Project Daedalus (Issue #4)

[Elementor]

"Actually, I kind of thought we'd just hoof it. The mall is like 6 blocks away, and personally, my caddy is really happy in it's current parking place. We can grab some munchies in the food court, sure, or there's a great Chinese smorg by the JC Penny we can hit before we go shopping. Trust me, shopping with me is a whirlwind experience. An hour will be plenty, right Aaron?" he grins, remembering the shopping trip in Colorado.

"I still have my umbrella from last time!! Its in my bag with my stuff so I don't have to worry about replacing it on this trip." Aaron exclaims as he gets ready to go.

 

[Tokiwong]

"You're better for not being part of the Bio-whatever experience," Tyrone says semi-seriously. "And if training was a pre-requisite for this job, most of us wouldn't be here."

"Actually, I kind of thought we'd just hoof it. The mall is like 6 blocks away, and personally, my caddy is really happy in it's current parking place. We can grab some munchies in the food court, sure, or there's a great Chinese smorg by the JC Penny we can hit before we go shopping. Trust me, shopping with me is a whirlwind experience. An hour will be plenty, right Aaron?" he grins, remembering the shopping trip in Colorado.

Misha nods to Rachel, "Sure, we eat first," he starts walking, not saying anything else.

 

[Mimic]

"And anyone else wanna come? Sara, Jen, Kiro, Miguel?" he asks the room.

Sure, why not. Beats bumming around here doing nothing. Miguel says as he takes a deck of cards from his duster jacket and starts to perform various card tricks.

 

[Agamon]

The lot of you leave Freedom plaza and head for the mall. It's a short walk, the sky is cloudless and the air is warm. You arrive at the Chinese food restaurant. It looks pretty busy, but the lunch hour is winding down and a couple tables are soon free and set together for your group. They have a lunch smorg that everyone is able to help themselves to.

As everyone settles down, Kiro looks around the table. "So...has anyone else had any BioGen-like encounters? The reason I was late...the person I was sitting next to on the aerodyne tired to drug me and draw blood from me," he says calmly, but with concern in his voice.

"What?!" Sarah is obviously quite upset over this. "I thought BioGen was shut down over what happened to us?"

 

[Tokiwong]

"Then it is most likely another agency attached or somehow linked to BioGen..." Misha says calmly, "you may have shut down the public face, but the people behind it obviously beleive that the program is still worth running."

 

[Shalimar]

Rachel's eyes widen, and she almost chocks on her mouthful of General Tso's. Catching her breath, she looks from Kiro to Misha worriedly. "Does that stuff really happen often to Elites? I mean, I'm glad your ok, but are people gonna start poking all of us with needles? I don't really like needles at all." the girl says before starting to eat again. By now the teen had already consumed about twice as much as the others, and only now was she starting to slow.

 

[Calinon]

"Nothing odd happened here, but I'm not surprised someone still has Biogen was involved with running, either. I mean, heck, they had government involvement for sure, and I haven't heard that they caught McDermott yet. Personally, I'm hoping to run across him myself," he says.

"I wouldn't worry about needles, Rachel. I think the worst you have to go through is the physicals, and trust me, after our experiences in captivity, needles aren't my favorite thing either. Hey, Kiro. Did you catch the guy that was tryin' that crap on you?"

 

[Hammerhead]

Jennifer smiles in response to Rachel's question. Well, that's never happened to me, and if some idiot tried to do something like that... Jennifer trails off with a slight smile.

What I don't understand is why BioGen is so interested in you personally; surely finding new Elites may be easier to kidnapping you again. I'm also a little supicious about why so many of the BioGen escapees were chosen to be on Aegis as well. I wonder if Misha knows anything about it...he seems to have a close relationship with Screaming Eagle.

 

[Tokiwong]

Jennifer smiles in response to Rachel's question. Well, that's never happened to me, and if some idiot tried to do something like that... Jennifer trails off with a slight smile.

"It actually is much easier to get people to willingly submit, then to kidnap them. If they had to do that, then what they were doing is either something they don't want the general populace to know, or something that they want test secretly on elites first," Misha replies.

"In either case, I would think that those involved in the BioGen incident or are now out of the spotlight would be more viable targets if they wanted to get their specimens back, in a matter of words. Or they may decide to recruit new subjects, and do a better screening their staff, like anything else what does not kill you makes you stronger, and usually smarter," he continues.

Misha finishes his coke, and stands, "It is all speculation either way, rather get more facts on the whole debacle. Tyroc or any of you involved with the BioGen incident, if it wouldn't be too much trouble I wouldn't mind going over the events, I have to admit I am curious about the whole affair. Besides might give me a chance to understand where you are all coming from, you guys have fun shopping for Rachel I am just going to browse."

He dumps his tray in the trashcan and starts walking away, to browse and check out the mall, not enjoying himself, but keeping a pleasant smile nonetheless.

 

[Mimic]

Man, he's the life of the party isnt' he? Miguel comments as he watches Misha walk away.

The doctor that freed us said that Biogen spent millions on us, it would make sense that they would try and grab us again rather then have to redo all their work and spend all that money again. Even with the chips out, they could probably salvage something of the work they had done. Miguel tells Jennifer frowning, its pretty clear he doesn't like it too much.

At least being a team we can watch each other's backs and not get picked off one at a time.