Chapter 12

It was a quiet day.

Genus was in the lab going over some notes he made with Alley. He was trying to understand what had her so worried, when his phone gave off an odd ping. "Huh, download this app for monster warnings?" he muttered, he didn't bother and placed his phone to the side. But, his concern grew as he saw it download anyways! "What is this? I didn't ask for it to download!"

The moment it did, the app opened, and he couldn't close it. Yet, nothing appeared wrong at first. He ignored it for the moment and set it off to the side.

Before he could get back to his work, the alarm for the Association went off. "All personal to the lobby, all personal to the lobby"

This… never happened before.

Genus was curious enough to see for himself as he ventured out. The heroes were all confused as they gathered in the main lobby of the Association. Just as they did, alarms went off! "Dragon level threat, location City Z, City H, City R, City…"

Every city they named off, made Genus pause. "Wait… weren't Alley and Suiryu in city H today?" he asked. Suiryu was going to be in the city, Alley would be at the military base there meeting with Lt. Cane.

"Yes, and Draven was going to see the final day of Tempest's sumo tournament in City K…" said Zombieman.

The news came on. "We are here live, reporting… as you can see behind me, everything is in shambles. Glass is everywhere, but thankfully there are no casualties as of yet. However, what is troubling is this. The one causing such destruction is none other than a daughter of the human Monster Garou! Luna Brawler is unable to control herself. People claim she has lost her mind, some state she cannot control her power anymore and has lost her humanity…"

"This was it…" whispered Zombieman. "The attack, this was the attack that worried Alley!"

"Will someone deal with that damn racket?" said Saitama. "It's coming off your phones… cut it off or something…"

There was a small stage for meetings like this. Zombieman jumped up on to it and called for attention. "Everyone, we got a serious situation here. Alley Brawler and her family are being tormented somehow by something…"

"It's the damn sound," said Saitama. "Like it's annoyingly loud."

The room paused. "You… can hear it?" asked Genus.

"Well… yeah…" Saitama muttered.

Genos paused. "I am picking up a frequency…" he turned to his phone and nodded. "It is being emitted from all electrical devices…"

"Oh God…" Genus whispered. "66!"

He nodded. "Someone has been doing their homework on this. Okay, we need to stop them…"

The room went dead silent. "Wait, what?" demanded One Shooter. "Stop them? There's no STOPPING Garou and his family!"

"There is, and we have to!" Zombieman protested.

"Who the hell put you in charge!" demanded Heavy Kong.

"Alley Brawler did…"

"We ought to go by Rank!" he protested.

Suddenly Tatsumaki began to glow, she hovered up over the masses and glared down at him. "Is that so? So I'm in charge then?" she demanded.

No one argued with her, she turned back to Zombieman. "What do you have?"

He nodded. Reaching into his jacket, he took out a box. Despite Alley keeping it in her lab, for some reason he nicked it and kept it with him. "Alley has made a plan to stop her family… however this is to permanent stop them…" he explained. "We can use this as a base, we can maybe perhaps think of a way to restrain them rather than kill them. Alley has made these cards for specific heroes. I got one here for me. Tatsumaki, Fubuki, Pig God, One Shooter, Saitama, Genos, Atomic…" he called out.

Everyone took their cards and opened them.

Stunned looks came over their faces. None more so than Pig God, as he whispered something under his breath.

"Wait… we can't do that!" protested Fubuki.

"We won't!" said Tatsumaki, "We will find another way!"

"We better hurry up and do this, the sound is getting louder and more intense." Said Saitama.

"Whoever is doing this is controlling the pitch, they have done minimal damage but no harm as of yet." Said Genos.

"Instruct all people within the area to evacuate. Use the channels that were put into place for such an emergency, clear the cities out and bring the people to the safe areas. I need all heroes on stand by. Muman…"

"He's already gone with the tank tops. Tank Top Master went with them." Called Feather.

Genus nodded, but then paused. "Jason…" he whispered.

"He's in the spar room. Oddly enough, the moment the sound hit, the place locked down on him. He will be safe in there," Zombieman announced. "Wait. The six… has anyone heard from the six?"

No one answered him. He tried to call them, any of them. But no answer came. "Shit," he muttered.

"Zombieman…" Genus whispered.

Suddenly a look came over him. "All heroes move out, keep the communication lines open. I want the heroes considered to be C and B Class to assist with evacuations, help if needed if people are wounded, get them out of the line of fire. If anything, A Class, try and draw Garou and the families out of the cities…"

There was movement, they worked without arguing as Zombieman went into a full attack mode. He found a headset and called a number. "Emp, you know who it is. We got to work together on this, you know what's causing this sound?"

He paused. "Yeah, I thought so too, okay kid, we got to coordinate. They are in great pain, and we got to help them however we can!"

Genus then rushed to his lab, he began to try and work something out. Perhaps a device is needed to quell the sound, but more importantly, he may need to create something strong enough to knock out Garou and his family just until they can stop whatever is making them lose their minds…