<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u">The Person</span></div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>David Van-Alden<br/><strong>Age:</strong>31<br/><strong>Nationality:</strong>North America(United States) with some European descent<br/><strong>Day job:</strong>Private Detective<br/><strong>Personality:</strong><br/>Though the years have been kind to David's body, they have been considerably less so to his life in general. And his personality is a direct representation of that fact. David is normally very guarded in his interactions with others. It takes time for him to let others become important to him, if he ever does at all, and he tends to always assume the worst of others before the best.<br/><strong>Backstory:</strong><br/><br/>For the greater part of David's early life he was relatively blessed. He grew up in a loving family with his younger bother James and was raised by both his mother and father who each loved their children and each other. He made average grades in school, displayed a decent amount of natural talent towards sports, and also showed an above average love and talent for puzzles, riddles, and mysteries. In fact the family used to joke that he would always know the end of any mystery movie the watched before it happened.<br/><br/>When he made it to high school David tried out for and made the football team, earning himself the position of 1st string full back by his sophomore year. It was during this year that he met the person who would genuinely change his life...<br/><br/>Alice (http://michigancheerleading.com/images/michigan_cheerleading.jpg), she was a cheerleader for his home town's private school, and one Friday his team and her's were set to play one another in support of the local battered women's shelter . The moment he laid eyes on here something deep inside him told him that she was important. Maybe not to the rest of the world but most definitely to him! He played his heart out that game. Doing his best to be as impressive as possible, and for the most part succeeding. At the end of the game he managed to get to her and introduce himself. He told her that he thought she was amazingly beautiful and would love to go out with her. She told him "maybe next time."<br/><br/>Up until now David had never been one to push issues or to try and take part in a lost cause. But for what ever reason he just couldn't give this one up. And so it was, that one week later he tried again. This time appearing at her school after practice and asking her once again to give him a shot. To which she said this time with a blush and a smile, "maybe next time."<br/><br/>All in all it took three more times before she said yes, but that didn't bother David. In his eyes she was very much worth it. After their first date it was obvious to both of them that this was something more than what they'd experienced before. And within weeks they were very much 'a thing.' By the end of high school they were a very committed relationship with neither party planning to leave the other.<br/><br/>They went to the same college, David on a small football scholarship and Alice on a mixture of academics and her parent's savings for her college. Another four years after that they were engaged and preparing to graduate. Him with a degree in general studies and her with a bachelor's in business.<br/><br/>The next few years were tough. But the hard times brought them closer rather than apart. They worked hard, loved well, and despite the odds made it though.  It was in 2008 that things really took off well for them when James gave David a call and invited him to become a partner in his business. David, who was unhappy with his office job anyways, agreed. And so, under the advice of Alice, James' small bail bonds business became the Two Brothers Detective Agency. Between David and James' ability to solve the cases and Alice's ability to literally work miracles with the finances they were doing great. They even got themselves in the paper once when they managed to locate a man's Lamborghini after the police had all but given up on the case.<br/><br/>It was this small amount of fame that led to them being approached in the early spring of 2011 by the woman who would turn out to be the last client they would ever have. She was a middle aged woman and she'd lost something much more precious then a fancy car.... she'd lost her daughter. But lost wasn't the right word, her daughter had been taken. As soon as they'd heard the details both James and David had insisted that the woman should take this to the police as they only specialized in missing property cases. But the woman told them that she already had taken it to the police and that they had simply told her that everything they could do was being done. She was desperate she'd insisted,  she'd pay any price they asked. A silent nod from Alice, who had been standing behind the woman as she told David and James her problem, was all the discussion any of them needed... the Two Brothers were on the case!<br/><br/>It took them almost an entire year of near round the clock work, of denying every other case. But eventually they managed to piece together the clues, to follow the trail and to figure out where the girl would be. She was just another victim in a very well hidden human trafficking ring, one that they had no solid proof of but that they knew existed none the less. And so, they planned what they would do...<br/><br/>Even though there was no doubt in their minds, they'd still need to confirm her location before they could get the police to do anything. So they'd approach the location, they'd get eyes on the girl, call the police, get the girl the hell out, and then run towards the cavalry.<br/><br/>It was a simple enough plan and it would have worked well except for one fact. They day they made their move was also the day a star fell to earth. As Starman battled the Iron General David and James sneaked into the abandoned factory that the traffickers were using. They made it relatively close before they were spotted by the guards. There were gunshots as the two men fought back against the four<em>monsters</em>guarding the three children. They managed to bring down the guards and get the children out, even as other members of the trafficking group who were in the factory moved to see what was going on.<br/><br/>They got to their car, they made their run for the office. As a large SUV exited the factory and gave chase David drove, James did his best to calm the children, and Alice called the police from her cell phone, who would arrive as soon as they could. But what they really needed was Starman, except Starman was busy fighting for the future of the world, and his very survival.... Despite his best efforts David couldn't lose the vehicle pursuing them and the three would be heroes found themselves cornered at their office. This time there were eight of the bastards, and they had machine guns. It was one hell of a fight, one that the world would never see....<br/><br/>For David it ended with eight dead criminals, a dead brother, three live children, and one dying wife.<br/><br/>Ever since that day David has spent most of his time in the bottle, preferably a bottle of brandy, climbing out only long enough to take on the occasional case in order to get the funds to spend more time in the bottle. He heard about the new heroes, how they'd saved the day, and honestly didn't care. He didn't blame them, or Starman, or even the Iron General. There was no one to blame, those who had been at fault were either dead or in jail and he was simply what was left.<br/><br/>It was during one of his<span class="bbc_u">relatively</span>dry stretches that a man had come into the Two Brothers office and offered him 'the job of a lifetime with the payoff of your dreams.'  David had had half a mind to throw the guy out but he'd listened anyways... Apparently the man worked for someone else and this someone was very interested in the heroes and villains that had been springing up. Specifically who they were underneath their masks. And he was offering quite a large amount for the answers. Enough for David to never need to climb out of the bottle again. After a short amount of thought David decided 'what the hell' and agreed.<br/><br/><strong>Appearance:</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/830/830194/saw-iv-20071024073944092.jpg)</div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_u">No Villain...But Not A Hero<span class="bbc_u"></span></span></div><br/><strong>Codename:</strong>None<br/><strong>Powers:</strong>None<br/><strong>Weakness:</strong><br/><span class="bbc_u">Just A Man:</span>David is just a man. He's in very good shape but he still suffers from all the frailty that comes with it.<br/><strong>Skills:</strong><br/><span class="bbc_u">Expert Shot:</span>David has always had very good aim, it doesn't matter if its with one hand or the other, with a pistol or a rifle. David can almost always put the bullet where he wants it to be.<br/><span class="bbc_u">Thinking on The Fly</span>Just something that years of experience at talking his way into and out of places has given him. David has a talent for coming up with a new plan within seconds of the original plan going down in flames.<br/><span class="bbc_u">Expert Forger</span>Fake press I.D.s, fake police badges, even fake checks. David is good at making them all. While they would never really stand up to any kind of examination by an expert they are more than good enough to fool a causal observer or someone who simply doesn't have much time to look at them.<br/><span class="bbc_u">Good With Locks:</span>David is good at opening things he doesn't have the keys to<br/><span class="bbc_u">Eye for Details</span>He's good at noticing the small things that most people over look, its what helps him crack his cases and even when the booze hits its still there.<br/><strong>Special Equipment:</strong><br/><span class="bbc_u"><em>The Incidental Funds</em></span>: Who ever has hired him really wants to make sure that David is able to do his job. And as such they've supplied David with a large up front payment that has allowed him to gather the tools he knows he's going to need as well as to have a little left in case anything pops up.<br/><span class="bbc_u">Mateba Model 6 Unica (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/MatebaAutoRevolver6in.jpg/300px-MatebaAutoRevolver6in.jpg)</span>: A semi-automatic revolver, one of only a few such models ever produced. The Mateba Mo. 6 uses the recoil from firing to rotate the cylinder and cock the hammer allowing the next shot to be fired. The Mateba is barreled to fire the .454 Casull caliber cartridge... David always found the weapon to be very cool. Even though he previously could not afford it. He hopes that, should he ever need to use it against one of the 'supes,' it won't let him down.<br/><span class="bbc_u">Lock Pick Tools (http://www.spygeeks.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/MPXS-32.jpg)</span>: His own custom set of lock pick tools. David has kept them in excellent shape since he first got them many years ago.<br/><span class="bbc_u">Tactical Body Amror (http://bluestarpolicesupply.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/f/i/file_43.jpg)</span>The very best he could get, even though he's not sure if it would do much good against some<em>people</em>who might try to kill or hurt him.<strong>Costume:</strong><br/>None though he's not above the occasional disguise to allow him to get into somewhere he shouldn't be.