The House of Agon
8/10/1912, Agon’s Lab, Terrigen Lab
Agon was at the controls as they saw that Korath and Milena had looked in worry as their baby child had went and been covered by a simple shift before Korath had looked to his brother, “And you are sure that this is safe?” he had asked his brother, “My own son has been exposed to Terrigenesis and he is powerful enough to destroy the city,” he had said to them.
“The likelihood that your child will have similar capabilities to him with the genetics that we share… it is highly likely.” he had told them and in response to this, Milena had taken a breath, “Alright, let us see what will become of our son.” he had said before Agon had went to go and proceed with the process, “Rynda–?” “Yes, my love.” she said to him, her eyes starting to glow as the Terrigen came into the chamber.
“Now… now I am The Filter.” she started out like always, “Now I decide what enters my system… and that of this child here.” she had said, her power starting to enter the babe as she had kept all but her arm out from the tube, “And I allow no impurities. No imperfections.” she continued as they watched her, “I breathe in the sacred mists… and make them MORE sacred.”
Rynda was speaking to herself and towards the young Petragon as the adults watched, “And thus, the child before me is touched by mystery… by that great secret inchoate in man and more–than–man…” Rynda continued, “…By The Prima Materia.” The queen had finished up as the child was wreathed within a cocoon now, all of them watching as the little one went through Terrigenesis.
As Rynda had went and pulled her arm out, the remaining mists being filtered out, the Inhumans looking and watching in interest as there was a kick, that had made them all watch in curiosity before they had eventually seen that there was a goat hoof that had kicked out which had made them all a bit cautious as they had seen that the cocoon had cracked open and revealed the babe.
He was with goat legs now, kicking in outrage and such before the hoof had accidentally the pedestal that was there before it had went and started to shatter and as they had seen that, he had destroyed the thing easily and that had made the adults cautious, “What in the name of Randac was that?!” Korath had demanded and hearing that, Agon had an answer.
“They appear to be some sort of kinetic shockwave ability now, your sons hooves.” he had said and hearing that, the others were shocked, “What does that mean?” Milena had asked of them, “It means that your son will have to learn how to walk gently, as if the world is made of glass.” he had said and hearing that, they were all a bit worried on what would happen with the next subject soon to come.
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8/16/1912, Waiting Chambers, Terrigen Lab
Triton Mander–Azur had been born and they had looked at the child all of them wondering what he would be as Nanny had held a camera, recording the arrival of the child for their son and the others when older, little Medusalith was in her parents arms as well, all of them looking at the little beautiful child that had come, “Should we prepare Terrigenesis for the child?” Agon had asked.
At that, all but Rynda and Korath had looked at him as if he was insane while his brother and wife just saw him as a bit blunt and thought differently, “To be fair, their Terrigenesis was uncontrollable and were put through at birth, perhaps if we wait, their genetics would be more stable?” his brother had said and hearing that, the scientist had thought before he had nodded at that.
“That is understandable… should we say a year?” he had asked and hearing that, the others had nodded at that with some of them a bit worried at that at the fact that they could have gone and done something like this as Medusalith watched a swaddled Triton and a Gorgon in a mobile cradle, her mind not able to recognize them yet, but already growing an interest in the two of them.
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10/28/1912, Agon’s Lab, Terrigen Lab
Agon and Rynda got the news, she was pregnant with their second child, and so they were going to perform the same experiment as they did their first born, “I was thinking… Maximus.” he told his wife, “What do you think, Rynda?” he had asked whose wife was cradling her extended stomach, “Well, it’s better name for our son than ‘Subject Two’.” she said, hating the clinical part of this with their children.
“A little grandiose, perhaps…” she had said, knowing there were a few names she wouldn’t have minded, “We don’t want him feeling inferior, do we?” Agon asked his wife, “Not if he’s going to compete with his brother…” Agon went, double checking the systems once again, “His brother can wreck a city by crying, Agon.” she had told him with a smile which made him sigh.
“Ah, but we’ll be able to raise THIS one outside a sealed Anechoic Chamber.” he went before pausing, “Well, probably.” he had muttered which reminded Rynda of Nanny which in turn made her lose her smile, “That reminds me. I was talking to Azur earlier, my sister–in–law.” she reminded, knowing that Agon was bad with names and preferred faces instead.
“She seems to think there’s something wrong with what we’re doing with Blackagar and Little Subject Two.” she said, liking that as a nickname, “Maximus, darling–” he reminded before recalling who it was, “Wait, is she the one who’s always droning on about The Alpha Primitives?” he had asked her, “As if they’re people?” Agon asked of her.
He admitted, they grew attached to Nanny because it could provide them with moments with their eldest, but as he had checked the others, tested to see if there was an underlying intelligence, but as far as he could tell, they were just smart simians, “What does your brother see in her?” he asked, knowing most with that mindset were outcasts made to live near the Alpha Primitive Center.
“Oh Randac knows.” she said to him, honestly not knowing, “Mader’s always been strange.” she said to him, code for him having a similar opinion, “Anyways, she thinks we shouldn’t be experimenting on our children at all…” she said, making both pause at that, surprised by the statement, “Well, whose children SHOULD we experiment on?” he asked of her.
They all knew that there would be outcries all around them in fury, they’d all have their heads on pikes if the citizens thought that they were turning their children into monsters, “Anyway. Let’s press on.” he said, initiating the process, “Push your gift to the limit, please, dear.” he said as the mists started to come, “We don’t want you contracting secondary Terrigenesis from this…” he said.
His Aunt had and the feral creature she became still haunted the recesses of his mind, “Let me concentrate…” she had said, starting up her ability, reaching out and touching the Terrigen Mists around her, “There.” she said, her eyes glowing magenta now, “Now… now I am The Filter.” she said, starting her mantra, “Now I decide what enters my system…” she had repeated to herself.
“…And that of my unborn child.” she had said out loud, falling into it while Agon focused on his machinery, “And I allow no impurities. No imperfections.” she continued, “I breathe in the sacred mists… and make them MORE sacred.” she had said to herself and towards her child, “And thus, the child inside me is touched by mystery… by that great secret inchoate in man and more–than–man…” Rynda continued.
“…By The Prima Materia.” she had whispered, looking at the golden glow on her belly now, “You enjoy this part, don’t you, darling?” he had muttered, able to listen to that over and over as he had started to see The Terrigen move, “Remember, as we agreed. Concentrate on the brain with this one, direct the Terrigen Particles there.” he said as the fetus appeared on the screen.
“That SHOULD give him heightened cognitive function… genius intelligence, at the very least.” he had told his wife, glad to have an intelligent child in his future, “And at most… well, look at Blackagar. Two years old, and already beyond our wildest expectations.” he said, leaning in, “What will Maximus become?” he had asked and as if he could hear Agon, his eyes had opened and it looked as if he had spoken.
Rynda had exited the tube as The Terrigen Mists were taken and vented into vials for Monarch and others that required Terrigen Mists for their gifts when they had heard a crying nearby, making the two of them look and curious at that as they had both gotten up and had walked out to see what was happening that would make an infant be here after birth unless it was something VERY important.
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10/28/1912, Vinatos’s Lab, Terrigen Lab
Vinatos had been cradling the little Amakitsu girl that had been brought to her, the child scared of needles more than she was of him, “Kitsu–?” “Sorry,” Kitsu had said as she had taken her child from the Chief Medical Regent, “She doesn’t like that–” “Yes, speaking of that… who is her father?” Vinatos had asked of The Royal Guard Member as she had flinched.
“I–” “What is going on?” Agon had said and hearing that, the mother and Regent were both cautious, “I was just examining the latest tests for the child here.” he had said, pointing towards the fussy child, “I do not see any issues with the child, she hasn’t gone through Terrigenesis yet, has she?” Rynda had asked as she had looked, “No, it is just that the father in unknown, so I am scanning her genetics for defects.”
That had made the two of them nod while Vinatos noticed that the markers for Inhuman ancestry were there, but there was also a gene that had been found in samples that had been seen in the samples that had been gather by John Howlett Jr., seeing this, he had looked to Kitsu who realized what he had seen, “Everything is fine, there are no defects.” he had said.
That had made Kitsu smile, “Thank you.” she had whispered and then went to leave with her child, as she had done as much, Vinatos had looked to the pair, “My King, my Queen, there is another matter that I would like to bring to your attention.” he had said before going and revealing the samples that had been taken from multiple Inhuman infants.
He had seen that there was some genetic tampering to enhance their genetics artificially, that had made the King and Queen look in shock at the sight, “Phaeder, what had you done?” Rynda had asked in shock at the sight that was before them, “Hide the data, let no one know.” he had said with Vinatos nodding as they had went to go and hide the data at the dangers that could be there.
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11/11/1912, Waiting Chambers, Terrigen Lab
The Royal Family had watched as Vinatos had went and brought the child who had been giggling, and giggling and giggling towards them as Agon had went and looked towards his child, “Hello there, Maximus.” he had said towards the newborn who had stopped his giggling towards him and seemed to try and think, “Mmmm… Mm… Maaa…” he had siad, already speaking out loud.
They had all smiled at that, “He is going to be a genius.” Agon had said with a grin as they had seen that he was already acting older then he was at this moment with the Regent going and giving him to the adults, “I shall make sure that The Queen is well.” he had said and hearing that, they had nodded as he left, the adults there smiling as they wondered how the second prince of Attilan would grow up.
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8/16/1913, Agon’s Lab, Terrigen Lab
Agon and Rynda were at the controls as they had watched and saw that the Terrigenesis was working like they had always seen that there was something wrong which had made the Inhumans worried as the mists had been vented out and as they had seen that, Mander and Azur had went and rushed forward to see that there was something wrong with the one year old as Rynda brought him out.
He was covered in fish like scales and there was a dmall fin on his head as the baby had gasped in pain, “What’s wrong?!” Azur had asked as they had seen the child was gasping and gasping, “Water.” Agon had said in realization, “Try water.” he had said as Korath had went and gathered moisture in the air and as he had done as much, the man had covered the child’s head in water.
“What’re you–?!” Mander had started when they saw that he wasn’t gasping anymore, he had actually looked like he was fine, “He needs water to breathe.” Azur had said in shock at that, “We need to get him a new environment.” Rynda had said as they had went and gotten to work on finding what they were going to be doing for the little member of their group.
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8/16/1913, Triton’s Alcove, Western Attilan Beach
They had placed Triton into the water and he had seemed fine now and was swimming as they had noticed something, “Is it just me, or has he developed into the form of a toddler?” Korath had asked and hearing that, they had realized the same, his body was developing a lot quicker, “Vinatos!” Mander had shouted and at that, the Chief Medical Regent had knelt down.
“There are cases, when the mutation advances their maturation but it doesn’t decrease the lifespan, it appears that Triton had been gifted with this advanced maturation as well.” he had told them, making them a bit relieved at that as they had noticed that there was his cousins watching, three of them who had all been mutated by the mists and that worried Azur.
“We need… a control,” she had said, making the others look to her, “A control?” Agon had asked, “Yes, a child we didn’t change by the mists, that way we can compare them to the others.” she had said, glad that she had listened towards the scientific jargon when she had seen that the others were all nodding and were liking at that as Agon had spoken up for them.
“Yes,” he had said towards them, “A control, trained to be the peak physical condition would be the perfect control group.” he had told them, relieving Azur and a smaller extent, Mander as Triton’s mother had started to think on developing a new occupation that would allow her to get to work and help raise her child as best as she would be able to.
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6/12/1914, Blackagar’s Chamber, The Royal Palace
Medusalith had been following the dog, it was the only one of its kind after its mommy died, so she had followed it as best as she could until finding herself in front of a clear wall, looking Medusalith had went and hit the wall, trying to get through as she had seen that The Dog and a boy were there with the boy petting The Dog, seeing this, she hit the wall to attract The Dog.
The Dog and the boy had looked at her which was when she saw he had something shiny on his head that looked like a fork on his head that made her want it as he had followed The Dog to the wall, the two of them had watched as The Dog had looked between each other before the animal had vanished, both of them pouting towards each other before looking at each other.
The two of them had looked at the other and had started to copy each other as best as they could, curious at the sight of each other when Blackagar had noticed that he other ones hair had started to move as if she was underwater, seeing that, Blackagar had hit the invisible wall, trying to say hi with no sound as Medusalith had giggled towards him and waved like her mama and papa had said.
The two of them had smiled liking each other as The Dog had appeared again with a pair of balls, dropping one by Medusalith and another by Blackagar, the pair of them had observed the balls before they had smiled, both of them picking it up before The Dog nudged the boy for him to throw, so he had went and done as much, The Dog then teleported to the girl and made her do the same.
The two of them had tried to catch their balls, with The Dog getting them for the pair as they had played, both of them liking the game as they had went and repeated the game to each other, over and over and over and over they had done as much, the two of them were enjoying the game with each other as they had continued to play between each other though they are kept apart by one wall alone.
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They had eventually been found by a member of The Royal Guard who had seen them playing ball so he had went and informed The Royal Family which was Quelina nd Ambur with Agon and Rynda, the two of them seeing the pair as they had enjoyed the company of each to her, both of them loving it and laughing with each other, Medusalith out loud while Blackagar silently when The Dog saw them.
He had barked happily at the sight of them before going and teleporting away, both of them confused by that as they had both looked at their ball before Medusalith had been picked up, the action making the girl tear up as they had looked at each other, “It appears that they will make a good match.” Ambur had told them and at that, Agon had noticed that Blackagar was watching with a sad face.
As he had did as much, the members of the Royal Family looked between the pair and wondered what kind of rulers the two of them would be, would they be like Agon and Rynda, or would it only be a marriage of circumstances, thinking on that, The House of Amaquelin had went and taken their child away so that they can make sure that she understood how dangerous that was.
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6/15/1914, Triton’s Alcove, Western Attilan Beach
They had brought little Maximus with them this time as Rynda and Azur had went to see the process of the infant Triton, looking around for him as Azur had went to drop the bell into the water, as they had waited, the three of them saw as Triton had risen up up and they were amazed at the changes that had already happened to the child, he had looked like he was older than FIve right now and it was ridiculous.
“He is currently working on animal instinct.” Azur had said, walking over and crouching down to her child who had a tether that was wrapped around his waist, the baby that was in his mothers arms had looked at the cousin of his and smiled at him while Triton had glared, watching as he had went to go and enter the water, breathing as he had looked at them.
“He’s been getting loose.” Rynda said, noticing that the tether was new compared to the others and seeing that, Azur had flinched, scared at the repercussions at that as the Queen had looked towards her, “We’ll need to implant a tracker, make sure that he stays away from The Control Island.” she had told Azur, “But it would be too far–” “Better safe than sorry.” she said as she noticed there was a submersible.
“Is that–?” “From a prior marine biologist.” Azur had said, “I want to study the biome that my son will be living in for the rest of his life, to make sure that it is as comfortable as possible.” she had said, making the Queen and mother nod in understanding, “Con–Troll?” Maximus had said, still startling them at how ha was able to speak already in his own way.
“The Control Island, is what was created during the era of Randac.” Rynda had explained to her child, “Unlike us, they had decided to forgo Terrigenesis and instead rely upon the genetics that they were born with untampered.” she had said, only hearing of it from historical records and the like, “Our people try to keep friendly relations, but no citizen of Attilan has gone to Utopia Isle.” she had told him.
Rynda had went and pointed South, far away where they were unable to see, “All the way there, in The Antarctic Ocean on the Northern Border, lies our cousins.” she had said and hearing that, Maximus had got it into his little mind that he would go there one day, and he would be able to see these people that desired no Terrigenesis, his mind already building and making designs beyond what a child like him could.