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[h2][u]Target Locked #4: Target: The Hounds of Humanity #1[/u][/h2]
[b]Location: Square of Hound engagement, Lost Haven
Time: Late afternoon - Day of Hound Attack[/b][/center]

It didn’t take long for Kayla to scout the area she signed herself up for. Though there wasn’t much in the way of Hounds besides weapon caches for the terrorist group to return to, there were televisions in the rooms on all the news stations, as if something big was waiting to go down. As she watched in horror, the news about three places being devastated or destroyed by a weapon started to break on all of them. The people of Paris, TX; Nautican Island, MA; and Philadelphia, PA were all wiped out or outright killed as all bar Philadelphia were wiped off the face of the planet by weapons in orbit of the planet. The archer’s eyes widened in horror as the news broke out, left speechless at the thought of thousands of men, women and children were killed. Reaching for the radio on the belt, she pressed the send button. [color=e38c2d]”Guys, turn your attention to the news…”[/color] she spoke, her voice hiding little of the shock of the news. She carried on watching as all the news channels were cut out and a shadowy figure replaced them on all the screens. This was the first time that Fletch had seen a worldwide message from The Hounds:

[i]“We warned you. We told you that compliance was non-negotiable. Yet you chose not to listen.”
“The time for talk has passed. From this moment on, you are either with us or you are against us.”
“We are coming, and you will either stand with us, or you will burn with them.”[/I]

Whatever the message’s meaning was, the pit of Fletch’s stomach began filling with anger. [I]How dare these… these monsters![/I] she thought to herself, gritting her teeth as the shadowy figure was replaced with the news channels that got cut off for the broadcast. Her right hand clenched into a fist, nails digging into both leather and the exposed skin to either leave their mark in the glove or draw blood. She turned and began walking out of the room, holding the radio in hand. [color=e38c2d]”I’ve got to cut my time here short. I need to help out with whatever has happened.[/color] In mind, she has one thing that she needed to do: get answers to what has happened. And she was planning on finding any of The Hounds that are still operating somewhere in Lost Haven to get them.
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[center][b]Location: Driving through Sherman Square
Time: Evening - Day of Hound Attack[/b][/center]

Fletch raced through the streets to get to her destination of Little Ulster. She figured that she’d start in that area of town and slowly expand her search until she found The Hounds. [I]And to think this was to be done with the Penose,[/I] she thought, concentrating on the road ahead of her to avoid crashing. As she raced through Sherman Square, her eyes looked over to the Sherman Center. She could only imagine that the terrorist group were planning on targeting this city next, seeing as this is the hub for all the famous meta superheroes today reside. It was only the fleeting moment that she saw Icon and Iron Knight that she realized that a response was happening in the aftermath of this attack. Without hesitation, she put her bike into a skid, stopping several meters from the group that was forming. As she took off her helmet, she was listening in to the conversation that the group were having, recognizing Lyger in the group as well.

[i][color=c0c0c0]“If you all remember back to the Pax crisis three months ago, a heroine named Archangel used orbital strikes surgically to destroy quite a few of the dome-generating devices hidden across the country. I believe that the Hounds have somehow stumbled upon one of these satellites and have repurposed it for mass destruction. I have no idea how this WMD had fallen into the Hound’s hands, although I can only guess that S.T.R.I.K.E. saved one as an insurance policy. But I do have a plan.”[/color][/I]

[i][color=c0c0c0]”I’ve repurposed one of Archangel’s old chassis. Since they both should have the same technology built into them, we should be able to exploit the satellite’s programming. Maya here has graciously agreed to help us out by running the exoskeleton.”[/color][/I]

[i]“I was at the university the day it was attacked, I destroyed those towers. This is the bit of technology I fished out that they used to hurt metahumans with - a special sound frequency. Probably the same shit we’re going to run into again. If you want to dismantle that satellite you’re gonna to have to do it properly. I’m the woman for the job. I have as much at stake, Lost Haven is my home. And. . .”[/I] Fletch watched as the unknown woman was talking to the other heroes in the group, seemingly looking at each of them in the eyes. [I]“I’m going to help whether you like it or not.”[/I]

[i][b]“If you’re willing to fight, we can use all the help we can get. Maybe it’s time we took this conversation inside.”[/b][/I] Icon responded to her. [I]Seems that I’m in the right place to help out with this Hound shit,[/I] she thought to herself.

[i][color=c0c0c0]“I was about ready to make the same suggestion. We need to make a plan of attack so the Hounds can’t use that satellite to murder countless people in cold blood.”[/color][/I]

[color=e38c2d]”If you guys are after the bastards that caused all that damage earlier today, then count me in,”[/color] she spoke up, looking at the group on top of her bike. [color=e38c2d]”I don’t want them to target here next, not when there are lives at stake.”[/color]