For The World To See| RD

Chapter 5.2

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I know you must have many questions concerning my identity. However, it would be pointless to show my face since it has been erased, by law I never existed. This city is facing a threat, the Blood King. Earlier today a few of his men had been arrested and suggested something more is at play. Please, take this warning seriously. There is another group of individuals that I have allied myself to that are dedicated to protecting all. I am a part of a smaller squad myself, please refer to us at The Ghosts and myself as the Mockingbird. The rest of my members names are as followed: Scarlet Rose, Golden Crome, and Auto Maker. We have been assigned to your city as a defense over other powered individuals. I presented myself as a warning to the Blood King and hope that he is listening to this as I speak, I want to let him know that I am coming. If you see someone using ice based powers please do not confront them. The Blood King is dangerous, I felt that the public should be aware of a threat in their city and I will do as much as I can to protect it just like the officers you see today."

Screams rang out as nearby buildings were coated with ice. Twin beasts of ice trailed behind someone dressed in a dark red suit and a mask of white.

"Get them to safety sir." Mockingbird glanced to the chief before leaping to clear some people out of the path.

"Be carful little lamb, remember your limits" the man cooed as he casually walked closer and the monsters followed at his side.

Skidding against the ground everyone was safely tucked away. "Yea? Well there's been a few changes in my style since then. I've trained harder than you put me through, I am now my own weapon." She stood up straight.

The monsters stood still as he continued to walk before stopping as well but in front of them. "You made a pact with me, it was you who broke it to take Phantom on by yourself. Come home my lamb and things can go to the way they were and become the next king."

Hesitating slightly she saw him pull his mask off to reveal a warm smile. "Come home."

"What did you want when you sent those pathetic low rankers?" She hissed with determination.

"I wanted to draw you out and look how well it worked. I just wanted for you to be safe."

"Then where were you for the past 4 years? Do you know how many times I tried to escape? Do you know how it feels to get treated less than livestock?
1,142 times and every single strategy failed!" She screamed. "And every time you failed to show! By the time someone found me I had already given up, I wouldn't survive another month! Do you know what they did when I tried anything? They recarved my back every time and dragged me back to a cell without seeing the sun for ages. But that pain...the pain made me strong. Wouldn't you agree? After all, it's only been a couple of weeks."

"Making you all the better to become the next Blood King. I see it in your eyes, your desire to kill overwhelming your senses, that's why your better is because of all the more lives you've been exposed to. Yet, even I know you won't submit without just cause." Holding his hand up a ice mirror formed in front of him to show Scarlet, Crome and Auto in the room. "I have snipers ready to kill them if you don't come with me. If you play nice and don't resist I will call them off and spare their pathetic lives. Of course, if you don't I can just kill them and the people in that police department behind you. Now, be a good little sheep and come home."

She stared at the mirror as her fists balled up and fell to her knees.

"Oh, don't be saddened by this, soon you'll forget about them and become loyal to only me." He walked closer to her and reached his hand out. "Let's go back together."
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"Shit..." Crome watched as the screams rang out on the camera and the news station cut the footage off.

Racing back to the room he bagged on the door for Scarlet to open.

Hurting to pack the room he explained what he saw on the tv down stairs. "Contact 46, code red, AWOL Black Sheep, we've been attacked in uptown by s-some one in her past, Zack, when she tried to warn others when he attacked. Now there's ice all over and I don't know where she is now."

Picking up her phone she repeated, for the most part, what Crome had told her.

"I'll sent reinforcements right away, do not engage agents. This is a become a higher ranking mission and you would only become targets if you did. A med team has also been sent for Auto and another is on standby for your leader. See you soon and be safe."

Crome had started to pack all of their things and was obviously nervous with good reason to to be. It made one sick to think what a person named the Blood King could do. Black Sheep has known him, it was some one who survived Phantom. Of course, as team members they had been debriefed on everything that 46 knew for certain about Jane. What pains her, what makes her more violent, what she showed those people, and especially her scars.