The rain was till heavy as he made his way through the streets of Brisbane, like it did for most of the country at the time, he pulled his hood down a bit more to make sure his was covered, he frowned and looked around seeing the police out investigating things with some pro heroes. Something he would rather not get involved in.
"Something's not right here" he said as he brought out a bow from his arm, using his quirk and grabbed an arrow from the quiver on his back and fired it up into the air. "I'm sure, this is the place" he said as he shot off the ground and up to the window where he's arrow landed. He opened the window to the hotel room, where a dead body was, scantily dressed and a small packet of a red powder next to her. Frowning the vigilante picked it up and looked at it, "Trigger...no Rush" he said looking at the woman "She died by an OD of Rush" he said as he picked up a wallet "Diana Powell, commercial quirk license as well as working for the AHAB" he said before he put the wallet down, his glove making it so he doesn't leave any fingerprints behind, he noticed a sweet smell in the air, he checked the rooms to see if he could see the source of it. In the bathroom on the counter there was a bottle of perfume, pulling out his phone he found out that this bottle of perfume was quite expensive namely three figures "Damn" he said before he noticed something, the colour of the liquid in the bottle was bright blue, yet the one on the counter was a dark purple colour. he was about to investigate more when the door handle rattled, making him get out of there quickly.
When he wasn't being a vigilante Clinton Queen was running one of Australia's best Support company: Longbow Technologies. Upon asking why he named his company Longbow, he said that it was connected to his archery roots, since he was a former sports archer. Not that he was the former pro-hero turned Vigilante Bowman. Sitting in his office he ran a test of the Rush trying to see if he could get any more information on it, while looking up what she did with AHAB.
"Excuse me sir?" someone asked,
"Ah, Cassidy" Clinton said as he looked up "how are you?" he asked happily
"I'm good sir, he is the latest numbers" Cassidy said as she handed him some pieces of paper
"Thank you" he said as he looked them over "These look good"
"They do sir" Cassidy said before bowing and walking out of the office. Sighing he figured he needed a drink and he would get one at the hotel he owns
"One of the perks of a playboy" he smiled looking out the window as the rain continued. Suddenly the computer came back with the results of the Rush. Frowning he went over to a statue of Artemis and pulled the tip of the statue's arrow making a hidden door open showing an elevator, he walked in and pressed a button going down into a secret bunker where he rested his suit.
"Alanna?" he asked as he looked around typing on a keyboard making the Rush analysis "ALANNA!"
"You don't have to yell" a woman with loud brown hair stood up, pulling a pair of black panties up while also wearing an open white button down shirt, a stick of pocky in her mouth.
"When did you sleep last?" Clinton asked
"Last night, I pulled out the cot" Alanna said as she finished the pocky stick, "So more Rush huh?"
"Yeah, and check this out" he said showing her the results
"Huh it gets more potent when turned into a liquid" Alanna said before flicking to a picture of the bottle of perfume he found "Huh Royal Blue, $699"
"that much" Clinton said shocked
"Yeah, it's mostly because of the fact it's made by a big name English celebrity" Alanna said "I heard the scent is a sweet one. But why add Rush to it?"
"To have it absorbed into the skin quicker than just the usual way its administered" Clinton said as he suited up "Oh and finish getting dress and handle the meeting will you"
"Why should I?" Alanna asked
"Because you're the Vice-president" Clinton said
"I liked it better when you were a pro hero" Alanna said
"Yeah yeah" Clinton said
"Okay, I'll head to the investment meeting while you track down where the Rush came from" Alanna said pouring a cup of coffee.
Bowman raced through the streets and rain on the back of his motorcycle
"So why would she add the Rush to her perfume?"Bowman asked as he
"An easy way to get high, what is Rush anyway?" Alanna replied
"It's a variant of Trigger" Bowman said "It boosts a person's quirk but it also unleashes a flood of dopamine, hence the name" he said as he stopped, getting off his bike and looked around
"Isn't Trigger usually injected" Alana frowned
"It is" Bowman said as he walked into an abandoned building, hiding in the shadows. "So that is why it's strange to see it being administered like that, can you see if there are any other victims?"
"I already have, but they don't make sense. We have a teacher, a flight attendant, a dancer, A photographer, the AHAB member. All different salaries and job areas. So I doubt they used Royal Blue"
"Any men?" Bowman asked
"No" Alanna frowned
"I see, look back into their financials" Bowman said as he looked around, trying to find any traces of Rush
"I'm your VP, not PA" Alanna said "besides, you have an appointment in ten minutes at your hotel" she said
"Fine" Bowman said not finding anything around the building that would be helpful to him, he strode over to his bike and drove off.
Clinton checked his watch and looked around, the feeling of being stood up was more and more evident.
"Another Old Fashioned Mr Green?" the barkeeper said
"Yeah" Clinton said as he got a new cocktail. He looked around the bar and pulled out his phone and checked his messages
'Meeting cancelled' Alanna sent as a text
"Great" he said
"Stood up?" a woman asked as she sat at a seat near him, Clinton looked her over and smiled. she was Blond, probably in her 30s and evident by her accent she was Japanese
"Yeah, you?" he asked
"Just waiting for a friend" she said, she wore a blue backless satin dress, which went to her mid thigh, the front was low enough to show a fair bit of her cleavage
"Clinton Queen" He introduced himself as he got another drink
"Ryuko Tsuchikawa" she said smiling
'Ah Pixie-bob I heard Mandalay was in Australia recovering from the hostage event' he said "I must say you look quite alluring" he said
"Thank you, you look quite handsome as well" she said as she got up after finishing her drink, leaving a piece of folded up paper near him. With a raised eyebrow he opened it up and saw what was written on it.
'Room 414, 8:00 pm tonight' he read, smiling
"I think, I just got a booty call" he muttered as the phone buzzed, it showed Alanna was calling. "Talk to me"
"Nothing wrong with any financials, but they all did shop at the store department store" Alanna said
"Interesting" he said finishing his drink.
He arrived at room 414 and knocked on the door
"Come in" Ryuko said, Clinton opening the door and walked in, a bottle of red wine in his hand "I'll be out in a second" she said
"Take your time" Clinton said as he set the bottle on the kitchen bench "So, how is Mandalay?"
"She's doing fine, her partner is helping her"
"I see" Clinton said as he checked his phone, seeing nothing on it, he set it aside and looked out the window "You staying here long?"
"Just a couple of days but then I head back" she told him s she opened the bathroom door, stepping out in nothing but a white thong with blue lace trim and a small dark blue bow on the front "So how do I look?" she asked
"Sexy" Clinton asked as he started to remove his clothes and walked over to her.
The next morning Clinton woke up to the sun shining, right into his eyes. He lifted his hand to shield them while he turned to look at his bedmate, who was only covered with a sheet up to her shoulders; a smile graced his face as he gave her a small peck on the cheek and got up right when his phone buzzed
"Good morning Alanna" Clinton said as he pulled his pants on
"Okay, you sound way too chipper this morning" she said
"Well I did bag a cat" Clinton said
"like the animal?" Alanna asked
"I slept with one of the Wild-Wild pussycats"
"Okay then, anyway get back here now, ASAP!" she snapped
"What's wrong?" Clinton asked
"oh, just one of our employees found dead" Alanna said
"What, where?" Clinton asked as he hurriedly got dressed
"I'll send you the location data later. Just get going!" she said
"Okay" he hung up as Ryuko was awake
"That sounded urgent" she said
"An employee of mine was just found dead" he said kissing her.
"Go deal with it" Ryuko said smiling "I'll call you later"
"Sure" he said smiling.
"Good morning, now as you've likely heard there was an incident where one of our employees Cassidy Collins was found in trace amount of Rush in her system. We'll be helping with the investigation being held by both the Queensland Police and any Pro Heroes" Clinton said "And we wish that you please leave the family of Miss Collins alone during this time" he said "Thank you" he frowned leaving the podium with the reporters asking question
"You know they're not going to like that" Alanna said
"I know, but we don't have any choice" Clinton said as he looked up, the once blue sky was now becoming grey "Rain"
"Is that bad?" Alanna asked as she noticed that Clinton was rubbing his arm, the one containing his quirk
"Just aches" Clinton stated
"Oh right the injury that ended your heroic career" Alanna said as they got inside and headed up to the office. Clinton sighed
"You know that they are going to try and capture me"
"As a Vigilante?" Alanna asked
"Yes" Clinton nodded as he leaned against the elevator.
"You need rest" Alanna said concerned
"I did" Clinton nodded
"How much" Alanna asked
"Enough" Clinton said as he exited the elevator.
"This is going to be rough" she said sighing.
Bowman was now crouching on a rain covered rooftop watching several thugs that had gathered around on a street corner, quietly he pulled out an arrow from the quiver on his back, and allowed his quirk to activate making the bow grow out of his arm. Once it was fully grown he pulled back on the bowstring, the arrow being secured and fired it above the thugs, a small beep sounding when it hit the wall. Bowman tapped a small earpiece and allowed him to listen in on the conversation
"So who's got the newest batch of Rush?" one said
"It's been delivered to the store as we speak" another said making Bowman frowned
'What are they planning he asked himself
"What store?" a third thug asked, making the first one get hit
"I ain't saying man, who know where he be" the first thug said looking in shadows
"Who, the Bowman, he's retired man" the second thug said
"Not the bow man, The Shadowwalker: Knight" the first thug said
'Oh yeah, Knight usually patrols this city, I wonder where he is' Bowman pondered
"So what, he isn't going to pop out since he's probably dealing with something else" the second thug
"You don't know that!" the first thug said "anyway, you've made sure to add the Rush to all that perfumes?"
"So did, and of course she'll sell them and give us half of the profits overall
"Hard to imagine that she of all people is a Rush seller" the second thug said
"We should be careful due to the deaths" the third thug
"Seriously?" the other asked
"Yeah" the second thug said, Bowman growled when his mobile rang
"This had better be good Alanna" Bowman growled
"It is, I found the place the spiked perfumes are being sold out of" Alanna said
"Where?" Bowman asked.
Ryuko was doing a bit of shopping, she was in a great mood and decided to get some things that match her new mood
"Excuse me madam, would you like to try our latest perfumes?" the saleswoman said smiled
"Oh sure" Ryuko said smiling as she looked at the bottles of perfume on display. She took noticed of some "No way Royal Blue!"
"Oh one of our best, up there with Flight of Fancy and South Winter" she said "And it's on special for just today its half off" she said holding up the bottle smirking
"That's incredible!" she exclaimed
"Indeed" she said "Care to try" she smiled, as she was about to spray the perfume when the bottle broke in her hands and an arrow was sticking out of the counter "WHAT!" she shouted, looking up to see Bowman standing there "Bowman"
"Medusila" Bowman said "How long has it been?"
"Too long, I heard you quit because of the Port Macquarie Riots" Medusila said as her hair extended out, one tendril wrapping around the neck of Ryuko and threatened to squeeze her throat "So you went From Pro Hero to Vigilante, how is that working out?"
"Very well" Bowman said
"You were ranked what 16th then the riots happened and you quit, turning to be a support item maker while moonlighting as a vigilante. Quite frankly I'm surprised you're not in the bottle" she taunted.
"Watch it" Bowman said as he pulled back his bowstring and glared at her. "you better release her"
"Why should I?" Medusila said
"You know what will happened' he said pulling his bowstring back
"Okay then" she smirked firing two tendrils of hair at Bowman.
Bowman quickly grabbed a couple or arrows and fired them while dodging the tendrils
"Damn bitch!" he snapped as he pulled out a fire arrow, shooting it in at her. Medusila went wide eyed grabbing it and shoving it in a nearby water source putting it out "HEY!" he snapped before he was thrown clear across the room, Medusila let loose a whistle; a signal for her thugs to crawl out of the woodwork.
"Get rid of the hero" Medusila said, the thugs nodded and ran at him, with their guns drawn
"So you're using Quirkless muscle" Bowman said
"They're easier to control" Medusila told him in a sultry manner. "What are you waiting for fools, back up?" she asked as the thugs fired on him
"WHOA!" Bowman said diving behind a counter with Ryuko
"What is going on?" she asked
"That woman out there is a villain, one who has been spiking perfume with Rush" Bowman said
"What?" Ryuko asked
"Yeah, all the recent drug related deaths have been women who bought perfume from here" Bowman told her
"Oh crap, I WAS HER NEXT VICTIM! THAT BITCH!" she snapped
"yeah" Bowman said
"So how do you know her, archnemesis?" Ryuko asked making a few golems
"Something like that" Bowman frowned. "On three?"
"Yeah" Ryuko said glaring at her.
"Two against one, how is that any fair?" Medusila asked as she sent tendril out after them, Bowman fired more arrows
"Looks who's talking" Ryuko snapped "you've got ten goons and who know how many hostages"
"So who's the on being fair?" Bowman shouted as he fired more at her, each time she dodged. She then reached under the counter she was working at and pulled out an injector
"Is that?" Ryuko asked sending an Earth golem at her, Medusila smiling as she jabbed it into her neck and pressed the button
"Yeah, Rush" Bowman said as Medusila's hair grew in length and turning a reddish hue. The new red hair lashed out at them as if they were angry snakes. The pair started to dodge each and every strike that was thrown at them
"The scheme was perfect, they would get the euphoria of a stronger quirk, and all they had to do was perish, so we could collect them and check the dilutions of the formulas. Too bad you pro heroes just had to get in the way" she said grabbing a security camera, before throwing it at them. Bowman fired an explosive tipped arrow at it, making it explode. He growled and looked around before pulling a quiver of his back and smirked. He pulled out a single arrow and pulled it back, aiming at the bottle of spiked perfume. The arrow hit it and made the perfume ignite
"What was that for?" Ryuko asked
"A distraction" he said before the lights went out
"Was that you?" Ryuko asked
"No" Bowman said.
"About time I found you Medusila" a voice said making the redhead panicked as she looked around, trying to find the source of the voice
"Show yourselves Knight!" she snapped looking scared
"Why?" Knight asked "I work better in the dark" he said as e moved silently "Besides I've been tracking you for months. I take one night off to go to an award ceremony and you get the idea move around, I take it you got that idea from a certain Cabal member" Knight said making the heroes perk up
"The Cabal" Ryuko said
"What is it?" Bowman whispered
"They're in Japan" Ryuko said "and they're the reason why we're here"
"I see" Bowman frowned
"Good to see you Bowman" Knight said somewhere in the shadows "Didn't think you were getting you License back"
"I haven't" Bowman said
"I see, hang on a moment" he said as he went silent. They were looking around when the sound of a sword was heard making Medusila scream
"MY HAIR!" she shouted. Suddenly the lights turned on, revealing that Medusila's hair had been chopped off thanks to Knight who was just standing there as he it was normal "MY BEAUTIFUL HAIR!" she wailed
"OH, SHUT UP!" the three heroes snapped, Bowman shooting a knockout arrow on the ground, making a small cloud float up to Medusila's face knocking her out.
"You should have told me" Knight said as he and Clinton stood in his office at Longbow Technologies the next day after
"This isn't Canberra" Clinton said "And quite frankly I'm sick of you guys not being around"
"Then you should have talked to some of the local pro heroes" Knight told him looking out the window "You moved here after you retired as a pro due to the events in New South Wales. Didn't think you would choose Queensland of all places"
"Nice beaches" Clinton said pouring a drink and looked to Knight who simply shook his head indicating he didn't want on. Clinton nodded and sipped his drink as he sat at his desk "And I was born here" he said "Coolangatta" he said
"I See" Knight said "Either way, you try this again I'll personally arrest you, regardless of our friendship" he said walking off "Take Care Clinton"
"You too Damon" Clinton said looking out the window "You too"
G'day Guys Grizz here on the last day of 2023 with a new chapter for you guys. Now this is one featuring my vigilant character Bowman and I was aiming to make this thing feel a lot like a Arrow tribute. Man I miss that show; now originally this was going to be set in my home state of South Australia. But for some reason it ended up in Queensland oh well them the break
Now I want to talk about Pixie-Bob's role here since it was completely out of the blue. This is because of another story I read on here called 'The Devil Fruit Hero' by Knightmare Frame and in it he does something dark to Pixie-bob and I wanted to fix that so I had the scene with her in the hotel, but due to her lack of dress and the stuff with the drugs this is now rated T
So until next year I'll catch you on the flipside down under and Happy New Year