Genetic Institute: Prologue
#1 of Genetic Institute
Prologue
Getting to school in her typical cover up jacket and long pants Averis sat down at one of the tables they provided for those that bring their laptops to school. It wasn't long until one of her typical tormentors found her though. Coming up behind her and yanking off the part of her hood that hid her face he said "The freak has arrived! So, lizard girl, ready for another great day at school." And he just laughed.
"Leave me alone Trevor, I'm just trying to get some work done before class."
Her only friend in the school walked in then and said "Hey, leave her alone, she never did anything to you, she never even fights back or argues what you say about her."
One of Trevor's goons came up behind Richard then and whacked him across the back of the head. "Okay boss, no one else here will interfere with you finally getting rid of this freak."
Pulling out a gun with a grin he says "Good, then this won't take long." Pointing the gun at Averis he readied the gun and began to pull the trigger when he said "Any last words?"
"Help." And she just cringed, putting her hands over her head.
Right as he pulled the trigger the strangest thing happened, a blade came out and up from Averis's arm and cut the bullet in half so that its own velocity made it shoot off in two different directions.
"What the hell." Was Trevor's response as Averis opened her eyes and looked up at the blade that had come out of her arm, not even noticing the blood running down both her arms where the blades had come out.
"Dude, lets get out of here, she's not just a freak, she's a genetic coming into her powers!" and Trevor's goons all ran.
"You bloody cowards, get back here, I'll.."
Stepping up behind him the school police officer said "You'll what, shoot them just like you were going to shoot this poor girl. You're lucky, you should only get about a decade because she isn't dead." And he grabbed his cuffs and put them on Trevor's wrists. "Averis, please come with me, we'll need a statement and I know some people who can help since your powers have finally emerged."
Standing up she felt dizzy, upon taking a step she noticed that the world seemed to flash when she moved.
"So those blades on your forearms aren't your only ability, you have speed as well. Come along, I'll contact the Institute." And they walked along the hall to the office that was provided the police.
Ten minutes and one written report for the arrest later Averis was sitting next to Officer Greg, who happened to be a genetic that could predict all bullet trajectories, in front of a vid screen to a place he just kept calling the institute.
Upon the link opening they saw a man and a woman sitting there, the woman in a skin tight leather suit with a cape and the man in a long leather jacket with a black shirt and jeans. Speaking first the woman said "Greg, long time, is she the girl you said you thought was a latent genetic."
"Yes, her powers emerged in time to save her from getting shot."
Cringing the man said "Close call, I take it that you were there to stop and arrest the kid who had the gun."
"Yeah, I figured it best that I just call you guys to come pick her up since her powers are rather obvious."
Raising an eyebrow the woman said "How so?"
"Please show them your arm Averis, carefully."
Raising her arm very carefully and as slowly as she could, but still fast enough that a nick from it would sever someone's hand, she showed the blades coming out of her forearms.
Laughing the man said "Averis, we'll come get you, Greg, stay with her out front until the copter comes."
"Alright, can do, I'd like you to bring the scanner, I think there is a student here that has a passive power like me."
Coming out of the school and beginning his walk home John knew they were following him but he tried to ignore it. Coming up behind him one of them grabbed his shoulder and said "Why the hurry, some new video game wait at home for you?"
"Guys, just leave me be. Fine, I'm not some jock like you but I'm still human."
Laughing at him one of them shoved him into another and that one shoved him as well.
Getting mad at them he shoved the next one he got shoved into and was surprised at how light they were. Watching he was surprised when the guy flew across the street at an angle and hit one of the parked cars there. Hearing glass break and a car alarm going off the other guys ran while John just stood there dumbfounded.
Out came the people who owned the houses around them, stopping the boys from getting far. Several of the neighbors around there knew that John got bullied frequently and they held the boys that were running while the guy who owned the car called 911 for an ambulance for the boy.
Talking over each other no one really got anywhere until someone decided to ask the kids what happened. By the time they came around to this the ambulance was there and so was John's mom.
"...and Frank just got thrown over there, I swear that we didn't do anything to provoke him."
Walking up to John and asking him what happened John told the story and she sighed. "Your father was a genetic as well, I was always afraid one of you would have some kind of abilities. I'm gonna go deal with the police and then we'll deal with your powers," seeing his face she smiled and said "Don't worry, I'm not sending to your dad or anything, I know some people who can help you with your powers."
Following his leader to the place where the meeting was supposed to go down, Smolder, as they called him, was prepared to use his new found powers to protect them.
From the shadows came a woman's voice asking "You have my stuff Garrius."
Responding in kind Smolder's leader said "Course I got your stuff Yana, you got my money and we're good."
From a doorway a nondescript man emerged with a bag that was equally nondescript. Placing it in front of Garrius he waited while a man came forward to check the contents of the bag. "We're good from the looks of it boss."
"Fine. Bring out the stuff."
At his word several men came forward with metal cases that had been draped in black. Placing their cases on the ground and opening them. It was revealed finally what was in this order that American money had been ordered, the hardest money to copy. They had ordered several high caliber guns with custom explosive rounds.
As several men came out of the doorway Garrius said "Remember, my rule is that you can't load them until we are out of the area."
From the shadows in Yana's voice came "Finish it."
Instantly bullets were going through the air and men were dieing. Summoning his powers Smolder put a wall of air around Garrius and began throwing fireballs at all available targets.
"Now I see why you have always been so confident, you have a genetic protecting you. Well your friend isn't the only genetic around." At first Yana's voice seemed to come from some unseen shadow as before, but the last bit came from directly behind Smolder. Turning quickly and preparing a fireball he saw nothing behind him.
"So you could tell the change in my voice's location, well let's see you catch me all the same." This time the voice seemed to come from a different shadow with every syllable.
Grinning he said "Fine, you want to play it that way, I'll pay your game, you are the shadows, let's see you hide in an inferno." And he tied off a bit of his power to maintain the protection over himself and Garrius before using all of his power to turn a 100 foot radius area out from himself into a towering inferno.
Twenty minutes later his energy ties were failing and Garrius was afraid of what would happen then, because no one would have missed the wall of fire that his most useful druggie had created to destroy the traitorous Yana.
Just as he was thinking that a group of people came forth from outside the still smoldering remains and they began searching. It wasn't long until they found the only places in the area that weren't burnt.
Looking over the scene the woman in leather and a cape said "Looks like we have another genetic that had gotten caught up in gang wars."
The man in the leather jacket said "Yeah, but it looks like he was protecting a gang leader, not attacking one."
A man standing off to the side who looked like he was constantly standing in a breeze but had skin that looked to be water said "I'll cancel the air shields he seems to have erected."
"The man there knows the boy as Miguel Molder, or Smolder as his men call him, apparently his fires last for a day smoldering before they finally go out. The man himself is Garrius Joven, an arms dealer, they had come to deliver weapons to a person named Yana who decided to betray Garrius. Apparently this Yana person was a genetic that could move through shadows so Miguel tied his air shields and blew up the area."
"Bring the crime lord, tell the cops that the one who created the fire burnt out his powers and couldn't protect himself from his own power, this crime lord burned out his ability to defend himself while defending himself against the explosion."
"Rewriting his memory as you say."
"Ogre, grab the boy, let's go back to the institute, we have some new students who have just gained their powers and some students who have had them for a bit."