Armsmaster POV
Armsmaster was having a normal day, in his opinion anyway, until he was called to respond to possible cape activity. Apparently, a young girl was in the middle of being mugged and possibly raped, when an unknown cape appeared out of nowhere and saved her. This lead him to his current predicament, dealing with a teenager.
"Could you provide a description?" Armsmaster asked the young victim, identities as Aisha Laborn. They were standing off to the side of the crime scene as the police lead all of the Merchant thugs towards a police van.
"She has glowing red eyes and was wearing a bulletproof vest over her costume." Aisha replied as she stretched. The paramedics had finished looking over her and declared she was fine aside from the few bruises she gained. At first, she refused to speak until her older brother was present, until he assured her that she wasn't going to be PRT building for more intense questioning. It wouldn't be efficient to force a statement from her.
"I see." Armsmaster said simply. Red eyes and female. Apparently, the new cape was female and had red eyes, possibly a case 53. Security cameras in the area showed that the cape was thin and had her hair in a bun, all suggesting she was a female. This would help narrow his search.
"Thank you for your cooperation." He said and made his way to his motorcycle. Armsmaster let the suit take autopilot as he brought up some files. If he was lucky, then this cape was related to the Ward application that was printed the other day. Arriving at headquarters, Armsmaster made his way to his lab to do further research. It was possible that the new cape was a tinker, which was primary reason why he was interested in this new cape.
"Hello Colin."
"Dragon." Colin said simply as he took off his helmet and placed it on a workbench. He liked working with Dragon, she was very efficient in her work.
"Any luck finding out who the new cape is?" Dragon asked through her avatar on his screen. She had a small smile on her face.
"For now I've named the new cape Chimera until she comes forward with her actual cape name. I've also managed to narrow it down on my way back to the lab." He replied as he brought up a picture of a middle aged man.
"Around 11 am yesterday, Danny Hebert visited the Ward website and printed an application. Apparently, in January his daughter was the victim of a bullying campaign and was shoved into a locker filled with biological waste. This was most likely her trigger event, but we won't be able to confirm as the hospital decided NOT to do MRI at the time." Colin explained as he brought up the police and hospital record. "The case was dropped and nothing came of it. However, one of the perpetrators named was one Sophia Hess."
Dragon's avatars expression changed slightly to show one of shock. Her expression then changed to one of quiet fury.
"This was some under the Protectorates watch. You're responsible for her." She said calmly.
"The Wards are under Director Piggot's jurisdiction." Armsmaster nodded as he fiddled with one of his halberds.
"I quite agree as if the public found out that one of our Wards bullied a girl into triggering, our PR would drop." He said not looking at the screen. Colin personally didn't care much for PR, but he had to agree that it made fighting crime much easier when they had the people's support. They also did not need another villain in the city.
Dragon's avatar nodded before speaking.
"You need to take this to the Director."
"She won't sacrifice a Ward just because a girl might have triggered. Best case scenario at the moment, Shadow Stalker is on punishment duty and nothing else. The Director won't act unless Taylor Hebert has been confirmed as Chimera." Colin replied as he wiped some sweat off of his forehead. "I will push for punishment detail, but I won't be able to push for more harsher action until I have more proof. Otherwise, the Director will simply sweep it under her rug."
"Do you plan on visiting them?" Dragon asked curiously. "You know that's breaking the unwritten rules right?"
"Tomorrow, studies show that people don't appreciate being woken up early in the morning and I'm taking the risk. We don't need another villain in this city."
Dragon cracked a grin and laughed softly.
Colin looked up at the screen confused.
"What is it? I'm serious."
Aisha POV
Aisha was having a pretty good day, till she almost got mugged. Sure her brother had told her not to go out late, but she was so bored! Luckily, some new cape managed to save her, albeit in a brutal fashion.
Aisha watched in awe as her savior proceeded to beat her would be muggers to a bloody pulp. At first, Aisha mistook her for a villain with her bright glowing red eyes, until the mask cape walked up to her and asked if she was ok. Before the mysterious cape left, she told Aisha to call the police and inform them of what happened. This led to her current predicament, talking to Armsmaster.
He had spent the past five minutes asking for a description and a statement, which she already given the police. It was pretty clear to her the guy was awkward in public.
"I assure you that you won't be taken to the PRT headquarters for more questioning." He had said. Aisha wasn't sure if he was lying, but wanted to go home so she decided to play along.
"Fine, but you'll have to look at the statement I have the police. It's late and I want to go home." She had replied grumbling.
Armsmaster nodded and spoke.
"Could you provide a description?"
"She has glowing red eyes and wore a bulletproof vest over her costume." Aisha said trying to keep her description to a minimum. "I didn't get a good look at her costume."
'I did get a good look at the shape of her legs though.' Aisha thought smugly. She wasn't about to say that though.
"I see. Thank you for your cooperation." Armsmaster simply said and he made his way to his motorcycle.
Aisha stared at his retreating figure and slapped herself mentally. She should have asked for an autograph. Oh well.
She then felt someone tap on her shoulder and she turned around ready to slap whoever touches her.
"Are you ok? Are you hurt?" Brian asked as he looked over her with concern all over his face. Aisha rolled her eyes and nodded.
"I'm fine bro. Some new cape saved me." She responded. Brian looked at her skeptically and pointed to the bruise on her shoulder.
"It's but a flesh wound." Aisha winked and patted her brother on the back. He meant well, but he was too overprotective.
"Let's go home." She said as Brian called a cab. She was sure she would run into the new cape again soon. She could feel it in her stomach.