Chapter 147 Deep Blue Sea 2
Its been a month since the Giant Spider incident and since Monique had gotten pregnant. Maw still had yet to locate the Regime across the Multiverse since they really stepped up their game.
So right now Sean and Susan McAlester were walking through the halls of an institute.
"So how do you know this woman?" Sean asked.
"Old College roommates. This friend of yours did he say why he needed her help?" Susan asked.
"No. I haven't talked to him since the Legion began four years ago." Sean said before they entered a classroom seeing a woman with blonde hair blue eyes and white skin giving a speech about how sharks were an important part of the ecosystem and that the Legion's laws were making sure the population slowly rise again to normal numbers.
Soon her class left and Sean and Susan went down to her.
"Misty?" Susan said gaining her attention.
"Susan." Misty said smiling pulling her into a hug. "I haven't seen you since college." Misty said.
"Been Busy. Anyway this isn't just a social visit." Susan said as Sean stepped forward.
"Kruger. Today's full of surprises." Misty said.
"You could say that. A friend of mine reached out to me. He wants my professional opinion on a project he's working on. And he asked that if I could persuade you to come along." Sean said.
"What exactly does he need me for?" Misty asked.
"I'm not honestly sure. I do know he's working out on something in the ocean. Perhaps its something aquatic and wants your professional opinion. And he's willing to fund your institute for the next five years." Sean said.
"Five years? He must really want my help." Misty said.
"I haven't seen him since the Legion started up. Whatever he's up to must be worth the look." Sean said.
Later
Sean, Susan and Misty were at the docks waiting for a boat to arrive.
"Can I ask you something?" Misty asked.
"Hmm?" Sean asked.
"You killed Sharks before ever since you were ten. Why?" Misty asked.
"Well...It wasn't what you might think. The first shark was terrorizing Amity island 18 years ago. Me, Talbot and Quint went after it after it put my brother in shock. It killed Quint I blew it up with a riffle when I put in air tank in its mouth. Second Great White I killed same circumstance but this one was keeping low profile. Killed a couple locals and trapped us on a small island where I used a cable to fry it." Sean said.
"So it mostly was in self defense." Misty said.
"Pretty much. I hate sharks yeah but I know you can't judge them all on the actions of a few. Thats why I put those laws into effect and the punishment for breaking them." Sean said before Three other people arrived. One Sean knew as a lawyer Craig. The others were unknown to him a woman and a man.
"Kruger. This is Daniel and Leslie Kim." Craig said introducing them. "Daniel is a neurophysiologist, Leslie is a neurobiologist." Craig said.
"Nice to meet you. Shall we get going." Sean said as they got on the boat before heading to the facility.
Soon they arrived at the top of the facility before getting off.
"Welcome to Akheilos." Craig said.
"As in the child Zeus turned into a shark?" Misty asked.
"Sounds fitting." Sean said as they went inside.
Arriving at the wet lab someone came out of the water who Sean was familiar with.
"Trent?" Sean asked seeing one of his old army buddies.
"Hey Sean. Long time no see." Trent said.
"So you mind..." Sean tried to say till he saw a Shark pass by the glass.
"Are those Bull sharks?" Misty asked in alarm.
"Oh no. Not again." Sean said.
"What are you guys doing with Bull sharks in containment?" Misty asked.
"Welcome, Welcome." Carl Durant said walking in. "Sean good to see you again." Carl said shaking his hand.
"Yeah good to see you. You mind explaining that?" Sean asked pointing at the sharks.
"Ah I see you've met our test subjects." Carl said.
"How many do you have?" Misty asked.
"Five, including Bella." Carl said.
"Carl you know I hate sharks cause of all the crap I've gone through with them lately." Sean said.
"I know but trust me this project will pay off just like Aquatica." Carl said.
"Oh dear." Susan said shaking her head.
"What does he mean by that?" Misty asked Susan.
"You remember how my father always suffered because of his disease? I found a way to end that disease with a protein in Mako Sharks of a special kind. Of course though...We went to far and people lost their lives. We got the Protein but we had to kill the sharks we used to make it." Susan said.
"I assure everyone here that will not happen here." Carl said.
"Ok I'll bite what exactly is so special about these sharks?" Sean asked.
"Follow me and I'll show you." Carl said leading them topside.
"Oh I have a bad feeling about this." Sean said as they went topside.
"Well the floors your Aaron." Carl said.
"Well, as you can guess we have an extensive protocol which." Aaron tried to say before Carl pushed him in the shark infested water. (Not Gonna lie I kinda found that funny)
"Seriously!" Aaron said as he tried to swim back.
"What was that for?" Sean asked annoyed as Misty dived in to bring him in. "Aw man!" Sean yelled about to bring them in when he saw the sharks in in perfect formation coming after them. "Ah shit!" Sean yelled about to blast them when Trent pressed a button and they backed off. "What?" Sean said as Misty and Aaron got back.
"Sorry, Aaron, I have a flair for the dramatic, but you were perfectly safe." Carl said.
"Did you think that was funny?" Misty asked annoyed.
"I think it was an effective demonstration." Carl said.
"You're condition training bull sharks. That's impossible." Misty said.
"Not true." Sean said gaining her attention. "Atlantis has done it before." Sean said.
"And we used their method of training for this." Carl said.
"How did you teach them to swim in formation?" Misty asked.
"I'll explain everything later, but first, please put on some dry clothes, settle in, and we'll reconvene in the wet lab in an hour." Carl said going down with the others.
"I didn't sign up for this." Misty said going down
"What the hell was that about?" Sean asked Trent and Aaron.
"Lets just say these aren't normal sharks." Trent said.
"One of them bit my foot." Aaron said.
"You're imagining things." Trent said.
"I'm not so sure." Sean said seeing teeth marks on his shoe.
Misty sighed as she got out of her wet clothes.
"Nice to see you haven't changed when it comes to doing the right thing." Susan said walking in and Misty just looked at her.
"I could say the same to you. Always the scientist." Misty said making her laugh.
"You know...I only did what I did because I didn't want anyone to suffer through a terrible disease. You saw what my father was going through." Susan said walking to her.
"I know...I just hope whatever this guy did to those sharks doesn't happen here." Misty said before Susan got in front of her.
"I'm sure Sean won't let that happen if he can help it." Susan said before moving closer and kissed her which she returned holding her face. (To be fair Susan's actor is married to a woman so this does make sense)
"Well." Sean said making Misty jump while Susan faced him with a smile. "Just roommates my ass." Sean said chuckling. "To be fair I kinda suspected you swung both ways. But I don't judge. I'm certain theres a story behind this." Sean said.
"Oh you could say that." Susan said while Misty got covered up in a towel.
"Did you need something?" Misty asked.
"Just making sure your ok. From the sounds of things you and Bull sharks don't mix." Sean said.
"Yeah um...They are deadly. I love sharks but those give me the creeps." Misty said.
"I know the feeling." Sean said.
Later
"All right Carl you've kept us in suspense whats up?" Sean asked as everyone but Craig was in the Wet lab.
"Well, I've asked you here because I need your help. You see I've reached a critical stage in my research. Now we're all familiar with Traumatic brain injury." Carl said.
"Yeah. But modern medicine has come far to treat such injuries in days if not hours with the help of our allies." Sean said.
"And that includes smart drugs. My company is one of the leading producers of Biopharma drugs, including..."
"Performance enhancers." Misty said. "You've been sanctioned by the world anti-doping agency."
"In this case intelligence enhancers, nootropics." Carl said.
"You mean like Adderall." Sean said.
"Well, nootropics can improve memory access, increase concentration." Daniel said.
"So basically just stimulants?" Susan said.
"Thats right. Nothing can increase native intelligence." Leslie said.
"Until now." Carl said. "You see, I've developed compounds that can actually alter the Genetic structure of the brain. speeding up evolution in the direction of greater intelligence." Carl said.
"Forced intelligence?" Sean asked frowning.
"And we deliver these compounds using targeted Antibodies. From Sharks." Carl said pointing to the sharks outside.
"Your using them to create this drug?" Sean asked.
"Thats absolutely inhumane." Misty said disgusted.
"Not at all. We do everything as humanly possible when it comes to these sharks." Carl said as Bella came in through the wet pool sedated before Trent and Mike did their thing.
"As you can see, our treatment of our sharks is totally painless. If we bind the drug on a molecular level to the Shark's antibodies, we can then mainline that drug to whatever area of the brain we want. We've already increased Bella's base intelligence by a thousand-fold." Carl said.
"And you actulaly think you can get the same results in human beings?" Misty asked.
"Carl no offense but even you aren't smart enough to do all this alone. You clearly have a partner here. Who is it?" Sean asked.
"Me."
Sean looked and saw a woman walking in.
"Oh no." Sean said in alarm.
"Lena Luthor." Susan said seeing the younger sister of the Late Lex Luthor.
"Lena has been a big help in my research. And I think it's an absolute necessity if we want to maintain the supremacy of mankind on Earth. Artificial intelligence is becoming stronger every year. Soon, quantum computing will begin an exponential acceleration of the ability of our computers to teach themselves and when that happens, we'll lose control of them, and our world, in an instant." Carl said.
"Sounds like a Terminator universe prediction." Trent said making Sean chuckle.
"I've already seen one universe like that." Sean said.
"But there is another way. The human brain has hundreds of billions neurons. Our potential is greater than any machine. It just needs to be unleashed." Carl said.
"And add to the fact we can influence people. Make them make right choices and make sure they do whats right not what they want." Lena said.
"Excuse me?" Sean asked making sure he heard that right.
"People can't be trusted to make choices. My brother...Your niece." Lena said making him growl at that last part. "People cannot be trusted with their own freedom. We need. To control them in order to make them do the right thing." Lena said.
"So basically you're taking away their god given freewill." Sean said narrowing his eyes.
"If we have too. All we need now is..." Lena tried to say.
"NO." Sean said.
"What?" Lena asked.
"I'm not approving this. I'm not gonna allow this for so many reasons. You can't just take away people's free will thats their to use. You can't control the worlds gift of choice just because of the actions of a few." Sean said.
"So you're actually gonna shut us down?" Lena asked in disbelief.
"Yeah. Not just for the control people part but also for trying to force evolution on them as well. People have to evolve at a natural rate. Devolving a species is one thing but forcing evolution causes nothing but trouble." Sean said.
"Wheres your proof in that?" Lena demanded.
"The Didact and the Librarian showed me an old recording of them trying to increase the intelligence of a native species. The project backfired big time not because of how they did it but because they realized evolution has to evolve on its own. My ancestor knew that from the very beginning. So I'm shutting this project down." Sean said walking away before Lena got in front of him.
"Now Sean. lets be reasonable about this. I'm sure we can find a compromise." Lena said but he just pushed her aside.
"My answer is no. Once we get back I'm shutting this place down." Sean said.
"Unbelievable. You owe me!" Lena yelled.
"Excuse me!" Sean yelled.
"Those two have issues." Misty said to Josh who worked here. (To be fair Lena has started acting like a Villain in the latest season of Super girl and she did so some questionable things in the last season)
"Yup." Josh said.
"Have you noticed any negative side effects since administering the drug into them?" Misty asked.
"Well I wouldn't call them negative. Her eyesight has improved dramatically and she seems to be able to communicate with the other sharks." Josh said.
"Your kidding." Misty said as Carl approached them despite the fact Sean and Lena were still arguing before the lights started flicking and Trent went to see what was wrong with the Generator. "I'm confused as to why you brought me here. What exactly are you expecting of me?" Misty asked.
"Well, Bella's been displaying some unusual behaviors that don't seem to be directly related to her increased intelligence. I was hoping you could tell us why." Carl said.
"Oh thats simple...She's pregnant." Misty said.
"What?" Carl asked.
"Thats impossible. I do blood draws on her every week. We'd know if she was knocked-up." Josh said.
"Did you do an Ultrasound?" Misty asked as Sean walked to them.
"Whats going on?" Sean asked.
"Misty here seems to think Bella is pregnant." Carl said.
"Well, she's not wrong. I've studied enough shark behavior to know a pregnant shark when I see one." Sean said looking at Bella.
"And I've been swiming with Sharks since I was seven years old I know a pregnant Shark when I see one." Misty said.
"Why wouldn't they show up on her hormone panels?" Carl asked.
"The drug may have altered a few things. The same thing happened to the Mako Sharks at Aquatica when Susan used Gene Therapies on them." Sean said.
"Possibly." Carl said before Sean dragged him away.
"Why are you working with Lena? She's a total nutcase about control." Sean said.
"Look I needed help and she was willing. She was more into this than I was." Carl said.
"You cannot trust her. She's a Luthor." Sean said before Trent came back down and walked to them.
"We got a problem. The boat rammed into the Generator and theres Energon leaking into the water." Trent said making them frown.
"Ok lets see here." Josh said getting his arm inside Bella's mouth before she growled. "Oh shit!" Josh said about to pull his hand out before she snapped it making him scream in pain while others screamed and backed away before Lena let her Loose into the water.
"ARE YOU INSANE!" Sean yelled.
"He was already dead." Lena said before the whole place shook making everyone fall down.
"NOW WHAT!" Sean yelled.
"Hull integrity is breached." Aaron said.
"Release the pressure so we don't lose the wet pool." Trent said getting him to do that.
"This corridor is breached." Mister said as one of the Corridors was flooding. When it was fully flooded however though the dead and mangled body of Craig drifted by making her yelp in shock.
"What is it?" Sean asked before seeing his body. "What the hell?" Sean asked.
"Those sharks tore Craig to pieces." Daniel said.
"I've never seen a shark Bite Pattern like that before." Misty said before Sean looked at the monitor.
"Wait hold on. Somethings not right. All the sharks are outside. So what happened to Craig?" Sean asked.
"Oh my god." Susan said.
"What is it?" Trent asked.
"Bella had her babies. The drop must have triggered Labor." Misty said.
"Ok thats it we're outta here." Sean said about to open a portal but couldn't. "What the hell?" Sean said.
"The Power Dampeners must have turned on." Trent said.
"What is it with every facility lately having Power Dampeners! This place isn't even valuable!" Sean yelled.
"Standard procedure. While not valuable to the Legion or the Regime enhanced people have attacked facilities before. This way the odds are in our favor." Carl said.
"He's got a point." Trent said.
"Fair enough. Aaron can you deactivate them from here?" Sean asked.
"I'm trying but the system's locked me out." Aaron said.
However suddenly the Wet pool lost all its pressure making it flood the room making most yell before they went out separate corridors.
Sean surfaced and spat out water.
"FUCK! Every Time its a fucking Shark! I'm sick of this!" Sean said.
"It can't be that bad." Trent said with Misty and Susan walking to him.
"Dude I've been facing Sharks for 18 years and I'm sick of it." Sean said.
"Whatever. We need to get topside." Trent said.
"Knowing Carl he must have designed a maintenance hatch somewhere. We just need to find him first." Sean said.
Carl was walking through the water looking for the others.
"Sean? Trent? Anyone?" Carl called out before a needle went through his skin into his neck making him groan in pain before turning and saw Lena.
"You will listen to everything I say." Lena said.
Leslie floated aimlessly through the corridors with a nasty bruise on her forehead.
"Leslie?" Denial called out looking for his wife.
Aaron was with Mike as they looked for the others.
"I knew we should have never brought on that Luthor for help." Mike said.
"You ever feel like she had her own agenda in this project?" Aaron asked.
"What do you mean?" Mike asked.
"Well...I noticed that Carl was acting...Strange after the first month she was here. She started giving the orders and what not." Aaron said making him frown.
"I didn't see anything honestly." Mike said.
Sean led his group before they bumped into Carl and Lena.
"Oh great you survived." Sean said annoyed about Lena making her frown. "Carl I know you. You always have a backup exist. Where is it?" Sean asked.
"The Filtration room. Theres a ladder that leads up to the surface." Carl said.
"Please tell me that isn't far." Susan said.
"No. Should be just up ahead." Carl said leading them.
"When we get out of her Luthor I'm gonna make sure your held responsible for what happened to Josh." Misty said walking past her.
"He was a nobody." Lena said. (I know I'm making her sound more of a villain then she already is in the current Season of Super Girl but considering the things she's done lately I feel like she's exactly like Lex she just won't admit it. Plus she was gonna expose Kara's secret identity so that made her a villain in my eyes)
"So are you." Sean said making her glare at him.
"What about the others?" Trent asked.
"Theres a Sat phone up top we can use to call for help." Carl said.
Denial was swimming through the halls.
"Lelie! Can you hear me?" Denial asked before he heard splashing making him turn and saw the baby Sharks making him widen his eyes before reaching up to the pipes and held on for Dear life and they tried to get him by jumping up.
Sean and his group made it to the Filtration room.
"Leslie!"
"Hmm." Sean said as he and Misty followed the voice while Trent, Carl, Susan and Lena went inside before the Later shut the door.
"Break the handle." Lena said to Carl who grabbed a fire Extinguisher.
Sean and Misty looked for Denial.
Carl sealed the door before bashing off the handle.
"What are you doing!" Trent yelled rushing to them as the handle came off.
"Now they can't get to us." Lena said.
"And they can't get in now." Susan said glaring at her.
"Good. He was gonna shut my project down just because he's afraid my work will outclass him." Lena said.
"Have you lost your mind?" Trent asked before Sean tried to open the door.
"What the hell!" Sean yelled trying to open it.
"Carl smashed the handle off." Susan said.
"Why?" Sean asked.
"She told me to." Carl said looking at Lena.
"Son of a...She's drugged him." Sean said getting Trent and Susan to back away from here.
"Oh don't be so dramatic. I only had enough to use on him." Lena said.
"You are one twisted bitch." Susan said.
"And He's a twisted tyrant." Lena said.
"When this is over I'm gonna put you in Luthor's old cell." Sean said.
"What now?" Trent asked.
"Get to the surface and call for help. We're gonna look for the others." Sean said as he and Misty went to find the others.
"Lets go!" Trent said pushing her forward to the ladder.
"You forgot where your loyalties lie." Lena said.
"GO...TO...HELL!" Trent said.
"You know I get it. He has this gift that makes him seem like he cares about people but he doesn't. All he cares about is power." Lena said said pulling a vile of the drug out. "With this I can take away that power. I can make people see the Fraud he is. The Murdering bastard. To evolve this world for the better." Lena said.
"Anything for the Project huh? You know I had commanders like you!" Trent yelled pushing her into a wall making her grunt in pain. "You think people are just pieces on a chest board. Expendable. Lives are not expendable. Its why I asked Sean to get me out." Trent said.
"You're an idiot. All of you." Lena said.
"GO!" Trent yelled making her frown before climbing up.
Carl groaned as he held his head.
"What...What happened?" Carl asked.
"I'll explain later. The Drug must be wearing off. It only lasts a small amount of time." Susan said.
"What drug?" Carl asked.
"Lets go." Trent said.
Leslie was walking through the halls looking for the others.
Across the hall Daniel behind a door saw her.
"Leslie!" Denial yelled getting her attention and rushed to him before trying to open the door.
"Daniel." Leslie said trying to open it but couldn't.
"Guys?" Sean said gaining his attention.
"Oh thank god. Help me open...OH MY GOD LESLIE!" Daniel yelled seeing the baby sharks making her scream.
"Hold on." Sean said activating his wrest computer before his hand glowed before phasing through the door and pulled her through making her gasp in relief.
"What was that?" Misty asked.
"Phase shifter. I would have used this on the door but then I figured we might as well look for the others." Sean said.
"Why don't we just phase through the wall outside?" Daniel asked.
"And risk getting eating by those Bulls?" Sean asked.
"Um...Good point." Denial said.
"Guys?" Aaron said gaining their attention.
"There you two are. Now we can head back to the door.
"Wait a second." Misty said entering a room before finding a blow torch.
"We don't need that." Sean said.
"We can use it on the babies incase they come after us." Misty said.
"Right. Lets go." Sean said as they headed for the door.
Arriving back at the Door Sean used the Phase shifter to get them all through.
"This way." Sean said going up the Ladder.
Reaching the top they saw the whole place was on fire.
"Ah shit." Mike said.
"Well, well, well."
Sean turned and saw to his surprise Orm Aquaman's brother Oceanmaster.
"Orm? Was this all your doing?" Sean asked.
"Indeed. My plan was perfect. Destroy the facility and place the Sharks under my control." Orm said as Susan and the others were in binds to prevent them from moving.
"What does the Regime want with the Sharks?" Sean asked.
"The Regime? You think I would serve some group of peasants and slaves? I did this to give me the ultimate weapon to conquer Atlantis from my pathetic brother. And right now...You don't have any powers." Orm said before Sean walked to him.
"You make it sound like I need powers to kill you." Sean said before Orm tried to punch him but Sean dodged and slugged him making him groan in pain before Sean kneed him in the stomach making him cough.
While they were fighting Misty and the others went to free Susan, Trent and Carl while they left Lena as she was much to her annoyance.
Sean grabbed Orm's arm before twisting it making him cry in pain before Sean kicked him down hard making him growl.
"You couldn't even defeat Carter Slade with the Trident. What makes you think you can defeat me?" Sean asked dodging his attacks as he pulled out a knife.
"You are nothing but a weak Land Dweller! I am a god!" Orm yelled before Sean grabbed his hand and snapped it making him cry in pain before Sean took the knife and stabbed him in the chest making him grunt in pain before pulling back seeing his blood much to his horror.
"Even a god can be killed. But your just as human as everyone else." Sean said before kicking him into the water before the Bulls attacked him making him scream in pain as he was killed once more. Killed by the very creatures he sought to control.
"And stay dead this time." Sean said going back to the others before Mike in the battle had gotten to the boat before driving to them as they got on while Sean dragged Lena on before something dropped from her pocket.
"Whats this?" Sean asked holding it.
"Hey. Thats the remote control for the Power Dampeners." Aaron said making Sean look at Lena who smirked.
"You had this the whole time and didn't say anything why?" Sean asked.
"Take a guess. Without you Leadership for the Legion would have been opened up and I would take your place. They need a strong and confident leader who's trustworthy." Lena said.
"What the hell did he ever do to piss you off?" Misty asked.
"I kept refusing her ideas of controlling the population. She thinks Free will is a curse and should be stopped and people should be under complete control of their actions." Sean said.
"People lie, Kill, Cheat, Deceive, Hurt and destroy those close to them for their own selfish reasons." Lena said making him growl before shoving her on the boat.
"Lets go." Sean said as they drove away.
"Wait what about the Sharks and the babies?" Misty asked.
"Oh I wouldn't worry about that." Sean said grinning before a large plasma explosion took out the facility and everything within the area. "I planted an explosive device the Predators use for last resort." Sean said before pulling up footage of the area showing thermal readings. "And looks like Everything was destroyed." Sean said.
"You've ruined everything." Lena said glaring at him.
"You used my friend to your own gain and drugged him with that garbage you used on the sharks. I intend to make sure he fully recovers." Sean said seeing Carl completely out of it having a negative side effect of the drug. "You on the other hand...You'll never hurt anyone else for selfish desire ever again." Sean said making her glare more.
Later
Carl would be placed under medical observation to reverse the damage Lena had caused to his brain showing he had been exposed to the drug multiple times. Lena though was placed in Lex's old cell much to her anger.
"I always said you can't trust a Luthor." Superman said.
"Hmm. Truthfully I think she can only see the worst in people because of Lex and those who betrayed her. Hopefully she can change." Sean said.
Authors Note: Finally. Now Next Chapter is going to be based off another Amazing book series. Not Twilight. Something that Disney made into three movies. And then Another Universe and then finally We get to an amazing Chapter that Everyone will love. Read, Review Fav and Follow. REVIEW MY LOYAL FANS! SEE YA!
