by Spideydude » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:27 pm
CSA: 24
’01:00:00-01:59:59’
‘BLACKOUT! PART ONE (OF SIX)
Written By: Zach ‘his awesomeness’ Joiner
Edited by: Mark ‘blackest of night, only white’ McKnight
Associate Editor: JR ‘Grandpa or the crazy uncle who we love’ Fettinger
Editor-in-Chief: Kevin ‘Wannabe Prince of F*(king Darkness, Morbius’ Cushing
Publisher: Brad ‘the non creepy crawler, who is the coolest webmaster EVER’ Douglas
PREVIOUSLY….
The Sinister Six! Zach in Paradise! Somethings amiss in Space! Black gets the S**t beat out of him! All this in an hour?! Join our nefarious group of evil doers, trying to take over the world.. again. –Much love, Z.
--***--
As Electro started to siphon off the electricity, Doc Ock looked at the others, telling them to be ready for Spider-Man, or some other team.
Electro started to charge up. Doc Ock had studied how his power works, and worked on the potential of what Electro could do. The Program had funded this venture to possibly use him in the future for their own purposes.
As he powered up, he had to sap the power from New York, combined from his own area of experience, as well as Otto’s, for the first time, Max Dillon felt that there is a collaborative effort between the two. For years, the man known as Electro was simply perceived as a simple line man, who knew nothing about the true potential of his power, while he was no genius, he felt the need to consult with Otto.
When he starts to siphon off the current, injecting it into his system, as it becomes part of the electrodes in his bloodstream, as the nerves start to overload, he focuses more on where he is going.
Now, he has become not just part of the raw power, but something more, he now apart of the current, and had the ability control more, he is now the current. He has the ability of go anywhere the current takes him, any place. He is now the ultimate weapon.
--***--
CSA Mansion—
WUMP. WUMP. The sound of footsteps wumping on the floor could be heard in every room as the being known as Groble walked to the kitchen. As he walked he passed many doors, all leading to similar rooms such as the one he just came from, his sleeping quarters. The fact was that he put himself in charge of patrol during the evenings because he was a night owl. Eventually the hall opened itself up to the largest room in the house, the living room. Some people marvel at the architecture of the room, with it’s vast, staircase that circles itself around the room all the while leading access to the two other stories around it, with more quarters, game rooms, the war room with it’s many doors, and to the excerise room.
Passing that, he reached his destination, the kitchen, as to which he was startled to see someone in there, a feminine figure who was bent over in the massive fridge, wearing barely a night gown. He flipped on the light, and started, the girl shot up, gasping.
“K-Cee…?” Groble asked quizzingly.
K-Cee was one of the oldest members of the team, she had been around for several years, from around the time she turned 17. She looked at Groble as if he was the spawn of satan, as the two had a massive falling out, largely due to Groble’s kicking out Zach and two other fellow teammates. When she chose to stay with Zach after hearing his side of the story, Groble proceeded to kick her out as well. Brad, of course knowing far more about what was going on behind the scenes, overrode Groble’s decision and reinstated the four members shortly before Zach took his vacation.
“Hello Groble. I was hoping to get my midnight snack before you got up to do patrols. Looks like I was too late.” She said in a hateful, resenting tone.
Groble signed looking at the ground. He knew he had made a mistake, and for the sake of the twos long relationship as partners in their war on crime, he had to say something to her.
“I understand your anger.” He said, but just as she was about to interject, he waved his hand to let himself finish. “Zach, myself and BD had a meeting of minds the other night. They told me of their larger plan to help us defeat the program. The other branch was just part of a larger plan. I was wrong. I apologize. My selfishness got in the way of leading this team.”
Her scowl turned into a relenting smile. “You’re forgiven for now. You screw me like that again, Zach will kick your ass.”
Groble laughed his harty laugh. “Ah yes, the wonderful Zach Joiner will kick all our asses. Pissh, I was holding back.”
“Uh huh, he kicked your ass.” She gave him a nudge. “Don’t feel bad Grobes, he knows more techinique than most of us do.” She motioned him as to offer him ice cream.
“Nah, better not, I’m on patrol tonight. Got to watch that girlish figure you know.”
She laughed. “YOU? Girlish figure? Yeah if the Hulk had tits!”
“Isn’t that She-Hulk?” He quipped.
“Heh, she’s pretty touchy about her weight. She could also kick your ass.”
As they laughed, the lights flickered.
01:10:37
-***-
01:10:42
Jamaica—
Zach, still awake from earlier, decided that he would see how Black was doing on the Program front, using the only available number that Black was close to.
After several rings, his Voicemail came up.
“Black, when you get this, I need a report asap. Joiner out.”
He then called the mansion.
“Hello Zach.” Groble answered. “I thought you were on holliday”
“Its been a week. I was just checking in.” He said with a smile.
“Pretty slow this week mate, course when that happens, all hell breaks loose.” Groble said.
“HI Zack!” K-Cee yelled as she grabbed the phone out of his hand. “Did Kayelee like it?”
“She loved the ring, thank you K.” She smiled knowing that she would have loved it, as K-Cee had become friends with Kayelee.
“so what are you doing right now?”
“As we speak, I’m at a bar, drinking a nightcap.” He said looking at his glass
“Good. Have fun.”
“I Will, tell Groble to report any irregularities to me.”
“You just focus on Kayelee, we got it from here.”
“I’ll talk to you guys later.” Zach said. He hung up the phone, and looked back on the water as he wondered what was coming, a shiver came down his spine.
---***---
01:19:05
Electro looks down at himself. His natural electrical field cracked like never before, he put on a helmet that allowed him to access things such as bank statements, using his power he knew that he was getting closer, closer to their goal: Power, figuratively and monetarily. Shocker stood prepared to help him, as his wrist bands had been augmented to help sustain the overall strain of the electrodes that would becoming from him, and Shocker would take some of that off, using it to also increase his own power.
A win-win. Shocker thought to himself. He looked out on the city, and saw that the plan was working. He turned to Ock, saying: “Looks like your plan worked this time.”
Ock scoffed at that notion, he knew it would work, as his arrogance always had blinded him to the fact that he always had great plans, but it was the fools around him who screwed everything up. He simply replied: “Indeed.” Insolent fool. He thought to himself.
--***--
01:29:36
CSA Mansion
Groble looked at his watch. Almost time. He looked at K-Cee, smiling. “Looks like our new recruits are going to be late.” K-Cee knew that look. Groble was known as the person who would be the worst person to wake up to, and he was notorious for going to each members quarters and beating the doors til they were answered. This night, for those guys would be no exception.
He knocked on the doors for a good 4 minutes before he had a response, the first being a new recruit, whose codename was Wombat 909.
“You’re the new Logistics Coordinator, right?”
He sleepily replied in his British accent, “Yeah mate, till you fucking woke my ass an’ ever one elses asses up, I was doing quite fucking well thank you.”
Groble grinned. “You’ll be fine. You’re in charge of mainframes, logistics, and keeping us informed on any surprises.”
“Got it.” He said as he walked toward the Crawl Space.
The Next recruit was George Berryman. He was a barreled chested man, very stocky with a round face and beard covering most of his facial features. To his side, he had a lasso, and a belt full of different gagets and gizmos and different types of things, in a way he looked kinda like a hairy version of a certain winged rodent.
“Looks like you have enough crap to take out the sinister six!”
“Indeed, I do man, I’m here to help.”
01:30:56
--***--
Program Headquaters.
Undisclosed Location
01:45:11
Black Emerged from his cell holding his head, He was ordered around into the Control Room, where he had frequented many times before. They sat him down, and he faced a chair that was turned towards the window, facing the Swiss alps.
“Wonderful View is it not?” The Man said, with a grin.
“Drop Dead.” Black yelled.
“Dead? I’ve already done that…” He Said turning around and facing him.
Black’s Jaw Clinched.
“Miss me?” The Man Said.
“Not really.” Black said.
“I’m here to give you your next mission.” He said. “It will give you a familiar target, somehow I don’t think this will be a problem.”
He handed him the manila envelope. “Him?”
“Yes Him.”
“But… He hit me a half hour ago!”
“Who says it wasn’t him who ordered the hit?”
Black sat back more confused than ever when his accomplice walked in. “Meet Chris.” He said. “You might know him better as his alas, CrazyChris.”
--***--
The CSA started to pack their gear to get ready for their nightwatch. After they loaded up, a knock on the Door.
Groble answered with a grunt. He opened the door, and a girl with Blue Hair emerged into the light.
“Hi I’m Jen, but my friends call me Drummah. I was reffered here from Wade Wilson, AKA Deadpool. You Groble, Brad, Zach or Kevin?”
“I’m Groble.”
She stuck out her hand and grabbed Grobes, and as she did, the lights went out.
01:59:59
To Be Continued.
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