Halcyon
HP: 1; Condition: Terribly Mysterious
24 hours earlier
A shadow stalked through the underground facility used by a group of renegade scientists for experiments on Meta humans. The shadow moved with a certainty as if it knew exactly where it was going, the main control room. as the Shadow entered the room via a vent that it carefully jimmied open then moved slowly and cautiously across the ceiling gecko like thanks to the suit it wore which used state of the art tech that allowed the shadow to cling to walls like a lizard while simultaneously blending into the area like a chameleon. A quick scan of the room showed six individuals all in lab coats and another six in military uniforms.
Those six were the ones that concerned the shadow in this moment. they were barking orders and threatening scientist that dawdled in carrying out those orders.
"Hurry Up!!" one particularly big one with a buzzcut and a face that looked like the industrial end of a bulldozer barked and snarled. "Orders from the top authorities are on the way we clear everything and sanitize the area! Move now or get cleaned up with the lab!"
As he gestured around the shadow looked down and noted that scientists were typing furiously on computers preparing them to be wiped. there was a sigh the sound muffled by the full mask and cowl the shadow wore. The shadow checked a display on the HUD of the cowl and mask seeing that the assault teams were in place and waiting on the signal. See Buzzcut was partly right the authorities weren't on the way, they were already here.
The shadow dropped down soundlessly and landed like a cat behind one of the guards who never even saw what hit him as a wire wrapped around his neck strangling any noise he might make and jerking him backwards and around where the shadow threw a knee into the mans groin and followed it up by slamming the mans face into a metal railing hard enough to render him unconscious. The brief struggle was drowned out by the hustle and bustle around the room, and the shadow dragged the unconscious body into a corner. Then a muffled voice whispered in a cool tone.
"Halcyon to assault team begin infiltration, base is on sanitization protocol, I should have security down in two minutes confirm."
"Confirm Halcyon infiltration underway how many hostiles?"
"Count a dozen hostiles, in attendance, six have been neutralized.." the shadow suddenly lunged out and slapped a hand over the mouth of a one of the guard who got to close and wrapped an arm around the mans throat and squeezed like a vice until the man stopped struggling and slipped into unconsciousness
"Make that seven neutralized, you should have a clear path but advise caution anyways."
"Confirm Halcyon beginning sweep, meet you in control, Assault team out."
The shadow nodded and then looked up carefully over the railing to observe the room. Buzzcut had stepped out of the room harrying a couple of scientists in the process, that left one guard who in a fit of pique backhanded a scientist who went down with a cry of pain. The woman cringed on the ground as the guard stood over her and raised a booted foot while her colleague pleaded with him to stop.
The shadow didn't wait for the boot to descend it crossed the room on silent footfalls the blurry image drawing a gasp from the downed woman. the guard never saw it coming as a metal snap baton slammed into the back of his knee with a brutal crunch which brought a cry of agony from his lips. the shadow snapped the baton back and the injured guard could only stare in horror as a pair of glowing red eyes in a blurry face glared down at him then a blurred arm raised up and brought the baton down in a quick hard series of strikes that laid the man unconscious on the floor.
A modulated voice harsh and cold came from the Shadow
"Stop the erase sequence now."
"We cant, the Security code needs a key , and the chief has it." the downed woman was nearly hysterical as she pointed in the direction Buzzcut had gone.
The shadow sighed, never easy, nope not in this line of work. the shadow turned as a sound of surprise caught its attention. Buzzcut followed by the four remaining guards entered the room. "What the hell!?" Buzzcut howled seeing the downed guard and the intruder and roared. "GET HIM!!"
Under the cowl and mask a pair of lips smiled wickedly as the guards rushed the blur.
--ooOoo--
Far away Maynard sat at his desk, he'd been long deliberating whether this was the right call, to bring this woman onto the team, She had worked well for him so far performing several missions and gathering data on his prospective new teammates but to actually have her as part of the team that was a whole different can of worms. he deliberated for a long time before picking up the phone and dialing the number she had given him.
The phone rang several times before a womans voice answered.
"Hello pardon me a moment..."there was a sound of grunting, multiple gunshots which caused him to flinch some unintelligent shouting and a few hard impacts including at least one explosion before she spoke again.
"Maynard I'm a bit busy with your last request so what can I do for you?" her voice was mostly neutral though he thought he detected a hint of annoyance.
"I've been doing some thinking I want you to join the League full time. I think it would be good for you to come in out of the cold."
There was another round of gunfire, several more painful impacts and another set of unintelligible shouting Before the she spoke again clearly her voice strained as if she was exerting herself.
"Maynard I'll have to call you back." the line went dead and Maynard was left staring at the phone wondering just what had happened, as he watched the news reports of the Teams fight with the Weapons Masters and Hillbillies last night.
--ooOoo--
A few moments later found the shadow groaning as it peeled itself off the ground and stumble shakily to its feet where it reached up and pulled off the mask and cowl revealing a womans face. She was beautiful as any Hollywood starlet with full smooth features, and full red lips beneath a soft nose. Piercing blue eyes the color of blue skies after a rain looked over the carnage of the last several seconds namely five unconscious guards including Buzzcut. The woman shook her head causing a waterfall of hip length platinum blond hair to come loose from the ponytail she had it in.
She reached down and hefted Buzzcut who it turned out had been a low level meta human with enhanced strength. She grunted slightly as her ribs ached from the fight with the offspring of a gorilla and a linebacker who hadn't wanted to go down easy. Lifting the unconscious man up with a grunt she muscled his hand up and onto the biometric panel, and pushed his face, now a bit uglier then before if that were possible onto a scanner that rose up. A flash of lights and a green glow as the scanner read the mans face and accepted its input bringing up a command prompt. She let the body drop which it did with a meaty thud and then sat down to type a rapid fire string of commands into the computer halting the self destruct sequence and formatting of the bases servers. She didn't turn around from her work as the FBI assault team came into the room weapons drawn and balked at the mess seeing the guards all laid out. The team leader, Sergeant Eric Brauner if she recalled correctly checked one of the men and grunted to find him alive, as he would with the others. She sniffed disdainfully but Maynards request to her to avoid excess bloodshed had been most specific, and so she had complied, No dead, just some long hospital stays in the bad guys futures.
Brauner stepped up next to her and looked over her shoulder whistling as he did at the amount of information scrolling across the screen. " Is that all of it?" he asked
"Not all of it, this is only a sub lab of the main hub I was hoping there would be a connection but at the moment it looks like that was the first thing they severed." she replied cooly
"I've managed to isolatre what you and the Attorney General will need to build a case." she finished typing and handed Brauner a datastick which he secured.
"What about you, sticking around for beers after this?" he smirked a rogueish smile at her but she only shook her head and gave an equally sultry smirk in return.
"Other issues require my attention, I"m afraid I'm on the first plane out tonight. Good luck with the trials."
He was too busy watching her exit firm rear end swaying flirtatiously as she did to notice that she had palmed a copy of the data especially a very specific set of files on one Xavion Thomas. She smiled as she passed the other agents who were securing the scientists and guards and beginning to collect evidence. No one saw her leave.
A couple of hours later found her on board Humayne Enterprises private jet winging its way home. She worked on the files she'd obtained patching them into a file for delivery to Maynards secure servers as well as a copy for her own personal insurance policy. As she worked she connected a call via a wireless comms sytem . Maynards face appeared on the view screen of the jets tv system.
" I have the files Maynard, the information was solid, though they were expecting some sort of attack because they were in the process fo shutting down the lab and cleaning it before i stopped them. Please thank the FBI director for the loan of the HRT team."
"Excellent work as always, I presume you're on your way back?" he asked easily as he began receiving the files she was sending him.
"Of course." I should arrive in eight hours barring delays and a nice shower. She sighed at the thought. She caught the look on his face and stopped him with a look of her own.
"I'll think about it Hubert. See you in a while." she then cut the call and relaxed back as one of the stewardesses brought her a glass of wine and some food which she thanked her for before eating hardily.
--ooOoo--
several hours and a long soak in a shower later found her in Maynards office going over the groups activities of a few nights ago. She shook her head critically at some of their antics but grudgingly admitted to their potential. She hadn't quite thought Maynard was thinking clearly when he had her test them, but they came together better then she thought. They were rough around the edges but she had no doubts Harry would pull them together over time.
"So what do you think?"
"they're rough around the edges..." she answered maynard who stood in the doorway.
"Who knows it might be fun to work with people not caught up in military discipline for a change."she shrugged easily.
"Besides I haven't worked with Harry since that thing in Montreal." she sighed wistfully as if remembering fun times and more before her face took on a decidedly impish grin.
"Also the look on Xavions face when I see him again should be priceless."
A short bit later she heard Maynard speaking to the group and sighed as she introduced her so grandly she shook her head and stepped through the door of the office her eyes moving slowly over the group most of whom had only ever seen her in some disguise or another. Only Xavion who she'd had a brief sitdown with to catch up, and Harry knew anything about her and what she really was. She wasnt quite certain what those twos reactions would be, but she was curious for certain.
This promised to be very interesting indeedShe stood there dressed in a form fitting tailored suit knee length skirts hem just above her knees, long blond hair over her shouldner loose and comfortable if fashionable shoes. Her red lips smile warmly at the gathered heroes while piercing blue eyes seemed to read each of them in turn.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all. Please call be Rena when in private. I look forward to working with you all."
Bit wordy but I love a good story
Harry and Xavion both know her and have worked with her before unless either Arkite or Thorp objects then Ill make adjustments as requested.
Ill leave the nature of those missions and interactons if any for future roleplay