Flare Knight

The Tranquility Tyrant grinned, stepping forward from where he was standing, and extended his hand. A non-existent blast of silent sound shot from his open palm, and Powerhouse didn't move, but the blast seemed to have no effect on him. "I can't watch you fools fail anymore." He said to WU, and probably to Terror, though it was unlikely the large creature could hear from so far up. "Join your friend, I'm getting sick of these fools and realize I need to do everything myself." He said, a frown on his face behind his mask

Terror was preparing for his punch when he felt the ground disappear under him. looking down, he saw he was floating, then turned to the only hero still standing. "What This!" He roared, then developed a serious allergic reaction to the Ground as he blasted into the air from Powerhouse's gravity control. He flew fast, two-hundred feet in the air, then game to a complete stop at the end. A speed of a lot to zero in an instant, and he couldn't go anywhere to punch someone. WU was more relaxed, however, and after dumping Gabriel to the ground with a single hand, the half and half creature rushed at Powerhouse as he threw Terror into the air, almost out of sight. "Have to do everything myself." The covered person said in it's female voice, once more extending it's hand. The dark-covered hand slid into Powerhouse's gut where Gabriel had taken the same attack. This time, though the hero staggered, he did not fall, though only barely.

Not entirely sure what was going on, Powerhouse did as he was told, buying a set of cards at a nearby continence store, for what he had no idea, and started running towards the place he was supposed to meet. "Whatever you say...I'll be there soon." He muttered, heading to the meeting point, not jumping, but instead running- he didn't run enough-, to where the other hero wanted him to be, not entirely sure why he was going, but he knew it would help the man- whoever he was- in his predicament-whatever it was- as Push said, apparently, he had been told to do it as well, so it at least made it easier for him to do as was asked.

Powerhouse was eerily calm as the two people closed in on him after Gabriel fell. He offered a look in his direction, but he didn't seem to recognize exactly what had happened. He twisted and stared directly at Terror, then, easily, tossed his hand upwards. Terror floated in the ground for a little bit, not really going anywhere, then he shot into the air, hundreds of feet high into the air, suspending him above the air.. "First Target, incapacitated. Next Target....Located." He said, turning towards WU, before the double person's hand stabbed him in the gut again.

Grinning behind his armor, The Tranquility Tyrant could only laugh as Gabriel fell down, the hole from where WU had stabbed him, proving his stance right, he knew that the other man would fall quickly, while Gabriel had been a challenge, the other man had been utterly worthless. "You see, for all your appearance of a man in white, coming to save the day, the fact you did not win makes it obvious that my way is superior." He said simply, brushing dust that did not exist off his suit, as if wiping Gabriel from his mind. "Terror, WU, finish that other man." He ordered, calming down and giving out more orders.

"Urrr...No." Powerhouse said, confused by what was being asked. "I'm not that well connected, is there some other way I can help?" he asked, removing his contacts so that he could be the real Powerhouse again. "What do I need to do? Where should I go? Where are you?" He kept asking, throwing the rest of his stuff in his bag and bursting his way outside the bathroom, looking around and attempting to find the location of this person who needed help.

The massive amount of activity bustling around this area actually made Powerhouse confused a little, it was like a well oiled machine made of a thousand different parts. The amount of different people running around made Powerhouse a good deal strange, but as the man, who was obviously the boss, got closer, he smiled, or smiled as much as he could, and tried his best to answer in order as teh questions flew at him, though his confusion caused him to answer things somewhat backwards. "Not long ago...maybe a few hours. Not being pursued...they left me behind to...do something. I was bitten by a Wolf. It looked, from what I could see, some type of Sickness that turns people into...wolf-people. I'm Powerhouse Dr. Mr. Archeville, it's nice to meet you...sorry for the bad circumstances." He explained as best he could, shaking his head. "You keep a busy place around here." He offered as a joke at the Doctor, a small smile on his face after he finished. "Ms. Fleur said you were able to help Superheros. You think you can help me?" He added, explaining how he knew about the man if she thought it was necessary, but mostly to try and keep himself from being overwhelmed by focusing on what he remembered.

T3 Idles, PH stunts Powerhouse will Power Stunt this: Gravity Control 42(-Action, -Only Upwards) then use it on Terror, considering it's an effective 210 Strength, he goes flying to PH's Maximum Range, which is 210 feet, and keep him there, as he can't drop him yet. Terror being 210 feet in the air is unable to take a movement, so WU attack PH with a blast. 6+12=18 Hits. Save of 27 Toughness. 5+12=17 ouch. PH is Staggered and Stunned. T3 will actually attack 12+10=22 Hits, Save of 25 Toughness Save; 15+12=27 PH is stunned, Terror is floating comfortably 200 feet in the air, so WU will attempt to stab PH again. 3+12=15 Hits, Toughness of 27 Toughness save 16+12=28 he passes. T3 attacks. 17+10=27 Hits. Save of 25 Toughness Save 11+12=23 Another bruise, but PH keeps moving. He'll throw WU into the air. The Tranquility Tyrant will attack. 2+10=12 He misses. Which means he flies into the air, then they all fall down against a DC 35 Toughness; 3+12=15 WU is OUT. 17+10=27 Stunned and Bruised for T3 16+17=33 Just a bruise for Terror 11+7=18 Hits. DC 33 Toughness and PH has a Bruise rank of 3. 8+11=19 Hits. PH gains another Staggered, which means he goes Unconscious. The Encounter is over on the side of The Tranquility Tyrant

Powerhouse was almost back in his Tim disguise, changing in an underused bathroom in the park, when his phone rang. Picking it up, Powerhouse- for he was still Powerhouse, just with brown eyes instead of blue- flipped it open and listened. "Hello? Hello? Anyone there?" The voice sounded worried. He spoke back. "Yes! I'm here, What's wrong? How can I help?" He asked, leaning over the phone, trying to get the person to talk to him.

16+12=28 Passes DF's Save 12+1=13 Push's Save by 14, so Staggered and Stunned, plus the same 10,000 Knockback As the only one still standing, the remaining PA will make a full Move Action to get away from the group, and every last other one is Staggered and stunned.

Powerhouse was a bit slow, but not stupid, so when the first one floated over to him and said he was going to get murdered, he clenched his fist and grinned. Of course, when the crazy girl ran out of nowhere and attempted to get them to Stop, he realized he had to help the girl before she got hurt, and prepared to jump, but he stalled out as both him and his enemy watched a meteor drop from the sky and slam head-first into an opponent, then hit them again, dropping them into the ground, then talk to the other one. His thoughts were 'Huh, Mr. Victory must have a partner.' as the person rambled off, like he was the classic 'bad cop' if Mr. Victory was the 'good cop', then shrugged and launched himself off the building at the Armored person nearest him, and punched him across the face. The two fell into the ground as Powerhouse delivered a massive hook to the other guys face, sending him into the Concrete as Powerhouse stood directly over him. "With the addition of two other Heroes, I suppose I can just beat you all up and put you in jail instead of trying to make you surrender. Then again, if they end up being Villains and this is a turf war, I'm in trouble." He noted, grinning "Hello." Powerhouse said, turning to the two new people. "I'm Powerhouse, who are you?"

The woman behind the armor stared at the crazy idiot with an unseen mix of confusion and half-fear. This creature could knock a guy in powered armor out of the sky and flat into the ground, but he also appeared to be utterly insane. "Alright, look crazy, that was nice and everything, but then again, you said 'they are' then 'who do you think *we* are', which means you somehow claimed to be both not a part of the group, while not being part of the group. So really, you should work on your noun agreement, then it could really be a good taunt." She said, offering him pointers before answering the question. "As for what you are, I'll answer that. You are an escaped insane asylum inmate, She is a 12 year old who stole a few costume parts from her dad's closet, though daddy is apparently a superhero, and the guy on the Roof is probably your roommate from the insane asylum."

13+10=24 Bluff action fails, which makes it PH's turn, and he'll attack. 2+5=7 Misses, so I'll HP and re-roll 16+5=21 Better. Hits for DC 30 Toughness. 4+12=16 He barely avoids flat unconsciousness.

The Crooks were enjoying their new-found power- this power, it was incredible! with it, they wouldn't be some silly BANK robbers, they'd be forces to be contended with by the Heroes themselves, and they'd win!- So they began by enjoying their new powers and really getting used to everything they could do. Then Some crazy guy jumped on a roof and started babbling to them. One of the men floated towards him, a smirk that couldn't be seen on his face as he prepared to punch the man. "Look here boy, you seem bit 'heroic'", the group shared a laugh before he continued. "So I'll warn you. We are about to murder you." He explained, preparing to blast him before some crazy chick appeared on the ground and started yelling at them. This time, it was the female of the group who floated down and landed on the ground, standing several inches taller then Dragonfly and looking much more...mature, she put her hands on her hips and bent over. Though the armor was featureless and did not distinguish between male and Female, her actions made it obvious which one she was. "Listen, Little girl. Just run on home to mommy, before you get hurt. You look like some kid who broke into Daddy's playtoys and decided to go out trying to save the day." She finished, before a third one was hit out of the sky by a falling meteor and dropped into a crater in the ground near her. "What was that?" She barked, floating backwards and preparing for the next attack from the crazy man who apparently had the powers of 'falling really hard and not dying', and 'Swinging around massive hammers'

So, here is, for reference, how this action went down; Push Attacked, the guy failed his Toughness by 1 Point. Push Surged, hit him again, and he failed by 10 then cratered. Initiative of the group 4+4=8 forgot the bonus. All of them will move at the same time. Powerhouse; 11+0=11 and finishing with Push: 16+8=24p Current Initiative: Push Powerhouse DF Powered Armor 2-4, Powered Armor 1 (Staggered, Stunned, Bruised)

OOC for this thread

Terror, as always, completely ignored the orders of The Tranquility Tyrant, doing his own thing. It just happened to be that his 'own thing' was attempting to pound Powerhouse's face into the pavement as hard as he could. As such, The big Yellow creature continued to throw punches at the smaller hero, but they all went wide, not necessarily because the hero moved, but simply because he was starting to see double in his enraged state at being unable to finally deal a crushing blow Powerhouse, so his attacks were becoming more and more ineffective, as the creature stopped aiming and instead just threw attacks forward in an attempt to hit the Hero. WU remained perfectly calm, or at least one of them did. The half light, half dark warrior continued to harry Gabriel in close range, striking with alternating blasts and stabs with their darkness cloaked hand. "Come on!" The voice said in it's predominantly male version. "Sit still and die!" the female voice kind of finished, but it was possible it was a completely different thought. Then the hand cloaked in Darkness struck home, driving forward towards Gabriel as he stepped slightly off balance, aiming for his stomach. "Fall!" The Feminine styled voice said, and a grin could be *felt* on WU's face, even if it couldn't be seen.

After being pummeled while motionless for several seconds by the yellow man's massive fists, Powerhouse's glazed over eyes turned back to blue, his face emotionless, his eyes cold, as he stared at Terror after his last hit that sent him floating several feet back over the ground, with him stopping in mid-air, as he spoke in the same, cold, tones, like a salesmen deciding on how much something cost before taking it to market. "Main Target Acknowledged. Commencing Destruction." He said, his feet landing on the ground as he dodged Terror's next attack, preparing for a counter-attack, or, his body prepared for it, as it seemed that his lights were on but no one was home.

The Tranquility Tyrant, his hands still behind his back, laughed off Gabriel's insults, as he enjoyed his underlings attacking, and beating, those who would dare attempt to interrupt him, calm even as he prepared issues to order their Death. "That is because, dear boy, you were not born in the same world as I was, you do not see the truth as I know it is, you see only falsehood. I bring noise to bring Silence. There is nothing more beautiful then sounds that cause Silence. So, using that logic, WU, use your voice and silence that annoying Screamer once and for all. Terror, quit playing around and pummel that shrimp you are fighting into Oblivion." He barked, not wishing to get his own hands dirty- as it was, he was only an accessory, as he had yet to inflict directly attack anyone, a decent sized Loophole he could easily fit through-, as he turned to examine the ruined Parade some more.

Powerhouse had been wandering- man, that was all he did these days was patrol different areas, he supposed it was because he didn't have a set time or location, but whatever- around Greenbank on Patrol when four people running around shooting blasts of energy and causing general mayhem caught his eyes. Not that it was hard, with the massive light show and the cars flying through the air. Then again, it might have also been the people, who were escaping the damaged area as fast as possible, or it could have been when one of the suits flew by him, the two locking eyes- probably- for a time before it blasted off back to it's fellows, rockets streaming from it's feet and leaving Powerhouse in the dust. Cracking his Knuckles, the blue-eyed Powerhouse grinned, happy to get to try some of the stuff he had learned from that massive amount of Freedom Friends show that Knight had subjected him to for several hours. Crouching, his leg muscles propelled him after the flying suit of armor, leaping from Roof to Roof with a thud, then dashing to the edge of it and flying off it. As always, the Rookie hero loved the sensation of leaping through the air, something that no other person could ever tell him was bad. Big deal about flying, he could Jump, and it was way better! Smashing into a rooftop one more time, Powerhouse slid to a stop at the edge, looking out over the four people flying along the sky and blasting things. He thought back really hard, then pointed his finger at one of them, having to move his finger so that it followed the person. "Stop! Foul Villain! You are under arrest for...." He stopped for a second and tried to count it out, but just gave up at 85. "a whole lot of counts of Destruction of Property! And any other crimes I can think of as I'm hauling you away! So get in the paddy Wagon and...uhh...I forget the rest!" He said, losing a head of steam rapidly and just giving it up at the end.

The 4 men in the van sat quietly, four suitcases next to each of them, hooked to their arms through a pair of handcuffs. "This guy has the stuff, right?" One asked to his compatriots, his voice relaxed, but strict. "Yeah Yeah, it's the Hollow Man's stuff, alright. He got it from where ever he gets that crazy armor of his, but it's high quality alright. One for each of us." a different one responded. The driver snorted, pulling the van to a stop near an Alley. "Let's go." He said, opening his door and sliding out, his suitcase in his hand. The others, a woman and two men, all rather unremarkable and plain, followed, sliding out of the door and and stepping into the Alley. The money was illgotten, of course, and had paid for their items, the final payment was to be delivered today, and they would actually get their items. Entering the alley, a small man in a three piece suit greeted them, four suitcases stationed behind him at intervals of two steps. His hands were behind his back, and he smiled at them. "So good you showed up. If you would place the cases here, I will count them." He gestured to the ground in front of him. The suitcases were piled up, and opened, then the money counted. Over 5 million dollars, and he grinned. "Very good. Take the suitcases and open them next to your chest, they're the armor themselves." He explained, gathering the five suitcases and walking away, taking the car as well. The four people grabbed the cases and opened them at their chest level. Quickly they were covered head to toe in the Armor, or the men were. For some reason, the Woman's armor kept her face uncovered, gave her high-heels, and was, as a whole, oddly skimpy. She seemed annoyed. "This is stupid." She barked, examining her armor closer. "What is it with these stupid armors, not everyone can be a beautiful girl!" The woman screamed, hitting multiple buttons on her suit. Because she was dressed under it, it didn't really reveal anything, but it was still annoying to her. After a few mishaps of the suit getting even worse- seriously, who was wearing something this small and could pull it off!?- before it finally turned into a full suit of armor like the men's. It took about 20 minutes, but, after that long, the four, suits of armor, completely indistinguishable from each other, and floated into the air, taking a few test shots at nearby buildings and reveling in their new powers.The armors were all a featureless gray, with several long, wire-like, strings running down them. The laughs were sickening as they blasted massive holes in buildings, lifted cars off the ground and dropped them from high up, and generally made a complete and utter wreck of the entire area just because they felt like it. The people got out fast, they were used to this stuff by this time, and had practiced their abandon ship protocols daily, so the group mainly took to destroying whatever they could find building wise.

T3 Idles, PH is stunned, Terror attempts to bash some heads in. 5+7=12 He misses, incredibly, and WU will attempt to fake his/her Doctorate degree again. 19+8=27, that's a DC 27 Toughness Save

Walking, or starting to run, Powerhouse followed the flying man, still confused, but willing to try. "I'm not kidding. I've never heard of the Freedom Friends, ever. But if you are offering to have a movie night, I'd be glad to. I can't say I've ever had a friend who let me watch videos with them." he said, smiling, happy to have someone to spend time with outside of just stopping bad guys.

Hits with a 3 point extra. 14+4=18(I did the math wrong, he has a -1 bonus on a save of 5.) 28-18=10 He's Staggered and Stunned.

The response to what Knight told Powerhouse was met with a single, earth-shattering, response, the likes of which no one had ever heard before. "what." Emotionless, flat, and so confused he couldn't even muster the emotion to correctly identify what was being told to him. As he thought on it longer, another, more pressing, question popped up. This one actually mean the other ones were important. "Who are the Freedom Friends?" He asked in the same tone, scratching his ear. "I've never heard of them before." He explained a little better, attempting to get Knight to tell him more about what in the world he was talking about.