When they bring Brendon in, they give him a choice: he accepts the extra security measures the government wants on him, or they give him a shot and send him back home.
They don't expect him to make the choice blindly. He spends a weekend in a hotel room, reading through the papers they've provided. He reads about how 80% of all mutants given the shot live normal lives. [Side effects include, but are not limited to, headaches, nausea, vomiting blood and death.] He reads that with the chip, they can track his location precisely to within half a meter, that it's possible for it to give feedback on its host's current conditions. That with the chip - they will always know where he is. All plans to leave the school grounds must be approved a week in advance, gloves must be worn 24 hours a day.
Brendon thinks of the look on his mother's face when she realised he was a shapeshifter.
He has the chip put in. His parents don't get in contact with him again.
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When Brendon's 18, they give him another choice. He can stay at the school and help out with looking after the younger kids. He can have a shot and, this time, have his memory wiped too. Or he can go along with what the government want him to do.
He’s far too dangerous unchecked, they say.
He goes with the government and is taught how to become a spy. All he has to do is touch someone - or even just something with the tiniest trace of dna on it - and he can copy their face. With the chip, they always know exactly where he is, so there's no chance of him ever going rogue. It’s the perfect job.
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His first partner is a guy called Frank Iero. Frank's a few years older, a little shorter and can make things explode.
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When they bring Brendon in, they give him a choice: he accepts the extra security measures the government wants on him, or they give him a shot and send him back home.
They don't expect him to make the choice blindly. He spends a weekend in a hotel room, reading through the papers they've provided. He reads about how 80% of all mutants given the shot live normal lives. [Side effects include, but are not limited to, headaches, nausea, vomiting blood and death.] He reads that with the chip, they can track his location precisely to within half a meter, that it's possible for it to give feedback on its host's current conditions. That with the chip - they will always know where he is. All plans to leave the school grounds must be approved a week in advance, gloves must be worn 24 hours a day.
Brendon thinks of the look on his mother's face when she realised he was a shapeshifter.
He has the chip put in. His parents don't get in contact with him again.
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When Brendon's 18, they give him another choice. He can stay at the school and help out with looking after the younger kids. He can have a shot and, this time, have his memory wiped too. Or he can go along with what the government want him to do.
He’s far too dangerous unchecked, they say.
He goes with the government and is taught how to become a spy. All he has to do is touch someone - or even just something with the tiniest trace of dna on it - and he can copy their face. With the chip, they always know exactly where he is, so there's no chance of him ever going rogue. It’s the perfect job.
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His first partner is a guy called Frank Iero. Frank's a few years older, a little shorter and can make things explode.
Brendon likes him already.