"Breaking news tonight, the owner of Reissman Industries Benedict Reissman, was found dead in his room, the police believe someone killed him. His daughter Lorane Reissman, said that someone murdered her father, she heard him screaming last night, she saw that a vigilante wearing a black cloak jumped out of the window when she got in the room."
Ren turns off the television, he grabs his costume and flies out of his window, after what happened, police will blame all the vigilantes who raided the Reissman Industries last week and he will be part of it.
Many vigilantes started appearing after what happened in the Reissman Industries, Sin and his sidekick Polaris, Ronin and many others. No one knows what happened to Aura, Nightreaver and Icarus are resting at their bases. The New Dawn becomes a group of vigilantes who punish those who deserve it.
A light flashes in the corner of his vision, a trail of green and blue, the trail comes directly at him, knocking him down to a nearby building, the trail comes at him again but this time Ren gets out of the way causing the trail to come crashing directly in the building, a smoke filled the building and a figure stand up, Ren rush forward towards the figure and punch it with his hands causing the smoke clears out if the way.
Ren's eyes grew wider as he saw the figure that he punched: Aura.
"What's going on?" Ren asked as he stood up, his hands covered in glowing energy.
Aura didn't say a word, instead she grabbed Ren by the collar and slammed him against a nearby wall. Ren braced himself for what was about to come next, but Aura released him and backed away.
"I'm sorry," Aura said as she turned to leave. "But you need to stay away from this. Reissman Industries were involved in something much bigger than you can imagine."
Ren watched as Aura disappeared into the night, leaving him more confused. He continued monitoring the city, and when he saw that there was no other crime happening, he returned to his lair.
.....
Saturday night, large craters suddenly started appearing around Pacifica, no one knows where it came from but the police and the citizens are blaming all the powered vigilantes.
Ren is sitting and waiting for Katie. He comes here for answers, he doesn't know what's happening. Katie finally opens the door.
"We don't know what's happening and I promise we're not part of it." Katie says, she places a coffee on the table and offers Ren. "But it's strange, first someone killed Reissman and now craters started appearing out of nowhere, someone must be doing this and whoever it is he or she is a powerful enemy."
Ren grabs the coffee, he was about to say something when Purge suddenly opened the door. "I have news for you two. Someone kidnapped the daughter of Reissman."
"Well that is surprising, go with Lucid here Purge. You two will find her." Katie says, she sits on her chair and a hologram monitor appears in front of her.
Ren and Purge disappeared, they're already flying and monitoring the Pacifica hoping to find some clues on whereabouts of Lorane Reissman. Ren lands on top of the building but Purge keeps on flying.
Ren removes his cape and puts on a jacket, he goes inside the building from the rooftop and there he starts finding some clues. (The building he went in right now is an abandoned one, this building used to be a hospital so there are many rooms here, perfect hiding place if you kidnapped someone.) He goes inside, room after room until he finally hears someone talking, he carefully opens the door hoping that the one inside wouldn't hear him.
"The IPMC will find you and you will pay for killing my father." a girl's voice talks, she sounds like she's about to cry.
"Your father huh? did you know what he did to me? well of course you don't but what he did to me was terrible and unforgivable, I didn't mean to kill him, I go there to kidnapped him and torture him, unfortunately that didn't go as I planned because he started fighting back when I tried restrain him, he grabs a knife and boom, he stabs himself so I'm not the one who killed him, he killed himself." the psychotic voice said. "And you at the back of the door, come out of here, I can see you."
Ren's eyes widen as he hears this, he's the only one at the back of the door so he has no choice but to come out of his hiding place and reveal himself. He opens the door and stands on the doorway.
"What do we have here? A hero? what is your connection with Reissman?" the psychotic man says, he laughs.
Ren suddenly rushed towards him and tackled him to the wall, he then dash out of the way and stand beside Lorane Reissman who is tied up on a chair. He tries to untie her but a blast knocks him through a wall.
"That's gotta hurt right? Oh, you got knocked so hard that the wall behind broke..." the psychotic man then laughed maniacally. "I'm telling you, it's good to test my newfound power."
Ren coughs as he stands up, blood starts dripping out of his mouth. This didn't happen before, this is the first time Ren got hurt so badly, this psychotic man is no joke, he is powerful. As Ren stands up from the debris, the psychotic msn blasts him again with a beam but this time Ren sees it coming and jumps out of the way, the blast creates a huge hole on the wall.
"Oh man, Why did you dash out of the way?" the psychotic man says in a sympathetic voice. "Alright I made up my mind, I'm killing you both here."
"You're crazy." Ren says, he dashes towards the psychotic man a fire starts emitting around his fist, he punches the psychotic man on the gut and sends him flying through the wall.
Ren then quickly unties Lorane, grabs her by the waist and flies out of the abandoned building, He lands on the top of Reissman Industries building and frees Lorane from his hold.
"Who are you? why did you save me?" Lorane asks Ren, he doesn't answer her questions, instead he flies away from the building.
....
It's already midnight, the city is quiet, there's no one on the road, but one light emits in an abandoned building. A light that is bright but It gets quickly devoured by the darkness, the ground is shaking but it stops quickly and a massive explosion happens, it's all happened fast and now a massive crater is created.
As Ren stood on the edge of the massive crater, he couldn't help but wonder what could have caused such destruction. He had seen many strange and terrifying things since becoming a hero, but this was different. There was something primal and primitive about this destruction, something that made his spine tingle.
He remembered what the psychotic man had said about testing his newfound power. It was clear that someone or something with immense power was responsible for the destruction, and that was not good news for the city.
Ren took a deep breath and focused on his senses. He needed to find out what was happening and stop it before it got out of control. He closed his eyes and let his hearing take over, listening for any signs of life or activity.
As he stood there, lost in his thoughts and senses, he didn't hear the footsteps behind him until it was too late. A hand crept around his neck and squeezed, cutting off his oxygen supply. Ren struggled to turn around, but the hand only tightened its grip.
"You should have stayed out of this," the voice said coldly in his ear. "This doesn't concern you."
The grip on Ren's neck increased, and his vision began to fade. He tried to fight back, but his body was weakening, and he knew he was going to lose. The last thing he heard before he lost consciousness was the sound of his own heartbeat, slowing and then...stopping.
Darkness claimed him, and he felt nothing. It was over, and he didn't know if he would ever see the light of day again.
As Ren regains consciousness, he finds himself trapped in a dark and musty basement. The chains that bind him to the wall ache with every move, and the stench of rotten food and mold fills his nostrils. His head is ringing, and he slowly sits up, finding that his hands are cuffed together in front of him.
He looks around, trying to get his bearings, but the basement is empty except for a wooden desk, a couple of chairs, and a wooden crate with a padlock on it. Ren tries to yell out, but the room is completely soundproofed, and he's left to deal with the situation on his own.
Suddenly, the door at the top of the stairs creaks open, and a figure steps into the room. It's the same man who kidnapped Lorane Reissman, and he's holding a knife in his hand.
"So you're awake," the man says with a sneer.
"Who are you?" Ren asks, trying to keep his voice steady.
"I'm the guy who's going to kill you," the man replies, walking towards Ren with the knife in hand. "You interfered with my plans..."
But before he can reach Ren, a small, metallic spider scuttles into the room and leaps onto the man's arm. He screams and tries to shake it off, but the spider has a firm grip.
Ren watches, stunned, as the spider spins a web of metal around the man's arm, trapping him in place. It then crawls up the man's body, attaching itself to his face. The man SCREAMS as the tiny machine bites down on his nose, holding him in place.
"Don't move," says a voice from the darkness. "Or the spider will rip your nose off."
As the man struggles against the spider's hold, a figure steps into the room. Ren saw this figure before but he can't see it clearly.