Power.

The Threat.

General Loki, was meeting with President Troy to discuss the situation of the terrorist threat.

“Alright general, be straight with me, what is the situation with captive ID: 47?”

“we have scouts searching for the runner now, he wont be going to far. Not after that sh** show of a video, and all that chaos he stirred up. No we will have him back in custody soon, its just a matter of time.”

“Do you think he will come back?”

“If he does we will be ready for him.”

They shake hands and separate, President Troy is escorted from the room before he asked.

“Oh! General… how is your boy”

“No disrespect Mr. President, but my boy is not a subject of conversation while in this room. But if you must know, No! there hasn’t been any development. He is just as weak as he has always been.”

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the executive mansion. The vice president is on his way out the building, to meet up with the president to take him to his next executive meeting. The vice president opens the door to the limousine, and sits down. The door is shut behind him and all the doors lock and he hears a voice from the adjacent seat.

“ Hello Vice President Hector, thank you for meeting me on such short notice”

“Your Silver, d-do you have any idea of where you are right now? I am surrounded by secret service men at this very moment.”

“You hear that music? Its quite lovely really, your guards seem to be big fans of the classics, they’ll rejoin you once the song us over. But I didn’t come here to discuss distinctive taste in music. You see, there seems to be quite a bit hysteria running across our great nation, and I need your help to silence it.”

“Well if this is you turning yourself in, I will gladly facilitate your arrest. We can make it a public affair. Get the media involved, maybe a public execution. Ill be there if your there.”

“Clever, but I have another idea. I am calling out the best that this nation has to offer. I want an all on one fight, me versus your armed forces... ALL of them.”

“Wow! and I thought I was the joker in the room.. now I am not going ask if your crazy, but the cost of that alone would be treasonous, and it would only take a fraction of that power to take down the likes of you.”

“What fraction Exactly? 20 percent, 50 percent, maybe more? I tell you what, I will give you and your senators some time to think about it. But I never liked the room of 100 minds all arguing over one simple subject matter. So for every 24 hours that passes I will personally remove some of those minds. That way you can come to an agreement much sooner.”

“YOU CANT THREATEN US! We are the government, the beating heart of this country!”

“like I said… 24 hours less talk, more action. None of this running in circles nonsense, VP. Hector.”

The door to the limousine is unlocked and Silver casually steps out, a bright flash of light shakes the vehicle, and the strange music is silenced. The service men return to the Vice President, asking him if he is ready to depart.

“Where were you guys!? I could have been killed just now!”

“But sir we were right here the whole time, nothing has happened?”

“GET ME THE PRESIDENT NOW!”

The following morning Congress met in secret, to discuss whether or not to face the challenge set by Silver. There was constant back and forth bickering, points were made on either side. We cant fight on native soil, or that we shouldn’t fight at all. Some even shouted that we should wipe the man off the face of the earth. Needless to say that no absolute solution was reached and they took a recess till the next morning.

When the Senators took their seats, there were two senators missing, and not much was thought about the occurrence. The same statements were shouted from one side of the room to the other. There was a rest and for the night and then they met again the following morning. An additional four senators were absent from the proceedings. Some eyebrows were raised, but nothing was done. The next day eight additional senators were missing, a total of fourteen senators absent. They're families were called, and all they said was there supposed to be in the capitol with the Vice President. The following day another sixteen senators were missing. Security was tripled around the remaining senators, all of them was placed on 24 hour watch with heavily armed guards. And for a final precaution none of the senators are allowed to leave the congress building.

The remaining senators raved and argued, “What the hell is this! Were being held hostage by our own jobs, Were being bullied buy some lunatic and hide like some cowards, we should fight him and kill this boy.”

Vice President Hector replied: “yes I hear you but we have to understand, that we don’t know the extent of his power. We can throw everything we have at him, but if its too much we risk wasting our resources. What's worse is how would we cover up this excursion? We have to be smart and precise about this. We will make our final decision tomorrow.”

Collectively the senators shouted about their safety!

“We have all the security we need! We are NOT leaving this building! We will get our family back and we will turn this Silver into lead”

The following morning 32 additional Senators were gone. 62 senators out of the 100 were kidnapped from the start of the proceedings. They could not risk another abduction, so for the first time in history the congress was unanimous. “We must fight!”

Vice President Hector said: “we have made our decision, now its up to us to name the time and place, we will have the President release a public statement tomorrow.”

Collectively: “NOOOOOOOOO!”

That same day President Troy went on national television, to ensure that the message reaches Silver, it was broadcasted on all channels.

“People of this great nation, in three months time we will be conducting a large scale military exercise in the Death valley dessert. This is NOT a public event and the area will be sealed off for your safety.”

“Further more ….”

Static appears over the video feed, the President’s voice fades in and out. Until the video feed goes black and silent. Nothing can been seen but a voice was heard.

“Our President, ladies and gentlemen, lying to you once again. You see, this wont be just any military exercise, it will be war! I will be fighting this country in one vs all combat. My powers vs your army”

“Do not fear, to all the service men and women who will be engaged in combat against me I offer a chance of survival. If you wear a band of Silver tape on your helmet, I will respect it as recognition of my power and your life will be spared. You may call this an ultimatum, but I call it a symbol of peace. Refuse the symbol and your fate is decided just as long as it's you who decides. Rest well and wake up ready for a fight!”

The video switches back to a red faced President Troy, shouting on screen.

“What the HELL did he just say, why haven't we got the video back from this A**Hole! Who ever was in charge of this will be FIRED! Any solider caught with tape will be FIRED! Some one get me the General we have to kill this man DEAD!”

A technical difficulties image is placed on screen and the nation fell silent.