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

[Samnell]

“Let me introduce you to Dr. Midnight,” Nightchild chimes in.

"Um, hi," Mark said. He sat up a bit straighter, reminding himself that he was the leader here and he should probably be doing some more talking.

"So it was Overseer, I was suspecting as much. But that's odd. Both cities disappeared at the same time, then. How'd he do that?" Anika says, confused at the thought.

"Well we know people can move between these, uh, dimensions. So maybe he found some way to make it stick in all of them."

 

[Shalimar]

"Thats awful, he killed all those people, and then he did it again and again in every dimension? Thats horrible. If Genocide was part of it I really am gonna turn him into a purse, not that I was before but, how can people do stuff like that? Its not right." she mutters, forgetting about her fashion woes, at least momentarily.

After Midnight leaves, she looks at Nightchild. "Is he always so strict? Whats the fun of life without parties?"

 

[Tokiwong]

"Interesting, so your world doesn’t have physical avatars of the gods? Well according to Cantrip, lesser gods... the real gods... are like Chrono, Chaos, Strife... just to name a few, well technically they call themselves eternals, but eh," Gadget intones to Anika.

"That’s awful, he killed all those people, and then he did it again and again in every dimension? That’s horrible. If Genocide was part of it I really am gonna turn him into a purse, not that I was before but, how can people do stuff like that? It’s not right." she mutters, forgetting about her fashion woes, at least momentarily.

Gadget stifles a laugh, "He didn't kill them on purpose, okay Overseer is wicked, but he wants to rule the world, or remake it in his image depending on the scheme. From my research, it looks like both versions of Mexico City actually existed in the same time space, thus annihilating each other atom by atom... creating... the glass bowl. A pure side effect of his attempt to pierce the shield that seems to protect your dimension. But his choice to do so again only marks his callousness and determination to get to your dimension... and seeing Ryan, I think I have a reason why... only a hypothesis... though," Gadget says again.

“Velocity Girl could you help me get the fixings ready?” Gadget asks the speedster.

“Sure” she says, but does not move. Well at least it looks that way but all the vegetables are cut, the patties are made, and the dishes she used are all clean sitting on the counter drying.

“Thanks,” Gadget replies as she starts grilling the burgers and frying the fries.

She smiles sweetly, “Your welcome,” and then begins chatting away with Kiyana, the two seem to get along quite well.

After Midnight leaves, she looks at Nightchild. "Is he always so strict? What’s the fun of life without parties?"

“It isn’t being strict,” Nightchild replies, “besides we don’t have much time to party, we have to protect Olympic City.”

“Suit yourself, little Midnight,” Danger Girl smirks walking in to grab a coke. She cracks it open and starts drinking, “I have to agree with the ditzy blonde, all work and no play make’s Nightchild a dull boy.”

Nightchild sighs, “This is serious business, Aya, and we don’t have time to goof around. Aegis and the Freedom League are going to try and take Overseer down, and they need us to stay here and keep the whole city safe.”

“It isn’t like they are the only heroes in town,” Danger Girl replies, “so relax. I mean when was the last time you just chilled, and didn’t get all costumed up?”

Nightchild walks towards the balcony, “Just be ready, this isn’t a kid’s game.”

Gadget sighs, “I wish you wouldn’t do that Aya, you know how he is.”

“Exactly my point, he needs to loosen up, he should enjoy being young while he still can. It isn’t like we expect him to be Dr. Midnight, just… I don’t know not normal, he doesn’t do anything fun like us, I don’t even know if has a life outside of this,” she finishes taking a drink.

 

[Tokiwong]

Aenion I am going to wait till tomorrow and then auotpilot Cassie for this round to keep the combat going

 

[Shalimar]

"I am not ditzy," Kelly protests to Danger girl, what is with these Teen Justice guys being so mean? I am not a ditz, I might not be as smart as everyone else, but I'm not stupid, I'm not. "The name is Kelly, not ditzy blonde." she says icily to the red head.

"Well, Kal and Aris helped me when Genocide and Red Witch jumped me, so as long as I'm here I'll help. Its not like we have anything else to do until someone figures out how to get us all home. We'll all help you, so doesn't that deserve a party?" she asks, grinning impishly at Nightchild as he walks out.

 

[Tokiwong]

"I am not ditzy," Kelly protests to Danger girl, what is with these Teen Justice guys being so mean? I am not a ditz, I might not be as smart as everyone else, but I'm not stupid, I'm not. "The name is Kelly, not ditzy blonde." she says icily to the red head.

"Oh, I mean Kelly," Aya replies.

"Well, Kal and Aris helped me when Genocide and Red Witch jumped me, so as long as I'm here I'll help. Its not like we have anything else to do until someone figures out how to get us all home. We'll all help you, so doesn't that deserve a party?" she asks, grinning impishly at Nightchild as he walks out.

"No," he says, as he walks out on the balcony, the sun looks to be setting.

 

[Shalimar]

Kelly looks from Aya to Gadget after Nightchild leaves. "Is he always this serious? He's gonna give himself a heart attack or something." she says, not really joking. "Maybe we can do something to make him loosen up?" she asks. "I can sing, but what kind of music does he like? What kind of music is popular here? Back home in 2004 it was like Britney Spears and Christana Aguilera and Metallica and Linkin Park and Outcast, and well tons and tons of them. I was like only 5 or so." she says, sounding surprisingly knowledgeable about music, thought most of the Legacy people could probably understand it.

 

[Agamon]

James looks over at Anika with a bit of confussion and says "Ah but like Anika, don't you like... well believe in those gods or something? I mean to help work your magic or something?"

"Right, James, I worship the Norse gods, not some guy that walks around calling himself Thor," Anika responds, beginning to get riled up.

"Interesting, so your world doesn’t have physical avatars of the gods? Well according to Cantrip, lesser gods... the real gods... are like Chrono, Chaos, Strife... just to name a few, well technically they call themselves eternals, but eh," Gadget intones to Anika.

"Oh, so Chaos is a 'real god', is he? Whatever. Sure, they're powerful, but they're hardly gods. I mean, I went to the mall last week to buy clothes with one of them," she snorts and crosses her arms, obviously miffed at what she's hearing.

After a moment of thought, though, something occurs to her. "Physical avatar? So, a portion of the divine power made physical? Really..." She thinks a bit more, her expression much more thoughtful than angry now. "So, how do you know they are who they say they are? And why don't we have any in our world? Of course, I guess I'm kinda like that...well, not an avatar, per se, but I do get my power from the gods...hmmm."

After a few more moments of silent thought, she turns to Kelly, saying, "No, he's right, Kelly. Remember what we left on our world? Partying is the last thing we should be doing, not when Justice Elite is dealing with Overseer on our world by themselves.

"Speaking of which, if we haven't figured out what we're supposed to be doing here before Aegis and this Freedom League go out to take care of Overseer, then we're going with them. I mean, that's why we're here, right, to stop Overseer?" she says, looking to Mark, Ryan and the others.

 

[Hammerhead]

"Yeah, we have to figure The Crazy Trio sent us here for a reason, right? Problem is, they're too cryptic for us to figure anything out. So my suggestion is that we spent the next few days with the Teen Titans, or until something really important comes up. If you guys, don't mind, of course," Ryan says, gesturing to Aya and the others.

"By the way, you guys seem kinda busy, so we could, uh, help out with the protection of San Fran... uh, Olympic City. None of you guys know how to travel dimensionally, right?"

Uh oh, here's a place I never wanted to go: Anika's religion. I respect her beliefs and all, she's smarter than I am, after all, but this could be problematic. "I hardly think Chaos and pals are gods, because...uh..." Ryan desperately tries to remember what he learned at mass and religious classes during grade school. "Well, just because I have the power to turn water into wine doesn't make me Jesus or anything."

 

[Tokiwong]

"Yeah, we have to figure The Crazy Trio sent us here for a reason, right? Problem is, they're too cryptic for us to figure anything out. So my suggestion is that we spent the next few days with the Teen Titans, or until something really important comes up. If you guys, don't mind, of course," Ryan says, gesturing to Aya and the others.

"Teen Justice," Gadget replies as she finishes cooking. Velocity Girl sets the table in the blink of an eye and dinner is served. There is lots of food to go around, although Nightchild does not join in on the eating.

"By the way, you guys seem kinda busy, so we could, uh, help out with the protection of San Fran... uh, Olympic City. None of you guys know how to travel dimensionally, right?"

"Not yet," Gadget smirks, "But I can detect anomalies in time and space..."

Danger Girl shrugs, "Sure we could always use more bodies in defending Olympic City."

Uh oh, here's a place I never wanted to go: Anika's religion. I respect her beliefs and all, she's smarter than I am, after all, but this could be problematic. "I hardly think Chaos and pals are gods, because...uh..." Ryan desperately tries to remember what he learned at mass and religious classes during grade school. "Well, just because I have the power to turn water into wine doesn't make me Jesus or anything."

Cantrip speaks pulling back his hood to reveal a pale face with elfin ears and a long hair, he could be handsome, in a strange gothic Lord of the Rings kind of way. He speaks in the same raspy whisper, "Being a god has less to do with who worships you then how integral your personage is connected to the Universe at large. These beings represent abstract concepts that keep the Universe running, they cannot be destroyed, they cannot be understood, and they are essentially gods. Your justification of their existence is impudent, but understandable. You look through a lens that is mortal, a lens that is incredibly small compared to an eternal. Our needs, our thoughts are solely based on the present; we have see the past, and hypothesize the future. They see all at once, and then some, they see what we cannot. They act as we cannot, and to understand is not our place, unless they wish for us to understand.”

Velocity Girl eats, "This is great!"