Heroes Of Tomorrow (IC | Superhero)

[Segral]

Grant Miller

The convoy came to a stop in the village. Grant leaped out, only to see...nothing, really. Everything was quiet, eerily quiet. Like, "It's quiet, too quiet" quiet. It was literally the scene of every movie ambush, ever. And sometimes movies could be right. He didn't know what Ngata was thinking by sending them in to almost 99% certain injury/death, considering we had just had two badly injured trainees in the HQ raid, among several minor ones, three deaths in Hong Kong, and the massacre of several Guardians in the coup. Did they just like killing them off? Oh, wait, Grant already knew the answer to that question.

And it was yes.

But, the idiot was basically blind to the fact they were all gonna die if they walked in. But then, some villager crashed through the underbrush and came lumbering over, veeeery slowly. Suddenly, it was like a new electricity charged the air. Everything was tense, quiet. Some girl started yelling in Spanish, and both her and some other girl pointed their guns at him. Something was off about him. He wouldn't meet their gazes, he walked like a twitching rabid dog, he didn't even pay attention to them. Grant slowly pulled out his own pistol, locking and loading.

"How do we know this new strain isn't dangerous? If he makes a threatening move, I'm blowing his brains out. We can't afford to lose more trainees." He began to slowly walk towards the man, veeeery slowly, keeping his gun trained on his head. He didn't know much Spanish, so he tried to spit out what little he knew.

"Oi, tu! Dices a donde van todos, yo no te disparo, ¿entiendes?" he yelled, ready to fire.

[Forest State]

“For one, we don’t know if this person is infected by the parasite at all… As I’ve said, the signs being shown here are not typical for someone who has been infected by the parasite,” stated Callan, but even he reached for his weapon and expanded the heavy gauntlet around his fist, just in case it was needed. Still, he held up a hand and gestured for the others to hold on until they had more details about the situation. “Hold fire. If this person is infected by a different strain of parasite, we want to observe it. The man clearly isn’t armed, so let’s hold off until he becomes a threat. We don’t need more reckless actions after Hong Kong.”

There were other sounds coming from the distance and it seemed like the bushes were shaking some more, as if that man wasn’t the only one to be present. That was when Brianna powered up her own gauntlets, and when Riley reached for his hammer, just in case anything kicked off in the next seconds. But nothing was emerging from the bushes, not anyway yet. Still, everyone would get the feeling that they weren’t quite alone, and the man that was standing in front of them still didn’t move at all, looking straight ahead.

[Faal Lot Himdah]

"Choris de Ignotis"
Kachina, Child of the Occulta Vulgares
Medrano, Argentina

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As soon as the bushes started to rustle, and as Brianna beside her activated her gauntlets, Kachina reached down and drew both her swords. Keeping an eye on the tree line, ready to fight if she had to. In fact, if something came out of the bushes infront of her, she was ready to use her powers.

"So, I'm not hearing things right?" She asked retorically to Brianna as she continued to watch the tree line. "This just got a whole lot creepier..."

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"Assoluzione Attraverso la Punizone"
Axelia Rossi, Healing and Bleeding
Medrano, Argentina

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"What was that?" Axelia said and took a step back as she watched the bushes with panicked eyes. After a few moments, she looked to the strange man, and it was then that something came to her. While it may sound stupid, she couldn't help but ask. "Umm... could it be possible that he is looking at something? Or waiting for something?"