Jessica and Viper

[Seer]

<< Some time has passed and soon, the "back up" of Haleigh's psyche and emotions is complete along with a carefully selected DNA sample of the hybrid. When the process is complete, Haleigh AWAKENS, feeling as if she has never slept so deeply in recent years, it's a testimony to Malice's power that she could so thoroughly sedate the Hybrid...though deep down, Haleigh was a spectator in her own mind on the astral plain as the White Queen did her work. The two women dont say TOO much to one another as Malice unfastens the adamantium restrains on the exam table, but Haleigh knows that the job is done and that if nothing else...there's a CHANCE she can be restored or even cloned if she becomes a zombie and has to be destroyed or her body is too damaged and mutates courtesy of the T Virus. >>

<< the rest of the Six and the Sisterhood have had time to themselves as the process was completed and for the Six, their guest luxury suites were plush in their accomodations, ensuring that they were not at all bored for lack of options. Isis had taken time to look in on Nicolas while Cameron had spent time with Delilah. Their own meeting of the minds seemed to provide encouragement and stability for Delilah, at least for now. >>

<< soon, both groups were called to assemble back in the Sisterhood's War Room. There was something different about this meeting though. It seemed with the time to prepare for the trip to Sheena Island close at hand now, both sides were a little more somber. There were stakes at hand for each side both as teams and on personal individual levels. But most of all, the NEED TO SURVIVE.>>

<< News feeds were coming in about a bio terror attack, this time in Europe. Reports that a WilPharma medical facility where a "cure" for the T Virus was being test on "willing" test subjects was attacked by a massive creatured described as a "TYRANT". The Tyrant MASSACRED all personell present and any law enforcement that attempted to intervene. Shots of the "test subjects" were splashed across the screen, children with MONSTROUS mutations, some were dead, zombiefied corpses. TERRA SAVE was on hand and credited for saving 4 children all of whom were now orphans and only ONE had actually shown signs of infection, while the OTHERS were about to be tested WITHOUT their parents knowledge or consent! it was a PIVOTAL moment in the battle between Terra Save and Wilpharma, one that Alycia was apparently ABSENT for as she herself was now on Sheena Island. It was clear NOW, however that WilPharma was definately NOT as noble as it would have audiences to believe.>>

<< the question fo WHO sent the Tyrant was easily answered, at least to the Six but even as they settled that, another report came in of a shocking , savage bio terror event in an African village. It wasnt the T Virus....but the effects were similar as villagers were shown rampaging through the streets, attacking those who were still alive, before the news crew themselves were massacred. Jessica was making good on her promise, lives were being lost, families, villages and towns were being decimated. Terrorists across the glob were scrambling to try to find out how to get access to this new level of viral weaponry. >>

<< The Six and The Sisterhood were watching these and governments around the globe were now being FORCED to turn their attention to "bio terrorism" and WilPharma with comparisons to MYSTECH being immediately drawn by U.S. officials. PANIC was growing across the board and with panic, often came RASH descisions.>>

<< All that stood between the world and a possible WORLD WAR were the Six...and their unlikely allies, the Sisterhood....all that stood between them and success...survival was EACH OTHER...and a green eyed woman who was deriving PSYCHOTIC GLEE from all of this. >>

 

[Black Widow]

Haleigh opens her eyes, feeling more rested than she could remember ever feeling before and yet, she had been with Diana every step of the way. If Diana was exhausted from the work she'd just performed, she didn't readily show it. Haleigh couldn't imagine how she could NOT be a little taxed though. Diana had been the sieve that every fiber of Haleigh's being had passed through.

Now that Diana knew everything, she said nothing. Haleigh wondered what she was thinking. She couldn't hear Diana's voice in her head anymore, but she had paid attention to the observations that Diana had noted. None of it surprised her, but it might surprise, and even disappoint, some of her comrades. Haleigh was not-so-secretly glad that no one else had been allowed to stay and observe, Cameron included.

"Thank you, Diana. [sitting up after being released] For this… and our other agreement."

In Haleigh's mind, the more important one, that Malice would preempt any attempt on Haleigh's life by doing the deed herself and thus, saving more than one person the guilt. That was what she worried about more than dying. IF she could be killed…. The technology, the science existed to attempt a 'resurrection'.

They went back to the War room, and then summoned the others. Haleigh sat down in one of the high backed chairs again, watching the news stream in. It was getting worse. Jessica was on a roll now. She would have to be stopped soon.

 

[Isis]

last minute details

[ Dominique and Helena returned, taking their places with Diana at their stations. as news feeds and images streamed in, Dominique voiced her displeasure.]

She's obscene!


[ Not that Dominique fancied HERSELF as a "do gooder" or on some higher moral ground, but the idea of Jessica, MYSTECH and all that was happened just offended her very nature. Perhaps it was ISIS' nature within her but she felt that Jessica was a MUCH better candidate to be the offspring of SET. This was the first time since Set that Isis had been pulled into a field combat situation and it didnt help it had to be along side the SIX. Mystech was a major pice of the Six & The Sisterhood's backstories, one that Isis had not been involved in but despite her feelings, she maintained that regal, disdainfull presentation she was known and despised for.]

[Enchantra pulled up the satellite coordinates of Sheena Island and Malice drew forth all the access codes she had. Dominique had several floating monitors broadcasting various moving shots of the Island and buildings of interest, including the town and the exact replica of Arklay Mansion in its prime.]


Malice, all preparations have been made. Enchantra will stay behind to protect the Hellfire Mansion and all of our interests and I have alerted our counterparts in the London Branch if she should need any back up in case this Jessica DOES attack her, the mansion or our interests directly. I will be accompanying yourself and Nicolas on this...mission.

Malice: there may be more than one person in need of the power of a HEALER during this little adventure, so your presence is invaluable, Isis.

[ It was true, she'd be the ONLY healer present in the group, which could be truly critical but would Isis even CONSIDER using her magick to heal anyone outside of Diana and Nicolas? Her hostile dislike of Cameron was as deep and unexplained as Morgan or Alison's in the beginning of THEIR relationship with the man and the fact that he trampled so rudely on the tragedy of her sister? It made her regard him as LESS than the scum of the earth.]

Isis: Well, we'll just have to see how THAT goes. But as we discussed earlier, my priorities are with yourself, Nicolas and I.

I am ready when you are.

[ indicating she was ready to go and get this overwith.]

 

[Prophet]

Cameron and Delilah spent a few silent moments in her dream state before his astral form was alerted that Haleigh's "procedure" was complete and they were to gather in the War Room to prepare for Sheena Island. Giving himself a few moments to process what he had seen in Delilah's dreamscape, he cracked his neck and his knuckles and made his way back to the War Room.

He entered to find Haleigh, Diana, Isis and Helena all already there. His stomach turned like clockwork at the sight of Dominique, but he had a strong enough constitution as to not vomit all over her right there. He watched the newsfeeds of the this "Tyrant" and of the Bio Hazard in the small african village. Jessica was definitely playing her hand of cards STRONG. The accounts said it was not the T Virus but that the effects were similar and Cameron began to see just how dangerous Jessica could be if not dealt with NOW. She had complete control over the Virus, it would make sense that she could somehow mutate it and change it. It would cause a global pandemic, and NOBODY would be able to work fast enough to find a cure for each possible strain she could concoct. This woman could quite possibly, end the world.

He took a seat next to Haleigh and surveyed her for a moment, looking her up and down, as if to confirm to himself that it was in fact Haleigh, and not an illusion from Malice. He also took a moment to do a complete mental scan of her vitals, to track if the virus had spread considerably in the amount of time that Diana had spent with Haleigh. From all interior and exterior views, she seemed to be fine...for now.

Isis: Well, we'll just have to see how THAT goes. But as we discussed earlier, my priorities are with yourself, Nicolas and I.

"Funny..one of her priorities is a woman who, without the threat of Set, would kill and use and manipulate Nicolas to her fancy, while the people who fight and protect and love him, she gives two shits about. Real nice priorities there, Dominique."

He thought to himself. She was waring VERY thin on him, and her disdain for him was MATCHED by his for hers, but there was a task at hand, and it wasn't like he had never had to work side by side with somebody who would rather see him dead. That was an everyday occurence in the life of Cameron King.

"I'm ready to go.. I spoke to Delilah, she's on her way back now.."

Cameron had mentally thrust her awake after he realized they needed to suit up. She would feel extremely well rested and ready to go. He was worried about her very much, but he had extended the "olive branch" and he hoped that she might know she could lean on him if necessary.

 

[MorningStar]

In Delilah's dreamscape...

"People DIE. A fact nobody likes, but you can't very well hold yourself RESPONSIBLE for every single one of them. It will KILL you inside. Nobody can take on that kind of personal accountability. And NOBODY expects you to save them. They just expect that you do all you can, and you HAVE, Delilah. More than you give yourself credit for. Don't you SEE that?"

Delilah smiled sadly, raising her hand and touching Cameron's cheek lightly. She shook her head and slowly turned away from him. He was so young...

...and she woke up. She was there, in the bedroom of the small apartment. Cameron alerted her that they were meeting once again at the War Room of the Hellfire Club. She opened the wormhole and, with one last - almost longing - look back at the room around her, she stepped through and found herself outside the door where the others had already assembled. She ran a hand over her head, smoothing her hair, took a deep breath, and entered the war room.

She was hit by the news reports around her almost as if someone had slapped her. She was horrified by the scenes in front of her.

"Those poor people..."

They prepared to head to Sheena Island, but those images stayed with Delilah. Malice may have an axe to grind with this Jessica person, but god help her if Delilah found her first. She took the brief moment of downtime to go to Haleigh. Delilah knelt beside her chair, searching her face for any signs of trouble.

"How do you feel?"

 

[Rampage]

Nicolas had not spoken, had not needed to. Between Isis and the team, he was as discussed as the problem child in an after-school special. Isis made sure to tell anyone that would listen that Nicolas would no longer be with Six after thi, and the team made sure to tell her that he would. Interesting. he meditated on the situation, barely worrying about Haleigh's deal with Diana. He knew, and so did Diana, that on so many levels losing Haleigh would be more trouble than it was worth without a damn good reason.

Nicolas went to his room, his meditations only disturbed by Isis and Cameron's fight. he started to go , to intervene, but he waited. Cameron was always seeing him as some white knight. Perhaps it was time he stopped being so.

And now, it is morning. Haleigh is fine, as he already knew through their bond. If it were not so, this building would not have been standing :firedev:

A the teams jostled again verbally, he decided to speak with Isis discreetly. She would hear his voice in her head. Gentle and serene, but still deep and resonant. Isis would realize that Nicolas actually respected and cared for her rather deeply, deeply enough to make an offer of his own.

I have heard what you have said and out of respect of your mantle, our blood bond and the care that you have managed to show me in spite of how my very existence has hurt you...I will consider what you have said about remaining with the Six.

In truth I wish we could just stay at our own properties...we don't need to live with EITHER of them, and we are free to both move and associate with whom we wish whenever we wish. I worry about you being tainted by THEM as much as you worry about me with the Six. We both know that YOU are not evil, and you will realize one day that THEY very much are.

In any case, I am asking you, as flesh and blood, as my AUNT, out of consideration for me...to please extend any assistance to the Six that you would me for this mission.

Nicolas grew silent in her head, but she knew that should she need to reply, that she would only need to press open the bond and say what she had to say.

 

[Persephone]

For the most part Ava stayed in her suite provided by the sisterhood until summoned to the war room. Her mind raced with what Malice was doing to Haleigh, what Haleigh would ask Malice to do for her [kill her], and what Jessica Marcus' next move was. Laying in her bed, Ava absentmindedly played with a Scarlet King [her transfiguring whip] which weaved between her fingers, slithering calmly around her hands as she stared up at the ceiling. The time passed slowly until finally she was summoned to the war room. The Scarlet King coiled around Ava's wrist and transformed into a golden snake cuff. Sighing out, she soon sat up and exiting her suite, heading to the war room.

Upon entering she was greeted by more news stories, now based in Europe, about terrorist attacks. Things were progressively getting worse....walking up to the large confrence table Ava heard Delilah ask how Haleigh was feeling. Taking a seat next to her sister, she looked at her wanting to know the answer to Delilah's question as well.

 

[Viper]

we interrupt this program

suddenly a that psychotic laughter floods the audio feed as the various sized floating monitors flicker to "white snow" in cascading success before switching to a NEW view. some showing nothing but blackness and piercing green eyes but some of the longer, more central monitors showed the form of a tall, fit woman with flowing black hair.

"I'm getting REALLY tired of WAITING! How many people do I have to KILL before you give me back what is MINE!?"

she speaks with the same bratty entitlement she had as a child.

"I bet its because you don't take me seriously! isnt it!? well MAYBE I should do something REALLY terrible..."

as if what she was ALREADY causing across the globe wasnt terrible enough. the center, vertical monitor blinks and Jessica Marcus appears in full view.

"It's okay to be scared. You never really knew the terrors of the dark, did you? Just like how Auntie Diana killed my mom and brother...oh and my father too! But i was ALWAYS taught to show GRATITUDE and so when you get here, and I hope that's soon, I'll be sure to pay you ALL back...IN KIND!"

"oh! Sharon Kelly and Alycia Barnett are already on the island! clapping her hands with glee how much FUN will it to KILL THEM BOTH"

"BYE NOW!"

the screens flicker and return to snow static before returning back to the original video/audio feeds of before!

 

[Black Widow]

Dominique: She's obscene!

[nodding] "She needs to be stopped."

Haleigh agreed. It wasn't so much that Haleigh was a 'do-gooder', as Malice would call it. Objectively speaking, they could not allow the world to be over run by Jessica Marcus. If she destroyed to world, where would the Six live? They could go back to Aerie, and what, relinquish the rest of the planet to a psycho? Not if Haleigh had anything to say about it. If ANYONE ruled the world, it'd be the Six, and if THEY didn't, NO ONE COULD.

She could feel Cameron's gaze all over her, checking her suspiciously, making sure everything was still okay. If it wasn't so endearing, it might have been a little unsettling, but as it turned out… pretty much ALL EYES were on her. They were all worried. Haleigh wished she could make this easier on them.

Delilah: How do you feel?

Like I'm about to face the firing squad. She thought with a bemused smile.

"I'm okay. Everything's going to be alright."

She replied confidently, despite being unsure.

Jessica Marcus hijacked the monitors again and taunted them for a few moments before disconnecting. Haleigh was getting annoyed. It really WAS like dealing with an unruly child.

"You know what her problem is? She didn't get her ass beat enough when she was young."

 

[Prophet]

Everyone seemed to make their way to the War Room and began to prepare for battle, and suprisingly, for the first time since they had been there, everyone was being somewhat tranquil and calm, a thought that almost disturbed him more than their bickering.

Delilah: [to Haleigh] How do you feel?

That was a loaded question if he had ever heard one. He could only imagine. She was about to face a woman that could most likely kill her and manipulate her in ways that nobody on the Six or the Sisterhood could, and she could very well likely turn into a zombie and kill half of her teammates. Whatever Haleigh's answer might be, it wouldn't be the truth, for that question was merely asked to ease the tensions of others.

Haleigh: I'm okay. Everything's going to be alright.

Cameron kept his own feelings and "hunches" to himself for the moment. No need to scare them anymore than they already were. At that moment a rush of feedback filled the screens as Jessica Marcus once again taunted the group in what was becoming a signature psychotic fashion for the girl. She reminded him somewhat of his mother, a genuinely insane woman in her own right, but what scared him about Jessica was that his mother's insanity was brought on by desperation. Jessica's "quirks" seemed to come naturally. She had obviously sustained a deep amount of mental anguish and pain at the hands of the people who were supposed to protect her, but she had quite literally SNAPPED. This was her nature now.

Haleigh: You know what her problem is? She didn't get her ass beat enough when she was young.

"Well, i'm thinking the death of her baby brother, her mother and her subsequent suspended state might have been enough punishment for one person. HER problem is she is the culmination of people with too much power who were left to their own depraved devices."

[shaking his head]

"But we need to go now.. obviously. More time here, is less time we have to get in there and fix this."

 

[MorningStar]

I'm okay. Everything's going to be alright.

Delilah gave her a wry smile and patted her hand. She turned towards the monitors and stood as white noise and then Jessica Marcus filled the screens.

Delilah tensed, anger at what this monster had done pulsing through her. She clenched her fists.

But as quickly as she appeared, Jessica was gone. Delilah took a deep breath to calm herself.

"At least we know Sharon and Alycia are still alive."

She nodded to Cameron.

"Yes, we need to get there asap. Before she decides to do something else."

 

[Malice]

a moment of uncertainty

:: Jessica appeared, this time in full form. even from the 1000's of miles between them, Malice SENSED the POWER Jessica posessed via the astral plane. But what was worse was that this power was in the hands of a "GIRL-WOMAN" She had the body of an adult, the raw intelligence of a MAD GENIUS but the aspect of a CHILD...a bratty, over indulged child with no moral compass.::

:: all of this bothered her...but there was something MORE! There was some whispering idea in her head that was too terrible, too far fetched for even SHE to give further place to in her own wicked, INVENTIVE mind and imagination. She had not mentioned it to ANYONE...not even her fellow Queens. Not even HALEIGH during their alone time...and oddly enough, Diana felt that outside of Helena and Dominique, only HALEIGH would be the person she COULD have dared to discuss her nagging, terrifying suspicion to.::

:: as the others watched Jessica and responded, Malice quitely shook her head and shut her eyes tightly.::

FLASH

rapid fire images...impossibly jumbled fragments...MEMORIES? a young girl, just a teenager. a face streaked from tears. blonde hair. blue eyes that were strained from crying. terrified, voice and throat RAW from screaming out of rage and anger, BROKEN mentally. mind on FIRE from one of the first major...RAW releases of PSYCHIC POWER.

IMPOSSIBLE....

<< home....two dead bodies. adults. the young girl in between them, kneeling, craddling the dead woman. men were laying around them, alll dressed in black military garb, with helmets and face visors to obscure their faces and add to the intimidation factor. they too were laying motionless. dead. only the girl remained alive, shivering, sobbing, nearly catatonic and in DIAMOND FORM.>>

STOP....STOP IT!

<< a man walks in...a a dashing, handsome young man who radiated strength, vitality and intelligence, genius level intellect. he was flanked by two more soldiers, dressed in black garb and the emblem on their uniforms was that of MYSTECH.

Soldier: The portable cerebra confirms that this is the mutant girl, an OMEGA LEVEL TELEPATH with a secondary mutation of a transiamorphic DIAMOND FORM.

JAMES MARCUS: << in that deep, confident, resonating voice>> the scans confirm the obvious! we've just catalyzed her mutant power into ACTIVE STATUS with the ambush of her home. The manifestation was brought about by the shock, grief and the double impact of her fear and need to survive along with the RAGE of her powers being MURDERED.

Soldier: the med scan confirms all 6 men are dead, sir. no sign of life...LESS than no brain activity. << the soldier looks at the teenage girl and breaks from his professional stance.>> what did she DO to them.

JAMES MARCUS: a psycho blast. though she doesnt know how or why...her mind is ABLAZE now that her new found abilities have awakened. Which reminds me. I thank you both for your service. Your families will be receiving your pension.

Soldiers: what ...I....

Teenage Girl: wha...what do you want with me? WHY did you do this!? << she asks in an anguished tone...>> WHY DID YOU KILL ....MY ....PARENTS!?

WHY? WHY!? WHYYYY!?

<< GRIEF and EMOTIONAL DESPAIR carry her away and her emotions...her raw, unchecked emotions, FILLED with fear, grief, anguish, confusion and MORE activate her new found powers once more...this time in the form of a PSI SCREAM as she SHATTERS the unprotected minds of the two men flanking Marcus, causing them to hemmorage as their eyes, nose and ears bleed and ttheir brains swell. the men clutch their heads in AGONY as they fall to the ground, DEAD.>>

<< Marcus himself stumbles a bit, but his psi helmet protects him from the brunt of the psychic fallout. he quickly signals for another team, that comes out of hiding and stun the teenage telepath with white noise generators before knocking her out with sleep gas. no other tool they brought with them could affect her BODY while in diamond form. But it was clear that Marcus, in his 20's, had researched and plotted this move against this girl.>>

FLASH!

<< images play back in black and white...warped and distorted...jagged and jolting and MALICE herself seems genuinely "lost in thought" as they others are ready to leave.>>

It....can't BE....

:: suddenly...::

"You know what her problem is? She didn't get her ass beat enough when she was young."

Isis: :: who had noticed Diana's ...unusual state at that moment..:: Diana...are you alright?

:: Malice doesnt immediately respond but soon she blinks her blue eyes a few times and places her hand to her temple, as if she were using her psychic abilities. she then runs her hand through her blonde hair.::

Yes...yes I'm fine, Dominique.

:: but really she wasnt. for the first time...in AGES...she WASN'T! But what did those images MEAN to her!? why did they feel so...PERSONAL?::

Enchantra, we'll in contact via psychic rapport. The Hellfire London branch is ready to assist you or us if needed.

We will return when Jessica has been DEALT with.

and I find out WHAT GAME this wretched child is PLAYING AT!

:: Malice spoke with deeply grim determination. her tone was colder, more serious, like when The Six had FIRST encountered her over a year ago.::

 

[Seer]

Sheena Island

<< If there was one thing that would be sweeter Viper's taste of victory of destroying the world, it was destroying the Six AND the Sisterhood from the inside out and as it was now, NEITHER group wasnt entirely sure that she WOULDN'T succeed in doing just that!>>

<< but as Jessica's shadow lengthed across the globe with the help of WilPhama and the panic that was ensuing from the the bio terror events, Sheena Island, the last TRUE strong hold of Mystech was about to erupt in its own outbreak of terror and violence on an INSANE level.>>

<< Silver Swan and Alycia had arrived on the island easily enough maybe TOO easy. as they treked through a jungle FILLED with dangers both natural and unnatural, the two women fight brave and steady, protecting each other as they had been tought by the Amazons. It was a testimony to how har BOTH women had come since their earlier days both before and shortly after their close association with Mystech. facing off against mutated creatures and even flora and fauna, the two women were not defeated or turned back. finally they came to an open valley area, and on the horizon, there was an industrial park of some sort. They made t heir way there, trying to be as covert and quiet as they could and again, they found their journey surprisingly easy. They didnt realize that VIPER was inviting them in to her trap, much like a venus fly trap itself. >>

<< flashes of various points on the island before zooming across the island to the exact replica of [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGk24EGCfwI"]ARKLAY MANSION[/ame] itself. Inside the haunting, regal estate. It is, as it was so many years, decades ago in America, when James Marcus and Lord Spencer were at the helm of the young, emerging entity known as Mystech.>>

<< various floors, rooms, and areas are seen before we venture below ground, to the more secret, disturbing realms of this evil place and all as , as it was before. Its as if time has stood still for decades. and for the current MISTRESS of this domain, it HAS. Suspended animation gave Jessica Marcus a new lease on life, a POWERFULL one.>>

 

[Viper]

Queen of Sheena Island/Child in a Play pen

Every child has their place of security. A place they can go back to no matter where life takes them and they feel like everything will be okay. As perverse as it may seem in this instance, Arklay Mansion is that place for Jessica.

Jessica Marcus, the child prodigy of Dr. James Marcus, who was the STAR of Mystech until his descent into genius/insanity was cut short by Malice. She was the apple of her father's eye and represented something special. She was his living legacy. She was to be his ULTIMATE weapon, the QUEEN of all creatures great and small to come form Mystech and when he could no longer carry on, SHE would succeed him. But she managed to move PAST his plans for her. She INJECTED HERSELF with the T Virus and then had herself placed in suspended animation. Her genius mind had not only comprehended her father's research but allowed her to see the only way for a mutant to completely assume control of the virus' potential within them was to avoid ANY kind of physical trauma as the virus bonded with her body down to the cellular structure. through a twist of circumstance and perhaps something as simple as oversight, she was forgotten about when the Hellfire Club took over Mystech and so, time passed and while James Marcus may have been the FATHER of the T Virus. It found its TRUE "Queen Mother" NOT in Haleigh, but in JESSICA MARCUS herself! and now the whole WORLD was going to see what a TRUE PLAGUE of BIBLICAL proportions was all about!

For Jessica, though her directives were as sinister and evil as her father or even Malice, she carried them out with the glee and excitement of a child. she saw this as a perverse game, a race to the TOP to be "QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAIN" and along the way, she wanted ALL of her toys back, even the ones she INHERITED by now being the sole heiress of the Mystech Legacy! Mystech was in a sense being revived by her efforts and WilPharma was a direct extension of her directives, financed by the IMMEASURABLE amount of money left to her not only by Marcus but Lord Spencer, the original financing backbone of Mystech and all the other elite minds and investors involved in the early years. She represented the Mystech that was in place BEFORE Hellfire Club took over and expanded its operations...and with her reassurgance came all these haunting reminders of the past for the Six AND the Sisterhood.

deep underground, in the labyrinth of labs and other dark places, Jessica Marcus paces around the same control room her father once often occupied. the technology was far more advanced NOW and Jessica had information feeds and could tap into nearly ANY computer system around the world...even HALEIGH herself. The woman watched on various floating monitors as her orders of bio terror were being carried out. the manufactured city on Sheena Island, Raccoon City, was a hub for activity and residence for the doctors, researchers, security offers and other personell but Jessica viewed them as HER toys...to do with what she will and if she was going to welcome The Six, The Sisterhood and Alycia properly, she needed to make SURE it was a "family reunion" of EPIC proportions, with zombies and bio hazards included!


<< a well manicured, apple green colored fingernail pushes a button on the control counsel.>>

 

[Seer]

City of the Dead

<< as Silver Swan and Alycia found themselves in a rather sleek looking CITY, all at once, sirens and alarms began to go off, and soon, as they stood together in the middle of the town square near the clock tower. How could all of THIS have gone unnoticed by anyone in the outside world!?>>

<< they began to hear SCREAMS of people! sounds of chaos! they'd heard it before, and they looked at each other, and held hands, as they watched the city apparently being enveloped by a BIO TERROR attack.>>

<< seconds earlier, VIPER, from the Arklay Mansion had released the potent T virus into the water system as well as air/ventilation systems in buildings across the city. and soon, the people THEMSELVES were spreading the virus as zombies began attacking the living and quickly overpowered any attempts at containment by the Bio Hazard counter measure unit which was woefully duped into service by Viper in the city. >>

<< the sun was setting on the horizon as blood, fire and chaos was now dawning. Viper was killing EVERYONE in the city here. Silver Swan and Alycia began to move to take cover, but only long enough to try to figure out what their next move was. they needed to get somewhere where they could get INFORMATION...and they decided Raccoon City Police Station was the best place. The arrived there and where soon confronted with a few zombies of their own. That didnt stop the pair from relying on their experience, their newfound abilities and theire WILL to survive to protect themselves and move on to the tactical room and begin searching for the best way to find Jessica Marcus, as well as get a better idea of what ELSE was on this island.>>

Meanwhile

<< The Six and the Sisterhood arrive on Sheena Island as well. it is dusk now and the island is sprawling with space. there's smoke billowing up in the air off in the distance, sign of a massive fire of some sort. Malice informs them of deluge of thoughts....most being overtaken by the brain activity of a ZOMBIE. Nicolas indicates that he can FINALLY sense Alycia on the island as well as well as Sharon, though her thoughts are MUCH harder to focus in on. >>

<< Haleigh caculates the shortest distance between them and source of the disturbance and asks Delilah to move them there via wormhole. Once there, they find themselves facing a city that is buring with blood and fire and are now greeted by an ARMY of zombies in a variety of clothing, including CHILDREN.>>

<< for HALEIGH, the sight of this...hits her HARDER than before, not because she feels EMOTIONAL, but because these ZOMBIES almost seem to be rolling out the "welcome wagon" for HER!? as if she is merely HOURS away from JOINING their ranks, that is if they dont DEVOUR the six and the sisterhood first.>>

 

[Isis]

Sheena Island

[ Isis was concerned for Malice, the Black Queen was VERY good at interpreting body language, it was a tool she used in board room meetings and a way to cut through lies in business dealings. But she could see that the White Queen was struggling with something. What it was, she didnt know...but there was no time to discuss it privately now either. They had to go, and soon!]

[ Nicolas quitely spoke to Isis via their bond as aunt/nephew which transcended her psi screen. wouldnt it PAIN the Six to know that he was actually starting to SEE the importance of her suggestion that he LEAVE them? :fdevil: The Black Queen heard her nephew's words and secretly, even unknown to him, she felt perhaps EMBARRASSED that she allowed the stripling, Cameron to even get to her emotions the way he did on the subject of Nicolas, but when he trampled on the tragedy of her SISTER (Nicolas' mother) with such disrespect...it was all she could do NOT to turn him into a MUSHROOM and then STEP on him. ]

[ whatever her deep PERSONAL feelings about Nicolas were, {which were mixed at best}, she took her burden..her responsibilty of protecting and shielding him from Set with all seriousness and no one from the Six or the Sisterhood {save the arrogant fool Cameron} challenged her on that, mainly because NONE of them ever wanted to see Set again and they all allowed themselves to rest on the fact that Dominique would do ANYTHING to stop Set from reappearing, even if it meant dealing with NIcolas on a PERMANENT basis. But Isis' (the goddess) wisdom TEMPERED Dominique's human instinct to err on the side of hatred when it came to Nicolas and allowed her to find a BETTER way, just as Morgan had suggested. After he finished his communication with him, She looked at her nephew for a momenet as they all gathered themselves mentally and physically.]

Do not attempt to use your standing with me as a bargaining chip, Nicolas. I accept my responsibility because I must. It is part of the deal with Isis the goddess herself. [ she softened her stance for a moment] My feelings about you are MIXED at best, but that means there is good as well as bad. That means exactly what i told that arrogant upstart Cameron...good, bad...all of it I accept. That is what I must do in order to effectively safe guard YOU. I know that it would be EASIER for you AWAY from those foolish upstarts in the Six. But that does NOT mean that I will give up the advantage of being apart of the Hellfire Club...though I must admit, this currente situation does bother me more than I thought it would.

It is difficult for me to discuss things with you, that much is apparent, but if we manage to deal with this Jessica and survive this ordeal...we can and SHOULD discuss it more afterward. and...for the sake of the TRUCE, I will use my magick to heal those who need it. Though I am not at ALL interested in prolonging the life of that wretched creature, Cameron.

[ even in THOUGHT she spoke with a clear, elegant, disdainfull tone but behind it...there was that small hint of softness...for Nicolas. SMALL as it was, he could sense it. and with that, Dominique closed the communication and returned to the matters at hand. ]

[ because she offered to, Dominique accepted MorningStar's offer of a "lift" in the form of a wormhole from where they were to Sheena Island. Next to teleporting or a teleport spell, it was the fastest, most efficient way to get from one place to another at the speed of light!]

[ and so, as she and Malice said their farewells to Enchantra, the joined the Six and were transported to Sheena Island via worm hole.]

[ this uncharted place on the globe felt mysterious as it looked...it also felt like a false front with all sorts of perversion laying beneath the facade. soon, with the observation of a GIANT billowing cloud of smoke and Malice registering a MASSIVE amount of thought patterns degenerating to that of zombie brainwaves, they were transported AGAIN via wormhole, this time to a technologically advanced CITY where they were confronted with a monstrous scene before them. a sort of...zombie apocolypse!]

This is MONSTROUS!

[Isis said with disbelief. Bearing in mind that SHE was the only one among them had not encountered Mystech or its creatures before, this was even MORE unpleasant for her than what happened at the Hellfire Mansion just days before!]

 

[Malice]

Sheena Island

:: unwilling to reveal or discuss anything she had seen or felt just moments ago, Malice assumes her 'cold business' presentation. the "lightengale" prooves to be far more efficienet with her wormholes than she is with her attempts at wit and brings them all to Sheena Island sight unseen and THEN to the city that is now melting down in the worst way.::

ah, just like old times.

:: she says with sarcasm as she recounts the night she and Helena murdered everywone in Arklay Mansion.::

you know...for Marcus' genius, its rather interesting that his attempts at human experimentation with the T Virus failed, and it wasnt until his precious leeches that he got the breakthrough he was looking for.

:: Isis looked at her in disbelief as they were faced with an oncoming CROWD of zombies growling and moaning with blood lust.::

This is MONSTROUS!

Well don't look at ME. I had nothing to do with it...THIS time.

:: she smirks a bit.::

As bad as this seems, we REALLY don't have time for this now. We need something to move these creatures out of the way so we can be on OUR way.

Persephone, you're an elemental, perhaps a category 4 HURRICANE would do the trick.

:: she said in a cool tone. she was right, they DIDNT have time to fight these creatures that were closing in fast, but she ALSO meant they didnt have time to search for any survivors EITHER...of which there were only TWO. Sharon and Alycia. A Hurricane would be the fastest, most powerfull way to deal with the on coming hoard of creatures from "long distance" AND it would put out some of the larger fires in the area too.::

Then we can move on to more important matters.

 

[Black Widow]

Delilah: At least we know Sharon and Alycia are still alive.

[nodding] "There's still a chance we can save them, but we'd better hurry."

Dominique asks Diana if she's alright, and Haleigh looks over at Malice with an expression dangerously close to concern. She saw it too… Diana was uncharacteristically DISTRACTED by something. She wasn't quite herself. Was it because of the procedure, or something about this Marcus girl? Haleigh fleetingly wished she had asked Malice more about the girl when they were alone… but there hadn't really been an opportunity and there certainly wasn't one now. Delilah hooked them up with a wormhole and away they went.

Isis: This is MONSTROUS!

Haleigh just stared into the mob with a grim expression. She HATED these… things with a passion anew. She hated that this was what she could become.

Malice suggested that Persephone create a hurricane to deal with the masses, and Haleigh pulled herself back to the situation at hand and looked over at Nicolas.

"My guess is that Jessica is going to be found at the Arklay Mansion replica. Nicolas, do you have a fix on Sharon and Alycia yet? Have they made it to the mansion or are they still somewhere in the city?"

 

[Persephone]

Before long everyone transported to Sheena Island. Looking around Ava could spot pilings of smoke and the illumination of fire in the distance. It looked like a post apocolyptic war zone...usually what all zombie situations looked like when the six encountered them. Haleigh quickly calculated where they needed to go before Delilah created a warm hole and transported them there. However as soon as they arrived in their new location, they were greeted by an army of zombies. Looking over at Delilah.

[deadpan] "You couldn't of picked a better location?"

Malice; Persephone, you're an elemental, perhaps a category 4 HURRICANE would do the trick.

Would do the trick? Ava thought to herself coldly. A category 4 hurricane would obliterate every last one of the zombie army....yes, it would DEFINITELY do the trick.

Moving in front of everyone, Ava lifted her hands out to her sides; the wind instantly picking up. The sea around the island began to crash in fury while thunder and lightning filled the air. Building with intensity, wind blew violently past the six, sisterhood, and Ava, before slamming into the army of zombies. ALL of the zombies were sent flying backwards like rag dolls, tumbling violently before slamming into nearby objects and/or simply disappearing into the distance. Before Ava was finished, not one zombie remained standing before them.

Stepping back to the group, the wind around the island died down and the sea calmed.

Haleigh: "My guess is that Jessica is going to be found at the Arklay Mansion replica. Nicolas, do you have a fix on Sharon and Alycia yet? Have they made it to the mansion or are they still somewhere in the city?"

"Jessica seemed way too eager to find out that Sharon and Alycia were alive on Sheena Island. I think wherever THEY are, Jessica is."

Looking at Nicolas, Ava waited for him to pin point Sharon and Alycia's location.

"I know this is never a popular option, but if Jessica, Sharon, and Alycia aren't all in the same location, maybe we should split up. Half of us find Sharon and Alycia while the other half tries goes after Jessica. She's far to unstable to wait and attack. Who knows what damage she could do in the process of tracking down Sharon and Alycia."

 

[Rampage]

Nicolas nodded understanding at Isis' response. He understood her position, and she his. The fact that she vowed to be of assistance to them ALL was what was important to him.

They wormholed to the island. Alycia and Sharon were indeed here, but it was not yet clear where. Nicolas engaged a cross-sectional scan of the island's physical topography using their mental signals as beacons. He also tucked away the disturbance son the astral plane, caused by their new foe no doubt.

They teleported again to the city, in the face of thousands of zombies. He smirked, though it disappeared as Isis exclaimed. He placed a protective hand on her arm for a second, then anchored them all to the ground as Ava blew the zombies away from them with a gust of wind. Not a bad move, but it was not lost on him that they now had spawned an army of crippled zombies.

Haleigh asked him if he could locate the wayward pair, and Ava suggested splitting up. He pondered the idea, then responded.

I have them located at the Arklay replica. I would suggest that we not split up. Our strength is primarily derived from the many and varied powers we possess, and with our dearth of healers compared to normal strength, we are better served reuniting quickly with them and then proceeding against Jessica. Besides, we have no advantage of surprise in any case...she knows we are here and where we are already. Malice, you know that as well as I do.

Nicolas glanced at the telepath before becoming silent again. But he now pulled his axe and seemed to gain more of a war footing...