Saga 1 Episode 7: Changing Your Stripes

## **Participants**

**ArtemisJacob TurnerRunning ManFeralTrickshotRockslideSkullface/BetaRubyAyame XiaofangFlowerbombflyboyCooler**
I

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua\_JLxlFQDE&list=PLYNBny7IRlVlZDcKRtLlV-JKVQjMsIcoI&index=7 ) The sun would’ve risen high over the San Diego skies, and hit it’s peak at about high noon. Plans zooming through the sky…with the occasional sentinel flying through as well. They usually stay in stealth mode as not to frighten or scare the pedestrians or the children. It was official: all legal acuzations against the omega gene act had been banished and it was in full fledged heat mode. Slowly the act was becoming a normal part of society, but not for the ones who chose to fight against it. No for them, this was a never ending battle, and at the face of that never ending battle would’ve been the blonde male laying in bed. A broken bed, with spring upon spring sticking out form it’s matress. Jacob and Artemis would’ve had very strong relations of the sexual kind the night before. Jacob having his virginity stripped from him like a woman in heat, and while his inner chivilrus side resented it well...he was okay with it. He had a little crush on Artemis and after something like that, the more inexperienced sexual ones tend to get attached to the ones who took their innocence so to speak. However Jacob for as kind as he was, wasn’t stupid. He knew…it couldn’t be anything more. Alas that only made him question weather it truly could or couldn’t. He wanted to know for sure…but at the same time he was afraid of rejection. A girl like Artemis is a wild stallion. She does what she wants, when she wants. Jacob groaning as these thoughts raced trough his head, he was actually somewhat nervous. What would he say to her after a night like that? What would she say? Jacob didn’t know what casual sex was, but he figured that he and Artemis weren’t just gonna jump into a relationship after one night of sex right? Even Jacob knew that’s not how the cookie crumbles.

He let the thoughts linger through his head for a moment before his eyes began to flutter and flicker open. Looking at the sun through the blinds, he’d see Artemis cuddled up on him, laying her head on his chest. Sitting his own head up to look around, a lot of shit was on the floor. Just picture frames, clocks, and shattered lamps. “Gee wiz…” he said quietly as not to wake her. He looked down at her one more time….she looked peaceful. There was no chessire grin that symbolized a devious nature or action coming to. It was just her resting. It’s funny, you wouldn’t think Artemis was the type to even need sleep, let alone to ever really close her eyes. Jacob would’ve sat himself up completely, sitting her down on the bed and rubbing his eyes. He stood up stretching his body, and scratching his lower back. His morning wood prominent, as he took his morning piss and shook himself clean. Opting to hop in the shower first thing, he’d grab a luffa and a sponge, and hop in. shutting the shower door, he’d lather up his hair and begin washing over each ripple and muscle he had. He smelled like straight sex, to which as nice as the even itself is, it doesn’t exactly have a pleasant scent. “Alright luckily I’ve woken up about 2 hours before crunch time. I have to meet up with Ruby in the subway tunnels, on the abandoned station 13.” Jacob nodded talking to himself, but all he could see in his mind was Artemis “fuck me” face. Jacob furrowed his brows…”This is…pretty heavy on my mind. What is that girl…” Jacob shook his head. “No. must not let that distract me form my duties today. Have to prep check the team, and get ready to move out. Looks like we’re ordering take out breakfast again.”

Elsewhere…..

The whirring sounds of helicopter blades would be heard whirring through the air. Passing over one another as they flew the giant military grade black chopper across the ocean blue, towards the states this time around. Inside this plane would’ve been what seemed to be a regular plain, jane, man. He had red hair, that was swooped over towards one side of his face and a purple suit jacket on. He let the dress shirt beneath it, hang from the openings on the sleeves and the bottom of his shirt. His red dress pants contradicting the outfit, with black dress shoes, as he sat there with arms folded and eyes closed. His secretary beside him, would close the briefcase and speak, adjusting his glasses. “Sir it’s done. Congratulations, Shining Knights has officially become the leading medical conglomerate in the world. Our teams are heading research factories across the nation as a whole. Just as planned, we’re unintentionally monopolizing medicine the further our numbers progress.” The red haired man nodded. “Good, very good. Now about that old hag….have we cut ties to the Armada yet?” “Almost sir. We’re waiting to hear from her response, but if we don’t, we’ve got black strider on call and ready to go.” He smirked a bit and laughed silently. “You see father…I can run this business a hell of a lot better without you around.”

Artemis believe it or not was actually pretty worn out…not just from all the incredible mind numbing sex but just before they even did anything she did sort of take out an entire heros inc base on her own and fought off a Meta and then hours before that fought with Jacob and then fought a giant robot before running to San Diego…she had countless amounts of energy and could go for days without sleep or eating but falling asleep with a handsome blonde giving her warmth just put her out like a light. Perhaps it was the comfort he made her feel…like she could count on him while she slept that he wouldn’t allow anything to hurt her. That was a true leader and a potential partner in crime for missions and the like…anything further though, Artemis didn’t think on. Allowing her body to heal completely from their sexcapades, she hadn’t felt Jacob shift to get up as she was currently struggling with something…Deep within her mind she thought she was already awake. Flashes of old memories long repressed were surfacing and the serum began to pump through her to fight them off. The serum made sure she didn’t suffer from any sort of trauma be it mental or physical, and damaging flash backs were one of them….but it was beginning to get difficult as shrieks and screams and bullets were blaring loudly in her mind as the faces of those killed so long ago appear as if right in her face trying to claw their way out. Then she saw him….Red eye. She couldn’t move though….unfortunately her body was in sleep paralysis, something she’d trained herself to NOT do but at this point in time her body wasn’t listening…sleep paralysis occurs when someone is in REM sleep and it stops the body from acting out their dreams and hurting themselves unfortunately it’s a horrible thing to have when you’re any type of assassin, agent, spy or soldier and your susceptible to attacks when youre guard is at its lowest. But her body wouldn’t listen to her and as Red eye drew his gun, he chuckled. “Come to daddy…” The sound of the trigger pulled is what finally shakes Artemis out of her sleep as she sits up and gasps….she was in a sheen coat of sweat as blue locks stuck to her face and she quickly gazed around, assessing the situation but there was no real threat present….Artemis felt the bullet hole aching something fierce and she rubbed the back of her neck where it was. “Dammit…” The night terrors were going to come back like before…the sound of the shower broke her out of her thoughts and she realized Jacob was in the shower. Artemis was shaking, her trigger hand trembling as she placed the other over it to calm it down…she needed to distract herself and quickly. Climbing out of the destroyed bed, she makes her way over to the bathroom and pushes the door open as silent as a mouse…brows raise curiously before locking eyes with herself in the mirror…she was fine. For now….the nightmares when she was first resurrected were something awful, it left her in cold sweats and had her throwing up left and right but hopefully she could put Red eye in a grave once more before that happened. Hearing Jacob under the running water did distract her as she pushed the curtain back and grinned widely. “Hello, sunshine…keepin the water warm for me? How sweet.” She invited herself in, uncaring if he was opposed to it and placed a firm hand on his chest, guiding him to press his back against the tile wall as the water soon ran over her slender form also. “Let me help you clean the hard to reach spots….” She wasn’t in a take it slow mood…she needed to get her mind off of Red eye and what was in front of her was sure to do the trick. Professional hands cup and stroke the hard meat, the soapy water making her motions glide pleasantly as she pressed herself up into him, milky breasts getting soapy from his chest as well as she stares at him like she had last night. “Did you sleep good…?” Her strokes became faster, not wasting any time as her grip tightens and one hand finds themselves cupping his balls and massaging them with skillful fingers.

Jacob would’ve been scrubbing away at his hair, shampooing it. Though he didn’t necessarily do that often, he’d had to makeshift a lot of his bathing up to this point, so might as well do it while the opportunity presents itself. As he was finishing up he heard the curtain being pulled back and like a started female he’d cover himself…up? Looking to see none other than Artemis which made him a tad more comfortable but still it was sudden. Things like this don’t happen to him this often.  Hello, sunshine…keepin the water warm for me? How sweet.” Jacob would’ve blushed turning back around to face the water. “I-I guess…all you had to do was ask.” He grumbled, about to go back to washing his hair. However he didn’t exactly get sexual quest just yet. She pushed her hand to his chest and his back against the tile. Jacob blinked a few times as the blush ran over his face again when he looked at her. Let me help you clean the hard to reach spots….”  “ Hard to reach? Besides my back I can reach everything just fi-“ Jacob then felt her hand cupping his limp at first meat. When she pressed her breast into him, his eyes slanted a bit, and his limp extension changed rather quickly rising to the occasion and becoming a thick hardened cock in the palm of her hand. “Did you sleep good…?” “N-…not exactly. I only got 5 hours worth thanks to you…” Jacob’s fingers tensed against the tile, as she played with his tentacles.  His rod already hot and ready to go, he couldn’t help but look down at her big blue eyes as the shower water cascaded them both and ask. “Do, do you ever take breaks woman?! I’d like to get this show on the road today!...”

Artemis didn’t break her intense gaze from the blondes, piercing blue hues keeping his own in a locked motion as her grin returned in an almost teasing light as she watched and enjoyed his flushed expression…it egged her on, wanting to continue to see such a pleasured face from the once so stoic and patriotic hero she only met the other night. They’d gone through an incredible amount over the last 24 hours and well throw in a raunchy night of constant fucking it only made things more interesting between them. He fascinated her and was a good distraction for the most part. Trained fingers continued stroking and massaging the lathered up soft skin until he fully became erect, her strokes growing thorough and slower, squeezing the shaft between tightly held together fingers as if he were slowly entering a tight entrance. Her other hand continued palming his balls, enjoying the weight they held to them. “Jacob…” The steam continued to rise as it made the bathroom fogged out but the two could still clearly see one another with how closely pressed together they were as the soap now lathered all over the petite female. Finally she released his member from her skillful digits and slid the tip of the curved extension between her thighs, feeling the shaft brush against her mound and aching clit, the slick noises of watery soap and pre almost over powering the rushing sound of the shower head as his own head popped out from behind her before sliding back inside her thighs repeatedly as she montioned his hips to do so. The entire time she made him do this, her eyes lowered and with a head tilt, her canines flashed his way with an alluring and cocky grin. “We got a little time…plus we’re saving water this way. Think of the planet, Jacob. You seem the type to care about that stuff.” She teased as her arms wrapped slyly around his neck and she moaned into his chest from the constant thrusting against her clit as she began to move her hips back and forth so he was basically fucking her thighs, so close to penetrating…

(https://youtu.be/uqosVuqWh8Q?t=45s ) “Jacob…” Jacob heard her murmur his name, and even with his own thoughts extremely clouded in thoughts of ever present lust and sinful desires. His eyes fluttered for a moment but hearing Artemis voice brought him back in the world of the rational. Somewhat…Looking down at her, he took in breathes through his nose, as a blush stayed across his nose for a moment watching as he took his member between her thick thighs and slide it there. Jacob would’ve lifted his hands and gripped her waist in response, his fingers digging into her hips as it felt…so…good.  As she pulled his hips against hers, he let out small nearly whiney moans, looking down at her soaking wet blue haired frame. It was a sight he almost didn’t feel worthy of, but why in the world did he feel this way? Why?....He couldn’t call it but he wasn’t about to try. His cock already hearened as it slide from between her thighs, rubbing against her clit and the lips of her womb. His mouth gapped open a bit as he did this

“Can I?” He asked softly and it only made Artemis buck her hips faster, responding with a kiss. He could distract her…Jacob could get the snipers mind off of the realization Red eye was walking this Earth once more. He somehow could ease all the bad thoughts away like nothing and it brought her closer to the man. He finally makes a move, lifting her leg up to which she moaned eagerly, urging him on. The two would then proceed to fucking against the shower wall for what seemed like hours and the morning was almost but finished…Artemis would finish getting dressed now back in her room with a small smile on her face…That blonde really could make her troubles seem like nothing. He was adorable that was a given but right now she needed to get back to work and the reality was…Red Eye was alive, she was not registered and was once again wanted in a country she had no business being wanted in. Stretching out the muscles currently healing from Jacob fucking her like a human pretzel, a familiar voice comes up. “Artemis?” Placing a finger to her ear, she raises a brow and response. “Jade Fierce? How did—“ “There isn’t any time! Listen to me very carefully…something is going on and I’ve got my hands tied with your dilemma. You’ve been placed as an unregistered along side Jacob and his little team. We know everything…you have a leak. Trust no one, not even Jacob. You have to get out from your location and soon the sentinels are wasting no time trying to find you. I don’t know where you are and don’t tell me. But who ever is there with you hasn’t given up your location…it seems they might want to squeeze out whatever it is you guys are planning. Be careful. I can only use this secure line twice…I’ll keep you updated when I can.” Before Artemis could say anything, the line went dead and at this new intel the sniper clucked her tongue and let a dangerous grin curl her features. “Now this is more my forte.” Grabbing her hand gun and cocking it back she aims at nothing and murmurs. “Lets find the mole.” Jade Fierce said not to trust Jacob…it was a little bit too late for that now considering they fucked countless times. Artemis was a good judge of character and that goody goody Red Dawn wasn’t the type to go through all this trouble only to betray his country…it was time to do some investigating and prying. Starting with arrow boy….Artemis was now dressed in civilian clothing of short jeans and a black tanktop with a brown jacket tossed over it and matching boots. What if Jade was lying? What if she wasn’t one to be trusted? That could be a possibility but that sentinel finding them when Artemis did seemed a bit suspicious…something wasn’t adding up and she was going to get to the bottom of it.

II
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After their little shower fun that they had, Jacob would’ve gotten nice and dressed up for the day. Well as dressed as he could get, he honestly just buffed over his outfit, making sure it was still in fighting condition. After doing so, he’d have left the room and left artemis to her wears only to make his way down to the lobby area. There he’d be greeted by the running man and rockslide. “Oh look if it isn’t the high pitched  hero.” Jacob would’ve blushed looking away a bit as rock slide and running man laughed at him. “W-whatever! Status report on the day!” Jacob stomped off, heading back towards the control room from the previous night. They followed behind him, and if Artemis had made her way there she’d have seen them all in one room, Ferral, the tiger girl at the helm of the computer, and Trickshot at the work bench crafting a refill supply  of arrows for a moments notice. Jacob would’ve put a hand on the chair feral was sitting in only to begin speaking. “What’s the status? We looking good to stay here or we looking bleak?” Feral replied. “We’re looking alright. Security camera’s on loop for regular staff. They’ll never know a thing. Running man.” She looked back, her tail fluffing left and right. “Be a dear and go and grab some of the supplies from the armory and rations room, and toss them on the ship. We don’t know how long this shindig will hold up.” “Good call.” Jacob added. “I’m going down to the practice room for a while. I got dressed up but I think it’d be wise to lay low on the activity. Feral, keep lookout for the becan form the team that wants to meet us. Moving anywhere else around the place would be suicide with those sentenials running around like crazy out here.” She nodded, and Jacob would’ve left the room, only to make his way down to the simulator room to run a few practice courses and what not.

Left in the room were Ferral, Trickshot, Rockslide, and Running man who was currently running back and forth. Artemis had the option to talk to any of these individuals for a clue as to who the snitch was. Though in only a moment, Feral would’ve gotten up, and made her way out as well, looking left and right seemingly suspiciously.

Artemis would continue following her until Feral disappeared into the bathroom but Artemis wasn’t much worried about the door, it wasn’t reinforced with anything and with a cool demeanor stood close by with arms crossed as her sonar hearing came in to play. Artemis can hear a pin dropping across a football field if she focuses solely on that pin. There is limitations of course and although she can hear voices in a closed room, if the wall is reinforced with anything strong there is nothing she can hear. Ferals voice came in pretty clear and the words only confirmed what Jade Fierce was warning her about….the sink turns on and Artemis calmly goes the opposite way Feral came from, hiding in the tight corner to avoid being seen….moments later Feral comes back out and goes towards where she’d originally came from, not looking behind her as Artemis watches a little longer. There were a couple of options now to do….blow Ferals cover and get her to talk but it was risky. If she put her on the spot, she might not reveal any information or worse who would believe Artemis over their own team mate? She couldn’t depend on Jacob to believe her she needed more proof. Waiting a moment longer so it didn’t seem suspicious how close the blue haired was to the cat woman she begins to catch up and taps her on her left shoulder before playfully appearing on her right instead with a charming grin to catch her attention as her hand does other things out of her line of sight of course. “Hello there pretty kitty. I don’t think we’ve been given the chance to properly introduce one another…I’m Artemis. Bad ass sniper, elite agent…recent fugitive…All around nice person. Uhh if you’re not busy later we can maybe play with some yarn.” She wiggled her brows teasingly.

As Ferral walked out of the bathroom, she’d have been twirling some of her orange clade hair with her finger carelessly until she heard a voice coming from behind her. She turned around to see none other than the new girl on the block…Artemis was her name as she presented herself. Feral listened to her introduction though she remained utterly uninterested. The joke about the two of them playing with a  ball of yarn later however did peak her interest somewhat in a strange way. Sexually ferrals always been the experimental type. Hell she’s part tiger, part feline, what would one even expect? She looks Artemis up and down before chuckling once more and speaking aloud. “Interesting offer…but I don’t think I quite trust you yet. You could be trying to seduce me into telling you something you’d want to hear, when it should…and could.” She paused. “Be the other way around.” Feral may have been playing along but inside her mind she couldn’t help but think to herself.

“I..didn’t smell this girl when she came out of nowhere. Nor did I hear her…was she following me? Does she know? There’s no way…but her approach does raise conceren. Better discern the situation.” She finished her thought before turning on her furry heels and walking back towards the control room. “I’m going to finish listening out for the distress call from the team we’re supposed to be meeting. Go hang with your boy toy or something.” Feral would’ve waved Artemis off and not before long she’d be back at the helm of the computer monitors. That’s when a singal began to flash on the screen. Feral quickly pt the headset on and began to speak into the mircorphone. “Come in? signal can you hear me?” the screen was fuzzy at first until they finally got a clear screen. A man appeared on screen, with a broad chin and brunette hair, with what looked like a yellow visor across his eyes with a ruby red center.  He looked before speaking. ‘Are you the team we’ve been reciving secret communications with?” “Yes, we’re forming a resistence. You might want to talk to the leader of the team however.”

“No need.” Jacob would’ve begun to walk up the steps, with a  towel around his neck, Rockslide and Trickshot following behind him. “I heard while coming up. It’s nice to meet you Ruby.” “As to you Red Dawn. Listen, we don’t have much time. This line could be tapped and we not know it. Even using it on a Heroes Inc server is risky as is. Meet us at the subway station off of 34 avenue street near Eisienhower drive. It’s an old subway line that was abanonded years ago. Singal reception in there is terrible which means no signal gets in or out. It’s the prefect blip off of the map.” Jacob nodded. “Got it. What time?” “Tonight at 0800.” “Understood.” Jacob would’ve saluted ruby. “Keep fighting the good fight.” “Roger.” The screen went blank and Jacob looked at the time on his watch. “We’ve got about 2 hours of prep avalible. Everyone get geared up and get ready for the job. I want us to be on the jet 30 minutes prior. Any chance at allies and rallying up only gives us an edge and advantage in this whole ordeal. Let’s move.” Jacob, already having his outfit on, would’ve strapped his shield to his back and simply folded his arms, waiting for everyone to go and come back ready for the mission ahead. Jacob’s eyes narrowed a bit though. “An area…where signal doesn’t get in or out. We’ll be in a literal dead zone…that’s a good thing but I can’t help but be suspicious.”

Elsewhere

On the hidden island to the naked eye of the world, Khaki Island the previous mistress from before, would’ve been laying in that same lounge chair as last time. Her skin old and pruney, as her sunglasses rested on the bridge of her nose. Her hair wrapped up, and a sundress to cover her old and brittle bones. A butler walked up the long brick walkway that lead to the courtyard she was laying in and as he approached her he’d bow, and speak. “Madam. The machine is ready for your usage.” The older woman would’ve lifted the sunglasses off of her face and looked into the sky. “It’s about time…finally. A body worth having will be mine and sooner than later.” She grabbed onto her cane and stood herself up, the butler helping her, and the two of them making their way back down the long brick way. After a trip through a few hallways in the large 4 storie estate, they came to an elevator. The woman inputted a special number combination before the doors opened up and the both of them stepped inside of it. Some passing lights and a brief ride down, the doors would open to a large dark grey like metallic room. It was a lab filled with various machines, men and women in lab coats manufacturing and keeping the machines in check running like they were supposed to be. The woman hobbled her way up to the center however and saw the device. It was a single metallic chair, with arms, four legs, and a helmet at the top of it with an m-shaped face.  (pic of cerebro)

She looked at the chair. “The Conscious Nullifier. A device of my idea that can send the conscious mind of one person into another person’s vessal, and send the previous conscious on it’s marry way. Soon project Artemis’s body will be mine and I can combine the serum with my natural psionic abilities…and get back at that bastard Tanaban Jr.” She pulled herself away from the butler, but fell down in the process. She shrieked in pain before crying out. “Blasted fools! Help me to the chair…I don’t have much time left in this body and I need every ounce of power in my cells left!” a group of men helped her up to the chair and began strapping her in…

\*2 hours would’ve passed and everyone would now be gathered back In the center command room, with Jacob standing at the helm. With a simple nod it would signal the team of 6 to head to the Black Bird jet, now fueled and ready. If everyone was aboard, the jet would’ve begun it’s lift off and begun flying towards the intended street. It was a bit far off, bout a 45 minute flight, but nothing that would take to painfully long. Jacob himself would’ve been standing up looking out of the window, with his arms still folded , appearing to be in incredibly deep thought. Feral would’ve been casually piloting the ship, but her tail was straight and draped. By cat standards it showed anticipation and predatorily language as oppose to the usual whimsical nature of a cat…\*

## III

The kitty cat didn’t seem too interested and when she blew Artemis off, she merely nodded in understanding. “Maybe next time then…” Feral walks away and Artemis calmly looks at the phone she’d pick pocketed from the cat woman and clucked her tongue. “So…you really for the team….or nah?” Making her way in the opposite direction, Artemis had her own toys to use to get intel from devices such as this. When the 2 hours had passed however, the info she gathered was this was indeed a burn phone, they were only good for using once or twice before throwing away and deleting everything on its file. Though that only confirmed her suspicions about the cat woman. The only problem now was…well convincing Jacob. They all boarded the jet after the transmission with Ruby another team would be waiting for them there but could they be in on it? Was he the man Feral was speaking to? Going in blind and in a tunnel with no signal was a risky business and Artemis placed the clip in her gun before whistling over to Jacob and blowing him a kiss. “Come here handsome.” The way she called him over was a bit overly affectionate and as everyone knows, it makes people rather uncomfortable seeing two people get all lovey together which meant no one would be eager to watch them for long for sake of not barfing up their lunch. If it’d worked and Jacob did indeed make his way over to Artemis whom was at the very back, she’d keep sitting on the bench casually and flash him that Cheshire grin. “You trying to avoid me?” She teased though when he did finish making his way over, she got up and wrapped her arms around his neck, placing her lips to his ear to kiss softly before finally getting down to the real matter. “You have a mole. Someone’s been feeding intel to the enemy, Sunshine. I know who it is.” She pulled back and her grin softened as she eyed him. “Don’t cause alarm, act casual…but the person of interest is currently flying the jet and possibly leading us in to a trap.” Her grin stayed to her features as blue hues locked with his own. “I need you to trust me. It’s your call but whatever you decide just know I got your back.”

Jacob would’ve been standing ready as everyone scattered out wards before he heared the clip of a gun being loded into it’s chamber, which by the way was followed up by a whistle. Jacob turned his head to see Artemis…oh god. She didn’t want MORE sex did she? Jacob might have been a peak human but his hips were starting to ache just a tad. This girl could really put the work on him. Those…sweet…cream colored hips…Jacob shook his head to get his mind out of the gutter. “Come here handsome.” Jacob blinked before walking towards her causally and once he was close enough to her, he’d place a hand on the wall above and behind her. “What’s up?” “You trying to avoid me?” “Shut up…” Jacob blushed and looked away. This girl was unpredictable, it would make sense if she took his innocence right here, right now infront of everyone if she wanted to. That’s when she got up and wrapped her arms around his neck, and placed her lips to his ear. Jacob’s head was now beside her so he stared at the floor while listening to the message that followed. “You have a mole. Someone’s been feeding intel to the enemy, Sunshine. I know who it is.” Jacob furrowed his brow. “One of my crew?” he spoke quietly. He didn’t turn around because after something like this, it would cause suspicion and tension, two things you don’t need on a crowded ship of metahumans. “Don’t cause alarm, act casual…but the person of interest is currently flying the jet and possibly leading us in to a trap.” Jacob narrowed his eyes. “Feral…” He uttered. Jacob only gave a quiet nod, and hugged Artemis a bit closer, pulling his head back from hers and bumping forehads with her. “Follow. My. Lead. Watch. My. Back..” He spoke quietly, their lips close as if he was about to kiss her before he pulled away turning around and wiping his lips. The men on the ship all gave him winks and thumbs up except for the running man…who was humping the air, mouthing the words “bone her.”

\*Moments later they would’ve arrived. Feral parking the jet on a near by old mill building, Jacob would’ve lead everyone out of the plane and onto the ground. In doing so and after reaching the old and narrow road, they spotted the designated street sign and old subway stairway.\* “This is it. Come on team. A great opportunity awaits us.”  \*Making their way down they’d look at the rather old sub way station and notice it was rather spacious.

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Jacob checking his watch could definitely see there was no form of signal in here. “I guess we play the waiting game now.” Jacob put his hands on his hips, and turned to the rest of the team. Looking at them he saw Trickshot, Artemis wherever she may have been standing, Rockslide, Running man and…where was Feral? Jacob would’ve looked to Artemis and if she looked back they’d both know she was right: it was a trap! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS8A1Gbq2CQ&list=PLYNBny7IRlVlQVpe8xfJPnsRI2lEbpVyi&index=33 ) “Formation Circle!!” Everyone of the heroes all put their backs to one another, standing in a circle, and Artemis would’ve probably been able to pick up pretty easily on the formation itself. Everyone would’ve been looking in a direction to  see what surprises might have been coming their way. That’s when a voice echoed through the hall. “HEY! RUN! RUN DOWN THE SUBWAY!” Jacob peered into the darkness trying to see just who or what was coming and what he’d seen was a man with bird wings flying into the wall beside them and crashing into the cement structure with a loud thud! His body bouncing off and landing on the ground as he tried to push himself up. Jacob then saw a man and a woman running out of that darkness as well, one of them the man they’d seen on the screen and the other one a girl, with ruby red hair, and a suit matching the visor wearing one! They’d run towards Jacob’s group but then Ruby would’ve stopped on a dime. “CLOSE YOUR EYES NOW!!!” If everyone listened, the man would’ve turned around, pulling off his visor and once he did the entire subway would’ve become eclipsed in a bright red light! A giant red beam emitted from his eyes that completely shot down the entirety of the subway itself!

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Jacob would’ve kept his forearm over his eyes as he couldn’t see anything BUT red! “GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!” the man shouted before covering his eyes again with his visor and stopping the beam. As the subway settled Jacob and the gang could open their eyes. They’d see this man, Ruby, the one from the monitor hunched over looking tired. “What in the world were you shooting at?” Jacob questioned. That’s when he heard the metallic creaking of an Omega Gene Hunter but it was now reduced to a blackish color and chunks of it’s metal were completely gone and missing. It fell on it’s face and laid there, with flashing lights blinking until it appeared lifeless. Jacob blinked a few times and Rockslide spoke. “Do they make those devices at the Inc? I gotta get me one of those!” Ruby stood up as the girl helped him up. “Sorry buddy…ngh…comes with the gene. It’s good to meet you all face to face, but I’m afraid we don’t have much time to interact. One of our team members went awald. Sold us out to the registration. They found us here first but we managed to escape for now. We don’t know where the others are…” the red headed girl would speak. “Ruby take it easy. You can’t keep taking off your visor to one shot those things, you’ll kill yourself.” She looked at the team. “I’m Flowerbomb. Odd name for a telepath sure but it fits. The guy with the wings is Flyboy.” He stood up, holding his arm and waved. “Howdy.”

Jacob greeted back “Hey. I’m Red Dawn, and this is Trickshot, Running Man, Artemis and Rockslide. We had a team member go awald on us too…but you’re right. We shouldn’t dabble, we have to evacuate.  If we hurry we can get to the-“ a feint pop noise was made and next thing the gang knew a grendade would’ve been in the middle of Jacob, artemis and the team! Jacob would’ve, if Artemis hadn’t, reached for her to pull her and himself out of the way! The only one who didn’t move was rockslide for obvious reasons. When the smoke cleared, a man would’ve begun walking down the steps. He was cladded in what looked like a black Kevlar vest, and matching military pants, with a black mask that had a skull on it. His arms were bare, but broad and he had two loaded M19’s in his hands, pointed at the crew, and the grenade launcher resting on a clip located on his hip. “Nobody move….”

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Jacob turned to look at the guy, clenching his fist. As he walked down, a legion of armored soldiers would’ve begun marching down the subway as well, one step after another, holding rifles in their hands. “Shit…” Feral would’ve walked down behind this bones character and so would another character cladded in what looked like ice. “Cooler…you damned traitor.” Flyboy spouted. The ice cladded man shrugged. “What can I say? The registration side is cooler.” Rockslide groaned. “Puns. Great.’ The skull man spoke. “Everyone here by order of the united states government is here by under arrest. You will be taken into custody and offered amnesty if you chose to register. If not….well. we’ll incarcerate you…unless you resist in which case we have no choice but to kill you.” Jacob licked his lips before replying. “Tell me. Why…why does this have to be a thing. why is war the only anser we have left.” “Don’t try to appeal to me. I’m a reformed villlian. The pay is good, so don’t give me any patriotic crap.” Jacob would’ve inhaled through his nostrils and exhaled. “Beta. “ the skull mask man tilted his head. “Beta? Beta what?” that’s when The running man went into action! A secret back up plan they’d formed months in advance as the running man ran and dashed by every individual solider, taking away their guns which harbored the formula to taking away their omega genes! He’d then run them 30 miles away and come back all within a minute as the soldiers looked around clueless as to what happened. “LET’S GO!!!!!” Jacob would’ve shouted out loud as now with the odds a bit more in their favor the resistance heroes would now be battling against the forces of the registered bunch!

\*The Registered team has over 100 grunts, and 2 metas: Cooler, who can control and manipulate ice to his whim and Feral, a woman with tiger attributes, senses, and strength. Jacob and the skullface man would’ve locked eyes instantly charging for one another and Artemis was to either handle the grunts or attack one of the two metas (you can control them in your post.)\*

So far Jacob hadn’t caused any suspicions and even more, he believed her. When they bump foreheads together, he tells her to follow his lead so she’d leave it up to him on their next move. After pulling away, Artemis sits back down and finishes arming herself up to the T. Bending forward, she rubbed the muzzle of her gun against her temple and concentrated at the task at hand. Still…there was just something she couldn’t seem to shake off, call it intuition or what you will but something wrong was going to happen she could sense it. No point in throwing off the others vibes and tipping the mole off either so she kept it to herself as the jet lands and Jacob leads the team out, Artemis going out last to keep a close eye behind them.

 The subway entrance leads them down below and Artemis continued to stay alert with a pistol held at eye level, shoulders lifted slightly and elbows out as blue hues shift back and forth their surroundings. A slight breeze picked up around her but at first she thought nothing of it…when she gazed back at the team, Feral was missing! Locking eyes with Jacob momentarily she frowned and nodded. It was a trap after all…”Formation Circle!” Their leader shouts out as they all huddle together, Artemis following suit as sharp eyes try to locate where the traitor might have gone off to, gun still held up high. Suddenly a commotion grabbed their attention as Artemis gazed over her shoulder to see what was going on. A winged man crashes into the wall and two others are running out of the tunnel before the visor wearing one shouts for them to close their eyes. Cursing softly, she does so and even with closed eyes she could make out nothing but red! And a dangerous warmth before the winds of rubble almost knock them over as blue hues snap open and begin to move to make sense of the situation, the serum pumping through her veins. Just as shes about to see through the smoke, machine guns sound off and more explosions…she pauses and looks confused.

There were men shouting in Spanish wearing Colombian militia uniforms and others dressed in civilian clothing with automatics firing all over the place. This…didn’t look like the subway anymore…there were tropical trees being blown to bits as the ground was disturbed with grenades, bodies flying left and right and being shot down with blood spraying all over. Artemis froze, gazing down at the automatic in her own hands and the bodies sprawled in front of her of horrified villagers.

Suddenly she heard her name and after a couple of moments of rapid blinking, the subway returns and the teams are talking…she says nothing, looking away in confusion once more. Before she could really get her bearings down again Jacob was grabbing her and the both of them jump out of the way of a grenade! Artemis hadn’t noticed it in time as she stared at the blonde before returning to reality and readying her stance. The enemies make themselves known, Feral included and she pushes whatever the fuck just happened to her in the back of her mind. Jacob is the first to charge as Artemis grins and blows Feral a kiss. “Your breakin my heart, kitty cat I thought we could have had something.” At this, the tiger woman snarls and slashes her claws in her direction before shifting into a blur on all fours and charging for the sniper. Artemis doesn’t charge back as she puts the gun away and licks her teeth non chalant like. “I hate hurting cats, I like em more than dogs but I don’t have time for this crap.” Placing her hand behind her pack she reaches for a shot gun with a rather hefty stock and holds the firearm by the long barrel. Feral almost now in mauling distance jumps for the sniper to knock her off her feet, assuming she wasn’t prepared for the simple fact the agent wasn’t even holding the shot gun correctly but Artemis hadn’t been planning to shoot down the cat meta as she swung the gun upwards, slamming the butt of the firearm right into Ferals awaiting cheek bone and digging her heel into the ground, she placed a nasty swing of her arms to add extra oomph as she sends the cat lady flying to the other side of the tunnel.

 Flipping the shot gun over she holds it correctly and fires the shrapnel of bullets her way, Feral barely recomposing herself and getting out of the way in time as she flips and lands, holding her bruised face with a snarl. Artemis merely grinned wider and made for another shot, the wonders of a shot gun was you didn’t need to aim that much it was bound to hit her if she decided to move left or right she was going to get hit and as quick as she was, Artemis was faster. “I don’t have time to play with pussy, you’re not on my level kitty so why don’t you run away and let the big players do their thing.” Feral hid behind a giant slab of concrete from the explosion and was fuming by the womans words! Big players?! Lifting up a slab she threw it in Artemis direction with her meta strength before launching herself forward, having used the slab as a distraction but Artemis wasn’t a rookie as she shot down the slab and readied her K-bar knife not a second later, Feral impaling herself right on it as Artemis locked eyes with the cat with a cold expression.

“I warned you…” The cat woman stared in shock before gazing down at the handle of the knife in her stomach. Artemis pushed her off her weapon and watched the cat fall to the ground in pain. The sniper stared for a moment before blinking and realizing she just almost fatally wounded someone. It wasn’t her intention, sure she was a trained killer but they needed Feral alive for intel…As Feral held on to her burning side Artemis turned away and wiped the knife clean. “I missed any vital organs, you’ll be fine if you don’t bleed out first. Stay down cat.”

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpwCJzPlz8k )”PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!!” would’ve been the noise made as Ruby let loose an onslaught of his ruby colored beams to damage and knock back at least 20 soliders in one fell swoop! The girl who was with him, Flowerbomb, would’ve extended her hand towards at least 10 of them, raising them into the air, smooshing their bodies and amrors together before tossing them at the downed Omgea Gene Hunter in the background and watching them fall into a pile on the ground! However that’s when Cooler came from above sliding on what looked like a long connecting platform of ice, and tossing ice blast at ruby and flowerbomb! Ruby managed to dodge a few of them, and Flowerbomb crated a shield of psychic energy around herself! “I ALREADY KNOW A TRICK FOR THAT FLOWER!” Cooler yelled out as he jumped atop of her psychic shield and began spinning himself around on top of it in a micheal Jackson like fashion. As he did, he’d create a mini whirlwhind of ice and the moment he stopped and hopped off of it, flowerbomb would’ve been encased in her own shield,but now the ice was thicker than the strongest steel. And she wasn’t the most physical hero either….

“Why don’t you take a moment to cool down to RUBY BOY!!” Cooler would’ve shot a giant ice blast at Ruby, before  Ruby shot it away with his optic beams, but was bumrushed by about 5 men, all tackling him into the tracks on the train! Luckily the running man ran by and disoposed of them rather quickly tossing them wayward and helping up his new ally. “GOTTA STAY QUICK MAN! They’re killing people out here!” running man went to dash offwards, but skullmask wasn’t very happy with this. “He’ll be one hell of a nusciance…” He then pulled  sphere from his belt, and tossed it where Running man was headed and once he ran through it, not only did he trip but he was covered in a sloppy pink goo. “GAH! WHAT IS THIS? Does this guy have….gnh! silly putty powers?!?” Running man had ran over some kentic gel, which stopped all kinietic energy from entering and absorbed it,thus rendering his running ability useless and leaving the other soilders to run over there and begin kicking the man while he was down. Skull mask laughed until Jacob came from behind and superman punched him square in the jaw! Skullmask rolled backwards a bit, and landed on his back, only to now be holding a rifle to Jacob and letting out rounds from the AK in his hand! Jacob ran head first into the bullets with his shield defending him and backhanded the gun with the large disc! He then raised the shield up, as to strike skullmask while he was down but not before getting a boot to the gut, and a follow up headbutt! CRACK!” Jacbo with a now fresh bloody nose would’ve taken a few steps back,  shaking his head. “Looks like you’re not as good a combatant as the chief warned us about he?” skullmask taunted. Jacob glared at the man and spoke. “I haven’t even begun fighting yet!” Jacob ran back in, spinning off of his left heel and throwing a roundhouse kick to the man’s gut. He scooted back some, but skullmask retaliated with a fierce straight punch aimed at jacob’s chest. This punch would’ve been weaved to the right and counted by Jacob backhanding skullmask with his right hand, only to follow up with his left by slamming the edge of the shield into his neck! ‘GUH!” skullmask grunted, and Jacob didn’t stop! He went in for a straight kick, but it was grabbed onto by skull mask only for him to be pulled into a deadly clothesline! Jacob’s body did a 360 flip before his shield fell off of his arm and clanged onto the ground! Jacob quickly stood up, but was now on the defensive, as skullface opted to pick up the tempo and begin throwing everything he had at Jacob!

\*Meanwhile, Cooler would’ve seen Artemis and Feral battling it out, with Feral on the losing side! Deciding to intervine, Cooler would’ve attempted to ice slide over Artemis’s head and begin firying 10 ice blast with alternating hands at her! Each ice blast potent enough to freeze her entire body over to sub zero temperatures! Even if it nipped a limb, said limb would be frozen brittle and solid! He’d be about 15 feet above her head, like a vulture he’d keep skating and circling around her up to, to keep attempting to hit her. Meanwhile still having to deal with Feral’s attacks at the same time!\*

\*The black smog emerged and covered both the revived feral and Cooler. Cooler looking left and right to try and find artemis and Feral  could smell the toxin in the gas, and instinctively covered her nose with her forearm to try to keep from taking to much of it in!  that’s when the shot was fired, and feral would’ve taken a bullet right between the eyes, dead the moment the bullet made contact with her brain! Cooler couldn’t see or hear anything over the commotion of the battle itself, but that’s when he came into contact with some kind of silvery substance that trapped him! Struggle as hard as he could, the substance kept his cool powers in check and he was completely immobilized.\*

\*Ruby, Flyboy, and Flowerbomb had fought off a majority of the enemy units by this time but they were getting more and more exhausted as the soilders continued to pour down the hall! Jacob saw this and knew a well timed retreat was going to be in order for sure!\* “Dammit!” Jacob took a few steps back  panting, as his skullmasked opponent was more than he pegged him to be. “His combat skill is amazing. He’s so huge though…how can he be remotely as fast as me…is a drug of some kind!?” Jacob thought as skullface came in again, but this time armed with a combat knife he’d pull from it’s holster last second! Jacob took a ready stance, in order to counter the knife attack but skullface had other plans! He turned the knife at just the right angle, so the light from the celing would reflect off of it and blind Jacob for only a split second! Jacob blinked only but by then it had been to late! With his blindness, skull face would’ve taken the knife and stabbed it into the top of jacob’s right foot! The knife sinking into the ground and wedging itself there! Jacob hollered at the top of his lugs, attempting to pull away, but skull face griped the man by his head and kneed him right in his nose, before shoulder tackling his body and kicking the side of jacob’s right leg, completely bending it inwards and tearing his ACL! Jacob’s head hit the ground fist, he didn’t get time to groan in pain, as his eyes slammed shut and he’d seemed to have lost consciousness!

“Some leader you are wonder boy!” Skullface looked to the side, only to duck, one of Ruby’s incoming blast! “Get back here! “ Ruby shouted as his team made their way over. Skullface merely smirked, before taking a few steps back, his right hand resting on the center of his belt. “FALL BACK BOYS! THE LEADER’S BEEN CRIPPLED! OBJECTIVE COMPLETE!” that’s when suddenly skullface’s body disappeared in a blink! A small twinkle appeared where he once was before his entire body literally vanished from thin air! The other reaming soldiers would’ve hit buttons on their chest, and jet packs that rested on their backsides would’ve emerged and the hundreds of soldiers would’ve begun sky rocketing down the abandoned tunnels, effectively escaping the scene. Flowerbomb rushed over to Jacob, checking on him briefly and so did the rest of his team. “He’s only unconscious but he’s bleeding. We have to get him back to wherever you guys were stationed!” Trickshot shook his head. “No way.  Feral may have leaked that locations spot, so we should go somewhere else.” Ruby stands tall. “I know a place. It’s…a bit off the grid. I don’t even know if we’ll all fit, but I think she’ll be okay with it.” Ruby would’ve pointed to the side of the subway with the destroyed omega gene hunter. “If we backtrack this way, we’ll reach the place. Rockslide, grab Jacob. Artemis, is that your name? take up the rear behind Rocky. I’ll lead the charge until we’re back. Let’s go, before any more surprises emerge.”

\*If agreed, Artemis was to man the rear and the team would traverse the long dark abaoned tunnels. 30 minutes later, they’d emerge form a manhole, on the side of what looked like a rather nice apartment complex.\*

“Flowerbomb, can you give us a lift?” “Ruby…is this your-“ “Yes. Yes it is. I’m out of ideas…” Flowerbomb shook her head, and held her hands out. Levitating herself, ruby, artemis, trickshot, rockslide, running man and Jacob up to the fifteenth floor balcony. Ruby stepped off first and he’d open the sliding door to the nice looking apartment where he lived with his current girlfriend…….Ayame Xiaofang. “Ayame? Urm. I need a favor. Got some friends over….” Ruby would’ve removed the visor, closing his eyes of course, and putting on his signature red sunglasses, walking into the living room and signaling everyone else to come along as well. “Make yourselves at home. She’ll be out in a minute, or back. One of the two.”

She watched the lifeless body of Feral for a moment and it made her sort of space a bit as if seeing this scene happen before. The dead eyes of a long haired Hispanic woman replaced Feral and Artemis would’ve taken a step forward and give the body a confused expression. Something was wrong…the sound of Jacob in pain brought her back as she jumped and aimed the gun towards the direction but before anything else could happen, The skull man was giving their leader a beat down. Ruby stepped in but the man would finally retreat with his men…The sniper made her way over to their fallen leader as Flowerbomb inspected him but there was only so much one could tell by the naked eye alone. She didn’t say anything, crossing her arms and letting her eyes travel from the destruction of the subway…things were starting to piece together it was just trying to see the whole picture. Trick shot was correct, they couldn’t go back to the base so a new location would be needed and Ruby seemed to know where they could go. He orders her to watch the rear and she nods silently. 30 minutes of walking and they finally make their destination…blue hues lift up to an apartment complex. This must’ve been rubys personal home and Flowerbomb confirmed it by asking. They’re lifted up and then on the balcony, Artemis stepping off when he gives the okay. She signals over to Flowerbomb to lay Jacob down on a table that was long enough to carry him. Throwing her duffle bag to the side if the woman had done what she asked, Jacob would be placed down on the hard surface and she’d start examining him.

In the background you could hear a womans voice from the kitchen. “Hey you’re home early, I wasn’t expecting you for another day. I would’ve made some food for your friends, babe.” Coming out, purple/pink hues land on everyone in the room and she blinks. “Oh” The woman was slender form, with short shoulder length red hair and creamy complexion that resembled her big sisters Yumi. There were a lot of faces in the living room and then she sees Jacob sprawled out on the table. Instantly she rushes over to Ruby, checking him over. “Are you okay? What happened?!” Artemis meanwhile was taking Jacobs shoes off, letting Ruby and his girlfriend talk as her own main concern was their leader. He’d lost a good bit of blood among other things as she ignores everyone in favor of locating the first aid kit, an item ususally found in the master bathroom as she made herself at home and located it, coming out moments later with a big box that read ‘FIRST AID’ just as she hoped, it was the hospital kind that carried all the goodies needed for real injuries. Placing it back on the table, she grabbed for a ton of gauze and pressed it into his foot on both sides of the wound, grabbing trick shots arm and tugging him over so he could keep the pressure on to stop the bleeding. “Hold it firm.” She ordered as she looked through and found a small bottle of alcohol, stitching items, bandage wraps and other things useful to her. “Wake him up.” She told whomever was listening. “He can’t be sleeping, if hes suffered any head injury he needs to be awake. Plus I need him to tell me what hurts.” Moving Trick shot away she removes the gauze and sees the bleeding had stopped just enough for her to pour alcohol on it to disinfect it and start closing it with the stitching and a needle. Jacob was a super soldier like herself, his body could heal on its own but it’d take time, his healing factor was not as progressive as her own and with the extent of damage done to his body she didn’t know how long it’d take him to get better. Closing the stab wound on his foot, she wraps it up in bandages before taking her K-bar knife and working on removing his outfit, not wanting to move him so they’d have to come off by tearing them off. Ayame meanwhile would watch, standing close to Ruby before frowning and looking at him with concern. “I should have went with you! Things are getting bad up here in the surface…the omega gene hunters are everywhere…”

“Hey you’re home early, I wasn’t expecting you for another day. I would’ve made some food for your friends, babe…..Are you okay? What happened?!”” Was her response as she guided her and ruby to the living room. Ruby continued rubbing the back of his head nervously, as he still didn’t quite know how to explain the activities that were present here and today. “Well like I said I’m sorry honey. I’d have let you know much sooner if my plans hadn’t gone completely awal. I’m fine really. Just some scrapes and bruieses, and maybe a lump or two. It’s the guy on the table who needs all the real medical attention here.” Ruby would’ve went back out to the living room. “Artemis we have a first aid kit in the- oh. I see you’ve already made your way to it. Carry on then. I’m going to go change attire…I have some spare clothes, trickshot, running man if you want to change into more civilian attire. Rockslide uh….”

Rockslide grunted, waving off the coming comment. “Look pal, just run out to the extra large men’s store, and get me a trench coat, and a fidorah hat. I’ll make it work.” “Righto. Running man, handle that one for me.” “You got it second boss. Arty, take care of ol Jacob would ya? Owes me 30 bucks.’ Running man dashed out of the window and down the side of the building heading to the store to secure rockslides outfit. Trickshots attention was elsewhere however, as when Artemis told him to hold the splint firm, he did just that. Rockslide, ruby, and flower bomb gathered around to lend any kind of helping hand that may have been needed. That’s when she told someone to wake him up to keep him cioncious espciallly if it was a bad head injury. Rockslide cracked his rocky knuckles a couple of times. “I’ve got this one.” Rockslide would’ve leaned in beside Jacob’s ear and began whispering something. “Psst. Hey meatbag. Just thought you should know ol Artemis is in the shower here. Don’t look too soon but I think Trickshot followed her in there. Been some strange squeeking and sliding noises coming through.” Jacob’s eyes shot open as he sat up instantly. “WHAT IN TARNATION! A-…ah…I…” Jacob held his head for a moment. “God damn, it feels like I’ve been hit by a train. Heads killing me…” Jacob looked around and saw the team from events prior. “Thanks guys. I mean it. I didn’t think something like this would’ve taken place right under my nose. Even when I had the forewarning.” Jacob looked at his leg. He wiggled it before his eye twitched in discomfort. “Torn ACL. Haven’t had one of those since the Heroes Inc football game…hmm. I’m probably going to be out of commission for about 3 days tops. No more no less. I don’t even know if I can walk right.” Jacob saw Artemis about to cut his outfit, and held a hand up to stop her. “I wouldn’t. This material is pretty high grade. I’ll just take it off my self.” Jacob reached down and began to remove his boots. He’d then start shimmeying out of his armored tights to reveal a pair of boxers at this point, so Artemis could keep applying first aid more successfully.

Ruby spoke up. “Well feel free to rest up here Jacob. We’ll discuss a game plan when you’ve got yourself together.” “No need. I might be out but the mission doesn’t stop. Trickshot, besides Feral you were the only one any good with the computer. Take my smart watch and see if you can find any more distress signals. Let them know we’re switching channels, because of a breech. When you find something let us know and we’ll come up with our next move. If we’re going to win this war, we need troops, asap.” Trickshot took the watch and tossed it up and down in his hand. “If you say so. Got a laptop lil lady?” Trickshot refered to Ayame and if she said yes, he’d inquire to use it.

Jacob himself would’ve sat there and sighed. Speaking to Artemis since they had some alone time. “Guess the mission was somewhat of a success. I’d hope so. How’d things go on your end? Feral went back to the opposing side or did she not make it in the struggle? Everything went dark after my head hit the pavement.” Jacob clenched his fist. “Of all the things to happen I become the wounded one. Everything happened so fast and I was so worried about the others.”

Artemis watched as Jacob was awoken though her mind was elsewhere so she didn’t catch what was said to him. So far Jacob responded well aside from the obvious pain and stopped her from cutting his armor or attempting to anyway. When he gets undressed, the sniper makes quick work of examining him though he seemed to know already what was wrong with him. His leg wasn’t going to be working well for a day or two just as he said and so she began creating a splint of sorts of him so that he wouldn’t move it and it could heal quicker, wrapping bandages around the injured limb silently…his voice broke her out of her trance as she looked to his defeated expression. “Everyone is alive, I see that as a success. We made new allies, people who are going to aid us in the fight and we got rid of some bad blood along the way…I say it was certainly a success.” She finished tying the bandages around his knee and started massaging the calf muscle to ease the tension and relax it. “Don’t put any pressure on this whats so ever, I mean it.” She wasn’t her joking self at the moment, it was just something she couldn’t shake off back at the subway…why was she having those flash backs? He asked about Feral and she looked dead at him with a tilt of her head. “Shes been disposed of. I put a bullet between her eyes…Cooler probably got away if the chrome grenades I hit him with didn’t kill him first.” She placed a hand on his fist and dove her fingers between his own to relax him as she held it gently. “Don’t be so hard on yourself. We held our own well and you did your best…that guy wasn’t any old meta. Something was feeding him and making him stronger….going in blind like we did, I think we did alright.”

Meanwhile Ayame spoke softly with Ruby though he wasn’t having any of it about her joining the fight…with a sigh, she accepts the kiss on her forehead and watches him leave to go talk with trick shot about the laptop. Hm…he sounded like Kevin. She was ready, if only someone would give her a chance! She could do great things, make a difference like she knows she was meant to. Turning away, she makes her way over to Jacob and Artemis, watching them a moment before smiling and gesturing. “I have healing fire…my sister does it better than me but I can take away the discomfort. I never really focused much on healing properties.” Placing her bandaged ‘hand’ she waved it over Jacobs knee as blue flames erupted and pushed through the skin, alleviating some of the pressure and numbing the pain enough to speed up the process of healing from 3 days to 2. It was better than nothing…Ayame finishes and nods her head politely to them before leaving to go to the bedroom. Sitting on the edge of the bed, she sighed and gazed out the window. Things had changed drastically for her…after talking with Yumi about wanting to become a hero and then becoming a registered hero at Heros inc all was well until the registration act came to be. She’d met Ruby through Heros inc and they hit it off well until the omega gene hunters started coming for unregistered heros, Ruby being one of them. She was against the act but Ruby convinced her to play the part and stay on the surface to help the people. She felt more like a side kick than anything…she hadn’t heard from Kevin in a while either but she figured he was completely over her after all he practically kicked her out and they hadn’t spoken since their fight when she showed him her outfit. She thought about him a lot but her new life wasn’t so bad…Ruby was sweet and romantic and—Ayame sighs loudly and stands from the bed, crossing her arms under her breasts and staring out the window as if expecting a web slinging vigilante to come swooping in from above like he always did but all she saw was just…her eyes narrow before she closed the blinds, rushing out to the living room and turning off the lights, closing the blinds that led to the balcony and turning on a light switch that made the entire room glow red. “Nobody move….theres an omega gene hunter close by doing scans…” The red light omitting let out a type of radiation waves (in safe doses) that hid their omega gene print, the energy that metas and omega users would give off that separated them from normal people. Ayame had it installed thanks to Josh inventing it, call it a camouflage of sorts…to the hunters outside it’d be just detecting regular waves.

Everyone is alive, I see that as a success. We made new allies, people who are going to aid us in the fight and we got rid of some bad blood along the way…I say it was certainly a success.”   Jacob nodded at this notion. She was right. They got out who they could afford to get out and they gained new allies. He had to try and focus on the positives of the situation, not the negatives or the things that would’ve potentially brought him down and made him feel worse about the situation or the scenario at hand. When she took his hand Jacob looked at how their hands looked intertwined with one another. It was comforting. Looking up at her he could hear a bit of a difference in her voice, though he wasn’t sure if it was sincerity or uncertainty. “Don’t be so hard on yourself. We held our own well and you did your best…that guy wasn’t any old meta. Something was feeding him and making him stronger….going in blind like we did, I think we did alright.” He nodded. “You’re right. Thanks Artemis. That was very reassuring of you. And thanks for having my back…I know our initial meeting wasn’t exactly the best but I’m glad you joined the team. Even if it wasn’t necessarily by choice.” Jacob chuckled a bit rubbing his leg. That’s when the red headed girl known as Ayame came over with a  gesture. “I have healing fire…my sister does it better than me but I can take away the discomfort. I never really focused much on healing properties.” Jacob looked to Artemis to make sure it was okay and when she did the do, his leg did feel a bit better. Like the healing process had speed up just a significant bit. Still might take a while but it’s not like Jacob had anything better to do with his time in the slightest bit. “Thanks ayame.” Jacob smiled and nodded. “I think I’m going to take a bit of a nap. Get some rest, and think of our next move. Wait til I hear something from trickshot.”

Everyone was doing there parts, even running man finally came back just in time to hear Ayame’s announcement. “Nobody move….theres an omega gene hunter close by doing scans…” “Damn Hunters…” Ruby spoke under his breathe. As the red light cut on, one could still see the giant shadows of the omega gene hunters moving across the florida city. Soon the giant mechanical hum was finally gone, showing it had made it’s rounds for this part of the day. After that was over, Ruby would signal Ayame to turn the switch off

The day would progress to night sometime after with everyone laying low for the time being. Around 10 o clock, and Jacob would’ve passed out in the corner on the floor  atop of a pallet that was made for him. Wherever artemis may have been she would suddenly start to feel sleepy and dizzy. Thus resulting in her receiving a massive headache and maybe feeling the need to sleep. This is when she would start to see vision of her past dealing with some of the events that happened to her in her home country of Colombia. (okay in this nex t post, write out something about how Artemis remembers being transported by submarine somewhere during her time there and in my next post I’ll connect the dream to what’s going to happen. We’ll end this episode after you do that. )

Artemis watched jacob get comfortable to sleep...trick shot told her the others would keep watch and assured her theyd be safe for the most part. As a trained sniper she could sleep lightly but tonight was different. A spliting head ache urged her to an early and heavy slumber of which she hasn't experienced since she was dead the second time around. Falling asleep on the couch, Artemis saw only darkness. She didnt dream...perhaps a side effect of thr serum but tonights sleep had other plans for the blue haired agent and before long darkness was replaced with a lazy red light flashing every so often as Artemis found herself standing all of sudden...in a hallway of metal. It felt familiar...nostalgic even as she stayed frozen to her position. Where was she?? "Jacob..." she starts to say but it only came out in a barely audible whisper. No she wasnt....who was jacob?? Blue hues lower in slight daze before she turned her head to the side to gaze out of a perfect circle that showed nothing but blue...ocean blue. She was underwater in a submarine. A submarine?? It felt....like shed been here before...but from when?? Artemis takes one step forward but a figure appears on the other side of the narrow hall and she decides to stay... "Ill wait here..." she whispered and squated down, hugging her knees and closing her eyes slowly. "Ill wait right here..." where ever the submarine was taking her she couldnt recall....