Gwen Vadar strode back into her restricted control room, a satisfied smile adorning her beautiful face. "Progress report!" She called out and one of the techies came running with the readouts. She took several long seconds scanning over the results before looking back up at the wall of computer screens.<br/><br/>"Ma'am, we are getting unauthorized transmissions from Titian's room." The fat man sitting at the control panel said.<br/><br/>"It's his little freind, what was it, 'Pins'?" She asked.<br/><br/>"I believe he calls him 'Nails' Ma'am. Would you like us to override the signal?" He asked.<br/><br/>"No, It could make him suspicious, let them chat for now. I do want a field team sent out to watch Mr. Nails though, tell them to be prepared to make an extraction in case anything unforeseen arises.....What about the nanites?" Miss Vadar asked.<br/><br/>"Good to go, He's completely unaware Ma'am. The substance is just vinyl for all he knows, but the truth is that he is now completely covered in our nanites. We can make that little puppet dance whenever you see fit Ma'am. " He answered with a cruel little smile on his face.<br/><br/>"Superb! What is Princess Glory's status?" She said and flipped the camera's to her room.<br/><br/>"Princess G is currently showering Ma'am...." The tech geek trailed off as the steam filled bathroom of Princess Glory's quarters appeared on the monitors. Most the men in the room took several long seconds away from their work to behold the glory of her form.<br/><br/>"God I hope He picks her.....Their children would be stunning!" Gwen says, a little taken back by the images on the monitor herself.<br/><br/>"I thought you said there would be three!" The thunderous voice catches everyone in the room off guard, making Gwen jump a little. She spins around with the blush of embarrassment on her face to see the red clad superman standing behind her, his hands on his hips.<br/><br/>"SAM! Oh dear, you snuck up on us! You know that this portion of the fortress is restricted to H.O.L employees only!" She responds.<br/><br/>"My fortress, I will go where I please! You said there was three applicants, I only count two." The  Samaritan answers with authority.<br/><br/>"The Gorgon is en route, He was studying in Tibet, but he should be arriving soon." She answers as she stalks toward the black caped superhero. Gwen reaches up and starts to massage the Samaritan's shoulders, what little good it does, she feels like she's rubbing stone. Meanwhile Princess Glory has finished with her shower and walks out of the shower with no need for a towel. The monitor shows everything and Princess G seems to be well aware of the voyeurism, almost purposefully showing off for the camera. Everyone in the room is spellbound, with the exception of the crimson dynamo.<br/><br/>"Turn that off!" He commands and the infatuated tech geek is startled from his trance and turns the monitor to another channel.<br/><br/>"Ah sir....Ma'am.....We have the Gorgon's flight on final approach. " Another lackey calls out.<br/><br/>"Go and rest my dear, I will handle this." Gwen tries to calm the tense hero.<br/><br/>"NO, I will greet him myself." The Samaritan answers and then in the blink of an eye he bullets off at close to the speed of sound.<br/><br/>The Samaritan takes to the sky above his fortress and sees the incoming plane as it starts to descend toward the airstrip, but something is obviously wrong. The nose of the craft dips deeply and it becomes evident that the plane isn't going to be able to correct itself in time to make a proper landing.<br/><br/>Without hesitation the Samaritan leaps into action, He flies directly for the lurching aircraft. His supervision peers inside the plane to see both the pilot and copilot are now stone statues, their faces frozen in a look of terror. He reacts immediately, swooping under the belly of the craft and pressing his shoulder up into it. Unfortunately the engines are still pegged at full throttle. "Damn it!" The Samaritan calls out in frustration.<br/><br/>He focuses on the right engine and by squinting his eyes, red hot lasers shoot out and blow the engine off of the wing, but on his second attempt the heat from his vision ignites the fuel lines and within seconds half the plane is engulfed in flames. With no time to spare the Samaritan reaches up and punches a hole into the interior cabin of the plane. He flies up inside and sees the Gorgon sitting peacefully in his seat, his grey cloak's extra deep hood covering the 'hero's' face.<br/><br/>"What happen?" The Samaritan calls out, know they only have precious few seconds before the plane plunges into the pacific ocean.<br/><br/>"I told them to not let their curiosity overpower their better instincts, but for some mortals, it simply can't be avoided." The quiet man stated in a chillingly calm voice.<br/><br/>The Samaritan didn't have time for a debate, he strode forth and swept the grey cloaked man up and blew threw the side of the firey plane and back into the sky just as the plane went crashing down into the water.<br/><br/>"They call me the Gorgon, It's a pleasure to meet you Samaritan..." The soft spoken man said as they gently touched down on the airstrip.