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Well, I don't mind our system, (I got to schedule many of my finals, and purposly left myself four days to work on bankruptcy). Anyway, sorry for the delay, trying to think how I want to bring in Megan, it might be a big post.

Velocity muttered a curse when she lost track of Johnny Speed. The booming of the voice over the PA system had her looking around, trying to spot a possible door that would lead to the place that housed that equipment. She could easily get out of this place, but the voice was right, she could not do so with Robert, or whoever he was. “Big talk from someone hiding!†She yelled out. “Why don’t you come on back and prove it!â€Â

Hehe, I don't know, it sort of plays on some of the jokes here I'll try to get a post up today or tomorrow, now that I am done with my second final and don't have one till Thrusday (though there is a lot to prepare for that one, as it is for my Bankruptcy class!)

Megan listened as Mark described his powers, nodding in understanding. When he asked how long she had her powers, she shrugged slightly. "Just about three years now. How about you?"

Not long after receiving the invitation to join the Freedom League, Megan graduated from North Bay Academy. It was about that time that Nightrival contacted Velocity about the team he was putting together. Though Velocity knew she likely would not be able to commit to the team between her responsibilities with the Freedom League and starting at Yale in the fall, she attended the first meeting for the group. Also present were a number of other heroes that Nightrival had worked with, Hub, Sen and Gimalkin. Grim initially took a disliking to Velocity, including an angry rant after the speedster explained to Nightrival why she was not going to be able to be a regular part of the team. But the two were able to smooth things over some, and exchanging numbers so they could try to keep in touch. As a new member of the Freedom League along with Emissary, Velocity soon was busy with the duties of being on the team. She and Emissary found themselves in a battle with Doc Otaku and his Angel bots. She helped Emissary organize another training/networking event at Freedom Hall, playing host to Arrowhawk, Archangel and a number of other heroes. Velocity also took some time to help Emissary with a charity event he had helped arrange for a children’s hospital (which Velocity's mother also helped in planning as well). Among the other heroes Emissary had recruited to help with the event were Doktor Archeville, Captain Wonder, Gossamer and Rusty. One afternoon while out on patrol near Liberty Park, Velocity ran into Grim (in her civilian identity) and a young teenage heroine named Kizzy. The two older teens spent a bit of time getting to know Kizzy and offered to help her with getting to know her way around Freedom City and the hang of heroing.

What had been a normal day at North Bay Academy quickly changed when a couple of boys began causing problems during Megan's PE class, moving far faster than a normal person could, speeds that Megan recognized from experience as what someone using Zoom could achieve. After one of the boys collapsed in the class, the PE teacher, with Megan's help, managed to stop the teen from having a heart attack. Knowing the other boys could be in similar danger as well from the drug, Megan made an excuse to slip out of class and changed into her costume and headed off as Velocity to check their houses to be sure they were not having similar problems. Instead of finding teenage boys suffering cardiac arrest caused by Zoom leaving their system, the speedster found some men-in-black types trying to kidnap one of the teens. While trying to follow them, Velocity was spotted, which led to a high speed chase across town, in which she managed to force them to crash the van, allowing her to rescue the teen. Worried that the others might be being kidnapped as well, Velocity headed back to North Bay and found another group of MIBs at another boy's house. While Velocity was able to deal with most of the MIBs, the leader managed to get away, moving as he was using Zoom as well. But the young speedster was far faster, and was able to catch up with him and trail him all the way to a warehouse in Southside. Before Velocity could follow him into the warehouse, Raven showed up, indicating she had been investing the group for some time as well. The pair then stormed the warehouse, quickly dealing with a number of MIBs, though the leader again slipped away into some sort of basement area. While Raven remained behind to deal with some reinforcements that had arrived, Velocity followed the leader. Down in the basement area, Velocity found also sorts of high-tech equipment, before she was ambushed by the MIB leader, who hit her with a fire extinguisher, but the speedster shook off the attack and easily dealt with the man. As she continued exploring the area, Velocity found rooms filled with hundreds of suspension chambers filled with people in suspended animation. She also found one of the teenagers from school she had not yet checked on, Robert Luciano, but soon learned that he was not the Robert Luciano she knew, but was there to replace the boy. It was then that Johnny Speed, the evil version of Johnny Rocket from Anit-Earth appeared. The battle between the two speedsters ranged throughout the underground complex, but in the end, Velocity had managed to knock out the supervillain. Raven caught back up with Velocity, and the two learned that the Tyranny Syndicate had been engaged in a plan of kidnapping and replacing various important individuals, or those close to them. As other members of the League arrived to help with the clean up and figuring out how to go about releasing and restoring the kidnapped individuals to their lives, Raven extended Velocity an invitation to join the Freedom League, and then sent her to help get the duplicate Robert Luciano set up with the new identity the League had established for him.

Megan's science class at North Bay Academy took a field trip to the Hanover Institute of Technology in the early Spring for HIT's annual science fair. While trying to fight off boredom and a trio of lame geeks that tried to hit on her, Megan ran into the handsome (and smart!) Will Maddox, a student at HIT and a member of the school’s football team. At Will's invitation, Megan accompanied him to observe a demonstration for a combat simulator by Professor Myrtleton. But Megan's time trying to get to know Will better was cut rather short when a trio of armor wearing villains (well, they called themselves villains anyway), showed up to try and rob everyone at the demonstration. Ducking away in the confusion, Megan changed into her Velocity costume and returned to confront the villains of Tricorder (they even had a lame name!). It turned out she was not the only hero present that day, as the costumed vigilante known as Nightrival was present in the crowd as well, appearing about the same time Velocity did. Though the pair of heroes quickly seemed to be getting the upper hand against Tricorder, the tech-oriented villains activated the highly advanced adaptive robots that had been part of the demonstration and turn them against the heroes. Velocity turned her focus on the robots, while Nightrival continued to work on finishing off the members of Tricorder. Although the robots began copying Velocity's powers, the speedster was able to finish them off with a well timed sonic boom, which also served to put an end to what little resistance was left in the members of Tricorder. With the threat dealt with and the police soon arrived. Nightrival and Velocity had time to chat briefly, during which Nightrival mentioned to the speedster that he was thinking of putting together a loose group of superpowered individuals to work together in fighting crime. Velocity gave Nightrival a means of contacting her, and then they both headed off to change back into their secret identities. After changing Megan made her way back into the exhibit hall and managed to find Will once more. But she was not able to talk with him long before she had to get back to her class before she got in trouble with her teacher. She and will exchanged numbers so they could arrange a time to meet again in the near future.

When Emissary had gotten permission to use the Wreck Room at Freedom Hall, he invited Velocity along for some training and networking with a few other superheroes the metallic hero had recently encountered. Arriving at Freedom Hall for the event, Velocity met Captain Wonder, the legendary hero from several decades earlier; Dr. Archerville, a brilliant German Scientist and inventor; Legionnaire, a time displaced Roman solider; and Mongrel Angel, a winged, fire wielding angel!

Well, I have been waiting for MBCE to post :)

Seemingly out of the blue, Daedalus contacted Velocity, Emissary and Raindance regarding the dangerous, teleporting robots they had fought on Halloween. After the three heroes arrived at Freedom Hall, Daedalus informed them that he had managed to track down two possible sources for the robots and needed them to go investigate both locations. The trio was joined by Valkyrie, the heroine Velocity had worked with a couple of times in the past. Emissary flew one of the Freedom League's Pegasus jets out to Arizona to drop off Raindance and Velocity so they could investigate an abandoned military airfield, while he and Valkyrie headed into space to investigate a space station that was the second possible source for the teleportation signal of the robots. While looking through the hangers on the base, Velocity and Raindance encountered a pair of killer jack-in-the-boxes. When one of the toys managed to stun Velocity for a moment, Raindance interceded and managed to keep the two busy while she recovered. Once back in the fight, she speedster helped finish off the pair of killer toys with a well timed sonic boom. Meanwhile, in space, Emissary and Valkyrie were attacked by what appeared to be wind-up robots defending the space station. While the robots initially had the upper hand, the two heroes eventually managed to turn the tide and cleared a path to the space station. Back in Arizona, Velocity and Raindance found a automated factory producing all manner of dangerous robotic toys, that were being teleported off to an unknown location (or locations) once they were completed. The two heroes quickly destroyed the factory and then finished their search of the abandoned base to ensure there were no more facilities there. After managing to breach the space station, Emissary and Valkyrie were able to capture the individual behind the deadly robot toys, ToyBoy. While waiting to be picked back up in Arizona, Raindance asked Velocity out to coffee (the pair had been flirting a fair bit during the mission) and the speedster had agreed, the two swapping phone numbers so they could arrange the date later. A few days after returning from the mission in Arizona, Raindance and Velocity arranged to meet up for coffee in Riverplace in civilian clothes instead of costumes. The two spent some time talking and getting to know one another.

Following the new year, Megan attended a fundraising dinner for prostate cancer research that was hosted by Jonathan Grant of Grant Conglomerates. During the dinner, Megan had a chance to catch up some with Grant's oldest daughter, Sarah, who had been in the same year at North Bay Academy as Megan's older brother Jason. Also among those present was the Emissary, whom Megan had worked with a couple of times as Velocity. Wanting a little break from heroing, and tired of always going to the underage Midnight Hour, Megan decided to use her money (and looks) to take a little trip to the Millennium for a night of dancing. It was after all one of the poshest dance clubs in the city. While there, the teenager ran into Duncan Maguire, the famous NASCAR driver, who had spotted her out on the dance floor. Though Duncan was a bit worried when Megan admitted her actual age, the pair spent the evening talking and dancing together.

Could I get the following added to Velocity’s sheet please: In-costume Description: As Velocity, Megan wears a skin tight yellow bodysuit with checkered racing strips up the sides of her leg and torso and continuing down the sides of her arm. She also wears yellow gloves and boots and a small utility belt in which she carries a few things, such as marbles which she throws at supersonic speeds. In addition, she covers most of her head in a matching colored mask that has her face exposed. To further conceal her identity, a brunette wig extends out the back of the mask in a ponytail. Hi-tech, mirrored goggles over her eyes and the upper half of her face. Updated by Barnum

Yeah, that picture was more done to show what the main part of her costume looked like that what she completely looked like in costume. I have worked a bit on an full version, but never finished it. I’ll get a in-costume description added to her sheet to prevent future confusion.

Velocity had fully expected the duplicate Johnny to move first, but as she realized she had the drop on him, she decided not to waste the opportunity. Streaking forward, her fist shot forward at his jaw in an attempt to carry through with her last comment.

Wow, actually amazed I won thye initiative :)

Heritage, I would point out a big error in your posts about Velocity. In costume, she wears a brunette wig.

"Actually, I do." Megan replied with a smile when Mark asked if she was able to think super-fast. "I really would have to in order to compensate for moving so quickly, otherwise I likely would smash into stuff. It also makes studying a breeze, though I can't go full speed, or I'd tear out half the pages in my textbooks." She then shrugged slightly. "Things can seem kinda slow at times, but luckily I can pretty much 'turn off'my speed, otherwise I likely would have gone crazy by this point with things moving so slow." She then focused back on Mark. "So what's it like being able to control the weather?"

Finals sminals. Seeing as Velocity can get five hours of studying done in less than a minute, she tends to have lots of free time I'll try to think of some ideas on how/why they could meet up.

"I certainly enjoy it" Megan replied. When they reached the front of the line, she ordered a lowfat peppermint mocha. After they had taken a seat, she shook her head at Mark's question. "No, it has mainly been trial and error for me." "I have been invited to attend Claremont. But," this time she looked slightly embarrassed, "my parents don't know about my powers, so wanting to transfer from they private school they have me at to Claremont would raise too many questions. Sides, my powers are not exactly that difficult to get a hang of."

"It wasn't all that bad." Megan replied with a shrug at the reference to her injury on their last mission. "I'm a cheerleader in school, and despite what people think, bumps and bruises are not uncommon." They made their way inside and to the line to order coffee. Megan let go of Mark's arm, but still stood next to him as they talked.

"Hi." Megan replied, her voicing sounding a bit different than it did as Velocity (as she was not talking quite as fast as she did in costume), as she gave a reassuring smile. "It wasn't too bad. Hope you haven't been waiting too long." She kept the smile in place as he blushed at his statement that could easily be taken the wrong way. "Sure, coffee sounds great." She said, taking his arm in the hopes that might calm him a bit. As she stood next to him, she said, in a bit quieter voice. "My name's Megan by the way."

JoT, I would be up for something that could have your character meet up with Velocity, which could be a bit of fun (seeing as they are both teenage girls ). Not sure right now what that could be though. Will try to give it some thought (though I am kinda in the middle of finals right now).

One would think one of the fastest people alive would never be late for anything. But today Megan was not Velocity, at least not in her costume. So she was left to the mercy of traffic as she sat in the back of the town car she had called to take her from North Bay to Riverside to meet Raindance for coffee. Megan was still slightly unsure about meeting him outside of costume. While he did not wear a mask, she did, in order to better maintain a secret identity. But she did know she could trust him, after all, they had worked together a few times and relied upon each other to watch the other's back. In fact, he had protected her when one of the giant jack-in-the-box toys they had fought a few days ago had dazed her for a few moments. So today she was not wearing the skin tight yellow costume (with checkered racing stripes) and the mirrored goggles that helped serve as part of a mask. Though, the expensive dark blue designer jeans she was wearing were about as tight as her costume, and her red cashmere sweater was hardly loose fitting either. Only the white down jacket she was wearing was in any way bulky, and even that was cut to be form fitting. She rather doubted Raindance would easily recognize her, particularly given the fact in costume she wore a brunette wig, that stuck through the back of the part of the mask that covered the back of her head in a ponytail. Today her naturally blonde hair was held back by a few carefully placed barrettes in order to keep it out of her face, but still be somewhat casual. The town car finally pulled up at the block where the coffee shop they were meeting at was located. Telling the driver she would call when she needed the car again, Megan climbed out of the back and started looking down the street for the coffee shop. It was a bit warmer than had been predicted, making her wonder slightly if Raindance might have something to do with that. At that thought, she spotted him standing out in front of the coffee shop. Smiling slightly, she started down the street in his direction, looking out the corner of her eye to see if he might take note of her or stay focused on trying to spot a brunette.

Given that the last Heroes for the Holidays thread was around Christmas time, it is likely still Winter during this thread, so Velocity will dress accordingly Her jacket:

That's good to know. I think its probably about time for initiative rolls. Velocity has a url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1580322]49.