Thread: The Villain's Final Victory (Noon_Shadow and LadyTania)

Glenn drove his car up the long driveway toward the complex. The dirt road wound a long way off the main roads before reaching a large chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. At the entrance, the dirt road became paved again, and the gate opened as he pressed his remote, driving into the complex. Then the white walls of his newly constructed base of operations loomed ahead of him as he pulled into the facility. Ostensibly, it was a research facility. He was using his own resources to enhance it and his personal celebrity had allowed him to smooth the edges of red-tape to get it started. It was a front that served his purposes because it was close to the mark he actually WAS conducting research here, and it actually was about energy generation. The legitimate activity here was a helpful mask for the more illicit activity he was engaged in. As he exited his vehicle, he found his young assistant, James Young, waiting for him. James wasn't a scientist, but he was a brilliant engineer, and he'd been an excellent help to Glenn's research. But the poor fool didn't really know what he was working toward. Glenn favored him with a phony smile. What do you have for me, James? James was shorter than his employer, so his neck had to cant backward every so slightly as his eyes looked up to his face. Sir, everything is stable with the underground labs. But I'm curious about your needs for energy storage. The numbers are...mindboggling. You could power all of California for weeks with the battery power you're requesting-where exactly is that power coming from? Glenn walked with his young assistant toward the front door of his headquarters, waiting for James to open the door for him. Don't worry about it James-my entire purpose here is to find breakthroughs in power generation. I'll find the power. You just do your job and give me the battery storage I'll need. Money is no object. With that, he left his young assistant behind, walking up to the elevator that went down to the secured levels of his facility. As the elevator descended, he pulled his mask from his bag. Here...he was himself. He was the Wraith. Victor Fromm walked through the devastated ruins of the Large Hadron Collider. He saw the buckled steel plates as the facility had started to collapse. It was a miracle nobody had been killed here. He shook his head...he could feel this energy, and it was just as he'd suspected. In the 15 years he'd been operatinig as a caped super, he'd developed an affinity for feeling energy patterns. He suspected it was somehow related to his more natural abilities, namely, his extreme speed. He walked out of the facility, before pulling out his cell phone. He knew he had to tell her. The phone rang, and was answered. Aisha, it's Victor. I assume you heard about what happened in Geneva? He listened for a moment before responding. I need to tell you about it in person. I'll meet you at the usual place. And then, in a flash, the blonde-haired blue-eyed man disappeared. Faster than the eye could perceive, he was replaced by his alter-ego, wearing his signature powder blue suit, engraved with his symbol The Lightning. Last edited Jun 24, 2018