Generation Legacy Issue #14 "Genocide" - Part 2

[KaintheSeeker]

"So you just tear down others for no reason..." Karen just shakes head. Cassie's stomach notifies her that while she might have slowly forgotten, a normal body still needs to eat, "But yeah we got bigger problems... Is there any breakfast left? I haven't eaten in more than a year," she takes a seat at the table as Anika ehr Ryan continues, taking a large helping of eggs and bacon and nice hot cup of coffee. Though she does look up when he mentions showering, shaking her head at herself as if telling Mark, Oh no you don't.

"Maybe that's what Chaos, or whoever did this, intended, force us to work together and learn from each other?" she says between bites, "Mmm this tastes really great, Star."

Cassie/Ryan sighs."I'm not proud of that.but wouldn't you get tired of being.. well having your nose rubbed into your mistakes. I'm not good at social things. Chance is better at it that I am." He sits down and rubs his forhead while picking at his own meal. "I don't know what to do anymore."

 

[KentArnold]

She sighed at all the comments made by everyone, some were attacks, some were complaints, some were smart. It was time to get them to agree to move past any BS and agree on the things they could agree on.

"Ok, we have a bad situation, that's rather obvious. Legacy has a mission to accomplish, that's not in debate. The issue of who is or is not on suspension is kinda moot right now I'm thinking."

She ruffled her hair, and then continuned, realizing she was probably pissing people off, but not caring, this was not a time for attitude, this was a time for decisions.

"We're going to need every trick in the book we've got to defeat Genocide. That was obvious even before the body swap occured. We've got a potential advantage we can exploit here. Genocide most likely knows some of our tactics by now. He knows what to expect of several of us, he knows our playbook. This gives us an edge, he'll be getting different tactics from the same body. We might even learn something about our own powers as a result."

She smirks, "Forget about trying to catch the ball from left field, how about catching the ball that just came out of orbit from the fifth dimension? He won't expect things like that. We can do this, if we do it the smart way, not the brute force way. Which means, crash course in the powers of the body we're now in possession of."

She looked around at everyone, not exactly in a good mood, but wanting to get this taken care of, "We all agree Genocide needs to go down? Is there any argument there? If not, then we need to discuss who's going. I don't necessarily see that either I or Tina need to stay behind. Frankly, I'm sure if you thought about it, half the team members should be left behind. That's not an option. We're going to have to tackle this with everyone. Now, the question is, how do we arrange the crash course in the quickest manner possible?"

 

[Agamon]

Anika/Mark continued to sit slouched over on the couch, only half-listening to everyone whine and moan. She still wasn't quite sure who half the switched-around people in the room were, but she didn't really care.

She watches Ryan/Anika wolf down the eggs and bacon in disgust. "That's right, you pig. Pack in as much greasy food as you can, what do you care? Jerk," she mumbles under her breath.

Her index finger rapidly drummed against the arm of the sofa as she continued to glare at Ryan...or maybe it was herself she stared angrily at....

 

[Samnell]

"So you just tear down others for no reason..." Karen just shakes head. Cassie's stomach notifies her that while she might have slowly forgotten, a normal body still needs to eat, "But yeah we got bigger problems... Is there any breakfast left? I haven't eaten in more than a year," she takes a seat at the table as Anika ehr Ryan continues, taking a large helping of eggs and bacon and nice hot cup of coffee. Though she does look up when he mentions showering, shaking her head at herself as if telling Mark, Oh no you don't.

Mark/Karen caught the look. She knows what she sleeps in. It's not my fault she doesn't wear pants to bed. He hovered at the edge of the conversation, not wanting to join the argument or draw attention to himself after his first reaction to waking up in Karen's body came up. Instead he watched the food.

 

[Hammerhead]

"Chaos didn't do this so we'd work together or to help us. He did it because he's an ass; an ass who will get his comeuppance."

"And Tim, we appreciate the enthusiasm, but you're wrong. Maybe you don't know how good we are, how we train ourselves, how much we know about our own skills. Maybe you're just stupid. But the simple truth is that we're going to be hurting; a lot of our training is going to be completely ineffectual. It's not a good thing. Aya, can you use Gilden's magic? If not, can you drive the suit in your current body?"

 

[Aenion]

Cassie/Ryan sighs."I'm not proud of that.but wouldn't you get tired of being.. well having your nose rubbed into your mistakes. I'm not good at social things. Chance is better at it that I am." He sits down and rubs his forhead while picking at his own meal. "I don't know what to do anymore."

Karen/Cassie nods, "Start by not eating that," she offers with a slight smile. She was considering taking another portion herself but she didn't want to overeat and get Cassie sick, "I don't think Ryan's body reacts well to food... Part of life is having your nose rubbed into your mistakes, pointing out others mistakes makes people feel better about their own I guess," she shrugs, "I don't think many of us are very good at social stuff..."

"I didn't say I wasn't gonna rip his head off for doing this," Karen replies to Ani- ... gah... Ryan, "I'm just saying he might have a bigger agenda in mind than just being a complete jerk like you."

"Ryan's right Timothy. We all fight completely differently because of our powers, few of us had any real combat training before we came here. Just take me, all I know is to walk up to someone, try to punch them really hard and hold on... I can't do that with this body. Cassie is a trained martial artist, she avoids attacks and blindsides her opponents, I don't know how to do this stuff, it takes years of training even if she knows all of it instinctively... Not to mention Kal," she looks at Gadget, "Gadget's body can't possibly take the punishment his own body can... We're gonna be handicapped in this fight, not Genocide..."

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Karen/Cassie nods, "Start by not eating that," she offers with a slight smile. She was considering taking another portion herself but she didn't want to overeat and get Cassie sick, "I don't think Ryan's body reacts well to food... Part of life is having your nose rubbed into your mistakes, pointing out others mistakes makes people feel better about their own I guess," she shrugs, "I don't think many of us are very good at social stuff..."

"I didn't say I wasn't gonna rip his head off for doing this," Karen replies to Ani- ... gah... Ryan, "I'm just saying he might have a bigger agenda in mind than just being a complete jerk like you."

"Ryan's right Timothy. We all fight completely differently because of our powers, few of us had any real combat training before we came here. Just take me, all I know is to walk up to someone, try to punch them really hard and hold on... I can't do that with this body. Cassie is a trained martial artist, she avoids attacks and blindsides her opponents, I don't know how to do this stuff, it takes years of training even if she knows all of it instinctively... Not to mention Kal," she looks at Gadget, "Gadget's body can't possibly take the punishment his own body can... We're gonna be handicapped in this fight, not Genocide..."

"Actually most of it's reaction, try it out in the gym." Cassie/Ryan says. "But you're going to want to eat a bit more, Chance and I have to take in a bit more 'fuel' that a girl our size normally does. Given my normal workout routine, I typically take in two or three thousand calories a day to maintain stasis."

 

[Tokiwong]

Legacy and Friends

Mr. McCallister walks in, “Mark,” he scans the room finally settling on Karen, “you are the team leader, you make the call. I want to know if you want to press on with this mission, or abort now. If you do press ahead you choose who goes, and who stays.”

Kelly

Kid Liberty smirks, “No the names were picked out for us to be distinctive and patriotic as well, but I have two other identities I use as well. It helps with keeping my options open, and the lawyers say it is completely legal. Spirit of New York owns Kid Liberty but they don’t own me, it’s nice.”

“Better girl then me, getting my ass kicked for nothing is not exactly a good business venture I want to be apart of. And who the hell is Overseer, some kind of elite badass? I saw the news stream but I have no idea what half that crap meant,” the elite responds quizzically.

 

[Shalimar]

"Good, I had sorta hoped you hadn't picked Kid Liberty...needs work. Hopefully your other names are less...hokey. The UNJe gave me the name Tempest which is kinda cool, or at least better then the other names they could have come up with. I'm not a fan of the whole super names thing and keeping things seperate. If people need help they need help what does it matter what you call yourself as long as you help?" Kelly asks rolling her eyes.

"Well sorta, Overseer isn't actually an Elite, he is something called an Eternal who are all much more powerful then elites. Cardinal created Elites, or rather gave us all powers, so that she'd have an army for when Overseer came knocking on her door. Once he beats her up and takes his power back from her and Ryan, he'll take over the world and turn everyone into his slaves, or kill them since hes just that kind of guy. Did that explination help at all? Its a lot to grasp all at once, which is why I came forward now, so that by the time the guy actually shows up people are ready for it as opposed to having it all sprung on them at once and having to fight him at the same time."

 

[Tokiwong]

"Good, I had sorta hoped you hadn't picked Kid Liberty...needs work. Hopefully your other names are less...hokey. The UNJe gave me the name Tempest which is kinda cool, or at least better then the other names they could have come up with. I'm not a fan of the whole super names thing and keeping things seperate. If people need help they need help what does it matter what you call yourself as long as you help?" Kelly asks rolling her eyes.

"You sound like a hokey comic book character yourself, you do realize that you can't just start jumping in the middle of things here there are laws against vigilante justice," Kid Liberty replies.

"Well sorta, Overseer isn't actually an Elite, he is something called an Eternal who are all much more powerful then elites. Cardinal created Elites, or rather gave us all powers, so that she'd have an army for when Overseer came knocking on her door. Once he beats her up and takes his power back from her and Ryan, he'll take over the world and turn everyone into his slaves, or kill them since hes just that kind of guy. Did that explination help at all? Its a lot to grasp all at once, which is why I came forward now, so that by the time the guy actually shows up people are ready for it as opposed to having it all sprung on them at once and having to fight him at the same time."

"Yeah..." she lets it trail off, "well who should we contact for you, your family? The UNJE? I am sure your little stunt will be all over the news within the half hour."