Note: A fan fic based off of my main on my home server (Liberty). Although Captain Mayhem is the main character others from my Super Group as well as some friends from Liberty will make appearances from time to time.

Disclaimer: You know the usual... I don't own any part of City of Heroes or Villians... although if I did I'd have some major bank because I did the math... and with 150,000 subscribers at $15.00 a month that's some major bank. To be honest I don't even own the character Captain Mayhem... which after thinking about it is kind of depressing because he's uber... I mean really... not to mention to time spent of getting him to level 50... but nonetheless this is all a work of my imagination, and although parts may be taken from the game this doesn't reflect the game play or story in any way... just the fictional adventures of a character I made in a fictional world... does that make it a fictional account of actual events?

Captain Mayhem and The Preventors of Carnage

Episode Three: Enter The Squishy...

"Heroing, not as exciting as I had imagined." thought Captain Mayhem as he rolled out of bed in his Kings Row apartment. In this part of town he could hardly walk out of the door without running into a mugging or a drug deal. Coming home without the guys he had just got done locking up knowing his address was a chore. It had been two weeks since he'd gotten his hero license and he still hadn't had any real excitement yet. He'd be running down the street and someone would call out for help, or someone from one of the gangs he'd made a reputation with would try making a name for themselves through him. Not to mention being a hero didn't pay very well... he had no clue how anyone could do this for long without starving to death. At least cops could collect a paycheck... the best he could do was find a gift basket at his front door from one of the residents who knew of the hobby of their next door neighbor.

"At least it's pretty good." He said while going through a pan of piping hot lasagna he found as he came home last night. The thought occurred to him that with his luck it was poisoned, but with his immune system it was no biggie...

"Ahhh, nothing like a warm meal of pasta to get those heroic juices flowing." he thought while devouring the meal. He didn't have very long to enjoy it though. So, as much as it pained him, he had to devour it fast instead of savoring and thoroughly enjoying each bite as he would like.

He'd gotten word from Backalley Brawler that the Trolls were bringing in a new batch of Superdine; and although Cap had no hard feelings towards a group of people who would inject themselves with a drug which turned them green and made them as smart as a doorknob he did have a problem with them trying to introduce it into Paragon City's water supply in order to swell their numbers.

"This job is too dangerous to work alone." Cap remembered the Brawler telling him. I know another guy, another scrapper, he works with a sword though..."

"So the use of fatal measures is approved?" Cap asked wide eyed and kind of uncomfortably.

"Heh, calm down kid." Brawler reassured him, "This guy knows what he's doing, but with the threat level this high I'd say yeah, if you absolutely have to... we could have a city full of trolls by the end of the week if they get that stuff in the water."

Cap had never killed anyone but knew he could if he had to... but how would it feel? Anyway it was time to get going so he shoved as much of the lasagna in his mouth as he could fit and started getting dressed. "Costume, check! Gloves, check, Rebreather, check!"... ever since receiving it from G.I.F.T. he'd been wearing this thing just in case. It kept any unwanted things in the air out of his system and looked pretty cool to boot. After making sure everything was set he opened the window to his 3rd story apartment and jumped down onto the fire escape. He found this to be the best way out due to the window facing a pretty quiet alley. He jumped to the ground from the second floor and didn't pause for a second, bless those metal bones of his.

The meeting spot was yellow line in Skyway City. Due to Cap's inability to travel without public transport there weren't too many places as convenient as this. From there they'd be heading for the sewers to hunt for the Trolls. On the train ride Cap thought about the upcoming mission... there are 6 levels of security for heroes in Paragon, Protector of Innocents being the lowest recognized ranking. The others are Keeper of Peace, Defender of Truth, Justice Incarnate, and Hero of the City. Right now Cap was a nobody, the lowest possible level, and the only way to progress was by taking down criminals and gaining a name for himself.

The words of Backalley Brawler replayed in his mind... "You're partner on this has a Keeper of Peace security level, normally someone as low on the totem pole as you wouldn't even get considered for this... but I have faith in you kid." Then Brawler erupted into laughter as he thought about the Hellions boss Cap pounded on his first day in Paragon.

"He has faith in me..." Cap thought as the train arrived in the Skyway City hub. He stood at the doors as they opened and was greeted by a familiar face.

"Hey Cap!" Said Highschool Teacher as she walked off the train. The two had been on a few tasks together and were becoming friends. He was learning a lot about her powers due to his recklessness. Highschool Teacher was a pure "medic" type hero. Using empathy she was able to soothe the wounds of her comrades, something Cap had grown to appreciate, she was also his main means of transport, besides the monorails throughout the city, thanks to her teleporting ablilities.

"How's it going Teach?" he asked while trying to keep her attention off the fact he was on a mission... she was pretty pushy if she wanted something and she would go on almost any mission available seemingly. If he didn't have to hide his thoughts he could be more comfortable...

"Not bad Cap, except the feeling you're trying to hide something... don't worry though I've stopped peeking into other people's minds... was told I have to 'Act more responsibly' so I am... I can still catch what you think about me though." Captain Mayhem was able to relax a little bit. "So, on a big mission?"

"Yeah, but I can't tell you about it... I'm not supposed to even be on it but Brawler made an exception... meeting my partner here..." Highschool Teacher pouted a little bit trying to act disappointed...

"Awww... would it help if I told you I got rank this morning?" Cap almost bit his tongue out of surprise. She opened her jacket and showed him the badge. "Pretty impressive huh?"

Siro had been told to meet his partner at the Yellow Line station in Skyway... it was about time. "Eh, no rush..." ever since learning how to manipulate the gravity around him time seemed less important. He zipped through the streets of Skyway with no goal in mind, mainly taking in the scenery. "Well it's close might as well see if he's there." Jumping around at 80 miles per hour was only mildly entertaining but it wasn't safe to move any faster in city limits. He got to the station and looked around... he was told he couldn't miss this guy... then he saw him...

"Hey, you Captain Mayhem?" he said to the guy wearing the bad Longbow costume with the third eye.

"Huh?" said Cap still recovering from the shock that Teach was ranked before him. The guy approaching him wore a blue and white Icon made costume without a mask. He had a sword on his back and another on his waist. "Oh yeah, you must be Siro."

"The one and only, you ready to go? We have to get moving or we might not make it..."

"Hmm, I'm intrigued..." added Teach "Can I tag along? I teleport... can save you a lot of time." she said with an optimistic grin. Siro looked at Cap who just shrugged his shoulders.

"Whatever, I guess the more the merrier... anyway what's that?" he said while poking at Cap's third eye with the sheath of his sword. Teach giggled and Cap, while not amused couldn't help laughing a little himself.

"What's it look like? It's my eye, stop poking..." Siro was still intrigued but stopped poking, instead he just stared curiously...

"So what are you, some type of alien... demon?" Siro asked while Teach disappeared.

Cap was surprised... where he came from those were some of the last things that came to mind but here I guess it wasn't unusual to see.

"Naa, mutant..." He said to no one in particular. "Damn Teach... I hate when she does that." as he suddenly disappeared also. Although he had been getting used to the trips, teleporting was far from normal... it seemed to last a lot longer than it actually did and his head always hurt afterwards... but it went away soon enough. "As I was saying... I'm a mutant... and I couldn't help noticing how fast you were moving earlier... you?" as he stood at the entrance of Paragon's Sewer network.

Siro's face lost a little of it's pep as he thought of his past, "Regular human, no new genes, all training... Anyway how'd you know where we were supposed to be ..." He said while struggling to remember her name, then suddenly realizing he hadn't been told.

"It's Highschool Teacher... and I kind of caught it from Cap when he realized who you were." Suddenly her face had a defensive look "I am being more responsible, but I can't help but hear your thoughts sometimes... you're weird it's like your brain is wired different..." she said at the now grinning Cap.

"Whatever... and at least she told you her name... she implanted it in my thoughts..." Cap said at Siro while Teach just smirked.

"Cool... telepathy seems cool..." Siro said before being interrupted.

"Anyway don't we have some trolls to stop?" Teach said while holding open the door to the sewer...

They had been trekking through the sewers for twenty minutes and Highschool Teacher couldn't stand it. Siro didn't seem to mind although it wasn't exactly the best place for super speeding, Cap on the other had had a pretty bad feeling. They had come across some Lost not too long after entering and even though they were easily handled something seemed wrong.

The Lost are basically humans turned Rikti through some process Cap didn't even want to think about. Their bodies became disfigured and their skin started to change into the texture Rikti are known for, nasty. But something didn't feel right about the ones they passed, it was almost like they had a purpose... his attention was quickly drawn to some footprints he saw on the pavement...

"Looks like they're heading this way." Siro said as he turned in the direction the sludge prints pointed towards.

"This is almost too easy for a near cataclysmic assignment..." Cap started but was interrupted by Siro.

"That's cause Trolls are stupid, and I don't mean that in a nice way." Captain Mayhem hadn't come across them yet, but these Superdine powered morons had run across Siro a time or two... almost laughable.

"Hey Siro" Cap said during a pause in the conversation... "what's with the two swords?"

Siro grabbed the sword at his waist by the hilt and held it, "One's for bringing them back alive... the other..." he said nothing but his grin said it all. Cap nodded knowing what was implied.

"I'm starting to feel life signs up ahead, I guess we're getting close" Highschool Teacher added. She would be happy to get out this sewer and the sooner the better... what in the world possessed her to join these guys anyway?

They came to a door which once opened led to the basement of the Paragon City Reservoir. Teach teleported upstairs with Siro while Cap dove at the dozen or so Trolls trying to get a large barrel of Superdine upstairs. Half of this crowd was composed of relatively new Trolls called Trollkin, while the other half was made of what are called Garvords. Cap learned quickly the difference in the two after punching a Garvord in the chest. He was able to knock it back, but it felt like hitting a wall and he was sure his fist was bruised. They were quickly surrounding him and suddenly he found himself in the midst of another battle. Siro was dodging bullets as a Supa Troll threw barrels of Superdine at Highschool Teacher. She was able to teleport herself to safety but the numbers were quickly beginning to be a burden for the young heroes. Cap ran up on and knocked out the Trollkin shooting at Siro while Siro used the momentum from his superspeed to knock several of them out with his dull bladed sword.

"This is crazy!" Highschool Teacher yelled out while dodging barrels of Superdine. She stopped attacking her enemies a long time ago because with her powers hurting someone else meant she felt it...

"Well as long as he's throwing the cans at you people can't drink it!" Siro yelled out while running directly into the Supa Troll. These massive green skinned morons were the top of the Troll food chain. Pure muscle, no brain, but they proved to not need it often. As a result of their lack in the metal category however they were easily duped by others. This one stood like a mountain against the wind after Siro's head on attack. He looked down on the hero with his tusked face and snarled before swinging one of his massive arms at him. Siro easily dodged the attack before nailing the Troll in the neck with his dull bladed sword. It wasn't meant to cut through much, and even if it had been it's doubtful this Troll's skin would have been pierced. He paused for a second in amazement and was knocked back 20 feet after a swipe from the Troll. Teach saw this and teleported Siro to her side. He landed on his stomach and quickly grabbed at his ribs.

In the mean time Captain Mayhem had his hands full, and he was loving it. After slicing through 5 or so guns he'd decided why not put the claws to good use? If they failed here the whole mission was a waste. His blows were quick and intentional but not fatal, making sure to aim to debilitate, not kill.

"Cap, Siro's hurt" Teach projected into his mind. "I can fix him but it's going to take time, keep that big one off of us!"

Captain Mayhem grinned at the thought of a good fight and ran towards his opponent... then stopped once he realized it wasn't the guy he thought it was... this thing stood about 8 feet tall with not an ounce of fat on him... his eyes had a dark green glow to them and his skin shaded towards the lime end of the spectrum. He searched around looking for Siro and laughed when he saw Cap. "Heh, me have body by Superdine, you go squish now!" Cap almost burst into laughter but the adrenaline flowed quickly through him and everything almost moves in slow motion.

The Troll swings his right arm at Cap and seems to be aiming for the head, but Cap (half out of skill and 60 luck) manages to dodge the blow. He aims his claws for the under arm but the Hulk-like Troll moves too fast and instead his claws scrape against it's skin leaving a 2 foot long paper cut like wound. The Troll got angry and started tearing apart machines, tossing them at Cap. "Shit" thinks Captain Mayhem, "that may have been a mistake". Cap hears footsteps coming from behind him but can't turn around due to the angry giant hurling hunks of metal at him.

"Jimbo's out of control huh?" said Atta, one of the elite in the Troll's ranks. "Atta go, Jimbo finish dumb hero." replied the angry beast as Atta ran to the nearest exit he could find.

"Now Jimbo make hero go squish!" The Supa Troll yelled while charging at Cap. Cap ducked down between Jimbo's legs and as the Troll ran past Cap tried to cut his shins. Although it was unsuccessful he did manage to slice them a little and prompt a squeal from the monster every time he moved his legs, which in turn only angered him more.

"Heh, doesn't seem like I can do much more than piss this guy off..." Cap said while smiling on the inside. Out of nowhere a blur of blue and white appeared from the sky and Jimbo screamed out in pain. The giant fell to the ground rolling around in pain as blood started to leak from his back. Cap looked around impressed as Siro stood with his "other" sword in his hands and panting hard.

"Bastard!" Siro said while sheathing his sword. "Lucky for you you're heads so small or the air leaking in from the hole I would have left would have put something in there..." he added with a smirk.

"Aww, Siro mad cause Jimbo make him go squish?" Cap teased as his retracted his claws. Highschool Teacher popped in and surveyed the scene...

"Looks like they got a couple cans in there, but not enough to do anything... there was too much water. The worst that might happen is a few civilians throw some tantrums or fail some pee tests." Teach said with a grin. "So looks like everything turned out okay."

They all stayed until the Paragon Police Troll Task Force arrived and arrested all of the Trolls laid throughout the building. Paramedics examined Siro and he tried to thanked Teach when he found out he was at one hundred percent but she wasn't anywhere to be found. Captain Mayhem was confused for a second but realized what was going on when Siro disappeared, he was next. He arrived at the Yellow Line station with a major headache as Highschool Teacher and Siro stood talking to each other.

"Anytime!" She said as she disappeared once again and implanted "See you Cap" into the mind of a now exhausted Captain Mayhem.

Cap and Siro talked about nothing in particular as Cap waited for the train to arrive and when it finally did, they said their goodbyes. "Well, it was fun Cap, we're going to have to team up again some day."

"Sure thing Squishy!" Cap said with a grin as the door to the monorail closed with Siro looking pissed on the other side. It had been a pretty eventful day but Cap felt more tired than he knew he should have. Don't know if it was being around the Superdine or those Trolls hitting harder than he thought they had but something wore him out. As Cap slowly did the walk back towards his apartment he was surprised, and lucky that no one tried to attack him. Not even bothering to attempt the climb he walked straight into the front door and made his way up the stairs. He grabbed his keys from inside the plant he'd place them in every morning and didn't even bother to pick up the bag of food laying by his door. The first thing he did was plop down on his bed and drift off to sleep.

Although his dreams may have had something worth mentioning it wasn't until he woke up at exactly midnight that something truly worthwhile occurred. Waking up slowly from a deep sleep Cap rolled over and reached for his pillow. Although his bed was harder than he remembered it wasn't enough to wake him. No... it wasn't until instead of feeling the soft pillows which were firm enough to keep his metal skull from sinking straight through them, he felt the wall of his bedroom. This prompted Cap to open his eyes and to his complete shock he wasn't laying on his bed, but the ceiling of his apartment!

Note: Heh, that's Episode 3 I have to thank my Proofreader Unrial for taking the time to make this even better than it was... (not much cause u know I'm uber) and everyone who's supported me so far. Look for future episodes cause u know what flying means... Yeah... big adventures! I've even got clones, undead pyschics and a reality warping battle so big it could change the future... (like you can change what hasn't happened yet.) But what I'm really saying is the fun is just starting so make sure to stay close.

P.S. If anyone on the Liberty Server has a bubbler we could use one in our Super Group... send me an ingame email for invite Captain Mayhem