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Chapter Four: Fork In The Road
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Apollo slid down the KIRK’s main pole into a room. “Got one! This one has a timestamp from the 2746/4/23 attack on Freighter Group 3 of Yesthermn. They stole 2 billion credits worth of cargo!” Apollo flew up the pole, holding the map out.
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“What?”, Pandora said flapping over to him and staring at the map.”holy crap”, she said flabbergasted.
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Katherine studied the map seriously, “That’s….terrible.” Katherine walked away and soon came back with another map dated a few years ahead of the last. “This one has information on a few failed experiments that the OGA ‘eliminated’.”
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*Pandora’s Tattoo glowed at this, she stiffly rummaged through the maps trying to find the one they want*
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At Katherine’s touch, the metal box containing the experiments flew into the air, opening up to reveal three identical panels as the box split apart, turning on to create a holographic image, showing the records, quickly flitting by. As they sped past each one, it began to list Escaped Experiments.
The first page showed an almost-blue skinned boy, so pale that he appeared halfway translucent. The subject’s name was Stallum Gelu, but his codename read Project Ice. After him showed a youthful human girl, looking scared. Although she appeared human, she had wings. The subject’s name was Katherine, and the codename for the experiment was Project Duality.
After quite a few escapees, including Pandora and Faye, it came to the last escaped experiment, a boy with long matted hair, seemingly to be around twelve years old. He had angry red marks across his face, and tubes sticking out of his neck. The subject’s name read Jack Monroe, but the codename was Project Atlas. After the last experiment, the box closed, dropping to the ground.
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“Katherine found it!”, Pandora said pumping her arm then holding it out for a high five to Katherine.
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Katherine smiled a bit, not really wanting to feel happy about it. Highfiving Pandora a bit, “Yeah….” She looked at the experiments seriously.
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*Pandora looked at the excitements to grimly until she noticed her own page, she gulped and looked away from it then back then away, she quickly took it and held it semi close to her face frowning it said the comical compounds they had injected in her and the escape attempts in the past, she gulped again and placed it down, bad memory’s were coming back*
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As they went through the files of Pandora, Faye and Katherine, the files went to Jack, listing experimental changes and development. The documents read as followed:
“The first experiments were easy, as Atlas had not yet gained his full powers. Yesterday he was sedated, after the surgery to implement his new strength set in, he woke up and broke out of his Osmium restraints. I am somewhat impressed.”
“We have tested his immortality thoroughly. He has survived and even grown back both arms and both legs every time we removed them. We will attempt to remove his appendages once again for the fourteenth time just to make sure his powers aren’t waning. He has also survived all forms of poison, from arsenic to cyanide. He can also survive explosions and bullets, as we have almost blown away his entire midsection, to which he had regrown in 12 hours. This is the 7th year of experimentation, and we will soon brief him for missions and wipe his memory.”
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Katherine grimaced at the description, she already known why Jack would be so insane, but to actually read it and with pictures, was terrible. Katherine hid hers, keeping a tight hold on it as it had information of The Original no one was allowed to know. Katherine read a bit and immediately stopped.
“….today we removed a wing, as hers was a bit different from the usually Ascendii. Amazing, the bones were surprisingly more durable and sturdier than the regular Ascendii. As usual, she refused to make a sound, shame really. I missed the screams of her earlier years….”
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Pandora’s page read:
Chemical compounds: H2wefe, GHT89w, F45D, SQ2F
Flame ratings: 900 degrees
She has tried to escape again, she blasted her cell door open and made a run for it she was apprehended after 20 minutes of running around, she is truly a good candidate for the army indeed but she needs to stop struggling.
I, and a couple other Scientists have been injured trying to sedate the test subject again… we eventually succeed and injected the chemicals we have theorized to have the property to make her fire hotter than lava but to are surprise the chemicals surfaced to her skin in her right arm and leg and have made what we have confirmed a Tattoo, its truly interesting although the test subject it furious and is trying to escape again.
The test subject is starting to give up on her hopeless dream of escape this is good so we can continue to make her stronger with out complications.
I am dyeing the test subject has transformed into a flaming bird about 6 feet tall, she has set the hole facility on fire and is advancing through the halls killing anyone in sight, she has gone into a berserk mode much stronger than her other out bursts on her cell, we are located a…
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Jack drummed his fingers on the console, bored.
“So, Andaluza, if you really want to help us, you’ll show us the right way to Midzog’s. It turns out he’s been bouncing around his broadcasting signal, and I can’t trace it. Now’s the time to show that you want to help us.”
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Apollo looked through the pages once again. “Project Atlas…there’s a little footnote there!”
The Footnote reads: Jack Monroe and his companion are unarmed and dangerous. Any OGA soldier who sees any hint of them together IS REQUIRED TO REPORT TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND REQUIRED TO FIRE Ω-3 BOLTS AT JACK’S HEAD.
“Omega energy? They had it this long ago?! Katherine, Pandora, we have to go back to Jack, now, with the Project Atlas paper! You two should get to the ship and start it up, I need to collect the remaining electrical equipment based off of Project Atlas.”
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*Pandora nodded and tucked her info page into one of her pockets, she pushed off and landed out side of the ruined ship, then then started running pretty fast to the ship to start it up*
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