Police helicopters circled the warehouse as several SWAT trucks and police vehicles sat outside. Dozens of police officials swarmed around the building making plans and carrying out orders. Inside the building a young woman watched over her captive.
“Why are you doing this?” the man asked his captor.
The woman stood near the window staring down at the circus of police that was surrounding the building. “Shut up.” she said without looking at the man.
The young woman watched intently as one of the officers below produced a bullhorn and began to address her.
“This is police chief Gordon Stacy. We want to resolve this without incident, please send out your hostage and surrender immediately.” the man said and waited for some kind of reply.
The woman inside turned from the window and picked her captive up off the floor by his neck. The man struggled and choked as she walked with him in tow back to the window. “Happy landings Mr. Hess.” she said before heaving the man out the window, sending him crashing into the police car the chief stood behind several stories below.
“My god, she just killed him without hesitating.” the chief thought to himself before speaking into his bullhorn again. “Diapered Dandy, you leave us no choice but to use lethal force on you.” he said and gave the sign to open fire on the warehouse.
“Bring it on.” Jesseca thought to herself as the bullets began to assault the warehouse.
Two Days Earlier
Jesseca and Hannah stood back to back in the center of the woods of Perez Park, they were currently surrounded by several of the gelatinous blob monsters of the Hydra that called Perez Park home.
“I’ll take the twenty on the left, you take the twenty on the right?” Hannah asked with a smile.
Jesseca returned her smile, “You know how I like it.” she said before diving into the center of the mob with an energy punch that burst a hole through one of the Hydra minions.
Hannah melted a few with a radiation blast and took to the air to dodge their slimy blob counter attacks.
Hannah and Jesseca had been working together for a little over a week and a half, and had become fast friends. In the short amount of time they’d been working alongside one another they’d grown to anticipate each others moves, and had become a cohesive fighting unit.
“You’re falling behind!” Hannah shouted as another of her enemies melted away and she saw that Jesseca was still working on a sizable group.
“We can’t all vaporize a group with one attack, some of us actually have to do work!” Jesseca shouted back with a smile as she plowed a stoney foot through another foe.
Jesseca and Hannah sat on a bench near the lake in the park after the fight as they often did, and talked about the highlights of the days bouts and other things.
“So I was thinking, would you maybe wanna team up on a more permanent basis?” Hannah blurted out suddenly.
“You mean like become partners?” Jesseca asked.
“Sort of, I have a team, and I want you to join us.” Hannah said with a smile.
Jesseca smiled back, “I’d be honored.” she said.
Hannah stood up slowly and then blasted into the sky. “You can only join if you can keep up with me!” she shouted behind her as she flew off.
“Cheater!” Jesseca yelled as she took to the air and raced after Hannah, the pair laughing happily as they glided over the city.
Hannah led Jesseca to a glowing cylinder of black and blue light under the overpass in Skyway City. “Here we are.” she said.
“What’s that thing?” Jesseca asked as she stared at the cylinder.
“It’s a base teleporter, all super group bases have teleport beacons in the different area of the city. Essentially they teleport us to the base, and depending on which one we enter in the base, it’ll take us anywhere in the city we want to go, it saves us having to fly all over the place all the time.” Hannah explained.
“Neat.” Jesseca said with a smile.
Hannah nodded and grabbed Jesseca’s hand tightly and put her other hand to the cylinder. The cylinder began to hum and an electronic voice asked Hannah the name of her super group. “Freedom Phalanx Reserve – Rise of The Phoenix.” Hannah answered. A bright light washed over the pair and the world disappeared around them.
When her eyes adjusted their focus after the blinding light of the trip in, Jesseca marveled at the building she was now in. Weapons cases adorned the wall behind her, holding weapons from various enemies that the team had battled in the past. The adjoining room had several platforms with monitors near them showing images of the various areas of the city, Jesseca assumed that they were the teleporters that Hannah had spoke of.
“Welcome to your new home.” Hannah said as she led Jesseca by the hand through the building.
