Society of Justice 3: Crisis on the Earth

[Lizmichi]

Aleric nodded quietly and looked around at the damage. "Wow this is really bad. Well thankfully this will be easy to fix once we get our bodies back. However, if they touched my room there will be helol to pay for all of them." she said shaking her fist some. She spend years on what she had in her room and wasn't about to let it fall into the hands of the Union.

 

[socialtangent]

As the group headed quietly through the museum, Levi noted curiously that the entirety of the museum was left...untouched. The various exhibits, displays, and decorations, all of them completely intact. Why destroy everything but the Museum of all places? he wondered. Normally, Levi enjoyed the silence of the Museum, but now it was unnerving. Like the calm before the storm. As they headed through the second generation section, he heard the sound of loud, muffled music coming from the door that lead to the Lounge, mixed with even louder profanity. Sounded like the Union was still preoccupied by Guitar Hero. Should buy us a little more time, he thought as they passed into the third generation section of the Museum.

 

[RBMidknight]

Taryn ran her hand along the stainless steel frame of a display as she passed by. Though she felt like she was walking normally when Taryn glanced around she noticed that she'd gained ground. She was now closer to the front of the group. 'One of the benefits of not being short. Temporarily.' she thought. Purposefully taking a few long strides she walked up to the hallway. Taryn paused and leaned against the adjacent wall to pull out her computer. A quick random key push woke the computer from its standby mode. Taryn pulled up the hallway feed. According to the rotating camera the hallway was clear. Taryn gave a quick thumbs up to the group then turned her hand to point her thumb at the hallway.

 

[tsatoma]

"I have to say I'm quite relieved we haven't had to deal with anyone," Ethan told them as he crouched next to the hallway door before opening it up and walking down the hall quietly. He stopped by the first door he saw and looked inside, noting that this large circular room was the conference room before closing the door and moving onto the next door.

"Oh wow, an all metal door. Must be for something important," he chuckled as he crouched down next to the metal door too, feeling much more comfortable whilst crouched in his current body, "I'm assuming there are security measures at this door, right?"

 

[Pm0n3y]

Meanwhile, in the lounge...

Takashi plinked away at the small plastic guitar, racking up points at the video game, his red, clawed fingers scratching deeply into the colored buttons in rapid succession; the Union member known as Nuke doing equally well with his own peripheral. On a couch behind them, a smaller person sits, with a dim, dark green armor easily resembling that of a Key's. It's covered face perched upon an hand and arm in boredom.

"C'monnnn Taki, I wanna look around some more!" The feminine voice whined from beyond the armor.

"Hold on, alright? We're almost done!" Takashi called back, not taking his eyes from the large TV screen. Nuke leaned in close.

"Dude, why'd you even bring her along? She's like, killing our vibe." He asked, he too, kept himself from relinquishing his eyes from the game.

"She wanted to see my brother. One that I thought would've been here. I know he hangs with these guys. I came here expecting to get into a fight, and got a doctor, a baby, and pets. Killing them wouldn't have been any fun." He answered as the song ended. As he released the guitar from his grasp, the young Keyholder grabbed him by the hand and dragged him out of the room.

"That's because we haven't looked hard enough! Now c'monnnn!" She declared whiningly, pushing through the doors leading out of the lounge and back to the museum.

"We've already been this way! Why're we going back?" Takashi protested, trying his hardest to break from her grip, but to no avail.

"Because we haven't been to the very end!" She answered, walking towards the '3rd Generation' exhibits. As the two explored the area, they came across a door slightly open, the words 'Personnel Only' across it.

"Takashi! They're probably in here!" She exclaimed excitedly, running towards the door, throwing it open. As a result, the door rips off of its hinges, Takashi slightly dodging it as it flies past in his direction.

"Geez, could you calm down a bit? You'd think they'd have better security in this place..." He said to himself, rubbing his forehead and sighing before trotting after her.

 

[socialtangent]

Levi nodded as he approached the solid metal door. "Yes, there's a few. Out of all of us here, only Taryn and myself have the authorization to get past them," he replied as he pushed a few buttons on the touch-screen panel that was fixed on the door.

PLEASE ENTER AUTHORIZATION NUMBER

Deftly, Levi began to enter his own authorization code when he realized that the fingerprint and eye scans would read him as Taryn as opposed to himself. Yikes, he thought. The discrepancy would have set off the alarms had he continued. He backspaced and re-entered the code, this time Taryn's.

AUTHORIZATION NUMBER ACCEPTED. PLEASE SUBMIT TO FINGERPRINT SCAN

A black square appeared on the screen. Levi placed his thumb on the space, and a sweeping green bar scanned his thumbprint. After a few passes, a green-tinted image of his (rather, Taryn's) thumbprint appeared.

FINGERPRINT ACCEPTED. PLEASE PROCEED TO RETINAL SCAN

A small camera on top of the touch screen revealed itself, as well as a button on screen to start the scan. Levi positioned his eye in front of the camera and pressed the button. A red light appeared and made several sweeps over his eye. After a few seconds, the scan stopped. He blinked and looked at the screen, which had a display of the results of the scan.

RETINAL SCAN ACCEPTED. ENTRANCE GRANTED. WELCOME, TARYN FOUNDRE

The sound of thick bolts unlatching from the inside of the door echoed through the currently empty hall. Levi reached for the handle and pulled the heavy door open, a task that was slightly more difficult in his smaller body. "Okay, we're in," he said quietly. "Let's make this qu-"

He was interrupted mid-sentence by what sounded like a muffled conversation, followed by a loud breaking noise. Turning to face the source, he saw that the door had been ripped off its hinges, and standing in its place were two people, wearing armor similar to Jason's. One had armor that was tinted red, and the other dark green. Keys? Oh, shit. This is bad. Jason had made it very clear to him that Keys meant trouble. Big trouble. "Get inside!" he said hurriedly as he rushed inside the security room and ushered the rest in. Quickly, he shut the door and held it shut. "Somebody get the deadbolts!" he exclaimed.

 

[tsatoma]

Ethan spun around when he heard the door bust open, quickly jumping in behind everyone. When Levi said to bolt the door he was the first to it, making sure every security measure on the door was on. He slowly stood and backed up, looking around at the small group and saying, "That...was close. We better make this fast or this could be bad."

 

[elementsoul]

The group had barely gotten trough the door. Not knowing if they were seen Tyson started running through the limited options for giving Levi and Taryn time to get the system back online. Coming to a conclusion, Tyson a message on his visor, "

If you don't have a better idea or defense; I'll stay here and make a run for it to distract them away if they get through the door. Ethan, stay with Levi and Taryn if it doesn't work.

" Tyson leaned against the wall on the side of the room that the door would open from and started checking the weapons, waiting for a response.

 

[Lizmichi]

Spoiler: OOC socialtangent

You're forgeting Richard also I'm sure has authorization to security. Hell he build alot of it and was head of security last arc. How that I think about it Eric might as well.

Aleirc looked at Tyson. "I'm the only one here that can fully use this new bodie." Alex said softly putting her hand on the floor and made a straigt sword. Eric's body may not be able to do as much as she was use to but she could work with it.

"I say I stay to hold them back giving you time to get out of here." Aleirc said gwetting ready to fight the Union members.

 

[Pm0n3y]

The two Keyholders rushed up to the heavy metal door, just as it was closed on them. Immediately, the younger Keyholder began yanking on it's handle, making great strides in progress as the door creaked and groaned. Takashi stood behind her, his arms crossed.

"Really? You can toss 18-wheelers and topple buildings, but you can't open a simple door?" He queried, looking on. Eventually, the young one began punching in the door, leaving deep dents in the metal.

"What? It's harder than it looks. Maybe we should get that Major Crime guy...he's way stronger than I am...I wonder if he could help me get that strong one day..." She protested before letting her mind wander, mindlessly pummeling the door.

"Why do that? Didja forget that I was here?" Takashi answered simply before signaling for her to stop. As she did so, he placed a hand on her shoulder. Instantly, the two disappeared into a puff of red smoke.

[hr]

Inside the Security Room...

Erebus looked on as the door ahead went quiet.

"Super strength? Takashi must've brung someone else with him. But I couldn't hear the voice...who else had super strength? ...Jacoby? Ness? Or maybe..." Before he could finish, a cloud of red smoke materialized in the room, the Keyholders stepping from beyond it. The smaller one immediately spotted Ethan and ran up to him, grasping him in a great bear hug.

"Jasonnnn~! I thought i'd never see you again~!" She exclaimed happily.

"Wait...Marrissa?!" Erebus exclaimed in complete shock. Before Ethan could protest in any way, the young girl set him down abruptly and sent a heavy left hook straight into his chest, sending him flying through several walls, only to come to a stop somewhere outside of the Promenade.

"Y'know, I saw this coming, but I thought he would've went further." Takashi quiped from behind her before she took off through the holes, heading straight for Ethan. As she went to go face her fellow Keyholder in combat, Takashi slowly turned towards the others, clasping his hands together.

"So, while my little sister goes to beat up my little brother, i'd figure I could spend some time killing you guys. How does that sound?" He asked with a faux-kindness as his red armor devilishly slithered up his face, forming into a unscathed mask.

 

[tsatoma]

'What? Who? I need explanations-!' Ethan thought to Erebus, having no time to react as he was thrown outside of the Promenade with a single punch. He groaned as he slowly lifted himself up from the ground, looking at the huge skid mark along the grass that he had caused.

'That hurt...alright time to tell me what is going on before she comes back,' Ethan said in the mindscape, acting quite panicked, 'Damn I wish I had that morphine injector like in my normal body...'

 

[Pm0n3y]

"That's Marrissa Kerrigan...Jason's younger...stronger...half-sister. By the look of things, she's tagged along with Takashi to see you. You should be flattered." Erebus said before looking down at his armor. Marrissa's punch left the chest cavity of the armor severely cracked and flaky.

"Geez, another punch like that, and she could blow your chest out of your back like a shotgun blast! Just stay clear of her attacks-" Erebus was cut short as Marrissa came into view, a uppercut sending Ethan-Jason high into the skies. She took after him, grabbing both of his legs. flipping though the air, she spun faster and faster before letting go with a yell, sending Ethan barreling towards the ground. He collided through several other buildings before making a crater in the sidewalk.

"Well, that happened..." Erebus replied simply, noticing that the armor around his neck and chin was completely gone, showing patches of skin.

[hr]

Meanwhile, in the Merriweather...

Jason calmed the quakes in his new body through meditation, breathing a sigh of relief as he felt that he was done. Making his way outside to the others, Jason looked towards the clouds, smiling as he kept his mind clear, and his psyche calm. Looking towards the Promenade, Jason's face contorted slightly as he saw two foreign objects launching into the sky. His face twisted even more once he saw that one of the objects resembled his body.

"What the...?" He said to himself, eyes widening as he then witnessed his body go flying towards the city at breakneck speeds.

"Ethan? What's going on?! Who is that?!" He exclaimed into his comm with a panicked tone.

 

[tsatoma]

Ethan had no time to even reply to Erebus as he was sent flying upwards before being thrown into a Super Walmart (with a McDonald's inside) a few blocks away, bouncing out of it and falling unconscious.

As he awoke from his brief stint of unconsciousness he looked down at the broken armor, poking at some of the cracks and groaning in pain. He then looked around to see where he was, feeling that it was an adequate place when he realized he was inside a coffin at the morgue. "Maybe I should just stay here," Ethan grumbled before hearing some yelling coming from his communicator, "Jason? Who am I kidding of course it's you...uh, I think I'm fighting your sister. And by fight I mean getting my ass kicked...."

 

[elementsoul]

Any plan or idea Tyson had was thrown out the door as two people appeared inside the room. They had similar armor to that of Jason's except that their armor had different colours. Tyson watched as the smaller one punch Ethan clean out of the building and followed him through the hole Jason's body made. The other one who was in red armor with a small amount of black cracks, stood there and made a comment about how he was going to kill them before a red mask materialized over his face.

Tyson drew the Luger and fired a round pointblank at the man in the red armor's face. "

GOOD LUCK!

" Appeared on the visor as he fired. The bullet deflected off the man's mask and into the sealing leaving a small set of black cracks that matched the colour of the other cracks on his body where the bullet had hit. Seeing the little effect the bullet had Tyson jumped for the hole that was made by Jason's body.

 

[socialtangent]

Levi recoiled as the Keyholders suddenly materialized into existence in front of them. He began backtracking when Ethan (mistaken as Jason) was sent flying through the wall behind him. This is bad. None of them were in any shape to battle, let alone fight Keyholders. Levi made his way for the hole left by Ethan's "exit", briefly turning to face the Keyholder in the red armor. As Tyson fired a shot from Ethan's Luger, Levi raised his hand and summoned an electric charge. With a crackling sound, he unleashed a bright blue arc of electricity at Takashi and ran through the hole after Tyson.

 

[Pm0n3y]

The electrical charge pushed Takashi back a bit, surging through his body for a split second before repelling from out of his arm, flying towards Levi-Taryn.

"Whoa, caught me by surprise there. That won't happen again." Takashi said, a circular shield growing from his arm. As he began to take off after the two, he stopped, looking towards Alex-Eric, and Taryn-Levi, who supposedly just stood there in complete and utter shock. Takashi gave them a slightly confused look before raising thin spikes from the ground, serving as bars for a makeshift prison.

"I'll save you two for later." He said before snapping his fingers, causing even smaller thorns to spring from the surface of the spikes.

"Yeah, bet you've never seen Jason do that before, huh?" He said with a mocking salute before disappearing into red smoke.

[hr]

"Wait...Takashi brought Marrissa with him?!" Jason-Garrus exclaimed from his comm.

[hr]

Somewhere in the City...

Marrissa landed outside of the giant store, following the skid marks until she spotted a hole in the nearby morgue. She let off a smile before slamming her fists into the ground, causing a large fissure to travel along the ground and up the face of the building. Then, with minimal strength, she picked up a nearby pickup and sent it crashing into the building, destroying the property almost entirely.

"You can't hide from me Jason! Not after what you did to us...to me..." She announced, voice lowering slightly as she sifted through the rubble of the building, smashing coffins and tombstones along the way.

 

[tsatoma]

"I guess he did. It'd make sense right? I mean- hold on she's here," Ethan-Jason replied, lifting himself up into a sitting position and quickly raising his hands in fear of the little girl.

"Hold the phone there uh...Marrissa, I'm not who you think I am. I've seen it happen before where things become horrible due to a misunderstanding, so I'm going to explain to you the situation," he explained quickly, keeping his hands up to show that he meant no harm, "My name is Ethan Claidt and I'm currently stuck in Jason's body due to a mind-switch juicer invention made by a scientist named Mordtoten. So...I don't know what the deal is with you and him, but know that I'm not him. Uhh we, as in the Society, have come back to try and stop the Union from doing anymore damage and also to save a few of the people that had been left behind. So...yeah."

 

[elementsoul]

Tyson watched the man in the red armor disappear. Alex and Taryn are trapped behind a set of bars. Tyson activated the visor text function and looked Levi in the face. "

My job is to protect you. Your job is to fix the system. We should both stick to out jobs.

" Appeared on the visor before Tyson looked around for any sign of the guy in the red armor. The spikes holding Taryn and Alex were he same as the armor so Tyson couldn't break them out. Shit was heading downhill fast and Tyson felt like he was in cement shoes about to get hit by the worst of it.

 

[socialtangent]

Levi backed away from Tyson as he approached him, for his arms were crackling with unstable electricity. Letting that blast fly at Takashi released a sudden surge of energy, a surge that he was having extreme difficulty controlling. "I'd do it right now, if I wasn't liable to fry the entire system!" he said as he took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying to rein in the stray electricity before it damaged something. The ever-present buzzing in Levi's ears made it extremely difficult to focus. He clasped his hands together, remembering what Taryn had told him earlier about controlling the electricity. Sighing with a hint of irritation, he opened his eyes to see vibrant blue arcs dancing over his interlinked hands. "If I can get this under control, I can safely get to work," he said finally. Time was of the essence. There was no telling when Takashi and his companion would return.

 

[Pm0n3y]

Marrissa paused momentarily, thinking over what he said before reaching out to him to help him to his feet.

"Oh. Ok. That makes perfect sense." She replied simply, helping him up...only to fling him out of the coffin and into the side of a hearse. The force of the throw caused the car to roll over several times before stopping somewhere in the middle of the street. The younger sister walked slowly towards the car, kicking it away from Ethan.

"No it doesn't! That makes absolutely no sense!" She yelled in frustration, angry at her brother's "lies".

[hr]
Jason-Garrus heard the whole thing from the comm.

"Never heard her sound so angry before...What did I do?" He wondered before telling Ethan to ask her that.
[hr]

As the two conversed amongst themselves, Takashi frowned, seeing it as a insult. Quickly, he rematerialized in the room with a puff, speedily grabbing a hold of Levi-Taryn's surging hands with one of his hands, while grasping Tyson-Ethan's faceplate with the other. The electricity quickly flashed through Takashi's body, entering one arm, and exiting out the other. As a result, Ethan's robotic body began to spark and jump with electricity.

"Hey! Just because you don't see me initially, it doesn't mean that i'm not in the room! Don't ignore me!" He said angrily before letting go of the two, kicking Levi-Taryn's body into the nearest wall, and leaving Tyson-Ethan with his own problems.