continues....conclusion....



16 and I enter Stalin's room. The smell of sweat and various body odors filled the room. Satlin lies in his bed, between a state of consciousness and medical intoxication. 16 post near the door.



A part of me wish Seidr was here. She is the power of discerning and altering the course of destiny by re-weaving part of destiny’s web. Seidr has the ability to manipulate time...temporarily and only proximity to herself; as well as molecular manipulation (1. reverberate molecules at a speed which causes them to become disordered, resulting in either melting or burning; 2. speeding the rate of movement of moleculars; 3) explosive power.) She could get into Stalin's room, adminster the syrum, and leave without detection. Seidr is on another assignment; usually she works only...she is an army of one. According to the log she is with resuscitation Marilyn Monroe, so she can sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President". Why Seidr was needed for this, I don't know...Maybe President Kennedy was with her and too many questions would be asked...if she was to die in his presence....Seidr did like the drama of history. Rumor has it that she alive during the time of Ptolemys in Egypt. The drama of the Ptolemy's court inspired her to live for "theatrics" of history.



I adjusted my thinking...neither one of us are manipulators of time or "weavers" like Sedir. I move towards the bed...the rays from the new sun hit the room...breaking the darkness and shadows of the room. I locate the same punture wound, where the poison was injected, and drive the fluid into his body. I can't but wonder if this is a good idea. Why save him? Before I can finish my thought, I feel 16 behind me...



16: "Finished"



Me: "Yeah...just want to see if it takes affect..."



16: "No time, the nurse is coming...."



In a flicker, we return to the plane....



Me: "Is he ok"



Shield: "Yeah, the bastard is going to live...."





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The character of Seidr is a amalgamation of the Norse power, by the same name and Piper Halliwell of Charmed.

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16: "Shit!"

I place the torn material in the transmitter to send it back to the lab. Suddenly, Shield turns me around and examined my body.  I pushed him off me and select the send button. 

Shield: " Are you ok...?" Shield begins to check me over.

Me: "Yeah, I am fine"

16 enters the plane and lets out a sigh.  He takes a seat, on the left side of the Synergy. As I looked, I noticed the incisions slowly closing: the tissues began to regenerate, the skin, starting from the outer sides met in the center, closing the wound.  The only remnants of the fight are his blood stained shirt,  cuts scattered through his upper body.

Lovelace: "Excuse Me..." Lovelace interrupts the silence..."I have McCune ready to teleport." McCune is the chief  doctor of MeO. Like 16 we do not his age. He reminds me of a modern day Morgan Freeman with the voice of Jack Nicholson. He was human, which is evident by his scars on his legs and arms. I wonder how he got these scars? 

Most mutant self-heal, those that don't usually select another line of work. It would be hard to be a field agent; we get injured, we bleed, our bones break....Seeking help outside the agency would be problematic. Most human doctors don't understand our physiology. How do you explain the mutated DNA or the abnormal blood count to the doctors and lab technicians. You can't.

Oracle: "The Excelsior is ready to receive McCune."

Inside Excelsior the lights flickered. The sound of violins being tuned and smoke fills the air. With a slight trimmer, Dr. McCune appeared.

McCune: "We don't have much time Stalin was poisoned. The poison appears to be a cocktail of cyanide and potassium. We are going to have to go back and inject Stalin with the antidote, which requires several doses of chemicals."

Shield: "Do we really want to save Stalin?  He is the definition of evil; he bullied his son...remember when he son tried to commit suicide he said "he can't even shoot right...when his first wife died...he had her whole entire family murdered...and then the Great Purge..."

Oracle: "Stalin is in critical conditions...estimated life expectancy is less than 15 minutes. The nurse has stepped out of the room....estimated time of arrival three minutes..."

McCune: "Lovelace please set Synergy's coordinates for Stalin's room."  McCune looked around the room, and then points to me.  "Ra'let...you are going to have to administer the serum.  You are the only one here from the House of Mestaclocan.  16, you go with her; she needs to be in and out before the nurse returns." McCune hands me the antidote kit.

Me: "Oracle can you show me a picture of the nurse and play her voice?"  The picture of the nurse is immediately projected... the nurse is: 5'3 tall, slim build, brown-olive skin color, with brown hair with blond highlights and blue eyes.  

As my shifting occurred, migrating from my head to my feet, I being to shake and my eyes roll back into my head...until the morphing is complete. Once completed, 16 held on to me and once again we found ourselves in the room of one of the most powerful men on earth: Stalin.

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Synergy leaps us to Moscow Kremlin Complex, July 16, 1945. The Big 3 leaders of the world, at the time were  General Secretary Stalin (Russia), President Truman (United States) and  Prime Minister Attlee (United Kingdom).  Tomorrow they are meeting tomorrow, at Potsdam, Germany,  to discuss the surrender of Germany (Potsdam Agreement) and the alliance against Japan (Potsdam Declaration).  Russia at this point is not at war with the nation. The entire Potsdam Conference would last July 17 to August 2, 1945 at the of Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, occupied Germany.

16: "Ready?" he ask as he steps closer to me.

16 is a mutant; he is agile, skilled martial artists, quick healer, and teleporter. Due to his quick healing ability and regenerative ability it is hard to tell his age.  Rumors around MeO is that he is a direct descendent from a soldier in Alexander the Great's army.   According to Livius, Alexander intentionally left behind thousands of soldiers to integrate with the people in various land, including India. The mother of 16 was from the Punjab region of Asia, she served in the royal court. It is uncertain whether 16 was the child or grandchild of the two. 


Me: "Yes...you know I can't sense Dr. Scoliosm right?

Dr. Scoliosim is has telepathic ability (among others) that make it hard to read his thoughts. If I even try to sense his location, he is going to feel it. We must do a sneak attack; I know what you are thinking, "just go back in time and change things". Unfortunately, that is not a option. Messing with the fabric of time is tricky, too many leaps in a  period can unravel the entire thread of time and possible erase our very existence.

16: "Stalin?"

Me: "Yes...Well sort of.  Doc. must be with him, I sense an interference."

I hold tight to 16....as he leaps us from room to room. As quick as he moves, I can't but be amazed at the gold decorations and the detailed tapestry.  


After three rooms, we leap to this room with two men in it.  Behind them were two gold plated doors with burgundy accents.  As we step forward, I immediately could tell that Stalin was stun. As I look to the right, I could noticed that it wasn't Dr. Scoliosim; it was Kata.  He serves as Dr. Scoliosim's right hand.

Kata: "Ra'let?"

16: "Shit!"

Stalin: "What the hell (in Russian)."  He faces goes red, as he reach behind him to find a soft place to land. I rush to him as 16 and Kata battle it out. Both as skilled martial artists and move at lightening speed. The hands and feet moves through the air in a type intricate dance. Their swift moves are choreographed to the sounds of thuds, slaps, and clashing of dishes and furniture against the wall.  16 must have gotten the best of Kata, because Kata vanished in a puff of red smoke.

Suddenly, Stalin let out a scream that can only be described as painful. He tried to grab his chest but his arm couldn't move...maybe he is having a stroke..a heart attack..? God, was this part of the timeline or did we just change something? As I looked over his body, I noticed a small punctured wound in his neck. There was still fresh, red blood running down his neck.  It must have been a big needle; maybe Kata injected him with something.  Other than poison there is no reason to inject someone in the neck...I ripped a piece of material from my clothing and took a sample of the blood.

Before I could fold the material...the door knob turned. His yell must have alerted the guards outside the door. Just as one of the men step into the room, 16 took hold of me and leaped us back into the plane.

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Pilot: "Where to guys....?"

Shield:  "Home..."

Me: "Wait...there must be something we can do....Shield can you patch me to Lovelace?"

Shield begins to connect me to Lovelace. Static fulls the plane and then a woman's voice comes over the intercom system.

Lovelace: "Lovelace..."

Me: "Lovelace, can you get a read on the Doc?"  Something does feel right...why did he launch the nuclear missiles...

Oracle: "I may be of some assistance." 

She back on; the disturbance of the frequency must have interrupted her signal....humming begins...then Oracle appears, and her voice overshadows the sound of a disk flopping against its driver. 

"October 27, 1962.  U-2 pilot was killed...shot down over Cuba by a Soviet surface-to-air missile (SAM)...order was not issued by Moscow, but was made by the local commander, which as unauthorized....Joint Chiefs pressuring the President to bomb the offering SAM site....President Kennedy keeps hands steady....request for any retaliation rejected....."

Oracle's images fades.....

Me: "That's it! He wanted to bring us into nuclear warfare...Seems like he didn't expect Kennedy to be so calm about losing an American pilot."

16: "Strategy?"

Oracle: "transmission.....Dr. Evil Scoliosim is in the Ukraine..."

Me:  "Lovelace can you get Synergy ready?  Set coordinates for Ukraine...?

Oracle: "may I suggest the Kremlin?  Date: July 16, 1945" 

Me: "Thank you...16 can you teleport us into the Kremlin where Stalin is?"

16 nods; he is a man of few words, but he gets the job done.  Shield on the other hand cannot shut up....as 16 and I began to enter Synergy to leap to 1945 Russia in the Kremlin Complex, but Shield stops us and ask about our plan. We don't have one...I haven't gotten that far, but tell him this information is just going to delay progress....I could say that I am going to pull the plan out of my ass, but that just create a bigger discussion.

Me: "I don't know...I plan to stop Doc and save the world"

 Shield:"But do you have a plan?"

 16: "Ready"

 We enter Synergy and target destination set...hopefully we are not too late....


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Pilot:  "Hold tight...whatever it is its coming right towards us..."

I sat down.  My heart was beating out of my chest.  I could see 16 gripping the arms of the seat; he hates flying. Shield is nowhere to be found; he was a combat pilot for the navy before he became a MeO.  Knowing him, he is probably taken over the controls...now I am gripping the arms of my chair.

Suddenly there is a flash over the right side of the plane. At first it appears that the engine is on fire, but as we fly across the sky, the flash become dull....I take my seat-belt off, and lean over the window seat. From the far-right, I can see a ball of fire and metal falling from the sky.  Black smoke fills the air and the embers are blown in all directions.

My thoughts: Suddenly..."only you can prevent forest fires" comes to mind. I shake myself...trying to clear my head.... but questions kept ring in my head: Are we too late? Has Dr. Evil Sciolism achieve his plan?

16: "Shit...Shit...."

Shield: "Guys....a surface-to-air missile just hit a plane...can someone activate Oracle again?  We may be too late to intercede..."

 
God I wish she was remotely operated like the Clapper system that allows you to turn light off in bed...Mental note: tell Lovelace to make that happen....

I get myself together and walk over to the left side of the plane and activate Oracle.

Oracle: "Hello...your  assignment..."

Me: "We are passed that...what the hell is going on?"

Oracle:  "October 27, 1962....Over Cuba....An American U-2 plane has been shot down by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile....Major Rudolph Anderson is killed....posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.....There appears to be no current threat...Dr. Sciolism is no longer in Cuba..."

16: "Shit.....Shit..."

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Aboard Excelsior, I meet Shield and 16; they were already reading their package. 

I sat down and open my packet.....

Me:  "Looks like we are going to Cuba, guys..."

Shield: "Yep.  Maybe you can get some coffee...."

Me: "Have you been talking to Bellisario..."Shield give me a smart-ass smile. 

16:  "So what is the plan?"

Me: "We are going to try to intercept DES plan to bring the Cold War into a Hot War..."

Shield: "nice pun..."

Pilot: "we are approaching Cuba....time of arrival15 minutes...."

16: 15 minutes, go....

Shield walks over to the airplanes interactive computer system: Oracle; and press the button. A small buzzing sound comes over the speakers and a hologram figure appears. 

Oracle

Oracle: "Hello....your assignment is to intercept Dr. Evil Scoliosim. He is in Cuba...and my data support that he is trying to launch the nuclear missiles.....its October 27, 1962....Cuba....Cold War.  In this 13-day period Cuba and US coming close to activating mutual assured destruction with nuclear missile. The US under President Kennedy is aware of the Russians' plans to produce and maintain nuclear missiles in Cuba..."


Shield: "...which is to counterbalance the US missiles in Turkey...."

Oracle:  "Correct...." Oracle flickers...as if she has pixlexia. She return to her normal imagery.

"President Kennedy has met with several government agencies and personnel to devise a plan of attack. The options are an air strike or naval quarantine. Oct. 21st 1962, General Sweeney of the Tactical Air Command tells him that an air strike could not guarantee total destruction of the missiles. The decision is to attack by sea and then land....in a naval quarantine.  Certain people are contacted prior to Kennedy altering the people: former Presidents Hoover, Truman, and Eisenhower, the Presidential Cabinet and Congressional leaders, as well as the British Prime Minister Macmillan.  Oct 23....the naval quarantine fleet has moved into place around Cuba....Oracle flashes a photo of the naval ship around Cuba.  Next she displays a photo of the Soviet submarine moving into the Caribbean Sea. Khruschchev, Chairman of Russia sent a letter to President Kennedy..."

As she reads the letter to us...there is a thump...

Oracle: "I...am...sorry...trans...mission...."

Silence...

16: "What the hell....?"

The pilot comes over the loudspeaker...

Pilot: "Buckle up...something is heading towards us..."


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Me: "So what seems to be the problem..." 

I took a seat next to Bellisario.

Bellisario: "Dr. Nascimento is attempting to change history by "altering" the incidents of the Cold War."

Me: "What's so important that he would want to change this?"  I know like us, Dr. Evil Nascimento, has the ability to leap through time. How we do it, we use quantum leap, similar to the show atomic electron transition used on the show Quantum Leap, but we do not fuse with individuals nor are we locked in a machine.  The only limitations are that we have to been in the location we want to leap and only have 24 hours in a time period before we are stuck in whatever period and whatever location.

Bellisario: "I don't know...but I do know that the Cold War lasted from 1947 to 1991. It was a psychological warfare between US and Russia...threatening to kill each other with the push of the button. You know this is the first time in human history that man has had the power to destroy itself."

Me: "the atomic bomb, correct Alex?.."

Bellisario: "I see you didn't get that coffee..." he said with a cheeky smile. As I rolled my eyes....Bellisario continues. "Although, America and Russia did not engage in face to face combat, the countries' satellite nations, such as Korean, Vietnam,  Cuba, amongst others.  From Europe to Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, it appeared that the satellites were doing all the work. Russia and the US send aid when it "was in their best interest" but these countries were mere chess pieces in a game of thrones...."

Me: "So when you say "aid," using the quote, end quote hand signal as mocking, I give Bellisario a wicked smile..."you mean espionage, propaganda campaigns, and military support: training and supplies..."

Bellisario: "yes, and technological advancement too...it was during this time that we began space exploration.  The Space Race, as it was termed, were seen as necessary for national security, but also national moral:  "We beat you...nay..nay..boo boo".  The Space Race started after World War II, after both US and Russia captured the Germany rocket technology and personnel. With this "power" the nations were able to put satellites and a man in space and on the moon..."

Me: "OK, back to earth...the Cold War....how did it start?"

Bellisario: "some dated it back to 1917, other historians date it start during or shortly after WWII.   When Russia withdrew from WWI, Vladimir Lenin stated that the Soviet Union was surrounded by capitalist and the capitalist regime...US...was trying to divide the nation. After Lenin, Stalin succeeded; he tried to stop capitalism in its track, by enacting a policy of socialism.  As we know, socialism would be the down fall of Communist Russia."

Bellisario hands over a packet....

Me: "What is this...?" I questioned.

Bellisario: "Its your packet for the assignment.  Shield and 16 will meet you on the plane..."

Me: "And where am I going...?"

Bellisario: "Cuba, my dear....and may there you can get some coffee...."



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