#i. cormak reade.

[guiltye]

THE GIFTED: 3x05 eXpectations. cormak and @shiftergene come to a heated argument regarding cormak and if his father is truly wolverine.

[chaniters]

BELOW THE RUINS

_________________________________ Next part of @kruk-art‘s Awan Cormak’s fanfic I’m writing! 

Awan takes on Psycopathor by himself! (Or tries to)

Enjoy. Also, spoilers!

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“Shitshitshitshit” you go on as you dodge Psycopathor’s powered fist

“Stay still you little fucker! I promise It won’t hurt at all!” he says sending his full weight into another killer punch aimed at your skull. 

You can’t play the dodging game with him forever, he’s also a telepath and he’s going to catch up on your game. You need to take the offensive. 

Sidestepping to the side, you entangle your arm on his, turning, bending over and going for a throw.

The whole thing takes about a split second, but you feel like time itself stopped as you realize how impossibly heavy his powered armor is. 

It’s no use.

You’re going to get crushed under him.

What were you even thinki…

But the endless hours your trainers spent teaching you this move pay off. His own momentum plays against him, turning him weightless. You’re re just the catalyst for his downfall.

The crowd goes silent as Psycopathor’s feet get off the ground, their jaws open as he balances over you and then they gasp as he falls flat on his back with a loud splat. 

Is that it? Did you win?

The collective horror of the cultists as their champion lies motionless is deafening. You can’t help but raise your shields immediately as their gazes slowly move on from him to you. There’s no way you can take a whole crowd focusing on you without losing it. 

And then you feel Psycopathor’s reaction. He noticed you doing it. 

Crap. He now knows you’re a telepath too. 

He slowly starts standing up, cackling. 

“Well, that’s a very creative thing you just did Sidestep… But I wonder what are you going to do now that I know your secret”

“I’m never going down at the likes of you. Come at me as many times as you want” you threaten. “You’ll just, end up eating dirt again. You haven’t seen everything I can do”

“I haven’t huh? Well, why don’t we give everyone a show then” he says mockingly. “Metal boys, get him!” 

“What.. no! Fight me one-on-one you coward!” 

“The more I think about it, the more that seems like the stupid way to do it,” he says. Four guards wearing the familiar powered suits -whom he apparently calls metal boys- surround you.  

You try.  You really do. Take one out, then another. The third almost gets but you manage to quickdraw and shoot him before he sees it coming. Then four more enter the fight, and you manage to hold them off for quite longer than you expect, but when one of them got hold of your arm, it’s over. All of them beat you to the ground, and Psycopathor simply steps forward sending a fist at your face, putting your lights out.

(...) 

(...)

(...loud noise.)

“...know It’s over Elyise!” Psycopathor’s voice booms into your head as you open your eyes groggily. 

It takes a few seconds to realize what’s going on. You can’t really move, something large is holding you in place, and on your feet. 

If you have to believe your eyes at this time, it’d seem to be Psycopathor’s powered arm, holding you as a human shield in Elyise’s direction. She’s pointing your own energy gun at him and there’s a couple of guards on the ground around her, along with some other injured ones nearby. Some injured by you, but probably the others by her. 

“Let go of the gun or I'll crush his skull here and now” 

This is definitely not the highest point of your career as a hero. Sidekick, vigilante, hero, but this is your first as the hostage-boy. You’re treading into unfamiliar territory today. 

Elyise reluctantly drops your gun. Well, that’s no good.

“Good. Bring her” Psycopathor commands the guards who seize her by both arms and drag her to the stage, as he does the same with you.  

“Oh, you’re awake huh?” He says without looking. Of course, he can sense you’re awake. “Ditched Charge already? I knew you two wouldn’t last. Too much competition. I like your new girlfriend. She’s going to steal your spotlight at this rate though. Has some wicked powers too… but I’m more interested in her mother” he says amused. You struggle to test his grip and the response is overwhelming pressure on your ribs. “You and I are going to have some fun after the show’s over. Maybe I'll break some bones. Or all of them. I wonder if the Rangers would like videos of that. Being a cripple will be a  terrific new story-arc for your promos I bet.”

He makes you kneel in front of Mother, who’s sitting like a queen as her transformation goes over. 

“Hero-Drug administered successfully… Atropos scanner reports increased Thanatos readings” one of her assistants said while manipulating a console.

“Lachesis device report is critical” the other one answered worriedly. 

“Have faith my sisters, our precognitive prophets have foreseen that my thread won’t cut, today. Activate the Clotho intervention”

The machine buzzes noisily as tubes go into Mother’s back before lighting up in bright light, energy surging into her body. She too starts shinning in bright golden light.

“I can feel it!! I can feel the greatness… the ascension...” It’s not just in her head. You can see her body changing. She’s definitely gaining in size under her armor, which is concerning enough. 

She sounds ecstatic, her objective complete. The two female assistants observe as in trance, completely absorbed in the process. 

Some red lights begin flashing in their control… If there was any truth to Void’s words then this won’t take long to go down in flames.

“Control! I can control the boost!” she says extending her hands which start surging with electrical sparks. The crowd cheers and chants her name. 

“Holy mother, master of our divine drugs, bring us the truth and…” one of the assistants goes on until he notices the screen she should have been looking at this whole time. “Wait!! Something’s wrong!! Critical Error! The system’s failing!” She screams

“What?!” Mother asks befuddled

“It’s not transferring any more energy from the subjects!” she goes.

“Impossible! Restart the system!” 

“It’s not responding!”

The tubes go dark as the transfer ends. Mother begins convulsing uncontrollably on her chair as the golden aura dies out and her sparkling hands go dark. “No! The process isn’t complete… I can’t… I’m not complete!” She lets out before shrieking in pain, her body still changing. 

“We have to repair the system right now!” the assistant to the left states standing up… 

But that’s when the lights went out.

………………………………………………..

You stumble to your feet as narrowly avoiding being stepped on by terrified cultists running in the dark.

Activating the night-vision system, what’s going on becomes quite clear.

The rangers are here, fighting the guards along with the LAPD. Charge is commanding officers in clearing out PSycopathor’s guards to rescue the hostages. Steel and Anathema are giving  Psycopathor hell, while Elyise is making her way to Mother, who’s still screaming uncontrollably as her body continues to mutate under the hero-drugs without any aid from her device. 

It’s not hard to find where you’re the most useful. 

“You’re late,” you tell Charge as you help him unstrap one of the patients. 

“I can still leave f you prefer” he grunts unstrapping the hostage from the slab.

You hurry the patient out, sending him to the officers with a strong mental boost to his self-preservation instincts. Hopefully, that’ll help.

“I think I’ll let it slide this time,” you say as the both of you move towards the next hostage. 

“How kind of you,” he says hurrying to free the next one before looking at Elyise as she tries to talk to Mother. “Who is she?”

“New hero. Elyise, telekinetic”

“Another one?” he squints as he manages to open up the bindings and free the hostage’s arms.  “What’s her deal?”

“That one over the chair? She’s Mother Superior. Elyise came to stop her. She’s her actual daughter if you can believe that” you say as the both of you switch slabs again, the officers taking care of the freed woman. 

“WHAT?!” he asks incredulously.

Mother roared with a distinctively inhuman new voice, breaking free of her device, her body has increased in size exponentially.

“Mother, please! You need to surrender, so they can help you!” 

“HELP?! NOW YOU OFFER HELP??! THIS IS YOuR FAULT!!” she says taking a swipe at Elyise. She dodges, but Mother’s enlarged claws ripped part of the machinery to shreds. Hero drugs are acting fast, as he suit begins fusing with her flesh in a way you’ve never seen before “YOU BETRAaYED ME!!” she charges once more, but Elyise repels her with her powers. Mother manages to keep standing, slowly overcoming the kinetic wave and slowly advancing towards her daughter. 

“You left me no choice!”

“YOU MADE ME INCOMPLETE! I NEeD TO COMPLeETE MY ASCENSION!!” 

Mother tips of the tables containing the hero drugs, taking a syringe in each of her four hands.

“IT’S BEEN FOREeTOLD! I WiILL BE AN ANGEL! I CAN NOT DIE TODAY!”

“Mother no!!”

But she doesn’t listen, removing the central piece of her armor and injecting all four at once onto herself.

“What the heck is she doing?!” Charge asks.

“She’s lost it. She thinks hero drugs can’t kill her!.” you say as Mother leaps at her daughter. Elyise dodges her narrowly this time. Her claws break through the stage like butter. “No one can survive that much. I don’t think she’s got too long”

“She doesn’t seem to be weakening”

“It could take a while. Go help Elyise. I’ve got this” you tell him. His enhancements make him faster than you and far better at dealing with armored villains. 

He nods, heading onwards with a static buzz, as you lead the police officers into freeing the remaining hostages before heading back into the fight. 

Most of the cultists have escaped by the time you finish, and Psycopathor and his “Metal boys” seems to be cornered, while Charge, Elyise, and Mother are still going at it on the other end of the room,  Elyise still trying to reason with her between the punches and slashes. Charge seems to be trying to keep off the range of her claws while hitting her fast and dirty with electrical discharges which seem to be infuriating her even further. 

“Give it up already,” Anathema says facing Psycopathor. His suit is sprinkled with extensive corroded areas were the acid got to him, his gaze going over all of you like a wounded beast, weakened but still dangerous. “It’s over, creep, I can do this all night.” Anathema goes

“Maybe you win this one rangers” he says pulling his left arm horizontally revealing a small panel on the wrist.

“Watch out! He’s going to…” you start as you can sense the thought in his mind before it happens. 

Too late. He activates a short squence. “I’ll see you in hell rangers!!” he laughs

 “What are yo…” Anathema can’t finish the sentence as explosions shake the ground beneath you. 

You manage to stay on your feet, but that’s only because you saw this coming. Nobody else does, except Psycopathor and some of his men.

“Take the equipment! We flee right now!! This place’s going to be dust in minutes!”

As if answering to his words, the high ceiling starts cracking above you, pieces falling over, as the ground too, starts giving out.

 “We have to get out of here!” you say pulling Anathema to his feet. He takes it, standing up with effort. 

“Did that jerk just set us up the bomb?!” he says

“Out!” you usher, while helping others and heading to the exit. Steel is doing the same on the other side. Psycopathor and his people are taking Mother’s machinery and the hoard of hero-drugs to escape through some hidden exit. 

“NO! YOU CAN’T TAKE MY RESeEARCH!!!” Mother says leaping at him like a feral animal, sticking her claws into his armor before he can react. 

“I had high hopes for our partnership Mother” Psycopthor says while pulling her off him with both hands “But I’m afraid we’re going to have to re-evaluate things. Don’t call us, we’ll call you” he says finally dislodging the left claw as he tosses her with all his powered strength into the opposite wall. The old bricks give out, and the ceiling collapses, burying her in the rubble.

“NO!” Elyise cries out trying to get to her, but Steel drags her towards the exit with you. 

Getting out is a nightmare, Steel and Charge have to team up to open way as the corridors keep collapsing in front of you, and Elyise even had to hold the ground together as you made the final stretch.

The collapsing building is producing aftershocks all trough Sunken Town. Luckily a few LAPD helicopters are taking everyone to safety. You end up sitting next to Charge who’s making calls trough his intercom as it takes off.

The view underneath is complete desolation, as three other buildings fall to pieces around the ruin of Mother’s lab.

His hand on your shoulder startles you. He looks a bit concerned.

“Are you ok?” he asks “I wish we could’ve gotten there sooner but we lost the signal. Good job on putting down the jammer device”

“Just did my job. And  I’m fine. Psycopathor only got one punch at me. Here” you say motioning to the left side of your forehead. “That’s nothing!” 

“With that power-armor? We need to get you to a hospital… you could have  a concussion!”

“Like hell! No hospital” you grunt. “You’re the one who needs one,” you say pointing at a rather ugly slash on his left side. 

“She got me a few times. Hard to dodge something with four arms. But unlike you, I AM going to a hospital as soon as I get off this, like a normal person.” he grins. 

“Normal is overrated” you grumble.

He offers you a grin. “I know, that’s why I hang out with you”

“Because I’m not normal?” 

“Because you’re really, really awesome man!” he grins at you. 

Not being able to read his mind always ends up like this. You sort of expected another jab at you so the compliment and the contact take you off-guard. You look away to hide the sudden blush and not make a fool of yourself.  

“That was actually a terrific job Sidestep. I mean it” he goes on, making it worse. 

“You have a weird definition of a terrific job,” you say pointing down at all the damage.

“Well, that’s just another regular day in Sunken Town. Those things would have given away in time” He shrugs  “What matters is we’ve got all the hostages. And nobody died. Except mother but she kind of brought it on herself”

“No shit she did,” you say smiling weakly. “Really? Nobody died in that?”

“There’s a few injured but nope… with those madmen working together it’s a  miracle everyone came out in one piece. Many of the cultists are in custody, some escaped into the rest of Sunken Town but all in all, we’ve got enough of them. And we got a lot of Psycopathor’s Metal boys too. Did you see THe Void tough?”

“Was here earlier, but he’s long gone” you sigh. 

“We’ll get him next time,” he reassures you. “I promise” Why is he being so nice?!

“Of course we’ll get him!” you struggle for him to hear you under the sound of the rotor blades. 

“How did you even find this place?” he asks

“I didn’t. She did” you say pointing at Elyise on the other side of the seating. She seems out of it. “She’s working with REaper”

 “Oh. I heard he was helping a new hero out. She really knows how to fight.” 

“Yeah, she’s pretty awesome too”. Did you just acknowledge he said that earlier? 

“So Uhm...  she just lost her mother?” 

“I think she’s been dreading this moment half her life-time. She said Mother experimented on her. She was the one who made her boosted. Elyise’s been hunting her for a very long time now.”

“Woah… that’s really fucked up!”

“I know!” 

“I think I should talk to her”

“You should. I’m not even sure what to say” You never knew much about having a mother after all. “I bet she could use some words after this mess,” You say taking your gaze off the rubble below and onto Los Diablos’ familiar skyline. At least that’ll get him off your back. Your stomach gets weird when he is nice to you and you don’t want a weird stomach onboard a helicopter. 

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DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fan fiction using characters and the setting of the Fallen Hero: Rebirth and upcoming Fallen Hero: Retribution games written by Malin Riden. I do not claim ownership of any characters from the Fallen Hero wold. These stories are a work of my imagination, and I do not ascribe them to the official story canon. These works are intended for entertainment outside the official storyline owned by the author. I am not profiting financially from the creation of these stories, and thank the author for her wonderful game/s, without which these works would not exist.

[loststormtrooper]

Renegade

The story of a group of Clone Troopers who stumble upon a crashed ship full of the history and relics of a Mandalorian clan from over a millennium ago. When the Republic is going to put these relics behind lock and key, the group take it upon themselves to preserve the history of this clan, ultimately betraying the Republic and becoming Mandalorians.

Chapter 1: A Discovery  Chapter 2: The Start of Something New  Chapter 3: Running  Chapter 4: Getting Off World Chapter 5: A Fresh Design Chapter 6: A New Ally  Chapter 7: The Trial

Year: 20 BBY 08:17 Centaxday 14:32:04 Location: Tatooine

Elise and Ships had climbed down to the balcony per Cormak’s order and they were introduced to ISO. Dizzy told them about what he was capable of in a quiet aside. ISO also got the frequency the clones used for their helmets so he could talk to them while they were on the ground.

“Those ships are getting closer. Take the stairs down the hall to your left and follow them down to the ground. Prepare yourselves for battle.” he said to the clones.

Elise readied her blaster pistol and made to follow the clones but was stopped by ISO grabbing her shoulder.

“This is their test, and their test alone.”

Elise rolled her eyes at the droid. “I guess I’ll be waiting in my ship, then.”

ISO nodded and moved to the edge of balcony. He aimed down his sniper’s sight at the two LAATs heading towards them.

The groups helmet communications chimed on and ISO’s voice came through the clone’s speakers, “Elise will not be assisting you in this battle, but I will provide light overwatch. Are you ready?”

“Yes, sir,” responded Cormak. “We are on the ground and we have sufficient cover.”

“No, move up. You will be on the offensive at all times during this encounter.”

On the ground each of the clones looked at each other cluelessly, but did as they were instructed. They moved up the large sand dunes that surrounded the base and peeked over the top with their binoculars.

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[throneofshatteredbooks]

Hey guys! I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend! 💛 I have to work today but I still think it’ll be a good day. I want to thank @thenovl for sending this wonderful book my way. I started reading it and I’m 100 pages in and can’t stop. It’s such a wonderfully fast paced read. It has really sucked me in. This book is out 10.9.18 💛 Summary: Reeling from the latest attack by a mysterious enemy, the Quatra Fleet Academy is finally admitting students from every planet in the solar system after centuries of exclusivity. Hotshot pilot Vesper, an ambitious Tridian citizen, dreams of becoming a captain--but when she loses her spot to a brilliant, wisecracking boy from the wrong side of the asteroid belt, it makes her question everything she thought she knew. Growing up on the toxic planet Deva, Cormak will take any chance he can get to escape his dead-end life and join the Academy--even if he has to steal someone's identity to do it. Arran was always considered an outsider on icy Chetire, always dreaming of something more than a life working in the mines. Now an incoming cadet, Arran is looking for a place to belong--he just never thought that place would be in the arms of a Tridian boy. And Orelia is hiding a dark secret--she's infiltrated the Academy to complete a mission, one that threatens the security of everyone there. But if anyone finds out who she really is, it'll be her life on the line. These cadets will have to put their differences aside and become a team if they want to defend their world from a cunning enemy--and they might even fall in love in the process. Light Years is the first book in a thrilling and romantic new sci-fi series from the bestselling author of The 100. (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BneO_3Pl_h6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m2gtm09sadvi

[guiltye]

cormak gets his metal bones when he is in trask industries during their experimentation. they wanted to replicate experiment x, where they can manipulate his bones to indestructible metal, wanting to subject him to the hound program as a brainwashed mutant. the mutant underground got him out before he would endure rounds of psy-ops.

[guiltye]

okay but the mirrored x experiment going wrong on cormak, so his claws look like bones that have been fused slightly with metal, rather than completely metal or completely bone.

[loststormtrooper]

I commissioned @commander-kylee to draw one of my clones, Cormak, and the pilot for my group of clones, Elise, and wow do they look awesome!

Cormak was a lieutenant in the clone army. He and a small group of clones decided to go awol after finding a crashed shuttle full of mandalorian relics and history books/datapads under the justification that they were raised to essentially be mandalorians and the Republic wanted to lock away all these relics, so they escaped and took them with them when they escaped in an LAAT. Eventually they met Elise who is the pilot that got them off world and officially away from the Republic who was hunting them on the planet. If you want to read more about them you can go to my Ao3 here.

If you’d like to commission @commander-kylee you can find their commission images here! Also their clones in Jager squad are bad ass!

[loststormtrooper]

Renegade

The story of a group of Clone Troopers who stumble upon a crashed ship full of the history and relics of a Mandalorian clan from over a millennium ago. When the Republic is going to put these relics behind lock and key, the group take it upon themselves to preserve the history of this clan, ultimately betraying the Republic and becoming Mandalorians.

Chapter 1: A Discovery Chapter 2: The Start of Something New Chapter 3: Running Chapter 4: Getting Off World Chapter 5: A Fresh Design Chapter 6: A New Ally

Year: 20 BBY 08:17 Centaxday 13:03:19

Location: Tatooine

Elise had landed the Bounty on the top of the rocky mountain that Clan Fayne’s base was built into. The clones planned to climb down the side of the mountain and land on one of the balconies at the top of the base, while Ships and Elise stayed with the ship.

One by one, Cormak, ‘57, Dizzy and Reader all abseiled down the rocky cliff face and landed on the balcony bellow. Cormak was the first to land and made sure the balcony was secure before he signaled for the other three clones to climb down. The balcony was scattered with inactive droids, some standing in an idle pose, and others collapsed on the floor.

Reader kicked one of the collapsed droids, rolling it over. “These droids look weird. None of them look the same and they’ve all been modified?”

Cormak kneeled down by one of the droids. “We need to find one that works for the ISO chips. Let’s move into the mountain, these are all dead,” he ordered.

The group made their way through the hallway into the base, exploring every room, trying to find a droid body that was functional. After going down a few flights of stairs and clearing out each floor, they eventually found a room with a disabled droid standing at the back of the room. As they entered the room, Cormak’s pocket lit up. It was the light on ISO’s box.

“I think this is it,” Cormak said, placing his rifle against a table covered in ancient gadgets. The disabled droid chassis was clearly not one that could be mass produced like the Separatist droids seen during their time in the Republic Army. This one was of an ancient design. Built to resemble the shape of a human, it was fit with a full set of Mandalorian armour. Its gauntlets were covered in weapons, with a flamethrower on the side, a grappling cable on the top, and a retractable blade on the wrist. It had a jetpack, spikes on the elbow and knee guards for melee combat. It’s face slightly resembled a bald male human. It’s nose was flat and pointed down, its mouth was a slim rectangular hole, and its brows covered dark, empty sockets. Despite its resemblances to a human, it was clearly a droid because of its durasteel chassis. This droid was specially designed to handle all types of combat.

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