Hey there how are yall, enjoy.
Carpathian Mountains: Next day
Levitate, dressed in his suite walked out of his room. His face bore the expression of depression and sadness, a look that had seemed to plaster itself to his face after the death of S.O.L. He walked into the main room where, Electro-Man, and Nano-Boy were sitting eating breakfast.
"Good morning." Said Electro-Man
He only responded with a grunt. He walked into the kitchen.
Electro-Man sighed, "I'm getting sick of this."
"What?"
"The way he treats us and the way he acts."
"He's sad."
"I can understand sadness, but this isn't sadness, he yells at us, ignores us and treats us badly. He's just not the leader he used to be."
This wasn't only evident to them. It was evident to everyone. His team was falling apart. Legionary had left, Ilmatar was to pregnant to work, and Red-X was only working part time. He opened the paper and read the head line:
IS IT OVER?
Russian Civil War, draws to a close as Former Soviets lose control of the Kremlin.
"Wonderful." He grumbled to himself. "Some stability in the biggest country in the world." And that was also the reason the Elements had left. Against his strong advice they went back to Russia. They claimed they were just there to look after the people who were 'caught up in the middle', but he had heard rumors that they had fought with the republican forces. Russia was also losing territory; during the war several nations had taken advantage of the chaos to use it for their own advantage. Germany had taken back East Prussia, Finland had retaken the territories lost during the Winter War, the other Baltic nation had taken territory surrounding them as well. Poland had retaken territory lost during Soviet occupation.
He turned several pages till he saw one article that made his eyes go wide, he dropped his coffee and ran out the door. Not even stopping to clean up the mess.
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Munich: Germany.
A small residence was surrounded by cops and concerned citizens. Levitate floated down from the sky much to the awe of the people and police usually he didn't cover these kind of things.
"So, was geschah?" (So what happened)
"Wohl" (Well) Said the police man a little surprised "die 2 Leute, die hier leben, wurden gestern Abend ermordet."
(The 2 people living here were murdered last night)
"Was wissen Sie?" (What do you know?)
"Der Vater wurde durch seinen brechenden Dorn, als er die Wand schlug und die Mutter oben getötet wurde, es ist ein furchtsamer Anblick getötet." (The man was killed by his spine breaking when he hit the wall) He said pointing to the wall. (and the mother was killed upstairs, it's a scary sight)
Levitate walked upstairs. He saw the body of the woman. He looked down.
"Was über dieses, was wissen Sie über ihren Tod?" (What about this, what do you know about her death?)
"Nur daß sie mehrfache Zeiten mit diesem geschossen wurde" (Only that she was shot multiple times with this) He said holding up the gun. "Es wird vom Ehemann besessen" (It's owned by the husband)
Levitate sat thinking for a minute, he then stood up "Ich bin zurück in einer halben Stunde. Verschieben Sie nichts! Ich wünsche sie genau wie dieses, wenn ich zurückkomme" (I'll be back in a half hour. Move nothing! I want it exactly like this when I return) Levitate said then walked out the door.
"O.K.?" (okay?) Said the police man a little confused.
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Hanko: Finland
In a house, perched above the beach, a woman sat on the couch in her living room. She had short dark hair and blue eyes. She was drinking tea from a mug, she then called to the kitchen:
"Vargas darling, can you bring me some more tea?"
"Yes dear." Said a man who emerged carrying a pot of tea. He had brown hair and chocolate eyes. He poured her some more tea then sat down beside her. He rested his head on her shoulder. He rubbed her stomach.
"Our Child will be here in 3 months, I'm so excited."
"Me too." She said, putting down her tea mug. She leaned over and kissed him and he kissed back. It was getting a little 'heated' when there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it." Said Vargas
He went and answered the door and saw Paul standing there.
"Hey this is my month off what gives?"
"Well I'm declaring it back on. Get your suit."
After some talking with his wife, Vargas became Red-X and went with Levitate back to Germany.
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On their way to Germany
"You, do know that my wife is pregnant and requires constant care?"
"Yes and I do know her and She can last one day without you."
"What is so important that you needed me this urgently?"
"2 People were murdered."
"So?"
"People were murdered, you know what that means?"
"I grew up in Cuba, of course I know what murder is, a little to well. I mean why this case, we usually don't do this kind of thing."
"Cause there's nothing big right now."
They landed near the house. They walked in.
"Kann er die Körper überprüfen" (Can he examine the bodies)
The police man said yes and Red-X looked into the man's face.
"Lots of fear. But also a hint of bravery like he was trying to protect someone."
"The woman no doubt." Said Levitate
"Show me."
The police man lead them upstairs and Red-X examined the women's face.
"Same thing, Fear with a bit of bravery."
"Funny you should mention protecting someone." Said one of the cops who apparently spoke English. "See in the dinning room, there was a highchair, like where a baby would sit, but we didn't find the body of a child here or in the surrounding area. And there is no record of this couple ever giving birth or adopting."
Red-X and Levitate just looked at each other.
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Back in the DOE base.
Levitate was cleaning up the mess on the floor he had left this morning. Red-X was drinking some coffee of his own.
"So what do you think happened?"
"I don't know but it defiantly had something to do with that child." Said X
"Yeah." Said Levitate who went back to mopping.
There was a pause
"You know I can read faces?" Said X
Another pause
"I read yours, that wasn't concern, that was guilt."
Levitate sat down at the table.
"You know who they were and who that child was don't you?" Pause. "Don't you?"
Levitate said quietly "Marry, Kirsenimer and Frank Malenburg were 2 of my closest friends in school. The child I don't know much, the government asked me to keep him safe, I figured the best place to hide him would be in a normal family that no one would look for him. And Frank and Marry had never had children, so a win-win situation. But apparently I was wrong."
Then The Skull stepped in the door, "Levitate, there is something here you have got to see."
R&R