Disclaimer: I in no way own any rights to City of Heroes. If I did, well..on with the story!
The hero known as Gigablitz was relaxing in Steel Canyon, just above the Police Station. It has been awhile since Gigablitz was last inside the building in question, just under a year ago.
"Heh. Brings back memories looking at this place...to think their forces would be in some trouble without my tech."
Gigablitz shook his head as he saw a PPD Enforcer-Class Mech striding down the street with its head and left arm missing, and various other parts of its armor shredded and pulsing with exposed electricity. He sighed.
"Some things, they just never change..." The hero laughed as he hopped down from his perch and raced down the street with his superspeed-low altitude flight.
Gigablitz scowled as he came face to face with two of Recluse's pawns. Better known as Kael Fangblade and Aurora Nekodie.
"So. Mind telling me what you two are doing here? If you even bother to say 'we're leaving'," He paused and created multiple sparks of lightning between his hands, "Then nevermind going back to your 'pal', Recluse." Gigablitz smirked.
"Pssh. Another hero-type. That big robot was easy enough, this guy should be cake." Fangblade chuckled as he unsheathed his katana.
"That's right. This is 2-on-1, villains getting the advantage. No nice-minded loser is gonna stop us from robbing this bank!" Aurora shouted while assuming a martial arts stance.
"Hmph. Looks like I get to teach you dunderheads some old-school heroics." Gigablitz said as he created a full-on lightning bolt soaring around himself.
Kael and Aurora began by going on either side of Gigablitz, but to no avail. The blaster jumped into the air and sent forth a ball of voltaic energy, a voltaic sentinel. The sentinel blasted at the pair of villains as they both leapt at Gigablitz. The hero took this as a petty attempt and shattered their hopes by calling forth a thunderous blast, one of his better tricks. The pair were instantly struck down by the sheer force of the blast, and soon succumbed to it's shocking energy, and no sooner than a minute later, they were in the PPD Jail.
"Cake." Gigablitz smirked as he took off towards Blyde Square to hang out with some newer heroes. When he arrived, somebody asked him for his autograph, and she walked away like a fangirl to her friends, screaming something like "Ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh I got his autograph!" Soon after, Gigablitz noticed a fledgeling hero wavering in his flight path. This made him think to how he acted when he first got his powers, and sent him on a one way trip down memory lane...
"Come on, man. Let's get out of here. The Chief's waiting."
"Just a minute...I'm not done charging the voltaic generator."
"Oh, for christ's sake, just leave it on until we get back."
"Do you WANT this place to blow up?"
Officer Raymond was getting frustrated with his acquaintance, Jameson Valatan, a scientist at D.A.T.A.. Raymond was assigned to bring him to a workshop to help design the armor for the PPD Mechs, but he was losing his patience to what Jameson calls 'important work'.
A low humming noise filled the room, and the light from the generator lighted up the otherwise dark laboratory.
"There. It's all charged up, we can leave now. Happy?" Valatan sighed, looking at Raymond with an annoyed look.
"Finally. Are you sure nothing else is gonna 'blow up' on us? It'd be too bad if all these pieces of scrap were wasted."
The two left the D.A.T.A. lab with the prototype weapons systems for the PPD Mechs. As Raymond stuffed it into the back of his truck, Valatan sat down in the front seat, seeming disappointed about having to leave his lab. He was what other people would call obssessed. He describes it as passionate.
By the time the duo had entered the PPD's workshop, Valatan was worried about what kind of threats that they would need such a heavy assault unit for. Valatan was almost scared to think that these mechs would have the destructive force to take down a supervillain. The thought of a malfunction ran through his mind...what could happen should it arrive? Jameson shook his head and rid himself of the thought.
"Say, how long will these take to get finished?" Valatan asked.
"Hrm...my guess is as good as yours, but I'm thinking around 3 months." One of the engineers replied.
"Sooo...can I leave now?" Valatan said to the chief.
"Sure. Go ahead." The chief told him.
As Valatan walked home, he wondered if he could somehow become a hero...as far as he knew, he wasn't a mutant, didn't have any magic abilities, hadn't been dropped in a vat of toxic waste or been trained to excellence. That leaves technology. He was pretty bright in said catagory, so he decided to design an energy weapon of some sort to try his hand at the hero buisness.
After a month of extensive work, he completed it. It didn't look like much, a simple pair of metal gloves with energizer chips. He figured he'd look silly running around in jeans, a T-Shirt and big metallic gloves, so he designed a costume. Some metallic tights with blue lightning bolts across it, along with a matching pair of boots. A clear mask with blue circuit-like symbols was put over his head, underneath a blue bandana. Black and silver sleeves went over his arms and were attached via wires, and wore a pair of blue pants with black lightning striped across them.
He hit the streets and started to fight crime, getting better every day, striving to achieve excellence with his energy weapons.
Gigablitz sighed, remembering how the experienced heroes would laugh and crack jokes about him. He rolled his eyes and set off towards Perez Park. Gigablitz still can't figure out why he loves it so much in said area. When he stepped through the war wall door, he spotted a group of heroes battling a mob of hellions. Losing, but putting up a good fight nonetheless.
"You guys need some help over there?" Gigablitz called. The scrapper of the group activated a healing device and leapt toward Gigablitz.
"You think we can't handle a couple of hellion losers? Are you challenging me? Huh? You wanna fight?" He ranted as a hellion chuckled and brought him down with a blast of fire fashioned as a dart.
"And that's why you don't yell at other heroes, unless of course they act with extreme stupidity or idiocy." Gigablitz said, electrocuting the foe with a small bolt of lightning.
"Wow! You're so powerful! What's your name?" One of the scrapper's friends asked, staring at Gigablitz with big puppy dog eyes and twitching her cat-like ears.
"I'm Gigablitz. And you are?"
"I'm Moonslash! Do you have a sidekick? Can I be your sidekick?" She asked again with her 'cute' face. She looked like a heroine with lots of potential, so he agreed.
"So, do you know the 5 Rules of Heroism? No? Alright, I'll tell you. Number 1, never harm another hero unless it has been agreed upon or is required. Number 2, never harm a citizen. Number 3, a hero and his or her sidekick should never be more than 200 yards away from eachother. Number 4, a sidekick must follow his or her hero's directions. Number 5, remain in control of your powers and never let them loose. Got it?" Gigablitz explained.
Moonslash nodded vigorously. "Alright then," He started, "now that you know the rules, we'd best be going to my place."
They arrived at a large metal door hidden deep within Boomtown. Gigablitz applied a large amount of electricity to the door, triggering the opening mechanism. The duo stepped inside and walked down the hall to a room with arcade games, pool tables, a huge TV, and multiple sofas.
"Wow...you live here?" Moonslash said as she explored the room.
"Yep...not as impressive as some other people's hideouts, but I'm not complaining." Gigablitz said as he opened a vault and placed his lightning gloves inside. "Give me a minute to get out of costume." He told her as he stepped into his bedroom and changed into a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. "You wanna stay for a while? I have some clothes that might fit you."
"Sure! Hey, if we're gonna be a sidekick and hero duo, shouldn't we know each other's real names?" She asked.
"I guess so..my name's Jameson Valatan. Most of my friends call me Jamie, though. You?"
"I'm Violet Nekodie." Jameson's eyes widened when he heard her last name.
"Nekodie? You mean...are you sisters with Aurora Nekodie? The supervillain?" He demanded.
Violet turned away at the question. "She wasn't always a villain, not until she met that Fangblade guy...she should've just stuck with Bloodclaw and remained a hero..don't talk about it...please." She said, half crying.
Jameson put his hand on her shoulder and said, "I'm sorry for bringing it up. How about changing the subject? You wanna get changed and hang around here for a bit?"
Violet wiped her eyes and nodded, walking towards the closet in the bedroom.
Jameson's cell phone rang and he jumped, then realizing what was happening he grabbed it and heard a familiar voice.
"Dude! Get geared up and get down here right away! A Clockwork Paladin is crushing downtown King's! We need more firepower, hurry!"
"Alright Bloodclaw, be right there." The phone call ended as quickly as it started. "Yo, Violet! Get your costume on, we got trouble in King's Row."
As the newly formed pair exited Gigablitz's hideout, some conversation sparked during the journey to King's Row.
"Hey, Moonslash, you never told me what your powers were. What are they?" Gigablitz asked her.
Moonslash shrugged and said, "Really? Heh. Thought I did. With my powers I can manifest darts or blades created from negative energy. Not much compared to controlling lightning and energy, but...meh! I don't care if people think my powers are lame. I just want people to judge me for who I am."
The hero turned his gaze from her to the path infront of him, and made a sharp turn to avoid one of the many wrecked statues of Boomtown. "Yikes! I have got to pay attention to where I'm going..." He laughed. Moonslash joined him, and there was no further chatting until they got to King's Row.
A group of heroes and heroines were already battling the huge Paladin robot. Gigablitz's friend, Kaon Bloodclaw swiftly made an evasive jump to avoid being crushed by the Paladin's hammer and gracefully landed infront of Gigablitz and Moonslash. Moonslash clapped.
"Got a sidekick I see? Good to see younger heroes interested in saving the city from beasts like this one." Kaon said, pointing at the Paladin, who just kicked a (formerly) self-respecting tanker in the 'sensitive' area, and continued speaking. "The Paladin is one of the Clockwork's more chaotic robots, just behind Babbage on the carnage scale. Enough talk, you two ready to help fight this thing?" Kaon said, extracting his claws quickly and turning slightly to face the machine.
"You bet! Lemme at him!" Moonslash cried as she summoned up an armory of dark swords, pikes, and just about anything else that's sharp and scary. "Take this, Paladin!" She called and made a forward motion with her arms and sent the weapons forward. The Paladin turned towards her and reared up its arm, preparing for a charge. "Uh oh." Moonslash said as she flew out of its range.
"Careful, Moonslash! Don't wanna break in the hospital teleporter just yet! And as for you..." Gigablitz said as he created an electrical barrier between the monstrosity and himself, "You need to communicate more!" He yelled as he blasted the base of a mailbox conveniently located above the Paladin's bucket-like head. The box fell on top of the Clockwork, and had probably severely enraged it, as it immediately snatched the box and used it to clobber anybody unfortunate enough to be standing near it.
"I've had enough! I'm taking a shot at this thing!" Bloodclaw said as he heightened his regeneration rate and added a protective layer on to his skin to make sure he didn't fall, and released a burst of energy from his claws, and proceeded to swipe at the robot with precision, aiming for all the little circuits and wires inside its metal ribcage. The Paladin had begun to spark, and the blows from the crowd of 12 heroes were weakening it.
Another of Gigablitz's friends, Kyyjik walked over to speak to him. "Hey. Got a sidekick now, eh? Cool. I still need to get one, myself. By the way, try to aim for its nose, it hates that." Kyyjik laughed and hopped back into action, sending forth blasts of energy to the Paladin's nose.
"It's weakening! Keep going, heroes!" called the apparent leader of the group, a controller called Stormspire.
"Back to work, then..." Gigablitz muttered as he drew forth a huge cloud of lightning to his fists. He molded it into a classic Zeus-like lightning bolt and hurled it at the Paladin. The metal behemoth fell over, and was slightly disoriented from the electrical blast.
"And now for the finishing touch.." The tanker Golemite chuckled as he lifted a massive stone foot and brought it down upon the Paladin's head, crushing it to bits. The body instantly shut down. "Great work, guys." Golemite said as he went to give Gigablitz a pat on the back. A painful one, at that, for his hand right now was embedded with stone, brimstone and crystals.
"Good work, Moonslash. Let's get back to the hideout."
Violet sighed and changed into a miniskirt and a rather small top when they arrived. "Wow..that fight was amazing to watch. Especially when you toppled that robot over all by yourself..." she said as she slumped down on her bed with her revealing clothes, laying on a pillow watching Jamie fall into the sofa and turn the TV on. "Hey, you ever get the thought of going out with another hero?" Violet sighed as she looked at her nails.
"What are you implying, Violet? You want me to take you out on a date or something?" He laughed and turned to face her.
She blushed and giggled. "Mmm...maybe..." She smiled slyly and hovered over to Jamie and sat next to him on the couch.
Jamie lifted himself off the sofa and whispered to her, "I'm gonna be going to bed now. My door's going to be unlocked, but I suggest you don't come in as my doorway is guarded by a voltaic trip wire. It's nothing personal, I just like my privacy." and with that, he walked away and flicked a switch on his wall, activating a series of blue wires across his doorway.
"Aww...next time I won't be so obvious.."