Generation Legacy Issue #15

[Tokiwong]

"Yeah, right. Not rude, that'd be cause for a celebration," Anika thinks. "Dammit, they'll start getting suspicious if I insist. I really, really hate this position I've been put in."

"Fine. SARAH? Can you give me the location of Mrs. Obana and tell her that I and few of my teammates would like to speak with her?" she asks the helpful computer.

SARAH responds, “Mrs. Obana is in her office, she is expecting you.”

Legacy at Mrs. Obana’s Office

Mrs. Obana is standing her makeshift office, in the midst of sorting paperwork. A metallic robotic drone, looking more like a shiny trash can is situated near her desk, interfaced with her workstation. She welcomes the teens, “You will forgive me if I don’t offer you a place to sit, and I really don’t even have a chair myself at the moment. SARAH has informed that we have found James’ location and I have already contacted UNJE forces in the area to begin mobilizing for a rescue operation. Paragon is personally leading the operation.”

“Justice Elite will rescue James. Legacy will be heading to Chicago. We have US permission to assist with their clean up operations, and we believe this is the best usage of your abilities. As UNJE representatives I expect you to show the world that we are premier world citizens. Most importantly the public must see that elites were victims in this attack as well, everyone suffered but we can’t give up. This may not deal with fistfights and violence, but this is just as important. Cairo is just too volatile at the moment,” she smiles.

Mark

Star replies, “I agree there are more important things to be focusing on then trying to look good right? We need to be hunting pantheon down before they do something worse… we need to find Tommy… Kelly’s mother… there are so many things to be focusing on.”

“What do you want to do?” Star asks.

Cassie

“Time is not a luxury anymore. I don’t need time, I don’t desire love, and I only need soldiers. You came here seeking answers, I don’t have all of them, but I believe we can find them. But I desire loyalty, and I am not above taking the expedient path to get it. Join me, or join Kelly,” Cardinal says.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie

“Time is not a luxury anymore. I don’t need time, I don’t desire love, and I only need soldiers. You came here seeking answers, I don’t have all of them, but I believe we can find them. But I desire loyalty, and I am not above taking the expedient path to get it. Join me, or join Kelly,” Cardinal says.

"I thought I already had." Cassie sayss as she stands. "I am here aren't I? You give me the answers, and point me in the direction of Overseer. You've an ally in me. For that fight. We disagree on too much for me to be a serf sworn to your cause wholeheartedly. I can't lie to you. But I have made my choice. You're going to help me kill the Red Witch and Overseer, becasue the UNJE can't focus enough to do that job that needs doing."

 

[Shalimar]

Clover moved along at the edges of the group as they headed off to see their new liason officer, not wanting to get stuck on the outside if she could help it but willing to bend to the reality that she wasn't a member of Legacy even if she felt she was fully qualified, the higher ups at the UN didn't know that and probably wouldn't have the chance to evaluate her for awhile as busy as they were.

When the other teens enter the office, Clover stands just on the inside of the door not wanting to draw attention to herself. She does watch the woman rather closely, but then again all the teens were looking at the woman anyway. The red head raises an eyebrow at the 'we have found out James location' bit, it appears that everything said on campus was recorded and could be played back to the people in charge at any time, a disturbing feeling, especially since it meant all comments about just doing it and not getting permission were already known to this woman and the rest of the staff.

 

[Samnell]

Star replies, “I agree there are more important things to be focusing on then trying to look good right? We need to be hunting pantheon down before they do something worse… we need to find Tommy… Kelly’s mother… there are so many things to be focusing on.”

Mark nodded into his phone. "Yeah. I miss Tommy a lot. This just- It's stupid," Mark sighed.

“What do you want to do?” Star asks.

"Whatever they tell me to do," Mark admitted. "I hate it, but I can't just leave. She said we're not completely benched... I guess... Star, Cardinal blew up the school. My whole life was in there." Mark pinched some moisture out of his eyes and pulled even further into the corner, back straining as he wrapped his arm around his knees.

"Legacy is my life. It's all I've got left. I don't have something from before this I can go back to. I just- I have to convince myself this is the right thing to do."

 

[Agamon]

Anika tries to get a word in edgewise, but Mrs. Obana had a forceful personality that was difficult to interrupt. She huffs a bit in frustration when the liaison finally ends her speech. "Mrs. Obana, I agree with what you want us to do, and I think it is important work but you have to understand, James is our teammate. I know Paragon's team is capable of completing the mission, but that's not the point. We can't sit back when one of our own is in trouble. This isn't going to be a public mission, the public won't know we were involved. And I see it as a search and rescue mission only. We'd only fight any resistance if absolutely necessary to get James out." She pauses, awaiting a response.

 

[Tokiwong]

Anika tries to get a word in edgewise, but Mrs. Obana had a forceful personality that was difficult to interrupt. She huffs a bit in frustration when the liaison finally ends her speech. "Mrs. Obana, I agree with what you want us to do, and I think it is important work but you have to understand, James is our teammate. I know Paragon's team is capable of completing the mission, but that's not the point. We can't sit back when one of our own is in trouble. This isn't going to be a public mission, the public won't know we were involved. And I see it as a search and rescue mission only. We'd only fight any resistance if absolutely necessary to get James out." She pauses, awaiting a response.

Mrs. Obana nods listening to Anika. She finally responds, “I understand, this is a personal matter. James will be saved but the situation is a bit more complicated. I will need to ask any non-Legacy member to please leave the room; anything from the point on is classified.”

 

[Shalimar]

Clover nods and pulls an about face shutting the door behind her once the other non members had left, it was about as expected. She doubted the teens would be able to convince the woman to give them the mission after she had said that Paragon and his team were personally carrying out the mission. Paragon was the most experienced field commander, and the mission had the best chance in his hands. Once they know the UN was handling it insisting that a lesser tram replace a better one was unproductive regardless of the feeling involved. She'd probably feel the same as Legacy if he was her teammate but for the present she was outside looking in and able to ignore personal feelings.

The red head walked away deciding it was best to find a teacher to talk to. She wasn't really here for the classes, or rather they weren't the main reason, so she decided that it was best to find out if after everything that had happened whether or not the power training classes would even be run in the near future. "SARAH, could you point me towards one of the teachers in charge of power training?"

 

[Aenion]

Mrs. Obana nods listening to Anika. She finally responds, “I understand, this is a personal matter. James will be saved but the situation is a bit more complicated. I will need to ask any non-Legacy member to please leave the room; anything from the point on is classified.”

Karen didn't mind stepping outside, she already felt like she wasn't supposed to be there anyway. To her the issue was resolved. Paragon was in charge of freeing James, as much as she disliked Paragon and wanted to help James herself, he was the person most qualified to do it succesfully. The word that convinced her most though was 'Chicago', Legacy was gonna help rebuild her home and she was gonna volunteer.

But on the other hand she's curious what needed to be discussed without them being there. While she thrusts Anika will fill them in if they need to know, she also feels like they've been keeping a lot of info from them because 'they didn't need to know'. She's the first to exit the room, but in the split second she's out of sight, she lets her body become transparant. She slips back in just before Clover pulls the door closed behind her, No more secrets.

 

[Tokiwong]

The red head walked away deciding it was best to find a teacher to talk to. She wasn't really here for the classes, or rather they weren't the main reason, so she decided that it was best to find out if after everything that had happened whether or not the power training classes would even be run in the near future. "SARAH, could you point me towards one of the teachers in charge of power training?"

SARAH replies, “There are no instructors in charge of that at the moment, Jun Min used to run the program, but currently the curriculum is being restructured. Do you need any other assistance?”

Sariyah stands outside, “I am not even sure I want to get involved with all this secret stuff, it all seems a little intimidating.”

Mark

Star replies, “Mark you have tons of friends, everyone loves you, and you are doing the right thing. The UNJE is many things but first and foremost they want to help people, the whole world. Right? I mean even if they “bench” you, they still want you to help people right?”

Cassie

Cardinal replies, “Then I have a task for you, take this to James and wait for the UNJE to arrive. This will aid his recovery, I need your eyes on the inside. After observing him I have what I need to begin the next phase of my plan, the tools of humanity will be there undoing.”

She offers Cassie a small bag, “You will need to inject this directly into his neck, then let nature takes it course.”

“Doctor, I have something for you, I did it. I did what you asked,” Ignatius hands Cardinal a data disk.

“Good job Ignatius,” she appraises him, “this will be quite useful.”

Gilden

Gadget smiles and starts to eat taking a seat on the floor, “You are so thoughtful. I am sorry I am so stressed, with everything going on… I have just tried to stay busy to not think about. I mean with the…”

She trails off and then leans in close to Gilden whispering, “I mean with the attack on our data systems here, a prime class hacker stole plenty of information not just from here but from the UNJE Core Database, I don’t even know anyone with the clearance to get in there. Well I guess maybe Paragon… but it was bad.”

“I have been following the route they took but, whoever did this is either smarter than I am, or just so wickedly that I am having trouble trying to fathom how they pulled this off. They won’t tell me what exactly was stolen, but whatever it is… can’t be good,” Gadget sighs.

Mrs. Obana’s Office

“We have reason to believe that capturing James was the ultimate objective on the attack at the Institute. Now as you are aware your friend was sick, he was suffering from a deviant form of the No Return virus. This virus attacks the building blocks that make humans elites, even those humans carrying the elite genomes but are still baselines. If he has it, and if Pantheon has the technical know how to do so they could reverse engineer the virus to attack humans without the elite genome… in essence she could turn James into a carrier for perhaps the most deadly virus ever created. The UNJE can’t take that chance. For obvious reasons we can’t ask you to kill your friend, but his very presence could be a threat to billions, especially if he has an airborne strain of the virus,” Mrs. Obana says.

“You may consider this heartless or inhumane, but Cardinal is more than just a madwoman bent on destroying our way of life. I was doing my best to spare you this harsh reality, but this is where we stand.”

 

[Agamon]

"...kill James..." Anika's shocked at what Obana tells them. "No, there must be another way. Why can't we try to cure him, eliminate the virus strain altogether? You can't do this," she pleads.