EPILOGUE: WARRIORS OF JUSTICE

[strangerpeople]

WARRIORS OF JUSTICE


Conversion is complete...but the virus-

Probably just it's shell. Quick! Reverse the polarity and turn everyone back to normal size! We need to ask them how they did it - and try and stabilize the girl genius!

[Another bright light, but this time, also, the feeling of being squished by gravity as your ears pop. Soon enough, the forms become much clearer - and smaller. Soon enough, the sensation stops - and shouting from vaarious doctors and soldiers can be heard outside of the EPCOT and Diatron-15.]

The virus--!!

Look at the size of that thing!

Stand back, stand back! Let the micronauts have air!

[The shorter of the two men steps forward, and begins to wave their arm.]

Diatron-15! Welcome back! It appears you brought that nasty illness with you, but it can't harm anyone else now, at least! However, we need to find another way to stabilize the girl genius - you took so long her organs began to fail!

Don't worry, though, we will compensate you as promised! Please, please come out so we can put you through a check-up and decontamination! Then we can take this virus in for study!

[Ha. Ha. Hahahaha...

Well, congratulations. You are alive and back to normal size.

Also, those who have powers from before this journey will find they are back.

...

So, what now?]

Comments

[tiefleaf]

[Molly is laughing like a madman when everyone comes back, his tail swishing about as he takes huge gulps of air.

He's so fuckin happy to be alive and not inside someone's insides, guys.]

[earietale]

First, I have a question.

Which one of you brought all of us here in the first place to cure Ivy?

[Her voice is calm, but don't be fooled. There is fury hidden behind those words, and she plans to let it loose.]

[theserpentsmiles]

Touch Halley-chan and I will kill you.

[He says it cheerfully, like "Good morning!" But every word is deadly serious.]

[strangerpeople]

Ms. Finch?

[The shorter one speaks, looking confused.]

I am in charge of Project Diatron, of course. What kind of question is that?

[strangerpeople]

Halley-chan? What in the world are you talking about? Who is that??

[mementodagger]

[Yurick feels his powers surge back, the old familiar headache pounding behind his right eye and his skin flushing with feverish heat. He holds out a hand, palm up, mana swirling around him for a second or two before a small, tightly controlled ball of flame coalesces over his hand. He breathes a slightly unsteady sigh of relief.]

At last, I don't feel quite so helpless anymore.

[And he holds the fireball toward the doctors.]

You won't lay a hand on Halley, not now, not ever.

[strangerpeople]

I don't understand, who are you even referring to?

What in the--Mr. Yurick, please! This is a hospital, not a battlefield!!

[earietale]

Because I needed to know which one of you to do this to.

[And just like she promised before, the shorter man should feel a fist collide with his throat.]

[strangerpeople]

AWK--

[And tiny man goes rolling, grabbing his throat and coughing.]

Wh--haa what..!?

[theserpentsmiles]

You call her "the virus" as though she isn't a person.

[And he may not have fireworks anymore, but he never needed them. His words are dripping with venom and murderous intent.]

[illusionarymelody]

[Vita knows her powers are back immediately and at least Grianos seems to be all right too. She's also so very glad to have her familiar back and if she needs to she can use him to deal with these horrible people.]

That child isn't a nasty illness or something to study.

[And she's about ready to use her magical hypnosis on them to convince them otherwise if she has to.]

[mementodagger]

The so-called virus you wanted us to eradicate. She's chosen not to kill your patient, and you'll thank her by not studying her.

[He's not lowering the fireball until they get a promise for Halley's safety.]

[strangerpeople]

[SHOCKED GASP]

The virus is still alive!?

Wh--but how did it survive!?

[strangerpeople]

Child!?

[strangerpeople]

She is a mutated strain of the original virus injected into the girl genius...

Wh--why are you calling it a she!?

It looks like a child, strangely...

[earietale]

Now, what exactly qualifies me, or really, any of us to heal some sick girl who's on the verge of death?! Only one of us even has some knowledge about medical stuff, and he's already dealing with some issues with that! Then there's people like me and Jonathan, who aren't even from the twenty-first century. And don't even get me started on Molly!

So, why us?!

[crouching_sin]

[Well, then.]

I believe we’ll be taking it from here.

[Whoever ran this has lost their privileges.]

[mementodagger]

Because she's half human as well. And cognizant of her own choices now. She doesn't want to kill, so you're not going to kill her. Are you?

[theserpentsmiles]

And she's no longer threatening your girl genius - terrible idea, by the way, to rely so much on just one person - so leave Halley-chan alone and I'll spare any of you who aren't directly involved with dragging people from other worlds in to do your dirty work.

[There's still going to be murder, it's just a question of how much.]

[beguiledcard]

[ He's moved to rest a hand on Halley's shoulder. ]

Stick close to me, okay? [ then, loudly enough for anyone else to hear ] If anyone tries to touch you, I'll stab them.

[ AKIRA... DON'T SAY THAT WITH THIS SMILE, YOU HEATHEN. ]

[illusionarymelody]

The one we brought out. If she were just a nasty illness we'd all be dead now.

[tiefleaf]

You know what? Shut up. All of you. Just shut up.

[He takes a deep breath, and lets loose.]

If you're going to insost she's not a person, at least have the intelligence to do it when she's not here.

[stealsyourduelist]

...I'm surrounded by idiots.

[Rosenkreuz is just so done with everything. All of these people and their virus-tan and Kerri, the only tolerable one is dead. Honestly, he doesn't see a problem with them studying Halley, who was trying to kill them even if she's apparently backed down. He really does not care about anything other than going home at this point.]

I will take my compensation and leave, if no one else will.

[He doesn't even know what the compensation is but might as well leave out that detail so they pay him in full. At any rate it doesn't look like Halley was lying about them.]

[ichbindereinzelganger]

I can...take care of myself.

...

But...thank you?

[strangerpeople]

Of course! You shall have the answers you seek, along with the power to enforce the rule of your sworn lord! Also you won't be put back into Space Jail for your crime.