Jessica sat at the table laughing jokingly with her 8 year old children. It had been nearly two summers since she had seen their faces. The war between humanity and the supernaturals had led the world asunder. 1/5th of the worlds population perished in the first few years of the nether gates opening unleashing the first wave of monsters on the planet. "Mummy look at what I made " Hailey said running over with what looked like a bubble of water but the consistency looked closer to oil, inside of it swirling, rocky metals and random pieces of dirt. The bubble of oily dirt levitated between the space of her tiny hands Ah powers, forgot about those. Twin Children with powers maybe two years in the KGB territory might be easier to cope with. "Um your bubble of uh uh... joy looks great " Jess replied pinching her daughters cheeks "Issa renegan" "It's a what now" Jess said with a perplexed look on her face "Ra sen gan " an anime reference mom it came out like a hundred years ago " Shane said without looking up from his video game. "No videos games at the table Shane" "Umm Captain Planet over there can bring her art project of dirt to the dinning table but you point out my video game? ...the injustice." "You are eight, how can you have so much sass?" Jess said, snatching the console from his grasp. And your brother is right, no powers remember" Hailey rolled her eyes in annoyance and waved her hand sending her art project out the window. Super powers are more than the most important commodity in today's society. Once the monsters first started attacking, first world countries tried to fight back with 21st century weapons of war but mundane weapons proved to be more of a stalling tactic. Bullets hardly hurt nether creatures and even if they did most goblins, zombies, werewolves and shadow demons could recover. Devouring everything in their path. Countries fell at their might and secret organisations rose up in their places and new nations were created. The various organisations had been amassing different forms of technologies to enhance humanity with tools to fight the monsters. America, Britain, Russia , China and Germany were the super powered nations that were crushed. In their place 3 organisations rose from their ashes. New Babylon, the isle of the KGB and Valencia corps. New Babylon had created bio technology a country filled with bio chemical humans or for a lack of a better term. Cyborgs. The other two created aura suits that allowed regular humans to fight as superhumans with enhanced speed, strength and reflexes. But even these weren't enough. Then the empowered/mqeta humans began banding together joining various secret organisations. Demi gods humans born from a union between a human and a deity. An army of these pushed back the nether creatures through the portals and sealed the gates. The world was safe but not all of it 25% of it had been conquered by two organised races of nether creatures. The vampires and the werewolves. Even the combined might of the three great organisations joining forces with Empowered ( super humans) could not vanquish their might. The only reason the world did not fall to the vamps and wolves is because they never worked together. Their mutual animosity gave them humanity a chance to make a final push, and push them back they did. A combination of human technology and divine powers. In a last ditch effort to save what was left of civilisation, The three organisations surrounded the continent with silver ionisation. Now this part of the world had been named the Central point. "Why can't we use our powers " Shane and Hailey asked at the same time. "If people find out what you can do-" Shane sniffed his nose "we aren't the only one with powers tho"
"Yeah I can literally hear kofi practicing her shooting across the block and she's only 8 and a half!" "Not just what you can do, what you are. Not everyone is open minded to black kids in this neighbour hood not to mention two that aren't human" "Part human tho" Shane said "Part blood sucker is what she wanted to say " Hailey said Are they really eight? What are they gonna be like as teenagers? I can't cope are their mental capabilities growing super fast as well? A text appeared on her phone "code x" Jess looked up from her phone in shock. "Pack your things we are going to falcon city"
Chapter two South of the central point-Falcon city
All units on standby. A garrison of a dozen armed agents and personnel stood ready to storm the building totalling about 50 armed bodies in total. Sullivan stood next to a tree with a cigarette in his mouth with an uninterested look on his face. His Aura artificial intelligent armour suit (known as A.I suit for short) clung to his body like a second skin. The suit was a tight fitted sleeveless vest with intricate lines pooling from the shoulders down his arms like blue veins. Essentially was muddled after the bullet proof vest of old with the blue aura lines forming additional 'veins ' that criss crossed amongst his lines. With the suit on Sullivan felt as light as a feather but could lift up to 20 tons . It was the crux of human technology allowing none empowered to fight along side those gifted with powers. He had no powers himself neither did he desire Any. Of course having super powers and wearing an A.i suite did present an advantage but Sullivan was one of the few who naturally aimed to compete with the empowered he would use human tech to protect his people. Okay he's reasoning was not exactly all about protection. Command tended to put the empowered in positions where they would not suffer casualties while the mundane (none powered) where seen as disposable. In a way they where someone who could shoot laser beams from their eyes was harder to replace than a random soldier who's A.i suite you could recover from their corpse.
A man of 5 ft 7 with a baby face walked up and snatched the cig out of his mouth. Sullivan turned round to punch the person, his fist stopping an inch from the man's face. "Rei? The fuck are you doing?" Rei spoke "Smoking during a covert mission goes against article 69. The soul needs to be in perfect balance for the AI suits to wor-" "Leave the techno jargon to the talentless lot out here. We can use Aura naturally without those things so how bout you give me back my cig before I make you article sixty nine the pavement " Sullivan said "You will never get promoted to captain with this type of attitude " Rei replies "Oh sue me in fact keep the cig " Sullivan said pulling out a metal flask and taking a quick gulp from it. "I need something stronger anyways " "You got issues. The captain wants you to join the strike force unit tonight" "The strike force unit? I don't have any powers " Sullivan quipped
They walked into the captain tent. Captain Snoop was a man with a bulging stomach and grey hair with a military cut. He sat at his desk surveying what looked like the hologram blue print of the old rebuilt Rome coliseum. Their garrison had camped 2 miles out covering each exit. "You called for me sir. I heard you asked me to join-" "I don't remember asking you to do shit. You are gonna join strike teams Athens and texas. I know you hate working with supes but when we make our move today I need someone qualified on the field in case things go wrong" Captain Snoop said Even Rei looked taking aback at that "Surely you have other options, ryuuken? Anmol? Dark eater? Anyone of them in the strike force should be able to hold mantle of captain should something happen to you" "I don't know, what I'm more worried about is that you are thinking of making Sullivan a captain or you are preparing for your death. Commander I thought this mission was to stop the Ripper gang from selling state secrets to an unknown buyer? " "Yeah a 50 man garrison and two strike teams a little excessive" Strike teams were the name of units that consisted of super powered individuals. They where team of agents usually 3-7 man personnel. They were the elite among the elite and carried themselves as such and had disdain for "none powered people and the talentless " Sullivan despised them to no end. Sullivan grit his teeth "what's got you in this mood Cap?" "Did you find out the identity of the buyer ? " "No we just know it's an Agent from Gracidonia. And they don't have agents. " "Gracidonia the country of vampires ? Aren't they under siege? How could they send vamps across the silver ionisation field? " Rei said perplexed "Their kind have not been spotted in over two years I doubt the Ripper gang would stay within falcon city to meet a vamp. Might be a Demigod or metahuman. " "If Gracidonia are sending supes to steal intelligence it's more than likely will be an A class threat " Rei said "Hence I need you two acting as support you both don't rely on powers and are two of the best Agents R.O.G.U.E could ask for. If things go south I need you to finish the mission and get my daught- I mean Nessa out of there " Captain Snoop. "When do we move out sir" Sullivan asked with a bored look "We are already behind schedule. We go now" 9 agents including Sullivan and Rei with Cap Snoop leading the squad. They crouched just outside the building. They moved in silenced darting in and out of shadows. Their Ai suits were on so they moved with the agility of a cat and sauntered through the air. Once they arrived at the entrance they halted. "Nessa" The Captain whispered. One of the smaller Agents stepped forward. Nessa was born from a long line of Demigods. Her parental deity was unknown but her power amongst the 2nd brigade was well and truly known. She lifted both hands and rays of light seemed to bend around them. Sullivan watched as all 8 Agents began to disappear alongside himself, soon the entire strike team was invisible. "Cloak mode activated" Nessa Called out. Her ability was relatively simple; she could render herself or anything or anyone invisible within 6 meter radius. The nine of them advanced slowly halting when they came across the auditorium, at the base the Ripper gang gathered. The Ripper Gang were known for controlling the drug income into the city from the north port. It was led by Mob Boss Bruiser. The crew Usually consisted of low level Demigods and mostly underpowered criminals, spent their time stealing tech from various foreign
organisations increasing their power and influence over the northern hemisphere. R.O.G.U.E and The Ripper gang had a few run-ins before but they had never been decisively dealt with. They occupied the northern part of the city which was vulnerable to demon attacks. So to the government the criminal organisation served as a natural buffer between the city and the monsters. Sullivan always viewed the Ripper gang like an unwanted pet spider. You don't want eight legge d roaming around your house so you chase it every time you see it. But you know it's necessary to keep the flies away. However intelligence had led them to believe The Ripper gang had stumbled upon something more than just supernatural weapons stash. Intel that could put the entire nation in jeopardy. They numbered about 50 within the auditorium alone and another 200 manned the colosseum. Without Nessa's ability they could not have made it this close. Chanting began to emanate within the auditorium as boots stomped the floor in tandem with fist pounding the table. The chant began to quiet down as a man in a black trench coat walked to the centre of the auditorium. He had grey slicked back hair and a one eyed glass frame that connected to a small chain that looped around his ear. Sullivan recognised the man as Mob Boss Bruiser. Bruiser stood 6ft 4 had the build of an Irish heavy weight boxer. "Today is a wonderful day boys!" Bruiser roared answering the chants. We are about to go into talks with Gracidonians! If today's goes meet goes well we won't need to fight the kingdoms army or their lap dogs those agents. Not just the north but the entire city will be ours for the taking. Who are those uptight supes to tell us who to fight ? Every v woman or child born with powers should have the right to use their powers as they please-" "Oh enough of the super villain monologue. Shall we get down to business?" "Who dares" Bruiser's head turned on swivel to find 4 people standing a few paces behind him. 3 men and one woman. Sulliavn and the invisible Athens and Texan strike forces were just as shocked as the Mob Boss. Nobody had noticed their arrival. He looked to Ryuukens gaze to see if the Faes senses had picked up the new arrivals entry point. The shake of the head told him not even super hearing had picked up their arrival. Perhaps one of them has an ability like Nessa All four wore Aura intelligence armour suits, similar to the designs that the R.O.G.U.E agents wore except it glowed with purple aura. Ripper members pulled their weapons aiming swords, arrows and guns at the four new intruders. "How did you get in here ?!" . "Shouldn't the question be who are we?" This time Bruiser could see the voice of the man that cut him off belonged to the man who stood surro unded by the other three. He wore a mask that covered nothing but his eyes and theodora hat. "I'm Agent x, grandiose sounding right? well I am from Gracidonia" "How did you get in here. You was supposed to announce your arrival my men were to escort you pass the border through the port." Bruiser said. "I come from one of the 3 most powerful nations of the new age. Long distant Direct teleportation is surely something very easy to come by. Especially if what you are saying is in your possession is true" "I- my men were hoping to see a real life blood sucker.., you four are human." "Hahaha You almost sound disappointed Bruiser" Agent X replied. "Haven't seen a vampire before, heck no ones seen a real life blood sucker since the silver ionazition fields went up 20 years ago." Silver ionisation fields. Since when did the ripper gang delve in that type of technology. They usually went after A.I suit spare parts or magical items and weapons. If they have upped
their activity that they are even trading secrets with an enemy nation. Things might go from bad to worst. The silver ionisation fields were created by Dr Daniels of former Ukraine. 20 years ago the Dr created a silver artificial carbonated generator. A single silver ionisation field generator pumps silver particles into the atmosphere causing the particles to bond with the blood cells of humans and making the air poisonous to vampires. By irradiating the air with silver the conquering vampire nation was halted and with their "food supply " tainted, the vampires had a difficult time sustaining any type of power and thus the creatures of the night retreated from the silver ionisation fields back to Gracidonia sealing the country off from the rest of the world. A lot of nether creatures were weak to silver so they played a big part in the central points survival. If the intel being sold was about silver generators and it is a Gracidonia buying it then it could only mean certain death for falcon city. Rei pulled his dagger, without removing his gaze from the meeting below, Cap Snoop grabbed Reid hand signalling him to calm down. "Why would vampires send humans to buy information that could liberate them?"Bruiser said "Why would a bunch of petty thieves steal government secrets and sell it to the various enemy that wishes to destroy them?" Agent X replied. "Do you have the file? Or not ? " "I do have the file. How do we know you will keep your end of the bargain?" "Falcon city will be spared and you will remain interim king of this back washed stain in history. Now do you have my fucking file. And if your men don't stop pointing those weapons at us I will make them Kill themselves with it. Respectfully of course " Bruiser raised his arms and his underlings dropped their weapons. He pulled out a USB from his front pocket and began to approach Agent x. That's when Cap snoop made his move. "All units attack. Get that flash drive. No matter the cost" Cap said. Without a word all nine of them moved, Nessa power unravelling as they became visible swords and shields made from blue Aura energy in hand. Sullivan was the fastest. Landing in between Bruiser and Agent Xs group. He swung his right hand in Bruiser direction and a blue energy blade formed in his right hand and blue energy spear formed in the other. He juggled both weapons swapping hands, following up with a kick hitting the butt of the spear, sending it hurling at Bruiser, simultaneously throwing the sword at Agent X.
The spear plunged into Bruiser chest "Gahh" he screamed holding the pole that was lodged in him. Before the sword could strike Agent X , a ripper gang member jumped in front of the blade as the aura blade pierced his skull. Several other ripper gang members gathered surrounding Agent Xs group. Drawing their machine guns. " huh the fuck are you doing why are my men protecting you " Bruiser said the energy spear dissolving into blue mist leaving a hole in his chest. It would not be enough to kill bruiser not with his ability to transfigure his body parts The wound slowly closing up.
The noise outside the building also began to increase as the remaining R.O.G.U.E agents began attacking from the outside. It was the basic tactic of the organisation. A small team to infiltrate and a larger team to cover the perimeter. Only issue was Time. Longer it took for the strike force team to achieve their objective the quicker they get cut off from the evacuation point.
"mind control is a beautiful thing is it not " said Agent X. The ripper members opened fire in Sullivan's direction, who in turn hurled himself out of the way, the bullets hit Bruiser riddling him with holes as he hit the ground. Sullivan raised his left arm creating an AURA field shielding himself from the bullets. Agent xs group was now missing a member but they where backing up slowly as the ripper gang gave them cover. That's when Rei blurred slicing through the men firing the guns. They where dead in seconds. Agent X smiled and began to run. Rei dissolved the blade and took a fighting stance cutting of Agent X men. "go after him I will stop them by myself " said Rei kicking the knee of a ripper member and shattering his jaw with a spinning elbow. "survive till reinforcements break through the perimeter." Sullivan said giving chase. Sullivan created a an AURA chain leaping through the air. Like A western cowboy he wound the chain above his head and hurled it forward , it wrapped around Agent X neck. Sullivan pulled throwing the agent into a brick wall. "no more running. Fight me you masked fucker. What lunatic would be helping predators take over humanity " Agent Xs mask had broken from the impact. He had light brown hair and blue eyes a rigid nose and the glass eye had broken off as well. Sullivan recognised the face " Jonathan?" "crazy is it not? " Jonathan said his body glowing with purple energy. Jonathan was a former R.O.G.U.E agent who was presumed dead in the last great supernatural war. A demi his with the ability to read minds. It seemed his ability had evolved to controlling minds. "You been alive all this time?" "no chance in convincing you im a double agent that's on your side?" Sullivan attacked punching only to be met by Jonathan's own fist. The clash of blows dispersed even the vapour in the air sending combatants from all sides flying . They traded blows in quick succession with every fist, kick and palm strike Sullivan unleashed, Jonathan parried with his forearms and hit back with a kick of his own, hitting his chest. Sent Sullivan airborne. Without giving a chance for him to land Jonathan capitalised dashing forward with an AURA blade of his own. " you may have been a prodigy of natural martial arts but I have the memories of a thousand martial artist not to mention I can predict your next move." Mid air, Sullivan adjusted his weight performing a back flip and landed on his feet his back towards the incoming blade. Jonathan plunged the blade into Sullivan's back but found no resistance no blood and bone for the sword to be stuck in. The image of Sullivan disappeared. "After image technique-"said Sullivan reappearing behind Jonathan. Palm striking Agent X there was a flash of purple energy that erupted from Jonathan causing him to cough up blood. One thing Sullivan knew when fighting a telepath you had to empty your mind and fight on instinct. Erase every game plan and rely solely on muscle memory. Harder than it sounds but he had not achieved the title of prodigy for no Reason. Jonathan wiped the blood from his lip "you will need more than muscle memory to beat me the longer the battle goes on the cleaner your thoughts become to me. Only a matter of time before I will be able to mind control you. You will become my strongest puppet." They both ran at each other clashing once more. Something big and heavy rammed into them both sending them flying into a brick wall bursting though and landing outside. Sullivan was dazed he could tell at least one rib was broken the A.I suit was also damaged, he struggled to his feet to see R.O.G.U.E (ROG) Agents combating ripper gang members. Jonathan laid unmoving a few yards from him buried underneath some rubble. He was
shocked whoever had hit them had sent them from the inner room all the way to the perimeter of the coliseum. What looked like a 7ft monster emerged from the gaping hole in the wall. Bruisers right hand quadrupled in size and had transformed into a what looked like a hammer made from bone tissue. Bruiser had the ability to manipulate his DNA on a cellular level allowing him to increase the different parts of his body along with regenerative abilities. The more he focused on transforming a particular limb the stronger it was. Makes sense that blow shattered his A.I suit. Jonathan emerged from the rubble scowling. All three of them stood looking at each other "You think you can come in here and steal my hard drive and then Mind control my men to fight for you? You are so dead meat " Jonathan eyes glowed and so did Bruiser causing the Boss to stop in his tracks and as if in a trance started marching towards Sullivan. "oh so can't control me so you decided to go for the easier option huh fucking hate telepathy. " Bruiser charged forward swinging his gigantic hammer hand. Sullivan crossed his arms creating a shield that too was smashed through like a hammer through glass. He hit the ground and with a backward roll he was on his feet again.
Bruiser leaped once again descending with his transfigured arm. The arm had grown about 7ft tall and towered over him but Bruiser swung his mutated limb like it was made from paper. Sullivan took in a deep breath letting blue energy flow round his hands he outstretched his palm with an unseemly calmness stopped the hammer made from bone and muscle tissue. The force of the blow was so much, spider web cracks appeared on the ground beneath his feet. "impossible" Bruiser gasped "you ability users are so confident that your powers are a domineering asset. You fail to see what right in front of you." Said Sullivan as Nessa became visible shoving an AURA sword into Bruiser's right eye. Bruiser dropped to the floor with a thud. "there goes your puppet " Nessa said looking at Jonathan manifesting a shield to match her sword. Other ROG agents where finishing up taking out the remaining ripper gang members. "I don't need puppets I still have my crew" said Jonathan. Green fog began to emanate from within Jonathan's jacket. The fog took shape forming into a humanoid shape and soon a man with green skin was standing next to him. "Casper would you be a darling and put them to sleep " "shield wall!" Nessa shouted several agents rallied side by side locking aura shields like the Vikings of old. Their blades turned into spears forming two dozen units flanking Nessa and Sullivan on either side. The green man called Casper blasted the slowly advancing rogue agents with his green mist. Two agents fell and the rest created aura helmets with a visor. "plan C it is was hoping to save this for when the war begins but guess Not. Petra be a darling if you would " Petra had the ability to change size either shirk herself to about 6 inches or increase into about 60feet tall. For the role that she would play in this fight she chose the latter growing in size cutting off any possible retreat. She smashed downwards breaking through the right flank of the ROG agents. "Is it just me or are they really organised for people that should not be expecting us?" said Nessa.
"Agent X over there is a telepath there are more than prepared for our fighting styles and tactics" said Sullivan. Ripper gang members were advancing towards them swinging their clubs and swords. Without A.I suits their numbers had been decimated by the ROG Agents. Jonathan pulled out what looked like a mini black box that was the size of a grenade. He pressed a button and hurled it into the air. " high time we evened the playing field. Electro magnetic pulse bomb". There was a flash of light followed up with an explosion of purple energy. All the A.i suits were disabled shields, swords, spears and visors made from aura flickered and disappeared. The ROG agents panicked as they found themselves depowered. Casper wasted no time capitalising on the opening swarming them this time with green and purple smoke "consider this a two fold gift a gas to put you to sleep and another to kill you while you sleep" . Agents dropped like flies coughing only to fall limp to the earth. The green and purple gas began swirling around them. Sullivan roared Aura swirling around him. His suit may have been disabled meaning he could not construct aura weapons but he could still manipulate the chi within his body it was how he was able to stop Bruiser s earlier attack, by focusing his aura energy himself. He ran through the Fog of poisonous gasses that Casper created with baited breath, grabbing Nessa and jumping out the Fog. Two other agents that were able to manipulate aura themselves followed his lead jumping out with him only to be met by an incoming fist from Petra. Just as the giants fist was about to connect, a bean of light punctured her wrist and she reverted back to human size screeching. Sullivan hit the floor holding onto Nessa. He turned to see where the beam of light came from. Captain snoop sword had smoke rising from the steel blade. He fired a few more rounds in Agent X and Casper's direction. "ah he's joined the fray must mean this is where we say good bye "Agent x said a woman in a black latex suit appeared beside Jonathan placing a hand on his should along with Casper and teleported out. "Fuck!" Captain snoop said. "All units be on the alert Agent X has the silver files and has just escaped with it. "Looking like it is going to be a cold summer" Nessa said
Chapter 3-new Babylon, Valencia corps and isle of the KGB Debriefing room-Rogue head quarters Sullivan sat in the room with senior officers present all ranked vice captain and above. Captains from all eleven strike force were present. Including the five Guardians. Supreme commander of the Rogue organisation Seph led the meeting. "casualties?" "We lost 78 men in the battle" Captain Snoop said with solemn look "against that rag tag group of bandits the ripper gang should have sent me" Captain Marcus said. Marcus was a burly man who even sat in his chair towered over everyone one the room. His muscles bulged through his Aura suit. He was known as one of the greatest hand to hand fighters in the organisations and was on his way to being promoted. Calling Marcus over confident was an understatement. "they had Agent X show up to the meet a battle ensued. They had three super powered with them including code name Casper"
"isn't that the guy that can turn into poisonous gasses? " Commander Seph asked "damage report can come later what was Bruiser selling did we recover the files "Agent X was buying info in regards to the silver ionization fields they were hired by Gracidonia. We believe the vampires are finally making their move." Said sullivan
"they plan to find away to break through the ionization fields " Marcus said standing from his seat "they are becoming active should we not consolidate are power call in the various directors and prepare for an invasion" "they won't be invading right away and they can't even turn off the silver ionization just from finding how it works. We will keep this info to ourselves for now. I will take the matter to our superiors. We need more info before behaving rashly" Steph said "vice captain Rei gave Chase if we can recover the file before it reaches Gracidonia-" captain snoop said "I will leave Two to your discretion but we have other matters to discuss how goes the recruitment of this year's super powered people. The royal summit is coming up in a few years" Seph said. Marcus begrudgingly sat back down "23 so far five belong to our territories we sent a team out to recruit the twins but they are too young you said Jessica nearly started a fight with my unit" he said chuckling. "leave them to me. Recruit as many super powered as possible we will need as many empowered individuals in the coming years to come.
Chapter four-hall of heroes Hayley walked through the Rogue academy compound watching as several demigods practiced their abilities in compound. But this was a normal sight to see at the academy. A boy with orange hair flew in the air shooting laser beams from his hands at another boy who deflected the beams with an axe. At the sight of Hayley their duel came to a stop. Other people in the academy began stop and look at her muttering. The academy was filled with regular humans and demigod so seeing her came as a shock. A hybrid of a demi god and vampire. Hayley was use to the stares her whole life she paid them no mind but her vamparic super bearing could pick up the whispers. "What is a mongrel doing at the academy?" "so it's true her the ionization field doesn't affect her" "I heard she's not only mixed with vampires but also an Ariel nu tem." "her father destroyed the world did they not" She grit her teeth in annoyance at the voices, a part of her wanted to bare her fangs and put the fear of hades into them but her notoriety would increase. That's what her twin brother would say. Hayley bared her fangs electricity crackling in her mouth. She smiled as the gather ground instinctively took a step back by the menacing grin she wore. Hayley walked away into a building labelled assembly. "first day at induction and already displaying your lovely personality I see " Jessica said at the door way. " Mom they kept gossiping like little bitches so I just gave them something to gawk at too you know " Hayley said. "today's the day of induction the director will be allocating you make sure you leave a good impression" Jessica said walking out.
Director snoop took the podium after ten years of service as captain he had been promoted to director. He had taken time to review the 70 new Agents that would now take the future in their grasp. 8 years ago he had fought against the ripper gang and failed to retrieve the file but Gracidonia had still not made a move against the ionization fields but he knew the vampires would not kay dormant forever.
"congratulations all 70 of you have been selected into this years Rogue agency and will eventually assigned to various task forces based on your affinities" the director said Hayley was aware of the three various task forces. Athens task force held the demi God's. Agents who got their powers from being defendants from gods. Her mother Jessica was a high ranking officer in the Athens taskforce Black order task force were assigned agents who got their powers from selling of a piece of their souls. These super powers were the rarest out their and are generally forbidden. These super powers where called celestials. The final task force Spartan task force housed agents with no abilities that fought solely with Aura suits. Although they had no abilities they where renowned as the most prestigious task force under Directors snoops command "for the next number of missions that we will be undertaking as an organisation we will be uniting all three task forces together. We will be expecting all 70 of you to divide yourselves into 4-5 man squads" the director said turning towards the projector behind him. The screen began to play a clip; red portal appeared in the middle of a city and monsters of all shapes and sizes rushed from it they began slaughtering the citizens. People tried running and the monsters shot out tentacles grabbing people and pulling them into their jaws. Hayley recognised the monsters as the Sinful they were lower grade nether creatures that spawned at random points of the earth. They usually spawned a few dozen every once in awhile and a task force would take them out but never had she heard of them spawning in their thousands. "The Horde of the Sinful where decimating humans left and right then a golden light shone in the sky and Winged beings with golden glowing swords cut a swathe thought their ranks. The arrival of the Ariel nu tem quickly changed the tide of the battle. The blades of the Ariels turning purple signalled their special ability. Purple beams ripped through the Sinful puncturing smouldering holes in their bodies. Hayleys Father was half Ariel and half vampire making her a quarter Ariel, the winged beings had the powers of strength flight and energy swords but their most prominent ability was 'aura mimic' they could mimic the weakness of any creature alive. The three god kings Ra, Zeus and Odin created the Ariels as the primary fighting force against the nether. The low grade nether creatures began to retreat back into the portal and it closed behind them. Director snoop paused the clip and spoke "This is the 6th spawning of the Sinful this week alone and with each appearance their numbers seem to increase along with their frequency we aren't entirely sure what is causing this but we are in need of more fighting force teams out there and so we are giving you all a week to decide your teams you may organise yourselves into teams of up to nine members." Murmurs spread out into the auditorium everyone could tell that this was unusual. usually Agents where assigned teams but this was after months of drills and team chemistry. If formality was been thrown out the window it meant the organisation needed more combat ready people with affinities more than ever. "In a weeks time your teams will be tested so choose wisely who your new companions will be. You're dismissed" Director snoop said walking away. Hayley could not see the Ariel's but she could sense their presence drift away in Dr.Snoop direction. Who needs body guard when you got the universe's own super powered white blood cells she thought to her self. Hayley did not share the abilities of the Ariels except super strength but she knew invisibility was not one of them. Nessa must be close by bending light around them. Neat trick. Hayley got up and left the building when Two guys who was shooting laser beams and the dude he was sparring with the axe blocked her path. "hi I'm Ray " the guy who was shooting laser beams from his palms.
"I'm Akubo " the guy with the axe said "and I don't give a fuck" Hayley said. She moved to walk past and Akubo blocked her path with his axe. Hayley cocked her head to the side and gave him a look as if to say 'have you lost your mind' "we are here on behalf of our guild to-" Ray began "don't care " Hayley said cutting him off. She snatched the axe from Akubo and bent the weapon into a U shape shoving it into his chest. Akubo gripped the now clunk if metal "vamparic bitch this was a family heirloom! Your gonna pay for this" Hayley turned round her feet slightly levitating above the ground electricity crackling within her eyes. "what did you just call me? " why dont you guys go recruit some some other freshmen I mean you can't gossip against someone with super hearing. It's unsurprising she rejected your offer so vehemently. A boy said walking up twirling a staff in his hands "Would be best if we avoided a fight amongst supposed allies now" Ray signalled Akubo and they both silently walked off. Hayley admired the grace in which the boy walked everything about him seemed entirely human but he had the grace of a nimble cat. He had dyed broken hair and a fade and ebony skin a bit lighter than her with flashing brown eyes he stood as tall as her twin brother. The guy was handsome to say the least. "are you here to recruit me too" Hayley said deactivating her powers "no I prefer carrying out missions alone my name's Drake Sanguru" Drake said extending a handshake. Hayley took the hand shaking it "Hayley Deladracroness. Sanguru one of the celestial royal families huh" "oh I'm a branch family member mother had an affair I was raised in the city just like you nothing fancy got recruited on pure merit alone" The Sanguru family was one of the 3 royal families were known for their descendants being gifted in using the pole or spear to fight. The celestial being fused with their blood line in exchange gave them formidable staff martial art prowess in addition to generally breading powerful demigods. The deladracroness clan was also a celestial bloodline family as well just like the Sanguru clan but they had the power of electricity but they had been wiped out by the vampires Millennia ago. Her and her twin brother Shane were the last two alive. " aren't you cool... " Hayley said smiling she could hear his heart beat suddenly pick up his cheeks go flush. Did he fancy her. Super sense came in handy not just to hear idle chitchat. Drake seemed to realise what Hayley was doing and suddenly his heart beat stopped his entire presence was erased. He was standing in front of her yet she could not sense him even tho he was looking straight at her. " What the hell did you just do? Is that your affinity? "oh I don't have an affinity purely human no super powers im actually part of the Spartan task force" "Well it was nice meeting you Drake I got a mission briefing to head to, thanks for chasing of those assholes see you around ? " "Sure see you around he said walking off.
Casper moved across the city is his gaseous state, a green fog floating through the sky. He was on his way to attend the criminal organisation meeting, that Agent x had set up. He turned into black smoke flowing through the vents and stayed in place watching the room. His job was simple in case the meeting went awry he could intervene from an advantageous spot. Agent X sat at the head of the grand table. Petra would have shrunk herself down to her miniature size and would have done the same thing he was doing both keeping guard of the Boss. The meeting was to take place with 5 of the cities biggest criminal organisations. The first of them walked in; The Yakuza a bunch of goons wearing black suits of Asian descent all wielding samurai blades. Their Boss Yasuie a man in his mid fifties stepped in with an air of authority duel blades rustling underneath the black cloak he wore. "Good evening what a nice...den you have" Yasuie said looking around the basement. "The tunnels leading hear reeked of the Sinful" "Apologies avoiding the central authorities is rather difficult these days" "Six years being on the run and he decides to meet in this illustrious environment" a woman said walking in through the 4 Yakuza men. Beside her was a dwarf. Casper recognised them as the Enigma Cartel the woman was known as Vixen. She had rose to prominence taking out the Italian and Mexican cartels and forming her own organisation that spread through out over 5 city states. In Falcon city she occupied the South and was in contention for territory with the Yakuza and the Ripper gangs. She sat opposite Yasuie with the dwarf standing beside her. Brave bringing such small security figuratively and literally. Casper wondered what powers Vixen and the dwarf had. But to the other crime Bosses it showed a show of confidence or stupidity. Bruiser walked in next and he looked pissed his left arm was already transformed into a mace of muscle and spiked bones. He was accompanied by 3 ripper members. 6 years ago after their battle with Rogue he had been compensated but from the scowl he was still not over having his mind taking over. "I should fucking break that mask Agent X" Bruiser said "you could but you wouldn't like what you see behind the mask my friend" Agent X said "We ain't fucking friends shit stain" Growled Bruiser. All crime Bosses burst into laughter at their exchange. The final Boss walked in. Garuda standing 6ft 9 he towered over everyone in the room. He was covered in blood and the men with him moved to wipe the blood stains and he waved them off. It looked like The Sinful had spawned in the tunnels and a battle had ensued. Garuda gave a quick glance at the four gathered bosses and honed in on Agent X. Casper got ready to rush out in his smoke form. Be still thoughts from Jonathan entered his mind. Casper halted. "if you have no guards neither will I. Leave Garuda beckoned his men. Without hesitation they left. It was common knowledge that crime Bosses never went anywhere without some sort of security even if it appeared like they were alone. In which case Jonathan was not he had himself and Petra in her miniature state not to mention Felecia their teleporter nearby. But Garuda was not known as one of the smartest bosses. He was more of a meat head that sorted his issues through combat and only respected strength. "Now that we are gathered the meeting of the five factions can begin." Said Agent X. He passed round a brown envelope on the top of it said in bold Do Not Open. "The heck are these" Bruisers said "Do not open? Why give Garuda instructions when you know I do not follow instructions" said Garuda ripping the envelope open. He pulled out a blank paper.
"I knew you would do that. Garuda do not open the envelope I have my reasons." Agent X said pulling out another envelope and passing it to Garuda. "why not shouldn't we be discussing tactics like we usually do. The Enigma Cartel has not decided to take this job yet. We don't even know how much the pay is" Vixen said. "The Yakuza will take over the task should the Enigma Cartel decide the task is to great to accomplish" said Yasuie. "Money is no measurement of true power mundane." Vixen said. mundane was a slur word used to call people with no powers. "maybe I should separate your head from your shoulders" Yasuie said showing his blade. "As much I would love to see both your gangs wipe each other out let's hear Jonathan out" Bruiser said. "When this is all over we will settle the score but for now I will honour the peace treaty." Said Vixen looking in Agent X's direction. "depending on what he has to say. Agent X rose to his feet "We are at the last stages of our plan. In the envelope contains the five exit strategies of our 6year long year crusade. Each of you will be undertaking a task that involves an all out attack with not just falcon city but the entire nation of Valencia Corps. In order to prevent any leaks of information or any of you interfering your envelopes are to opened after you leave the meeting." "How do you know we will carry out the task" Garuda said. "They have all been tailored to your taste and desires and the prize for completion is 50 million each." At that Garuda whistled "now that's alot" " You mentioned an all out war with the nation. What about the war weapons." Vixen said. The war weapons were the strongest demi God's in the nation each one with a power to destroy an entire country. They were the representation of a nation's power. " I hate to say it but Vixen has a point" Yasuie said. "our benefactors will be joining the expedition. They will be sending vampires in conjunction with the task each of you will be carrying out by the time it's all said and done the silver ionization field will be down across the entire central point. A whole new era will begin. "I'm shaking with excitement. 50 million eh" said Yasuie "Bring it on. Quicker this alliance is done the better. I have plans of my own in this world we aim to create." Vixen said "Don't even think of fucking me over this time Jonathan. But fifty mil? The boys will be amped for this." Said Bruiser " As long as glorious battle awaits me then Garuda does not care what happens to this nation or the War weapons" said Garuda. "In three days time we will all be looking at a new world" Agent X said.