JAM

Camouflage and the Thunderjacks

A Holmidae Chronicles Special

Camouflage and the Thunderjacks

From Jackey Riley's Diary: October 15, 2020

There were many brave holmidae working to defeat the Midesenes since the Holmidae War and the Chaotic War. Not just JAM or the rest of the Sovereign Holmidae. There were also Aristocratic and Gentry Holmidae working together to fight. All but JAM have finished their part.
And they must along with the others.
Now, let me give you an example.
Camron O. Flaherty aka Agent Camouflage.
The first holmidon to work for the government.
Born on Groundhog Day 1995 which made him an undaholmidon.
Like all undaholmidae, he had the power to take the form of an albino animal but they couldn't choose what animal they could be much to most of their chagrin.
But Camron loved the form he took.
Being fascinated by the paranormal, it didn't surprise him when he was able to turn into a white yeti.
Originally, he wore clothes but because he wanted to remain in his yeti form, he became a nudist which fit well with his animal form.
Of course, he didn't go nude in formal places even though he had soft but thick white fur all over his body.
When he did hero work, he was as naked as a little baby and I should know because I'm Camron and I'd like to tell you a little story about my life.
As I've said before, I'm an undaholmidon.
My father was Victor Flaherty, an extremely gifted pianist from New York who was blind since birth. But that didn't stop him from finding a girlfriend with equal talents. Susan Lewiston, an esteemed schoolteacher who was very kind and had a great sense of humor, if a bit sick as hell, something she inherited from her mother who was a nurse who told her nasty stories in the hospital. My own mother, inspired by these stories, would watch online pimple-popping videos.
Often, she would show me the videos and they always made me gag.
But enough about that.
We have to move on.
There were a lot of missions that I was given when I worked for the government, even before I was granted my abilities during the Great Holmidae War. But when I was, I had new missions. Snuff out the monsters created by Thomolon, formerly known as Mania.
Luckily for him, I didn't have to track him down. I had heard from the Primordial Sovereign Holmidae and the Angelos that Thomolon was actually a double agent.
I had never believed in angels before this or even in a higher power.
But after that crap in the war, I was inclined to believe anything.
Especially spirits like the Jorogumo from when my mom and dad moved to Japan before I was born which was how I got my middle name Osako. Had me a godfather there who moved to America with us when I turned fourteen. Masashi Kubo, a game designer.
Now, in America as an abominable snowman, I had to face off with many Midesenes. But the worst that I had to face was back in Japan.
Soen created giant spiders that injected men's hearts with digestive enzymes and sucked the liquified hearts into their fangs. Then, they went to Soen with the liquid hearts and poured them into a goblet big enough for Soen to hold and to drink from.
Gross, right?
Midesenes, from what I understand, have a craving for human hearts but because the magician Michael Kealy sacrificed himself to the Midesene Zeta, only men were killed by them.
Lucky for the ladies but not for us and there seemed to be no explanation except that a man sacrificed himself. If it was the other way around, the women would've suffered. Well, better us than them. I know originally, the Wyverns and Midesenes didn't discriminate. But thanks to Michael, they have no choice but to.
Soen's spiders were scuttling down the streets of Shibuya and so many men were murdered throughout the night. A lot of holmidae like me fought against them and they would flee, sure, but they would come out again.
Since I knew that the only way to stop the spiders was to kill the Midesene that created them, I searched far and wide for them. Found him in the station underpass. Soen was huge, red and yellow scaled, red-eyed and dangerous.
And there were spiders everywhere.
They scuttled towards me and tried to jump me. I punched the first one in the abdomen so hard that my fist went straight through it. Yellow blood ran from the hole and spilled on my face and chest. Then, I threw the dead spider into the air before the spiders got close and grabbed it by two of its legs. Then, I twirled it around, knocking away the spiders that surrounded me.
One of the spiders pounced on me and the dead spider flew out of my hand.
The spider tried to sink its fangs into my chest but I tried as hard as I could to keep the fangs away. It shook its head to get my hands off them but before it tried again to suck my heart out, I kicked its abdomen and it went straight through it. The spider fell dead on me and I pushed it off. Before they could attack again, I roared so loud that the spiders got scared and fled and so did Soen. I went after the coward but he was gone. I was so angry that I yelled as loud as I could and my voice traveled all over Japan.
I had failed that day but by God, I was determined not to fail again.

February 21, 2021

I had moved back to America to announce my failure to destroy Soen. Expecting to be fired, I was instead given accomplices known as the Thunderjacks. They were seven college kids given abilities associated with the elements on the periodic table.
Gina Morris had pyrogenesis, pyrotechnic projection, and volatile construct generation. Mickey Corvette had neon manipulation. Olivia Colt's thing was air manipulation. Nathaniel Patterson possessed magnetic induction abilities. June Luray could project and absorb electricity. Mace Audley was the leader of the gang and the healer of the group. Lastly, Janet Halloway could generate and sense radio signals.
They turned out to be the best choice for the job.
We traveled to Japan to find Soen again, this time, determined to beat him. Using her radio sense, she found Soen and his giant spiders in the sewers. Knowing that my roaring would make him get away again, I decided that I wouldn't roar this time. It took a long time to find Soen in the sewers. It was daytime, of course, and last night, at least 300 men were killed.
It didn't take long for the spiders to come out and we had to fight our way through the crowd with our powers.
When the Thunderjacks fought, they gave their all. Gina was blasting spiders left and right with fireballs and fireworks, roasting them to ashes and leaving scorch marks on their skins. When there were so many spiders, the Thunderjacks fled to hide. Most of the Thunderjacks were wounded but Mace healed them all, including herself. Gina threw an energy bomb at a spider as we hid nearby. It attached itself to it and exploded, blowing the spider up and chunks flew everywhere.
And we went back to fighting. Gina's fighting style was used again. Mickey was blasting the spiders with neon energy which vaporized them one by one.
Olivia was blowing the spiders away and burning them with hot air and cold air and Mickey and Olivia combined their powers to freeze spiders solid so that they would shatter into splinters and completely evaporated them.
Nathaniel attracted iron bars which were pulled from their hinges and used to trap spiders left and right.
June was blasting them with electricity which shocked spiders, made them contort and drop dead and when combined with the neon energy that Mickey projected, the spiders got blown to bits.
Janet was sending out powerful airwaves that pushed spiders away, sonic booms that greatly damaged them on the inside, and light beams that scorched them severely.
In the aftermath, at least a hundred spiders were destroyed.
Most of us were injured gravely but Mace healed us all.
At last, we made it to the very center of the sewers where Soen resided, completely terrified.
I told myself I wouldn't roar but Soen was alone, so, I did and Soen shivered and whimpered.
Soen pleaded with tears in his eyes and begged me to spare him, promising to never harm another man again. I didn't believe him at first but I remembered Saturn, formerly known as Saturna, became a good Midesene who didn't eat men's hearts anymore and ate fruit seeds like the Fispbacks.
Still, I wanted proof of this. I told Mace to buy an apple from the store and he did. I ate the apple all the way down to the core and spat the seeds out into my hand. I fed the seeds to Soen and he gagged and hacked like mad. He clutched his throat hard and his eyes became bloodshot. Without warning, Soen fell to the floor, scratched at his throat, and then, became still.
We were in shock and at a loss for words. There was just no way. How in the hell did Soen just die like that? I mean, Saturn was able to eat seeds and he was fine. I needed an explanation.
We moved back to America where we told the government officials what happened and they immediately sent for Lonnie from Moritz City. According to her, Soen died because he couldn't handle it. Saturn was no ordinary Midesene, you see. It was because of Michael that he changed and because of that, he was able to survive on seeds. Other Midesenes wouldn't be able to handle it and would've died like Soen.
I cursed.
But I felt that on the bright side, Soen would not hurt anyone again.
Still, I knew more Midesenes would show up.
But I would be ready.
Oh, yes, I would be ready.