Generation Legacy Issue #14 "Genocide" - Part 2

[Aenion]

Canada

Tommy shrugs.

Mr. Smith speaks, “I am driving to a private strip and then we will take a flight to the Institute. You can relax, and rest just fine.”

Mr. Smith's suggestion seemed like a great idea to the exhausted teen. Karen wasn't used to feeling the physical drain of a long day anymore. Though Cassie's body regenerated at a remarkable rate, the adrenaline, of their fight at the diner and the subsequent flight through the snow, was wearing off now that they were on their way home. She tries to make herself comfortable and closes her eyes.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie watches her body doze off and sighs. He missed his proper form, and to think that he might be stuck in Ryan's body for good was an appaling thought. Not that he doubted he could muck up things worse than Ryan had. Stiill, Cassie understood a bit of what he suffered from his power. Not enough to justify his past acts, but enough to have more empathy.

 

[Agamon]

"Good riddance," Anika says as Chaos leaves. She looks to Ryan. "Why do you ply for info like that? His name is Chaos, spreading chaos is what he does. I don't trust anything he says and none of us should. He'll only tell us the truth if it creates confusion. The fact we're still like this," she adds, pointing at her/Mark's face, "until he decides to change us back on his whim proves that."

 

[Hammerhead]

Ryan rolls his eyes, before remembering that his typical gesture caused a good deal more discomfort in Anika's body. "Well, it seems like most of our problems come from Eternals screwing with us, and Chaos is the best source of information we have about them. And in my experience, the truth causes enough chaos to make deception unnecessary...please note the idiotic actions of Tempest. I don't recall him ever lying to me whenever we have our little 'chats.' "

"Karen...I mean, Mark, you're probably right. Any ideas how to find her or stop her, or should we just rely on our resident expert on all things magical to come up with a way...fast?" Of course, Genocide's sudden death does raise some interesting questions. I'd like to pretend that the Red Witch isn't powerful enough just to nuke anyone like that, in terms of damage capability and sense range. Maybe my paranoid mind just naturally bends this way, but there's a decent chance we have another spy. And if Charlotte was right, we can always lean on Sami for the Wicked Witch's location. Although I think I recall hearing that her HQ wasn't exactly on this dimension. Wasn't it like in the Underworld or somethign? Last ditch plan: kill yourself, go to Hell, and stop Red Witch.

Well, I've certainly heard worse, Ryan thinks, with a small grin on his face.

 

[Shalimar]

Canada

Tommy shrugs.

Mr. Smith speaks, “I am driving to a private strip and then we will take a flight to the Institute. You can relax, and rest just fine.”

"I guess so." Kelly agrees, closing her eyes. She didn't really have to sleep, but staying awake wouldn't do any good either. She just concentratedon her breathing with her eyes shut, trying to force everything out of her mind and keep it out.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie grumps as he waits for them get back. His thoughts were wondering where and when he'd be back to his own form. And how the next time he'd meet his 'sister'.

 

[Tokiwong]

Ryan rolls his eyes, before remembering that his typical gesture caused a good deal more discomfort in Anika's body. "Well, it seems like most of our problems come from Eternals screwing with us, and Chaos is the best source of information we have about them. And in my experience, the truth causes enough chaos to make deception unnecessary...please note the idiotic actions of Tempest. I don't recall him ever lying to me whenever we have our little 'chats.' "

"Karen...I mean, Mark, you're probably right. Any ideas how to find her or stop her, or should we just rely on our resident expert on all things magical to come up with a way...fast?"

Tina breaks her silence, “If you ask me, I think Red Bitch had an insider or something, and she played us good. She didn’t need us to kill him, just keep him occupied and weak so she could do the deed herself. I am telling you, this chica is bad news… and we might as well put her in the dirt.”

The pilot’s voice comes through speakers, “We are nearing the Verona UNJE facility, ETA is five minutes. Good work Legacy,” he adds with a sense of pride.

The aerodyne touches down easily, the injured students are ushered to the medical facility while the rest are allowed time to relax in the upper level suites already prepared for them. Mr. McCallister has given them some time to get cleaned up while he handles some administrative duties and briefs the UNJE board on the events of the day.

Meanwhile over the Atlantic

The teens are relaxing after their adventurous day. Tommy, or his clone at least, is going through numbers and figures on multiple monitors; it was a focused being, devoid of any real emotional entanglements. Mr. Smith sits quietly reading an old school book, cover and paper pages. The book in his hands was Paradise Lost.

And then…

Each teen that had their minds and body switched, is not back in their original bodies. Meaning Karen is in Verona, while Ryan is in the aerodyne over the Pacific. The rest can figure out where they are, probably either in their rooms or laying in a medical bed, as is the case for Gilden… poor guy.

 

[Tokiwong]

Each affected teen grows red, and has a slight moment of disorientation...

 

[Shalimar]

Kelly slept fitfully on the Aerodyne back to Mudaba Adin. Nightmares about her mom, and about an army of Tommies whose faces disolve into the mechanical circuits of androids when she kisses them looping throughout the dreams.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie blinks as her body is returned to her. She smiles as she takes in her familar form, but keeps quiet about it. Kelly was asleep and clearly needed the rest, and Ryan.. well she saw no reason to waste anymore of her energy or time on him. Clearly he wouldn't be happy to see her either.

She shrugged and looked out the window and watched things pass by in silence. She had bigger concerns, like her 'sisters' defection.