Portal to Hell [Talons base,closed]

It was a regular Saturday at the Talons HQ. In New York there seemed to be a short time of peace after the assault. 2 weeks ago it came to an end. People still mourning and coming together for their loved ones fallen in the ashes of the city that never sleeps. Andrew had done his best to prevent as many casualties as possible, however there is only so much one hero can do. The Talons had done their part in the assault. If anything good bloomed from such an awful time in history it was experience for Phoenix. It showed him that sometimes hard decisions had to be made. Also, going up against one of the worst villains, the world had ever seen had helped give him experience in combat as well.

Andrew walked into the main corridor of the Talons' home. Out front he saw a UPS truck pulling out. A package sat atop their staircase. "Who ordered a package?" he wondered to himself as he opened the front doors. Picking up the package there was no "from" on the box, except 2 words. "Good Luck." it was addressed to the Talons, so Andrew carried it inside. Taking the elevator up to the recreation floor, Andrew shook the box a little. It didn't feel heavy, and there only seemed to be one thing inside the box.

"Good morning Sean." Andrew said placing the package on the coffee table in front of his fellow Talon. No other teammates seemed to be around or awake yet. "Take a look at this with me." Phoenix said tearing open the box, and sitting next to Sean. Inside was a small device. A circular mechanism. In the center the was some sort of ring. A few weird tribal markings surrounded it. "What the hell?" Andrew thought picking the device up.
"What can you make of this?" Phoenix asked to his buddy, passing Deluge the contraption.
As he handed him the device a piece of paper slipped out from under it. It read "Sean"
"What's it say?" Andrew asked as he looked at Sean with a puzzled expression on his face.

Gauntlet walked into the into the living room of the Talon base, he hadn't been there very much due to his long hiatus from duty with his team and was still getting used to the new building. Gauntlet yawned as he walked into the living room, not quite accustomed to how early he was waking up, but, once a Talon always a Talon and there was work to do. Dressed in plaid black and purple pajama pants and a plain black T shirt, he wasn't exactly 'ready for duty' but at least he didn't look like a total slob, his purple hair messy from a late night in his room, pouring over his computer. His spiked metallic gauntlets were of course already equipped over his hands, simply habit at this point for him to leave them on while he slept, it wouldn't be safe for anyone in the building if he were attacked in his sleep and for some reason had his gauntlets off.

Gauntlet peered into the living room, Phoenix, Deluge, and a girl he didn't recognize were already present. Clearly somthing had already happened without him because as Gauntlet looked around he noticed not everything seemed quite right with his comrades in the room, most specifically the girl he didn't know who was on the floor sitting where she had clearly fallen, in her hands she had a plate of what appeared to be.. "Well, well, well, I love this place already. Cookie time." Gauntlet grinned as he saw the cookies on the plate with the girl that had fallen on the floor. He ran over to her and bent down to lend her a hand, grabbing a cookie with his other hand and placing it half way in his mouth. He pulled the girl to her feet, smiling at her with the cookie still in his mouth. "Hey, I'm Gauntlet.." He said, his words muffled and deformed due to the cookie still being chewed in his mouth. Gauntlet swallowed, slightly embarrassed, still holding the plate of cookies that had almost smashed on the floor. Gauntlet handed the plate back to the girl and before even asking for the girl's name he looked to Deluge and Phoenix who were standing in the middle of the living room, holding a small circular object that Gauntlet didn't recognize. "Morning Phoenix, Deluge." Gauntlet said nodding to each of them. "Now what do we have here?"

"Tyuki!" Andrew shouted jumping up to great his girlfriend. Suddenly the gadget light up and began to activate.
Phoenix looked in shock as Tyuki and Sean were both reacting to different things. The device left for them had taken some of Sean's blood and Tyuki's power light up the whole room. Using his hand to cover his eyes, the hero couldn't see much. What he did see was a purple haired, pajama wearing, Talon enter. "Looking sharp Kal" he said with a grin. Gauntlet had helped Tyuki up and the device was starting to emit a strange sound.

A blue light blasted from the circle and a wave of energy shook the Talons's HQ. The electronics in the building were going nuts. The TV flashed on and off, the computer started playing music, the lights dimming and brightening. It was a strange sight to all parties inside. Suddenly Andrew's attention was brought to the television. A large portal had opened above the Empire State Building. Bodies were dropping in from the massive opening in the sky. He heard a maniacal laugh and saw a familiar face. It was his own. "What the fuck?!" Andrew exclaimed as he pointed at the TV and touched his face.

The Talons in the room turned their attention to TV soon after. Not only did the man look like Andrew, he sounded like him too. News choppers circled the building in attempt to capture this image. It seemed he was backed with a large group. One by one the faces of the people became familiar. Sean, Gauntlet, A.I. "What's going on here guys?" Andrew though. Suddenly the man on the TV began to speak.

It was a normal day in the workshop for A.I., just working on the designs for a few new gadgets. He hadn't "slept" the night before, not that he really needed to. His hands worked tirelessly, scribbling and sketching across the large blue paper. "Hmm... Add seven, divide by three.... Carry the two and... Brilliant!" Gabriel exclaimed, rolling up the paper and placing it in one of his drawers. "Well it seems I'm done for now, might as well check on the others." he thought out loud. Flashing his dog tags to the scanner in the lift, it began to hum as it rose to the upper levels. A.I. checked the locations of his teammates' tags, and it seemed there was a gathering in Sean and his partner's room.

He arrived at the door, and just as he was about to knock, his mind started to feel fuzzy. The lights in the hallway began flashing and sparking, and suddenly A.I.'s vision started to flash as well. Before he knew it, he was on the floor. Though the electrical fluctuations had ceased, there was still a buzzing in Gabriel's head. Slowly opening the door and walking in, he rubbed his head and questioned his teammates.

"What just happened? There was some sort of electro magnetic pulse... But the energy signature isn't one that I recognize." He noticed the strange device on the floor and walked over to pick it up. "Is this what caused it?" Realizing that his friends' attention was focused elsewhere, A.I. looked to the TV. His eyes grew wide at the site of himself and the other Talons on the screen. He listened intently to what this strange alternate Phoenix had to say, and developed his theory. "Alright, before we all freak out, let's just assess the situation. Those people on the screen clearly aren't us. But they look like us, and have similar abilities." he paused and looked around the room, making sure people were following him. "Judging by the portal above the city, and what this Phoenix, or 'Holocaust' said, I think I may know what this is. Are any of you familiar with alternate dimensions?"

Gauntlet looked worried as he saw what was unfolding in the middle of New York. "What the hell?! Where did they come from?"
Gauntlet turned to face A.I. who had just walked into the room. He thought carfully about what A.I. said, it sounded like somthing out of a sci-fi movie, but then again he had super power and had spent the last year fighting super villains, clones, and dragons. So it wasn't really time to doubt A.I.'s intelligence. "It sounds familiar. If these guys came from some other dimension then they must be the opposites of us, or at least some of them. I mean look at what the one that looked like Phoenix, he just threatened to destroy the world. That seems pretty different from usual Andrew activity I'd say."

Gauntlet looked to Phoenix "How is this suddenly possible? What could have caused a somthing like this to come out of no where?" Gauntlet looked worried. "We can't leave this for long, I'll be back"
Gauntlet ran back into the base towards his room to get ready.
As he strapped on his armor, his overcoat, and laced his combat boots he felt the familiar heat of his gauntlets charging up.
He ran back into the living room where the other Talons were.
Gauntlet looked at Phoenix "Some ass hole out there has my face, I'm gonna have to do somthing about that, what's the plan?"

Andrew hugged Tyuki back and even kissed her forehead."We didn't do anything Tyuki, those people are impersonating us. FOr once I don't know what we're gunna do." The hero said shamefully looking down at the ground.
"Yea the multi verse theory, I took a class on it in college before Necro destroyed it, you think they came from another dimension?" Andrew asked to A.I. letting go of Tyuki.
Kal made a good point, there were people with their faces claiming to be them. This was not good.
"I have no idea what's going on." Andrew said as he stared blankly at the TV. The Maniacal laughter seemed to end and the broadcast cut out. Taking a second to register what he just watched, the hero blinked a few times. Lal rushed out of the room and Andrew took the time to shout "Everyone, get ready for combat." Andrew said dashing to the elevator. Once inside his room, he quickly threw on his jacket, black combat pants, and black boots. He looked at his favorite katana, hanging on the wall above his desk. A smile grew across Andrew's face. "I love when I get to use this thing"

Pulling is mask down, it covered up to his nose. Sheathing his sword on his back, he was ready to confront this copy of him. He dashed to the elevator and was back to the Talon's living room in a second. "Alright to the Chopper." The Talons made their way down to the bird and it took off, of course their robot companion was flying the chopper. In the back Andrew began to speak to the Talons. "So Sean, is this familiar at all to you? I know you have some understanding of magic." Phoenix asked to his teammate

The moment the screen went blank, everyone knew exactly what to do. They had been through this kind of drill many times before, but this time it was for real. As A.I. rode the lift down to the lower levels, he remembered the last major attack on the world. They had been so unprepared. Doctor Necrodium and his forces ravaged most of New York in less than a day. It was utter chaos. Chaos... A.I. cringed at the name. The mutant creature had wounded his friend Retaliate during their battle, and in the end the wound proved fatal. "Jason... I'm sorry." Gabriel said quietly.

Suddenly the lift stopped, and A.I. snapped back to the present. He could not let another friend die. He refused. Leaving the lift, he headed straight for the armory. Grabbing his weapons and throwing on his coat, Gabriel shot a glance back at his workshop. He had almost forgotten about his new weapons. He had hoped to test them out before using them in battle, but there was no time for that now.

A.I. jumped into the cockpit of The Bird and started the engines. The entire hanger began to vibrate as it rose to the surface. With a long, mechanical moan, the roof of the hangar opened up, allowing The Bird to rise up and out of the base, and into the tainted New York sky. The portal over the city showed a world covered in ash and rubble; a world they would not let happen twice.