Many years ago, there was a group of baboon families that lived at the edge of the rainforest, near a great river. Predators were rare in the area, and food was relatively plentiful.One of the younger baboons, he had very strong arms and legs - and all of his friends knew that he was poised to become one of the dominant males when he reached adulthood. The thought of being the troop alpha excited the youngster greatly. He loved to show off. Every day, he would dash to the largest rock, climb to...
Friday, February 28, 2025
BREAKING NEWS: New threat in Detroit - stop Subject One!
A legion-powered villain has burst through a bubble in Detroit and is rampaging the streets! Known only as Subject One, he is able to evolve and grow stronger each time he is defeated.No one knows how many reincarnations he has, but as an example, after 14 defeats, his level has grown to 1500, with a HP of 21,377! In other words he grows a hundred levels stronger every time he is defeated.The only way to keep up with him is to find enhanced eggs that Strange Quark and EB have placed in random locations....
Heroes Rising Fiction: Dark Renaissance Part 17
“Do we still have eyes on him?” Nova asked.10915 answered, “Back-up systems coming online. Feed reactivating.”The monitor filled with a low-quality footage taken from a camera in one of the surrounding buildings in Downtown Detroit. Structural damage to the power systems in the area had rendered most of their connections inactive. The footage on the screen was of an enormous bubble of energy that had one occupant. The ranging figure of a man punched the bubble hard, many cracks forming across...
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Heroes Rising Fiction: Dark Renaissance Part 16
“Hurry, this way!” Furious Squirrel directed citizens to a derailed car from the Q-line that normally ran through downtown Detroit. Heroes carried people who were in a Ren Wear trance, which was most of the citizens being evacuated.A blockade of heroes kept a close eye on the villain’s path of destruction. A few bold heroes flew at the bald, naked man in hopes they could stop him or slow him down. The villain’s unmitigated power sent them through buildings or deep into the ground.“DON’T BE...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Heroes Rising Fiction: Dark Renaissance Part 15
The BADGE shuttle landed near the Ren Tech HQ. The shuttle was invisible to the naked eye and most sensors. Justin was in the lead, with Arx beside him. Dragonborn, Ladyhawk, Dreamlord, and two BADGE defense robots joined them.Justin spoke to the group before they decloaked and disembarked. “This mission is simple. We go in and arrest Chorad and take any information vital to understanding their technology. If we encounter any resistance from security or other workers, we are to disarm and...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Heroes Rising Fiction: Dark Renaissance Part 14
Nova barked out orders, “Robots, alert all BADGE locations! This is a full red alert situation.”EB rushed into the room. “Are we gonna go get Dr. Chorad? I wanna piece of him!” He tried to look tough by hitting his tiny paws together.Nova said, “I want his head. But right now, we have other priorities.”“I can zap you down to his office. Bring your cool gigantic sword and make him wet his pants. That would make an awesome Facetube video. We could go viral... and I’ll shut up.”After glaring...
Monday, February 24, 2025
Heroes Rising Fiction: Dark Renaissance Part 13
Krystal sat cross-legged in front of the sphere, her chin in her hand as she pondered what sort of new spell she could create to open it. Alex ran his finger around the opening in the middle, still looking for anything to help. Torrik lay on the grass watching a butterfly.“This is infuriating.” Krystal leaned back, putting both hands behind her.Alex stopped and plugged some numbers into a computer tablet. “We’ll figure it out.”“How? It finally did something, and yet it remains as much a mystery...
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Heroes Rising Fiction: Dark Renaissance Part 12
Krystal Fae typed in the special comm code for her link to Nova. Pressing it up to her ear, she paced.“Why isn’t he answering?” Torrik asked.Alex said, “This links to a computer in his office. Maybe he’s not in there. The signal is going through.”Krystal said, “You two, keep trying to get that to do more. We have to get it apart as soon as possible.”“On it.” Alex flipped through an old spell book he had brought with him from Krystal’s personal library while Torrik attempted to get a vine...
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Heroes Rising Fiction: Dark Renaissance Part 11
Nova paced in front of the large screen in Ops as he listened to the INN anchorwoman. Justin walked in with two computer tablets in his hands. He listened in.“We have footage coming in from across the globe. BADGE encampments around Ren Tech spheres are breaking down and moving out. Local authorities and international pressures forced BADGE to stop attacking the spheres. BADGE has declined to explain why they were so interested. However, spokespeople from Ren Tech claim that several competitor...
Friday, February 21, 2025
Heroes Rising Fiction: Dark Renaissance Part 10
“What the hell is this thing made of!” Captain Blazer yelled while his hands were glowing bright orange. He had spent three hours using his concentrated fire power to split a sphere open to no avail.Chase watched him wag his hands around to cool them off. “I don’t know. I’ve never seen anything like this. Even I can’t sense anything about them. I cannot see their history with my power.”Captain Blazer stuck his hands down in the ice cooler where they were storing bottles of water, a blast...
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Heroes Rising Fiction: Dark Renaissance Part 9
Chase approached the sphere in the middle of Times Square. BADGE officials had already put up barricades around it with robotic and hero forces keeping people away. Joining her were two robots outfitted with welding arms. Several sciences officers joined her with computer tech to analyze any data.“Let’s break this thing open.” She pressed a button on her wrist comm and the two robots walked up to the sphere and ignited the welding tools on their arms.Sparks flew from the surface as the robots...