Scarlet CIty // Freedom Society Tower (Flashback 13)

Before Santana's team heads to No Man's land and his eventual turn on The Trust, Uncle Sam calls for a meeting for all Freedom Society members. The leader of the team Paragon has returned home from the war in China. With the return of Paragon, the conflict between Uncle Sam and The Trust takes a dark turn...

Supreme Leader of the United States of America
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"All personnel, this is good ol Uncle Sam! Report for duty in the meeting room! I got some news for yah!" Uncle Sam's voice echoed through the Freedom Tower. It had already been a few days since the incident at Scarlet City University. Miles and Tribal were dead, and this left a somber tone within the tower to it's residents. Asura in particular had been affected by Tribal's dead "..." she let out a sigh, she emerged from the closet she was hiding within and walked over to the empty meeting room. She was thoroughly upset about her teammates' deaths, but also somewhat confused by the lack of malicious intent in her enemies. She had already fought Santana several times and everything about the boy confused her. She had tried to ask him to join their side countless times but he refused, she didn't understand that. Asura let out a sigh and narrowed her eyes, looking somewhat grumpy.
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"Son... I WANT YOU to do your country a favor!"
Uncle Sam Theme - Collective Consciousness

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⧱Faust Nightingale⧱
⧰Dr. Faust⧰
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Knowledge is power . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . power to do good
or to do evil
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Faust had been going through some paperwork when Uncle Sam's voice had sounded over the loudspeaker. He looked up in response, listening to the message, then sighed quietly, going back to straightening out the papers. He had done his best to try not to seem upset by the loss of Tribal and Velocity around the others, and it hadn't been markedly difficult for him--he had had plenty of practice hiding his emotions, so he wasn't about to let anyone know that he was actually upset about losing them. No matter the fact that Tribal hadn't been very bright, or the fact that Velocity had kind of been a raging pervert--they had still been a family of sorts. Sort of.
Still, he couldn't afford to show those emotions. He was a scientist--science was not a place for emotion. It was a place for calculation. Faust finished straightening up the papers, placing them down on the nearby desk, then walked to the meeting room. He saw Asura as he stepped inside, giving her a nod in greeting. Asura, out of all of the team, was probably the one he felt the closest to. She was practically like a daughter to him--not that he'd ever say that. He moved forward to stand by the conference table in the room, not exactly sitting down--simply waiting for Uncle Sam's inevitable message. Hopefully whatever he tasked them with this time wouldn't result in any more losses...

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Bombshell
Bonnie Bang
I made Boom Boom, with my Bang Bang, in my BLAM BLAM!!
Bombshell's Theme- What did you do?


"Faaaaauuuusty!" Bonnie skipped over and stood next to him. She looked at the papers, thought she couldn't see anything cause her mask was still kind of not on at al right. Lol. "Whatcha doing? Busy busy? Need something? Have you remembered to feed your ham ham today? Cause nothing gives you the grumps if you don't feed your ham ham." she said, and created a tiny explosion on a paper ball in the trashcan. "Tee Hee." she looked at Asura and waved like a mad woman at her "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii." she said in a very excited voice. She stood by Faust at attention...sort of...she was very ADD.

Supreme Leader of the United States of America
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Uncle Sam let out a tired groan "Why do I deal with these freaks..." he whispered to himself before realizing that the speaker from wherever he seemed to be was still on, to which he almost immediately began to cough to cover up his words. "I mean- er- uh- everyone sit down! In light of Black Dragon's most recent actions, I feel it is needed we hold a meeti-" before Sam could finish however... the entire room had seemingly taken to silence as Asura suddenly fired a revolver. Her shot flew right above Bombshell's head. Asura sat down afterwards "Shut it..." she whispered in a ghostly voice "And keep your distance from Faust..." she added, shooting a glare to the woman. Well... this was about as friendly as Asura was going to get to anybody not named Faust or Tribal...
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"Son... I WANT YOU to do your country a favor!"
Uncle Sam Theme - Collective Consciousness

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⧱Faust Nightingale⧱
⧰Dr. Faust⧰
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Knowledge is power . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . power to do good
or to do evil
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Faust raised an eyebrow at Sam's offhanded comment, simply shrugging and pretending not to have heard the man say anything. It was easier to ignore these things than to question them. Right now, all they needed was their mission. Speaking to Uncle Sam always seemed to make Faust a bit on edge, so he felt as though he would rather get this call over with as soon as possible--and then, in came Bombshell.
"Bonnie, I've asked you not to call me that," Faust said to Bombshell as the woman skipped over, not even minding the tiny explosion. He was sort of used to her antics by now, and really wasn't in any mood to gripe about them. "And I don't have a pet hamster, remember? At least--not anymore--" Not even Asura's shot from her gun seemed to surprise Faust that much--though he did pay close attention to her words, hesitating as he heard them. He could tell that she wasn't taking losing Tribal well. Asura didn't get close to people much--Tribal had been one of the few exceptions. "It's...It's fine. Let's just get this meeting over with, alright...?" Faust didn't want these two getting into a fight--especially not now. He wasn't quite sure if his attempt at peace would work, so he turned to look at the source of Sam's voice again, quickly speaking up, "You said that it was urgent that we spoke, yes?"

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Bombshell
Bonnie Bang
I made Boom Boom, with my Bang Bang, in my BLAM BLAM!!
Bombshell's Theme- What did you do?


"Meanie Butt...I'LL EXPLODE YOUR GUN!" she yelled and set next to Faust out of SPITE of Asura, sticking out her tongue. Of course, one of the wheel of the chair exploded. Lol. Then Paragon showed up. "Hiii Parry!" she said, and then sighed "Meetings are boring, where is my ham ham?" another wheel exploded. "Wheeee..."

Supreme Leader of the United States of America
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Asura suddenly slammed her fists against the table in offense to Bombshell "I- I don't like you every much...!" Asura spoke out in a loud whisper. she was not very happy about the 'sitting close to Faust' part of Bombshell's behavior. Uncle Sam however ignored both Bombshell and Asura, he decided to address Faust and Paragon instead because, well, they didn't act like children. "The Trust's behavior has been very worrisome as of late... it has become clear that they are close to their goals... Faust... I hold you responsible for this..." Uncle Sam focused his glare down upon the doctor "Your creations have been beaten at every turn... and now the Awakened have left Scarlet City... they make their way to No Man's land now... out of our reach... you have disappointed me..." Sam's voice grew more and more dark with every word spoken. "I can no longer ignore them... I've arrived at Scarlet City... you see... in fact... I arrived with Paragon..." it was becoming increasingly apparent that something was about to go horribly wrong. The screen flickered for a few moment, going to static, and for a brief moment... it showed another face. "Bombshell... Paragon... detain the good doctor for me... he has failed me for the last time..."

Almost immediately upon hearing this, Asura pulled out two revolvers and pointed them to Bombshell and Paragon "Dont you dare!"
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"Son... I WANT YOU to do your country a favor!"
Uncle Sam Theme - Collective Consciousness

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░░▒▒▓▓Ｋｎｏｗｌｅｄｇｅ  ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ  ｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒ▓▓▒▒░░

⧱Faust Nightingale⧱
⧰Dr. Faust⧰
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Knowledge is power . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . power to do good
or to do evil
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Faust cringed slightly upon hearing the name that Paragon called him--he had never been alright with Velocity calling him that, and he still wasn't alright with it. Was it so much to ask for a little respect...? He gave Asura a worried glance at her loud whisper--but looked back to Sam as he continued to speak, expecting a new mission--but receiving something else entirely. His eyes grew wide as Uncle Sam said that he held him responsible--and as Sam expressed his disappointment, Faust began to speak,
"A-All I need is a little more time to--" he cut himself off as he heard Sam continue, his eyes slowly moving over to look at Paragon, before they quickly went back to the static-ing screen--just in time to see an entirely different face on there for a split second. He didn't have time to ask who that person was, though--because before he knew it, his own creations were being ordered on him. "What...?" he asked in barely more than a whisper, his gaze quickly flickering over to Bombshell who was beside him. He quickly made to stand up, and upon hearing Asura's objection, began making his way over towards her, while still looking at Bombshell and Paragon and addressing them. "Now, now, don't lose your heads--" he said to the two superheroes, trying to quell what ire might have suddenly been unearthed with Sam's order. "Remember our purpose here...! We are the Freedom Society--I don't see any freedom in all of this...something is wrong here, and if you both will just give me a moment to figure it out...!" His gaze flickered over to Asura for a moment--if she was standing up for him, then that inevitably put her in danger, too. He looked back to Bombshell and Paragon, attempting to stiffen up his expression a bit, giving them a flat order, "Do not do this. For the sake of everything that we've worked so hard to build--do not do this."

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Bombshell
Bonnie Bang
I made Boom Boom, with my Bang Bang, in my BLAM BLAM!!
Bombshell's Theme- What did you do?


Bonnie looked at the screen. She got up, went to the trash car, kicked the trash can toward the screen, lifted said trash can with her feet, and placed it where Sam could see. She then touched the trash can, and it exploded.
"That's my answer." and then she went back toward Faust. "Fausty is my best ham ham! I do what HE says. Poop Face." she said, and crossed her arms over her chest and sat there...her chair exploded. "Doh...I did it again..." she started to sniffle. "S-sorry Fausty...I destroyed another c-chair..."

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⧱Faust Nightingale⧱
⧰Dr. Faust⧰
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Knowledge is power . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . power to do good
or to do evil
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Faust gave Bonnie a clearly grateful smile as she refused Sam's orders. That was definitely something that Faust needed to thank her for--which he did.
"Thank you, Bonnie," he said to Bombshell in a very sincere voice--before suddenly, his attention was grabbed by Paragon again--just in time to see Asura get punched through a wall. "Asura--!" Before Faust could so much as move, Bombshell was careening through the room--Paragon continued his ravage, explosions rocking the room, and all Faust could do was stare. Once Paragon finally let the poor woman go, Faust called over to her, "B-Bonnie, just don't move! You don't want to aggravate any bone fra--" Before he could even finish, Paragon had sent Faust himself sailing across the room--his glasses broke off his face as he impacted with the table, scattering away in two pieces, and as the superhero ground the scientist's face further into the hardwood, a small trickle of blood seeped forth from his nose. "Paragon...why...?!" Faust demanded, scrabbling against the table uselessly to try to escape. "Think about what we had here! Think about who created you...!" As a new voice entered the room, however, Faust fell silent--and managed to turn his head just enough to get a good look at CP-02. "You...just who are you...?!" Before he could say anything more, CP-02 was making his way over to Bonnie--and placing his foot on her head. "Don't do it--!" he shouted as he realized what this intended--only to see CP-02 crush Bonnie's head under his polished shoe. Faust fell silent for a moment, his eyes wide. He was silent for a moment, until he suddenly began struggling against Paragon again, his voice belligerent, "You speak of insubordination, but look what you're doing here--! We've done nothing but follow orders all the way up until today! Who do you think you are--?! I don't care how many obnoxious flying underwear models you get to defect to your side--if you hurt anyone else in this tower, so help me...!" That pretty much meant Asura. If Asura met the same fate that Bonnie had--Faust definitely wasn't going to be okay.

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░░▒▒▓▓Ｋｎｏｗｌｅｄｇｅ  ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ  ｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒ▓▓▒▒░░

⧱Faust Nightingale⧱
⧰Dr. Faust⧰
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Knowledge is power . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . power to do good
or to do evil
☣-------------------------------------☣

"You wouldn't be half of what you are today if not for me, Paragon! Show a little respect--!" Faust objected, cutting off as the purplette ground his face harder into the conference table. As Asura got brought up again, he cringed, not wanting her getting brought back into the equation of this situation anymore. From where he was, he couldn't actually see that Asura was gone, so he wanted to keep their focus on him, if at all possible. As CP-02 remarked about not creating anything that could destroy him, Faust replied scaldingly, "All that does is hold you back! Science is about pushing boundaries, not about being cautious and making backhanded deals--!" Faust fell quiet again as CP-02 said that he would let him live--for now. Those words seemed to irk Faust quite a bit--and he did the best he could to glare at CP-02 even with half of his face being shoved into the table. "Well then...it seems as though you're doing all you can to make my life difficult, aren't you? Well, a great man once said that optimists turn their dificulties into opportunities--and even if I'm not an optimist, I'm certainly an opportunist. We'll see just how far you get..." He knew that he was in no place to be making threats--so once he'd said his piece, he closed his eyes, bracing for the impending blow that would definitely be Paragon knocking him out. Every problem had a solution...one just had to put thought into it. This couldn't be any different. That had always been what he'd lived by--and he knew that changing that now would just be giving into despair. He was stuck now, yes--but once he got a moment to think, he was sure that he could figure out something...that was his only choice.

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