Fandom InFamous: Repercussions of War

[Otakuyaki]

"If you feel uncomfortable with that thing on your neck, I can remove it for you, ya know?" Xavier stepped forward and lifted a glowing hand next to the collar, his green eyes' pupils replaced by rotating and resizing scopes, "An electric collar..." His eyes followed the layering of intricate circuitry and microchips, "Designed to kill?"


"Kinky, it would suit you perfectly Xavier!" Merlin commented snarkily.


"Not funny, Merlin." Xavier sighed, his face blushing.

 

[Mist Demon]

Nico's mind suddenly remembered the mission he had been given oh so long ago by the First Sons. His three hours allotted were probably far past over and they might activate the kill switch at any time.


"Yes.. please. It would be in the best interests of my survival for you to remove the collar..."


As Nico spoke his eyes locked with Xavier's and his breath seemed to be caught within his lungs. His heart ached and Nico remembered exactly why, the memories of that night still stuck within his head.

 

[Otakuyaki]

"It's a good thing all technology within my range is rendered useless right now," Xavier smiled, "They may have tried to kill you a while back, but I guess they're presuming that you're dead, since they can't reach it..." Shooting two lines of code into the collar, the collar released itself, and the collar immediately deactivated, "I'll keep this." Xavier stated as he bubbled it in a holographic bubble before it disappeared. Whoever it was that sent Nico, or owned Nico, he would locate them with the transmitter later.


"So what's your name?" Xavier looked back at Nico, "I haven't heard you introduce yourself yet."

 

[Mist Demon]

Nico finally breathed as both of his hands finally felt the sides of his neck. Not in the entire year and half of his life was that collar ever taken off of him. Yet it felt both amazing and freeing to finally have it off now that he didn't have to worry about his immediate death.


"You can call me Nico, I don't have a last name or anything along those lines..."


He scratched the back of his head..

 

[Otakuyaki]

"I see." Xavier sat on a nearby wooden box, "Sit down, Nico. There's plenty of wooden crates to sit on. I'm sorry I don't have much to offer, with the state of everything, ya know?"

 

[Mist Demon]

Nico sat down on one of the wooden crates that Xavier offered. He then looked over at Merlin before looking back at Xavier. Nico still didn't want to say what he had to because of her. Regardless, it wasn't going to be easy to say no matter how he worded it.


"It's completely fine.."


Nico took in a deep breath as he prepared himself for what was going to be.. a certainly strange conversation.


"..As I said earlier, there's a question I need to ask you. It would be for the best if I could ask you alone."

 

[Otakuyaki]

"Alright then." Merlin said, "I'm gonna go grab some juice, I'll see you later." She smirked as she suddenly transformed into a myriad of auroral lights, dashing up the walls and out of the cistern.


"Yeah, go. Have fun draining light bulbs." Xavier said in her direction, "Well, Amalgam, can you go too?"


"Hnnnng..." The giant groaned, the breastplate opening up to reveal a mouth, the tongue lazily hanging out.


"Yes, yes, I'll feed you later..." Xavier motioned for him to move, and the giant lumbered to the exit,"Now we're truly alone. No one but you and me. So what do you have for me?"

 

[Mist Demon]

Nico stopped looking around and instead focused on looking Xavier directly in the eyes. If he had to do this he might as well be direct about it instead of beating around the bush and making this all the harder on both him and Xavier. His face was still red and it was likely to stay this way throughout this entire conversation.


"You first need to understand that occasionally I have.. memories that are not my own. I don't have a clue who they belong to... but I think I know a way to figure it out now..."


Nico took in a deep breath, it was now or never.


"While you were arguing with Felix and the others I had one of these memories.. I saw you drunk and in a motel room..."


Nico's face couldn't become a darker shade of red if it tried.


"and well... have you ever slept with another man? What was his name?"

 

[Otakuyaki]

"Woah..." Xavier tugged at his collar, heat rising beneath his suit, "Hahaha I was not expecting that, but for you to possess Zabuza's memories. You really are connected to him." He knitted his fingers together tightly, "And well- yes, I slept with a man." He could feel his face redden as his memories raced back to that night.

 

[Mist Demon]

A name, Nico finally had a name to connect to his memories. Also, if Nico's assumption is correct then this Zabuza person is also the same he was cloned from. Thinking back, Felix had mentioned that name as well...


"Felix used that name as well, but I've never heard it before. Could you tell me more about this Zabuza person? Felix spoke about him like he was some terrible person..."


Nico noticed that Xavier's face was just as red as his.


"I think Zabuza may be the closet thing I have to a father because..."


Nico's eyes suddenly grew red.


"Because..."


Nico knew he was going to burst into tears as soon as he said it.


"Because I believe I'm nothing better than just a clone. I believe they took his DNA and spliced it to create me. I've spent my entire year and a half on this planet imprisoned and tortured for their experiments."


Nico couldn't stop himself and the tears rolled down his dark red cheeks one after another.

 

[Otakuyaki]

"I'm sorry..." Xavier placed a hand on Nico's shoulder, "I had a father, but after the blast, we grew distant and..." Xavier's words trailed off, "Well, he joined an anti-conduit faction, and me being a conduit, I left without ever telling him." Xavier looked straight into Nico's bleary eyes, "And he died, before I could ever find him. The worst part, was that I could have found him, at any time, but when I finally decided to, all I found was his corpse."


"You might be a clone, you might be anything..." Xavier wiped the glinting streak on Nico's cheek, "But let me be the first to tell you, that you are something extraordinary. And if you were something born out of Zabuza... Then you're just as extraordinary as he is." Xavier paused, his face becoming red. This was too cheesy for him, but heck to it, I'll say it, "I went to him, thinking that I wanted something to do; thinking that I wanted something to distract myself from the grief I had after I lost my father, and that grief kept me so lonely for so long. He didn't give me what I wanted, but he certainly gave me what I needed." His face reddened as he finished the line.


"You're not just some test-tube baby," Xavier smiled, "You're Nico: an amazing, wonderful Nico. And don't let where you come from or who you've met distract you from what you are right now."

 

[AvidElmV2]

Hayabusa and Jacob looked to each other before shrugging and chasing after Felix. Out of the corner of his eye, Hayabusa saw a young man watching them. When he turned to see him, he was gone.


As they approached the cemetery, Hayabusa turned for the 15th time during the trip. "There's no one following us." Jacob said, for the 15th time during the trip. "Felix, are we almost there, yet?"

 

[Assailant]

"So, what should we do?" A mysterious figure states.


"Who's there?" another responds.


"Jacob, Hayabusa, and Felix."


"Huh. Looks like the BFF's found each other again." The figure chuckles, before a scared voice speaks up.


"P-please! What do you want with me? Money? I-i'll give you my money!"


"Hmm... nope." The figure quickly cuts the throat of the crying civilian, and holds the sword to his tongue and licks. "Hmm... it's lemony, with a hint of strawberry. Interesting..."


"Psych, what should we do regarding the three?" The shadow pipes up.


"Right, right. Well, we've already seen Jacob having a Shadow, and of course Felix has had one... let's have some fun with Hayabusa."


"Speaking of Hayabusa sir, he's seemed to get privy to us following him."


"Good... let's use that." The shadow soldier stood on the building until Hayabusa noticed again, waved his hand, and jumped into the alleyway.

 

[AvidElmV2]

Hayabusa turned once more and was surprised to see a different figure, alongside the same hallucination that had been haunting him for the past ten minutes. The one figure jumped off while the other stared down at him with lifeless, cold eyes. Doll eyes. It disappeared as if it had never been there.


"What the hell are you doing? Hayabusa's my mouse. Go get you're own." Sarah said from behind Psych. She went into the pouch at her side and grabbed a handful of dust just to he safe.

 

[Assailant]

Psych grinned and turned to look at Sarah. "Ah, hello there. My men have mentioned you. You seem to have quite the interest in this Hayabusa fellow. Well, no matter. What I intend to do shall bring no harm to Hayabusa himself. I don't intend to cause a war... yet. Hayabusa should work up the nerve to come investigate soon, so until then, pray tell me about yourself."

 

[Mist Demon]

"That was so fucking cheesy..."


Nico cried out before laughing like he'd never laughed before in his entire short, depressing life. Every word felt like it had lifted Nico's spirits up from their usual low selves. Nico finally felt like there was at least one other being on the planet that both cared and believed in him and that was Xavier.


"...and thank you for every last word." Nico finished before wiping the tears out of his eyes. He tried to regain his composure as best as he could, as he finally held his head up high proudly.


"I think Zabuza is still alive. The First Sons that created me have him I believe. They've impaled his arms and legs and they constantly burn him to keep him from reforming completely. I've seen and felt the pain he's going through right now. Will you help me save him?"


Nico smiled, something he hadn't done in such a long time.


"Could you also tell me more about him?"

 

[AvidElmV2]

"Do fucking I look like I'm in the sharing mood? Pull your men out. I don't wanna-" Sarah stopped midway through her sentence and looked out the alleyway. "He's coming." She said simply before turning around, walking to the far reaches of the alleyway. There, she seemingly disappeared.

 

[SkycoderCrota]

Psych grinned and turned to look at Sarah. "Ah, hello there. My men have mentioned you. You seem to have quite the interest in this Hayabusa fellow. Well, no matter. What I intend to do shall bring no harm to Hayabusa himself. I don't intend to cause a war... yet. Hayabusa should work up the nerve to come investigate soon, so until then, pray tell me about yourself."

Dax and Twilight walked to the graveyard with Felix.

 

[Assailant]

As Hayabusa approached, Psych's men jumped him, grabbing his arms, legs, neck, and head, and pinned him. Two held shotguns to Hayabusa's head, and more held pistols to his head. "Hello Hayabusa, recognize me? I recognize you. We did battle once or twice. What fun that was. Now, if you comply, no harm will come to you now, I swear."

 

[Otakuyaki]

Xavier's cheeks tinged with a red blush, but he was nowhere near ashamed.


"I consent. We'll save Zabuza this time around." Xavier laughed alongside him. His eyes twinkled with delight, he hadn't felt this hopeful in ages, "I'll tell you anything! Yeah! Whatever you want to know." He smiled. They may have been in a dingy cistern, surrounded by wooden crates, and alone, but there certainly was no shortage of hope.

 

[Assailant]

Felix smiles as his friends walk with him. "Oh, I should probably do this. Sphinx might be worried." Felix pulls out his phone and dials Sphinx's number, hoping to get in contact with her.


@UnwantedTruth

 

[AvidElmV2]

Hayabusa caught of guard. Way off guard. "Woah! Woah! Over kill, man! What the hell did I do Felix!?" Hayabusa said, oblivious that he was talking to Psych.

 

[Mist Demon]

"I've put all this time and hope into one day getting to know my 'father' more, but I guess I never thought about what questions I would actually ask when the chance arrived." Nico laughed at the thought.


"What was he like? What was he like to be around? What did he accomplish? Why did Felix not seem to like him? I could go on with all the hundreds of questions I want to ask about him all day."


Nico sounded both energetic and alive, neither or which were common for him.


"That other person that was with you and that creature, will they also be willing to help rescue him?"

 

[Assailant]

Psych thinks for a moment. How should I best approach this? As Felix? As myself? Hmm... Ah! Psych walks up and kneels before Hayabusa. "Look," He whispers in his ear, "They're watching. I have to put on a show." Psych grabs the side of Hayabusa's head and pulls out his shadow. Hayabusa wouldn't recognize it, just feel a pain in his head. "That Felix out there is a fake. Psych." Psych continues to whisper. "They're trying to make me seem like the bad guy." Psych quickly turns and shoots the soldiers. They would hardly even hurt, but his soldiers get the idea and fall over, seemingly unconscious. Psych quickly helps Hayabusa to his feet. "That's gonna get me in a lot of trouble. Now head back out there, and act normal. But when you get a chance, attack... he's not who he seems..."

 

[UnwantedTruth]

Felix smiles as his friends walk with him. "Oh, I should probably do this. Sphinx might be worried." Felix pulls out his phone and dials Sphinx's number, hoping to get in contact with her.
@UnwantedTruth

Sphinx stopped singing to her babies in the middle of the lullaby "Molly Molone" when she felt a vibrating in her pocket. She took out her iPhone and saw it was Felix. She smiled and hit the "accept call" button. She put it up to her ear. "Hey you!" she said with a smile.