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. And unfortunately bolded and italicized words didn't stay special in the transfer, oh well...
Hope you enjoy my main's bio, and the story introducing my villain character for when CoV comes out. 
Genre: humor/drama/fan-fic
Table of Contents
I. Curiosity killed the Puma.
II. The Blue Clockwork Prince
III. The Good, the Bad, and the Freaky
IV. Legacy
V. Valediction (part 1): Enter the Predator
VI. Valediction (part 2): Rebirth
VII. Valediction (part 3): Armageddon Now
Curiosity Killed the Puma
Jack Brigand worked as a janitor at the main Poral Corp. facility; as janitor he was granted access to all the areas of the research facility, including the portal rooms. Late one night Jack was sweeping around a control panel which had a fateful big, red, shiny button. This is where Jack's curiosity kicked in.
"I want to press the big, red, shiny button," he thought. In response to this thought came common sense and professionalism to the rescue.
"No, don't!" common sense cried, but it was too late, for Jack, being the overly curious fellow that he was, pressed the big, red, shiny, button.
Suddenly the portal opened with a massive shake and within the blue aura that marked the dimensional gate, appeared a large, black, circular figure.
"RAWRG!" it shouted as it stepped through the portal. Jack saw that it was as he feared, a giant killer waffle! Once it finished stepping into Jack's world, it began to thrash wildly at the expensive high-tech equipment in the lab.
"No, don't do that!" Jack called. "It'll come out of my paycheck!" But the Waffle paid no attention, at least not until its wheaty stomach growled...
"Need...food..." it roared as it grabbed Jack. "For the glory of Aunt Jemima, I shall eat you!"
Suddenly another figure emerged from the portal; it was Reynaldo the Puma: Interdimensional Hero Extrordinair!
"Fear not, Earth Pig, I shall save you!" Reynaldo announced as it charged at the waffle with an 'oink'. And thus the two mighty titans clashed within the lab, breaking some things and displacing others.
"I'm gonna break(fast) you, little bacon!" the Waffle growled.
"Not if I, 'hoof' it out of here! Your world will squeal with delight when they learn of your demise!" replied Reynaldo.
The thrashing continued for another 5 minutes and Jack began to get bored. "I wonder what's on TV tonite?" he wondered, still in the waffle's evil grasp.
Finally the waffle looked tired and so Reynaldo backed away for a second.
"Do you give up?" Reynaldo inquired. His inquisition was met with a deafening roar. "I guess I'll just have to finish you off."
That's when the gloves Reynaldo had been wearing on his legs, unnoticed by Jack (I think I'll watch CSI), began to glow with a blue light. Suddenly a burst of energy eminated from them and struck the waffle, causing chunks of the waffle to be blown away.
"I cannot be defeated!" it yelled as it lunged through the air at Reynaldo, landing on the heroic puma and crushing him to death. But before he was killed, the plasma from Reynaldo's gloves managed to finish off the waffle.
Jack escaped the waffle's clutches and walked over to Reynaldo's corpse. He took the power gloves off the fallen puma and put them on his hands.
"I wonder," Jack wondered aloud, "Are heroes liable for damages caused to laboratories, cuz I think janitors are!"
And thus Epoch was born.
Next time on The Epoch Saga...
"You come to me, on my daughter's wedding day, asking me to kill a man?"
The Blue Clockwork Prince
"This hero gig should be easy!" thought Epoch as he exited the tram to atlas park. "Oh look, there's an someone being mugged!" Indeed someone was being mugged; an old lady and a hellion were both tugging at a purse.
"I shall save you ma'am!" shouted Epoch as he aimed his power glove at the hellion. A powerful plasma burst slammed against the hellion, knocking the poor fellow out.
"How can I ever repay you?" the old lady asked gratefully.
"No worries ma'am, I was happy to help!" replied Epoch. Then the old woman walked away.
"Sucker, " she thought as she rummaged through the hellion's purse.
Epoch then went to D.A.T.A. to get his first assignment.
"So you wanna be a hero?" the DATA fellow asked.
"Of course!"
"Well then you can start by delivering this letter to an aquantance of mine, Bill Billyton. You can find him at the location on the envolope."
"A courier!? Come on, I wanna fight giant killer robots and aliens from planet X! How else will I sell all this 'Epoch the Slayer' merchandise?"
"Get going kid, I have Super Energy Man over there routing pipes, don't cross me!"
"I sacrifice my dignity for the good of humanity!" Super Energy Man shouted.
So Epoch delivered the message to Bill Billyton's office. Suddenly there was the sound of smashing glass as a group of blue clockwork sprokets entered the building.
"I shall stop them!" Epoch declared as he rushed into battle with his power gloves glowing. To the clockwork he said, "I'm gonna put a wrench in your monkey works!"
"BZZT! Insult recorded. Moron.wav saved. Reply.exe= 'Yo mama!'" responded the biggest clockwork fellow, one of those clockwork princes Epoch assumed.
Suddenly the clockwork fired ice beams from their hands and froze Epoch in place.
"BZZT! Insult.exe= 'You're so cool!' Lol.exe."
And with that the blue clockwork proceeded to do what all clockwork tend to do: take everything that is'nt bolted down, then remove the bolts and take the rest.
Several hours later Epoch was thawed from his icy entrapment and was walking down the street (singing doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo). he thought to himself: "If I can catch those blue clockwork, then it may be my ticket to the big-time..." Suddenly Epoch's thoughts were interrupted by the sudden arrival of a suddenly appearing ice cream truck which suddenly stopped next to Epoch.
"Mmm...Ice cream..." the hero thought (suddenly).
Suddenly an ice beam shot out from the window of the ice cream truck, freezing Epoch once again!
"BZZT! Badpun.exe= 'You got served!'" mocked the blue clockwork prince. Then the clockwork drove away, but not before Epoch noticed the truck belonged to the Sweet Tooth Ice Cream Corp.
"Aha! I'll investigate the ice cream factory! But I may need help..."
That night Epoch and Super Energy Man (SEM) silently made their way to the factory.
"Are you sure they have Super Bleach here? The DATA guy needs his shirts cleaned," inquired SEM once they reached the front door of the building, which happened to be painted blue. From inside the building Epoch heard the sound of clockwork gears and Frank Sinatra's singing.
"Hmm... these guys must be obsessed with the color blue," Epoch thought as he noticed SEM wore a blue costume. "Perhaps they won't hurt a fellow wearing blue, but I better test out my theory. Guinea pig time!"
"Alright SEM, go on in, I'll wait out here and uh... make sure no heroes steal any cars out here, yeah..."
And thus SEM entered the building. The last Epoch ever heard of him was: "Excuse me sir, do you sell Super Bleach? What are you doing? Uh oh... NO! Not the suds! NOT THE SUDS! Blarg! I am dead!"
"Err... yeah, that won't work..." Epoch commented. Epoch now knew that he didn't stand a chance against the blue clockwork, but that didn't stop the hero...
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VROOM! Using a monster truck he found, er... somewhere (fear the power of the plot hole! ), Epoch smashed through the factory filled with clockwork, crushing all in his path. "HAHAHA! Who's squishy now!?"
"BZZT! Runaway.exe! Runaway.exe!" the Blue Clockwork Prince shouted right before he was run over. "BZZT! Blarg.exe!"
And thus Epoch defeated the Blue Clockwork Prince. After he was done he left the morgue of clockwork. But there was a shadowy figures hiding in the shadows after he left.
The shadowy figure then chuckled and said to itself, "You may have defeated my minions, hero. But you spared me the attention of the Clockwork King, whose robots I had stolen, and for that I thank you. But rest assured that you will pay for the loss of my minions!"
The Good, the Bad, and the Freaky
Time has past since we've last seen Epoch. Since then he's grown in power, gained more responsibility, and has developed rocket boots which allow him to fly and run at high speeds.
One day...
"Epoch," security cheif Wiggum called via cell phone, "The military wants to talk to you, they said you'd like the mission they have for you." Epoch was then picked up by an unmarked SUV being driven by MP's.
One of them turned to Epoch and handed him some photos. "These were taken about fifteen minutes ago by one of our satellites." The pictures showed a freight ship on the ocean. "We have reason to believe that freakshow, led by a fellow named zFile, have comandeered the ship and may have loaded a WMD onto it. We want you to make a stealth aerial drop onto the ship, defeat zFile and his crew, and disarm the WMD."
"Umm, how do you expect me to disarm a WMD when I have no bomb squad training?" Epoch asked.
"It's easy, just press the big, blue, shiny button," the MP replied. "Though I must warn you; don't press the red button, that coud be... bad."
Epoch was then led to a hover plane.
"This baby's got the best stealth systems around," the pilot shouted over the roar of the engines. "They won't know you're there until you've beaten them down!" The pilot pulled the throttle and they were off with a sonic boom.
It was night when the plane came over the ship. "Here's where you get out," the pilot announced as a MP pushed Epoch out an open door.
Epoch quickly activated his stealth and got into a perfect diving position; he hit the water without a splash. A freak tank who happened to see him held out a '10' place card. That particular tank wasn't too bright, and so didn't sound the alarm, and thus Epoch was able to swim underneathe the bow unnoticed. Epoch then came back to the surface, and quietly flew onto the deck of the ship. He looked around, there was no one there, but there was a light coming from the bridge. Epoch stealthily made his way across the deck to said bridge and looked in the window. A freak champion was steering the ship with his feet while laying back on the captain's chair. A few mad freaks sat in a circle near him, they were playing poker.
"This looks too easy!" Epoch thought to himself. He then noticed that the city was coming into view. "Better make this quick." With that he aimed his gloves at the champion and fired, taking zFile out with a single shot. The mad freaks scrambled from their game, Epoch shot one against the wall, taking him out, but the others tackled Epoch.
"Get offa me!" Epoch shouted as he fired up his rocket boots, propelling him and the freaks holding onto him, out the door and into the ocean. In the water he shook himself free of them and flew back into the cabin to stop the ship. Once inside he noticed something was missing.
"Where's zFile?" Epoch muttered as a claw smacked him from behind, knocking him cold.
Epoch awoke a few minutes to the sight of a stern looking freak tank staring at him with folded hammer arms. Epoch was tied to the captain's chair.
"The prisoner is awake, sir," the tank announced.
"Good," zFile replied. "Do you have any idea about what you hoped to do?" zFile asked Epoch.
"Prevent a bunch of people from getting killed?" responded Epoch.
"No man!" said zFile as he threw his claws in the air. "You were going to continue the enslavement of mankind! Don't you see man, we are going to set Paragon free from the clutches of big brother! Anarchy forever man!"
"You're sick!" Epoch retorted as he spat at zFile.
"That's the kind of propoganda the government spews, man! You're just another cog in the system! Bernice, set this hero free!"
"Yes sir!" replied the tank, raising his hammer hands.
"Wait!" Epoch shouted. "Er... Bernice, was it? You support anarchy yet you call zFile sir? Isn't that oxymoronical?"
"Eh? I'm confused! What do you mean?" responded Bernice.
"I'll show you!" Epoch proclaimed as he severed the rope tying him. Epoch pushed Bernice back with a power burst.
"Get him!" zFile yelled. The tank stomped after Epoch who had jumped to the back of the bridge. Bernice swung at Epoch, but missed as Epoch lunged out the door.
Epoch saw they were already in independence port's harbor. Bernice smashed out of the bridge and tried to ram Epoch. Epoch side-stepped the assault and Bernice's momentum caused the tank to charge right off the side of the ship and into the harbor.
"Give it up, zFile! You're through!"
"Oh yeah!?" zFile replied as he turned the steering wheel and cause the ship to turn around and head towards the docks. "The fires of freedom will liberate Paragon!"
Epoch flew right through the window of the bridge, blasted zFile into the back of the room where the freak slumped in defeat, and turned the ship around again, this time towards the open sea. zFile chuckled.
"The bomb's on a timer you fool! You only got a few seconds left, even in the ocean the blast will cause a tidal wave that will wash away the city!"
Epoch shot zFile again and rushed down the freight hold. Inside he saw a large SPUD missle.
"This must be it," Epoch thought. "It's probably nuclear, based on what zFile was shouting about fire." Epoch located the control panel. "Aha! here's the blue button!" Epoch pressed the button; he saw that there were only 3 seconds to spare. "Whew!"
A blimp flew high over Independence Port. A dark figure watched the ship turn around and not explode.
"Again, hero, you have thwarted my plans! One day the city won't be so lucky, and the world shall fear my name!" thus spoke Dr Havoc. With that the blimp teleported away.
Legacy
The year is 2037; Nemesis rules the world. It is a dark future in which there is great technological advances, but the populace lives in oppression and slums. Opposing Nemesis is the rebel group, Rebel Inc.
The rebels are fighting a losing fight, their numbers are quickly dwindling as Nemesis troops have been going from rebel hideout-to-hideout, eliminating the opposition. Recruits are hard to come by, few people are willing to battle the overwhelming Nemesis forces.
It is this situation that has driven the Rebel Inc. leader, Jeff Norad, to formulate a last-ditch effort to bring down Nemesis once and for all. He gathered the remaining members of the rebellion in the Rebel Inc. HQ.
"Ladies and gentlemen, as many of you are aware, Nemesis has been building a time machine in the Portal Corp. facility in Blyde Square. For months we have been attempting to scout the premesis, but security's been too tight. An informer behind the lines tipped me off yesterday that the machine is operational, this could prove very deprimential indeed."
Jeff activated a projector, which showed a promotion for the Nemesis Day Parade.
"This Saturday Nemesis will make his first public appearance in the parade. This is when we'll make our final stand against the tyrant, whilst our best infiltrator makes her way into the facility. If all goes well, this may very well be the end of Nemesis's reign of terror!"
"And if not, sir?" someone from the crowd inquired.
"Then we'll give them one for the history books!" Jeff responded confidently.
Sally Brigand was briefed on her solo mission after the meeting.
"Listen, Sally, you're the infiltrator whose gonna break into Portal Corp. I want you to go back in time to the year 2005; there it'll be your mission to ensure that Epoch prevents Nemesis from abducting Dr. Silverman. He forced her to use her scientific knowledge to defeat the super heroes of Paragon City."
"You mean you want me to help dad?"
"That's right," Jeff replied. He then presented Sally with their father's power gloves. "I recovered these from the Grand Collectory; use them in conjunction with your psycic powers to help father save Dr. Silverman. If she isn't abducted, then the heroes will be able to stand a chance when Nemesis tries to take over."
Saturday came.
People cheered as Nemesis troops in their elaborate uniforms marched down the street to the beat of militaristic drums.
"In position," Sally whispered into her wrist watch.
The rebels were scattered throughout the crowd; when Jeff was to give the signal they were to attack fast and hard, and fight to the last man. Floats depicted various meta-humans who had betrayed their comrades for the good of 'The New World Order'.
Suddenly trumpets sounded! Nemesis approached!
Jeff couldn't believe it; after all this time there was the true nemesis sitting vunerable in an open-top convertable without a battle suit on. The tyrant even had the nerve to smile and wave at the crowd!
"Now!" Jeff ordered.
Rebels burst out of the crowd and began shooting at the Nemesis troops, who ducked and prepared their own rifles. Laser shots buzzed through the air as most of the civilians made a run for it. But not all civilians were civilians...
"There were automatons in the crowd!" the rebel sharpshooter, Eagle Shot, shouted. And indeed there were quiet a few; they peppered the melee with machine gun bullets.
It was pure pandemonium, rebels and Nemesis troops alike were running, shooting, punching, ducking, dying; meanwhile Nemesis sat in his car and laughed. Jeff ran at him, armed with a laser pistol.
"You're finished, tyrant!" Jeff screamed, invoking another burst of laughter from Nemesis.
"You actually thought I was the real Nemesis?" the Fake Nemesis mused as he deactivated the hologram which had given him non-chrome colors. Jeff went deathly ill. "I'm gonna break you, little man! And you'll be happy to know that your rebellion is no more! You see, Nemesis knew all about your plans to attack the parade!"
"Pancho!" Jeff hatefully growled, "The little (censored)!" And those were Jeff's last utterings as he was killed by a blast from the fake Nemesis's wand.
The fake Nemesis rose out of the car and called out, "Attention rebels! Your leader is dead and you are all about to join him in the grave! Know that, before you all die, your rebellion was meaningless from the start! You accomplished nothing! You will die for nothing!" And with that the Fake Nemesis joined the battle...
While the battle raged on the street, Epoch X (aka Sally) took control of the mind of the back door's only guard.
"Welcome to Portal Corp, Miss. Brigand! If you would like, I could give you a guided tour of the building," said the guard cheerfully.
"That won't be necessary," Epoch X replied. "Just can you tell me where the time portal is?"
"Of course! Take the elevator to the 13th floor, then head down the hall; it's the third door to the right."
"Thank you!" Epoch X thanked as she mentally blocked the blood to the guard's brain, killing him. She then stripped him of his uniform, dressed in it, and dumped his body in a dumpster. She then stepped inside the building.
Inside was empty, but Epoch X knew she was being watched, cameras were everywhere. She entered the elevator and pressed the button to the 13th floor. Once there she followed the guard's directions until she reached the lab.
Inside was a small portal. Epoch X saw a control panel with a big green shiny button, which she assumed was the on button, and it was. But Epoch X didn't realize that a security key was needed to activate the portal without setting off the alarm. Without that knowlege, Sally pressed the button.
"Alert! Alert! Unauthorized use of portal technology on 13th floor!" shouted an announcement. Suddenly a warhulk was lowered from the ceiling, in between her and the portal.
Epoch X quickly set the coordinates for 2005, and powered up her father's gloves.
"Intruder found," the warhulk announced. "Termination immenent!"
The power burst from Epoch's gloves knocked the warhulk off it's feet. Epoch X made a break for it.
She was running past it when it pushed itself up.
"I'm almost there!" she thought. Meanwhile the warhulk aimed its cannon and fired! Epoch X made a final lunge for the portal...
The warhulk stood staring at the portal. It did not comprehend the reprecussions of what it had done. It did not realize that it had destroyed Nemesis's only chance to retreive the rebel, nor did it realize how expensive the equipment was. Alas! Its only thought was: 'Cookies.exe'
Sally fell face-first into 2005. She then quickly stripped off the Nemesis uniform and surveyed her surroundings. She was in an empty office building, it was closed for the night, and she was naked. Sally was pretty sure that the people of the past did indeed wear clothing as people of her time did, so finding clothing was her first order of business.
The Icon tailor was surprised to see the young naked lady ("If only I were straight!" he thought) enter the store. "Can I help you, ma'am?"
"I need clothes. I'm, er... kinda naked."
"Well here at Icon's we have the widest selection of clothing in the city; do you have a line of credit with us?"
Sally finished picking out a rather modest jump suit and set about her next order of business, curing the munchies!
She was grabbing a gyro at City of Gyros when she saw an important news report on television.
"I'm here at the 1st Paragon National Bank where the super hero Epoch has just apprehended a gang of Skulls," reported the reporter.
With that Sally, (aka Epoch X), sprinted out of the gyro place and caught a cab.
"To the 1st Paragon Bank, and step on it!"
Having no cash, Epoch X used her psycic powers to convinced the cab driver that he didn't want her cash and that it was a pleasure to drive her where ever it was she went, but that he wouldn't remember her in 5 minutes because he was actually popping wheelies in a parking garage.
The police were investigating the crime scene as Epoch X arrived.
"You're too late kiddo!" a detective informed her. "Epoch already took care of these clowns."
"Do you know where he went?" Epoch X inquired.
"Yeah, I think he went to City of Gyros, something about finding a cure for the munchies..."
And thus Epoch X hailed another cab, rinsed, washed, and repeated.
Sally spotted the familiar figure of her father sitting at one of the tables with his battle helmet resting next to him. She remembered the last thing Jeff warned her: Don't let him know who you are! He'll think you're insane! Sally, being wise enough to know this already, approached her father.
"Excuse me, Epoch?" Epoch X asked.
"Sup?" responded Epoch as he put down his gyro.
"Listen, I have a request. You're going to get a mission to save a certain Dr Silverman. When you do, call my cell phone number," she gave a business card to Epoch, "and take me along."
"Alright," responded a somewhat perplexed Epoch. He then returned to his gyro (it was good!).
About a week later Epoch was contacted by Maxwell Christopher.
"Hey Maxy boy! Sup?"
"Epoch, a famous woman scientist named Dr Silverman was just abducted by Nemesis troops. I believe they took her to a secret lab in Crey's Folly."
"I'm on it!" Epoch proclaimed. He then called Sally.
"Listen, meet me in King's Row. They're holding the doctor in a warehouse there. The base in Crey's Folly is a decoy!"
"How do you know all this?" Epoch asked.
"A wizard told me," Epoch X responded. And so the two met in King's Row outside the warehouse.
"You ready?" Epoch asked.
"You know it!" Epoch X replied.
"Let's do it to it!" the shouted together as they burt through the front doors, startling the Nemesis troopers inside.
"How did Epoch know we're here!?" one screamed as he was blasted away by Epoch's plasma.
"I don't know, but... ERG! I will join the fight against Nemesis!" another trooper stated as Epoch X took control of his mind. The controlled trooper was quickly disposed of by a passing Jaegar.
"Watch it! Crab bots!" Epoch announced.
"I see 'em!" Epoch X responded as she activated her own energy gloves, pounding into the small robots.
The duo made their way to a small office where Dr Silverman was being guarded by a Sgt. Major, who was quickly disposed of.
"Thank you for saving me!" Dr Silverman thanked.
Suddenly there was a gun shot and Epoch X's perception of time slowed dramatically. She saw the ununiformed sniper, a mercenary to be sure, pulling the trigger of his gun. She watched the trajectory of the bullet as it sped towards her father's head. She saw it hit, pierce the side of his helmet, and she saw the blood being drawn. All this occured within a split second.
"NO!" she screamed. The sniper quickly disappeared behind a corner. Sally ran to her father. "You can't die, da... er... Epoch! You just can't!"
Dr Silverman took Sally aside. "Lemme guess, he's your father?"
Trembling, Sally responded, "Yeah, but I'm from the future. In 2005 I'm not even born yet!"
"In that case listen! You're father's going to die in a few moments. There's nothing anyone can do for him now. You need to get back to the future now, before he dies. The paradox of you being here when he does could very well destroy the multiverse!"
"But... won't that mean I won't ever exist?" Sally frightfully asked.
"Yes, I'm afraid that's so. The fate of the multiverse is in your hands, now. It's up to you to decide whether or not to make a sacrifice. There's a prototype time portal in the other room, though it can only send one into the future; if you decide to go, just press the red button."
Sally took a final glance at her dying father, regretting that she would never experience life. Alas! Sacrificing one's self for the good of the people; all in a day's work of a hero. She then sprinted to the other room, activated the portal and stepped through.
Sally stepped into a burnt and crumbling city. There were skeletons laying everywhere and the sky had a blood red tint. The city lay in ruins; in the distance Sally heard a loud, terrible roar.
"Something's gone terribly wrong!" she realized. But it was too late, for in 2005 Epoch let go of life and Sally became non-existant.
Fear not, avid reader! For the story is not over yet! Tune in next time for the exciting 3-part mini-series, Valediction.
Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the exciting 3-part storyline Valediction.
Enter the Predator
The sniper merc who had killed Epoch approached Dr Silverman.
"Nice shot," Dr Silverman commented. "Now let's get out of here, the police will be here soon!"
"Yes Dr Havoc," the sniper responded in his thick Russian accent.
"Once again, I am in debt to Epoch, but that fool was beginning to bother me, and thus I spit on his corpse!"
And thus the two left the Nemesis compound.
We now join the sniper and Dr Havoc in the Blimp of Doom, flying high over atlas park.
Today was the day! Today was the day in which Paragon City would fall and the entire world would bend knees in hommage to the scientific genius (if not the beauty) of Dr Havoc. Dr Silverman was no more, that life had been cast aside the hour the doctor began her path down the road of darkness; Dr Havoc is in control.
Ah, the symbolic big red shiney button, the beacon of things related to curiosity, more specifically the consequences. Dr Havoc knew that once she pressed the big red shiney button, there was no going back, for to go back the way she came would be as tedius as it were to wade further in. But enough of this dawdling! There is havoc to be caused!
Witness in awe and fear as the button is pressed, and events irreversable unfold! Witness the activation (nay, the birth!) of the most terrible monstrosity to walk the earth! The Earth's core shakes in fear of the titan unleashed and the angels woe those who are near the epicenter of 'The Hatching', for the Predator is born!
Super Energy Man was excited; DATA had finally given him a real task! When asked to do it, SEM eagerly said he would cleanse the sewers of all the filthy scum!
And thus SEM entered the sewers with a mob and a bucket of Super Cleaner. As he glosed the grate behind him, he noticed an odd small surge of water rushing at him.
"That's odd..." he commented. Suddenly there was a huge surge crashing at him. "Oh no!" he screamed as he was washed away, deep into the sewers. It was likely no one would ever see him again.
It was a bright and sunny day in Steel Canyon. People were going about their normal businesses and the streets were clogged with traffic.
Suddenly the sewer lids began to quiver and blow off as sewer water geisured out onto the surface. People tried to escape the stinky sewage, but many were swept up in the sudden flood.
Suddenly, a black monstrosity burst through the street across the street across from Positron. The Predator had arrived!
It had the head of a panther, the wings of a dragon, the claws of a tiger, the teeth of a shark, the eyes of a demonic eagle, the dreadlocks of medusa, and was the size of a large bus.
It began immediately to shoot a terrible white energy beam from its mouth and hands at buildings, cars, and civilians alike.
"Cease and desist, villain!" Positron commanded with authority, but the Predator only laughed.
"The Heroes' reign of tyranny is at an end!" it roared. "All bow down before the genius of Dr Havoc!" It then aimed both its hands and its head at Positron and fired a huge burst of energy. As the energy traveled down the street, it blew up cars, tore away the concrete, and melted everything and everyone in its way before it struck Positron.
For those of you who didn't know, Positron is made of pure energy, the suit he wears is to contain the power of that energy. When the Predator's blast hit him, it tore away the armor and Positron exploded in a brillian light, killing everyone around him. The power of the blast also toppled the huge statue, crushing even more bystanders. The Predator roared in triumph as it continued to destroy Steel Canyon.
Of course there were heroes who defied the Predator and tried to put a stop to its carnage, but all who fought it fell valiently in the effort. Some of the city's most powerful heroes were slaughtered instantly by the beast's energy attacks. One blaster managed to get a shot off on the monster, but his bullet was deflected by an impenetrable shield the Predator erected around itself. Meanwhile the city burned. The bad situated caused Statesman to call an all-heroes conferance.
"That monster is pretty much unstoppable," Statesman admited. "But stop it we must, it's our duty as heroes. The citizens of this city depend on us for protection, and if we back down, the forces of evil will overwhelm us!" This speech was met with cheers and a loud applause. But suddenly the monitor behind Statesman's podium blurred and the twisted ensigna of Dr Havoc filled the screen.
"Attention world! You all have undoubtedly witnessed the power of my 'pet'! I am calling it off for a recess of 24 hours; if you wish for me to spare you all, my demand is simple... I want the world to surrender itself and fall under my rule! Failure for every nation to surrender will result in the complete and utter destruction of the planet!"
There was silence from the assembled heroes.
"We'll never surrender!" Statesman shouted defiantly, but his bold declaration was met only with scattered hesitant applause. Statesman's cell phone then rang, and the hero conversed with someone while the crowd watched anxiously. Statesman then hung up and looked grim.
"Ladies and gentlemen, that was the President. He's ordering everyone to vacate Paragon; he wants all of you to help get citizens to safety..."
And with that, on the monitor appeared a count down.
Rebirth
Epoch was enveloped in a soothing white light, drinking coke and reading a good book. Heaven was quite pleasant.
Suddenly a booming voice broke Epoch's relaxation.
"LIGHT WARRIOR! YOU ARE NEEDED ON EARTH!"
"Wha? Huh? Sup?" was Epoch's response.
"Paragon City is under attack by a most vile and terrible monster, and I want you to stop it!" stated God.
"But, er... I'm kinda dead," Epoch replied.
"Not anymore!" And with that the white light receeded and Epoch found himself in a gritty looking auto garage.
"What is this place?" the hero asked.
"It's a garage. I keep tools and other doo-dads here."
"But why am I here?"
"To get ready!"
"For what?"
"Did you listen to a word I said?"
"Er..."
"Okay, listen to me now; you're going to take this M16 which this angel is now handing you, and you'll ride this here motorcycle into battle against the big blood-thirsty monster terrorizing the Paragon City of your world."
"Um... what about my power gloves and other stuff?"
"Those are being held in a museum deep in the city, and no, I'm not making you another pair. If you want them you'll have to get them yourself."
"Aww... No battlesuit either?"
"What's wrong with a cool leather jacket and shades?"
"So, I'm supposed to slay a giant monster using a machine gun and a motorcycle?"
"An unstoppable giant monster; yes."
"And uh...why me?"
"Because the monster was bred by your arch-nemesis, so it's your responsibility to stop it."
"I have an arch nemesis? I didn't realize that!"
Well, this conversation is going no where anytime soon and I'm getting bored, so I'll just skip to the part where Epoch is speeding down the highway of a smoldering Skyway City with the Predator flying in pursuit behind him. (Fear the awsome powers of the plot hole!!!)
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"RAWRG!" The Predator howled as it swooped at Epoch, claws outstretched. Epoch fired over his shoulder with the gun, hit the monster in the face, causing it to fall back a little. It then dropped out of the air and landed on all fours, causing the highway to tremble and collapse beneathe the monster's weight. Epoch's motorcycle barely managed to stay ahead of the sinking road behind it. Suddenly the Predator fired one of its patented energy blasts, which tore up the road; Epoch escaped 2nd death by manuevering onto an off-ramp at the last second, this brought him onto the intersecting highway. The Predator sped up its pursuit and was running next to Epoch. It looked at him with its devil eyes and snikered. It then checked the hero's motorcycle and knocked Epoch off it while sending the bike careening into the distance. Epoch quickly dove behind the burnt wreck of an abandoned car and fired a burst from his gun. The Predator walked over to the car and swept it aside with its claw. Epoch backed up until he was at the edge of the highway, all the while he kept his gun blazing. He looked over and saw that it would be a long fall, but that the museum was directly below him. The hero gave a wave to the monster and jumped backwards.
Epoch fell through a glass opening on the roof and into the museum below. There were all sorts of cool stuff in there, like dinosaurs and paintings, but Epoch knew he had to find the Hero History section in order to find his stuff. And so he left the main hall and ran through the dark halls towards the Hero section. After he was a good distance away from said main hall, he heard a loud crash; the Predator had followed him into the building!
Epoch was at the intersection of two hallways, and across the intersection lay the Hall of Heroes, but Epoch heard the Predator from around the corner, thrashing around. He needed a plan...
He had none, so Epoch went with option B and strafed across with the machine gun blazing. The Predator didn't like being strafed at, so, being the big, angry, yet dumb and lovable, monster that it was, it decided to destroy the entire building, and so it aimed all its energy blasting appendages at the ground and fired. The museum began to shake wildly and debry fell from the ceiling. Epoch, now in the Hall of Heroes, searched frantically for his stuff, and found it! Now all he had to do was don his power gloves, rocket boots, battle armor, and helmet before the Predator could bring the building down on him....
And now for a quiet moment inside the mind of the Predator...
Where squishie man go!? I can't find squishie man!!! I squish everything until squishie man gets squished!!!!! RAWRG!!!!!!! That make master happy, squishy man being dead. She likes squishies being dead; and what she likes, Predator likes! SQUISHIE MAN MUST PERISH!!! And when master is happy, Predator will be rewarded with a cookie, because that's what Predator wants, and Predator will get it because Predator is strong and mighty and Predator will squish squishie man! Oh goodie! Squishy cave is falling down! Squishie man must be dead inside! Yay for cookies! Huh? Pile of broken squish is shaking...
Epoch burst out of the rubble, wearing his battle apparal and ready for a fight.
"Hey big boy!" Epoch called.
"Eh? What you want squishy man?"
"You smell!" And with that Epoch fired his own energy blast at the Predator. "Smile when you say 'squishy'!" The Predator roared, activated its firey force field, and rose into the air. Epoch in turn activated Whirlwind and also rose into the air with electricity cackling around his gloves.
The battle is set, the players are ready, and all hell's about to break loose... to be continued in Valediction Part 3!
And now for the earth-shattering conclusion of the Valediction Storyline. The stage is set for an ultimate battle between good and evil as Epoch and the Predator prepare to square off, both of them ready to fight. Meanwhile the diabolical Dr Havoc watches on with interest, she had seen Epoch die, yet there he was, challenging her ultimate creation. But it doesn't matter to her, because she knows the Predator can't be beat.
Armageddon Now!
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"I destroy you now, squishie!" roared the monster.
"'Nuff talk!" Epoch replied as he flew towards the Predator, energy gloves glowing with energy as they charged up for their first attack in awhile. The Predator quickly soared high into the sky above Epoch and fired down on the hero.
Epoch was struck square on the back with the monster's powerful energy blast, the same energy blast which had severly reduced the hero population earlier that day. The battlesuit Epoch wore was of good quality, it absorbed the majority of the impact, preventing the hero from being immediatly killed, but it did knock Epoch into the ground in a smoldering clump.
"That monster's too powerful..." Epoch thought as he quickly checked the condition of his armor. Not good, no way he could survive another blast like that, and the Predator was aiming for another attack. Epoch tried to activate his rocket boots to get out of the blast range, but it was a no go. "Well," Epoch thought, "I guess now is as good a time as any to test out the 'Ultra Mode' on this thing..."
With that, Epoch pressed a small button on his left glove. At that moment the Predator let loose with another energy blast, which hit its target straight-on!
A cloud of dust rose up from the impact, the Predator decided to fly down to see if the squishy had been finished off. Suddenly a burst of energy shot through the dust cloud at the monster, knocking the vile thing backwards and into the side of a building. From the quickly dissapating dust cloud emerged Epoch, but instead of the hero's usual black armor, it was white with a white firey aura. Epoch appeared to be unscathed, most likely due to the forcefield Ultra Mode had automatically errected around him.
"My mission is to slay you, fiend! And that's what I'll do!" Epoch declared. The predator howled and charged at the hero, Epoch stood there and aimed one of his gloves at the incoming monster.
"You are a thing that was never meant to be..."
The Predator was about twenty feet from Epoch at this point, it raised one of its claws behind its head and formed a ball of energy in it.
"...and such unnatural things cause chaos..."
The predator was directly in front of Epoch, like a basketball player, it attempted to perform a dunk with the energy ball, but...
"...it is the duty of a hero to make order of that chaos."
Epoch fired off an energy snipe, but not an ordinary one, for it was a cone with a large radius. The blast was powerful enough to puncture and go through the Predator and beyond.
The vile afront to nature, as it roared its final gutteral threat, fell atop Epoch, or rather it would've if the Ultimate Mode hadn't activated auto-nova and knocked its carcass away.
Epoch finally got a chance to survey the carnage and destruction. Paragon City hadn't looked that bad since the Ritki Invasion, Epoch knew that it would take a massive effort to rebuild.
Epoch then noticed, in the distance, a black zepplin floating high over the ruins of Atlas Park. Why hadn't the Predator destroyed it? Epoch decided to investigate, and so he quickly flew to the cockpit and looked inside.
"Dr Silverman!" Epoch exclaimed in surprise.
"You may have defeated my ultimate weapon today, hero, but know that you'll never be rid of me and my genius!" Dr Havoc spat back.
"You're that thing's creator!? YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!" Epoch shouted as he aimed his power gloves at the mad genius.
Dr Havoc laughed. "You'll never catch me Epoch. Remember this, the evil doctor is ALWAYS one step ahead of the hero!" Epoch then saw the mercenary sniper who had shot him step into the cabin.
"YOU!" Epoch snarled. The merc looked back at him with cold, stoic eyes. The sniper then walked over to the blimp's control panel and pressed a big, red, shiney button and the Blimp of Doom teleported away.
And thus Epoch vowed:
Doctor, now that we have met, there is no avoiding me. I will hunt you down like the dog you are! Even if you travel to the farthest edges of Earth, I will bring you to justice! You are too dangerous to let escape; I know that villains like you have a nasty habit of coming back more powerful than before, and so I will leave Paragon City to find you, for I know you don't have the guts to stay here, and I will apprehend you.
And to the sniper that shot me: I'm gonna get my revenge on you!
This I vow.
Now commala-come, there's justice to be done...
Coming Soon:
Epoch: Gone Global
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