Maximum Resistance - Meeting New People

Meeting New People
 
Another day at the lab, checking sensor calibrations in preparation for an upcoming test. I got a phone call from an unknown number. Strange, I barely get any calls at work and they are almost all internal, except for maybe my mom.
 
I pick it up and I am immediately told the line is not secure and they want to meet. I agree and they give me a time and location, and I hang up.
 
As far as I know, no one knows about my abilities, so this has me concerned. Has someone found out, is this a setup? Then I realize that those in power rarely rely on subtlety to get their jobs done. I would either just never be seen again, or publicly crushed without any warning. This had to be something else.
 
I left work early and made my way to the old ball field where they requested the meet. I took a couple laps around the park, keeping an eye on the pitcher’s mound when I see a shirtless man with odd skin approaching the mound. I warily make my way to the mound and realize this guy is covered in tattoos or something along those lines, some form of language or marks. Definitely not something you see every day.
 
We exchanged greetings, and they wanted to know what I stood for, so I told him. I have no love for Doctor Destroyer, and would like the world to return to how it was, or better. We continued our brief discussion and I transformed into my blue suit to better explain to this person why they were coming to me. Interesting that they did not know about me except through a handler. This handler had to know something though.
 
At this point, Runeforce, as I would later find out, asked if he could get us out of the open. I agreed and he teleported us to a nearby bathroom. Not exactly a venue I would have chosen, but it works. He explained the basics of his DarkR Web, and that others were working with him to set it up. Others with abilities.
 
Runeforce also explained that they were planning on going to a hydro power plant to rescue someone, or something from it, and had very specific time to do so. I watched as he teleports out of the bathroom and jogs back to a waiting car, in normal form. I change back to normal myself and leave. First chat with another super and it is in a bathroom. I don’t think this is how the Champions met. But they aren’t here to ask.
 
That evening, I chatted with several others over the DarkR Web regarding the plan to get into the hydro plant. I met Faust, Isobar, Field Effect, Cypher and Runeforce was there. I would not be able to be at the encounter, darned planned experiment and I still really need this job if I want to pay rent…or eat. I was able to help them work through some of the plans, such as plans to gain access to the building.
 
It wasn’t until later the next day, that I would hear of the adventures I missed and the rescuing of Socrates, the actual AI of the Champions! I was able to meet up with them and a backup Champions facility, where Socrates explained why we were all brought together. I also met the person who I think was in the river that night, but haven’t brought it up yet.
 
I was in awe, I was actually inside one of the Champions facilities, and apparently chosen by Socrates to fill a role in replacing them. My mind was racing at all the possibilities, and I had to reign myself in and focus. There is a lot of work to do, this is just the start. We have a whole world ahead of us, and a good chunk of it wants us dead.