We just needed to wait until there was a problem to solve. It was a small city, so I was not expecting much to happen. A bank was being robbed by some criminals. No serious gangs or villains were going on the rampage in this case. The city really was small. Even the other agencies did not really service the area. The robbers were just a random group of bad guy NPCs. Since we did not have or own any vehicles among us, we just took time to patrol the area. Each of our pairs had a ten block cube for our routes. Each cube came from the agency office. All eight of us had a walkie-talkie that was jacked into the frequency for the police scanners. Jack and I were the closest to the bank, so it on us to go get them. We ran down to the bank and got there in time to see the police surrounding the bank. We got there and got the situation from the police. It was just a standard bank robbery with hostages. I smiled. We then got closer to the edge of the building and blinked inside. They were caught off guard as Jack blasted one of them and I slashed at another with my blades.
Since there were only five of them, it was not hard. Together, we subdued them and rescued all the hostages. "Who the hell are you guys!?" one of them demanded. "A couple of heroes." I said with a smirk. That seemed to put the hostages at ease as we escorted them out of the bank. I let Jack do all the talking when the press asked us for a comment. Jack was able to say something encouraging. A couple of us were standing around in the office as he talked over the phone. When it got on the news, they mentioned our agency by name. It was pretty good to see that the agency suddenly made a jump in recognition and fame. There was a pair of criminal gangs in the city. I knew their names from the menu. One was the Woodsmen and the other was the Dust Bunnies. They both dealt in drugs, prostitution, and arms trafficking. Others of concern included un-affiliated criminals, monsters, crooked cops, and a chance for freak accidents or natural disasters. The menu told me all about each of them, but not where they were. There was a list of heroes and agencies in a leaderboard.
If we wanted to be at the top, we were going to have to put a whole lot more work in. I was sitting in the office after the latest patrol with Jack. Since the game was just beginning and it was a sparsely player-populated world, the leaderboard was not that hard to climb. There were 500 official heroes and 775 sidekicks in the country I was in. There were also 12 NPC agencies. The number 1 spot was held by Superb Agency. The agency had their main headquarters in the capital city and several branch offices in all the major cities. We were new and at the bottom as the 12th ranked. I overheard Vincent talking to Jamie. "Maybe after hours, we could go out for a drink at a bar somewhere. What about that?" he asked. Jamie shrugged and said "I'm down if the others are." I raised my hand and said "I'm now in." Jack nodded and said "We should all go." Vincent was pissed, but there was nothing he could do. Barron and Scion still had not returned to the office yet. We waited for them before we made any more decisions. When they did come in, we asked them what they thought.
Barron just looked around the room and then at us and said "If you have the time to be laying around, you can listen to the scanners." "I guess that's that, Vincent." I said mockingly. Jamie got closer to me and gave me a hug. It was then that Jack sighed in frustration. We all turned to him. "Sorry. We've been at this for a month now. I need to find a partner for play." he said in embarrassment. "You're always welcome to play with us." I offered. "Yeah. If I can't find any chicks that want to Dom me, I guess." I just shrugged. Kyle rotated his shoulders with a grimace. He said "I kind of know what you mean. Now that I've had pussy, I'm not going back." Mike frowned. "I'll play with you two. I want to Dom." Mike was still a bit self-conscious around the others. He decided to keep up the charade that he was a Dom. Mike had been making it work with pseudo-play. That was when Subs that feared abuse with aggressive Doms played with other Subs instead. It only made the cravings subside, but it did not provide any relief. He must have been desperate if he was actually seeking me out.
