Generation Legacy Issue #15

[Samnell]

Mark

After a single ring Star answers her line, “Mark? How are you, you had to leave pretty quickly is the team mobilizing?”

"Uh, no," Mark told the phone as he curled farther into the corner, "I think I just got myself fired. Or suspended. Whatever."

 

[Agamon]

"Don't be so dramatic. No one in the UNJE is going to fire me...between Overseer and Pantheon, they can't. Not that they would for going on some little private rescue mission. And maybe you didn't notice this, but we're kind of the best this school has...so unless they want us to get our asses kicked all the time like Justice Elite Beta, they're kind of stuck with the talent."

"While you call your boss, why don't you tell us what that meeting was about?"

"Okay, so let's see if I've got this straight. We can do whatever the hell we want, but that's okay, because we're just that damn good. Gotcha," Anika says shaking her head. "And even if they don't fire you, they'll do something about it, they won't let you get away with murder just because you're Ryan.

"What was the meeting about? Here's a clue. Go and do this without the UN's consent and we'll see how valuable to the team they think you are. Honestly, what's the problem? I think we all agree that if they don't let us go, we'll quit. And wouldn't that make a nice headline in tomorrow's paper? Of course they'll let us go. James isn't just a friend, he's one of us. They drilled the idea of team into us, they can't really think we'll just forget about him.

"So why do you have to be all sneaky? What's the point?" She looks at everyone else. "If the rest of you really think Ryan's way is best, then fine, go ahead, I won't stop you. But I really think the reason they haven't let us go get him yet is because they don't know that we know where he is." Anika knew that last part may not have been totally true, but she still believed her point. They'll let them go. Or they'd better.

 

[Aenion]

Ryan, Clover, Anika, and Karen

Tina looks at the interplay between Ryan and Anika and throws in her two cents, “We want to help James, and you want to help James. But you are the boss, so if you want to do things the legal way then I am all for it, as long as you can promise results.”

Sariyah looks up, “I found them… they are not in Chicago,” she looks at the map running her fingers across the states, pointing to where some relatives live. Sariyah points, “Right here…”

I will allow Karen to pick where said relatives live…

"Oh thank god! They're at gran's in Bloomington," Karen beams with relief. She gives Sariyah a hug, easily lifting the other young woman of the ground, "Thank you! Thank you!"

"I'm with you Anika, I'd like to know where we stand with the UN before we burn our bridges behind us," she adds in, "Why risk alienating them by running off on a secret mission? The least we can do is ask them, saving James will be a lot easier to pull off with their help than without. I'm pretty sure Paragon already tagged my name with that Bishop-thing. I'd prefer not to make it any worse if I can help it."

 

[Hammerhead]

Gosh, good thing I haven't committed any murders in a while, Ryan thinks, staring daggers at Anika. And I seem to recall Mr. McCallister grilling the idea of a team into us...you know, the same guy who the UN later accused of being a member of Pantheon? I guess Anika must have been asleep during the lecture that talked about how attacking your teammates was wrong. At least I remember hearing that. And considering how dangerous I am, this must mean that the UN is playing public relations instead of preparing for war. In a war against Pantheon, I'd be the best one on the team. Damn it.

Ryan desired to throw his thoughts right in Anika's face, but he knew nothing would convince that self-righteous wannabe on an ego trip. "Yoshi got away with it. But hey, let's go back to whoever's office, get the rest of the team in there, and see what happens. SARAH," Ryan says, glancing up at the ceiling. "Could you please ask Mark, Gilden, Aya, Kiyana, and Kal to assemble in...whoever-is-in-charge's office? Thanks, and nice to have you back, by the way."

The vote was a foregone conclusion. Me and Tina vote no, Anika and Karen vote yes, sadly no one really cares what Clover and Sariyah think because they're so new, and they don't want to start by upsetting authority.

 

[Aenion]

Ryan desired to throw his thoughts right in Anika's face, but he knew nothing would convince that self-righteous wannabe on an ego trip. "Yoshi got away with it. But hey, let's go back to whoever's office, get the rest of the team in there, and see what happens. SARAH," Ryan says, glancing up at the ceiling. "Could you please ask Mark, Gilden, Aya, Kiyana, and Kal to assemble in...whoever-is-in-charge's office? Thanks, and nice to have you back, by the way."

"Yoshi got away with it? Maybe Yoshi managed to pull off that little stunt then, but if it hadn't worked, he would've been the one needing rescue. If any of us get hurt, get captured or, god help us, die without the UN's backing, no one's gonna come rescue us. I will go through with this if the UN supports us or not, but I'd like to at least try to get their support first," Karen defends Anika's concerns. She interrupts Ryan when he lists the people SARAH needs to contact, "Kal's still in Verona, in a hospital bed..." He'd better be anyway.

 

[Tokiwong]

"Yoshi got away with it? Maybe Yoshi managed to pull off that little stunt then, but if it hadn't worked, he would've been the one needing rescue. If any of us get hurt, get captured or, god help us, die without the UN's backing, no one's gonna come rescue us. I will go through with this if the UN supports us or not, but I'd like to at least try to get their support first," Karen defends Anika's concerns. She interrupts Ryan when he lists the people SARAH needs to contact, "Kal's still in Verona, in a hospital bed..." He'd better be anyway.

Sariyah adds, “This sounds dangerous maybe we should ask for help… I don’t know how you do things but all this talk about death scares me just a little… it does not scare you?”

Tina stays silent, watching the argument.

Mark

Star replies in the phone, “Got fired? What happened?”

Cassie

“Terminator,” Cardinal replies, “a good film. I like the second as well. Not so much the third. Tell me about this Red Witch.”

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie

Cassie shrugs. "It was one of Yoshi's favorites." she says and starts going though what she knew from the meager breifings on the Red Witch she had been in on, what she had seen in her fights with the villan and finally what her last encounter had been like. "All in all, possibly the most unpleasant being I've ever met."

 

[Tokiwong]

Cassie

Cassie shrugs. "It was one of Yoshi's favorites." she says and starts going though what she knew from the meager breifings on the Red Witch she had been in on, what she had seen in her fights with the villan and finally what her last encounter had been like. "All in all, possibly the most unpleasant being I've ever met."

"And yet you called me worst then Hitler," Cardinal replies.

 

[Agamon]

"I swear to the gods, if I said the sky was blue, Ryan would start arguing with me about how it's green. How infuriating," Anika thinks as she glares right back at him.

"Our new contact's name is Mrs. Obana. And as much as I appreciate you wanting to do this all together, we might get better results if it's just Mark and I. Speaking of which, I guess you were going to do this without even asking Mark?" Anika sighs. "Ryan..." She pauses, at a loss for words. "Let me talk to her, and we can just get on with this, okay?"

 

[Mimic]

“How did you know I hadn’t eaten? Okay I guess we can use a break, take fifteen minutes and then we get back work!”

"Because if the situation was reverse and it was me with a mystical problem, I wouldn't have eaten anything yet. Our ways may be different but we are similar in other ways." He replies as he pushes up her glasses that had slipped down nose again.

“SARAH keeps telling me I need to take a break, but I am pretty sure that there is so much work to be done, we can’t possibly stop now. Don’t you think? Plus Paragon wants this control center secure and fully operational… it is secure… it is operational… but it could stand to use a little more tweaking. I mean look at this,” she gestures to the now open panel exposing the vital electronics underneath.

"You will not achieve much by pushing your self and your team to the point of exhaustion Gadget. There is a lot to do but you can't do it all yourself. There are others that can and will help. I know you want to help, you are a kind and caring person but you need to take some time off for yourself." He says looking at the open panel not really knowing what she was trying to show him

“It’s like they don’t even care about my poor babies,” she sighs looking wistful, “What have they been doing to them? Wait did you bring me food?”

"Yes, I did," he says hesitantly, not sure if he had upset her some how. "I got some food from the cafeteria, I thought maybe we could relax and enjoy each others company."