Shalimar said:
"Bollocks, I took the place of a hostage and made sure her power to track people would still be in UN hands. I couldn't stop them from freeing Bishop, but I could make sure you could hunt him down no matter where on earth he was, so that is what I did. Mitigate since I couldn't stop, I don't have anything to feel guilty about."
Clover listens not really believing what her father was saying, Legacy might not be a shining example of order and discipline, but here were UN Agents, including her father planning on killing them, the lot weren't even of age yet. And doing it eagerly to boot.
"Are you saying that Elites should all be subservient? Is the UN declaring war against all elites who aren't in their service because of what Cardnal has done?" Clover asks warily, dropping Sariyah's power without hesitation, switching to her own to read her father's thoughts, she absolutely had to know him.
Clover’s father cocks his head, “Reading my surface thoughts is not a good idea,” he replies, although subtle her mind fails to penetrate his or any of these men in the room, “Upgrades after that debacle with the Brass Orchid, it just would not do with elites mind controlling the UNJE’s finest.”
Commander Hughes looks at his daughter for a long moment, “Declaring war? The war began approximately twenty six hours ago. The moment Cardinal silenced millions of people with her madness, the war was on. Subservient? The first rule of dealing with elites is that you can’t force them to do anything, but you can give them a choice, to do the right thing for the right reasons. The UNJE is purging rogue elements; it is a necessary shakedown and ugly fact of the world we live in. Paragon and his personal security force of elites are the past, joint human and elite operations are the future.”
“This is the reality of the world we live in. Elites and baseline humanity making a future together, free from elite induced tyranny. Making that world a reality is worth fighting for, it is worth dying for, because War is not a nice affair. The goal of war is to kill your enemy, break his toys, and shatter his will to fight back. Men do horrible things in war, and war does horrible things to man. War, child, war never changes,” her father adds. He looks into her eyes, “The UNJE and every world government that has the will to resist is united in one voice, and we will not hand over our freedom to Pantheon. If elites resist and join her side then so be it. They made a choice.”
Mark and Cassie
Mark is just plain faster the Cassie could ever hope to be just as she starts to get to a quick running speed, Mark finds her zipping by her as if she is standing still. The terrain is rough though for both, all out running would only end in them falling and probably hurting themselves quite badly.
Gilden
SARAH replies, “There is a containment area here in the facility for dangerous refugees, that would be your best point of delivery.”
Gadget arrives out of breath, “Okay… one second… okay…”
Jun Min turns to Gilden, “Where are they going, where is Legacy heading, and more importantly do they have a plan?”
Gadget moves the chair aside and starts clicking away the keys, “Mundane interfaces are so… so lame.”
Back in Iran
The baseline humans don’t understand the teens but they seem compliant which for the moment should suffice.