As a former member of the Soviet Union I would like to take the time to thank CREY industries and especially Nova-x for taking the chance on me. Coming up through the specialized training in the KGB and living on mere breadcrumbs, to being in a fully subsidized Super-Group, with all the amenities that the State could not provide us is fantastic.
Long live the CREY Empire.
The Siberian Wall
P.S. For all my Marxist-Leninist comrades out there, See the light Capitalism is good.
Pheadra walked cautiously along the shadowy streets. She had grown too tired to flutter along, and now prowled among the humans. Yes there is evil in this city. She thought to herself. As she paused to consider a human male, in a brightly colored shirt with a strange symbol on the front, run out of an alleyway to grab at the satchel of a human female. Pheadras multifaceted eyes caught sight of another fellow.
His costume was even more garish than the first, and he was very large in Pheadras estimation. The human had to be over 7 feet tall! His massive muscles strained at the tight suit he wore. With a single graceful leap, which Pheadra would have thought impossible for someone of his obvious weight, he closed the distance between himself and the other humans landing a crushing blow with his fist to the first fellows head. Will they fight over the bag? Over the woman? Pheadras tired thoughts raced.
The first male was quickly defeated, and fell face first, before the victor. Pheadra looked on anxious to see what would happen next, and if she might need to intervene. To her surprise the massive fellow reached down, and gently plucked up the dropped bag. He then turned and opened his mouth wide. The human female ran up completely unafraid and retrieved her belongings from the man, with many profuse thanks. And there is good, in this city as well. A comforting thought.
Pheadra trudged on. She tried to think on what she should do next but she kept being distracted by how her mask was rubbing uncomfortably against her mouthparts. She noticed some people taking sideways glances at her. It was then that she saw a sign that made her shiver, and wish she had never cast the spell, which allowed her to understand the human language. Earth for humans
Pheadra felt very cold now, in a way that had nothing to do with the temperature on her carapace, nor the senses she was receiving through her antennae.
Pheadra walked a little faster now. Soon she came to a large building; there were many humans around, and Pheadra was more than slightly apprehensive. She did not wish a fight if she could avoid it. Having not eaten since she arrived in this dimension Pheadra was hungry, and knew she was not at her peak. As she came closer a scent wafted toward Pheadra from the building, the scent of blood. Pheadra proceeded carefully if she could find the source of the scent it might tell her the situation better.
Pheadra forgot all caution though when she did see the source. A young human male had somehow opened a long wound in his leg. Many other humans where around, and they seemed to be trying to help the wounded human into the building.
Stand aside let me through! Pheadra shouted. Pheadra noted that the people did move out of her way, but she was more concerned with the injured and the incantation she was about to perform. As a shaman of her tribe, she knew this spell by heart, still it never hurt to be sure before casting a spell.
With a flash of light, Pheadra loosed the spell, and sent out healing waves of magic into the wounded humans body. Pheadra nodded to herself, as the gaping cut promptly closed, knitting back together without even a scar. The boy thanked her, a few people even applauded. Pheadra moved to leave, her job accomplished. Casting the healing spells had made her even hungrier.
She needed to find a way home. She needed to find a way to get some food and shelter. A young human female with dark skin, and long dark hair ran up to her.
Excuse me, she said. I couldnt help, but see what you did back there.
Did I do something wrong? By healing the child I mean? Pheadra asked.
Oh no. You did nothing wrong, at all. Im Colleen Saramago by the way. I was just wondering if I could talk to you for a bit about H.E.R.O. Corps
"She's like some kind of fast octopus, that you can't hit." (Stalker mortified that his AS kept missing.)
Not enough characters to list characters. Alt-aholic and proud of it.
A few months ago Ted Mathews was just another R and D employee. He specializied in electrical fields that could cause damage and help human body's electrical field heal the body.
Mr.Wong had been alerted by Ms.Crey herself as to the potential of an electrical dispersal belt Mr.Mathews had invented.Ms.Crey had suggested that perhaps Mr.Mathews would be good H.E.R.O. Corp material.Mr.Wong observed Ted for quite some time.Seeing that he worked well within a team building environment Mr.Wong decided that Ms.Crey was right.
Then again Ms.Crey is never wrong.
One day the manager for H.E.R.O. Corp called Ted Mathews into his office.Peter Henry Wong is head of security for Crey industries and Mr.Mathews was a bit perplexed about this.Ted had not done anything wrong as far as he knew.
The Conversation:
Mr.Wong:Mr.Mathews please have a seat we have much to discuss.
Mr.Mathews:Whats this about ive not violated the NDA for Crey industries?
Mr.Wong:Mr.Mathews i have been observing you.You have natural leadership qualities that i woud like to take advantage of.Mr.Mathews your talents are wasted in R and D.I need you and Crey industries needs you.How would you like to be a 2nd tier manager for H.E.R.O. Corp?
Mr.Mathews:Mr.Wong i ......im shocked im just an average working joe i dont have any powers or a "supersuit" or anything...
Mr.Wong:Not to worry Mr.Mathews Crey industries will handle all training and as far as your"supersuit"we prefer to call them Security uniforms.Oh and Mr.Mathews the jump to 2nd tier management means a substantial bonus per year and a large jump in salary.
Mr.Mathews:Well um .....Ok i am just surprised of course ill do it Crey industries has helped my family so much id be glad to do this for them.What does it entail exactly?
Mr.Wong:H.E.R.O. Corp provides security for Crey industries but we have been known to "outsource"our talents for an"influential"increase in the communities.We dont take money for such ventures we do get paid quite well by Ms.Crey.Most of the time it involves an escort of hero's outside of our organization across hazard zones.This is quite rare but we have done it before.We have a marketing research firm developing ideas based upon this as well.
You will be completly in charge of interviewing and recruiting within H.E.R.O. Corp with myself and Ms.Crey having final word on such hires.
Your training will begin immediatley Mr.Mathews.How about an ID for yourself?
MrMathews:ID?Like a hero name?
Mr.Wong:Yes a hero name.You invented that belt yes?Why not something based upon that?We thought you could use the belt you seem to excel at its use.
Mr.Mathews:Hmmm ok i saw a show on TV last nite about stars and space....how about Nova-X?
Mr.Wong:Excellent choice we will have an ID card made for you right away.Please do not lose this card it will allow you access to any Crey facility.The loss f the card will cost you 30 Dollars and will be deducted automatically from your paycheck.
Mr.Mathews:Ok sure sure i understand....so thats it?
Mr.Wong:Yes "Nova-X" welcome to H.E.R.O. Corp.Please go see Suzy in HR she will have some paperwork to fill out concerning your department transfer.I will see you tomorrow for training and "physical therapy development".
In the months to come Nova-X was made aware of the distrust amongst the hero's in Paragon city concerning Crey industries.
He didnt care.Neither did the employees he had hired.Crey industries didnt care either.They didnt conduct back ground checks on anyone.Crey gave a much needed break to people who couldnt get hired by the local SG's without a background check.
Currently H.E.R.O. Corps roster was small but it was growing slowly.Afterall this is a longterm process.Better to hire the people who wanted to work.
Afterall money is the single most motivating factor at Crey industries.
Nova-X went over the roster in his mind:Siberian wall,Conflamer,Multipathe and Ex-Caliber.
Mr.wong had alerted Nova-X to the possibility that a newly discovered security bot had been found in an old Crey warehouse and may be joining the team soon.
(This is a Pinncale server sg for casual players.)
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