceeding to kick her ass. But that would make her look like she feared Valerie. Instead, she walked straight across the room and stood directly in front of her, leering at her. ”What game you playing here, Siphon? Wanting to get in good with everyone and then take either my or Psyche’s powers and force the team to do your bidding? Got a grand heist in mind and need to con the rest of them in for a big score?”
She shoots Rory a glare. Then turns back to the others. ”And you thought this would be okay? After what happened to me before? When my parents were murdered? When I was almost killed by someone doing almost EXACTLY what she does?” she asks, her voice laced with betrayal and frustration.
The more Triplight talks, the more pale Kayla's body becomes. Her mouth hangs slightly open and her eyes are wide. She looks back and forth between Shin and Psyche before half chuckling and asking "She's joking, right? You guys are just pranking me. Ha ha very funny..."
Kayla kept turning her head from one speaker to another, growing more and more frustrated as everyone kept holding back whatever was actually going on.
”Would one of you stop dancing around whatever you are talking about and just tell me already?”
Then things start to click into place. ”Wait…what…what is going on?” she asked nervously.
Kayla rolls her eyes. "Oh, I can only imagine," she says sarcastically as she makes her way over to Hux. She leans over the couch and, if Hux lets her, will pet on his head and neck.
Kayla looked at the text before laying down and huffed in frustration. She tossed the phone down on her bed before curling up. Duke hopped up into bed beside her and she gave him a hug before snuggling in for what sleep she can get.
The next morning she rolls over with a sleep deprived groan. She picks up the phone and replies:
DM:
Went to sleep. Maybe later.
Kayla staggered into the shower and got cleaned up before getting dressed. She opted for a white crop top and some denim shorts before adjusting the dial on her cuff to conceal her identity in some baggy sweats and long t-shirt. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail before donning a ball cap and heading over to Blockbuster to try and see how things went last night with their foray into they grey. Considering she hadn’t seen any news updates declaring the Sentinels outlaws, she assumed it went okay.
She landed in an alley a ways off before walking over. Once inside she twisted the dial back out of her undercover clothes as she rode the lift down base. She made her way into the common area as she called out ”Hello? You guys here, or in jail?”
Kayla was flush with embarrassment as Tiv sat her down. ”Yeah. It’s fine. Sorry. Honestly, I should probably go. It’s late,” she says as she shifts her attire back to the way it was. She stands and heads for the window and whispers back ”See ya later,” before flying off.
She cursed herself out in her head as she flew. Why was everything falling apart? It didn’t make sense. And it wasn’t fair!
She flew back to the Tower and landed lightly before heading back to her room for the night.
Kayla sits quietly a bit. This was, in all honesty, one of the most adult, mature conversations she’s ever had. And Tiv was being very understanding. She reaches over and takes his hand. ”You're right. So how about we go the safe route and say this is the ‘for a good time’ option. And if it becomes something more, then it does.”
She caught onto his concern/fear of needing rescued at some point. She smirked and stood up and stepped towards the window. ”And I know you are worried about needing rescued at some point,” she says as she adjusts the dial on her wristband. Her loose sweats and shirt shift and change into her sexier super suit. she then turns and puts her hands on her hips and asks ”Do you want to be rescued? Or…” she says as she steps closer and adds ”do you wanna save me?” as she obviously pretends like she’s about to faint.
Kayla blushes and looks at her feet. She sits quietly a moment before replying. ”It started that way. But I’m pretty sure my Aunt set us up to also try and put a knife through my previous dating experience. With Frostbite. She didn’t approve.”
She bobs her feet back and forth. ”Theres still a lot of tension there since we…broke up? I dunno. He got mad because of a few things, but one of which was…” she takes a deep breath before confessing ”I made out with Scorch. A couple different times.”
”Then I got captured by Dr. Dread, watched my parents get killed by both Dreads in Hell, and, well, everything else that’s happened.”
She places a hand on his cheek. ”I like you. A lot. There is a lot of baggage that comes with dating me, maybe superheroes in general. And that’s not fair to you. I don’t even know how long Angel will tolerate us. She’s always been one of the people in my family that felt it was important to maintain our ‘genetic advantage’ and only ‘seriously date top tier super beings.’”
She scoots closer. ”Its not fair to you and I’m sorry. There’s a bunch more I haven’t told you. I can’t tell you. And it’s not fair. But…well…what are you thinking?”
When Tiv starts and stops again, Kayla is curious what he was thinking. ”No…ask your question. What were you thinking?” she turns towards him and stares into his eyes with extreme focus.
Kayla slides to the side and sits up on the edge of the bed. She pants as she tries to catch her breath and adjust her top to a semblance of order, buying time to clear her head.
”It’s…it’s not you. I…I have had a lot of…emotional things…happen lately. Things we haven’t talked about. Things I haven’t talked about…”
As Tiv's efforts increase, so too does Kayla. After a few passionate minutes pass, as his hand begins to slide along her stomach and up under her shirt, Kayla's mind is briefly assailed by flashes of memory of other emotional moments. Being captured by Dr. Dread. Being mind controlled by Dusk. Her times with Rory. Her moments with Mattie. Being utterly humiliated by Valerie.
Kayla breaks away from the make out session and pants "Wait," as she pushes Tiv away. "I...I'm sorry. I didn't mean..."
Kayla’s heart started beating faster as she gently returned the kiss. Her left hand raised to his cheek while her right fell to rest against his chest as her eyes drifted closed.
Kayla blushes and has a seat next to him on the edge of the bed, tucking one of her feet underneath her. "Yeah. Just...team stuff. They are being stupid and I didn't wanna be seen with them so I had to go make a public scene so everybody and their cousin would know I wasn't with them."
She sighs and flops back on his bed, staring up at the ceiling a moment in silence. "So, what's this about some sort of mantis?" she asked as she scratched an itch on her stomach.
Kayla squirmed into the window as quietly as she could. ”Hey. Just wanted to come by. Is that not okay? I could go…” she asked as she paused and turned back to the window behind her.
”I dunno. Just…” she considers telling her aunt about how she is feeling distant from the team, disenfranchised she supposed. But she knew that would just lead to her again campaigning for her to go solo.
Maybe I should…
She shakes her head and just mutters ”Nevermind. I’m gonna go hit the gym and think on it.”
She heads over to the gym and hits the elliptical, with a resistance setting custom made just so it could actually do her some good. After about an hour working on the machine that a normal person wouldn’t even be able to budge, Kayla had worked up a nice sweat and calmed down a bit. Maybe I should go say hi to Tiv. Give him a surprise visit.
She hopped into the shower before tossing on a cute crop top and shorts and then slipping out, hopefully without being noticed.
She flew across the blocks to Tiv’s Place, approaching his window quietly, hoping to surprise him.
After spending a good bit more time at the club making certain she was seen, she made her way out and waved at a few more fans outside before taking to the sky and heading towards the Tower. On her way, she shot Tiv a text:
Hey. You’ll probably see me on the news. I’ll explain later.
She then lands lightly on the balcony of their penthouse before heading inside. She was very frustrated, but she was getting over the whole idea of Rory and Siphon. At least I won’t have to deal with her day-to-day. Just avoid any crimes with her involved, and stay away from Rory and her during down time.
She changed into her training gear before heading towards the gym. However, she heard her aunt’s voice in the office and paused before deciding to head inside. She waited for her to hang up her phone call before asking ”Hey. So I ran into the Ingots tonight. We hung out a bit, they asked me to be on their show for an exhibition and to hang out with some other teams…”
Kayla had hoped to get a read on exactly why these girls were being so friendly. Were they just gushing fans? Or were they hoping for a rating and credibility bump from her participation? It was hard to tell with all the noise.
Kayla listened to what they had to say, nodding along. When Vera laid her hand on her wrist, Kayla froze a bit and blushed reflexively. She then just commented ”Yeah, maybe something like that could work.”
Kayla sips at her glorified smoothie as the super-fans assail her with questions. ”Sort of…we picked them up when we were in an alternate dimension. It’s weird and hard to explain, but they are nice.”
”Uhm, I honestly don’t know. I haven’t found a limit yet. And I’ve maxed out the pneumatic press at the house.”
Kayla rolls her eyes at the question about Psyche, assuming that’s enough of an answer.
”Yeah, she’s awesome. I just wish she was able to have stuck it out with us and balance the show too,” Kayla says morosely about Mosaic, taking another sip of her drink.
She coughs and blushes at the mention of Rory and Tiv. ”Frostbite, uh, what do you mean? We weren’t really, you know, uh…” she denies, blushing furiously. Were we really that obvious?
Glad for a change of subject, she shrugs to Vera and says ”I dunno, maybe. It’d be a delicate thing to work out, PR wise I’m sure. My guys wouldn’t want to risk me getting in there and getting shown up by you guys, and I’m sure your alls people wouldn’t want to risk me doing the same with you. And I don’t think your alls stuff is staged or anything, is it?”
Kayla slides in with the booth with the girls. But now that they were on either side of her in the semi-circle booth, she sort of felt a bit trapped. ”Virgin strawberry daiquiri for me,” she answers Tina, but directed it towards the waiter that was falling all over himself trying to serve the five ladies.
When Vera asks about the Sentinels, Kayla shrugged and started to reply, but then Leddie asked about Tiv, causing her to smile in order to hide the pang of guilt. ”Dunno, just needed a ‘me night,’ I guess.”
Kayla turns her head their way, doing her best to hide the fact her senses are pinging off the charts in here. Still, she was getting better at controlling them and focusing them as needed. She turns and makes her way over to the girls and says ”Hey. How are you doing tonight?”
”Yeah, thanks for that memory, Horizon,” Praetoria thought back to Shin, her frustration evident even in the telepathic communique.
”Las time she caught me by surprise. If she tries that s!%& again, I’ll be ready. But this, I am not getting wrapped up in this. My families name means too much to be ruined over some…whatever she is.”
She then flies off, leaving the rest of the Sentinels to deal with these handlers in whatever way they are plotting.
__________
She started to head to Tiv’s place, but then her guilt over her emotions towards Rory weighs on her. She hovers up in the air above Halcyon for a few minutes before growling in frustration. If they are doing something stupid and illegal, I need to make sure I’m seen somewhere public and away from them.
She eventually settles on a teen dance club a few blocks away from the Tower. She flies over and lands in front of the club, making sure to cause a bit of a scene doing so. She taps her wrist band a few times and her super suit shifts into an eye catching party dress that gave her enough freedom of movement to dance and some heels before heading up to the doorman, bypassing the line. She paused long enough to take a few selfies, giving the paparazzi time to get a few easy shots also. He opens the rope for her without question and says ”Ms. Taylor,” as Kayla smiled in thanks and waved at a few people before stepping on inside.
