| Synopsis:
Still standing on the tall roof top
looking down on destruction, Kyle Rashua was also
puzzled by the strange necklace hanging from his wrist;
probably he snug it from the grasp or the torn clothing
of one of those mutants. He anyway hung it on his
neck as a trophy and proceeded toward ground level
along with his newfound “friends”. All of them agreed
to go back to a safe place and try to sort out some
sense from that mess. Kyle suggested the “Saiya Pub”
was the correct choice: it was a low profile pub were
things usually go smoothly (that’s why the troublesome
denizens of the city don’t like the place very much)
aside for the presence of a pesky bartender. It was
just before they all moved out of the way that the
bounty hunter JJ dropped his mask revealing his true
identity: he was Ulthar, who assumed the guise of
the famous hunter to close in to a defying criminal
he stalked earlier that night. After this shocking
revelation, they split up and headed for the pub.
There, they tried to figure out something from the
whole accident, but nobody of them could explain or
justify such an assault: they all had enemies, but
those men didn’t look familiar to any of them. The
Heroes then decided to part again to reach their places
and tap their information sources to learn something
more.
Wandering the city, Ulthar stumbled on a child selling
“medicine” on the streets; sensing the boy’s suffering,
Ulthar tried to perceive his status: the boy was fatally
ill his temperature rising almost to 40 °C. Besides,
what he was selling wasn’t medicine at all, it was
drug, instead… And a particularly addictive kind too.
The child said that he was selling medicine in behalf
of a police officer named Herzog; the man said that
if he could sell enough medicine, he and his mother
would have been granted a house where to live. The
boy also said that they were close to gathering enough
money to buy the house, so he was working with all
his strength, to the point of exhaustion. Ulthar looked
for the child'd mother, but to no avail; he then took
the child to one of the few homeless care center left
in the city and left him to their care. The night
passed and when morning came, the Heroes were summoned
in great haste by Kyle; reaching the meeting point
they found the homeless care center burnt down to
ruins and many of its inhabitants injured and some
even killed, Herzog had found out about the boy "defection"
and tracked him down to punish those who had taken
him (and the incriminating drug) away from his grasp.
The operation was described to the media as a hit
against drug dealers and Herzog even received a promotion
for this. Burning with the desire for vengeance, the
Heroes had to quench such fire, to follow a more immediate
problem: it seemed that a newly formed band called
the WASP could probably match their aggressors. The
band was very secretive and it was heard about just
because it contacted another street gang (the "Fang
Boys") to conclude some business. The Heroes
decided to look for these Fang Boys but, before that,
they gathered some information about the past weeks
in the city: many strange things happened, including
a terrible shootout in an abandoned parking and the
probable involving of the D'Monix corp. in a chase
across the City. Could there be a link between the
WASPs and what happened recently? To find the answer
the Heroes tried to contact a mysterious old man named
Ishmael who had witnessesd the shootout, maybe he
knew something....
While investigating on some of these facts, however,
Mr. Black lead the Five where they could talk with
ease: in the snake-like bellow of the city known as
the underground. Showing great knowledge of these
places, he took them to a old maintenence track where
they boarded a old test train: there no one would
be listening... Far more terrible problems were waiting
forthem, however... Suddenly the train began riding
a supposedly unexistent track and it rusted away in
a matter of seconds, everything became dark and silent...
They had once again been brought to the Blood Dimension...
Again, they met the unfathomable Teddy Bear who once
again spoke obscure prophecies of death and suffering
but even this time they were a little confused. The
Heroes were expelled from teh Blood Dimension when
th Guardian suddenly appeared on the Railtracks ahead
and slashed the train in half with its gigantic Axe.
After this terrible encounter, the heroes headed for
the Fang Boys HQ; there, however, they just found
bloodshed and destruction... And a berserkered creature
who attacked them on sight! They defeated the creature
with some effort only to find out that it was no less
than Aston Jax, the leader of the former Fang Boys:
they were contacted by a man who called himself "The
Joker" who proposed them to join his side, but
when they refused, he infected them with some kind
of berserk drug and the whole gang slowly turned into
mindless animals. Fearing they would bring death and
bloodshed to the innocent people, Aston and his friends
decided to sacrifice themselves by unleashing their
bloodlust on themselves. Right after defeating Aston,
The Joker himself suddenly appeared: he proposed the
Heroes the same agreement he posed to the Fang Boys,
team up with him to
-- Ending Theme: Dreams |
