Generation Legacy Issue #13 "Genocide" - Part 1

[Shalimar]

Kelly watched the demon summoning in a fearful mesmirized silence, she had tried to act brave, but being in the demon's presence had done something to her...maybe it was her missing soul, or the thing's connection to the master that possed a piece of her. either way she had cringed and trembled until the demon had disappeared from the room. When Ryan had made his scornful comments about her though, Kelly had snapped out of her fearful trance.

"I'm not weak Ryan, stop treating me like a joke. Can you be anywhere in the world you want? Or see and hear anything in the world? Your probably right... its probably why she wants us to kill Genocide, but that doesn't mean you should be an asswhole about everything. There had to be a reason Red Witch came after me in the first place."

 

[Hammerhead]

The spy might not know they're a spy, Anika. That's a difference. And it only means we have to be more careful. I, for one, will not drop my guard. Constant vigilance!

"The bad guys don't come just come after you, Kelly. You willingly place yourself in their care. I'm sure that offering Red Witch a soul is like offering me a chance for a fight: we take it even if we don't see an immediate purpose. This information does change our plan on what to do with Genocide, at the very least. We probably can't risk putting him down like the rabid animal he is. Anyway, I'm leaving. Tina, why don't we catch up later," he asks with a smile. I'm sick and tired of putting up with everyone's BS here. Time to get some actual work done and get some real information, all without opening up a gate to Hell in our gymnasium!

Ryan walks off, then asks the omnipresent SARAH, "Could you please tell me the current location of Mrs. Mitchell? Thanks." He then hastens to her location.

 

[Aenion]

Karen still glances warily at the summoning circle and doesn't move closer to it. She'd held the trembling Kelly to support her.

"The staff can be taken from her and it can be broken but last time it went together with a big boom and some freaky dimension travel... maybe she used some really good magical superglue to fix it?" she speaks up, she frowns remembering something else about the encounter, "She can still use its power, even when someone else is holding it, she tried to blast me with it. But I got the feeling she couldn't cast many other spells anymore when she didn't hold it."

"That's not fair Ryan," she frowns, Even if it might be true. She needs someone to watch over her and even I don't trust Tommy that much. "That's like us telling you not to get eaten by Overseer, if we don't work together, it's gonna happen... We're dealing with beings who're a lot more powerful than us... I agree that it's probably not Kelly she's after. My guess is it's either you, Genocide or Cardinal. With Genocide she doesn't even have to get her hands dirty..."

She sighs when Ryan leaves, I guess you just don't want our help huh?

 

[Tokiwong]

Karen still glances warily at the summoning circle and doesn't move closer to it. She'd held the trembling Kelly to support her.

"The staff can be taken from her and it can be broken but last time it went together with a big boom and some freaky dimension travel... maybe she used some really good magical superglue to fix it?" she speaks up, she frowns remembering something else about the encounter, "She can still use its power, even when someone else is holding it, she tried to blast me with it. But I got the feeling she couldn't cast many other spells anymore when she didn't hold it."

"That's not fair Ryan," she frowns, Even if it might be true. She needs someone to watch over her and even I don't trust Tommy that much. "That's like us telling you not to get eaten by Overseer, if we don't work together, it's gonna happen... We're dealing with beings who're a lot more powerful than us... I agree that it's probably not Kelly she's after. My guess is it's either you, Genocide or Cardinal. With Genocide she doesn't even have to get her hands dirty..."

She sighs when Ryan leaves, I guess you just don't want our help huh?

Kal speaks, “We still have more questions. But for now, we know that we can’t kill Genocide, but if we don’t then we don’t get Kelly’s soul back… this sucks. Gilden do you think it’s possible to entrap Genocide’s soul before the Red Witch can get to it… I am not saying we should kill him, but we can make it look like he is dead… maybe… I don’t know.”

Tina watches Ryan go, and then just folds her arms and listens to the teens.

Gadget walks quickly over to Gilden, “You okay?”

Aya speaks, “I think we are screwed… man we are so screwed.”

Ryan

SARAH leads Ryan to the Infirmary. The door slides open and he finds Kelly’s mother sitting in her bed, Bishop sitting next to her. They both look at Ryan as the door remains open. Kelly’s mother speaks, “Ryan right? How may I help you?”

Bishop adds, “This is a strange surprise.”

Cassie

“I will share what I know,” he replies, “but that is dependent on what you want to know about yourself.”

“I doubt more would know about you, then me, in a way created you… molded you… and this is the final stage of the crucible, where either you emerge whole, or shattered and broken. The choices you take from here can either lead you to greater enlightenment or destroy you,” Yoshi finishes.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie

“I will share what I know,” he replies, “but that is dependent on what you want to know about yourself.”

“I doubt more would know about you, then me, in a way created you… molded you… and this is the final stage of the crucible, where either you emerge whole, or shattered and broken. The choices you take from here can either lead you to greater enlightenment or destroy you,” Yoshi finishes.

" 'That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger.' Friedrich Nietzsche." Cassie says calmly. "It's been the guideline of most of the people who have faced the coming storm. Kelly. Gilden. Anika. To name but a few." Cassie says. "Perhaps it's my time to be tested int eh crucible again."

 

[Mimic]

Gilden sits on the floor halfway listening to the others argue amongst themselves, his head resting on his arms and they in turn resting on his raised knees. He had just put his life, his soul and the souls of his parents on the line and it seemed that none of them cared in the least. Sometimes he wondered why he even bothered to try and make it a better world, everyone seemed not to care beyond their own particular wants and needs.

"Gilden do you think it’s possible to entrap Genocide’s soul before the Red Witch can get to it… I am not saying we should kill him, but we can make it look like he is dead… maybe… I don’t know.”

"Possibly," he replies not looking up. "The information that I learned from the summoning could be used for that but I doubt that the Red Witch would be fooled. She will be on guard for something like that, especially after what we just did." He takes a breath and sighs slightly, "the only sure way of retrieving Kelly's soul short of the Red Witch returning it is to find the Ebon Thorn. Which we have no idea of what it is."

Gadget walks quickly over to Gilden, “You okay?”

He looks up at the pink haired girl, giving her a sad smile that fades into a frown. "No, not really... she threatened my parents... she would find thier souls, bind them into demons and send them after us." He responds quietly.

 

[Samnell]

He looks up at the pink haired girl, giving her a sad smile that fades into a frown. "No, not really... she threatened my parents... she would find thier souls, bind them into demons and send them after us." He responds quietly.

"She's one sick piece of work," Mark sighed.

 

[Hammerhead]

SARAH leads Ryan to the Infirmary. The door slides open and he finds Kelly’s mother sitting in her bed, Bishop sitting next to her. They both look at Ryan as the door remains open. Kelly’s mother speaks, “Ryan right? How may I help you?”

Bishop adds, “This is a strange surprise.”

"Hopefully not too unpleasant of one," Ryan jokes. "Yeah, my name's Ryan, Mrs. Mitchell. Or do you prefer Kismet? Mind if I sit down," he asks as he grabs the other chair and spins it around before sitting down. I hope I'm not interrupting anything important.

"I wanted to talk to you about, well, primarily about Cardinal and her sick little family. Since both of you have been around Pantheon since it's inception, I figure you know a lot more than most. Assuming you feel like telling me," he says with a shrug.

 

[Agamon]

Anika grows angrier as Ryan leaves in a fit and Gilden reveals Red Witch's threat. "This is rediculous. She is so pushing her luck. We no longer have any real reason to even go after Genocide anymore. Not until we take care of Red Witch. We need to divert our efforts into finding out how to destroy, or at least unbind, the staff of hers and effectively take her out of the picture. She's causing a lot more problems than Genocide is right now."

 

[Samnell]

Anika grows angrier as Ryan leaves in a fit and Gilden reveals Red Witch's threat. "This is rediculous. She is so pushing her luck. We no longer have any real reason to even go after Genocide anymore. Not until we take care of Red Witch. We need to divert our efforts into finding out how to destroy, or at least unbind, the staff of hers and effectively take her out of the picture. She's causing a lot more problems than Genocide is right now."

Mark nodded, "Agreed. Do you guys have any ideas...except for running up to her and trying to pry the thing out of her hands?"