Those Forgotten Don't Always Stay Forgotten...(Invite Only)

Earlier
The Ranger, leader of Chicago and Atlanta’s newest super hero organization, sat in a rolley chair in front of a giant computer built by The Black Knight. He was flying through government records and police calls trying to figure out just what this whole ‘Dominus’ thing was all about when something caught his eyes. This something that should not technically exist, it was a forgotten person, everyone who knew about the person long sense dead as she too was thought dead. But, The Crimson Archer thought otherwise, if only because the disease she had was something that a cure had long sense been found for. Sure, it seemed she had the earliest strain of the Swine Flu, and probably the first [i]ever[/] if only because she acquired the disease nearly a century before the actual outbreak, but there was a cure for it now in 2029.

Reading everything he could about the forgotten hero and where she was kept he realized it would be impossible for any normal person to get into and get out without triggering some sort of alarm. Yet, did it truly matter when the security for an old government warehouse had literally four security guards, five security drones, and one person manning the security cameras? To a person dubbed the king of stealth this should be no problem, plus, she was alive. He wasn’t sure how he knew it but he somehow knew she was alive and he wasn’t going to just leave her there to ‘rot’ when he could easily cure her and bring her back to doing what she did best. Signaling out to Nathanial and the other Knightwatch members, who were all probably out patrolling or something, what he was doing he rose from his chair and headed to the elevator pulling his hood over his head.

Now
The Ranger had seriously miscalculated how heavy the damn stasis tube was going to be and of course trying to pick it up triggered a silent alarm, which of course he now had four security guards and five security drones rushing down to see just what was going on. This essentially gave him about twenty or so seconds until they were on top of him. It seemed it was time for a change of plans, he had truly wanted to wake her up in Knightwatch lair where he knew she’d be safe and there he and anyone else present at the time could explain the situation to her, but it seemed there was going to be a change of plans. He was going to have to wake her up here and give her the cure here as well.

Removing the needle from his pocket he punched in the numbered code into the stasis tube and watched as the locks clicked open. Moving to the side where it opened from he lifted it up and over, opening it all the way up and allowing the ‘gases’ to flow out until he could see her. When he saw her his breath was taken away at her beauty and age, she although from the 1940’s didn’t look a day over twenty, and she was magnificent. Shaking the thoughts out of his head, as there was truly no time before she would wake up and the effects of the virus would take action, he pushed the needle into her arm and let the cure flow into her blood stream. “Come on wake up, wake up…” He muttered under his breath as he heard the door open up and the first of the guards run in. It seemed he was out of time.

Turning his back on her The Ranger raised his bow and notched two snare arrows, taking out the first two security guards and immobilizing them with ease. It wasn’t that he was scared of the security guards, they truly posed no threat to him it was the fact that he did not want to hurt them. Which he could very easily do with his arsenal of about forty arrows, he was carrying a short quiver tonight. “Wake up sleeping beauty, anytime now would be great.” He muttered under his breath once again, looking over his shoulder to check on her progress which was looking surprisingly good. She was breathing better now and he could see the color returning to her cheeks, it shouldn’t be long now. He thought to himself turning back to face the security guards as the last two of them had made it inside and so had the five security drones… great.

[1944]

"Alright Maria, the tube is finished, after you step in the machine will activate and your own healing powers will leave you suspended until we get the cure. Like I mentioned before it the disease looks like a strange version of the flu so creating a cure shouldn't be hard, especially with your blood samples. To be safe we are going to keep you in stasis for two years, so that way we can perfect the cure and give us room form error in the testing phase." Said Doctor Charis. He opened the door to the tube and waited for her to make her goodbyes.

Maria turned to face her teammates, Crash, Barrage and Vixen, or as she knew them, Bert, Will and Alyss. She was in a hospital gown, but she didn't mind, these three were her friends, and more importantly, her family. "I-I'm going to miss you guys." said Maria, a small amount of tears down her face. "For me it would only be a few seconds but for you guys it will be two years, are you sure you guys can make it with out me?"

"Don't worry hun." said Alyss. "I'll keep the boys from fighting, don't you worry, we will all be here when you wake up. After you wake up we'll throw a big party just in your honor." Alyss then moved closer to Maria, then whispered in her ear. "I'll even make sure you have some time alone with Will."

Maria blushed a bit but then pulled her into a hug. She then walked over and gave a hug to Bert. And finally she walked over to Will, after giving him a hug she reached up and kissed him. "I'll miss all of you... Gosh I'm going to have so much to catch up on when I wake up." Tears unintentionally rolled down her face as she walked to the tube. "Good bye, see you all in two years." she said with a smile. She got in and the tub close. She saw her friends in the small window in the tube. But after a few seconds the machine started and she felt herself getting tired. Her eyes flickered, wanting to stay opening, but after a few flutters, closed.

[2029]

Maria's eyes fluttered. Maybe it was the feeling of a needle sticking her arm... no that wasn't it, her body was numb and the pain didn't register yet. Did they open the tube to inject the cure? Must of... otherwise she wouldn't of felt the needle. She moved slightly and fell out of the tube. But wasn't the tube on it's side? Why was it standing up. She caught her self falling. She was on the ground on her hands and knees. She began to cough, but after a while her breathing stabilized. She looked up, she could hear faint noises that where slowly getting louder. Her vision was blurry but slowly started to clear. It looked like a fight, but she felt to weak to move.

"Dr. Charis? Is that you?" said Maria, trying to figure out who the figure out who the figures where. "Bert? Alyss? Will?" she continued to guess, but then her vision clear. This wasn't the hospital she was being taking care of. It didn't look like a hospital at all. What happened in those two years she was out? The pain from the needle then kicked in, it was dull, but not very painful.

Names, she spouted out four different names each of which Ranger shook his head too. He felt bad for her as all of the people she once knew were long sense dead, but there wasn’t anything he could do about that now. Loading two more snare arrows into his bow he fired them off at the regular security guards and then cursed as the Robotic Security Drones got closer, he knew he could easily take them out with an emp arrow but they were too close and he was afraid they would somehow be able to run even with the EMP and that was not something he could risk, not with Maria in the state she resided in now, but it was his only shot. Shaking his head he fired off an EMP arrow at the lead drone and not watching to see his handy work he turned picking up the girl.

“Sorry for the sudden intrusion, just trust me and I’ll explain everything when we’re in a safe location.” The Ranger spoke out loud enough for her to hear as he carried her in a somewhat ‘bridle style’ before taking off at full speed. Now, although The Ranger may not have been the fastest man alive he was up there in the running for top three now that Entropus was considered deceased…so when he took off he truly did take off. He took no time to look behind him and make sure the Drones were out of commission because he knew there would be now feasible way for them to track him. At five hundred and fifty miles an hour he left the government facility in downtown Chicago and arrived at the abandoned warehouse that covered the Knightwatch’s Lair in less than ten minutes. It not only helped when he was fast but it also helped when you did not have to follow the highway’s twist and turns, rooftop running was certainly faster.

Stopping when he sprinted into the ‘building’ that lead to the elevator he placed Maria down on the ground and pushed the button allowing the elevator to rise up out of the ground. “Sorry about all that, I’ll answer any questions you want now I guess. Call me The Ranger by the way… Leader of Knightwatch, we do what your group Safeguard did, but on a bigger scale…” He said stepping on to the elevator and holding the door open as he waited for her to walk in as well. Sure, the whole did thing might have thrown her off just a bit but he was simply letting a bit of the truth slide through every now and then. She’d find out everything sooner or later anyway, and piece by piece was best until she asked the right questions.

Before she could ask any further questions she was picked up bridle style and carried out of the where ever she was. In a matter of moments they were in a ware house elevator and the man pushed the button to go down. She was confused. The man introduced himself as The Ranger, he seemed to know about her. But something he said sat wrong with her. She stood up, still in a hospital gown.

"W-what do you mean by did? It only should of been two years at most. The group should still be together!" said Maria, a bit confused, her voice sounding more and more frightened. "They wouldn't break the group up, they promised me they would be with me when I woke up. Where are they! Where am I! Get Dr. Charis, he'll vouch for me. Why wasn't I in the hospital!"

The Ranger sighed when the questions came rushing out, he knew they would of course but he didn't assume it would be this quick or fast. Scratching his head he pressed down button and the doors closed moving them down into the Knightwatch Lair. "Maria, this is what I like to call the Knightwatch Lair, welcome to the year 2029. You've been asleep for eighty-nine years." He removed his hood and sighed waiting for her to freak out or ask even more random questions as the elevators stopped, and the doors opened revealing the base in front of her. Although it was built nearly twenty years ago it was still twenty years ahead of time and looked like something out of a science fiction novel.

Stepping out of the elevator he walked over to a type of hanging rack and placed his bow and quiver up on it before turning around and facing her again. "Your friends all died normal deaths retired if I remember correctly. I'm sorry on that I can't be more help but if you want to know more I can try and help you. Just don't ask so many questions all at once, I may be smart but I'm no super computer. That's the computers job." He said pointing over at the computer now on his right.
((Crappy post is crappy))

It was all to much... just didn't know how to deal with all this information. She fell to her knees, her hands covered her face as she cried. Everyone she knew or loved was dead. "I-it can't be... they only said two years..." she cried. "I would never of gone into the pod if I knew this would happen." She just sat there in the elevator for a while, crying. She was so confused, how could of this of happened. She kept whispering to herself between her tears. "If I only knew... If I only knew..." She couldn't force her self to movie. She stayed there in her hospital gown for about ten more minutes before she was able to stop. "Will... I'm sorry..." she murmured before standing up.

"D-do you mind showing me around... If you are a hero group, the least I can do to is help out... to honor there memories.: said Maria. She wiped the tears from her face and finally stepped out of the elevator. She had no idea what have the stuff here was but it looked impressive. "I'm guessing the cure exists now... I mean considering that I'm brought out of stasis." She paused for a bit. "Also may I get some clothes... I'm not wearing anything under this and I think it's at the point of being awkward."

Upon seeing her reaction to the situation once more Ranger felt sorry for her, he truly did; but what was he to say? Who was he to tell her what he himself did not know the answers too? He scratched the back of his head before moving over to the microwave toaster oven, it was some knew whirlpool invention to get them back in the game, basically it was a microwave, toaster, and oven all in one. The best part though, was the food was done in about five seconds at the most. Sure, they didn’t have flying cars just yet but having a microwave that could cook practically anything perfectly in just about five seconds was good enough for Rey. He put a piece of pizza in it and nuked it for the five seconds required before opening it up and letting the fresh smell of cheese pizza ring throughout the lair.

It was about this time that she stood up and started asking to be shown around and then about the cure and some change of clothes for herself. All of which he answered with a nod, “Yes, the cure existed some ten years ago in around 2010 but we only recently discovered you existed merely by accident. Upon realizing what type of ‘incurable’ disease you had and where you were moved to I went out and well… you know the rest from there. As for the clothes there are some on a chair over there, they match the style of clothing you would have worn around your era. I’ll be right back so you can change; the pizza is also ready as well. Don’t know if there was pizza in the 1940s but I suggest you eat something anyway… you’ve been asleep a long time Maria. Welcome to Chicago, circa 2029.” He said before going off to another part of the Lair where he himself would change into some normal attire.

Maria heard what The Ranger said, but how much she actually paid attention to was up for debate. After ranger left she looked around. There seemed to be no else in the room, which looked like the kitchen. Since she wasn't shown another rooms so she figured this is where she was suppose to get dressed here. She took the gown on and hastily put the underwear provided for her on. She then slipped the dress left out on a chair. She wouldn't exactly of worn something like this but it was better then nothing, she wondered if ranger even knew what clothes from 1940's were. It was a simple blue sun dress that went to just about an inch and a half above her knees. After struggling a bit with the zipper she was able to get it on. She looked at the pizza on the table. Her stomach growled loudly. She placed her hand over her stomach. Her body must still be waking up cause a few seconds ago she wasn't hungry.

She walked over to the table a picked up a slice and took a bite out of it. It tasted good, but there was something about it. She walked around the kitchen. It seemed to be fully stocked but most of it seemed untouched. She walked over to the refrigerator, or what was labeled refrigerator. It was really a big heavy duty door in the wall next to an identical door labeled freezer. It took a small amount of effort but managed to open the door. She walked into the fridge and looked around, not much was in it, mainly different types of drinks and a few other snacks, fruits and veggies. She walked out of the fridge and walked over to the freezer and was greeted with a unlike the fridge it was packed. Full of frozen meals and other items. She found a box with a picture of the pizza that was on the table. She took another bite of her slice of her pizza and flipped the box over, reading the back. She left the freezer and looked next to it at a normal looking door labeled Pantry. She only took a quick peak inside but it seemed relativity well stocked, but mainly with snacks.

Walking back into the kitchen she waited for ranger. Finishing her slice a pizza she took another. Looking around one more time she got up against and went in and out of the freezer, fridge and pantry, putting different ingredients on the table. She searched around for different things to put the ingredients in. While she was doing that she heard someone walk back in.

"Ranger is that you? Can you tell me where the mixing bowls are? I can't seem to find them." said Maria, bent over looking in the cabinets under the counters. said Maria. "You seem to know a lot about me but I don't even know your name. May I know it?" She sounded cheery, unlike a few minutes ago. The truth was she was holding the emotions and every feeling she had about her situation back. "I thought I might as well make myself useful, I looked around, you have a lot of frozen foods. If you get more fresh foods I can make meals for everyone else in the group. It's probably healthier then what you guys are eating. Also do you mind teaching me how to use this 'computer' you mentioned earlier? I need to get used to 2029 since I'm here." Once she said that last sentence her voice cracked a bit. She held back her emotions best she could, but she wasn't perfect.

When he walked away Ranger changed into some normal clothing, stripping down out of his hood, tight red pants, and washing off the red paint around his eyes. He shook his head throwing water onto his face and then drying it off with a towel as he stood in the ‘locker room’ section of the Lair before pulling on a pair of jeans and a plain white under armor t-shirt. Turning to exit he picked up his costume of sorts and placed it in his appropriate locker, Nate was a stickler for that for some reason, and then exited out and walked back over to where he had left Maria. Upon arriving the scene was certainly nothing of what he had expected it to be. He had expected to see her still practically a mess and on the floor or something but she was up and about trying to cook something.

“Uh, right mixing bowls, okay yea give me a second.” Rey said shaking his head and racing around and through the area trying to find what she needed, and in about ten seconds he stopped next to her holding out three different sized mixing bowls. “As I have no idea what you are making I didn’t know what size to get you so yea here are the bowls you asked for. As for my name its Rey, Rey Miller.” He said then scratched the back of his head at the request for her making healthier foods, and although that may be true with the speeds he ran at and his body operated at he needed all his essentially ‘fast’ or quick made foods to keep his metabolism at somewhat normal. Which is really why everything was filled so much with those type of foods, so he could eat quick and then go back to his daily routine of paper work, court cases, patrolling, and taking charge of Knightwatch.

The final request was something he had expected to come quick, but once again it came quicker than what he had thought. Emotions and how people displayed them was never something Rey had been good at, this was something Rebecca could testify to if she was still alive actually. But he did know that she wanted to learn how to use the computer to find out more about how her friends’ lives turned out and more about the word she lived in now. Which was fine with Ranger, for who was he to tell her she couldn’t, he was simply scared she wouldn’t like what she truly found out about them as he himself didn’t know because he hadn’t delved further into it. “Yea sure, I can totally do that, come on over.” He said moving over to the super computer and holding the rolley chair for her to sit down in.

"Well I was planning to make a few snacks for the group as a thank you for waking me up." said Maria. She wished she would of woken up when she thought she was going to be but part of her was thankful she was awake. "I learned how cook from my mom but she really excelled at baking so I was going to make cookies for the group." Once she got the mixing bowls she started to measure and put ingredients in the bowl, mixing them with a whisk. "So Rey, how many people are in the group, I need to know how many batches to make. Right now this is a double batch."

She held back tears, she used to cook and bake with Alyss all the time, but by now she was dead. She couldn't say goodbye to any of them. She shook her head, to snap out of the thought. After the cookie dough was done she covered it up and put it in the fridge. She would finish it in a moment. She followed Rey to the the computer. It was impressive but she didn't understand how it worked. She sat down in the rolling chair. "Alright where do we start?"

Where do we start? It was such a simple question but yet it had oh so many different answers. The computer was a complex thing, a thing of mystery if you had never used it before and a thing of wonder as well. Not only that, it was confusing as to how you would teach someone who had never seen a computer before much less a television set. “Well first things first, you need to face the computer.” Rey said with a smile on his face as he turned the rolling chair around so that Maria was facing the computer and ever so slightly pushed her up so that her hands could reach the holographic keyboard and mouse. “Now the fun begins though, the first thing you want to do is….” Ranger said as he started to explain to her just how a computer works and every little thing she needed to know about the computer on how to work it. Stopping every now and then to see if she got what he said or answer any random or odd questions that she had.
((its a shitty ass post but leaves room for work and maybe now another member of Knightwatch can swoop in))

Not too long ago here in Chicago on a calm night something pretty spectacular and all crazy had happened to him. It would have been something that may have altered some people's perceptions of reality. Or not. Depends on how someone handles things. Several people had been invited to form a superhero group that would be known as Knightwatch. Forcewave had accepted the offer and subsequently joined. His first task apparently was to assist Ranger in a recruitment mission. He was not sure why he had been chosen for this. John was not all that good at talking to people and had demonstrated so at the meeting so him being chosen was a strange decision to him. Perhaps he was here for reasons besides that. Maybe he could bring something to the table that was needed.

He arrived at the secret entrance to the lair and after making sure nobody was watching proceeded to enter it. The security system announced his arrival so that hopefully nobody would be surprised by the fact he was here. "Hey, anybody here?" he called out to check for them. He heard the distinct sounds of activity from within and walked towards them. The smell of baked goods emanating from the kitchen entranced his sense of smell. He wondered what they were cooking. And why they were cooking. They weren't even in the kitchen though. Ranger and the person whom he was recruiting were at the computer. "Hey, I'm here. What's in the oven." he said as his introduction with the question of what was baking as his awkward way of trying to ease the tension.

Looking at Ranger first before diverting his eyes to see who the recruit was. It was a young woman who looked very distraught. His eyes passed briefly over the two of them before settling at a random point to the left side of the computer screen. John was not one for staring at others. He could barely even do this while talking to them despite his knowledge of it being the polite thing to do and him being somebody who had the tendency to be just that.

Maria screeched out of annoyance. She just couldn't get the hang of this 'computer'. She pecked at keys on the keyboard.

"How does anyone use this thing!" said Maria frustrated. She just wanted to learn what happened to her friends and family. She didn't think ranger lied when he told her what happened to her friend but at the same time it felt like he wasn't. She was getting a feeling that he didn't know what really happened. She was so focused on trying to get the computer to work for her she didn't even notice the other guy come in. She yelped and jumped a mile when he spoke.

"Cookies." said Maria. "Seeing that you guys woke me up and I'm stuck here. I thought I might as well cook for everyone considering it seems yo all live off of frozen foods." Maria did her best to keep her voice from cracking at the mention of being here. She returned her focus to the computer and trying to get it to work. "They will be done soon so if you wait a bit longer you will be able to have some." Not long after that Maria came across an old article.

Tragedy Strikes

March 23rd 1947

Today I am sad to report the members of the hero group Safeguard, have died. After a long battle with the villain known as "The Plague", a villain who can make new diseases at well. The heroes of Safeguard succumbed to the diseases brought on by The Plague. The fourth member of Safeguard, the heroine known as Haven has been considered MIA for 5 years. Although due to the tragic end of Safeguard we believe we can safely say she was one of his first victim. Today is a sad day in America as we morn the lost of these great heroes. The Plague has been sentence to immediate termination as he is to dangerous to keep alive on death row.

Maria stared at the screen for a bit. The truth hit her so hard her body didn't know how to react. "I-I think I'm going to take the cookies out of the oven." said Maria tripping over her words. She stood up and began to walk towards the kitchen. Each step she took made it harder to keep her composer. She walked into the kitchen and collapsed on her knees, burying her face in her hands she cried.

This Knightwatch thing has been turning out rather well so far, atleast from Campeon’s perspective, the group had provided a roof over his head, the oppertunity to hang out and work alongside some fellow heros, and most importantly, a larger goal to work towards. He’s always been a goal oriented person whether its been knock out the guy infront of him or become world champion, once he got on the rails he constantly chugged towards it, so in this case it was working to making Knightwatch the best darn group that he could. So he was willing to take as many patrol shifts he could, he didnt get tired and he very well knew the importance of the presence of Hero’s on the street. He made his way throughout the city, talking with people, working with shopkeepers and hearing out their problems, whether it be dealing with a leaky roof or making those street corner thugs find themselves a new roost. It didnt really matter as long as he was making it be known that Knightwatch was here and here to stay.

Campeon was returning from a patrol, a uneventful one at that, didnt really do much but chat with people, something that he’s finding himself to be better and better at surprisingly enough, this time he was returning to base with a hotdog in hand, munching contentedly as he rode the elevator down into the main base, he heard that Ranger was doing something or other so Campeon figured he check in, see what was going on. Once he arrived he spotted Forcewave standing there, the Ranger sitting and the computer and the smell of cookies in the air tinged with a bit of awkward tension, something was up. As he passed Forcewave he gave him a friendly pat on the back Hey guey Campeon mentioned in passing as he continued walking, offering a wave to Ranger and entering the kitchen where he assumed the smell was coming from.

What he saw was concerning, a young woman, possibly the new recruit, sobbing on the ground. a situation that Campeon normally doesn’t want to deal with but, does nonetheless. He reaches out to Maria, offering her a reassuring pat on the back There Nena, I know these cookie’s smell good and all but no reason to lose your head over them He chuckles slightly and offers a smile and a hand. I am Campeon, a member of the Knightwatch, Whats going on? Comon..Chin up, tears are not needed when there’s good food and company about. He smiles at her and takes another bite of his hotdog

Ranger nodded to Forcewave as he saw the boy, no young man as he had certainly proved to be mature enough to be called that even if he was a junior in high school. Though Rey’s attention quickly turned to that of Maria and the computer screen upon noticing exactly what she had found… and on only her first time using a computer as well. Quickly reading over it faster than her own mind could process what was going on Rey started to move to exit out of the web page or do something to get her off of the page. So, he didn’t truly know what had happened, sure that wouldn’t have been so bad if she had never found out. But, finding out from reading about it… well that was not the way he ever wanted her to find out the truth. A truth he hadn’t known, because he didn’t think to delve much further into it.

‘Great…’ was the first thing to run through his mind when he saw her stand up and walk over to the kitchen. He wasn’t sure when, but he knew that sooner or later she was going to break down and start crying a lot because of what she just read. He didn’t blame her either; she had a very good reason to be upset. Ranger himself had lead most of his life being depressed and always trying to live up to his parents expectations, to doing what others wanted, bottling the pain down deep and keeping his emotions in check. Hell he was still doing that to this very day, so this girl who had spent the last century in a tube not knowing what happened had more than enough reason to cry and let out her sadness. So although he knew he should have comforted her, and moved to do so he stopped upon seeing Campeon already over there.

A slight chuckle escaped his lips and a smile rose upon his lips at the actions of the big man. He always seemed to know just what to say or do to lighten a mood, and hopefully he would do the same now. Sure, it probably wouldn’t make Maria feel perfectly and magically better, but maybe it would let her feel at least a tiny bit better that was all he was really asking for. Shaking his head he moved over to the kitchen and grabbing a hand cover, he opened the oven and took out the cookies placing them down on the counter before poking one with a fork. “Hmmm… yupp cookies totally seem good…now what about you Maria…?” He said/asked turning to face the girl and Campeon as well.