It was 12:00 AM on Saturday, in the beautiful city of Yokohama, the streets were abundant with movement of people and cars as they went about their day in an joyous but orderly fashion. Suddenly, a crash is heard as a car flies off the road and into the pavement. In front of said car were a group of 80 soldiers, suited in black armor from head to toe, black round masks and armed with various firearms. With these soldiers came black cars that looked visibly combat-ready. At the front of this group was a single soldier, differentiated from the rest by the red highlights on his black armor and a red mask with a black X in the middle.
The soldiers stopped traffic from moving and started spreading out, moving into various streets, threatening citizens, taking them hostage and executing those who resisted and tried to run away. A lively bald-headed man in his early 40s, wearing a blue button up shirt and black pants and shoes tried his luck at standing up to one of the soldiers
"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" - screamed the bald man as he took out a small handgun and pointed at the soldier.
The soldier looked at him for a second and then proceeded to lift his left hand up and snap his fingers. In a second, the bald man was dead, shot in the back of the head by another soldier, 20 meters behind him. As the soldiers were spreading out and taking control of the scene, few people were running away, trying to find safe spots while the police arrived in large numbers, backed by S.W.A.T teams. Reporters were on the scene trying to film the confrontation between the police and the soldiers.
The Police Captain stepped out of his car with a megaphone, intending to address the army of soldiers.
"This is Yokohama Police Force, stand down and further conflict can be avoided" - bellowed the Police Captain
The soldier with the red mask stepped forward with one arm in the air, that made some soldiers behind him stand at attention.
"We are the Hoshi Strike Force and this city belongs to Hoshi Corporation now" - said the man with the red mask.
As he finished speaking, he closed the fist of his raised hand and the soldiers started firing at the police. The police force started firing back, taking cover behind theirs cars and some behind buildings. As the shooting occurred, casualties were appearing on either side and the man with the red mask had stationed himself behind his army, standing next to a black truck while he closely observed the conflict, passing his gloved hand through his red hair.
"Ryuuji reporting in, siege of Yokohama has begun, we've encountered a minor nuisance but they'll be dealt with" - said Ryuuji into his ear com.
"Make sure you take full control, no corners unchecked" - said a distorted deep voice through the ear com
As he looked back to the confrontation between the police and his soldiers, he noticed that a now reduced group of 15 soldiers were moving in, beating the remaining police officers while the Captain was fending off a few soldiers himself.
Suddenly a loud "CRASH" is heard. A few meters away from the confrontation stood a young man of dark complexion wearing black pants, black boots with golden highlights, a grey short-sleeved shirt, black bandages on his forearms and black gloves. His hair was black, styled in twists and his face was covered by a black mask with the letter J engraved in purple below the right eye.
As the soldiers finished subduing the police Force, they turned their attention to the newcomer.
"GET ON THE GROUND NOW" - yelled one of the soldiers at the newcomer who stood firm.
"Should we just shoot him too?" - asked one of the soldiers to their leader through a walkie-talkie.
"I would advise you to shoot!" - responded the masked newcomer from behind the soldier before viciously knocking him out with a punch to the back of the head that made him slam face-first into the ground.
The remaining soldiers panicked and got ready to shoot at the newcomer as he crouched into a position with his arms close to his solar plexus and right before they could start shooting, he rose up with his arms spread out and a powerful shockwave was emitted from his body, sending the soldiers and cars flying away with some hitting building walls and others hitting the lampposts.
The masked newcomer ran towards one of 2 remaining conscious soldiers and in the blink of an eye, took him down with a swift gut punch before throwing him into the 2nd soldier who evaded him but walked straight into a devastating elbow strike to the face that took him down.
The masked man walked away from the chaotic rubble and towards the black truck next to which was Ryuuji, the leader of the Hoshi Strike Force. Ryuuji stepped forward and away from the truck as he went to confront the masked man
They came to within 6 feet of distance and stared each other down.
"I don't know who you are but obviously conventional methods won't do" - said Ryuuji to the man who had decimated his soldiers, as fire burst from his hands.
The masked man stood quietly before getting into a fighting stance and responding:
"I am the protector, I am Jupiter!"
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Project Jupiter
Science FictionDuring a time of peace, the city of Yokohama is attacked by a group of soldiers seeking to lay siege to the city. In the midst of this chaotic event, a mysterious masked man appears to stand against the soldiers and save the city. But is this a rand...
