S-Men: Episode 1'Chapter 4'

Since the maestro Juliana has written a fine Chapter 3, I might as well not embarass myself and not post up my chapter 3. Instead, my chapter 3 is now the new chapter 4. Chapter 4 is up early, and you guys can expect chapter 5 sometime next week.

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S-Men Chapter 4

Shidio HQ

Quiksilver regained conciousness slowly, like a party goer rejuvenating from a hangover. He could smell sterilized air and medicines. The light slowly got brighter as he tried to focus, the ringing in his ears began to subside as he groggily got up. Trying to focus even more, he could vaguely make out where he was. Lying on some kind of lightly padded bed, he figured he must be in some kind of hospital. The images are still blur, he tried to shake it off but to no avail. The last thing he could actually remember vefore seeing black was that he got hit. Hard. By a truck or something. Strangely, only his head hurts like hell.

"Welcome back." a voice came from behind him. He gave a small cry and jumped off the bed and moved away as quickly as possible, tripping over as his body tried to keep up. He could barely make out a dark female figure standing a few yards away as he heard a light chuckle "Rather fast aren't you?". "Who are you?! What is this place!?" he shouted as his vision came back. He could see clearly now, that dark form is actually one stunning looking lady. "You're in a safe place young man. Or should I say...William?" "What the...how did you know my name!?" She could tell that he was clearly disgusted and watched him as he tried to make a move for the door. He tried to move it but it was sealed shut. "Okay, I am in your custody now. Could you now at least tell me, where am I?" growled Quiksilver. For starters, you are in a protected facility far underground, said the lady. It took Quiksilver a moment to realize that her lips hadn't moved at all. "Wha--?" "Come, I'll show you around." and she walked towards the door and tapped lightly on the blue eye on the door. The doors slid open with a gentle hiss.

He walked out to see the most amazing sight he has ever seen. Modern gadgetry and massive screens that showed maps of the world, images of human activity and digital radars. It was one gigantic room packed with all of the technology of the world. "Well, what are you waiting for?" called the lady from a distance. Quiksilver walked to her but his eyes still looking around him. He was surrounded by computers and technology. "William...I must suggest that you walk a little quicker, you seem like a snail now." chuckled the lady. "Haha." William forced a sarcastic laugh. "So, what exactly is this place again?"asked William. "This place, is called Shidio HQ. It's a sanctuary for the gifted ones out there and we bring them here so they wouldn't hurt themselves or worse, anyone else." answered the lady, "Oh, by the way, I'm Betsy."

They both walked up to a screen which a radar is sweeping at a map which seemed like a map of GenoShio. "This is how we found you." "We..? Who is we? And how did you exactly find me again?" reacted William. "I knocked you over the head, thats how we found you." boomed a voice from behind, startling him. He whirled around and he came face to face with a giant of a man, standing at least 2 heads taller with a massive build. "Wow, you are one big man." said William boldly. The big man took a bite out of a sandwich which smelled of strong oily tuna and said, "Yeah, whatever man.". He walked in between Betsy and William and plonked himself on a chair in front of the radar. The chair groaned under his weight but didn't give way.

"That is Kaine, or Calvi--" "It's just Cal!"interrupted the man, "Okay, Cal. He is actually, half man, half cyborg." "Cyborg?" "Yeah, part robot. An android. He is actually an ex-soldier in the past wars. He was a super soldier with mutant abilities. Abilities that he kept secret from them for so long. They had him nicknamed Weapon S. He was their secret weapon because when other soldiers didn't come back, he came back reporting that he has taken over a base. Charming personality he has, doesn't he?" Betsy laughed. "Bubbly." answered William under his breath.

They both walked to an area where a white dressed lady was working on something. The lady heard them coming and stopped what she was doing. "Hi, I see you have woken up. How was your short nap?" said the lady. "It was...rather fun."William said. "I am the White Queen as they all call me. Nice to meet you William." introduced the white dressed lady. "Likewise...wait, you read minds too?" "Actually no, I just looked into your wallet." Betsy shooed William away before he could react. "White Queen? Does she have a real name?" asked William as they both walked away, "She does, but she doesn't like to have her name used by the newbies."answered Betsy. "Oh."

"That is Siryn." Betsy said as she pointed out a casually dressed lady who is wiping down an already gleaming SUV. "Hot dang..." exclaimed William. "Hey guys!" Siryn shouted from afar and waved when she spotted the two. "Come, lets introduce you." said Betsy. "Hi! I'm Eve!" said a cheery voice as she motioned for a handshake. "I'm William! Nice to meet you!" followed the fast man and shook her hand. Woah, nice grip he thought. Her handshake was firm, and he could tell she is the bubbly one of the group. She then turned back to wiping the car. "So, what is it that you can do? Shine a person to death?"joked William. "Excuse me?" Eve said as she stopped wiping and turned to face William," I like polishing cars. So what? Do you want to see me angry, new kid?" Betsy quickly took William away before anything could happen. "C'mon! I could take her easily! Its like she doesn't treasure her life--" "Quiet, I just saved yours."scolded Betsy, "She is capable of creating sonic waves from her voice. She could easily blow up your brain as easy as Kaine snapping a twig in two." William shuddered.

Betsy then took him to a room with plenty of vegetation growth. Hydrophonic farms, flower beds. Like a tropical botanical garden of some sort. "This is where we hang out when we are pretty stressed out. This is the garden. Beautiful isn't it?" breathed Betsy. The sun rays shone through a skylight high up in the air. Few trees towering high up and birds flew around, adding to an even more natural feel. "So, what else can you do other than reading minds?" asked William. Betsy smiled and she raised her hand. A flower moved slowly and its stem snapped away as it got lifted up higher, like being moved by a ghost, onto her hand. "This is what they call telekinesis. And the reading minds thing, is telepathy." she said, "..but this is what I do best." She clenched her fist and an energy beam focused out from her fist which made William jump "I could manifest objects with my telekinesis. Walls, weapons, you name it. But my mind is stripped off of its telepathic abilities when I am creating objects." The beam shrank away and Betsy looked at William's wide mouthed face, "I'm hungry. Do you wanna grab something to eat?"

Metasys Town, 40 miles off Oediv City
03.06.06

Birds sing in this lush town of greenery and massive growth. Built like a cowboy town, this area is a gold mine for rich soil and plentiful farming. The people were happy, there was no crime, just the good ol' fashioned, picture perfect neighbourhood. A town center built in the middle of the surrounding shops is the tallest building you'll ever see for the next forty miles.

In a distance, a faint roar could be heard. It gets louder by the second. A cloud of dust rising from the horizon as an emerging dot speeds in. Roaring in on the dirt road is a muddy chassis of a powerful car. A metallic silver Nissan 350Z. Roaring and hissing from the engine and blow off valves, made it seem like the most intimidating machine for that moment. The residents of Metasys scrambled as the car rips into the town. The driver slams on the brakes, the car slides on the grass and comes to a complete stop. The engine giving off a steady growl shuts out after a couple of moments. The residents of Metasys peeks from the safety of their cover. They seem like cowards, but in a town like this, who needs a brave person? The doors swing open and steps out the driver. Average built, clad in a red soccer jersey, blue denim jeans and white shoes.

He doesn't seem like the biggest threat in the world. He walks to the grocers while looking around. He smiled at the vibe of fear this town is giving off. These people couldn't do anything to save their own lives. He walked in through the doors of the grocers and headed for the chiller, picked out two bottles of beer, snapped the cap of a bottle and chugged down. Silent as he is ever going to be, he took out a wad of cash from his pockets and lightly put it on the cash register. No one was manning the place at all. "Keep the change, sir."he lightly said over the counter. He is very sure that the shop owner is cowering underneath the counter, shivering and trembling. The man chuckles. before he could make his next move, he could hear something in the distance.

Roaring. The same roar his car emits. A grin spreads over his face as he steps out to see even more cars pulling in. Four black Ford Mustangs stop right in front of the shop and their drivers and companions stepped out. Any man would be feeling the slightest bit of fear when eight burly men are standing in front of you like mobsters, but not this one. He just stood there on the porch of the shop taking a drink out his beer bottle and grinning like a maniac. "Hey dipshit..." speaks up one the men, "I think it's about time you paid your debts. If you don't, the boss ain't gonna want to see you alive." The man answers "Oh is that so? Are you going to make me pay? Or are you gonna kill me? Choose one big boy, besides, I only have two bucks in my pocket." He takes out two one dollar bills from his pocket and shows it to them. "Get him!!" the headman shouted. The seven men charged at the man. He just looks on and then bolts to his left. He leaps over the fence and while taking a short run, he laughs at the men. He then stops and as he watches the men advance, he grins like no other. He leaps into action. Furious punching and kicking from what he has learnt from his martial arts classes is being put to great use. The smashing of his elbow onto a man's nose. Just pure poetry. The beautiful sound of cracking bones and snapping femurs. He drove his fist into one man's abdomen, sending him flying. His enemies aren't what he really expected, they were getting up even after a furious beating he has given them. These aren't normal men, he thought. They must be some muscle bound goons that go to gym everyday. Or they could just be on steroids.

One of them managed to grab him from behind just to make sure that his own friends can land a couple of punches to immobilize him. Still with that huge grin, he stomps on his assailant's feet, and hearing the bones break, it is like a symphony. The assailant drops to the ground screaming. He looks at the rest of the men who are now surrounding him. Still as though this was a game, he smiled at all of them. He raises his arms and when his arms are outstreched, the arms begin to turn into rock. The men could not believe their eyes as they watched the arms of the man they have been attacking, turn into solid rock. "Now, who is going to kill me now?" he says with a tone of glee, "...but hey, I am going to enjoy this moment right here, right now." One of the men ran back to his car and grabbed a sawed off shotgun. Seeing that, he flung him arm towards that man. Fragments of the rocky arm came off and became deadly projectiles. A rock hit the man squarely in the face, immeadiately sending blood flying into the air. If his throw was stronger, he could've ripped that mans head off with that rock. The rest of the stray rocks smashed into the windscreens, damaging the vehicles and also sent the assailants running for cover. Knowing that they are going against a mutant, they grabbed their firearms and aimed at the rocky armed mutant. "Tsk tsk tsk, you guys are cheating. You shouldn't cheat you know?" said the man. A fraction of a second later, he jumped off the porch of the shop and charged forward with his arms covering his vital parts of his body. The men went all guns ablazing. His mind has nothing but the sheer need to smash something. A smile still on his face, his arms exploding with every bullet that hit. Shrapnel of flying rocks and ricocheting lead, the town is getting a bigger bashing than the mutant. The mutant managed to reach his targets and flung his arms hard onto the hood of the vehicle, which propelled him high into the air. Rifles, pistols and shotguns still firing at him, he made a landing right infront of the assailants. Quickly, he drove his elbow into the man's gut, he grabbed the fabric shirt and tossed him to his mates, bowling them over. Bullets connected with raw flesh, striking onto tissue and bone. He does feel the pain, but he is ignoring it totally. Blood is flowing from his wounds but he is on a mission. He is going to kill all these men. This time, on his sweaty face covered in dirt, his smile has faded, and now, a stern look, fire in his eyes, he has become a savage fighting machine. Back breakers, tosses and throws, projectile firing, punches and kicks, whatever he can use on these men to kill them. The town people look on helplessly as they watched this mutant take on 6 men armed with guns.

When all has settled down, bodies lay motionless on the grassy ground. Only one man stands, the mutant. His arms now black, from the blood the rock as absorbed. He could hardly stand his ground, his body swaying, his wounds still bleeding, then his knees buckled. On the ground, he closes his eyes and gave a light smile at the sun that is shining on him. For a moment, he thought he heard running, very quick footsteps, too fast to be human, but it might just be his imagination.

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There you go faithful readers. The 4th chapter of the S-Men.