Welcome to Hangar 23
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The hangar had a large rolldoor which was lowered, and a conventional one which opened before they could think of knocking. There was a security camera over it. The man who opened it was young: the kind of young that doesn't have to shave too much. He introduced himself as Biff; this was the person who had extended the invitation you received from Dragonwolf. You, Azure and The Weapon followed the hulking lycanthrope in.
Biff got his outfit out of an open duffel bag and put it on as he pointed around. "It's just a flame suit and bulletproof vest." He explained, "I don't want to get too hot," after he had pointed out the breaker box next to a security console, a tiny toilet cubicle and the office. "There's a hot plate in there," he began, but he had scheduled the furniture to arrive just then, showing a little situational intelligence. Although there was a couch more their size, when the truck was opened up Dragonwolf grabbed two smaller ones and walked them under the rolldoor, doing a bit of a powersquat. Azure impassively carried the big one and The Weapon, looking sheepish, manhandled the last couch of the living room suite into position in the corner Biff indicated. "No, I don't have a superhero name yet," he admitted, "I'm sure the media will come up with something better than I could think of." There was still a tiny little couch in the front of the truck, which went on a platform that made it look like a brown wedding cake. "I didn't know," Biff said, "if there might be a really small person."
He tipped the driver, who left, and walked to the rocket in the center of the hangar. It looked for all the world like an antique moon lander, but the communications array at the top of the cone was modern. Biff stepped up into the open hatch and the supe feed of W*NY started. "Let's get to know each other," he suggested, joining the group which were scattered around the couch corner. "Maybe we can pick up an emergency." You just had time to agree on the group name The Whitelist before a bank robbery was announced. "Somebody get on the board," Biff called, jogging up into the rocket. "See if we can grab this one!"
Dragonwolf got out a phone and claimed the minor job; this was their second time as heroes. You heard something overhead, looked up and saw a silo door opening as everybody got in the rocket, which was called the Mion Copter. Everybody but you, that is. The gantry was just six sort of steep corrugated steel steps. You had been warned to stay well back as the rocket took off, and saw something fly in before the door in the ceiling slid shut again. It looked for all the world like an angel.
Apparently angels aren't perfect as this one, named Archon, was late. You got acquainted and found out that like Azure, Archon could fly but wasn't going to catch a rocket any time soon. It was a couple of hours before the others got back. There was a little fridge in the office but you decided not to eat Biff's apple, since an angel was watching. They came back with a couple of six packs, and Dragonwolf also had a couple of six-packs, and they wanted to celebrate. Biff got out of his bland-looking outfit and ordered some pizzas.
The perps were a pair of norms with flak jackets and AR-15's. They hadn't been able to touch the heroes, no civilians had been harmed, and the cops handed over $1,000 when they took the suspects into custody. The four who had taken part split it four ways, and assured you and Archon that you would join in the next mission. After Biff got a couple of beers in him he couldn't stop talking about "getting some drywallers in." Apparently he and Dragonwolf had been in Mu town the previous day and taken down several wanted criminals, netting rewards of close to $200,000 which due to the amount had been paid in gold. Over the next couple of days, he arranged for contractors to put five bedrooms along the wall on one side of the office. When he was talking about it that night, however, he said, "and if any women join us, we'll build some more over there," indicating the wall closer to the toilet. "Hey," Dragonwolf belched. "I'm a girl!," she objected. "I didn't know that," Biff said. Now the plan is to put another bedroom and a real bathroom on that side.
