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Chapter Four: Kidnappings and Rescue
(Godolkin University, New York)
I waked through the doors that led to the administration office.
There were four doors for the advisors of each year. In front of them there is a wooden barrier with a side door for people to enter or exit.
Standing behind the barrier is a second-year student.
She is over five feet, had dark hair, wore a pink sweater over a white top.
"Hello." Susan Tenny said. "Can I help you?"
"Yes." I answered. "I am Alex Masterson. The professor in charge of Intro to Freshman Crimefighting."
"I am Gwendolyn Grayson." Susan lied "I am a second year assisting administration."
It is the first time that I encountered something like this. A situation where a person is lying about their identity. I planned to have Tec-12 look into why she is lying later.
"I wanted to stop by and pick up a few brochures. Learn about the activities inside the university." I lied.
The plan had been to use the computers in here while hacking into Shetty's files. Now that I knew there is a person working around here with a fake name my plan needs to change.
"I will go and get some." Susan said as she turned around and started walking to a bulletin board.
"[Observe]" I cast.
Susan Tenny
Supe
HP 1000
MP 0
STR. 1
DEF.1
S. ATT. 0
S. DEF. 0
AGI 2
INT 8
Power: Technopathy
Interesting. I want to know why she is hiding under a false name. She could be a plant by Stan and or Vought.
I received an alert on my phone.
"Here." Gwendolyn (Susan) said.
Yeah, it was time to pick a different location. There is no way that I am going to answer my phone in the range of a technopaths.
"Thank you." I said taking the papers and walking down.
As I moved down the hallway, I saw an empty alcove and window. I walked to lean by the side and pulled out my phone. I looked to see the inside of Popclaws apartment. I had a robot in the shape of a starly with a mini camera watching her place.
The screen displayed Charlotte Martinz (Popclaw) and Reginald Franklin (A-train) together.
The two of them are secretly dating. The public believed Reginald to be single. It is part of his brand. The two of them had met in the Teenage Kix. An extreme nineties team by Vought. It consisted of ten members. Popclaw, A-train, Hyperion, Mesmer, Shoutout, Sister Sage, Jetstreak, Big Game, Blarney Cock and Dogknott.
Reginald is the most successful out of the lot. After graduating from Godolkin Reggie joined the seven and started appearing in his own movies, received a comic book line, has a cereal named after him, and recorded a few rap records.
The others try to take work where they can. Popclaw starred in B-rate movies, Hyperion competed in reality show competitions and porn, and Mesmer relied on appearances at comic conventions.
The rest of the group make sporadic appearances.
I was watching Charlotte's apartment because Reginald kept vials of compound V at her place.
Reginald is currently being sent by Homelander to spread compound V trough the world. It will result in terrorists group experimenting on people. As with most dealers as he moved it through the world, he and his girl started to take injections of it. A-train to remain fastest man in the world and Charlotte for the rush It ended up damaging his heart and takin a leave of absence from the seven. It took A-train receiving a heart from Blue Hawk to fix the damage.
The plan had been to wait for blackmail material. A supe like Charlotte would self-destruct over one reason or another.
However now with the Brain Control spell I no longer needed to. I could take her and hold her prisoner.
Afterwards I could dig through her head to learn her secrets.
I put my phone in my suit pocket and walked to my class.
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"Welcome class." I said as I watched as the students opened their laptops. "Good morning."
"Good morning." some returned.
"Today we are going to be discussing some hypothetical crimes and how you would handle them." I said. "For this assignment I am placing you into groups of five. You will move with your group and have ten minutes to come up with a solution."
Group One consists of Byron O'Reilly, Phoebe Thunderman, Craig Jameson, Alejandro Buerromuertos, and Reef Marhsall.
Group Two consists of Pierce Wheels, Britney Basterbine, Hamilton Go, Francis Stone, and Dash Baxter.
Group Three consists of Anna-Maria Smith, Lauren Ridgemont, Emma Mackenzie, Whitney Fordman, and Candace Fern.
Group Four consists of Devon Joseph "D.J." Allwood, Adam Davenport, Max Thunderman, Fin McCloud, and Ivan Evans.
"The situation is this. Andrew Headman a supe that has been robbing banks across five states has been surrounded near the port by a combination of your group and the police. Andres supe name was Garden Sculptor. Any person that he touches freeze like a garden statue. Eight people have been left in such a state. The police will provide you with any weapon you need. They are armed and have one tranquilizer gun with five bullets." I said turning the timer on the board on. "Think about how you will resolve this situation."
The groups are set up in a way that they can take the criminal down.
As the groups whispered, I focused on who was leading and who was following.
I used the time to observe how the class interacted with each other. I noticed how Phoebe glanced at Alejandro when she thought he was not looking, how Anna-Maria lost focus easily and her group had to focus her attention, how Francis and Pierce argued against each other.
"Time is up." I said as I clapped my hands. "Group One stand up and tell the class the plan you came up with."
Byron, Phoebe, Craig, Alejandro, and Reef stood up from their desk.
Byron has the ability of soundwaves, Phoebe has the ability of telekinesis and cryokinesis, Craig could turn his skin to steel, Alejandro could make things float, and Reef could absorb materials.
"Our team decided that we would have Phoebe and Reef gain the Garden Sculptor. While distracted we would have Byron blast him with his soundwaves." Alejandro said.
"Are you finished?" I asked.
"We handcuff him and let the police drive him away." Phoebe finished.
"One out of ten." I acknowledged.
"What?" Phoebe and Alejandro asked.
"This is so unfair." Reef said.
Byron glared and Craig said nothing.
"Let me explain." I said. "How did you discuss your plan with the police?"
"What are you talking about?" Phoebe asked.
"If you use Byrons sound without a plan in place it can surprise people. Armed cops have a tendency to soot. I do not know if you are bulletproof, but the cops aren't. It is something to think about." I said. "Now how hard do you plan to blast him? Enough to disorient him, stun him?"
"Strong enough to take him out." Byron boasted.
"It is important to know how you intend to use your power before you do it." I said. "Now how do you intend to make sure that he does not escape?"
"Handcuffs." Reef said.
"That will not stop him from freezing people. If you use handcuffs, you still have to come up with a way that he does not use his power. I said. "Sit down and think on it. Team two it is your turn."
Group Two stood up.
"How would you solve the situation?" I asked.
"We decided that we would use my spikes, they have properties similar to sedatives." Pierce said.
Pierce wheels is similar to Ivan in that compound V has given him an obvious mutation. Pierce looks rather normal except for the spikes that appear out of his face.
"Then Dash could run up to him and poke him with one. After he falls asleep, we put him in a police car." Pierce said.
Learning Dash Baxter is in my class had taken a moment of introspection. From my point of view, it had not been so long ago that a version of him ad been slamming books out of the original's hand or stuffing him in lockers.
"Okay." I said. "How fast do the sedatives take to work?"
"It takes two to three minutes." Pierce said.
"Plenty of time for him to decide to try and make a run for it by jumping in the water and making a run for it." I said.
"Then we use the police. If he tries to move, they blast him to pieces." Francis said.
"How does that help the people he already turned to statues?" I asked. "One out of ten. Always consider if there are conditions in which you may need the villain or criminal alive. Sit down and think on that. Now Group Three it is your turn."
Group Three stood up.
"We would send Anna Maria in first. She would cover the area in smoke." Emma said. "We would claim that the police had lead Andrew there. Telling him the police are ready to take him down and even if he freezes them, we have another supe waiting to snipe him with the tranquilizer gun."
"That would be me." Candace said raising her hand like she was taking aim.
Candace Fern is a blonde woman in class with the ability to manipulate electricity.
I would give them points for remembering they could use the tranquilizer gun.
"Afterwards while he is distracted, we use Lo's power to turn him to stone."
"Until he decides to free his victims he can suffer the same pain." Anna-Maria said.
"Some would say inflicting the same pain on a person they inflicted on others will not solve anything, but you did capture him and make sure that he could not escape." I said. "Three out of ten. Group Four it is your turn."
Group Four stood up.
"We would have DJ and Adam talk to Andrew. Dj would use his power to increase gravity on Andrew if he tried to run." Ivan said. "Max and Fin would be on shipping containers above to give support. If needed Max could use his telekinesis to put a bucket on is head."
"Okay." I said. "Continue."
"I would use my power to appear in his blind spot and shoot him with the tranquilizer gun." Ivan said. "Adam tells him he can either choose the police and their bullets in the front or the tranquilizer gun behind him."
"It is interesting how none of you considered talking him down first." I said.
"That was an option?" Phoebe asked.
"The exercise said to take him down." Francis said point is index finger on the desk.
"I want you to write this down. A hero is to apprehend a criminal while making sure to keep damage whether to people or to buildings at a minimum. It would be terrible for you to cause more destruction than the criminal you are trying to stop." I said. "Let's move on to the next situation."
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(Godolkin Library)
I walked through the doors and headed to the front desk.
Working at the station is a woman with red haired that covered her eyes and went down to her back. She wore a tight white shirt with red polka dots and blue jeans. On her neck is a pearl necklace.
Lee Kanker
LV 1
Supe
"Hello." I said with a smile.
"Well, hello there." Lee said with a smile as she placed a finger in her hair. "How can I help you?"
"I need the password for the computer." I said.
"Is that the only number you need?" Lee asked.
"I would be more than willing to take yours as well." I said. "However, business comes first."
"Here you go." Lee said writing down the number.
"Thank you." I said taking the papers.
"If you need further help don't be afraid to come and see me." Lee said while giving a wave.
I walked up to the first floor and took a seat at a computer table.
I turned the computer on and placed my pone by the side. "Tech-12-1 start your work."
The plan is for Tech-12 to hack the Dean's computer. Tech-12 would order the deans computer to shut down any defenses or warnings that could activate. A few hours later a program would activate that would transfer any data back to a recently purchased laptop. Tech-12 would receive a copy and then the laptop would be fried by the dragon talisman.
While he was busy with his assignment, I brought up images of Teenage Kix. I was at the stage of performing research on who I wanted to target.
Did I want a close target like Mesmer? Or a far-off target like Hyperion?
The comics are unreliable. Tales of fighting Mad Mod as he attempted to transform Chicago into a replica of London, Stopping the rampage of Killer Moth and his mutated moths, and catching the carjacker Gearfreak.
The locations altered and the fights staged but they had information that I could use as a basis for a plan to take them down.
An ad flew by. A link about a betting ring for the Praetorean.
Curious I typed in the name.
The Praetorean is a supe that operates in San Francisco. His story being told by Vought is that he is an ancient roman soldier that unfortunately was frozen in time and brought to the modern day.
A shiver went up my back. I had the feeling that I was being watched.
A screen popped up.
Congratulations
A spell has leveled up
[Observation] LV 1
now
[Observation] LV 2
Effect: beyond previous use when someone is looking at you with a particular intense emotion you will feel it.
Passive: Can feel intentions aimed towards user.
Active: Can see traits of a person when observing.
It seems that I was right. Someone is watching me. A part of me hoped that it is Lee bored at her desk and wanting someone to look at but with what is happening in the university I did not want to take it lightly.
I closed the screen and pulled back.
The best way to deal with this is confront the person.
I logged off of the computer, walked up from the table and to the desk.
Lee Kanker
LV 1
Supe
Feelings: Lust, Curiosity, Envy
"Couldn't wait to see me again?" Lee asked.
"I just wanted to know if you had any articles about The Praetorean." I said.
"There are articles about heroes on the second floor." Lee said. "Looking to gamble?"
"I find my thrills other ways." I said.
"Tell me more." Lee said.
"Maybe next time." I said.
"Just remember that you have my number." Lee said.
I walked up to the second floor and moved to a shelf. Up above are the newspapers. I transformed my feet into raptor legs and used the increased height to rise to the desire self.
I received a notification from my phone.
I still felt the feeling.
"Yes?" I asked walking to a table.
As I sat at the table, I picked up a pencil and used the combination spell [Invisible spy]. A spell that combines monkey, rat, and snake talismans.
The snake slithered off of the table and towards the floor.
"Master, I found something I think you will be interested in." Tech-12-1 said.
"The plan is for you to show me later." I reminded Tech-12-1
"Not on the Deans computer. On the internet." Tech-12-1 said.
"Article or video?" I asked.
"Video." Tech-12-1 answered.
"Play me the video." I said.
The video showed an image of a group of teenagers surrounding a group. One teen has a green mohawk. The other is a smaller teen wearing a sweater vest.
Then Sweater-Vest raised his hands and moved to punch. It is very clear that Sweater-Vest never punched someone before. mohawk could see it coming as well and stepped back out of Sweater-Vests range. mohawk responded to the attempt with a punch to the chest. The teen stood still. mohawk tried a different approach. This time with a punch to the face.
Little result.
Lips were moving but words could not be heard.
The mohawk tried to step back but sweater vest pushed off with more strength and hit mohawk and knocked him to the floor.
I paused the video. "What am I looking at?"
"This is a video of teens taking a drug known as Green Light." Tech-12-1 said.
"Green Light?" I asked. "What type of drug is it?"
"Green Light seems to be a substance that causes mutation in the body." Tech-12-1 said.
"Mutations?" I asked. "What kind of mutations?"
"Mutations like super strength, flight, laser vision." Tech-12-1 said.
"It gives people superpowers." I said. "Vought would definitely be interested in that."
Due to my research I knew that Vought International started as the smaller Vought America. It found infamy as a company that made terrible weapons. It was during WWII that they shifted focus to superhumans. They still have the desire to make profit trough war. The company is currently working on finding a way to make compound v a more stable substance. Something a military soldier could consume and be granted powers temporarily. It is part of their project to have Supes in the military.
Until that day arrives the plan is to advocate senators to put gain a military contract so they can loan their supes for a very high price.
A part of me remembers Vlad, Maddie, and Jack giving signatures to protest war when they were in college.
"The problem is it is unstable. The power varies from each take. Some last a short amount of time, others cause massive damage to the person after the effects wear off." Tech-12-1 said.
"Not surprising." I said. "I am going to need to find out who is selling this stuff and stop them."
I received a notice from the invisible spy.
It was a heat image of two college students. One girl and one guy.
Time to draw them out.
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As I walked down the steps, I smiled as I heard someone following me.
I used the rabbit talisman to speed back up the steps and placed a hand on the wall opposite the girl.
"Yes." I said. "Who are you?"
The girl is Asian five foot four. She has dark hair and is wearing a hoodie and jeans.
Suki Sato
LV 1
Supe
Feeling: Nervous, hope
"My name is Suki Sato." Suki said turning her head shyly.
I pulled back.
"Did you want something Suki Sato?" I asked.
"My friend Gabe saw you and wanted an autograph." Suki said. "He has been a fan of yours for years."
I looked up to see a guy wearing a sweater and glasses.
Gabe Forest
LV 1
Supe
Feeling: Nervous, hope, hero-worship
"Sure." I answered pulling out a pen.
I transformed my hand into that of a raptor and gripped the pen.
"To Gabe Forest." I said as I wrote down the name. "Treasure your friends."
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I stood on the roof opposing Charlotte's apartment invisible thanks to the snake talisman.
Charlotte's apartment is on the fifth floor. I watched as Charlotte sat on her couch and played a movie.
I used the power of the rooster talisman to unlatch the window and raise it. I transformed into a bird and flew into the apartment.
"What are you doing in here?" Charlotte asked as she walked closer.
"I have come for you." I said after transforming back.
"What?" Charlotte asked facing me with her claws extended. "Who in the world are you?"
It is not a surprise that she did not recognize me. I had changed my form. My height went down to five foot six, my chin became sharper, my eyes turned blue, and my white hair changed to dark blueish black but shorter to the point I no longer needed the ponytail.
This form belonged to Oroku Saki, a villain from a universe with mutant turtles and alien robots.
After I learned Charlottes secrets, I would return her and depending on how soon that was it was best if the supes and police had a false lead. Tech-12 even had an apartment downtown bought for this identity.
"Don't worry about it." I said. "Brain control."
She froze in place.
"What is going on?" Charlotte asked. "Why can't I move?"
"I am freezing you in place." I said as I pulled out a sculpture of clay from my inventory.
The clay shifted to form the image of Charlotte.
"What is that?" Charlotte asked.
"The new Charlotte Martinz." I said using the rat talisman to animate her.
"Hello Master." Fake Charlotte said as she lowered her head.
"What are you going to do to me?" Charlotte asked.
"I am going to take you to a place where we can have a nice and long chat." I said pulling a cage out of my inventory.
I used the monkey talisman to turn Charlotte into a guinea pig and placed her in a cage.
There is a knock at the door.
Fake Charlotte turned to look at me.
"You can open it." I said.
The landlord walked in. An older man. According to the research Alexsy Lutz is a married man with Russian-Jew heritage.
"Who are you." The landlord asked.
"Don't worry about it." Fake Charlotte said. "What brings you here today?"
"I am here because you are late on rent." Alexsy said.
The guinea pig started squeaking.
Right. Charlotte killed this man because during a high on compound v Charlotte offered sex in lieu of rent. The man would have had his head crushed by Charlotte thighs.
Some may say they would not mind going out that way. Still, I would save his family a visit to a funeral home.
"Here." I said handing the landlord the money Charlotte owed.
"Good enough for me." Alexsy said.
Alexsy walked away.
The guinea pig started sulking. I wrapped the cage in a cloth.
"I will call you when I need you." I said walk to the window.
I sifted back to the form of a bird and gripped the cage in my claw before flying out.
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(Adam's Laboratory, Ardsley, New York)
I walked to the center of the room.
"Instant Dungeon." I said with a palm raised to the sky.
A screen popped up. It listed the dungeons available to me at the current moment.
Tutorial Dungeons
(1) Amity Dungeon Cleared
(2) Money Dungeon Cleared
Raid Dungeons
(1) Shadowkhan Dungeon Incomplete
(2) Hisui Dungeon Incomplete
I could buy more but at my level the two groups I had access two are useful enough for money and items.
I chose an Amity dungeon. I walked into an empty house and placed the cage on a table.
I pulled Charlotte out of the cage and pointed at her. A blast of light returned Charlotte back to human form.
Charlotte tried to run.
"That is not going to happen." I said using the rooster talisman to bring er back.
"Let me go." Charlotte cried.
"No. I have some things I want to talk about with you." I said.
"I have nothing to say to you." Charlotte said "Help! Help!"
"That will not do anything." I said. "There is nobody around to hear you."
"Ahh." Charlotte screamed as she attempted to charge.
Charlotte's power is she could extend one of her wrist bones to pop out of her skin like claws.
I knocked her left hand to the side the twisted her around by the right.
"Ahh." Charlotte cried out.
"You will not be able to overpower me." I said.
I let go and allowed her to hit the floor.
"Maybe this will make you want to talk." I said as I used the tiger talisman to split her in two.
One side good and the other pure evil.
"What have I done?" Good Charlotte cried as she sunk to her knees bawling her eyes put.
"What the hell did you do to me?" Evil Charlotte asked glaring up at me.
"I split you in two. Now I want to see how cooperative you can be." I said before I turned Evil Charlotte into a guinea pig again.
"Now Good Charlotte I have questions." I said. "Depending on how cooperative you are I will allow you to remain in human form."
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"Ready?" I asked.
"Yes." Fugan said.
We are parked in a toy car animated by the rat talisman. When someone reported our actions to the police there would be no way to track it beyond talking to the toy company and thinking someone liked a toy car too much.
I looked at the Chinese store that A-train visited when he stopped by Charlotte's place. The menu was found by fake Charlotte.
Across the street is a market that served as a stash house for a Chinese Triad group. They use it as a hideout for trafficked girls. Currently they are working a job for the shining light liberation army. An extremist group from the Philippines.
"Put on your helmet." I said.
I wanted people to think we were just members of a rival criminal operation.
We walked into the market.
I cast [Brain Control] on the man working the register preventing him from warning anybody that may be downstairs.
We started walking in the store to the back entrance.
Kimiko Miyashiro a woman kidnapped from Japan and a member of the group has recently been released to them to hold while they experiment on her. The shining light liberation army are waiting for the moment to release her in a way that n would cause as much damage as possible. Waiting in China is her brother. A powerful telekinetic that would be killed by Stormfront.
"Fugan, let's go." I said as I manipulated the lock and opened the door.
"What the hell?" a voice cried out.
The two of us stormed through the basement. Fugan absorbed any bullet headed at him and I regenerated the HP faster than the bullets could leave a mark.