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After my first encounter with the other new member of Stormwatch, Kat, and being sent to the infimary afterward, I felt
different. The electric shock she gave me, has been the worst thing my body has been dealt since my eruption. I went back
to the clinic, but they could not find anything physically wrong with me, maybe it is just my imagination....
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...I still feel a bit stange, but I think it is getting better, maybe my body is still recovering. It is
almost like something in the back of my mind, an elusive word you are trying to think of but can't quite grasp.
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Stormwatch has taken Micheal Whitecroft to Bahrain, after dealng with some of the Terragen, I was burned
pretty badly(thought not as bad as kat) and then I fought a Nova named Epoch, before Damage thrashed Gerrion and the other
Terragen took off again...More time in the clinic, perhaps I should have a bed reserved just for me? (I wonder if Bob would
let me do that?) Though I was able to relax, I could not rest easily, that feeling was back again. I was able to ease how
distracting it was by adjusting my position, though I am not yet sure why, the techs still could not find out what is wrong
with me...
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Went to see Rage(Aura) in her last XWF match, pretty spectacular(I hope I never
get on her bad side or make her mad). Then afterwards we went backstage, and Divis with Count Ortiz showed up, they asked
if Rage(Aura) would join the Terragen, she refused. Divis then left and started set ting the stadium on fire and killing randomly
any human that he saw. We jumped to save as many people as we could, I was certainly no match for Divis, but I could help
get people out of there. Bob was almost killed when Divis sent Rage(Aura) flying at him, I teleported him to the nearest hospital.
Then went back to get as many people out of danger as I could...Sadly Nick Jackson was not so lucky, after his funeral that
feeling was back again seeming much more ... distracting. (is this feeling somehow connected to my emotions? I will have to
investigate this further back at Stormwatch)...Working on writing down some of the things that should help the Nova Counsil,
and hopefully help stop Divis from wreaking havoc...Kat came to my room, I was really happy to see her, and we took a flight
to New York, she wanted to do something, I was just happy to see her...
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Training, loads
of it. I bet the people down at in labs are sick of seeing me, running simulations for me, running their scans. But I can
feel myself growing stronger, I need to be, if I am to fight against Novas as strong as Gerrion or Divis I must become stronger...the
feeling is back as well, however it is different. Am I growing used to it? I am not sure but it is always worse when I am
in enclosed spaces, like the elevator or hall ways arouns the training areas, it is also very strong in the gyms...
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Everyone, mostly, wanted to have a party tonight, I really could use it. Most everyone showed up, Cerro(right?)
brought a man named >>>(GQ???)<<<, that Slider dared she kiss or else we played "truth or dare". After Cerro's
man left, she broke out this "Nova Beer", it's name is definately well earned, I was buzzed after the first drink. I suppose
it is lucky that Novas con not use their powers after they are drunk on this stuff, that would be most unfortunate if a nova
turns violent off of this stuff.
The next morning I woke up with Kat besides me, I hope we enjoyed our night together,
though I do not remember it because of that Nova Beer. Later I found out she may be pregnant, that condoms and other birth
control measures do not work for Novas. Well I can only hope that Kat will be understanding and will be alright with what
has happened. Perhaps grandma will get to have a few grandchildren after all, she should be pleased.
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Stormwatch was invited to the White House, to meet with the President. The President is a great man, I hope he will
win the upcoming election, with his leadership I feel that there is hope that Novas and mankind will be able to live peacfully.
Afterwards, we went to the zoo with a Directive detatchment following us, an oppressive bunch. With Novas working for them
as well, though Kat and I took a trip to the Lincoln Monument, I wanted to talk to her about our developing relationship and
about her being pregnant. While at the monument we met Sifris, a member of the Terragen, soon after the Directive came to
find him....
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Many people are excited about Gwen's wedding coming up to Ethan, though I was
more concerned about Kat and her being pregnant. This morning I tried to talk to her, but I could not find the words, she
didn't seem too interested either. Later on I found out she wasn't pregnant, and that she wanted to just go out, and not develop
a relationship with me too fast. She is a bit young for me, and I would like to keep her as a friend, though Grandma will
be let down about not having a grandchild anytime soon.
We have been invited by Count Ortiz to the Grand opening of
the Black bird, a Nova exclusive club, there is another club like this one in Spain called the Amp room. We met the owner,
Narcosis,she also own and the barman, the Mathmetician. I saw the real face of Epoch, or Charles and Gerryon, or James there.
Aura showed up later with Slider, but when she saw Gerryon, she immediately wanted to take him in. Slider, the Duke and I
walked outside with Garryon, the Duke was knocked out, and Slider and I were left to take him on. A stranger came to help
us soon after the Duke was taken out, he looks like his family is from south Asia, he carried a sword and looked after the
Duke while Aura grabbed him and flew him into the sky. Narcosis has now banned us from the club, she is most likely another
Terragen member.
Aura was trying to take him up to the stratosphere, to knock him out, however his body was able to
withstand the lack of oxygen. Later I found out, Aura called Damage and told him to go to a park in New Jersey, they were
planning on making sure that the criminal would not make it to Bahrain prison. She took Garryons, powers and then threw the
weakened Gerryon to Damage, who was ready and waiting. Damage killed Gerryon, then left, I was able to find their location
with the help of Sero, though I have a feeling that I was not told where they were so they could exact vengence for a nova
that Gerryon had killed. I arrived and saw Aura, her frame three times as huge and muscled as normal, I guessed what happened,
and tried to save Gerryon, I took him to the Father, Stormwatches nova healer. However Damage took him away, he would not
let the father near him, he didn't want him brought back. There was no remorse in his eyes, or his voice, nothing but grim
satisfaction.
Then Divis came to the tower, be flew into the building to talk to Sero, then he came down to where
Damage and I were trying to take Gerryon's body. Divis asked if it was a fair fight, Aura told him what happened, though without
telling him about how she had borrowed his powers, and then he left with Gerryons body. Even Caestus showed no remorse for
killing Gerryon, as well as Aura. I didn't know about the past between them, however I do not feel it was right to have killed
him, we were supposed to arrest him.
I have since asked for a leave of absense from Stormwatch, effective after Aura's
wedding, I need some time to calm down about this. When I joined the team, I wanted to fight for Nova rights, to keep the
peace, not assist in the murder of a Nova, though a person like Gerryon may have deserved his fate. I am still a part of this
team, I will keep their secrets. But for now I need some time away, alone, tomorrow after the wedding I will head back to
Brazil for a while.
When we met at the Blackbird, Ortiz gave me his card, I called him to discuss how the Terragen will
react to what has happened...
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March 18th, Wedding day
Gwen's wedding day had arrived, most
of the guest wore uniforms, as a part of Sliders plans and decoration. Though I was still torn up inside about what the team
had done, I would not spoil the occasion for Gwen. The wedding was beautiful, lots of flowers, with a flowered arch made for
the bride and groom to be united under. I met many novas that had come to offer their congradulations, as well as their dog
'Radar', Ethan's father, and many others. The wedding was very nicely done, and I bet Gwen was very happy with everything
Slider had gone through to set it up. After the wedding, I left and did not stay for the reception...
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The days after March 18th,
....It was great to come back home, to fly over the Amazon, to feel the energy of brazilian music. I spent
the first few days with grandma,it was very nice to see her again, she is still so full of energy after licing for so long.
Seeing her reminded me to find out where Alejandra was performing, and I took grandma to one of her performances, grandma
was so happy she could not stop crying, Alejandra's singing was amazing, nothing can compare with it.
After the show we were invited to meet her, Alejandra was very kind and personable. Her singing can only
be matched by the depth of her soul, the beauty of her heart. She told us how she grew up, and how she got started singing,
she even told us of becoming a nova and how she feels about it now. I invited her to come to New York sometime, I would
love to see her again. My grandmother practically dragged me to every show the following nights, after the shows the
three of us would meet and get to know more about each other.
I called professor Chomsky at the M.I.T., after reading his books on globalization I wanted to talk to him and
ask him a few questions. After our conversation I felt energized, and I knew what I had to do. I started researching
the beginnings of NAFTA, and what companies had bought up the communal land promised to the indigenous people. Then
I visited the companies, and bought up as much of the land back as possible. After I had spent all I could, I set out
to find 'Marcos', the leader of the Zapatista movement in South America, I would need to speak with him in order to accomplish
my vision. It was hard to get a hold of him, however when they learned who I was, it was only a small matter to meet
with him.
I gave him my promise to help suport him, and to give the land back to the people, I also pledged to help build
on the land, schools and homes for the poor....
I just recieved an urgent call to return to Stormwatch, I must say my goodbyes to grandma, and remind Alejandra
to visit New york...
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We went into Cashmere
to guard against the Nova’s from DeVries, defend the refugees in the east and make sure that the armies do the fighting. Sent in as a check against the nova mercenaries, otherwise I suspect that the Indian
army would not last long, especially given their level of troops and training. India
brought their own nova’s, the ‘Column of Shiva’ to protect their troops, however, against the highly trained
killers in DeVries the novas fighting for India did not survive their first encounter, the Indian army retreated back to India,
the Pakistani army has taken control of a defensible town in Cashmere.
Novas killing Novas, because of what? Does anyone even remember
what started this dispute? Afterwards Stormwatch was put on the front lines,
Lance Stryker has been assigned to fight with the Indian army, and the rest of us are to take back the town, with the help
of the Saxon. Aura and I took out the Pakistani satellites and brought them down
to rain on to the invading army. The novas came at us, including Totentous, the
Pursuer, Flame, Mimic, Flashback and others. More nova casualties, the Saxon
and Damage were severely wounded by Totentaus, and had to be evacuated, Sero was hurt but she managed to get away from the
battle. The Pursuer was not very happy when I destroyed his heavy weapon, though
we fought to a draw. He has seen my abilities and he used many on me, next time
it will be a fiercer fight between us.
Thorn has joined us after Damage and the Saxon were wounded. Our
second battle at the town began with cutting the supply lines to the town, the town sent out three humans in a jeep, one of
them used a weapon made out of plastic that fired quantum energies. The three
also had glowing eyes, and we could detect quantum radiating from them, however they were not novas, or at least anything
we had seen up till then. The men could punishment far beyond the capacity of
any human, Aura struck one of them in the face, and it only dazed him, and survived a fall from over a hundred and fifty feet,
breaking his leg but showing no sign of pain. Their glowing red eyes and other
abilities stopped after a short period, no more than a few minutes. We managed
to destroy or disable most of their tanks and heavy weapons.
We pulled out and started back to case to figure out what we had encountered, when we were attacked by
Totentaus, and found a series of tunnels leading into the cities. We radioed
the Indian army, and called for an air strike to keep the Pakistani’s busy while the main Indian army approached from
the south. Aura and Kat went after Totentaus as he ran into the tunnels and out
of the town into Pakistan, they found him and buried him under
a mountain. The rest of Stormwatch lead the assault on the town, the Indian army
headed by Lance Stryker. I destroyed the rest of the tanks, and many of the troops
guarding the town, the remaining novas were there but we managed to draw most of their fire away from the Indian army. All of the troops had guns similar to the one we fought while severing their supply
lines, and became like the other ones, the glowing red eyes.
With their weapons, and new powers it had become a massacre, their fire power cut down the Indian forces. We had to withdraw, there were too many of those things. When those men ‘switched on’ Bob told us to get out, the UN had seen what happened and authorized
a nuclear strike to destroy whatever was affecting these men.
The town and everything in a radius of thirteen miles was killed, within the first few miles they vaporized
anything, for five miles outside that the force of the five kiloton explosion leveled any building, the radiation still lethal
to any living organism. Outside of the six miles radius so much radiation was
given off by the blast that anyone in the area will almost certainly die of radiation poisoning.
We brought back something that was attached to them; Sero found out that it contained a concentrated dose
of adrenaline and fluid from an MR-node, the same fluid from each of the soldiers with a matching DNA, the fluid came from
a single nova. We cannot let the Terragen find out about this technology, ever.
When we arrived in Geneva we met with Brody and the Saxon,
they will recover in time. Caestus told us that we would never fight for another
army again, though I believe that it is already too late to hope for such a thing.
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