Generation Legacy Issue #8 "Innocence Lost" - Part 2

[Hammerhead]

"Could someone please tell me what is going on here!" Ryan shouts into his communicator, yelling at the rest of the Justice Elite. Well, let's hope I'm not the intruder or anything...otherwise I'm toast. If not, well...Ryan looks around the disaster zone for any possible weapon, like a nice piece of rebar to use as a club.

 

[Agamon]

"Calm down, Ryan, we're coming," Valkyrie responds on the open channel, trying to sound upbeat. "Here's what I can piece together from what Bishop told me and that vision I had. Cardinal is coming, and she's going to offer an ultimatum: join her army or die. The thing is, she's building her army to fight Overseer. So we have a common enemy. Surely she'll understand that we can help each other without having to join anything. If we do end up fighting each other, Overseer will take advantage of the situation, and then we're all in trouble. Does that make any sense?"

Quickly, before having to respond, she changes to a personal channel with Traveller. "James, Ryan is being stubborn. I hope we can avoid a fight, but if the crap does end up hitting the fan, you get his butt out of there, okay?"

 

[Samnell]

He then takes to the air speaking over the comm. line, "Mark, come again, you said Ryan just lost all his powers? This night is going from bad to worse! Justice Elite converge on Ryan's position ASAP, we may have an intruder!"

Mark looks pained as he answers, "Confirmed, Paragon."

 

[Karl Green]

Quickly, before having to respond, she changes to a personal channel with Traveller. "James, Ryan is being stubborn. I hope we can avoid a fight, but if the crap does end up hitting the fan, you get his butt out of there, okay?"

James looks away from Ryan for a second and says "Sure thing cheif"

 

[Tokiwong]

"Calm down, Ryan, we're coming," Valkyrie responds on the open channel, trying to sound upbeat. "Here's what I can piece together from what Bishop told me and that vision I had. Cardinal is coming, and she's going to offer an ultimatum: join her army or die. The thing is, she's building her army to fight Overseer. So we have a common enemy. Surely she'll understand that we can help each other without having to join anything. If we do end up fighting each other, Overseer will take advantage of the situation, and then we're all in trouble. Does that make any sense?"

Paragon replies flatly, "We don't deal with terrorists," over the secure line.

Meanwhile Bishop just sighs and tries his best to keep up on foot...

The Medical Evac Site

Justice Elite converges and Paragon lands outside the tent. He glances over his shoulder to Kelly, and then nods to armed UNJE soldiers, "Detain Miss Mitchell, I know I told you I wouldn't force you, but you don't have the common sense to see this is not a normal situation. Hold her until her father's aerodyne arrives, I want all civillians evacuated from this island ASAP!"

The UNJE officer nods and motions for UNJE hardsuits to move towards Kelly, "Please come with me ma'am, commander's orders."

Paragon walks inside, "Alright Legacy, is everyone accounted for, and Ryan how are you feeling besides the obvious?"

Karen and Cassie

The rest of the teens tense for a fight, "Please your fight isn't with me, at this point you really should just come with me. Red Witch is eager to speak with you, and I am here to take you to her. If you try anything violent, then I have no qualms unleashing a few hidden aces... so what shall it be? Fight now, or meet with Red Witch?"

 

[Agamon]

Valkyrie lands outside the tent, looking back at Bishop as he moves to catch up. "You, uh, might want to stay out here." She thinks a moment before changing here mind. "On second thought, I could maybe use your help in there."

Whether he follows her in or not, she enters the tent. She spots Ryan with a look of concern, but turns to speak with Paragon. She pauses and gets a bit of a lump in her throat when she realizes who she's about to argue with, but is determined to put her point across. "I don't think you understand the severity of the situation. Yes, Cardinal needs to answer for the horror she's brought about here, but we have a bigger problem right now. Overseer doesn't want to just destroy a city, but the whole world. And frankly, we're the only ones who can stop him, but it's hard to do that if we're fighting Cardinal and her goon squad, especially since she'd be fighting to stop him too if it weren't for us."

 

[Shalimar]

When Paragonturns his back on her and heads into the tent, Kelly sticks her tongue out at him, thinking about how much of a jerk he was, she knew she could help, his head is so wrapped around the fact that I'm a civilian at the moment, that he keeps forgetting that I was on Legacy. If I'm good enough to be on Legacy, then I am good enough period, she thinks to herself as she complies to the officers request. She goes were she is told, but not with a smile on her face at all, and her hands balled into fists.

 

[Tokiwong]

Valkyrie lands outside the tent, looking back at Bishop as he moves to catch up. "You, uh, might want to stay out here." She thinks a moment before changing here mind. "On second thought, I could maybe use your help in there."

Bishop nods and follows causing gasps and looks of surprise, but no sudden movements.

Whether he follows her in or not, she enters the tent. She spots Ryan with a look of concern, but turns to speak with Paragon. She pauses and gets a bit of a lump in her throat when she realizes who she's about to argue with, but is determined to put her point across. "I don't think you understand the severity of the situation. Yes, Cardinal needs to answer for the horror she's brought about here, but we have a bigger problem right now. Overseer doesn't want to just destroy a city, but the whole world. And frankly, we're the only ones who can stop him, but it's hard to do that if we're fighting Cardinal and her goon squad, especially since she'd be fighting to stop him too if it weren't for us."

"So you think our bst bet is team up with the elite the engineered the destruction of Mexico City and has laid waste to this whole island? So what happens if she succeeds? Do we then slap her down when she has her own personal army of elites on hand?"Paragon replies.

Kensei listens, "Maybe we should hear her out more fully, I am as against helping Cardinal as you are, but things are not exactly normal right now," he gestures to Bishop and the sky.

"Okay then, I want to know everything you know about Overseer, and I want to know now, if there is an another elite involved the UNJE needs to know!" Paragon scowls.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Karen and Cassie

The rest of the teens tense for a fight, "Please your fight isn't with me, at this point you really should just come with me. Red Witch is eager to speak with you, and I am here to take you to her. If you try anything violent, then I have no qualms unleashing a few hidden aces... so what shall it be? Fight now, or meet with Red Witch?"

"And we're just going to be allowed to walk back out afterwards?" Cassie looks to the others, feeling very reluctant to start the fight when she gets the feeling that all the factors aren't as easily seen. "We have your word on that? After all," looks to the others. "We did come to talk to her, correct? I would rather not risk a confrontation with the Red Witch if we can help it."

 

[Tokiwong]

"And we're just going to be allowed to walk back out afterwards?" Cassie looks to the others, feeling very reluctant to start the fight when she gets the feeling that all the factors aren't as easily seen. "We have your word on that? After all," looks to the others. "We did come to talk to her, correct? I would rather not risk a confrontation with the Red Witch if we can help it."

Arafina smiles, "Of course you hve my word that you could walk out of here. I doubt you would survive a direct confrontation with the Red Witch, but then again by the end of the night, it won't really matter. We are already in end-game."