Hero of the Hour

by **Lotsofluck** September 19th 2015, 1:45 am

How slow does time need to go during school? It feels like it has entered a no passing zone to Alex as he watched every tick on that clock counting down his seconds to freedom. He struggled to keep his eyes open as the history professor droned on about the battle of Waterloo. The fucker even ruined the surprise ending by telling everyone that Napoleon lost! Way to ruin a perfectly good story. But Alex was more focused on what it would have been like if he had been there. Ever since the accident and his powers awakening, things like that were all he could think about. A deafening ring sounded, signaling freedom. He stuffed his pens into his backpack as he tried to hurry out the door home.

"Watch it Scruff!"

Someone walked passed him from behind, bumping him hard with their shoulder as the did so. Alex pursed his lips and sighed. New kid on the block was always an easy target. An unexpected side effect of his accident where he was hit by a car was being forced to move. His parents decided that to keep Alex safe, they needed to move. Just like that, they disappeared.... well disappeared to Chicago. It was a cold, windy place compared to the sunny beaches of California, but it was home. And a great place to start some hero work. Least that was his plan. So far all that had come of that was a stern talking to by his father and a worried mother who made him promise he wouldn't be a hero. He had promised her that. So now he had to be a superhero.

Still, he had almost no idea on how to start. There were no quick and easy how to be a superhero guide, though there were forums on the internet. It seemed to Alex that he needed to simply jump in and help. But where does one do that? He stopped walking as a sound grew louder. Police sirens. Lots of them. Never was there a sound more glorious in his ears then that deadly siren call.

His backpack hit the ground as he took off running

by **Carden** September 19th 2015, 2:09 am

The clouds in the sky swirled with a sight that usually came before a storm arrived. This day in particular was special. Carden was on the hunt for a specific super human individual that classified themselves as a "hero". Stryker had assigned Carden to do the honours of taking him into Stryker for containment and such, as this "hero" was unstable, and in return Stryker would hand the "hero" over to Carden afterwards so he could bring him into rise and gather up more superhumans to support the Rise movement. Carden walked down the sidewalk, slowly creeping behind the meta, Carden was given sufficient information about this guy, he was 19, just graduated high school a year ago and is attending the local college for a football scholarship. A good lad all around, but a dangerous one. This meta was capable of telepathy and semi-super strength abilities. His name was also given, the name was Keith Newlend, although, his "hero" name was Hellgen, a suiting name for such a unstable meta that tended to be reckless a lot of the time.

Carden had obtained other info on Keith as well, detailing his college grades and family, everything that was essential to capture him. Carden had also studied slightly and prepared for the worst, which of course, never happened. Carden was wearing his wool trench coat with a scarf covering his nose and mouth, with his hair all done to look quite nice. Although, if they fight, it may not be so nice afterwards. Carden smiled as Keith entered a ally, this was perfect. Keith was clueless Carden was tailing him and was quite like how Stryker described, reckless. After entering the ally, Carden saw how Keith leaped up the building effortlessly to the roof top and Carden smiled, transforming into his gas like form and followed, floating to the top and reassembling. Carden was now behind the Keith fellow and watched as Keith put on his super hero attire after removing it from his bag. Carden at the same time smirked and removed his coat and scarf, moving his neck side to side with a slight crack with each tilt. The combat suit he was wearing under his jacket was now revealed and the helmet of the suit assembled over his face.

Carden whistled and Keith immediately darted his head to him. Carden then locked onto him via HUD and looked around slightly at his surroundings and says, "Are you going to just stand there or let me take you out without resistance?", Carden darted towards Keith and charged a punch by winding it back. Before he reached within' range of Keith, Keith had already started to counter attack and wind his fist back, ready to collide with Carden, in response, Carden transformed into a gas and flowed through his punch and passed by him at the last second and reappeared behind him, kicking the back of Keith's knee, with no success, his super strength was too strong for Carden to use traditional fighting tactics and paid for it right way. Keith turned and kicked Carden. Kicking him off the roof and into the next buildings window accross the street, smashing through the glass. As soon as he entered the apartments window, screams were heard and you can already assume cops were called.

In response, Carden just stood back up, feeling his chest hurt, noting how he may be sore tommrow morning and transformed and reappeared on the street below. Keith leaped off the rooftop and on the street as well, smiling as he charged at Carden with quick speed, and swung a punch at Carden once he was within' range. Carden simply moved his head and stepped aside and at the same time, charged a bolt of lightning in his hand and sent it into Keith's chest, sending him flying accross the street into the streets local shoe repair shop, Keith, a large guy, flying straight through the front window. Carden then stood and waited, looking for a tactical opportunity. Already hearing the sound of sirens quickly get louder as they near their location.

by **Lotsofluck** September 19th 2015, 2:58 am

"Holy fuck"

A crack of thunder followed by a flash of light sent a man hurtling through the air and into a near by building. This was a real metahuman fight thats for sure. Alex had just got here, but the path of destruction left behind by the two seemed to be quite large indeed. Already there were two buildings downed by just a seemingly quick flurry. That last blow though was something else. Had one of them really shot lightning at the the other? Alex couldn't tell. He had to get closer.

He sprinted from car to car in the street as he edged closer. He spotted a ladder in a nearby alleyway. He paused for a second. If he went up that ladder, he would be commuting to this foolhardy escapade. He only paused for a second. He started climbing up the ladder to the top of the roof. This was his one chance, no way that he would let it slip him bye.

Only wished he had an actual superhero uniform instead of a black jacket and jeans. It would have to do.

by **Carden** September 19th 2015, 1:26 pm

Things started to escalate fairly quickly as the police neared the two, and Carden's suit already picked up nearby movement from the approaching cops and several civilians running away and moving about. Carden waited as the brute crawled out of the store, clearly upset to say the least. He reached over and grabbed the nearby street lamp and ripped it out of the ground and grunted, pulling it back and swinging it for Carden's legs. Carden promptly jumped up over the street lamp and sent a electric pulse out, mapping the area in his head, giving him a tactical advantage. The police quickly arrived and stopped their cars close to Keith and Carden were, drawing their weapons, demanding for Carden and Keith to put they're hands above their heads and all that. Carden smiled and turned, walking towards the cop slowly, with each step he took the cops finger tensed on the guns trigger, until finally, the gun was fired and the world appeared to slow around Carden and he promptly plucked the bullet out of the air and smiled as the cop looked at him confused and scared. Until Carden transformed into a gas and flowed into the cops airways.

Once inside the cop, Carden took over his body and began to move, aiming the gun at Keith and firing. Watching the bullets bounce off his skin. Carden sighed as the cop and flowed out of him, watching the cop pass out and lay on the ground. The remaining cops were struck by a moderate amount of electricity by a pulse Carden sent out, knocking them all out. Carden touched his suits helmet as Keith began to prepare himself for his next attack. Carden spoke a few words and sent another blast of electricity that was much stronger than last time, watching Keith fly through the building backwards like a stone going through paper. Keith stood up and charged at Carden and received another blast of electricity. Carden stood and smiled as Keith pressed a button on his watch and a loud boom was heard and was followed by a loud thump. Looking back Carden saw a guy set completely a flame, smiling while firing... Ahem.. a fire ball at Carden. Carden transformed and reformed on the floor above, talking into his helmet again, running, jumping out the second floor window and landing below, looking at the.. "Hot head" and brute. Carden sighed and realized he wasn't going to be able to take them both alive without killing one of them. So Carden spoke into his helmet again and another boom was heard and a man in a futuristic suit crashed into the ground next to Carden moments later. Carden looked at Stryker and back to the two, "This evens the odds a little, dont it?".

Stryker's rail guns and other weaponry activated and the first attack was sent out by Stryker as he blasted a rail gun blast at the brute, sending him flying 100 feet backwards as the sub sonic propelled projectile collided into him. Stryker looked to Carden and nodded. Flying upwards and forwards towards the brute. The flaming guy looked at Carden and smiled without saying a word. Carden sighed and blasted electrcity into his chest. He was sent backwards but returned the favor by sending a flaming ball at Carden, clipping his arm as he tried to dodge it in time. The suit held up the attack easily. Carden then transformed into the gas and moved towards the hot head. Stryker meanwhile landed infront of the brute and watched as the brute winded back and swung a punch, Stryker caught his fist and used his suits abilities and flew upwards, holding onto the brute while his shoulder mounted 50.cal miniguns fired into the brute.

The brute and Stryker disappeared from sight and Stryker in a few moments, would presumably captured the brute fairly easily. Carden reformed behind the burning man and kicked the back of his knee and wrapped his arm around the flaming guy's neck to subdue him.

by **Lotsofluck** September 19th 2015, 4:05 pm

"holyfuckholyfuckholyfuckkkk....."

Alexs had crawled forward to the edge of the roof as the battle spilled out into the street. And with the worst timing ever, a few cops pulled up and had their guns drawn. Now these guys had balls. Two metas duking it out and these guys simply drew their guns, telling them to surrender. Very brave. Stupid, but very brave. The one that had been shooting lightning seemed to disapte into nothing but gas that trailed forward to a cop. From what Alex could see, the gas seemed to go inside one of the cops. The cop quickly opened fire on the other meta, but to no avail. With a sigh the gas came out again, cause the cop to pass out.

Now this was just getting weird now.

Looks like the original pair had called for back up of some sort. That only things even more chaotic as now fireballs and sonic shots were filling the air. The super strength guy was carried off into the air, bullets bouncing off of his face with the other two began chucking fireballs/lightning at each other. It looked like the lightning guy was winning, but that wasn't Alex's main concern right now. He jumped from the roof, landing next to the cops with a loud thud. He made a small crater, but was surprisingly okay. First super jump. Alex smiled to himself then held his hands up to the cops.

"We need to get you out of here!"

The other cop, hovering over his partner, paused for a second before nodding. He put his gun away as he lifted the cop up.

Cop: "Help me carry him out of here!"

Alex: "I think I can get you both"

With no effort, Alex lifted them both off of the ground. He grinned and jumped up again, flying close to a hundred yards away down the street. He set the pair down.

"Stay here!"

And he leaped back, landing with a loud bomb. A crater formed around him a good 10 feet. He curled his fist into balls as he adopted a fighting stance. Now it was time to help.

by **Carden** September 20th 2015, 8:33 pm

Once the flamer passed out from loss of oxygen, his flames died out as well. Looking around Carden observed and noticed floating cops with a individual nearby, not moving. Carden tapped his helmet and spoke into it and started to walk away from the knocked out meta and become transparent. After becoming invisible, Carden moved about, observing the meta do his heroism acts, soon watching them end such acts. Carden moved about, taking out cops with light blasts of electricity, knocking them out.

Carden sighed and reappeared. Staring at the "hero", "You looking to end up eating your foods from a straw, or are you smart enough to turn around and leave?", Carden stood still and prepared for any course of action from this guy. He seemed amateurish by the way he carried himself, and well. He looked like he just got out of school. Carden continued his line of speech saying, "You know, if you're interested, you can come with me and we can both benefit from your abilities, you will learn to become stronger, and in return work under me."

by **Lotsofluck** September 20th 2015, 9:05 pm

And just like that, the cops were down. Flashes of electricity and bam. That was it. Alex had rasied his hands ready to defend himself, but didn't think to protect the others. The lightning never even touched him. He stared around the street in a deafening silence at the smoking bodies.

"Holy Shit..."

These cops may have been just knocked out but how could Alex tell that? To him, this man had just blew away the cops without a seconds hesitation. He stared back at the man, watching his mouth move. He was talking. To who? Oh, to Alex. Like a bubble had been lifted, Alex's ears began to catch the man's words.

"You know, if you're interested, you can come with me and we can both benefit from your abilities, you will learn to become stronger, and in return work under me."

Alex blinked at him, trying to process what he had just said. Had he really just offered Alex a apprenticeship? Only one proper response to that. Alex raised both fists as he stepped into a boxing stance. His right hand and foot were leading, while he balanced on the balls of his feet.

"How about you go fuck yourself."

Not the smartest thing to say to a guy who just smoked two other meta humans.

by **Carden** September 20th 2015, 9:18 pm

Carden sighed and shook his head. "Very well.", Carden looked at the sky at the stormy clouds and clenched his fists, shooting electricity into the sky with a large and bright bolt, watching it gather in the sky, combining with the electricity in the clouds. Afterwards a few seconds passed and the electricity in the supercharged clouds struck Carden with an even larger bolt. Absorbing the lightning, he smiled. Cracking his neck side to side. Carden transformed into a gas and flowed into a nearby civilian that was running away. He took control and walked towards the meta, kneeling down to pick up a pistol.

After picking it up he pulled the side back to load it and raised it to the meta, firing several shots at them. Standing at about 20 meters away from him, moving closer as he shot the 9mm rounds from the glock at him. Carden truly saw potential in this guy, but in order to make sure Carden didn't leave any loose ends he had to do this. Carden pulled out of the civ and reformed, releasing a blast of electricity everywhere in the area, stretching to at least 100 meters, killing any normal human being that doesn't have any super durable abilities. And making sure not to strike the flamer. Seconds later, Stryker swooped in at incredible speeds, landing and picking up the flaming guy that is passed out, flying away with him in a matter of seconds after the blast.

by **Lotsofluck** September 21st 2015, 12:06 am

"Oh"

Guess he was fighting Zues. Or at least a ripoff of him. Lightning rolled across the darkening clouds above as if called. Great waves of rolling thunder sounded their arrival. A blast of light caused made Alex raise his arms to block an incoming blast but no hit ever came. He opened his eyes just in time to see the would be mentor form into gas and drift into a nearby civilian. He muttered under his breath as he advanced from the street towards the civilian.

"Oh thats just cheating... Hey, what the hell are you doing. No, no... put down the gun!"

Alex paused next to a car, one hand raised as he called out to the guy. Not good. Not good at all.He very well couldn't hurt this civilian no matter who was possessing him. Though that didn't really leave him with much options. To buy more time Alex dove behind the car. Trying to keep the car in between them, Alex crouched down and circled around as shots rang out. Not so brave for a first time hero. But that didn't really matter to Alex. He just had to stay alive right now and protect those people. He peaked through the car's window to see the civilian belching out Carden. Perfect. alex braced his hands against the car ready to push it. Too late as it turned out.

Carden let lose a blast of elecricity that rolled like a great wave ingratiating outwards from him. Alex braced for impact. The wave passed through him, tingling but barely felt at all. The same could not be said for those around them. By now a few other people had come out into the street to see the seen. Alex watched as they dropped, unable to out run that wave of death. For the second time, Alex watched as this man killed. This time killing everything and everyone.. besides Alex. His fingers crunched the metal frame of the car. The other guy came swooping in, aiming to pick up that flame meta. Not going to happen.

With a mighty kick, Alex sent the car flying at Carden. Alex still held onto the door though and threw it like a frisbee at Stryker.

"Get Back Here!"

by **Carden** September 21st 2015, 6:52 am

Carden saw the car coming and his super reflexes helped him spot the car as it came towards him. Combined with his super intellect he was able to predict the trajectory and velocity in a matter of seconds and simply jumped to the side with a combat roll. The heavy car flying past him. Afterwards Carden stood up and brushed himself off. Smirking. Things were about to get interesting, especially if Stryker is being pulled into it all... Stryker's HUD popped up with a incoming projectile and turned, being able to smack the door away. But the energy from the velocity of the door made him stumble still, but unscathed.

Styker charged his railguns and fired them into the car the new found enemy meta was hiding, after the shot was sent off. The metal and steel of the car would most likely be ripped through like paper, and would tear flesh with no problem, if it hit the meta. Stryker at the same time closed in on the meta and started to charge his other weaponry, firing plenty of 50.cal bullets into the metas direction. Charging his thrusters, starting to take off.

Carden meanwhile stood and watched and planned to move in after Stryker retaliated. He opened his HUD via his helmet and gazed at the area while taking cover behind a car just in case Stryker leveled this entire city block like last time, or maybe he'll just let the meta leave and send a message of sorts. Either way, Carden waited until Stryker had finished his attack. Carden was curious on how exactly this meta would fight back. After Stryker would probably of taken off. Carden stood up and fired a fully charged electric bolt straight towards the meta.

by **Lotsofluck** September 21st 2015, 12:41 pm

Alex raised his arms into an X just in time for the rail gun shot to slam into him. The force of the shot sent him flying backwards into the middle of the street, but Alex somehow kept his feet. Smoke began to trail off of his arms, but Alex barely felt any pain at all. Nothing penetrated, just the force of the impact. Sweeeeet. Alex charged forward, .50 cal bullets bouncing off him like they were flies. Not even worth his notice. He charged faster then a human should have been able to, closing in on 40 miles per hour. Still not fast enough as Alex could see those thrusters charging up again. He grabbed a street lamp pole, yanking it out of the ground effortlessly. He spun extending the pole out, using it to extend his reach as he tried to nail the bastard in the back.

He was so tunnel visioned from taking down the first meta, he didn't even see the second guys attack against him. Just after Alex swung his pole, Carden's bolt nailed him in the side. The force sent Alex crashing into the nearby building. He broke through the first wall and smashed into the far back one with a loud thud. He fell done to one knee, holding on to his side. Now that shot actually hurt. He felt like he had just recivied a hard knee to the ribs. On the couch there was a man with a disturbingly vacant gaze in his eyes as he started at a blank tv. Alex's fist clenched into balls again as he rose up to his feet. Thepain was nothing. He would handle it. He took off his jacket as he began walking out into the street. He dropped it, rolling his shoulders.

He was just getting started.

by **Carden** September 21st 2015, 2:40 pm

Miles saw the street lamp come towards him and easily maneuvered out of the way and took off, realizing the fight wasn't worth his time. Meanwhile, Carden stayed and turned invisible, creeping about, observing. Carden had noticed the bolt certainly knocked the meta away and waited for a tactical advantage. Currently, he had the upper hand as Carden was out of sight, but Carden could clearly see the now emerging meta coming out of the building. Carden smiled and reappeared. He charged electricity in his hands and shot it into the ground and a being made of pure electricity emerged and stood next to Carden. He then charged another bolt and sent that one hurling at the meta once again, and at the same time, the pure energy being, Lex. Did the same.

After a few moments, Miles made his way out of the area, not to be seen until needed. All was going to plan, Carden could easily take this inexperienced meta by the way things were going.

by **Lotsofluck** September 21st 2015, 4:09 pm

The sun felt good on Alex's back, its bright rays warming him down to his core. His senses seemed to explode as time elongated for him. He could see the sparks coalescing by Carden in a human shape, electricity taking form. The other meta seemed to be long gone by the time Alex stepped out into the house. Fine. This asshole would have to do.

He charged forward as the pair seemed to be charging up, making his way into the street. In sync, twin bolts of lightning shot out at Alex. Unlike last time, Alex could follow these ones. He juked to the left, then dove in a gap between the two and rolled under them. He had closed about half the distance between them now. He rolled to one knee then brought down both fists like the hammers of a god.

The effect was drastic. Shock waves emanating from the Alex as the origin point in the direction of the two. Chunks of the earth were ripped upwards like gigantic slabs of an earthen wall. It was close to ten feet tall directly in front of Alex, though reaching upwards of 25 feet under the other two. Water pipe lines underneath the street broke in one gigantic spray then settled down. The destruction was immense and swift.

by **Carden** September 21st 2015, 4:23 pm

Carden smiled as he smashed the concrete. Within' seconds Carden disappeared into his mist like form and sank into the ground making the attack have no effect, Carden phased out of the attack. At the same time Lex, his companion, flew upwards, capable of avoiding the attack completely, just like Carden was able to. Lex made her way up above ground several meters and charged another attack as she drained the city blocks power, absorbing it all. She then released the overflow of energy into one large wide blast of electricity at the meta.

At the same time Carden tried to reappear from his mist like form behind the meta, rising up from the ground while this was all happening only two or three seconds after he disappeared. Carden would then channel a large amount of electricity to his hand and try to place his hand on the metas head from behind to make direct contact to the meta and release a massive amount of power saying, "Good night.", this energy is enough to tear through steel and metal with ease. If the energy wasn't channeled in such a precision based strike targeted at the metas head, the energy could perhaps level the entire block, all this was being done in unison with Lex and Carden doing both things at the same time, of course if he succeeded.

by **Lotsofluck** September 21st 2015, 5:40 pm

Except Alex wasn't facing the rock wall he had just created. He had his back pressed against it as he waited. He may not have been a super genius not even a regular genius, but he wasn't dumb. He had seen that guy just phase through things like a gas before and Alex was betting he was going to do it again. Why not? It had always worked for him before. He had a 12 foot slab of rock made of asphalt pressed against his back, arms at the ready.

As Carden reformed in front of him, Alex saw him. As Carden tried to grab him, Alex understood what was happening. As Carden attacked, Alex reacted.

He fell back on years of martial arts and a new found reaction time. He stepped forward as Carden did, ducking under the lunging hand. He came up with a uppercut aimed at the mans stomach, using his own momentum against him. Not that it matter with the amount of force Alex was bring to bear.

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