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The most important room in the White House existed in the building's
West Wing, made iconically famous in the television series of the same
name. The room earned its name by its shape, and thus it was called the
Oval Office. At one side, in front of a grouping of windows, sat a large
desk with more papers atop it than any man cared to believe he could
have piled on his desk. Just slightly off center was a grouping of
couches, maybe a couple chairs, and a small coffee table, around which
the furniture was placed.
Behind the large desk at the one end of the room sat a man who was known
throughout the world. Most people couldn't turn on a television without
hearing about or from him, sometimes with threats from local terrorist
leaders being directed at him. The President of the United States had no
super powers of his own, but he wielded enough power nonetheless. He
wasn't sitting behind the desk, he was standing, staring out the window.
There were at least three helicopters on the lawn, and soon, the meeting
would begin.
To the President's left stood a man who's physical description could
only be average. He had no distinguishing featuristics, he wasn't
abnormally tall, nor was he overweight. Average was the only thing
someone could remember after seeing this man. Despite the President's
stance on smoking, this man lit up a cigarette, pausing every so often
to tap the ashes into a portable ashtray that was hidden behind the face
of his watch.
"It's really happening, isn't it?" the President asked. "We're actually
about to have this conversation."
The cigarette smoking man nodded. It was all the gesture he needed to
make, but he still said, "It's long overdue."
The President turned his head toward the man. "I know. The sad thing is
that a city is tearing itself apart because we took too long."
"Two cities."
The President nodded. Pine Ridge was officially a war zone, with
National Guard forces stationed at every entrance to or exit from the
city. Los Milagros had just suffered a devastating attack caused by a
seventeen year old girl named Melody Hunter, though that unfortunate
situation had since quieted down, save for the occasional rioting.
National Guard troops were on station there, as well. He had hoped that
the emergence of the Chosen wouldn't take the situation to these
extremes.
I hate the fact that we're here. We should never have gotten here.
There was a knock on the door. "Let them in," the President said. One by
one, several people entered the Oval Office. Generals Halsey and
Carpenter, Senators Shuster, Liefeld and Lee, Attorney Kennedy of
HealAll, Brand of Brand Industries and Kaplan of Banter Industries. The
President hadn't expected Penelope Banter herself to come, though he was
surprised at Kennedy and Brand's appearances. Kennedy was situated in a
wheelchair after the recent attempt on his life, and Brand was well-
known for his beliefs about the government, despite his rather personal
role in law enforcement. "Thank you all for coming," the President said,
turning to address his guests.
Kennedy was the first to speak. "I'd like to express my surprise, being
called here during such a severe crisis. Pine Ridge is in a state of
complete anarchy, thanks to HARP."
General Halsey spoke up next: "This HARP movement is nothing but a few
peaceful demonstrators. It's my personal opinion that HealAll is
escalating these events for their own press, passing off their own
people as HARP, and then using them to cause chaos."
"We'd do no such thing!" Kennedy spat back at the general. "And what
about the HARP attacks in East City and Los Milagros? And there's
suspicion that HARP was involved in both the attack on Glassview College
and the Evergreen Mall incident in Glassview City."
Senator Shuster cleared his throat. "Though credit for the Glassview
College attack was later taken by HARP, eyewitness reports at the
Evergreen Mall state that an, excuse me, 'orange-furred monster' was to
blame. There were reports of HARP members in the mall, however they
weren't involved with the incident."
Senator Lee spoke next, "HARP does appear to be on the warpath in East
City, however. Police Captain Montoya reported several HARP members
escaped custody, and then a group of robot attacks were later attributed
to HARP, which were stopped thanks in no small part to Arachnya."
Halsey jabbed an index finger in Lee's direction. "HARP wouldn't be so
much of a problem if it weren't for people like Ms. Harkins."
Kennedy moved his wheelchair slightly. "So now we're blaming a terrorist
organization on people who didn't choose for this to happen to them."
Halsey snorted a laugh. "Very funny thing to say about people known as
Chosen."
The President leaned against his desk and noted that William Brand
hadn't said anything. It wasn't a big surprise, the CEO of Brand
Industries wasn't a man of many words, but considering the role the
President knew Brand had played in many Larsen City events, he was very
surprised that that the man hadn't spoken yet. The President turned to
General Halsey. "What's your personal take on HARP, General?"
The military man snorted another laugh. "As I said before, they're
peaceful demonstrators. They've caused no harm to anyone."
"And the murder of a man rumored to be a Chosen on the front lawn of
HealAll's Los Milagros office? That was peaceful? It was on live TV. The
situation just yesterday, when Mr. Kennedy and a young Chosen boy were
shot at a press conference? The boy died, General."
"Though Mr. Kennedy will disagree with me, the incident on the HealAll
lawn was no doubt a HealAll propaganda stunt. And the shooter at
yesterday's press conference was acting under duress, hardly evidence of
a HARP death agenda. From what I hear, there's reasonably good intel
that the psychopath known as the Joker is somewhere in Pine Ridge, and
after all the things he did in Larsen City, blackmailing a man into
committing murder wouldn't even sound out of place."
The President turned to Kaplan. "Mr. Kaplan, does Banter Industries have
anything to say about the recent events in Glassview City? There were
Chosen identified at both the college dorm and the mall, and Ms. Banter
quickly swooped in and took care of both crises."
Henry Kaplan, the man the President dealt with most often when it came
to Banter Industries, pushed his glasses back up from where they had
slid down his nose and then leaned forward on the couch. "Ms. Banter has
asked me not to comment on these incidents, sir. She's told me that her
eventual plans will come across your desk once the time is right."
The President sighed. He turned to Brand. "Mr. Brand, you've been
awefully quiet. Seeing as you're a resident of Larsen City, I'd like to
know your take on the recent Joker situation, including the murder of
one Francis Holden."
Brand nodded. "Going by what I know, mostly from the live broadcast in
which Mr. Holden was murdered, the Joker was playing up Knight's
similarities to the comic book hero Batman. The Joker appeared to see
himself as Knight's mortal enemy, much like how the comic book Joker is
to Batman."
"The Larsen City murders number just under a thousand, compiling both
the mall and church explosions. How many of them were suspected to be
Chosen?"
Brand shook his head. "We have no way of knowing, sir. The Chosen appear
to be nothing but random, no rhyme nor reason to their selection. In the
interview Ms. Harkins had with her newspaper, she mentioned a being in
human shape that appeared to her in her bedroom, and the Chosen that was
murdered in Pine Ridge suggested he had once been female, and that the
Choosing reversed his gender. We can't substantiate these claims, as a
few Chosen don't seem to have records suggesting they were the opposite
gender prior to their Choosing."
The President nodded. "I know that this gender transformation issue is
unclear to most of you, but the research my top advisors tell me about
indicates that this is the case for all of them." He gave a small look
toward the cigarette smoking man, standing in the corner. "From Ms.
Harkins to Pro-Tech to the orange-furred beast in Glassview City."
Kennedy looked like he was gripping his wheelchair a little tighter.
"Mr. President, I'm deeply shocked. HealAll entered into an exclusive
contract with the United States government for all Chosen research. As
stated by a clause in that contract, we're to be informed of any such
research Which agency did this research go through?"
The President waved his hand. "I'm not at liberty to say, Mr. Kennedy."
"Mr. President! Am I to assume our contract has been terminated, then?"
The President shook his head. "On the contrary, HealAll is very
important to us. Your company is leading the charge in nanotechnology."
General Carpenter said, "Nanotechnology that is supposed to be for our
soldiers on the battlefield, I might add."
Senator Shuster added, "And if our law enforcement personel were equiped
with such measures, so many men wouldn't have died when Melody Hunter
slaughtered them in Los Milagros. Just how far along is your
nanotechnology, Mr. Kennedy?"
Kennedy appeared to be fuming. "I can't speak for the science division,
as I'm simply a lawyer, but I'm told we're making good progress on that
front. Sasha Jackson, our test subject, has recently made a complete
recovery from he - his physical situation."
The President looked back at Brand. Before he could say anything to the
reclusive billionaire, Senator Shuster asked, "And does anyone know who
manufactured those nanocytes we've heard about being used in East City?
Had we someone had a needle of those, Melody Hunter may not have even
been able to kill so many people."
The President hid a smile. Senator Lee answered, "The only thing anyone
seems to know is that the hero Knight supplies them to the East City
Police. No one knows where he comes from, however."
The President held his hands up. "Gentlemen, I believe we need to get
back to the original subject: HARP. General Carpenter, we've yet to hear
your opinion on them, or do you share General Halsey's rather limited
beliefs?"
Halsey gave Carpenter a look, one that the President didn't fail to
notice. Carpenter sighed. "My own position on HARP is a little clouded,
Mr. President. My daughter was recently killed in a HARP raid in Denver.
She wasn't a Chosen, but they killed her anyway, because her roommate
was a Chosen."
"So you know that HARP is, indeed, a terrorist organization, unlike
General Halsey believes?"
Carpenter nodded. "Yes sir, Mr. President."
Halsey stood. "Mr. President, I hardly believe this one situation
constitutes anything. Though claiming to be HARP, they could have simply
been members of HealAll's propaganda campaign."
Kennedy groaned audibly, like a child. "No such campaign exists,
General. The only thing we've done is show the country - no, the world -
what monsters the HARP are. Christine and Rick's struggles prove that
HARP is on a warpath to not only get rid of the Chosen, but to slaughter
them, no matter their age."
Senator Liefeld finally took his chance to speak up. "I can't understand
how HARP could be seen as anything other than a terrorist organization?"
Halsey said, "Is your opinion based on what Mr. Kennedy tells you,
Senator? Just because Pine Ridge lies in your state doesn't mean that
these attacks are anything less than HealAll propaganda." Halsey turned
to Kennedy. "You've given us nothing that suggests otherwise, Mr.
Kennedy."
Kennedy responded, "I don't see how you don't have proof yet? Pine
Ridge: A city is tearing itself apart. Los Milagros: A man is murdered
on the lawn of HealAll's headquarters. Glassview City: A college dorm is
burned to the ground. East City: A HARP chapter opens up shop by
assaulting a post office. A federal offense at best, an act of terrorism
at worst." Kennedy leaned forward in his wheelchair. "So, tell me,
General Halsey, what does that suggest?"
The President heard clapping. He turned his head and saw the cigarette
smoking man slowly clapping his hands, walking forward from the corner.
He was surprised that his advisor was making his presense known. This
was the first time he'd ever done so.
"And just who the hell are you?" General Halsey asked.
The cigarette smoking man shook his head. "A simple advisor. The
President asked me to sit in on this meeting because I'm in a very...
interesting position."
Kaplan asked, "And just what position is that?"
"For instance, Mr. Kaplan, my organization knows about Ms. Banter's
intentions to form the Chosen team, the Light, with Ms. Hobden and Mr.
Jones." He turned to Kennedy. "We know that, while HealAll has had
nothing to do with HARP's recent attacks, they are harboring the
identities of three Chosen. Seeing as the Chosen are under your
protection, I won't divulge their names, but I do know them." Next was
Halsey. "You, General, have made several donations to HARP over the last
few weeks, including military weaponry."
Halsey looked like he was about to blow his cap. "Military weaponry that
was stolen before it arrived in Pine Ridge."
The cigarette smoking man shrugged. "Either way, I'm sure the Secret
Service agents outside the door will be ready to take you in as soon as
this meeting is over. You've committed an act of treason, at best." He
smiled. He turned to Carpenter. "I'm sorry for your loss, General
Carpenter, the tragedy in Denver was... I don't think I need to say much
about that. Her roommate was very special. She could see truths behind
lies." Next was Shuster. "Senator Shuster, Ms. Hunter herself isn't a
Chosen."
Shuster asked, "Then what is she?"
"Another sort called a Rejected, generally given significantly more
power than a Chosen. She's quite the specimen, too. We've had quite a
bit of work on our hands examining her."
Kennedy asked, "You've taken her in? How?"
"Thanks to her dual personalities, using tranquilizer darts on one of
her brings the other out. Access and Problem Child are her names, and
Problem Child is under heavy sedation, and will remain so as long as
she's under our care."
"And what exactly are these 'Rejected'?"
The cigarette smoking man smiled again. "I'm not at liberty to say, just
yet. We've had only twenty-four hours to examine Ms. Hunter, and we
don't have much information yet." He looked at Senator Lee, now.
"Senator Lee, East City, your own home, has seen the largest influx of
Chosen. If there's a reason for this, we don't know it yet, though we
have attempted to find out many times."
Kennedy spoke up again, "And have you contacted any Chosen? Perhaps the
reason lies with them."
The cigarette smoking man nodded. "We have, though none of them know.
Though, our efforts to discover the reasons behind the Choosing have
taken a backseat to our attempts to find the subjects pre-Choosing."
Kaplan asked, "You have a way of detecting Chosen before they're
Chosen?"
"We do. There's a particularly interesting pair in Glassview City that I
think you'll want to know about, but that's all I can say for now."
The President put his hand on the cigarette smoking man's shoulder.
"That's enough for now, my friend."
"Actually, I did have one more surprise." The cigarette smoking man
turned to Brand. "Mr. Brand, I'd personally like to know just what the
Joker said to you in that church before he destroyed it."
Brand stepped forward. "I'm not sure I understand what you mean. The
Joker and I have only spoken on one occasion, at the press conference
after Ms. Harkins' unfortunate unmasking."
"On the contrary, you spoke on a few occasions, including on live
television, just before Francis Holden was murdered."
Senator Liefeld said, "That would mean..."
The cigarette smoking man nodded. "Yes. William Brand is the hero
Knight, and he's standing in this room with us, pretending he's not."
Everyone in the room turned to Brand, their eyes focused on a living
example of a super hero, standing in the Oval Office.
Brand asked, "Tell me how it is you know that."
"I'm not at liberty to say, but I can tell you that we're proud of the
work you've done, both in Larsen City and East City. Taking Guardian,
Angel, Blackhole and Terror and turning them into a formidable fighting
force, a force for good. Assisting Erica Morris in starting up that
little children's group, though that didn't work out quite so well, did
it?"
Brand's hands balled into fists. "What do you know about that?"
"We know that Ms. Reston is now in quite negative hands, working with
the Benefactor."
Halsey asked, "Who is this Benefactor?"
Brand answered, "He's a criminal, taking Chosen and using them for some
end that we haven't been able to figure out, though I assume you," that
was directed at the cigarette smoking man, "have some idea."
The cigarette smoking man shook his head. "No, unfortunately, we don't.
He's the one area that we haven't been able to figure out, no doubt due
to his ability to hide himself from everyone except those he wants on
his side."
The President said, "Make no mistake, gentlemen, the Benefactor is a
threat to each and every one of us in this room."
Kennedy asked, "Does the Benefactor have anything to do with HARP?"
The cigarette smoking man answered, "Not that we know. His loyalties
don't seem to lie with anyone but himself. He's not too dissimilar to
the Joker, though he seems more focused. What he wants and what his
means are are the questions that we've sought to answer, and why we've
remained so secret."
The President added, "And why his organization answers only to me. You
all know this now, and you all need to remember it when you leave. HARP
and the Benefactor are the two biggest threats that we've ever had to
face as a nation. The Benefactor uses Chosen, men who can rip apart
cities with their minds; HARP does the exact opposite, and slaughters
families in their homes. Both sides have put American lives in danger,
and too many people have been caught in the crossfire. These two things
are what we all need to focus on in the near future." He walked over to
the window and looked outside. "I want you all to return to your homes,
to your cities, and get ready for the coming battles. Mr. Kaplan, tell
Ms. Banter to start her team; Mr. Brand, return to yours; Mr. Kennedy,
get HealAll's Chosen ready. Every asset we have, every Charlotte Harkins
we have, we're going to need."
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