Invasion Part 1 by Percival Constantine

Author:Percival Constantine [Constantine, Percival]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: superheroes, science fiction, fantasy, specials, adventure, mutants, superhero, series, superhero team, superhero series, action, superhuman, short stories, serialized, action adventure, urban
Publisher: Percival Constantine
Published: 2016-05-01T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

The Icarus came to a hover far above the courthouse in Washington, DC. Inside the cockpit, Zenith activated the auto-pilot and pushed his seat back from the controls, rising up. Erin did the same and the two moved from the cockpit into the passenger bay.

“How’s it look down there?” asked Erin.

Lee stood beside the monitor attached to the partition and pointed to it. On the screen were a series of feeds from outside the courthouse. They were pulled from the news feeds as well as the cameras located on the Icarus itself.

“This is what we’re looking at.”

The different screens all showed angles on the same image. Cerberus agents were down there, as well as local police, and barricades were set up. On one side was the pro-Exemplar crowd, people holding signs calling for his release, specials deserved the same rights as normal humans, and even some anti-Cerberus messages. The other side was vehemently opposed to the Exemplar, waving around placards of the Exemplar with a Hitler mustache, calling specials terrorists, and some even advocating for their outright extermination.

“Things aren’t so better on the web,” said Koji. He sat in one of the chairs with a tablet in his hands, flicking through the messages on his screen. “Social media’s exploding. Trending hashtags include, ‘so not special,’ ‘Exemplar was right,’ ‘hail to the King,’ and… ‘specialcution.’”

“Those are stupid,” said Erin, taking a seat beside Anita.

“I dunno, I kinda like ‘hail to the King.’ Bruce Campbell even retweeted a few of them.”

Dom chuckled at that but Erin just blinked.

“Who’s Bruce Campbell?”

Dom, Lee, and Koji all stared at Erin with a mixture of horror and surprise present in their gazes. She returned their looks with a questioning glance and a shrug.

“What? What’d I say?”

Dom shook his head. “How can you not know who Bruce Campbell is?”

“Okay, give her a break,” said Anita. “It’s not like the Evil Dead movies were that great to begin with.”

Lee gasped. He slowly raised his hand and pointed at Anita. “D-did she just say what I think she said?”

Koji set the tablet down on the chair beside him and stood, approaching Lee and patting him on the back. “It’s okay, man. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about.”

Anita rolled her eyes. When Erin looked at her, she just flashed her a smile. “Ignore them. They’re just being guys.”

“So we’ve established that there are protestors outside the courthouse and Anita’s got terrible taste in movies,” said Dom. “Anything else?”

“I received a message from Gunsmith, his shuttle has departed for Olympus,” said Zenith. “But until something else happens, all we can do is wait. I’ve activated the Icarus’ new stealth mode, so we’ll remain hidden up here.”

“Do we know what’s going on inside the courthouse?” asked Anita.

“No cameras are permitted inside,” said Zenith. “We’ll have to wait until they recess.”

Anita sighed and stood from her seat. She walked to the rear of the craft. Erin got up and followed her. Anita had gone to the med-bay and began opening compartments and then closing them again.

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