[HELLZONE] Doing Some Digging (Mr. Negative/Invite)

[razor]

I told you
When you hired me
These things...
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Jessica sat on a recliner in her and Luke's apartment with a hand on her chin. She was wearing a tank top and shorts, hoping to be comfortable for a minute before the events of what people are calling HELLZONE continued. Yet she couldn't stay comfy knowing that Mister Negative was laughing at her while she was sittin' pretty. She had to do something about it.
Upon that thought, she stood, knocking the recliner over behind her. All the more reason to be pissed.
This guy messed with her chair. This means war.

She went into the bedroom, putting on a pair of black jeans and black leather jacket and scarf. Same ol' Jessica attire, huh? Jessica began getting a small duffel bag together, putting a change of clothes inside. She needed a replacement plan just in case her ta-tas were exposed during a fight.
That thought made her giggle to herself for the first time in what seemed like years.
As she was going through clothing, Jessica saw her old Jewel outfit.
Rolling her eyes at first, not even being able to believe she ever wore that stupid thing, she put it into her bag... Who knows, it may come in handy.

With her expedition all set off, she flew out of the window, hoping that she could find the man: Mister Negative.

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These things rarely end well

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My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me

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While Jessica thought that she was the one that was sitting pretty, Mr. Negative was truly the one that was sitting pretty. He was sitting in one of his many buildings in Chinatown as he had laid siege to the city, taking over most of its criminal underworld in the process. His two hands went to the arm rests of the chair as four armed men with masks stood about, each one of them had a mask that was ornate in Chinese style and it was most definitely a work of art if it were not for the fact that these same men were versatile enough to kill almost anyone. In doing so, he felt as if he was all in the control of this. He had fought many heroes and he knew that more were coming... and of course, he always had a plan.

A smile was upon his face and it was clear that he was ready for a woman such as Jessica to come against him, but he knew that he would outsmart her... he would ensure by the end of all of this, he would be the man in control of New York City, thus making himself the new King... not Wilson Fisk, the man that he had found more and more harder to trust. His foot slowly tapped against the ground as his hands came together, slowly intertwining his fingers as he awaited. Then a man suddenly barged in, "Sir. The shipments to the Upper West Side were a success... all has gone according to plan so far, as well, I have done as you asked and upped the security tenfold for the locations that you have asked." these words immediately got a nod from Negative as he eeked out in an almost hiss, "Good."

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Til then I walk alone

[razor]

I told you
When you hired me
These things...
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As Jess stood on a building, feeling overwhelmed with just how far this place went to hell. Thus the name Hellzone.
She really needed to quit using that name in her head. It was so disgusting that it didn't even deserve a name. Speaking of really disgusting things, she was supposed to be looking for Mister Negative, not sitting on a building, brooding.
She knew the first place to look would be the docks, she'd caught wind that something shady was going down there. Surely Negative's work. Really any bad guys would be nice though... She needed a win. Hopefully she'd get one there...
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When Jess flew in to the docks, she kicked a large storage container, putting a dent in it. The main op had just been cleaned out, but there were still a good amount of goons there.
Guess they'll have to do.
"Come get me, assholes!!! I've got plenty of kickass to go around!"

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These things rarely end well

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My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me

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Negative had hs men running all around the city at this point. He had not only taken over Chinatown, but he was beginning to squeeze more and more to try and get as much as he could out of this city as possible. It was a chokehold, and the last thing he was going to do was relinquish it without being forced to. Near the docks, Negative was beginning to try and get his men there even though he had known that The Hood was well known to have some men here and there in the area. They were armed with machine guns, but it was clear that they had exact orders to begin establishing this as a shipping area so that Negative could test their ability to keep the city under control considering that contact to the outside world was no longer allowed due to the chaos that had erupted all around. That had been one of the only thorns in his side, but he had begun to try and just deal with it and roll with the punches that had been laid against him. Another worry was what Osborn was planning... he knew that man was out there trying to play the righteous sort with his villains that he liked to call heroes in their own right, however considering a Neo-Nazi was among them, Negative saw that hypocritical, but that was not his call. Instead, he simply made his own call and waved off the man that had come into his office as he sat in the chair as if it were a golden throne on a burning city.

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Til then I walk alone

[razor]

I told you
When you hired me
These things...
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The men aimed their guns at Jessica and fired. She couldn't say that she wasn't expecting it, but it did give them even more of a disadvantage. She flew, ducking and dodging the bullets until they all had to reload.
That's when she made her move.
She flew down, landing in the stereotypical superhero stance, grabbing one of the men by the leg and throwing him into the one closest. The next guy took a nice punch to the jaw, knocking him out. She thought she had gotten all of them, but one of the men hit her in the back of the head with the butt of his gun. She stumbled forward, cracking her neck.
The man went to grab her, but she did a back flip assisted by her flight, landing behind him, grabbing his gun and breaking it in half.

"Sucks, doesn't it?"

The man rushed forward, looking to punch her, but she dodged and elbowed him in the head. The man stood up straight, and Jess grabbed him by the collar and flew up in the air.
"Where is he?!"

The man had patched Mr. Negative himself in without her noticing. In the meantime, he just stayed silent.

"Answer me, dammit! Where. Is. He. I WILL drop you."

He just stayed silent, not saying a word. In a fit of rage, she went back to the ground and punched him in the side of the head, knocking him out.
"Back to square one..."

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These things rarely end well

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My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me

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The soldiers all around Negative wore their masks, in their hands they held the most oriental of weaponry... yet they were almost as still as statues. They did not move, they did not speak, they merely listened. One of them had a gun staff in their hands, another carrying dual sais. They were all the elite guard of Negative that he had ensured provided the most powerful defense possible in what would look like the weakest disguise. Then the man began to walk in again that had just been informing him of how well the shipment went and it was painfully clear that unlike before he was not as proud... his stature was lower and his facial expression just showed how timid he felt.

"S... Sir." his hands were clashed together in a grip as he began to speak, "There are reports that someone is attacking the shipyard that the shipment came into." Negative's hands began to then slowly grip on the side of his chair as he began to speak, "Well that will simply just not do." his words as usual were filled with a spite, a darkness to him that knew no bounds before in a simple motion one of the men stepped forward and with a guttural grunt as the scene of a samurai sword slowly pulled out from his chest, leaving the body on the ground as Negative showed just how ruthless he was, "It just wouldn't do..."

Meanwhile, as Jessica had just knocked out one of the men, more began to run out. They seemed to be wearing government distributed body armor along with tactical gear while they suddenly started opening fire. Another one of the pluses of Negative's control, he had taken some of the gear that was left in one of the raided police stations throughout the city... and now their only job was to stop any heroes left over from threatening his control.

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Til then I walk alone

[razor]

I told you
When you hired me
These things...
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Jessica looked over to see a new group of men approaching, this time with body armor. She wasn't quite sure how that was going to help, but she decided not to complain... About that.

She hid behind a storage crate as they fired. These men were a bit smarter than the last group, for they stopped firing when she disappeared behind the container. In a blink of speed, she flew over to one closer to the group, they fired as she flew, but missed all their shots even though they were highly trained. They couldn't catch Jessica because she was so fast.

"If one of you would just tell me where your boss is, I would leave you alone!"

Of course, the highly trained goons were not going to give up their boss that easily. They stood quietly in an almost perfect military stance.

"Suit yourselves..."

She flew in, elbowing in the head, punching the other one to the ground. Two turned their guns to her, but she grabbed the next closest, shielding herself. She cursed when the man opened fire anyways, tearing through the man she was holding. She wasn't here to kill anyone... But man she felt like it sometimes.
"You like using guns, punk? Let me show you how to use one..."
She grabbed the gun from the man's hands and smacked him across the head with it.
The last goon tried to fire, but was out of ammo. Jessica smiled, finally catching a break. She threw the gun at him, causing a distraction, then she flew forward, punching him a little harder than needed.

She cracked her neck ands stood up.

"I bet the Bugle would only report that I punched someone in government attire..."

She walked over to one of the men that looked like the crew's leader and began searching his pockets until she found an encrypted phone. Scrolling through, she found had only called one number. So, she called it.

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These things rarely end well

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My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me

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Negative gestured off for one of the men to simply drag off the body again as blood was still all over the floor but that was just seen as a message to others that may try and do what the last one had done and the mistakes that he had made in the process of all of this. For now, he just simply turned back in his chair away from his desk, simply plotting about all of this while he had no clue where the sudden ringing outside the door was coming from till he noticed the chime of the cell phone of the man that had just died. "Do ensure that there is no evidence left on him." which was what he said when he wanted them to destroy everything, especially the phone that he wanted off of him since it was the one that he had likely used to coordinate all of the men at the dock.

Meanwhile, as Jessica was a little focused more on the phone since she had considered her work done with the men, there was one man that had gotten himself up and was slowly moving behind her as he pulled an electrobaton out before then trying to stab it right in ehr back to shock her in an attempt to subdue her for her boss since it was no incident some insane girl that was able to beat people up and fly while attacking a crime lord's operations.

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Til then I walk alone

[razor]

I told you
When you hired me
These things...
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Jessica continued to speak into the phone until she was jabbed with some kind of taser. She knew she could take it as she hit her knees, but it still hurt like hell. The jolt had caused her to push down on the 'end call' button on the phone. She wasn't really aware it had happened, but you could already assume she was going to be pretty pissed off about it.

As the man jabbed her with the baton, she cursed, realizing that this was probably messing her jacket up. She grabbed the baton, pushing the electric part off of her back. She yanked it out of the man's hand, elbowing him as he stumbled forward. He turned around, laying on the ground, and backing away slowly. Jess picked up the phone, and began speaking into it.

"I think your men are a bit stupid..."

She looked at the phone and made a noise that sounded like a growl. She looked at the man who was now about to stand. She kicked him back to the ground before grabbing him by his collar and slamming him against one of the storage containers.

"WHERE IS HE?!

The man, like he was trained, stayed silent. She slammed him against the container again, a little harder than last time, knocking him out.
"Dammit."
She let him flop to the ground before walking over to the phone.
She called the number back.

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These things rarely end well

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My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me

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The man that Negative had told to dispose of the body was definitely confused by the continuing calls that were coming into the phone of the man that was now dead. It was clear someone was calling, however considering the fact that he had been ordered to destroy everything, it seemed as if he had no plan to actually answer it as that would be a strike right against Negative and his orders because for all he knew, the dock had been taken over by a superhero and no one wanted that, right? Of course that would never happen though as Negative's men were top of the line... little did he know that he was oh so wrong. After that, as the body was being dragged out to the street Negative sat back in his room and saw that his men had not moved at all as they should, instead he began to turn on the TV behind him that was turned to the news, broadcasting what was going on in the next day of New York City's lockdown that had been rocking the world. This was one of the small moments where he just got to enjoy himself and what all he had achieved by essentially taking over a large part of the city.

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Til then I walk alone

[razor]

I told you
When you hired me
These things...
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Jessica slammed the phone down on the pavement in frustration after getting the three beeps, indicating that no one answered the phone on the other end. She couldn't say she wasn't expecting it, but it sure as hell was annoying.

She didn't really know where to go from here. This is normally where she would call up a shadier type with triangulation, like perhaps Deadpool. But this wasn't his fight, and who knew where that nutcase was anyways. She also thought of calling Spidey, or Matt just to have some backup in case something went wrong... Again, this wasn't their fight. She decided to go on this goose chase on her own, not any of them. It would be wrong to call one of them in.

She looked around at the scenery, the most annoying thing about this was Negative was not the type to leave behind a trail. She would have to force an opening, take it, AND be prepared to face whatever adversity it took to get there.

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These things rarely end well

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My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me

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Negative was never one to leave a trail, but at times it was not always him that left a trail but rather some idiot that seemed to leave stuff behind. While the warehouse was mostly empty of people, there were still the goods that had been delivered that were meant to be picked up by Negative's men which meant that the warehouse to her was still definitely of use to her. As well, he had no clue what had transpired at the place so to his mind there was nothing yet wrong. As he sat there, slowly listening to it the smile on his face slowly went away not because of something that was said, but rather because of what he was thinking about. His thoughts were still running at a quick speed about Kingpin and the man known as Norman Osborn which he had hated more and more yet knew that it would take a lot more to touch him compared to the Kingpin due to what all he had at his disposal in the Thunderbolts. After all, they were former villains in the ed so he would just have to see what happens with them in the future. His hands went to clasp in each other as his elbows were on the arm rests before he began to turn around back to his desk, slowly opening up a small laptop which served as one of his main resources in his criminal empire.

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Til then I walk alone

[razor]

Jessica Jones

"Have you ever been kicked in the nuts by a superhero?"

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Jessica was about to leave the scene when an idea sparked in her mind. There were goods in that warehouse, probably things that she didn't even want to think of. If she could find out what was in that warehouse, she might have an idea where to look next for Negative. Surely he couldn't hide forever.

She walked in, being surprised to not find any thugs. Must not be much good if there weren't any more goons to guard it, but it was better than nothing she supposed. She couldn't help but notice how that one goon didn't try to kill her on the spot, they tried to stun her. Perhaps Negative wanted her alive.
Or, the more reasonable option, they knew they couldn't really kill her unless they had some special kind of weapons she didn't know about...

Finding one of the nearest crates, she couldn't find anything out of the ordinary with the crate itself. So she decided to peel it open. She peeked over the edge, looking to see what was inside...

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My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s the only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me

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Within the crate was a select design of weapons that seemed to be a large batch of satellite phones and communication devices that could pierce through the blacklist that had essentially cut out all outside contact. Obviously Negative had far bigger plans at hand and wanted to ensure that he had a chokehold over New York City and to do that he needed to be more set up, able to communicate better than the likes of Kingpin. Obviously it was not something of top priority or else he would have his whole force guarding it, but it was still something very valuable that he wanted to have in his hands with a larger quantity than normal since it would ensure that he could out maneuver those that might try to oppose him.

As he was working on his computer, on his screen was a black one with text going back and forth as he worked. Then after a few moments, a logistical map was being pulled up of New York City in a 3D model. There lots of different flashing locations and buildings were scene as well as with a predicted perimeter of the locations that Negative had control of compared to Fisk and the U.S. Government forces that were still within the city since so many of them had already been killed.

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Til then I walk alone

[razor]

Jessica Jones

"Have you ever been kicked in the nuts by a superhero?"

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Jessica looked at the phones with disdain. She had no idea what these phones did, but she knew they were untraceable just by looking at them. Negative had some huge plans for this city, all the people with untraceable phones did. It was pretty stereotypical actually...

She didn't know what else to do but pick up a phone and inspect it. She was doing great until the screen lit up, saying it was password protected. She didn't even know that stupid little burner phones could have passwords...
Villains are evolving.

She chucked the phone in frustration. Once again she was back at square one, she was even farther behind than she was before, because at least she had somewhat of a lead. Now she was just stuck.

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"You don't own me
Don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me
Don't tie me down cause I'd never stay."