Timeline: Early Season Two
What does a young man do when he gains awesome and supreme powers? Become a super-hero, what else? With his own set of villains to deal with, and a horde or robots gunning for him, will be able to survive let alone get to school on time?
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"Welcome to the future of electrical power young ladies and gentlemen." Began the man in a white lab coat. He was somewhat short and balding, and had thick glasses, but had a friendly smile on his face as he addressed the field trip that gathered at the new power plant. "I am Hugh Kinas. And I will now show you my creation, the Kinas Power Plant. Come inside." He turned and walked into the huge building. To many it would look like a large dome of concrete with a huge radar dish on it's top. The dish pointed directly to the sky and was fixed to it's position. In the center of it was a beam of yellowish light, seemingly coming from heaven like a supernatural laser. Most of the students in the trip had to admit, it's looked kind of Sci-Fi.
"Wow. Talk about major cool, huh James?" A girl asked to the boy beside her. The girl in question was in a leather mini-skirt with blood red button-up shirt and knee high boots. Her black hair had steaks of red through it and her eyes were a crystal blue. The boy in question nodded in response.
"I know Alex. It is cool. Far away from town though." Her companion was slightly taller than her five feet nine inches form. At 5'10 James wore blue jeans, simple sneakers and a blue t-shirt with red trim. Short black hair and brown eyes completed the look.
Liberty City (Not the one in Grand Theft Auto III, thank you) was a city in the sense of the word. Not huge like New York, but large enough to warrant a subway system. The Liberty City prototype Kinas Plant was the first of it's kind, located on a mountain to remove any interference from it's signals.
Alex shrugged and followed the group. "Yeah, it's a bit far out of town. My rear is aching from all the sitting I was doing on the bus."
James nodded as he kept pace with her. "I know. Well, let's see what there is to see."
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Elsewhere, in a hidden location...
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He was Bolivar Trask. Genius in robotics. Wealthy beyond measure.
And very much obsessed with mutants.
They hid. Some in tunnels, others in plain sight. They all had odd and fantastic powers.
Powers to conquer humanity. Which he would not allow.
It should be noted Bolivar was rather racist about mutants. He knew that the mutant 'Magneto' wanted to conquer the humans of the planet. He would lead the mutants to fight against the normal humans. A fight he could win.
Unless the Sentinels defeated him. Robots of destructive power of his design and programmed for the search and extermination of mutants as well as latent mutants and humans who's taint could give birth to mutants.
Once all mutants and tainted humans were gone all that would be left would be pure humans and pure genocide.
He turned to an assistant. "Are the HK-1s ready to deploy?"
The assistant nodded. "Yes, to your specifications. Are you sure we shouldn't monitor them? Or at least have some uplink in case they are destroyed and we are unable to retrieve them?"
The HK-1 (Hunter-Killer) Series was his second Sentinel design. Standing eight feet tall and looking like giant metal moles the HK-1 Series were equipped with lasers in each arm and missiles in each shoulder. Thrusters in the back and legs provided thrust for flight. They weren't agile in the air, but they were fast. Heavy armor guarded against forces ranging from small arms fire to the impact of a speeding car. Their programming was closing to perfection but the units still tended to lose track of targets when the exited their line-of-sight, and there was a few other bugs, but the programming would do for the time being.
His first Sentinel Design, the MACK-1 (Massive Assault, Capture and Kill) was still in production, the massive robot had an improved AI and even better weaponry, but there were too big to go into caves and building and tunnels where mutants would likely take shelter in. They would be used for the more troublesome and powerful mutants.
Trask shook his head as he finished his reflection. "No, I want to see what they can do by themselves. What about the MSJ.? Is it activated yet?"
The Assistant nodded and pointed to a display reading 'Mutant Signal Jammer'. "Yes. Any device designed to track or locate mutant signatures will be jammed for the entire city. This 'Magneto' will find nothing here."
Task nodded. "Liberty City is the first city to be cleansed. Then the Eastern United States. Then the world. Deploy the two HK-1s in ten minutes. Let me know when they return.
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Meanwhile, back at the Kinas Power Plant...
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"This is our main control room." Kinas said as the school children looked around. The room was circular with several stations. "The plant is monitored by both human and computer. This is because while the plant creates large amounts of power, it can also be dangerous. It works like so." He tapped a few buttons on a nearby station and a screen in the center of the room lit up, showing a view of the region from space. "This is video feed from one of our satellites in space. A system of five satellites collects solar energy and by using giant mirrors reflects them to the main satellite, orbiting earth in tune with the planet's rotation. This satellite then directs all that energy as a beam into the dish above the plant. The dish itself is a collection of solar panels that transform the solar energy into electricity. It is clean, efficient and effective. However it IS a beam of concentrated solar energy. If it were to stray from the dish the damage it could cause would be tremendous. Under that intense light human tissue would turn to ash. Needless to say, sunscreen won't help much." A few of the children laughed. "As you might imagine the satellite requires a lot of know how with mathematics, particularly angles, to avert disaster. We can change the angle of any satellite from here in case the orbit of one satellite changes. Now, let me talk about the cooling system..."
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Meanwhile, in an alley of Liberty City...
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His name... He forgot. He was called Jester. Gang leader. Nut case. Thug. Whatever you will. He also had ambition.
And a plan... an interesting plan...
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Later...
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"Sheesh, all that talk and here we are back on our butts." One of the students moaned on the bus trip back to Liberty City.
Alex leaned over to whisper to her friend. "I gotta agree, I should have skipped this trip."
"No arguments here." James said turning to the window. At least it was a nice day, some good sun, the trees and mountains on the way back was a good view, those big metal birds...
Wait. Big metal birds?
He turned to look at two decidedly not-bird-like metal things in the sky, fast approaching them. "What is that?" He said, Alex leaning over to him to get a better view. She blinked as two humanoid figures passed overhead and moved ahead of the bus. The bus slowed to a halt in response.
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HK-1-0000-001: Scanning for Mutant Genes.
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Scan complete.
One Tainted Human. Probability of subject's offspring becoming a mutant: 83.2%. Designated as Target-001.
One Latent Mutant. Scan accuracy: 93.4% Designated as Target-002.
One Latent Mutant. Scan accuracy 97.1%. Designated as Target-003
Remaining subjects are human. All remaining subjects are Designated Non-Targets.
ALERT!
Target-003 Bio-readings fluctuating! Possible Manifestation of mutant powers! ETA of Manifestation: Within 42 minutes, 12 seconds! Stress of attack may force early Manifestation!
Target-003 Designated as Priority Target! Exterminate immediately!
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The students all blinked as the robots looked at them. Their arms raised.
All hell broke loose. Once the arms came up most of the students threw themselves down. Lasers pierced the bus and one beam passed a student's head. Then everyone went for an exit, scrambling as they got free. James ran a few feet from the bus once he got away from the mob and looked at the robots. They turned and looked back. Panels opened to expose missiles. James took the hint and ran, eyes scanning for any cover he could find, dashing towards some old caves. A pair of missiles flew through the air flying past James and hitting the ground in front of him. The explosion wasn't close enough to harm him, however ground gave way underneath him and he fell into the caverns below.
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HK-1-0000-001: Scanning for Priority Target.
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Priority Target Lost. HK-1-0000-002 will exterminate the following targets: 001, 002.
HK-1-0000-001 will patrol area. Will locate Taget-003 once Target-003 has Manifested. Scanners will be able to detect Bio-Signature of Target-003 after Manifestation.
Commencing Patrol.
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Alex held a hand to her chest as she struggled to calm down. "Bloody hell, we're being attacked by ROBOTS?"
She watched as one lifted above the ground and began to circle the area. The second she lost track of. And as for James...
That was what scared her. Her best friend could have been killed just now and what help did she offer? She ran and screamed. Loudly. Alex carefully snuck away from the circling robot. She was going to find her friend, and she was going to do it now.
Without screaming.
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HK-1-0000-002: Commencing Search.
Targets-001 and 002 have been lost. Probability they have scattered with Non-Targets in immediate area: 74.2%.
Beginning Search.
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"Ouch." One word summed up James' state. Sore, but not really hurt. He stood up and looked around at his surroundings.
Total blackness. That was all he could see. "Great. I must have fallen into an old mine-shaft or something. He picked a direction and began moving, up until he bumped into something. "Ouch! Man I wish I had a flashlight."
His aimless wandering continued. Four more times he walked face-first into something. Each time he complained. Then he let out a long growl. "Where is a flashlight when you need one!?" He shook his fist in the air rapidly, cursing his situation. Then he could make out his fist. He stopped and looked at it. His entire hand glowed with a pale blue. And slowly the blue crept down his arm, over his chest, down his body and his other arm, coating his head, covering his head, until his whole body glowed a pale blue.
He looked over himself and then around himself. He could actually see details of the mine shaft now, as well as the beam he hit his head on.
"OK. First robots, now I'm turning into a human flashlight... What's next?"
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HK-1-0000-001: Patrolling.
ALERT! Target-003 has begun to Manifest! Accuracy of scan: 98.9%! Location confirmed! Sending location to HK-1-0000-002!
Proceeding to Target-003's Location.
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Alex watched as the circling robot flew into a hole. The other she caught a glimpse of, walking down a mineshaft. She breathed a sigh of relief. Now if she could James...
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Profiles: Hugh Kinas
Occupation: Scientist, Inventor, Head Supervisor of the Liberty City Kinas Power Plant and President of Kinas Energy LMT
Likes: Environmentally friendly energy resources, Children, Smores
Dislikes: Gangs, Bureaucrats, Strawberry Ice Cream
Hugh Kinas grew up in the east side of Liberty City, known for several tough gangs. After losing his father to a drive by intended for a rival gang member, Kinas swore he would devote his life to helping people. In this aspect he devised the Kinas Plant, a series of satellites creating a powerful beam of solar energy which can be collected by a solar dish. His prototype plant outside of Liberty City is capable of meeting the energy needs of both Liberty City and five other cities by itself. Kinas himself is a kind man who sees to it that five percent of the funds brought in by his company will go to some sort of charity.