Nicolette Heart

Nicolette Heart, or Nico, is a Lieutenant of Team Lucifer. She is one of the 12 current Level 5 Superhumans at H.E.R.O.

## Background

Nico is one of the H.E.R.O.'s most valuable members. Her teleporting and transportation ability being invaluable to their cause. It's also why she's allowed to do whatever she wants without many consequences. She is first seen talking to Bramon Xanthe during the Aldain Finale.

### **Aldain Finale**

Nico is seen, presumably, watching the fight between the MC and Klaus Aldain. As it ends, Xanthe commands her to retrieve the trio's corpses. She demands the same perfected Evolution Serum that he gave her Team Lucifer members, Alexis Allaband and Clark Cabellero, in exchange. He agrees, saying that it was always the plan to give it to the rest of her team after Zack Zaman and Team Cthulhu anyway. Nico excitedly teleports away and retrieves the bodies.

### **Beach Event**

Nico can be briefly encountered during the MC's Beach Party. It's assumed that she finished up one of her missions and was relaxing there afterwards. Only being seen if MC decides to peek on her in the women's shower. It is there that she gets angry at him looking at her naked body, calling him a pervert. She proceeds to teleport him into molten lava which leads to Dead End 15.

### **H.E.R.O. Base Infiltration**

A bit later. As MC and Jake are infiltrating H.E.R.O. Base, Nico can be seen again briefly. She arrives to banter with her team members as they're giving Jake his tour. She teases Alexis about being too violent and that's why she'll always be single. Alexis retorts that she's single because she too lazy to look for someone. A comment that makes their newly arrived Captain, Malik Drexel, laugh.

As their talk goes on and Nico gets into a heated argument with Clark, she notices Jake staring at her and rebuked him. Telling him that if he must look at her, it better be towards her face. Alexis interjects and says how he's supposed to help it with how she dresses. Nico doesn't care, saying it's not her problem and that her outfit isn't any better. She taunts Clark about how valuable she is before teleporting to another mission with Malik. After leaving, Clark admits that they would be screwed without her power and that Jake should stay away from her since she's temperamental. Alexis agrees and says that the top brass let's her get away with pretty much everything.

### **Hunt for Valravn and H.E.R.O. Recruitment**

Valravn is sent by Ella Vulpe to cause havoc as H.E.R.O. sends multiple agents after him. Valravn being too hard to capture, and escaping as soon as a stronger agent is sensed by him, manages to evade them all. That's why they sent Nico to hunt him. Only she is capable of getting close to him, arriving after he kills another human. Yet, Valravn still manages to escape capture. This causing her to chase him around until it's ultimately deemed a failure.

A bit later, MC's secret identity is revealed to the world. As he is deciding to either meet the Supreme Minister or leave the sector, Nico is sent to retrieve him and his friends. Upon meeting them, she doesn't think too much of them, saying that she won't bother learning their names because they'll be dead within a year. She then brings them to Dexter Miliken and Xanthe, where they give a run down on the situation of MC's reveal and his newly formed connection to M-Corp. If MC tries to attack him, Nico senses his bloodlust and power rising, threatening to send the four to space if he tries anything. Or if he rejects their requests, she teleports him into space, killing him. As such, MC reluctantly agrees to fight Valravn, with Nico remarking to have fun getting killed before teleporting him directly to fight.

As the fight between Valravn and MC is well underway, Xanthe mentions that he's fascinated by his complete regeneration, something that's not common and would like a sample. This causes Nico to make a snarky comment about how she'll deliver his body after he fails. A comment that causes Alice Alderman to defend her companion by telling her she failed to capture Valravn herself. Something that irritates Nico as she says she hopes he manages something before he's killed. As the fight comes to an end, Nico teleports both of them back to the base.

Nico's outlook on the MC changes based on if he beats Valravn or gets saved by Brianna Carson. Saying she waited until the fight ended to see how far he could go. Showing disgust at the fact that their representative is weak, if he lost. Or showing interest in MC managing to prove her wrong by defeating Valravn. Willing to ease up on him and compromise, since he has potential. Something that shocks Xanthe, since it's such a rare occurrence for Nico to like someone else.

### **S.I.N Reveal**

Cole Yun, Briar and Zara interrupt the MC's interview with William Baldwin. Dexter asks Xanthe to call Nico and send her. Back at the interview, their new rival organization, the Superhuman Independence Nation or S.I.N for short, is fully revealed to the world. As Cole confronts MC, she arrives on the scene ready to take them with her until an S-Rank M33: Hexenringe, Hex, blocks her powers from affecting them.

Nico decides not to wait for reinforcements and gets locked into battle with Hex. The two altering and shifting the environment as their power clash. Cole seeing this happen, tries to use his power on her. Here the MC can help her or watch it happen.

   **If MC doesn't help Nico**

Nico is on the losing side as Cole uses his power to distract her, causing one of her six rings to shatter. Finally, having enough of him, she swings her fist faster than he can react and then shattered his arms before sending him flying. However, she loses even more of her rings before Zara tells Hex to get them out of there as H.E.R.O. reinforcements are close.

**If MC helps Nico**

Nico is on the winning side of her clash with Hex, being able to fully concentrate while MC holds Cole off. Her five rings eventually overpowering Hex before she decides to repay the favor to the MC for helping her. Throwing her knives through both Cole and Briar chest, brutally injuring them. Before she can throw one at Zara, the teen tells Hex to get them out of there.

After they return to the base, Nico informs them of the S-Rank M33: Hexenringe and decides to call a meeting, bringing all five Captains, and Henrick Bendrix, to discuss how to handle Ella. She gives a quick rundown on her with them and the information that she heard got leaked. Malik asks her if she can break into the Hxeneringe's distorted space to which she said she possibly can, if she went alone. They discuss Ella some more and Tiffany's upcoming wedding before ending the meeting.

### **The Battle of the Diamonds**

At start of the Battle of the Diamonds, Team Lucifer, along with Team Reaper, is tasked with infiltrating Ella's Base. Nico is to help Alice destroy the dimensional barrier, their powers and monster parents being closely related to each other. Breaking a hole in space, they create an entrance. Alice, Clark and Nico are to be on standby as she teleports Nyx Elis into the battle. Nico, however, has other plans, telling Clark to give her the rest of his power so she can go hunt Ella. Something he agrees to do before passing out after giving her the rest of his power.

**Nico vs Ella**

As Ella sends out Goliath to stop Alexis, she's confronted by Team Reaper Lieutenants Jill Pyre and Duncan Gillibrand. Before they start the fight, Nico arrives after being called for backup. Their fight mostly being even with Ella not being able to hit her with her instant teleportation and Nico not being able to catch her in her ring's gate.

   After some time, Nico is caught off guard and injured after thinking she succeeded at sending Ella into the sun. Duncan is turned into a tree by Ella and Jill is terrified before being sent away by Nico. An action that elicits Ella to mock her about saving her fellow members while saying she still hasn't recovered yet. Nico not being one to back down continues their fight. It coming to another stalemate as Ella runs around before getting hit by Nico's hidden lava teleportation. Yet, Ella heals again, evading Nico's teleportation.

The climax arrives as Ella reveals her true body was hidden underground. Making her immune to Nico's power with its large size. Nico has had enough. Since she couldn't send her to the sun, she brought a large chunk of the sun to the dimension instead, vaporizing Ella's large body in fire and radiation. However, she's caught off guard yet again, being injured once more. The tides finally turning in Ella's favor but unfortunately for her, Nico's Captain, Malik, breaks out of his prison and assist her. Moments later, Nyx also arrives, hitting the fleeing Ella with her Negative Energy: Death.

With Ella seemingly being killed by Nyx, Hex decides to collapse its dimension. This causes Nico to teleport Malik, Nyx and Ella's corpse out. She then goes to save the MC and others from H.E.R.O, even getting Duncan's new tree form for Nyx before leaving majority of the humans to die. The battle now concluded, her and Malik get the MC to verify if that's really Ella. Being happy that she's finally dead and hopes the monster appearances slow down.

### **Post Battle of the Diamonds**

A few weeks after the big battle, Nico can be seen again when the MC, now Level 3, goes on an A-Rank hunt. Something she set up to test him and as a good show of faith. She remarks that she'll give him a chance since he reached Level 3 about as fast as she did and through a battle like her as well. They have a casual discussion before finding a monster corpse. Nico is a bit disappointed to not know the location of the other, but MC uses his memory power to locate it. When they arrive, Nico injuries the A-Rank Asura, further before offering the MC the chance to kill it. He can accept her gesture by fighting it or decline.

**Refusing to fight the Asura**

MC loses all of the respect Nico had for him. She gets angry at him and kills the Asura herself before leaving him stranded there by himself.

**Fighting the Asura**

She'll assist him, lending him 5 of her rings, as he attacks the monster. She even saves him from death during close calls, if he doesn't have the proper skills. This is up until he successfully kills it after 3 hours of her adjusting and configurating her rings for him. Finally finishing, he falls from the sky, exhausted, before Nico teleports his body into her arms. She comments that he's impressive, for a Level 3, before helping him up. Afterwards, she excitingly gives him credit for the kill and is genuinely happy that their representative isn't weak. Being satisfied with helping him get an A-Rank kill, they return to the base together where she gives him full credit for it.

### **Twins Arc**

**S.I.N Initiation**

Nico is seen talking with Zack Zamon, contesting his standing as Captain after he tells her what her role is in the S.I.N initiation. As the two begin to get in a heated argument, MC arrives, and they begin to go over the plan. Zack telling him that Hex will move to protect S.I.N's more valuable members from her when she comes to get him. Once MC is clear on his objective, Nico volunteers to teleport him close to their meeting point.

After MC completes his mission and is ready to leave, He's stopped by Eisheth. Not accepting that he refused to take the oath and mark from Charlie Leicht and Zara, she either forces him to receive them, if he's alone or sends him, along with Met Freitas, back to the room where it takes place. It is here where Nico arrives, creating a crack in empty space as she's forcibly opening a hole in Hex's Dimension. This causing Hex to teleport all of the important S.I.N members away from her after they sense her power.

It is here that Nico comes face to face with the Chosen, Eisheth. She tries to teleport her into the sun, but she's protected by Hex who arrives behind her. Eisheth then goes on the offense and crushes Nico with her power but Nico teleports away and stabs her directly in her heart. She then battles Hex but before they fully start, Goliath awakens, causing a massive earthquake. Eisheth uses her powers again and tries to crush Nico, but MC moves to attack her with two of his mantis blades, saving Nico. Hex then tries to attack MC, but Nico saves him. After they manage to escape the fight, Nico tells the MC to carry her some place safe after having half of her bones broken. MC complies, picking her up and flying to a secure place. Still hiding within Hex's dimension as she's healing from her wound.

After they arrive, Nico tells MC to turn around so she can check her wounds. She gets dressed again, stating she needs an hour or so to heal, thanking him for attacking an S Class to help her. MC accepts her gratitude, saying she looked like she was in trouble. Nico however retorts that the only reason Eisheth survived is because Hex saved her, stating she really needs to kill it. This causes MC to wonder if that's why they're still here. She answers by saying she wishes that was the case, but Zack's orders were to get him and get out as soon as possible. The only problem is she spent too much power breaking in, so she needs to regain her power to get them both out. This makes MC even more curious as to why H.E.R.O didn't another Captain or Lieutenant but she responses by saying everyone at S.I.N was guaranteed to survive with Zack overseeing the mission. Stating that even without that, it wouldn't be possible without Alice and Clark. That it would be too difficult to drag another captain into the dimension.

After that, MC has the opportunity to get to know her better. Either asking her what she does in her spare time or can she make a dimension like Hex.

**Asking if she can make dimensions like Hex**

Nico reveals that she was turned by the same breed of Hexenringe but a different individual. She goes into how neither her nor the monster that turned her could make dimensions like Hex. It being a special kind, an S Class. She continues by stating that she encountered it once before when she was Level 4 and that, according to Xanthe, you need some level of control over both space and time to create and maintain a dimension like it. Normally, M33s only being able to control space, like her. MC tells her that it's too bad it didn't turn her, but she refutes that it doesn't matter and that how strong a superhuman becomes is up to them, not the monster that got them. Stating that her Captain, Malik, was turned by a C rank monster and is now stronger than almost all superhumans and monsters out there. That only when gaining strength to surpass the source of their power, tearing apart the monster that preyed on your human self will be when you know you're strong.

**Asking what she does in her spare time**

She says she doesn't have spare time between training and working, MC then mentions what Alexis and Clark said about her. Nico responds by saying they don't know anything and that's why she's much better than them. She tells him she trains by exploring after finishing her hunts. That she pushes her limits more than anyone. Including the captains. That she wants to become the strongest and will explore the entire cosmos. MC is a bit shocked and asked if she really explored the cosmos to which she tells him that she has, and the entire universe is her playground. He asks how far she can teleport to which she states she doesn't know. She's never used more than half of her power in one jump and that the further she goes, the more efficient she can travel. Teleporting on earth costs her almost nothing while teleporting to the sun is a little tiring. But there's a point past the edge of their solar system where the increase in cost is relative to distance drops off and she can travel farther and farther with little extra cost. If she does it in one jump.

Nico continues, getting excited, as she proudly states all of the most beautiful phenomena in their universe is exclusive to her. All for her to see and experience. She goes further by saying that she's not close to reaching her limit. With half of her power, she can hope galaxies and if she were to use it all, she doesn't know where she would go. MC asks her why she doesn't, but she tells him she wouldn't have enough power to get back. That's why she wants to increase her power so she can reach further and further. Conveniently for her, exploring is the best training for her powers. If MC has enough of a relationship with her, he can flirt with her by saying that it would be awesome that, if they went on a date, they would explore the universe. She declines, stating that she wouldn't ever date him. That said, she explains that going by herself is one thing but going with someone else would drain her. She wouldn't even be able to take him out of the galaxy. That is, unless their bodies were connected in a certain way. She says that will never happen, but she looks away with a smirk on her face and blushes at the idea. She strips down again but this time she lets him she her naked and checks her wounds before she teleports them out and meet up with Zack.

**A-Rank Hunt Part 2**

A bit later after they escaped Hex's dimension, Nico invites MC on another A Rank Mission. Requesting him again. This time to help her hunt an A Rank M43, a type of shapeshifter that works with concepts, thoughts, feelings and memories. She needs him so that the monster doesn't take on the strongest opponent that she's encountered. She tells him to lure it out and have it transform into something from his memory so that she can kill it. Waiting by the entrance until he calls for her.

After MC engages with the monster, he calls Nico, and she teleports it into the sun. They talk while MC heals himself. She states she's surprised that the monster was still in its normal form, that resembles the form the 4th Apostle took at the beginning of the game. MC states that it likely has something to do with his own memory powers. Upon looking at MC, she's pleased with the size of his member and decides to reward him. Being impressed by the fact that he went on two A rank hunts with her and survived. Here, MC can choose to have sex with her or reject her advances. If he refuses, she is shocked and threatens to sexually assault him right there. She demands a reason for why he refused her. MC can tell her his reasons, of which there's 4, before the mission ends.

## Powers and Abilities

Nico's teleporting powers make her one of the most dangerous superhumans in the world. Being one of H.E.R.O's most important members and undefeated against all of her fellow lieutenants.

**General Superhuman Abilities**

## Relationships

MC

Nico initially doesn't think much of him. However, overtime she grows more and more interested in him. Liking that he has potential and the fact that he's extremely capable. She warms up to him enough that she's not as abrasive and dismissive towards him. She even lets him see her naked. Something she doesn't allow most people to see. It even goes further to the point where she herself offers him sex and states that they will continue to have it in the future, after they finish.

Malik Drexel

Nico respects her captain very much. Even citing his rise to power as part of her motivation to becoming stronger. She even respects his power enough to consider him the strongest opponent she would fight against, if the M43 used it powers on her. Malik also cares about his lieutenant as well. Often letting her do what she wants and supporting her when she wants to put a stop to Ella.

Ella Vulpe

Nico doesn't like Ella and wants to put an end to her. Being happy that she was finally killed and hoped that the monsters would slow down. She was impressed by her powers after their fight, however. Ella on the other hand thought her powers were impressive as well and wanted to kill her before leaving as she thought she was too dangerous. to keep alive.

Zack Zaman

Nico doesn't like Zack much and thinks he's too useless to be a captain. Thinking that she deserves the position more and that at least Henri should have been chosen over him. Something that Zack also agrees with but doesn't think she is worthy of the position neither.

## Trivia

* Her actual first "appearance" was a bit earlier when she teleports Xanthe away from his meeting with Klaus Aldain, Danica Gorman and Oscar Leicht.
* She calls Alice tits, Michael muscles, Deryl black and MC blue. Stating she won't bother learning their real names.
* She, like the five captains, doesn't have a tracker on her like Alexis and the other members of H.E.R.O. Her warps messing the tracker up.
* While only being Level 3, she was hailed as being one of the most dangerous superhumans on the planet. Being able to teleport others, regardless of their level.
* She has claimed to have been able to kill A-Ranks at Level 3.
* Nico currently has the largest amount of relationship points lost from a single choice in game. That being -10 for not fighting the Asura.
* This also makes her the character with the lowest possible relationship score, beating out Jake's -5.
* She states that she can warp lightyears in a single breath.
* With half of her power, she can hop to galaxies.
* It's stated that exploring is the best training for her. Better than fighting or working out.
* She can survive in space for a long time, weeks or maybe even longer, but it's not the best environment to regain power.
* She's discovered alien life, habitable planets, got caught in galactic windstorms and blinded by solar flares.
* She's seen comets, hypernovae, black holes, and neutron stars during her travels.
* Of the Lieutenants at H.E.R.O, she along with Lisa have the most dangerous powers.
* According to Lisa Corven, Nico is undefeated against all of the Lieutenants. This includes even herself, though she claims she has more power than Nico.
* She's an exhibitionist. However, she only allows those that she wants to see her body to see it. Killing anyone else who pervs on her.
* As of v0.97, she officially calls the MC by his name, if he has sex with her. Proving that she acknowledges him and bothered to learn his name.