on-mode!Jaime on the possible ending of Intervention

[hasnomentor]

I know what you want to happen. I know you want them to succeed but I don't.

I like being this way. I like being Champion of Earth. I like being liked. And I like not having to be afraid anymore. The Reach have given me everything I've ever wanted. Why would I want all that go to away? I will do everything in my power to make sure they fail.

I am of the Reach. I cannot escape that and I don't want to anymore.

End of story ese.

Comments

[more_afraid_of_you]

You should be 'fraid! It ain't right fer tha' thing t' control you!

[hasnomentor]

It doesn't control me. It helped me see how things should be. I am of the Reach.

[more_afraid_of_you]

No you ain't! It's Reach! Yer human!

[hasnomentor]

And now I'm a hybrid hero. Part human, part Reach technology. I'm perfect to be Champion of Earth.

[more_afraid_of_you]

Until you help those aliens take it over! Don' you remember bein' 'fraid'a tha'!?

[incurable_bev]

...Jaime?

Are you feeling okay? What's Reach?

[hasnomentor]

The Reach can make humanity powerful. Together they can further grow the Reach's foothold in the universe. That is a good thing.

[hasnomentor]

I've never felt better. The Reach are an alien race. The ones who made my Scarab. They helped me see how things really are. Now I'm Earth's Champion.

[incurable_bev]

Your...Scarab.

Oh, um -

_{[He's acting weird.]}

What'd you do to get that name?

[hasnomentor]

Saved the entire Earth from the Warworld by myself, pretty much.

[incurable_bev]

Oh...wow.

So you're like a superhero?

_{[Cuz she always needs more superheroes in her life.]}

[escarabajo]

That's a lie and you know it.

[hasnomentor]

Exactly! I'm a superhero.

[hasnomentor]

No, it isn't. I like being this way.

[voluntad]

Earth to Jaime Reyes!

That is completely loco!

[hasnomentor]

Hey hermana. Come on. It isn't loco. It makes perfect sense.

[incurable_bev]

Well...that's awesome, then! What kind of powers do you have?

[hasnomentor]

Quite a few actually. My armor is equipped with a lot of weapons. Almost anything I you can imagine.

[voluntad]

Is too! Come on!

[hasnomentor]

Is not. I'm Earth's Champion now. What else could be better?

[escarabajo]

Absolute power, just so you won't be scared of screwing up? Who are you even kidding?!

Is this what Ted Kord would've done?

[hasnomentor]

I don't care what Ted Kord would have done. Green Beetle says this is what I was meant for. I believe in him. He's my mentor now.

[incurable_bev]

Whoa.

_{[He was still sounding weird, but he hadn't said anything crazy or threatening, so...]}

...what kind of armor is it?

_{[Small talk cuz she wants to know what's wrong with you, man!]}

[hasnomentor]

This. [He lets the Scarab armor spread over him right then.]

[escarabajo]

¿Quién demonios es-- [does Black Beetle have MORE buddies who want to mess with his life in this universe?]

Fine. Fine. Ted Kord's out the window. What about Mom? And Dad? Your sister, your friends? Do you think letting the megalomaniac aliens take over the world is going to make things better for them, huh? What kind of world is Milagro gonna grow up in?