Track Six He Sings Like A Broken Record
The stage had been destroyed. Clean up crews gathered the rubble into large trucks. Leftover food had been consumed by the creatures of the night. The entire set up on stage now lay in shambles. Medical crews gathered what remains they could find of the fallen heroes left behind by the Vahziloks. Injured heroes returned to the scene and offered what help they could in cleaning up the mess.
Inhibitor limped through the rubble that was once an amazing library of music and equipment. He used a broken table for support as he crouched down to dig through the mess. A sparkle of gold emerged from the dirt. He pushed the dirt aside and found a gold colored CD.
“A library of over a thousands CD’s and this is the only one that survived.”
He placed the CD in his bag and slowly stood. Cirga patted him on the back.
“Its okay man, the important thing is that you lived and didn’t suffer the same fate as some of the other fallen heroes.”
“I know. It’s just that this was my entire life’s work. I was a DJ way before I even thought about being a hero. This is who I really am and now…I’m just some hero.”
Radio Wave handed a box to Inhibitor.
“You’re a hero with great taste in music.”
Inhibitor opened the box. It contained over a dozen CD’s.
“Th…thank you very much Ma’am.”
“I thought I might help out the park officials clean up this mess and I started finding CD’s that weren’t damaged so figured, hey, why not collect them for the DJ.”
Inhibitor hugged the box and smiled.
“My name is Inhibitor and this is my sidekick, Cirga.”
“My name is Radio Wave and this is my fiancé, Buddha.”
“Oh a fiancé, congratulations my rather large friend.”
Buddha rubbed the back of his neck.
“Heh, thanks buddy. It wasn’t exactly the way I wanted to propose, but the meaning and all that good stuff was still there.”
“That’s all that’s important.”
Radio Wave stepped forward.
“I was wondering if you would join us for lunch at the Lonesome Tear.”
“I don’t really know. Last night has been such a shock to me that I think I just want to stay home for a while. Our captain, A-Zay, has told me that they have confirmed several of the dead heroes to be new members of our group. They never even had a chance to escape.”
“I know this is hard for you. It’s hard for each and every hero of Paragon City. But, I have business to discuss with you and it’s not something that can wait.”
Inhibitor began to limp away and then looked back.
“I can meet you there at twelve thirty five. There are a few things I have to take care of first.”
“We understand. Then we’ll see you at the café, Inhibitor. Take care and make sure you get that limp taken care of.”
“I will.”
Song Nine
I’ve never really known much about Inhibitor. His true introduction had been done while I was away from the team. I do know that every time I am around him I feel this powerful aura emanating from him. Powers too high for me to even comprehend. He is the first hero to join the team. He’s known as a defender. A hero whom possess extraordinary powers in healing and enhancing the abilities of heroes and keeping the enemy in a weaken state. He proved to be very useful to the team by joining at this stage.
However, like all well-known teams, one must begin with a plan. And Radio Wave had many of them.
Radio Wave smiled.
“Thank you for joining us Inhibitor. It was starting to get a little late and for a second there I wasn’t sure if you were even going to show up.”
“Sorry. It’s not easy to fly when you have constant pain in your leg.”
“I thought you said you would have that fixed.”
“I did. But, when I realized how late I was I rushed out of the shower and ran into my desk.”
“Ouch.”
“Yea. So where’s Buddha?”
“He has some matters he needs to take care of for us. In the meantime, I have something to ask you. Would you be interested in joining us in creating a radio station.”
“A radio station! Ha! And just where do you propose to get the money for something like that. It’s not like they just hand them out to people that ask for one.”
“I said. Buddha is taking care of some matters for us. Now like I was asking. Will you should join us?”
“What is it that you have planned?”
“There are many stations in Paragon City, but they are all run by civilians and so they don’t have the information heroes need in order to keep the city safe.”
“And you propose.”
“A station that does just that. It will be called Paragon Radio. Our purpose is to bring the city together with the use of music and to aid heroes in their fight against crime. We can give newsbreaks dealing with issues that actually matter to super heroes. Such as what happened last night. I don’t even know how word got out about what was happening. I guess someone was lucky enough to escape to get help. But, if the station had existed at that moment, we could have had a reporter already there watching the party and as soon as that battle began, we would be announcing it on the station and heroes would have been there sooner. We could have prevented some if not all of those deaths. So I’ll ask you again. Will you join us?”
“Why me?”
“Because, I sense something in you. You would be of an extreme amount of help. And besides, you are already a DJ so that would help out a lot as well. Buddha and I aren’t exactly born and raised DJ’s.”
“Hm…Can you give me some time to think about it? I don’t want to just rush into anything here. I mean it all sounds good and such, but I don’t want to join it and then end up having to leave the following day.”
“I understand. Here’s my number. Give me a call as soon as you have an answer.”
Inhibitor took the piece of paper from the table and placed it in his pocket. As he stood he groaned and touched his thigh.
“I’ll give it some heavy thought Radio Wave. A station dedicated for the heroes of Paragon might be what this city needs after what happened last night. How you get funding for such a tremendous thing is well beyond me. I hope you succeed though.”
“Thank you. Until, we meet again.”
Song Ten
To join a group with someone you have never met is a tough decision. It becomes even more difficult when it’s not just any normal old group and is in fact a group that will change Paragon City forever.
Paragon City has two types of currency one used by civilians and one used by heroes. The problem is that heroes still require having real money in order to purchase certain things, such as a studio apartment and office space. No one ever said that it pays to be a hero. I changed history dramatically when I first traveled back in time and because of that it is required that I continue to do the same things in order to cause Paragon Radio to actually happen at an earlier time. Originally, it took a long while before the station was actually up and running. Both Radio Wave and Buddha hit rock bottom and took upon any jobs they qualified to do in order to raise the money needed for a studio apartment and office space. However, since my arrival the station has been up and running in half the time. I arrived in the past with a bag that contained items from the future that were still valid during this time period, one of them being a lease for some office space. The station, however, would have to grow on its own.
Buddha traveled to City Hall to get the license for creating a super group. The next step was money. And the only place to get money quickly would be to return to the Arena of Heroes and put on a good wrestling show for the patrons. The two of us would put on a fight that seemed more real then it did staged.
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