Chemo Jimenez's Story

Copy Cat ignored Spark's comment and spun to keep her eyes on the electrical creature. However, what caught her eye first was the sudden band of Wing City police that had come onto the scene. She sighed and shook her head lightly, allowing the electricity to crackle along her again. There was a force field now, but if she could find some underground cable with one good hit... She swatted as the creature lurched up from her shadow, but it disappeared again before she could make contact.

The strange woman had disappeared as quickly as she'd come, so Copy Cat didn't even bother trying to find a way for her to escape, she was mostly concerned about the teenager who'd become the black sludge's new favorite toy. Then, as the EMP shut down the force field and everything else, she pointed down the street out of the police's circle. "Go, Sparks! Keep away from that thing," she called. A familiar voice caught her ear, though, before she could zap off herself and she turned just in time to watch Iron Knight fall to his knees.

"Dammit," she cursed softly, spinning back to glance at the creature. "Too many problems today." She turned into a bolt of lightning for an instant and struck Iron Knight's armor, using her energy to try and recharge the suit, if possible before reappearing in bodily form. "C'mon, guy, we can't afford anyone to be out of commission right now!" she whispered, eyes frantically looking for Sparks and keeping track of the police's movement.

As the EMP hit, there was one thing that did not get affected. Him.

THe EMP did make him sick to his stomach though. However, he quickly sucked it up, and ran. That is what Sparks always did. Run. He looked at Copy Cat, memorizing her face, and then he zapped halfway across the street, and then into a streetlight that wasn't broken. The EMP had made all the streetlights near him unusable, but the ones across the street were fine.

However, he did feel somewhat guilty about leaving Copy Cat and Iron Knight there, so he built up a huge electrical charge, and any streetlight that was still working had lightning come out of it, putting on a huge lights show that distracted everyone. He quickly then zapped himself to a nice safe distance, a skyscraper nearby where he could watch everything and see where those two went.

He felt compelled to speak to them. Make sure they were alright. This wasn't much like him, but he was going with it all the same.

As the EMP surged by, the same woman from before sat ontop of a building, watching the scene behind them while looking the creature dead in the eye "Shit.." She said as she vanished and appeared next to Iron Knight and Copy Cat with her bow in hand and a nearly finished burger in her other hand "Sorry about that...I was really running too low on food to continue playing. So...that thing strike while I was eating?" She said while looking around quickly "I take that as a definite yes...so whats the plan Iron Knight?" She asked while pulling out an arrow from her quiver and knocked it on the string

"Should we try and capture it or just kill it? Maybe the police will help us instead of try to arrest us. Might be nice...or just myself. Either way..." She shrugged and waited for an order of some kind

As the sirens sounded Richard Leon arrived on the scene police lights blaring. He jumped out of his car vest on and opened the back door and grabbed Mio's leash. He walked around the back of the car and opened the trunk as he grabbed a police issue shotgun slinging the weapon over his back and moving with Mio at his heels the officer went to join the Ranks of the other law enforcement just as the shock-wave hit and he and Mio were thrown off balance onto the ground.

"Now is the time my children, make our mark so they may know we are coming." An image of Arneth displayed on the screen of the tablet carried to the planet with orders not to play the recording until this very minute of this hour of this day.

The screen faded to black and the device began to heat until the insides burned to ash.

"Let's go brothers! Father has spoken! The captain of the Crimson Family said to the near countless eyes watching him closely. The captain sent a signal out to the pockets of crimson squads stationed throughout Main Street from a transmitter on his watch.


A member of the Crimson family watched the police officer arrive and get his dog out. He swallowed his fear and in one motion he stood and held his firearm up that unfolded on its own from a suitcase to an automatic rifle. He exhaled as he squeezed the trigger and opened fire towards the officer and his dog with armor piercing rounds.

Darien watched the scene from where he was atop a building down the street, where Iron Knight had deposited him just moments prior. As the electromagnetic wave hit, the remaining pieces of his suit that had been functional sparked and gave out. The resulting jolt to his was painful, but not what ended up knocking him out. It was fatigue, plain and simple.

As his eyes slowly fell shut, the distant flashing lights of the police barrier that he had blessedly been removed from were the last thing he saw before falling into an unconscious torpor...

The xenoshade observed the chaos created by his electronic pulse with curiosity. It titled its head as Sparks fled. Did he want to play chase? But there was so much more to do here...

The creature turned its gaze to the officer, canine, and the unknown man with the assault rifle. A sharp tingle sparked in the back of the xenoshade's neural network.

<< Activating Defense Protocol Alpha. Mode Selected: Specimen Alpha I Test. Objective: Endurance. >>

Specimen Alpha dug its claws into the concrete and dove into a dark crack between the bricks. Its body collapsed into a sludgy black goo that easily slipped between the surfaces. The black blob shot out from beneath Officer Leon's squad car and landed between him and the gunman. It rose from the ground like a pillar and materialized into the lanky humanoid yet bestial form that towered over every man.

The bullets from the gun collided with the semi-rigid black substance that formed the xenomorph's body. They rippled across its torso like pebbles dropped in a pond. Specimen Alpha merely stood and silently observed the man as he futily poured his magazine into the xenomorph.

A moment passed after the gun emptied. The xenomorph finally stretched out its hand and poured the crushed pieces of lead from its palm. They clattered onto the ground like water from a hose.

The xenomorph tilted its head at the man curiously - expectantly. Suddenly, with a blur of black and streaks of electricity, the creature appeared just within arm's reach of the man.

It sneered.

Preston let out a frustrated groan, things always went this way. People never understood why they got in trouble for breaking the law, or never seemed to grasp that Preston and his team knew what they were doing. It was their specialty, crowd control, chaotic situations.

And when shit hit the fan it all clicked.

The electromagnetic pulse was dampened by the barrier put up moments before, but it still had an effect on the devices keeping it in place. They were new, not yet prepared for everything that could happen out in the field. Several of them went off, leaving only part of the barrier standing.

It would have to do for now.

"Bones, your team on that." Preston ordered, pointing at the Xenoshade. "The rest of us on the gunman and clearing the area." He continued, the collective force of Wing City's law breaking off away from the chaos calmly. This was just another day to them.

Arya Bones, one of the Invictus operators clad in dark orange, began to approach the Xenoshade with the rest of her team in tow. Some of the team had assault rifles in hand, the others holding no weapons or carrying swords.

The team dropped into readied stances, ready to take on the Xenoshade if it showed that it wouldn't be backing down.

The others on the street raised their weapons at the man with the gun, gesturing for the other people to back up. The law was there to keep those people safe, regardless of if they had orders to arrest or detain them. They weren't the enemy.

It was pure coincidence, the gunman and the squad inside the building behind him were unaware of each other. Only the captain knew how many were operating in the area and exactly what they were to do today. So it was by pure chance that the small crimson squad finished their job just before the gunman finished his. The gunman dropped his weapon, raised his hands and a barely visible string was wrapped around the butt of his rifle and attached to a pin where he once had a belly button. When the string had no more slack it tore and after a brief pause he exploded.

Immediately after, the building behind the gunman was suddenly ablaze. It didn't explode, but bright orange flames danced outwards from inside. It wasn't long before the roof was a ball of fire and rained embers down the street.

The Iron Knight simply gasped a bit as Copy Cat aided in his suits loss of power and with a slight nod to her and with Sparks alright and the sudden appearance of ROUGESHADOW things might have become better. Out of all of them though it was strange to see how the chain of events unfolded before them and it brought only one thing to mind.

"We need to get out of here." The Iron Knight muttered to himself. "We should stay and fight but I am not entirely sure that is what you guys want to do." The Iron Knight forced himself to stand up with what aid he received from Copy Cat only to look at the shadowy creature that was a possible threat and then the gunman who appeared to explode and set a fire in the process. "I do not have much of a plane but I know that once this is over we will be wanted criminals. Also I think that during that first EMP some of my systems got fried so if we do fight I will only be able to help so much before I have to run myself."

Rougeshadow's shoulders shrugged gently while looking towards the exploding building, covering her face with her hand before growling a little "I think we should help them. They may be dicks but they are still humans. As metas, dont we owe them that? I mean...we are the ones with powers" She said, reaching up to pat the armored man on the shoulder, reaching into her pouch and removed a high protein bar and quickly munched on it "We can make a difference..we just have to move past the barricade and help them out" She said, suddenly vanishing as she Shadow Stepped up onto the top of a building on the other side of the wall.

As she looked, she saw the creature sneer at them and quickly drew an arrow and fired it at the creature. Though the arrow would most definately miss it's intended target, it would however freeze the ground for a good 20 feet near the creature. If it hit, the creature would be stuck within the ice "Come on Knight, Cat and Sparks...lets hit this thing hard!!" She yelled out to her companions. Rougeshadow was joining the fray!

The xenoshade flew through the air from the concussive force of the explosion. Specimen Alpha instinctively raised its arms to protect its face and body. Immediately the slick black surface of its body turned hard and rigged like dragon scales. It landed on the ground with a thud and splat before reforming.

As the police and Invictus drew near, the xenoshade dropped to all fours and snarled. Its fingers formed into long sharp claws while several black spines protruded from its back. The creature gradually retreated towards a storm drain while retaining a threatening posture.

Copy Cat let out a sigh of relief as she watched the streetlights far down the street explode with light. She took at as a sign that Sparks was alright for now. But then the chaos mounted, with more police, a gunman, and an explosion all occurring right after another. Of course, the other woman was now back, but she didn't seem to grasp the seriousness of the situation they were in. The creature was now toying with the police; the police were focused on it and the explosion. This was the chance to escape.

"Look, guy, I think we've done enough today. The police have jurisdiction here, they can handle this mess. Besides, Asp wasn't in good shape last I checked -- neither are you, for that matter -- and I want to find that kid, make sure he's okay. I literally have blood on my hands, so if you want to fight with Rouge over there, you can. However, I'm getting out of here and I can fly you out to, if your suit or whatever isn't working...and I won't come once I've gone, alright?" She said this all quickly, only glancing at him every one in a while, most of her concentration on the guns pointed at him and the creature nearby. The urge to run away was building and building and she could tell it was because she was clinging to Sparks' powers.

Sparks watched as chaos ensued below. He felt kind of bad, leaving them there. But, he had to run. He had over ten million dollars in stolen money in his accounts, and he didn't want them to find out about it. Especially since he was using the money to find his brother, as well as stay alive with some luxury. No reason to be miserable, especially after what Sparks has been through.

For a few years as a child, he had been used as a human battery against his will. It was...painful. When the person responsible was finally arrested, he had some scars that never healed. He rolled up his sleeve, where one of them was located. Just to remind him why he had to find his brother, he had the same powers as him. He and his brother can produce terravolts of electricity per second. He was used to power one third of the planet he was imprisoned on. Granted, the planet only had seven or eight cities at that time, but still.

He waited to see if they would be alright. Sparks shook his head. "What is with me? Is I because they have powers too? Is that why I feel compelled to help them?"

The Iron Knight knew he had to make a tactical retreat as a small warning came up on the HUD. "We will flee then for now. I think it will be for the best but first before we do anything." He stood up completely straight and turned to Rougeshadow and the others. "I will grab the professor. We need to meet up so call me over the communications channels on number 12 and ask for the Iron Knight.....I will set up a meeting place then." With that said Iron Knight took a few steps forward and leaped high into the air towards a set of buildings just to jump off from them and above the city to retrieve Prof. Asp from were he was left.

The explosion and fire was unexpected, Preston was thinking there would be a shootout and a small army to deal with. "This is ridiculous." The French-Canadian soldier said, "Chemo!" Preston shouted.

"I've already called. The fire department and ambulances are on their way." Chemo told Preston, "I'm going to need some of you to head into that building and grab who you can. The wounded, the sick, old, and children get priority." Preston told his team, "What if we meet more suicide bombers?" Taco asked.

"Take them down, do what you can to prevent them from taking their own lives and any others." Preston said, still as cool as ever under pressure. His eyes moved towards Arya Bones and her team, watching as they advanced on the Xenoshade while it retreated from them.

"It's not worth it. Not now." Preston called out, "We can get him, man." Arya responded, never taking her eyes away from the creature. "Bones, let it go. You'll get another chance to contain it, we have a bigger problem. Fire spreads." Preston explained to his comrade.

"And these things always come back..." Arya muttered, but she relented anyways. Gesturing for her to stand down, but their gazes never left the retreating Xenoshade.

The squad that set the building on fire had wasted no time moving the inhabitants to the basement before the blaze began. The Sergeant leading the squad was the last to leave the building after gunning down all that were in the basement. When he left he reloaded his rifle and the squad dispersed. To aid in the squad's retreat, a grunt of the Crimson Family came to the window of the building on the opposite side of the street. He rested a heavy machine gun on the window sill and fired controlled bursts into the crowd of police officers outside. In the window on the floor above him another grunt fired a rocket launcher at the same crowd.

Richard watched as the giant black monstrosity rose up to block the bullets shot at him which surprised him and Mio both but soon the beast had moved and now he dove behind his car as the building containing the squad opened fire. "God dammit! Mio Kill! He shouted and though he hated to order his dog into the fray he knew they had no choice.

Mio took off toward the second building as a dog he wasn't much of a target and given his being low to the ground he would avoid most of the gunfire. He jumped through and open window just as the rocket was fired and immediately he turned toward the grunt manning the machine gun teeth barred he went in a leap right for the mans throat.

As Mio was charging toward the building Richard noticed the rocket being fired and in a quick burst he let loose three shots from his shot gun into the air in the path of the projectile in hopes of detonating the rocket early before it hit any of the large groups of law enforcement.

As soon as the words were out of Iron Knight's mouth, Copy Cat zapped down the street and into a light post in order to make sure the police couldn't stop her should they regain interest in her movements. She reemerged on the other side of town and let out a sigh of relief as she released Sparks' powers. The flashes of greed, anger, and need to run slowly ebbed out of her body and she took a few steadying breaths before flying up above the city to gain an aerial view. She quickly calculated the most likely places for the teenager to be, based on the information she had gleaned from him and began to search them one by one. Thankfully, she was able to cover a lot of ground quickly and it wouldn't be long 'til she found him.