S-Men Episode 1: Chapter 5

The New Revolution

Dear diary,

It has been 4 days since the arrival of the new mutant, but it seems to me that there is going to be a massive change around here when he wakes up. Kinda like a weird feeling or a hunch, ya' know? Like something BIG is going to happen. A death, or something special maybe. Who knows yea?

The young mutant pens down her thoughts as she sits in the infirmary waiting for the new guy to wake up. The steady blip on the heart monitor ensures that he is fast asleep. The man is severely injured. His body has taken the most brutal beatdown ever, excluding the exhaustion from the running around and the dragging his massive rock arms during his last encounter with his enemies.

Betsy May zones out deeply into space while she listens to the blips. She recalls the first day when the new guy was brought in by William. His ragdoll body draped over the speedy guy's shoulder, bruised, bloodstained, bleeding, knocked the crap out. The rest of the crew kept calm as they quickly fell into their medical positions. As he lays still on the treatment bed, she felt for a pulse.

Faint. Too faint. He was dying. She had to do something quick.

The White Queen grabbed the medications as Siryn started hanging up IV drips and analyzing his blood type. Betsy May just supervised closely to her medical team and kept track of the new one's vitals. As fresh blood is getting pumped into this man's body, his wounds getting cleaned and wrapped, Betsy May could feel his pulse regaining it's consistency. Beat by beat, it returned to it's normal state.

Later at night, she studied his mutation with the White Queen. His arms, forms the sharpest unpolished black diamonds when his powers are activated. Black diamonds, which are man made on earth, are considered the most dangerous object. Betsy May remembers a movie she watched that feautured the black diamond. Cradle To The Grave was the movie. The black diamond can be made into a deadly nuclear weapon if fallen into the wrong hands, and this guy right here, has the mutation of turning his arms into solid slabs of black diamond. What makes things worse, he is reckless. More action, less talk. Leap before he looks. Betsy May knows this from all that mind reading. Pleased that he is a risk taker, but he is too much of value to fall into into the wrong hands.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

Betsy May sprung from her seat and she darted towards the ICU, to find that the new guy is awake and is removing all the little sticky wired pads on his body. His look is bewildered, dazed and still looking exhausted. 3 days of sleep isn't enough for him? Good god...

H"Hey, don't struggle too much. Your wounds have not yet healed properly." says Betsy as she walks slowly to the man. He winces in pain as he hit a raw wound on his leg. "Yeah, you can say that again."says the man. "Well, you can start by telling me which hospital I am in right..." "This is not a hospital." interrupted Betsy. "I...we know who you are, and we all have a propsition for you." "Oh? Is that so? Well, it seems that my secret is no longer safe huh? What do you propose?"asked the man.

"We would like you to join us to form this new team of mutants. Mutants that will seek out other stranded mutants out there and bring them in here. It's not a safe world out there for them, so, this place is a sanctuary for them who are like us. What say you?"

"Okay."

"Just okay?"

"Yeah. Okay. Do I need to sign papers?"

"No need for papers. Welcome to the S-Men."

"Sweet. S-Men eh? I'm Chris."

"Nice to meet your acquaintance, Mr. Yuen."

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Alright, there you go. A small snippit of a continuation from chapter 4. I sincerely apologize for the long long wait, but assignments are piling up high for me. So, beginning this Thursday, each continuation will be published once in a fortnight. Those who don't know what a fortnight is, it is TWO WEEKS. The X-Men comics release their issues once every two weeks, and I thought maybe it is a good idea for S-Men, since my life isn't getting any easier as my term nears it's freaking end.

So long, my dear readers. See joo all in 2 weeks!