Chapter 2: Fusion Viewing
Location: Tricell research plant Alpha, Classified pinpoint
Mackie's POV
I was now back at the elevator again, going up to the main sectors of the institution. Along with Noelle, I was now accompanied by my friends, Liana, Sadie, Jared, and Lucas.
All of us now wore our jumpsuits, our standard uniform in the institution. They were form fitting and mostly in black but each of us have a different highlight color on our suit. Mine was with white highlights. Liana's was blue. Sadie's was green and so was Lucas' jumpsuit. Jared had yellow highlights in his jumpsuit. Each color was not for show. It indicated category. By that, I meant to what type of power each pupil has. Blue represented neural related abilities or powers related in using your mind. Green depicted strategic and stealth related powers. Yellow depicted computer and technical related powers. As for white, it represented unrecorded power types or powers that for the institution, are strange and unusual and used in what they call unorthodox ways. For me, it just meant I'm a special little snowflake
We got off the elevator and made our way into the main hall of the institution. The hall was massive and ivory in color. Several pillars that rose up to the ceiling adorned the hall. At the center of the hall, was a circular counter that had three people at the center all focused on the monitors in front of them. On our left, 3 doors were present and the same number of doors were present on our right. Up ahead at the opposite end of the hall was a massive door that was adorned with grey colors with black and yellow intricate patterns that form the institution's crest that was also painted in the central floor of the hall: A large boat sailing through strong currents of water that was enclosed in a circle. We took the middle door on the left to head for the medical and laboratory facilities. I stopped for a short while looking at the huge door at the end.
"Mackie dear? You okay dear?" Noelle said beside me
"Yeah I'm okay…..that leads outside right?" I replied still looking at the door
"Yes it does dear. You always ask me that every time we pass it"
"Oh you know…..just a habit that I picked up I guess"
"Well there's no harm in it. Come on and Dr. Shane is waiting for us. We don't want to delay the good stuff now do we?"
"Sure you don't want some help with those?" I asked Noelle who was now carrying four more bags with her
"I'm fine Mackie. I can take this all. Its –"
"yeah yeah institution rules. For our own good. No extra strain for us" I cut off.
I smiled at Noelle and we all proceeded to the medical facilities. It was true that I have a habit of looking at the large door in the main hall. It was because of the thing beyond those doors that I crave so much to see
The door leading to the medical facility opened automatically as we faced it. The facility was a smaller hall but the walls were mostly consisting of glass windows that shows the different rooms on the other side that contains various equipment for medical purposes such as a stretcher, operating tools that were being prepared by the medical staff inside as well as cabinets that have different bottles and canisters of medicine. We can't however, just enter the rooms that easily. Each door is programmed for certain people to be allowed access only. We may be handled by the same handler but the five of us have different medical staff assigned to us thus, are assigned different medical rooms to go to. Mine was in the furthest end of the medical facility hall so just imagine having diarrhea and getting it checked on while trying not to shit the floor and go to your assigned medical room which as I said, on the furthest part of the medical hall.
We waved on to the people who were inside the rooms. The medical staff waved happily on Noelle but when it came to us pupils, there are some different reactions. It was either they just gave us a look with no emotions in their faces or they would scowl at us. It really bothers us especially me. I felt that sometimes, we were treated as something dangerous by these people
We proceeded further until the glass partitions had diminished from our view and we entered deeper in the hall that had dim lighting making the grey colored hall darker than usual. This part is now the laboratories wing. The doors as well in this part of the hall appeared to be heavier and sturdy than the other parts of the facility. They also have labels that depicts that their laboratories and what kind of things were being conducted in those laboratories. Things such as bio engineering, evolution observation, cell anatomy and other things that are too much for someone in a young age to comprehend that easily.
"Wonder what they're doing inside those doors?" Sadie asked
"Some things that might scare the hell out of you" Jared said
"Oh! I don't think I wanna go inside them…." Sadie replied shyly as she inched further with Jared
"Can you stop scaring her like that Jared? Geez you're her brother" I said as I gave Jared a scowl
"What? Its true that something scary is inside those doors" Jared replied
"But we can't be sure about what's inside there Jared. Might be something simple" Lucas stated
"Or something awesome and fun!" Liana added
"Ever the adrenaline junkie Liana" I laughed at her
"Don't worry Sadie. It may be something awesome behind those doors like Liana and Lucas said. If it's scary like your crazy brother said or your crazy brother in particular…." I said as I gave Jared another scowl which made him flinch
"I'll protect you from the nasty stuff okay?"
"Okay! I trust you Mackie. You're strong so I know you can do it!" Sadie said as her smiled returned
"Awww such a sweet moment" Noelle butted in
"H-hey I can protect her too you know!" Jared said
"Oh please Mackie would do most of the work Jared" Liana said
"Correction, I will do all the work" I added as Liana laughing and so the Sadie and Noelle. Lucas simple smiled
"NO justice even on defending my sister!" Jared moaned
"You are our butt monkey after all" I said to Jared
"You look like one too…" Sadie laughed at his brother
"Oh great now my timid sister is picking on me"
It was rare for Sadie to do some winding up but she can do it perfectly well when given the right mood especially when her brother is involved.
We took a right in a fork in the hall and then stopped at the door at the end. Like all the other doors in the laboratory wing, it was big and sturdy but this door sported a much lighter color of white and had the following labels
Dr. Shane Baker
Eximium Research and Welfare
Always smile. It helps with the process
"Huh….I don't remember those words…." I noticed
"Well I did overheard Dr. Shane say that he want to ease us pupils when having checkups and stress tests. Maybe this is it" Noelle said
"Well seems like it really does help. I feel less nervous now with the stress test" Liana said
"Simple yet effective way to calm one's mind" Lucas said with a smile
"Eh…I'm not convinced…" Jared said
"You're always pessimistic about stuff bro" Sadie moaned to her brother
"Let' get this over with already. I'm starting to get hungry" I said a little excitedly
"Hungry for food? Or hungry for fuuuuuusion" Liana said with the last part being a whisper
"Shhhh the walls have ears" I added
"Whoops. Sorry. Excited to see them too! Can you blame me?" Liana replied
"Not really come to think of it." I said
Noelle then went for a small panel on the right of the door and pressed a button. A static noise was heard from the panel once Noelle pressed the button and then she pushed another one again and the static noise suddenly disappeared
"Hey doc!" Noelle said in the panel
"Noelle? Is that you? Are all of you here already?" A mellow male voice said from the panel
"Yup. Me plus five little rascals all accounted for!' Noelle replied
"And who are the little rascals again Noelle?" I said firmly
"Oh my bad! Correction doc, that would be me, little Sadie, and four other rascals all accounted four" Noelle replied with her usual sweet smile
I scowled at her along with Liana and Jared. Lucas just chuckled as if it's a given fact and Sadie gave her own sweet little smile to Noelle
"Make that five Noelle because you're a rascal in your own terms" I said with a smug look on her
"Macks's right Noelle. We know it especially her considering she's the rascal queen" Liana said with a snigger
"Hey!"
"Oh man, that was too much!" Jared laughed. Sometimes I get no respect here
"Ahhhh I see that it's really you guys. I recognize that booming rascal voice from anywhere" Come in…come in" The mellow voice said as every one of us entered the room once it was unlocked. Dr. Shane's lab was thrice the size of our rooms. Kind of like three of our room combined together or maybe even more. The walls were of bluish grey that have countertops on the bottom ends of the wall. The countertops also had different things such as chemistry equipment, microscopes, beakers and test tubes that contain blood samples and who knows what bowel fluid it came from, and some scattered papers and some monitors that display pictures and words that are just too hard to understand for just anyone. At the right side of the room is a long j shaped sofa that was neatly kept, obviously for Dr. Shane's guests. Despite the chemicals, the lab smelled of citrus and apple. Probably due to the fruits he always keeps in his personal mini refrigerator that was right next to the sofa. In the center, there was a long table that housed several objects that was scattered. At the back of the table that was a few distance away, was a stretcher bed that was inside a huge, cylindrical tube that was big enough to house a person inside. Beside the tube was a chair and a computer that was attached to the tube via wires and circuitry. This was the standard issue, med scanner for the medical facility of the institution that was used for checkups and body stats gathering. At the furthest wall up front was another a separate desk that had a large computer and several books piled up. Up on the wall, hung a big monitor screen that reflected the display of the computer in the desk. Seated in front of that desk, was Dr. Shane. The good doctor had thinning, white hair and a sort of pudgy face that a bit oily. He had big eyes and a firm cheek and very firm lips for a man. He wore a black t-shirt that was under a long, white lab coat and brown jeans. Normally, doctors in the institution wore leather shoes but Dr. Shane always wore sneakers that had weird designs on them. Noelle mentioned that at one time, the other doctors called him Nut doctor because of his get up. We think he was cool for that for going against the status quo. Dr. Shane turned around on his swivel chair and gave us all a big smile
"Good morning Kids! A bit early for your checkups don't you think?" Dr Shane said
"Good morning Doc!" We all said together
"Blame Noelle. She broke the wakeup call rules again" I said with a smirk
"Really now? That might get you guys in trouble. Especially you Noelle. Anyway…how's your morning so far everyone?" Dr. Shane said cheerfully but at the same time, he looked to Noelle a Knowing look of concern which Noelle just replied a smile to him
"We did get in trouble Doc…Dana picked on us again" Sadie said
"Dana again? Did her friends also picked on you?" Dr. Shane asked with concern on his expression
"No just Dana and her bitch of a handler Maryse going all bitchy on us as usual" I said
"They're always like that Doc! We didn't even do anything!" Liana said with her arms outstretched dramatically
"We were just being happy go lucky and picking on Jared good naturedly as usual" I added and gave Jared a sweet smile while he gave another scowl on me
"Perhaps it's because Dana wanted dibs on Jared first" Lucas said
"On picking on me?! I'd rather get on by you guys! At least you don't involve fists and pain in the mix" Jared said
"There was almost a fist fight that was brewing between Mackie and Dana" Liana said
"A fist fight?!" Dr. Shane exclaimed
"I didn't want that to happen but she was testing my patience especially when she looked on punching Sadie" I said
"She didn't even listen to Noelle who was a handler and therefore an official" Lucas added
"Sadie did say she had freak arms which was true and real funny on her part" Liana laughed.
"I was really proud of my sister here by just saying that" Jared said as he gave her little sister a smile in which Sadie returned one of her own
"Bad brother skills" Lucas teased to Jared
"Oh please Lucas knock it off" Jared replied with a smile
"Well those are some interesting events I can say but did the fist fight happen every one?" Dr. Shane said while he gave me his knowing look this time
"Thankfully no fist fight happened doc and it was thanks to…Maryse" Noelle said sheepishly
"Maryse? Well that's good to know. That Dana Fellow can still follow instructions after all" Dr. Shane said with a sigh of relief
"She….wasn't really exactly stopping the brewing chaos because it was bad…" Liana said
"She stopped it because she thought that we didn't have 'class' as she pointed it out and that it was a waste of time for Dana or any of her pupils that she deems 'superior' to even lay a finger on us!" I added angrily
"Plus, she kind of told Noelle off…and that she was going to get in trouble soon" Jared said
"Well….that seems like a very eventful encounter. Maryse is Maryse after all….she was like that even from the beginning. I'll try to talk to the higher ops on disciplinary actions regarding this debacle with Dana and Maryse and perhaps have a talk with those two…I'll also have a nice chat with you Noelle about certain things…" Dr. Shane said
Dr. Shane was the scientist that was responsible for spearheading Project Eximium, the research of our powers and the other kids that have them. He was also our main physician and also our unofficial counselor besides Noelle. The last part because he has a very strong connection with the higher ops of the institution and most of the time, got us out of sticky situations and severe disciplinary actions. Noelle is our mediator for the higher ops as well and defends us on the troubles we have from time to time but sometimes, she can't do anything about the actions implemented on us by the higher ops if we misbehave or do something they don't like unlike Dr. Shane who, takes care of things Noelle can't handle and out of her hands already. If it wasn't for Doc, we may have not been having that much fun in our lives anymore and fun here is very limited. I asked Dr. Shane several times how he can pull strings up with the higher ops for us but like Noelle, he also has his secrets and just replies with a smile which was Noelle's mellowed out version of a smile.
"But I must commend you Mackenzie….not only did you stood up for your friends, you did it with no violence this time" Dr. Shane said and beamed at me. I felt myself blush on that
"I know what you mean Doc! Mackie is usually a disaster waiting to happen" Liana pitched in
"And also a ticking time bomb sometimes" Noelle added and that made everyone laugh even me
It was true. I'm usually hot headed and everything used to get on my fucking nerves. I associate with it with the persecution I got from the other kids when I was younger. I haven't even met my friends back then and Noelle was the only one who can calm my nerves but even she had a hard time with my bitch ass attitude. Now, its still the same for me but not that severe anymore. At least I hope so. I don't want to be a bitch to my friends but there were the occasional outbursts.
"Right….so shall we start the checkup? We've been talking so far but no checkups. You all know why you're here right?" Dr. Shane started off again
We proceeded with the usual checkups. Each of us laid down on the cylindrical tube at the center of the room and just waited for the check up to be done. The tube also had two, larger rings outside the glass tube that went up and down over us, scanning our vital signs. We came out clean and fresh and Dr. Shane was very happy of the results, even when the device detected mild emotional turmoil from me due to my earlier outbursts at the training grounds but he frowned when Sadie was done with her scan
"Sadie dear, it looks like you had multiple stress stimulation on your body…is everything okay sweety?"
"I'm fine Dr. Shane…just feel a little sleepier that's all" Sadie smiled sweetly
"Are you sure dear? You didn't use your powers earlier on?" Dr. Shane asked
"I…um…"
"She…kind of turned invisible a while ago when she got scared of Dana" I said. All of us hated admitting we used our powers in an excess. See, that's the thing about our powers is that although we can do 'phenomenal feats' as the institution says, it's not technically free for all usage. In exchange for using our powers, we get tired really fast and it takes a great toll hit on our bodies. It's a real bitch really. Try doing amazing shit like lifting a heavy rock and then suddenly feeling very tired and being flattened by said rock being lifted. Shit's not so amazing now huh? That's why we are always obligated to exercise and do our recreational martial arts and weapons training every day. We work hard to train our bodies and in turn, have our bodies be used to the stress so that when we use our powers, we last longer in doing it.
Sadie looked ashamed and avoided Dr. Shane's gaze. Doc just smiled at her and got closer to her
"Well no harm done Sadie. I'm actually very impressed with you. Unlike the last test results, according to these new results, you can take on bigger thresholds of stress"
"Um….excuse me?" Sadie asked confused
"Uhh no offense Doc but in English please?" I said which made us giggle a bit
"Sorry about that dear commoners" Dr. Shane joked
"It means Sadie's body is getting used on using her powers. She gets tired less and is beginning to be stronger"
"Way to go dear! You have showed great improvement!" Noelle said
"I gotta hand it to you Saids, the animal in you is starting to get out" Liana said
"I'm so happy for you Sadie! No wonder you didn't complain when you hid earlier behind me!" I added. The little girl is starting to blush
"Fantastic dear sister! Now you can hide longer than usual" Jared said
"Wow! Nice support there Jared" I said sarcastically
"Hey, I didn't mean that as an insult! I care about my sister too you know" Jared replied which made Sadie giggle. Perhaps she did not really take it as an insult
"Perhaps Jared should be the one who needs invisibility powers. Suits him really well" Lucas said to Jared with a smirk
"Oh you cannot be more right Lucs. Maybe he'll use it forever" Liana sniggered and we all laughed at that
'Eh, I think I might do that.." Jared relented
"Ahaha okay kids, everything seems in order and all of you are in perfect health. Looks like we you guys won't have any problems with your stress tests later on" Dr. Shane announced
I felt a mix of determination at that announcement and looking over my friends, I can see that they kind of feel the same way. Stress tests is the period of the day when we try to test and improve our powers and see if we can last more in using it. We love it because we get to experiment on what to do with our powers and how we can improve it and also see how long our bodies can last now in using our powers. Its also mixed with combat training as well. If you're wondering why have combat training, it's in the institution's curriculum and they only stated that it may come in handy one day. I don't know why we need such a thing as combat training but hey, I questioned how they run this place a long time ago and I was only met by short monologues
"I am so stoked for stress test! I could really use my powers there and I wanted to try something for a long time now!" I said and I really was excited on what I was about to try
"I just hope I don't blow up stuff again while trying to assemble computer parts and hacking some" Jared said with a sigh
"Perhaps you won't this time. Perhaps you'll blow up the whole training grounds" Lucas said
"You know, for a guy with less talk, you sure do love winding me up" Jared replied which elicited a smirk from Lucas
"Well I can't wait too. Wanted to try if I can lift bigger stuff now telepathically like the med scanner" Liana said as she stretched out her right hand and looked intently on the med scanner. The huge scanner, in turn, start shaking and seemed to be starting to rise up but then it suddenly stopped shaking with Liana putting her hand in her head
"Felt the stress already. Need to save up for later if I want to do it" Liana said with a sheepish smile
"Don't fucking overdo it Liana or you might blow your brains to shit" I said to her with a smile
"Oh come on! You know how much that rush makes me feel so good" Liana said with a smile.
"Sometimes I get weirded out by you sometimes.." I mutter out
"And you still love me nonetheless Macks. You know you can't last without my nuttiness" Liana replied sweetly
"Oh please as if I still haven't got used to your fucking nutiness"
"Mackenzie Adams! Language!" Noelle said to me as she points a finger at me. I just gave her a smirk in reply.
"I think I'll try to see how long I can stay invisible now and I wanna know if my clothes can stay invisible with me" Sadie said with a big smile
"That would be a great goal little one. Considering how hard it is to hide with your clothes is still seen" Lucas said to Sadie
"Is it possible though? I kind of wonder if she can truly be invisible completely without completely being naked" I said and I realized I just embarrassed Sadie and judging on how she blushes, that confirms it.
"You had to mention being completely invisible by being completely naked huh Mackie?" Jared said as he looked at me with a sarcastic look
"I'm sorry hehe? You know what happened last time Sadie turned invisible and I'm just concerned about her" I offered as Jared went to his sister and covered her ears
"And lucky that we were the ones who found her instead of other kids who may have seen her naked! Don't listen to Mackie's voice of embarrassment Sadie. Your bro will always protect you from anything even from bad words from she bitches like Mackie" Jared said as I scowled in return
"It's okay...I understand that mackie just wants the best for me and I'm pretty sure I just heard you say something I wasn't suppose to hear" Sadie replied to us and the last part that she said made me burst out laughing and Jared being the one who was blushing now
"Uhhh…..kind of forgot about that" jared said
"So much for protecting your sister even from bad words" Lucas said
"Oh shut your fucking trap Lucas!" Jared replied
"That's two times now Jared" Lucas replied back as the others had joined in laughing at the debacle
"How about you Lucas? Any plans on testing something in stress test later on?" I inquired him
"Well I do like to see how far I can really teleport now but with this thing in my wrist, I really can't find out about it" Lucas said as he indicated his power supressor in his left wrist
"That's too bad...really wish we could see your true potential" I sadly said to Lucas
"Well rules are rules, we can't do anything about it. They deemed me as having powers that can break certain institutional rules including trespassing to restricted sites . Perhaps I will improve incorporating my powers in combat training" He said with a smile on us. It was a shame that among us, Lucas was the one to have his powers suppressed. It would really be awesome to see his teleportation abilities full force. I'd love to have that kind of ability and if it was without limit, Lucas could really go outside anytime he wants. That thought alone really made me think things
"We still have a couple of hours before breakfast starts but it may be best to wait for the hour to join with the other pupils in breakfast. We don't want the higher ops to be suspicious on us" Noelle said with a wink
"Well it's your mess so you'll be the only one to get in trouble?" I said to Noelle with a smirk
"Oh yeah...didn't think about that. I thought that I'd put you all in danger for disciplinary action" Noelle replied
"You are such a ditz Noelle honestly.."
"Well..if you still have extra time thanks to good old Noelle here, I think it's time for what you really came for " Dr. Shane happily said
We cheered on and Dr. Shane turned on the wall mounted monitor so we can have a full view on everything playing in his computer. Noelle also went for the mini fridge and grabbed some fruits saying that it can be an appetizer for breakfast which was perfect timing considering we were a bit hungry now. Liana in turn, outstretched her right hand and made the fruits in Noelle's hands float towards us and then proceeds to spin it around us. I lightly jab her shoulder and she relented and dropped the fruit on our heads
"You are such a prankster sometimes" I said to her
"Well I expect you get used to it already considering I do it everyday" Liana replied with a wink of her eyes
It was good that despite the restrictions in the institution, there exist good people like Dr. Shane to show us what the outside world looks like especially our life heroes: Fusion
We looked on the monitor and saw that Dr. Shane is already playing a slideshow of pictures that have in them things such as trees, clouds, oceans, rivers, and of course, the sky in all its rich blue glory. I also loved the sky when it's night time with all the stars in them. Back when we were younger, we were just taught this in our classes but none of our instructors ever showed what they were like. I was the one that pitched in Dr. Shane if he had any idea on what these strange things look like. To our surprise, he showed us pictures of them. At first, some of us were scared of them because Dr. Shane said that some of them are massive to look at. Liana even peed in her jumpsuits once but as days go by, we were fascinated about these things. Things that were not dull and mechanical. Things that are true beauty to look at. Things not ever found in this dull place..
"I won't get tired of gazing through these.." I muttered
"Me too. I want to and find out what the ocean really feels like" Liana said
"Those trees look very serene to see." Lucas mutters out
"Too bad we're all stuck here and not allowed to see the outside world" Jared sadly said
This is what I hate about this fucking institution. It's all routine and the same scenario all over again every single fucking day of our lives. We wanted to see for ourselves what everything looks like outside these gray walls but all the staff of the institution tells us is that we don't need to associate ourselves with it and only focus on what were tasked to do. I thought of it as pure bullshit. I thought about escaping this place but it's not really that easy with all eyes on you and I want to do it in a way where I can bring my friends with me
"I wanna see Fusion now! I wanna see Psyche in action!" Sadie said
"I kind of agree with her on that Doc! Wanna practice some of their moves now!" I said and the rest cheered on
"Okay okay here it is. Lucky you guys that I found recent footage of Fusion in action and not just riding the streets" Dr Shane said as he started rummaging through in his computer and then pointing and clicking on something that had the words, "youtube" on it After that, he typed in Fusion and instantly, it showed several videos of our vigilante hero idols. Doc proceeded to click on the one on the very top. It was Dr. Shane who influenced us, including Noelle in loving Fusion. He had a fascination for them and what they stood for. He always considered them as his heroes and now, so have we
The video played immediately and it was of Fusion riding in the road of the city known as Chicago that had many tall structures dotted around. They consisted of 7 people in motorcycles and two vehicles with four wheels. The motorcycles had the colors, purple, green with a mix of yellow, dark blue, tan, grey, and red with blue colors. I have easily recognized them. Hit Girl, my heroine, was the one in purple obviously and is the no holds barred leader of Fusion and leading with her is the massive Kick Ass in his green and yellow glory. The one in dark blue was the elusive Shadow which is really speeding up on the road really fast and seems to be gaining speed with Hit Girl. Right behind her in the tan color is jackal with knives gleaming on the side of his thighs and have that weird helmet that had two pointed protrusions on top. The one in full grey was Petra who sported her Katana on her back who was seemed to be gaining speed as well like Shadow. The one in red and blue, was Psyche who was the smallest of the group with her cape billowing behind her back as she raced past everyone. I thought the cape billowing in the wind while riding the motorcycle was really cool.
The large vehicles behind them were Hound and Iron Hide as they kept up with the seven riders despite their large size.
"They are so cool as always!" Liana exclaimed
"No kidding! I wanna ride like them someday!" I said excitedly
"With that kind of attitude, the institution might not consider you allowed to ride such a machine" Noelle chuckled
"As if they even allow us at all even though we see them in the parking lots" I replied
"Fuck me shadow is waaay too hot! I really wonder what she really looks like under that mask?" jared said as he focused in looking at Shadow
"Careful, on what I heard, Shadow is with Jackal" Dr. Shane said
"No way! That just might be a coincidence" Jared said
"Oh please you just want to fuck Shadow!" I said
"Despite her nice figure, I mostly prefer Mist over Shadow or any of the females for that matter" Jared retorted
I looked over Sadie and she was eyeing the young rider Psyche. It was no mystery for us that of all Fusion, Psyche was her favorite along with a certain Fusion member. Kind of disturbs me since everytime I see Psyche in action, she's very brutal in fighting
"Psyche's really going fast but she's in last place" Sadie said with a pout on her face. I laughed at that remark
"Well Sadie, they aren't really racing. It's a strategy. They stay like that so that they won't get attacked easily" I explained to her
"So she's in last because she has to do something really cool?" Sadie said her smile returning
"Yup. Really cool stuff like how she threw her blades straight to her enemies" I said as Sadie smiled further. She really hates it when Psyche is underestimated or beaten up
"They may not be racing but two of them are. Shadow and Petra seems to be racing on" Liana said
"We'll never know now can we? If they're racing, wonder who's faster?" I said
"All I know is, I'm always behind my idol. Go Petra!"
Liana is a Petra fan and she's well proud of it. One time, she painted the blue highlights of her jumpsuit to grey using some food coloring she found or rather, sneaked off from the cafeteria much to the dismay of Noelle and probably her room in when I looked, was a huge mess of grey goo
"You want to go through her moves again Liana?" I asked
"Totally! I hope they go into action. I want to know further how Petra can be so flexible" Liana said with wonder in her eyes
"How about you? Looking forward to go through Hit Girl and her guns and blades?" Liana asked me
"You bet! Want to be able to further up the training ante" i said
It was no secret that I was the big Hit Girl fan among us. I mean who wouldn't like Hit Girl? She's so cool and very talented in her fighting skills as well as making up really good one liners. Its also no secret that Hit Girl had influenced my potty mouthing. Kick Ass was another favorite of mine too because man he's so sturdy! No can almost knock him down! I love the rest of Fusion nonetheless. I once tried to absorb metal while wielding blades during training so I can have Hit Girl's skills and Kick Ass ' sturdiness. I'd be the ultimate fighting machine! At least that's what I first thought after I went slow and always tripped down. When you become hard as a rock, you tend to be heavy. Perhaps I'll research more on sturdy materials that are light
"Hope to see Jackal in action. Those knife throws are really exceptional. If only I can master that and incorporate teleportation in them." Lucas mused
Lucas is the Jackal fan. It was also because of Jackal that he became fascinated with knives.
We watched on and Fusion suddenly came to a halt in a good distance in front of a big junction on the road that had vehicles scattered around. They unmounted their bike and approached with their weapons drawn and as they got a certain distance, bullets erupted from scattered vehicles and Fusion took cover in the other vehicles. There was madness as bullets fly left and right everywhere on the video. The footage started shaking and someone, probably the one capturing the video was saying some random shit. The video steadied and we could see the action that's happening. It looked like Fusion couldn't go further but suddenly, Iron Hide and Hound caught up and stopped besides the motorcycles and then several vigilantes went out from the vehicles, 2 from Hound and 5 from Iron Hide. The ones from Hound were both female based on their figure. One was colored red and wielded twin guns on each hand. The other one was colored orange and from behind her, she armed herself with two thin yet deadly looking swords in each hand.
"I don't recognize these two. Are they new Fusion members?" I asked Dr. Shane
"Yes. They just came to the limelight recently. The one in the red is called Raven and the one in Orange is named Foxtail"
"They seem cool too with all those weapons and- oh shit! did that Foxtail girl behead that guy?!" I exclaimed as the vigilante Foxtail just cut off another man's head
"That is one bloody slice!" Noelle said
"Should I be even watching this?" Sadie asked still transfixed in the monitor
"Yeah, good question. Why AM I allowing you to watch this?" Jared said in exasperation
"Because you're one strange brother Jared" Lucas added
Hit Girl was with Raven shooting the people we deemed as the bad guys all around them. One guy had an opening behind Hit Girl but Kick Ass blocked it with his bulk. Hit Girl turned to Kick Ass but someone sidekicked her in the head. Raven and Kick Ass tried to help her but was sidekicked in the head as well. All seemed lost but then the guys or should I say, kids from Iron Hide have arrived and helped them
"It's Wildcat!" Sadie excitedly said. Along with Psyche, the vicious wildcat was her favorite vigilante. I'm pretty sure this was because of her claws
The brown vigilante wildcat was extending her cool looking claws and sliced it on the guys who ambushed Hit Girl. 3 other young vigilantes joined in the fight and proceeded in melee combat. One was in dark green coloring and wielding a small sword and one was in pure black and he wielded twin large blades. The other one, was also new to me as this kid had teal coloring with camouflage designs. She also looked like a girl based on her figure. She went to where Foxtail and Psyche were and shot bullets from her pistols and rammed a large knife up a man's throat.
"Trojan and Splinter! I thought they wouldn't appear" Liana said
"Sure they would! when there's Wildcat, there's Trojan and Splinter. There the ultimate kid trio of Fusion" I said. It was true. Everytime we watch Fusion videos, Wildcat is always accompanied by Trojan and Splinter with Trojan being the more prominent partner of Wildcat. It was fitting considering they seem like a perfect pair in battle. If no Trojan and Splinter appear when Wildcat appears, she's usually with Jackal.
"Who's that one in teal though? She seems new as well" Liana asked
"Huh..I did hear about Foxtail and Raven before but not that one. Any idea who that might be Doc?" Noelle said
"I honestly don't know who she is. She may be just recently new" Dr. Shane asked. Perhaps in the near future we might know
"Whoever she is, she is good with a knife. I like her already" Lucas said with a smile.
"It's always about knives with you Lucas" I said to him
"It's a strange fascination yes but I like it" Lucas replied
"Makes me nervous honestly" Jared Added
We watched on and I intently watched how they fight especially how Hit Girl fights. Every one of her kicks, punches, back bends and other badassery is so awesome. I really need to remember those moves. I really wanna be like her
"Nice! Mist is in action! She is so curvy!" Jared hooted as the light blue clad Mist had arrived on the scene to help Kick Ass and Hit girl. Jared really loved Mist and even said he would like to meet her someday. Something tells me it's not just because she want to shake her hand in person
The video showed the bad guys thinning and running away and Fusion standing victorious. The crown around cheer for them. They started to ride their vehicles and make their leave but not before Psyche, who took notice of the man videotaping the scene, waved her hands as if saying hi and proceeds to ride off with her other vigilante comrades and the video ends there
"They're as awesome as always! Especially when Hit Girl sliced everyone in one blinking move!" I said excitedly
"Psyche was awesome too along with Wildcat. I wish I had a cape like Psyche" Saide said with a smile
"Did you see what Petra did a while ago? She threw her Katana and it hit right in the baddie's face! Also, that Foxtail made heads fly out!" Liana squealed
"I was just focused on Mist and Shadow actually…." Jared admitted
"The knife wielders, Jackal and the new vigilante was great as well. Truly remarkable" Lucas added
"Shame that Medic was not around. She would have bashed them on but at least Kick Ass was there" Noelle said
"Hope I remember those moves! I want to try them later" I said. Dr. Shane chuckled on to us
"Glad you enjoyed the show. I'll let you guys know if there are new videos of Fusion and any other things I can show all of you. I don't want anyone of you to be bored by the limited things in the institution" Dr. Shane announced
"Well it seems that it will be breakfast soon. Let's go on rolling guys. We don't want to be late" Noelle hummed
"Of what? Dull breakfast? Doc's fruits earlier is much tastier than those shitty food" I said
"Again Mackie, Language!"
"Hmmmm fine!"
We thanked Dr. Shane and went on to breakfast along with Noelle
"Don't forget kids, keep certain things quiet" Dr. Shane said with a wink
"Yes Doc! Lips are sealed always!" We all said together and went on our way
"Noelle, come talk to me later in the afternoon okay?" Dr. Shane said
"Sure doctor no problem" Noelle replied
I have no idea what Noelle and Dr. Shane talks about during their private moments. I once asked Noelle what's the deal about it but she only says to us that it's something I'm not supposed to dwell on or you're too young to understand thing. Either way, I don't let it bother me anymore. It's not like it's something bad about me or the rest of us
My mind is still racing with excitement on what we watched and based on everyone else's reactions, they have the same feeling for it. I just hope that breakfast being served doesn't give us food poisoning and hinder our training. I want to try out those moves done by Fusion. Must be awesome to be trained under Hit Girl and Kick Ass. One day if I ever got out of here, I'll find them and join them
Dr. Shane's POV
There's just isn't a dull day with those people. Always brighten up my day seeing them. I handled other kids too but none caused more spontaneous events than those 6 especially Mackie. The girl may have one foul mouth but her eagerness and outlook always prevails.
I look over the results of their checkups and all seemed to be in perfect order. That is more than good to know. using their Eximium abilities really gives a strain to the body of the user. It can lead to some severe complications if not used properly. Sadie in particular, had me worried since she often used her powers in short notice when scared and that can have dangerous effects on her. With these results and her improvement, I can see that she can be fine as well as the rest of them. Liana usually overdoes using her telekinetic powers much to my charging and Jared sneaks off hacking computer systems of the doors holding restricted areas for the students. I have no problem with Lucas because he can't really do much in his current state with a suppressor though we can't be too careful about him as well. Mackie is also improving well. Back then, she was very stubborn and doesn't really do her trainings and workouts at first. My accidental reveal of Fusion to her however, changed all that and made it an inspiration not only for her, but for her friends to train harder and be more prominent in using their powers. Certain actions are done to pupils not excelling in using their powers. I am aware of those certain actions and all of them very brutal. I'm not about to let those kids suffer those actions. It's my sworn duty to make sure those kids are safe and be able to roam free in the world one day. My biggest concern however, is dear Mackie. She had been classified as having the unorthodox classification for her powers. Her adaptation abilities both amaze and scare me. Its pretty fascinating to see whenever Mackie uses it but it also scares me because it's similar to a certain control of cellular activity in the body. Last time cellular control of the body was done, it caused chaos in manhattan. I don't want that to happen again. It's quite funny that the kids consider Fusion as heroes even though they are far superior though, I truly understand them. I'm a Fusion fanatic as well after all.
Mackie...Liana….Sadie...Jared...Lucas...so full of life those lot are. They can be heroes like Fusion but they could also have the potential of being a great danger to humanity