A Beautiful World 2: Murder in the Air
You frowned when you saw Charles at the door. "Oh, Charles, I did not-"
Charles was frantic, pushing you aside as he said. "Heinrich, I have little time to hear about how you and Raven are fucking each other, and I have little need to look through your thoughts to see what you two did last night, this is important!"
You continued to frown, as you and Raven looked at each other, confused. "No I do not want you to think about promises right now, I need to focus!"
"Yes, just as important as you disappearing for a few days, where have you been Charles?" Raven quipped. "And why do you need to focus, there are a hundred other ways to"
"Quiet please Raven!" He pleaded and that made both of you shut up. Then Charles looked to you. "The Mutation that is in us, I found it, found out how it works, in our DNA, and there are people who are trying to kill me because of it."
"Charles, you are a respected doctor of a new field that is barely a decade old, what the hell would make you think there are people trying to kill you?" You asked as you sat down, clearly rattled but not too concerned. This house was not someplace anyone wanted to look for your friend in, you were sure, you checked. "I think you are overreacting."
"Does the name Shaw mean anything to you?" He asked.
That caused your blood to go cold, and you stood up. "Where did you hear that name?"
"Men who came in, trying to kidnap me, or kill me I don't know, but they spoke about me being a threat to their plans, and how that, somehow, the knowledge of the X gene-"
"Wait you named it after yourself?" Raven chuckled. "That's a bit narcissistic isn't it?"
"This is neither the time nor place Raven." Charles protested. "Please, I need your help?"
"Doing what, investigating for you? I have been looking for Shaw for over three years, and everywhere I've looked it's been a dead end. Someone powerful is hiding him, more powerful than my contacts in Mossad, and German Intelligence can pull."
"Well, he's made a mistake of trying to hunt down Charles." Raven stated.
Charles shook his head. "Thank you, but there is a problem. I couldn't read their minds, there is something wrong with them like someone was shielding them."
"Well, we know that is naturally occurring, what makes you think they aren't strong shielded?" You aksed.
"Because there was a psychic trying to breach my own defenses." Charles stated. "Scared me something fierce when she tried to enter my mind."
"She?" Raven asked.
"Well I couldn't get a name but she was a powerful psychic, someone I've never quite dealt with." He than sighed. "Listen, I didn't know where to turn to."
"You need me to call Erik, see if I can get you on a plane to Germany, hideout there for a while?" You asked.
"No, I have a feeling they have friends in the German government, friends that may be tipped off if I left the country, and they probably-"
He froze as he held the side of his head. "Oh shit. Get down!"
Dodging Bullets:
D100 + 10 => 102
It took less than a second for you and Raven, and Charles to hit the deck as gunfire. You were behind some solid marble countertops with pots, pans and a marble finish. So it meant one thing.
Unless it was M1's shooting at you, they would not hurt you or your friends.
"Raven where are your weapons?" You asked.
"In the closet!" She shouted.
You crawled across the floor, as the gunfire continued to fire overhead. And they weren't stopping. "What the hell are they shooting at us with!?"
"Probably a prototype, I don't recognize the firing patterns." Raven stated. "Or rather the lack of them."
Great new weapons.
You reached the closet and opened the door.
And all that fell was a broom.
A bloody broom.
"This is your weapons?"
"What were you expecting, a rifle or a pistol!?" Raven shouted. "I left those in my car!"
"Why didn't you move them!?" You argued.
"Because you two were too busy fucking each other!" Charles shoted.
You were not going to argue with the Telepath, mostly because it was true.
Then the firing stopped.
Ah screw it, hopefully, Sun's Training was going to work well enough with a flimsy broom.
You stood up and twirled it… this would do. "Hurry up!" A voice shouted. "We need them alive!"
Ah, that would level the playing field.
You jumped towards the door, tail holding the broom and you gritted your teeth. Time to put your skills.
First Strike!:
D100 + 40 => 135 vs
D100 + 20 => 67
The first man entered with a broom to his face, disorienting him as you, and you knew the pun came to mind, sweep him off his feet.
You then slammed your bare foot into his neck, softly enough not to immediately break his windpipe but enough to make sure he would do nothing but hold onto his neck and struggle to breathe.
You then leaped across to see the second shooter… the last shooter.
That was odd, who the hell only sent two people to kill someone, especially when it was with prototype weapons.
To Break the Chains:
D100 + 40 => 41 | natural one: 1 vs
D100 + 20 => 118
Wound Roll:
D100 + 30 => 90
You then didn't feel your sideburn from the bullet that just grazed you, and you threw the broom at him, and then went for the disarm.
But once you did, you saw the man laugh. Laugh like only one time before in your memories.
"You are so much more than just a failed experiment." He said as if another voice was talking through him. "I have an answer for you now, 214782."
You froze, only that man, Shaw knew that number, before he put a bullet in you.
"This world is full of vermin. Rats, clinging to life." The voice spoke, through this man. "And we, are superior to them all."
"We are Homo Superior, and soon, we will inherit the earth."
The man's head then exploded, into a gore-filled pile.
You puked.
And Raven screamed.
You ran towards the house and saw that damage.
Charles Reflex save:
D100 + 15 => 38
The other body was a similar thing…
A headless corpse exploded with psychic energy.
And with that, you had no leads.
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Two days later, on February 17th, 1961.
You frowned as you looked at:
[]Fury: Nick Fury set a file down in front of you. "I'm sorry kid, but right now, I'm begging you to drop this, Shaw is now a Shield problem, and despite all the good work you've done bringing war criminals to justice, this is a matter that German Intelligence can't get involved with."
[]A CIA Analyst: Her name was Moira Mactaggart, and right now, she was the only reason you were not in an Asylum. Well, besides the obvious monkey tail. "I believe that you are responsible for this new mutant phenomenon, or at least know about it, Mr. Oster."
[]Raven: She just looked at you, and was holding your hand. "Please don't. I don't want to lose you too."
[]Charles: he rubbed his eyes. "I don't know what to do."
[]Erik: He was holding onto several diplomatic papers. "Pulled some favors, what the hell happened!?"
[]Sun: He was eating a Banana. "What. I'm hungry?"
[]At the Mirror: You saw him for the first time, a smiling man in your own image. "Hello, My Angel. Would you like to talk?"