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Speaker 2: Chapter twenty six, The Blender.
Speaker 3: The Ispet event began. Emily limped arm in arm with Marcus,
the Shifter behind, and the stairwell ahead. Flames surged, engulping
the floor, walls and ceiling. A metal rod sailed perilously close,
twirling end over end toward the building's core. They were
still on the fourth floor of Amber's apartment complex. Not
long ago. The buildings swarmed with contra agents and residents
who had all since fled both the blaze and the Shifter.
Emily's friends had also escaped, with the exception of Marcus,
who leaned against her for support as they edged toward
the stairs. She recalled the discussion with September about anomalies
and their unten consequences. In his example, he used a
skyscraper as the setting. He noted that her ispet would
not directly kill her, but if it caused a skyscraper
to collapse on top of her, she would not survive.
Fatal repercussions could occur indirectly. While not a skyscraper, this
ten story building was enough to get the job done
if they didn't escape. Soon, more metal objects hurtled past
her toward the center of the building, forcing her to
dodge to the side to avoid being a kit Reaching
the stairwell, she urged Marcus ahead and then risked a
look back. Her isfet stream poured from her well into
a metal vortex in the center of the hallway, drawing
metal from every direction. The debris didn't just collide, it fused,
forming a growing metallic sphere. A large metal desk tore
through a wall, driven by the magnetic pull, urgency propelled
her to the stairs. She checked on her carbinger from
the railing, injured but descending past the third floor. His
progress was steady but slow. She rushed after him. Pausing
on the third floor landing, she saw the metal sphere
had expanded massively, siphoning metals through walls and ceilings. The
sphere had torn its way through the fourth level floor
and was now grinding.
Speaker 4: Through the third.
Speaker 3: Emily continued down the stairwell, running to catch up with Marcus.
She did not stop at the second floor to steal
a third glance.
Speaker 5: Two was enough.
Speaker 3: The stairwell's metal railing started to detach. Drawn to the sphere,
that was all the confirmation she needed. Near the first floor,
she dodged a flying doorknob and lost her footing. She
stumbled down the last few steps, then burst through the
exit and into September's waiting arms. He guided her across
the street with safety, just as the apartment buildings succumbed,
collapsing inward. Breathless and weary, Emily sank to the ground
beside Marcus, watching the last ispet streams ev away.
Speaker 6: It was over, Emily. Are you hurt?
Speaker 7: I'm fine.
Speaker 4: Good. Let's get you to the car.
Speaker 8: Wait a second, I don't think anyone is going anywhere
until we sort.
Speaker 6: This out, September. We can't stay here, Detective.
Speaker 4: The building is burning, the contra are gone, the fire
department is already here, and the police are almost certainly
on the way.
Speaker 8: Bullard and I are the police, and I would feel
much more comfortable if you stayed right where I can
see you. I need some time to think.
Speaker 6: Do you intend to detain us, Detective.
Speaker 9: I haven't decided yet.
Speaker 5: No, we aren't. We aren't after what we just saw
in there.
Speaker 4: No, thank you, Detective Bullard.
Speaker 5: But that said, you're definitely not taking my car.
Speaker 4: I didn't mean your car. I rented my own.
Speaker 9: George Marcus is a criminal if we let him.
Speaker 5: Walk, Mariano, we just saw a shape shifting monster in there.
I don't know what is going on with Marcus and Emily,
but they're into some very unnatural shit. You really think
the best solution is to bring Marcus in right now?
Speaker 9: I I just think that we should know where they are.
They're dangerous.
Speaker 4: They are dangerous, but only because they're untrained. We can
help them, help them how, we can show them how
to control their powers.
Speaker 6: September. I don't think it's safe for Emily to be
in a city this size. I recommend we leave if
we can.
Speaker 5: Let's see what Emily has to say.
Speaker 7: Very well, Oh, Emily, I'm okay.
Speaker 5: Your shirt's pretty bloody. Looks like your shoulder and your
stomach is that blood yours?
Speaker 7: I guess some of it.
Speaker 5: You want to see one of the paramedics over there.
Speaker 7: No, Hastings can patch me up just fine.
Speaker 5: I have a first aid kit in the car. I'll
give it to him before you leave. Thank you, Marcus.
How are you?
Speaker 2: I'm just a little dizzy and tired and sore and cold.
Speaker 7: You're always cold and whiny.
Speaker 2: You think this is bad? You should hear me whant
to get sick?
Speaker 5: Emily? What was that thing? That shape shifter?
Speaker 6: Thing?
Speaker 7: Just that, a shape shifter?
Speaker 5: What did it want me?
Speaker 7: I think? Although I don't know why?
Speaker 5: Is it dead?
Speaker 7: I think so? They're really hard to kill, but I'm
pretty sure were they more like it? Yeah? From what
Hasting tells me, at least.
Speaker 5: They're going to be hunting you too.
Speaker 7: I don't know.
Speaker 5: Look, I'm not even gonna pretend to know what's going on.
This is all bizarre, but I know my instincts would
tell me to trust you on this. Can I trust you? Emily?
Speaker 7: Trust me to do what?
Speaker 5: I don't know the right thing?
Speaker 2: I guess I'll try.
Speaker 5: All right, That's good enough for me. Now the million
dollar question? Do you really want to go with them?
Speaker 7: September and Hastings?
Speaker 5: Yeah, can they really help you with all of this.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think so, Amber.
Speaker 5: What about you?
Speaker 10: No, I don't want to go with them.
Speaker 7: Amber, You're not safe here. You should come with us.
Speaker 11: No, I don't trust them, and you shouldn't either, Amber. Please, no, em,
I can't go with them. There's something not right about
those two.
Speaker 5: Emi. I'll put Amber and Sam someplace safe as long
as as they're willing.
Speaker 8: I've got just the spot where my family has some
property in Wisconsin.
Speaker 12: God damn packers.
Speaker 5: That's all we should tell you better? To keep things
separate for the time being.
Speaker 7: I understand.
Speaker 5: So here's how this is going to go down. Davis
and I will grab your camp and equipment and the
first aid kid out of my car and give it
to those two. After that, we'll take Amber over to
the paramedics to get checked out. She felt pretty hard
on that fire escape. In the meantime, I'd recommend saying
your goodbyes for the time being.
Speaker 13: Okay.
Speaker 5: I'm also going to drop my phone number into the
first aid kit in case you ever need someone to
talk to.
Speaker 7: Thanks, George.
Speaker 5: Yeah, well you'll be careful, okay.
Speaker 14: Yeah, so hey, I think I'm going to see if
Hastings will walk me to the car. Give you guys a.
Speaker 7: Moment, okay, Marcus.
Speaker 2: Amber, it was nice to meet you. Sure, all right,
I'll see ya.
Speaker 7: Hey, Amber, are you all right?
Speaker 5: No?
Speaker 7: Are you kidding me?
Speaker 5: Right now?
Speaker 11: You have been gone for months. I haven't heard from
you in months.
Speaker 7: Emily, Yeah, I know.
Speaker 11: And then you call to say there are assassins after me,
which I thought was bullshit anyway, I thought you were brainwashed.
Speaker 7: I'm sorry.
Speaker 11: And then and then you show up to my apartment
with your friends, the assassins and a goddamn monster.
Speaker 7: Amber.
Speaker 10: So no, em I am not fucking all right.
Speaker 7: I didn't mean for you to get caught up in
all of this.
Speaker 11: How the hell did you get caught up in all this?
Speaker 7: Why don't you come with me and then I can
explain everything.
Speaker 13: Go with you, m You should.
Speaker 10: Stay here where the detectives can keep you safe.
Speaker 7: Amber, be realistic. Do you think those two detectives could
handle something like that shifter back there or trained assassins.
They were barely surviving themselves.
Speaker 11: But maybe if you got away from September and Hastings,
those others would leave you alone.
Speaker 7: No, they wouldn't. They want me just as bad as
they want them. I know you don't believe me yet,
but September and Hastings are trying to protect me.
Speaker 11: This makes no sense.
Speaker 7: I know. I promise I'll explain everything.
Speaker 5: I'm sorry to interrupt. Amber. It's time to go, Amber.
Speaker 11: I love you, em, but I can't go with you.
Speaker 10: I'm gonna stay with Bullard.
Speaker 7: Okay, you had.
Speaker 11: Better call me. I will and call Sam too.
Speaker 7: I can do that.
Speaker 10: Do you want triple back?
Speaker 7: Would you mind hanging on to it for a little
bit longer?
Speaker 11: Of course I don't mind. Sam and I have been
splitting time with her anyway.
Speaker 7: I saw that. Thank you.
Speaker 11: I love you, em Please please be careful.
Speaker 10: I will.
Speaker 7: I love you too.
Speaker 5: Wiswonson, George, I expect you to call me as well.
I want better tabs on you and your friends. Do
you understand?
Speaker 7: Yeah? Of course?
Speaker 5: All right, come on, Amber, let's get you patched up.
Speaker 7: Hi, Emily, Detective Davis, right, yeah, it's nice to meet you.
Speaker 8: You as well. What you did back there was nothing
short of incredible.
Speaker 7: Incredible. I think you mean horrific.
Speaker 9: I said what I meant. Oh, all right, Escaping a
shifter is no easy feat, and three times it's impressive.
Speaker 7: Thank you.
Speaker 9: I'll be seeing you around.
Speaker 4: Emily. Are you ready to go?
Speaker 7: Yeah? I'm ready.
Speaker 4: Is everything okay?
Speaker 7: I really don't know.
Speaker 4: Let's get out of here.
Speaker 3: Rubble fell away as Denali stood, shaking off the remains
of the collapsed apartment complex. This marked the second instance
Emily had dropped a building upon them, and the third
time she eluded them, events sure to enrage their patron. Previously,
Denali had been trapped against the hallway wall, immobilized by
several metal pipes with flames searing beneath. Had it not
been for the anomaly's summoning of a magnetic sphere that
tore the pipes away, Denali might have perished in the fire.
Although they could withstand brief encounters with fire, prolonged exposure
threatened through life. Navigating cautiously through the wreckage, Dnali avoided
any areas where the floor seemed unstable. Hearing human activity outside,
they decided to adopt a disguise, morphing into the familiar
guise of a grocery delivery boy from Montana, a precaution
in case they encountered any bystanders during their exit. Plushed
in their left hand was a piece of fabric torn
and stained with Emily's blood, which Donali had seized when
their grip on the anomaly's shoulder had slipped. The impending
conversation with Donali's current patron promised to be challenging, but
this bloodied remnant might temper their dissatisfaction. Returning with such
a token was surely advantageous, and what better gift for
a blood born than the blood of an anomaly. After
placing the fabric into a plastic sandwich bag retreated from
the debris, then Aali's next steps were to return to
the Bloodborn, deliver the report, and then find Emily. This
was the way things were, This was the contract made,
This was the code, and the code could not be broken.
Agent Natalie White fumbled her cell phone and swore as
it fell to the floorboard of the Enterprise rental car.
The pain in her wrist had dulled from the level
of excruciating blaze to a more manageable, agonizing throb. Her
partner took a sharp turn, forcing Natalie to steady herself
by gripping the seat, sending a jolt of sharp pain
through her arm.
Speaker 12: It's not too much to ask, could you maybe not
drive like a jackass.
Speaker 2: Oh, I can call you an uber if you prefer.
Speaker 12: No, maybe just a little less speed racer if you
don't mind.
Speaker 3: I am trying to get you to the hospital.
Speaker 12: I'm not dying, Victor. We're not in a huge rush.
Speaker 4: Look, with the amount of people that were just injured
in that apartment building, the hospital is going to be flooded.
Speaker 1: I want to get us in and out before anyone
thinks to start paying attention.
Speaker 10: Okay, you're right, that's smart.
Speaker 4: Oh, now I'm smart. You must have hit your head
pretty hard.
Speaker 10: Funny, got it?
Speaker 4: Are you good?
Speaker 13: Yeah?
Speaker 10: Drop the phone. I need to call the operator.
Speaker 3: Oh, I'm sure this is gonna go well calling.
Speaker 13: Do you see a cleaning supplies? How may I direct
your call operator?
Speaker 10: It's White and Brown.
Speaker 13: Good morning, Agent White. I hope you are contacting me
with good news.
Speaker 12: Unfortunately, no, the whole party showed up for the meeting,
and we had more guests than intended and the meeting
went up in flames. HM.
Speaker 13: That is unfortunate.
Speaker 10: There is definitely another player at the.
Speaker 13: Table, Detective Davies employer.
Speaker 10: Seems like is Davies.
Speaker 13: Connected to the other unexpected guest.
Speaker 10: I don't know for sure, right, Do.
Speaker 13: You have anything else to report?
Speaker 12: No, I will submit a report in a few hours.
I'm on the way to the doctor for a checkup.
Speaker 13: Do take care of your health. We need all our
field agents and tiptop shape.
Speaker 10: How would you like us to proceed from there?
Speaker 13: Agent White? This deal is deemed irregular. We would like
you to preturn to England to discuss next steps directly
with management.
Speaker 10: I understand.
Speaker 13: Goodbye, Agent White.
Speaker 4: All right, what's a good word?
Speaker 10: We're heading to HQ.
Speaker 3: Emily sat next to Marcus in the back seat of
Hastings rental car, her gaze fixed on the passing landscape
as the vehicle merged onto the highway. September drove the
car while Hastings examined the contents of the controfile Emily
had given them. The quartet was once again departing Chicago,
the city shrinking behind them. A blender, that's what Marcus
had told her, would destroy the apartment building. How many
people survived? That ispet event? Her ispet event. No, that
wasn't the right question. The real question that was haunting
her was how many innocent people died from her is event.
The weight of this thought made her nauseous. She couldn't
think about it, not right now. She was too exhausted
to confront it.
Speaker 6: Right now.
Speaker 3: Her physical wounds had been tended to thanks to the
first aid supplies from Bullard and Hastings medical knowledge, Yet
she still felt as if she had been hit by
a mack truck. She already missed Amber and regretted not
seeing Sam. She resolved to maintain better contact with her
friends this time. Her previous attempts at isolation hadn't safeguarded them.
Perhaps keeping them informed could. The sound of a page
turning pulled her attention to the front seat, catching September's eyes.
Speaker 4: In the rearview mirror. How are you holding up?
Speaker 6: Oh? I'm well, Well, this file is interesting.
Speaker 4: Not you, Hastings. I'm talking to Emily.
Speaker 7: Oh right, I'm fine, just a little sore.
Speaker 4: It seems like you and Marcus had a bit of
an adventure while we were gone.
Speaker 7: Between the Contra and the Shifter. I would say that's
the understatement.
Speaker 10: Of the year.
Speaker 4: I'm sorry that we left you unprotected like that. I
will do my best never to leave you again.
Speaker 7: It wasn't your fault. You didn't know this would happen.
Speaker 4: I should have better anticipated something like this.
Speaker 7: It's okay, September. Was your trip worth it?
Speaker 6: At least very much?
Speaker 1: So?
Speaker 6: We were given access to the restricted archives. I read
quite a few interesting texts, including several that were originally
authored by dragons chronicler Dean believes anomalies are responsible for
the extinction of the Dragons. He also removed me from
my current position and intends to reassign me. The archives
were attacked by Contra agents, and I stole some information
that may lead us to other anomalies.
Speaker 7: Are you serious?
Speaker 6: Yes, Emily, none of those statements would make a good joke.
Speaker 7: You know where other anomalies are.
Speaker 4: Maybe we have some leads. I'll explain it all to
you after we find a place to settle down and
recover for a couple of days.
Speaker 7: That's amazing.
Speaker 6: I told you the trip was worth it.
Speaker 7: You said the archives were attacked.
Speaker 4: Yeah, but I don't think it was anything to do
with us specifically. It probably had taken the Contra quite
a bit of time to set up a full scale
assault like that.
Speaker 7: Well, I'm glad You're okay.
Speaker 6: I'm glad as well.
Speaker 4: We left as soon as the attack.
Speaker 7: Began, so the contract could have taken the archives.
Speaker 4: It's possible, but I doubt it. There were plenty of
guides and chroniclers to guard the facility.
Speaker 6: The chroniclers employ highly skilled security guards as well.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 7: I guess that's good. So you said Dean blames the
anomalies for the death of dragons? Did he say why?
Speaker 6: I still need to do some research into that topic.
He suggests that I take a similar branch of study
as him and hopes that I might discover what happened.
Are you going to in a sense at this moment,
I intend to split my time studying the past with
studying you, Hastings.
Speaker 4: You've got to work on your delivery.
Speaker 7: It's okay, I'm used to it.
Speaker 6: I didn't mean to offend.
Speaker 7: Yeah, you never do. So what did the books say?
Speaker 4: Not a lot?
Speaker 7: Unfortunately, was there anything in there about different color ispet
lines or harbingers.
Speaker 4: They seem to lack accurate information about the lines, and
we have theories about harbingers.
Speaker 7: What about why there are eighty one anomalies born every year?
That still seems very unlike chaos.
Speaker 4: I'm sorry, but nothing about that yet either.
Speaker 7: This doesn't seem like a very successful visit.
Speaker 6: Emily, While I was there. I had my laptop and
four external hard drives with a capacity of three terabytes each.
While September and I studied in the restricted archives, my
laptop downloaded as many digital files as the hard drives
could hold, and considering most of those are scanned images
and text documents, that is a lot of content.
Speaker 7: Oh, I didn't realize you had digital versions. Why couldn't
you download them from here?
Speaker 6: The files are housed in private, secured servers. We had
to go there to access them.
Speaker 7: Ah, okay, that makes sense.
Speaker 6: It will take time, but it gives me a lot
of information to work with.
Speaker 7: One last question about the books, what is it? Did
any of them mention anything about dreams or being able
to speak with other anomalies through dreams?
Speaker 4: Speaking with other anomalies and.
Speaker 7: Dreams, Yeah, communicating while one anomaly is dreaming and the
other is awake.
Speaker 6: I didn't see anything about that, neither did I.
Speaker 7: Oh, okay, well, I've started talking to another anomaly named Cricket.
Speaker 4: Cricket, you can talk to them while you dream.
Speaker 7: No, he talks to me while he dreams and I'm awake.
Speaker 6: Emily, please tell me everything you know about Give me
as much information as you can.
Speaker 7: Recall, well, he first showed up when we were back
in Montana.
Speaker 14: Guys, please can we talk about cricket later? I need
to know what is the shifter going to show up again?
Because I don't think I can keep doing this.
Speaker 4: If it shows up, we will be here to help.
Speaker 7: I think I killed it. I pinned it to a
wall and set it on fire, then turned the building
into a blender.
Speaker 4: A blender, so it's for sure.
Speaker 5: Dead, I think so.
Speaker 7: I think everyone that was left in that building is dead.
I killed them all.
Speaker 4: Emily, you did not kill them, and if you killed
the shifter, that was self defense.
Speaker 7: I don't want to talk about this, not right now.
I need time.
Speaker 6: Okay, so about cricket.
Speaker 7: I'll catch you up on the details later. But he
said that anomalies have any.
Speaker 6: Ads, any ads and any ad as a group of nine.
Speaker 7: Yeah, he said that they work together.
Speaker 6: Nine groups of nine.
Speaker 4: What was that?
Speaker 6: Eighty one anomalies are born every year, all in groups
of nine, nine groups of nine.
Speaker 7: Do you think one of the anomalies you found could
be part of mienniad?
Speaker 4: There's only one way to find out. We are going
to find them.
Speaker 3: Emily Swanson is voiced by Tisha Zaying. Hastings is voiced
by Adam Culbertson. September is voiced by Richard Collins. Detective
Bullard is voiced by Tony Kinney. Detective Mariano Davis is
voiced by Glenn Michael Saxton. Marcus Baker is voiced by
Nico Rodriguez. Amber Lang is voiced by Nari Quack. Agent
Victor Brown is voiced by t Alexander Saxton. Agent Natalie
White is voiced by Sarah Callahan. The Operator is voiced
by Helen Edgar and narrated by Michael Cole. Isfet Archives
was written by Nico Rodriguez in collaboration with Titia Zang.
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