Generation Legacy Issue #14 "Genocide" - Part 2

[KaintheSeeker]

"Chance is my problem Ryan, and she always was. You needn't worry about her. That is my burden to bear. When the time comes it will be my problem to deal with. No one elses." Cassie says firmly without looking back. "As for any injuries you might have substained it was negliable."

 

[Hammerhead]

"Well your simple intellect would not see the possibilities," Tommy replies.

"Oh, definitely," Ryan agrees. "I'm used to talking with people much smarter than I am. You probably forget that I grew up around a real genius." Sorry, Tommy, but that doesn't rattle me. Although I wonder how smart you'll feel when you end up dying alone in a pool of your own blood. God, I hope Kelly is the one to finish you off, you manipulative bastard. Poetic justice.

I wonder what role his assistant plays in this. And what tricks he manages to have. Elite powers? Cybernetics? The man behind the mask?

"You're wrong in several ways, Cassie. First of all, Chance has threatened at least one friend of mine, Tina, and I dare say she doesn't plan on sending me a gift basket at Christmas. Adding to that, I have no particular desire to see you dead, so that's another reason. I mean, these one-on-one duels might seem cool in Hollywood, but if she has your powers then there's at least a fifty percent chance you'll end up dead and she'll win. Probably more, because she seems to be the type who wouldn't hesitate to deliver the killing blow to her dear twin. You probably would, which speaks well of you."

"And remember that we're playing for stakes that are bigger than just you or I. So why don't you cut the macho BS and start thinking like the soldier you claim to be. How would you fight an enemy unit of equal strength?" You do everything possible to win, of course. In this case, grab a few friends and ambush Chance.

And obviously Cassie is going to go off on me for this little bit of advice or commentary or whatever. Not that it matters. She can't seem to decide whether or not she hates me from one minute to the next...just like someone else I happen to know. I swear, sometimes I just want to be sent as an envoy or something to Cardinal or Bishop. Assuming I managed to survive, I'd at least know where I stood from day to day...and it would be nice working with proper villains instead of a bunch of whiners who view every little setback or problem as some kind of disaster.

"Anyway, any chance we could tap this collective brain trust," Ryan asks with a dismissive eye roll, then continues "And figure out something a little more about Proxy the Eternal?"

 

[Tokiwong]

"You're wrong in several ways, Cassie. First of all, Chance has threatened at least one friend of mine, Tina, and I dare say she doesn't plan on sending me a gift basket at Christmas. Adding to that, I have no particular desire to see you dead, so that's another reason. I mean, these one-on-one duels might seem cool in Hollywood, but if she has your powers then there's at least a fifty percent chance you'll end up dead and she'll win. Probably more, because she seems to be the type who wouldn't hesitate to deliver the killing blow to her dear twin. You probably would, which speaks well of you."

"And remember that we're playing for stakes that are bigger than just you or I. So why don't you cut the macho BS and start thinking like the soldier you claim to be. How would you fight an enemy unit of equal strength?"

"I agree with Ryan," Tommy says aloud.

"Anyway, any chance we could tap this collective brain trust," Ryan asks with a dismissive eye roll, then continues "And figure out something a little more about Proxy the Eternal?"

Tommy just raises a slight brow at this.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie looks to Ryan, her eyes cold and focused. "I don't have to listen to you Ryan. I was fired remember? You're not my boss anymore, now that I'm off the team." She turns back. "And truthfully, I'm tired of dealing with your looking down on me. Chance was right about that, you aren't ever going to give me a fair shake. All I am to you is a thing. A cloned weapon. Why don't you get on the phone and talk to someone who cares what you think of them?"

 

[Shalimar]

Kelly sighs herself into wakefullness at the arguing, blinking in confusion when Cassie, the Cassie who was apparently the real Cassie, called Ryan by name...As far as the blonde knew, Ryan was in Italy and Karen was in Cassie's body.

"...uh whas goin on?" she asks confusedly, blinking back and forth between the two arguing elites. "Is that Ryan, the real Ryan or what? Did Chaos undo everything? How did Italy go...did anyone get hurt?"

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"Yeah, ask Ryan about the others." Cassie turns back with a flip of her dyed hair, to looking outside. "Maybe you can keep him from talking to me."

 

[Agamon]

As the red glow subsides, Anika blinks, taking in her new surroundings. She smiles. "Back where I belong, finally," she says to herself. She pauses a moment, mentally noting that nothing felt 'off'.

But something did feel a bit wrong. Now that she knew she couldn't move really fast, she had the urge to, but obviously couldn't. That bothered her. "Poor Mark," she thinks, "he's a lot more used to being able to move like that than I am. Must have been a brutal for him."

She shook her head. "It was cool, but I'll get over it." But she was also relieved to be out of Mark's body, too. He must have been really hard into drugs for her to notice after so many months of being clean. It had made her more cranky than usual, luckily the mission took her mind off of it for the most part. She could remember the feeling now, though, one she hadn't felt herself for a long time. "And he deals with it by swimming. Wow."

She takes a deep breath and forces the thought from her mind. Finding her uniform, she slides her shades on and activates the communicator. "Everybody else back to normal?" she asks, hoping some teammates were still near their uniforms, if not in them.

 

[Samnell]

She takes a deep breath and forces the thought from her mind. Finding her uniform, she slides her shades on and activates the communicator. "Everybody else back to normal?" she asks, hoping some teammates were still near their uniforms, if not in them.

For a long moment the noise didn't register to Mark. He was far too engrossed in his own reflection, examining the details of his body with his uniform half-off and hanging from his waist. Everything was so wonderfully warm, soft, pale, and rounded after Karen's crystalline form.

Finally realizing the noise was words, Mark pulled himself away and found his glasses on the floor. "Yeah, I'm back," he fairly giggled.

 

[Agamon]

For a long moment the noise didn't register to Mark. He was far too engrossed in his own reflection, examining the details of his body with his uniform half-off and hanging from his waist. Everything was so wonderfully warm, soft, pale, and rounded after Karen's crystalline form.

Finally realizing the noise was words, Mark pulled himself away and found his glasses on the floor. "Yeah, I'm back," he fairly giggled.

"Hey Mark," Anika responds. She bites her bottom lip and grins to herself. "Thanks for the temporary home. Keep up the swimming, by the way. It does a body good," she jokes, blushing a bit in spite of herself.

 

[Samnell]

"Hey Mark," Anika responds. She bites her bottom lip and grins to herself. "Thanks for the temporary home. Keep up the swimming, by the way. It does a body good," she jokes, blushing a bit in spite of herself.

"I hate being dry," Mark told her back, smiling into the mirror. "And I'm way overdue. Even if we had time for it, Karen doesn't float."