Taylor raised herself up on the bench and scanned across the two rows of benches next to hers. A quick headcount that she was becoming increasingly familiar with showed that all of her little sisters were present and accounted for.

“It’s okay,” Tattletail said. “With Pop and Cheshire split apart they’re not as likely to get at each other. This is the optimal seating arrangement.”

Taylor didn’t know whether her youngest sister was right or not; Pop and Remedy were having a murmured conversation, and Cheshire was pouting while Crochet crocheted with a pair of big needles. So far there hadn’t been any disasters and the most she could say about the others on the bus was that they were curious but wary of approaching them. That had to be good enough.

“Here,” Tattletail said as she pulled out a smartphone from an inner pocket. A few presses later and it was on the homepage of PHO. “This’ll help. You can see the public’s reaction, and since the PRT needs the public to endorse them this keeps us all safe.”

“Do I want to know where you got this?” Taylor asked as she hefted the phone.

“You really don’t.”

Eyes were narrowed in what Taylor was beginning to think of as her ‘Big Sis isn’t dealing with this crap’ face.

“Heh,” Tattletail said, her smug little smile turning a little brittle. “I, uh, I’m gonna go check on the others?”

She rolled her eyes but let the girl go. She had plenty of things to worry about, and her sister’s potential kleptomania didn’t even factor into the top ten.

She turned the screen to check it out.

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Or maybe, she thought, the kleptomania was a bigger worry than she originally thought. She turned the phone over this way and that, but it looked like a perfectly ordinary smartphone. Then again, maybe the Ward just owned a normal phone. She was going to have to give this back.

Finding the right thread was easy as pie. It was trending on the front page of PHO as one of the most viewed threads in North America. She groaned.

Topic: Wards Vs. Unidentified Hero Team

In: Boards ► Brockton Bay ► News

► AllThatsFitToPrint (Original Poster) (Journalist: BrocktonBayOnline)

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

Breaking news!

Today at approximately 11:55am the Wards ENE arrived at Brockton Bay Central Bank, presumably to respond to the robbery taking place at that same establishment. This robbery (Full article available here: LINK) was foiled by an as-of-yet unnamed group of parahumans with six members who subdued and captured the villainous group known as the Undersiders. For additional details, view the roster link below.

When the group of young superheroines moved out of the bank with their villainous captures in tow, they were met by the local Wards who, after a very rapid and brief exchange, attacked the superheroines.

The scuffle was captured on cellphone cameras. Footage links available below. Within the (approx.) 52 seconds that the battle took place, all six members of the local Wards were injured, incapacitated or otherwise removed from action. Later reports from the PRT claim that there were no major injuries save those suffered by Aegis of the Wards.

What does this mean for the local Wards and Protectorate? Should this group of young heroines be more cautious with their dealings with the law from now on? Do the Wards need additional supervision? No one quite knows and the PRT is being close-lipped about it so far, calling the incident an “unfortunate misunderstanding exacerbated by a group of vigilantes’ inability to communicate through proper channels” (LINK to primary statement).

Cell footage:

LINK LINK LINK

Cell footage mirror 2:

LINK LINK LINK

Footage Mirror 3 (Edit: to those issuing takedowns of the footage, please contact our legal office through official channels);

LINK LINK LINK LINK

EDIT: The PRT has made an official request that we remove all videos pertaining to the fight as it endangers the identities of the local Wards. They have threatened legal action against our team if we fail to comply. Seeing as we couldn’t afford that kind of legal battle we will cease adding new links, though the footage should be widely distributed by now.

Undersider Roster Parawiki Links:

GOO | TITS | B-WORD | REGRET

Unnamed Group Parawiki Links:

BIG SIS | CROCHET | CHESHIRE | TATTLETAIL | REMEDY | POP

***

Taylor sat back and let the rumble of the bus distract her for a moment before she glanced at her sisters. They were all behaving, mostly. A couple of teens had moved closer and were chatting with them and asking for signatures. It seemed that they were busy bugging each other about how ugly their handwriting was.

So far the news was positive, she guessed. There was a bit of anti-PRT spin in the article that certainly gave her some hope that they would get the upper hand in any PR mess, but that didn’t tell her much about the people’s mood.

She pulled up the phone again.

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► Hentai Princess

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

Can someone break down who took out who in the fight? Everything happens too fast!

► FenixNeedsPrayers

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

OMG, that Ward in blue got stomped! Poor Shadow Stalker too.

► ShandoMan

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

Mess with big sis, get the big fist. But really, what were the wards thinking? Shouldn’t they have seen that the brat brigade were the good guys here?

► AnEldritch1

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

Brockton Bay Brat Brigade! I like it. Also, did you see the undies running away off screen? That’s four villains that were outright captures and that got away because of the wards. damn.

► Zwei

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

Wait, what happened? With the first video links I mean.

► HotDogPants

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

What happened is the PRT tried to block the video links because they ‘endangered’ the identities of the local Wards. Which is obvious bull. They’re just trying to cover their screw up.

► SteamHeart

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

I refuse to believe, absolutely REFUSE to believe that the way Tattletail moves isn’t some sort of combat Thinker bullshit. She walked over to Tits, pulled a gun out of her costume, then spun around and shot Kid Win TWICE from across and entire street, WHILE HER COAT FLARED LIKE SOME ACTION HERO NOIR BULLSHIT. That both shots landed on KW’s board, or that she stole his laser pistol and took out Vista with it are completely secondary to the fact that she used her power to look cool doing it.

► Miss Yog

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

Okay kiddies, hang on to your panties ‘cause mama Yog has a point tally for you!

Vista: Taken out by Tattletail with the assist going to Kid Win and his blaster pistol. Our favourite space warper is not laser-proof.

Kid Win: Became Kid Lost when Tattletail shot him down. He cried.

Aegis: Pissed off Pop, got the chop. The brute was *brutally* cut apart by the little ninja.

Shadow Stalker: Can’t really see most of the fight from any of the camera angles available. Lots of darts and crossbow bolts flying around, then she ends up folded on a lamppost like something out of loony toons. Cheshire gets the win.

ClockBlocker: Messed with Crochet. Got plushied.

Browbeat: Managed to corner Crochet for a few seconds and had her backing off. Good for him. Then Remedy returned with some duck mothering xenomorphs and flung him into an expanding mound of con-foam

Gallant: Tried his lasers on Pop. Failed. Got slapped around a bit then punted off screen by a plushie.

And our favourite boys in black: The PRT troopers moved in with Con-foam containers and started spraying. A xenomorph flung a police car at them, another spat on a tank and that was it for them.

The MVP today is... Remedy! For making Xenomorph pals and taking out not just the good guy wards, but also the good guy troopers.

► RandoBoy

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

How can you guys be so calm? There's a biotinker right THERE. And she’s got no control. You should be evacuating the city, not laughing at the heroes.

► General_Sink

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

I made a gif of Crochet when she was done with ClockBlocker. Look at that self-satisfied little grin! She’s so proud of her hard work! Thanks Miss Yog for the caption help! Get Plushied!

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► 247TheGeek

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

That’s because they have next to no real supervision. It’s all PR training and nothing else.

► Arc (Banned)

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

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TinMother: This thread, I swear. Don’t lewd the children you morons. It’s not just disgusting, it's illegal. Have some bans.

► KnightofAngels

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

Oh come on, the Wards aren’t that bad! Vista is cute!

► B.A.Christ

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

Just because a ward is cute doesn’t mean the system isn’t broken. Cuteness is not a measure of success. Er-- well, it’s not usually a measure of success.

► SubjectAlpha

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

Honestly, I don’t know what the PRT’s actions from here on out will be, and yes, I do mean the PRT. The Wards ENE were moved from the Protectorate to the PRT a few months ago citing ‘ease of access’ with their Headquarters being in the city proper instead of out in the Bay. Rumour at the time was that there were some administrative problems too, but no one raised enough of a fuss for anyone to get to the bottom of it.

Anyway~ Point is, this entire mess can be laid squarely at the feet of the PRT. Sure, the Brat Brigade should have come out screaming that they were the good guys and maybe they should have called it in, but their actions up to ClockBlocker tagging Big Sis were perfectly reasonable. They were victorious heroes escorting the bad guys out of the Bank and into custody, then things went tits up (pun not intended) because the Wards have no self control. It’s a bad precedent to set.

► KingofSkulls

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

BBBB merch when? I want a Get Plushied shirt. And a Tattletail action figure. And a Cheshire plushie. And a Pop bread knife. And Remedy band-aids like the Panacea ones.

► SkitterWeaver

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

All I hear are people complaining about the Wards, but the Wards are the ones with the legal right to be there helping, not the Brats. The level of violence the Brats showed was way out of proportion. You can’t just escalate like that.

► PonyWriter

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

So what? Now we need to wait for legal documents every time we need saving? Dafuq? Get your PRT fanboy pants off and look at those videos. The Wards were the aggressors here. They should be arrested for assault.

► Philosophy

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

Man, I keep trying to see the videos but the mirrors aren’t working. Weird that they’re not doing anything about the memes.

► Magic_Up_Above

Replied on February 16th, 2011:

You can’t do anything about memes. Doing something about a meme makes the meme more powerful.

***

Taylor lowered the phone and thunked her head against the backrest. This entire thing was a mess.

The bus pulled to a squealing stop and a bunch of people stood up, her sisters included. Turning her head to the side, Taylor took in the building they were about to visit. From this close, the PRT Headquarters was a huge, intimidating monolith.

“Don’t worry, Big Sis,” Crochet said. “We’ll be with you.”