Forging
Title: Forging
Author: fullmetal_cute
Fandom: Young Avengers
Prompt: 17. Weapon
Character/Pairing: Tommy Shepard
Rating: PG
Word Count: 390
Summary: They're making them into weapons.
Authors Notes/Disclaimer: The OCs are mine. Everything else? So very not. First in a series.
“My daughter’s their age.”
Dr. Sinesis didn’t even look up from her clipboard. “And if she had powers, we’d be using her too.”
“But… they’re just kids!”
“The boy blew up his school, and the girl made her foster father commit suicide. You are making the mistake of allowing their appearances to fool you.”
“But the girl’s brother-”
“Is the only thing that keeps her from having you plunge your pen into your eye every time her control collar comes off.” Sinesis finally looked up, thought the window that separated the control room from the test room, and the two subjects within.
The boy, Shepard, paced one end of the room like a caged tiger, ignoring his companion. He was trying to make a hole in the room - Sinesis could tell by the way his hands shook - but this room was specifically designed to keep him from doing just that.
The Maharissa girl was sitting on the floor on the opposite end of the room, her arms wrapped around her legs and her chin on her knees. Her eyes were on the window, like she could see the doctors through the tinted glass.
Who knew. Maybe she could.
Sinesis pressed the intercom button. “Good morning,” she chirped. “Inmate TS-29067, Inmate KM-28243. Today we are going to test your combat skills. Stop your opponent before they can stop you. Preferably without killing, but that’s up to you two.”
Shepard looked at the girl, his face twisting into a horrified grimace. “You’ve gotta be kidding…” he said.
“I’m afraid I do not have much of a sense of humor.”
“I won’t,” the Maharissa girl whispered. “I won’t.”
“You will. Remember what we’ve got.”
The girl’s eyes widened a little. She studied the Shepard boy, her mouth compressing into a thin line. “I’m sorry.”
Shepard dropped to his knees, clutching his head. “The hell--?” He looked at the girl in horror, and tried to move, to run. Instead, he screamed and collapsed.
“Well, that was quick.”
“Hn.”
“TS-29067 doesn’t show much promise.”
“Untrue. His abilities will be most useful in out and out battles. I want him transferred to McDaniel’s care immediately. I didn’t expect him to succeed against KM-28243”
“Then… why?”
“I wanted to see if he could get to her. And I wanted to see how far she would go.”
Author: fullmetal_cute
Fandom: Young Avengers
Prompt: 17. Weapon
Character/Pairing: Tommy Shepard
Rating: PG
Word Count: 390
Summary: They're making them into weapons.
Authors Notes/Disclaimer: The OCs are mine. Everything else? So very not. First in a series.
“My daughter’s their age.”
Dr. Sinesis didn’t even look up from her clipboard. “And if she had powers, we’d be using her too.”
“But… they’re just kids!”
“The boy blew up his school, and the girl made her foster father commit suicide. You are making the mistake of allowing their appearances to fool you.”
“But the girl’s brother-”
“Is the only thing that keeps her from having you plunge your pen into your eye every time her control collar comes off.” Sinesis finally looked up, thought the window that separated the control room from the test room, and the two subjects within.
The boy, Shepard, paced one end of the room like a caged tiger, ignoring his companion. He was trying to make a hole in the room - Sinesis could tell by the way his hands shook - but this room was specifically designed to keep him from doing just that.
The Maharissa girl was sitting on the floor on the opposite end of the room, her arms wrapped around her legs and her chin on her knees. Her eyes were on the window, like she could see the doctors through the tinted glass.
Who knew. Maybe she could.
Sinesis pressed the intercom button. “Good morning,” she chirped. “Inmate TS-29067, Inmate KM-28243. Today we are going to test your combat skills. Stop your opponent before they can stop you. Preferably without killing, but that’s up to you two.”
Shepard looked at the girl, his face twisting into a horrified grimace. “You’ve gotta be kidding…” he said.
“I’m afraid I do not have much of a sense of humor.”
“I won’t,” the Maharissa girl whispered. “I won’t.”
“You will. Remember what we’ve got.”
The girl’s eyes widened a little. She studied the Shepard boy, her mouth compressing into a thin line. “I’m sorry.”
Shepard dropped to his knees, clutching his head. “The hell--?” He looked at the girl in horror, and tried to move, to run. Instead, he screamed and collapsed.
“Well, that was quick.”
“Hn.”
“TS-29067 doesn’t show much promise.”
“Untrue. His abilities will be most useful in out and out battles. I want him transferred to McDaniel’s care immediately. I didn’t expect him to succeed against KM-28243”
“Then… why?”
“I wanted to see if he could get to her. And I wanted to see how far she would go.”