Screwed up Sandiego
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"This is a disaster! How did our weapon get in the hands of the enemy and not destroy her?" One of the Heads of ACME, the Head of Technology, demanded as he slammed his fist on the table in front of him.
"The boy who activated her during that MMA match told her to destroy her enemy, not ACME's nor did he say Carmen's name. Instead of going after Carmen, she went after Joshua the one who activated her." The head of the Academy said noting that much and glaring around the others, she detested what they had done by starting this experiment ten years ago…and she certainly hated what they had done to Ivy after she lived through the first portion of the experiment.
"This could mean that it sees him and ACME by extension as its enemies. It would also explain why the weapon seems to have sided with Carmen who has taken a much more…violent role recently." The head of Transportation said earning winces from the others. Ever since Ivy had joined with Carmen and the woman had learned what all was in the hardback files of what the ACME agency had done to turn Ivy into a successful 'Ares' the master thief's plans had suddenly stopped being so careful of casualties. Very few civilians got hurt, but ACME agents and police officers were starting to get some serious injuries. Especially any ACME agents that had been part of or knew about what had been done to Ivy, much less those who participated in it.
"Am I the only one who will acknowledge that the one you keep calling an 'it' and 'Weapon' is a seventeen year old girl?" The Academy Head asked crossing her arms over her chest as she glared around the room.
"While yes I will agree that Ares is female and of a young age…from a mental standpoint she stopped being a human at the age of fourteen when she survived the last experiment. Do I think we should only refer to her as a weapon and thing as the Weapons and R&D sectors have been doing? No. That would only cause more mental deterioration faster. However thinking of her as just another girl would only cause more damage to everyone involved, mentally and emotionally." The Head of the Psychology department said nodding to the Academy Head. She could see the Headmistress's point and understood where she was coming from, she was disgusted with what they had been doing to Ivy as well…but she knew better than to let her emotions get the better of her. If her mind was clouded by emotions then she'd never be able to do her job.
"Why is she going rogue now however? What pushed her over that edge?" The Head of the Cafeteria asked looking confused and a bit alarmed, hey even ACME needed to make sure their detectives ate right. He had been brought in on the whole thing because Ivy had needed a special diet for her due to her being an experiment.
"You mean besides the obvious?" The Headmistress asked sarcastically as she glared at the Weapons Head who was grim.
"If you're going to be like this then why did you even agree to our Human Weapons Program to begin with?" The head of Research demanded as she glared at the other woman darkly and frankly fed up with the dirty looks she was getting all the time.
"Excuse me? Agree to it? In case you've forgotten the only people you asked about this are the Head of Weapons, Head of Development, and the Deputy Director. The rest of us didn't have a say in it. I didn't agree to a damn thing." The Headmistress snarled at the Research Head who didn't bat an eye and merely ran a hand through her short brown hair annoyed.
"That's because I knew a few of you would let your emotions cloud your judgement, especially with children involved. I approached those I could trust to think clearly about the matter and then we went from there." The Head of Research said unbothered and earning a frown from the Head of Psychology and Head of Cafeteria, not to mention some of the others.
"Think clearly about what? That you were going to send 799 children to their deaths just to find one child that would be a 'success'? Need I remind you that you didn't even want to accept that child into the testing to begin with because you figured a male child would have a higher success rate than a female one, and easier to reproduce the effects?" The Head of Detectives asked frowning heavily at the Research Head who shrugged slightly.
"Yes our studies of the experimental serum showed that a female was 45% more likely to die from the serum than a male, but in case you've forgotten this particular subject volunteered and begged to be used." The Research Head said tapping the folder that each Head of a department had containing Ivy's picture and profile.
"BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO USE HER YOUNGER BROTHER!" The Headmistress yelled standing up angrily only for the Psychology Head and Head Doctor to pull her back down into her seat.
"Need I remind you that you and your little fuck buddies were going to take a seven year old newly orphaned boy to die when his ten year old sister, the girl you keep calling a thing and weapon, begged to be used in his place to protect him? You gave her the option of being strong enough by the time she was thirteen and he was ten to be used in his place, and she learned six different martial arts to BLACK BELT level in order to be strong enough! She only became an experiment to protect the only thing she had left in the world that mattered to her." The Headmistress snarled at the Research Head angrily, murder in her gaze, while the other woman merely stared back calmly.
"Yes I am aware of her motivation to beg for the experimentation and I was quite impressed with how she grew in leaps and bounds to be strong enough by the end of three years. It was only because of her impressing me in such a way that I decided to use her instead of her brother who is quite noticeably weaker than her." The Head Researcher said earning a wordless snarl of fury from the Headmistress.
"It was quite the surprise when her body accepted the serum when the odds were very much against her. We never believed a female could adapt to the serum given the high death rates for the males who were more likely to succeed." The head of Development said nodding his agreement.
"I still have not heard an answer as to what you have done recently that had caused her to finally have enough. Something that was done to her, besides the obvious, had caused her to say 'screw it' if you'll pardon my wording and go astray." The Head of Psychology cut in as she kept one firm hand on the Headmistress's shoulder to keep the other woman from going over the table and attack the Head of Research.
"After the attempts at reproducing her failed for the last two years…"
"Oh you mean your attempts at brutally raping her until she was pregnant and you could turn her baby into a weapon on the off chance it got the serums enhancements too?" The Head of Recruitment asked with a sneer on his face.
"In a word? Yes." The Head of Research didn't even bat an eye as she admitted that, earning another wordless snarl from the Headmistress and even the Head Doctor and Head Detective were working on trying to restrain themselves from attacking her.
"After they've all failed for the last two years, it was decided that she was already sterile or perhaps the experiment made her so. Either way in case it turned out to be false, we needed to make sure she couldn't have any child outside of our control and risk that child having her enhancements." The head of Weapons said taking over now and glaring down everyone.
"So you couldn't risk her having a baby that was like her, enhanced, without being able to brainwash and control the child to be a mindless tool." The Head of Detectives translated dryly and not amused in the slightest.
"If that's how you choose to phrase it fine." The Head of Research allowed.
"What did you do?" The Head of the Cafeteria asked his voice dark as he glared down the ones responsible with his hands clenched into fists.
"We removed her womb and ovaries so that there was no chance of pregnancy." The Head of Weapons said bluntly earning shocked horrified silence from the others, before three different Heads had to jump on the Headmistress to restrain her from going over the table and boy did she try to.
"You call her a thing and a weapon when you guys are monsters!" The Headmistress snarled and raved and cursed as she tried to get to one of the three main ones responsible.
"That thing is a monster." The Head of Technology said sneering, he forgot that he was sitting next to a man whose son had died in the experiments early stages and who had a daughter a little younger than Ivy was when she was experimented on.
He never saw the Head Detectives fist slamming into his nose from the left as an all-out brawl broke out in the room between those who agreed with the experiment and those who didn't. The Headmistress literally lunged over the table to beat the shit out of the Head Researcher while the Head Psychologist was trying to calm everyone down, as was the Head Diplomat.
None of them knew Carmen and Ivy were watching from the rafters and marking their targets.