Disclaimer: The characters of Ryan Steele, Karl Ziktor/Grimlord and his forces belong to Saban. Geese Howard, Billy Kane, Harper, and Ripper are property of SNK.
Note from Shadow: The events in this story have no relation to any version of Conquest of Evil
The Power of Pure HUMAN
Evil
By the Q-Team
Southtown, California. Its not as well known as Los Angeles or San Francisco.
However Southtown holds it own secrets, its own tragedies, and mysteries.
It is also the home of the impressive Howard Enterprises, a global wide company.
Today its business as usual. . . well almost.
The CEO of a company from Crossworld City is already heading to Howard Enterprises today.
He’s about to learn a very important lesson.
The limo pulled up into Howard Enterprises's parking garage. The one sitting in the back, Karl Zitkor smirked, Ah, this job's going to be almost too easy. . . stupid human. . .
The limo then stopped once in the lot and then one of Ziktor's people opened the door for him. "Well where is he anyway?"
"You truly are as impatient as they say Ziktor. "
Ziktor turned around and saw from the shadows stepped out a man in his mid 40s dressed in an expensive Armani suit. His blonde hair was slicked back and he had an ugly scar that ran across one eye and down his cheek.
His name was Geese Howard. The head of Howard Enterprises.
"So shall we cut to the chase then Ziktor? We may have agreed to meet with each other but I know when something is up. " Geese said.
"Now, now Mr. Howard. . . you're being too much of a pessimist, " Zitkor replied.
"I didn't get to where I am today by taking crap from anyone. " Geese replied. "If you're going to talk then fall me into my offices. If not then play the hand you have and be done with it. "
"As you wish. " Zitkor said as then a half a dozen men came out of his limo armed with machine guns. "Now then, I want your current progress on Project Neo. Comply, and you live. "
Geese then just smirked and then his smirk became a hideous laugh that unnerved Ziktor a little.
"What's so funny?"
"You really have no idea where you are do you!" Gesse then snapped his fingers and the lights went on.
In that instant Ziktor and his men saw that they were completely surrounded. On one side were black suited men with automatic weapons and on the other side were Southtown Police officers.
Zitkor blinked. "Wh. . . what the hell is this!" he cried.
"It's called countering an ambush. " Geese smirked. "Did you really think I trusted you to be honest when coming here? That you wouldn't try something like this here? Southtown is my realm Ziktor. Everything is under my control. You have no power here. "
Zitkor shook his head and chuckled, "Oh your poor, poor fool. . . "
"Just who really is the fool for stepping into the mouth of the lions den. . . Grimlord. " Geese smirked.
Zitkor's expression changed completely at the mention of his alias. He just stared at Geese, not saying anything.
"Before I defeat you, your Skugs, and what ever reinforcements you have waiting in Virtual Reality. I have a question for you. . . Who the hell do you think you are interfering affairs of this planet and more importantly my own plans!" Geese demanded.
Zitkor took a breath, ". . . well. This is an interesting twist, isn't it? Why should I have to tell you why I do these things?"
"You don't have to. " Geese smirked as he then unbuttoned his jacket and shirt. "I figured I'd give you the chance to talk before I decided to teach you a lesson. Harper. "
Black suited blond haired man with glasses took Geese's jacket and shirt from him. It was then Ziktor saw that Geese was incredibly built and definitely looked like a fighter. Something he hadn't even thought Geese would be.
"Hm. . . how. . . interesting, " Ziktor commented. "I'll pass on this one, " He stated before multiple Ultra Skugs, Doommaster, and the Vixens appeared while Zitkor went back into his limo.
"If you are not frightened by our power, then you are an even bigger fool than I imagined for coming here. Surrender now to Master Grimlord. . . or else. "
"Or else what?" Gesse asked.
"Or else you die. " Doommaster said.
"Men. Back off. " Geese told his forces and the police who lowered their weapons. He then smirked. "They are all mine. "
"Idiot. . . " Doommaster stated before indicating for the others to attack.
Geese's eyes narrowed as he raised a hand and leveled it at the leader. "REPPU KEN!!!"
Doommaster had about perhaps half a second to scream before hit by the Violent Wave technique. It totally obliterated his armor and caused massive burns all over his body. The Vixens suffered slightly worse fates since they were less armored.
The Ultra Skugs were incinerated.
"What. . . no. . . no . . . NO!!!" Ziktor cried out as he saw the wave now heading for his limo he tried to get out but the doors were jammed.
And then it hit the wave sending the limo right through the garage wall and turned upside down. The front half was buried beneath a huge pile of rubble. Geese smirked as he then went over to the door where Ziktor was and then ripped off the door with his bare hands and then pulled Ziktor out of the wreckage. Ziktor himself was not in any good shape at all. He had internal injuries and he was bleeding all over the place, and that also included his head.
"W. . . what the hell are you. . . " Ziktor groaned. "You. . . you can’t be human. . . no humans are this powerful. . . "
"You’ve been living in a fantasy world for sometime Grimlord as have the UAE. " Geese then punched Ziktor in the stomach knocking him unconscious. "Welcome to reality. "
"What do with them sir?" Harper asked.
"Standard procedure as far as we do with moping up situations such as these. Also pile them all into a van and then have them delivered to Ziktor’s offices. " Geese said.
Harper nodded know the police would do their part in the cover-up. After all, Geese did own the entire police force and the City Council. He then picked up his cell phone. "Sir. Its Billy. He’s on the phone. "
Geese smiled. "Billy. How are things in Ziktor’s personal office?"
At Ziktor’s own business offices, Geese’s right hand man Billy Kane was on the phone with his boss. The blond haired young Englishman had one hand with the phone and the other one with his special bo staff which had the power to project flames.
"Worked like ya said boss. Ten minutes before Ziktor arrived where you were, we came in through the roof and came in hard. Whatever forces Ziktor had here, and there were a bunch of the nasty buggers. . . " Billy smirked as he chuckled. "Well let’s just say he’ll need to get some new help. "
"Did you get the files?" Geese asked over the phone.
"Course. " Billy replied. "Ripper’s down loaded everything Ziktor’s got on his hard drives here. Everything about his business, his current plans for virtual reality, and the files he has on the UAE members. All ours. "
"Excellent. Billy. . . does Ziktor have any plans for the next few days?"
"Yeah. Attempting to get rid of nuclear waste by just dumping it too close to a residential area. "
"Perfect. Billy, before you return to Southtown I have a job for you. "
"Yeah. . . what?"
Ryan Steele stood on the steps of the shrine he often visited thinking of his father.
Now he was thinking about someone else.
Katie. . . we know Grimlord had a hand in your death. I swear I'll avenge your death. Ryan thought as he looked out. And while I am on the subject of Grimlord, I'm wondering about what kind of connection he's got to Ziktor?
"Ryan Steele. "
Ryan turned around and saw a young man in his mid 20s holding a red bo staff. He was in blue jeans and a sleeveless shirt that depicted the flag of England.
"Yeah. Who are you?"
"The name's Billy Kane. I have a proposition for you. " he said.
"Not interested. " Ryan turned around.
"Even if it involved figuring out the connection to Karl Ziktor and Grimlord?" Billy asked.
Ryan paused and eyed him for a few moments, "Okay, talk. "
"You're right in your assumptions. Ziktor and Grimlord are connected. As for how I know this or how you know of Grimlord or you being a VR Trooper I'll say I'm not your enemy. " Billy said. "My employer, who doesn't wished to be revealed at this time, wishes for the same thing you do: The utter defeat and destruction of Karl Ziktor and Grimlord. "
"And you can help how? And what does your employer get out of this?" Ryan asked.
Billy then handed out a disk and gave it to Ryan. "This is free of charge to show our good faith. On this disk is information on where Ziktor plans to dump nuclear waste in two days from now. You can stop this from happening all together. "
"And what does this cost?" Ryan asked.
"Nothing at all. " Billy then handed Ryan a card with a number. "My phone number. If you wish to continue gaining information from us, contact me after you check out what I have given you. If you don't you will never have to see me again. "
". . . and what is the price if I do agree?" Ryan asked.
"You promise that you and your fellow Troopers do what needs to be done. Get rid of Karl Ziktor and Grimlord. " Billy said.
Ryan thought it all through. He knew this sounded too good to be true. . . but this first source was free of charge as it was. At the very least he and the others could check it out and get it to the authorities once checked out.
Ryan looked at Billy. "I'll think about it. " With that Ryan got on his bike and left.
Billy then picked up the phone. "Mission accomplished boss. Guess we'll just have to wait and see what he does. "
The Next Day. . .
"In other news, Industrialist Karl Ziktor very nearly avoided being implicated in arrest of one of his off-shoot companies which found trying to transport and dump nuclear waste near a residential area on the outskirts of Crossworld City. The chemicals were though from Ziktor’s power plants all around Crossworld City. Ziktor denies any involvement but authorities are now being to suspect that Karl Ziktor is behind this and several other scandals his company has been involved in. "
Geese then shut off the tv set and looked at Billy. "It would appear young Mr. Steele took our information. "
"Yeah looks like. But how did you know he would?" Billy asked.
"Steele has a fundamental and growing hatred for Grimlord and he already wonders about Ziktor. If he’s actually Grimlord or just working for him. " Geese said. "Plus he’s still in a state of mourning. It doesn’t take a genius to realize he would take a chance at exposing Ziktor for the criminal he is. . . he has called you by now hasn’t he?"
Billy nodded. "He’s accepted our offer. We give him information, he agrees to help take down Ziktor and Grimlord. "
"Beauty of it all is he doesn’t even know that those two are the same person. " Geese said.
"Sir. . . why exactly are we going through this method of getting rid of Ziktor. I mean you could have killed him. " Billy said.
"True. . . but I want to make him suffer. " Geese said. "For the last three years these aliens from another world have meddled in the affairs of this planet and my own. . . and then the whole problem with Minion came down and you remember what happened with that. "
Billy nodded.
"My reasoning with this is to eliminate my enemies earth bound in the corporate world. " Geese smirked. "Once that is taken care of, I can start plan to bring together other criminal syndicates and corporations together to create an even larger empire. . . " The look of victory and evil was in his eyes. ". . . an empire under my control. " Geese then got up and looked out side. "Soon all you fools of the UAE will learn what it means to mess with the human race. I and others like me were here long before you and if you fools think you can do as you please on our world. . . you are in for a surprise. "
Gesse then just chuckled and then he erupted in a hideous evil laughter.
A laughter that rivals any evil this world had ever experienced from above.
Karl Ziktor, also known as the virtual villain Grimlord, and his minions have learned the hard way a very important lesson.
In an age of scientific marvels, space travel, sorcery, and enchanted objects. . . the human body is still the world’s most dangerous weapon of all.
END