Story Heroes Ch. 1: "We are born!"

[Raiden]

(OOC: Just so you guys know, the villians use creatures called "Kattos" to do their bidding when they don't feel like doing it. There are two types of Kattos. Large 7 foot ones that are incredibly muscled and have large claws and fangs are the Juggernaut Kattos. Small 3 foot ones that aren't nearly as strong, but are incredibly fast and mischievous are Imp Kattos. All Kattos are dark green with splotches of purple on them, and their eyes are red. We'll be fighting these guys a lot. And these are just the basic two. Since we're going up against an evil geneticist, we'll be fighting new versions of these a lot of the time.)


The alarms inside the genetics lab were going off. The rotating red lights were casting eerie shapes on the walls. Guards carrying large automatics were running through the halls in groups. They were all heading for the front doors. In a large room, the front doors stood in a proud glory on one side. In the room, around 50 guards were aiming their guns at the doors. A loud noise was heard outside. The sound of something pounding against the reinforced metal of the doors rang througout the room. The guards were nervously loading their guns, and keeping a bead on the entrance point. Suddenly, the metal started to bend inward. With a loud roar, three Juggernaut Kattos punched through the door, sending the metal planks flying across the room and ramming into the wall on the opposite side. The guards fired their guns. The Juggernauts were mowed down, and they fell with large holes in their chests. The guards all sighed with relief, until the Imp Kattos appeared. Hundreds of them ran through the doors. The guards tried shooting at them, but there were too many. The Imp Kattos reached the first line of soldiers, and leapt onto them. They dug their small claws into their bodies, killing them. The imps continued on with their senseless slaughter, making room for dozens more Juggernauts to enter. The guards tried their best to stop the Kattos, but whoever wasn't overrun by the Imps were impaled on claws or ripped in half by the Juggernauts. With the first wave taken out, the Katto army proceeded through the hallways.

Meanwhile, in a top-secret room in the middle of the building, a man is working furiously over a large computer. The giant monitor in front of him is quickly flashing symbols and codes that only he could possibly understand. His glasses reflect the light, and his lab coat is soaking with sweat. His fingers tap frantically over the keys, and with a sound, the side wall begins to pull up. Inside the wall are several large glass tubes. In each tube there is a body floating gently in the liquid. Their mouths are covered with breathing masks, and there are sensor wires reading any and every hearbeat, movement, and brain wave. The bad part was, there were currently no brain waves to be read. A door opened, and a lab assistant ran through and quickly closed the door again.

"Dr. Trang! The Katto army has broken through! Our defenses are being massacred! We have only a few minutes before they break through to this very lab! Sir, we need to evacuate!" Dr. Trang was still scanning the monitors. Beads of sweat dropped from his forehead and onto the computer.

"I can't leave. Not yet! Project Heroes is the only thing that can save us from those monsters that Professor Drake had brought to life. If we lose them, we're all doomed!"

"Sir! We can make more of them! But if you die, we are really doomed! You're the only one capable of making organic creatures! Specifically ones with powers like these! We can scrap the project now, and start up again in a different location." Dr. Trang turned and scowled at his assistant.

"Never! We will never have another chance to do this. It's sink or swim time now. So you can either help me, or get the hell out of my way! I don't have time for you bothering me!"

"I'm sorry sir. How may I help?"

"There's a safe in the corner. Take the materials out of it, and put them in the specific trays by the tubes. Make sure they're by the right ones! We get a mix up, some of them might die." The assistant hurriedly opened the safe, and pulled out the items. He wondered what some of them were for. There were some strange swords and staffs, and some really old revolvers that seemed to have been outdated for years. There was even a sphere package wrapped in a thick leather. All the items had numbers on them. He placed the items on trays by the tubes by the corresponding numbers. He quickly went back to the doctor.

"All finished, sir."

"Good. Everything is fine. Their maturation rate is perfect. I have just finished slowing down their aging process back to the normal level. Mental, physical, and social capacities are at perfect balance with the characters from their stories. All we need now, is their minds." Dr. Trang pushed a large button, and a device came out of the cieling by the tubes. Long wires shot out of the device, and clung to the tubes. Dr. Trang typed in some commands, and electricity shot through the wires and began to shock the bodies inside the tubes. The bodies writhed and spasmed. Their minds were now being programmed. The liquid inside began to glow, and cracks in the glass were showing.

"Come on. Just a few more minutes..." Just then, loud noises were heard outside the room. There were roars, and the sound of large feet stomping down the hall were quite clear.

"Damn! Just a little more!" The bodies in the tubes were in a frenzy now. They were spinning and kicking, their eyes were now wide open and darting around frantically. Suddenly, the glass tubes cracked more, and exploded in a bright flash. The bodies fell to the ground, being ripped from their wires. They were still spasming. Dr. Trang and his assistant stared in disbelief.

"They're...dead. Our one hope, is dead!" Dr. Trang closed his eyes tightly as tears slowly rolled down his cheeks. Large pounding noises were coming from the other side of the door. With a single punch, a Juggernaut busted his way through. Dr. Trang and his assistant edged back to the other wall. The Juggernaut smiled a toothy grin, and walked forward. It punched to the side, and it's fist put a large hole in the monitor, leaving sparks flying out. The Juggernaut was now right in front of the doctor. It raised it's large claw into the air, and was about to swipe down, ending the Doctor's life forever. Until there was a small sound, and a hole appeared in the Juggernaut's forehead. It fell down dead on the ground. There was a hole on the other side of the Juggernaut's head. Something had been shot right through it's brain. The Doctor and his assistant looked up, and were amazed. Several naked men stood before them, and one with black and grey hair was standing with a gun pointed out. A small cloud of smoke was floating out of it. He twirled the gun in his hands.

"So, you started the party without us?"

(OOC: Alright guys, suit up. This is where you show off how well you know your characters. Stay in their personalities, and kill like how they kill. Now, go!)