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Post by Vo Kshaa on Jan 27, 2015 19:06:16 GMT
Vo thanked Bocar for acknowledging his cooking skills while he was desperately trying to find a topic for a talk to ease the tension he felt started growing. He felt out of place here at the table as this probably should be a private family talk, but at the same time he felt the urge to stay because he didn't want any quarrel to start here between his friends. He was still on the fence if they should tell Bocar about their space mission because he might restrict Lady from joining the team, which would likely enrage Atticus and have tensions snowball until someone did something very stupid. He also didn't think it's a good idea to tell him about the intrusion of a Dark Matter soldier, which Batman handled more than nicely, as it might remind Bocar of his own tensions with Votanis Collective. So he just began telling of usual stories of the Bug'n'Chug about amateur arkhunters who tried to reach the grounds of San Francisco only to fail in some funny way and had to be rescued and brought back to safety.
The recent rumors flying around were that the hellbug mating season was about to come. He didn't hear anything about it until this year although he had been living in the Bay for quite a while. Bur rumors said this season should be special somehow. So he said he'd like to hear if Bocar knew anything about more specific about this season rather than empty rumors of doom and gloom.
He also asked his EGO why she didn't tell him there was a real hack attempt on her.
"I wasn't sure it was real, honestly", Shirra answered "I thought it was just a dream and false alarm like you did. It really looked like the attack was out of nowhere".
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Post by Taffer on Jan 27, 2015 19:49:33 GMT
Taffer got the message from Batman, feeling relieved that their friends wouldn't be desperately trying to find him and Belle after her disappearance so they could care only for themselves for now.
"Yep, let's have a little walk to have this base out of view for the plane, and more importantly, so that no one sees from afar that a plane is landing here", he replied to Belle.
Belle giggled melodically, "I can keep us safe with this wonderful sawed-off shotgun and its two bullets! What was I thinking?!?!?"
"You were thinking of helping your friend in a dire situation, knowing that one single support shot is enough for me to turn the tides. Just guessing", he smiled, "You still have you charge blade, right? And I was not in the mood of letting those mutants grope my gear. Had to steal my Carbine back from their bioman. I think he still beats up his subordinates trying to find out who did it", he giggled.
Taffer frowned as he thought on what of his usual weapons he could give Belle in case they had to defend themselves. His Carbine and Sub-Carbine were personally attuned to his EGO by Rosa Rodriguez which allowed them to have some more damage but the downside was they could not be synchronized with anyone else's EGO other than his. His Ranger and TACC Autopistol were double-shot guns which people usually found rather difficult to use. The only thing that left was his Wolfhound Vo took care to upgrade for him during one of their previous missions. He handed the Wolfhound along with a couple of magazines to Belle, saying, "I guess this one would be a little better than the shotty you picked up."
As they walked away from the Array, Taffer let Belle brief him on all what happened during his absence at the base and in the Bay in general.
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Post by Chris Robet on Jan 27, 2015 21:55:20 GMT
Sending a mental signal to all the bugs within the forest to come to a cage I made outside the base I watched them gather and when the last one was in I closed the gate happy that we will now have fuel for the mission.
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jan 27, 2015 23:11:47 GMT
I smile at Lady, as she leans into me and takes my gloved hand between her slim ones. When her father entered the room, Lady and I both tensed up a little, but then she relaxed back into me. I nodded my acknowledgement to him, then listened to Vo talking about the upcoming Hellbug Mating. After little awhile, during a pause between Vo's stories and rumors, I take off my armored gloves and place them next to my helm, then show my hands and politely say, in my usual gruff way, "Eseneziri, General. Yes that boy definitely is NOT Lady Christianna's boyfriend. I know you'd probably prefer that over me, but it is Christianna's decision. She chose me for reasons, even I can not fathom. However I will do all in my power to Keep her safe and happy, no matter what!"
With my hands still ungloved, I drape one gently over Lady's shoulder, and grab the smallest of Vo's cookies, that I see on the plate. I eat it and talk to Vo, who seems understandably nervous about the meet and greet between Bocar and myself possibly going badly. "K'shaa these are good. I just hope you don't mind if I stick to my Rum, due to my particular 'condition' it and some Irathiant dishes have the most helpful nutrients for my system. However, with the Rum being a liquid, I get those nutrients straight into my blood stream and don't have to wait for digestion."
I then return my free hand to Lady's lap and relax some as she once again grabs my, now ungloved hand, between both of hers. I listen to my ego tell me, what the sensors say Robet is up to, and chuckle. I glance at the three people with me and say, "Sorry. My sensors are saying that young lieutenant Robet, the guy that was in the hangar tinkering with our aircraft, is bug wrangling. I am guessing it is so he has a steady fuel supply to waste, screwing up my Base...Sorry our Base. You are right. That boy does seem to attract trouble. It is very vexing, being Head of Security with him around. However Christianna always brightens my day, just being near me. I know you recognized me from Cooper's posters, as I did you from.... a past life, but what matters is Lady's happiness and the fact that she actually makes me want to be part of a team."
Vo then starts talking about something else, trying to once again lighten the mood some.
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Post by Lady Christianna on Jan 28, 2015 5:27:03 GMT
Bocar holds up a single chalk white calloused hand halting Vo in mid-sentence, saying "Pardon me Vo, I hate to interrupt you in what I know would be a fascinating story, but I have something to say and very little time to say it. I am already late in meeting with Somedude at the Iron Demon Ranch about arming some of our new clan recruits. Mister Batman, may I call you Atticus? Atticus. My prime concern has always been Lady Christianna's happiness and safety. I have never seen Lady so happy and so full of emotion as I see her here with you, but..."
Vo looked at Lady, sitting with her enigmatic smile leaning languidly against Atticus, not able to see any emotion different than what she usually expressed, which was none at all, except when he looked at her eyes. There in her pink eyes, he saw the same glint of happiness he saw in Belle's blue eyes when they were together, and he knew at that moment what Bocar saw in Lady as well: the look of a young woman in love!
"I question your ability to keep her safe," Bocar continued. "I know, I know, you are the harbinger of death and a force to be reckoned with, but she is just a sixteen year old girl! I do not want her to, nor would want to continue living myself if she did, become collateral damage to one of your many enemies' quest for revenge!"
Bocar paused, looking at his daughter, then slowly shook his head, "However, I will not stand in her way, if staying with you is what she wants to do! She is headstrong like her mother, and will do what she is determined to do anyway if she strongly believes it is the right course!"
Although looking calm and collected to all around her, Lady's mind was racing a mile a minute, thinking, "Was this the domineering father she thought was orchestrating her life? Maybe he was just presenting her with life choices, just prodding her to make a choice that would benefit her, but the decisions she thought his were really hers all along? It was true that once she did as he suggested, becoming an EGO recipient, then a Team Evolution clan recruit, and then Belle's protégé, Lady had learned all she could in doing so, and that was clearly her choice."
Lady took a sip from the glass of POW milk, then stood up, taking Atticus' chin in both her small hands before kissing him fully on the mouth, demonstrating to all in the room that her choice was to remain with him. She walked over to her father, kissing him on the cheek and whispering into his ear, "Thank you," before facing those at the table and announcing, "Tired now. Need sleep."
Lady flashed her Mona Lisa smile, before turning her back on them and exited the mess hall to her bedroom, where she plopped on to her bed, thinking about the day's turn of events, and for the first time, wondering what the future might bring. As she laid there on her bed, her eyes grew heavy, and soon she was asleep. However, it was not a restful sleep, as she began to shiver and moan in the grip of a terrible nightmare!
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jan 28, 2015 7:00:37 GMT
After Lady leaves, my eyes start to glow faintly as I stand up and put my gloves and helm on, then put my bottle in a cupboard and Lady's glass in the Dishwasher. By the time I turn back around, the glow had brightened noticeably. Dinara saying I should follow Lady, and Kakusi saying I should tell the old man off and perhaps slug him. I think for a second, then address the two still in the room. "Bocar call me whatever you choose. It is time I take my leave, before I do something that would upset the lovely Lady. However know this, I LOVE HER MORE THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY REALIZE, AND I WILL GIVE MY LIFE A MILLION TIMES OVER BEFORE I EVER LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO LADY CHRISTIANNA!" I nod towards Vo. "I trust Vo K'shaa can show you out." As I walk way, My eyes start glowing brighter, and from where Vo is sitting, he can see an angry electric blue aura start to emanate from me, as I walk out of the room, fighting the urge to say or do something that would hurt Lady in anyway. As I walk down the hall, not sure where I am going, my electric field intensifies and causes the lights near me to flicker as I walk to the War Room. When I get there, I double check all of my security measures, then spend a couple minutes trying to decrypt the message, which does not help my building anger any. So I hit the console in anger and frustration, then go to my room. After entering and locking it, I throw my pistol on my bed and remove my armor, and take off my full coverage jumpsuit and mask. I hang them in my closet with my various pieces of armor, then I take a shower, trying to figure out what I should do, and trying to get my emotions back in check, glad that I managed to leave the room without hitting or insulting him, and surprising myself by exclaiming my love for her to her father and in front of Vo. After I have showered and calmed enough that my body isn't emanating a blue aura anymore, and my eyes are just faintly glowing, I dry off. By the time, I look in the mirror the glow is gone. Looking at the scarred up and war-torn Irathiant in the mirror looking back at me, even though I am not sure what Lady sees in me, I do realize that for the first time, I see a sad and conflicted man who just wants to be loved by somebody, instead of the violent and uncaring War Machine I usually see. As I walk out of the bathroom, I make a new mask and jumpsuit appear on me. This one being exactly like it was this morning, before Bocar showed up. I sit on my bed for a few minutes, just feeling sorry for myself, and drinking from the bottle in my room. After a few minutes, I get up and re-holster my EXL pistol and go to my armory and grab and load two pistols. I walk back in my room and put one under my pillow. Then after a few seconds and one more big drink, I leave my room and use my security over-ride to get into Lady's room. I walk in very quietly and put the spare pistol under a pillow next to her, so I know there is always one in reach, incase she allows me to keep visiting her at night. I then set my primary side-arm, the EXL pistol on her night stand and gently slide into Lady's bed next to her. As I do so, I realize she is shaking and starting to sweat. Dinara says it must be a nightmare. So I pull my Snow Angel into my chest, and whisper, "I love you." Then I do the only thing that I can think of. Something that shocks and surprises not only Dinara and Kakusi, but myself as well. I start to quietly sing to her. Singing a song I heard once, back in that top secret hospital after Cooper shot Kabule. Back when I was first reborn, as Atticus Batman. I quietly sing: I will always be there for you by Bryan Adams.
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Post by Lady Christianna on Jan 28, 2015 12:53:03 GMT
It was always the same nightmare! Always the same nightmare Lady Christiana experienced whenever she closed her pink eyes even for a minute of rest! Ever since the team mission in Europe ended so horribly wrong, Lady had the nightmare; except when sleeping next to Atticus, where she felt safe and secure, but he couldn’t be there all the time! So she had the nightmare, and it took her back to the endgame of their last mission. It took her back to the death of Rose!
The team had all done their parts in the mission, but doing so meant they had to separate into different sections of the sprawling enemy complex. Belle had insisted that the new team members, Lady and Chris Robet, be teamed up with more seasoned team mates. Although Atticus Batman had wanted to team up with Lady, Belle had insisted that their union would be too much of a distraction for them both, so she teamed with Lady and Atticus teamed with Chris. So it was with Belle that Lady came in with to witness Rose’s final battle. Belle and Lady had just turned off the installation’s automated defenses when they received through their EGOs Rose’s order to assemble for battle in the ancient Acropolis that the enemy’ complex spiraled around. The huge domed building held an indoor arboretum, and when Belle and Lady had entered through one of many intersecting tunnels, Rose was already fighting the Nano-Creature who they had come to destroy. Rose looked unbeatable in her gleaming armor, an expression of supreme confidence on her pale face, as she blasted with EMP pulses from her armored gauntlets the giant Nano-Creature swirling above her. It looked vaguely humanoid, but then Rose would fire into it disrupting it so that it lost its cohesion, becoming a swarm of nanites that looked much like a cloud of mosquitoes until it took humanoid shape again with a mechanical roar. The Nano-Creature shot energy blasts back at Rose, sometimes with fire nanos, sometimes bio, radiation or electrical, but Rose merely stood there smirking in the certainty of her omnipotence.
When Belle and Lady entered through one of the many hallways leading into the Acropolis, Belle ordered Lady to give supporting fire to Rose from the cover of the trees. Lady fired her huge Crime Fighter shotgun at the creature, punching large holes in it with the gun’s green balls of energy, but the holes would seal shut almost as quickly as they appeared. Belle blurred around the creature, shooting it with her SMG, hoping to distract it from Rose until the rest of the team could arrive, but a solidified tendril of nanites shot out from it knocking her into the bushes and out of Lady’s sight. Rose began to rise into the air, defying gravity itself, her eyes glowing with the energy contained within, her silver white hair flowing in back of her like a cape as she held up her hands palms up, forming massive balls of blue flame within each hand, getting ready to decimate the creature with her powers, when the creature made a surprising move. The Nano-creature suddenly swarmed around Rose, making a sphere around her that first expanded outward as Rose released the energy within her, then shrank after the power dissipated until it fit around her like a second skin. The nanites that made up the creature then swarmed into Rose’s nose, mouth, and ears, into every open orifice in her body, until with a sudden noiseless explosion of light, only the outline of Rose’s body remained, etched in the air and covered with an ever moving mass of nanites.
Belle walked out of the bushes then, a huge bleeding gash on her forehead. She had slung her SMG over her shoulder, arms held forward with palms up, showing she was unarmed, slowly approaching Rose, saying “Calm down Rose, let’s talk this over!” Lady could tell from the look on her freckled face that Belle was trying to reach out to Rose with her organic powers, but could also tell that here was nothing organic left in Rose. Belle kept her blue diamond eyes fixed on the Nano-Creatures visage that resembled Rose’s face, only breaking it once to glance where Lady was hiding to mouth a single word at her, “Run!”
Lady dropped the heavy shottie and scurried like a rabbit being chased by hounds until she found a hole at the base of a huge tree where she took refuge. Lady peeked around the tree from inside of the hole, by this time seeing that Belle too was suspended in mid air, but was hanging there because one of Nano-Rose’s arms had become a tendril of coherent nanites, looping around Belle’s neck, holding her helpless, dangling and kicking as she gasped for breath!
“Belle, you always were a sniveling snot-nosed undisciplined brat!” The Rose-Creature growled, each syllable crackling with electricity! “Always in the guise of the caring crusader! Let’s see who you really are beneath the façade!”
The nano-noose around Belle’s neck became made of electric nanites, shocking her until she no longer struggled but was still awake to witness what came next, now holding her loosely so that she wouldn’t strangle to death. Roses’s other limbs became nano-tendrils as well, quickly stripping off Belle’s Liberty Trooper armor and the clothes beneath. The Rose-Creature then smiled wickedly, holding Belle’s limp and semi-conscious nude body in front of her, like a fisherman holding his prize catch posing for a trophy picture. At this point, Atticus and Chris came running out of another tunnel into the Acropolis, shooting their weapons at Nano-Rose to no avail, an impregnable shield glowing around her as it absorbed their attacks. The creature waved one free tendril as if to swat a fly, whereupon Atticus and Chris vanished in a massive electrical flare! Lady’s heart sank as she thought her true love had been disintegrated, but did not have time to grieve because of the horror that came next!
“Ah yes, where were we?” Said the thing that had been Rose as her electric tendril holding Belle aloft continued to shock Belle to keep her conscious as well as helpless, while the other three tendrils that had been Rose’s appendages took on each the properties of bio, fire, and radiation, respectively. “I believe I was going to demonstrate how truly vulnerable you are!”
The Rose-creature then used its nano-tendrils like whips, slowly flaying the skin off Belle’s body, subjecting Belle to each of the nano-type’s effects. First Belle was slashed with the radiation burning effects, then seared by the fire, and then her skin sizzled as the bio entered her open wounds, where upon Rose would do it all again, all the while Belle screaming in agony as her nerve endings were exposed to the open air. MOM, Belle’s EGO implant, yelled for Rose to stop but went unheeded until she was suddenly muted by Rose. Finally, Nano-Rose's mouth shot out a tongue made of syphon-nanites into Belle's mouth, an evil parody of a lover's kiss, leeching Belle's remaining life energy.
Lady held her small white hands over her ears as she watched in horror with wide pink eyes, trying to block out Belle’s screams but not being able. When there was nothing left that was recognizable as Belle, except her big blue eyes which rolled up into her head, Nano-Rose dropped her bleeding body unceremoniously onto the ground, saying, “Just as I thought, merely human!”
Suddenly Lady noticed that Belle’s body began to glow blue as tiny crystals grew large upon her. The nano-creature also noticed, and tried to flail the crystals off of Belle as soon as the appeared, but they sprouted faster than Rose could destroy them. Belle slowly took on the form of a small War Master, the most powerful of the Volge, the nano-tendrils no longer having any effect as she first got on one knee and then stood up. The inner monster within Belle roared, blasting Rose with orbs of energy like those produced by Volge Bombers. As the Rose-creature reeled from the powerful blasts, Belle lashed her with the lightening whip moves of a Viscera, tearing the nano-creature apart. In a decisive move, Belle slammed her big blue crystal fists into the ground, red waves of energy emanating outwards dispersing the remaining nanites into the ether, but also bringing the building down around them.
Lady was sheltered by the giant tree that splintered as the Acropolis fell around it but whose trunk held whole. After the dust had settled, Lady emerged, crawling to the area where she thought the two monsters had fought. She spotted a pale hand sticking out of some rubble, and used a large branch to lever the rocks off of Belle’s body. Miraculously, Lady found Belle breathing and naked but unscathed without any trace of the fatal wounds she had received. Lady jury-rigged a stretcher and dragged Belle to where one of the teams’ two aircraft were parked, then managed to wrestle her into the plane before taking off.
Belle briefly regained consciousness, asking, “Have you seen my sister?”
Lady answered “No,” as Belle thankfully lost consciousness once more.
Belle had since seemed to have lost all memory of that final battle, however Lady couldn’t forget no matter how she tried. Lady’s nightmare would always be a replay of that battle, ending with her lie to Belle. Lady told the same lie to Belle when she asked the same question during the trip home to the Bay Area, and would tell it again if asked by anyone but Atticus. Lady felt that no person should be subjected to such a horror, let alone have a friend inflict it on them. Lady truly believed remembering the battle would do Belle no good, and in this case, ignorance was indeed bliss.
However, Lady had promised never to deceive Atticus, and if directly asked, she would tell him the whole story. As she woke up with him holding and singing to her, she hoped that he would never ask!
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Post by Vo Kshaa on Jan 28, 2015 18:05:00 GMT
When Batman's eyes started to glow, Vo immediately realised what to expect. He fought the grid enough to know what might happen next. He didn't touch any weapon ye, but readied his Blur thinking what would be better to do — either push Batman off his balance or push Bocar out of the room if the fighting starts. But Atticus managed to choke down his anger and walked away before something bad could happen.
Vo followed Batman with his eyes and then sighed with relief, "You can take an Irathient away from the Irath, but you can't take the Irath from the Irathient. Bocar, do you know that questioning an Irathient's ability to protect those who they love is one of the biggest insults for them? If this was some kind of a test, I think he passed it. And I also think he needs some more time to adapt to his new role but he will succeed as I see he's absolutely eager to. I and Belle will keep an eye on them if anything".
After Bocar left, Vo joined Chris on his works on the spaceship and vehicles. He also suggested that the ship has enough space and power to set up a chemical refinery to convert gulanite into fuel instead of having a whole colony of hellbugs on board, especially when their mating season was about to come.
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jan 28, 2015 23:22:19 GMT
After Lady wakes up and I finish singing, I genty run a hand through her hair as she burrows as deep into my chest as she can.
"Relax Snow Angel. You are safe with me, now. I do not know what that nightmare was about, and you don't need to tell me if you don't want to. However you have and Belle have made me realize that the best way to fight an internal demon is with help. So I will help you through it anytime, you ask."
Lady, looks at me for a minute then kisses me lovingly. As she pulls away I see a tear in her eye as she begs me not to tell anybody, especially not Belle about it.
"Tianna, I promise I will keep it to myself whatever it is."
I lean down and kiss her forehead, as she turns away and begins to slowly tell me about her nightmare, and the horrors she saw. As well as the extreme pain and emptiness she felt when she thought that I had been Vaporized. After she is done, she realizes that she actually opened up comepletely and buries herself in the blanket trying to hide her fear and tears.
I gently pull her to me and uncover her face and just kiss her, and assure her that I am always going to be there for her, and my grid will not take me away without her ever again! Just then Kakusi starts talking, "Hey Fleshling! Give her a piece of our 'special' cloth!"
I telepathically respond with, "What good would that do?"
"You heard what Doctor Orion told us about the tests they ran on it! while it is on you, our powers course through it. If you remove it, they lay dormant, but it is still genetically part of you so they are there. Those scientists even got a small defensive shield to appear around it when they added an electric current to that cloak they analyzed! You and I both felt when that happened!"
"Yes it hurt like hell. a part of me was screaming in pain. I had to do something. Too bad I blew up their generator just because they were using it to run tests I asked them to run. But what is your point?!"
"Don't you feel the intensity in our powers whenever you are near HER?! You might still be blind to it, but I am not! You to are linked. Our body can tell when she needs us! That is why......why when I save you and that E-rep boy, I had to wipe your memories of that event and knock you both out for a couple of days! You were devastated leaving her behind! No matter how I tried, all I could remove was the memory of that event, but she is alive and back in your arms. So all is good."
"All is good?! We left her behind and you wiped my memory and all is good?!"
"Yes. I actually did do something, using our body, while you were unconscious. I was certain, if she made it that she would be back and you would want something special for her so...reach under her bed. There is a box with something I got from one of your acquaintances near the Fork. Relax she did pay for it with scrip, and I paid her back. And she couldn't tell I wasn't exactly you."
I reach under lady's bed and pull out a necklace box. She doesn't notice since she is still buried in my chest trying to hide her tears. I open the box and just look at the silver locket with white gold trimming.
"Kakusi it's......"
"I know. It is beautiful in earth terms! Look I didn't do it for you or her! I did it because you and I are one, and I am tired of hearing your pitiful thoughts about leaving her and not being able to tell her how you really feel! Now you can just show her. However it is not complete. I am certain her bond with you will reawaken the powers in OUR 'special' cloth if she is in distress. So cut a piece from it and place it in the locket. Then at least part of you will always be there to save her, and I no longer have to deal with your endless self-loathing and suicidal thoughts about leaving her behind! Since part of us WILL always be there for her!"
I look around the room and reluctantly get up. "Snow angel do you have scissors or a knife?"
She nods towards her makeup mirror. I walk over and pick up a small pair of trimming scissors she has there and place the box down. Then Itake off my mask. I cut a heart shaped piece from the cloth the mask. It hurts like hell and I am sure Lady can see it in the mirror and my body language if she is watching. But I don't make any noise. I look at the blue heart and hope Kakusi is right, as I place it in the locket. I then put my mask back on and concentrate enough to repair it. Then pull my flask from my boot and take a big drink, since that much power usage and self-abuse took plenty of energy. I then put the locket back in the box and walk towards Lady, who is now sitting up in bed staring at me, wondering why I walked away from her like that.
"Christianna, I have something special for you. I will always be there for you as long as you have this." I then open the box and place the locket on her. I open it and show her the blue heart inside. I am shocked when I see a faint glimmer in it as if it is still attached to me. Kakusi says that means it feels the connection between it's hivemind and the girl too, but I need to test it.
Kakusi says, "Get your pistol and shoot her!"
"What?!"
"Do it!!"
I look at Christianna as I grab my pistol. "Do you trust me?"
All she says is, "totally."
I walk a few feet away and with my back turned unload the pistol, hoping that just the incoming action will be enough since I can NOT shoot her like Kakusi wants! I slowly turn around and aim my pistol at her chest and fire. The gun clicks, she shrieks, and a protective blue shield exactly like mine, goes around her as she sits there numbly. I quickly put my pistol back down and grab my pillow and throw it at her and it disintegrates as it hits the bubble. As another tear forms on her cheek, I quickly reach into the bubble, which lets me in since it is part of me. I then hold her, as I lay back on the bed. As she calms down the bubble flickers and disappears.
"Sorry I had to do that, but I had to test it to be sure. That blue heart in the locket, is literally a piece of me. As a half grid, I have a hive mind with my Grid side, as well as with the 'organic' cloth that I can create on me. apparently Kakusi is right. You and I are already so linked that, when you thought you were threatened that piece of me sensed your feelings and reacted to save our BEST part......YOU!!! As long as you have it on, I will always protect you. the only drawback is that since it is part of me, it can`t physically protect you from me since it lets me in the bubble. And if it teleports you to safety, I WILL be able to easily track it, since it is linked to me as well. That also means I can find you whenever you need me, as long as you have it!"
I then just hold her to me, as it registers in her mind, and I whisper, "I love you."
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Post by Belle Starr on Jan 29, 2015 1:42:17 GMT
Belle Starr sat across from Taffer as they sat on the plane heading to the Bay Area, watching him with narrowed blue diamond eyes, a look of concern on her pretty freckled face, "I want you as our tactical leader Taffer, but if you feel uncomfortable with the role, let me know now! Lady and Chris are too inexperienced, no matter how much potential they have, which is a lot! When Cody was Chase, he would have made a great leader, but right know with his identity crisis, he and Iri need time and peace for him to heal, neither of which they would get from us, so they are on indefinite leave! Atticus is more of a lone wolf then one to lead, but he will follow the orders of a strong leader, which I think you are! With my inner monster that I still feel within myself and which I need to keep in check, my attention could be divided at the worst possible time during a mission! With your natural instinct for tactics and your ability to troubleshoot any situation on the fly, that leaves you as our best possible choice!"
Belle hesitated before continuing, then leaned forward, her arms leaning on her knees as she contemplated the floor of the plane, saying, "One other thing! I don't know what happened last mission, with only vague recollections of my inner monster getting free, but I think I may have done something bad! Anyway, I do know I don't seem to have my organic powers any more! I may have burned them out with whatever I did In Europe, or the nanites embedded in my nervous system that triggered them may just be dormant, but either way, I have only the powers of a normal human woman!" Belle laughed as she looked up with a smile, adding, "A vastly talented and highly skilled normal human woman, with enhanced senses and EGO powers, but a normal human woman all the same!"
As Belle waited for Taffer to say something, she thought to herself, "I hope Vo likes his enhanced senses, because now neither of us can get rid of them even if we want to!"
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Post by Lady Christianna on Jan 29, 2015 1:59:30 GMT
Lady Christianna was a little bit in shock, sitting on the bed, holding the locket around her chalk white neck in both delicate hands, her pink eyes wide in disbelief, thinking, "He shot me! Atticus shot me... and I'm alive! ALIVE! I'm... I'm... invulnerable! I can do anything, and no one can hurt me!"
Lady turned to Atticus with a mischievous grin as all the things she has wanted to do, all the things she wanted to say, to all the bullies who ever mistreated her, to all the people who were stronger that her who ordered her around, became possible in her mind, although all she said to Atticus was, "Awwwwwwwwwesome!"
Her weariness from dealing with all the emotions of the day lifted from her like a veil. Lady thought of a way to test her new found power, so she leaped from the bed and headed to the door, only stopping to say to Atticus as she gave him a quick kiss, "I love you too!"
Lady smiled her Mona Lisa smile, then rushed through the door as she blurred down to the cargo bay by the hangar, looking for where Chris had penned up all the hellbugs he had captured!
"Oh, this is going to be so much fun!" Thought Minx, Lady's EGO psyche, to Lady.
In the cargo bay, Lady found the pen full of hellbug warriors and skitterings, and opening the gate, stretched her thin arms wide in a beckoning gesture, exclaiming, "Come 'n get me!"
The hellbugs swarmed out of the gate, knocking her to the ground in their stampede to escape, and as they buried her under their mass, Lady thought that maybe, just maybe, this wasn't such a good idea after all!
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Post by Chris Robet on Jan 29, 2015 2:54:25 GMT
Seeing Lady getting trampled I tell the bugs to get off her and return to their cage then I ordered a skitterling to eat off her shoes as punishment for doing something so stupid. Picking up Lady I bring her to her room where I unceremoniously dump her on the bed then left resigned to putting new security measures up and asking the crazy girl just what in the hell she was thinking when I finished putting up security measures.
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Post by Lady Christianna on Jan 29, 2015 3:11:27 GMT
As she sat on her bed where Chris had so rudely deposited her, Lady Christianna drew her knees to her chin looking at her bare feet. She wiggled her chalk white toes, counting them mentally to make sure they were all there, then turned her pink eyes to Chris and Atticus, answering the former's question with an enigmatic smile and a single word, "Testing."
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jan 29, 2015 5:08:21 GMT
I look at the door as I see Chris bring Lady in and drop her on the bed next to where I am sitting. After he leaves, Lady and I are still looking at her toes and she says "testing." I look at her and her feet again and see the skitterling nibbles on her leggings.
"Testing? Well those are cute feet with all the toes, so test passed?" I chuckle at my slight joke then continue. However, if you were testing my heart, (I gently tap the locket) I didn't sense you were in any real harm. So I assume this little token of my love didn't either. Look, I am not saying do something stupid. However if you want this to protect you then you can not go thinking you are Super Girl from those old Earth comics. I can tell by your face as you touch the locket, that you can feel my love for you through it, and I in return can feel your love for me through it. That is also why it ripples with electric charge. Our love and commitment for each other is what........bonds us and powers the locket's Grid Heart even when I am nowhere near you. However, my Grid powers, and therefor the locket's grid powers, work based off emotion. So you need to actually let out your emotions and channel them, in order for my locket heart to respond protectively. However, perhaps I am rubbing off on you the wrong way, if you are provoking hellbugs and thinking you are the invulnerable Super Girl. Don't do that! I love you for you. I do NOT love Super Girl! Be yourself, and react to situations naturally, like you did when you thought I was going to shoot you, and my heart will always protect you and be yours."
I then look at her feet again, as well as glancing at the pillow dust on the floor. "I think you need new boots. And if I stay in here again, I think I will need a new pillow." We both smile at that. "At some point we may need to discuss sleeping arrangements as well. The way I see it there are 4 choices. Choice one: We keep our own rooms, and keep crashing in whichever room we happen to go to at night and register me to both rooms so I don't have to keep using my security over-ride codes to get in when the door is locked. Choice two: We move into one of our current little rooms together, though I doubt that would work, since you like yours and I prefer mine with access to my own private armory, also if we choose mine we would need a slightly bigger bed, that military twin will eventually get annoying for two of us to share, no matter how much we love to cuddle. Choice three: We get somebody in here to put an adjoining door between our rooms, or choice 4: We get somebody in her to turn our separate rooms into one big room...possibly keeping BOTH bathrooms." I chuckle again. "Anyway I will leave those choices to you, when you decide it is an issue that needs solved. By the way you may want to contact your father. After you left earlier, I kind of lost my temper a little. I promise I didn't hit or insult him, however I....proclaimed my love for you, to him and Vo K'shaa, and definitely meant it. K'shaa can verify that I left the room before my anger got to me. So can the broken console in the War Room, for that matter. Guess I need to get that fixed too."
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Post by Lady Christianna on Jan 29, 2015 7:35:28 GMT
Lady takes her forefinger and index finger of her right hand, then points them at her right temple, then cocks her thumb back like a trigger, saying, "Bang!" as she falls back on the bed stretching out her legs and arms and closing her eyes tightly, whereupon she loudly proclaims, "TOO... MUCH... DRAMA!"
Then as she lays there playing dead but with a slight smile, she raises her arm straight up, holding up three fingers indicating her choice as to living arrangements.
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