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The Arsenal, Chapter 2

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The Arsenal (Gmod/Poster Style) by TheArsenal107


Chapter 2


 

  Enter the Utopia known as New Harmony, a vast city surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean with towering cities built on steel ground; decorated with imitations of grass and trees among the towers above them. The population consisted of a large variety of the rich and middle class citizens from adults and children while the poor are nowhere to be seen in the daylight of this vast city. Here was an independent militarized group called UNITY, formed by the United Nations as a backdrop to Global security as the world of humans started to be vast in population from their green landscapes along with the super-powered beings; or supers as citizens have called them, came into the population on Earth. Wearing blue and white armor, the military of UNITY is spread far and wide in the city of Harmony in day and night for all citizens across the globe.

 Arriving to Harmony was a group of United States helicopters, making their way to the center of New Harmony; the capital of UNITY. Once the helicopters made their landing, armed soldiers made their way out as they were welcomed by UNITY's forces led by a female officer named Elisa Zael. Elisa, currently a strict and direct thirty-year old, had been in UNITY for over 9 years and counting after her father had founded UNITY, but unfortunately passing away much later. Exiting the helicopter was the sharply dressed Howard Zael, who was around his late twenties and brother to Elisa sharing similar connections to UNITY, but his business was of science and technology to promote itself in the eyes of citizens. Howard made his way to Elisa along with his armed forces, his walk remained as sharp as his suit was.

Dear, Sister (Gmod+Scenic) by TheArsenal107

"Good to see you again, dear sister." said Howard, who slowly bowed trying to kiss his sister's hand before it was swiped away.

"Don't start thinking that I'm the one that asked for you, Commands wants your attention brought to a situation that's recently started up," said Elisa, scolding her brother.

The two made their way across the rooftop as the armed forces of UNITY formed with their superiors. The United States soldiers remained on guard with the helicopters. The group made its way across the vast building with its high technology ranging from screens and robotics.

"What's Command have in mind? Another proposal?" Howard, speaking to his sister as he saw most of his merchandise on display.

"As if, we have enough to make it work, but with our leadership in absence with his 'super-friends' we have our hands tied," Elisa took a quick pause, the term 'super-friends' didn't sit well with her while inside UNITY's facilities.

"Oh come now, if they're off we can show how capable we are. They can keep saving the world one day after another while we have our interests in our pockets. I think father would be quite proud of such an achievement, don't you?"

Elisa took a moment to collect herself with a soft sigh, "Yeah, he would."

"Well, don't look too down about it. If I do get into your little gang, I'll be sure to have you run secondly to me."

Elisa rolled her eyes, She could only hope that UNITY had no interest in having Howard join.

 Upon reaching a large doorway, the armed men took their position to guard the entrance as Howard and Elisa entered the large room lit with large monitors and a large table in the center. This room was accompanied by higher-ranking officers of UNITY with more than enough medals to count. Their bickering ended once the Zaels made their entrance.

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Elisa spoke out first, "Comma-"

But Howard interrupted a few seconds later, "Good to see you again, Command. I was hoping we'd meet aga-."

"Take a seat Howard, we didn't call you here for another goddamn proposal," said one of the more elderly officers.

Howard had a look of anger and disappointment on his face as he took a seat at the around the table.

"Take a seat, Ms.Zael. We have a short situation to discuss, and we can't waste much time." 

Elisa nodded and took her seat with her brother and whispered to him, "Better luck next time, dear brother."

The room lit up with light blue screens facing the group of veteran men and women in their formal uniforms while the one with the most medals stood up near the screen. The officer was in his late 60's with more medals on his chest than others did, and also showing a stance of power along with his voice that soon overcame the entire room.

Target of Interest (Gmod+Scenic) by TheArsenal107

"Now that we're all here, let's get to business. As most of you know, UNITY's leadership is on leave with the terrorist situation increasing in the Eastern Hemisphere and it's up to us to handle the problems to small for them to divert any attention. A few weeks ago, a few supers broke into one of our facilities in Africa; resulting in lost research and a subject on the loose we need chained up. The cape's status is currently unknown, but the subject is the more important task at hand."

Howard objected, "Why's that? You don't approve of making an example of them?"

"The subject was someone's project meant for a much grander scale than we know. Our science division wasn't close enough to find out. We do know that this was human experimentation."

"Why would they want to do such research, the supers have proved more than enough to be the next step." said Elisa.

The officer brought up a biography of the person of interest, along with his identification featuring the man's face, and continued speaking.

"This is why, the subject is Mitchell Harkman. Was assumed to be KIA in 1973 in service of the Navy Seals. Parents were deceased at age 13 and he joined service 20 years later. The bad part of that is that he was killed by your father, and will no doubt start thinking we're the enemy."

"So send the supers after him. What's the point of wasting our time with him?" said Howard.

"The paparazzi follows half the supers in the world, and we need this to be quietly done before it gets out of hand. You two are gonna be in charge of this operation while we get command back in motion to finalize what you can do; if you actually manage to finish the job we might look into a promotion," The officer tilted his head forward as he perked the Zael's interest. "Officer Zael has had more than one stealth operation under her belt, so I expect more than enough from her."

Elisa sighed deeply, the thought of working with her brother disgusted her, "We'll get it done, sir."

"Dismissed then. Get it done as quick as you can." said the officer, closing the screens behind him with his tablet.

Elisa and Howard exited the room; once they passed the door they entered through, Howard smiled at his sister.

"If you think this puts you in charge, think again," said Elisa, pointing furiously at Howard.

Howard taunted her in his tone, "Oh, I wouldn't dream of ruining your good reputation. It just gives us time to get re-acquainted. I look forward to it, I do."

Howard walked away from Elisa, leaving her to think how painful the task would be from start to finish.


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tigerfaceswe's avatar
Good that you introduce some illustrations in this part. It breaks up from the text and always gives the reader something to compare to.