Channel 21 News 9am December 15th 2055
A young woman appeared on the screen. She stood in front of the burning wreckage of a building. She spoke into a microphone loudly. "This is Kelly for channel 21 news. I am standing at City Hall in New York City where a massive terrorist attack has just taken place. As of yet nothing has been confirmed but group called the Super Human Superiority Movement is speculated to be the responsible." An explosion is heard nearby. "Tom tell me your filming this!" The camera turns to show another part of the building that's collapsing. The camera zooms in revealing a man with deep red skin and no hair. The man carried a tank of what appeared to be water.A group of police armed with assault rifles went to bring down the man. The red man immediately splashed water into the air. upon hitting the ground the liquid caused a large explosion. The camera shot was covered in smoke. Then the signal cut out.
10am
The camera showed a news anchor at his desk. The man behind the desk spoke. "Due to the attack earlier today the mayor who is in the hospital for some minor injuries, has issued an emergency measure to deal with any other potential threats. It turns out researchers working for the NYFC have developed a blood test to determine if someone is a Non Human. They weren't planning on using this test for a couple months but the situation has sped up the process. Every citizen of New York City is required to get tested within the next two weeks or else they will be targeted for arrest for non compliance with the law. The mayor also encourages you to report anyone who acts suspicious to the police. Any suspects will be forcibly tested by authorities as soon as possible." A picture of the red man shown in the earlier news report appears on screen. "Any information leading to the arrest of this terrorist will rewarded with a large cash sum. He is a known affiliate of SHSM. These freaks are a threat to you and your families so please do your part to make this city safe for us all."
Rory Visculk's apartment 10am.
Rory sat on his chair watching the news. He spat on the floor and turned off the tv. "Fucking pricks. " He mumbled to himself. He took a swig of whiskey and stood up. His apartment was an absolute mess. The floor was covered in bottles. He had just lost his job a couple days before and hadn't really been sober since. Now this story on the news had really pissed him off. He poured the rest of the bottle in the sink. He had decided that he would go out tonight and raise some hell. He needed to sober up until then.
2pm
Rory was surprisingly sober already. It seemed whatever gave him his power also gave him a crazy high alcohol tolerance. He had spent the last couple few hours listening to loud music from his cd player and practicing with his lighter. There was a loud knock on the door. Rory quickly threw on his cloths, lit up a cigarette and opened the door. It was a police officer. The officer spoke. "Your neighbor called about a noise complaint." Rory quickly used a remote to turn off his cd player and responded. "I'm sorry. Tell him it won't happen again." The officer spoke again. "Well I'm sure it won't but after what happened earlier today I'm gonna have to take you down to the station to get you tested." Rory responded calmly. "Alright just let me grab my jacket." He reached to the side of the door and grabbed his welding mask. He then proceeded to knock the officer over the head with it. While officer recovered from the pain he quickly put it on and pulled out his lighter. The officer reached for his gun but was too slow. Rory lit up his lighter and torched the officers face. The officer fell to the ground blinded and in pain. Rory with his mask quickly ran out of the building knowing he could never return. Still he had spent enough time around non humans to know about the shelter. He knew a way to get there through the sewers. Rory hid the mask in a nearby garbage can as he went into a store and bought a crow bar. He left the store and grabbed his mask. He used the crowbar to open up a nearby sewer cover. He entered and was sure to close it behind him.
4pm
After over an hour of walking through the sewers Rory finally arrived at the shelter. Many people had heard the rumors of The Shelter. Some said it was a cave off in the woods somewhere. In reality they had many locations and all of them were fairly boring. The one in New York City is a series of storage lockers. The people running it ran it as a legitimate business at one point but in recent years it was converted for its new purpose. To keep up appearances they do still do some legitimate business but most of the storage spaces were actually living spaces occupied by non humans. Rory entered through the back door and found the owner. He told him that he needed to lay low and the owner gave him a key to a storage box. It would be expected that Rory would have to pay dues at some point but that wasn't a concern for now.
A young woman appeared on the screen. She stood in front of the burning wreckage of a building. She spoke into a microphone loudly. "This is Kelly for channel 21 news. I am standing at City Hall in New York City where a massive terrorist attack has just taken place. As of yet nothing has been confirmed but group called the Super Human Superiority Movement is speculated to be the responsible." An explosion is heard nearby. "Tom tell me your filming this!" The camera turns to show another part of the building that's collapsing. The camera zooms in revealing a man with deep red skin and no hair. The man carried a tank of what appeared to be water.A group of police armed with assault rifles went to bring down the man. The red man immediately splashed water into the air. upon hitting the ground the liquid caused a large explosion. The camera shot was covered in smoke. Then the signal cut out.
10am
The camera showed a news anchor at his desk. The man behind the desk spoke. "Due to the attack earlier today the mayor who is in the hospital for some minor injuries, has issued an emergency measure to deal with any other potential threats. It turns out researchers working for the NYFC have developed a blood test to determine if someone is a Non Human. They weren't planning on using this test for a couple months but the situation has sped up the process. Every citizen of New York City is required to get tested within the next two weeks or else they will be targeted for arrest for non compliance with the law. The mayor also encourages you to report anyone who acts suspicious to the police. Any suspects will be forcibly tested by authorities as soon as possible." A picture of the red man shown in the earlier news report appears on screen. "Any information leading to the arrest of this terrorist will rewarded with a large cash sum. He is a known affiliate of SHSM. These freaks are a threat to you and your families so please do your part to make this city safe for us all."
Rory Visculk's apartment 10am.
Rory sat on his chair watching the news. He spat on the floor and turned off the tv. "Fucking pricks. " He mumbled to himself. He took a swig of whiskey and stood up. His apartment was an absolute mess. The floor was covered in bottles. He had just lost his job a couple days before and hadn't really been sober since. Now this story on the news had really pissed him off. He poured the rest of the bottle in the sink. He had decided that he would go out tonight and raise some hell. He needed to sober up until then.
2pm
Rory was surprisingly sober already. It seemed whatever gave him his power also gave him a crazy high alcohol tolerance. He had spent the last couple few hours listening to loud music from his cd player and practicing with his lighter. There was a loud knock on the door. Rory quickly threw on his cloths, lit up a cigarette and opened the door. It was a police officer. The officer spoke. "Your neighbor called about a noise complaint." Rory quickly used a remote to turn off his cd player and responded. "I'm sorry. Tell him it won't happen again." The officer spoke again. "Well I'm sure it won't but after what happened earlier today I'm gonna have to take you down to the station to get you tested." Rory responded calmly. "Alright just let me grab my jacket." He reached to the side of the door and grabbed his welding mask. He then proceeded to knock the officer over the head with it. While officer recovered from the pain he quickly put it on and pulled out his lighter. The officer reached for his gun but was too slow. Rory lit up his lighter and torched the officers face. The officer fell to the ground blinded and in pain. Rory with his mask quickly ran out of the building knowing he could never return. Still he had spent enough time around non humans to know about the shelter. He knew a way to get there through the sewers. Rory hid the mask in a nearby garbage can as he went into a store and bought a crow bar. He left the store and grabbed his mask. He used the crowbar to open up a nearby sewer cover. He entered and was sure to close it behind him.
4pm
After over an hour of walking through the sewers Rory finally arrived at the shelter. Many people had heard the rumors of The Shelter. Some said it was a cave off in the woods somewhere. In reality they had many locations and all of them were fairly boring. The one in New York City is a series of storage lockers. The people running it ran it as a legitimate business at one point but in recent years it was converted for its new purpose. To keep up appearances they do still do some legitimate business but most of the storage spaces were actually living spaces occupied by non humans. Rory entered through the back door and found the owner. He told him that he needed to lay low and the owner gave him a key to a storage box. It would be expected that Rory would have to pay dues at some point but that wasn't a concern for now.
