Empire 2
No tears for the dead
High above the clouds, in the middle of Trinity City, the OmniCorp building loomed quietly over the citizens. But down below, a few feet away from the main entrance a crew of OmniCorp cleaners worked away hastily, they swept up the shards of broken glass that had fallen from the top floor. Another group of men in white medical garments carefully gathered the remains of Omni. His limbs were quickly placed into large sterile boxes. A few feet away a dark haired female, Shego, approached the still beating heart of Omni, and picked it up. Her eyes stared long at the organ and she frowned in discontent. Her hand slowly tightening around it and squeezing it until blood oozed out of it.
"Even in pieces you refuse to die…" Shego scowled. The powerful villainess handed the heart to one of her many faceless subordinates. "Have all of his remains taken downstairs for research. I want to know his secrets..."
"Yes ma'am." nodded the faceless scientist.
"Oh, and make sure that his pieces are kept separate. I don't want him reconstituting himself." Shego watched as her new employees worked away quickly, sanitizing the bloody streets. She smiled and retrieved a radio from her belt. "How's the cleanup going upstairs?" She asked.
"The window pane is fully repaired, the entire floor is sanitized, and the bodies are all gone, except for two…" replied the subordinate.
"Send them both below for dissection… once the doctor is done make sure that he knows to incinerate them all. Is that understood?" Shego barked.
"Yes, clearly"
Meanwhile, nearly three thousand feet underground, in an elevator descending quickly down the shaft, two men held firmly onto their gurneys. The bodies of Kim and the clone of Shego lie their silently as the elevator came to a stop. The two men wheeled out the gurneys and walked down a long brightly lit hallway. Upon reaching a pair of large metal doors, one of the men placed his hand on an electronic scanner on the door. It beeped, quickly opening.
"Well, this is your final destination ladies…" The two men pushed the carts inside and turned in a few papers to a third man dressed in medical garments and a large black rubber apron. "These are your orders doctor"
The doctor took the papers and examined them carefully, noting two sets of orders on them. "I see that Omni had final orders…" he muttered under his breath, he then looked at the other set of orders, "…even in death that man had everything thought out. And these other orders are by Shego? I take it that she's the one running the show now?" The doctor asked the two men.
"Yes. She's… quite ruthless and cutthroat." Replied one of the men, before the two men left, one of them pulled a large metal container out from under the gurney in which Kim's body rested on, and he held it out, handing it to the doctor. "Shego wants this specimen studied and then incinerated." The two men frowned sadly and walked away.
The doctor carefully placed the dark metal case on an examining table and pressed the release buttons on it. A series of cylinders turned and the case opened slowly, a cold mist escaped from it, and the doctor looked inside. He backed away a few steps in state of shock and trembled in fear. "How is this possible?" he muttered nervously. The doctor cautiously approached the case, retrieving a sealed envelope on top of it. He read the letter carefully and opened the case. The cold mist danced around his hands as he held the case open. His eyes widened as he looked inside…
"It's good to see you again." A voice said from inside the large metal container.
"How are you still alive?" The doctor mumbled. "It's impossible… you don't even have a body anymore…"
"I won't die… not anytime soon." The voice responded. "It was necessary that I die, heh, if you could even call this dying. I had to smoke out the treacherous bitch that wanted my empire."
"I don't understand…" The doctor replied.
"You will, all in due time… right now, that young girl, , needs to live."
"She can't be brought back, she's dead." The doctor frowned. "And if I defy the new boss, she'll have me executed."
"I understand. You have your family to think about. It is too much of me to ask of you. Do you duties… but before you seal me back in this case, what are you going to do with them?"
"I've been instructed to take a few samples from them and incinerate them afterwards." The doctor replied.
"I see. Hmm… I guess that's all one can do in your situation. You're a loyal man doctor. I'm glad that you were under my employ."
"Thank you sir." The doctor smiled.
"Just call me Omni. Sir is so… I don't know… sir makes me sound old as dirt."
The doctor slowly placed his hands on the case and shut it tightly. The case hissed briefly, as it sealed tightly. The doctor turned around and pulled the cloth away from both girls. Kim and the clone of Shego looked up at the ceiling with closed eyes. The young doctor leaned close to Kim, noticing a strange shimmering trail near her eyes.
"What is this?" he pondered. He grabbed a magnifying glass and looked closer. "Dry tears?" he thought. Not giving it anymore thought, he placed the magnifying glass back down and completely removed the shroud covering Kim's once vibrant and alive body. Her beautiful body had gone pale and cold. The doctor slipped on a pair of gloves and touched the handle of the blade protruding from Kim's chest. His fingers lightly touched the handle, almost reluctant to remove it, and he tugged on the knife, finding it was plunged in deep. Just as he was ready to pull once more, he jumped back as Kim's torso moved, her back arching up. The doctor laughed quietly to himself. "Damn involuntary muscle spasms." The doctor wiped a bead of sweat from his brow and he let out a sigh of relief. "You two aren't going anywhere." He thought, while he pulled off his gloves, tossing them into a trash bin. "I need to eat." The doctor walked over to the large metal doors and placed his hand on the identification panel. Looking back he laughed to himself once more as the door shut in behind him.