Author: Apologies if this has come out something aweful, this is a first time attempt. We wanted to keep it as close to the RP as possible but still in a way that people could read it and enjoy it as a FanFiction.
Credit goes to the following people for this chapter:
beardedVagabond as The Diamond Dignitary
that one derp who shows up a few times to fuck shit up like no other as Garry Makara
Nubby as Evan Ampora
Hero!Stuck AU
Skaia City, truly the greatest city in the world. If the world had a Roman Empire, Skaia was Rome. Of course, even Rome had its own problems, and Skaia wasn't always exactly kind to its fact, for some reason, Skaia seemed to be the place where all of the world's strange inhuman beings would gather together and fight for good, evil, or just themselves. Many have joined in this fight, and what they do in it remains to be seen.
== Be The Diamond Dignitary.
The Diamond Dignitary stood overlooking his current valuable transactions by the docks of Derse. This transaction, needless to say, was very important, coming straight from a foreign country that the States shouldn't be trading with. These weapons seemed like simple rifles, when in fact they fired an energy that could go through tank armour like a knife through hot butter. Naturally, he had to have them, for despite his usual dislike for unneeded flair he would always like to "keep up with the times", and these new energy weapons were the times, right here. As his men worked and unloaded the crates of weapons, he kept a firm lookout, knowing that they would often patrol at night.
Things seemed to be going well for him, he wasn't having any distractions and the cargo was being handled carefully. All in all it appeared that tonight was going to be pretty uneventful, that was, until a loud alarm could be heard from a nearby building.
== Be Evan Ampora and Garry Makara.
Evan had recently been working on something, but he had to wait to before he could work on it any more or else it would explode and he would really prefer not to have any more mutations or things exploding in his face. After all,he'd had enough experience with that, so he decided to take a casual stroll. Of course, he was never one to go out stupidly without any defence, so hegrabbed his dehydration gun and hypercube because they were both easy to carry. Was it already night? Geez he wondered how long he was working on that device. He merely shrugged it off and activated the night vision on his glasses.
Gary had just woken up, normally rising late from drugged relaxation in the mornings. He was usually quite nocturnal with the problem of going to sleep after waking up in the nights, and filling his veins with sugar from all the sodas he drinks. With an animalistic sense of instinct, he easily found his friend, Evan. "WaZzUp, PoPs?" He greeted him with a slap on the back. Ah, being friends with old people.
"hey gar wwhats up?" He said in a tone that hinted at tired. But he could be nice to Gary since he had known him for a while, so he didn't snap. He cleared his throat and looked around, everything tinted green with night vision.
"do you knoww any place to eat? preferably somethin that isnt completely digustin andcheap" He pulled his wallet out of his back pocket and started to count his money.
"JuSt GoT uP." He yawned, stretching his arm span out like he was still only waking up. Gary lazily smiled, thinking of an Early Bird Special joke, then thinking better of it since it was night and not morning. "I tHiNk ThErE's A mOtHeRfUcKiN' sAnDwIcH sHoP sOmE wHeRe ArOuNd HeRe." He suggested, normally sticking to eating his own cooking rather than eating at restaurants.
"i said somethin that aint disgustin and cheap" He chuckled and rolled his eyes. "but i guess its the best wwere goin to get around here, fuckin dirt district of the city" He sneered and straightened his scarf, walking towards said sandwich shop.
"AiN't ThE cItY's FaUlT yOu GoT aLl ThEsE hIgH aSs StAnDaRdS uP iN yOuR gRiLl." Gary followed, "MaYbE iF yOu GoT a PrObLeM oN iT, yOu CoUlD gO mAkE sOmE fAnCy FuCkInG pLaCe YoUrSeLf." It would be cool to open some restaurant, might make a lot of people happy to get some good grub.
"you knoww i dont cook, and i aint got any time for openin businesses wwith my dad urgin me to take ovver his and my spare time bein used to create shit for you and me i dont think thatd be a good idea" He spoke as he pushed the door to the sandwich place open, then looked at the counter and cashier. He stood and thought about what he wanted. "you should go ahead and get somethin I need to see wwhat this cheap place evven has."
"YeAh, YeAh. BuT yOu GoNnA dO iT? dOeSn'T sEeM lIkE yOuR tYpE oF sHiT wItH aLl Of ThAt CoMmAnDiN' aNd NoNe Of ThE tInKeRiNgS. bEiNg ThE hEaD oF aN oFfIcE aIn'T aS fUn As It'S aLl CrAcKeD uP tO bE." He knew Evan was not just a tinkering person, he was a true inventor, and a great one at that. It normally didn't show since Gary accidentally fucked up most of those inventions. "NaH, aLrEaDy AtE aT hOmE. i'M aLl GoOd."
"if i dont take the company hes gonna havve to givve it to cronus and knowwin that asshole hes gonna try and use it to pick up chicks and not do any wwork... that or hell turn it into some company for sex toys" He laughed a bit and walked up to the counter, almost ready to order.
"LeT hIm Do WhAtEvEr FeElS aLl RiGhT uP iN hIs HeArT. lIfE's ShOrT sO wHy NoT lIvE iT wItH sOmE fUn?" Gary elbowed his friend in the stomach, "LIkE yOu. GoTtA rElAx MoRe AnD jUsT sPeNd A fEw MiNuTeS wItH nOtHiN' oN yOuR bRaIn Or PlAtE."
Evan grunted a bit and held his stomach. Then he just shook his head at Gary and ordered a sandwich with panini and tomato. He turned back to Gary as his sandwich was being made. "yeah life is fuckin short but i havve to make sure evverythin for me is alwways set and if i aint part a the company i am not gettin any money so its either wwaste my time with nothin on my mind or take the company and keep invventin shit ill let the ceos do the big choices"
"SoMeTiMeS tHe FuN iS uP aLl In ThE sHiT nOt BeInG sEt. FiNdInG yOuR wAy OuTtA sOmE sTuFf, AnD lIvIn' ThE uNeXpEcTeD. cAn'T kNoW iT aLl, BrOtHeR." Gary leaned against the counter, staring into a light fixture, enjoying the blinding powers of the Messiahs above. It felt good when it didn't burn, almost like he was with the holy ones. "bUt WhAtEvEr FeElS lIkE iT wOrKs."
He took out his dehydration gun and zapped the sandwich into a tiny cube. "of course I can knoww it all! im an ampora the smartest fuckin ampora thats evver livved" He took a cup and filled it with water, then quickly downed the cube like it was a pill, chasing it with the drink. "see look i dont evven havve to put in the wwork of wwastin time chewwin so wwe can just continue talkin" He tossed a twenty at the cashier and started to exit the building. "anywways i need some special supplies to finish this devvice and some bastards wwont sell it to me" He leaned close to Gary and whispered. "so im gonna need your help gettin it"
Gary blinked a few times to adjust to the lighting once he moved his gaze away from the fixture and over to Evan. "DoN't ThEm CoRnErS hUrT dOwN yOuR pIpE?" Maybe the cube wasn't big, so maybe it didn't scratch at his throat at all. "cAn'T aLwAyS sKiP oUt On ThE lEsSeR tHiNgS iN lIfE. gOtTa LoVe 'Em WhIlE yOu GoT 'eM." He was referring to the chewing, something people hardly give a care to. He quirked his brow at the whisper, "wHaDdAyA mEaN?"
He pulled Garry outside and started to walk, looking at street signs. "i need to break in and steal a transmitter im gonna need you to help me get around and shit" He pulled out his small hypercube and pushed a button, letting out a small device. "i can get passed key coded locks wwith this" He pushed the button again, getting a second item. "and if bad comes to wworse ivve got some intense explosivve to make an escape hole" He grinned at Gary as he neared a tall brown building, gesturing to it as if to say that they arrived.
Gary considered this for a few moments, "AiN't StEaLiN' wRoNg? AnD bReAkInG aNd EnTeRiNg IlLeGaL?" He balanced whether it to be a good or bad thing. Helping his best friend was a very good thing, but stealing and entering wasn't as great. The answer came out as a 60/40, he was going to help Evan with it. He looked up at the building and questioned out loud, "tHiS tHe MoThErFuCkIn' PlAcE wE gOnNa GeT oUr RoBbIn' On?"
Evan was quick to cover Gary's mouth with his hand. "shh yes yes it is noww hush wwere bein stealthy" He tugged Gary into an alleyway and looked up at a window. He tried to jump up to it, grabbing onto the ledge but losing his grip soon. "fuck gimme a boost gar" He stepped back and retrieved a rope from his hypercube.
Stealthy? Oh yes, Gary was the one and only master of stealth. In fact, he created stealth like the ninja he secretly was. This was all a lie, but it could be tested out to see how good he is at such insidious skills. "MaN, yOu DoN't GoTtA kEeP yAnKiN' mE 'rOuNd ToWn." He held onto Evan's legs, pushing him up to assist in reaching the window.
He climbed up to the window and crawled inside. "shut up and get in here" He lowered the rope for Gary and held it firmly. While waiting for him to climb up, he lookedaround, it seemed the building has an underground warehouse. Just great, he had to search for shit now.
Gary firmly gripped the rope, putting a foot against the wall and scaling it up, pulling himself inside. "MoThErFuCkEr, We ArE gOnNa GeT oUr aSsEs CaUgHt. CaN't We GeT sOmE tYpE oF dIsGuIsE-y ThInG sO tHeY dOn'T kNoW uS?" He suggested, even though they were already inside, making it a bit too late.
"uhh.. i dont knoww about you but.." He lifted his scarf up and covered his face, tying it behind his head. He grinned behind the new mask. "wworry about yourself man" He started to carefully walk across the floor and looked at the tall stacks of boxes. "and wwatch your step theres blatant ass tripwwires here"
Gary chuckled, "I wAs MaInLy TaLkIn' AbOuT yOu. GoT mY sHiT aLl Up AnD sEt." He pulled his hood up, usually keeping his grey hoodie with him. You could never tell when some help was needed. Removing a colourfully splattered bandana from his pocket, he tied it to cover the bottom of his face and nose. He cautiously follow behind Evan, keeping his eyes on the floor to ensure he wouldn't trip anything.
Evan read the boxes, they had really big sciencey words on them. (which he could totally understand easily but I dont so yeah) "should be riiiight...here!" He said victoriously, a bit loud too as he started to aim his dehydrating gun at the box, then quickly turning the entire thing into a small cube and packing it into his hypercube. Cubeception yo. He looked back at Gary with a thumbs up and started to sneak back.
Gary nodded back, also returning the thumbs up for whatever reason. He began his way back to the window, keeping his look to the ground for the tripwires. He then purposefully set one off, deciding that this break in was probably a bad thing to do. There weren't enough heroes in this city. "Oh ShIt SoN... i ThInK i DoNe KnOcKeD oNe Up."
He blinked as a rather loud alarm went off. "god dammit gar" He said as he quickly broke out into a run, holding the bomb he had earlier and pushing a few buttons on it. He threw it at the wall below the window they had came in through and jumped behind a pile of boxes. "fuck fuck fuck.."
He covered his ears before the bomb went off to prevent any temporary deafness that occurred from such loud noises. Gary bolted out after Evan, hopping out of the window and landing on the balls of his feet whilst using his hands as support to not fall on his ass in the most embarrassing manner. "WhO's ShIt EvEn Is ThIs?"
"some big man named droog" Evan shouted over the alarm as he got up and ran through the hole in the wall. He assumed Gary was following behind him and didn't bother to check if he was following. He bolted down the side walk, passing a few alleys and several other anonymous figures that may or may not be super. But he didn't care, he was just running as fast as he could to get out of there.