Herbert
Her family gone, her life permanently changed, her body scarred. It had been days since it happened. Days spent sitting in her family's ransacked apartment in both mental and physical agony. She had considered ending it then and there but she had not come out without a reward for her suffering. She now had the power to prevent others enduring what she did and so that is what she decided to do.

So over the next few days she began to experiment with her power. Quickly it became apparent that using it would burn her clothes away but whatever was protecting her from fire seemed to extend a little from her skin. So her old leotard from when she did gymnastics would work as a costume, she could get a better one later. The rest of her body would be an issue though. She had so many burns anyone who saw her would easily be able to identify her. Then a thought came to mind, she knew what to do.

Stepping out onto her balcony she looked out over the city. Closing her eyes she focuses her power causing flames to burst out and coat her skin. She now had leggings, gloves and of course a mask of flames. When she had some money she would have to invest in a fire resistant mask so her identity wasn't revealed if her power failed.

Then, she leapt. She sailed off the edge of the balcony like a Phoenix rising from the ashes reborn anew. A second passed before she shot short but powerful flames from her hands and feet. Her first true, albeit clumsy flight had begun and she was heading straight for the slums. What better place was there to start her hero career.
Gregory
At first, it seemed like no one had noticed Phoenix as she flew around in the air. The slums seemed to have a surprising amount of civilians just walking around, going about their lives. Unlike the nicer parts of the city where cars were incredibly expensive, but some could afford them, here it seemed like no one could afford it. Occasionally a delivery truck could be seen making it's way towards a warehouse or store.

Despite it being the slums, things seemed oddly peaceful down below. Phoenix could notice multiple people recording her movements with phones or cameras after about 15 minutes in. After an hour of patrol, it seemed like she was constantly being watched. Yet nothing seemed to be happening.
Herbert
It had been a fairly uneventful hour and she was a little bit confused with herself. What exactly had she suspected would happen? Extending a hand out in front of her she began to shoot a narrow flame from her palm causing her to slow down and eventually begin to hover.

*"Alright then, where are you crime?"*

As she hovered stationary in the air she began to scan the world around her, searching for any sign of criminal or villainous activity. Perhaps she had simply been flying to fast to notice anything. Of course there was also that incredibly uncomfortable feeling she felt. The feeling of being watched. Was it just innocent civilians looking at a superhero? She would never know for sure.
Gregory
Just as it started to seem as though it might end up being a completely peaceful day, the sounds of gunshots started to fill the air. The sounds seemed far away off to Phoenix's left side, though it was difficult to pin down exactly where they were coming from. Luckily, she wasn't left wondering for long.

In a two story house, some few blocks away, two figures came flying out of a wall on the second floor. It was difficult to tell what was happening from this distance, but one of the figures seemed much larger than a normal human. If phoenix looked closely, she'd notice an unusual amount of vehicles around the house as well. It wouldn't be out of place in the better parts of the city, but it certainly was in the slums.
Herbert
Hearing the gunshots she turned to look down at the source of the noise. She could see something going on but she would never be able to correctly access the situation from where she was. Tilting forwards in the direction of the commotion she thrust her hands behind her before letting out a powerful blast of fire propelling her forwards.

As she flew down she would try to keep a little bit of distance, using her hands to slow her just as they had sped her up moments ago. She didn't want to stay here to long, that would leave her exposed. She needed to be able to see what was happening though so it was risk she was willing to take. Still there was no harm in some precaution. At a moments notice she was ready to flare her flames and launch her to the side.
Gregory
As Phoenix flew closer, the situation quickly became clearer.

What looked to be some sort of monster had someone else pinned beneath them in the middle of the street. The monster was black in coloring, and looked as though it moved around on all fours, with claws that were quickly scratching away at the person beneath them. The creature also had a whip-like tail which seemed about as long as it's entire body, though it wasn't doing anything for now. For some reason though, it seemed like it wasn't doing any actual damage. Actually, the monster looked as though it was suddenly starting to lift off the ground.

The person pinned beneath the monster was wearing a gold and white costume, with a cape, and a mask that covered their entire face. 

"Get this bitch off of me!" The golden cape yelled out as the monster clung to him with two of it's claws. It was clear from his voice that he was a man.

From the hole where the two capes came from, a few men dressed in gold brought out rifles and started to unload on the monstrous cape. The bullets seemed perfectly effective as green blood seeped out from the creature, leaking onto the person below them. The golden cape let out a scream of agony before the creature was suddenly thrown at the roof of the building hard, it's body smashing through the corner of the roof.

It didn't seem as though anyone had noticed Phoenix yet - they were all too focused on the fight.
Herbert
She had to be careful here. It was natural instinct to assume the large alien looking creature was the bad guy here but she couldn't help but notice they were fighting who she assumed to be members of the Children of Scion cult. She had no where to store her phone so she hadn't brought it along, she would have to settle for something far more crude.

Raising a hand above her she let a huge plume of fire into the sky. At the same time she created smaller but far more focused and powerful jets of flame from her other hand and feet to keep her in the air. Hopefully this beacon will get the attention of some heroes. At least she hoped it would.

At this point she let herself begin to fall as she coated her entire body in flames, building up the energy to unleash a powerful blast launching her in the direction of the alien creature. She had to get close and figure out who they were. If they were a villain as well she guess she would take all of them on. She was a hero after all. Once she was closer she would slow herself and shout out towards them.

*"Who are you?!"*
Gregory
The creature seemed to be climbing to the middle of the roof, it's wounds slowly closing as Phoenix flew over. They seemed surprised, backing away reflexively and taking a defensive stance before relaxing just a bit.

Phoenix could see the creature shudder, it's throat and mouth seeming to change somewhat as it watched her and came to a decision.

"I'm a HERO!" They shouted in explanation before their body started to shudder again, seeming to shift beneath the skin. Wings sprouted out of their back as their body shrunk to a more human-like size. Suddenly, bullets shot through the roof, forcing a hiss of pain from them. Only a couple seemed to land but they stumbled back instinctively due to the pain.

Down on the street the other cape had finished getting back up to their feet. They took one quick look at Phoenix before coming to their own decision. Pieces of broken up concrete suddenly lifted off the ground and rocketed towards her. More of the street seemed to be breaking apart as time went on, a never ending barrage of concrete launching itself into the air.
Herbert
*"Alright then, let's show these cultists they can't get away with their shit."*

Phoenix turned to face the golden men, flames beginning to flare around her before she launched herself towards the Children of Scion. As she approached she saw the rocks heading towards her. Rocks? Really? Jets of flame shot out of various parts of her body causing her to rise and weave though the air, hopefully avoid the incoming rocks. Once she got close to the man she pulled her arm back before igniting a powerful jet of flames on her elbow. She propelled her fist forward towards the mans face.

*"Don't though fucking rocks at me!"*
Gregory
"You're interfering. Clearly you need to be taught a lesson" The man said calmly as the bits of debris around his body seemingly fell off. 

Phoenix successfully dodged out of the way of the initial barrage of chunks due to her superior speed, but as she got closer it became a bit more difficult to dodge. One piece partially hit her by slamming up against the side of her thigh. It didn't feel like anything was broken, but it would definitely leave a nasty bruise.

As she started to get closer to the man however she quickly found something was off - she was accelerating faster than she should be. She felt her body jerk to the side just slightly as she threw her punch, the golden man jumped off to the side to narrowly avoid her as she was pulled towards the ground hard.

The monstrous cape atop the roof took Phoenix's help as a distraction, and suddenly ripped it's way into the building. There were a few screams and gunshots, though things seemed to get quiet fast.
Herbert
As she felt herself being forced to the ground, Phoenix created several jets of flame from various areas of her body to counter the force and prevent herself from being smashed into the ground.

At the same time she creates more jets of flame in an attempt to manoeuvre herself into the man. Not even hoping to hit him with an actual attack, just ramming into him would be more than enough.

*"You can try!"*
Gregory
Resisting the sudden pull towards the ground entirely wasn't possible, but it seemed as though redirection wasn't that far fetched. As Phoenix redirected her body right into the man, she hit him hard. Both of them crashed to the ground, and the sound of a bone snapping could be heard along with a whimper from the man. The impact caused the already destroyed street to break apart even further.

Suddenly the force on Phoenix reversed, and she found herself flying back towards the house - similarly to how the monstrous cape was flung earlier, except aimed at the side instead of the roof.

The man quickly tried to pull himself up off the ground but seemed to be struggling just a bit to move fast.
Herbert
Fucking weird telekinesis shit. It was beginning to really piss her off to no end. What could she do about it though? Her previous attempt to counter the power had been completely in vain, she had only been able to redirect herself into the other cape. Perhaps that was what she had to do here?

Clearing her mind of any doubt Phoenix began to produce as many powerful concentrated jets of flame towards the ground she could. She might not be able to stop but hopeful she could launch herself into the sky and away from the buildings.

As much as she wanted to pretend this was to prevent collateral damage there was a far more selfish reason for her. She wasn't a brute, barreling into a building at high speed would hurt a lot.
Gregory
As Phoenix started to fly away from the mysterious cape, she could feel herself getting more and more control over her own movement. Suddenly there was practically no resistance at all, and she burst straight up into the air, easily avoiding hitting the house.

Below her, she could hear another gunshot going off inside the house, though it didn't seem like it was directed at her at all.

The mysterious telekinetic cape took a look up at her, then at the house. The street started to crack as even more pieces were pulled towards him. All the broken up concrete around him suddenly rose up into the air before smashing into the ground hard. There was suddenly a sizable cloud of concrete powder wafting through the air, making it difficult to see what was going on from so high up.
Herbert
Well this wasn't going particularly well. It seemed this guy was quite possibly the worse match up she could have and unless she was willing to kill them this would require some thinking. Perhaps she could just make it uncomfortable for them? Buy some time until more heroes inevitably show up. Hopefully.

Flying back down towards the telekinetic man she would begin to circle around the cloud of concrete dust. As she flew she shot out a huge stream of fire towards them. The concrete would snuff out the flames before they had a chance to actually hit the cape inside but thanks to the wide area the flames covered it should begin to rapidly heat the area inside as well as the concrete itself.

This would make it for lack of better words extremely uncomfortable.
Gregory
It was difficult for Phoenix to know exactly how successful her attacks were. While she heated up the cloud of dust, the monstrous cape burst out from the house, now without wings. There seemed to be trails of red and green blood going down their body, though they didn't seem particularly bothered as they went onto all fours and ran towards the dust cloud.

They glanced between Phoenix and the cloud, running around it as it slowly faded away.

It seemed as though the cape from earlier had disappeared. There was a hole in the street, going straight down into the sewer, just large enough for a person to squeeze through.

The monstrous cape let out a frustrated hiss, looking as though they were tempted to jump down into the hole before glancing up at Phoenix.

"They got away?" The monster from below asked, looking upward. The voice sounded feminine, and as they stood back up their figure seemed vaguely feminine, if monstrous.
Herbert
Letting the flames begin to die down she slowly descended until she stood near the other cape. Once she touched the ground the only flames still going were those acting as her mask.

*"That's fine, they can run but we know they will be caught eventually. Are you okay though? They seemed to really have something against you?"*

She could only hope they weren't annoyed at her, for some reason she had a feeling she might have interrupted something but she hoped she was just being stupid.

*"Sorry I couldn't get them though, It's my first time."*
Gregory
She let out another annoyed hiss before seeming to relax, her body morphing into something much more humanoid, though still covered in monstrous looking skin and a tail.

"I've been annoying them for weeks... Fuckers took issue with that and set up an ambush. Their cape, Fighter? What a dumb fucking name. He wasn't supposed to be here at all. Hard counter to me. He can telekinetically manipulate things with more and more force the closer they are to him" She explained

"Thanks for the help though, you can call me Chimera. You a hero? If this is your first time... Wanna call it in? Knocked them all out inside already. Could even skim a little off the top of their stash if you want, not like the cops will notice" She offered.

"Consider it thanks for the backup"
Herbert
*"Fighter? You're telling me that annoying ass was called fighter? That isn't even a remotely clever name."*

She couldn't believe she had been thrown around by some idiot call fighter. She was so glad that she had a functioning brain when she came up with her name.

*"It's nice to meet you Chimera, I'm Phoenix. I would like call it in but I can't exactly carry a phone with me. It sort of melts to be honest. So you can if you want I'm not worried about taking credit for anything."*
Gregory
"...You think I'm carrying around a phone?" She asked with a gesture to her body, indicating that she had no clothes.

"If you don't want credit then... I owe you one" She admitted, sounding a little annoyed. She turned towards the house, claws suddenly shrinking down to nothingness.

"Got to make sure I call quick then. Otherwise who knows when those vanguard fuckers will bother showing up" She grumbled to herself as she made her way back towards the building.

"You can stick around if you want, but this is the boring part" She said.
Herbert
*"Alright, I'll stick around just to make sure no one else feels like making trouble. Besides I want to know what the proper process is so I might as well observe you and find out."*

She will stick around for the boring part, its an important part of being a hero.
Gregory
Chimera made her way into the building, not seeming to mind that Phoenix was following. It was clear there had been some sort of fight inside once they made their way in. Bullet holes were scattered across the walls and ceiling, and around a dozen gang members were knocked out all along the first floor.

She reached into one of the men's pockets, picking out a phone and calling Vanguard. The conversation was short, and consisted of her identifying herself and reporting the address as the site of gang activity.

"You waiting around the whole time? Wanna help me gather them up? I'll get the ones on the second floor and bring 'em down, try to make a... Pile somewhere" She said before heading up.