[b][color=00aeef]Guar[/color][color=f49ac2]dian[/color][/b]
Location: Nova City Bank, Lobby
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It has been a year...for a year, working as a "cop" by technical standards but also doubling as a "SWAT" at times. Even now, she wondered if this was what punishment was like. She understood WHY she was made to be a "law enforcer". That for her, playing by "the rules" was the least efficient way to get things done. For her, it wasn't the work that was tough.

It was HOW they wanted her to do the work that annoyed her at times. To follow the orders of others.

Yet at the same time, it hadn't been as bad as she thought. More to the point, she understood WHY the rules were there thanks to those like Vanguard and, as much as she hated to admit it, Silver Sentry among other stories she had read...and many years before, she found out the hard way during her days in New York when that kingpin sent every last member of thugs after her. They even didn't stop fighting after injuries...more afraid of their boss than her even when their boss was behind bars...those dropped bodies will forever haunt and remind her what happens when you either bend or even break the rules too much.

But sometimes...you had to bend them...the hardest part was how much can you "bend" before something "breaks".

And this latest situation was perhaps a reminder of that. Organized criminals and possible "Metas" among them...possibly because the Nova Police were actually doing their jobs well on cracking down on crime overall...perhaps TOO well and perhaps NOT bending any rules. It was a delicate balance that much is certain.

Then...the "intel" on what she heard over the radio...the worst were individuals who made their way past the perimeter.

The big one being "Glutton". Known Vigilante and her "case" assigned to her due to her "street smarts" and being a former one herself. Glutton's recent activities have..."raised concerns" to put it nicely. While he only targeted "criminals", it seemed that it didn't matter to Glutton how "bad" said criminal was. To put it in general, his methods were considered "extreme" and based on his crime scene's alone, he seemed to look for ANY reason to execute his victims.

So as she rode along with the rest of Vanguard's squad, she knew her role. Wearing a SWAT helmet and what looked like high tech goggles of some sort, she was also wearing her pink body suit but a bullet proof vest was on the outside of it. But even with all the equipment she was wearing, her and everything she had seemed to just "vanish" as the van came to a stop and everyone started filing out.

But they were all used to it. They knew how Guardian liked to operate but that didn't mean she strayed too far.

Especially to her current partner, Vanguard.

She did remain that way until the hostage crisis part...then when it all went to hell when Glutton and, eventually, two others suddenly acted before Vanguard could organize a plan or even "stall" with the criminal who "wanted to talk".

After the dust settled, she decloaked right next to Vanguard...she then "swiped" her fingers in front of her, a pink "VR Window" opened and then another swipe, a pink "VR Keyboard" appeared. Typing away quickly, she pointed the "window" at the two newcomers.

[color=6ecff6]"Oy boss. Got ID's. First with the white hair and facial markings is...whoa. Won't say his name out loud but guy was trained by Marcus Kane himself. Halcyon II maybe? And the other is only someone I started seeing rumors going on the dark web about named Rift. Don't know their ID's but there's a recent story going around that Rift is actually two people taking turns with one hero costume. Though the fact Glutton of all people called out one of two...not sure though."[/color]

Didn't matter to her if she was either the hero or vigilante. If there was anything she still believed in, it was information.

Guardian then swiped away both the window and keyboard and was about to make a move on Glutton before he announced that he was going to quickly teleport the "civilian" that had made her way to the lobby just now...and instantly Guardian recognized the lady. The same lady that she knew Vanguard was handling a relating case on.

[color=f49ac2]"HEY! DON'T YOU-"[/color], she said but was too late as they "teleported" away. Supposedly somewhere outside the front of the bank.

[color=f49ac2]"...ay diablo"[/color], she muttered, annoyed.

Falling back on perhaps bad habits, she tried to follow.

Problem was, she didn't ask Vanguard permission nor waited for an order. Despite being partners, he was still her superior.