A long came the Spear (Open ask first)

[stormshadow]

The Shroud


The objective Infiltrate Oscorp Tower to steal the Heart of New York, a cutting edge of sustainable energy worth millions, rumored to be hidden in a high-security vault. Max was teaming up with the best electrician in the game. Electro was there to help with a few obstacles. They were not sure what they would be getting into even after a month of planning. They even secured Norman Osborn's finger print off a wine glass. They were expecting a relatively easy heist.

A side street in Manhattan. The rain came down hard, soaking everything in sight. Shroud and Electro were about to pull a hard core heist they were short a few others possibly running late. Shroud sat in the back of a heavily modified truck, as they prepared for the journey. The truck’s cargo space was cramped, but filled with just enough gear and technology to make the heist run smoothly. It sounded like Electro was saying something.

Shroud looked over towards Electro he didn’t respond immediately. He looked to the rearview mirror. They’d been in route for over an hour. No cops. No interruptions. Getting closer to Oscorp Tower. But then something went wrong. A dark, van suddenly swerved in front of them, blocking the street entirely. The truck's driver swerved to avoid a collision, and Shroud’s motioned for Electro to stay low.

Shroud knew something was up. He knew this wasn’t an accident. Someone was waiting for them. But who? The van doors opened slowly. Two men stepped out, wearing black tactical gear, their faces covered by ski masks. One of them held a large rifle. Shroud didn't move. He knew a standoff when he saw one. They were being targeted, and there was only one thing to do.“Stay calm we need to take care of this quickly,” Never taking his eyes off the men in front of them. "I’ll handle this." Shroud slid open the back of the truck, stepping out into the cold rain.

“We don’t want trouble, Move along, and you won’t get hurt.”

The two men aimed their rifles at Shroud. The second man spoke, “You should’ve stayed out of the way. This is our turf, and we don’t take kindly to strangers.”

[kingrico]

"Jewels! Money! No matter how much I take, I want more -- much more! And with my great power, nothing can stop me from getting it!"

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Electro found himself on a little heist, something to pass his time, he sat in the car with Shroud as they made their way through Manhattan. He was rather impatient though playing with little bolts of lightning with his fingers, he could have been here in seconds but sometimes patience is key to success. This current Electro had been juiced up past his regular limits and was itching for a battle, “You try to stay calm with this amount of energy rushing through your body…” Electro would reply to Shroud as a van attempted to corner them. Electro was more than happy to let the Shroud do the hard work here, though he kept his hands ready to step in.

Shroud exited the vehicle attempting to convince the men they wanted no trouble, the men would go on to explain to him that it was their turf and they best move around. Raising their rifles though would be the final straw for Electro, he would exit the vehicle with a rather ominous grin on his face. “Your turf? What's your turf exactly?” He would send a bolt of electricity popping one of the street lights, “ Oh, was that a part of your turf? Well too bad.”

Electro watched as one of the men pointed their rifle at him, “Shoot it… please I beg you” he would taunt the man as he would finally let his fear take control, letting off a round in his direction. Electro's body would light up as he raised his hand, Ionizing the air around the bullet destroying it, “now I ask again before I let off the big guns whose turf is it?”

[stormshadow]

The Shroud
Before the two thugs have a chance to do anything else Shroud quickly hook kicks one of the men knocking him down and begins choking the other out. Shroud sighs for a second and shakes his head so much for having a perfect stealth approach. As he looks through nearby buildings, he only notices a few bums that have been sleeping in the buildings. He quickly zip ties the thugs and their ankles, wrists and throws them into a corner by a dumpster. He signals for the truck to move closer to the building. "I will show you what we have planned for tonight."

Shroud unrolled a hand drawn schematic of Oscorp Tower, he spread it out on a box in the truck. “We been hired anonymously, through one of the darker corners of the underworld. To Steal the Heart of New York an object hidden deep in Norman Osborn’s forbidden collection, something even the Avengers were rumored to have debated securing. You can grab some items while we are there feel free to loot but we will be on a timetable. After getting to the roof and entering. We go in low and come up through the lab levels. The Heart of New York is being held in a sub basement vault connected to Osborn’s arcane research wing. So Automated defenses with Stark tech influence. Possibly even magic. With the noise just created we might have some company. We each have our role; you do your expertise, then You short the security. I'll take out the security you can't, and I keep us hidden. We don’t fight unless we have to.”

At 1:00 a.m.:

The Shroud jumped from a nearby tower and glided to the Oscorp rooftop it was quiet way too quiet. He landed in a safe corner. Storm clouds above. Oscorp’s security grid was visible through the light rain and with blue light, forming a digital Criss cross across the helipad. Automated turrets moved along the sky. Only One security guard so far over by the stairs entrance staying out of the rain and messing round on his phone. Drones hovered in certain areas. From this vantage point, it looked impenetrable. But then he had Electro with him, and he was up. Once Electro did his thing they would have 45 seconds to enter and go down the shaft. Shroud made his way slowly then knelt beside a rooftop maintenance panel and placed his hand on the surface. Just then the panel clicked, revealing a service hatch with a vertical shaft descending into the tower’s upper research floors. He needed to wait for Electro at this point.

[kingrico]

"Jewels! Money! No matter how much I take, I want more -- much more! And with my great power, nothing can stop me from getting it!"

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Electro looked as Shroud finished the remainder of the thugs off, Max would have preferred to kill the rest but this will do for now. He followed the box truck as it backed up towards the building, entering the truck he watched as Shroud pulled out what appeared to be blueprints to Oscorp tower. His eyes peaked when he heard about the Heart Of New York, perhaps he will get to kill two birds with one stone tonight. “Yea yea, leave the electrical issues to me bud, you just do your little sneaking…”

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Electro lurked in the storm clouds high above Shroud, he could see everything, feel everything through the electrical pulses, once he noticed Shroud in place the fireworks show could begin. He would start with the drones surging the static charges in the cloud he released several powerful bolts of lightning taking out the drones, he would turn his attention creating a cloud to cloud lighting bolt across the sky. He would use the long bolt of lightning to trigger smaller bolts reaching out like arms frying the electrical grid to the turrets and security grid, Max would then eject himself from the clouds as a lighting bolt into the power grid of the building.

Entering the electrical grid of the building he started to control the elevator shaft, as Shroud entered he would lower it down into the research floors. As shroud exited Electro started disrupting the cameras causing the feed to jump back 1 hour, this would give them the cover and freedom needed from the cameras.

[stormshadow]

The Shroud

Turrets swiveled around him before they could fire the rooftop went dark. A sudden crack of lightning along with a couple others and everything was dark. The drones vanished into the night. Their scanners went blind. Their motors screamed, disoriented, crashing into one another.The Shroud knew this guy was good and so far, he keeps up to his repetition. He has a plan just in case electro turns on him but at the moment everything was smooth only a few security guards to worry about inside the building eight in total if including the front guards.Shroud descending into the tower’s upper research floors.
“So far so good, Down we go.” Shroud makes his way to the lab rearch floors coming across a species-specific room and looks back for Electro. Shroud begins whispering, "This place reeks of secrets. And we're about to uncover them."

Shroud looked around when they finally found the arcane research lab the door was sealed. The emergency lighting came on that was very limited light and most of which are on the top floors protecting Normans secrets. Shroud looked back to Electro to knock out the security lights. Shroud knelt beside a highly secure motion lock before the almost impenetrable door and placed his hand on the surface. Darkness went into the room and just like that their time will begin to count down. Whispered a word. The panel clicked, revealing a room with a with security protocols two security drones walked up looking around but the shroud was covered in darkness Electro would be revealed to them soon. “Security's rebooting, We have 45 seconds before it adapts again. What... oh I have some security to take out you got the robots.” 

Shroud could see through the room an object in the far right corner of the building caught his attention, it felt like it was calling to him. He leaves the area three security guards come at him, and the hallway goes completely dark not even their flashlights work. With a few quick moves he knocks out all three guards and breaks their communication devices. He slips back through moving past Electro and the robots. He uses his powers to see through walls finds the sub-basement vault entrance. A strange magic was protecting it, Shroud even his darkness shadow could not open the door. He would need Electro at this point. They were about to be known, no longer hiding. Electro could get through the door."Well time for the fireworks. Shit is about to get real." Shroud could see through to the roof others approaching from the roof. Most likely not Norman's men. Is this a double cross he thought.

[kingrico]

"Jewels! Money! No matter how much I take, I want more -- much more! And with my great power, nothing can stop me from getting it!"

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Electro followed behind Shroud looking around the electricity now covering his eyes, feeling the electrical currents in the air he could sense many things including the robots ahead of Shroud. Looking up at the emergency lights he would hear Shroud asking him to kill them, raising his hand he sent a bolt from his finger into a nearby socket frying the power on the floor. He wasn't in much of a talking mood and preferred to stay quiet as they made their way through, Electro made his way exiting Shroud darkness to face the robots as he went off to fight.

Max would find himself face to face with a grin on his face, “So first day?” he would remark as he placed his hands on them sensing their motherboards he sent a jolt of energy through them. He would now have control of them as their eyes turned yellow, “Guard me with your lives, perhaps I'll set you free” Max would continue to say as he turned his attention to the shroud asking for his help.

“So what's this supposed to be? You best not be playing games” Electro said to Shroud before turning his attention to the door. Walking up to it he took a deep breath closing his eyes sensing the electricity in the air, raising his hands he let off a massive blast of electricity as he ionized the door causing it to melt. “After you…” Electro would say to Shroud before turning back to the robots. “Stand guard… kill anyone that comes.” He would command before following behind Shroud.

[stormshadow]

The Shroud

“So what's this supposed to be? You best not be playing games”

“ No this is real. The Corporations, They think they can cage power like this.” The Shroud glides beside Electro, his eyes glowing behind his mask. “Not everything here is science. The vault below is protected… by something older.” They reach a solid vibranium alloy door unmarked. A biometric panel pulses on the wall, but the real lock isn’t physical. Shroud points getting ready to ask Electro to fry the panel, a glow of green symbols along the seams of the door ancient glyphs, written in a language long forgotten. The Shroud steps forward. His cloak peels back, revealing a talisman stolen from an old HYDRA archive a counter sigil for containment wards. He chants under his breath, and the glyphs glow bright

Then something answers. From the shadows behind them, the air grows colder. A ghostlike figure materializes a guardian of some kind, seemingly made of arcane energy. It speaks in a voice like broken glass. “The Heart must not awaken. You can not use the heart." The Shroud, manipulating darkness itself, tries to wrap the guardian in void energy, but its power pulses with both something neither of them expected.“This...,This thing is alive.” The Shroud shadows rolling off his cloak like mist. He stood still as the guardian’s form twisted. The creature hovered, its chest pulsing in rhythm with the glowing sigils. He changed his stance. “This isn’t a defense system. This is a warning. Damn thing’s learning, That’s cheating. I don’t think it wants to destroy us, It’s trying to protect the Heart.”

“Listen, I don’t care what kind of relic you are or it is. We’re not here to destroy it. We need the Heart of New York.” The guardian turned slowly. “New York must not consume itself, The Heart was buried to protect the city from its hunger.” Shroud then stepping closer. “What is the Heart of New York?”The guardian didn’t speak the vault did. The door behind it split open without warning. A beam of gold and blue light shot out, lighting up the entire chamber. A weird feeling something called to them ancient. The Shroud seemed more interested in the far right corner of the building at first. The Heart hovered at the center of the chamber... crystal, with veins of glowing energy running through it like a circulatory system.“It’s not just a power core,look at it. It’s… a seed.” The guardian nodded. “A shard of the original city. Before the concrete. Before the steel. The truth what you call New York.” Shroud’s finger pointing at the heart “You’re saying it’s… alive?" The guardian shook his head. "No..I’m saying it wants to be.” Shroud keeps glancing across the room an object in the far right corner of the building he seemed more interested in it; was wrapped in a painting. They could hear the robots attacking something outside sounds like armed soldiers approaching.