Block Alliance headquarters, Erou City, Block Alliance, Earth
Saturday, September 10th, 0109 PA; 17:30(EET)
The sun began to set over the horizon on the plains as a light shower broke over the city. If one looked east they could see the full moon starting to peak over the horizon.
Vector looked down at the Block headquarters from 3km above the city still wearing his training uniform with the mask pulled up.
'So this is the Block Alliance's capital. I wonder why they put it in Romania? Well, I guess it's about time I rounded up the suspects…'
In the sky above a wave of lightning rushed through the clouds from around the city. It coalesced above the Block Alliance headquarters forming into a pillar of lightning that shattered the energy barrier covering the building. Then it blasted through the 50 story building and into the generator in the basement below.
The generator burst with light as it melted down into slag. Every light in the city flickered except those in the headquarters. Its lights suddenly flared brightly and burned out.
The rain suddenly stopped and the temperature around the city spiked by 10 degrees. The clouds above dissipated as a wave of air pressure from the blast pushed them out and away from the city.
Every window within a kilometer of the headquarters building shattered from the clap of thunder that followed.
A 3m wide hole had been burned through the building. The blast of lightning had managed to arc around everyone in its path as it traveled through to strike the generator.
Vector stood 3km above the headquarters building. His eyes were solid silver. Silver electrical arcs flowed along his body.
'That should get their attention.'
Around 10 seconds passed before people started flying up from below. Sixty men and forty women all wearing white military service uniforms with between 1 and 3 stars on the shoulder boards surrounded Vector. Each one of them was an S rank.
The 12 who had 3 stars on their shoulders flew forward. Vector looked around at each of the S ranks. A scowl forming beneath his mask.
"I need to speak to the Block. Please bring one of them here."
One of them, a 2m tall man with black hair and olive skin; slowly flew forward with his hands down at his sides.
"Excuse me sir. Would I be able to help you until they arrive?"
Vector looked at the man.
"Are you a member of the Block?"
Only the man who had approached the obviously S+ rank lightning controller dared to utter a word at this moment. The man bowed his head slightly.
"No sir…"
Vector gaze caused the man to shiver.
"Then why are you talking to me? Go get a member of the Block."
Before he could answer there were 3 sonic booms to the north as the people in military fatigues flew toward the large circle of people floating 3 km in the air.
Three people with 4 stars on their collars came to a stop in front of Vector. Their eyes glowed as they stood glaring at him. The one in the middle that was 168cm tall with dark hair and blue glowing eyes floated forward to within 10 meters of Vector.
His blue short hair contrasted his olive skin as he stared into Vector's eyes.
"Who are you and why have you attacked our headquarters?"
Vector looked at the man.
"A concerned citizen… Who ordered Bloodwind's death?"
The man's face was instantly painted with confusion.
"What are you talking about?"
Vector's eyes narrowed as he looked at each of them. His gaze came back to the man with blue eyes. Then he looked to the west.
'Uncle Mark is coming… It looks like he'll be here in about an hour. I better hurry this up then.'
Vector looked back at the 3 floating in front of him.
"You all have till I count to 3 to tell me who ordered for Bloodwind to be killed. If you don't tell me by the time I get to 3…"
He glanced around at the gathered S ranks.
"Then the rest of you should start running."
The S ranks all got a look of panic on their faces as half of them fled, flying down into the city.
"ONE…"
"TWO…"
The other half quickly retreated down to the city, leaving only the 3 S+ ranks floating there. The man with the blue hair put up his hands.
"I honestly don't know what you're talking about. Can we just talk this out?"
Vector paused his counting.
"Tell me who it was or I'll just beat you all down. Your choice… Last chance. Once I hit 3 there's no going back…"
The man with blue hair looked at the other two.
["Do you two know what he's talking about?"](speaking in Romanian)
The man to his left with red eyes and hair looked at him.
["No but if we stall him the others will be here soon. Pyro just messaged me saying they are only 50km out. There's no way he could take all of us on at the same time. What do you think Smash?"]
The woman with yellow eyes to his left shrugged.
["There is one of him and three of us. I say we just take him out then find out what this is all about when we interrogate him."]
The man with blue eyes looked back at Vector smiling.
["Guess we'll do it your way Smash."]
Vector's eyes narrowed. He held up his left hand pointing at his holo-device.
"Auto translate morons…"
Before any of them even realized he had moved. The man with red eyes caught a flying knee to his face. Vector stepped off the air to redirect his momentum after his knee connected. Then the woman was hit with a spinning heel kick in the side of the head.
Vector reappeared as the man with blue hair was blasted towards the ground when he was kneed in the back of his head. He crashed into the ground 20km outside the city. At the same moment the other two S+ ranks slammed into the ground on the plains outside the city in different directions creating three hills. The impact from them slamming into the ground shook the entire city causing an earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale.
Warning klaxons began sounding from the city below as people huddled in their door frames and under tables.
The three S ranks lay there with traumatic brain injuries, unconscious under the newly formed hills of upturned soil and rocks. Dreaming of a pair of silver eyes and a flash of silver lightning that would forever haunt them.
'Well I only need one of them to answer my questions. I'll just ask these other two when they get here.'
Vector was simply floating, waiting there with his arms folded as two people in fatigues arrived. One was 185cm tall with dark hair tied up behind her head and red glowing eyes. The other was a man who stood 2m tall with black eyes that seemed to leak black flames. They both had 4 stars on the collar of their fatigues.
Flames erupted from the body of the woman with red eyes as she rushed towards Vector. She swung her fist at his face as a foot slammed into the side of her head launching her unconcious over the horizon.
Another smaller quake shook the surrounding area.