When I got to their quarters, I found Hallie seemed to be in a better mood. She was smiling and singing along with her Ghetto Baby disc, making her favorite doll dance to the music.
“Whoo! Hallie, that dolls got some awesome moves! She’s workin' it on that dance floor!” My niece looked up at me, smiled and started to giggle.
“Hi, Uncle Virg!” I knelt down on the floor near her while she made her doll ‘raise the roof.’
“So, I see you’re felling a little better.”
“Yeah. We had pizza today. With mushrooms and peppers!”
“Man, that sounds so good! Any left for me?”
“Naw, Unc! I ate it all!” Hallie began to laugh. Man, it felt so good to hear her laugh again. Edited by: Detia1 at: 5/6/02 4:32:05 pm
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(Qubo) Oh, things were not looking good for me at all. My right hand man was locked up in the Penal Planet and they literally put him on ice! I wasn’t giving up though. I still had a certain female in mind to add to my collection. I wondered how miss Lorie Minkh was doing? Her mother was quite delightful I wondered if her daughter would make a good replacement for her. I had a little bit of information on her. I knew she lived in an apartment complex called Moonlight Terrace in Bedlama City. Rumor has it that a lot of former drug addicts live there. Maybe I could convince her to come with me quietly with a little Liquid Love or Stardust. I needed back up, so I solicited the help of Molecu-Lar. Now to add a pretty little Divore to my foreign collection.
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(Lorie) It was the evening of my first real date with Virgil and I was very excited. Five hours before our date I was trying on different outfits and trying to get my hair and make-up just right. My first date with a decent guy and I’m feeling great! Virgil was so friendly, funny, and cool. He was also very sweet and caring. I really wanted to get to know him better.
We decided to meet at the gate of the apartment complex and head out to Giga Bites to eat. After that, who knows. I knew I was going to have fun and I didn’t have to worry about Virg not being a gentleman. He was such a breath of fresh air compared to Kyle. By the time I got down to the lobby, I saw someone standing at the gate waiting. I thought it was my date. Boy, was I mistaken.
Charra Loon Registered User
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(5/9/02 7:43 pm)
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(Sparx)
Oh boy! My first actual date with a gal and nothing was going to ruin it! Not psycho baddies, not wacko metahumans and certainly not alien perverts! Or so I thought. When I got to Moonlight Terrance, there was somebody at the gate who looked exactly like me. Wait a minute...uhoh! Hey, there's Lorie! When she saw me and the, err, other me, she looked confused. Okay, I have no time for this! Just when I was about to settle this, Qubo came up and managed to inject something into Lorie! That does it! I shocked him and that doppleganger of his real quick and picked Lorie up!
"I'd take care of you bastards, but I've got more important things!" I decided to use my electric powers to get us to a hospital stat! On the way, I contacted Stargazer and told him what happened. There's no way I could get in trouble for this; Qubo initiated the attack, thus I won't be at fault for retailiating in self-defense.
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Before I could even get Lorie to the hospital, she began to react to whatever Qubo injected into her. She started shaking really bad. I took her straight to the emergency room nearby. I put her in the arms of the nearest medic.
“What happened to her?”
“Someone injected her with something. I’m not sure what.”
“Looks like she’s overdosed on Stardust.”
When they put Lorie on a gurney and wheeled her away, I hoped she would be ok. I also hoped the Hawks on duty were able to apprehend Qubo and Molecu-Lar.
Charra Loon Registered User
Posts: 248
(5/9/02 8:10 pm)
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I stayed with her the entire night. Damn that bastard for doing this to her! About a few hours after getting Lorie to the hospital, I got a call from Sapphire saying that both Molecu-Lar and Qubo were successfully apprehended. Plus, they and Inferno were going on trial at the same time on all charges. That meant it'll soon be time for Hallie to testify. Well, all that's left is to get a decent lawyer and we're all set. Oh, look, she's starting to wake up. When she finally did get up, Lorie was scared. I asked her what was the matter; the answer should've been no surprise to me, but I was still shocked.
Edited by: Charra Loon at: 5/10/02 6:39:26 pm
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(Lorie) I so didn’t want to go through something like this again! It seemed I just couldn’t stay out of the hospital lately. I had pretty much figured out what Qubo had injected me with. I had used Stardust many times before and had even overdosed once before. But that was so long ago. For some reason I felt it was about time Virgil knew the truth about me.
“Lorie, what’s wrong? Are you ok?”
“Yeah…just a little scared. Did you bring me here?”
“Uh huh. Qubo injected you with Stardust.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“What? How’d you know?”
“Before I blacked out, I started to trip out…like I used to before I…got clean.”
Charra Loon Registered User
Posts: 250
(5/10/02 8:02 pm)
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"I see. Hey, don't worry about it."
"Don't worry about it?! What if I get hooked again!? What if all that time in rehab was a waste?! What if--"
"Calm down, Lorie. You didn't take it willingly, so it's no biggie."
"Virg, I'm scared."
"I know." He didn't seem all to surprised that I was a former addict. "My dad's a social worker, so I see a lot of this stuff when I help him out."
"I see."
"Don't worry, you're gonna be ok. I explained everything to the docs."
"Thanks, Virg." For a while, I started to wonder about him. There was something I saw before I blacked out..."Virgil, tell me something. When I got injected, was I hallucinating or did you just blast some electricity at those bastards?"
"That...was something I wanted to talk to you about."
"Wait a sec...you're one of those metahumans, aren't you?"
"Yea, I am. I think it's time I told you the whole story. See, about two years after my mom's death, I got drafted in a gang. I didn't want in, but this bully was out to kill me, literally, so I didn't have much of a choice. This gang and I met up with the bully's gang in a storage yard filled with these containers. When the police showed up, they lauched a gas bomb, which burst the containers..."
"And that's how the Big Bang originated."
"You know about that?"
"Part of my history class."
"Yea, well, anyways, I got infected, but I didn't turn out like those other metahumans you see on TV wrecking stuff. I tried to stop them, using my powers. Back then, I was known as Static."
"You were THE Static!? Oh wow..."
"Yep. For a while, I spent my time and powers putting the bad guys away. When I wasn't doing that, I had school and was trying to keep my idenity secret from my dad and sister. Well, after about two years, almost all of the metahumans had either been imprisoned or reformed. It appeared that my work was completed, but I still needed to do something with my powers. So, I signed up with the SilverHawks and got special training with my powers. That was when my family found out the whole thing. But it turned out good in the end."
"In that gang, did you have a gun?"
"A piece was offered to me, but I threw it in the pier shortly before entering the storage yard."
"Ah...whatever happened to the bully?"
"He got infected, too, began calling himself 'Hotstreak'. Now, he's gotten worse."
"Oh? How so?"
"You've seen him, Lorie." That was when I realized he was talking about Inferno!
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(Inferno) Those jerks at the Penal Planet Ten weren’t playin’ when they locked me up. They literally put me on ice! They had a special cell prepared for me that was freezing cold! I was hoping the Boss would come break me out, but soon I learned he was there too! Along with Molecu-Lar! Damn the luck! Am I ever gonna get outta here? Man, that electrified freak is really gonna pay for this when I catch up with him!
Charra Loon Registered User
Posts: 252
(5/10/02 8:25 pm)
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(Sparx)
About a few weeks later after Qubo was caught, his and Inferno's trial came up. First Hallie was gonna testify, then Cami and her man (I almost pity Qubo when I learned about that) and finally Mo after being 'persuaded' by Sapphire. Don't ask me how; maybe she threatened to poison him? Anyways, Qubo and Inferno got two counts of assaulting an officer, tresspassing, two counts of attempted abduction, damage to property, attempted rape on Qubo's part, forced distribution of an illegal drug and posession of an illegal drug (also on Qubo's part), and finally, willful endangerment of a child and accomplices on statutory rape. The other charges, which will be tried in a separate, intergalatic court, are several counts of drug distribution, drug posession and illegal slave trading. Oh man, oh man! Qubo and Inferno were defintely gonna get theirs! I even came for the trial along with Pops to show support for Hallie.
(Lorie) I was alos a witness in the trial against Molecu-Lar and Qubo for thier attemptong to kidnap me and injecting me with Stardust. Inferno was also charged with my mother's murder. By the gods, with all these charges against them this trial could go on forever! The first witness to take the stand was Hallie. I felt so horrible for her having to relive those terrible things that happened to her. She was so young and vulnerable. She had received some counselling from SteelHeart and Virgil's father, Mr. Hawkins. I could tell from Hallie's testimony that all this was very hard on her. It was also hard on Hallie's family. When I saw that Virg was getting upset, I slipped my hand into his and squeezed.
"Virg," I whispered in his ear, "She's gonna be ok. She's got all of you to help her." Virgil smiled at me then leaned over to kiss my cheek.
Charra Loon Registered User
Posts: 254
(5/13/02 8:10 am)
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(Sh'Ekrah)
Camiel and I were next. We each recalled every detail of our encounter with Qubo and Inferno. When I got to the part where I attacked Qubo, he actually lunged at me! Security didn't get to him in time, but I managed to pin him to a wall. Now would be a good time to have a nice talk with him.
"Now you listen here, you bastard." I whispered. "Consider the loss of your manhood a lesson. The lesson is never to exploit women the way you do, keep away from children and never ever think about trying to violate a married woman, espeically my mate. Fail to learn that lesson and the next thing I take will be your life." With that, I shoved him back to some security guards and gave him a look. Oh yeah, that should fix things. Now all I have to worry about is Mon*Star and the MATI.
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(Inferno) I admitted to all those other things I was charged with, but I wasn’t going to agree that I murdered that hot Divore chick. I mean, it’s not like I wanted her to die. I’m not some sicko who likes to f*ck dead bodies. I also don’t like to get the Boss pissed off at me. He really liked Cristol. I can understand why. She was a total babe! But, accidents happen. I looked over at Cristol’s sexy daughter and smiled.
“Look, I can make it all up to you if you drop that loser, Hawkins, and let me show you a good time, sweet thang!”
That definitely got Hawkins pissed. I could pretty much tell those two were an item now by the way they were acting around each other.
Charra Loon Registered User
Posts: 255
(5/14/02 8:18 pm)
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(Molecu-Lar)
I was the last to testify. The Boss is gonna kill me for ratting, but at least it's more bearable than having my mind crushed by that psycho 'Hawk Sapphire! She said that either I tell what happened myself or she'll pluck it outta my brain and squash whatever was left. And I thought Mon*Star was ruthless! So, with great relucantance, I took the stand and spat out every detail I knew. Qubo and Inferno were not happy about my testimony.
"You try refusing that bitch's offer!" I shouted to them.
"And what did she offer," Inferno mocked. "A blow job?" Uh oh...Sapphire is pissed! From the look on Inferno's face, I could tell he was getting a taste of what it feels like to have your skull cave in on your brain.
"That answer your question?" I replied, along with a brief explaination about Sapphire's telepathic abilities. I kinda moved my gaze towards the cute little Mimian, but turned the other way after a glare from that squid. Definetely not worth the price Qubo paid!
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(Sparx) Qubo and Inferno were found guilty on all counts. The both got life in prison with no possibility of parole. Molecu-Lar got 100 years for attempted kidnapping and impersonating an officer. It wasn’t over for Qubo, though. He still had to face the charges he racked up on Mars. I didn’t feel the least bit sorry for any of those ass holes. I was glad it was over. Well, at least the part that my family and I played. Now it was time to try to have some peace in our lives once again. I also thought it was about time for me to formally introduce my girlfriend to my family.
Charra Loon Registered User
Posts: 256
(5/14/02 8:47 pm)
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When we got outta the court room, me, Lorie and my family were all out. That was when I introduced her. Dad said it was about time I got myself a girl. Adam teased that I'll end up all chained up like him someday. Sharon, sweet sister that she is, asked how in the world I got steady the way I did.
"I'll say this," I said to her. "She's a whole lot better looking than you'll ever be!"
"Whatever, Virgil!" she replied. "I still pity that poor girl."
"Well, I pitied Adam for being with you, so that makes us even."
"Oooh!"
"I told you to get a muzzle, Adam, but no! You had to get her those dang crystals."
"It was our anniversary!" Adam protested. Lorie, so far, really liked my family and vice versa. Okay, it's official; Limbo is my new home now. My home to protect and serve. Watch out, Mon*Star! Sparx is coming your way to put a shock to your system!
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