Coil also not talk with Accord himself. For Tits Accord have specialists.
Veil of Realities (Worm/Altpower!Taylor)
Zowo
A picture paints a thousand words, good and bad
Darn it mister wiggles, you and your "if I can't have the city, no one can!"
Luckily Taylor had the me, myself, and I army to lend a hand
She's the perfect Support: reconnoissance, restoration, supplies, crowd control, transport, distraction, cover fire, communication,…
Also, imagine all the ways she could screw with Accord. Push a picture off a degree, fold a paper edge, warm up a chair unevenly
Luckily Taylor had the me, myself, and I army to lend a hand
She's the perfect Support: reconnoissance, restoration, supplies, crowd control, transport, distraction, cover fire, communication,…
Also, imagine all the ways she could screw with Accord. Push a picture off a degree, fold a paper edge, warm up a chair unevenly
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Accord's plan is based on the data provided to him, and the data speaks of 3 capes and suspicions of a connection with Danny. There is no data about equipment and there are no restrictions on items.
"Bullshit at the entrance - Bullshit at the exit"
I wonder how much of a Plan to put a Coil or the Accord itself. Or it cowardly Plan out Butcher from Boston.
"Bullshit at the entrance - Bullshit at the exit"
I wonder how much of a Plan to put a Coil or the Accord itself. Or it cowardly Plan out Butcher from Boston.
Chapter 18: Something's Not Right
Levelgap
Wielder of Destruction
While we are being driven to the PRT HQ, I am making sure my alternates are scouting in advance. At least a few thousands of my alternates are focused on looking around us.
-I stopped after seeing a large traffic jam that is blocking our road on the distance.
--On the roof, I can see that the traffic jam goes all the way to the other sides of the streets.
--I can hear some of the drivers hurling curses at the others while pushing the horns of their cars or trucks. Some of them looks red in anger.
That's bad. We are getting closer to that traffic jam. It's even the road we are taking, which means we need to find another path to get to the PRT HQ.
-One of me looks in advance to see what's the problem, and easily managed to find the traffic lights malfunctioning above. It's constantly changing it's light without any rhythm to it.
-One of me who is on the other side of the streets heard the sounds of police cars on the distance.
-One of me who is at somewhere farther than that saw another traffic jam on this side of this city. There are even firetrucks lining up on the street, and I can hear the operator calling it in and saying that almost every main roads are blocked by the traffic.
This is getting so obvious. Someone is trying to cause trouble on the streets. It might not necessarily targeting us, but it is still troublesome as that will make it harder for us to get to the PRT.
I don't know much about the streets in this part of the city. Though I have explored some of the roads here on the empty alternates of this city, so I think there are some paths we can use.
Before I can do that though, I heard Miss Militia besides me talking to her comms, and then suddenly asking the driver in front of us to stop.
"Are you sure about that?"
Feeling curious about it, I decided to move the few remaining me's that are staying on the PRT HQ. I have become very familiar on this place, as I always use my alternates to explore around here.
-I got to the place where they do their oversights. Seeing a costumed hero telling them about things. Looking up, I see the whole map of Brockton Bay, and some sort of red circular areas, yellow circular areas, and green circular areas dotting the Downtown part of the city.
--"You can only take a detour to the Rose Street, and then take another at the Walls Venue." I heard the costumes hero, someone I recall as Triumph, saying that to the comms.
"Isn't that place a bit dangerous?" I heard Miss Militia muttering besides me.
-"Right.... the other heroes are there and is having a confrontation against some of the Empire Capes. Though, there are some open routes there that you can use so you won't get into the conflict zone."
"Okay." I tuned out most of what she is going to say, seeing that we are going to be driving to that area.
They said there is a conflict between the Empire and some of the Protectorate heroes there. I'll have to take care of that so nothing untoward happens to us.
With that thought, I quickly created at least ten thousand more alternates of this city and then move all of them to that place. Scouting ahead to take care of the crime itself.
Colin grunted once more as he jumps to the side. Letting the whirling blades of death pass by from his former position. After getting his bearings back, he quickly tries to point his halberd at the direction of the Empire Cape, and then slides the switch just a bit lower on his halberd.
A small compartment opens just below the back blade of his halberd, before it shoots a veritable mountain of yellowish white foam. The cape he is fighting, Hookwolf simply jumps to he side, and then charges at him with a renewed vigor.
The battle continues as he grunted once more. Feeling irritated at the current events happening on this city.
Since the day Coil has been captured, the Empire has become very bold. They are expanding a lot more aggressively, and are blatantly causing hate crimes against the Asians and people with a darker skin than them.
The ABB has been pretty active trying to fight back on the Docks, though it is getting a bit brutal. The other PRT branches are not giving any answers despite the Director of this PRT's Branch requesting for it.
Then they are also trying to take foot on the Downtown. Most of Coil's men and those who are known for being employed by him all vanishing, hiding somewhere they don't know.
'If that Poltergeist just didn't take Coil, this wouldn't have happened!' He thought to himself before shaking his head.
Regardless of what ifs, there is no use to dwell on that matter. They have to take care of the E88's blatant provocation against them. They are really going around and trying to do whatever they want.
They don't know what's the point of causing a commotion on this part of the neighborhood. It felt so pointless for them to have done this.
After another exchange, he manages to get some distance from Hookwolf.
Hookwolf seems to be feeling very excited as he goes and lunge at him. His body made of a rolling blades like a shredder spinning a bit faster as they try to get closer to him. Armsmaster is just thinking how to delay him more when his eyes widened after Hookwolf literally vanishes in his eyes.
"What?" He quickly looks around, before hearing a vibration from his ears.
"What's your status?"
"I'm fine. What's the problem?"
".... The Empire cape's and their goons suddenly vanishes. Did you see anything there?"
He widened his eyes for a brief moment at that fact, before immediately answering with a negative.
"... Is this a Poltergeist case?"
"If it is, then I am glad they are now moving."
"But... why now?"
Hearing his fellow hero, Assault, asking that in wonder. Colin can't help but also think about it for a bit.
Poltergeist is elusive. They are very mysterious. If he ever has a group or not, then they weren't even moving for the people's sake. Despite having an array of ability, they are not even moving to take care of the Empire.
There might be some reason why they are not doing it. Though they won't know without meeting them.
"... Armsmaster, Assault, Battery, this is Console. What's your status?"
"I'm fine. Hookwolf has vanished..."
The others also said their own reports, which is the same as his own. The one they are fighting just vanishes from their eyes.
"We got confirmation that Hookwolf and the other Capes along with him are contained in our maximum prison cells. The goons that are there has also been reported suddenly appearing within the prisons on some BBPD branches."
"Does that mean...?"
It can only be Poltergeist, or one of Poltergeist's assumed teammate, Flicker. The one they think who has the teleportation powers.
"Console, this is Miss Militia. We are nearing the conflict zone. Requesting for support."
"Miss Militia, this is the Console. You are cleared to move forward. The place is a green zone now..."
He tuned out the channel for the Console, and quickly decided to go back to his tinkertech bike.
'I recall Miss Militia and some of the PRT agents going to someone who is allegedly the mysterious Poltergeist.'
This is very mysterious. It can't be a coincidence for a Poltergeist case to happen at the same time that Miss Militia got closer to this part of the streets.
'He might not be the Poltergeist, but they might have a great connection to him!' He thought, before driving up to meet up with the others.
-I stopped after seeing a large traffic jam that is blocking our road on the distance.
--On the roof, I can see that the traffic jam goes all the way to the other sides of the streets.
--I can hear some of the drivers hurling curses at the others while pushing the horns of their cars or trucks. Some of them looks red in anger.
That's bad. We are getting closer to that traffic jam. It's even the road we are taking, which means we need to find another path to get to the PRT HQ.
-One of me looks in advance to see what's the problem, and easily managed to find the traffic lights malfunctioning above. It's constantly changing it's light without any rhythm to it.
-One of me who is on the other side of the streets heard the sounds of police cars on the distance.
-One of me who is at somewhere farther than that saw another traffic jam on this side of this city. There are even firetrucks lining up on the street, and I can hear the operator calling it in and saying that almost every main roads are blocked by the traffic.
This is getting so obvious. Someone is trying to cause trouble on the streets. It might not necessarily targeting us, but it is still troublesome as that will make it harder for us to get to the PRT.
I don't know much about the streets in this part of the city. Though I have explored some of the roads here on the empty alternates of this city, so I think there are some paths we can use.
Before I can do that though, I heard Miss Militia besides me talking to her comms, and then suddenly asking the driver in front of us to stop.
"Are you sure about that?"
Feeling curious about it, I decided to move the few remaining me's that are staying on the PRT HQ. I have become very familiar on this place, as I always use my alternates to explore around here.
-I got to the place where they do their oversights. Seeing a costumed hero telling them about things. Looking up, I see the whole map of Brockton Bay, and some sort of red circular areas, yellow circular areas, and green circular areas dotting the Downtown part of the city.
--"You can only take a detour to the Rose Street, and then take another at the Walls Venue." I heard the costumes hero, someone I recall as Triumph, saying that to the comms.
"Isn't that place a bit dangerous?" I heard Miss Militia muttering besides me.
-"Right.... the other heroes are there and is having a confrontation against some of the Empire Capes. Though, there are some open routes there that you can use so you won't get into the conflict zone."
"Okay." I tuned out most of what she is going to say, seeing that we are going to be driving to that area.
They said there is a conflict between the Empire and some of the Protectorate heroes there. I'll have to take care of that so nothing untoward happens to us.
With that thought, I quickly created at least ten thousand more alternates of this city and then move all of them to that place. Scouting ahead to take care of the crime itself.
Colin grunted once more as he jumps to the side. Letting the whirling blades of death pass by from his former position. After getting his bearings back, he quickly tries to point his halberd at the direction of the Empire Cape, and then slides the switch just a bit lower on his halberd.
A small compartment opens just below the back blade of his halberd, before it shoots a veritable mountain of yellowish white foam. The cape he is fighting, Hookwolf simply jumps to he side, and then charges at him with a renewed vigor.
The battle continues as he grunted once more. Feeling irritated at the current events happening on this city.
Since the day Coil has been captured, the Empire has become very bold. They are expanding a lot more aggressively, and are blatantly causing hate crimes against the Asians and people with a darker skin than them.
The ABB has been pretty active trying to fight back on the Docks, though it is getting a bit brutal. The other PRT branches are not giving any answers despite the Director of this PRT's Branch requesting for it.
Then they are also trying to take foot on the Downtown. Most of Coil's men and those who are known for being employed by him all vanishing, hiding somewhere they don't know.
'If that Poltergeist just didn't take Coil, this wouldn't have happened!' He thought to himself before shaking his head.
Regardless of what ifs, there is no use to dwell on that matter. They have to take care of the E88's blatant provocation against them. They are really going around and trying to do whatever they want.
They don't know what's the point of causing a commotion on this part of the neighborhood. It felt so pointless for them to have done this.
After another exchange, he manages to get some distance from Hookwolf.
Hookwolf seems to be feeling very excited as he goes and lunge at him. His body made of a rolling blades like a shredder spinning a bit faster as they try to get closer to him. Armsmaster is just thinking how to delay him more when his eyes widened after Hookwolf literally vanishes in his eyes.
"What?" He quickly looks around, before hearing a vibration from his ears.
"What's your status?"
"I'm fine. What's the problem?"
".... The Empire cape's and their goons suddenly vanishes. Did you see anything there?"
He widened his eyes for a brief moment at that fact, before immediately answering with a negative.
"... Is this a Poltergeist case?"
"If it is, then I am glad they are now moving."
"But... why now?"
Hearing his fellow hero, Assault, asking that in wonder. Colin can't help but also think about it for a bit.
Poltergeist is elusive. They are very mysterious. If he ever has a group or not, then they weren't even moving for the people's sake. Despite having an array of ability, they are not even moving to take care of the Empire.
There might be some reason why they are not doing it. Though they won't know without meeting them.
"... Armsmaster, Assault, Battery, this is Console. What's your status?"
"I'm fine. Hookwolf has vanished..."
The others also said their own reports, which is the same as his own. The one they are fighting just vanishes from their eyes.
"We got confirmation that Hookwolf and the other Capes along with him are contained in our maximum prison cells. The goons that are there has also been reported suddenly appearing within the prisons on some BBPD branches."
"Does that mean...?"
It can only be Poltergeist, or one of Poltergeist's assumed teammate, Flicker. The one they think who has the teleportation powers.
"Console, this is Miss Militia. We are nearing the conflict zone. Requesting for support."
"Miss Militia, this is the Console. You are cleared to move forward. The place is a green zone now..."
He tuned out the channel for the Console, and quickly decided to go back to his tinkertech bike.
'I recall Miss Militia and some of the PRT agents going to someone who is allegedly the mysterious Poltergeist.'
This is very mysterious. It can't be a coincidence for a Poltergeist case to happen at the same time that Miss Militia got closer to this part of the streets.
'He might not be the Poltergeist, but they might have a great connection to him!' He thought, before driving up to meet up with the others.
Sorry for not being able to update yesterday. Every drafts I've been writing has been lost because my old text editor decided that it's time it messes up, and I can't open it anymore. It also screwed me over and deleted all my progress from my other stories and project 
I downloaded a new text editor on my phone, but it's a bit hard to use. Why does a text editor needs a text limit for it's file!?
If you'd like to support me, you can go to my Kofi page here!
See you later!~♪
I downloaded a new text editor on my phone, but it's a bit hard to use. Why does a text editor needs a text limit for it's file!?
If you'd like to support me, you can go to my Kofi page here!
See you later!~♪
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- Location
- England
That's not how you use 'veritable'. You could have something like "a veritable mountain of".
Levelgap
Wielder of Destruction
Oh, thanks. I appreciate that!~
Oh they are probably going to catch on to the fact it's high level shaker nonsense because Taylor can't move very much on her own
AnantaAtman
I wandered, I watched, I judged
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Things are always messy when PRT involves. A bunch of useless goons.
Zowo
A picture paints a thousand words, good and bad
Colin: Hm, someone publicly outed a stranger claiming them as Poltergeist and now the cape(s) in question are getting involved because an innocent is being put in the line of fire… SURELY THEY MUST BE RELATED. There is no reason why they would help now, not like the city is in complete disarray!
No, bad Colin. Occam's razor.
No, bad Colin. Occam's razor.
- Location
- Australian
In fairness to him he was more focused on the battle and didn't consider that Danny might even be related to them or that the reroute would be connected with end of fight
Would nights power work if she looking from other world or would she not notice
Or would Taylor not know she is powered if she can't transform if being looked at from thousands of worlds all the time
Don't worry night it a common problem when Taylor has maxed tracking skills or city wide surveillance
Chapter 19: Lose-Lose Situation
Levelgap
Wielder of Destruction
We managed to get to the PRT HQ without anything happening anymore. After that, my Dad was taken somewhere while I was put on the waiting desk where I can see some of the crowds coming and going on the front.
This room seems to be near the gift shop just besides this building. So I can see some children here and there. I also noticed some of them staring at me for a moment before going on their way.
By the way, as Lacey didn't come along with us, a female PRT Agent is the one who is looking out for me. My Dad specifically asks them for that, as they think I have a weird mental disability.
-I made sure to lookout for my Dad. Currently one of me is looking at him sitting in one of the isolated room. I heard they call this the Conference Room.
--The one talking to him seems to be some higher up from this PRT Branch. Asking him whether he has any knowledge about Poltergeist, or affiliations with him.
--My Dad is honest obviously. He can't possibly know about what I am doing.
-Another me is on the other side of the room where a one sided viewing glass separates them from that room. I can see Armsmaster, and the PRT Director herself staying in that room and hearing what they are talking about.
--"... Are you sure that device you have is working?"
--"Yes Director. It's still in it's testing phase, but I am confident that this lie detector module is highly accurate at discerning lies."
--"And... what does the device said?"
--".... It's negative. Danny Hebert has no knowledge about the one we call Poltergeist."
--"And about the sudden movement from Poltergeist?"
--"It's possible that it was a coincidence..."
--"You sound unconfident."
--"I apologize Director. I also think that Poltergeist might be heavily related to that guy. I heard they mostly operate on the Dockworker's Union, which based on the files we have of him, is one of the Head of HR in there."
--"... Is it possible that one of his workers is Poltergeist?"
--"There's a high possibility that it might be the case."
--"What about his daughter?"
--"The operators already asked for the files.... and we got it just now. I'll be forwarding it to you."
My medical files? Why?
-".... It's a bust. It's impossible for her to be a Parahuman."
-"I see. Then that only means someone from the Union is the Poltergeist."
I don't know what they are looking for. My alternate saw them looking at the brain scans, though it's only a brain scan. Is there something in there I should know about?
I only heard rumors that Parahumans have something in their brains that acts as an indication that they have powers. I didn't really read into it deeply as I am more interested at the Capes themselves rather than where the powers originated.
As I was thinking like that...
-... I narrowed my eyes as I saw a skinny middle aged man clad head to toe with heavy duty equipment approaching the room, and then suddenly pointing a gun at my Dad.
Going back in time for a bit...
"The plan is going smoothly..." Thomas muttered to himself as he sits comfortably at his desk.
The plan he got from Accord is very detailed. It has contingencies upon contingencies in case of a variety of events.
He asked him to give him a plan that will get rid of Poltergeist. After giving him all the data he accrued for Poltergeist, along with Tattletale's testimonies, Accord gave him the plan that will make sure Poltergeist will leave Brockton Bay.
Yes, he only needs Poltergeist to leave Brockton Bay. It doesn't matter if they managed to kill him, or let him leave of his own will. So long as he is gone, Thomas can build up what he lose again. He can get another Thinker later.
The plan constitutes of revealing Poltergeist's civilian identity, and then pushing him to reveal his powers to the public. So long as this conditions were met, many events that will lead to Poltergeist leaving this city will be guaranteed.
It is why he even bought a tinkertech device just to take care of the traffic lights. He also made sure that it will only affect the specific route they will need, so they will be forced to the conflict zone where the Empire is going on their own rampage.
It's a way to push Danny Hebert to a conflict, and make him show that he truly is the Poltergeist that they are looking for. He will reveal to the world who is the elusive and mysterious Cape is.
His capabilities are a lot more potent than he was hoping for. Or maybe he truly has a mysterious team member who can teleport others.
Regardless, a lot of people are going to target him. Even if most won't believe the claims on the PHO, some stupid or daring people will go and take a hit on him. His life from now on will be in a constant state of danger if he didn't try and become a member of the Protectorate.
It's either holding onto his secret identity and hoping for the best, or he is forced to either leave the city or join the PRT. Regardless of the situation, those people won't just let Poltergeist stay on Brockton Bay. If he ever joins the PRT, he is confident that even the Chief Director of PRT will force him to transfer on another city.
That means he wins. Regardless of how much time he has to wait, Danny Hebert has been cornered by him!
He is feeling good about that. Feeling a sense of superiority against a foe that felt like a giant to his mind. He only needs to wait while Danny has to think of how he can prevent this.
He is just thinking of taking a break and getting a drink for himself when a paper suddenly fell on his desk. He widened his eyes when he saw the familiar symbol on that paper.
"..... Why now?" He muttered, feeling a bit nervous as he takes the paper and open it. As he reads it carefully, he can't help but feel a sweat sliding onto the side of his cheek.
"Shoot Danny Hebert to the head. This is the final favor."
He clutches the paper tightly, a vein protruding on his arm as he gritted his teeth.
'Why now? Why should I do this!?'
He hopes that some idiot go and do it in his stead, though the words written on that paper is straight to the point. He has to be the one to do it himself.
And based on the wording, he has to do this right now!
"....."
He tries to open another timeline within his mind, before standing up.
He walks straight to the armory for PRT Officers, managing to slip up from the others. After awhile, he is finally geared up to deal with Danny Hebert.
As he is doing that, he kept thinking about it. When he got to hallway leading to the conference room, he seems to have a realization about it.
'They want me to be the sacrifice! The one who will give proof that he truly is the Poltergeist!'
It is the only reason he can think of, and he abhors it greatly.
Though what can he do? He will die if he tries to deny the favor he owes from them!
As he hears the sound of alarm from the base, likely because they noticed him walking to the conference room without any prior notice, they seem to be going to detain him.
But he has to do it. Shoot Danny Hebert and prove that he is Poltergeist.
So he entered the room on both timelines. Intent on shooting him at the exact same time as his other counterpart.
He aimed and shoot at his head.
-He aimed and shoot at his head.
-He fell to the ground lifeless as h--!?
A large riot shield with a PRT logo appears suddenly in front of him. He didn't have enough time to process what is happening as he suddenly felt the pressure of a thousand weight from his body.
He fell on the floor with a grunt. His heavy duty armor now even helping him at all.
While all of that is happening, he can only see that Danny Hebert looking at him with a surprised look, the one talking to him also pointing their standard issued gun at him, and then the foam sprayers inside the room pointing at his direction.
'It's over.... because of them... everything I work for will be gone....'
He can only bitterly frown as he heard the sounds of footsteps coming at him. At the same time, he glares at Danny Hebert who is gawking at him with a surprised look.
Then he sneered, feeling in denial of this treatment.
If he can't defeat him, then he will just drag him down to his own downfall!
"I got you, Poltergeist! You're finally forced to show your hand! Hahahahaha!"
It is impossible to hide now. Danny Hebert is truly Poltergeist. It's impossible to immediately repel his gunshot unless he is that mysterious Cape himself.
He blinks for a moment, before he quickly finds himself within the confines of a jail. Though even if that happened, he already feels like he has won somehow.
He has paid his debt from that mysterious group, and also managed to unveil Poltergeist's true identity to the others. That alone will give him a satisfaction from this lose-lose situation.
'I'll get my revenge. After I managed to leave this prison, I'll make sure to take my revenge from both of you.... Poltergeist.... Cauldron!'
He swore on his heart.
This room seems to be near the gift shop just besides this building. So I can see some children here and there. I also noticed some of them staring at me for a moment before going on their way.
By the way, as Lacey didn't come along with us, a female PRT Agent is the one who is looking out for me. My Dad specifically asks them for that, as they think I have a weird mental disability.
-I made sure to lookout for my Dad. Currently one of me is looking at him sitting in one of the isolated room. I heard they call this the Conference Room.
--The one talking to him seems to be some higher up from this PRT Branch. Asking him whether he has any knowledge about Poltergeist, or affiliations with him.
--My Dad is honest obviously. He can't possibly know about what I am doing.
-Another me is on the other side of the room where a one sided viewing glass separates them from that room. I can see Armsmaster, and the PRT Director herself staying in that room and hearing what they are talking about.
--"... Are you sure that device you have is working?"
--"Yes Director. It's still in it's testing phase, but I am confident that this lie detector module is highly accurate at discerning lies."
--"And... what does the device said?"
--".... It's negative. Danny Hebert has no knowledge about the one we call Poltergeist."
--"And about the sudden movement from Poltergeist?"
--"It's possible that it was a coincidence..."
--"You sound unconfident."
--"I apologize Director. I also think that Poltergeist might be heavily related to that guy. I heard they mostly operate on the Dockworker's Union, which based on the files we have of him, is one of the Head of HR in there."
--"... Is it possible that one of his workers is Poltergeist?"
--"There's a high possibility that it might be the case."
--"What about his daughter?"
--"The operators already asked for the files.... and we got it just now. I'll be forwarding it to you."
My medical files? Why?
-".... It's a bust. It's impossible for her to be a Parahuman."
-"I see. Then that only means someone from the Union is the Poltergeist."
I don't know what they are looking for. My alternate saw them looking at the brain scans, though it's only a brain scan. Is there something in there I should know about?
I only heard rumors that Parahumans have something in their brains that acts as an indication that they have powers. I didn't really read into it deeply as I am more interested at the Capes themselves rather than where the powers originated.
As I was thinking like that...
-... I narrowed my eyes as I saw a skinny middle aged man clad head to toe with heavy duty equipment approaching the room, and then suddenly pointing a gun at my Dad.
Going back in time for a bit...
"The plan is going smoothly..." Thomas muttered to himself as he sits comfortably at his desk.
The plan he got from Accord is very detailed. It has contingencies upon contingencies in case of a variety of events.
He asked him to give him a plan that will get rid of Poltergeist. After giving him all the data he accrued for Poltergeist, along with Tattletale's testimonies, Accord gave him the plan that will make sure Poltergeist will leave Brockton Bay.
Yes, he only needs Poltergeist to leave Brockton Bay. It doesn't matter if they managed to kill him, or let him leave of his own will. So long as he is gone, Thomas can build up what he lose again. He can get another Thinker later.
The plan constitutes of revealing Poltergeist's civilian identity, and then pushing him to reveal his powers to the public. So long as this conditions were met, many events that will lead to Poltergeist leaving this city will be guaranteed.
It is why he even bought a tinkertech device just to take care of the traffic lights. He also made sure that it will only affect the specific route they will need, so they will be forced to the conflict zone where the Empire is going on their own rampage.
It's a way to push Danny Hebert to a conflict, and make him show that he truly is the Poltergeist that they are looking for. He will reveal to the world who is the elusive and mysterious Cape is.
His capabilities are a lot more potent than he was hoping for. Or maybe he truly has a mysterious team member who can teleport others.
Regardless, a lot of people are going to target him. Even if most won't believe the claims on the PHO, some stupid or daring people will go and take a hit on him. His life from now on will be in a constant state of danger if he didn't try and become a member of the Protectorate.
It's either holding onto his secret identity and hoping for the best, or he is forced to either leave the city or join the PRT. Regardless of the situation, those people won't just let Poltergeist stay on Brockton Bay. If he ever joins the PRT, he is confident that even the Chief Director of PRT will force him to transfer on another city.
That means he wins. Regardless of how much time he has to wait, Danny Hebert has been cornered by him!
He is feeling good about that. Feeling a sense of superiority against a foe that felt like a giant to his mind. He only needs to wait while Danny has to think of how he can prevent this.
He is just thinking of taking a break and getting a drink for himself when a paper suddenly fell on his desk. He widened his eyes when he saw the familiar symbol on that paper.
"..... Why now?" He muttered, feeling a bit nervous as he takes the paper and open it. As he reads it carefully, he can't help but feel a sweat sliding onto the side of his cheek.
"Shoot Danny Hebert to the head. This is the final favor."
He clutches the paper tightly, a vein protruding on his arm as he gritted his teeth.
'Why now? Why should I do this!?'
He hopes that some idiot go and do it in his stead, though the words written on that paper is straight to the point. He has to be the one to do it himself.
And based on the wording, he has to do this right now!
"....."
He tries to open another timeline within his mind, before standing up.
He walks straight to the armory for PRT Officers, managing to slip up from the others. After awhile, he is finally geared up to deal with Danny Hebert.
As he is doing that, he kept thinking about it. When he got to hallway leading to the conference room, he seems to have a realization about it.
'They want me to be the sacrifice! The one who will give proof that he truly is the Poltergeist!'
It is the only reason he can think of, and he abhors it greatly.
Though what can he do? He will die if he tries to deny the favor he owes from them!
As he hears the sound of alarm from the base, likely because they noticed him walking to the conference room without any prior notice, they seem to be going to detain him.
But he has to do it. Shoot Danny Hebert and prove that he is Poltergeist.
So he entered the room on both timelines. Intent on shooting him at the exact same time as his other counterpart.
He aimed and shoot at his head.
-He aimed and shoot at his head.
-He fell to the ground lifeless as h--!?
A large riot shield with a PRT logo appears suddenly in front of him. He didn't have enough time to process what is happening as he suddenly felt the pressure of a thousand weight from his body.
He fell on the floor with a grunt. His heavy duty armor now even helping him at all.
While all of that is happening, he can only see that Danny Hebert looking at him with a surprised look, the one talking to him also pointing their standard issued gun at him, and then the foam sprayers inside the room pointing at his direction.
'It's over.... because of them... everything I work for will be gone....'
He can only bitterly frown as he heard the sounds of footsteps coming at him. At the same time, he glares at Danny Hebert who is gawking at him with a surprised look.
Then he sneered, feeling in denial of this treatment.
If he can't defeat him, then he will just drag him down to his own downfall!
"I got you, Poltergeist! You're finally forced to show your hand! Hahahahaha!"
It is impossible to hide now. Danny Hebert is truly Poltergeist. It's impossible to immediately repel his gunshot unless he is that mysterious Cape himself.
He blinks for a moment, before he quickly finds himself within the confines of a jail. Though even if that happened, he already feels like he has won somehow.
He has paid his debt from that mysterious group, and also managed to unveil Poltergeist's true identity to the others. That alone will give him a satisfaction from this lose-lose situation.
'I'll get my revenge. After I managed to leave this prison, I'll make sure to take my revenge from both of you.... Poltergeist.... Cauldron!'
He swore on his heart.
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yacov
Lurking and sometimes blurting
- Location
- Clogging a drain
Huh, scans probably don't show a Corona. So what the heck is up with Taylor? Also what the heck Cauldron? Did you think this would put Poltergeist against the PRT and accelerate your farce of an experiment?
She swapped her earth bet body out for an parallel early on remember? It was when she was still trying to figure out how to control her own body again.
- Location
- Canada
Wait when was this? She only leaned that she could throw alternative versions around the lung fight, and they would have taken the brain scan early on when they noticed she was unable to move.
AnantaAtman
I wandered, I watched, I judged
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Well, bye-bye Coil. Cauldron fuck you take down when?
1 Corona to parts for Million dimensions.
Fortuna also can't know this...
But Coil can say about M/S and prepare story for this, why not???
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yacov
Lurking and sometimes blurting
- Location
- Clogging a drain
Problem is Thomas Calvert is not a parahuman according to the PRT. Any M/S protocols will include a brain scan so then his cover is blown.
Any (known) parahumans technically can't be part of the PRT administration, only the protectorate as cape teams, Think Tank, etc; let alone be a PRT Director like Thomas is aiming to be. Also there will be questions as to why Thomas was hiding being a parahuman, which means his credibility in the organization is shot.
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In all fics scan info from his dopler. Also - if he have backdoors and agents, why he can't have bugs in scanners.
Bad Chapter 20, please ignore
Levelgap
Wielder of Destruction
"It's confirmed. Danny Hebert is the Poltergeist."
In a white room, a gathering of five people is sitting and facing each other on the round table. The one who is saying that is a woman whose upper face is covered in a steel helmet.
Papers containing the image of the person in topic is laid on the table by the man only wearing a casual suit normally seen for corporate workers. His thin-rimmed glasses shines for a bit.
"... Head of HR from the Dockworker's Union?" A man wearing a hood asks. His masks glows a mysterious light as he looks at the others.
The woman in a steel helmet nodded before continuing. "I think all the Poltergeist case can only be attributed to him. Any assumption for his possible allies are false."
"How can you be so sure about that, Alexandria?"
Hearing the hooded person, she only grunted. "He has shown everything that Poltergeist can do." She said.
".... He's that strong?"
"Right." Alexandria gestured for the man in glasses.
The man in glasses turns the laptop he has been carrying for awhile now to them. Before playing the video that was already tabbed into the screen.
From there, they saw the footage of what happened within that conference room. A skinny man with a heavy duty suit enters the room and quickly shoots the balding man sitting on the table. In an instant it happens, a riot shield suddenly appears in-between them, causing the bullet to be deflected and unfortunately hits the PRT Agent's leg sitting opposite on the balding man.
After a split second, the man in heavy duty armor suddenly fell on the ground. The balding man has just flinched, seemingly processing what just happened while the PRT Agent who's leg has been hit seems to have not noticed it as he stood up. At the same time he manages to stand up, his form seems to flicker for a bit before the blurry image of his wounded leg seems to have become repaired along with the gash on his pants.
"Wait... take that back for a bit." The hooded person said, and the man in glasses agreed. Turning the video back for a bit.
They watched the figure of PRT Agent flickering, before returning to normal. Though his posture is still similar, the position of his feet and his aim is a bit off compared to before his figure flickers.
"What happened there...?"
"It is the same as what happened to the hospital where Poltergeist healed and even revive every patients within a single night." Alexandria stated.
"Those are the capabilities of both Flicker and Nightingale, which are tentative names for the assumed allies of Poltergeist." A dark skinned woman wearing a white lab coat said on the side as she reads the files pertaining all the Poltergeist cases.
"Which means... he is all of those mystery Capes. Danny Hebert is the one behind he Poltergeist cases."
"... Is he going to become a Protectorate member?" The hooded man asks.
"He has no choice on that matter. It seems like he is still denying that he is Poltergeist, and shows an obvious sign that he is oblivious about what is happening."
"Wait, he's clueless about it?"
"Yes." Alexandria simply said.
".... What kind of Cape doesn't know about their powers?" The man with a masked that glows mutters under his breathe before an idea came to him. "Is his Agent independently working behind him?"
"Possible." The woman in lab coat pipes up. "Poltergeist's Agent might be working on his subconscious desires." She said.
"Oh..." The man trailed off as he looks at the paper detailing Danny Hebert's life.
It shows how he was passionate about his work. That he seems to be working for the betterment of the city, and also the Dockworker's Union. How he always go to the Mayor's Office to request for the clean up of the Boat Graveyard, which is a local economic sinkhole based on the general opinion from the locals of Brockton Bay.
"This is... possible." He said, now seeing some sort of irony within it.
It's reported that Poltergeist can produce items out of nowhere, but can't move them or teleport them to somewhere. The only ones Poltergeist can teleport seems to be intelligent living entities like humans. There are no recorded state that says he has teleported any objects, only made literal copies of them.
That won't help him with taking care of his goals, which is taking out the oil tankers and the scraps all around the Boat Graveyard. The one they call as the "Agent" will possibly do that due to their own understanding.
"... Wait, this document states that his possible trigger event is about his daughter. Why isn't he healing her?"
"Another limitation of his powers, perhaps?" Alexandria said before turning to the other person sitting besides the woman in a lab coat. "What do you think, Contessa?"
The woman wearing a fedora, now known as Contessa looks at them. "The Path is constantly changing on his presence."
"Now it's proven. He is the source of why she can't Path that city reliably."
"What about that man.... I think he calls himself Coil?" The masked man said.
"We still don't know the scale of Poltergeist's teleportation capabilities. We will consider him compromised for now..."
"So leave him alone then... okay." The hooded man nodded.
"He is a useful piece for us. What are the plans for him?"
"After he joins the PRT as a Protectorate hero, I will immediately issue for him to be transferred on my branch." Alexandria replied to the woman in a lab coat.
The others didn't question that. Even if Danny Hebert is against it, they will still take him out of that city.
"The next Endbringer attack is near... I hope he can help with that." The masked man said.
In a white room, a gathering of five people is sitting and facing each other on the round table. The one who is saying that is a woman whose upper face is covered in a steel helmet.
Papers containing the image of the person in topic is laid on the table by the man only wearing a casual suit normally seen for corporate workers. His thin-rimmed glasses shines for a bit.
"... Head of HR from the Dockworker's Union?" A man wearing a hood asks. His masks glows a mysterious light as he looks at the others.
The woman in a steel helmet nodded before continuing. "I think all the Poltergeist case can only be attributed to him. Any assumption for his possible allies are false."
"How can you be so sure about that, Alexandria?"
Hearing the hooded person, she only grunted. "He has shown everything that Poltergeist can do." She said.
".... He's that strong?"
"Right." Alexandria gestured for the man in glasses.
The man in glasses turns the laptop he has been carrying for awhile now to them. Before playing the video that was already tabbed into the screen.
From there, they saw the footage of what happened within that conference room. A skinny man with a heavy duty suit enters the room and quickly shoots the balding man sitting on the table. In an instant it happens, a riot shield suddenly appears in-between them, causing the bullet to be deflected and unfortunately hits the PRT Agent's leg sitting opposite on the balding man.
After a split second, the man in heavy duty armor suddenly fell on the ground. The balding man has just flinched, seemingly processing what just happened while the PRT Agent who's leg has been hit seems to have not noticed it as he stood up. At the same time he manages to stand up, his form seems to flicker for a bit before the blurry image of his wounded leg seems to have become repaired along with the gash on his pants.
"Wait... take that back for a bit." The hooded person said, and the man in glasses agreed. Turning the video back for a bit.
They watched the figure of PRT Agent flickering, before returning to normal. Though his posture is still similar, the position of his feet and his aim is a bit off compared to before his figure flickers.
"What happened there...?"
"It is the same as what happened to the hospital where Poltergeist healed and even revive every patients within a single night." Alexandria stated.
"Those are the capabilities of both Flicker and Nightingale, which are tentative names for the assumed allies of Poltergeist." A dark skinned woman wearing a white lab coat said on the side as she reads the files pertaining all the Poltergeist cases.
"Which means... he is all of those mystery Capes. Danny Hebert is the one behind he Poltergeist cases."
"... Is he going to become a Protectorate member?" The hooded man asks.
"He has no choice on that matter. It seems like he is still denying that he is Poltergeist, and shows an obvious sign that he is oblivious about what is happening."
"Wait, he's clueless about it?"
"Yes." Alexandria simply said.
".... What kind of Cape doesn't know about their powers?" The man with a masked that glows mutters under his breathe before an idea came to him. "Is his Agent independently working behind him?"
"Possible." The woman in lab coat pipes up. "Poltergeist's Agent might be working on his subconscious desires." She said.
"Oh..." The man trailed off as he looks at the paper detailing Danny Hebert's life.
It shows how he was passionate about his work. That he seems to be working for the betterment of the city, and also the Dockworker's Union. How he always go to the Mayor's Office to request for the clean up of the Boat Graveyard, which is a local economic sinkhole based on the general opinion from the locals of Brockton Bay.
"This is... possible." He said, now seeing some sort of irony within it.
It's reported that Poltergeist can produce items out of nowhere, but can't move them or teleport them to somewhere. The only ones Poltergeist can teleport seems to be intelligent living entities like humans. There are no recorded state that says he has teleported any objects, only made literal copies of them.
That won't help him with taking care of his goals, which is taking out the oil tankers and the scraps all around the Boat Graveyard. The one they call as the "Agent" will possibly do that due to their own understanding.
"... Wait, this document states that his possible trigger event is about his daughter. Why isn't he healing her?"
"Another limitation of his powers, perhaps?" Alexandria said before turning to the other person sitting besides the woman in a lab coat. "What do you think, Contessa?"
The woman wearing a fedora, now known as Contessa looks at them. "The Path is constantly changing on his presence."
"Now it's proven. He is the source of why she can't Path that city reliably."
"What about that man.... I think he calls himself Coil?" The masked man said.
"We still don't know the scale of Poltergeist's teleportation capabilities. We will consider him compromised for now..."
"So leave him alone then... okay." The hooded man nodded.
"He is a useful piece for us. What are the plans for him?"
"After he joins the PRT as a Protectorate hero, I will immediately issue for him to be transferred on my branch." Alexandria replied to the woman in a lab coat.
The others didn't question that. Even if Danny Hebert is against it, they will still take him out of that city.
"The next Endbringer attack is near... I hope he can help with that." The masked man said.
Sorry, short chapter for now.... I'll try and write a longer chapter next time...
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- England
"That's ridiculous. Who'd imagine a super-strong cape with their powers running wild without their control."
*Coughs in Eidolon*
poor Danny is so fucking lost right now, meanwhile Taylor's just banging her head on a desk because all this shit.