"Well boys, that's all of it!"
A group of armed and masked individuals cheered at the announcement of their leader, the sounds muffled by the animal masks they wore as they raised their weapons into the sky in excitement.
These robbers stand inside of a bank, in front of a large vault opened wide, it's contents depleted and placed within several duffle bags set up in the middle of the room.
Around the complex many civilians lay bound rope and gagged, tied up to furniture and structures to make escape highly unlikely.
It was a planned heist, set up through a month of scouting and research. So far their preparations have rewarded them, everything had gone to plan and they were even able to stop any calls to any would be super heroes and police.
The one wearing a yellow bear mask, the leader, continued his announcement, "Now that we have everything, get gathered near the money lads! We're heading home!"
Several shouts of agreement echoed out as the mass of armed robbers flowed out from the vault room to an adjacent one, set in the middle of the desks and paperwork within a large pile of duffle bags.
The robbers, ones wearing brown bear masks, others rabbits and a few chickens and foxes, found positions on top of the pile, doing their best to compact the amount of space for their leader's power to work.
The leader's grin grew under their mask, raising their hands up into the air as they felt the power they were granted surging within. The area their men and spoils sat began to fuzz and churn, like one had put a filter of both static and water upon it.
Another place began to be overlayed on the space, adding the visual blend of colors and contrasts. The room surrounding shook along with the leaders hands, the world rejecting the folding of two spaces upon themselves yet failing against the yellow bear mask's gift.
It was to reach a crescendo in just a moment, where two places fully crossed through the will of a power.
Just like all other times, it would take the leader just a moment to place something within the overlap on the other side- themself and their men.
Oh the joy of it, the thrill of being able to drop an entire squad of goons someplace along with their equipment and overtake it all with an ambush. The fear and surprise at something not there suddening
being, the jumps and flinches as innocents reached a hand over their heart to try and lessen the scare's shock to their system.
Oh this was bliss to the leader- of course they had gripes. The wind-up was simply slow, even if it was just moving themself across town, so you can imagine how horrid transporting an entire group would be.
But their getting better, slowly pushing that needed charge up bit by bit, and now with this cash they can finally upgrade their team to the next leve-
"MIKU MIKU
BEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMM!"
Wha-
"AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
This band of armed criminal's leader heard a scream as a bright light engulfed their vision. Blinding everything in an instance.
There was nothing, no feelings for a moment.
Then the wearer of the yellow bear mask realized that
they were the one screaming.
Their body lit up in pain as awareness returned to them, like fire had been exposed to every inch of their skin regardless of their clothing. However like a lightning bolt the pain was only there for a moment before fading.
By then the damage had already been done.
The Leader's mind blurred in internal yells as a second pain slowly grew to replace the first, signaling to themself that they had been launched by the surprise attack upon them.
Their attempts to move were met with their body screaming once again and the knowledge they were embedded inside of a wall. A horrible position to be in.
They had not even realized that their eyes had been closed this entire time, a headache pounding into their skull as they slowly began to open their eyelids, the light of the room far harsher to their sight then moments ago.
With blurry vision they could only look in horror, their goons, loyal comrades who followed their lead for so long, layed unmoving about the area, despite the fact that the bags of money from their well planned heist sat perfectly unharmed.
Their fuzzy gaze moved from the estimated direction of whatever had stuck them and-
Blue. They saw blue- maybe closer to cyan. Their vision coming and going not helping them grasp whatever danger they were in.
Blue or green hair… a uniform… a green… green stick in their hand.
That was all they could make out, their headache beginning to cause their thoughts to slur.
However their fellow ne'er do wells were in danger, and as the leader the bearer of the yellow bear mask couldn't just let this assault on them go unpunished.
They pushed and pushed with everything they had-
Nothing.
They couldn't move, their bodies both sleek and wedged.
Their gaze blurry, unable to see farther than the immediate room.
They couldn't even tell if this was an internal dialogue or not- could they even hear?!?!
The Leader's eyes closed for a moment, and then the next the enemy who struck them down in a single attack were right in front of them, close enough that the bear masked leader could make a clearish picture.
They felt their jaw drop as they spoke with no thought.
"HATSUNE MIKU?!?!?"
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A police detective stood outside of a bank, the same bank that was rescued moments ago.
The band of masked individuals were all in cuffs, their leader knocked out cold by the hero who stepped in to stop their attempt at stealing away countless dollars.
They looked over to the hero in question, standing in front of the bank and talking to the media with her roboticish voice. Keeping a sort of presence that snared the reporters to her and away from any other police working on the crime scene, moving civilians to ambulances
It made sense after all, it was Hatsune Miku, or more specifically, a person playing the part.
This officer didn't know the specifics, not like a corporation would spare information on their roster of heroes to their current office without any sort of legal bindings.
Still, there were rumors and sightings and postings online, and a detective like herself would be shameful if they didn't look into the defenders that handled more esoteric crimes.
It seems a corporation in Japan was attempting to make their own sort of hero team, to perform operations on their behalf and to raise awareness of the Vocaloid brand by having those beloved idols being the ones to save peoples lives.
She wasn't sure exactly what was behind Vocaloid-Armada, the trails leading to the identity of the exact corporation these people were under the command of were actively hidden on the net.
There were guesses and assumptions they could make- after all those attempts to hide the trail didn't extend to partner corporations and affiliates. It would still do good to find more clues before pointing fingers.
Still, the girl dressed as the hit sensation Hatsune Miku still aided in catching the culprits of this officer's current case, no matter what mysterious organization was behind her. They had to give them points for being
useful (unlike some local heroes).
And yes, the detective thought this actor was human. Unless a corporation somehow cracked not only AI, but perfect human looking robots
and the ability to give said machines powers, it was best to classify this person as just an actor for the role.
Maybe.
There could be some bullshit power or other force that could explain it.
Keep it as a possibility.
Miku's victory against the Fazzy Bears, a criminal group backed by their leader, called the Father Bear, with a teleportation power, was a boon for the town all the same.
They had been terrorizing this Florida town for a while, no doubt due to some sort of range issue with Father Bear's power.
The crime group seemed to originate from Utah from their officers' findings, having been related to a string of murders in a small town this officer couldn't trace. It was annoying but they could look into it further in their free time.
Right- right the power.
They wanted to go over the power this Miku girl used in her mind before she forgot any details.
Using her notebook could leak something she might not want to, or could show to whoever is behind that corporation that someone is looking into them.
Of course people
were, a japanese based hero team doing a tour around the americas was suspicious, but still.
Caution is best when powers and the unknown are involved.
It seemed to be some sort of sight based power, able to unleash terrifying pressure upon anything she looks at- either it has some sort of control as the ability only affected the criminals or, possibly it can only affect living things.
She wasn't wearing any eye gear so this Miku cosplayer can at least choose to turn it off.
Anything else?
Damn- no she doesn't have anything else. She should have napped a copy of the security footage when she had a chance.
Maybe she can see if the office she's currently working with has a copy she can look at.
Reaching into the pocket of her standard police uniform, she pulled out her bag, a name engraved upon it to signify its own.
'Barb Shelly'
There was something she didn't know after all, and she would be a Shelly if she didn't do all she could to find out what it was.
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Candidate "Barb Shelly"
Name: Barb Shelly
Age: 33
Stats:
HIT: 1
ESPIONAGE: 7
REPUTATION: 3
OPERATIONS: 7
Tolerance: 2
Lady Lizi's Note: Barb Shelly can be described as a paranoid ace in the detective field. She inherited her late father's skill to sniff out things she shouldn't have, but due to the 'accident' that claimed her father's life Barb pushed for hiding in the background and keeping her impact minimal on a case. "Caution is best when powers and the unknown are involved," is practically her motto, and while her skill in finding hidden truths is useful, that nature and mindset of hers could be a liability if she ever finds a single inkling of something being hidden from her.
Realm's Note:
I… was originally just making this as a funny haha Miku as a superhero fic but… I somehow got to the point where I made a candidate.
Expected when you stop working on something for a day hehe.
Still, silly fic with a dumb joke! I did get an idea for another one so I'll see about making that too!
Well two but one is for one of my characters and not something made on the spot.
Thank you for reading though!
