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It was another fine day, the sun was out and the weather was perfect. Volt watched the city come to life from her window. She wondered what to do in this fine day, now that no new reports of villainous activity was being reported. Maybe go out with the others? With Kagerou? Or maybe-
“Mommy? Are we going to the park?” said Hazel. Volt turned back to her brown-haired daughter who had recently woken up. It seemed she found her answer.
“Why not? The day is beautiful after all.” Said Volt with a smile. Her adopted daughter’s smile widened.
“Yay!” Hazel exclaimed, Volt smiled. She was about to take Hazel’s hand when she felt her cellphone vibrate. She paused, then checked her phone.
“Volt, we have a problem at the Santa Monica Pier. Armed men has taken the pier hostage.” The message read. Volt wondered what it was this time.
“…Work?” Hazel interrupted. Volt looked back to her daughter. The mother nodded, Hazel’s shoulders slumped.
“Aww…” Hazel sighed, Volt looked to her. Volt frowned. She walked up to Hazel.
“What’s wrong?” Volt asked.
“Mommy’s leaving for work again…And I’ll be all alone…” Hazel replied, her tone lacked the enthusiasm. Volt frowned, she knelt in front of Hazel.
“I’ll be back as soon as I can.” Volt reassured, then patting her daughter in the head. “This will be quick. Just stay with Miss Robinson for the meantime okay?” She added, Hazel nodded.
“…Okay…” Hazel said, Volt frowned at the thought. A perfect day, wasted on a situation. She hoped she could keep her promise. “Alright, come on. Let’s go drop you off at her place.”
After dropping Hazel at the neighbor’s apartment, the mother returned to her own apartment to gear up. She opened to closet and pulled out her ‘superhero outfit’. Unlike others she wasn’t so flashy with her get up, sturdy jeans and a white polo shirt paired with a jacket with a large symbol of lightning stitched to the back.
She used the mirror nearby to check her appearance, making sure her appearance wasn’t easily identifiable. It was a daunting task to turn on and off her hidden powers, but she practiced turning it on. She closed her eyes and takes a deep breath.
She switches on her powers, immediately she could feel the current run through her. It has been a while since she felt such a sensation. She waits for it to consume her, to flow through every inch of her body, then she opened her eyes.
She could see that her eyes have changed from a bright blue to a bright yellow, half her face consumed by a scar of lightning. The lighting fixtures around her flickered on and off. The activation was complete, she put on her hood and facemask. One last check and she closes the closet. She makes her way to the fire exit and up to the roof tops. After reaching the top she took a deep breath.
She then jumped for the powerlines.
Passersby may notice their electronics flicker, but more importantly notice that a black jacketed figure was riding on the powerlines. They watched and pointed, but only this time they did something Volt found new.
“Go Miss Electric!” One passerby cheered, the others followed and clapped. She looked down and watched as people cheered and clapped, she smiled at the thought. She never did expect such a thing to occur, but here she was.
Under the mask she smiled as she raced to the pier.
It wasn’t long before she arrived. The local police had locked down the pier and evacuated the surrounding zones. She arrived and she went to the first officer she could find.
“What’s the situation?” She asked, they looked at her.
“Bad news. Group of people, heavily armed. Can’t get close without being hit with bullets.” The officer told them, she looked at the direction of the pier. She’ll need to get close, and there seemed to be some good cover in the form of a car…
“I’m just going to borrow this alright?” She said, the officers looked at each other then back at Miss Electric.
“…It might get a few holes. In which case tell the chief the hero borrowed it.” She added. They looked at each other then back at Volt. They then nodded, and they left the car. Volt place her hand on the hood then ran a current through the entire car, electrifying the metal chassis. From there it was easy as picking it up with her powers and walking forward with her shield.
Bullets soon rained down on her, a large quantity of it. This was no normal Los Angeles street gang it sounded like, yet she pressed on as best she could. Every step closer was met with bullets until finally it stopped as she reached midway. She looked and noticed that some bullets had hit some part of the car yet was loose enough to fall off, from there she noticed something weird. These were rubber bullets.
Either the gangs were getting smart, or maybe
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Ping.
Victoria stopped, she noticed a new message. She wondered if Wolf got impatient again, or maybe Jake. She looked at the message.
| Sarararah2000: Victooooriiiaaaaaaaa!!!! |
Victoria sighed in relief. She looked up and smiled. It was an old friend.
| VTesla26: Hey Sarah! How’s it going? |
| Sarararah2000: Fine! Doing great! Me, Spring, and Orpheus talked a bit. I think they are going to get their characters together hehe. |
| VTesla26: Adi and Maeve? Them getting together? Finally. |
Victoria chuckled at the thought. Spring and Orpheus, the two were always RPing together. Both their characters seemed to get along with each other, and their threads were something to admire. Now that they were both characters of opposite genders, it seemed so appropriate for everyone, Sarah mostly with Victoria a close second, to push for their characters to get together.
| Sarararah2000: I know right! It’s been long coming, they just work so well together!
Oh! Also, me and Jenn are having a thread together and its pretty lonely with just the two of us. Want to join in? |
Victoria smiled. She was about to reply when there was another ping. Another message.
| TheGreatWolf99: Tesla. Where are the posts you promised? |
That soured the mood. Victoria replied to him first.
| VTesla26: I’m working on it. Patience. |
| TheGreatWolf99: Do note that if you can’t make it, I will take measures. |
Victoria rolls her eyes.
| VTesla26: Patience. I got this. |
Ping.
| Sarararah2000: Victoriaaa? Still want to push Maeve? Hehe. |
Victoria switched over to Sarah's chat, then wondering if she should still follow through with her post. She could just ditch it, but moderator duties was something she had to follow. She pondered, but she then had an idea.
| VTesla26: Hey Sarah, want to help me with something? Just a small mission. Something to reveal some backstory. I asked a mod and they gave the greenlight. |
| Sarararah2000: SURE! Of course! Send me a thread! I can handle it! |
Victoria then deleted the post and started over.
VTesla26 (5:32 PM)
[ One on One with Kagerou ]
There was commotion at the beach of Santa Monica, the police received reports of small arms fire at the pier. Around the carnival area that the pier somehow miraculously carried atop of it. The police were quick on the scene to find that no one has been injured but there are hostages, attempts to enter the pier have been met with a hail of bullets coming from various locations in the carnival.
With that, the super hero association had been called in to help, specifically the newly established Los Angeles branch. Volt was the first one to respond to the call, she had to leave her daughter Hazel with a friend. The lightning powered Miss Electric arrived after riding the powerlines to the location.
Volt was told that a second person were to arrive, so Volt waited for her backup. She gathered intelligence until then from the police officers who took cover behind their cars and vans.
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Sarararah2000 (5:33 PM)
Volt’s backup would soon arrive! And not a second later! Kagerou received the message from Sebastian, she made her way to the pier as fast as she could. She even had the boosters engaged when she heard that Volt- I mean Miss Electric was working with her again.
“Heeeey! How’s it been!” She shouts, arriving at the pier. The Japanese Iron Man as they have begun to call her. She lands and waves at her fellow hero.
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VTesla26 (5:37 PM)
Her backup arrived it seemed, and it was none other than Kagerou. Volt smiled behind the mask when she saw the familiar sticker bombed iron man suit that she sported. She waved at Kagerou as a cacophony of cameras went off behind the barricade.
“Nice seeing you here. And I’ve been doing fine.” Volt tells her friend “Was wondering who they would send, looks like they made the right choice.” She told Kagerou.
“But back to business. This is a lot bigger than just crooks with guns.” She mentioned to Kagerou, then she looked at the pier.
“Apparently they have automatic weapons, possibly smuggled. They also seemed to be packing a lot of ammo since every attempt has been met with bullets.” Volt mentioned to Kagerou “No supervillains has been spotted in the premise, but we should be careful. We also don’t know how much firepower they are going to have.” Volt told Kagerou. She looked around for some way to get in close, but her eyes settled on the cars they have here.
“I might borrow this, so I suggest you guys move.” She told the officers, placing a hand on the car. The officers behind the car looked at each other then back at Volt.
“…It’s going to be fine. Just say the heroes used it.” She told them, they looked at each other and eventually they nodded. Then leaving the car to hide behind another car. Volt looked to Kagerou.
“You ready?” She asked the Japanese Iron Man.
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Sarararah2000 (5:38 PM)
“Soudesu.” Kagerou replied “Ja, is there anyway we can get around them? They would have the entrance locked down…” She asked Volt and the officers.
“We are on a pier after all, maybe under the wooden planks?” She mentions “We can punch a hole through there and go in unnoticed.
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VTesla26 (5:38 PM)
“Err…We were ordered to keep the pier intact.” One officer mentioned, “But-”
“Possible.” Volt interrupted “If we punched through the soft wood near the end of the pier, we would be right behind them.” Volt explained. “You have the tool for such a thing?” She asked Kagerou.
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Sarararah2000 (5:38 PM)
Kagerou smiled. She pointed to her hand that had a bright yellow circle at the center of her metallic palm.
“Hand Laser. Sebastian made it for me this morning!” She exclaimed.
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Victoria had to admit, that was a bit unexpected. Though, it was the perks with being a Batman/Iron Man type of character. The character description can constantly be changed and added as long as the technology and time would allow such an invention to be created. Different from what she had planned, but if it worked it worked. Victoria was already thinking of the alternate route that Kagerou revealed, thinking of the possibilities.
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