Keranous Issue 1-7

Action: Volt is recovering in a hospital bed. This throat is bandaged as he remembers the events of the past year. He was taken away from his home when his electrical powers manifested. The Project offered to teach him how to control his new abilities. He spent endless hours learning the names and faces of world and business leaders. It seemed only an afterthought that he actually practiced with his mutant powers. His instructor, Gremlin, was tough and cold, like everyone who worked for The Project. Weeks and months went by. He first grew to hate Gremlin and The Project. Eventually they beat him down enough that he just stopped fighting back. His own anger at Gremlin surprised him. He wasn't sure where it came from. Was it hate? Or love? It no longer mattered to Volt because Gremlin's reaction was to use her claws against his throat.

Gremlin enters the room and, to Volt's surprise, tries to apologize for her attack. Volt is too frightened to reply until she touches his hand. A surge of power erupts from him and engulfs the small hospital building. All the lights go out and the building lays still in the winter night air.

Action: Volt awakes in his hospital room to find Gremlin unconscious and most of the hospital equipment ruined. (See Volt 0) Taking this as an opportunity to finally escape, he makes it to the street just before the Project agents arrive. "I can never go back. I can never be taken," he repeats to himself.

On another world far away, Hiro watches as his Emperor and the Captain of the Guard are cut down by assassins. The war had not been going well. The Emperor authorized a new weapon in their war, a semi-sentient battle suit. Hiro was honored to be the first to wear the armor and protect his Lord. With the death of his Emperor, Hiro had no longer any reason to live. An aggressive attack against the three assassins causes his last victim's teleporting device to malfunction. In the blink of an eye Hiro finds himself on the mean streets of New York.

The project catches up to Volt just as Hiro "arrives". Nyx and Sehkmet join the battle as Volt kills two Project agents, two others escape. Sehkmet purposefully injures a pedestrian before the fight is over to satisfy her lust for blood and before the police arrive, they all retreat to Sehkmet's home.

While Volt recuperates, Hiro tries to find out where he is and eventually talks Nyx to going with him to a nearby Project training base. Armed guards force them to retreat and rethink their strategy.

Action: A young archaeologist, *** +++ ,finally gets her opportunity to travel to Memphis and explore the tombs of the Egyptian kings. Taking a breather from her work she grabs a flashlight and walks the grounds. She never saw the stone slab she tripped over or the passageway she fell down. In the dark she is unable to find her flashlight but does discover a torch. Lighting it she reads the hieroglyphs. They warn intruders that only high priests may enter and all others will be consumed. Knowing she should not continue on her own, but unable to contain the excitement of discovery, she opens the last door. Standing before her is a solid gold, 30 foot statue of the Goddess Sekhmet. Roaring to life, the Goddess asks why she should spare this mortal's life. Unable to answer the Goddess, imprisoned because of her battles with Bast, extracted a terrible toll from the young lady in her chamber.

Waking hours later in Cairo, *** is overcome by a need for blood. Whispering Sekhmet's name she transformed into a terrible killing beast. The opium addicts calmed the need for a few hours, until she could arrive back in New York. The hunger subsides with any amount of blood. The trick is to stop after the first drops. *** hopes in time she will one day discover this before too many more fall beneath her claws.

Nyx decides to try and find out more about the Project. His corporation donates money to track the bank accounts but this leads nowhere as the finds are mixed with other Government moneys. He starts interviewing spies to infiltrate the Project.

Hiro and Nyx meet with Dr. Masters. He is the premier intellect in time-space continuum and they ask his help in getting Hiro back to his home planet. Dr. Masters' arrogance turns off the heroes but they cooperate because they have no other alternatives. Dr. Masters tells them he will donate his research time but they will be responsible for paying any hard costs, starting with star charts from different parts of the galaxy to see if Hiro recognizes any of them. They agree and Dr. Masters says he will call them in a few weeks.

Several weeks go by and the group decides to go out and fight some crime. Volt helps a man jump-start his car. He and Hiro notice something odd in an antique store. As they investigate Dark-Lurker becomes visible and attacks Hiro.

Last night, while the city slept, the cat beast known as Sekhmet struck again. This time the creature killed two SWAT force agents who were trying to subdue the creature after reports it was attacking people in the 144th block. After the slayings the creature carved it's name on a nearby building over the bodies. Witnesses say several heroes arrived but the creature managed to escape. One of the heroes was badly injured in the fight. Mayor Gulliani has called for all City forces to band together to help stop this roaming menace before it can kill again.

Gremlin: The trainee shows enormous power potential. I feel we should try to bring him back for further testing and refinements. I understand there is the potential for problems but the long-term benefits I feel should outweigh the current negatives.

Gremlin: I feel it may be too early to evaluate that situation. He is still very young and suffering a loss of confidence. Further, he is still suffering shock from his recent injuries that would impair is judgment. There is the danger that he can never be convinced to voluntarily cooperate.

Mr. Big: I leave you in charge to return him. Use any non-lethal means at this point. The loss of any more of our personnel will immediately change this directive and lethal force will be authorized. I hope you are correct in your evaluation. He can be trained to be a good agent. Any failure will reflect poorly on you.

Lizard (humanoid with lizard face, skin, etc. dresses in combat fatigues) is roaming the city streets. He wanders past the recent battle between Volt and the Project and notices a strange object in the snow. He picks it up and realizes that, although damaged, many others will be interested in his find. He hides it under his coat and hurries home to make some contacts.

Action: The battle rages over a plastic orange that Buzzsaw brings out of the store. Dark-Lurker takes the orange and leaves while Blackstar and Buzzsaw fight the heroes. Blackstar is knocked out but not until he and Buzzsaw disable the heroes. The pair escape.

Sekhmet, seriously hurt in the battle, has Hiro takes her back to her apartment while Nyx and Volt stay to help the police and investigate. Volt leaves after a few minutes only to be called back a few minutes later by Nyx. It seems an impromptu street production of Oklahoma! is getting out of control. It is soon revealed that Mentalla of Eurostar has mind controlled the crowd as a distraction for Bora and Durak to get the orange. As the unwilling performers twist ankles, break bones and suffer heart attacks at the other end of the street, Bora and Durak kill the police outside the store. Volt arrives and heroically tries to stand the pair down, not knowing Mentalla is there also, and is knocked out by Bora with one wind blast. Nyx tangles with Durak until Durak discovers the orange was already stolen by Dark-Lurker.

Eurostar continued their rampage against civilization again when three of their members and the cat creature Sekhmet attacked a crowd of people and killed four police officers. Only one hero came to the City's rescue as the group took what they wanted and then left the City. Twelve others were injured when Mentalla forced the crowd into a singing and dancing performance as a distraction.

The one bright hope of the day is one hero who calls himself Volt tried to stand the three criminals down. Hopelessly outmatched, they barely paused before dismissing him. But his heroism is noted by this paper and many observers say he tried his best to distract Eurostar and save lives.

Earlier an antique store was robbed by Dark-Lurker and his gang. It is unclear if the robbery was used by Eurostar to bring the police to one area or if the two groups were working independently. Reverend Louis Farakhan activated his Nation of Islam to help protect the City. The group was formed last year but has been mostly inactive after Reverend Farakhan recovered from his cancer treatments.

Action: Nyx is again visited by a Greek God, this time by Adonis (looking back at Nyx from a mirror) who requests Nyx give up the hero questing as it is "reflecting poorly" on the other gods. Nyx dismisses him.

Later Sekhmet is visited in a grocery store by Horus. Sekhmet is at first uncooperative but after a short fight, she and Horus agree to let her problem with Bast settle itself. Horus says he will let Bast know and the two can arrange to settle their differences.

The group scouts out the "Iron Chain" and find it a normal, seedy bar in a bad part of town. Nyx goes inside while the other heroes wait out back. Nyx notices Lizard and Roach and unsuccessfully tries to overhear their conversation. Just then Eurostar enters the bar, notice Lizard and try to take it an unusual device from him. Lizard and Roach (a humanoid made up of thousands of cockroaches forming a single mind) blast through the rear wall and escape out the back to discover Hiro, Sekhmet and Volt waiting. Hiro notices the device is something from his home world and tries to take it from Lizard. In the chaos between the three groups, Lizard manages to escape and the heroes leave before they are forced to fight Eurostar.

Action: Heading back from the bar, two armored cars cut off the heroes and out pour Gremlin and nine Project agents. Volt panics and runs and Gremlin follows. The other three subdue the agents, killing two in the process.

Gremlin tries to convince Volt into returning to the Project. He refuses and panic and freight show in his face. Gremlin knocks out Volt but, instead of taking him back to the Project, she kisses him and flies off. Nyx loads up one of the armored cars with the injured agents and he drives it first to Sekhmet's apartment, then up to middle New York State into the woods. Nyx and Volt find a clearing in the woods and Volt watches the agents while Nyx heads back to town.

Hours later, simultaneous attacks are launched on the Sekhmet's apartment and the clearing where the armored car is parked. Hiro and Sekhmet barely escape but Volt is not so lucky. Trying to fly away he is caught in a barrage of blaster fire and is shot down.

Action: Nyx awakes to the news of the attack on a "group of terrorists, including the murdering cat creature Sekhmet" all over the morning news. He goes to the apartment but is barred from access. Bluffing his way to talking with a detective, he discovers the police are hunting Sekhmet and Hiro but do not know where they are.

Hiro and Sekhmet, on the lam, hide in a culvert in a park several miles from the apartment. They are out of ideas when the Egyptian Goddess Tefnut visits Sekhmet. Tefnut asks why Sekhmet is so full of rage that she has forgotten her true calling as healer. After several minutes of debate Sekhmet agrees to Tefnut's help who purges her bloodlust and then takes Sekhmet and Hiro to Nyx.

The three go to find Volt and discover him in a house surrounded by armed Project agents and about to be captured. The heroes do not fare well but are "rescued" when Altered States happens by and decides to "purify" the remaining Project agents

Action: Nyx rents an apartment for the heroes and says he will return in a few days. In the meantime, Hiro visits Dr. Masters to see if he discovered anything. Dr. Masters shows Hiro a drawing of the teleportation device that Lizard has. Hiro recognizes it but does not let Dr. Masters know what it does. Dr. Masters says he will get the device as it is "for sale".

A few days later the four heroes have a "discussion" with Nyx and determine he is working with them after all. They make arrangements to set up a headquarters and decide to call themselves Keranous, after Zeus' thunderbolts. Their "discussion" is interrupted by sirens across the Hudson at Stronghold. They race across and find select prison defenses have been deactivated and holes blown in several of the walls. The heroes decide Monster cannot escape, but by the time they knock him out, only Oculan is left because he came back out of the water to challenge Nyx to a fight. After the battle, Sekhmet leaves while the rest of the team introduce themselves to the warden. A news account of the fight is sent to the papers including Sekhmet's role in the fight.

Computers at the super prison Stronghold were systematically attacked allowing one cell group to escape. It is not certain how the security codes were obtained but new security measures have been implemented to help thwart similar attacks in the future. Only the timely actions of several local heroes including Volt were able to recapture two of the escapees, Monster and Oculan.

Warden Dennis said that security cameras were "blinded" by stolen security codes. Without these camera "eyes", the prison's automatic security systems could not help recapture the criminals. Escapees are: Binder, Burnout, Freon, Slick, Thunderbolt and Molten Man. Volt and two fellow heroes from the newly formed Keranous, Hiro and Nyx, came to help the prison guards. Although hopelessly outnumbered, they managed to capture the most dangerous criminal, Monster, and return him to prison. Sources report that Sekhmet also helped in capturing the criminals but these reports were unconfirmed.


	Champions of San Diego \| home Keranous Issue 1-7 \| Issues 8 - Keranous Issue 1-7 VOLT ISSUE 0 ic (2000) Title: Heroes: Volt Opponents: Gremlin, The Project Others: Action: Volt is recovering in a hospital bed. This throat is bandaged as he remembers the events of the past year. He was taken away from his home when his electrical powers manifested. The Project offered to teach him how to control his new abilities. He spent endless hours learning the names and faces of world and business leaders. It seemed only an afterthought that he actually practiced with his mutant powers. His instructor, Gremlin, was tough and cold, like everyone who worked for The Project. Weeks and months went by. He first grew to hate Gremlin and The Project. Eventually they beat him down enough that he just stopped fighting back. His own anger at Gremlin surprised him. He wasn't sure where it came from. Was it hate? Or love? It no longer mattered to Volt because Gremlin's reaction was to use her claws against his throat. Gremlin enters the room and, to Volt's surprise, tries to apologize for her attack. Volt is too frightened to reply until she touches his hand. A surge of power erupts from him and engulfs the small hospital building. All the lights go out and the building lays still in the winter night air. ISSUE 1 dj (2, 2000) Title: Quit a Re-Volting Development Heroes: Hiro, Nyx, Sekhmet, Volt Opponents: Gremlin, Empire Guards, The Project Others: Action: Volt awakes in his hospital room to find Gremlin unconscious and most of the hospital equipment ruined. (See Volt 0) Taking this as an opportunity to finally escape, he makes it to the street just before the Project agents arrive. "I can never go back. I can never be taken," he repeats to himself. On another world far away, Hiro watches as his Emperor and the Captain of the Guard are cut down by assassins. The war had not been going well. The Emperor authorized a new weapon in their war, a semi-sentient battle suit. Hiro was honored to be the first to wear the armor and protect his Lord. With the death of his Emperor, Hiro had no longer any reason to live. An aggressive attack against the three assassins causes his last victim's teleporting device to malfunction. In the blink of an eye Hiro finds himself on the mean streets of New York. The project catches up to Volt just as Hiro "arrives". Nyx and Sehkmet join the battle as Volt kills two Project agents, two others escape. Sehkmet purposefully injures a pedestrian before the fight is over to satisfy her lust for blood and before the police arrive, they all retreat to Sehkmet's home. While Volt recuperates, Hiro tries to find out where he is and eventually talks Nyx to going with him to a nearby Project training base. Armed guards force them to retreat and rethink their strategy. SEKHMET ISSUE 0 r (2000) Title: Heroes: Sekhmet Action: A young archaeologist, * +++ ,finally gets her opportunity to travel to Memphis and explore the tombs of the Egyptian kings. Taking a breather from her work she grabs a flashlight and walks the grounds. She never saw the stone slab she tripped over or the passageway she fell down. In the dark she is unable to find her flashlight but does discover a torch. Lighting it she reads the hieroglyphs. They warn intruders that only high priests may enter and all others will be consumed. Knowing she should not continue on her own, but unable to contain the excitement of discovery, she opens the last door. Standing before her is a solid gold, 30 foot statue of the Goddess Sekhmet. Roaring to life, the Goddess asks why she should spare this mortal's life. Unable to answer the Goddess, imprisoned because of her battles with Bast, extracted a terrible toll from the young lady in her chamber. Waking hours later in Cairo, * is overcome by a need for blood. Whispering Sekhmet's name she transformed into a terrible killing beast. The opium addicts calmed the need for a few hours, until she could arrive back in New York. The hunger subsides with any amount of blood. The trick is to stop after the first drops. * hopes in time she will one day discover this before too many more fall beneath her claws. ISSUE 2 dj (4, 2000) Title: Banana, Banana Heroes: Hiro, Nyx, Sekhmet, Volt Opponents: Blackstar, Buzzsaw, Dark-Lurker, Greek God Hermes Others: Gremlin, "Mr. Big", The Project, Lizard, Dr. Timothy Masters Action: Television broadcasts of the Project battle blames Sekhmet for the deaths. Pressure is brought to find the murderous beast. Nyx decides to try and find out more about the Project. His corporation donates money to track the bank accounts but this leads nowhere as the finds are mixed with other Government moneys. He starts interviewing spies to infiltrate the Project. In silhouette, Gremlin and "Mr. Big" have a conversation regarding Volt and an unknown person sends FTD flowers to Nyx. (Nyx is the incarnation of the Greek God of Night) Hiro and Nyx meet with Dr. Masters. He is the premier intellect in time-space continuum and they ask his help in getting Hiro back to his home planet. Dr. Masters' arrogance turns off the heroes but they cooperate because they have no other alternatives. Dr. Masters tells them he will donate his research time but they will be responsible for paying any hard costs, starting with star charts from different parts of the galaxy to see if Hiro recognizes any of them. They agree and Dr. Masters says he will call them in a few weeks. Lizard discovers a strange object near where Hiro arrived and takes it home to sell. Several weeks go by and the group decides to go out and fight some crime. Volt helps a man jump-start his car. He and Hiro notice something odd in an antique store. As they investigate Dark-Lurker becomes visible and attacks Hiro. Television report from KNYC Last night, while the city slept, the cat beast known as Sekhmet struck again. This time the creature killed two SWAT force agents who were trying to subdue the creature after reports it was attacking people in the 144th block. After the slayings the creature carved it's name on a nearby building over the bodies. Witnesses say several heroes arrived but the creature managed to escape. One of the heroes was badly injured in the fight. Mayor Gulliani has called for all City forces to band together to help stop this roaming menace before it can kill again. Comic aside #1 - Project Headquarters Mr. Big: Your charge has escaped and killed two of our people. Is there any reason not to terminate this project? Gremlin: The trainee shows enormous power potential. I feel we should try to bring him back for further testing and refinements. I understand there is the potential for problems but the long-term benefits I feel should outweigh the current negatives. Mr. Big: What do you feel are the chances to bring him into our system once he has been returned. From the field reports it seems his mental state is very poor. Gremlin: I feel it may be too early to evaluate that situation. He is still very young and suffering a loss of confidence. Further, he is still suffering shock from his recent injuries that would impair is judgment. There is the danger that he can never be convinced to voluntarily cooperate. Mr. Big: I leave you in charge to return him. Use any non-lethal means at this point. The loss of any more of our personnel will immediately change this directive and lethal force will be authorized. I hope you are correct in your evaluation. He can be trained to be a good agent. Any failure will reflect poorly on you. Comic aside #2 Lizard (humanoid with lizard face, skin, etc. dresses in combat fatigues) is roaming the city streets. He wanders past the recent battle between Volt and the Project and notices a strange object in the snow. He picks it up and realizes that, although damaged, many others will be interested in his find. He hides it under his coat and hurries home to make some contacts. ISSUE 3 dj (4, 2000) Title: Orange you glad … Heroes: Hiro, Nyx, Sekhmet, Volt Opponents: Blackstar, Buzzsaw, Dark-Lurker, Eurostar: Bora, Durak, Mentalla Action: The battle rages over a plastic orange that Buzzsaw brings out of the store. Dark-Lurker takes the orange and leaves while Blackstar and Buzzsaw fight the heroes. Blackstar is knocked out but not until he and Buzzsaw disable the heroes. The pair escape. Sekhmet, seriously hurt in the battle, has Hiro takes her back to her apartment while Nyx and Volt stay to help the police and investigate. Volt leaves after a few minutes only to be called back a few minutes later by Nyx. It seems an impromptu street production of Oklahoma! is getting out of control. It is soon revealed that Mentalla of Eurostar has mind controlled the crowd as a distraction for Bora and Durak to get the orange. As the unwilling performers twist ankles, break bones and suffer heart attacks at the other end of the street, Bora and Durak kill the police outside the store. Volt arrives and heroically tries to stand the pair down, not knowing Mentalla is there also, and is knocked out by Bora with one wind blast. Nyx tangles with Durak until Durak discovers the orange was already stolen by Dark-Lurker. A week later Sekhmet gets information that something valuable will be traded at a bar called the Iron Chain. The group makes plans to attend. Eurostar kills Police - New Hero attempted rescue Eurostar continued their rampage against civilization again when three of their members and the cat creature Sekhmet attacked a crowd of people and killed four police officers. Only one hero came to the City's rescue as the group took what they wanted and then left the City. Twelve others were injured when Mentalla forced the crowd into a singing and dancing performance as a distraction. The one bright hope of the day is one hero who calls himself Volt tried to stand the three criminals down. Hopelessly outmatched, they barely paused before dismissing him. But his heroism is noted by this paper and many observers say he tried his best to distract Eurostar and save lives. Earlier an antique store was robbed by Dark-Lurker and his gang. It is unclear if the robbery was used by Eurostar to bring the police to one area or if the two groups were working independently. Reverend Louis Farakhan activated his Nation of Islam to help protect the City. The group was formed last year but has been mostly inactive after Reverend Farakhan recovered from his cancer treatments. ISSUE 4 dj (5, 2000) Title: That's Not the Fruit We're Looking For Heroes: Hiro, Nyx, Sekhmet, Volt Opponents: Lizard, Roach, Eurostar: Durak, Fiacho, Le Sone Others: Adonis, Horus Action: Nyx is again visited by a Greek God, this time by Adonis (looking back at Nyx from a mirror) who requests Nyx give up the hero questing as it is "reflecting poorly" on the other gods. Nyx dismisses him. Later Sekhmet is visited in a grocery store by Horus. Sekhmet is at first uncooperative but after a short fight, she and Horus agree to let her problem with Bast settle itself. Horus says he will let Bast know and the two can arrange to settle their differences. The group scouts out the "Iron Chain" and find it a normal, seedy bar in a bad part of town. Nyx goes inside while the other heroes wait out back. Nyx notices Lizard and Roach and unsuccessfully tries to overhear their conversation. Just then Eurostar enters the bar, notice Lizard and try to take it an unusual device from him. Lizard and Roach (a humanoid made up of thousands of cockroaches forming a single mind) blast through the rear wall and escape out the back to discover Hiro, Sekhmet and Volt waiting. Hiro notices the device is something from his home world and tries to take it from Lizard. In the chaos between the three groups, Lizard manages to escape and the heroes leave before they are forced to fight Eurostar. ISSUE 5 dj (5, 2000) Title: The Project Growls Heroes: Hiro, Nyx, Sekhmet, Volt Opponents: Gremlin, The Project agents Others: Altered States Action: Heading back from the bar, two armored cars cut off the heroes and out pour Gremlin and nine Project agents. Volt panics and runs and Gremlin follows. The other three subdue the agents, killing two in the process. Gremlin tries to convince Volt into returning to the Project. He refuses and panic and freight show in his face. Gremlin knocks out Volt but, instead of taking him back to the Project, she kisses him and flies off. Nyx loads up one of the armored cars with the injured agents and he drives it first to Sekhmet's apartment, then up to middle New York State into the woods. Nyx and Volt find a clearing in the woods and Volt watches the agents while Nyx heads back to town. Hours later, simultaneous attacks are launched on the Sekhmet's apartment and the clearing where the armored car is parked. Hiro and Sekhmet barely escape but Volt is not so lucky. Trying to fly away he is caught in a barrage of blaster fire and is shot down. ISSUE 6 dj (6, 2000) Title: Purity Heroes: Hiro, Nyx, Sekhmet, Volt Opponents: Project agents, Altered States: Mist, Psyclone, Toxin Others: Tefnut Action: Nyx awakes to the news of the attack on a "group of terrorists, including the murdering cat creature Sekhmet" all over the morning news. He goes to the apartment but is barred from access. Bluffing his way to talking with a detective, he discovers the police are hunting Sekhmet and Hiro but do not know where they are. Hiro and Sekhmet, on the lam, hide in a culvert in a park several miles from the apartment. They are out of ideas when the Egyptian Goddess Tefnut visits Sekhmet. Tefnut asks why Sekhmet is so full of rage that she has forgotten her true calling as healer. After several minutes of debate Sekhmet agrees to Tefnut's help who purges her bloodlust and then takes Sekhmet and Hiro to Nyx. The three go to find Volt and discover him in a house surrounded by armed Project agents and about to be captured. The heroes do not fare well but are "rescued" when Altered States happens by and decides to "purify" the remaining Project agents ISSUE 7** dj (7, 2000) Title: Home is where the Heart is Heroes: Hiro, Nyx, Sekhmet, Volt Opponents: Binder, Burnout, Freon, Molten Man, Monster, Oculan, Slick, Thunder Others: Dark-Lurker Action: Nyx rents an apartment for the heroes and says he will return in a few days. In the meantime, Hiro visits Dr. Masters to see if he discovered anything. Dr. Masters shows Hiro a drawing of the teleportation device that Lizard has. Hiro recognizes it but does not let Dr. Masters know what it does. Dr. Masters says he will get the device as it is "for sale". A few days later the four heroes have a "discussion" with Nyx and determine he is working with them after all. They make arrangements to set up a headquarters and decide to call themselves Keranous, after Zeus' thunderbolts. Their "discussion" is interrupted by sirens across the Hudson at Stronghold. They race across and find select prison defenses have been deactivated and holes blown in several of the walls. The heroes decide Monster cannot escape, but by the time they knock him out, only Oculan is left because he came back out of the water to challenge Nyx to a fight. After the battle, Sekhmet leaves while the rest of the team introduce themselves to the warden. A news account of the fight is sent to the papers including Sekhmet's role in the fight. STRONGHOLD Escapes! Computers at the super prison Stronghold were systematically attacked allowing one cell group to escape. It is not certain how the security codes were obtained but new security measures have been implemented to help thwart similar attacks in the future. Only the timely actions of several local heroes including Volt were able to recapture two of the escapees, Monster and Oculan. Warden Dennis said that security cameras were "blinded" by stolen security codes. Without these camera "eyes", the prison's automatic security systems could not help recapture the criminals. Escapees are: Binder, Burnout, Freon, Slick, Thunderbolt and Molten Man. Volt and two fellow heroes from the newly formed Keranous, Hiro and Nyx, came to help the prison guards. Although hopelessly outnumbered, they managed to capture the most dangerous criminal, Monster, and return him to prison. Sources report that Sekhmet also helped in capturing the criminals but these reports were unconfirmed. Several members to escape are part of the Master Felons and the City prepares itself for a new wave of crime.