Chapter 2: The Chase is On
Location: EarthGov Headquarters, Medical Bay
Dammit, wake up!
A hand cracked across Diamondback's face, bringing the young man to attention. His eyes slowly focused, revealing the ceiling of EarthGov HQ's MedBay.
"Damn... Anybody get the number of that land chaser..." he muttered.
"Yeah. P E P P E R O N I 6 5 7." A couple of quiet laughs sounded at Snipe's joke. "What happened back there?"
"I don't know... I just all of a sudden felt really, really dizzy..." Diamondback responded. "Then I just sort of passed out and had this really weird dream." Snipe looked at the doctor attending to Diamondback and nodded.
"Explain the dream," Snipe continued.
"Do I have too?" A nod. "Dammit... Well, I was a girl from my past named Jennifer Arenson. Her nickname was Spectre. I - she - and two others, John Puckett - Skyrider, got the nickname because he's a werehawk - and Erica Faircloth - I don't know who she is, were running from something. Last thing I remember from the dream was getting hit by a tranquilizer." Snipe and the doctor nodded.
"Both Avatar and Ripple admitted to having similar dreams," Snipe explained.
"This is a strange theory," the doctor started, "but maybe this has something to do with the fact that the three of you are 'enhanced?'"
"Possibly... am I free to leave?" Diamondback asked.
"Yeah, they've done all the tests they need to do," Snipe answered. "They've already released Avatar and Ripple. Get outta here." Diamondback obliged, getting out of the bed and walking unsteadily towards his quarters.
Location: Dormitory Number 183
"Dias, will you please kill that music, I'm trying to think!" Diamondback telepathically yelled. Dias ignored him. "Dias! I wouldn't advise ignoring me!" Dias continued ignoring him. "Remember, I WARNED YOU!" With that, Diamondback used telekinesis to unplug the stereo, pick Dias up, and toss him out of the quarters. As he got up and started to come back in, Diamondback telekinetically slammed the door in his face. A banging and a faint "Open the damned door, Chris!" resounded. Diamondback snickered aloud as he telepathically implanted a suggestion into Dias's mind. Dias's knocking quickly stopped, and footsteps walking down the hall were heard.
Sorry, Dias, but you asked for it... Diamondback laughed, thinking about Dias walking down the hall, planning on unauthorized use of the training equipment. Now back to the matter at ha... Diamondback's thoughts were interrupted by a contact from someone over the collective. "What?"
"Hey, Chris," Avatar's voice said, travelling over the collective that all of the enhanced belonged to. "I hear the music cut off. What'd you do to Dias this time?" Diamondback told him, and the two laughed, even getting a couple of laughs from others in the collective.
"Come on over here, Avatar, I need to talk with you about something," Diamondback said, shutting out the others in the collective. "And pick up Ripple on the way." A telepathic nod came across the collective. Diamondback plugged in the stereo and put in a CD, playing a song called "Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way." Laying on his bed, he sighed. A couple minutes later, Diamondback heard banging on his door. "Who is it?"
"It's us, Chris, open up," Ripple's voice sounded. Diamondback obliged, sliding the door open telekinetically. The two young men walked in.
"Glad you could come," Diamondback started. "Let's get straight to the point. What do you make of that dream we all had?"
"It's kind of weird that we all had the same dream..." Avatar responded. "But I don't see how it could amount to anything."
"All the same, I know that area we saw in the dream," Ripple spoke up.
"So do I. I used to hoverboard there with friends," Diamondback agreed. "And knowing you, you're suggesting we check it out." Ripple nodded. "What're we waiting for, then? Let's go!"
"Thinking of leaving me out?" A female voice sounded from the doorway, startling the three.
"Spirit!" the three said.
"You want in, eh?" Diamondback said, receiving a nod. "Ok, why not? Come on."
Location: Mega City