Generation Legacy Issue #14 "Genocide" - Part 2

[Aenion]

"Me neither, it does keep everything in the same place," she has a hard time not to burst into laughter and an even harder time trying to whipe the grin from her face, she'd finally found something funny about this whole mess, "Promised, I hope Mark isn't getting my body in trouble... God, I can't wait to have it back and you back in yours, this is just too weird..." she adds still grinning.

 

[KentArnold]

Have I even talked to Tim before? Mark followed Tim out, stopping a few times to get directions from SARAH and moving frustratingly slow in Karen's ungainly crystalline body. When he came to the door, he stopped and composed his thoughts for a long moment.

Aya can drive the armor in someone else's body, can't she? And Tim's had like no training at anything. He wants to go, but Kelly wanted to go too and look where that got us.

Mark knocked, "Tim?

"Come."

She's busy tapping away at the computer, mumbling something about connections.

"There must be some reason. Chaos is a personification of an aspect of reality. Chaos of course is nothing more than unfettered change. Which means, he believes we are stagnating in some fashion. If I can just figure out the common denominator."

Tim seems to be speaking aloud, more to organize thoughts than anything.

She sighed and turned around in the chair,

"So ... authority decided that my ... stupid, rash and obviously not very well thought out idea held some weight, right? Typical. Just typical."

She snorts, its quite obvious she has issues with authority.

"I'm being expected to both teach anger management girl how to use the finer aspects of my powers and get a crash course in Aya's armor. Am I missing anything? Let's see ... if you had a choice, I'd be left behind, but some idiot with a title said that I have to go, so you have to tell me to go."

She smirked, "Did I forget anything important? Or does that about cover it? Which means that nobody really has the time to investigate the exact reason that Chaos did this, which may very well be vitally important."

 

[Hammerhead]

"Huh. It's dark. That can't be good," Ryan says, voicing his thoughts. "Wait, the time zone difference. It's probably the middle of the night back in Ohio. The way James is feeling, we're probably going to need these abilities. SARAH, tell anyone else who shows up here that I went back to Ohio for a spell."

Heh. For a spell. Damn I'm funny. Ryan/Anika experimentally sticks his hand through the portal, then pulls it back. Assuming nothing unusual happens, he concentrates for a moment, fixing the destination clearly in his mind, then steps through.

Before Ryan does anything, would you describe the portal as simply dark, or unusually dark, an unlikely condition in any suburb.

 

[Tokiwong]

"Huh. It's dark. That can't be good," Ryan says, voicing his thoughts. "Wait, the time zone difference. It's probably the middle of the night back in Ohio. The way James is feeling, we're probably going to need these abilities. SARAH, tell anyone else who shows up here that I went back to Ohio for a spell."

SARAH replies, "Understood Ryan."

Heh. For a spell. Damn I'm funny. Ryan/Anika experimentally sticks his hand through the portal, then pulls it back. Assuming nothing unusual happens, he concentrates for a moment, fixing the destination clearly in his mind, then steps through.

Ryan sticks his hand in and feels the icy chill of nothing before he is pulled into the inky black portal. His body, which is not his own, is floating in space, or perhaps more appropriately, a void of darkness. He can’t see anything but he can feel that he is not alone like electricity across his delicate skin.

There is nothing, he isn’t even sure he is breathing.

Then his mind is assaulted by voices, speaking in a thunderous language he does not understand but sounds very much like words that Anika herself would say. This lasts for an undetermined amount of minutes, or seconds, or maybe even hours. Then there is silence and he can feel blood trickle down from his nose.

Ryan sustains a Stunned, Bruised, and Injured result automatically.

“We are offended and you have displeased us,” a voice speaks in a language that Ryan can understand, “We have concluded that you are not the conduit. What have you done with the conduit?”

Karen

Gadget nods, “Yeah I agree I need my old body back… I could barely lift my bed… believe me I tried. I was just testing to see if I retained any of my strength… and nope.”

Gadget follows Karen, “I like you better as you were trust me, and even worse I can’t even fight. I am not brilliant like Gadget… this sucks. Gilden better make good use of my body.”

Kelly

Tommy smirks but stays silent. Her stylist arrives and does the magic before her hospital room becomes a circus of newscasters, cameras, and commentators. She only called a few but word got out pretty quick to a multitude of networks, local, national, and abroad. Everyone wants to get a piece of the Kelly story and there is barely enough room for Kelly.

Wisely Tommy and her mother have given her the spotlight. The world is ready for Kelly to give her side of the story.

 

[Agamon]

"I've tried seeing his side of things Anika. He has insulted, belittled, and derided me. As well as you and the rest of my freinds, and.. Yoshi. I thought, perhaps if I gave him time, he would grow.. into a real hero like I thought Paragon is. All he does is strike out at others that he thinks can or won't hit back." Cassie/Ryan sighs again, the shaking start to deminish. "He's a bully, he doesn't deserve that power. This power should belong to someoen who gives a damn about things. He's a hypocrit, I mean..when did it become important to get me back? After he found out about my link right? He's only looking out for himself, even in the end.. I think he'd throw the rest of the team in Overseer's path to get antoher minutes worth of life and not care."

"You've got him figured wrong, Cassie," Anika/Mark replies. "Ryan is egotistical and blunt to the point of extreme rudeness. He likes to point out other people's faults and mistakes and imply that it's nothing he'd ever do. And, yeah, he can be a bit on the selfish side sometimes, but not to the point of never caring about anyone but himself. He'd never have been let on Legacy if his psych eval failed that badly.

"And whether you beileve it or not, we let you and Kelly go do your own thing because you chose to and this isn't some kind of prison (regardless of how it may seem sometimes). Then, we collectively decided to come after you two when we found out you were in trouble. And honestly, even if that was his motivation, if I knew you were my chance at living a long and pleasant life, I'd probably want to make sure you stayed safe, too. It's basic human instinct to want to stay alive, Cassie, you can't call that selfishness."

Anika rubs her head once again. "Why do I always find myself playing counselor around here? Honestly, what a bunch of socially-inept losers," she thinks with frustration.

 

[Mimic]

“Hurt or killed? Sentient beings die every day, I am not exactly sure that is a plausible argument. Right now a whole galaxy is being ripped apart by a gamma ray burst, probably annihilating more worlds then you can fathom… and I am not moved. Death is a natural cycle of the multiverse, all things that exist must die. But that is unimportant,” Chaos replies.

"Just because death is a natural part of existance doesn't mean we should rush to it with open arms, you are putting my friends and I into greater danger then is needed. Is it just on a whim or is there purpose behind it?"

“Who told you that? Overseer? Cardinal? Red Witch?” Chaos quips, “If there is one thing I know is that you are running out of time. Trust me on that. Or not. Who do you think is smarter, Overseer or Cardinal?”

"My knowledge of either is limited at best and while the Overseer definately knows more I would think that Cardinal is smarter." He shrugs slightly, "although I may be wrong."

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"You've got him figured wrong, Cassie," Anika/Mark replies. "Ryan is egotistical and blunt to the point of extreme rudeness. He likes to point out other people's faults and mistakes and imply that it's nothing he'd ever do. And, yeah, he can be a bit on the selfish side sometimes, but not to the point of never caring about anyone but himself. He'd never have been let on Legacy if his psych eval failed that badly.

"And whether you beileve it or not, we let you and Kelly go do your own thing because you chose to and this isn't some kind of prison (regardless of how it may seem sometimes). Then, we collectively decided to come after you two when we found out you were in trouble. And honestly, even if that was his motivation, if I knew you were my chance at living a long and pleasant life, I'd probably want to make sure you stayed safe, too. It's basic human instinct to want to stay alive, Cassie, you can't call that selfishness."

Anika rubs her head once again. "Why do I always find myself playing counselor around here? Honestly, what a bunch of socially-inept losers," she thinks with frustration.

"Do I? I get greif for mauling that guy in Hong Kong when he crippled half a dozen troopers, from someone who RIPPED someone apart. Literally. I'm not a social person, I've built up waslls. Chance showed that to me. He goes out of his way to crush EVERYONE who disagrees with him." He sighs. "I've seen it. I watched him try to crush your spirit, Kelly's.. mine. ANYONE who thinks he might be wrong, in any matter. He's JUST like what I know of the Overseer. You saw him. What was his first action upon gaining access to your body? He tried to crush your faith, and spirit. Then he assualted me. No, the only difference between him and Overseer is scale." He crosses his arms and looks at Anika/Mark.

"Convince me otherwise. Or the second I'm back in my body, I'm gone and you guys can save his ungrateful power tripping behind without .e"

 

[Tokiwong]

"Just because death is a natural part of existance doesn't mean we should rush to it with open arms, you are putting my friends and I into greater danger then is needed. Is it just on a whim or is there purpose behind it?"

“I have my reasons, or maybe I don’t and I am a cosmic entity devoid of sentient emotion? Perhaps I am just an alien intellect playing with those that are lesser then I? Or maybe I am just a child, and I approach the world with a child-like mischievous glee?” Chaos stands and starts jumping on the bed.

"My knowledge of either is limited at best and while the Overseer definately knows more I would think that Cardinal is smarter." He shrugs slightly, "although I may be wrong."

“That is the first bit of wisdom I have heard from you. Interesting that you differentiate knowledge from pure intelligence. I suppose I would be inclined to agree, I find that knowledge is often times much deadlier then intellect. But anyway, I fear that I am needed elsewhere. Gilden I have enjoyed this chat. You always amaze me apprentice, your capability to learn is refreshing. Oh… and good luck against Genocide, I will be sure to watch,” Chaos grins still jumping.

“Oh before I forget,” he snaps his fingers and a dusty tome appears on Kal’s desk. Chaos grins, “The Red Witch won’t mind if you borrow one of her tomes… an industrious young mage like yourself should be able to make good use of that.”

Chaos disappears.

 

[Agamon]

"Save Ryan, save Ryan, why is it 'save Ryan'? Why can't you see we're all in trouble if we don't stop Overseer? Overseer isn't just trying to kill Ryan, he could have done that a long time ago. He's trying to get back his power. That result won't just kill Ryan, I'm pretty sure. Maybe we can stop Overseer without you, maybe not. But why take a chance on letting the world end just because you can't get along with Ryan?"

Anika shakes Mark's head and walks past Cassie to make her way to the training session. "If you have no problem with that, then do what you want, Cassie. But if you're going to help us today, we better get to the Black Room soon to get used to these bodies."

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"Save Ryan, save Ryan, why is it 'save Ryan'? Why can't you see we're all in trouble if we don't stop Overseer? Overseer isn't just trying to kill Ryan, he could have done that a long time ago. He's trying to get back his power. That result won't just kill Ryan, I'm pretty sure. Maybe we can stop Overseer without you, maybe not. But why take a chance on letting the world end just because you can't get along with Ryan?"

Anika shakes Mark's head and walks past Cassie to make her way to the training session. "If you have no problem with that, then do what you want, Cassie. But if you're going to help us today, we better get to the Black Room soon to get used to these bodies."

"Fine, you are right." He says as he starts to shake again. "It's.. jsut.." his voice drops. "I'm tired of trying to understand everything. Him. This whole deal. People tell me how we're supposed to behave and treat others, then do the exact opposite.."