Villain HQ (This is where the RP takes place)

[Roskuel]

(Three months have passed since most of the teachers and students disappered without warning or cause. Re-flect and Reaper chose to stay and start anew. Their old allies gone, it was time for new bonds to be made. As the time rolled on, the renewal of their once almost victorious agency seemed to be a lost hope. Until one day, fate seemed to smile upon them as a letter arrived stating that a new single intern was closing in on their location. As Re-flect found and began tracking this new intern with the satalite system, he noticed something out of the ordinary. There seemed to be another powered being following him. This, niether Re-flect or Reaper expected. The other life form was miles behind the original target, but looked as if it would close in on him within a day or two. Re-flect only hoped that this strange person wasn't a threat to the incoming package)

OPEN!!!!  

[Roskuel]

A boy walked down the side of the road. He was enjoying what seemed to be the warmest day of the year. He grinned from ear to ear as he hopped over a puddle of melted ice. A slight breeze waved over his face cooling him slightly. He noticed that a few blocks down from where he was walking, the trees swished backwards. The boy smiled again as he prepared for a nice cool breeze. As he did so he closed his eyes. The trees that had been blowing slightly suddenly froze solid, their branches forming ice shards extending to the ground. A man covered in a black trench coat appeared, walking just over the hill... towards the boy. His hands where solid black, almost as if he was wearing gloves, his hair was hanging off of his head like dreadlocks but was as stiff as steal, and his every step iced the ground. The boy opened his eyes when he noticed that the wind had not reached him. His eyes widened as he tried to take in the scene. What was a beautiful summer day on 43rd street was now an icy wasteland. His face turned to horror as he saw the man walking his direction. The icy being stopped as he came to the paralyzed child, standing only five feet away. The boy felt his skin start to frost over, his shoes where frozen to ground, and his voice seemed to be lost. He tried to scream but was unable to. He couldn't figure out if it was his fear or the sudden freezing temperature that had done it. The man raised his head. His eyes were a solid blue, his face covered in a steal mask. He took a couple steps forward kneeling in front of the child. "Don't be afraid. It's already over." He reached out and touched him. The boy’s body froze solid; his skin blackened, then without warning, the child cracked, and fell to the ground in pieces. The man stood up and walked off.  

[The_Beast_Within_Us]

Umbron had heard that there would be a meeting with all the leaders of the shadow project there that day. He had went in the right room hours earlier than it was supposed to start because he knew they would set up an alarm system that even picked up shadows. Sure enough, about an hour before the scheduled meeting time the shadow detectors were put in place. About half an hour after that, the five generals filed in along with Commander Joffier. Even he had trouble not snapping to salute when the commander walked in.
"I've found the supers, generals" Joffier said to them. "Supers don't exist!" One of them exclaimed. "They are a myth!" another shouted while pounding his fist, buckling the table. "We have told you a million times, and a billion after that, that Metahumanoids DO! NOT! EXIST!!!"
Joffier laughed. "Of course they do. They've been right under our noses the whole time."
"Than why couldn't we find them?"
"Because your upper lips smell too much like rotting cheese and under-ripe wine."
"Excuse me!" the general who buckled the table stood up abruptly.
"You dare to attack a higher ranking officer?" Joffier splayfully dangled the threat in front of him.
The general took his seat again, and another of the generals ridiculed, "Than where are your precious legends hiding?"
Joffier smiled as only the French can. "Vancouver." He let that sink into their minds a moment and than stated his proposal, "I think we should can the Shadow Project and invest our time and money into obtaining the support of the most crafty of these, umm... I believe the term you favored was, Metahumans? Supers? Anyway. They go by the aliases of Reaper, Reflect, Sol, and Static Shock. Once we have their favor the others will follow."
"Than what shall we do with your waste of money shadows?" one of the generals asked with the air of already knowing the answer.
"Flush the project. Destroy the evidence."
"You mean..."
"Yes. Execute the shadows"
"The hell with that! I'm gettin' out of here!" The shadow shouted as he fled out the door, setting off the alarm. He heard the shouts behind him as the glass bubble, meant to contain the unsuspecting shadow, sealed to the floor closing down on the quickest of the generals. Even more shouting erupted as the soldiers rushed to help, but were ordered to capture the shadow instead. The shadow reached the outer door, being left open in all the confusion, and sped out into the unforgiving, icy wasteland.
"After signing up with the French army for action, like they do anything but retreat, after signing up for the experimental group in Canada, after signing up for the classified Shadow Project, they just want to off me like day old escargot?! All because of these damned Supers! I'll kill them! I'll kill them all! Especially this Reaper, Reflect, Sol, and Static Shock. They planned this. They're working with the military to kill me," he paused to laugh a crazed cackle," Reflect! That's funny. Maybe I should smash his face in with a mirror. Reaper, a death wannabe huh? I'll find a nice scythe for him to take to see his idol. I know, I should toss this Sol into a blazing inferno and see how he likes the miniture sun. And Static Shock. um... I'll... knock... yes! I'll knock his lights out. Supers beware, you're in for a scare."
With that, he headed off to find his new archrivals.  

[The_Beast_Within_Us]

When Umbron finally reached Vancouver, he saw something astonishing. He saw a frozen trail going through town. Wierder still was the frozen and shattered remains of a small child. Curiousity overcame him and he decided to follow the frozen path. After a good fifteen minutes, he found the source of the ice. A young man was protruding temperatures cold enough to freeze everything solid. The iceman was shuffling foward, intently looking around as though headed for something. Umbron deftly snuck up behind him, posing as his shadow, making sure to keep a couple inches from touching him just in case. Just as he did so, he was glad he had found a good hiding place, because the real shadow's owner came to a stop in front of a large building, a scarred man waiting outside.  

[Roskuel]

Sid had been standing in front of the HQ all morning waiting for the new intern to arrive. Finally, he saw him. The cold emotionless figure had stepped around the corner, not seeming to notice, or even care, that Re-flect was just a few yards in front of him.

Frostbite stared at the building that towered above him. This... this was the source of heat he had been following for months. He continued to stare until Re-flect's voice was heard.

"Hey." Sid started, trying to keep his teeth from chattering from the blistering cold emitted by the young man. "This 'is' the place you are looking for, there is no doubt about that. The question I have for you is: Are you going to come in?"

Frosbite glared at Re-flect, cocking his head slowly, then nodding. "I will come in," he said, barely changing his dead-like tone, "but are you sure you can survive if i do?" He was not worried about Re-flect at all, he was simply giving a warning.

Sid smiled widely. "Oh yes. I am very sure. You see, this facility is made for people like you and me... Frostbite."

The frozen man didn't even blink. He simply began to walk forward into the building before stopping suddenly. "You know my name. Therefore it is required that I know yours."

"You may call me Re-flect." Sid stated, his whole body shivering uncontrollably.  

[The_Beast_Within_Us]

Frostbite's shadow spoke suddenly, "What was that name?" Th shadow stood up, becoming 3 dimensional, leaving no shadow of frostbite. "I've heard of you from somewhere."  

[Roskuel]

Sid was not suprised in the least bit. After all, the satalite feed had cofirmed moments before that the two life forms had become as one, meaning the other super had to be there somewhere. As Frosbite walked in, Sid stayed, seeing an oppertunity for a new intern. "Re-flect." he said plainly.

(I AM.... you)

 

[The_Beast_Within_Us]

Umbron regained his composure from the lack of surprise from Re-flect. "I want to join this club of your's. I'm bored and need something to do, and if you want memeber's such as the human icicle over there, it's got to be interesting. My qualification's : " at the word qualifications Umbron changed shape into a chalkboard and simulated writing in his shape with each new item," 1. I come from a military background. 2. I work hard and love chaos. 3. I already know how to say the word sir if you need that. 4. Well, just look at me, I'm a shadow for pete's sake. And if that isn't enough ," Umbron stated the next line of his speech imitating Re-flect's voice, "I'm talented." At that Umbron went back into his 3d human shape and awaited an answer.  

[Roskuel]

Sid smiled. "You're in. Oh and you're my student as well, so yes, sir shall be required." He turned to a pad on the side wall. After pressing a few buttons, the pad glowed and shined an infered light on Umbron, not affecting his form. "This device is copying your DNA, so that you can go through the building without setting off the security." The scanner completed and spit out a card. Sid went to hand it to Umbron and was suprised when it went right through the shadowed figure. "Hm... maybe..." Sid shifted the card into the same material as Umbron. "There. Now your good." he said, placing the card into the shadow's hand. He picked up his communicator as he walked into the building. "Reaper, your intern is here." Sid informed his partner as he glared at Frostbite. A red light was surrounding him. "That, Frostbite, is to control your cold aura. It is designed to keep it within only three inches of you. That is how 'we' can survive."

(I AM... you)

 

[The_Beast_Within_Us]

Umbron eyed the card strangley than integrated it into his form making it appear as though it wasn't there. "What did you just do? I mean is that your power? to change matter into shadow? Took the scientists years to make people into this stuff." Umbron took the place of Re-flect's shadow as he consumed it. Frostbite's shadow being burned up and consequently back behind Frostbite where it belonged. "Sir, where will I be boarding? And, I require special accomidations. I was going to suggest voice activated gadgets in my room, but this shadow thing is pretty awesome. Also, what kind of club is this? And one more question. Who is Reaper? He sounds like a death wannabe."  

[Roskuel]

Sid became suddenly annoyed at Umbron's chatter. Not to mention the fact that he had become his shadow. "Your questions will be answered momentarily." he said harshly. "In the mean time I suggest you keep yourself OFF of ME." Sid drained a sharp amount of Umbron's life force to get him off. "Reaper, get down here." he said into the voice box, sounding very annoyed.

(I AM... you)  

[The_Beast_Within_Us]

At the beckoning of pain, Umbron jumped over to become one with the door's shadow. He made sure to kill off Re-flect's shadow so it would be gone for five minutes. At this he waited quietly, hiding his emotions within the door's shadow, eager to find his second archenemy.  

[Tegian]

"I've told you before." Came Reapers own annoyed and ghostly voice from right beside Reflect. And that annoyed tone in Reapers voice was something you never wished to hear, as ussually it meant it was the last thing you would ever hear. "Do not presume to give me anything that even sounds like it could be an order." He growled to his 'parter' before he finally became visible to everyones eyes. The first thing Umbron was sure to notice was his complete lack of shadow. As soon as he did become visible, he looked to the two new interns. He crossed his arms as his glaring eyes first looked over Frostbite, before shifting over to look at exactly where Umbron was hiding in the shadows. But soon enough, he looked back to Reflect. "I thought there was only going to be this one." He said as he motioned with his head towards Frostbite. Obviously, he hadn't paid any attention to reflect when the man told him another was heading this way as well.  

[siris99]

"Oh geez... I know we need new people... but really?" Tosda muttered to himself. He was currently in front of a computer bank, watching the security camera feeds. He wasn't cleared to get in this room by just his keycard, but since when did their side follow the rules.

Besides, if caught by Reflect, Tosda was fairly certain how he got in was a good enough story to excuse a little trespassing.

He couldn't help but chuckle at the 'sir' being required. The last time he referred to Reflect as sir was not something he could recall, if it ever happened. Still, he figured he should meet the new guys... later.

Ever since that thing with Reaper's previous intern, he was a bit lonely here. It had only make him work harder though, so there was an upside. He thought about that as he stared at the monitors.

((opted to change his color. Red seems more appropriate then tan. Besides, I can use tan now for Ivory))  

[The_Beast_Within_Us]

Hearing his name mentioned and seeing the ghostlike figure look directly at him he decided to stand in 3d form. "How do you do that?" Umbron asked reaper while pointing at the lack of shadow. "I mean, everything solid thing makes a shadow? And how did you know I was here?" Umbron quizzed reaper. He was beginning to wonder who was in charge since he saw re-flect giving orders to Reaper and Reaper rebuking Re-flect for doing so.