"If you'll excuse me I just remember I need to take care of something". Leaving my stuff behind I headed for the cafeteria doors. Now this just got more confusing with everything. He's breaking character now, I only go at night and I work alone. The news showed that he had multiple armed men with him.

"Jack, wait!". Turning around I saw Peter chasing after me. Catching up with me he caught his breath real quick.

"You can't go out! It's during the day! they'll see you coming!", Peter said worriedly. Hearing him say that actually gave me an idea.

"Trust me I can make it in without them seeing me but I'm going to make sure they do"

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Getting to the scene it looked like the whole Police Force was here along with SWAT. They also had sniper teams all around. Not a fan of the police but they do know how to lock a place down. Thankfully I had the bright idea to camouflage myself on my way here. The dark colors of my suit were more than just for show, the colors also allowed me to not rely on my camouflage ability too much. Looking around I tried to find a good place to make an entrance without getting shot and plenty of people able to see me.

My plan is to rush in to save the Mayor while making sure plenty can see me. If people see me going in along with the news and cops they start asking questions. Then when I save the mayor and he sees two spooks he'll be able to clear my name. Maybe I can even get him out in the open for everyone to see. Though it doesn't answer the point of this. Taking the Mayor hostage won't give him control of New York. Something else is going on here and I'm going to find out what. Thankfully I found a good place to run in.

Jumping through the air I landed on a rooftop before jumping through the air de cloaking. Landing on top of a police Mobile command I gained the attention of the police and onlookers. Jumping from police car to police car toward city hall I gained more. Thankfully none of the officers decided to take pot shots at me before I jumped through the air busting through a window of city hall. Landing in a kneeling position it seemed I was in one of the conference rooms. Which also had one of the armed assailants.

Rolling over the table toward him I kicked him into the wall before grabbing his gun pulling it away. Throwing the gun to the side I grabbed his head smashing it on the table keeping it there. He reached for a knife strapped to his leg trying to cut me and in my moment of having to dodge his slash I let him go. Coming at me with another slash I grabbed his wrist applying pressure making him drop his knife before turning him around pinning his arm behind his back.

"You're going to answer some questions for me and If I don't like the answer, be ready for some serious pain", I said, pushing his face into the table.

"Fuck you"

"Not a good start", I said, snapping his arm. Before he could yell in pain I covered his mouth letting the pain ride out. Once he was done yelling I let his arm go as he dropped to the ground in pain.

"You got one arm and two legs left. Now how many hostages do you have?", I said looking down at him. Holding his broken arm in pain he spoke.

"We have twenty hostages on the 3rd floor in conference room 16 with the mayor in his office with you?", he said looking at his broken arm. Picking him up I grabbed his hand holding one of his fingers ready to break it.

"How many guys do you have and where are they?". He looked at me with pure anger in his eyes, not answering. Wrong choice. Snapping his finger I covered his mouth as he howled in pain before calming down again.

"Answer the question", I said, pushing on the broken finger making him groan in pain. Thankfully he decided to play nice.

"Twenty five guys, evenly spread out on each floor but four are on the roof keeping an eye on the sniper teams in the area". Letting go of his broken finger he was groaning in pain. Grabbing him by his vest I dragged him toward the window I broke through. Looking at the window he then looked at me.

"You said you wouldn't hurt me anymore! you would let me go!"

"I didn't say anything like that, thanks for your cooperation. Tell the boys in blue I'll have the mayor back soon and your boss is an imposter! have a nice flight", I said before throwing him out the window. Looking out he landed on one of the police cars. We weren't too high up so he should be fine, just maybe a broken rib or cracked spine with some other injuries. Now to deal with the rest.

Looks like my camouflage is going to work overtime today. Turning my camouflage ability on I moved though city hall. Looking at their gear and the way they held themselves they were definitely professionals. Wouldn't be surprised if they were all ex-military. Guessing those heists he ripped off weren't just for the diamond heist but to hire these guys. Spook 2 has been planning this for awhile, this was his main objective but something else is going on. Time to get some answers by breaking some of his ribs. Reaching into a small pocket that Peter, other dimension peter, built into the suit I felt the tracking device I'll slip onto him just in case he escapes again.

First I need to get the hostages to safety before I deal with my doppelganger. Moving through the building I made my way to the 3rd floor taking out any mercenaries I came across. Getting close to the conference room I saw two mercenaries standing outside. Moving around them I got an angle so I could look into the room to see there weren't any more guards. Should be easy, just have to make sure they don't miss fire their guns and hit someone.

Jumping onto the ceiling I crawled sneaking up on them. Once above them I dropped down on one of the guards kicking him to the ground. Before the other could react I grabbed his gun pulling him forward into a close hang knocking him to the ground. With a swift kick I knocked him out cold before grabbing the first one smashing his face into the ground knocking him out also. Walking into the conference room everyone scooted away in fear. Shit, this is going to go well.

"Look, I know I look like the guy who came in here most likely shooting the place up taking you hostage but that isn't actually me. The guards outside here are knocked unconscious, does anyone know the closest exit so I can get you all out of here before I have a talk with my evil self?". Everyone looked at each other skeptical except for one. A woman stood up, walking up hesitant before she spoke.

"There's an emergency exit in the stairwell just down the hall. Should take us straight out to the street"

"Perfect, I'll lead you to that stairwell. Two of you grab their guns, you may need them. When you get outside though make sure to discard them. Last thing you need is New York's finest firing on you. Let's go!", I said, making my way to the stairwell with them in tow. Opening the door they trickled down while I watched behind us.

"Hold it!". Looks like they had someone patrolling the stairwell. Thankfully it sounded like one guy.

Closing the door behind me I dropped down the stairwell. Falling down right when I got to the floor the mercenary was I grabbed onto the railing. This gained his attention but I was already pulling myself up into a kick aimed at his chest. This knocked him into the wall before I followed up with an uppercut knocking him into the wall falling down slumped against. Hearing a groan I kicked his face into the wall creating a small crater. Looking at the hostages I nodded my head to the side letting them know to move on.

"Where's the mayor's office?", I asked while they walked by.

"A floor down", one said running past me. Time to end all of this shit. Heading to the floor I was surprised to find most of the mercenaries waiting for me. Of course in front of them was my doppelganger.

"Nice of you to join us, been expecting you". Around him were the rest of the mercenaries but they all had batons and knives. Guess they're smart enough to not use guns in tight spaces where they may just shoot an ally.

"If you're going to give me some kind of villain monologue, shove it up your ass. It's time I put you behind bars but not after I make you regret you were ever born". Cracking my knuckles Spook 2 just chuckled before turning around and walking into the mayor's office leaving his men and me. Walking deeper into the space all the mercenaries surrounded me. 

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"All of you against me? sounds like a fair fight", I said as they continued to surround me. Looking around me I counted how many there were here which was 21. This is going to be fun. Right before they could make a move I made one by running at the first guy I saw.

Swinging his baton I jumped in the air spinning into a kick in his face launching him onto his back. Back on my feet two with knives came at me. Dodging and weaving I was able to dodge their slices before countering with a punch in ones face then spinning into an elbow for the other. Soon the rest were on me in seconds. Jumping to the ceiling I kicked off tackling one to the floor before rolling onto the ground grabbing his baton before jumping and throwing it into the jaw of another while in the air. Hitting the ground I ducked as a baton flew over my head before I spun behind my attacker performing a German Suplex slamming him into the ground. Rolling on the ground I popped up sending a kick into two mercenaries while simultaneously pushing myself up landing on top of them. Reaching down I grabbed their batons before moving onto the next spinning them in my hands.

Using the batons I moved through the mercenaries striking them anywhere that it hurt. Dodging a swing I smashed one of my batons into his neck before following up with an uppercut. Moving to the side I smashed one in the face before one of them got behind me putting me in a bear hug. Another one of his friends saw this as a chance to try and kill me. Kicking up he instead ended up stabbing the guy who was holding me which allowed me to slip free. Throwing one of my batons I hit the guy with the knife square in the nose.

Hearing a yell from behind I responded with a powerful kick, breaking some of his ribs, launching him into two others. Looking to my right another came at me trying to tackle me but I spun around him making him miss while throwing my last baton into the back of his head. Getting into a boxing stance I moved in on the rest. Dodging a swing I punched him in his armpit before following up with a solid hook sending him tumbling to the ground. Spinning around I dodged the slash of the knife. Grabbing the back of his shirt I threw him through the air smashing into a desk. Getting low I back kicked one before doing a front flip also kicking him in his face.

The last one came running at me with two knives. As he came at me with a slash I spun against his arm getting it into an arm lock before breaking it earning a yell of pain. In a fit of panic he tried to slash me with the other but I did the same thing. With both his arms broken he stood in front of me helpless. Getting up close I threw a flurry of punches into his chest before ending with a single uppercut. Dazed, he fell onto his knees before I pushed his head to the side catching my breath. Looking around me were a bunch of bodies going to have the worst headache and pain of their life when they wake up. Damn I'm good.

"21 guys in one go, new best", I commented before heading for the mayor's office.

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Walking through the door I saw the mayor tied to the chair with myself sitting in the chair with it turned away from me. Walking over I checked on the mayor to see that he had no signs of injury. Then I heard something land by my feet. Looking down I saw it was my mask? what? Looking at the chair at the mayor's desk it turned around to see my double with his mask taken off with a more than friendly smile considering the situation.

"What's the point anymore? the act is done now"

"Have a mask fetish? if you do I can always make sure that one doesn't come off", I asked, earning a chuckle. Standing up he looked outside the window with his arms behind his back.

"Soon the news will have a package arrive to them which will be a video tape of me admitting that I've been cascading myself as you for the past week with me showing the suit and technology I used to copy your powers. This will get the police off your back along with clear you name of the crimes I've committed"

"Why would you do that?"

"Because my main objective has succeeded of course", he said matter of factly. This confused me but then I started piecing it together. Running around committing crimes as me, gaining the police's attention doing so, taking the mayor hostage bringing me here along with the whole police force.

"This was all a diversion"

"You're catching on, you're smarter than they make you out to be spook. A worthy adversary for things to come'', he said walking back to the desk where a suitcase stood. Opening it he turned it to me showing multiple dollar bills.

"An adversary I would like out of my way. If you won't join me then let me come with a final offer. You can have this money as long as you promise to stay out of my way", he offered. Giving him a glare was the only answer he needed.

"Can't blame a guy for trying twice", he said pressing a button on the side. Soon Smoke came out of the case. Thinking it was poisonous gas I ran for the mayor grabbing him and jumping out the window. Once outside I looked up to see chameleon standing in the broken window with smoke coming out before walking back vanishing into it.

"Freeze!". Soon I was surrounded by police officers. Raising my hands I tried to find some way to get out of this. Really don't want to fight the cops again but I might just have to. Just enough to give me a chance to run out of here.

"WAIT!! hold your bloody fire! he's on our side!"

"We talked to the hostages you got out and they told us their story. Also got evidence that the you we've been chasing is a doppelganger cascading as you for unknown reasons", he said looking at me. I relaxed a bit but still kept my guard up just in case.

"Thanks for saving the mayor mate", he said, reaching his hand out. I took his hand, shaking it confused with what's going on.

"Go ahead and get out of here. Pretty sure you don't want to deal with the FBI or my higher ups'', he said while lighting a cigarette. Giving him a nod I jumped into the air and using the cars made my escape while cloaking. Getting on top of a rooftop I glanced back at the detective who helped me escape before making my way back to school. Gonna have to explain this to Peter but one thing though that I couldn't get out of my head was, what was chameleon really after? and also why didn't I slip that fucking tracker on him!?!

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The chameleon can be seen back in his penthouse now wearing a green trench coat with tan slacks and black combat boots. He was sitting in his office drinking scotch, happy with how events played out. He was currently waiting for his partner to show up with the materials he needed him to steal. Fog soon seeped into his office earning a tired sigh from chameleon. Standing up, his partner walked out of the fog.

"Mister Beck, do we really need the theatrics?", chameleon asked.

"A performer must always make a good entrance", Beck said with bow. 

"Any issues?"

"None at all, I was able to pertain the materials without issue", Beck said setting a briefcase onto Chameleon's desk. Beck opened the case allowing chameleon to look at the contents with a smile. Inside were two tubes of a red liquid. Taking one out he took a closer look his smile growing bigger.

"Plan to tell me what exactly we're doing chameleon?", Beck asked. Putting the tube back he closed the case before answering.

"In do time mister beck, in do time"

Second Arc done and I'm still going strong! how's it going everyone? quick thanks to all of you have read this far and supporte me, I appreciate more than you would think. With this story reaching twenty chapters, and it being my first story to do so, I thought it would be fun to do some Q&A! feel free to ask any questions involving Jack, this story, my other stories, or even about myself! Can't wait to see what you all have in store for me. See you around!