Masks 2

Edge of the Permian Sea, Texas
August 6th, 2050

On a cliff overlooking the edge of the Permian Sea, a number of quiet, smooth-running dropships flew in to land carrying a number of passengers. They all arrived in quick succession, some coming with multiple passengers but most only carrying one. This had been a poorly organized and rushed job to meet a rather wild threat, and many weren't asleep at opportune times...

First to arrive was Coyote, carried in from nearby New Mexico.

Then came a transport carrying Jim "Loneblade" Russell, Sam's sword-wielding edgelord brother from Houston. He wore his usual blue and white textro attire with gunmetal grey accents. He was adorned in many knives, and also carried a katana across his back.

Then came Cadence and Zil on separate transports from California, followed closely by Lady Light who had flown there as quickly as she could. Another transport came bearing Nimue and the Demon as well, also from California. Lady Light was dressed in her usual armored white and gold suit with her golden facemask, and the Demon was clad in her hulking red and black body armor, snarling demon mask obscuring her face. She was outfitted in a number of guns, but had no visible swords despite her skill in their use.

After them, a transport came in from Cuba bearing inquisitive ol' Theraea fresh from her vacation.

Then Hackerman showed up from Detroit with his brand new drone...

And finally, a transport came in carrying Aura, Nocturne, and La Chat. Nocturne had gotten dressed in one of his heavier armor suits during the flight. Like his normal suits, it was vantablack with a featureless face and a rather voidlike appearance. He carried swords for this one, just in case. La Chat was more lightly-clad in one of her armored stealth suits, and was armed only with her claws for the occasion. She could do a lot with her claws.

After the transports dropped each of them off, they took off again trying to find more heroes to bring in. Once Nocturne arrived, though, it was clear that his would be the last one.

"Thank you all for coming," he told them. "I just received word that our flight is likely to be the last one coming in for at least a few hours. Emily also finished analyzing the intelligence gathered from the video feeds out of Rainwalk on our way here. Three things are clear:

One: The hero known as Siren has returned, and for whatever reason she seems to be leading the group that has taken over Rainwalk. She is responsible for hundreds of civilian deaths at the Rainwalk Sirens Stadium, and is likely responsible for many more. It's unknown why she is doing this, but she needs to be stopped.

Two: During her attack on the stadium, she demonstrated the ability to open a portal to some other dimension via human sacrifice, bringing in strange creatures which she commands. Using these, she was able to drive the Omnicorp out of the city. Ordinarily I wouldn't complain about the Omnicorp getting kicked to the curb, but 'human sacrifice' and 'weird Lovecraftian portals' gives me a bad feeling.

Three: It's believed that she's working towards something. Most of the video we got was distorted with some kind of psionic interference, but Emily is really insistent that we don't have much time before something really bad happens. If she was able to conquer a city with a few hundred sacrificial victims, she'd probably be able to conquer the Earth with the people inside Rainwalk. We need to move fast."

He looked towards the single remaining transport, then looked back to the group.

"Before we leave, any questions?"

Loneblade, hearing that, walked right by him and went to sit on the dropship. He was ready.