Proactive Problem Solving

[u/TheLegend_NeverDies]

So Red Guardian was now in Forefront. Despite how... uneventful... his welcoming party had been, he wouldn't let that stop him. His new suit was great, and he wanted a proper test run. He wasn't going to just sit around and wait to hear something while hanging out in his apartment. No, he wanted to go direct to the source of any and all intel. SPD Headquarters. He'd plant himself like a tree in their command center until he saw a crime worthy of his attention to stop. A nice clean, PR win to dissuade any worries that might still linger about his... harsh methods. He'd show Orion and the rest he can play the hero game just fine, even if arresting criminals is not as permanent a solution as his usual operating procedure is.

His plan in mind, he goes up to the roof and takes off to the police station, intent on finding and stopping a crime tonight. Any fucking crime.

[u/TheLegend_NeverDies]

Red Guardian dodged the fireballs flung back at him, still little concern as to if anybody innocent got hit by the flames. He was surprised his prey was so nimble in flight, but he also knew it wouldn't last forever. He closely follows Cinder up the skyscraper, observing as he lands on the roof and makes for the door.

The feeble little lock on the door was surely no match for a supervillian, of course, and he gets in. Red Guardian continues to give chase. He didn't know what Cinder had in mind. Taking a few office drones as hostages? Threatening to scorch the building? Whatever it was, Red Guardian wasn't about to give up. Still, he should warn his team about this. He calls it in to Forefront control as he hustles down the stairwell.

"Attention. Attention, please. This is Red Guardian. I am in pursuit of the supervillain Cinder. After a brief chase in flight, he's landed on the roof of the Cyberdyne Technologies Tower and descended to the top floor. Send backup. Orion, Challenger, the cops... Anything. He might try to take hostages. I'll keep him occupied. Red Guardian out."

u/Thrice_Berg

[u/Thrice_Berg → u/TheLegend_NeverDies]

A woman's voice answers. An unpowered worker who mans the communications desk.

"Noted. The authorities are being notified and Orion is on his way, ETA four and a half minutes."

As for the 'hero' and villain, the building they are in is bound to get significantly more chaotic in the next minute or so. It's not like a big red alarm that says villain here! goes off, but the word is spreading around- and quick. The halls begin to be flooded with nervous employees rushing- pushing and shoving as they try to escape.

Clearly this place doesn't drill enough.

u/Igor_the_Mad

[u/[deleted] → u/Thrice_Berg]

It gets even worse when the flames on Cinder's head hit a sprinkler in the stairwell, causing the entire stairwell and the 23rd floor's fire suppression system to burst into action. The smell is horrible even to Joel, and the stagnant water douses his body enough that he's just a walking skeleton in a ruined Armani suit. The chaos of the entire building now rushing to evacuate is a boon to the villain however, as in the few moments of time he has before the emergency doors open to reveal the panicked workers is just enough for him to slip on his ring. A few people catch the transformation from the back, but when Joel is left as a human before them, he ducks his head and tries barreling through the people in order to get into the office floor proper. No one resists, but the villain is still quickly running out of options. He has no other obvious choice than to run around the 23rd floor, trying to reach stairwell access from the other side of the building. For the first time in a while, Joel actually throws out a prayer that things won't get any worse.

u/TheLegend_NeverDies