Create Your Own Superhero/Villain 3: Puppets and Pawns IC

[Confederated Southern States]

"Your UV needs better security. Now I have successfully broken out AND in. Anyway, what's the plan? Hey Conall."

Flamoc walked up to Conall. "Anyway Napalm's women could get her bike in here and me my car?"

"That motorbike will fit alright and it can carry your car too. But what happens to it during the flight is your problem." He chuckled. "I would advise staying in the troop bay."

Alex shrugged.

"I'll just leave my car here. No need for it. Right, so let's get movin'!"

[Galnius]

"Your UV needs better security. Now I have successfully broken out AND in. Anyway, what's the plan? Hey Conall."

Flamoc walked up to Conall. "Anyway Napalm's women could get her bike in here and me my car?"

Grinning, Alex fetched a bottle of water from his pockets.

"I hear Jess went in an' knocked a couple of guards around. She's in DC last I hear, headin' to Colonel's."

"So we're returning to DC? Let me get my knives from the car." He grabbed them as the vehicles were being loaded. Marybeth was already inside. "I call the turret!"

[Confederated Southern States]

Grinning, Alex fetched a bottle of water from his pockets.

"I hear Jess went in an' knocked a couple of guards around. She's in DC last I hear, headin' to Colonel's."

"So we're returning to DC? Let me get my knives from the car." He grabbed them as the vehicles were being loaded. Marybeth was already inside. "I call the turret!"

Alex nodded and got it.

"Let's get moving!"

[New Carloso]

"That motorbike will fit alright and it can carry your car too. But what happens to it during the flight is your problem." He chuckled. "I would advise staying in the troop bay."

Alex shrugged.

"I'll just leave my car here. No need for it. Right, so let's get movin'!"

"Well this will be a sight to behold."Conall said to himself as he powered up the Kingfisher's engines. "Hope everyones onboard!"

"Also Mary. You won't be shooting much with that car in the way!" He pointed out.

The Kingfisher rose over Atlanta and began to haul back to Washington.

[Galnius]

Alex shrugged.

"I'll just leave my car here. No need for it. Right, so let's get movin'!"

"Well this will be a sight to behold."Conall said to himself as he powered up the Kingfisher's engines. "Hope everyones onboard!"

"Also Mary. You won't be shooting much with that car in the way!" He pointed out.

The Kingfisher rose over Atlanta and began to haul back to Washington.

Marybeth grinned devishly. "I could find a way around it."

[Damak Var]

Miss Charrington extended a force field over James and the projectiles bounced off harmlessly. He did not even flinch, just smiled and wagged a finger at Der Kommisar and Der Arbitor as they drove away.

"Get the tape from the station of him shooting at me. I'll spin this."

Afterwards, James and Miss Charrington went back to the airport. They boarded his jet to go to New York.

[New Carloso]

SEVERAL HOURS LATER, WASHINGTON D.C
"Okay people. Were approaching our landing zone." Conall shouted to everyone in the troop bay. The Kingfisher zoomed over some trees and halted right in front of Shade. "Go get some!" Conall turned behind to Alex. "You'll need it!"

[Confederated Southern States]

SEVERAL HOURS LATER, WASHINGTON D.C
"Okay people. Were approaching our landing zone." Conall shouted to everyone in the troop bay. The Kingfisher zoomed over some trees and halted right in front of Shade. "Go get some!" Conall turned behind to Alex. "You'll need it!"

Alex motioned Conall off.

"Ah, screw you too."

Alex hopped out and approached Shade's car, and Shade got out.

"Kept you waitin', huh?"

Shade gave Alex a quick hug then a serious look.

"Alex, we've got another problem..."

(OOC: Since Alekera decided to randomly leave, I'm going to assume Shade's mom informed her that they got kidnapped by Jackal...)

[New Carloso]

SEVERAL HOURS LATER, WASHINGTON D.C
"Okay people. Were approaching our landing zone." Conall shouted to everyone in the troop bay. The Kingfisher zoomed over some trees and halted right in front of Shade. "Go get some!" Conall turned behind to Alex. "You'll need it!"

Alex motioned Conall off.

"Ah, screw you too."

Alex hopped out and approached Shade's car, and Shade got out.

"Kept you waitin', huh?"

Shade gave Alex a quick hug then a serious look.

"Alex, we've got another problem..."

(OOC: Since Alekera decided to randomly leave, I'm going to assume Shade's mom informed her that they got kidnapped by Jackal...)

"Conall... need sleep." Conall said lazily. He lay his head on the console.

[Confederated Southern States]

Alex curled his fists together.

"Are you fuckin' kidding me?!"

He slammed his fist into the car door, causing a small dent.

"I should've known! That weasel Jackal told me your parents were bein' investigated but... I'm going to kill him with my bare hands!"

Alex was clearly upset; Jessica's parents were basically his too. Shade sighed and pulled her hood off.

"Not if I get to him first..."

"I'm sorry Jess, I should-"

"It's not your fault!... We will get him... Come on, let's get some sleep, we'll reach Mayfield's tommorow."

Alex looked off into the sky.

"Sleep? Not gonna get much..."

[New Carloso]

Alex curled his fists together.

"Are you fuckin' kidding me?!"

He slammed his fist into the car door, causing a small dent.

"I should've known! That weasel Jackal told me your parents were bein' investigated but... I'm going to kill him with my bare hands!"

Alex was clearly upset; Jessica's parents were basically his too. Shade sighed and pulled her hood off.

"Not if I get to him first..."

"I'm sorry Jess, I should-"

"It's not your fault!... We will get him... Come on, let's get some sleep, we'll reach Mayfield's tommorow."

Alex looked off into the sky.

"Sleep? Not gonna get much..."

Conall was already sleeping soundly while being watched over by a not too interested Nicole on her datapad.

[Wabacha]

Back in New York, El Dorado was growing at an incredible rate. With the number of gangs that they absorbed, their numbers had doubled and quadrupled, and more recruits kept coming. El Dorado also took over the weapons trafficking and shares that the other gangs had owned, building up a steady supply of capital. Akator's home base was currently an apartment building that he now owned. He, Blitz, and a few of his lieutenants are playing a hand of rummy as more men were working on the financial side of his growing underworld empire.

Two of his men kicked the door open and dragged in a super. "Boss, we caught this guy sneaking around the base. He took a couple of us down, but we got'im.

Akator looked up, a little irritated. "What do you expect me to do about it?"
"Well, I- er... Caleb thought you would teach the guy a lesson!"
"Hey, don't throw me under the bus!" Caleb yelled at the first speaker.
"Shut up, the both of you. I can't concentrate with all this racket... So," Akator said as he stood up from the playing table and walked over to the captured hero. "You were sneaking around my territory, eh? I do not forgive trespassers that easily."
"And I don't forgive evil that poisons my city!" The hero shot back, struggling to free himself.

Akator grabbed the hero by the throat, lifting him up in the air as the two grunts stepped away quickly. The skeleton moved the hero's head so he could stare directly into his eyes.

"You caught me in a good mood, I'll let you live. Give this message to your colleagues, and remember it well: The dead await you here."

As the message sunk into the hero's head, he started to hear whispers, many voices echoing in his head. As he continued to stare into Akator's eyeless sockets, the voices grew louder, and a deep droning began to fill his ears. He couldn't take his eyes off of Akator's gaze. He couldn't see anything else, hear anything else, feel anything else. Everything disappeared. Everything, but the whispers...

Akator thrust the now insane hero upon the two guards that brought him here. "Throw him out of my territory, where others of his kind will find him."

They complied hurriedly, pulling the babbling superhero out of the room.

[Communist Androids]

Tempest
Tempest wandered around, now looking for a city to start his hunt. Eventually he found himself in New York City, the so called 'Big Apple', rather ironic given the obesity rates. As Tempest wandered around, he came across a man, babbling to himself. Tempest walked up to him, his hood covering his face. "You there, what are you saying?" Tempest said, rather curious of what he was saying. He just sat there, mumbling to himself before looking up. "The...the dead await you here." he said. "What the hell does that mean?" Tempest asked, but the man just continued talking to himself. Tempest then lifted him into the air with his aeromancy and pulled down his hood, revealing his skeletal face. Upon seeing this, the guy freaked the hell out. He was so scared Tempest was pretty sure the guy pissed himself. "Now, tell me what I want to know, and I'll let you live. Who told you this?" Tempest asked. "Uh...uh...he...I...don't know his name...he leads the El Dorado gang...please let me go...oh god the voices!" Tempest was done dealing with this lunatic and flung him away. The...El Dorado gang...I'll have to look into this.

[Confederated Southern States]

The next morning...

Scarecrow, as usual, fell asleep late and got up early. Unfortunately, that didn't leave him with much options considering all the others were still asleep and he was stuck in a car. Shade was asleep on the wheel beside him, so he had already armed himself sans mask. Noting it was nine in the morning, Scarecrow elbowed Shade awake.

"Come on Jess, let's get goin'."

Shade sweared under her breath as she awoke, peeling herself from the wheel and looking about.

"Ugh... what time is it?" She demanded.

"Nine." Scarecrow replied, looking at Conall's Kingfisher not far away.

"You should've let me sleep for another thirty minutes..." Shade retorted, getting her bearings.

"Let me drive then."

"Oh hell no, not after last time."

Scarecrow chuckled; last time he had drove her car he tore the front bumper up.

"Hehe, whoops."

[Wabacha]

Akator had gone back to his game, and was crushing the competition... In losses.

"Alright, everyone show you're hands," Blitz said as he took another swig of his beer. Akator and two lieutenants who hadn't shown their hands yet did so. One man had two pairs, the other had a full house. Akator however...

His men tried stifling their laughter as he showed his hand; complete and utter junk. "Pffff, Boss, you have to MATCH the cards! MATCH them!"

The skeleton had thrown his hood back earlier, so everyone could see the utter surprise and confusion on his face. "Match them? I thought I was supposed to not match them..."
"Haha, no Boss, you WANT to match them, like this." Blitz showed his hand; Four aces and a king. "See, you want to get as many of a kind together as you can."

"Hmmm... This game is complex," Akator said as he scratched his chin, looking at his garbage of a hand.
"Yeah, it can be," Blitz replied as he leaned back in his chair. The sudden entrance of one of their scouts grabbed his attention.
"Blitz - Aka-Boss, sirs! Someone has found the super, but I don't think that he's a hero..."
Hmmm... Thought Blitz as he looked with interest at the scout, Akator was still staring at his cards. Things may start to get interesting around here...

[Communist Androids]

Darin
Darin rode his bike down to the Pentagon. It didn't take him long to find his team, they were already in one place, eating from one of the fast food chains that had a store there. Darin had singled out each of these men, they all showed something different. they had an exceptional skill in one field or another. Darin took a seat at their table. "Alright guys. I'm going to make this as quick and easy as possible, so shut up and listen. A very good friend of mine may or may not been wrongly accused or a crime and lets just say that he may or may not need our help. Now, you may or may not want to get geared up and ready to go, and you may or may not want to meet back here in the morning tomorrow, alright?" Darin said. The guys all simultaneously responded "Sir yes sir!" Darin smiled a bit to himself. "Good to hear."
THE NEXT DAY.
Darin did, in fact, meet with his team that morning. They all hand their armor and weapons, which wasn't extremely suspicious given that they were in a military building. Darin pulled out his phone, called Shade's number, and waited for a response.
Tempest
Tempest had noticed the 'scout', not by seeing him but by detecting his movements. Aeromancy was a very useful skill in some ways. Tempest used this to follow the man back to whatever building he was going to. Steal was not really Tempest's thing, but he was able to follow him from quite a ways away, which was helpful in not being noticed. Eventually the person stopped in a room of the building. Tempest quickly caught up to him and nonchalantly walked into the room. "Hello there." Tempest said to everyone in the room, cocky as ever.

[Confederated Southern States]

Shade groggily answered her phone.

"What..." She raspily whispered.

[Communist Androids]

Darin
"Well, yesterday you asked me to get some men. I got some men." Darin said. "Yea, best men in the whole damn army! Or should I say, best man." Daniel said, just as cocky as ever. Darin took the phone away from his ear for a moment. "Shut up."

[Confederated Southern States]

Darin
"Well, yesterday you asked me to get some men. I got some men." Darin said. "Yea, best men in the whole damn army! Or should I say, best man." Daniel said, just as cocky as ever. Darin took the phone away from his ear for a moment. "Shut up."

Shade sighed, then noticed her breath smelled like garbage; she'd get to that in a minute.

"Uh, right... how many?"

[Wabacha]

As soon as Tempest uttered the first syllable, weapons were pulled out of hiding spots all over the room, and were all aimed at Tempest. The two men at the card table pushed themselves away and pulled out machine-pistols. Blitz slowly pushed himself away from the table, more cautious than the men. Akator acted completely differently.

"Ah, welcome, WELCOME! Welcome to my humble abode!" Akator greeted the Necromancer as if he was an old friend, waving him closer to join them at the card table. "If you would like a drink, we have the best alcohol in the city. El Dorado only trades the best!"

He waved again towards the kitchen, where numerous top brands of wine and alchohol were on tap, courtesy of recent expansions into the trade.

[New Carloso]

Conall sat in the troop bay drinking his flask of coffee and cursing the world around him. "I feel like SHIT!" He bellowed at the floor. Nicole was outside somewhere. He didn't care.

[Communist Androids]

Darin
"Not including me, 5." Darin said. Hopefully she wasn't expecting him to bring the whole damn army. It's not exactly easy to get a whole group to just leave the army and go out fighting with him. Also, Darin found it important that they be able to all go around in one vehicle, less suspicious and just overall easier that way.
Tempest
"Well, it's nice to see that someone here knows about manners and common courtesy. Thank you." Tempest said to his undead host. "I would love a drink, but it's rather irrelevant now." Tempest then pulled down his hood, showing his skeletal face. "Don't really drink anymore." Tempest said as he took a seat at the table. "Nice to meet all of you."

[Confederated Southern States]

Darin
"Not including me, 5." Darin said. Hopefully she wasn't expecting him to bring the whole damn army. It's not exactly easy to get a whole group to just leave the army and go out fighting with him. Also, Darin found it important that they be able to all go around in one vehicle, less suspicious and just overall easier that way.

Shade breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ok, sounds reasonable. We'll be moving shortly." She hung up.

"Give me twenty to eat and brush my teeth." Shade told Scarecrow, getting out of the car.

"And have you been smoking again?"

Scarecrow shrugged.

"Just one, it was my first in a month. Don't yell at me mom." He shot back.

"Right... keep it under control." Shade closed the door. Scarecrow stuck his tounge out after she left.

[Wabacha]

The men were shocked that there was another skeletal person running around NYC, although Akator was merely pleased that there was another of his kind, even if they were made differently.

"Ah, of course. Attempting to drink now only makes a mess. Deal him in," He said to one of the lieutenants, who collected the cards using an ability. The cards made a mini tornado, then the the tornado turned into the hands dealt for each player. The rest turned into the deck.

[Alekera]

Shade noticed her messaging system was ringing and answered.

"Mom? What's up?"

In a panicking voice, he mother spoke.

"Some people are trying to get us! Oh no! They're breaking down the door! Jessica, I love you! Stay strong for m---"

Her call was interrupted by a loud burst through the door, as well as gunfire.

As Shade's father was shooting at one of Jackal's mercenaries, Jackal charged at Shade's father, knocking his M4 out of his hands. Shade's father rushed to grab his M4, but before he could, Jackal kicked him in the stomach, sending him across the room, into the wall. Her father tried to get up, but before he could, Jackal grabbed him by the throat and held him in the air.

"You.... You are coming with me.", Jackal said.

Jackal's remaining men, grabbed a hold of Shade's mother and bound the two together in the back of his armored SUV. The phone laid on the ground, still on the line with Shade...