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Conduit landed next to the cops on the street, as he'd need intel before he just blasted through a wall. The cops, already expecting him, had thier chief inspector waiting for Conduit to land. The inspector walked over the hero and waved a grim hand in greeting.

"Figured you'd be here."

"Not to cramp your style, sir, but I'd like to keep as many hostages alive as possible. How many have we got in there?"

The cop didn't seem to take his words much to heart. The police of the city mostly didn't mind Conduits help and usually welcomed it, as it was much easier to nab the badguys this way. It wasn't like that at first, but over time he'd gained quite a reputation as a hero, and even the police were usually happy to see him, and didn't mind his occasional banter.

"Fourty seven known hostages, in two rooms. Thirty of them are in a sealed room, even the air ducts are taped shut. they have one window for them to breath out of, and thats got some special mechanism on it, and we don't know how they even get air in there."

Conduit wondered why they would separate the hostages as they had. It didn't really matter what room they were in, as they had them for barganing rights either way. Perhaps, it was actually to keep them as "backups" incase they had to shoot the others for dramatic effect or something.

"Thats a little unusual, isn't it sir?"

"All of this is. My nose smells trouble, and you'd be well to listen to it."

"You can't really listen to a no-"

"There's been some kind of comotion up there, apparently they're waiting for you. The thirty hostages are being kept separate from the original in order to help stop you. They're in constant communication with each other, so if you break in and rescue some of the hostages, they kill the others."

"Wow, they did thier homework. You're right though, there is something strange going on here. I've dealt with this gang before, they're not smart enough to pull off something like this. I can't just go blasting in there this time. Is there anyway you could get your men stationed to get the seventeen hostages that are left?"

"Hmm...yes, I suppose if we coordinated our efforts, we could rescue both at the same time. However, we're going to have to make sure they don't see us. They're watching from the rooftops and windows. They're playing a whole other game now."

"Alright, send in a swat team or two, make sure they maintain radio silence and dress them all in black. As for getting myself in there undetected...I have a plan about that.."

Conduit knew that once inside the building, he'd have to take down any of the gang members fast, and hopefully he could stop them before they contacted thier friends in the other room. Still, something didn't seem right about this one. There was more to it then just a simple plea to return thier crime lord. For a second, Conduit looked behind him, almost sure that he sensed something at the edge of his range, as if he were being watched. It wasn't anything he could pinpoint, however, and the hostages came first. He could check that out later. Now he was about to send in a group of highly trained commandos in to help stop a nasty gang and save some hostages, not even guessing what was truly about to happen in there...

Conduit's head shot up sharply. He had sensed it the moment it had happened: A presence suddenly made itself known in the building. He knew instantly it was Blight, but how he had hid himself beforehand, Conduit didn't know. There was nothing he could do now, however.

The swat team had already entered the building, and were positioning themselves to secure the hostages. Conduit had dressed as one of them, and snuck in under the cover of night as they had. He quickly discarded his clothing, however, by contracting and then extending his force field. The clothes were ripped to shreds, and fell about his feet.

"Blight! Blight is here! Officer, you have to get your men out of here now. He feeds on biomatter!"

There seemed to be six copies in the area, and Conduit knew they were planning something. It might be that he was just here for a snack, but the positioning was...well thought out. It had to be a coordinated effort, but for what puprose? Conduit reached over and placed his hand towards an intercom on the wall. The energy slowly seeped out of it and into the superhero, giving him an extra boost of power. He was pretty sure he was going to need it.

Conduit could sense the change in the situation as soon as it happened. He alerted the officers to the presence of Blight in the other room, and quickly headed to where the larger group of hostages were. He blasted through a wall and made his way in quickly, hoping to stop whatever his foe was planning. No doubt with all these hostages in here, there would be alot of food for him, and he only hoped that the Swat team remembered who they were fighting.

"Blight! What are you doing here? Release those hostages! And the gang members! None of them deserve to be your dinner!"

"If they aren't 'dinner' then what are they? These thugs are to be taken into custody, and I can tell that you're not exactly planning on just letting them walk thier way to prison. What are you planning to do Blight? At least let the hostages leave..."

Blight probably didn't have to guess that Conduit was afraid the goo monster would end up consuming the hostages. There were too many people here for Conduit to protect, and even the help of the swat team wasn't going to be enough. His only hope was that he could at least talk Blight out of eating everyone in the room.

This wasn't the place for a battle, so many people could get hurt. Even worse if it were to spill out into the streets. The onlookers, police officers, news crews...all of them would be at risk of being hurt or worse. He couldn't let that happen. Blight had some sort of agenda though, that much was certain. He'd probably have to wait and see what it was before making any kind of move...

The other hostages quickly ran out of the room, and made thier way to where the swat team was waiting outside. Conduit looked over his shoulder as two swat officers came into the room, training their guns on the Blight clones. Knowing that they would merely be handing thier lives over to the creature, the superhero couldn't allow them to stay.

"Thats ok guys. I'll handle this, you need to make sure the hostages are safe. I have a feeling whoever tried this is watching how things unfold, and is probably pretty upset right about now. Please, keep the hostages safe, even if it's from the crowd itself."

The swatt team begrudingly allowed followed the man's orders, and soon had all the hotages out of the building, heading to saftey. Now that they were gone, Conduit only had to worry about the life of the thugs infront of him. They were nobodies, usually the sort of people that were hired either by the lure of money or threat of injury. They were only the tools, and Conduit wanted the Mechanic behind them.

"I can't imagine why I'd see you as a monster Blight, I mean, you were only eating people the last time we met. These men aren't just here for some simple hostage job, but they're all but blameless in this. They're simply hired guns. I'd like to find out who is behind this, and something tells me you know more about it then probably even these guys do..."