Episode #3 – The Nature of the Beast
Geoff walked about the Cleanroom, checking that his warriors were doing alright. Each of them was developing nicely, a bit to slow for his liking, but the were coming along. His intercom buzzed lowly.
"Mr.Silveria?"
"Yes Ms.Pakar?"
"Your man just dropped off his assignment"
"Excellent, bring it in"
"As you wish sir, shall I dispatch the extermination squad?"
"Nah, Alfonzo's not worth the bullet, besides, he could prove useful in the future"
"Understood sir"
Geoff went back to monitoring his creations. Ms.Pakar walked into the cleanroom in a sterile suit carrying a small glass case.
"So, the little freak actually did it, hm?"
"Yes sir, he confirmed her identity then it was easy for him to get some genetic material from her"
"Amazing, I thought that spineless little slug would never get his job done"
"We sir he did, and quite well if I do say so" she said, handing Geoff the glass case.
"Most certainly he did!" said Geoff as he looked down. The case had about ten or fifteen eyelashes in it, all of them arranged in a straight line.
"Could you be so kind as to put these in the extractor?"
"Certainly sir..."
"Two down, three to go...."
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1 Almost nine months later
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Serena had been on edge for a long time now, ever since Geoff had shown up. He had made a few more appearances, but never attacked them directly. Serena looked around at her friends, the large flickering fire in the centre of the room lighting their faces eerily.
"So, anyone figured out what this freak is here for? It seems that he's only here to torment us and make us paranoid" said Raye.
"Well.... he's never really attacked us, more like caused enough ruckus to alert us, then he bitches at us for a few minuets, then just disappears like usual."
"Yeah, I know, there's got to be some sort of reason for that Mina, You got any Idea's Amy?"
"Well Lita, I don't know, they're more like speculations. Whenever I've scanned him his energy signature is almost identical to ours, but it seems corrupted somehow...."
"Whadda you mean 'corrupted'?" asked Lita.
"Well... let me show you," Amy said as she took out her data computer. "See here, this is our energy signature," she said, pointing at a glowing, multi-coloured disk on the computer screen. "And this is his," Another disk was shown beside the first one, this one more egg shaped and it changed colours rapidly. It's almost as if he's... I don't know... it's like his energies are in a constant state of flux, but still coherent.... it's hard to explain"
"Yeah, I'll say..." said Serena.
"Does anyone have any clue to what he is?"
"What do you mean Raye?" asked Amy.
"I mean, like, is he a monster, a human, or something else?"
"Oh, he's human alright, I made sure of that, but he's got powers like ours, I don't know how he could though"
"Well, he did say he was a Sorcerer, and he's, what, three thousand years old? Maybe he's just different because he's so old" said Lita.
"Your saying what exactly?" asked Amy.
"Well, think about it, he's quite literally a living ancient, maybe we've just evolved from the way he was or something?"
"Maybe so Lita.... Maybe so..." said Amy, idly tapping keys on her keyboard.
There was a knock at the sliding door of the chamber.
"What is it?" Raye asked sweetly.
"Mistress Raye, can I get you and your company anything?"
"Not right now Kenny, can't you see were busy!"
"I apologise Mistress Raye" Kenny said quietly as he shut the door.
"Who was that?" asked Lita.
"That's just Kenny, he helps out in the kitchen with Grampa and tends the grounds"
"How long he been workin' here?" asked Lita.
"I don't know, like three or four months, and he's like fifteen Lita." Lita looked at Raye and blushed slightly.
"Hey, I didn't say that I was gonna chase him, I was just curious"
"Sure Lita... sure.
"Can we get back on subject?" asked Amy.
"There is one strange thing that's been going on for a while now.... whenever he attacks he promises a "great retribution" of some sort, but nothing's happened yet. I think he's just using scare tactics and intimidation to get us all wigged out"
"That makes sense...." Amy said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, next time he shows up, I say we thrash him!!" said Lita.
"It might give us the edge we need to see just what he will do when he's attacked...." said Amy.
"I'm in" said Raye.
"Well.... it seems we finally have a plan of attack," said Serena. "Count me in too."
"Uh, Raye, mind doing a reading, see if you can get anything on this guy?" asked Mina.
"Sure thing" Raye grabbed a handful of powder and threw it on the fire, causing it to gout higher and burn brighter.
"Great Fire Spirits, please tell us what you know of the Sorcerer Geoff Silveria"
The fire began to flicker and a image slowly appeared. It showed a man standing, wearing a long black trench coat and a black mask. A long metal claw extended from between his first two fingers, and another identical blade extended from between his third and fourth fingers. He was dressed all in red and black, and had a gold disk for a belt buckle. From the belt hung two things, which looked like large handguns.
"What the..." said Raye. A split second later, she was flung into the air and slammed into the opposite wall with a sickening "CRUNCH!!" The other four girls were up and at her side almost instantly.
"What happened? Are you okay?" asked Serena. Raye pushed herself up out of the debris and brushed herself off.
"I'm fine! I'm fine!" she said, pushing her friends back.
"What happened?" asked Amy.
"I don't know, one minute I was getting a reading, the next there was this great feedback and it just tossed me back.... I don't know what's happening."
"Well, as long as your not hurt" said Serena.
"So, can you tell us anything?" asked Lita.
"Sure can... though it's not what I expected. What I did get on him was this. He is a sorcerer, most powerful I've ever seen-"
"How powerful?" interrupted Luna.
"Let me put it this way, you've heard of Merlin, right?"
"Yes"
"He'd be a apprentice compared to Geoff..."
Luna's face fell.
"And he's a great fighter, could kill anyone without breaking a sweat, and there's something else... he's got our powers.. in addition to his own... plus something dark.... dark and evil..."
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Geoff wandered around the immaterium again, agitated. How dare that little bitch try and snoop on him! He fired off a crack of energy and it exploded a few meters from him. He looked around, the immaterium reflected his mood, and now the stars were burning hotly and the nebulae were coloured a deep scarlet.
He took a deep breath and calmed himself, he knew he could not allow his emotions to get the better of him, he had to have a iron grip on them at all times, or else he would be weak. Weak like those pathetic Sailor Senshi. They thought that they could fight him? HA! They would burn, but not yet, he was so close, his Warriors were almost ready, he just needed the genetic material from two of the Senshi, the Moon and Jupiter. Their time was soon. He opened a portal from his realm to Tekhed. He stepped through and went to the Cleanroom. He suited up and walked in. The technicians were doing regular maintenance checks on the equipment.
Geoff decided to give his adversaries a fight they wouldn't soon forget. He walked to the intercom.
"Ms.Pakar?"
"Yes Mr.Silveria?"
"Could you please send a detachment out to the local zoo's and collect some genetic data for me?"
"Yes sir, is their anything specific that you would like them to get?"
"Nah, just tell'em to get a few sample from everything there"
"Yes sir"
"Thank you Ms.Pakar"
"Your welcome sir"
Geoff looked around, each of his warriors would need only a few month until they were born. Until then, he might as well back up his words with a battle or two.
Geoff walked about the Cleanroom, checking that his warriors were doing alright. Each of them was developing nicely, a bit to slow for his liking, but the were coming along. His intercom buzzed lowly.
"Mr.Silveria?"
"Yes Ms.Pakar?"
"Your man just dropped off his assignment"
"Excellent, bring it in"
"As you wish sir, shall I dispatch the extermination squad?"
"Nah, Alfonzo's not worth the bullet, besides, he could prove useful in the future"
"Understood sir"
Geoff went back to monitoring his creations. Ms.Pakar walked into the cleanroom in a sterile suit carrying a small glass case.
"So, the little freak actually did it, hm?"
"Yes sir, he confirmed her identity then it was easy for him to get some genetic material from her"
"Amazing, I thought that spineless little slug would never get his job done"
"We sir he did, and quite well if I do say so" she said, handing Geoff the glass case.
"Most certainly he did!" said Geoff as he looked down. The case had about ten or fifteen eyelashes in it, all of them arranged in a straight line.
"Could you be so kind as to put these in the extractor?"
"Certainly sir..."
"Two down, three to go...."
************
1 Almost nine months later
************
Serena had been on edge for a long time now, ever since Geoff had shown up. He had made a few more appearances, but never attacked them directly. Serena looked around at her friends, the large flickering fire in the centre of the room lighting their faces eerily.
"So, anyone figured out what this freak is here for? It seems that he's only here to torment us and make us paranoid" said Raye.
"Well.... he's never really attacked us, more like caused enough ruckus to alert us, then he bitches at us for a few minuets, then just disappears like usual."
"Yeah, I know, there's got to be some sort of reason for that Mina, You got any Idea's Amy?"
"Well Lita, I don't know, they're more like speculations. Whenever I've scanned him his energy signature is almost identical to ours, but it seems corrupted somehow...."
"Whadda you mean 'corrupted'?" asked Lita.
"Well... let me show you," Amy said as she took out her data computer. "See here, this is our energy signature," she said, pointing at a glowing, multi-coloured disk on the computer screen. "And this is his," Another disk was shown beside the first one, this one more egg shaped and it changed colours rapidly. It's almost as if he's... I don't know... it's like his energies are in a constant state of flux, but still coherent.... it's hard to explain"
"Yeah, I'll say..." said Serena.
"Does anyone have any clue to what he is?"
"What do you mean Raye?" asked Amy.
"I mean, like, is he a monster, a human, or something else?"
"Oh, he's human alright, I made sure of that, but he's got powers like ours, I don't know how he could though"
"Well, he did say he was a Sorcerer, and he's, what, three thousand years old? Maybe he's just different because he's so old" said Lita.
"Your saying what exactly?" asked Amy.
"Well, think about it, he's quite literally a living ancient, maybe we've just evolved from the way he was or something?"
"Maybe so Lita.... Maybe so..." said Amy, idly tapping keys on her keyboard.
There was a knock at the sliding door of the chamber.
"What is it?" Raye asked sweetly.
"Mistress Raye, can I get you and your company anything?"
"Not right now Kenny, can't you see were busy!"
"I apologise Mistress Raye" Kenny said quietly as he shut the door.
"Who was that?" asked Lita.
"That's just Kenny, he helps out in the kitchen with Grampa and tends the grounds"
"How long he been workin' here?" asked Lita.
"I don't know, like three or four months, and he's like fifteen Lita." Lita looked at Raye and blushed slightly.
"Hey, I didn't say that I was gonna chase him, I was just curious"
"Sure Lita... sure.
"Can we get back on subject?" asked Amy.
"There is one strange thing that's been going on for a while now.... whenever he attacks he promises a "great retribution" of some sort, but nothing's happened yet. I think he's just using scare tactics and intimidation to get us all wigged out"
"That makes sense...." Amy said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, next time he shows up, I say we thrash him!!" said Lita.
"It might give us the edge we need to see just what he will do when he's attacked...." said Amy.
"I'm in" said Raye.
"Well.... it seems we finally have a plan of attack," said Serena. "Count me in too."
"Uh, Raye, mind doing a reading, see if you can get anything on this guy?" asked Mina.
"Sure thing" Raye grabbed a handful of powder and threw it on the fire, causing it to gout higher and burn brighter.
"Great Fire Spirits, please tell us what you know of the Sorcerer Geoff Silveria"
The fire began to flicker and a image slowly appeared. It showed a man standing, wearing a long black trench coat and a black mask. A long metal claw extended from between his first two fingers, and another identical blade extended from between his third and fourth fingers. He was dressed all in red and black, and had a gold disk for a belt buckle. From the belt hung two things, which looked like large handguns.
"What the..." said Raye. A split second later, she was flung into the air and slammed into the opposite wall with a sickening "CRUNCH!!" The other four girls were up and at her side almost instantly.
"What happened? Are you okay?" asked Serena. Raye pushed herself up out of the debris and brushed herself off.
"I'm fine! I'm fine!" she said, pushing her friends back.
"What happened?" asked Amy.
"I don't know, one minute I was getting a reading, the next there was this great feedback and it just tossed me back.... I don't know what's happening."
"Well, as long as your not hurt" said Serena.
"So, can you tell us anything?" asked Lita.
"Sure can... though it's not what I expected. What I did get on him was this. He is a sorcerer, most powerful I've ever seen-"
"How powerful?" interrupted Luna.
"Let me put it this way, you've heard of Merlin, right?"
"Yes"
"He'd be a apprentice compared to Geoff..."
Luna's face fell.
"And he's a great fighter, could kill anyone without breaking a sweat, and there's something else... he's got our powers.. in addition to his own... plus something dark.... dark and evil..."
**********
Geoff wandered around the immaterium again, agitated. How dare that little bitch try and snoop on him! He fired off a crack of energy and it exploded a few meters from him. He looked around, the immaterium reflected his mood, and now the stars were burning hotly and the nebulae were coloured a deep scarlet.
He took a deep breath and calmed himself, he knew he could not allow his emotions to get the better of him, he had to have a iron grip on them at all times, or else he would be weak. Weak like those pathetic Sailor Senshi. They thought that they could fight him? HA! They would burn, but not yet, he was so close, his Warriors were almost ready, he just needed the genetic material from two of the Senshi, the Moon and Jupiter. Their time was soon. He opened a portal from his realm to Tekhed. He stepped through and went to the Cleanroom. He suited up and walked in. The technicians were doing regular maintenance checks on the equipment.
Geoff decided to give his adversaries a fight they wouldn't soon forget. He walked to the intercom.
"Ms.Pakar?"
"Yes Mr.Silveria?"
"Could you please send a detachment out to the local zoo's and collect some genetic data for me?"
"Yes sir, is their anything specific that you would like them to get?"
"Nah, just tell'em to get a few sample from everything there"
"Yes sir"
"Thank you Ms.Pakar"
"Your welcome sir"
Geoff looked around, each of his warriors would need only a few month until they were born. Until then, he might as well back up his words with a battle or two.