Post by ZMAC on Mar 19, 2021 18:07:56 GMT -6
Re:/Z/istance.partII.exe
Below the proving grounds was dark and dusty. A resistance for sure. The command center, if you could call it that, was built out of 1960s vacuum tubes. A bank of monitors in the old black green variety was lined up on a table.
“This is the resistance?” asks ZMAC, not impressed by the cold war era tech.
“The counsel of Z. Considering that you are the only ZMAC that is the flashpoint- the constant, the other Z’s cannot inhabit the same time-space. We broadcast through dimensions.”
“And you do that with cathode rays and vacuum tubes? What do you have a 2 megs in the backroom powered by the hoover dam?”
“Actually, a lot of this is future tech.”
“From who?”
“Your wife.” Sentinel Z presses on the bones of his left wrist like a communicator. “Freya 6, elaborate for our friend.”
“Freya?” mouths ZMAC to himself as a hologram of Ruby Red projects itself into the room.
“Z, the tech you see before you is stolen from 2700 CE. Cross dimension projection is possible due to the nature of your existence combined with nanite technology, multiple ZMACS are able to project themselves across space and time.” Says Freya 6
“Wait, so you’re from 700 years in the future? All so that a few Kirkland brand ZMACs don’t muddy up the timeline?”
“Your apathy and general avoidance of both the law and domination make you semi-unique compared to the others both in attitude and your flash point paradoxical nature. If you’re eliminated from existence, that trait gets passed on to the one that vanquished you. Only a ZMAC can kill a ZMAC. A family curse can only be cured by the family undoing it.” Says Freya 6.
“Does Conrad or Crow know about this?”
“Your father does not know about this and with reason- he’s the most vicious of them all. He’s hatred of you would only fuel his quest and ultimately destroy time itself. Your son is a good candidate but would be overwhelmed. Yes, he is strong and accomplished but he lacks the fluid understanding of his abilities. He has yet to master them.”
“So I- pretty much have to highlander, time cop and terminate my way through endless ZMACs?”
“Correct.”
“And what happens if I don’t?”
“Total temporal liquidation. No more ZMAC, no more universe. Time itself would resort back to the big bang.”
“Freya, what are the odds of that happening.”
“Current probability of total temporal liquidation, 81%”
??: And know its going to be 99%.
Calls a voice from the top of the stairs as few canisters of tear gas drop down and fill the room. Our boi and Sentinel Z start to choke on the nerve agent, even though they would normal get high on it; something was different. When the smoke clears theres another ZMAC standing before them. As they look up, he closes his fists as more ZMACs rush down the stairs.
A brawl ensues as our heroes are separated and pinned down. Echo’ing calls of their signatures moves can be heard.
Falcon Punch for our boi
And Shuryuken for Sentienal Z.
They fight hard, only able to make small headway
Glowing red eyes are seen in the background from another room as the Odinator steps into the main room.
Odinator: Protocols activated. Perimeters met. Engage.
The cyborg Odin Balfore steps in and starts cleaning house to try and restore order, slowly pulling our heroes back to relative safety but even he is overwhelmed by the hordes of the undying.
“Got any plans big guy?” Asks Zmac of the Odinnator.
“Negative. Survival probability less than 10 %.”
“Yah, I got one.” Says Sentinal Z. “ ZMAC, tell my wife I love her.”
Sentinel Z crawls out from the Odinnators protection and takes his shirt off as he’s shot at by the other ZMACs as our boi notices something.
“The Barcode.” Says ZMAc to himself. “The fucking barcode” He yells as he crawls out from the Ordinator as well.
“Z, stay back. If you die what’s the point of all this.”
“Whats the barcode for, huh? Where’d you’d get the barcode.”
“We’ll talk about it, later.”
As they argue, our boi ZMAC is shot with a laser that burns into his flesh from the face down to the right arm. ZMAC is hurt badly and falls to the ground in pain, hemorrhaging.
Sentinel Z rips into his shirt and pushes a spot on his neck that causes his chest to open up. He takes out a fusion core from his own chest and walks deeper into the fray as the Ordinator pulls ZMAC back.
[ self destruct sequence activated. ]
5…
“I told jaw’ll. I told each and every one of you. If you don’t start nothin’ then there won’t be nothin.”
4..
“I told you how the only one to stop me is me.”
3…
“I finally understand you but know that I will crush you and throw you into the wind.”
2..
“Trust me…”
1…
