Surge 2 [Begun!]

[fanklok]

Mike had come across the mayor's speech in his walking around the city, it was too good to be true, but what was truth in a world of falsehood? He stood at the back of the crowd and dug a nail into his palm, a woman in the crowd yelped and check to see what had hurt her. Again he jabbed himself this time sinking it into his thigh through his pocket two men standing next to each other glared at each other thinking that the other had done him some kind of harm. He moved through the crowd inflicting his pain on others.

By the time the mayor had finished her announcement that these "supers" were threats Mike had made it halfway through the masses and tensions were beginning to flare. After making it all the way to the other side fights began in the crowd. Mike went across the street and sat down at a bus station to admire his work, what had begun as a rousing speech ended in a full scale riot. The mindless savages were beating each other because of him, the officers near the stage called in back up and more arrived donning riot gear. The mayor not even bothering to think of other possibilities went straight to the conclusion that supers were involved in this though very few in the crowd heard her they were too busy choking on tear gas. Mike simply smiled got up and walked off in search of more targets.

 

[terribleyetfun]

Trevor lay on his cot still trying to process what happened.
"what the hell, was that stuff and what were those things, man this is getting way too confusing, just gotta take my mind off of it". Trevor rolled off his cot his feet hitting the ground with a thud, he slowly shuffled outside but as he reached the entrance he turned his head to the side and saw the rest of the freaks gathered around the small T.V they had, their only form of entertainment whilst waiting to be gawked at by punk kids and drunk losers.

The screen flickered as Trevor saw a news reporter standing in front of a crowd of people all of them cheering in approval of someone who assumed to be the mayor was saying he saw someone else approach the stand, the man announced himself as a super,but suddenly the man had several guns pointed at him and was quickly shot dead and dragged away.

Trevor simply stared at the rest of the speech with a blank gaze, the rest of the words spoken merely bouncing off him he ran outside knowing he had to get as far away from the city as possible, he had to escape, he turned for the parks rear exit but before he could even take a step his entire body seized up and his left eye turned a deep blue.

"what, what the fuck is going on" Trevor panicked his breath turning into shallow gasps as he tried to move his body but to no avail.

"where you going,looks like the fun's happening in the city, would`nt wanna miss it"

"what?, who was that?" Trevor asked a look of panic in his remaining eye.

me?,well I guess you could call me...a terrible person" the voice said before releasing a long maniacal laugh the sound echoing through Trevor's head, then suddenly his body suddenly turned around and started walking towards town, it`s movements stiff, almost looking like they were forced.

"what are you doing?, they`re gonna kill me...I mean us if we go there" Trevor said trying to reason with whatever was making him do this.

"oh let`s see them try, and besides what I want is`nt in the city" the voice said before going completely quiet leaving Trevor to try and struggle as his body moved ever closer to the now super killing city of urbis.

 

[Grimheart]

Spoiler: sorry...

Sorry for taking so long to reply, i was just away from my pc

A sigh escaped his lips. "Vigilante justice huh? Have you ever stopped to think that under all of this corruption there is a system that works?" Kris was beginning to get agitated, this man in front of him was killing people recklessly, that would definitely bring trouble to this place. It would bring more police activity and when the media wouldn't be able to explain things, they would blame Supers."I don't give a shit what you were there to search for, Pulling that off is bad news for everyone trying to do business here!" Kris turned from the man letting out a frustrated sigh."Look, i don't care who the hell you kill around here ok? but at least try and do it more subtly, do you understand that? the concept of subtlety. Not making people redecorate altars with their brains."

Kris was about to say something else but the thought escaped his mind when he spotted several police cruisers pass by the other end of the alley. There was never such an active amount of police in the area. Maybe they finally clued in to a missing cruiser and two officers."Hey..." Kris turned back to the man."Did you... remember to make the officers call in to the station? Cause i think we might be in for some trouble."

 

[Aqualung]

Spoiler: OOC

Hehe, that was good joke Aqua, the one about you not being in Surge 2. Heh. Nice one, you almost had me.

...

Wait...

"O_______O"

I sense a great disturbance in the Shwartz, as if tens of RPers suddenly cried out, and then were silenced. Something terrible has happened.

Spoiler: OOC

Well... I just made an extremely powerful kinetic woman to be a head villain. On her first encounter with another super (where it's her job to steal supers) I made her react accordingly. Then, upon using one of her most powerful and influential abilities, she was brushed aside. Basically, in translation, if Dark Mist had thrown a helicopter at Damien, Damien would easily sidestep it and then walk into Starbucks expecting a cappuccino to go.

Now you, Yorg... We're like peanutbutter and jam. I do have another character in mind, a neutral/good one. Maybe I would find a better start going into this RP with you. But... If no one else is going to read our lengthy posts...

Spoiler: OOC

No reaction to this woman who looks suspiciously like the woman who helped you in the last game? Not even a fleeting moment of "OMG she look familiar"? No mention of her helping you at all? No repercussions that Damien might have at all from having to fight the very same woman who saved him in the first?

...Right. Fine. I can take a hint.

Spoiler: OOC

We seem to be having the same problem. If the people I react with refuse to read my posts/sheet, there's going to be conflict like no tomorrow.

 

[Grimheart]

Spoiler: ooc

Which i think is kind of a shame cause i could see some pretty awesome interaction between Kristopher and Gladys. and I for one enjoy reading lengthy posts XD

 

[Yorgmiester]

Spoiler: OOC

Hehe, that was good joke Aqua, the one about you not being in Surge 2. Heh. Nice one, you almost had me.

...

Wait...

"O_______O"

I sense a great disturbance in the Shwartz, as if tens of RPers suddenly cried out, and then were silenced. Something terrible has happened.

Spoiler: OOC

Well... I just made an extremely powerful kinetic woman to be a head villain. On her first encounter with another super (where it's her job to steal supers) I made her react accordingly. Then, upon using one of her most powerful and influential abilities, she was brushed aside. Basically, in translation, if Dark Mist had thrown a helicopter at Damien, Damien would easily sidestep it and then walk into Starbucks expecting a cappuccino to go.

Now you, Yorg... We're like peanutbutter and jam. I do have another character in mind, a neutral/good one. Maybe I would find a better start going into this RP with you. But... If no one else is going to read our lengthy posts...

Spoiler: OOC

I read our lengthy posts, as does Grim, and Nuke, and 3W as well I presume. Revolver probably does too. Fank and Para appear to have read my most recent post, even if they just skimmed it. They got the message, and the important details.

I think you should stick with Gladys, as it will only get more awesome when she starts interacting with some of the others, specifically Pain, even if that is a little farther down the road. If something like you described happens, the best thing to do would probably just be to walk it off. Let him go get his cappuccino, and just continue on your merry way as if nothing happened, in an attempt to find a more in-touch character to interact with. It would kinda put a kink in the story for anyone who might read over it, but hey, it's not a perfect art.

Perhaps the only thing that's needed is a clarification of her powers, as that seems to have been the stumbling point in your recent impasse with Xero.

 

[revolverwolf]

Spoiler: OOC

Sorry to break up the OOC-fest, but we have an RP to do.

Damien's words made no sense, and his actions made even less. He had her pinned to the ground, and could easily have attempted to kill her. But instead he flew away in what appeared to be a depressed state.

She stood again, this time a soft growl emerging as she saw her prey escape.

"I have too many wrongs to right," he had said. And he said names and an alias of which she knew nothing. Strange. Perhaps Carter's database would shed some much needed light on the subject... Her eye turned the signature green and the database opened.

//databaseinquiry: Supergirl
[color=red]//ERROR
Restricted files accessed
Shutting down inquiry[/color]

Her eyes flickered back and she stared up to where Damien had disappeared... What the hell had he been talking about and why would those files be restricted? This shed no light at all, only a thick fog of questionable uncertainty. She would find these answers later when she returned to The Company. For now, she would ignore them. She knew that Damien would not fight back the next time she met with him at least, and perhaps playing a game with the man would prove to be useful for a short time. 1W might even refer to it as "fun."

But her mind quickly went to closer, more pressing matters. Namely the fact that her only target so far was now on the alert for her, and would be acting irrationally. It seemed she would have to wait once more for a new super to reveal themselves.

A sharp wail was emitted, bullets rang out and panicked screams started to erupt from nearby, all causing her to shoot upwards to identify the sources. If a super had been found, and was causing this, this could be her first kill of the day.

It appeared not. A rally of some sort. She managed to hear the last few words of the speech, "All people with supernatural abilities are now recognized as criminals! They will be hunted, arrested, taken into custody, and made to pay for their crimes! This city will be SAFE!"

They were gathering supers into prisons? This could easily help Outcry to kill them all at once with no risk to the human's themselves. She could murder each super as she pleased, stealing their power before leaving them to die.

But then she paused. The supers could massacre the humans. And the First Law prevented her from letting any of them die, even by an act of omission. And the humans would murder her if they saw her... A problem was presented. She would have to think of an answer quickly. It was only a matter of time before the supers started banding together and retaliating.

 

[Xero Scythe]

Spoiler: OOC

Yeah, sorry about that Aqua. I'll pay more attention to Gladys' powers next time. I promise. If not, you can hit me right over the head with my own capuccino.

 

[Quad08]

A smile grew on Nathan's lips as the man ranted, flicking his wrist in the air so the senior of the two officers lowered his shotgun and walked towards the police car

"Whatever is going on, its not because of these men. They did report in. I'll get our senior officer here to call in, see whats happening"

Nathan tilted his head slowly to the side, studying the man before him intently as the officer called into his HQ

"And you think this is about me changing the system? About justice? Surely by now you've managed to grasp some concept of my abilities. If I wanted to really change the system, all I'd have to do is ask"

He grinned a leering grin as the senior member walked back towards them

"Sir, due to a recent outbreak in Super attacks, the mayor has sent out an arrest order on all Supers in the city"

Nathan cursed

"Then we need to get out of here. Start the car, report in that you're transporting a witness across the city. That should give us a cover story"

He turned to the patched eyed man

"You heard what the man just said, want to join me? I'm willing to include that they're transporting two witnesses, if only that now us Supers need to stick together"

He held out his hand

 

[Grimheart]

He looked at the other mans hand. This had to be because of the Company. They were the ones that came in the last time. The ones that gave him a chance to escape from Arthur. He felt the throb from his missing eye, his memory of those events was something akin to swiss cheese. This time, the whole city would be against them, it wouldn't be a mass confusion like the last city. Other than the man starting something in what he considered his playground, Kris had nothing against the other man, he seemed calm and maybe a bit over confident.

He grinned back the the man. taking a few steps closer and grasping the mans outstretched hand in a firm handshake."You got yourself a deal." He then moved towards the car."Last time something like this happened, Supers nearly destroyed the whole city... I was in the middle of that conflict."He tapped the bandages."So, lets try and not make a huge scene with all of this. Lets be... subtle yes?"He grinned at the man he was now standing beside the cruiser. This would be his first and hopefully only time in a police cruiser.

 

[Quad08]

Nathan was visibly relieved at the other mans acceptance of an alliance, a nicer smile replacing his earlier leer

"Yes, subtle does sound like a good idea"

He answered, twisting his hands in the air to direct the two cops to get into the police car as he bent down to pick up the Glock he had kicked away before, slipping into the holster he had squired.

"I guess now would be the time to exchange names. I'm Nathan. Nathan Andrews"

He suddenly said as he opened the door to the police car, and got it strapping on his seat-belt

"And if you don't mind me asking...what happened during this other conflict? Anything I should alert these two about?"

He asked, motioning to the top cops sitting up front

 

[terribleyetfun]

Trevor continued his forced walk towards town growing more terrified with every step, whatever was inside him was controlling him somehow and he no way of stopping it, the city slowly came into view as Trevor tried one last time to try and turn away and leave, but as he had already known, it was useless he was going straight towards a city of people who all hated what he was and he knew it.

"why are you doing this?, what do you want , please stop this" Trevor said pleading, almost begging with what ever was forcing him to do this to stop, he went to open his mouth again but suddenly felt a sharp jolt of pain in his head he let out a blood curdling scream.

"oh would you just shut up, I`m in control now and your lucky I`m still letting you stay in here, I could erase you from your own mind if I chose too and that option is becoming more and more pleasant with every word you say, so for your own safety, shut the fuck up" the voice threatened sending another surge of pain through Trevor just to emphasize his point.

"if you can get rid of me at any time why am I still here, what role do I play?" Trevor asked trying to get some info as to why this...thing in his head was making him do this.

"simple, I plan on committing some atrocities after I get what I need and I`ve seen the things you`ve been through and I thought it would be...therapeutic if you got to see some people die" the voice said following it with a sick laugh.

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The two had finally reached the outskirts of the city Trevor looking around nervously with his free eye hoping he did`nt attract any attention, but without warning a man who Trevor assumed was law enforcement stopped him dead in his tracks.

"sir do you mind explaining the glowing eye you have there" the officer inquired pointing to Trevor's left eye, Trevor opened his mouth to respond with whatever hastily made excuse he could come up with but what came out was much different.

"well you see I have this glowing eye because, I`m a super and if you know what`s good for you you`ll run away as fast as you can" Trevor gasped knowing that whatever was inside his head made him say that.

"why you little freak, I`m placing you under arrest" the officer bellowed raising his night stick in a feeble attempt to subdue Trevor but before he could bring it down Trevor's right hand shot out almost of it`s own will and gripped the policeman's head in his palm and fired a surge of electricity through the officer's head killing him instantly everyone immediately turned their gaze to Trevor some of them even screaming as they saw the dead officer in-front of him, then suddenly several other officers drew their weapons and pointed them at Trevor preparing to fire.

"ha, it`s good to be back" the voice said through Trevor as he merely ignored the officers and started running ducking into a nearby alley, continuing his search.

 

[Zepren]

A cold chill passed over Reggie as he left the pne of the offices of the Kirzinski crime family. Though he had his thirty grand in a suitcase at his side, there was something wrong somewhere. What it was he didn't know. He could just sense these things sometimes.

He walked down the street, they were bare.

Where is everybody?

Suddenly his phone buzzed in his pocket. It shook with fury, in angry that someone had disturbed it's slumber.

God, I think too much in to things

He stepped in to an alleyway and pulled the phone out casually, flipped it open. He didnt recognise the number. He put it to his ear.

"Hello?" He asked into the mouthpiece. "Who is this?"

 

[Grimheart]

"Kris, professional item collector."That always sounded better than saying he was a thief. Kris got in the car and sat beside Nathan."And as far as you should know, the other conflict...well that was complete bedlam. You remember hearing some snippets of a stupid cover story for what happened up north a few months ago?" Kris looked out the window of the cruiser as it made its way out of the alley."Well, Supers happened... everyone in that city went insane, except a few people that I met with shortly after everything went downhill." Damien, Guenevere... and Arthur. He shook his head. Images of others came to mind, the superhero woman, Supergirl, Kathy. Things he would rather not think about at the moment."In any case, what you and your little... puppets there should know is that we'll be fighting against this whole city. Violent supers, over zealous police officials and these people referred only as The Company." He sighed heavily."The worst of them though, would have to be other supers... Super villains, they exist and they aren't anything like in comic books."

Spoiler: ooc

For those who might be wondering, the people Kris is referring to when talking about Guenevere and Arthur are Aqua and Yorgs characters from Surge 1.

 

[Quad08]

Nathan nodded as Kris explained everything to him as they pulled back onto the highway, making there way into traffic. Looks like coming to this city was a bad idea. Could make for some excellent training though.

The police radio on the dashboard of the car was going crazy, with officers from all over the city calling in for back-up or extra support.

"Looks like the cops have there hands full"

Nathan chuckled as he listened to the broadcasts

"I guess history is bound to repeat itself"

 

[Yorgmiester]

"Hello Reggie, my name is Temica Gray." The rather expensive voice emulator, which he had stolen several months ago from a rather expensive facility, made Pain's voice sound a near perfect match to the young woman's.

"You may not know who I am, but I know you. Your most recent job was quiet a piece of work, and I'm interested in how it was done, if you'd be willing to share your 'business secrets'." Pain paused, glancing at the incapacitated woman lying on the filthy sewer floor with a leer. It appeared she was beginning to wake up.

"But that's not why I called. I called to give you a warning. You've been making deals with the Devil, Reggie, though you may not have known it. I tried to warn your friend, Adam, but he didn't listen. He's dead now." He paused again, for dramatic effect. This was fun.

"Listen carefully. The killer behind the Malian murders and all those ones before it, she's still lurking around. You've been tagged, for some reason or another. Possibly because of Alito. I don't have time to say much, as I believe I'm being watched, but if you go to the Shamus Bridge on 77th Avenue in two hours, I can tell you more."

With that he hung up, the phone transforming into black goo and melding into the rest of his body. He turned his attention to Temica Gray, lying on the floor, bound and gagged. She was just beginning to regain her consciousness, eyes darting about erratically. Pain approached her slowly, all the equipment he had set up morphing into blackness as he did so.

"Hey there."

Temica jolted in surprise, eyes narrowing for a moment, and then widening with fear. She twisted around helplessly in the grime, trying anything to back away as the monster leaned in closer. Reaching towards her face, he tugged on the gag, slipping it off and letting it fall to the floor. Temica instantly tried to scream, but nothing came out. She kept trying for a few moments, a choked expression on her face, as Pain grinned. Those injections worked pretty well.

"Good news. Remember all those things I said I would do to you before?" She stared at him wildly, too scared to cry. "I've decided not to do them. Isn't that great?" She continued to stare, too unsure of what was going on to make any response.

"That's right. No Tallahassee Mule Clamp for you. Instead, you get to keep tagging along with me on my little adventures!" Pain laughed, his mouth spreading wide like a demon's, black spittle flying in Temica's face. The woman went limp in despair, her face pressing into the stinking filth of the sewer, the salty tears of her silent sobs mixing seamlessly with the putrid dampness.

Still laughing, Pain picked her up and gave her a quick, mocking pat on the head, then enveloped her in his constantly morphing body and disappeared into the darkness.

 

[Zepren]

Reggie closed his phone, bemused by the coversation her just had. He threw the breifcase into the trunk of his car. With it fresh in his mind, he jotted down "Shamus Bridge, 77th, 2 hours" on a piece of paper. He sat down in the drivers seat.
Shamus Bridge, person or place? were his first thoughts though he decided not to ponder it much more. He'd have enough time to stop home and drop off the money. Two hours gave him time to think. His mind was buzzing madly.
Business secrets? Did they know who i was dealing with? Has someone sold me out? Also, Adam dead? The family won't be pleased. Malian and Alito? Bit high profile of me but it had to be done. Our operations should be easier now, no? Me? Marked? That adds to it.
He cracked his knuckles and revved his engine. He pulled out onto the deserted street.

It didnt take long for him to get back to his appartment. He dropped off the cash in his saferoom and left quickly. He left the building and head back down to his car. A man was sat on the bonet.
"Hey Reg, seen you got Alito then eh? What's next?" Asked the man. He was fair young too, like reggie.
"You know the plan. Bump up all operations. This city will soon belong to us ight?" Said Reggie coldly. This was the gang's plan, not his.
"You got it man." Said the man, he stood up and walked off dialing a number into his phone.

This is gonna be a long day night thought Reggie as the sky grew even darker and the twilight ensued. He pulled out of the car park and headed for 77th Avenue. He checked the glovebox, his machine pistols were still there.
Hope I don't need these, better to be safe then sorry though.

 

[Grimheart]

"Yeah... repeating."Kris shook his head again."I don't like this one bit though, where the hell are we headed? better not be to the middle of this shit storm." Kris was now paying attention to the roads they were taking. This area of town was a little less familiar, Kris usually didn't venture out of his playground unless he was serving out a contract and those had declined rather sharply. Maybe something was happening in the underworld. A shift in power perhaps... but that didn't really matter, whoever moved to the top they would still need someone like Kris. "If we go someplace where we might need to use our powers more openly, it won't end well." He turned to look at the man beside him."and if you're trying to screw me over, things won't end well for you." He was still a little wary of this acquaintance.

 

[Quad08]

"We're headed to the airport"

Nathan explained, looking to Kris

"I'll use my ability to get us a pilot with an airplane and then we're getting out of this city. Any problems with that?"

He asked, a hint of impatience in his voice

 

[Xero Scythe]

Damien opened up his private phone. He had it customized, not even the Company could tap his phone. He quickly input the number his friend had given him so long ago. He heard the voice on the other line.
"Hello, who is this? Who's calling?"

"Kris, it's me, Damien. Listen, we need to talk, and what I need to tell you can't be said on the phone. I don't care what you're doing right now, you need to drop it and come meet me. This could save your life. I'll be at my hut. you know where it is, right? I'll be waiting. I don't care who you bring, but you cannot tell anyone other than who you bring where you are going. Okay? Goodbye, I'll be waiting."