Gate City Publication: Secret Wardens #4
Roll Call:
Solid State – Gate City’s man of metal
Night Hunter – Justice from the shadows
Image – The changing man
SeaHawk – Strength, power and duty from the waters to the air
Overspeed – Barter Towns very own speedster
William Baxter – Fortunes Favoured
Diamond Bunny – Goth girl in a protective shell
Battle of Bas Vegas
Our metal hero Solid State fights along side the mysterious siren protector of Bas Vegas, White Stiletto against the battling forces of the Czar of crime and the Jones Brothers. With a mighty punch he sends one of the ring leaders flying and quickly sends the rest packing. While getting thanks from White Stiletto, the arrival of the police stops a meaningful conversation.
The next day, Nighthunter in his normal guise as the billionaire Kent with Image, disguised as his bodyguard Mr Smith go to the offices Global Britannia Paradym, meeting the CEO Paul Robertson. Our duo of heroes begin a subtle battle of wits with the potentially corrupt businessman but are ultimately stymied in their attempt to get further information.
While our investigating heroes efforts are frustrated two of the other Secret Wardens, our man of steel Solid State and the paragon of sea and air SeaHawk make startling and potentially disturbing revelations of their own. They discover that the former major shareholder of GBP is none other than Richard Harlington the Marquis of Kensington, former minister and author of the CONTROL Act! Apparently after the events of U Day Lord Kensington withdrew from public life quitting the cabinet and selling most of his shares at GBP.
More intriguing is that another of the shareholders a certain international playboy Mr Stag, has other than his interests in GBP has no other business interests. Solid State begins to wonder if Stag and the Knave of Hearts are one and the same.
Our heroes reconvene back at Coalhouse to discuss what they have and haven’t discovered. Their discussions bring up worrying possibilities for the resolute Secret Wardens, what is the connection to Lord Kensington and where is he? Could he or GBP have connections to the Dark Tinkerer? Could the Dark Tinkerer be the architect of the Crown? Just how far does this conspiracy go? The Secret Wardens are determined to discover the answer to these questions.
Fortunes favoured William Baxter discovers that Mr Stag is due to attend a party at the French Ambassador’s residence and manages to get an invite for him, Nighthawk and Image, whose shapechanging powers come to the fore again as he becomes the mysterious but beautiful Ms Smith. At the party our heroes meet the supposed playboy Stag, and over a game of cards, Mr Stag drops some unsubtle clues that confirms that he is indeed the devilish Knave of Hearts! Despite being favoured by Lady Luck herself William Baxter finds that he cannot beat the Knave of Hearts. Nighthawk becoming increasingly frustrated at the Knave of Hearts questions and comments turns to leave, only to be offered a magic trick, Mr Stag says he can guess the card that the Nighthawk has chosen. It is no surprise that the card is indeed the jack of hearts, the surprise comes when the Knave tosses Nighthawk a gold coin.
Meanwhile the investigative team of Solid State and SeaHawk make discoveries of their own at the Fortress. The pair had gone to seek the mysterious Gatekeeper’s help in contacting Sceptre, instead they get a obtuse hints that they should be asking other questions. Solid State guesses the truth just before it is revealed by the Gatekeeper, the Usurper is none other than Lord Kensington himself! A powerful psychic he place a compulsion on the four Jacks, compelling them to secure his escape, but it seems that the four Jacks are not working together.
The revelation, added by the Gatekeeper himself, brings our heroes together at the Fortress where the revelations are shared. Tired from the evenings events Nighthawk starts to return home, only for his companions to realise that the coin he was given may be placing him in terrible danger. The fastest man in Gate City rushes after him and secures the coin bringing it back to the main group. Here one last startling discovery is made, the coin has a strange residue on it. As Image begins to investigate what this residue does, the rest of the Secret Wardens ponder what new shocks are on the horizon.
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Gate City Publication: Secret Wardens #4
