Not really something I wanted to do in an AN but Taylor's power isn't Oxygen control. It's control over the 4 fundamental forces. She's only being limited by her own perceptions of her power. The reason I introduced the element/compound/event horizon is so that I can give her a way to reach the source of her power in case she needs it. And it isn't a shard, it's Russian and ends with brain and network.

Also, why does autocorrect always want me to change 'the rapist' to 'therapist'.

EXE

Twisting the neck of the apparent ABB rapist, I turn to the victim cowering into a corner of the abandoned warehouse. The fear is still palpable even after the kidnapper was disposed of but I guess her higher functions is rather defunct at the moment. Grabbing the no longer needed pants from the rapist, I throw it at her so that she can replace her ruined skirt. Grabbing the phone from the corpse I dial in 911 and wait for dispatch to pick up.

"911 dispatch, what is your emergency?" A female voice answered.

"Hello, I'm here to report an attempted sexual assault. I've stopped the individual from doing much harm but the victim may need emergency services" I said in a professional tone. It won't do to sound like an idiot who doesn't know what she's doing

"I understand Madam, can I have the location please so that we can send in help"

"Its Windshore D23 in an abandoned steelworks warehouse"

"Please stay on s- Beep" She started to say but I hang up and threw the phone to the woman who still sat in the corner staring at me with dead eyes.

While I might felt somewhat for her at the moment there is nothing I can do for her as I'm not a psychiatrist. Leaving her to do her thing I flew out the window.

It's been a few days after I captured Bakuda and held her in confinement to work with me. I've also learned that the element wasn't a thing as it was an event. Apparently, she had the ability to create a black hole with it. Or at least that's what she claimed as she never used it before.

The ABB didn't last for too long as it only had the three Parahuman members in its group. Without them, the Empire quickly took over without much trouble. Of course, I didn't like the Empire either so I did my best to identify them using my clairvoyance and stop them too. Buts its rather slow going as those senses doesn't give me a clear picture of what's going on and using my power to amplify sounds isn't very practical for wide range surveillance because while my supernatural senses doesn't have a limit on how much I can handle my human ears can't pick up thousands of sounds at the same time.

Anyways, nothing too much eventful happened in the last week other than my trying to taunt the Simurgh coming to me and get into a trap I've set up in orbit. Which she didn't fall for. Whether it's because of her usual thing is undetermined as while she can see me just fine, just as her observations of me suggests. She seemed to always stray away from my artificial orbit whenever I move a bit closer.

Sensing a disturbance in the force nearby, I move to the location. Seeing shadowy mass blocking the Brockton Bay Bank I knew who it, or they were. The Undersiders, the group who wanted to meet up with me tomorrow but yet still attempt this stupidity. Although it may be that they see me as a villain they shouldn't be that assured of my allegiance.

Sensing a group of people in vans tailing a little girl walking away from a house and some group in a house convulsing. I remotely dialed a phone in the house and told the people in the location needs medical emergency.

Focusing back to the little girl I sensed that she was not in immediate danger and so I monitored her in the back of my head and entered the bank into the shadow. In here all of my senses are dulled but my powers are not. I've already felt it from above that it wouldn't affect me and deemed it safe enough to resolve the situation. As Oxygen was practically everywhere with how it permeates every crevasse it didn't disorient me in the slightest. I was already partially blind in my armor as it also covered my eyes in situations I deemed it warranted. Which was almost always so my supernatural senses are as good as my eyes with the exception of colors.

"You know, I don't think that robbing a bank isn't exactly smart here. For one, it's cliché, and there actual heroes who stop such kind of things" I projected my words to everyone.

"Mutie girl!" Grue exclaimed before dispelling the shadow from my eyes.

He and Tattletale walked up to me and seized me up for a moment.

"What are you doing here? And is that a new costume?" He asked me.

My costume is a dull dark red in the night so it wasn't surprising to me that he would think so as my costume is practically glowing red in comparison to his previous encounter. But that question is rather pointless so I rather cut to the chase.

"You seem to be under the impression that I'm a villain. I rather like it when I'm not judged as some transient garment. I'm here to stop you guys and be assured that I will not fail"

They took a step back and Grue was bit shocked but curiously enough Tattletale seemed almost hopeful. Turning to a van approaching the little girl I create a fast responsive oxygen layer around her. TheA number of people tailing her isn't exactly normal and I think somebody paid for her to be kidnapped. Saving her isn't enough, I need to kill him in the most slowest possible way. And I'm confident enough I can protect her until she reaches him.

One of the mutant beasts jumped at me but I stopped him or it in the air while slowly depriving him of air. Not enough to give him brain damage, but enough to render him unconscious.

"No! Stop Bitch! She can and will kill you in in a blink of an eye! Her power isn't Manton limited!" Tattletale yelled at the other girl.

She grunted but refrained from ordering her beasts to attack me. She ran to the unconscious one and watched me at me warily. As she wasn't a danger to me anymore I turn back to Tattletale. She seemed very hesitant now but there was still something there because she walked up to despite the danger.

"Qwaser, right? I- I need your help. I know the extent of your power and I need protection from a villain named Coil. He recruited me at gunpoint and I want to leave. Please" She pleaded.

Her heart rate remained unchanged as she said that so she wasn't lying. I was right to not judge from the start it seemed.

"You're not lying, " I said to assure her.

"A lie detector? No, you checked my heart rate as you listened" She rambled.

"What about the rest of them?" I asked while pointing to the rest of the group.

She focused back to the present and answered me.

"They didn't choose this kind of life. The situations forced them to do this. I'm sure they can be helpful to yo-"

"No, the rest of the Undersiders will drop the money here and leave. And you, you will come with me. Your power seems clear to me now. I have something I want you to look at" I ordered her.

She looked a bit frustrated but refrained from speaking back. Turning to her group she walked up to them.

"Guys, you can't handle her. You need to go back to base and I will contact you as soon as I can" She explained.

"Tt, I don't think this is a good idea. And when were you going to tell us who our employer was?" Grue whispered without much success as I hear everything clearly if I focus on it.

"There isn't much time, the heroes will come soon and I can't negotiate with all this. Leave!"

They hesitated but left with Grue covering their path. Tattletale walked up to me and I watched the people around me on the ground who had fearful but also perplexed expressions.

Glancing at them for a moment I found Panacea in the group with a phone behind her back. Back in the days when I was weak, I would have asked her for treatment, but I've learned to cope with it. Now she is just another person to me.

"I will need to make a suit for you like mine. You won't survive for long if you don't wear it at where I'm going" I told her.

"Fine, fine. Let's just leave" She muttered.

Forming a solid oxygen structure around her with pockets of air preventing her from directly touching the crystal matrix. I lifted her up and we left out the door up into the sky.

And just as I predicted, the kidnapped the girl and are moving to through the city to an abandoned building that was in progress of construction.

They entered through a hidden entrance and move around the unknown underground structure I've sensed a while ago. I assumed it was official but it seemed Bond villains really existed if they were that cliché to make an underground base. Isn't hiding in plain sight a better idea?

They entered some kind of office and a person in a full body suit ordered her into a room that is extremely aggravating to me. Focusing on the sounds I attempt to reconstruct it into my ear.

"Would somebody speak to me, please? I'm blind with this blindfold. Please, I want to go home"A scared voice spoke up.

"Hello Dinah, I'm Coil. You will help me from now on" The now identified villain said to her. No wonder Tattletale wanted to leave that much. I don't want to know what he did to her.

Dinah Bellman? And I must assume Coils identity is Craig Toomy. His physique and voice appear to match. Although a book isn't exactly a great reference.

"I can't escape. No, there is something. It's increasing every second"

Her words seemed to suggest she was some kind of thinker. Is that why she was kidnapped? No, even. A man of such moral fiber can't jut stop at that. The room next to his office suggests otherwise.

Entering the Mother Box, I turned to Tattletale again.

"Say, Tattletale, would Coil ever rape a child?" I asked her calmly after she stopped screaming whilst we rose into the air.

"Wh-why do you ask?" She huffed with her hands on her knees.

"Because he just kidnapped one and seems to be pushing her into a bedroom next to his office" I answered.

"How would- You can sense the air, and that far!?" She exclaimed.

"Just answer the question"

She seems to think for a moment but it didn't take too long before she answered yes.

"Do you need him dead? I can kill him from here now that I've identified him" I asked.

"As much as I would like that can you just keep him contained? I think I can take over his organization and I will be much more useful that way" She gave me an option.

"I can remotely control his body and shut his mouth while simulating his voice, is that what you need?"

"That's perfect! Just do that right now. And also, where are we? I know you can multitask so you can do that too"

"We are in the Mother Box. A dense solid oxygen structure in an artificial orbit around Earth"

"You don't do small, do you? Everything about your power is extremely overpowered. I would say your rating would be more along the lines of Trump Bullshit" She complained halfheartedly.

"Taylor, who is this? Are you cheating on me?" Emma spoke up while springing up to her feet.

"Wow, you are a real mess there girl" Tattletale said in surprise while appraising Emma.

"Well fuck you too whoever you are" Emma spit back while hugging me.

"Can you guys shut the fuck up, I'm working over here" Bakuda grumbled while working on her anti-Enbringer bombs using my Diffusion-Oxygen.

"So that's where she went. I knew you had something to do with the decline of the ABB" Tattletale figured out.

"Not that I have a choice here!" Bakuda complained without much power behind her words. My methods took a toll on her so that was expected.

"You know, the more that I'm here the more I'm starting to regret it" Tattletale said nervously seemingly starting to realize something. Her powers are better than I expected if she figured that much out from the behavior of my companions.

"What did you want me to figure out anyways? You mentioned that in the bank" She asked.

"I need your help in setting up a trap for the Simurgh so that we can kill her" I explained without much preamble.

"Oh"

EXE

"Sir, what do you want us to do again?" Askek the mercenary asked.

"I told you, I need you to appraise me if you find any evidence of the Langoliers. They are a greater threat than the Endbringers and I need to be sure they aren't occupying this world"

"Fine, we will leave you to it sir" He sighed while rubbing his eyes.

"Dinah, do you sense the Langoliers?" Coil asked.

"What are you talking about you crazy snakehead! Let me go!" She yelled.

The rest of the people looked at each other's eyes but didn't say anything. He paid them to ignore his weird actions and so they did. Whilst walking out of the door.