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Post by domofudge on May 10, 2011 22:07:44 GMT -5
((OOC: Should I time skip to the boys base here? Your decision.))
Jolt's hand flew up to his cheek; he was sure the girl had scratched it too when he felt a small trickle of blood run down his hand. Ow. He was pretty shocked, but he liked her too much to be very angry. Besides, she was a chick, what'd she understand? Shockwave on the other hand, looked almost ashamed of himself as he looked back at the girls.
"I-i'm sorry," he muttered "let's just get going. Crystal is right. "
"Dude, what the hell are you sorry for?" his brother responded, following his brother out the door.
Shockwave was ashamed that he knew exactly who they were working for; he knew exactly what ways the place they worked for was corrupting his brother. He knew that he shouldn't be getting the girls into this. But he was. He knew that he had to cover up the lies because he cared for Jolt and his dad; he had to do it.
But he was so... Sorry for it.
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Post by Nurse Steggy on May 11, 2011 5:24:15 GMT -5
(It's okat with me. Is it all right with you Kristy?)
Mockingbird swallowed with much difficulty. Her hand hurt from when she'd hit Jolt, but she thought it was worth the sting. She tried to blink away the tears threatening to form in her eyes. You could tell she was upset, she was visiblely tense. The brunette brushed back a piece of hair that had fallen in her face. She crossed her arms and looked at Shockwave's face.
She paused on him for a moment. An emotion was threatening to creap out on his face. Was he ashamed? She looked at him closer, but when he apologized, she wondered what the hell he was apologizing for. She then turned her focus to Crystal.
"I'm sorry..." she whispered. "But I don't like seeing people get hurt, or beat up."
She became uneasy, wondering just what the heck was going on with them. One minute Jolt was all friendly and then the next minute--STUPID! She'd been conned into this before and she couldn't believe she fell for it again! They act all nice and then BANG! You've got one of them at your throat!
Mockingbitd stepped away from Jolt, her movements ridgid, as if she was afraid he'd hurt her next.
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Post by kristy101xd on May 11, 2011 16:49:11 GMT -5
(Fine by me)
Crystal let out a sigh, feeling the tension in the air. She started to walk, assuming the others would follow.
Crystal was a very open minded girl, always one to see both sides. Crystal guessed Shockwave most likely was in the same boat. Either way, she hated arguments.
"Hey, want to know a funny pick up line?" Crystal asked, trying to make them all forget about what just happened. "Well, even if you don't want to know, I'm telling you anyways."
Crystal continued walking as she said, in a deep voice, "'Are you a parking ticket? Because you've got FINE written all over you'," Crystal cracked a smile.
"Oh, or there's 'If you were a burger at McDonald's you'd be the McGorgeous'," Crystal let out another pick up line she found funny. She was starting to realize however that they were extremely corny and most likely not funny.
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domofudge
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Post by domofudge on May 11, 2011 19:36:40 GMT -5
The joke got Jolt to immediately forget what had happened just about three minutes prior. His grin returning, he started spewing out his own bad pick up lines.
"Dude! You hear this one? Baby, do you need a fire extinguisher cause you're HOT!" he chuckled. Shockwave gave Crystal a weak smile and laughed a bit himself.
"Here's a bad one. I'm not being obtuse, but you're acute girl."
"Math pick up lines, Shocks? Dude. Way not cool."
Later on the boys were given coordinates to a large building disguised as a Ken and Barry's ice cream shop. Knocking on the back door, they were led to a staircase that opened up a completely new world; or in this case, one of the research facilities of The Light. They approached a room and simultaneously, they knocked on a door.
"Come in."
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Post by Nurse Steggy on May 12, 2011 15:50:26 GMT -5
Her eyes widened. What. Just. Happened? The brunette looked at them spewing pick up lines at each other. Personally, Mockingbird didn't really know any pick up lines. It wasn't like she spent most of her time near people, let alone flirting with them! She smiled and Shockwave's pick up line. She looked at Jolt and said, "Maybe some girls like math pick up lines. You never know for sure."
She groaned thinking she shouldn't have said anything about the line.
Mockingbird had followed the boys carefully, so she wouldn't get lost. She was nervous now, her palms sweaty and her face a bit pale. She wondered what was behind the door. Her curiousity was overrided however, by her nervousness. She didn't want to go sticking her nose in places were it didn't belong. She looked around and then looked at the brothers. She shivered a bit, and tried to keept calm.
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Post by kristy101xd on May 13, 2011 17:30:41 GMT -5
Crystal was rather shocked that Ben and Barry's Ice Cream Shop was being used as a hide out. She left he shock behind as she followed the others.
She heard the voice telling them to come in, yet she didn't want to be the first one to enter. She figured one of the brothers would open the door considering they weren't clueless to what was going on unlike herself and Mockingbird.
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Post by domofudge on May 13, 2011 20:00:54 GMT -5
The boys didn't seem to have a problem with this place, but of course they had been here enough times before to be comfortable with it. Jolt reached out and casually opened the door, his usual grin plastered onto his face. "Yo Bossy Lady!" he belted out in an obnoxious fashion. There, as stated, sat an older looking woman with her hair loosely draped around her shoulders. She was wearing a lab coat and was at her computer looking through rather complicated looking files.
"Welcome back boys, you took a little longer than expected. Of course, that's because I did not expect you to bring guests." she started, taking off her glasses as she inspected the girls from her chair.
"Yes," replied Shockwave, looking toward their current task giver, which changed often "we met these girls on our way to our destination and thought they could make a good addition to the team." The woman seemed disturbed in some way, though not particularly displeased. She gave them a look as if to say What can they do? "We'll discuss this in a moment, but for now, set down the suitcase as I give you your next task. You won't have to start it until tomorrow, but the sooner the better, yes?" she smirked in an almost mysterious tone, a dark sort of poison mildly draped into it like honey in tea. The boys looked up as Shockwave lowered the case to the ground and awaited for her to continue.
"You see that suitcase boys? Inside is a serum stronger than blockbuster could ever imagine... Boys, we plan on using this serum to get you more team mates. Then, we can take down a problem that's been bothering us for a while. Young Justice. Secondly, we're going to tackle down these strange creatures that have been appearing to a higher level. They're becoming more of a threat and we want them here to be researched instead of out there eating people. Far less productive." The boys didn't flinch at this response, in fact something on Jolt's face almost liked the danger of it. Shockwave simply replied with a polite remark.
"Yes, ma'am," and turned to face the girls "Do you want the girls to join us?"
Now, CADMUS and The Light were far from purely evil corporations. CADMUS was merely a scientific research facility that created new beings under The Light which under the correct wording, simply wanted to improve society to their own tastes. Many trade facilities as well as a certain "escapee" incident had caused The Light to decide they needed something to counteract this team. Jolt and Shockwave were the first victims to become part of it, and now, both Crystal and Mockingbird were placed at that risk as well.
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Post by Nurse Steggy on May 14, 2011 10:59:20 GMT -5
"Young Justice?" Mockingbird whispered in confusion.
"Wait a minute...aren't they superheroes?!" she thought in a daze.
The girl just stared around in utter confusion, her panic starting to rise. What the heck was going on here?! She wondered what blockbuster was,and the creatures they were talking about. Oh god! Serum? More team mates? She felt her stomach drop to the floor and she tried hard not to pass out. She wasn't acting like Mockingbird, she was acting like Melanie, and she couldn't afford to act like her!
She closed her eyes and focused on her breathing. Mockingbird told herself not to panic, and to inhale and exhale. She reopened her eyes and looked at the brother's cautiously. Just who exactly where they? What exactly was CADMUS and what exactly was The Light. She wanted answers, and now.
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Post by kristy101xd on May 15, 2011 14:37:28 GMT -5
Crystal saw Mockingbird's response and felt similar emotions. Instead of waiting for answers, she assumed. She wanted answers, however she was too impatient to wait for them. She jumped the gun.
"Are you saying that Young Justice is not considered the good guys to you? You lady either are extremely delusional or a witch or something equally as evil," Crystal turned to to Jolt and Shockwave.
"You guys work for this witch? What the hell? Here I thought you guys were the heroes the way you were going out of your way to help Mockingbird. How can you be working for somebody who considered Young Justice a bother? They risk their lives to save people. I thought you guys were like that, but I guess I was wrong. I'm really hoping you aren't going to go along with this. I for one am leaving as soon as possible," Crystal growled.
She started to head towards the door, looking at Mockingbird. Her eyes narrowed.
"If you stay, you also lose my respect."
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Post by domofudge on May 15, 2011 18:47:18 GMT -5
Seeing her point, Shockwave tried to stay reasonable. He was pretty scared at this point because if the girls were seen as a threat, the boys might be ordered to get rid of them. Thus, he tried to cool down the situation with reasoning.
"Crystal! F-feel free to leave, but please understand that we in no means are the bad guys," he argued "we don't plan to kill them. It's just recently it's been discovered that Young Justice and the League aren't as pure as they seem, please listen to us! We want to be friends still, we don't go around robbing banks and harming people!" Unfortunately, though he was telling the truth, Young Justice and the Justice League were perfectly fine. This lie was used to keep the boys from joining the other side. Shockwave waited a while, to be honest, he was fairly scared as to what her response would be. He wanted anything but to fight either of them. He looked toward Mockingbird; he could tell she was scared but decided now was not the time to comfort her. Jolt was the next to speak up.
"Come on! We kicked some major bad guy butt earlier today, how can you say we're the villains?"
The woman behind them, highly insulted by Crystal, was starting to get inpatient. Plus, these girls knew far too much and could become a hassle. The look on her face clearly told that she was highly considering having Jolt and Shockwave attack the girls.
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Post by Nurse Steggy on May 17, 2011 16:46:04 GMT -5
Mockingbird's voice caught in her throat. Her eyes began to tear up as she tried to hold herself together. She inhaled sharply, but didn't exhale. She couldn't think anymore! It was all too confusing for her! She began to shiver as she tried to remember how to exhale.
"Do you believe that?" a broken voice asked. "Do you believe they are unpure? Do you believe pushing people down is the only way to get up in this world? Haven't you ever considered not everyone is as they seem? How do we know who's lying here? I trusted someone and it nearly killed me."
She opened her eyes and looked at them sadly. She crossed her arms across her chest and kept breathing slowly. She blinked a couple times and looked at them. She looked at Jolt when he burst out.
"We did, but you hurt that man. Jolt, in my fourteen short years I've learned not to trust anyone, especially the ones who will hurt those weaker than them," Mockingbird said. "Exit. Where is it?"
She looked about ready to hypervenilate. She was scared When she saw the look on the woman's face, her dark eyes turned to them. Would the boys really hurt them if she said so? Her dark eyes were almost pleading. Please, please not them. They were too sweet to be evil! Please anyone but them!
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Post by kristy101xd on May 18, 2011 5:39:46 GMT -5
Crystal studied the lady becoming infuriated. She was trying to put things together. She was starting to catch on to a few things, but only a few. She didn't like the looks of the lady.
"I plan on leaving, but I think you two guys should look into who you are working for. She can't even fight herself, can she? What's wrong, are you too scared to break a nail?" Crystal taunted the lady. She was begging for the women to hit her. She wanted to fight the woman, not the brothers.
She knew that this lady was no good. She could sense it. The brothers most likely were being played and if that was the case, she wanted to fight the woman even more.
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Post by domofudge on May 18, 2011 10:33:22 GMT -5
Jolt couldn't respond to Mockingbird's words; this girl had obviously been through enough. He gave her a pleading look and tried to speak but in the end he could only spit out four words.
"The exit is that way."
At this point, the woman currently in charge of the boys was infuriated. First, these incompetent boys tell two little girls the way in and out of their organization. Then, one of them has the audacity to mock her. She got up out of her chair and stomped towards Crystal, only to be stopped by Shockwave.
"Out of my way! If not then attack them yourself. That's an order!" she ordered "Ma'am, please! They didn't mean any harm, let's just have them go home and we can compromise with them later! This is all just a big misun-" "That's an ORDER!" "Ple-"
SMACK.
"I said that's an order. You seem to forget the fact that your father's job is in my hands." Shockwave was slapped across the face by the woman, who now looked back towards Crystal and Mockingbird. Jolt simply looked down knowing he could do nothing at this point. Gripping his cheek, his brother looked down as well. The woman spoke up again. "Now attack." The two looked towards the girls with an expression that pleaded them to run, both boys spoke simultaneously.
"Yes, ma'am."
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Post by Nurse Steggy on May 19, 2011 20:36:48 GMT -5
Mockingbird's heart skipped a few beats as she turned and bolted. Her hair flew back, her eyes widened behind her mask, her heart accelerating. She pumped her arms making sure she kept running as fast as she could. She pushed herself harder and harder, remembering the days they would chase her and hurt her. She kept pumping and running.
Her anxiety exploded and she knew if she didn't get out, she'd explode. The girl was scared and wanted out. She wanted her mother and father, but she didn't even know where they were. Her anger and anguish flew away with her senses. All she knew was she had to run, fast.
"C'MON CRYS!" she yelled as she tore towards the exit.
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Post by kristy101xd on May 20, 2011 8:10:21 GMT -5
Crystal studied Mockingbird. She seemed distressed, but Crystal didn't blame her. She felt remorse over having to fight with two new..friends? She didn't want to leave before taunting the lady some more, but she would leave for the sake of Mockingbird. She really had the urge to punch the lady ording Jolt and Shockwave around in her annoying looking face.
"Listen lady, I don't who you think you are for telling them what to do, but I suggest you stop. I'll make sure I find you again and give you what you deserve," Crystal told the lady as she looked back over at Mockingbird.
She brought a piece of glass to the palms of her hands, just in case.
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