Hi everyone! I know I’m not really known in the fandom for writing, but I’ve had this idea for almost a year now and I’m finally ready to start posting it!
I hope y'all enjoy!
The lab was dim, only the soon fading light of day flooding the walls. A tank filled with some sort of green, thick fluid contained what appeared to be a large green eyeball. It floats about the container calmly. The doctor in the room, currently sitting next to a hospital bed, adjusts the dials of an ECT machine before moving to the connected EEG, adjusting it as well. He takes a few more wires, hooking them up to the green container nearby.
“Okay. We should be ready. Marvin?” Schneep looked over at his brother, who was currently on his phone. His cat-shaped mask was pulled up on top of his head, keeping his hair out of his face.
The magician snaps his head up, nodding, “Mm. Alrighty. Chase just texted. He’s about to record.”
“We will pick up Jameson and Jackie on the way home then. Hopefully Chase is finished when we arrive.” Henrik nods and turns back to the EEG. Connected to it by wires are sensors attached to the temples of the figure currently on the hospital bed, Jack. The heart monitor on the other side of the bed shows a slow, steady rhythm. Schneep sighs as Marvin walks over. He gently grabs Jack’s hand, rubbing a thumb across it. “… Do you believe we have any chance here?” He says without looking back at his brother.
Marvin places a hand on the doctor’s shoulder, “I hope so, and, if not, we just need to keep trying. I think we’re on the right path here.”
“You have said that for everything we have tried so far.” Schneep replies playfully as he places Jack’s hand back onto the bed.
“W-well I mean-“ Marvin begins to stutter before composing himself, “I really do think we may be onto something this time. With… His affinity for technology… I think this could work.” He gestures over to the device. “It’s worth a shot.”
“Hmmm… you are right about that…” Schneep nods back at Marvin before he stands up and brings the rolling monitor forwards a bit, stepping to the side afterward. “Whenever you are ready.”
“C’mon J! Give me a good one” The blue-masked hero gave an encouraging cry as his younger brother aimed a swing at him. Jackie dodged it playfully, sending a coy smile back at the ego.
Jameson, decked out in as much headgear as Jackie had managed to fit on him, gave another attempt at a punch. This one actually managed to land, hitting Jackie square in the arm.
Jackie could almost hear the toy-like squeak as the hit made contact. The older ego doesn’t move at the impact. Rather, he blinks, before almost falling over laughing.
“Jamie. Oh my god…” he choked out, wiping tears from his eyes. Jackie pulls Jameson into a hold, ruffling his hair as he continues to let out a few more chuckles, “You really can’t hurt me even if ya tried huh bud.”
Squirming out of his brother’s tormenting hold, Jameson gives a sour look, though it’s obvious he’s trying to hide a smile. He crosses his arms, giving a defiant huff before letting them drop again.
“On your left!” Jackie suddenly yelled, throwing a punch towards Jamie’s side.
In what seemed like a split second, Jameson grabbed Jackie’s arm as it flew past him, immediately turning and flipping the hero over his back and onto the grass.
Jackie hit the ground with a thud as the air was knocked out of him. Not a moment later, Jamie was standing over him, giving a wide smile despite the mouth guard over his teeth. Jackie let out a slight wheeze as he smiled back up. “Dang bud, how’dya do that?”
Still looking quite proud of himself, Jameson gave a quick sign: "Simple momentum.". He took a moment to glance around the field, noting the near setting sun in the distance as well as the skid marks in the dirt from their training today. He looks back down at his brother, smiling and offering a hand to help him stand.
The hero sends a grin back up as he takes Jameson’s hand.
Chase sends off a text to Marvin before placing his phone back on the desk and pulling up whatever game he was recording that day. Some random Steam game loaded on the screen. After adjusting his camera and checking around to see if his mic, capture card, and audio levels were set up properly, he began recording.
All was going as usual and Chase had been playing for around 5 minutes. The game, however, had decided to be extremely buggy, unsurprisingly; Chase had chosen a random game from the internet after all. The character on screen was jittering everywhere even without the controls being touched. He of course put on a happy face for the camera, cracking some jokes about any unfortunate position the model made before shutting off the camera and letting out a frustrated groan. He glanced outside at the now-setting sun before sighing and returning to the computer, rebooting the game and plastering his smile back on for the recording. The game still bugged out, but it remained somewhat playable this time. Chase rolled his shoulders a bit, getting rid of some tightness as the “Next Level” screen flashed on the computer.
At least one thing was going right.
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“Okay” Marvin lifts a hand, concentrating as soft green flames spark up. The magic encloses itself around his fingers, swirling into the air. He looks back up at the machine, nodding, though it seems he’s more trying to give himself assurance than anything. The magic around his hand seems to die down slightly “Alrighty… just gotta… do the magic on the thingy okay-”
“This device is not a “thingy”, Marvin” Schneep grumbles out, rolling his eyes exasperatedly, “It is very sensitive medical equipment meant to monitor the brain-“
“I know, I know…” The magician sends a sly smile back. “Just wanted to make sure.”
Schneep sighs before giving an exhausted smirk as he rests his arm on Marvin’s shoulder, hopefully encouraging him. Almost immediately, the magician seems to relax. The magic swirling about his fingertips flares back up, giving the room a soft green glow. He sends a smile back at Schneep, nodding as thanks.
