Constantine had gotten out of the labyrinth, an act that was much faster than one would think due to the fact that, well, no one saw him wander in and out of it. Once in the New Sun Tower's park, where all the civilians had been evacuated; the civilians inside the tower itself were being guarded by Spectrum and Owlman, the man then dipped his hands into his pockets, which were specially modified to act as portals to an alternate dimension that contained all sorts of tools and stuff, and pulled out...a microphone.
"Operation Milivian Bridge is a-go! Repeat, Operation Milivian Bridge is a-go!" thanks to the Microphone's sophisticated tech, the sound was heard all across the area, reaching every inch of the battlefield. Even the Hydra would be halted, before several people would teleport into the grounds of the New Sun Corporation, which had been evacuated of all civilians except for those still being safeguarded by Spectrum and Owlman inside the tower.
These people were clad in costumes bearing two insignia, the first one was a simple 'IH', the symbol of the International Heroes. The second was a new symbol, a Sword of Flame.
"Greetings, Ladies and Gentlemen," spoke Constantine, "this is Constantine Ramiel King, former leader of the International Heroes, telling you that 1.) reports of his death are fake, and 2.) the announcement of a new sub-section of the IH, agreed upon by current leader Cedric Wessex..." this was a lie, meant to infuriate said Wessex to being more firm, "...the Fiery Guardians!" Constantine then clapped several times, a sound also projected all across the park.
As the False Angels and False Ophanim finally noticed Consty and made after him, a second teleportation brought the leader of the Fiery Guardians, one 'Blink', to Constantine's side, along with two other Heroes; Vapor, a female Meta clad in Ancient Greek Armor and carrying a Trident and Water pouch and Royal, a young man with messy black hair and wearing a porcelain mask and crown, as well as a spandex costume with the insignias mentioned before.
Vapor created two shields of, well, Water Vapor to shield the group from a sudden assault of laser lights, before Royal, facing the enemies with his porcelain mask, stretched out his sceptre, marking out the New Sun Park and grounds as his 'territory', where he can dictate rules that everyone must folllow, including himself (which was the power's weakness).
Instantly, the Hydra's Fire, Ice, and Acid Breaths ceased, Royal's power outlawing the use of all three elements as long as he is in his territory. This allowed a tall and well-built Hispanic Man, Carlos Hererra aka Rocketman, to fly up, and then to the Hydra's right, with the trajectory of a bullet, carefully avoiding Insominum's dragon construct and blasting through the creature's side and causing a rain of blood to spurt out.
However, the Hydra, though disabled and partly disempowered, was not totally defeated yet, due to its regenrative capabilities, as well as its remaining weapons; laser eyes and hard-light constructs.
Former MHLA Headquarters
Valentin Caro had been believed permanently traumatized by his almost being burnt alive, his healing by Healing Spore, and being forced to give information about Merc Metas that was later used by Aperture in their gambit to divide Metahumans and Normal Humans against each other. And, well, it was only the permanent part that was false. No, for Valentin (or Valentine), the events of the Aperture War had been only a set back.
However, he had a debt to pay to his rescuers first, William Plantagenet and Cedric Wessex, the latter a child soldier at the time of his rescue. And, well, a little birdie (Cough, FakeDeath!Consty, Cough) had told him that by avanging the MHLA, an organization whose probable killer had pheromone powers similar to his, would help pay said debt. Oh, and the MHLA had various properties and assets he can take over; that was a plus.
Of course, he had to clear the rotten corpses himself, that was a minus, but that was what his lower-level goons, both Normal and Meta, were for. Thankfully, there was an improvised smokeless crematorium, made by Metahuman Tinkering/Gadgeteering, on the lower grounds. After that came the washing of the building with rosewater and disinfectants, and finally, the move to take possession of the building itself.
Unknown to him, Constantine was setting him up as a buffer against the Third Party and their coming attack on LA; a person like Caro was a scumbag, but even scumbags deserved a chance at redemption; it's just that Caro didn't know that he was being given that chance, by acting as a shield between the Third Party and the International Heroes...
