June 18, 2018
The warehouse was pitch black, par the lighting provided by the thunderstorm outside that struck lightning every now and then. A soft whimpering could be heard and eventually the slow creak of an old, rusted door opening could be heard before the sound of heavy metal clunking against the ground interrupted the whimpering. Eradicator struck the match against the rough texture of his combat trousers. The light illuminated his body as he drew it up to the cigar in his mouth and lit it before snuffing the match in his metallic hand and dropping the snapped match to the ground. He moved from his position to the criminal tied to the chair, bloodied and beaten from Eradicators interrogation a few hours ago. It seems the silence and darkness got to him more than the beating did.
Eradicator tore the blindfold from the thugs face, dropping it on the filthy concrete ground and taking the cigar from his mouth, smoke escaping as he did so.
"I'm going to ask you this once more, and you can choose whether or not you think not speaking is still a good option." He spoke, his gravelly voice echoing throughout the warehouse.
"Where is Victor Manning hiding the girl" His gaze shot through the thug like a bullet. The thug swallowed hard and coughed up his next few words.
"The Docks" He managed to stifle out.
"South of here" Eradicator kept his gaze on the thug. He raised his pistol to the thugs temple and felt the slide click forward. He had more than enough reason to kill him, he had helped in the selling of people for god's sake. But he was also young and could be saved. Eradicator at least hoped this experience would stop him from continuing with his life of crime. He swung the gun into the kid's head, knocking him out before leaving the warehouse in the search for the young girl, not 13 that was to be sold to some low life abroad.
June 22, 2018
8:00Am
Joseph 'Eradicator' Boyes woke up to the loud and annoying sound of his alarm beeping away next to his ear. He slid himself out of his bed and picked up his phone. For a man so infused and based around technology, Joseph wasn't very good at using his phone. Highlighted by the fact that he went out and bought an alarm because he had trouble with the alarm 'app' on his phone. He had very few 'apps' on his phone. He didn't really see the point, but eventually gave in to a few snooker apps that he played while at the dentist and other appointments that required waiting. He had a text, from the mayors secretary of all people. He usually only got messages from them when a citywide emergency was going on. This, was much less important. It turns out the mayor was giving a speech in an hour and wanted a few well-known heroes to stand behind him and make him look good. Joseph's face turned to a scowl, he simply sent a text back with the message of 'Not in a million years' before starting his day. He showered, had breakfast and checked the news for any disasters currently impending. It turns out some villain called 'Mama Bear' had released every animal in the zoo for some reason and heroes were arriving on scene to stop her. Joseph sighed, rubbing his one human eye. He could never just have a quiet day could he?
He suited up, got his equipment and made his way to the zoo in his Gran Torino. If there was one perk that came with the job it was the car. He had wanted a Gran Torino since watching 'Starsky and Hutch' as a child with his father. He arrived on scene, lighting a cigar as he got out of his car. He watched the situation unfold for a bit before opting for a more stealthy method after he saw the animals return and go straight for the neck of many of the heroes. That would just be tedious to deal with. He slid back the top of his gun before circling around the zoo and climbing over the fence. He stalked through the underbrush, readying his knife in case this 'Mama Bear' had any goons waiting in the shadows. He was relieved to see she hadn't, blood in a zoo isn't the greatest combination in the world. He was much less relieved when a lion pounced out from a bush near him and pinned Eradicator to the ground. Eradicator dodged the bites towards his head before rolling backwards and kicking the lion off towards a tree. Eradicator quickly rolled to his feet and slid his thumb against a small switch on his gun, changing it to the second non-lethal mode. He took a quick shot at the lions skull, and a dart flew out before quickly subduing the lion under the effects of sleep. He eventually reached the other side of the underbrush to see some sort of demon thing fly down before changing into what looked to be a normal bloke, along with some high tech 'hero' deciding to turncoat and protect the villain. Eradicator stepped forward with a scowl.
"If you really think this zoo is keeping those animals in any condition other than good you're delusional" He said, removing the cigar from his mouth, snuffing it on his metal hand and dropping it to the ground.
"A lot of the animals here are near extinction and being kept here under good conditions in order to prolong the lifespan of their race. What you're doing right now" He said waving his arm out in front of him as if to signal towards Mama Bears actions.
"Is just putting them in more danger. Even if you did succeed with this - which you won't - How do you think those penguins will survive in this heat? They belong in that enclosure over there, you know, the one with all the ice in it? Not out in this heat" His eyes turned to 'Pulsecat' he had seen here on the news and during incidents here and there.
"And you, do you really think someone who would happily put people's lives in danger just to take animals out of a habitat that they are perfectly fine in is any sort of 'good guy'?
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