Chapter 1
"I do apologize about the arrangement, since we do have three new faces to the table, we will be changing the room from here on when there is an S and M Class meeting,"
The room was a little snug, and yet the heroes endured, there was no other option but to. It was the first meeting that had the new M Class Dragons has sat in on, no one really knew what to expect. However, the stares given to Snek were ones he could do without. "Do you really all have to be looking at me like that?" he demanded. He took up a good portion of the back of the room. "I just ate! Get over it," He turned away from the table and sipped the coffee that was brought to him.
Suiryu was all smiles as he sat next to Snek, yet also put his feet up. Max sat rather politely next to Melee but kept his distance from Genos just in case he short-circuited him. Garou sat with his arms crossed, he didn't like how close everyone was to him. Matters didn't help much since he had to leave the twins with Pac and Hunter. Only one of his children was permitted to sit among the S Class, and that was Alley. Sitch insisted since they now consider her the new Metal Knight. "I heard you have two new little brutes to your brood, names?" questioned Puri-Puri Prisoner.
"You are staying away from the twins!" snapped Melee. "I don't care if you can't help yourself around the boys, and I know you are in jail for a lot of reasons, but touch ANY of them, and I can assure you a death sentence"
The room froze to her tone. "Ouch…" muttered Metal Bat.
"I second that" said Garou.
"Enough!" Sitch said. He sighed aloud to it all. "We are here to have a meeting, right now I have great concern over this house of evolution. It appears there is more than one branch and more are popping up. Their obsession right now is to create a human hybrid of man and monster."
"It is true," explained Alley. She took over and used the computer to bring up charts and graphs. "The house of evolution has been using monster cells and my cure in attempts to create the perfect hybrid. But I think they are now starting to figure out that this radical change with the two materials at hand is not enough, nor is it guarantee to create what they want from it."
"So what does that mean?" asked Zombieman. "If they can't perfect it, they will move on from monster cells, won't they?"
Alley paused. "I think they are still looking into using monsters, but now in a different form. Before I broke out of the GeneX labs, they gave up on the notion of using my cure to create their hybrid, and they intended on using me more mating purposes."
Snek spat out his coffee in shock. "What!?" he demanded. "Were they that desperate for results?"
"I don't think it is the idea of desperation," she explained. "More of a path of least resistance… and no, that would not have been easy for them to accomplish anyway. I could blow the place up if I wanted to, but held back since I didn't know if there were anyone else at risk inside the building."
"So what do you think they are looking into now?" asked Max.
Alley brought up another chart of a DNA helix. "I know they are still sticking with their basic knowledge of genetic research. However, I am starting to believe that the recent events of the past few weeks are linked to the house of evolution. The so called Exterminator was using a weapon that I have not seen before. Powerful to say the least, and yet for what purpose?"
"To destroy monsters with sound waves, right?" asked Silverfang.
Alley shook her head. "If that was the case it failed. Snek took two shots from that and lived. The last one though that should have been fatal, and yet, he survived."
The room stared back at Snek oddly. "What!?" he demanded.
"You survived that? A normal person would be killed!" said Child Emperor. "It take only a fluctuation of a few psi to kill a person!" he then stood up and explained the he rebuilt the weapon with Alley, they have tested it to see it's damaging potential and showed the video. On it's low setting, it was enough to kill a person. "On it's highest setting the psi of it created a wind of nearly 800 miles per hour. This… this is lethal, and it was the last setting it was on. According to the computer on it, it was fired once on that level… Snek… you took that head on did you?" Child Emperor asked.
He didn't answer. "Does it matter if I did?" he said. "Look, all I know is this, I got hit, I blacked out. It's all I remember." He said bitterly.
"It's remarkable strength!" announced Darkshine. "Not even King wouldn't have survived that!"
"Look, I rather not talk about it, can we just move on already?"
Child Emperor was surprised, but nodded. "We believe that the weapon was merely a test for its true purpose. It cannot destroy a monster body that we know. So the question remains, why was it made?"
"That we will find out soon enough. I want to keep a close eye on this house of evolution branch, and I know there are many more we have yet to find. For now, I am asking the M Class to be careful. I believe they are more focused on you for the time being than the rest of the S Class."
"We will keep you informed, the moment we know something we will let the association know." Said Melee.
Sitch nodded, but then he gave a sigh. "I have also been asked if there are any M Class Dragons that want to move into the association." He said aloud. "You are aware after the monster association attack, one of Metal Knight's last acts was to expand the association to house wealthy benefactors…"
"Go to hell," said Garou. "We are not some fancy accessory for the rich to have, or a living perk!"
Sitch nodded. "I know you speak for your family, Garou. But do you speak for everyone else?" he asked. Sitch turned to Snek. "Are you interested?"
"Hell no," Snek said with a sour tone. "Why the hell would I want to live here? I still got a place in City F that I want to go back to…" then his face soured, "but can't."
"I still have a place to call home, I rather not be with some rich folks who think I am at their beck and call." Said Max.
Suiryu laughed. "I do my own thing, I am not going to be a doorman!"
Sitch nodded and smirked. "I had to ask, but it is clear to me that no M Class Dragons will want to live here."
"I wouldn't want them here either! I mean, seriously!" said Tatsumaki. "And I heard Snek sheds!"
"Shaddup!" he snapped back.
"Make me!"
"ENOUGH!" protested Sitch. He then sighed. "That's all for today, we better get everyone out of here before a fight breaks out."
With that, the room was dismissed.
