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6/23/2016 2:34:54 AM
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[i][b]New Threat[/b][/i]
Ryker was adjusting to his new age... The fact he couldn't run like he could or jump like he could before. Life was more slow now. He was plenty fit for his age, not looking that bad, but the age obvious on his face. His hair had grayed out some, and some wrinkles were on his face. He was also getting used to being more close to his wife than he had in years.
He still worked like he used to though, his usual fourteen hour days, working day in and day out. It was sightly concerning to most people like his wife and daughter. This was one such day, he had been awake since the previous day and he was working on something very large and technical. He was in the kitchen right now, drinking a glass of water.
[spoiler]Shad[/spoiler]
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Ryker? Hey!
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Eleanor and Alexia enter the house. Together, they were chatting about life, business, all sorts of stuff.
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He smiles as they enter. "Hey guys..." He walks over and hugs his wife, and then his daughter. They could see the visible exhaustion on his face, how it was weighing down.
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Alexia sighs. "Been working yourself out again, dad? You need to stop before you break something."
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"Bah, I'm fine." He says, waving it off. "I've just been working in the workshop.
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"That workshop'll be the death of you, dad. You need to relax."
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"No no honey, I've got something to show you, show both of you. Come with me." He motions for them to come with him, into the workshop. "I did it. I made a breakthrough."
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"Breakthrough what? Your back?" Alexia snickers. "Now now, Lexie, your father's been working very hard. Give him some credit."
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He looks back. "Hey, I may be old but I didn't lose my brains." He says as they enter. His ASCS was in the center of the room, hooked up to various cables and cords of lengths and colors. Some going to the ceiling, others to the wall and some to computer monitors. He walks to the collection of three computer monitors with what looks like most of the cords connected to them. He looks at them. "Alright you guys ready?"
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"Ready as we'll ever be."
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He clicks a button and suddenly his suit projects a form, it was Ryker. It looked like a projection of Ryker, but... It was extremely life like. "It looks like a projection." But it wasn't Ryker speaking it was the hologram. And it wasn't a hologram, it was three dimensional and there.. It was... Another Ryker. "Impressive isn't it." The... Copy, stepped away from the suit, it wasn't bound. The real Ryker tosses a glass to the copy and it catches it. "There's two of me. But this isn't a hologram, this isn't a two dimensional figure. This is real." The real Ryker tosses a knife off the table to the copy, it then quickly cuts its finger, flinching, it's finger dripping blood slightly. The wound quickly closes. Then the copy throws the knife into the wall, both Rykers walking to stand in front of each of them. They were identical, nothing was different. One in front of Alexia and one in front of Eleanor. The real Ryker smiles while the other one wipes it's hand off.
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"So you... clones yourself? Why?" Eleanor says, while Alexia slowly rubs the bridge of her nose with her thumb and her index, eyes closed.
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"No no no honey. Not cloned, Shadowed, or that's at least what I call it. This is... A controlled clone. A link between myself and him allows me to control him with simple movements if necessary but he can act on his own. This is revolutionary. This can change everything from simple me menial tasks to warfare and saving the lives of soldiers. But I made it for combat mostly. A way to watch my back if I was to go out there. A shadow. When deployed it shadows it's wearer, having whatever its owner is wearing, so my ASCS for example." He pauses, looking excited. "And when he's done, no hard feelings, you send him back." The shadow then disappears, back to the ASCS. "'No harm, no chance of him trying to overthrow me, because he [i]is[/i] me."
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"I can't even begin to fathom how much this can go wrong..." Alexia says, still rubbing her nose. Eleanor just had a confused look. "That's nice and all, but... you're not fit for combat anymore, darling... not at your age... for me, I can handle it. I'm a Cadian. We fight from our first breath to our very last. But you... you can't go on like this."
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"Cmon my suits got things in it to make me like I'm twenty five again honey... Besides I already planned to give you both one, just as a precaution. Look absolutely nothing can go wrong." He says as he walks over to the cords, as soon as he touched one though he got a shock. A small shock, but it hurt. "Ow.." He says to himself.
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"No thanks. I don't need your suit." Says Eleanor. "I've done fine with my Carapace." Alexia, in the meantime, gave up on her nose before she actively eroded it to bone. "I'll pass."
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"It's just a tiny micro chip that goes in your neck..." He says as he tries pulling on the cord again. It was like it was magnetized and it shocked him again, harder. He recoils, then grits his teeth and goes back in, pulling extremely hard. A large power surge goes through the room, all the cords shooting off the suit and the lights flickering for a solid five seconds, Ryker being shocked all the time. After the surge died down Ryker collapsed, having been taking the current.
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[spoiler]jesus christ this guy is a complete and total retard...[/spoiler] The two women have a collective sigh as the power kicks back on. "Some days I feel like I should break his legs for his own good." Says Alexia. Eleanor chuckles. "I'll get the spray." Eleanor leaves the room, going into the bathroom to grab the first aid spray.
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[spoiler]I couldn't find any other way to initiate it so XD I had to do that[/spoiler] He wakes up while she's gone. He stands, staggering around, eventually getting to the table. "Damn... That hurt." He says with a smile.
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Alexia rolls her eyes. "Good job, dad. Not even an hour and already something went wrong. You've really outdone yourself this time..." (Sarcasm is real)
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"Ah it was nothing. Just the polarity in the cord." He says, the suit seemed and looked fine, reading were normal. "Nothing bad happened to the suit so it's fine..."
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"Yeah no, I'm having that thing scrapped before you kill yourself, you crazy old man."
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"What you can't scrap my suit it's been with me for years." He says with a laugh. "Trust me it was just an operator error."
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"Yeah. And how long until one of those Operator errors gets you killed? You were YANKING ON ELECTRICAL CABLES." She stares him straight in the eyes, a fire burning within them. "I'm taking that thing away from you. I'm taking all of this away, too. That's right. I'm forcing you into retirement."
