Holding Out For A Hero: An Original Superhero Quest

"Am I under arrest?" You aren't the most knowledgeable about the law, but at least, you know enough to know that there are only a few circumstances that you can be detained. And right now, as far as you know, they can't force you to go anywhere unless they have a warrant.

"God, are you really gonna do this?" Burke said. You can almost hear him rolling his eyes. "Listen, if you do this, it's only gonna end badly for you.

"Am I under arrest? Yes or no" You're borrowing some advice that you got from a friend back in grade school that her parents told her. At a certain point, don't talk to a police officer more than you had to. Because sometimes, they don't have anything. And talking will just give them the rope to hang you.

You and Burke stare at each other for a few seconds, waiting for the other to break. And when your eyes wander to his cap, you notice something.

Burke and Hare are both wearing medium blue uniforms. Not unusual for a cop in most cities in Hartford County. But here in Hartford proper? The uniforms are so dark blue that you could mistake them for black.

Then, you look past Burke to the patrol vehicle. You missed it the first time you saw it, but now, you see that this is not a cop car. Sure, it's painted like one, it has the lights. And if you were to look at it from a distance, you'd think it was. But it was the wrong model.

You were always into vehicles. You may have been more into bikes while Adrian was into cars, but you've both happily shared your interests with each other. And you've learned to spot different makes and models. In this case, you know that the HPD uses the Ford Escape, the Mercury Cheetah, and the Dodge Chargers and Challengers. This... wasn't either of them. It was a Toyota Echo. You've never seen one of those being used as a police car.

You don't know for sure, but you're pretty sure that whoever these people are, they aren't cops.

"Listen, there are two ways out of this." Burke says, with "Because right now? You know more than you're telling us. And we know you know more than you're telling us. Now, if you tell us everything you know about The Vigil, we leave and you can go about your business. The other option is that we take a ride in the back of the car. That isn't a choice for you. You don't say anything, you're going in the back of that vehicle. And if you don't change your mind by the time we get to where we're going? Well, you're going to like how that ride ends."

You don't let your worry show on your face. You don't know for sure, but these people aren't cops. And so one set of problems is replaced with another. If you're right, who sent them? What do they know? What if they don't believe you? And if you're wrong, then at best, you accused two officers of being fakes, and that won't reflect well on you. At worse, then you get sentenced to life in prison or death for assaulting an officer.

So, no pressure.

[] "I don't know anything, so I don't have anything to say."
-[] If they try to force you in the car, attack them
[] "Cut the crap. Who, and what are you? Because you aren't cops."
[] Make up a story to put them on the wrong track.
[] Attack them.
-[] Write in.