Super Science
Ch 90: Meet the Team
Meanwhile, deep within one of the many meeting rooms of the N.I.P facility, four unusual characters sat around a table waiting for something to happen. They had all come under the pertinence of hearing something they wanted, one at a time they all awkwardly entered and took a seat away from one another. Unsure of the other people or what was happening. There were four people in total, one woman, and three men. One of the men was older, and one of them was much younger. The older man was stroking his hand as he stared at the door, the younger man was doing something on his phone, the last man was staring up at the ceiling, and the woman was trying to keep herself occupied with her pet owl.
"I can't believe I agreed to this.", the man staring at the ceiling said as he groaned in irritation.
"Speak for yourself, I don't think any of us expected to agree.", the woman shot back, not looking at him and teasing her bird.
"Who would've thought that such highly regarded people would want me again.", the older man stated with whimsy and joy in his voice that he tried to keep under wraps.
The first man suddenly got annoyed at him and spat, "Oh shut it, gramps! They're just a bunch of scientists! For all we know they want us for an experiment of some kind."
Having prior experience with him, as they were the first two to arrive, the woman narrows her eyes at him with her owl and states, "Do you always have to be such a Debbie Downer?"
"Do you have to keep that smelly bird with you?", the man shoots back.
"My quirk can't work without him!", the woman explodes on him as the owl hisses.
Seeing the two bicker, the old man turned to the young man and inquired, "You're quiet."
"I have nothing to say.", the young man stated simply without looking up from his phone.
"Oh! The quiet kid! How scary! What, you shoot up a school or something?", the first man teases, trying and failing to get a rise out of him.
"What is wrong with you!?", the older man states, now becoming irritated by the other man.
The first man coughs loudly a few times before telling them, "It comes when you are terminally ill. So does anyone know what horrors await us?"
"They are only horrors if you fear them.", a new voice chimed in as they all looked to the door to see a scientist standing there with a big smile.
None of them said a word from how surprised they were, so the first man demanded, "Who the hell are you?!"
The scientist bowed and said, "My name is Doctor Anima Genus. Head researcher of the Creature Division here at N.I.P. And I'm the one who brought you all together."
"You have!?", they all asked in unison.
"What for?", the first man inquired suspiciously.
Genus smiles as he approaches him and states, "Keanu Fi, you are terminally ill with an unknown disease that is slowly turning you into a vegetable."
Keanu was a sickly pale Japanese man of medium height, short black hair, and standing around 5 ft 5 inches. His brown eyes were dull and bloodshot, adding to his sickly and gaunt appearance. He wore a smile outfit consisting of a sweatshirt, brown pants, and plain beige shoes. His quirk was called King of Arms, he could pick up any weapon he saw and could use it as if he were practicing with it his whole life. This also extends to things that aren't classified as weapons, as he can pick up anything and know how to use it as a weapon.
Genus turned to the only woman and stated, "Rei Sushay, you were once the lookout for a big criminal organization many years ago but got busted and served your sentence in prison. By the way, sorry about what happened to your previous bird."
Rei was a woman around the age of 40, standing at 5 ft even, with long dark brown hair dyed blonde, green eyes, with a natural hourglass figure. She had a hard gaze on her face like someone worn by years of hard experience. She wore a blue shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes, and carried a barn owl with her. Her quirk, Eagle Eyes, allows her to see and hear through the animal she is bonded to.
Genus goes to the older man and explains, "Fujitora Naka, you were once a proud soldier serving your country until you did something that hindered the success of victory in the name of civilian lives and your men, thus causing you to be dishonorably discharged."
Fujitora was an older man around the age of 60, standing well over 7 ft tall and built like a mountain! His short white hair and facial hair complemented his chiseled old man look nicely with a three-piece suit to pull it all together. His quirk was called Hound Master, which gives him the ability to control any canine animal to any extent he wants apart from self-elimination.
Genus turns to the last person, the young man, and trails off as he says, "And Kai Toie…you're just a loser."
Kai was a young man no older than 20 and standing at roughly 6ft even, with a skinny build, long greasy black hair that covered his tired and empty eyes, wearing an outfit composed of worn, baggy, ripped clothing, and smelling bad. His quirk was called Share and Gift, which gave him the ability to give and receive the damage and effects from others such as pain, pleasure, healing, buffs, and so on.
"So? What's the point of knowing our names and bringing up our backgrounds for the world to know?", Keaun demanded impatiently.
"I feel like there's some kind of catch.", Rei whispered to her owl to which it nodded.
"To make a long story short I need a team to form a sort of…suicide squad. I won't lie, you were chosen 'cause you are all expendable and have nothing left to lose in life.", Genus explained, sugar-coating nothing.
"And there it is.", Rei whispered, making the owl narrow its eyes.
Genus then put up his hand before anyone, aka Keanu, blew up at him he explained, "Now don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to force you out into the frontlines with nothing but your wits and a prayer. I intend to give you a new purpose, a new goal in life that you can achieve. Something that can pull you out of the drag that you currently are now. And if that isn't your cup of tea then you're more than welcome to leave.", he said while offering the exit door they all entered from.
However, not one of them moved an inch from their spots and planted themselves firmly in their seats. Things were awkward and silent for a long time until someone finally broke the ice.
"Well since I'm already here, I might as well hear you out. What exactly do you want from us? What is this suicide squad?", Keanu inquired.
Clearing his throat he motions to the projector and using a laser pointer he tells them as the slide shows up, "As I'm sure many of you know, NIP is credited for creating the new microcontinent known as Pacifica. We are also credited for inadvertently creating an entirely new species of animal known commonly as Dragons. Unfortunately, before we could implement Pacifica's newest defense measures, poachers had come to the island and stolen eggs."
But before he could continue, Keanu once again interrupted him and interpreted, "Wait wait wait. I think I'm starting to see where this is all going, so you wanted to bring a team together, aka us, so we could go out and kill these dragons. And the only reason you chose us specifically was because we're all basically losers, right? We have no significance so even if we die it's not going to harm anyone, even to ourselves."
"That's the long and short of it.", Genus agreed with a shrug.
Things were silent amongst the four people as they all absorbed all this information. That is until Keanu slap the table and proclaimed, "Well, I'm gonna die anyway so fuck it! I'm in."
"I don't have many years left on this earth. So I'll join to hopefully regain my lost sense of duty and pride.", Fujitora accepted.
Rei sighs and says, "I've got nowhere else to go in this life with my criminal record. Count me in."
"I'm in too.", Kai agrees without showing any sign of emotion or looking up from his phone.
Genus claps his hands and tells them, "Superb! Now before anything we're going to start training you."
"Training? What the heck do we need to do training for?", Rei asks him.
"Only two of you are skilled in the art of combat, the other two aren't, and none of you know how to fight with each other. In addition, none of you have any knowledge of fighting dragons. I can't just send you out into the field and expect results. You need to learn about your quarry long before you can even consider trying to draw their blood. You're going to have many foes to face, and let me tell you, every one of them is different and more dangerous than the last.", Genus warns them in a vague yet foreboding tone.
"Is killing dragons our only option? Seems rather inhumane to kill a creature that was taken out of its previous natural environment and forced somewhere else.", Fujitora asked aloud, showing concern and heartache in his tone and face.
"Well, that's just what you do for all the dragons that are too wild and unpredictable. Apart from that you will have missions and the ability to capture certain dragons alive.", Genus explained before turning back to Keanu and telling him, "But before any of that, we have to get you all into tip-top shape. First off Keanu, we are going to treat that illness of yours."
Keanu snorted before letting out a short laugh and saying, "HA! If there was a cure for my ailment, don't you think I would have been the first one to take it by now!? And what makes you think you have the cure?"
"Here at NIP we, myself included, have done some pretty magnanimous and amazing things. Curing an unknown degenerative illness is no small issue for us. Your cure should be arriving very soon.", Genus assured him.
Only to have his statement made true when Chopper entered the room on his tiny legs, holding something in one of his hands as he said to the man, "Professor, I brought the cure for-."
However, though he stopped when he saw all the other people present before his eyes trailed off to the sickly pale man where he said, "Oh hi! You must be Keanu. I'm Dr. Chopper and I'm here to give you the cure to your ailment."
Chopper smiled as he held out the vial of strange orange liquid to the man. Unfortunately, the same sentiment was not given back as Keanu stared back blankly at the small creature like it was something never seen before!
With his mind blank he babbled out in confusion, "A tanuki?"
Chopper's friendly demeanor quickly shifted to anger as he morphed into his heavy point and grabbed the man's collar while yelling, "I'm a reindeer you jerk! Now drink!"
Chopper quickly forced the liquid down the man's throat as he stammered back and was unable to speak! The vial was shoved halfway into his mouth and he drank the contents to not suffocate! When he just finished it off Chopper let him go. After coughing a bit as Chopper reverted to his Brain Point, Keanu noticed that he was breathing without any trouble which surprised him.
"Hey. I feel better.", Keanu admitted as his color began to return.
Chopper smiled at this and began to tell him, "That's good to hear. All we have to do is set you up on a weekly medical plan to-."
But he gets cut off by an increasingly joyful Keanu who starts to stage and flexes his body around while stating, "No I mean like really good like I can feel my strength returning to me! Haha, I feel like my old self! I feel amazing! You've cured me, thank you!"
"Your…welcome?", Chopper awkwardly says back, completely confused as the man hugs him. After being let go, the starstruck reindeer says under his breath, "That wasn't supposed to happen. Better reanalyze what's in this."
After seeing him leave, Genus tells the new crew, "Well, I'm gonna set you all up with a small video to introduce you to your many tasks, tools, and weapons in the Dragon Hunters. I'll also be giving you a lecture on all the different types of dragons and then after that, we will begin your training and then team training.", with that he leaves, ready to begin the training program for his new team.
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