It was during the late afternoon as the Helix Divison arrived at the hospital where a number of doctors and nurses were gathered around one branch of the hospital.
"What's the situation?" Asked Medin to them.
"Doctor Crudar," said a nurse. "We've had a number of individuals suddenly fall ill with sever hunger, weight loss, and random pains. After giving them nutritional diets and keeping them for examination they began to... gain muscle mass despite not really doing anything."
"Okay... that's not exactly a known disease... Did any of these individuals have anything in common? Lifestyles, eating at a similar place, similar occupations, anything?" Asked Medin.
"No... Well, yes... They all have lived within the country for at least a week," said the nurse. "Otherwise we didn't know what it was... until... recently... Two soldiers that were stationed together suddenly recovered. One came in before the other but they're both recovered now."
"Who were they?" Asked Tendro.
"Mister Aredo Lanbo and Mister Danl Naor."
"Broken One? I heard about them being under the weather but I haven't heard anything else," said Werlan.
"Broken One?" Whispered Lucno to Ulfrin.
"The most decorated sniper team in the country," whispered back Ulfrin.
"Okay, got it," whispered Lucno.
"So, what happened when they came out of it, and what does it have to do with us?" Asked Ceves.
"When they came out of it... They have super powers like you," said the nurse.
"They have what now?" Asked Werlan.
"They're in there if you want to..." said the nurse. The group rushed into the room and found Broken 1-1 and Broken 1-2 in there. Broken 1-1 was writing something in a journal while Broken 1-2 was reading a magazine.
"Told ya' they'd show up," said Broken 1-1. "Five bucks Danl."
"Shut up Aredo," said Broken 1-2.
"Hold on, you two have super powers?" Asked King.
"Yep," said Aredo as he held wrote something into a page. A small paper butterfly came from the page and flew up and onto his shoulder, disappearing in a pile of graphite onto his shoulder.
"Lasted longer than the last one," said Danl as he cracked his knuckles. A light blue energy surrounded his paws and a pair of larger hands appearing behind him in the same blue light.
"One of these things is not like the other," said Tendro. Aredo quickly drew something in the notebook and pulled a paper gun from it.
"You want to say that again?" Asked Aredo as he pointed the gun at him.
"Never mind," said Tendro as he looked down and away from him..
"So... How many more cases are there?" Asked Medin.
"As of right now... Fifty... And counting..." said a nurse.
"Oh fuck," said Lanchar.
"So, there's going to be more... Late bloomers... Popper let's say, coming through in how long?" Asked Ceves.
"It varies. They got their powers in different time frames," said a nurse. "So, we don't know."
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Helix Operatives: Creation
Science FictionOn the planet Utopia there are two races that inhabit the planet. The two races, Sinderlos and Anthros, despise each other greatly. Sinderlos rule with a heavy iron fist, keeping the Anthros in poverty and under their control, some by other means. O...
