Generation Legacy Issue #14 "Genocide" - Part 2

[KaintheSeeker]

"Put your hand on the wound, then call upon...you know, the energy and will the body to heal. Since the body wants to heal anyway, it's not even that hard. Reattaching a limb, now that's a little more difficult."

"So," Ryan says, straightening himself. "I suppose that you two are curious about how I managed to make myself start bleeding in a room without any edges? It's quite a story, let me tell you. However, two conditions: Anika, you wait before you get angry and defensive, and Cassie, you get to tell me the Hope story at a later date."

"I don't know about Anika, that is up to her, but as for my story about Hope. You don't have the right to know anything about me anymore Ryan. You broke your word about starting over with a clean slate." Cassie says as he closes his eyes and tries to follows instructions. He feels the energy flow and the edges of the wound closing under his touch. "I do wonder how you can be reluctant to heal, this is..almost serene."

 

[Hammerhead]

Blah blah blah...why does everything with her have to turn into a damn speech? She could sound morally outraged over a candy bar. Ryan/Anika pauses for a moment, picturing the scene, and smiles. "Thanks for the healing. I'm sure you wouldn't find it so serene if you had to watch everyone you know toss themselves headlong into mortal danger just because they think there won't be any consequences. Anyway, Anika and I will be having a private conversation."

He heads over to Anika/Mark, speaking in a low tone. "Okay, so I'm here waiting for the rest of you slackers, bored out of my skull, and I decide that with the chaos caused by Kelly's little press conference, I should check in with my family. Of course, I couldn't ever do so as myself, because if it seems like I care about them, they become big targets for all of my enemies. But disguised as you, I could check in. So I say the prayer, wave the hands, and create the portal."

"But," Ryan explains, pausing for dramatic effect, "This portal was pitch black. It could have just been night there, but I was cautious, so I touched the black portal with finger. Whoosh. I get sucked into some kind of blackness. It felt like I was floating in some black void, but I knew that I wasn't alone. They hurt me, then started speaking in some weird language, something like Swedish, and finally asked me in English where 'the conduit' was. They confirmed it was you, and stated that they desired you to return your role."

"By the way, when I say 'they,' I never actually saw anything. But I heard different voices. They were loud and angry, but their sentence structure was pretty primitive. Still, they freaked the hell out of me...I've added them to the list."

 

[Tokiwong]

"Thanks mom, I really thought it went well. I'm glad that they seemed to believe me, hopefully well be able to find out that the people who watch believe me too. Maybe the lawyers can get someone to do a poll or something...oh, that reminds me that I should get some blood drawn so that they can look for the nanites. Do you know any other elites who would be ok with a blood test?" Kelly asks. The girl looks tired after the press conference and everything that had happened.

“I figured you would want that, and there is sample already being tested,” her mother replies, “along with a sample from myself.”

"Do you think I should try to talk to Paragon? I know he helped you get here, and I know I should talk to him, or at least someone about Red Witch's copy of me trying to hurt the UNJE. I know it might sound a little silly, but look how much chaos is going on right now. It may not be good now, but it'd be much worse if the bad guys did it right before Overseer showed up, right?" she asks. "I hope he'll talk to me, I know I'm probably one of his least favorite people right now." As the popstar talked, she used the wind to shut and lock the door for a little privacy so that she could get changed. The teen pulled on a pair of gauzzy white cotton pants with a drawstring tie, and a matching vest. The ability to float rendered the need for slippers moot, especially when her body was immune to the slightly chilled hospital air. Once she was fully dressed, the air around the door was stirred again, unlatching and opening it.

“I think right now, you should just rest. I think you should have talked to paragon before this got out of hand, but even after the fact is still a good thing. But for now, you need rest. You got your message out there,” her mother replies.

Back at the Institute

The students begin to file into the Black Room, as the deadline begins to creep up on them. The students are obviously uneasy in their new bodies, but at least they are trying to make the best of a strange situation.

 

[KentArnold]

"Knowing Chaos, I wouldn't throw the bad joke idea out just yet. He likes screwing around with people. But anyway, glad to have you along," Mark/Karen told Tim/Aya. "We, uh, temporary girls have to stick together."

She chuckled about the clothing comment, "Considering how little wear my shoes get?"

She followed Mark/Karen as they went toward the Black Room, "Sometimes I wonder how they keep themselves so balanced. Totally different center of balance. Not to mention extra ... weight up top."

She blushes a bit at that bit.

"If it helps you any, last time I tested myself, which was less than a week ago, my lifting strength with my telekinesis was pushing the ten ton deadlift. And even at that, I wasnt quite at my limit. Tina will have to learn one important thing, range."

She grinned a bit at that, "I can attack any target I can perceive within about an eight to ten feet range. Any target. I don't need to touch my target to affect them, just be within that area. Having four limbs on top of what I was born with works wonders as well. Ever been grappled from a distance?"

 

[Agamon]

The automaticly skeptical look Anika/Mark gives Ryan/Anika at the beginning of his story slowly turns to shock as it unfolds. As it ends she stares at him blankly, her mouth agape. "They-they spoke to you? Wow..." She pauses, taking it all in. "They want me back," she says with a smile. "I knew they wouldn't like this. I'm surprised you fooled them this long. That's why they hurt you, you know. It's not like me using Mark's powers, using mine is kinda like fraud. And now I doubt you'll be able to comie with us, unfortunately, 'cause they aren't going to let you keep doing this," she says.

"Thanks for telling me though, Ryan. Sorry I got so mad at you, but obviously I had good reason to. You could've just kept quiet about it instead of letting me say I told you so, that's really sweet of you." The relavation was extemely uplifting. Not caring about whose body who was in, she leans in and gives him a quick kiss on the cheek, then nearly giggles at the thought that she just kissed herself. Mark's drug-addled body continued to nag at her, but it was a whole lot less of a problem now with her faith renewed.

 

[Shalimar]

“I figured you would want that, and there is sample already being tested,” her mother replies, “along with a sample from myself.”

Kelly smiles at the news that her mom had already thought about the blood test and even given one of her own. "Thanks, I wasn't quite sure where to get another sample, and well, I didn't want to just volunteer you. I didn't tell anyone about you and Bishop either." Kelly told her mom. After getting changed out of the hospital gown and into the gauzzy pajamas she lay back down on top of her covers like her mom wanted her to do. The teen was able to fall asleep fairly easily thanks to the residual pain killers and anesthisia in her system.

 

[Samnell]

She chuckled about the clothing comment, "Considering how little wear my shoes get?"

Mark/Anika laughed, "But you'd be in style."

She followed Mark/Karen as they went toward the Black Room, "Sometimes I wonder how they keep themselves so balanced. Totally different center of balance. Not to mention extra ... weight up top."

Mark/Karen looked down at his own chest, "I think the crystal body thing is making up for the extra weight in the chest. I really didn't notice. The, uh, other thing was more, noticeable..." I want my genitals back!

She grinned a bit at that, "I can attack any target I can perceive within about an eight to ten feet range. Any target. I don't need to touch my target to affect them, just be within that area. Having four limbs on top of what I was born with works wonders as well. Ever been grappled from a distance?"

"That's good to know. Sounds like something Tina could adjust to pretty fast."

 

[Hammerhead]

I think I would have preferred her angry. Why the hell do I try and be honest all the time?

"Anika, first of all, don't kiss like that until we're back in our original bodies. Second, I'm really not done with my story. Anyway, the voices kept on referring to you as the conduit, or the link between. They were saying how you were the only thing that mattered, and 'how you awakened them.' "

"Then I explained to them about Chaos and the body switching, but they were still pissed at me, and were yelling at me to fix this." Ryan pauses, clearing his throat, then mimics the voices as best he's able to in his current body. "ANGER. FURY. LOVE. FIX THIS. DEATH. YOURS. Now can you take a metaphorical step backwards and ask yourself if this is really something to be happy about? If this fits with everything you know?"

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie/Ryan smiles as she sees her friend's face light up. It was good to see her faith renewed by the story that Ryan was telling her, though he wasn't close enough to hear the details. It was nice to see things turn to the positive point for a change, though it was still puzzling to listen to Ryan talk to matter of healing like it was a chore. Cassie wished that her talents included something beyond self healing, it felt.. so right.

After the two are done. "So, I quess I snapped a bit Ryan. What do you want to know about Hope?

 

[KentArnold]

Mark/Anika laughed, "But you'd be in style."

Mark/Karen looked down at his own chest, "I think the crystal body thing is making up for the extra weight in the chest. I really didn't notice. The, uh, other thing was more, noticeable..." I want my genitals back!

"That's good to know. Sounds like something Tina could adjust to pretty fast."

She grinned, "Well ... yeah, I noticed that as well. But the very first thing I noticed was the added weight. I hope we're back to our own bodies soon. It wasnt easy changing with my eyes closed, believe me. I'd rather not know more about Aya's body than I know about Jean's body."

She sighed, "As to Tina ... yeah, but she'll have to remember to keep that distance. As while I may be somewhat tough, I rely on a variety of defenses to reduce injury. I may heal fast, but not that fast."

"So ... what do I have to look forward to with Aya's battlesuit? Anything extremely exotic? Or will I have to ask her about that?"