Divided: War on Chaos

United we stand...Divided we fall...

July 7th, 2018
10:13 A.M.

"Today you all live and contribute to a society filled with potential citizens who are eager to create a new era of peace upon the streets of New York City. Which is why I promise that we are now gone from the middle of corruption and political pressures that have held us back for far too long."

Governor Josh Parker spoke in his usual energetic and firm voice to the entire state of New York and a small crowd of people, the media and press taping him live from Union Square in Manhattan. Flyers were scattered everywhere along with streamers laying across the ground and decorative along with security scattered around the governor and throughout the buildings, businesses, and subway tunnels. His picture was blown up behind him with cheesy catchphrases in bold in front of his picture. The day was sunny and the sky possessed a very nice blue tone with clouds. The morning was fine overall.

"Which is why I wanted to go on towards a different matter as to what I mean by my very claims that I have brought up in the past days. As many have none, the very conspiracy circulating our state government affects the very fragments of our culture, economy, and ways of life."

News reporter David Owens was in the studio during the speech as he listens in carefully through the wide screen monitor from the distance. He was caught on to the speech as he actually brings up the word "conspiracy" and his heart began to drop and skin began to numb up in fear. He knew where this very direction will be headed. Planitia Libertine has been on his back for the past years and he just can't take the extreme methods in running the media itself. His children have been put in danger and his marriage has been lead into a divorce. His depression is beginning to rise as he began taking anti depressants to keep him adapted to his career and keeping personal troubles from stopping him.

"Perfect....Yes! Now make sure the sewers are clear. Just do it"

Donny sat inside an abandoned apartment inside a whore house watching the speech from a portable television as he talks into his cell phone. A young woman massaged him as he conducted his squad of men to plant detonations across the entire street of union square within the sewer tunnels. He was in a whole other city borough, knowing that knowledge of his very location wont do any good for law enforcers since Donny is a master of escape. His entire multi million dollar underground criminal conglomerate has equipped him with everything he needs and has helped maintain experience in breaking the law and get away with it. He knew every flaw of every high enforcement running the city's established order. Three women crawled towards Donny who were probably high on drugs within the abandoned apartment whore house. He got up off the bed, closed his cellular phone, pulled out a hand gun, and threw it on the ground as all the women quickly ran and jumped for the gun. Donny walked over the nearest wall and watches them fighting for their regular pay from him. One woman grabbed the gun and blasted the other three as she turns to Donny and points the gun at him but Donny quickly snaps her arm in time with a quick chop against her elbow, letting go of the handgun. Donny picks the gun up and blasted the woman's cranium off the jaw of her head, leaving the brains and blood spill all over the room. Donny walked away as he puts his hand gun away. He heads out the apartment door and meets a group of masked men all armed and strapped with bombs around them under their jackets and vests. The masks were of many different forms. Some in ski masks, some in Halloween masks, and some in stockings. Donny was followed by the men as they pushed the junkies out of their way and pushed some out the near by windows or down stairs.

"It's show time. Don't **** it up....."

Donny put on his black leather gloves as he heads out the apartment by himself. The entire masked posse awaited in the lobby. Donny made his way to a parked armored van in the middle of the closed street and threw his hand gun against the glass of the driver's window. Donny unlocks the door and enters the car as he simply hot wires the car by using brute strength to turn the ignition itself. Donny He shifts the van to reverse and cause it to back up into the front door lobby, crashing all the way through as the group of men opened the back door and hopped in quickly before Donny drove off once he heard the van doors close. Donny watches the dead bodies of construction workers and policemen on the sidewalks and streets. This was all going accordingly to plan. He had his phone ready. One phone call will change will mark a huge message upon the public....a painfully chaotic one that will open the eyes of the public.

Donny turns the sirens of the armored van on as he was driving towards Union Square, first heading for the highway to get to Manhattan from Queens. Donny began to laugh hysterically as he drove through the streets a fast speed.

Jeffrey walked through the city alone. He was obviously bored but what could he do? Nothing! was the exact answer. The police had him under surveillance so he couldn't use his powers yet. They viewed him as TOO unstable. He was mad.

Mandy, or Liza as the people knew her sat in one of the cameraseats that covered Union Square. She had a brief zoom with her TV camera on the Governor, before having it roll over the spectating crowd and the very lengths of the scene. She pressed one hand against the headset on her right ear to hear what the chief said about the camera maneuvering, as she once again focused the zoom on Governor Parker. A fellow crewman patted her on the back where she sat as he passed her, and she smiled at him and continued with her duties.

Many would define her job as a boring one, just sitting around and filming studio shows and watching political as well as demonstrating activities all days long, but she didn't mind it. In fact it was of great interest to her. She had a chance to follow the human lifestyle as upclose as possible. It was a life she had grown custom to, and that she more and more chose to live, rather than her worse half.

She would soon turn her head, although still focusing her camera on the Governor, and listen to the distant sirens that sounded. Given, this was New York City. Criminals were bound to be active, but yet she couldn't understand how they weren't glued to their TV machines when someone as magnificent as Governor Parker was talking before all of them. Who could think about crimes and sins at a time as intriguing as this?

Jeffrey slowly walked past her. He was bored out of his mind. He had only 1 hour left before the police removed the surveillance devices from him and let him use his powers once more yet he was still worried. The criminals had a massive crime wave since he couldn't knock some sense into them.

Meanwhile, in an underground United States laboratory outside the city, several scientists stood by a glass window, looking into a room occupied by a single man. He was standing at attention while the scientists argued with each other. They all fell silent when another non-scientist walked in. His suit had the decoration fitting a high-ranking member of Planitia Libertine. He said only three words: "Is he ready?"

"Yes," said one of the scientists, "His training is complete. Would you like to see a demonstration of his abilities?" The man only nodded and walked over to the window. That is him? "Yes, that is the form he likes the most. He can change forms, of course. That is one of his main abilities. He can morph his body into almost anything of similar volume he sees." The scientist pressed an intercom button. "Paul, please show this man your shapeshifting abilities." Paul bowed and proceeded to shift into a copy of the scientist who had spoken to him. To show how perfect the transformation was, Paul spoke in the scientist's voice. "Is this adequate?" The scientist was elated in his transformation. "Yes Paul, that was perfect." Paul bowed again and morphed himself back to his preferred form.

The man thought it was impressive, but was more interested in Paul's combat prowess. "How does he fight?" The scientist really got excited now. "He is an amazing fighter, using his liquid metal body to its full potential." He once again pressed the intercom button, along with another that caused several combat dummies to rise up out of the ceiling, walls, and floor. "Ok Paul, now please show this man how fast you can destroy these dummies. Ready... GO!"

Just as the scientist said go, Paul morphed his arms into blades and slashed the dummies closest to him in half. He dashed quickly up the wall, smashing dummy heads in with hammers made from his hands. Back to blades, he finished the dummies off with one huge sweep. Changing his form back to human, he bowed once more and stood ready at attention. Very good. Now I think we are finished here. I will take Paul to Asuza. She will definitely be interested. The scientist said "As you wish." and pressed a third button, opening a walkway and door to the training ground. "Paul, please walk into the room. You will soon be leaving with this man, who will take you to your new leaders." Paul was happy to oblige, he was bored with the scientists and their constant bickering. He walked up to the man, who stuck out his hand for a hand-shake. Paul took it, careful not to squeeze too hard. He then followed the man to an armored limousine waiting outside. He would soon meet his new leaders.

Jeffrey just sat there on the Cement. He was bored. There was nothing much for him to do unfortunately so he couldn't do much with the police still keeping him under constant surveillance.

Donny sped past a suspicious limosine as a group of men in white were escorting a normal looking being into it. He turned away as he looks forward with curiosity in his mind.

"Hmmm....."

"I have decided that what was best for this country and every community, especially this community, is for the people to know what are government is up to and why the conspiracies must stop before the public rebels against it, causing a new age of political troubles between the higher powers and the people. Democracy is democracy and my patience has grown thin for the very corporal beings who are truley running our government."

The people began to talk among themselves as this speech began to shock the people and begin to create delusions amongst the crowds. However, before Governor Parker could continue with his speech, loud sirens were headed through the closed streets. To everyones surprise, the armored van was headed towards the crowd as they began dodging as many began getting ran over or hit by the van before Donny stomps on the brakes, causing the last set of people who have been run over drag across the pavement. Donny kicks the driver's door open and jumps out of the van with a microphone as the armed masked men got out of the Van and stood behind Donny as Secret Agents ran forward and pointed their glocks at Donny who looked at them with a crazed look in his eyes and then a smirk.

"A little help here please..."

Donny said to the other Secret Agents standing aside Governor Josh Parker and other politicians sitting by. The secret agents pulled out their own hand guns and shot both CIA agents standing in front of Donny. It became clear that they were in disguise the entire time. Donny steps over one of their corpses as the people were scattering around. The masked men controlled the people as they began shooting their weapons upwards, keeping the people squatting down in fear. Donny spoke into the microphone as Governor Parker looked at Donny with fear. He already saw this man's capabilities over his own agents. This assasination attempt may be succesful after all.

Donny: "Ladies and Gentlemen...Stay calm or this street explodes along with us all."

Donny turned to the young girl holding the camera that seems to be connected to a podcast that connects to other home televisions. He taps the glass of the camera.

Donny: "Is this thing on? Good!"

Donny turns to Governor Parker who was being held by the false Secret Agents. Josh Parker did not even try to force himself out of their grasps, already fearing the situation he is in. Donny spoke into his Microphone.

Donny: You know Governor Parker, it's funny how you worry so much of being protected but you don't worry of those who protect you and who they really are, huh? Let me be a noble gentleman and introduce myself...I am a realist who long has been caught in the middle of a metamorphosis. I then realize that there is something....someone out there just controlling their little worlds and converting it into a reality. I then thought "Hey...Why continue being a typical criminal and become a true philosopher. So...here I am! I take the entire street hostage, the Governor of New York hostage, and I am already on a role."

Donny pulls out a notebook and throws it at the Governors head as he groans out.

Donny: "What I threw at you is a list of names and information I want you to reveal to the public. Right in front of the press right here, all these cameramen and women, along with reporters and journalist in th presence! If you disobey my orders, this street will blow up and we all die! Oh and trust me, things won't look so good for the future if you refuse to do so."

The a handful of the masked men pointed their guns and weapons towards the cameramen in case they decided to shut down their cameras.

Governor Josh Parker shook his head in anger as the false Secret Agents let go of him and shoved him forward. He opened the notebook and looked into the names of the members, affiliates, and cooperatives of Planitia Libertine. He sighed and he looked at the people who have been taken hostage and Donny falls on his bottom and lays flat on his back with both hands behind his head, awaiting for Governor Josh Parker to speak the names out and the information of the very Illuminati s controlling this central government.

"I have it all under control, sir. I have ordered an EMP already" Azusa uttered, walking through the crowd. It would appear she was talking to herself, as she had no cellphone or headset that she spoke to. She pushed through the crowd, which eventually opened path to her when they noted the Planitia Libertine insignia at the back of her leather jacket. To the people, Planitia Libertine had always seemed like a sort of police force. They had come, solved crime, and gone again. At least, that's what the public had seen them do.

Azusa stopped just below the stage and lifted her head, eyeing both the governor and Donny "Cease this criminal activity, kid. You know we don't heed the will of terrorism" she uttered. She had a voice so strong, so fierce that it was almost questionable if she even was a woman. The assertively and determination spoke against it. Azusa stood in front of the crowd, beneath the scene and she was clad as she always had been.
She wore a 17th century Stetson Lakota headwear, a costly leather jacket with the Planitia Libertine insignia, and rather worn, gray jeans with a belt seemingly far too big for a woman her size. Beneath the jacket she had a black t-shirt and for gloves she wore a pair of rough leather working gloves.
By her belt was a plastic holster with a handgun, although it was still strapped tight, revealing that there was no intent of pulling a gun in this case. On her other side, her left side, hung a baton. And those that looked closely from behind could note a massive knife of Bowie model by her back pocket.

To everyones surprise, Azusa had come alone, not with her regular army of armed men with badges that tended to follow her like nothing more than a tail of her own. The early European age Spanish ethnicity woman gave the governor a powerful, yet simple glance, before turning to Donny with her arms crossed "He will not be reading up your lies, child. It will bring more harm than good. You must agree, governor? We wouldn't want to bring unnecessary havoc upon our beautiful city because you decided to give into the terms of a terrorist" She asked then as she took a step up on the stage, and looked at the man.

If things turned out to go bad, there was always the explosives that hid beneath the park. Would they go off, all blame would fall on Donny, and the day would be saved. This, if the governor wouldn't see reason. The irony of the case was that Donny's advantage was also Azusa's lifeline to keep mouths shut if the situation demanded it.

Donny began to laugh hysterically once Azusa said the words "criminal activity". He then pointed at her as he let out a real cough and then spoke through his microphone as he looks into the public in their fettle position.

"And then there are people like this...She claims I am causing a crime as she is part of the biggest crime here today! I am liberating all you people from your own misery of living in a society ran by the likes of....this!"

Donny then turns to Azusa and walks towards her as he pulls out an AK-47 and spins it with the use of a few of his fingers. Before he made a step, he threw his cell phone towards one of his men who caught it and put it in his pocket.

"Well hello there....You must be Azusa am I right?"

Donny said as he licks his hand and strikes his hair gently then shook himself a bit. Governor Parker observed what Donny would do next. He seems to be an unpredictable man and he wondered if any of his snipers will shoot him down yet or is there some type of twist to his death he himself has no knowledge of. Donny approached Azusa and pointed the AK-47 right at her face as he looks into her eyes with a sick look in his eyes.

"You're not going to win...I have this street on lock down and you pretty much placed yourself exactly where I wanted you. Right below us all are detonators that will blow us all sky high within seconds. At the snap of my fingers, an alert will be sent through the sewers and my suicide bombers will ignite the bombs, destroying the very park and street into stone. Isn't it cool? Now, there is no future for your organization...Just a new era of war and chaos within this nation between you and I, baby."

Donny pats Azusa on the head and turns his back on her without any regret of doing so and aims his AK-47 at Governor Parker who quickly reacted by putting his hands up.

"Now then...do I as I say...."

Azusa eyed him, and as he turned away from her, she smirked. She looked at the crowd of people for a brief moment and then back at Donny "We've swept this area. You have no bombs in the vicinity. And even if you did, you wouldn't have the guts to pull the trigger while you yourself is here. You're all talk, Donny" she said, taking a step further up the stage and came to equal height of Donny and his thugs. She unstrapped the handgun at her side, but didn't pull it. "Drop your weapons now and no one will come to harm. We can still work this out on a verbal level"

She turned and eyed the girl with the camera nearby. This was being transmissioned live, and so far the only one that had looked bad was Donny. There were bombs, Azusa knew this. Donny weren't the common amateur terrorist that Azusa had dealt with, but something grander. It didn't matter though, for not even he could take on Planitia Libertine. Even would she die here, which she wouldnt, even if the bombs would go of, Planitia Libertine would live on. Although not necessarily to the knowledge of the outside world, as many believed Azusa was top dog.

"You've lost, Donny. Drop your weapons and come quietly"

"Awww....well aren't you the cute and innocent one. You really think that you completed such a task along with your own group of schemers. Let me just remind you all that my men are suicide bombers, willing to die for my philosophy as I continue to live and fight for that philosophy and that is for the public to live in a society where they too can play a role in the higher government."

Donny pointed the AK-47 at his own chest and began releasing a vast amount of bullets into himself as he began to walk back and blood began to squirt around but he still stood laughing once the bullets stopped. Blood began pouring out of his mouth as he smiled and pointed the AK-47 at Azusa. The bullet wounds began to heal rapidly and the bullets were trapped in his body.

"Mister Governor! Tell the public now without looking into the notebook all you know of Planitia Libertine. Do it for the city...We cannot afford much more chaos now can we."

Donny said with his head tilted towards Governor Parker. He began to stutter, he had no idea what to do. Was he going to die alone or with the city together? Donny has done it and accomplished the downfall of him. Governor Parker spoke....."Planitia Libertine....is....a conspiracy...that is all."

"Tsk tsk tsk....."

Donny turns to the man with the cellphone as he picks it up and goes for the alert button.

Azusa pulled her handgun as Donny turned towards one of his men, and as she did she uttered in a neutral tone of voice "Now". The moment that she pointed her gun at the man with the cellphone and pulled the trigger, an electromagnetic pulse rose and intensified, resulting in every electronic device for several blocks being wiped out.

As her gun had fired, she dashed straight at Donny with intent to not only bring him down, but to also take him in. She didn't know if the EMP or her bullet had stopped the man in time to prevent the explosion, but it really didn't matter. The crowd could live or die, for all she cared.
Donny had been foolish enough to reveal that bullets had no effect on him, so Azusa decided to resort to hand-to-hand combat. It wasn't her speciality, but she weren't bad at it.

"Ha!"

Donny spun his body sideways over Azusa and leg sweeps one leg as he locks that leg and grabs the other leg over the other, then turns her body over, bending her back and keeping both legs crossed around one of his legs. Donny was a pretty dirty fighter and very skilled at it, knowing he had to defend himself most of time if he were to be show himself in public like this.

"And it starts.......now!"

The end of the street began to collapse with the loud explosions erupting from beneath and headed toward the entire rally. Donny let go of Azusa and spins towards her, stomping her with the heel of his boot against her gut. As the explosion was near Donny's location, he opened his arm and falls on his back with a smile as the pavement sunk him and Azusa in. The people sank as Governor Parker escaped barely. He ran away, feeling both fear and regret for this city. He could not believe he just risked the lives of many people for an organization that was truly up to no good anyways!

Donny disappeared under the pavement and as he landed in the sewers, he quickly got up and ran away towards a secret passage in the sewers circulation.

14th St. Union Square was left with a destroyed street and 40 casualties.

"Hey! Where the hell is my phone!?"

Jeffrey however had covered himself in Earth right before the bombs went off, protecting himself. He approached Azusa "Want me to hunt him for you? I know the sewers like the back of my hand. It is going to cost a lot of money. "

Azusa screamed, not in pain but in anger as she took hold of some rumbled and climbed her way up out of the grave that Union Square had become. She placed both hands by her neck and with force pulled and twitched, pulling her neck and head back into place after having broken it in the fall. As she had made her way up, the man preferably known as The Hawk approached her, and she studied him as he came at her. When he was close enough, she took hold of him by the shoulder and shoved Jeffrey away.

"Out of my way, worm" She commanded with a snarl and stood tall, placing her hands behind her back and stretched her spine with something of an aggressive roar. She then turned and looked at the ruins that had come from the bombs. She eyed what used to be the stage, and then looked back at Jeffrey and spoke to him once more "He can not run from Planitia Libertine. Don't insult us with your services, or elude yourself with the illusion that we'd spend money on you. I strongly suggest you leave this to professionals" she demanded and stumbled away from the ruins. Her ways of communication was disrupted from the EMP, so she was unable to contact her men. She'd have to get away from these now light-forsaken blocks.

"Hunt him if you feel like it, but don't do it in our name or with the belief that we'll feed your wallet" She frowned as she put her leg by her thigh and pressed, cracking it slightly into place with a painful grunt.

"Must I show you?" said Jeffrey and then he levitated into the air. Fire Circled around him as did Water and Earth and Air. Then using Psionics he closed his eyes and threw a small pebble at her. "Catch. " he said.

But before it could come near her a wall of Earth rose up and blocked it. He then demonstrated the rest of his abilities. "So you feed my Wallet, and I hunt him down and bring him to you. It is a fair trade. 100k. Hard Cash. Not Credits. "

Vash raised up form the dirt and the junk and dusted himself. He wore the uniform of one of the Secret Agents. He had ears and eyes all around the city, and he partially knew the plans of both the criminal organizaiton and the Planitia Libertine. He sent men down to the sewers to disarm the bombs there and some men to the park to disarm those bombs as well. They hadn't disarmed them in time and that was a mistake. I'll take note of that next time... thought Vash with a grunt. Next time, he'll base his forces on one area. Disarming so many bombs at once was foolish, and he should've known it himself. It had cost 40 casualties...

He stood as a Special Agent there, watching what was happening. The explosion had been unexpected, and the madman was unpredictable. The mind of an psychologically unstable individual was always hard to read. However what did this conflict today show? The notebook wasn't read, the Governor wasn't killed or taken hostage. All it showed was the amount of chaos that was going on in this city, in this nation. Something he dreams of fixing. Vash shrugged off and quickly ran up some ruins and junk to get to the top of the ravine from the sewer. He looked around to see the damage. It was remarkable... The sewage system will have to be replaced, so will the road. Quiet pricy.

Donny continued to run through the sewers until reaching the very end of a tunnel he entered through another hole within the top level tunnels. He jumped into a hole that was high up and slid down like a slide as the dirty water was under him as he slid down into an empty layer. Donny ran into the darkness and disappeared, to be seen again soon...

Governor Josh Parker was being checked up on by doctors as plenty of cop cars, ambulances, and fire trucks surrounded the street. He caught eye of Vash and walked over to him away from the emergency doctors and pulled him by his shoulder to have him face him.

Parker: What the hell is this all about!? Where were you guys!?

Parker awaited an answer from Vash. He has known of him for years and his alliances with the IBC and his powerful work ethic in the fields of investigation.

(Note, Jeffrey is a mercenary for hire)

Jeffrey then saw Vash and frowned. A secret agent. Well disposing of this one should be easy enough.

[Isn't your character supposed to be a hero, Hawkeye113? Just a thought, given your CCS. Yet he's observed by police, requires a criminal fee to hunt down a terrorist and considers disposing of a governmental agent]

Azusa clenched her fists, and then opened the palm of her right hand and facepalmed herself, flinching at the strength she used to do so "You don't get it, kid. I don't care about your magic tricks. I wouldn't waste money on you even if you were Superman himself. I only work with professionals. You're a child with a match" she snarled "Your first misstake is that you're asking for cash for something I can have done for free. Now leave, before you trip and get hurt. I have important matters to deal with" she said, paused and then turned away to the side of the site of destruction "DAVIDSON! HERE!" she roared, and a suited man came at her. As he met he, he slowed down at her side and the two began talking in a silent manner.