[hr] [center][h1][color=6ecff6][b][u]Sanzhar Kravchenko[/u][/b][/color] and [b][u][color=662d91]Jace Williams[/color][/u][/b][/h1] [i]Collab Between The Man Emperor and Chulance[/i][/center] [hr] Jace had a nice buzz from the vodka he got offered by Anya back at the safehouse. Plus he picked up a nifty key which meant he now had three locations to go including his main residence. After reverting his alcohol tolerance back to normal he'd hopped in the charger and headed back to the safehouse he dropped Sanzhar at. They were in the clear with the police, but now the only problem was Adam who wanted to blackmail them into murder. [i]Now I need to figure out whether i tell Magneto Kent about the blackmail murder for hire or just go handle these bozos myself[/i] Jace pondered when an idea ran through his head, one that might be a solution to the problem and still get Adam off his back. "oh Jace you sly bastard." He said to himself with a grin as he pulled up to the safehouse and parked his charger. A plan was flowing through his brain, a way to get revenge on Adam without having to turned into his extorted killer for hire. He'd consult Sanzhar on the logistics of the plan, after all this was the last thing they needed to deal with in order to be free. He put the key in the door and opened it stepping into the safehouse. "Yo I'm back, I got good news, and bad news about the footage, I spoke to my friend." Jace said referring to Anya. [color=6ecff6]"Okay, tell me the good news first."[/color] Sanzhar turned around from his seat, eyeing Jace. He still had his metallic ballpoint pen scribbling on the notebook on the table, while the breakfast that Jace left behind was completely annihilated. Sanzhar even went as far as wash the dishes. Jace noticed the pen in his hand & notebook he was writing in. He knew he was a journalist but didn't want him writing about his hidden identity as Shade. "Aye you not writing about me like my vigilante shit right? I ain't trying to get locked up or have reporters banging at my door." He added with some aggressiveness in his tone not threatening his friend but giving him a warning. "The good news is you ripped up your phone for no reason, the footage didn't catch your face, no cops or government agents managed to snag a look at you during the monster fight or the chase." Jace finished telling him the "Good" news. [color=6ecff6]"Don't worry, Jace."[/color] Sanzhar winked. "[color=6ecff6]I know not to spill secrets. I'm only cataloguing how the law chased me down for saving people."[/color] Then Jace continued on. Apparently he was safe. There was no footage of his face, and thus, nothing to worry about when he got home. "Ah... that is indeed good." Sanzhar nodded, his writing pausing for but a moment. "Thank you for confirming it... heh, now I have to get a new sim card... so, what's the bad news then?" Jace noticed Sanzhar’s wink & shuddered in response as it made him a bit uncomfortable. [I]So your gonna publish a story about getting chased AND escaping the authorities, oh brother[/I] Jace had no time to really ponder on Sanzhar’s self incriminating writing. “Yeah you do, probably shouldn’t a ripped it to shreds but I can’t blame you for being cautious. Hell the bad news is Half the reason I don’ blame you look at this” He took out his phone and went to the second private youtube video Adam had sent him. It showed Sanzhar without his mask briefly using his powers. “Some dude named Adam got footage of you & me using our powers without masks and unless we kill two people he owes money to he’ll show the world.” Jace remarked informing Sanzhar of the bad news. [color=6ecff6]"Kill people?"[/color] Sanzhar shook his head. [color=6ecff6]"No way! No, no, no! I can't even crack a rat's spine, much less a person!"[/color] Sanzhar frowned. Just as he thought he was free, some idiot made this thing... because he had a debt or something. Oh, bother! [color=6ecff6]"Killing... you can do it, but I can't. Best I can do is lockdown..."[/color] Jace sighed it seemed Sanzhar wasn't taking the news well which is pretty much what he'd expected. "It ain't a good situation trust me I know, but you see the video. That leaves you well us with two options kill these people and keep our freedom or let them live, become wanted fugitives, risk our family getting killed by anti-altered extremists or arrested for being related to us oh and us ending up in prison ourselves if we get caught." Jace concluded pointing out the series of negative events that would follow if Adam exposed the footage of them using their powers to the public. "And hey! I ain't no heartless killer, I only target violent criminals not innocent people, he didn't tell me who the people he owes are but if there innocent." Jace paused morally conflicted about their choices "I don't know if I'll be able to spill their blood either." Jace added pointing out that he didn't want to spill innocent blood. [color=6ecff6]"Maybe we should hope that these people he owes money are the big fat cat drug lords here in the city."[/color] Sanzhar chuckled, attempting a bit of a joke to soften the situation. It probably didn't work. [color=6ecff6]"Maybe I should ask my IT brother to pull a DOS attack on that guy's internet..."[/color] Sanzhar mused. [color=6ecff6]"If we can trace his IP address... Bah, he'll just switch or do a more direct approach."[/color] On that subject, he had an idea. A big maybe. [color=6ecff6]"You know any Altered with technological powers? Digital manipulation, hacking, anything that could delete files remotely...?"[/color] Jace shook his head and looked down to the ground. “No I don’t, Your the [I]FIRST[/I] other altered I’ve spoken to since getting my powers. It’s not like I joined a Facebook group for Altered.” Jace frowned thinking about how few altered people he actually knew. “What the hell is a DOS attack? I ain’t no tech guru, outside of uploading videos to youtube & teaching courses on zoom.” Jace pondered on what exactly Sanzhar was suggesting his “IT Brother” do to help them & an explanation for what he was recommending they do. “I get that your trying to lighten the mood, so if the people he wants us to kill are scumbags then what we kill them? I can live with that, my only concern for going down that road, is what if it don’t end there, how can we guarantee he’ll get rid of the footage after that instead of trying to get us get rid of “one more person” Jace mused on the potential that this Adam figure might go back on his word and use the evidence hanging over them to force them into offing more people afterwards. [color=6ecff6]"A DOS attack pretty much stops someone in the afflicted internet address or device from accessing the internet."[/color] Sanzhar responded sheepishly. [color=6ecff6]"Say, someone trying to get into a YouTube while being afflicted by such an attack will just have an error page in front of them..."[/color] People are creative. Adam would just use emails. [color=6ecff6]"Then maybe we cut the head of the snake."[/color] Sanzhar nodded as Jace was concerned that he'd be used an improvised attack dog. [color=6ecff6]"If that happens, we'll have to deal with Adam himself... whatever that means.[/color]" Can he kill anyone? No! Not yet. "Hmm I see where you going with that but I can still see some potential problems. "Jace admitted not exactly having the same line of thought that originated from sanzhar. He stil had some idea of how a DOS attack or anything of that nature similarly might not get them entirely out of the water with Adam's extortion scheme. "I'll go ahead & make contact with Adam then, I don't like sitting around waiting. In the event that the targets are real innocents I rather have time on our hands to take alternative measures pre-emptively." Jace took out his phone and went to his recent calls to examine the mysterious number Adam had called him from. "As for cutting the problem off at the head that's something I wish we could do now, but honestly wouldn't mind if we could just get rid of some scumbags in exchange for learning a lesson about being more careful using our powers in the open." Jace concluded [color=6ecff6]"... Okay."[/color] Sanzhar sat back on the chair, rubbing his forehead, a sure sign of stress. "[color=6ecff6]I... ugh. I don't know anymore. Everything sucks."[/color] Jace let out a laugh at that response. "Shit man, not everything but a lot of it does. Alright well at least we gotta plan now, I'm going to get in touch with Adam & let's get this show on the road." Jace wasn't entirely satisfied with the arrangement of the outcome they reached, but at least it was something. A chance to salvage & maintain the secret of their abilities without comprising on morality. "I need a damn drink." Jace muttered to himself going to the fridge to retrieve a beer and going to take a seat whipping out his phone to make contact with Adam to inform him of being ready to proceed & comply with his demands in return for the footage.