[IC] Conspiracy-Closed

[BlackPanther]

Cal watched the military leave and seemed distracted by his thoughts. Thoughts mostly about shiver. He shook his head and worked on focusing on the present problem. The problem of whether or not it's polite to consume the amount of food he eats if it is offered as a treat. He rolled his shoulders and made his way down to his room where he changes into his usual outfit. This time the shirt is a grey colored one...how different.

He made his way to where everyone was meeting with a jerky stick in hand. He decided he would try not to eat so much. He looked around for shiver. He wanted to talk to her...figure everything out and apologize. He let himself feel the need to do something stupid and he shouldn't have. Fast thinking was not always a plus it seemed.

[Wick]

Shiver

Shiver was looking for Cal and he showed up and she smiled and hugged him. "No worries about food either. The restaurant always is informed because they have to know how much we eat." Shiver looked at Omega and stared off into space and worried about the military. It was too easy. They only backed off today because of the media attention. she was sure of it.

Enyo stopped by, still in her normal fighting garb. "Hey Shiv? I'm not going. Call me paranoid but I am not so sure we should all leave the HQ at the same time right now but you go and have fun. I'll call if we need you." Inertia was still handling the media and the authorities so she knew she would be here. "Ok but Tia is here if you need her."

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[FunnyGuy]

"Omega"/"Sigma"

Omega walked into the garage and immediately raised an eyebrow to the two that showed up so far. He honestly expected more people... He definitely expected Ro'kun and Jess who hadn't shown yet. They were pretty much the heavyweight contenders of plundering the kitchen as far as he knew.

When he caught Shiver staring his way, he narrowed his eyes in a way to ask why she was staring. With no response from her, he turned around and looked at the cars silently before getting on comms.

"Garage, Hibachi, paid for!" He announced before heard the worst voice he knew of in his life.

"Wow! Look at this. The girlfriend, the boyfriend, the ex boyfriend, and... I guess I'm the wild card!" Sigma said as she had teleported and seated herself on the hood of her vehicle. "Wait... did I just break the awkward silence your were all sharing. My bad." Sigma was jetting selfishly.

"Shut up." Omega whispered with a scowl going Sigma's way which she returned with kiss to the air. Omega turned from Sigma and got on comms again.

"Someone's shy... Hey Shiver, you feeling better?" Sigma asked with a grin.

"Hey Ro'kun. This is not a chance you'll get again... Jess, you usually reply back while you're breaking Guinness World Records, you good?" Omega was being desperate now, but the gluttons skipping a free meal was odd. He would be having lunch with three of the people who he felt the least comfortable with. All he needed was Tia to tag along. Then again, Tia didn't make him uncomfortable, he just didn't like her.

[Wick]

Shiver

"Maybe doing this Today was a bad idea." Shiver thought that presenting a united front for the team would be the right thing to do. "Maybe we are better off looking at what we need to focus on first. We need our suits to reject all meta killing bullets and other weapons that they could use on us. I can tell you one thing for certain. The deck is stacked in their favor. They pulled back today not because they were scared. They are re-strategising.

Let me tell you something else. When I was wearing those cuffs and the doctor couldn't heal me and Tia couldn't phase me out of them. I've never been so scared, not in my entire life. I felt like I was really going to die for the first time ever." Shiver looked at Omega and Sigma. "I'm sorry, I've had too much crazy today. I was going to go and show a United front with you for the team but since they aren't coming I'm going to go lie down."

Shiver left the garage and headed back into the HQ and down the hall to her room. She went into her room and lay on the bed and began to cry softly.

@funnyguy@blackpanther@poohead189@Sheriffllama@king tai@rumikoohara

[BlackPanther]

@Wick
Cal looked from omega to shiver and back. They were a thing? He did not know how to feel about that, but for right now he decided not to think about it. He remained unusually quiet for a good portion of time until shiver spoke up again.

He blinked at her and watched her go. "think I'll skip out too. Thanks though" he nodded at sigma and omega before walking after shiver. He was figuring out what to say and how to say it when he reached her room. He knocked lightly before entering with his head down. "Hey...I'm sorry about earlier...I just tho- he cut himself off as he noticed her crying. He made it to her side and just sat next to her. Letting her choose if she wanted to hug him or wanted space.

[King Tai]

@Wick

Visi-Play / Glitch

Walking down the hall, Miles thought about all the happened today. both Tia and Shiver were both victims here with the power nullification weapons the government created. In fact it could've been any of them that would've been handled if handcuffed or shot with. Shiver more than likely had it worse than the others...she probably felt something she's probably never felt before, real vulnerability.

Could Rey really figure something out to counter the new technology they are going to use against the metas? Time would tell. What were they going to do from this point on? Whatever it was, Miles signed the contract of following the orders of the Agency and Conspiracy to the end.

Walking out to the back, Miles watched as the new security defense systems withdrew back into the hidden spots of the HQ and gave a chuckle. I bet the military didn't see that coming...you did a good job Rey.... he said. aww why thank you! Rey said, startling Miles Wait you-? he asked Uh yeah...we all have commlinks...I'm pretty sure you just heard Shiver....I hope she'll be okay though.

Yeah she's shaken up from what I saw and heard. but I hope you can figure something out about they weapon vulnerability issue. Rey was silent for a moment I'm on it but I'm trying to comprehend the minerals they used. From what I'm looking at on the scans....the minerals might not be part of our periodic table...but I don't know yet.

The hell is that suppose to mean? it's not of this world or something? Like I said...I don't know yet....the scans are not fully complete...it could mean the government created a new element...it could mean a they used a special meteor rock...I don't know yet but I'll find out soon and then find out what can counter it. But I suggest...you all be extra careful out there until I figure out what I can do to protect you all...even...Amelia and Myself.

[FunnyGuy]

"Omega"/"Sigma"

"Well this got boring fast." Sigma said as she teleported from the garage just after Shiver and Cal left. Omega was all that was left.

"You've got to be kidding me. I guess I'll... I'll make this my date." He said with a smile as he found a familiar buddy of his. Opportunity. He took out his phone and made a call to the one whom he was supposed to meet with later.

"Hey June, you mind if I push our date to... now? Hibachi for lunch? Yeaaah I know it's last minute... Sure, I'll give you till then. Alright, see you soon." Omega hung up the phone with a smile before walking to the gym.

It didn't seem like a great idea to work out before going out, but he was going to exercise something else. If the military were using ammunition that made his defense into nothing, then he'd have to just to bring up his skill with his TK. He went into the simulator.

"Alright give me some guys with guns. Start off with two, every hit I take does 10% real damage. Aaaaand reset to the previous round when I get hit." Omega said as he tailored the simulator to his liking. Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week.

[Wick]

Shiver

Shiver heard Cal enter her room and he walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. She reached for him and He lay there on the bed with her and held her while she cried. "I'm sorry, I never realized how vulnerable we are til now. I lost control over everything in my life for about an hour. I almost died and I'm afraid that if it happens again that I won't be saved. At least Enyo can go back to the mountain and she would be fine." Shiver kept wiping her tears away. "Cal could you just stay here for a while?"

@funnyguy@blackpanther

[Wick]

Enyo

ENYO

Enyo realized how dangerous today was. The government scientists had some serious pull and they were not going to go away or that they wouldn't just take supers without permission. They might pull from their supply of evil metas first but they would be back. This is what led to her training out on the field with swordsmen wearing full battle gear. With the government against them they were going to have to step up their game. There was no room for screw ups. Enyo was a little concerned about Tia leaving the HQ full time. She wondered how Miles was going to take that.

Her thoughts went to Roman and she wondered how he was handling all of this information. They had spent a nice evening talking and laughing and watching a movie. Today she had only seen him for a few minutes and nothing after that. She wondered why she hadn't seen him today. That thought bothered her as she swung her blade and it cut through the swordsman's suit and cut his arm. Enyo jumped and laid both of the swords on the ground yelling "Evergreen I need you out in the field NOW." She was not sure it would work. The blades were cursed. To her knowledge he couldn't be saved. "I am so sorry! I would never hurt you on purpose." Enyo's eye's teared up and blurred as she held the dying man. The other swordsman had taken his helmet off and was looking at her oddly.

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[RumikoOhara]

@Wick

Doctor

Amelia hears the emergency call from Enyo and rushed to her location only slowing when she drew close

"In Set kekewey ib wy !" says Amelia as she sensed a hunger long forgotten

Then before she touches the gravely wounded man she begins coiling her energies within herself. The grass anywhere near her turns deep green and the flowering plant's erupt in sweet smelling blossoms as she taps into a force that she'd long allowed lay dormant.

Her skin begins to glow as if she were polished white alabaster under the full light of the sun. Then she moves quickly to take the man into her arms her scent is powerful though not unpleasant as she draws on every erg of power she can manifest.

She leans her face closely to the man's and a small trickle of what looks like blood spill from her pursed lips into his.

The man jerks in response to her life essence as it enters him causing him to begin to glow and her own light to dim.

" Aun itst tsu ir ikh shenken meyn lebn tsu unterhaltn dayn" she mumbles as her eyes roll back in her head and goes still.

(Observation: Evergreen's skin turns a waxy pale white. Her breathing stops. She has no pulse and is cool to the touch. Her pupils are unresponsive. Any brain scans will reveal no activity)

[Wick]

Enyo

ENYO

Enyo watched the doc and she became hopeful as the man started to glow as if he was healing. As she watched him glow the doc got dimmer. "TIA! Hurry out back. I think the doc just died." As she looked down at the man he started to get dimmer too. "No!" When he drew his last breath Enyo held him to her and grieved for her friend.

Shiver appeared next to Enyo and the doc. She looks at Evergreen and takes her hand and Enyo's too. She teleported them to the entrance of the Mountain. Shiver put the doc in the magical water while Enyo opened the door and went to get her uncle Hades. Hades walked through the gate to the waterfall and looked at the beautiful doctor. In his typical fashion he said, "You want me to give her soul back so she can live again." Enyo nodded, "Please uncle, it was the cursed blade that took another and she tried to heal him and it took her too. She is the one who heals us all on the team." "I'll do it but for a price." "Whatever it is I'll pay." Enyo said.

Hades looked at her and said,"Enyo you can not give me what I want." Enyo's brows furrowed. "I want her." He pointed at Shiver. "Whoa, what?" "Uncle that's not-" "Not all the time Enyo, just for the six months of the year that Persephone is not here." Enyo looked fit to be tied but she looked to Shiver. "I understand if you don't want to do this Shiv. He is being unreasonable." Shiver thought about her responsibilities as co lead and that plainly meant that she needed to save anyone she could and their doctor was even more important in some ways. She looked at Hades and nodded. "How long til I would have to come here?" "Persephone leaves in three months." Shiver nodded, "Okay, I'll do it, now please bring her back!"

Hades placed his hand over the doc and she took a deep life reafirming breath and sat up slowly. Hades took Shiver's hand and pulled one of his rings off of his hand and as he put it on her hand it shrank to fit. "There it's done. I'll see you in a few months." He turned and nodded at Enyo and he left and the portal closed.

Shiver teleported them back to the HQ. Tia was there and she was confused. "What happened?" Enyo explained everything from the beginning and the Doc was surprised as well as Tia. Shiver walked off across the field in her own thoughts.

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[FunnyGuy]

"Omega"

Omega was currently in the elevator with wrinkles in his shirt. He had gotten shot a few times in the simulator and even though he had nerfed the damage, it was enough to ruin his outfit a bit. A little ironing would help.

He walked to his room to remove his shirt and iron it on his ironing board. He looked in the mirror and smiled at what thought of as the perfeft physique. Since leaving his quick bit of training, all he could think about was his date. It would keep his mind off the constant action of the HQ.

He watched as the wrinkles eventually vanished off his shirt before putting it back on and heading to his new office. As he entered he saw the assistant sorting paperwork.

"So you're the assistant?" Omega looked around the office. before walking to his desk and logging into his computer. You can take a thirty minutes break if you like. No longer than that though." Omega was being nice, but the last part was spoken sternly. The assistant nodded and left the office and Omega went to working on researching the Conspiracy organization as well as updating himself on the latest news.

@Wick

[BlackPanther]

@Wick
Cal nodded and sinply stayed with her. He had to admit he really enjoyed just having company with shiver. Heh tried several times to say what he wanted to, but found that he was unable to. He closed his eyes and actually drifted off accidentally.

When he re awakened he found himself hungry...and alone. He swung off of the bed and unwrapped a jerky stick, thinking that shiver left to get food or something. He walked outside in time to see a passed out guy, a passed out doc, and some very upset people. He blinked and made his way closer. However, he was too late. He watched them disappear in the blink of an eye and stood there...worried and confused.

Too confused to understand what was said when they re appeared and instead made his way over to shiver. "The heck happened?? Are you okay?" he looked down and spotted the ring, he doesn't know why but a coldness swept through his body. He had a bad feeling. "What. Is. That"

[RumikoOhara]

AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVA

Star Child

Jessica finally brought her emotions under control and stood upright if that's what one could call it in an environment where up an down held no true meaning watching the earth spin. And as she gazed down on a world that had held nothing for her but pain and isolation she considered her options.

She was to Homo Sapien a monster, a genetic accident and at best a slave. She'd never known true freedom, never had what the teaming masses called a true friend. Certainly she could blame any horror she visited on them on her mistreatment; their abuse

They had proved to her and others like her that murdering her for merely existing wasn't wrong in their eyes; trouble was that as angry and hurt as she was she couldn't hate them all. She'd met Homo Sapien that had been friendly, thankful and even worshipful towards her and it was those few that held her back.

So it was that reason that she decided to allow man his satellites and not begin reigning down upon him fire from the heavens. She did though descend back to earth and gone was the neutral child who had ascended replaced by an avenger.

The country is small and it's more powerful neighbor better armed; the didn't stand a chance.

Thirty surplus tanks from an even larger power rumbled towards the small cluster of buildings that contained a company of desperate soldiers who though they knew the futility of their defense stood their ground prepared to die.

Then moments before the lead tanks fired something happened. First one the two an three of the tanks guns detonate, others throw their treads. Inside of three minutes the attack ground to a halt as all thirty tanks were ruined and we're quickly followed by the trucks that carried the infantry which lost wheels.

The source of the invaders bad luck hovered 2,000 meters up dressed in her white, black an gold extra atmospheric armor. She didn't stay long and instead climbed high into the clouds to analyze her results.

[Wick]

Shiver

Shiver glanced down and tried to take the ring off. She even tried to teleport out of it. Nothing worked. "Fine! I'll cut you off!" She teleported into the kitchen and she grabbed the butcher knife to cut her finger off. Tia grabbed it at the same time phasing it away from her. Shiver turned and cried on her shoulder. She was standing there and she spoke to her "We'll find a way to fix it." Tia looked at Cal.

Shiver couldn't look at Cal right then. It hurt her too much to tell him what had happened. She walked to the office and went in and sat down at her desk. She pulled out a box of tissue and blew her nose. She pulled her computer up and stared at the blank screen. She noticed that Michael was there but she just sat there staring off into space.

Tia explained to Cal what had happened. "She is going to need you. We'll have to find a way out of this for her. I'm not sure how but we have to try." Tia walked out of the room leaving Cal to his thoughts.

Shiver could sense Michael's questions. "What do you want to know?"

@funnyguy@blackpanther

[FunnyGuy]

"Omega"

Omega had been seated at his desk droning through news articles about the stand off between the military and his team. Most of it pertained to things he already knew, so it was somewhat boring to him.

His eyes darted towards Shiver as she came in more emotional than usual. His first thought was that Cal had done something, but he'd seen Shiver cry for less than that. He raised an eyebrow as she sat there silently, just staring at the login screen on her computer. Am I supposed to pry? Maybe not. If someone wants you to know something, they would just tell you. He thought before she finally spoke. Bingo...? I think.

"Um..." He didn't know what to ask at first. "What happened? I couldn't have missed too much in under an hour. Tell me straight." Omega was direct and not being as sympathetic as he should, but asking was a pretty big step for him. He was very used to people dealing with their own issues, so this was a bit alien to him.

@Wick

[Wick]

Shiver

Shiver looked at him and figured he was going to find out soon enough. "I heard Enyo on coms saying she thought the doc was dead so I ported to her. Enyo had cut the sparing guy with her cursed blade and he was dying so the doc had tried to reverse it and it killed both of them. That is when I popped in. I saw what happened and because it was the doc I teleported her and Enyo to the entrance of the portal to Mt. Olympus. I put her into the waterfall's healing waters while Enyo got her uncle Hades to come and help. And he brought the doctor back.... for a price. Enyo argued with him but to know avail." Shiver raised her hand up and showed him the ring.

"Care to dance with the bride of the devil?" Shiver shook her head. "I have to go back in three months. The deal is I live with him the six months his other wife is with her mother. If we can't find a way out for me then You will be on your own here for 6 months at a time. I'm sure you will like that. Actually I'm sure Enyo would be taking my place here while I'm gone. Then Tia gets to be the tie breaker."

"I must have been hellacious in another life and I am being punished. Michael...why is it always ME?"

@funnyguy@blackpanther

[FunnyGuy]

"Omega"

As Omega listened to Shiver, his face seemed to change facial expressions rapidly. From curiosity, to confusion, to disappointed, back to curiosity, and then plummeted to disappointed again. The frustration was clear on his face, but he continued to listen silently. As a matter of fact, he took a bit to respond to Shiver.

"Why you?" Omega repeated before shaking his head at her. His sympathy had left him already. "You..." He was too angry to know what to say. "All of you are fucking idiots." He finally just let out. "Sparring with cursed blades was mistake number one! ENYO!" He called the demigod over comms. "And you, making a decision like that without consulting Tia and I? Neither of you deserve the position with how irresponsible you two were today. We have Evergreen, but there's no way to know that she was really gone." If I've learned anything about her, it's that she's full of miraculous surprises. He thought as he contacted Tia. "We have an issue. And yes, it's something that needs your attention."

He turned his attention back to Shiver. He seemed a bit more comfortable, but was still serious. His eyes gazed upon the ring.

"It happens to you, because you're never looking ahead of what's in front of you. Being impulsive is temporary means of having control over a situation. Only temporary." Omega shared.

@Wick

[BlackPanther]

@Wick@FunnyGuy
Cal blinked as shiver left. He looked at Tia with a face of confusion and hurt before nodding. He followed her, but did not go into the office. He made sure he was out of view, but in hearing range. What he heard hurt more then what he could of imagined. He slide down until he was balanced on the balls of his feet with his face in his arms. He heard omega and that snapped him out of it.

He stood back up and strode in there not even glancing at omega. "come here" his voice was quiet and his hand went out. He waited a few moments before he pulled her out of the chair and hugged her. [color]"if nothing else...ill be here for you"[/color] he knew he had no abilities to fix what happened...but at least he could always be here for her. He softly chuckled. "you know normally that is said by the woman and the guy is normally the one with the problem in the story he kissed the top of her head. He was trying to get a smile or a laugh...just one would do. "but that's okay I mean it when I say I'll be here" he was still completly ignoring omega...even though he was there.

[Wick]

Shiver, Tia and Enyo

Enyo jumped when Omega screamed in her ear. "Damn it!" She sped into the office to see Shiver about to jump down Omega's throat. Cal was hugging her and he looked upset. She knew that look in Shiver's eye. As Shiver pulled back from Cal Enyo tugged on his hand and said, "Stand back. She is gonna go off."Shiver never let go of Cal's hand as she yelled at Omega.

Shiver glared at Omega with fury dripping from her voice. "We have no knowledge of what she can and can't do. It's a curse put on by the maker of the metals in Mt Olympus specifically for those blades. A tiny knick can kill you. Enyo had the guys sign off on the blades. They knew what would happen if they got cut and they signed off and did it anyway! As one of the leaders of this team I made a decision to save our HEALERS life. There was little to no time to ask anyone and since I picked half the people on this team and went through all of the records and no where does it state that she can bring herself back from the dead. I did what I had to do to bring her back! I am also going to find a way out of this deal and if by some chance I can't then I'll honor it and use my influence with Hades to help keep everyone here alive even your stubborn, dumb ass that had to go on tv bragging about how he is most important and the best. Truth be told you are no better than the rest of us in any way at all! YOU were the one responsible for the military standoff today and you were going to let the rest of us die because you didn't want to take responsibility for your own actions. Sucks to hear the truth doesn't it?!!!" Shiver stood there glaring at him and breathing hard. "Sometimes a real leader has to sacrifice everything for the team. What are you willing to sacrifice Michael?"

Tia had crept up and just listened to Shiver and she covered her mouth to keep from laughing out loud. Enyo looked at Tia and smirked a little.

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