Adrien Allen

### Criminal Record

Evading, Evading in a High Performance Vehicle, Assault, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm

## Role-player Information

### Played By

HutchTheClutch

**Adrien "Adrenaline" Allen** is a character role-played by HutchTheClutch.

## Backstory

Adrien "Adrenaline" Allen was always a smart child. He was gifted in the "bright but has trouble focusing in class" sort of way. Never at ease while sitting still, he would struggle with homework and assignments, but find himself able to focus for hours at a time on helping his father rebuild a car engine. His fascination with mechanics began at an early age, and as he grew more and more competent with building bicycles and dirtbikes in his dads garage, he found the only thing he enjoyed more than working on his creations was riding them.

A daredevil since before he could walk, Adrien always found himself getting in trouble for reaching places he wasn't supposed to, climbing on top of wardrobes and kitchen units as a toddler and moving on to scaling the trees in his yard and the roof of his school building as he grew. His parents hoped that his new found hobby in early engineering would calm this down, but he had been given the tools to escalate his escapades. He built a ramp to try and jump over his neighbours fence, earning him his first hospital visit when the ramp collapsed and he impaled his hand on the fence post, breaking his arm in the process.

Undeterred, he returned to the drawing board, crafting a sturdier ramp even while his arm remained in a cast. His parents were disapproving, but they found that they could leverage Adrien's hobbies in to improving his schoolwork. His understanding of maths and physics blossomed, and they could barter an better grade on his report card for a new welding mask, a week of being undisruptive in school for a new set of wrenches. For the first time, Adrien's grades began to reflect his intelligence.

As time went on, this deal remained fruitful. He made his way through high school, at the top of several of his classes, and found his first true love: There was a pristine new dirtbike in a local store, a yellow and blue Miabatsu Sanchez. Being used to building and scavenging his own bikes, Adrien set his heart on the bike. When his parents refused to help pay for it, he got a job doing odd jobs around the neighbourhood putting his skills to use. While his friends were painting fences and mowing lawns, he found a sink needed fixed here, a carubetor was misaligned there. He had the cash for the bike in no time.

From then on, there was no stopping him. He rushed around town at breakneck speeds. He never every back alley, every short cut and everything that could possibly serve as a ramp. Even as his stunts and escapades grew bolder and bolder, his grades remained solid, for he had a new goal in sight: An application to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the renowned university of modern technology in science ranked amongst the top in the world. He worked harder than he ever had, both in the shop and on his curriculur activities. With a goal in mind, something he wanted more than anything before, his parents and friends remarked that he never seemed to stop or rest.

It was at this time that a nickname was bestowed upon him, a new name that he would wear as a badge of honour for the rest of his life: Adrenaline. It wasn't long after before his beloved Sanchez was christened as The Adrenalizer.

And his hard work paid off. After high school he was accepted in to MIT, Majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Physics.

Sadly, Adrenaline did not graduate from MIT. As his workload increased, he found himself unable to balance his hobby with his academia, and his mentality suffered. While he was maintaining his grades, he was no longer happy, that spark of enjoyment he used to find in mechanics and stunt driving taken from him. Near the end of his first year, in his first act of boredom driven rebellion in years, he stole the costume for the university's mascot, Tim the Beaver, and rode the Adrenalizer through the school halls and campus grounds, culminating in a colission that wrecked the car of the university's Dean. He was promptly expelled, and faced charges for destruction of property and vandalism.

His mother was distraught, his father furious. After reluctantly paying for Adrenaline's bail, there was an argument, and Adrien Allen packed up his stuff, got on the Adrenalizer, and set off for new pastures.

He drifted for a while until fate had him stumble upon Quiet City.

## Early Days in Quiet City

Adrenaline hit Quiet City and found himself lost, an enuit he had not experienced in years. He took up a job as a garbage man, a job that allowed him to spend a lot of time exploring the city. At first he took to this without any real dedication or care, but as he started to pay attention to the city as he was driving, he began to notice hills and ramps that began to spark his old imagination. He got the Adrenalizer out of storage, and started making plans.

One such outgoing saw him driving through the reservoir at the dam north of the city. After miscalculating the depth of part of the water, the Adrenalizer got water logged and he was unable to rescue it. In a panic, Adrenaline took to his phone and called everyone available in the services tab; Dixon Butts, the mechanic; Leah LaRoux and Chuck LeChuck of the QCPD; and William Harry Smith and Bobbi McGurk of the Taxi Service. Through a slight miscommunication, they may have assumed that it was an actual person stuck in the resevoir. This might have been due to Adrenaline declaring that his "best friend" was stuck at the bottom of the lake. There's no way to know for sure.

Later, Adrenaline would respond to a tweet from John-Alec McNeil looking for workers for a job. Dissatisfied with the garbage man life, Adrenaline turned up to the meeting location with John-Alec and Zorgon. John-Alec arranged to have Adrenaline and Zorgon enter a house in Grove Street and recover a number of items that had been left during a completely legal job he'd performed earlier. After breaking in to the house, filling his pockets and taking his leave, Adrenaline came in to his first contact with the Quiet City Police Department when Detective Scott Kennedy chased him from the scene, across the storm drain and tased him.

Making his way to the Police Department in handcuffs under the escort of Kennedy and his partner Detective Rose Brooks, Adrenaline quickly attempted to make a deal based around the fact that he'd been set up. He agreed to wear a wire for Detective Kennedy the next time he spoke with John-Alec about any crime dealings, a meeting that was performed outside of Pillbox Hospital. Adrenaline had his sentence and fine reduced for this deal.

Shortly after, Adrenaline decided to leave the garbage man life behind, and took a job working for Dixon at Los Santos Customs as a mechanic, where he was able to put his extensive knowledge of engines and parts to good use. More importantly, this gave him access to a well stocked workshop that would allow him to tinker on the Adrenalizer.

## The Rubber Bandits

Adrenaline never truly left crime behind. This was a new type of thrill for him, one he'd never experienced before but was almost on the same level as his stunt work. He never took to burglary or theft, but quickly found his feet as a drug delivery driver. He was able to quickly make a decent enough amount of money to not have to worry about bills or doing crime for financial gain, allowing him to focus on the thrill.

While decrypting crypto sticks one fateful day, Adrenaline ran in to Rubb Balmer and Ace Hammers, the leaders of the Rubber Bandits. They exchanged numbers and after a brief interview/induction period where a crew, including Stacy Black, sold bags of cocaine from the back of a limousine, Adrenaline and Stacy were inducted in to the Rubber Bandits. They would go on to run several robberies, largely maintain control of the coke den in the southeast corner of the city, and the occassional assault of rival gang members. Most of their money was made from selling bags of coke to the local populations, an act the group referred to as selling 'snowglabes'.

Things went somewhat downhill for the Rubber Bandits due to the machinations of a local cult leader named Solaire. Solaire inducted Rubb's friend and fellow Bandit Johnny Borsk in to her cult. Furious about this, Rubb confronted Solaire on multiple occassions. One such confrontation lead to the assault and hospitalisation of cult member Bert Stuart, while another escalated to Rubb threatening Solaire with a handgun, with Ace trying to intervene. Ace ended up shot accidentally. Rubb rushed him to hospital, and had a large standoff with the police. He ultimately ended up in prison.

Without their leaders, the Rubber Bandits effectively fell to just Adrenaline and Stacy. They maintained their drug presence, but found it difficult to keep up with the other gangs due to their higher numbers.

During this time, Adrenaline toyed with the idea of a super-villain alter ego named The Beacon, inspired by Stacy's own alter-ego Rogue. Dressed in a glowing yellow outfit and riding a yellow motorbike, the intention was to rile up the police and attempt to spread chaos through unifying gangs to strike at the same time in an organised crime wave. The idea never properly took hold, culminating in a handful of chases with the police and the injury of a member of the EMS, for which Adrenaline was caught and convicted with assault.

## The Heartbreakers

#### Meeting Charlotte

Another of Quiet City's citizens that Adrenaline had an antagonistic relationship with was Ralph Huggins. Leader of the New Neighbourhood Watch, Ralph was not a conventional gangster in Adrenaline's eyes, and the two butted heads frequently. One insult used by Ralph was to insinuate that Adrenaline was a poor stunt man, and that Ralph was superior.

Adrenaline, while chatting with Kennedy, became aware that Ralph had injured himself performing a stunt up north on Mount Chiliad. Kennedy was responding to the scene to provide assistance. Unable to resist the chance to gloat at Ralph's failure, Adrenaline came along. They arrived to find the injured Ralph, along with two members of the city's health staff: Dr Fox Syringe and Nurse Charlotte Hunniford. They were in the process of aiding Ralph's injuries when Adrenaline and Kennedy arrived. Adrenaline interrupted them to taunt and find out how Ralph had hurt himself. With a crowd, he was determined to prove that he was the superior stuntman.

Finding out what jump Ralph had failed, Adrenaline decided to go one step further. He rode the Adrenalizer to the top of Mt Chilliad, and parachuted from the top down to where the ensemble were waiting. After proudly noting that Charlotte had called his stunt "very impressive", Adrenaline helped get Ralph in to the car and the five of them drove back to the city, with Charlotte driving the car. Charlotte, Adrenaline surmised, was not an entirely confident driver, and kept rreferring to herself as "just a silly woman". Upon arriving back at the hospital, Adrenaline took Charlotte to one side and told her that he was proud of her, and her driving had got them back safe and secure.

From there, Adrenaline and Charlotte's friendship grew stronger and they got closer over the following events.

#### Dr Takeheart

Rumours began to circulate that Quiet City had a growing supernatural presence. At heart of a lot of these rumours involved Dr Syringe and the city's new Chief of Medicine, Dr Malcolm Takeheart. The two were at the heart of investigating a vampire presence in the city, a suspected evolution of Pissbag Disease, and they were going to check out the tunnels under the city as they believed the vampires used it as a nest. They enlisted the help of Detective Brooks and Detective Kennedy, and Nurse Charlotte came along. Adrenaline, leaving the hospital for entirely unreleated reasons, saw this interesting group getting together and invited himself along, climbing in to the trunk of Charlotte's car.

The moyley crew investigated the tunnels, finding [in their opinion] damning evidence of a vampire infestation beneath the city. Adrenaline was unqualified to pitch in on this decision, but had found himself mostly keeping Charlotte safe during the investigation.

The events of the following delays were relayed to Adrenaline by Syringe and Charlotte. There had been an investigation in to a cave north of the city, during which they believed Dr Takeheart had become possessed by a demonic entity. They didn't trust anyone else with that information at the time, but Charlotte convinced Syringe that Adrenaline could be helpful. The trio spent several days keeping an eye on Takeheart and trying to gather information, unsure who to trust. Takeheart's influence in the city grew, as he began to surround himself with The Family, a group of brain washed individuals who were utterly and singularly devoted to his cause.

It was around this time that Charlotte and Adrenaline's friendship developed in to a relationship. They began spending more time together, alone when they could get it. They particularly enjoyed trips to a beach up north, a waterfall north of the city, and the moonlit Del Pierro Pier. Adrenaline was familiar with the pier due to it being the location of the Rubber Bandits' arcade hideout. The pair agreed to move in together.

Growing ever more distrustful of Takeheart, Syringe set up a secret laboratory in a hidden location in the city, where he could perform tests.

During an event for the launch of Logan Wilde's newsletter, Takeheart got exceptionally drunk and, taking advantage of the moment, Charlotte stole a vial of his blood.

### The Heartbreakers

Using this vial of blood, Syringe was able to begin work on a theoretical cure for Takeheart's possession. Charlotte and Syringe worked tirelessly on this, but the process was a slow and frustrating one for Adrenaline who was unable to provide any real assistance. He was forced to sit on the sidelines and remain helpless, something he had never been able to do.

His call to action did not take long to come, however. During a further investigation of the cave outside the city, where Charlotte was with Takeheart, Syringe and April Winter, Charlotte was in contact with Adrenaline advising she was worried and scared, and wanted him nearby. He was given the signal and he made his way in, to find April and Charlotte injured. As the group attempted to flee the cave, finding the only exit boarded up by a malevolent force, a demonic entity made itself known to them. They were able to escape.

Charlotte later found herself injured at the hands of April and Suzie Crumplebottom, who had been inducted in to The Family. Syringe was involved but unable to protect her from the pair, who chased her out of Bean Machine and gunned her down. Charlotte was taken to Pillbox, and given a blood transfusion from Dr Takeheart, which was assumed to be a powerful step in brainwashing his victims. Charlotte was kept in the hospital, and Takeheart fired Syringe for his interference and questioning.

Hearing about this, Adrenaline attacked Syringe for failing to keep Charlotte safe. Once his anger was tempered, they formulated a plan to break Charlotte out of the hospital. While Syringe snuck in to the hospital, Adrenaline confronted Takeheart and Winters, assaulting Takeheart to cause a distraction. This resulted in his arrest at the hands of QCPD Lieutenant Chuck LeChuck. LeChuck, as it turned out, was also very distrustful of Takeheart.

Charlotte recovered far quicker than would be expected, and even found herself feeling "strong and powerful". While this concerned Adrenaline, who had always been taken in with Charlotte's quiet demeanour, she assured him everything was fine and she was more determined than ever to bring down Takeheart. The team, who had began referring to themselves as the Heartbreakers, enlisted the help of Lt LeChuck.

The Heartbreakers fought an extended guerilla battle against Takeheart and The Family, attempting to use every resource at their disposal to free the people that Takeheart was taking under his sway. Takeheart's influence steadily grew, eventually including Captain LeRoux, Detective's Kennedy and Brooks, and several of the Quiet City citizens. All hope felt lost, until Dr Syringe had a breakthrough. He'd come up with a serum, called the H Virus.

Takehearts arrogance came back to haunt him. His influence had grown and he felt untouchable. He challenged Syringe to a confrontation and while his minions occupied the few remaining allies the Heartbreakers had, Takeheart showed up at the lab and confronted Syringe, Adrenaline and Charlotte.

Their fight spilled from the top of the lab down in to the morgue, before Takeheart eventually struck Syringe down. Adrenaline, overcome with anger and frustration, rushed to assault Takeheart and was summarily and swiftly dropped.

Charlotte stepped forward. Still fueled by Takeheart's blood coursing through her system, she went blow for blow with the demon until bringing him to the ground. She was able to inject him with the H Virus, and cure the demonic entity from his person. As a result, her own new found strength and confidence faded, and she returned to normal.

### The Aftermath

Over time, those possessed by Takeheart felt his influence fade from them. All except for Captain Leah Laroux, who had fallen for the Doctor during their time together.

After a brief respite to recover, Adrenaline and Charlotte opted to leave Quiet City, seeking reprive from the traumatic events by travelling the world together.

## Return to Quiet City

### Travelling

Adrenaline and Charlotte spent several weeks travelling, visiting the Caribbean, Paris and Egypt, amongst other places. Adrenaline was shocked to find out that, despite being shaped like the biggest ramps in the world, the locals do not appreciate people riding motorbikes up the side of the Pyramids, and he is no longer welcome in Egypt.

They kept active during most of their journeys, by design. Charlotte burns easily if she sits in the sun for too long, and Adrenaline grows bored of sitting in one place. The few times they did take a relaxing day off would usually still involve activities, such as Adrien swimming or exploring while Charlotte found a quiet, shaded area to read a book in. Eventually, the pair found themselves in Ireland, where Charlotte has extended family she hadn't seen for some time.

Their time in Ireland was peaceful and full of laughter. The family welcomed Adrenaline with open arms, and Charlotte was happy to spend time with them. After a while however, she began to sense that Adrenaline was growing restless. As much as they went on day trips and he could explore the area, their decision to stop actively travelling began to weigh on him and, after some very understanding conversations with Charlotte, they agreed that he would return to Quiet City to attend to business. They said their farewells, and he set off.

### Returning to the City

Adrenaline got the next flight back to the City, his mind racing as he made a list of everything he needed to do. He'd spent a lot of time thinking and talking with Charlotte about what his next moves would be. One thing was for sure; He was determined to leave behind the life of crime. While he wasn't sure how Rubb would take the news, he also didn't care. Too much had changed since he started running with the Rubber Bandits. He had a life to build and people to protect. The city itself had started to look at him differently; his actions during the Takeheart saga had lead to several circles of QC's citizens thinking of him as not just a leader but in some ways, a hero.

Upon getting back to the city, the first thing Adrenaline did was contact Detective Kennedy, and ask for the Detective to visit his house. There, Adrenaline handed over his ill-gotten tools of the trade - several illegally obtained and owned firearms, thermite, and meth. This, in Adrenaline's eyes, was the most important first step. Having any of these links to his past lying around would be a constant reminder of the man he was, and not the one he wanted to be. He also told Detective Kennedy the location of the meth lab, but made sure not to directly give up any information relating to Rubb or the Bandits. Rubb had never shown any real interest in meth in the city, so in Adrenaline's eyes, this wasn't a betrayal. If anything, it would hamper the Good Neighbours, a rival gang.

Adrenaline contacted Levi Lewis, who he knew as a criminal, a real estate agent and a friend. Before they had left the city, Adrenaline and Charlotte had picked out a property in a nicer area they'd like to own. Adrenaline made this a reality, and intends to have the place decorated and turned from a house to a home before Charlotte returns.

One of the most important steps Adrenaline needed to take was getting his record sponged. He contacted Ralph Huggins, having heard the former gangster had turned to studying the law, and the pair began the process of wiping Adrenaline's slate clean. This was going to be a vital step, and Adrenaline knows he needs to be on his best behaviour from now on. For the moment, he intends to stay focussed on his plans.