Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 73

[March 12, 2166]
[Site F29 - Detainment Block]
[Lagos Island]
[Beyond the Japanese Coast]

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No matter the business initiatives of any of the major companies in the modern day, all have one thing in common: a mole among their ranks is unacceptable at any costs.

Such a motif has lead to an interrogation of a Post-Human terrorist that goes by the name of Carlos Santiago and has managed to infiltrate the extraction operation. Luckily, thanks to the boastful and violent tendencies of the recently deceased victim ousting the young man's powers, he was subdued and caught before he could attempt escape.

The teenage terrorist is strapped to a chair and table, with his arms and legs held together in electroshock handcuffs; these cuffs have been designed specifically for non-electricity-based Post-Humans, giving them a painful but nonlethal electric shock should they attempt to use their powers to get out of the bindings.

A single light illuminates Carlos's position, shrouding the rest of the room in darkness; Emmy Kano, Vivian Grahame, and Lance Weyland step out of the shadows, ready to confront the boy. As he eyes the three, Ms. Kano suddenly grabs Carlos by the throat and takes on a much deeper and more menacing tone than her usual calm and sophisticated self.


(Emmy Kano): I want you to listen to me, and listen closely. You're gonna tell me why Bloody Mary sent you, and then we'll consider putting you into a--


The Post-Human terrorist simply spits on Emmy's face and smirks; the operation's director merely releases her grip from his neck and cleans off the spit on her face.


(Carlos Santiago): You don't scare me, little geisha.

(Lance Weyland): Oh dear.....

(Vivian Grahame): This can't go well, now.

(Carlos Santiago): If it weren't for these cuffs, I'd have blasted a hole straight through your as--


Ms. Kano delivers a surprisingly strong right hook into Carlos's nose, instantly breaking and bloodying the facial fixture. She then grabs his long hair and proceeds to continually slam his face into the desk in front of him, badly bruising his body. Soon enough, the non-conforming teenager's face is barely recognizable, just a distorted lump of purple bruise marks, blood, and swollen skin.


(Emmy Kano): Gonna cooperate now?


Carlos Santiago, in a fit of defiance yet again, simply spits out several of his bloody teeth and looks Emmy Kano directly in the eyes despite having two black eyes. However, without a hint of fear or malice in his voice, he speaks clearly and with purpose.


(Carlos Santiago): The goals of the Order of Homo Novus are too complex to be understood by mere Humans. We are everywhere and nowhere at once. We travel freely without detection. We are the future of--


The director merely backhands the boy hard, interrupting his practiced speech. The blow noticeably tears off a small section of skin from the back of Ms. Kano's hand, prompting Lance Weyland and Vivian Grahame to raise their eyebrows slightly.


(Emmy Kano): Get to the point, punk.

(Carlos Santiago): Straight forward little geisha, aren'tcha? Alright then. I can't say much, since I'm just a grunt in Mary's plans, but I can say, with absolute certainty, that she's gonna tear down society as we know it. The arrogance of man is thinking that nature is in their control...... and not the other way around.

(Emmy Kano): So, you're all a bunch of extreme Darwinists. Nothing new. However.......


Emmy Kano turns her back to Carlos, but she continues to talk.


(Emmy Kano): You talk of tearing down society. The Order isn't nearly large enough to accomplish this task by itself, even with the governments relapsing back into the failed method of trying to defeat terrorism through force. You need something bigger....


Carlos Santiago begins to panic a bit and starts looking frantically around the room; Ms. Kano merely turns back to face her suspect, with the slightest of devilish smiles visible. All of a sudden, the lights briefly cut out. They come back on briefly, showing Bloody Mary standing behind her mole.

The lights cut out yet again; Bloody Mary is gone, and Carlos's body is in a mummified state, drained of all his blood. Emmy Kano, in frustration, slams her fist down onto the table, ripping off more of the skin on her hand.

What's left is a nearly perfect mechanical replica of a human hand, save for the skin on the outside having been ripped off due to the wear and tear from Emmy's blows to her hand. Whilst she gathers herself, Vivian Grahame and Lance Weyland watch on, shocked at what they've just witnessed. Vivian is about to say something, but she stops herself short, apparently unable to fully express what she's feeling right now.


(Emmy Kano): I suppose you're wondering where this little doohickey came from. Let me just start off by saying that STRQ Industries has ventured into the field of near-Human Androids sooner than expected.