>>1901>JackHe used to be a king.
The King of Hell's Kitchen, not even the police wanted to have anything to do with the Golden Saints in their glory days.
He ruled with an iron fist, and thanks to Jack being there to clean the city's trash, people who were afraid of these freaks who used their gifts to do whatever they wanted with them, who saw drugs plunge the City into vice, waves of crime and murder, Fathers who saw their children lose themselves in all that angel dust shit and spoonfuls of China white, saw him as a protector, the only wall between them and the worst scum of the City, worse than him at least, no doubt. Even those same abominations of nature, the younger, the more lost and broken, saw a kindred spirit in him... And he had a very good eye for talent.
Criminals, mafias, drug dealers, could do little against his friends, and their special abilities that made humanity little more than a free buffet, he had freedom when it came to taking what he wanted.
The other mutants, he could see the terror in their eyes whenever they tried to use their privileged gifts that had allowed them to do whatever they wanted for so long and witnessed their ineffectiveness against him, the vast majority either stopped working and simply went into shock, or futilely tried to attack him out of desperation, the last mistake they made. He left them broken, took out the trash for the rest of society, and he enjoyed true freedom.
Only he was free.
...
He slid the zipper of his jacket in a single motion, the leather echoed as it touched the floor leaving him with only a vest of a darker grayish hue, the muscles of both arms marked insistently under his skin with every movement, as if his veins were about to burst out of his skin, several scars earned from years of fighting like a dog, of reveling in violence and the theory of combat. He had barely finished his last job, he was fresh, youth and anger burned in his good eye like the light of the zenith, but now this was the situation he was in, all the experience and power of years fighting, strengthening his body to have the strength to tear others like him apart... Had led to this, now these people expect him to represent them, through public service, or otherwise he would end up in a prison, or a laboratory, and probably the same would happen to his gang by association.
Just because he accepted doesn't mean any of them are grateful, in fact, their discontent was palpable despite supposedly being on their best behavior, and even more so seeing the comfort with which a certain blonde looked at him, he was used to that kind of predator's eyes, he used to see them every day, people who want to use him but haven't yet come to a true understanding of what he is, and once they do, it's too late. He pulls a chocolate bar out of his pants pockets, he had noticed it but hadn't dedicated a word to it since they first met, and the fact that he was traveling on a Jet was not to be underestimated, he hadn't even been on a normal plane before, he felt uncomfortable with the situation.
-This reminds me of something... I once met a mutant with the power to put anyone in an illusion just by looking them in the eyes. He was quite a bothersome phenomenon, believe me. The guy was very infamous for using that little trick to ruin relationships, steal, or even kill normal people for the most idiotic reasons imaginable. Sooner or later he was going to mess with someone he shouldn't have, and well... You already know who always ends up doing the dirty work of taking out the trash for a good price... --
He bit down gently, tearing off a piece of chocolate and smirking out of the corner of his eye-- The guy was immensely proud of his eyes, despite not using them for anything worth a damn other than fulfilling his petty, inconsequential whims; he was just trash without principles, ambition, or any redeeming virtue worthy of a man. That said, they were striking... like two sapphires, shining in the sunlight... So I ripped his eyes out, and sold them to a very strange collector who bought exotic animal eyes online. Apparently, mutants fell into that same category for him...
He pushes his hair up to reveal his scorched eye, a sickly white, seeking a reflection in the blue of the strange woman who kept staring at him, wondering if his scars bothered her.-Ah, don't worry, I didn't kill him. Deep down, I've always been soft-hearted and kind. --
He assured with a playful gesture, letting the chocolate melt between his tongue and palate, his words purely motivated by boredom-- Anyway, I guess the moral is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder... And living by manipulating people is bad for your health.
He leaned back in his seat on the jet after his terrible joke, resting two hands behind his neck as if preparing for a nap, resolute in giving no more attention to the bleached blonde or the therian. He no longer knew if the former kept eyeing him like he was the last pizza in the fridge or if she already disliked seeing his burnt face for so long....
He pretended not to be interested in all the mansion's technology that looked like it was straight out of a Sci-fi comic, but it was ridiculous, none of this was technology from this century. He kept his hands in his jacket pockets as he observed the facilities, proudly giving each thing he found only a quick once-over so as not to look like a kid in an aquarium, but it was difficult; he had rarely been in such elegant places, and usually it was for work... Well, technically he was there for work, but still, he felt like he was in a movie.>The Danger Room isn't just an enclosed space with holograms, it's an augmented hybrid reality environment. Special solid light projectors create "tangible" enemies and objects, I call it 'hard light'-All good with you old man, but you can't have something like this and call it "Hard light", what the hell is that? Get yourself an assistant with more common sense who can handle the creative sector. Call it Solid Projection or something.
They even had a training room capable of creating situations through a projector, one capable of creating solid forms. Now, he can't even begin to understand how something like that could even work, holograms were always something he thought possible to replicate ever since he saw that space war movie, but he can think of few ways in which to make a room like that, he sighs narrowing his eyes, trying to feign disinterest in the technology while at the same time starting to stretch in preparation for the next fight.
>You're wasting your time, this blockhead probably barely passed preschool-Are you going to brag about knowing what a projector is? I applaud your infinite wisdom, but those were invented a long time ago, I know what they are. --
He pointed out in an indifferent tone while stretching his arms, unable to avoid showing a bit of annoyance at hearing a rich person boast about being well-educated-- Can we get to the point? They might not believe me, but I have no interest in entertaining them.
Around him everything fades like a dream, the white and empty form of the training room becoming an abstract nonsense until he could finally distinguish the different shapes and objects around him, he definitely felt dizzy. He observed the prison at the same time his expression wrinkled, he didn't find the irony amusing.
>I'm sure Hell's Kitchen can be a cold place during winter, but you've never felt anything as cold as Germany during World War II-Spare me the History lesson, Doctor Kinkross. My Father loved telling me about the War with all its nasty and bloody details, or well... He used to, before he burned to death by another freak like me. --
He dug in his left ear with his pinky finger in absolute disinterest-- The weak will die and the strong will survive, everything else is just distractions. I'm sure the motivation behind your search for mutants to collect differs radically from Professor Claremont's altruistic goal, but I'm not here to play school with you, even if normal people sought to exterminate us all and even if they had the slightest chance of succeeding, I would manage on my own to survive... And if I don't, it means I simply didn't deserve to.
A picture of his band, composed of mutants and societal outcasts, briefly appears in his mind and causes his expression of indifference to crack a little. He puts his hands in his pockets, serious.
-I'm here for the deal I made with the Professor, never forget that.
>Moira, you're forgetting something...>Ah, yes, for every kill you make, I'll unbutton one button on my shirt the next time we have a therapy session.-Therapy? That wasn't part of the deal. --
He raised an inquisitive eyebrow, evidently not a fan of that word, nor did he seem to trust the bleached blonde's abilities to exercise her dubious title in a hypothetical session.
>Be careful! If you take a single shot, the simulation is over, Good luck!-So I just have to avoid getting shot... I guess some things never change, huh...
He was already walking towards the gate that prevented his escape, a malicious smile on his face, his target was on the other side but he acted as if there were no barrier between them and him, his left foot slid back elegantly, his golden hair framed his face with the movement before momentarily covering the grotesque, hardened burn mark that devoured part of his face. The first step brought him closer to the gate, his front foot lifted and tilted his body before the sole of his foot deformed the bars outward with the impact of the kick, the entire structure creaking loudly, before giving way with a crash that shook the hallway.
-Locking me up is unnecessary, you wanted to see my fighting skills, right? Just let me get straight to the point.
Both hands in his pockets, he indifferently allowed the soldiers to position themselves to take down the new threat, looking quite bored by the situation, he listlessly raised his arms as he was aimed at.
>Back off! Dirty--The first thing they could hear was the crunching sound of the soldier's neck separating from his torso, his mouth and eyes swapping height as he fell to the ground after what --after a slow-motion review at least 3 times-- appeared to have been a kick.
-Oops.
He evidently didn't mean to hit him that hard, but he seemed aware of the power of this training room. The man hadn't even touched the ground yet and yet the others had also been separated from it, the sole of his shoe imprinted on the faces and bulletproof vests of each of them, all sent flying as if he had hit them at the same time. He spun forcefully, the momentum in the next high circular kick sinking the side of another soldier's head, before kicking another behind him with enough force to embed him in the wall.
Kek, I don't know the dice system, say it so I can roll themOr if you prefer, just advance the scene so I can be with the other niggas