Snippet #1599571

The Lord Imperator laughed. The sound a harsh booming that echoed above the noise of gunshots and frantic human screams. The massive mutant heard Phoenix yell for him to leave but Imperator answered to no one mutant or pitiful human alike and the great lord of the revolution continued to cut a bloody swath through the Agents a little ways away from the growing ring of fire that Phoenix and Isaac hid behind. "You are like bugs beneath my feet human scum!" The great voice boomed out as the Imperator's spines again glowed with a bright powerful light. Already the streetlamps had been blown and their electrical power vented into the agents, now the Imperator called upon another aspect of human technology. Parked cars on the street and the swat vans themselves that had brought the agents erupted in violent explosions as their engines were overloaded. All save one at least.

For while the Imperator did not listen to the orders of any man or mutant he did figure that enough of a distraction had been created to have allowed the others to escape. And after that, there was no point in sticking around any longer. The lone van that Imperator had not destroyed suddenly accelerated and after running over several of the agents who tried to scramble out of the way in shock reached the Imperator. The mutant raised a hand and gave the crowd of agents the finger before climbing into the back of the van. With his power he controlled the swat van and it accelerated once more as bullets pinged off of it. What chase could have been made was ineffectual and help could not be called for as the Imperator had already destroyed the other vehicles and the radios. His laughter echoed off the inside of the van as it sped away. It was pitiful how pathetic the humans were without their precious technology and the Imperator had been given much to laugh at on this day, much to mock the humans for.

However the Imperator had failed to recruit any more mutants to his cause thus far in the day and this disappointed him rather greatly. He had only a few remaining followers and those who joined often failed in some way and fell victim to the agents. It was not his fault they failed. No of course not, it was their own. But the lord of the "Glorious" mutant revolution was tired of failure and as the thrill of the fight faded he began to plan what would have to be done next. Gallagher was a key, the head of the cursed agents. So was this Phoenix who in pure power had the potential to match even himself, her joining him and aiding him were necessary, which meant he had to find her. It was fortunate that the Imperator had in sparing the electrical systems in the van also spared the cellphones of the officers who had been inside of it.

The armor that had descended from the crystal spines flowed back up his body to once again vanish into the faintly glowing crown of spines atop his head as he mentally commanded the phone to call another number. The phone rang several times and the Imperator's face began to contort in annoyance before finally the ringing stopped and a nasally whining voice answered it. "Who is"

Before the voice could continue Imperator began to speak. "Tracker you got away, good. Did any of the others follow you out?" The voice was as always commanding and spoke in such a way as to demand obedience.

"My lord forgive me, the others did not follow and scattered."

A wordless sound of rage issued forth from the Imperator's mouth before he continued. "Can you sense Phoenix, I require this of you Tracker."

"Yesss my lord, but faintly." The nasal voice whined. "I can find her for you lord Imperator as I always do." The voice broke off for a second as the sound of heavy breathing replaced it. "She and the boy who controls the water they are hiding in a what used to be a warehouse several miles east of you my lord."

"You have done well Tracker, return to the others and wait for my commands." The Leader of the revolution terminated the call and then his spines glowed slightly as he commanded it to make a second one, this time there was no delay and the phone was answered nearly instantly. "This is a recorded message, we at the Sunrise Inn are sorry but we are currently closed please call back later."

Imperator frowned and spoke loudly into the phone, "Traitor stop the shit, and put Vorsachs on now."

"Yes lord Imperator" The voice seemed to change as it spoke each syllable sounding like it was pronounced in a different accent. There was a pause before a different voice "What do you wish of me?" The new voice asked.

"I am in a swat van here." At the Imperator's mental command the phone sent over the coordinates of his location. That would be enough like it had before the mutant was certain. Unlike so many who could teleport Imperator had found one who could actually go somewhere without having seen it. It was very useful to have such an individual in his employ. "I require you here." And the call terminated. For a moment the Imperator sat waiting before the van was filled with an ozone reek and another man sat in the back of the van as well.

This man was thin and bony, nearly emaciated and was completely covered in a black hooded cloak of sorts. "My lord" The mutant's voice hissed out and he lowered his head in respect.

"Vorsachs. I am sure the swat are tracking their van and will be here momentarily. Transport us to this location, just us not the van." The Imperator showed the coordinates that tracker had provided to the cloaked and hooded mutant and the thin stick of a man reached out to grab the Imperator's arm. The world distorted within the van and when the distortion faded no one remained inside.

The "nest" where Phoenix and Isaac had taken refuge was suddenly filled with an ozone reek as Imperator and Vorsachs arrived. The Imperator took in the sight of the injured pyromancer and his face hardened in distaste at the situation. He spoke and his voice for once sounded less of command and more of helpfulness. "Boy, Isaac, my associate can teleport all of us to my current residence, one of my employees is skilled in healing and can handle her wounds, the agents will track you down here and she is in no condition to fight again, I can provide safety for now."