DarkRecon

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Alpha and Alien Angel
Peterson Estates
Passenger Island, Castleburg
Status: "Plan B": Activated. Alpha (Outside estate from front entrance.) Alien Angel (Nearby. Exact location unknown.)
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Alpha then opened his eyes...then got into a standing position...his "soldier instincts" suddenly kicking in.

"...Angelia..."

"qué pasa?"

"Check the cams. I heard gunshots."

Alpha knew she was going to ask how he could hear anything with the party going but he knew she wouldn't question his instincts. Not long after he had asked.

"...oy. Good call...Peterson is down but his wife's there with one of the guests...yeah probably a "Hero" guest...santo infierno!"

"...Sit rep."

"...Alpha...we got spiders in the attic. The wife is being flanked by four of them it looks like."

Alpha was immediately on his feet on that. Through their slight two year run as Vigilantes, they had heard tons of stories about criminal organizations that may or may NOT exist. But hearing that phrase from Angelia...this just suddenly went to hell.

They don't really have a proper name but they tend to use a variety of "spider" related names. What made this one stand out was that criminal organizations like this were one of the reasons why his old team was formed...to specialize in countering such organizations since the US government at the time were at odds with the ICOSA. Thus, they didn't trust them to handle the bigger threats lurking out there.

Heck, both her and Angelia didn't think they were even real. Only "story" they got about them were that they were a combination of "Hero Gene" active and "normal" human beings but coming from many backgrounds and "walks of life" from around the world itself but from some form of either Hero organization or general military. In other words, what he was posing as: disgruntled former hero's and service men and women. But that they were HIGHLY dangerous and VERY well-trained. They also dressed in a specific manner...

But despite that, Alpha was now going straight into that lion's den that is hell.

"...going around the back. Direct me to where they are. I want to avoid Roboto since he may get suspicious of me being back inside without-"

"Si. Correr. I'll get into position as well. I'll also hack the cams in the rear so security doesn't see you coming in from the back at least."

On that, Alpha suddenly felt "better" but went around the back...he glowed briefly...

Then he stopped glowing as he was back in the estate...

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Alpha and Alien Angel
Peterson Estates
Passenger Island, Castleburg
Status: "Aborted" mission. Alpha (Outside estate from front entrance.) Alien Angel (Nearby. Exact location unknown.)
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Alpha didn't take long to leave the moment Angelia had said to immediately "abort mission". Pretending to have what "felt" like a stomach bug, he pretended to show himself out of the estate but put a call in that he was doing so out of illness. His "employer", codenamed "Roboto" for whatever reason, soon found his way to the main entrance looking for him. Sure enough, he saw him off on the side of the building near the front door on the right side of the estate leaning on the building wall.

After a brief talk, Roboto then decided to just let Coyote just watch things from outside but that his "payday" would drop for not taking better care of himself from this. Thankfully, "Coyote" had said that he had a bad sandwich from the local deli shop before the event thus to explain his "illness".

"Oh good. For a sec, I thought it was the food we were serving that did this", he had said.

Luckily, there was a report that Mr. Peterson was on the move again and Roboto had to head back inside to keep tabs on the rest of security movements around him. He promised though to at least bring some water and wine for him later though as sort of a "consolation".

Alpha had decided to just wait things out. If he left now, it would look suspicious and after what Angelia had briefly told him as he was heading outside, it wouldn't be wise to disrupt...whatever "op" was taking place here.

But Alpha had a hunch...for one...he briefly caught sight of a man he thought was Hero One's "Blast" but dared not report his presence...actually, he figured his presence was necessary since he did have a "following" when it came to merchandise and other related items. His presence was most likely be view as a courtesy more than anything.

As he was just resting on the ground in a sitting position with his back to the building behind him, his earbud came to life.

"It's me...sorry about that..."

"Sit Rep."

"Yeah the chico that planted said bug was no chico...when I tried to warn him off, he...basically shot me down
cerrar...I'll leave out the long details but based on the chat...can't prove it...but I just tried to stand up to Hero One's "cerebro de cerebros" Wiseman."

Alpha didn't show any emotion but deep down, he was actually surprised. Angelia had told him that ICOSA were in town and, most likely, were doing "surprise" inspections on Hero One. No doubt another one of their "attempts" to either shut down Hero One or at the very least, remove Hugo Powers from his position as "Director". All the more reason for them to do this mission now since Angelia had figured Hero One would be too busy trying to keep up a "proper image" of the organization.

And yet they themselves were actually risking this...even Alpha knew that this was all sorts of "risky"...the sort of thing that he and Angelia would do but unlike Hero One, "Vigilantes" don't have to worry about such "red tape"...and yet despite that...

"...listen, he threatened both of us...he knows your real name and-"

"Let him threaten me. This is the best he's getting. I'm not going back inside but I'm staying here in this position."

"...Alpha...this guy is dangerous...I can't get ANYTHING on him even with the Meta Hack...he has home turf advantage here."

"...and he clearly isn't smart...one thing you can never prepare for...the individual called Murphy Law."

There was a long pause on the line on that statement.

"...ay dios mío of course you also have the stick up there good like he does..."

"...if this is indeed a Hero One op, then we let them. But if the situation suddenly changes...well he can come after us himself if he wishes but I'm not abandoning proper hero's...even if we are "criminals" to them..."

"...this coming from someone "fed up" with the system..."

"...I abandoned my old team once for you...I don't want a repeat bad memory..."

"...Mi mala sorry sorry...but I get it...we wait then..."

"We let them work Angelia but let's be "Plan B". Wait out here out of the way of everything and let things play out. If it goes well, we leave...and if Wiseman calls you, tell him to call me."

"Si Si. Don't say I didn't warn you about him though."

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Alpha and Alien Angel
October 10th, 2029.
Peterson Estates
Passenger Island, Castleburg
Status: Alpha (at location), Alien Angel (Nearby. Exact location unknown.)
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Perhaps unknown to the heroes at the Peterson Estates, there was another there for similar reasons. Though in this case, it would be a "trained soldier" who knew a thing or two about stealth.

To Alpha though, he wondered why Angelia felt the need to "dress" him up as one of Mr. Petersons security. He could possibly get past all the security without having to get lethal but due to the nature of the target, they needed to be more stealth than usual. Right now, he was actually dressed in your basic suit. Combination colors of black and white. If anything, he looked like a certain double O agent. Though Angelia had dyed his orange hair black to make it more convincing. It was what she did afterwards though that was impressive.

After the "H.E.R.O. Day" incidents, it didn't take long for her to track down a source to whoever put The Fiendish Five up to said attack. While she didn't know if Mr. Peterson knew anything about the runaway scientist of the five, he'd either been responsible for it or KNEW who actually was. The man was a serious "white collar" villain, as some vigilante's use said term, around Castleburg so he'd be a prime source of information. Problem was, they couldn't just kick in his front door and rough him up. Sadly, as Ardent had found out the hard way, such individuals had lots of money and lots of free time to set up legal walls around themselves. Lawyers. Security both human and electronic. They get rough and Hero One would be all over the both of them first even if they themselves didn't like the guy.

So they needed a plan. Which started with Alpha getting to know said employee. For one, he frequent the illegal underground fight scene's around Castleburg but as a gambler during his down time. Two, said employee was giving out a "job offer" that Mr. Peterson was looking for "capable security" members for events he hosted but was being sloppy about it by using those fight areas to look for recruits. Alpha had posed as a former "disgruntled marine trainee", perhaps a bit too accurate of what he generally was, named "Coyote" and was asking around for work. The man said to step into the ring and to show him what he could do. Needless to say, Alpha, even without his powers, won three bouts in a row. Though it was only because his three opponents were sadly your common thugs thinking they had an easy chance.

Alpha was also happy that he didn't run into Hero One operative "Backup". From what Angelia had said after meeting her, she sometimes did get involved in said fights. Getting into any sort of a fight with an official Hero One operative, even in an illegal activity, wouldn't look good on his resume.

It didn't take long after that to gain favor. But because of how important the role was, the employee warned him to stay out of fights till said events were over and if he was informed about ANY upcoming events. This was only a week ago. Then, he was told about this event so he had to keep himself healthy for it.

Now, here he was. It was still risky since he was technically an "unknown" to Mr. Peterson. The employee simply said to "act tough and I'll cover for your presence there if anyone asks so don't screw up". He even promised a big payday if everything went off without a hitch but after the way he saw him fight, anyone would be stupid to start trouble with you here as he generally put it.

So, suited up in black hair dye and even wearing black sunglasses of all things, Alpha was doing just that on the main floor. Acting tough. Just standing in one spot but at times, moving around as if on patrol. But that was part of the plan.

On his person was a special USB drive that Angelia herself had modified that acted as a "Wi Fi" point specifically designed for her Meta Hack. For Alpha, it was just a matter of either finding the main server room or even any PC slash Laptop Mr. Peterson had in his estate and letting Angelia do her work on whatever was on it by plugging it into a USB port. Sure, she could use her powers to just find a Wi Fi point within the estate itself and just bypass all the security but Mr. Peterson seemed like a careful individual when it came to electronic security. Sure, she'd get past all the firewalls and other security but that wouldn't stop someONE or someTHING from "detecting" said intrusion and raise an alarm. Then all Peterson had to do was take appropriate action and anything they did find would pretty much be "nulled" by his lawyers.

Alpha had agreed...this job had to be done professionally.

On his earbud, other security were doing checks-ins and Alpha just followed the motions...then he heard a certain "video game ring".

"...it's me. Don't respond but just giving you an update. I'm in their system. Seems I can get away with hacking into the security cameras without anyone being sus about it. When the time comes, I'll tell you were to start looking."

Again, Alpha just acting like he was supposed to...not long after that, though, that ring happened again.

"Oy...we may have a problem...I found a "bug" of sorts on the camera system. Problem is, it wasn't me...ugh diablo why do I suddenly feel like we ain't the only ones here. Just continue your thing. I'll check back in a few."

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??????????
Interaction: Wiseman @Blizz
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If Wiseman were to pay attention to one of his screens, he'd suddenly see a text message from an unknown individual.

!@$&: Don't know who you are but beat it. This is my score.

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Alpha and Alien Angel
September 15th, 2029 (12:00pm afternoon)
One day after "H.E.R.O. Day" incidents
East Side, Castleburg
Possible Interactions: ??? (Open if any wish to)
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The vigilante duo were back on the East Side. Actually, both were on the same rooftop Angelia had been using when tracking the early activities of yesterday's incident. Despite the possibility of running into possible registered hero's like Backup, they needed a break from their own hiding spot.

Plus, as they both sat on the roof in a corner next to the roof door, they were actually eating a hotdog and drinking soda.

"...mmm...I see now why she came here...these are delish", Angelia merely muttered.

Alpha kept to himself for now but he did agree. Definitely one of the better foods they've had over the years and the cities they have been to.

After a bite, Angelia did speak up to Alpha.

"...ok. Should fill you in on what I found out so far...need to gather our thoughts here."

"Yes ma'am. For starters...your thoughts about yesterday..."

"...oy...it's obvious what that attack was about...a distraction with a distraction...two places get hit...one seemingly trying to cover for the other...then what happened at TAURUS Advanced Developments Laboratory..."

Both went silent on that. There were casualties there or so reports say. It's still a pending investigation since it isn't clear for the moment what was stolen if anything.

"...anything new on that front?"

Angelia shook her head and just took another bite out of her hotdog. Alpha did the same.

"...used to think this city was the safest to be in despite Hero One's track record on property damage...not after yesterday..."

"It is safe thanks to them. People just have high expectations these days when it comes to 'zero to minimum' collateral damage."

"...ugh...gente around here don't realize how good they have it", she merely responded to Alpha's comment.

"...could be worse Angelia. I.C.O.S.A. could follow through after what I saw on social media through your feed and just run the city themselves", Alpha then said, actually speaking in a normal tone rather than monotone.

Hearing that tone of voice, Angelia did smile then said, "Nope...worse would be they appoint "The Junkers" as the new city protectors but diablo not even the I.C.O.S.A. are THAT loco."

"...true...but I'd rather not jinx it. They know how The Junkers operate but I've seen enough from the old job on how things work sometimes...politics is politics...people hold grudges through them too...maybe they would do it just because that's how much the organization itself hates Hugo Powers himself..."

"...and that's how other people suffer as a result..."

Both stood silent on that.

"...but I do know one thing. The Fiendish Five were set up to fail."

"And out of the five, Professor Jon Gholem saw it soon enough that he cut bait and bailed. Despite that, one critical question remains."

"Yeah...who hired them to begin with?"

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

@DarkRecon

Yeah, my second character is somebody who was subjected to experiments, but fifteen years ago and as a thirteen year old. Was wondering if there was scope to tie things together or just have them be two separate backstories.

@Silver Carrot

Well see...first off, you can either PM the character history part if you want me to look at the specifics or just post the whole character profile here like normal and I'll read it over. Still, it'll be up to Hitman to decide if said character is good or not so don't worry about the history part alone for the moment.

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

@DarkRecon

Quick question;

How old is Cauldron and how long has he been kidnapping children for Leftover experiments?

@Silver Carrot

That's sort of hard to explain right now in terms of age and how long he's been doing his freakish experimentations. I can't really say too much since I'm still working out the details with Hitman.

And it's not really children since that would put more pressure on him since the I.C.O.S.A. would have more reason to track him down better. Besides working with Leftovers themselves, a plot twist is that his "human" experiments were willing test subjects though it's usually by common thugs willing to roll the dice since they are already in trouble with the law.

There might be exceptions though as the one you perhaps suggested. I imagine though that you either have another character in mind or have some plot device idea you wanted to try?

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Alien Angel
New Athens, Castleburg
Possible interaction: Wireframe @Silver Carrot
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Alien Angel let out a sigh at the Hero then said, "I'd like to but it'll look bad. I'm sure you figured out that I ain't a "official" hero. At the same time, I ain't leaving you alone right now...had enough of all this loco surprise attacks. If you need that flight, ask Blast or Ardent back on the cowboy float when we get there. Either are probably faster than me."

She then floated near her to pick her up then said, "...still, makes me look like a kidnapper right now..."

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Alien Angel and Alpha
New Athens, Castleburg
Possible interaction: Blast@Hitman, Ardent @ManyThings, Wireframe @Silver Carrot, Bastion @Infinite Cosmos
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Alpha had nodded to Blast about his request. As much as he wanted to help, he also knew when to leave the fighting to "official heroes". It wouldn't look good if word spread that Vigilantes did most of the work. Even Angelia had told him the beef the I.C.O.S.A. had on some hero organizations out there...Hero One being one of the few or more.

So when two other heroes showed up (Ardent and Bastion) quickly got together to make a move, Alpha merely let them do so. He did watch how they effectively dealt with Holliday.

Then he was right next to Blast after things were settled. He heard his request to Ardent if he needed medical attention. Even before that when he thought Holliday may need some too.

"...standing by Blast. All due respect though sir, the man under your foot don't need medicine when he's a known hero killer", Alpha said in a monotone voice.

He then put his finger to his earbud on his right ear.

"Your clear", he merely said.

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Just above the tipped over float, Alien Angel flew over, quickly making her way to the Convention Center. She needed to act fast. She was sure Mr. Scientist was watching all this and probably felt he needed to step up his robot army attack if he saw Doc Boy down and out.

Then, she saw someone actually fighting one of the spider robots near the front...also noted how she changed part of her body to wire. She didn't bother "scanning" her and immediately dived at the robot when it tried to open fire on her.

"OY! I got it!"

She then grabbed the thing from above and immediately tried to "Meta Hack" it...but then sparks flew from it as it suddenly broke.

"QUE?!?!"

Then, several of the flying drone landed with several smacks near her. Looking around, she then noted the entire robot army wasn't either moving or just dropped out of the sky like flies.

Quickly picking up a nearly air drone, she then put her ear to it...and heard something burning.

"Son of a-ACID?!"

Dropping it on the ground before it could possibly burn her, she then called Alpha.

"Bad news. The robot army just dropped dead. Mr. Scientist put acid in his bots it seems. No way for me to track...guessing he dipped."

She then looked at the hero (Wireframe).

"...I know...pink leftover but I'm chill. Actually, your team just took care of Cow Poke señora. Heading back to that cowboy float to find my amigo then help wrap this all up with a pretty bow if at all possible. Care to join me?"

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Alpha then heard Angelia's report then said to Blast, "Sir. My partner reports that the robot army stopped. Said something about acid in them. Based on that report, I think your scientist target may have just cut his losses and sadly, lost a way for her to track the target's location."

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Alien Angel and Alpha
New Athens, Castleburg
Possible interaction: Blast@Hitman, Ardent? @ManyThings
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Alpha simply nodded at him then put his hand on Blasts wounded shoulder. It almost a manner of seconds, the wound and the blood around the area was healed and cleaned...as if by magic itself.

"...just a "concerned citizen" sir", he merely responded to Blasts question.

Alpha then said, "...I have a plan but it requires you to either distract or detain the target. I...no, I have a partner who's good with technology...if you see what looks like another citizen in your t-shirt merch but in pink trying to secure one of the robots, it's friendly. She's trying to trace it back to the one controlling them."

He then heard an annoyed sigh on his earpiece but nothing more. Alpha wasn't about to lie anymore to an official Hero One operative like Blast and he felt Angelia knew it too.

But then, he heard a voice followed by shots from the target Holliday.

"...heh...Ardent...well sir. Looks like I got that distraction...A.A. I'm going to stand by here in case Blast or Ardent are wounded again or if any civilians get hurt", he then said into his ear piece.

"That's fine. I have a hunch our scientist isn't expecting trouble wherever he's hiding since all this chaos is most likely making every hero and law enforcer focus on this area. Hopefully, I can catch him off guard before he can spring whatever traps slash defense the idiot may have. And yeah, I just saw Ardent too. Ever the "crime fighter" that he is."

"Affirmative."

Alpha then looked at Blast.

"...you can try to arrest me if you wish but know this sir. I'm here to help. Even if it's just to treat injuries. Decide quick though. Ardent may need assistance sir."

《 Super H.E.R.O. 》

Ok ok just a heads up all. Made a bad post and editing it. Had a talk with Hitman about it and he pointed out the flaws in it. Sorry all but kind of took the "Meta Hack" ability a biiiiiit too far there -______-'. Let me rework it.