[right][h3]Creep[/h3]Sheila Hopkins

[i]Community Rally[/i][/right][hr]

The darkness did mean that Creep would be unable to make use of Wisp’s light-blasts, but that was hardly a problem. It wasn’t as if she was going to blast light at anyone as Creep. Amount of light was not a factor when simply cloaking herself, just meant there was less light she had to move around herself to cloak herself from vision. Simple enough. Along with a small illusion in all directions depicting the ground she was walking on, Creep was invisible…

… Why on Earth is police officers standing guard for the Community rally? …

Arriving at the park, Creep avoided the crowd. She couldn’t stand anywhere someone might want to stand. Off to the side it was, in hiding. If at all possible she’d find somewhere with asphalt or road that people didn’t wander to which was within hearing range. She did not want to walk on vegetation, it caused sound. She could afford to stand slightly close to the rest because of her 360 degree vision, guiding light from all around her to her eyes, she’d have time to dodge someone about to walk into her as long as she always made sure to have an escape route. She’d find somewhere good enough.

… So that’s the Patriarch. So far, Creep wasn’t impressed. Then he continued, got to the part where he introduced new family members, and…

It was with sincere effort Creep kept herself from gasping out loud at the Patriarch’s power. Never before had she seen something quite so terrifying. Someone’s will being completely and utterly overwritten… at a mere touch? And he implied it was long-term. What was he, Master 12? Add to that the powerful individuals he was collecting… This man, this [i]villain[/i], had a power that could let him rule the world. What if he got his hand on, say, Legend? Alexandria? … Or potentially even worse, if he got his hands on Dragon, using whom he could then potentially open the Birdcage, and perhaps put his spell on its inhabitants? The scope of this… was terrifying. The thought of being caught by him herself, having her will overwritten and made a pawn… was terrifying. The thought of Viola being caught by him…

… Immediately shot him straight to the top as primary candidate on the list of people for Creep to potentially assassinate using her power, for the greater good. End the threat, right here. She was a Stranger they didn’t know about. She just had to shoot that one bullet, not miss, and so many lives could be spared…

… … … … … No. Not now. It wasn’t her place. But she would certainly tell the Protectorate. There was no way this wouldn’t instantly classify the Patriarch as a top-of-the-line threat, maybe even S-Class, according to herself. He certainly had the potential for it, he was just laying relatively low while he was growing his forces. Creep imagined that as soon as she delivered her note of his powers to the Protectorate, they’d take additional steps to see him eliminated. He had to be that bad. That, and she would of course tell Shatterpoint as well. Part of the job.

Creep started making ready to make her escape as soon as he was done. All the while, making good use of how her light-powers enabled her to see everywhere around her to see if [i]anyone[/i] looked roughly in her direction. Any potential unknown or known parahuman that might have just the right power. The combination of Xolotl, Sonika and the Patriarch meant that, firstly, she couldn’t escape if they started hunting her, and secondly, being caught meant “The End”. Will overwritten. Now a willing pawn of a villain, and yikes, she did NOT want to have her power of perpetual invisibility available to someone like him. He could have her hide him while he strolled into a meeting or fundraiser of important people or even heroes, touching each person with nobody the wiser… The thought of their combo made her shiver.

She kept around, checking if he was going to say anything else, but if not she made ready to hurry out there as quickly as she could while still trusting herself to be silent.

[@Eklispe]