Heroes: Shadows over Millenium

[B4UTRUST]

Kyosuke glanced to where Blackheart indicated and began walking.
"I will be in Forensics then, preforming my mystic mumbo-jumbo."

[Charon]

Legacies followed after Kyosuke. "We wish to witness this, Abaddon nearly killed us, and caused a change in us."

[frigidmagi]

"I got nothing better to do." Blast said following. He might as well take a look at this.

[LadyTevar]

Lei's hands clinched slightly at the thought of seeing the body, and the runes on it, again. "I think I will stay here..." she said softly. "This is not something I am able to help in."

[B4UTRUST]

Kyosuke made his way to Forensics, following signs on the walls as he went. It took an elevator ride down a floor and over a couple of halls but he found it. He pushed open the door revealing a large room that had been sectioned off into labs. A receptionist looked up as he entered, the others coming close behind him.
"Can I help you?"
"Hai. I am here to see a body."
"Well take your pick, we've got a couple of em laying about here."
"... A specific body. Was brought in about a week ago, identified as Abaddon."
"Ah. That thing. I think they're still looking at it in lab 3."
"Arigato."

Kyosuke proceeded past the receptionist's desk and began looking at the door numbers till he found lab 3. He opened the door, revealing a autopsy table in the middle of the room with glass cabinets filled with medical equipment.
"I think this might be it..."

[Charon]

Legacies followed after Kyosuke. The silver head turned to look at the body of Abaddon as they entered the room. "We don't know if this will mean anything, but we were ultimately the one who killed Abaddon. While we were fighting him, he stole something from us, a piece of our essence, is the best way we can put it. Which is why we are fused now."

[B4UTRUST]

"Perhaps, perhaps not. He might not have stolen it but rather destroyed it. I will see if I can find anything..."

[B4UTRUST]

Kyosuke walked over to the body of Abaddon and stared down at it. The body was blackened in places, massively deformed, though whether by design or by circumstance Kyosuke could not say. Runes and sigils were still cleanly etched into the body. They were foul things that hurt ones mind to stare at to long.

Kyosuke reached out and brushed his fingertips over one of the runes, elicting a subtle, but visable glow from within the rune. He repressed a shudder as he continued his touch over the remains of one arm and across over onto the chest area. He sighed, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes. He opened himself to his other "sight" and "felt" the body before him.

Colors and feelings flowed across him as he sorted through them. His eyes flickered beneath his eyelids as he searched through what lay before him. His eyes opened.
"There is no soul, no spirit. Whatever inhabited this body is gone."

He pulled his hand away from the body and the runes faded into blackness once more.
"The same artificialness that I felt at the ruins... this is it. There is so little natural, so little human..."

[SirNitram]

"I must admit releif that these symbols are so radically different from those I've encountered." Gravitas murmured as he examined the body, closing his eyes and donning a noseplug to help cope with his own extra sense, the world becoming a web of connections. "I'll see if I can trace the connections to any other realities. It's a long shot, but if you guys beleive this is a serious danger.."

[SirNitram]

"Ah. Mr. Kyouke, this is a literal Gaijin." Gravitas said after several seconds. "Definately not dropping by." He shook his head, looking to the others. "I have identified the point of origin. City of Pandemonium, Inner Ring, First Layer, of the Christian Hell. Which means we're likely to face similar beings should they be mass-produced. Blast, don't suppose you know a friendly church official who'll get us some exorcism materials quick? Could be handy."

[B4UTRUST]

"Alien-san, if your ability to locate things is so good, then provide us with the next link. Where is this body made? There are modifications tothis body that could not occur naturely and the lack of cybernetics indicates advanced bioengineering."

[SirNitram]

"Show me part that's neither daemonic mutation nor the death throes, and I'll trace it's link..." Gravitas murmured, starting again. "See, a demon is easy. It's link leaves this universe entirely, it's just a matter of tracing to which one it goes. This is movement within Earth's 'shadow', you could say. The ground we stand on obscures.." A long, drawn out silence. "Southwestern United States. Best I can do. But there can only be so many biotech labs in a region."

[frigidmagi]

"There is a priest, at the church I go to. He's aware of my... actitivies. I could ask him." Blast said.

[Dark Silver]

Ever since he left Ultima this morning, Saibot had taken to flying around the city. His first stop, of course, was to his apartment for a hour, recharge his ring. When Argent had sent her mental buzz about him needed to shield, he was in a place already that wouldn't bother anyone else, his own mind.

The previous night was a drunken blurr, he remembered talking to Blackheart, didn't quiet remember what he talked to the man about. He remembered singing with Gravitas, making a fool out of himself. Then there was blackouts, sleeping, waking up to find a bunch of them had taken on some backrobbers.

All through this, Saibot was briefly aware of the lash of anger and rage coming through the link, but he had distanced himself from it. His hand had tightened slightly around the hilt of his dagger, but relaxed it without so much as a jerk of his arm to simulate a thrust.

When his ring had finished charging, Garth slipped it back on, and walked up the stairs to his roof. It took a good five minutes of steps to get to the roof, and whenthe door closed behind him, Garth was again quiet. Making a fist of his hand with the ring, he held it at waist height, and felt the power wash back over him, as his clothing changed to his costume.

Looking down on himself, clad in the black spandex like material, had Saibot frowning. Thing were not right, he had lead himself down a twisted path, allowed things to go astray. He was conflicted, inside at a war with himself.

Did he really care about the team? No, he couldn't say that he did, except for Argent and Legacies, he did not care about any of them. Gravitas was a powerful meta in his own right, who looked for a place amoungst them, but did Saibot want that?

Part of him wanted to belong, but the larger part desired him to remain seperate. He could better do his job seperate.

The energy field about him sprang to exsistance again, as he rose into the air. A tilt of his body, and he was off, streaking through the sky, a small trail of light blue energy which faded all to soon, in his wake.

[LadyTevar]

After Kyosuke, Blast, and Gravitas walked off, Lei looked to Blackheart. "Since you have said nothing about unusual birthmarks, I will assume that you have no strange runes or markings to show how the Other is kept inside you?"

[Cynical Cat]

"None," said Blackheart. "One of life's little mysteries."

[LadyTevar]

"I'm guessing attempts were made to trace your past as well..." Lei continued, curious about how old he was when he was put into the fosterhomes he'd spoken of so distastefully. "The thought of this being done to an infant is ... "

She trailed off, her eyes going distant and head turning slightly.

Looking down on himself, clad in the black spandex like material, had Saibot frowning. Thing were not right, he had lead himself down a twisted path, allowed things to go astray. He was conflicted, inside at a war with himself.

Did he really care about the team? No, he couldn't say that he did, except for Argent and Legacies, he did not care about any of them. Gravitas was a powerful meta in his own right, who looked for a place amoungst them, but did Saibot want that?

Part of him wanted to belong, but the larger part desired him to remain seperate. He could better do his job seperate.

" ............ he's ...... leaving......."

[B4UTRUST]

Kyosuke nodded towards Gravitas.
"Then do we take our findings to the others? Perhaps we can come up with a list of places."

[frigidmagi]

"Sounds like an idea." Blast agreed.

[Cynical Cat]

"Who? Saibot?" asked Blackheart.

[LadyTevar]

Lei's attention was still focused inward, trying to understand what the link was feeding her, when it seemed like Saibot (or the ring) was trying to block her. "..... Seperate. ... Alone. He works alone, stands alone...." Lei murmurred. "... he doesn't ... want ... us."

Us or her? Feelings of confusion and hurt started to taint the air around her.

[SirNitram]

"Best to talk to the man." Gravitas said softly to Lei, looking to her. The rift between Mortal and Immortal was difficult to span.. And acting too quickly could make it impassable. He learned that the hard way. "I can fly, I can help you get to him."

[LadyTevar]

Lei blinked, looking up in surprise, having not noticing Blast, Gravitas, and Kyosuke returning. The interruption broke the fragile connection she did have to Saibot. "I .. no.... thank you..." she said, looking away. "He wants to be alone..."

[Cynical Cat]

"Is that what he wants or what he needs?" said Blackheart.

[LadyTevar]

Lei turned to face Blackheart, her irisless eyes unreadable as she pulled her emotions back inside. As if unwilling or unable to answer, she gave him a half-shake of her head and a shrug of her shoulders.

But while she might try to hide from the team, she couldnt' hide from herself. Saibot was to haunted by the past to know his own path. He didn't want Lei's help, yet the link meant she had to support him as best she could. If he lost to the past ... where would that leave her?

"Kyosuke-san ..." Lei asked softly, trying to divert the conversation. "You found something of interest?"