KLEX Corp

KLEX Corp is an organization apart of the Coalition Against Trafficking, and the most feared and respected Anti Human Trafficking group in the world.

## History

*main article: The Formation of KLEX Corp*

KLEX Corp first came about after Whitney McMann was rescued by the United States Coast Guard from a Pirate group. McMann spent four years in the United States Marine Corp, and then three years with The Child Defense Agency, before branching off to start her own organization, after the memories of her old friends, - Kelly, Lance, Ethan, and Xavior, - who were killed during their time in captivity. Whitney named the organization off them and vowed to never let what happened happen to anyone else again.

Whitney, with her small unit, fought against several small kidnapping groups and amateur porn groups. Despite their moral high ground, they were seen as vigilante terrorists, who were taking the law into their own hands. Nevertheless, they were seen as heroes to various trafficked victims. The Coalition began monitoring them, with the CDA vouching for them.

For months the Corp carried out these missions, but didn't have a centralized base of operations. The Coalition, despite being impressed with their work, were weary about accepting the when they were considered a terrorist group. The Corp wasn't worried and felt they could carry out these missions alone, gaining more and more recruits, many of which were people they rescued. The Corp initially gained respect with another vigilante group, Pedo Killing Group, and worked together on several missions.

## The War on Chains

At some point McMann was approached by the CAT director, Edric Dylan, who offered them a proposition. The Corp had grown a reputation within the country and were unofficially seen as heroes to the public. CAT offered them a job, in which the Corp was tasked with rescuing a small island in the South Atlantic. The Corp was assisted by the CDA, and Operation Underground Railroad, who were more than willing to see what the Corp was made of.

### The Liberation of the South Atlantic Islands

McMann, - with her private squad the Badgers, - linked up with the CDA unit the WOLVES, where they set up a forward outpost on an abandoned oil rig, forty miles from the island. The Corp, along with an OUR Jump Team conducted a recon mission on the island. The team spent three days on the island in secret, watching the Opposing Force in their day to day activities, where their base was, where potential buyers went to meet the inhabitants of the island. After their recon was complete, the joint team conducted their operation. The battle lasted for several hours, and was a three pronged attack: WOLVES attacked the OpFor's outposts, Badgers attacked the OpFor's main camp and the Jump Team began rescuing hostages.

After the fighting subsided, additional CAT reinforcements arrived to offer aid to the children and other victims, while CDA Operatives rounded up the prisoners of the OpFor. Dylan was impressed with the Corps work, and offered a hand in friendship with them, as well as letting them take over the abandoned oil rig as their home of operations. The natives of the island, grateful for their liberation, offered money and shelter to the Corp in exchange for protection from them. KLEX Corp was then made the protectors of the island, they nicknamed Kelly.

### Fighting in the war

For several years, the Corp conducted missions in secret around the globe with the support of CAT. Their missions struck fear in various trafficking organizations. McMann was merciless on the traffickers they arrested, often sending them of the oil rig they nicknamed Lance, where they were tortured and eventually killed. McMann also began construction on two other facilities: Ethan and Xavior. The Corp then instated a three tiered prison system, using the off shore plants as holding facilities: Tier 1 were political prisoners or individuals in the wrong place at the wrong time, and some small security units oblivious to what their employers were doing. They resided on Ethan. Tier 2 was where the traffickers were sent to be tortured. Here they were flogged, maimed, raped, starved, dehydrated and beaten for months before being sent to Xavior, and became Tier 3 prisoners. Many who lived on Ethan died in captivity, where their bodies were dumped into the ocean.

On Xavior, the prisoners were left to die. There was no food, no water, and no guards, only other inmates. The plant was run by the strongest of inmates, but even they didn't last long. Every six month the Corp would go to plant to conduct maintenance and upkeep, in order to keep the plant afloat. The prisoners on the plant were killed without mercy, regardless of how long they were there. If a prisoner was being transferred from Ethan to Xavior during this time, they were dumped in the ocean and left to drown.

The Corp was quickly becoming one of the biggest anti-trafficking organizations in the world, only beaten out by the Child Defense Agency and The Enslavement Liberation Force, apart of the Human Right's Protection Group. The HRPG were not a fan of the Corp, viewing their actions as disgusting and inhumane. Initially, CAT was considering enforcing a more humane policy on the Corp, but they later decided against this idea and refused to enforce any such policies. Despite the growing tensions between the two groups, they continued to work together.

Around this time the Pedo Killing Group disowned their friendship with KLEX, saying that "no pedophile deserved to have life." They were outraged that the Corp dared to keep any prisoners alive for any amount of time, believing they deserved "a bullet to the head." Despite the threats, there was no action taken against the Corp from the vigilantes.

### Allegiance with S.C.A.R.E.D.

The Corp's reputation proceeded them, and attracted the attention of the top secret organization, Stealth Combat And Rescue Elite Deployments. S.C.A.R.E.D. felt that KLEX Corp would make a great ally, and began their negotiation with them. The Corp were grateful for their support and backing, with S.C.A.R.E.D. giving them a specialized squad: The Wolverines. The Wolverines were led by the young Captain Nathan Santiago, and acted both as a spy and special forces unit to the Corp. S.C.A.R.E.D. was able to give the Corp experimental weapons and specialized training to help them carry out their missions.