Hero Within, Monster Without Chapter 10 Alt POV (Patreon)

Besides the projector replaying the evening news... The room was utterly siten as everyone refused to make eye contact or they were widely looking around looking for some form of an escape from the tension-filled room.

[Weeks ago the PRT Ward Shadow Stalker in her civilian identity committed biological terrorism and attempted murder as she and her compatriots leading a terrible campaign of bullying locked one of their fellow students within a gym locker filled with used feminine hygiene products that had been left in the locker room to marinate for the full winter holidays... Truly is this what our PRT tax dollars go towards? Keeping Wards out of prison that already killed several people and got probation for their crimes and even still, they are attempting to kill others!]

The room of PRT agents sat woodenly as they watched Brockton Bay's PRT Director, Emily Piggot's stone face as she sat without blinking as she watched the news as the news anchor then brought out the actual evidence.

A somewhat blurry video from a cellphone as Shadow Stalker in her civilian identity along with her friends as they savagely beat and forced the victim Taylor Herbert into the locker filled with used feminine hygiene products. Then even worse, were screen shots of text messages and lifted phone calls stolen from the phone company's data centers that in great explained the corruption of the PRT as Shadow Stalker's handler was recorded paying off the principal of the school to sweep the whole incident under the rug.

[And that isn't even the depths of the corruption the PRT is harboring currently... Imagine our own shock when reputable sources discovered the identities of several moles in the PRT selling the information for the transfer of Parahuman criminal transfers... Transfers that for years had been hit by the gangs to free their comrades. And it took but a couple of hours of investigation by a reputable and licensed civilian Investigator to confirm these alleged criminals!]

A loud click rang out as Director Piggot clicked the projector off and the room's lights automatically adjusted and there was a long silence as Piggot's stony face looked around before she visibly turned purple.

"What the fuck is going on! Why is all this happening on just one day, and Armsmaster why did you attempt to arrest Menagerie!?" She roared with her face going dark purple with the force she screeched at the PRT agents and of course... The fucking trouble making Parahumans to begin with!

Unruffled at Piggot's rage as he was well used to her losing her temper when one of his fellow heroes created a PR disaster. Armsmaster bluntly spoke with his voice showing nothing but his frustration at failing his appointed task. "Both myself and Miss Militia were given orders that Menagerie was to be apprehended and they were signed with your very name Director." He finished with some blame in his voice.

As though it was Piggots fault that he failed to capture Menagerie which was what he seemed most upset about. But even as Piggot picked up that dig at her self and her face went even darker.

Miss Militia spoke up with a sigh. "Besides our major mistake with Menagerie who assuredly isn't going to be directly on the PRT's side now... We need to talk about the moles and what to do about Shadow Stalker."

The previous captain of the Wards in the older teenager Triumph wearing a golden lion-themed costume then spoke with his voice all although clearly hesitant but still he spoke his thoughts. "We need to show that we can be held accountable to regain public support... And in that vein we should finally send Shadow Stalker off to juvie and then maybe even prison if she-"

But Piggot cut him off as she said coldly. "Oh yes she will be going straight to prison... Straight directly to prison in fact, as I already had some agents taze her and sedate her when she was asked to come in for questioning, She attempted to violently resist arrest."

And the Director visibly took a breath to calm herself down as she continued. "Now... Where the hell are those moles and what has happened with Menagerie?"

There was a silence before one of the PRT agents answered her demand with her face looking awkward. "Uhm Director... The normal police arrested the moles and have already extradited the moles to New York so that the gangs couldn't silence them or break them free."

Director Piggot's face could have bee made from stone with how utterly unamused she was and after processing that information she almost sarcastically asked. "And is there any other wonderful news to announce?"

A small hand raised up and Piggot's eyebrow twitched seeing the Ward Vista the youngest but most powerful ward holding up her cellphone with some kind of video going on. "Director... Uhmmmm Menagerie has been found and uhhhh..." Vista was clearly, clearly chewing on her words unable to say it and Piggot finally had to snap out.

"Spit it out Vista!" She snapped falling back on her military training to make the little girl just get on with it.

With the Ward Kid Win who was a Tinker who worked in technology, they synched up her phone to the projector and it was clear that the video was actually a live stream.

And the sight of the contents of the livestream made everyone still.

As there was a monstrous form of an Alien, from the actual movie of Alien who was being recorded by some kind of silently floating drone of some kind and already in the live stream comments were streaming by as thousands asked what was going on, who was this monstrous changer cape. And of course what the hell was an Alien?

As the Alien movie in this world only came from Earth Aleph and with the advent of bio tinker monsters in this world. People hated seeing monsters eating other people.

And then came Jake's or Menagerie's hissing voice in this new form that came through the projectors. [My name is the Menagerie... This is my life stream that the PHO mods and admins cannot close due to my Tinkertech forms allowing me to control the very internet. As for what I am doing... Watch and see.]

So the lifestream continued showing what Menagerie was doing. They watched with baited breaths as Menagerie climbed into a building and soon the sounds of roaring cheers and the terrible cries of dogs yelping in agony could be heard. [The PRT knows of the dog-fighting rings the E-88 or literal Nazis use purely for the joy of the watching the bloodsport. And yet they do nothing as they see it below their time to be spent on doing PR events and of course their precious tinkers working endlessly in their own labs instead of actually fighting the evils on the streets!]

Low and behold Menagerie quietly scaled up into the rafters of the warehouse turned brutal charnel house as four rings held four different dog fights with brutal large dogs tearing at the other just to survive as people cheered and money was exchanged in the bets and everyone got to see the dogs being torn apart while skin heads cheered on.

And sitting upon a literal throne of bones from various animals was the villain Hookwolf himself. Watching with a bloodthirsty grin as a dog got caught by another and its throat was ripped out with Menagerie above him hissing under his breath.

There was a moment of tension as Piggot took out her phone and started making phone calls trying to find out where the hell Menagerie was. And especially where this disgrace of a blood was occurring but even she paused as Menagerie spoke with a wide grin on his face that drew back into a nasty snarl on his inhuman visage.

[You know chat... I was actually never discharged from the military when I triggered and got my powers. And you know what is actually funny about Nazis? They never formally surrendered and thus he is an enemy combatant of the United States acting on our homeland and taking territory... Semper Fidelis my friends!]

And with that quiet warcry Menagerie silently and with no warning fell from the rafters and before anyone could react Menagerie shifted while falling and he smashed into Hookwolf in some kind of utterly massive gator with no eyes long hair covering its form and massive ribs exposed from its sides.

All bedlam broke loose as even being crushed by Menagerie's form Hookwolf was able to change into his own changer form of a massive wolf made out of uncountable swirling blades and hooks but Menagerie was undaunted and in but moments as the PRT watched in awe as Menagerie's form twisted with scales covering its forms that blocked Hookwolves blades and then with a final crunching noise...

Hookwolf's whirling form went still and Menagerie bleeding from many wounds and even over the screams of the fleeing E-88 members stomped down the deathly still wolf form as he roared his victory over the corpse of Hookwolf and then yelled out. [That's one nazi down... Good thing I already know where the rest of you are and I am coming for you all tonight!]