Chapter 45: Calm after the Storm
“How did it go with the cops?” Amy asked as Isaac entered their meeting room.
“Well enough, I think they’ll accept the proposal by the end of the day. LA shook up everyone.” Isaac said.
“I hope that’ll prevent a repeat here.” Karl sighed in relief.
“Eh, part of the problem was that the Stormheart Gestalt was an insanely bad matchup.” Isaac said “A monster that strong, immune to conventional attack, it would have steamrolled any police force that currently exists in the world. But there are plenty of decently levelled people here.”
“You think you could have taken it?” Raul frowned.
“God no.” Isaac shook his head “But I’d have gone through the little ones like a reaper through wheat, which would have resulted in a weaker Gestalt once it reformed. And we could have taken that.”
“Maybe, maybe not. But I doubt there’s any single person in the world right now who can fight a Tier 5 monster one on one and win.” Bailey shook his head in annoyance.
Amy threw Isaac a questioning look, after all, she’d seen him beat a Tier 5 Hydra on his own a few days ago, but he declined to say anything about that.
“And it is said that whenever you meet a particularly stupid individual, they’re a descendant of the people of Schilda. It’s a tale of willful ignorance and stupidity, of people doing things so incredibly idiotic the only way for it to be possible for them to occur is if someone is actively trying to be an imbecile. That is what I think of the person responsible for the LA incident.”
“Actively trying to be an imbecile is a good way to describe them.” Bailey nodded.
“End of the day, all we can really do is be smart, be ourselves and try to fix the ignorance that causes these kinds of messes. I know that part sucks, but when there isn’t something that needs fixing, this is the best job in the world.” Isaac flashed them all a grin “Hell, we all actively helped fix that situation from across an ocean. What else can we achieve if we put our minds to it?”
“Bring the dinosaurs back.” Raul said, reaching down beside him and pulling Brisa, his pet dinosaur, onto his lap and scratching her back.
“Learn cool magic.” Amy commented, putting her feet up onto the table and pushing herself backwards, the chair beginning to topple over but getting caught by a softly glowing field to leave her lounging in a chair leaning at a 45 degree angle.
“And anything else we put our minds to.” Bailey finished, flashing them all an equally broad smile “Now, like I said, we aren’t allowed to summon Tier 5s just yet, but someday soon, we might be. But until then, we do have a list of other cool stuff to do as long as my arm and growing every day. Who wants to see a Pisanosaurus?”
Isaac grinned as the tension in the room relaxed and the sense of gloom and doom faded slightly. He’d come here from a truly terrible place, but somehow, without even noticing, he’d found a new home. He’d never forget his origins, what he’d lost, that was for sure, but he could appreciate what he’d gained.
And together, they’d save the fucking world, any other outcome was unthinkable.
