I thought about our other options, “What about Daniel?”
Vaughn snorted, “Well since Jody knows you’re friends from Stapledon, it’s probably best that he’s outside too. He’s checked though. Their base doesn’t have any protection from telepathy—not regularly.”
“Really?” I said, “That seems like a bad idea. I admit that we don’t have them on in our downtown office, but that’s because it’s only for show. I’ve got telepathy and teleportation blockers for the rare meeting.” Continue reading Jody: Part 5 →
“We have a way to make implants. I have to make sure they’re safe and assuming I can do that, I’ll make them available to everyone.
“Oh,” Julie said. “Is it one of the machines from the island?”
I shook my head, “Nope. It’s older than that, but similar in origin. I’m only going to pass them on if they’re safe.”
She’d stopped smiling, “I get it now. Do you have any other tests you want to run?” Continue reading Jody: Part 4 →
“Wow,” I said, considering it, “I hadn’t been trying to enhance your abilities, but that is obvious now that you mention it. It should be able to interface with your suit, but I think I’d change the design to fit your needs specifically… Let’s start by making sure it reproduces your power and then after that, I’ll see if I can’t come up with something better.
“Provided it works, you can attach the spare sonic to your costume.”
I handed her the sonic unit. It was loosely cylindrical except that the back end was rounded and the front flat. She held it under her right forearm and it attached. Continue reading Jody: Part 3 →
With that, the meeting was over, or at least my part.
Vaughn left to call Dayton, and everyone else left to discuss how and where to probe Jody’s loyalties best. I could have gone along, and I wanted to, but no one else could improve the buzzers.
Chris might have, but he was out in a version of the Rocket suit helping with the fungus cleanup downtown. He’d served as my double enough that some people might think something was off when they met me in the suit. Continue reading Jody: Part 2 →
Vaughn grinned, “They’re already involved. They were reporting to Daniel’s dad about Futuremen Capital. They thought Magnus was involved.”
“I remember,” I said. “Sydney wanted buzzers for them. I genuinely don’t remember if I provided them at this moment. I know I provided people in the community with designs.”
I hoped none of them got to the Nine, but chances were good that they might have. Plus, during the mushroom zombie fight, I learned that you could overwhelm them if you had enough people with voice powers. Continue reading Jody: Part 1 →
The Legion of Nothing: A Series of Online Superhero Novels (Updates Monday and Thursday)
