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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tokiwong" data-source="post: 773535" data-attributes="member: 961">Legacy Issue #1The Big Hit- Part 2Outside of that the flight was uneventful, and the team landed in Barcelona in the morning.  The press was out in force, and the team strutted out in their black uniforms with purple and white lettering, the standard uniform of the JEB, though each tailored to the specific elite to show off their given personality or nature.  Order kept her self-dignified and strayed from answering questions, while Roundhouse showed off his latest girl, and she was equally proud to be on the elite’s arm.  Black Charger put on his wide brim hat and walked out shoving the press out of his way, he didn’t have time for the fools, and just wanted to get to the matter at hand.  Of course questions were flying about Roundhouse’s new lady, it was a good day to be an elite.  The team despite themselves enjoyed the time to be in the spotlight.They met their Barcelona contact, a Justice Elite Associate by the name of Victor Ortiz, he was in charge of making sure the team had their needs tended to and that everything went smoothly, as far making it to their appointments and such.  He handed each of them an itinerary, which consisted of a press conference later in the day, a tour of a school for elite youths on the following day, following that a fashion show by Ivana Renoir, and then finally on the day after the official opening of the Barcelona Gifted Elite Institute.  Thankfully after the press conference they would have the rest of the day to relax and have some fun.Victor ushered the team to their five star hotel, Palacio Beatifico, and each given a suite with all the amenities.  They did not have long to rest, as they had to appear at a press conference, which they were not looking forward to.  But because of their position, they had little choice…The hush in the large hall was immense as Victor Ortiz introduced the three heroes, and then opened the floor to questions.  The first reporter stood, after being recognized by Order, “Miguel Sanchez, Barcelona Chronicle, is it true that the only reason Justice Elite is not present is because they are tied up with the war effort in Africa?”Black Charger replied gruffly, “Yeah, so what.”Order sighed, and spoke up, “The reason we are present here is because, the United Nations felt it was time for Justice Elite: Beta to represent the Justice Elite name.  As you all know, the creation and implementation of JEB has been a long progress in the making, with our team now in existence we can take some of the weight off of the shoulders of the Justice Elite, and hopefully increase our capability to deal with more threats to the world population, and perhaps even give them some time to unwind.  Even elites need a vacation.”Another reporter stood, “Josh Cartwright of CNN, is it true that one of the current members of Justice Elite: Beta has or has had ties with Pantheon, and also what is your stance on the Pantheon phenomenon?”Order took a moment to collect herself before replying, as Roundhouse squirmed ever so slightly, “Well to answer your first question, I know that myself, and I am sure my two comrades have had no contact with Pantheon that could be considered favorable.  We stand against their ideals, we stand against their way of life, and I find it abhorrent that you would suggest one of my companions would be in league with such miscreants.  There is no truth to such a rumor.  As far as our stance on Pantheon, that should be quite obvious, by now.”Josh nodded and replied quickly, “Well what do you have to say about Razor, and the song he recently released on the net?”“What song?” Order replied sharply.“The One that got Away…” the CNN reporter replied matter of flatly.Order scowled, “I would have to say, I hate it on principle alone,” she turned to the camera pointed scowling, “and Razor I know you are out there, you can’t hide forever, I will find you, and bring you to justice.”The CNN reporter sat down, as Roundhouse recognized a perky Japanese woman.  She stood and spoke, “Hamada Sakura, Japanese Allied Press, I had two questions, first the inquiring public would like to know about this mystery woman you arrived with?”Roundhouse smirked, “Just a friend, I care for her more then most, but she is just a friend, your second question?”Sakura replied, “Where do you stand on the stance of Spanish Industrialist Eduardo Valentino and his controversial proposal to enforce registration of all elites, worldwide with the United Nations?”Roundhouse lost his candor, “I think it is crap, plain and simple.  I mean who does he think he is, I mean is he trying to say we are not human?  What is the point of it, that is what I want to ask him!”The reporter replied, “Well according to his comments at the UN, and I quote ‘elites pose a potential danger to baselines, it is imperative that we identify all elites so as to better stay abreast of their numbers and capabilities, as pantheon has shown, these elites if they so choose can strike anywhere and anytime,’ end quote.”“Humph, is that it, that is a load of crap.  He is infringing on my rights, as a human being, and I say he should register himself for being a jackass!” Roundhouse replied.Order tried to smooth things over, “What I would like to say is that we at Justice Elite, believe that democracy will prevail, and in the end we should leave such a matter in the hands of the general populace at large, and see how things play out.”"Thank you, Order, but I would like to hear the rest of Roundhouse’s comments,” the reporter replied.Roundhouse smirked slightly, “Basically what it comes down to, is that we are all human, sure I am an elite, but I am a human being first.  And it pisses me off that someone would try to take my rights away from me, so yeah I am against it, all the way.”Sakura sat down, and the rest of the press conference continued on without a hitch.  The team answered the questions in turn, and put on a great show for the press, dodging the tougher questions, as needed, but finally the ordeal was over.  The team finally got some downtime, at least until the morrow.  The team scattered to the three winds; Order went to do research on some past foes, Black Charger went to find some underground fighting, and Roundhouse decided that it was time to find a new girl.</blockquote>

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