Shiro Yashida looked at the gaunt winged figure currently kept in a stasis chamber. Several scientific instruments gravitated around the mutant his team brought back to the school. Dr. Ikari was near, sitting in front of the infirmary's computer, trying to make sense of all the readings she saw.
Shiro turned to Yui but she raised a hand to silence him "Before you ask, no, nothing has changed since he was put in stasis. His condition is still deteriorating but more slowly now"
"What can you tell me about him, doctor ?" Stopping the Wraith had been easy, saving him might prove to be more difficult.
Yui pushed a button and the information displayed on the main screen changed to a 3D recreation of the Wraith surrounded by diagrams "Despite his almost skeletal appearance, the subject has exhibited superior strength and resistance. His wings give him the capacity to fly at slow speeds. Gliding would be more efficient for him though, because of their structure"
The screen was now filled with live footage of the battle taken by the media "His main power is his capacity for projective empathy, here he's broadcasting fear all around him. He's also able to generate sonic-based shockwaves but they are costly to his health" She turned off the computer "Unless I find quickly how to make his power feed on something else than his own flesh, I give him a few days before..." The doctor's look was eloquent enough.
Sunfire frowned "I see... Make this your priority, doctor" He turned to leave the room but was stopped by Yui's voice "If I don't find a solution... Morisato-kun might be his last hope. You'd better prepare him for this eventuality, just in case"
Sunfire's last words before the door closed behind him were "I'll see to it, doctor. Good luck"
*****
"Kasumi, I still think this isn't the time for this... Sure, I like the big lug but not that way..." Nabiki was in the gym, doing weight lifting with an hydraulic press set on 10 tons power.
The eldest Tendo sister put on her 'resolve' face "Nabiki, it is a matter of family honor. It was the fondest wish of our father to see one of us married to Ranma. I'm too old for him, that leaves only you to fulfill the Saotome-Tendo pledge"
Nabiki stopped her exercises and glared at Kasumi "And what about Akane ? Aren't you forgetting her a little too easily ?"
"Akane has proven to be a bad match, I can admit it now. Even if we found her, she couldn't live in the mutant world. Sooner or later, her stubborness would put her in harm's way" She sighed "Otohime-san and Rage-san are interested in Ranma, I can tell. If you don't do something, he might choose one of them and our honor would be lost"
Nabiki wiped the sweat out of her face with a towel. Her sister's nagging was starting to get on her nerves "Last I heard, Mutsumi is Keitaro's girlfriend... She and Ranma see each other only for martial arts lessons"
"She did try but Urashima-san loves another. Now she's after Ranma-kun. It isn't mere gratitude for being rescued, no, she really likes him" Nabiki was being stubborn, as always. Didn't she see what was happening ? "Millia has shown interest too. Since she's a gaijin, she might use improper methods one day..."
Nabiki took a seat and was preparing to give Kasumi a piece of her mind when the alarms sounded all over the school. There was a whooshing sound and Kasumi was left alone. Diamond ran to her locker and put on her costume in a few seconds before running to meet whoever was attacking the school.
*****
The being who was once known as Genma Saotome had crashed through one of the walls surrounding the Yashida school's compound. There was only one thing in his mind now, thanks to Sinister : find the Ekusu-Hito and kill them all.
He had been forcefully mutated in a crude manner and was already self-destructing. But the X-Factor's activation had given him incredible physical power, an armor of fat worthy of the Blob and enhanced ki reserves. He still retained his martial arts and his mental conditioning had released most of the Saotome forbidden techniques.
He grunted and saw his opponents. They were...
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