Experimentals

Zed wakes up, he sees his left hand bandaged up, his left index finger missing and Mr. Red on the terminal. Zed stares at Mr. Red and coughs, Mr. Red turns around and sees Zed is awake.
"I see you awake."
". . . . . . ."
"Listen, I just want to say sorry."
"Sorry? Is that all?"
". . . . . . ."
Zed gets up, he looks at Mr. Red with a serious look.
"You let that thing, take my left index finger!"
"Okay I said Im sorry, plus i told him he can't chase anymore."
"You should have offered your own finger."
Mr. Red looks at the terminal, he scrolls up and looks at the name 'Leah'. He turns back to Zed who is now looking at the floor frustrated. Mr. Red asks
"Who's Leah?"
"Leah?"
Zed jerks his head up, his eyes start turning red.
"No, No, No, No, No!"
"Who is this Ashley?"
Mr. Reds eyes widen, he looks at Zed and says
"You tell me who Leah is, and i will tell you who Ashley is."
"Well the answer to your question, is impossible to deliver."
"What do you mean?"
"Hearing the name Leah rings a bell, but to be honest i don't even know who she is."
Mr. Red tilts his head.
"I guess your not gaining any memories."
"Indeed"
"It also seems that when your eyes are partly red, you gain the confidence you have. When your eyes ARE red."
"Stop doing small talk and tell me who this Ashley is."
Mr. Red sighs.
"Ashley. . . . . Is my wife that died a few years back."
Zeds eyes turn fully red.
"Your wife!?"

 

Leonard was in the communication room talking things over with the tech guys. He came up with a good idea on how to find some hired hands and Zenma approved.

The tech was confused about the strange request "Yes it's possible to unsecure our communications with the labs without them realizing it. Why on earth would you want to do that? Any two bit hacker could stumble on our open channel."
"And that's precisely why we are going to do this. Anyone with a vested interest in what the labs are doing would be curious and pay this hotel a visit. Now tell me, what kind of person would want to know what's going on with the labs?"

The techie shook his head. He couldn't see past the plan
"The escaped subjects! We would lead them straight to this place"
The tech opened his eyes wide
"Are you going to lay a trap out for them?"
"No. That's not the plan. What we want is for them to use whatever resourses they have to scavage that underground lab. One of them is worth at least 10 of our guards. It's better to let them do the heavy work of clearing out the lab right?"

The tech still looked slightly confused.
"I'll do it. Still seems like a roundabout way to get help if you ask me."
It was an extravagant way to get help. The doctor made a good point on why it must be done this way though. It was a matter of trust and strength. Right now they lacked both. No one would trust a former doctor from the labs, now that they revealed themselves to some of the escapees the whole group may know of them now. Then there was the matter of strength. If things ever got out of hand dealing with that group then they would get overwhelmed.

It was far more effective to lure some of them into this building where they would be at the disadvantage. In this position they would have no choice but to accept the help of the doctor. Besides... they would get a good deal out of it. The information inside that lab is being giving away. The danger present in there is probably perferable then risking open confrontation with the main labs at the island.

Well Leonard hoped it was safer.

 

Claus looked on in shock as Zach charged right towards Leah with a weapon.
"Idiot! Has he lost his mind?!"
Time seemed to slow down as Claus racked his brain trying to figure out what to do next. He could try to form a blunt object and chase after Zach, but he might not make it in time. Creating a gun was out of the question since he only wanted to slow Zach down, not injure or possibly kill him. He decided that it was time to see just how much his power could do. He knelt down and put his hand on the ground. As he did, the ground around his hand began to change from solid dirt to a dark liquid.
"I've never tried exerting my power this far away from the object I was changing...not only that, I need to do it faster than Zach can run."
He closed his eyes and concentrated only on his own power. The ground began to change into what could now be easily recognized as oil, and the pool of oil was now expanding and moving forward at a rapid pace. If it could reach him in time, the idea was to turn the ground that Zach was running on into an oil slick so that he would trip and fall on it. Claus kept his eyes closed, so he could only guess if he would make it in time.

 

Zach could only see the white noise filter of the world. Just a single thought ran through his mind, kill Leah. He charged at her with his blades, wanting bloodshed. Just as he was about to land a hit, the electric pulses around Leah converged and he hit them, and a huge shock went through his body. Unable to control his motions, his metal arm went into the black hole, and Zach let out a scream of agony. He could feel his power being drained away from him, the blades around him also getting dragged into the black hole. Zach was shaking uncontrollably, the electric pulses becoming too much, and an explosion of energy sent Zach flying back. He hit the wall at the other end of the warehouse, the impact so powerful that he made a dent in the wall. As Zach looked out at the others, the white noise filter subsided, and he could see the fear that everyone had, especially Leah.

“Forgive…me.” Zach managed to say, before he hit the ground, and his consciousness faded

 

"Wife?"
Zed puts down his head.
"Wait, if she's dead then. . . . How is she appearing in my dreams?"
Mr. Red looks at Zed, he turns back to the terminal and starts looking at files. He stops and turns back to Zed.
"Here read this."
Zed gets up and looks at the terminal
Experiment report #253
Ashley has improved her skill to manipulate peoples minds, going to the point that she can control them for a few seconds. Although, there is something wrong. She has to be categorised to the list of 'After Effect', because it seems she can visit peoples dreams after she has used her powers. They say she visit her husband who we have captured, but there is another possibility that she is the one killing the scientists in their dream. By killing them in their dream he mind control activates and the scientist kills them self. We might have to end Ashley's life before things start getting out of hand.

Zed closes his eyes and sighs
"This still does not explain, why she appears in my dreams when she is dead."
Mr. Red starts tapping on the terminal
"Now look at this one."
Experiment report #432
Report on test subject #342 also known as 'Zed' has been showing signs of 'After Effect' damage. Although we don't know what the 'Effect' is, the damage is still there. His eyes turned black while Dr. Orishma was seeing him, he went out of control and tried to kill the doctor. Some other reports with other test subjects had the same problem, black eyed and trying to kill the doctors. This dilemma occurred ever since Ashley died and only a few subjects have this problem. If this continues we might have to end up killing the test subjects.

Zed steps back a little, his eyes turning white
"My eyes turned black once?"
"Indeed, and what i can gather when your eyes change, your personality changes as well."
Zed starts to breath heavily
"This started when your wife died?"
"Yes and your one of those test subjects that go out of control."

 

Zenma was at a magazine stand browsing the latest gossip. One well known magazine had an interesting cover page
"Super Power Secrets of the Lucky Seven Hotel!"
"The hotel has always drawn curious eyes on why it was located so close to the powerplant district. Sources now say that the power plant is sending massive quantities of power to the basement of the hotel. What nefarious scheme are they planning? Why would they require so much power to a section of the hotel that never sees use? Turn to page 12 for the latest scoop!"

Zenma tucked the magazine away and payed. It seemed word was getting around one way or another.

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"What's the status of the whereabouts of the escapees?" Leonard was monitoring the communications between the hotel and the island lab.
"They don't tell us much I'm afraid. As far as I know it seems they are still on the loose." The communication officer had orders to unsecure all messages from this point on.
"Is it possible the labs don't trust this building anymore and are withholding information?"
"No sir, I made it impossible for the labs to know that the security of these messages have been compromised. They still believe we answer to them. It's possible that they simply wouldn't give us all the information regarding the subjects"

Hmm. Well that would make sense. This hotel serves as an outpost and probably gets info on a "need to know basis"
"Alright. Remember to send daily status reports about the underground lab. We want it's presence advertised to anyone who could be listening in"

OOT- This plot line will wait for some people who have volunteered. In the mean time I'll be idling with other characters. Probably flesh out Leonard's father some more. I know I have to bring in Elisa at some point. Not to mention the loose plot thread regarding the wife of Zenma and Steven Blight.

 

"O God."
Zed looking tense, looks at the terminal.
*Gulp* "Move now."
Mr. Red gets up, Zed goes on the terminal and looks for blue prints. He searches for pandoras structures, he clicks on one and a password pops up.
"You can't guess the password."
Zed looks at Mr. Red
"Well i did try."
Zed nods his head and goes back to the terminal. 'Think, password, clues, anything will do' something comes to Zeds mind. He closes his eyes and tries to remember, back in the room he was being held, the room where Vi kicked the door. He was walking out of the room, but he turned back and saw a poster. 'No it was not a poster it was like a mirror, that girl she said something'. Zed remembers what the girl said
"Pan- Passwo- is Alophonse"
"Do i know you?"
Is what he said, but the girl disappeared. Zed types in the word Alophonse and the words unlock the file. Mr. Red leans forward
"Hey, how did you know the password?"
"A girl told me."
Zed starts tapping away, looking at the structure of the 60 floor facility, to find a way out.

 

He peeked down through one of the skylights on the roof, observing the drama. "Well, they all seem to have a...
He looked at the sprawled, unconscious Zach and Leah.
"...good thing going."
I need to wait until they're not around. Just one moment alone and I can go. Hell, I could just ask politely. I can't just dive in. I'd get flattened in seconds.
He withdrew from the vantage point, lying on the roof and having a think.
Oh, but what to do...

 

Loud noises could heard from the where house where they trained.
"What was that?"
"Not sure, but I'm gonna go check it out."
He looked back at Felix when he said this, and his appearance had returned to his normal face. Everything but his left arm was returned to normal.
"Your face fixed itself."
"Seriously!?"
Felix felt his face and realized all the dry scaled skin was gone.
"Sweet!"
Jet stood up and shook his head, he seemed extremely groggy.
"Jet this is..."
"I was paralyzed not unconscious."
"Oh"
"Lets go."
The three of them ran over to the where house and went inside. What they saw was not at all what they expected.
Zach and Leah were both lying unconscious on opposite sides of the room.A fight between those two? It makes no sense.
"Whats happening here."
Jess ran outside from the house.
"You tell me."

 

Zeds head springs up
"This could be a way."
Mr. Red gets close to the terminal, the diagram shows a elevator that is not in use on floor 1.
"We can use the unused elevator shaft an go up it to the surface."
"Yes indeed, but what if the ground above is blocking it."
"hmmmm."
*Bing* a new report appears on the terminal.
Watcher Report #006
It seems like the group of test subjects that got out of the labs, have been spotted at warehouse near the port . Two test subjects are unconscious, but the others are still up. They have learnt new ways to use their abilities, so all personal stand by and stay observing.

Zed widens his eyes
"A group of test subjects spotted near the port?"
"and they are getting targeted."
Zed closes his eyes 'Maybe we should warn them, Nah i think they are fine. No, No, No, No, No i actually think we should warn them.' He lifts his head, opens his eyes and looks at Mr. Red.
"So wheres the port?"
"Well if we take a certain elevator, we will get there no time."
Zed smiles
"Well then lets get going."
Zed leaves the room, Mr. Red takes some of the drugs with him a leaves.

 

OOT- This is Leonard's father in case you didn't know. This is occurring somewhere else. Maybe it occurred already.

Miguel Batista hated board meetings. He wanted to do things, not discuss what the shareholders wanted of him. For as long as he held the reigns of the corporation he was able to steer away from the allure of militarization. Truth was he did everything possible to fly under the radar of the shadowy organization that has plagued him these last few years. He completely failed to avoid their grasp, not only have they taken his wife from this world but most likely his son as well.

The Batista family were brilliant engineers. He was always taught that building things is the hallmark of human ingenuity. It was the only thing he ever wanted to do. When he discovered a new type of liquid metal he dubbed it Plasmium. It's properties allowed it to form into shapes this world has never seen before. It was a poisonous metal though, the liquid ooze causing severe sickness. Time and time again the military wanted to buy the rights to use this liquid metal. The allure of the military industrial complex must be avoided. Once you go that road you could never see straight again. The only work you'll ever do a is seeking how to destroy things. A contradiction to his own beliefs.

Fools, all of them! They can only see numbers on a battlefield now. They bought into the idea that this material can be used in warfare. Why should I cover for their incompetence? Maybe if they did there job right there would be no need for these weapons.

"That's enough! I told you a hundred times my answer is no! I will not weaponize Plasmium for the military! I built this company for the furtherment of mankind, Plasmium is a new material that can be used is ways far more useful to the public then weapons for the military. I will not sale my soul to please a bleeding heart politician looking for reelection!"
That set off a firestorm of protests.

If I had a soul to sale. I sacrificed my wife and son to keep this technology away from them. They can do nothing now. I win, but why do I feel so empty?

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Steven Blight was across the room not really listening to the pleas for weaponizing Plasmium. Once the president makes up his mind he was a stubborn as a mule
Despite all what the labs did to him he still doesn't budge. Foolish old man, once he's dead no one will stop the corporation from weaponizing his discovery. So why is he still resisting?

The president hushed the room, he had an announcement.

 

OOT: sorry for the long wait in between posts

The events happened so fast Blaze nor Frost could do anything that would back a difference . Zach tried to attack Leah but got caught up in the blackhole she had created. Which sent a pulse that separated the two in the warehouse. Frost starts walking over to Leah to check on her, seems she is still breathing. Then she walks over to Zach, but instead of checking him she started encasing him in ice
"Frost what are you?"
"Shut up......" Her reply was quick and merciless, she hadn't even let me finish
She continued to cover him in thick layers of ice, however before it got too thick i saw what looked like large spikes all pointed at Zach. Seems she made a Frozen 'IronMaiden'. Then Atlas and Echo had come over, apparently they heard the start of the scream and knew something was wrong. Frost explained what had happened and both of their Moods changed. The care-free easy going Atlas had a tone of anger and hate as he spoke.
"I'm getting tired of these turncoats, first the wolf now this fool"
Echo then spoke holding the same tone, seems as thought what Zach had don't destroyed any trust they had with him or any of us
"And let's not forget the others of the past, guess it goes to show: trust you gut" As Echo said this he walked over to the frozen Zach. Frost had encased everything but his head and even that had larg ice spikes to prevent it from moving. Echo delivered a swift punch to the face on Zach
"He's still flesh so he wasn't replaced"
"Sucks for him, could have made it easier on him if he was replaced"
While Echo and Atlas talk Frost picked up Leah and started caring her to the house. I tried to help but got a cold stare as i approached, so i waited for her to return.
"Come on let's go in..... Claus as I'm sure you understand given what just happened we would 'prefer' if you stayed outside"
Echo, Atlas and my self follow after Frost how had already gotten Leah in the front door

 

"How far is the elevator?"
"Not far, we get on the elevator and then go straight to the floor where that group is."
The two walk through corridors and more corridors, checking at each corner if there was a scientist there or not. Zed starts walking forward some more and Mr. Red a few paces behind. Zeds stomach starts growling.
"You know Im kinda hungry."
Mr. Red gives him a packet of drugs, Zed looks a it with disgust.
*sigh* "Thats not a packet of drugs."
"I have the packet, that is beef tablets. Something the scientists made a while back."
Zed takes one, strange enough it does taste like beef. With that one tablet Zed was satisfied, he gets up and starts walking some more. After walking through more corridors, Mr. Red tapped Zed to stop.
"This is it, the elevator."
Mr. Red presses against the wall and a elevator door opens, both go into the elevator. Zed presses a button and the door closes, the elevator starts going up. As they go up they can hear they hit something hard, 'We hit the ground? No, were still moving up. Water?' They stop and the doors open. They are floating just above water, they see a port nearby. Zed looks at the water.
"Can you not swim?"
Zed turns around
"I don't think so."
"Well."
Mr. Red goes up to the buttons and presses one that looks like a line. A loud echoing noise of a machine revving up is heard, a bridge starts to form between the port and the elevator. The noise of the revving stops and the noise of metal clanging each other is heard, Zed starts covering his ears as Mr. Red uses his power to completely block the sound. The bridge now finally formed. The two starts walking on it, to the port.
"Well i like this."
"Indeed."
The two get onto the the port, the bridge deforms and the elevator disappears.
"Well lets start moving."
Zed starts moving a little bit forward, but a light of beam stops him in his tracks. The beam just misses Mr. Red and Zed by an inch. Zed starts looking at the hole it made to the port.
"Déjà vu."
He looks back to where the light beam came from, the elite with the canon on top of a tree branch that has extra wood flooring. A man starts walking on the out of the shadows and stands near the port. A man with a black suit and dark blue bow tie, with a mask that has mini circles to see, a long nose and a huge smile.
"DAHN DAAAAHHNNN! Im still alive!"

 

The four of them watched everyone but Claus pile into the house. They didn't even realize Felix had shown up. Probably for the best though. It would be easier to introduce him when everything is calmed down.
"What the hell?"
"I second that."
"Yeah."
"..."
"Yo Claus care to explain?"

 

The glass window in the warehouse shattered and he slipped inside, feeling a rotting sensation in his gut at what he had just witnessed. He promptly brushed off a part of the frozen Zach and quite firmly parked his bottom on it. I'd much rather blow my cover and prevent any more serious damage to a potentially innocent man than stand by for my own safety and let him suffer for it.
His gaze flickered to the boy's frozen face. Sorry, Throne. I just couldn't stop myself.

 

Zach was still unconscious, although he could feel the pain from Echo punching him
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That one day in high school. Zach met up with his friends, a rather unlikely group of people. He enjoyed being with them the most, he couldn’t stand most of the other kids.

“Hey Zach, I’m gonna go shoot some hoops, wanna come?”

“Sure, although you know I suck at basketball.” Zach said, and followed him over to the court.

Although he didn’t have many friends, the ones who stayed by his side were the best he could ask for. His best friend was probably the craziest of them all, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Yo Zach, heads up.” As the ball came towards him, Zach caught it and dribbled it a few times. He tried to shoot it, but of course, he missed.

“Next time you’ll get it.” As his friend went to get the ball, Zach went and got a drink of water. Then he heard it, what sounded like a thud, and saw that his best friend was on the ground, and a group of older kids had gathered around him. He noticed that the kids were kicking his friend, and punching him as well. He even saw some blood seep out.

A strong rage built up inside of him, all he could think of was getting his friend out of there, and making those other kids pay. Zach charged at them, and managed to shove one of the kids to the ground.

“LEAVE HIM ALONE!!” Zach yelled, and attacked the others. He managed to knock the others away, but some of the kids hit him pretty hard. Then the leader of the group came, and grabbed Zach by his neck.

“You fucking punk, you think that you will live after what you just did?” The kid then brought out a knife, and held it to Zach’s throat. The kid had the look of murder in his eyes. Just as he was about to cut Zach’s throat, Zach’s friend managed to get up and elbow the kid in the gut. The knife missed Zach’s throat, but managed to get his right arm, and this pissed Zach off even more. He knocked the kid to the ground, and held the knife to his throat.

“If you ever attack my friend again, I swear I’ll kill you.” Zach said, and even though he was tempted to kill him, he decided it was not worth it. His arm was bleeding, so he needed to see the nurse. He took the knife and threw it as far away as he could.
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Zach slowly started gaining consciousness. His face hurt a lot, and he couldn’t move. He also felt really cold, and felt sharp tips at his body. He was still delirious, so he couldn’t really make out very much

 

The president's announcement gripped the room.

"My son may be dead, but my grandchild will carry on the torch when they come of age. For now Plasmium remains in my family possession"

Steven and the rest of the company heads were confused.
Grandchild? What the hell is he talking about?
It was at this moment when the office secretary Elisa Rose entered the room. She looked timid and afraid of the suits in the room but the look on her face told it all.
That witch! I knew I couldn't trust her, I should have thrown her along with Leonard to the labs!

The plan was already forming in Steven's mind. He had to get rid of her. Get rid of her just like he got rid of Leo. If that child were to disappear then the right to mine and use the Plasmium metal would fall to the company. Steven looked at the president but..

He was staring right back at him. He knew what he was planning.
He can't stop me, he doesn't know how deep my connections go with the labs. I killed your son Mr. President. Now I'll kill your grandson