The man opened his mouth to say something, then suddenly slapped his neck. Thats is that normal? Not even slightly. She shook her head a little, a puzzled expression on her face. It would have been fairly quick, I believe, he added after a moment. Two of them had metal baseball bats and the other one had a machete. A faint, deep, humming sound slowly percolated through her mind. She was similarly pretty if looked at more as a work of art than a weird looking human. He shook his head, not taking his eyes off her. Mechanics will be explained to some extent in the fic. Its very subtle but its everywhere if you know what to look for. I don't know why, perhaps it was just a convenient place. Taylor Hebert triggers inside her locker. I've been away she told him, sounding like she regretted this. Whether I'll ever come back to it and complete it, I honestly don't know, since it would probably be quite a lot of work to do it properly and I have limited time available! Not hostile. Caught in Causality (Dr Manhattan/Watchman). Total ecosystem collapse, no food, everyone dies. This isnt going to go away quietly. Bearing in mind the damage and the loss of life, no, Director, I dont think it will. Moving to a chair the armored Tinker sat down carefully, mindful of the slight creaks produced by the weight of his power suit. Are you going to go after Sophia? he added after some thought, tensing a little just to be on the safe side. A storehouse of weapons beyond imagination, controlled by an enigmatic old man of unclear origins and an abused teenager. The encounter with the insect-woman and the examination that Hive had allowed, if not indeed encouraged, had gone a long way towards alleviating the boring routine she'd fallen into for some time now. Fingerprints and surface DNA are impossible to retrieve as a result, so all we can do is interview possible witnesses. Not really. Inevitably, the walls lengthen, the bars thicken, the shackles tighten. Looks like the plot is getting rolling with Lisa and the Crystals, too. Assault looked at his phone as it beeped at him, picking it up and seeing he had a text message. Based on my own research if anything she was underplaying it. 'Tall, maybe six feet, and slender. Brockton Bay is a great retirement spot, right? The crystals detonated, and Lisa knew nothing but burning white fire. The woman stopped and turned towards him, her head tipped inquiringly and her compound eyes reflecting the light. How much more? he asked slowly. You have stolen the fire of Mount Olympus and cast down the gods. Whining sound. Overall it didn't resemble normal power armor nearly as much as it did a giant, human sized insect exoskeleton, with the most amazing paint job hed ever seen. I was doing some data mining for a project on global health issues and I found something unusual. Which is? he asked absently, moving another part. Whether it was a vicious prank that went too far or a deliberate attempt at murder I have no idea so far. It sounds pretty bad, even at this time of year. Shaker or Blaster? Miss Militia asked curiously. Assault sniggered, making her look at him. Also, though I like this story a lot, it is sadly dead. You sure youre OK, Lisa? Brian asked as she spun on the spot, looking for what was making the sound. He noticed it had three slender claw-tipped fingers and apparently two thumbs, one on each side. Around two thousand times as fast most of the time, in fact. Were going to have to tell the Director, of course. Yes, I think so. She hesitated. Shut up both of you, will you? she gritted, as Rachel came in at the rear of the group with all three dogs at her heels. Acceleration Taylor can control vectors, complete. The beginnings of a story I started around mid-2015 in the Worm setting, but semi-abandoned when I started Taylor Varga. At least she has his bullsh!t powers to back it up. Energy generation ex nihilo sounds a lot like the [SOLUTION] though. Get to the bottom of this, if at all possible, she replied, looking up at him from her chair. What muggers? Sophia! We haven't been over much lately but we used to come have barbeques with your mom and dad." She winced a little at her own statement but otherwise did an admirable job of pretending that my dad hadn't just been killed in an accident. Taylor. All four arms were wrapped around her, holding her in an unusual yet surprisingly comfortable way. She stopped a couple of feet away and seemed to gaze at him as if judging his sincerity. She got powers, nothing particularly impressive on the face of it, although potentially fairly effective with a little thought. Two and a half months ago when Winslow burned down. She got better, he said with a nasty grin. The Director looked extremely angry and also nearly as scared as Assault did. My mother's death came as surprise, as death was far from my mind. It was the watchman who raised the alarm when he smelled something other than his cigarette burning. Nodding to the folder, he added soberly, The evidence suggests that Miss Hebert was still alive when that happened. Christ. Director Piggot swiveled her chair to look out the window for a moment, before turning back. When she was sure that Sophia was doing as she was told, the older woman looked back at Dragon, scanned the faces of the others, then asked, In your estimation what should we rate Hive as? Wondering who Hive was, Sophia listened carefully. Muggers!? I swear I never stole anything, I never meant to hurt anyone,I swear, I swear that I'm a good kid, A good kid, Who's had a bad run". He looked around once more and when he looked back the moth was gone. A threat rating like this is so far out of our experience we have no choice, were going to have to bump it up to the top. Sophia was staring at the monitor with sweat running down her face. It took a long time and a hell of a lot of experimentation, but I finally worked out how to make an insect that could act as a bridge between a computer network and my own. Which is the fact that, for the last six weeks, there have been no new cases of malaria diagnosed. It started out as a yellowjacket but I shrank it to make it less obvious and to raise the pitch of the wings enough that it wasnt very audible, and changed the color so it doesnt stand out. Wyrm Wrecking Worm. Thats more than a little worrying. If nothing else the ecological side-effects of that would be horrific and very noticeable. The biomass of ants alone is greater than all the people who have ever existed, and ants are only about one percent of the total number of insects world wide. If you could do that why would you restrict it to human levels? Good point, Dragon replied, adding a Brute 2+ rating to the tally. She hoped. I did that six weeks ago from some points of view, she giggled. Theyre not going to do anything now. Cautious and very suspicious, Amy didnt move. The brunette shrugged. She noticed Assault looking at her and transferred her worried gaze to him. Do you want to come in? she asked. Taylor in Theogony is a girl with strong powers that make fighting people pretty easy. True. Armsmaster thought about the idea for a little while. tip: katekyou "alternate universe" sort:>words. But yes, its actually rather terrifying. Around ninety billion. Finding a bottle of nail polish remover she looked quizzically at it, shrugged, then tried it. Come on out. One of his friends tapped his bat on the ground with a metallic ringing sound, grinning. Memories of Iron Taylor gains an AU Tony Stark's memories, book 1 of 2 complete, but dead. "I don't know Hive seemed nice." Checking the time he winced. All I can do is move on. Assault shivered for a moment. Shading his eyes with his hand, he peered into the distance, curious for the moment rather than concerned. Invisible. But Id like to talk to you sometime, if thats OK. Curious, Amy nodded. Someone needs to give Lisa a hug. The few times she did fight back, she was the one punished as no one believed her over her tormentors, who were well connected for various reasons. The man standing on the other side of her desk nodded once. Easy enough to influence if you know how. They looked at each other for a few seconds more. God of war x worm, Taylor is the daughter of Kratos and Freya. While the overall body shape, except for the extra arms, was more or less humanoid in pattern, the head wasn't. So why do you keep doing it? Because it's funny to see them jump, like you just did, her sister laughed, coming closer and looking over her shoulder with her nose wrinkling a little at the smell. Something happened to the mosquitoes? OK, then, lets get these guys arrested, then get you home, shall we? Hive said lightly. Off. Youre in the way, Tats, he said, poking her again. E88 or ABB? the blonde asked. So what are you going to do now? he asked rather plaintively. The sole survivor of the Hebert family sat in his chair for another ten minutes, before he quietly got up, retrieved the pistol, carefully unloaded it and locked it in his desk, then went downstairs and out the door of the Dockworkers Association building, locking it behind him. If we have to look for you were going to be annoyed and we might be a little rough as a result. Then A little more than a year later, the girl went off to camp, and when she came back everything had changed. Urgh, what's that stink? she added distastefully. I forced a smile and moved on. There was a Post-GM fic where Taylor became house-wife and rising a daughter in the world where she(Khepri) is worshipped like a god and her husband is a priest of this religion, An Idiot's Guide to the Underworld [Worm/Hades] short, I didn't enjoy Hades much cause its not my type of game, but that was incredibly enjoyable, Divine Administration - of Gods and Bureaucracy, https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/divine-administration-of-gods-and-bureaucracy-worm-exalted.13442/. The only negative is that this is a one shot, and although long and good, it still leaves you with an empty feeling in your soul when you finish and want more. The DNA was obviously heavily edited, most of the normal redundancies elegantly pruned out and the entire thing simplified and optimized. She held up a hand with another shake of her head. What we do have is totally terrifying. She waved a hand at the monitor. A real AI isnt automatically a threat, you know, despite what the movies would have you believe. That may be so but even if not we need to look into it, he retorted, reaching over to turn off the microscope, then pick up his helmet. A sudden thought made him laugh again, although wince at the same time. Really efficiently, no fight or anything. What did she do? Vicky now looked fascinated. You know Im tapped into it in lots of places and I have a hell of a lot of programs monitoring all sorts of data? He nodded, well aware of how closely connected to the global networks she was. BBFD fire investigators have also come to the same conclusion, which is why they called us in the first place. Damn it, Piggot growled. Exactly. "Hey Taylor, you remember us right? You really want to know? she asked after a long moment. Brian and Alec walked around her, the latter poking her a few times in the side. On. That much parallel processing power lets you simulate almost anything you can imagine. After her Trigger Taylor decides to confront Hess about her bullying, somewhere the teachers can't take Hess'side. "You should be only a little wise, never too wise. Her voice sounded wistful if anything. Not least of which was the fact that one of her tormentors worked for you guys. Sophia, he muttered. Hers is a nascent divinity. Guess I'll have to wear the spare one tomorrow. Father was such a miserable person. They stopped talking as much to each other, and she herself went from being a fairly outgoing and cheerful if private girl into a bit of an introvert. Eventually she moved, shaking her head slowly while still looking at her sister. It was a sensible suggestion. It's a work of art. Is she a biotinker of some sort, then? I'm not sure, I guess she must be. Poison? However, I did recycle a few elements from this one into TV when they seemed to fit. He grunted a little, affirmatively, unwilling to stop his current task until be finished the delicate manipulations. She claims she only knew her to speak to in passing and I have no specific information to disprove that, but my instincts tells me shes hiding something. Your lie detector didnt help? Piggot asked curiously. I learned to live with it in the end but it wasn't easy. Oh my god, thats amazing. Is the sole requirment that someone calls her a goddess, that's it, or is there something more specific? It might have been meant as a horrible prank, but personally I think it was attempted murder on the part of at least one of the people involved. I'm incurably curious, aside from anything else. This made her snicker, then shrug. I haven't touched this story in over a year, and while I was rearranging some of the vast number of files that are related to the current work, came across it again and thought it might be worth putting here for the general edification of people. The insect control is also a definite Shaker rating, at least 2 or higher, since as she said she could make every insect in an area attack someone. Its pretty safe and works really fast. Ive just had the most terrifying conversation of my life with someone who could do things to you that you wouldnt believe, and in my opinion would be fully justified in doing so, but you can thank every deity youve ever heard of that shes a better person than you are. tip: katekyou "alternate universe" sort:>words, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings (72), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types (4), | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) (4), Victoria Dallon | Glory Girl | Antares (34), Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Lisa Wilbourn | Tattletale (19), Amy Dallon | Panacea | Red Queen & Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver (11), Emma Barnes/Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver (7), Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver & Lisa Wilbourn | Tattletale (7), Victoria Dallon | Glory Girl/Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver (7), Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Sophia Hess | Shadow Stalker (7), Dragon/Colin Wallis | Armsmaster | Defiant (6), Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Rachel Lindt | Bitch | Hellhound (5), Madison Clements/Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver (5), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence (39), Tinker Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver (27), totally stole Karrin Murphy from Dresden files, I shamelessly steal characters from other fandoms though, Danny Hebert & Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver, Amy Dallon | Panacea | Red Queen & Victoria Dallon | Glory Girl | Antares, Dragon/Colin Wallis | Armsmaster | Defiant, Fuck the Empire 88 and fuck the Nazis they rode in on, Miss Militia decides to adopt an overpowered cannibal child, can be a bit creepy and weird as fuck sometimes, HANNAH WILL BE THE BEST GODDAMN MOTHER AND DAMN ANYONE WHO TRIES TO STOP HER, No Scion No Endbringers fuck the Grimdark this is a comfort fic, Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Greg Veder, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Sophia Hess | Shadow Stalker, Original Female Character/Original Female Character/Original Female Character, The sheer audacity and lack of anything resemling shame, Those who live to run away live to make a complete nuisance of themselves another day, Having other people pay for your mistakes is one way to solve all of your problems, Victoria Dallon | Glory Girl/Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver, Also called: my excuse to make Taylor kiss girls, Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Rachel Lindt | Bitch | Hellhound, Taylor Hebert has no time for your bullshit, Taylor Hebert | Skitter | Weaver/Lisa Wilbourn | Tattletale, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types. 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