A D Tier's Breaking Point

Chapter 6

When Morgan headed towards their lair's main control room, the comfortable hoodie and trainers were long instead. Instead they were in an all black suit, subtly reinforced to be as tough as the heroes' super suits while looking like normal clothing. No one believed it anymore, especially when Morgan showed up with their wild curls gelled back and a plain domino mask, but at this point it was basically their new villain uniform. And it also meant their small-scale heists (which were basically a hobby at this point) in a more traditional cat suit and ski mask were even more removed from their new villain status. The thought made Morgan grin. Oh yes, plenty of villains about, but how many could keep up two villain personas?

The sleek door to the control room opened for Morgan, and they stepped through and scanned over the group of people in there. Along both of the long walls were computer screens that dominated the entire walls, broken only by control panels that stretched the length of the room. The usual people were working over them, but Morgan's attention was on the people in deep discussion around the large round table in the centre of the room. Joey was the closest to Morgan as they approached and nodded their regards, 'Ready for one last run through?'

'Always,' Morgan said and rolled up the sleeves of their jacket, leaving their shirt untouched. 'Who are we expecting at the main showdown?'

Everyone turned to one of the giant screens as Monday piped up, 'From what I can tell, all the big hitters will be either at the main announcement or ready to be called in at a second's notice. I can't confirm who's going to be on the ground until you get there though.'

'Why not?' Louis asked, eyebrow raised, 'You telling me you can't get in their systems? Maybe listen to their phone calls?'

'Oh I absolutely can Louis dear,' Morgan teased, 'but not without risking that they'd spot me. And we don't want them to be suspicious before the Boss even gets a chance to say hi.'

Louis rolled his eyes, 'And here I thought you were respecting someone's privacy for once.'

Monday laughed, 'Never!'

'Alright, stop flirting you two,' Joey said, leaving Louis gobsmacked. 'The point is there will be A Tiers on the ground, but we don't know who. If you're loud enough, you might be able to get all of them looking at you,' he said as he turned to Morgan.

'Perfect,' Morgan said, picking up a pair of intricate metal vambraces from the table. They checked over the various lights, buttons and dials before starting to strap them to their forearms. 'Lara,' Morgan said, turning to a woman in a white lab coat, 'Do you have a powerset keyed up for "Loud and ready to take on Aceman"?'

Lara moved over to a control panel and tapped a few keys, looking at the large screen in front of her, 'A few actually, depends how many powers you want to take with you. There's your usual favourites, of course,' she grinned over her shoulder then turned back to the screen, 'some elemental ones, I could try and get speed to work again but that does drain a lot of power. You'd probably need to absorb some from a hero before you tried that.'

'And that means less space for powers,' Morgan frowned. 'Speed always makes me feel nauseous afterwards anyway.' Lara nodded and tapped a button, making a box vanish from the screen, 'What would a loadout look like that filled half the memory?' Lara tapped a few more keys and brought up a list of powers, all in different colours. Morgan scanned over the list, clearly thinking, 'Drop out ice and size manipulation for telekinesis. Pretty sure the A tiers will cause enough debris for me to play with there.' Lara nodded and set to work, the lights on Morgan's vambraces beginning to glow as she did so.

Louis pulled a small container out of his pocket and slid it over to Morgan, 'Before you get your gloves on, Serino said she got that upgrade you asked for on the contacts.'