#wolf hex

Mimic, or Robert Walker, was a 50 year old hero. He was one of the main commanders in the Hero League, and had been a hero for over 30 years. He had tan skin, graying black hair and a thin goatee. His eyes were a dark brown, and his face was slightly wrinkled from age. Robert was kind for the most part, acting much like a father figure for his team, though was strict when it came to the rules and being a hero. As his hero name suggests, he’s able to copy another’s powers for a short period of time.

Wolf Hex, Silver Wind, was a young 27 year old hero. She became Mimic’s Second-in-Command shortly after his ex-sidekick turned down the job. Silver had dark skin with dyed blonde hair cut in a pixie hairstyle. She was a full-blooded Cherokee Native American, and had hazel eyes. In addition of being the second-in-command, Silver worked as a scientist for the team. She was a patient woman and worked well with her team. She was a gentle and kind woman, but could be terrifying when angry. Her abilities consisted of Lycanthropy and Necromancy.

Violinist, also known as Sydney Robin, was 24, the youngest member of the team. They shared the second in command role with Wolf Hex, often taking the position when needed. They had light brown freckled skin, with short curly blonde hair with a stand of it out front, and purple eyes. Sydney tended to be snarky, but was a good leader, earning them the right to take charge if needed. Their powers consisted of hypnotism and music manipulation.

Atilius, Perseus Fallow, was a 30-year-old mutant. He was Mimic’s sidekick for a few years before he proved himself and became a full fledged hero himself. When he was offered the position as Second-in-Command, Perseus turned it down letting Wolf Hex and Violinist claim the position. He had dark skin, shoulder length hair, typically pulled up into a ponytail, and a thin goatee. His ears were pointed and he had a piercing in his right ear. Perseus was childish and a joker. He was a pretty easy going guy, only taking training and fighting seriously. He tries his best to keep the team in high spirits. His powers were mainly strength related and he had the ability to fly.

And lastly, Dr. Flug Slys. He was 25, and worked as the team’s main scientist and inventor. He didn’t have any special ability, he was just a normal human. He had red-orange hair. He almost always kept his face hidden however, always wearing his light blue and white scarf and pilot goggles, masking his face from the world. He was a bit snarky, but tended to keep to himself and his projects. Flug had worked for the heroes ever since he graduated with his doctorate. Unlike his teammates, Flug didn’t have an actual “super hero” name. He never really gave himself one, or even took one. Since he was mainly a scientist, Flug never felt the need to have a separate name. Because of this Wolf Hex and Violinist took to calling him “Flight” affectionately, making it his unofficial “hero” name when Mimic decided it was good for Flug to join them on a few of their rescue/hero missions every once in a while to help get him out of the base and out of the cramped lab.

Currently, the HQ for the team was quiet. Flug was holed up in his lab as usual working on a new invention, while the rest of the team did their own thing. Wolf Hex was in the lab with him at the moment helping him out, Mimic was keeping an eye out for any trouble, Violinist was baking, and Atilius was goofing off in the lounge playing video games. Flug hummed quietly to himself as he finished up the latest invention. The scientist leaned over the device as he tweaked it here and there, he enjoyed the brief moment of peace using the time wisely to get as much work as he could done before things got hectic again.

“Hex, get me the- ah, thanks.” He looked up as he spoke turning to face the Cherokee native, and smiled as the lycan handed him the part he needed. She smiled and nodded.

“Almost finished?” she asked.

“Yep, just a few more adjustments and it’ll be ready for testing.” Flug replied as he attached the part and added the finishing touches. He worked a few minutes longer before grinning behind his scarf. “And done, now all I have to do is test-”

A sudden shrill alarm went off, interrupting the doctor. Flug flinched hunching his shoulders up and covering his ears after dropping his tools on the table. Wolf Hex flinched whining at the sudden noise but easily recovered as she bolted from the lab. Flug shook his head and stumbled after her swiftly. When they arrived in the main room Atilius and Violinist were already there standing close to Mimic who as at the computer trying to locate where the distress signal was coming from. He soon found it and frowned as Atilius spoke up.

“W-wait… ain’t that the new town mall?” he asked.

“Yes, it is. Today was the grand opening wasn’t it?” Violinist asked. “But I thought Crimson and his team where over seeing the event today.” they added frowning.

“They were, something big must have happened for us to get called in.” Wolf Hex stated, tense as she started at the screen. Mimic backed away from it.

“We’ll know as soon as we get there. Let’s go, now.” Mimic ordered. Flug frowned and looked at the screen before quickly leaving with the others. As soon as they were outside, Atilius and Mimic took off into the air. Flug bolted for his small 3 person plane. He threw open the cock pit and jumped into the pilot’s seat and started preparing the small jet for flight as Wolf Hex and Violinist jumped into the plane in the seats behind his. As soon as the top shut, Flug took off pulling up into the sky and flying after the mutant and copycat. The flight took about 10 minutes, once they arrived Mimic and Atilius froze mid-air staring down on the town square below. Flug slowed the jet to a hover looking out and froze. It was chaos, it looked as if someone had unleashed a group of bloodthirsty killers into the crowd. A good handful of the civilians were attacking the others. The rest of the crowd was in a frenzy trying to either run or defend themselves. Flug shuddered at the sight and glanced around

“I don’t see Crimson Leopard, or any of his team!” Violinist said.

“We have bigger issues to worry about. We need to get this situation under control before there’s blood shed!” Wolf Hex said.

“Wolf Hex is right. We need to defuse this chaos. Wolf Hex. You and Violinist detain the dangerous civilians, Atilius and I will focus on getting everyone else to safety. Flight, I want you up high. Search around the area, see if you can find who ever caused this, or if you can find the Elementals, they might be injured or in trouble.” Mimic commanded.

“Yes, Sir.” Flug, Silver, and Sydney spoke in unison. As Mimic and Atilius dropped to the ground Flug lowered the jet enough to let Wolf Hex and Violinist out before swooping up back into the sky and taking off to search the area. As the two leaped out, Wolf Hex allowed herself to transform in her wolf form. Her fur was a slick jet black and her eyes a bright gold. She landed on all fours and rose up on her hind legs snarling at three men who were corning a woman and her child. Violinist landed next to her and took a fighting stance. The three men turned to the heroes glaring through glossy dead eyes, not unlike doll eyes.

“Stand down, Civilians.” Wolf Hex snarled out stepping towards the men. They continued to glare, before the one in the middle lurched forward going for a punch. Wolf Hex stepped back to avoid it, and Violinist jumped forward to grab the man’s wrist. They twisted it, forcing the human to his knees.

“She said stand down.” they said, voice echoing slightly, taking on a sweet, siren-like tone. The man paused at the sound of it looking up at Violinist, before blinking and growling as he jerked free and lashed out, knocking the hero back. Violinist stumbled wincing from the blow, but started in shock at the man. They quickly shook the shock away frowning.

“We don’t take orders from any one. Especially you heroes.” the man sneered standing. Violinist stood straight.

“You will listen, you will cease this at once, and surrender.” Violinist spoke lowly, this time speaking fully in the echoed sweet siren voice. The man stumbled forward, having been ready to attack when the hero spoke. He shook his head and looked up at the violet eyed hero. His eyes seem to clear up but only for a short second before they glossed over again.

“We don’t listen to nobody but our Mistress.” He snarled, he then lunged at Violinist, who backed up. Wolf hex jumped forward swiping her paw and sending the man colliding back into the two others that had been advancing as well.

“Hurry and get out of here while you can!” the lycan said looking to the woman and her child. The woman nodded and stood shakily scooping up the crying kid and running. The three men stood up and hissed glaring at them. Wolf Hex let out a low growl facing them, crouching as she prepared to lunge. Violinist got in a fighting stance as they stared the men down.

“We’re going to have to do this the hard way it seems...” Violinist said.

“Fine by me. I don’t mind knocking some asshats out.” Wolf Hex replied. With that said both heroes lunged.

As Wolf Hex and Violinist worked on knocking out and detaining the dangerous civilians, Atilius and Mimic worked on getting the victims out to safety. With the help of some of the police they managed to clear out most of the square and get the injured to the hospital. Once the others were safe Mimic and Atilius joined the other two and helped round up and incapacitate the rest of the terrorists.

Flug watched from the air as the town square was cleared and the civilians were rounded up and knocked out or bound. He bit his lip as he tore his eyes from the square to continued scanning the area. He was about the bring the jet in for a landing but froze when he spotted two figures standing on top of the new mall over looking the scene. One was a man, with graying black hair. At his side was a small woman with long white blonde hair. The woman seemed to be upset and was holding what seemed to be a doll in her hands. Flug narrowed his eyes leaning forward before his eyes widened.

“Shit… Shit!” he said he looked down at the square before fumbling with the controls. Getting the communicator and turning it on. He looked up as he started to speak into it and froze. The woman was looking at him. His eyes widened as she raised up the doll in her hands and he shook his head, and went to inform the others but it was to late. The man pulled off his glove and reached out taking the doll. The woman broke eye contact to look down. Flug followed her gaze watching in horror as the contained citizens started to violently convulse. Mimic and the others immediately tried to save them, but Flug knew it was too late. He trembled in his seat and swallowed before speaking.

“… D-doll M-maker… and … and D-death Wish… It was them...” he choked out. He looked back up at the building but it was vacant.

“What?! You saw them??” Atilius asked.

“… Y-Yes… t-they were on the Mall roof… Th-They’re gone now… S-still no sign of Crimson Leopard and h-his team...” Flug said. He shifted and slowly brought in the jet for a landing in the square. Once he was landed, he climbed out and sank to his knees. “S-sorry… I… I tried to inform you q-quicker b-but Doll n-noticed me… I… I couldn’t move and before I could say anything sh-she handed the doll to D-death Wish...” he said as his team rushed to his side. He lifted his head glancing to the now dead citizens. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up at Wolf Hex.

“It’s alright, Flight. We should have known that they were behind this attack when Violinist couldn’t hypnotize them.” she said. Mimic sighed.

“Hex is right. We should have known. But, we can not dwell on it now. Now we have to focus on finding out what happened to Crimson and his team and cleaning up…” Mimic said. He glanced at the deceased, frowning. “Lets get to work.” he said.

Flug and the others nodded. Flug stood up and reached up adjusting his scarf. He followed his team toward the bodies and they began laying out the dead as the police and ambulances arrived to gather and take them away. The scientist watched as the last person was taken away and sighed reaching up to hold onto his scarf. He turned his head as Violinist walked over to him giving him a small smile. He nodded slightly and sighed again. Violinist patted his shoulder. They both looked up as Mimic, Atilius, and Wolf Hex joined them.

“Alright, next order of business is that we find Crimson and his team. We need to know what exactly went down here.” Mimic said.

“...You don’t have to look far.”

The team spun around, facing the new voice. A small group of four heroes stood behind them looking rather beat up. The one who spoke was the oldest of the group. A man around Mimic’s height, with dark, graying brown hair and brown eyes. His skin was a pale tan and he wore a crimson red suit. Vladimir Pierce was his name, more commonly known as “The Crimson Leopard”. He was being held up by another man, who had blond spiked hair, and blue eyes. He wore a red and black suit that had a flame emblem on the left side. Attached to his hip was a fire-like mask that was cracked. Zachery Hall, better known as “The Flaming Mask”. On Crimson’s other side was a young woman, she had long black hair and ice blue eyes. Her suit was blue and white and has ice like patterns on it. Her name was Quinn Belle, or “The Ice Mistress”

Next to Flame was another woman, with short white hair and pale green eyes. Her suit was black and white and had a blue lightning emblem on the right side. Her own mask seemed to be missing completely. Katelyn Vale, or “Lightning Mask”, was the third and last member of the Elementals. All four were bloodied and bruised.

“Crimson, what happened here?” Mimic asked. Crimson just shook his head with a frown.

“… There was no warning, it was going well. Just… It was as if someone hit a switch. One second everyone one was fine and celebrating the next… utter chaos. We took action immediately but...” Crimson sighed. “we were over powered. We couldn’t break the spell this time.”

“...We ran into Doll Maker and that bastard Death Wish. We tried to detain them but Doll Maker had a group of dolls… Other heroes. We were forced to fight them… we almost lost...” Flame said through gritted teeth.

“Other heroes? Who?” Atilius asked stepping forward.

“Sryu, Nightingale, Electra, Ground-breaker, and Earthquake.” Crimson stated. Flug flinched at the names. He didn’t know the heroes personally. But he knew who they were. They were brand new heroes. They’d only just gotten out of being side-kicks.

“Oh god…” Wolf Hex whispered. “But they were just pups...”

“Apparently they’d spotted Doll Maker and Death Wish and tried to interfere…” Lightning whispered.

“They’re safe now. We… We were able to destroy the doll controlling them before Doll and Wish could do anything to it…” Ice Mistress stated.

“But in doing so we were vulnerable and Death Wish nearly killed us. We were lucky to make it out alive. But… that isn’t important… Doll and Death weren’t the only ones involved.” Crimson stated.

“What do you mean?” Mimic asked. Crimson looked up at him, a pained yet somber look in his eyes.

“… They had weapons.” he said. “… labeled and marked with a black top hat.”

Mimic froze, and Wolf Hex covered her mouth as Violinist and Atilius stood shocked. Flug’s eyes widened behind his goggles and he tightened his grip on his scarf.

“… Black Hat...” he murmured. He hadn’t seen the villain since their encounter about a month before, when he’d found the other wounded in an alley. The villain had been anything but quiet, causing small disturbances here and there. It shouldn’t really be a shock that Black Hat would be behind this attack, or would supply for the attack.

“Shit.” Mimic swore. “We should have known… he’s been too easy going the past few weeks.” he said.

“I told you something was up! We need to take him out!” Atilius said.

“We can’t just storm his mansion, Atilius.” Wolf Hex said.

“So what? We’re just going to let him get away with this? 30 people died today, Hex!” Atilius hissed.

“We need to plan. We can’t act without one.” Violinist spoke as they shot a glare at the mutant.

“We don’t have time to be fucking around. He could be plotting another attack this very moment!” he argued.

“If he’s plotting his next move then he’s already planned for an attack. He’ll be expecting us to barge in.” Flug stated cutting in. “Black Hat isn’t like the arrogant, idiotic villains you usually deal with. He’s smarter, ruthless, calculating. If he planned out this attack, he’ll have already considered retaliation.” he added. “We’d be waltzing right into a trap.”

“Flight is right. Black Hat isn’t like most villains we’ve faced. He isn’t human. He’s more powerful than any of us.” Mimic said. “… We need to think of our next step carefully. We can not just jump head first into battle without a strategy.”

Atilius frowned and gritted his teeth but surrendered with a nod, “… Fine. Then what do we do now?” he asked.

“We return to base, and we plan. We prepare.” Mimic replied.

“If you need back up… Just give us a call. We’ll be happy to help put the bastard down.” Crimson said. Mimic nodded.

“Of course. But for now, you should all go and get your wounds tended to.” he said. Crimson nodded and sighed.

“Yes… that would be a great idea… Come on… lets get home.” Crimson said. His team nodded and they headed off. Flug watched them head off, before letting out another sigh and slipping his hands into his lab coat pockets.

“Come on, its been a long day. Let’s head back.” Mimic said. Everyone nodded in agreement.

With that, Flug led Wolf Hex and Violinist to the jet and got in starting it up. Mimic and Atilius took off into the sky and headed for the base, Flug followed behind flying the jet high above them.