Guardian: My city, my protectorate
By Xenomorph666
Disclaimer: I own Vile, HOMe and the Angel twins. Everything else is owned by Marvel or Disney. Mike Harrigan is owned by FOX as well as Aliens
Summary: 1 year after his defeat by HOMe and acceptance from the Morlocks, Vile has found his way to LA and adopted it as his home after a fateful night full of tragedy.
Chapter Summary: While finding food, Vile is mistaken for a cop killer and during the investigation slips into the car of one Mike Harrigan.
AN: Over the years Mike Harrigan has become obsessed with combating ant aliens and is considered paranoid by all other officers. He also has developed an extreme form of Xenophobia, the fear of anything "different" as a result he also is a mutant hater, at least for a while. Oh and this chapter is "Punisher" inspired and cameoed.
TheRagingSpammer: Uh, ok what's that?
booyah: Don't worry, Angel will EVENTUALLY show up, but it'll be awhile and as for the first month that come in chapter 5 or 6 I can't remember how I decided.
Prime Suspect
I awoke at around four in the morning, I had overslept by a lot. Apparently talking for about twelve hours is tiring. It didn't bother me though, I actually like the oversleeping, the small change in my schedule providing a unique twist on things. No though, I needed to eat and the only place I could get food with out being seen was a meat warehouse clear on the other side of town. Well at least it was still dark for another couple of hours.
I left the church quietly making sure not to leave any evidence, I thought about leaving a thank you for the priest, but then I remembered I don't know this planets written language. Strange how that made me embarrassed, I never told a soul even the priest. Well their was some one, but she didn't judge me at any length, but as of now I haven't met here and I won't for along time. Now however back to my current story.
I took a new path along the rooftops of several hundred buildings. Eventually I made my way to the warehouse, however something was amiss. I crept in silently my claws not making a sound even as they scraped against metal and concrete. I quickly caught the unmistakable scent of blood, human, dead at least four hours. I crept my way closer to the scent, making sure not to disturb any carcasses. I found the bodies, they were torn to shreds, law enforcement at that. I poked around he shreds to see if I could find any clues. My search turned up only one thing, a sharp cone like tooth similar to that of the hunter-born.
My head raced as I tried to remember how many hunter-born I had brought and how many I extinguished in my rage, but it was hopeless. Save for HOMe's selfless act I remembered nothing of that day and the week that followed. As I concentrated however, I failed to notice the appearance of two other humans, law enforcement as well and humans were well known for striking first and if you survived then maybe they would ask questions. The light from their flash lights were strong and even though they were not on me they broke my thoughts.
"Freeze!" One of them said as the centered the light on me, instinctively I jumped away with speed far greater than they could comprehend.
"What the hell was that?" the other asked, he looked terrified.
"Mutant probably, scum are worse than wild animals." My blood boiled at this remark but I held my place. "I'll call it in." The men disappeared long enough for me to get to the roof, but I did not leave. If I was going to be blamed for this I wanted some clue as to who the real killer was. I sat on the roof of the building next door, it's gargoyles helped me blend in. And I waited.
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Mike Harrigan could hardly believe his luck, but it was unfortunate that two officers had to die in order for him to get this break. Their deaths, however, would allow him to pull evidence from the federal investigation and use it to find out what was in his city. The two arriving officers were first on his list, they had seen the thing and could give him a clue.
"Well, it looked a little human." Officer Omanskly, the man Vile wanted to attack unknown to him, said.
"A little?" Harrigan asked.
"The face was human, but the body was like a giant crab or scorpion. And it was blue." Harrigan was definitely liking the looks of this.
"And Officer Gregs, what did you see?"
"A really big tail." The officer said plainly.
"Okay, thanks officer you can go now." Harrigan put away his notepad and walked over to the bodies.
"Geez, what a nut, huh?" Omanskly said with a laugh as he got in the passenger side of the cruiser.
"Whatdya mean?" Gregs asked, he was a rookie.
"Few years ago, string of murders happens, cops, gang bangers, you name it they got whacked. He got the killer, but doesn't tell where the body is, claims it was an alien hunter, well he gets a psych eval and passes, so they can't do nothin'. Eventually people forget, but not Harrigan, he still to this day is expecting them to come back. He's even got an arsenal in his house for this shit." He rolled down the window, "I tell you this guy is a fuckin' loon. Be glad you aren't a detective."
During this conversation Harrigan was over by the bodies, holding a cloth over his mouth to hold himself from retching. He knew the alien hunters were violent, but this wasn't how they killed, he was now sure it wasn't one of them. Whatever it was though needed to be found and destroyed. So bending the rules here wouldn't hurt a bit, he pulled the small baggy from his pocket. The baggy held the only piece of evidence from the mall that the feds did not get. Carefully he lifted the arm of one of the officers and placed it under the shoulder, then he acted as though he was remembering his tweezers and reached for it with them.
"We got organic." He said as he placed the tissue in a new evidence bag.
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I couldn't believe it, the dark skinned officer had planted the tip of my tail that I had lost just the night before under the shoulder of the slain enforcement officer. My rage took the better of me I as I silently stalked my way to his lone vehicle and placed myself in the back seats. I waited for him to come, and when he did I took action as soon as he was away from the other officers.
My tail shot forward with lightning speed and shattered his radio, I'd have to thank Calliban for forcing me to watch his favorite show sometime as it gave me the knowledge of how my newest foe operated. His only way of communicating with the other officers was now gone. So was my element of surprise though, as he reached for his gun. I grabbed his hand though with my tail and steadied it on his wheel.
"Keep driving." I growled as I aimed the tip of my tail, now fully regenerated at his neck. "You planted the tip of my tail. Why?"
"Alien scum, think you can come down here and…" He trailed off into a mumble.
"I can't hear you!" I pressed the tip against his neck, he stretched to avoid it's piercing.
"Worse than mutants, at least they still have humanity to guide them." I kept the tip pressed against his neck.
"Some parents humans turned out to be, you shun the children for their difference." I brought my face forward into the light. My "scars" naturally facing him, "Now me, I'm not quite sure how any one would see me as even remotely human, but apparently I am. Left here." He turned the wheel as we drove onto a dirt road.
"You gonna kill me?" His look was that of a depraved man, who had seen more than he should have.
"No, I'm going to show you how humanity "guides" it's progeny." I lead him into the building, which I had come to know as a disgusting barge of waste for the lives with in.
"'Ello sir!" The weasly French door man, I crushed his head in with my bare hands, he was just as guilty and the cop's ignorance had put me in a most foul mood. Those who hurt, would be hurt. In the bible I had read it said "Judgment is mine sayeth the Lord". I'm alright with that, I plan to arrange many "Judgments" tonight. I turned to see the officer's face, he had gotten very pale.
"Keep moving." I pulled him along, wrapping my tail around his arm. We came to the main "spectacle", two young men in the middle of the ring. Their were mutants, but only one had powers, the other was just completely yellow and begging for mercy. This was a fight to the death, and I could see neither were capable of murder. I forced the cop ahead of me.
"Look and see what you teach those who could help you!" I hissed into his ear as the one with powers lifted a weapon with his mind and held it to the other's throat. The yellow boy was now in tears as was the other, the suspense built until the powered one tossed the sword away. I heard the moan of the audience followed by several guns cocking. I leapt into action and was instantly upon the boys shielding them with my body. I was lucky they were so close together. That's when every thing is silent and I stand straight up, the boys ran to the exit closest to them.
"All of you have profaned the name of innocence you have destroyed the children before you. And now you are all going to die." I leapt into the air and the third floor balcony, I knew a lot would escape my wrath, but those who did would remember their actions and my face. As the humans fall before me like dolls I come across my first mutant who supports this profane excuse for entertainment. He has powers and I can sense him charging some sort of electrical blast. I was right and he tossed it at me.
"Punk! I had my money on the guards." He leapt at me, a foolish thing to do, and my tail eviscerated him, spilling intestines and blood all over.
As I climb down to the second balcony I noticed a young girl her skin was orange and her hair a bright red. I went to her slowly, so as not to startle her and I sense the same violations that befell the two girls at the mall, what more the violator is now behind me. I spun around as he fired his shotgun at me sending pieces of my ribs and splatter of blood everywhere. I hate shotguns, they're really one of the few guns that can seriously damage me in one shot. I slip to the ground holding what few organs I possess in the palm of my giant hands. In my rage I can't feel the pain, but I know the shot is lethal. I stretch my tail forward with my diminishing strength and cleanly remove the man's head. Then I collapse onto the floor, my blood dissolving a hole very rapidly, I feel my strength sapping and everything becomes very silent, but then a warmth as I feel the little girl place her hand on my chest. She isn't phased by my blood, in fact she is reversing it's flow and repairing the damage done to me. A healing mutant had saved me, a monster that could have meant to kill her. I was astounded.
"You made the bad man go away?" She asked as I lifted her into my arms, by this time most had fled. Those that were left I would find them.
"Yes, I made him go away." I dropped down to the solid first floor and handed her to the officer who's face took a disgusted turn, whether it was from the girl or how she appeared after being violated I never knew. "Wait here with her, I'll be back shortly."
I made my way to the back, and that alone was a horror story. This place was worse than I had thought. The owners apparently had more than just mutant gladiators to show, they had a whole brothel at their disposal, most underage and just wanting a place to live. At each room I killed those humans that weren't spared by the begging of their victims. Then came the final room, their room, the owners. It was then that I felt the strange sensation.
Why was I doing this? I had known of the before and though I disapproved of it, I felt nothing when it came to stopping them. I then thought back to the little girls and the emotions that had swelled inside me. It was the same, a void of all things right. The innocence of those girls had been ripped from their defenseless bodies and these men not only did they do the same to alienated young children they used them for their own sick gain, callously tossing them aside. The emotion again was rage, it was complete, I had found my reason for existing. I brushed that off though as I bashed the door in and saw their bodies riddled with holes.
I was confused for a second until I saw him in the corner. A man tall and muscular, his face though hidden in darkness was riddled with pain. Much like mine. His shirt was that of an elongated and warped skull, something I had recognized from the newspapers. For a few seconds he stood there and our eyes locked. Then he nodded and made his exit through the window as the sirens of the police approached. I too made my exit out of the same window and to the front where I left a pamphlet from the church in the cop's car. Hopefully he would understand and take the children there for protection.
As I left I noticed that the sun was rising, all this fun and the day wasn't even started. I looked back at the cop as well, his face had gone from hard and sour to that of an old grandfather who hadn't seen his grandchildren in so long. I think I may have gotten through to him on mutants, however when he spotted me on the roof he aimed his gun at me, all the other officers did the same. To them I was the enemy, to them I had killed those officers. I left as quickly as possible avoiding bullets along the way.
When I was far enough away I crept into the sewers and there I thought about my epiphany. This city was ripe with those things that made my stomach churn with hate. Those things that violated the very essence of innocence. I would not let that stand, it was then I made a vow, my first and only vow to the god of man. I would let no innocent suffer and should I find those that were, I would bring suffering to those that had committed the act. I was this city's guardian, whether it liked it or not.
"Welcome to my backyard, lets play some time" a human saying that I had grown to like, I said it aloud several times and laughed. I wish I could have predicted the many times I would have to "play" though sometimes.
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Would you hat me if I said this is about the length of what a SHORT Vile story would be? I hope not because it is. Next chapter Will Vile be allowed back into the church after his latest "good deed" and the false accusations that have befallen him? Oh and the little girl is a tribute to Starfire, my favorite Teen Titan and the Queen of Peerk in my opinion.