Thread: Rise of the Knight Rider (Noon_Shadow and Superheroinevengeance)

The Praetorian was standing there, enjoying the effects of his little speech. Underneath the fear from their circumstances, there was outrage. That was good. The point for him was to make a big splash tonight, getting onto the radar. The Praetorian had been working in the shadows for over a year now, and this was his coming out party. Let people see the danger that shares the night with them, let them find a symbol onto which they could project their hatred and fear. In the end, it would all give him exactly what he wanted. For now, his men were working on crowd control. They were experienced with that, even if the coordination was off. It was taking longer than it should, but not dangerously so. The crowd by the front entrance was being pushed back, up against the walls, crowded in. It was progressing up the room as most of the crowd were being herded. Just follow instructions. We're here for a few people only....the rest of you will walk out of this room, untouched, unmolested, with your valuables intact. But we're not averse to leaving a few very stylish looking socialite corpses on the floor if you give us trouble. The new District Attorney had been restrained and thrown to the floor, keeping him from trying to get over to his wife and child, and they were dragging the mayor over to shove down next to him. That was when some shrill teenage bitch decided open her impudent mouth. Stone listened to her tirade and only smiled behind his mask as he looked at her. He'd been about to tell his boys to do something to make her rethink herself, but that was he felt a flicker of recognition. She looks familiar, thought Stone behind his mask. She was standing there right next to Mrs. Hannigan, so she was with the Commissioner's family. Was she some highschool girlfriend of Hannigan's kid? No, wasn't that. Then he recognized the young man sitting behind, Drake Gabbert. Future heir of the most powerful business in the city. Paige Williamson, she's supposed to be dating Drake. Elias' kid. What a coincidence having her be the first to challenge me . Stone left his microphone and then began slowly walking toward her. Drake had winced when Paige had started shouting. She was way too reckless, all the time. Even her entire half-baked idea to dress up in a costume and start delivering her own justice, that whole reckless idea had been hers. He'd had to work on every type of gadget imaginable to help keep her safe, to scrounge all the tech he could to improve her abilities, but none of tha was here now, and this was probably the most dangerous situation she'd faced. His heart caught in his throat with fear as he saw the man start pacing down toward them. In a rage, he stood up, jumping in front of her. No, back up and leave her alone! he said, his voice a plea and a demand. There was a fire behind his eyes-he wasn't going to let this man harm his girl. That resolve lasted about 5 seconds, until the masked man's hand moved so fast Drake couldn't even see it, and whipping the butt of a pistol into his temple, driving him to the ground. His head foggy, he tried to stand back up, but the big man put his foot onto the back of his neck and cocked his pistol. You need to stay on the ground for a moment, rich boy, the Praetorian rasped out, looking back to Paige. She was a very attractive young woman, a nice body. Stone stood there, studying her, even as the Commissioner was dragged over next to the DA and the new Mayor. The mayor's family, and the DA's lovely niece, Maya, had all been dragged over near the door, their cargo ready to go. He glanced over to the two men next to him. Get the Commissioner's family, he said quickly, before looking back up at Paige. I think it's time for an object lesson in control and authority for a teenage brat like you. So you'll have to demonstrate to me that you know who's in charge if you don't want your little white knight's brains splattered all over the floor. Do you understand? He chuckled behind his mask. Now. Take off your dress, slut.