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Things moved quickly. Too quickly for even D'ren to appreciate. This chaos was not only unexpected. It tore at everything the heroes and villains had been led to believe. 

D'ren tried to stop the Enforcers as they moved in with reverse-engineered alien pistols set to stun. Normal humans and superhumans alike, sharing the uniform of the Enforcer, moved in and hauled several of them away...

The first to be wheeled out was Damien Boone, the Collective Man. When he protested, demanding to know what the purpose of this was, the chief Enforcer responded by stunning him. The chief's lieutenant was the one to speak.

"Among the Collective are spies, turncoats, and corrupt leaders!" she announced the confused and frightened crowd. "We have received an anonymous tip and until further notice, the following people will be put on house arrest for the duration of the investigation..." As she read a list of names, the Collective Man was wheeled out of the room behind her. "Damien Boone, Amenthis Coldwater AKA Portal, Diana Dataman, Joseph Fears AKA Falcon, Ken Vector AKA The Kineticist - "

D'ren thought he heard Ken shout something about it being [i]professor[/i] Ken Vector, but D'ren wasn't sure because he was frantically trying to think of a way out of this mess. 

The female officer continued, "...and Tamria Lucas AKA Dream-scape."

As two Enforcers moved to collect the unconscious girl from the floor, D'ren lost his damn mind and broke on of their necks, and impaled the other one throat the neck with the combat dagger on the first guard's belt. 

The lieutenant shouted to four guards standing by, "All of you, take him!"

D'ren could feel that something was wrong here. Even if this lieutenant was 100% correct, D'ren knew that there was something deeper going on. She had mentioned corruption in the ranks of the Collective leadership. Yes, he believed that was true, but his assumption was that whoever provided the Enforcers with this anonymous tip was actually a pawn for those corrupt individuals. And they were not only removing those they felt were incorruptible, like Portal and the Collective Man, but also those who threatened their status quo, like Ken and The Infamous himself.

After D'ren was hauled away screaming that he was going to murder them all, the lieutenant and her silent chief departed the room, leaving another man in charge of the small group of nemeses. 

[url=https://theinsightfulpanda.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/welcome-to-level-7.gif]A suited man who looked handsome for anyone in their early 50's strolled out of a shadowy corner.[/url] Even though his voice and mannerisms seemed very casual and easygoing, he commanded great authority by the simple fact that he'd seen and done it all, and exuded the sheer [i]right[/i] to be in charge.

"My name is Peter Clark," he informed everyone in the room. "I am now in charge of the Collective and this base until this matter is resolved, hopefully peacefully. If you wish to have your collar removed, there is a slight hiccup in that department. Due to the fact we just discovered that there may be traitors among us, we are electing to instead remove the devices around your neck, merely inhibit them so that you can use about half of your normal powers."

With that, he stepped aside and two female guards escorted [url=http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n185/mappalazarou/Mappalazarou%202/3.jpg]another woman forward.[/url] She had matted long hair and kept her head down, face concealed in the shadow of said hair. She wore a long dirty dress and her feet were bare, and just as filthy.

The girl slowly lifted her shaking hands, keeping her head down in fear. 

Peter Clark gave her a sympathetic look and clasped his hands in front of him as he then turned to address the heroes and villains. "Step forward if you wish to have [i]some[/i] of your powers back."

Meanwhile, D'ren fought, nearly breaking free of his captors near where Elis and Diana were located. However, more Enforcers came to subdue him with shock batons and alien pistols set to stun. As this was occurring, a few Enforcers came for Diana. All of this happened in front of Elis.

Seeing Elis a couple meters away through his bloodied eye, D'ren gasped in pain and exhaustion. He crawled on the ground toward her as two guards reached down to grab him. His voice was raspy, but clear as he grunted out the words, "Play along..."

And then he was hauled away. 

One masked and helmeted Enforcer remained to give Elis an eerie gaze before smacking his palm with his baton and walking off...

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