Topic: Bob Plays the Superhero: The Cleaning of the West End

(Lost To Time)

Date: 2008-01-30 03:48 EST
A scream tore through the darkness of the west end of Rhydin, a normal occurrence to be sure in this part of town. Some girl would be being attacked, and possibly not for the first time for this victim but every time could be the last time. Bob was sick of the degenerate behavior of this part of town. He believed the bad guys of the world needed some class, or needed to be dead, or in prison, but dead was the better choice.

This attack would have all the makings of something much worse than a simple robbery, the girl was mildly attractive under all the wear and tear of the rigors of everyday life in this pathetic excuse of civilization. The man was a big guy, dark skinned and scarred up. It was obvious to Bob that this loser used fear to get what he wanted with the power of fear alone. The woman's screams would have gone unheard by any at this late hour and people trying to help out would end up hurt or even dead so the good soul of the people was obviously crushed here. Lucky for Bob, he did not have to worry about such minor things such as death and pain.

The man slammed the poor girl against the wall, Bob knew what came next, and decided to step in. Why would he step in before and not enjoy the show would only be known to himself at the time. The man in black stepped out of the shadow and stood behind both of them. "Hey, shorty, you and me need to have a serious conversation about your intentions." Bob was usually a level above most of the people he talked to but was never really arrogant about it, he was horrible when it came to being arrogant. The man seemed to not understand half of the words spoken to him, but "Shorty" seemed to strike a nerve.

The man turned around and started to speak, but he had such an accent that it was hard to even understand what he was saying. Bob was unimpressed to say the least as the man pulled this nasty looking knife from a pocket. His attention was now fixed upon the man in black, she was still frozen with fear and visibly shaking, Bob tried to feel bad for her, but then again Bob was also really bad at feeling bad for people. "Nice blade you have there, shorty I think I should show you how to use it. Let the girl go and lets you and me talk."

This was taken as an insult and the guy charged the villain, this was a mistake. Bob simply just side stepped the loser and used the power of his mind to toss the guy into the side of the building. "Finished yet?" Bob said to the guy as he crumpled from the impact, and struggled to stand up yet again.

"I will KILL you for that" This time the bad guy could speak clearly as ever when inspired by the rage to do so, and charged him again. Bob did not need to have the innocent victim die due to her current state and not being able to move, so he did something else. With a step forward he took the blade directly to the chest, the blade sunk in all the way to the handle. Un-phased by this attack, Bob decided to make sure this guy would never do this again to anybody.

The man in black grabbed the wrists of the now in shock criminal and twisted them all the way around and shattered them beyond repair with a sickening crunch. The pain came and the criminal dropped to his knees, with a swift kick, Bob sent this nameless statistic back into the wall he just came from.

Defeated throughly and now fighting the immense pain he was feeling enough to beg for mercy and not to die. Bob pulled the blade from his chest and the wound healed as he tossed it to the ground and it hit with a clang, then melted into nothingness so it would not be used by anybody else. "I will not kill you, but you will never again do this to anybody else. Your wrists will never heal, you will never be strong enough to over power anybody again. And the pain will fade, but every time you even think about hurting anybody else again, it will remind you of this night." Bob reached down and picked the man up with one arm and held him off the ground, his eyes turned deep red. "Do you understand me?"

"Y..yes. I wont do it again, I promise.." This was the first time this guy has experienced fear in his adult life it seemed. "Good" Bob tossed him to the side like a rag doll and watched the guy limp away into the night, crying and talking to himself in delusions of pain and terror.

He then turned to the girl who was in shock seeing this outmatched looking guy just wipe out one of the monsters on the streets of the West End singlehandedly. "Go home, girl. Go straight home and do not look back."

The girl just nodded and scrambled off into the dark. Bob made sure that she made it home safely by following her in silence. Once he saw she would be ok, he leaped to the roof of a building and looked over the west end as it melted into the horizon and the snowy back ground. Yeah, this would be fun for awhile he thought as he melted into the shadows once again.

(Lost To Time)

Date: 2008-02-02 08:58 EST
Bob stalked the alleyways of the west end of Rhydin, it was still cold and windy. The man in black had gained a bit of a good guy status due to the crime he had prevented and the peace he had brought down. West end would have remained quiet for now, no murders, nothing. Bob thought that maybe the people would have learned better by now not to mess with him and his newly claimed turf. Bob had thought one moment too soon. Being a powerful psychic, he saw something taking place that he did not like in his part of the world.

Teleportation was a gift and there he was on the street corner, looking at a building that should have been torn down ages ago in its decaying form, people were still living here and called this place home. He could see them in various places, most of them just trying to stay warm the best they could with what they had, newspapers and tattered old blankets. It was a sad picture and Bob was going to solve this issue, however something else was about to happen, and he was watching the set up take place.

The shadows hid some crew members, no. They were obviously terrorists setting up some elaborate equipment, this was the kind of equipment you only use once if you get what I mean. There were six of them, five of them seemed to know what they were doing, the last one seemed like a rookie, Bob could see right through their black clad outfits. This was no advantage because even though he could see them, he had no idea who they were.

The men seemed to be hired and spoke of "The boss" and "The plan" but never mentioned any names. These guys were good and busy setting their things up in the dead of the night. Bob decided it was time to act and stepped back into the shadows, however he had some uninvited company. It was a Town Guard, or Watchman. "What are you doing there!" The man came out with his weapon drawn. The terrorists pulled out a strange weapon and fired. The red beam struck the guard. It would have vaporized him in an instant, and it appeared that way. Bob created an illusion, and that illusion died. Bob had saved the man's life by teleporting him away from the scene.

"Okay ladies, what is going on here" Bob was standing right there beside the rookie, and his sudden apperance scared the man so badly, he dropped backwards and fainted. "Looks like this guy could not handle the strain of my presence!" The other men wasted no time and decided that I had to die, go figure all brawn and no brains. That actually describes alot of people I know anyways back to the battle. Bob decided that this had to go rather quickly but did not have the chance to react. The death rays struck Bob at full force, their red fury had no effect on the man, he just stood there smiling. "Is that all you got."

Bob redirected the energies and reflected them to their source with a simple gesture of his hands, the weapons vaporized completely and the men just stood there in shock, well not all of them. "Quick, execute the plan!" The one in the middle said. They never had a chance. Bob was instantly behind them and was more than fast enough to knock them all into the far wall. "Look, as much as would like to tear you limb from limb, just tell me who your working for and all this can stop." Bob said with a sinister tone in his voice.

None of them talked, but all of their equipment, that turned out to be highly explosive devices made to cause fear and death vanished and became strapped to their chests in makeshift vests, and they all started to beep with a little red light. "How much is your life worth anyway, you have thirty seconds before you are all, well lets just say there wont be enough left to bury you." Bob turned and began to walk away from the five and to the fainted figure"Maybe you are more useful." Bob kicked him and woke him up with a mild shock.

"All your friends over there are dead unless you start talking, like, you know..now." The rookie took off his mask and was wide eyed with terror himself as he saw the situation. "I...I dont know who it is. We were given this to contact him when the job was ready to commence, he wanted to give the order himself." The man handed Bob a small golden triangle thing, it was obviously a communication device. "Thanks, you have been most helpful!" Bob said with a smile. "You are going to let them go right?" the man said as he stood up slowly.

"Sure I am." Bob said this as the vests exploded violently with all the heat and pressure expected from five explosives of this nature. The man looked and dropped again to his knees. " I just wanted them to experience the pain and suffering they would have unleashed on all of those people first." The men were unharmed, but in a catatonic state and would remain this way.

Bob pointed at the building and all the holes in it became repaired and all the people trying to stay warm for the night got the proper things to actually stay that way, then Bob turned towards the rookie. "Tell you what. If you turn this communication device into the authorities and tell them everything you did here. I wont kill you and your entire family, got it?" Bob said this as he grabbed this nameless guy by the collar and lifted him into the air with ease. "I understand. I will do it, I swear I will!!"

"Good, if you don't, I will know and you will be seeing me again." Bob said as he tossed the man away easily. "Don't worry about them, they will be taken care of shortly by the authorites who will be coming back." The man did not reply, he took the communication device and ran off to find the nearest guard.

Bob walked off once again, he knew exactly what that thing was, and where it came from, but somethings had to be discovered on their own it would seem. He would just uncover the truth alittle quicker.

(Lost To Time)

Date: 2008-02-23 05:16 EST
The man in black had not been gone too long. The encounter with the female seemed to be unresolved at best, fine by him he would not mind fighting with the other woman again sometime, she had been fun after all.

The black clad superhero decided to investgate a hail of gunfire from deep within the bowels of the hellish city at night. He watched from above on a rooftop and saw a terrifying sight. The undead were marching upon the innocent, and attacking them with no mercy. This could not happen, It would not happen.

No more watching would be needed on this side of the window. The mysterious hero leapt off the building in dramatic fashion and his weapons appeared in his hands, two normal and everyday weapons known as guns. The shots began to ring out and the zombies did eventually take notice.

"Ok, who wants some?" The man said from beneath his mask. The zombies had no idea what he meant it was obvious, but it didn't matter. They attacked anyway. "No, you really should not have done it." The being struck back, skulls and brain matter instantly covered the ground as the bullets hit their marks. Instead of making a mess, the matter would just burn up and vanish from sight.

The crowd turned and fought back as well, not as well of course, but enough to get the job done.

Soon with in a few minutes the undead horde of the west end had been dispatched and the people had claimed victory for however long it would last for them. The rested for now and waved as the hero flew off into the night sky, waiting for the next attack.

As long as the Man in Black was in control of the city he would do all he could to help the innocents there.

(Lost To Time)

Date: 2008-02-23 09:26 EST
Bob had not even left the scene when he came upon an interesting scene, a young woman was being terrorized by another zombie, one he had missed apparently. Figures as much.

He swooped out of the sky and landed behind the monster. "Excuse me, Death called. He wants you back." Bob said in a bored fashion. The monster groaned something out, but Bob had no time for this. It was pretty fast how that creature was tossed aside and oblierated it forever.

"There, your safe now." He said. He looked at him as if he were some kind of golden savior. "You saved me! I owe you my life." As tempting as those words were. "No, you see this is why I am here for now, I require nothing from you." Bob was going to take off, and she stopped him. "Yes, miss do you need something else. "I....no..you can go, sorry." Yeah right, Bob knew better than that.

"No....no you tell me what is on your mind while you can." He replied. She looked up, her dead eyes had given it away before she had even spoke, but he let her do it anyways. "Sir...I need your help one more time. I need you to save me from my boyfriend. He is killing me...You are my only chance." Well yeah superhero business was not easy as he was learning. You did not get to choose who you saved, you just had to do it. "Fine, lead the way, I will talk some sense into him." She replied quickly. "Talk"..but.."

"Shhh. Just trust the guy who just saved your life for a minute and let me do my things, now lead me in the right direction, ok?" The woman nodded in silence, it was obvious she was not lying. The two of them walked down the street. A slender, yet worn down woman was being followed by a man in a black suit was more than enough to make people look twice at the situation and wonder what was going on.

"This is it." She said weakly. It was an average place in this part of town. beaten up just like the person who lived there. Bob had scanned the place and immediatly saw he was home, he never needed to know his name he knew the type just by looking at them, Bob was good like that. "Okay miss, you just wait out here for awhile and I will take care of this for you." Something was welling up inside of Bob, emotion maybe..He had taken a liking to the female gender of this race and to him, attacking them for no reason was a crime beyond words, and it was the only offense that would possibly offend him.

Bob walked into the place in silence, he was careful not to break anything, alive anyway, and he took a seat in the chair waiting for the target. Waiting was not something he had to do very long.

"Well, hello there buddy. How's it going?" Bob said to the man. The guy was obviously not expecting this and he hit the wall as soon as he saw the living shadow sitting on his chair, he was speechless. "I will assume that means your in your happy place now, good." He stood up. "There is a pretty little thing out there that is in complete terror of you. I just personally, don't see it."

"W....Who are you..what are you." The man finally got out. Despite his build and attitude towards women, when he was faced by this one, he lost it completely. Bob hated being intterupted and sent his fist into the man's rib cage. Something cracked inside of him. "If you speak before I am finished again, you will die." The man was overtaken with pain and crumpled to the floor coughing up blood, too.

"You know what. I just saw what goes on in this house, and I don't like it, so I will do you a favor. I am taking your girlfriend over there away from you." Bob turned to walk away. "I...I will kill you for this." The man spat out inbetween labored breaths of pain. This stopped Bob in his tracks. Superheroes did not kill people, and that would not change, he turned around.

Not saying a word Bob walked over to him and lifted him into the air with telekinesis and held him suspended in the air. "Take a look into my mind for a moment, will you please." Bob then projected into his mind thoughts, and unspeakable visions from the outer realms of reality, things that no human should ever see. The man screamed and his eyes slammed shut, that would not keep the images out however. Then the man went silent, and motionless. In a catatonic condition, Bob set him down and just smiled.

He walked out of the house and the woman was looking quite conserned now, the screaming could apparently be heard that far out. "You no longer have to worry about that one. I have decided I will take you away from all of this, if you will come with me." The woman did not have any reason to stay here at all and she extended her hand as her silent answer,

Bob took the woman's hand and in one swift moment he scooped her off the ground, then propelled himself and her off into the sky. Destination unknown as they left her world behind.

Deep inside of the mind of the man Bob had afflicted with the visions, something snapped and somehow by some strange way of fate, the man came out of his state. Remembering everything and in dire pain he began to crawl away from the house slowly....