Heroes: The Rise of Omnicorp

[B4UTRUST]

OSN and CNN a few moments later start showing news footage of the Vegas disaster. MSNBC follows about five minutes after. Still photos and cell phone video footage are also shown as well as live helicopter cam feeds. Anchors are discussing possible origins, meanings, causes and who might be responsible. So far nothing definitive from any of them.


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Vegas -

Ultima helos touch down on the streets outside of the Mirage casino as agents jump out to engage the problem head on. Sirens are wailing in the distance as emergency crews race to the rescue of trapped and injured people further down the strip. The helo dusts off again and rises. One of the ultima agents on the ground turns and points the helo off towards where Ghost and Saibot are, mouthing something into a radio. The helo dips its nose down slightly and starts manuvering towards the duo.

[LadyTevar]

Argent skims the comments section again, and then looks to the TV, just as one of her shadows turns it onto OSN. "There... Ultima agents are landing. We may not be needed."

[Cynical Cat]

"Talk to me people," said Blackheart. "I really can't tell what the fuck is going on from barely heard second hand babble."

[Agent Fisher]

Ghost's sensors let him know of the helicopter. The spook turned, opening a channel to Saibot. "Sentinel, Overwatch. Cavalry has arrived, suggest escape and evade." He said as he tore another door off a wreck and pulled the passenger from inside.

[frigidmagi]

Blast picked his cellphone and reported.

"Boss, we got Herowatch, CNN, and OSN. Two independents dressed up as Guardian Forcers seem to be trying to clean it up. I got Hydro volunteering to check it out and see if it's Saibot and Ghost. Argent is saying she can drop in on Ghost at anytime but won't move without an order from you." He said.

[Dark Silver]

Saibot had a front row seat for the coming of the Ultima heloes, and didn't like it.

After checking to make sure the people in the truck were unharmed (though they were still unconcious, he fired back.

"Make it so."

Saibot chuckled to himself, he had always wanted to say that.

At least one Ultima copter was making a run at him as he finished up with the injured. A broken bone in one of the back passengers, the others had some minor bumps and bruises, they were ok.

"Sentinal to Ultima Forces," he spoke, letting the helmet communicator adjust to the more commonly used Ultima Frequencies, "Guardian Overwatch and I are members of the Guardian Force. We will be leaving the vicinity immediately, please do not attempt to detain us." The comm was fed back to Ghost, so he could hear it also on a private frequency.

"The incident involves a Metahuman Psychic of at least Class Four Power Rating, utilizie Psi-shields. Sentinal Out."

As the helo was hovering overhead, Saibot looked up, then towards Ghost. Though he wasn't LoS, he could see Ghost's energy trail through the visor. Good, he had left.

Saibot lifted off, when he noticed the newscrew. He didn't know if they were close enough to hear what he said aloud, but to hell with it. If it bought them a few more minutes to vacate and hide again....well...

On his way out, he passed over the remains of the BMW he rented not twenty minutes earlier.....

Damn he knew he should have taken the insurance....

[LadyTevar]

The news crew caught it all on live video feed, and it was beamed near-instantly across the nation.

"Sentinal to Ultima Forces; Guardian Overwatch and I are members of the Guardian Force. We will be leaving the vicinity immediately, please do not attempt to detain us."

"The incident involves a Metahuman Psychic of at least Class Four Power Rating, utilizie Psi-shields. Sentinal Out."

It also hit a certain house in SanFran, and caused a very localized emapthic storm, which Argent shut down *very fast* before she did something to Hydro. A shadow snagged Blast's cellphone out of his hand and rushed it over. "Blackheart? *Guardian* Sentinel and Overwatch are leaving and turning things over to Ultima, and told them to watch for a Class Four or better Psychic. Taking Hydro would be a bad idea."

Argent never really learned what 'class' her empathy fell into, but if she could hit Hydro and nearly kill him, she didn't want to see what a high-classe psyker did to him. "There's something else... Herowatch reported another MetaKiller murder, in Chicago."

[Cynical Cat]

"You said you can reach Ghost," said Blackheart. "Be precise. Can you teleport directly to his presence or do you just know where he lives?"

[LadyTevar]

"Stupid question, Blackheart," Argent replied, rolling her eyes. "Did you forget one of the reasons you're pissed at me is where I locked on and teleported you to Gravitas in the sewers? I can get to Ghost, or any member of this team, no matter where they are."

[Cynical Cat]

"Then teleport to Ghost," said Blackheart. "And back. If you have a quick trip to Vegas, we have a positive ID."

[LadyTevar]

For a moment she was silent. "Well... at least you don't think he was in Chicago..." she finally said. "If I wind up in his house in MC, you owe me dinner."

[Dark Silver]

With both in the air, Saibot managed to catch up to Ghost, and motioned for the man to follow him. Both continued through the air - as far as Saibot was concerned, the night was shot. If Kyosuke returned from where ever the hell he had gone for the past week and a half....

Well, good for him.

Saibot couldn't risk being in Vegas anymore right now, not until the hub bub settled down from that mess...

Saibot thought back to the damage and the wreckage - the people either dead or injured because of what happened tonight. A psychic intentionally causing chaos, making people kill themselves and others. Intentional misuse of their powers.

Power which could have made them Gods, ruling over the sheeple...they need to be brought back into line. We will do this...We will end the threat of them, those who misuse their powers will be Judged. We shall dispense Justice, and they will worship Us and Justice....

Saibot began to slow down, frowning beneath the helmet which still covered his head. Where did those thoughts come from. They weren't gods, they were only mortal beings. Mortal beings with extraordinary power, but mortal humans none the less! And while he had killed Metahumans before, in fact helped supplement his income with it, he never killed unless they were a threat to the lives of others. He didn't slaughter Metahumans......

But they are gods....just as you are.. A God of Justice and Power...We shall judge Them...

"No..." he said, only thinking he whispered the words, "I'm not a god....I'm just...a tired old man...trying to fix his mistakes..."

The voice in the back of his mind, whispering these thoughts chuckled, and licked it's lips with a lizard tongue.

Your not even that old... the voice whispered, even as it faded into the background, the cityscape disappearing beneath himself and Ghost, leading into the stark desert...

Fifteen Minutes after leaving the scene of carnage, the brightness of Vegas was lost behind them.

[Cynical Cat]

"Shut the back chat and get fucking on it," said Blackheart.

[LadyTevar]

"You could at least say 'please'," Argent snorted into the phone before a shadow took it and gave it back to Blast. "I'm been asked to find Ghost. If hes' still at his house in MC, Blackheart owes me dinner." She took a moment to step over to Tachyon, stretching up to kiss his cheek. "I'll be back soon, tiger."

She elongated into her dragonform and dove into the nearest shadow, focusing on the link to Ghost.

[Dark Silver]

The two suited men began to arc downward as they neared the base. The anti-teleportation field stretched around it for several hundred meters, creating a easily scanned boundry that could be protected with standard defenses, should it be invaded. Only those with proper access codes for technological transporters, or whose meta-humanic bio-signature was programmed into the buffers creating the field, could transport through it.

Unfortunatly, they wouldn't be reaching the field, even as they descended. It would be precious minutes before they could reach the field's perimeter. Still, they were close enough, that Saibot felt it was good enough to slow down. If they weren't followed by now, they wouldn't be followed by Ultima.

But he had a feeling someone was going to follow them. If they were on the news, it had hit the Internet, and the nation wide news. And two people dressed as the Guardian Force and sporting similar powers would draw attention.

"We may have a problem Ghost," the modulated voice said, as the two began to fly more lazily over the desert floor.

[LadyTevar]

The link glowed in her mind, calling to her as she swam across the blackness between. She could tell Ghost was moving, forcing her to focus hard to try to find a place to emerge nearby. Yet time and time again, he went too fast for her to make the link to emerge. She had often vanished from moving cars, but never tried to jump into one... was he in a car?

That momentary lack of focus let him jump 'ahead' again, and she again had to catch up. Finally, she felt him slowing, coming to a stop. Now, she could pick a shadow and find out where he was. The closest shadow happened to be the ones they themselves were casting on the ground, as Argent opened silver reptilian eyes to see where she was before emerging.

[Dark Silver]

OOC: I'm taking some small liberties with Ghost here, but nothing which should be major....it's so this scene can play on.


Saibot was looking around, something changed slightly as he and Ghost began to talk. He looked down, if they were on the news - the Mirage Team undoubtedly saw it. And if they saw it, then she would come. They had stopped, as her eyes appeared in the shadow they cast.

The shadow Saibot himself where looking right into.

Ghost looked down at the same time, and saw the silver colored orbs, "Argent..." he said as the Ring powered down, and he landed on the sand. "I wasn't expecting a visit today. May as well come met my new associate...S..erm, the Sentinal Guardian."


Saibot remained quiet, glad that Ghost used the codename from Vegas. Hopefully, Argent wouldn't try to delve, the modulated voice spoke, "Argent, Agent of Ultima. A pleasure to met you madam."

[LadyTevar]

The dragon emerged from the sand as Ghost descended, looking him over sorrowfully, before turning to look at 'Sentinel'. "Last time I saw you, you were still at your house, Ghost... and you were about to talk to someone you called ... Garth."

The silver eyes remained on Sentinel as she spoke. "Please don't make me go back to Blackheart and admit he was right. You know he gets annoyingly smug when that happens...." She waited for the answer, letting her empathy reach out to judge Ghost's answer as well as try to read 'Sentinel'.

[Dark Silver]

Ghost smiled behind the helmet, as the visor opened up to reveal his face. "It wasn't Garth, it was Garvin - a...friend from my old agency. And I took some leave. Needed sometime to clear my head and all...."

Saibot cleared his throat not long after, "As for why he's not back in Millinium City, ma'am, that would be my doing. I approached him with a offer - the Guardian Force was being reconstituted, and we required skilled men and women to be apart of our team," Saibot turned his faceplate towards Ghost, and continued, "'Ghost', as you know him, accepted the offer to be my second in command as the Overwatch Guardian."

[LadyTevar]

"Just so you know... I had dinner riding on finding you in MC," Argent complained. She was still trying to figure out just where they were, although she knew they had to be near Vegas. They couldn't have flown that far that fast.

She also didn't like what she was reading from Ghost. He was trying hard to hide something, but what was truly annoying her was the lack of -anything- from 'Sentinel'. He was more of a blank than Tachyon, and it bothered her. "Why Dan?" she asked, revealing she knew his name.

[Dark Silver]

Ghost looked to Argent, with a sadness in his eyes, "Because they offered me a chance to do something besides be considered a mole and the weak link in a organization."

Dan straightened up, "Because they told me, 'We can't give you a chance to get back at the man who killed your wife, but we can offer you a way to make sure it won't happen to someone elses wife.'" At this point, Ghost's anger was getting the better of him. "After all of you left on your mission, my wife was died, I watched a teammate and a friend be convicted for 600 years, and then get killed in that shuttle accident."

Ghost shook his head, one of the things he and Saibot had talked about on the way out by car, was the cover story. Though things hadn't been finalized, he felt he improvised enough.

Saibot placed a hand on Ghost's shoulder, "It's ok Dan...head back to the base. I'll catch up with you shortly. I want to talk to Agent Argent."

[LadyTevar]

The anger at lest was honest, as was the painful reminder of his wife. Argent was forced to look away, closing her eyes for a moment in silent shame. Ghost took the advice and the moment to escape, before Argent could read anything deeper.

That left her alone with Sentinel. "What did you want to speak with me about?"

[Dark Silver]

Saibot watched her.

She looked as beautiful as he remembered her, the dragonic form sleek and black, those silver eyes. He had little doubt her human form was just as beautiful.

"It is my understanding you still operate with the Ultima Team: Mirage. I've little doubt your here at the behest of your team leader, because you saw the news - and of course, a formerly defunct team making a reappearence not long after a imposter was put into prison and dies in a shuttle accident."

His voice remained gentle, despite the modulation, "I do not know how you were able to figure Gho...Dan was with me in Vegas, but I ask that you do not inform your team. The Guardian Force are not yet completely reformed, and we are trying not to bring any undue attention to ourselves. it was pure luck Overwatch and I were in the area/..."

[LadyTevar]

She couldn't read him... couldn't read his emotions, and couldn't read the blank facemask. All she had was the tone of his voice to go on, which was deliberately modulated just as Garth's had been to prevent identification.

She didn't like it. "Yes, I was told to find Dan ... but for another reason. Your new Guardians are just added annoyances," she replied, keeping her voice civil. Her eyes, however, were narrowed and watching Sentinel carefully. "If you think I can keep this from my team, you need to go ask Dan about Blackheart."

She weighed her chances getting through whatever block he might have up. There might be a way to startle him into giving something away. "You're right about suspicions... Blackheart doesn't think Saibot was on the shuttle," she said, transforming to human as she did so.

Argent wore no uniform, unless you count a lime green bikini that clung like second skin to be a uniform. Some meta-chicks did. What stood out in the Nevada sun was the strip of off-color skin that went from the bottom of the bra to vanish under the bikini bottom. "I don't think he's dead either," she said, using Ancient Secrets of Womankind to distract and daze. "and I'm pretty sure he's going to want his Box and Saber back. Where do I find him?"

[Dark Silver]

No red blooded man, or anyone who would dare to call himself a red blooded man, could not see Argent dressed like that, and not give a long, slow, and very appreciative look. He saw the scar he put there, and closed his eyes. When they reopened, he brought his head back to complete the appreciative look, and whistled long and low.

"Magnificent..." he said, the voice modulator bringing the whisper up to audible levels. True, he had seen her naked daily, and shared his bed with her, but that still never stopped him from becoming aroused.

"Saibot's remains where found in the shuttle wreckage. It was in the Ultima internal reports. As for his dagger and box..."

Saibot had a hard time pulling his gaze back up to her face...the entire time he was talking to what could be assumed as her chest, when he was really looking at the scar.

"If you could be willing to arrange a return of them to the Guardian Force, I'm sure our tech team and my bosses would appreciate it."

He had to fight himself from taking a step towards her, to try to wrap his arms around her and embrace her. But she had to believe Saibot was dead. If he could convince her, then maybe Blackheart and the others would drop it also...