A few, months had passed and still no sign of Demon Babe Ethan was starting to get really worried she should have made her way back by now. Genral Zack had set up a special meeting with an enhanced human doctor from Africa that was supposed to be able to help figure out what happened to her. Since the Blackwater incident noone had any clue to where she could be? public scrutiny was at an all-time high! things could be better. To top it off Corrupted was still missing too. Genral Zack had really been pushing for American Man, to start working with a new hero'' The Titian'' and to start playing nice with other contracted heroes. Government funded OfCourse same as him. To make matters worse, Titian had been saving people all over the world dragging American Man thru the mud it was all a big PR stunt, he wanted the number one ranking it was no secret with the games of few months away he was campaigning for top ranking. All the world's enhanced humans were gathering for the conference all the biggest names would be there. Trying to show off for potential Sponers a lot of company's showing off their latest weapons or EHT enhanced human tec. See once every five years the worlds hero's hold a kind of Olympics for the world's biggest heroes. It's basically a death match till someone taps out or dies with the world's most powerful enhanced it's the biggest sporting event in the history of the world.
He was a striking figure, tall in a sleek, high-tech suit of armor that seamlessly blends black and white tones. The armor is designed with a futuristic aesthetic featuring sharp, angular lines and glowing, circuit-like patterns that pulse with energy. His helmet is shaped like a human skull, with glowing white eyes. He must have had seven different guns on his suit alone. His voice changer made him sound like a robot deep and auto tuned. A bunch of enhanced humans were at the tent for federal service signing up for federal training building try outs. A Bunch of heroes from Team Z15 were taking questions and talking to potential recruits. Titian arrives on scene, he fly's in right next to American man cuts his jets about three feet from the ground, landing like a jackass right next to American Man.
Titian:'' Well, well well '' (smirking, arms crossed)
'' Look at this the legendary American Man, still posing like a statue on his pedestal. Cute but let's be real the crowd's moved on. You're a museum piece.''
American Man: calm, scanning his peer '' Kid, I've seen heroes come and go.
Flashy suits don't save cities. Judgment does. You'll learn that... or you'll crash hard.''
Titian: '' Judgment? Please. Your 'wisdom' is just slow reflexes. I process threats in nanoseconds. Stopped a cyber-hack and a tsunami before breakfast. What'd you do today? Rescue a cat from a tree?''
Titian: '' Only thing you got is Daddy Zacks juice juice without that your nothing! ''
American Man: '' You think you could take me? '' he smiled a sinister smile staring at The Titian
American Man: '' Small things matter too, not always a Space Dragon Warrior from another planet to stop!''. ''Saved a runaway subway today, by holding it long enough for people to escape that good enough for you? Experience isn't a weakness! It keeps civilians alive when your tec fails.''
Titian: ''Fail? My systems are perfected. You're still punching robots. I rewrite their code mid-fight. Face it your heroics are nostalgia. I'm efficiency. I' am evolution.''
American Man: ''Evolution, Hun? his voice hardening Arrogance got more heroes killed than any villain. You'll hit a wall you can't hack. And when you do? Thats when you'll need what I've got.
Titan: '' Keep your dusty playbook. I'll be too busy rewriting the game. But hey when the next big one hits? Watch my feed. I'll tag you... so you can finally see how it's done.''
The pair kept bickering this never stopped, The Titian knew he was number one and he wouldn't rest until the entire world thought it too! American man couldn't stand him. As time went on, the feeling didn't change. Crime rates were down, and Titan was all over the internet quickly becoming the world's new what's what of heroes. American Man didn't really care; he had been focusing on finding Demon Babe. That meant working with Baby Black Magic Trying to focus on Finding Demon Babes location. They had been working on it for months now with no results Black Magic was spending a lot of time at Blackwater site trying to figure out just exactly what happened?
BM: '' I'm not sure how her abilities work, but I don't one second, I was fighting the inmates then everything went black. I casted a spell of DeVine protection, but I don't remember how? I really thought they were goanna kill her! it was like someone else was controlling me, at that very same moment she used her Transmisson ability, and I just don't know, I haven't been able to use that spell since either it's like the spell is still in effect. AM: '' I have talked to Zack, and he thinks this Dr Kindler may be able to help us with this particular problem given his enhancement''.
BM: '' What can he do? '' asked Black Magic
AM: '' Get this he can affect your emotions thru vibration application and sound ''
BLACK Magic brought his file up allies: Black Swan/ Dr Ick Kindler power: Manipulation via sounds waves and emotions.
Bio: Dr kindler is a mega level enhanced Human from Africa widely renowned for his breakthroughs in enhanced human research and experimentation specifically in body modifications. He is world renowned for his achievements in physic science.
AM: '' If anyone can figure out where she is it's him.'' He has a hardcore loyal fan base so hopefully with all his resources he can get to the bottom of this. American man had been failing at Staying out of the spotlight, but he was trying to work with other heroes too, " I need every resource available to find them'' and he was very worried about their child, He wanted to keep the Genral off his back, he knew he would be done for without DR kindler so he was super thankful for Genral Zack setting it up. Even Though things were hard right now Nothing could have prepaid anyone for what came next. American Man was actually about to meet up with Doctor Kindler right before he got the call.
American Man got a call from Genral Zack, '' Yes Genral?''
Genral Zack: '' We need you now! quick something has just appeared downtown; we have no idea who they're or what they came for? but it's not good ''
American Man: ''Just appeared what is it?
Genral: '' We don't know some kind of portal!''
American Man: ''On my way sir I'll be there in no time''
Genral Zack:'' Thank God! Titian and ''Capital Punishment'' are already on scene.''
American Man: " Any word from Demon Babe?''
Genral Zack...'' Not yet''
American Man: ''k''
American Man was Soering thru the clouds, two hundred miles an hour thinking...Oh god he couldn't help but to remember, the last time he had worked with Capital Punishment. Dude was off his rocker! not to mention he was a top ranked hero, and he loved killing. Guy was unstable to be frank. Had been rumors he was a skit-so but no one really knew? American Man could see the entire thing replay in his head.
The briefing was grim. A bioterrorist, who called himself ''Ccell'' had stolen Virus X-9, a mutagenic virus that transformed users into hulking, feral ''Reapers.'' They would grow spikes all over their body and gain increased speed and strength. They would be crazy deadly if it wasn't for their twenty-three-hour life span. The creatures could stand their own against the world's strongest, but their cells start to destabilize and melt about twenty hours in. Army Sargent "your objective infiltrate the group's underground lab, destroy the virus, and neutralize the threat''.
'' No survivors,'' Capital Punishment growled, loading his bag with weapons and cyber blades.
''we save everyone we can,'' American Man countered, eyeing his partner's weapons with distrust.
American Man: ''If they're not infected, we can get them out there!''.
Capital Punishment: '' Look we all can't be the front-page golden boy; you don't like dark Opps take it up with the boss!''
The lab was a nest of steel and shadows. Located deep underground a mountain right outside the city. The mountain had giant steel poles, like a frame for an unfinished building. Construction vehicles and a few work trailers. It felt like being in an abandoned missile site, cold and empty. They were deep in it, oxygen getting thin and cold. ''We must be close'' muttered Capital, when all of a sudden, a swarm of guards in gas mask and a greenish army suit came running towards them. American Man shattered units of men, punch after punch. While Capital Punishment fired syringes at the fleeing goons. He blasted them with arm canons shooting his signature heavy blaster. Men were split in half, one was begging for mercy he walked up and stuck a thermal on his forehead, '' sure my child '' as he kissed the air and kept walking. Beep beep beep beeeeeeeeeep the man's helmet started to glow orange before exploding. The two had the goons defeated no problem, and the scientist were quickly detained. They were freeing hostages the mission was complete. Waiting for backup taking inventory when one of the scientists started freaking out and screaming.
Dr Franklin: '' Stop you can't! you don't understand!''
Capital grabbed the man by the neck! lifted him four feet in the air. All of a sudden, a hostage started yelling as well!
Hostage: '' Let him go!'' He demanded! you have no right!''.
Everyone started yelling and standing up. All the chaos, and commotion. A hostage, stumbled into Capital pushing him into another. The lady went stumbling and went flying off an open canon she started screaming as her body gets impaled by a jagged rock. Punishment started freaking. He started punching computers screaming '' You idiots". American Man grabbed him by the arm. '' Relax man'' Capital spun around in a rage and laid a haymaker! American Man went flying. Capital Punishment's syringe gun misfired and pierced a doctor in her arm. Instead of antidote, it delivered four samples of X-9.
''No-! American Man lunged, too late. Ethel as it turned out was the poor women's name. Ethal started to change he clothes ripping as jagged spikes erupted from all directions, claws and fangs dripping with poison. She gasped, her veins blackening. Her spine twisted, limbs elongating into clawed appendages. The virus worked fast, Ersing the women beneath a gnarled, roaring reaper. The lab collapsed around them as Ethel rampaged. She was in bloodlust mode ripping apart Scientist left and right, it was a smoke cloud of flying blood and body parts. American Man dodged swiping claws, shouting, '' We can cure her!''
''Look at her! look at what she's done'' Capital Punishment barked, reloading with armor-piercing rounds as his auto canon locked on and lit up a neon red. He stomped towards the Reaper '' The mutations irreversible. She's already changed.'' Ethels milky eyes, brimming with terror, met American Man's. A flicker of the woman remained. But when her talons gouged his chest, drawing blood, reality set in.
They cornered her on a crumbling ledge. American Man's hand's trembled as he pinned the Reaper, her growls echoing a plea for release. Capital Punishment took aim.
American Man: '' I can't hold her much longer!''.
The gunshot cracked. American Mans grip loosened. Her head was ripped in half, blood dripping Ethel stopped moving.
American Man: '' This isn't justice,'' he said pissed off. He grabbed Capital by the shirt frustrated as hell! Capital Punishment turned away. ''Don't touch me ''. American Man fell to his knees he was speechless.
present
American Man flew towards the heart of the smoke and explosions. He landed like a nuke, buildings down everywhere! The Titian fighting a giant yellow monster with purple claws! with metal spikes for a spine and some kind of stretching ability. And Capital Punishment was parked on a building, taking long range missile shots, he had a gun that was famously called the '' Pumpsniper '' shot long rang shotgun missiles. There was another Hero team fighting too ''Masked Malicah'' as well. They had a four-man team, that utilized magic and martial arts to materialize energy armor, they didn't seem that tough, but they were very strong! they each had a special mech droid they could summon being Independent, hey were one of the most popular teams in the world and which] they worked for themselves. They were pretty badass, Military tanks parked along the streets to form a perimeter. With S.W.A.T descending everything seem to be under control.
Capital Punishment: '' bout time you got here! could really use some help''