Meeting the Superiors

[Lee Stone]

Phoenix whistled a dark tune as he strolled along the empty halls of Level 2. Not even maintenence and security workers were out in the halls. Everyone was hard at work.

Phoenix clenched and unclenched his fingers in anxiety as he looked for the conference room where he knew Fist and his other superiors would be waiting for him to report. He wasn't looking forward to it at all. Lately DetaB had been getting desperate. Desperate enough to stage kidnappings of young kids and maybe even desperate enough to kill them. He shuddered at the thought of recieving orders to do such a thing. Would he be able to do it if he was ordered to?

He found the room he was looking for and raised his hand to the keypad, pausing for a moment to take a deep breath before punching in the code. The door slid open and he squared his shoulders and stepped inside.

[Sylver]

Vision swirled her chair around so she was looking at him, or at least in his general direction. "Welcome Phoenix." She said, smiling at him. "Please," she guestured towards an empty chair, "have a seat."

[Lee Stone]

"Thanks," Phoenix said quietly, sliding into the offered chair. He cast his eyes over his superiors warily and tried not to let his nervousness show. Everyone looked so serious, and he'd never done well in serious situations. He cleared his throat uncomfortably and wondered if Shadina had been asked to come down as well. 'Oh well,' he thought with a sigh.

"Well, hello everyone," He smiled boldly. "Vision," he nodded, "Always such a pleasure to see you." He flashed her a charming smile. He'd always been a flirt, even if most people were annoyed by it. "Are we waiting for anyone or can we get on with it?"

[Logan001]

" I think we can begin..." said Fist as he sat in his chair at the end of the table.
"so you have captured the subject...but I must know why we have 2 subject? our plan was to capture the son of Ned, 4th in command of the Blocker resistance...so who is this extra person?" asked Fist staring gravely at Phoenix

[Sylver]

Vision answered for him. "His Blocker protection, Andrelina." She turned in her chair so that she wasn't facing either of them. Her mind was somewhere else, but it was still connected to her body. An unnerving habit for those who don't know her all that well.

[Logan001]

"Blocker...Andrelina...about how old is she?" Asked Fist looking down at his place mat in front of him."Also what rank is she?" Fist asked.

[Lee Stone]

"She's his age, probably." Phoenix shrugged. "16 maybe, a grunt, fresh from the Moon base as far as I can tell. I had no choice but to pick her up. She was in the room with him when I went to grab Art. It was either take her or...kill her. And I'd really rather not have any blood on my hands. Not when it can be avoided."

[Sylver]

"Ned and his Blocker 'friends' are argueing." Vision announced. "The one female in the room, I beleive she's a mother, she's telling him off..." She trailed off and squinted her eyes. "He's not going to stop the project!" She sounded quite shocked, and she stood up and walked foreward a few steps. She raised her hand as if she was about to hit someone.

[Lee Stone]

"What do you mean, they're not going to stop it?!" Phoenix gaped, jumping to his feet. He momentarily forgot that Vision was caught up in watching the Blockers and not really paying attention to him. He quickly caught her hand before she could smack him and looked over at Fist, hoping that this didn't mean what he thought it did. "There's still a chance right?" He questioned desperately. "I mean, we can't really act until he gives us his official answer, can we? So there's still time for him to change his mind."

His fear was only partially for himself and what would happen to them if this project went ahead. Mostly he was just afraid that Fist would order the deaths of Andi and Art. In his panic he even forgot to let go of Vision's hand and as the sick feeling in his stomach started up his grip tightened. 'This is exactly what I was afraid of'.

[Logan001]

"you need to remember we are DetaB...Death To All Blockers...Phoenix you must kill her. She’s a threat to us...let her live she may report back to her HQ and revile our position. then we all are in danger...you must Phoenix...because if you don’t then I will." Fist said staring coldly at Phoenix

[Sylver]

Fist's declaration and Pheonix's grip on her hand startled her into leaving the council room and back into the room with her body. As her vision returned suddenly, she swayed, her knees buckled, and she lost her feet. "K-kill her?"

[Lee Stone]

"But...can't we have someone wipe their memory or something? I mean, there must be an alternative." But he knew it was no good. No one with DetaB had enough power to wipe the pair's memory far enough back. They'd already been there too long.

[Logan001]

"I know that you have a problem with death...but you need to get over it...if you don’t then i cannot allow you move up in rank...that’s why i sent you on this mission in the first place..." Fist told Phoenix with a look of disappointment in his eyes.
after saying this the room went silent and all eyes where on Phoenix.

[Lee Stone]

Phoenix chewed his lip anxiously but finally dropped his head and sighed. "I understand, sir..." He mumbled under his breath. He tried not to look at anyone. He felt dirty. "When would you like it done?"

[Sylver]

Vision burried her chest into Pheonix's shirt, shaking. She then pulled back and glared at Fist. 'We wait for Ned's official answer!' She shouted into both of their minds. She was strong enough to send both of them reeling if she wanted to. She was angry enough to, but kept her temper in check. She was too angry to form words though, and had to fall back on her telepathy. 'Before we do anything!'

[Lee Stone]

Phoenix softly put his hand on Vision's back and looked at Fist as well. "I agree," He said. "There's still a chance that Commander Ned will change his mind about this." Although the likliness of that happening was very, very slim, and Phoenix knew it. "I guess until then we'll just have to wait." He squeezed Vision's shoulder supportively and settled them both into chairs to wait.

[Logan001]

"this doesn’t mater...we need Ned's son...not his bodyguard...if we kill his protection they will know that we are serious...I could care less what happens to a filthy Blocker grunt...now go Phoenix...i will not repeat myself." said Fist now standing up

[Sylver]

Vision stood just as another vision took her place. She could see the twins in her mind. They were looking bored. She kept the vision up long enough to hear them say that they felt bad for Andi and Art and that they wished there was something they could do to help them. Vision stood, a plan forming. "I'll go with you Pheonix." She locked eyes with him, there was determination evident. She then headed for the door.

[Lee Stone]

Phoenix blinked at Vision in surprise. He hadn't really expected her to want to come along. Not to witness a murder. That was what it was to Phoenix. A murder. Not an execution. He tried to steel himself for what was to come, but his fists were clenching and he couldn't help but look down at the gun on his hip in disgust. He didn't want to be a killer. 'We're as bad as the Blockers.'

[Logan001]

As Phoenix and Vision walked out of the door Fist started to think about what was about to happen...if Phoenix didn’t go along with the plan Fist was going to have to do it his self. Fist didn’t exactly expect Phoenix to have an easy time doing such a thing...but it must be done.