Editing Slaughterhouse Nine (section)

==History==
===Background===
The Slaughterhouse Nine was originally founded by King. In 1987, Jack Slash and Harbinger managed to kill King, allowing Jack Slash to take command of the group. Following King’s death, Harbinger retired from the Nine.

At some point in the late 1990s, the Nine came to [[Brockton Bay]] and interrupted a meeting between [[Empire Eighty-Eight]], [[Marquis]], and the Teeth. Jack provoked a bidding war for the Nine’s services, which [[the Teeth]] won. The Nine carried out the Teeth’s request to attack the [[Protectorate]], then turned on the Teeth and drove them out of Brockton Bay.<ref>“Years ago.  Allfather still ruled Empire Eighty-Eight then.  They held a big meeting between all of the factions.  We stopped by.  Great fun.  I don’t think they accomplished a thing that day.  We provoked a bidding war instead.  Group called the Teeth wound up hiring us to kill some members of the Protectorate team.  We did it, and then we wiped out the Teeth before leaving the city.”<br><br>The Slaughterhouse Nine must have been new, then.  People today would know better.  Hopefully. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/17 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11b]]</ref>

They were known to frequent areas previously visited by the [[Endbringers]],<ref>“The Slaughterhouse Nine,” Clockblocker leaned back in his seat, groaning, “Fuck, that’d be all we needed.”<br><br>“Wouldn’t be the first time they’ve arrived at a location in the wake of an Endbringer event,” Flechette pointed out. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/14 Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.4]]</ref> to take advantage of the chaos.

===[[Brockton Bay]]===
The Slaughterhouse Nine arrived in Brockton Bay for a second time in early June of 2011.<ref>[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/interlude-10-5-bonus/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.5]]</ref> They initially split up in order to recruit each of their chosen individuals as candidates for membership, scouting out these candidates for several days and speaking to them on June 7th and 8th.<ref>[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/plague-12-1/ Excerpt] from [[Plague 12.1]]</ref> Their arrival prompted the heroes and villains of Brockton Bay to meet in order to discuss how to combat the Nine.

During this time, [[Cauldron]] also sent [[Battery]] a note telling her to let [[Siberian]] and [[Shatterbird]] escape the city alive.<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/26 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 12.5]]</ref> <ref>Well, to be clear, Cauldron wanted Shatterbird and Siberian to leave the city, not necessarily Jack. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/monarch-16-13/#comment-8710 Comment] by Wildbow on [[Monarch 16.13]]</ref>

After the [[Undersiders]] were forced to leave the meeting, the Slaughterhouse Nine confronted them in a parking garage. Jack Slash told them that each candidate would be tested by every member of the Nine in turn, ending in Jack Slash; failure of a test would lead to death or worse.<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/plague-12-4/ Excerpt] from [[Plague 12.4]]</ref> During this confrontation, [[Tattletale]] revealed that [[Cherish]] was plotting to take control of the Slaughterhouse Nine, something Jack Slash and [[Bonesaw]] had already countered. Jack Slash injured Tattletale for revealing this information. After this, Tattletale proposed a game to Jack Slash: if more than half of the candidates survived the tests, the Nine would only take the voluntary recruits with them and leave the remaining survivors. 

Shatterbird sang thirty minutes after this confrontation. Following this in quick succession, [[Mannequin]] attacked Skitter’s territory and was driven off by her, and the Slaughterhouse Nine killed all the [[Merchants]] except for [[Scrub]], who could harm [[Crawler]].<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/07/24 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 12]]</ref>

Jack delivered the finalized rules of the game the next morning, giving each member of the Nine a time limit to administer their tests and prohibiting individuals who were not Brockton Bay residents from interfering. The Nine’s rules stated that they would win if they managed to kill five of the six candidates.

In between the game’s beginning and the first attack, [[Imp]] infiltrated the Slaughterhouse Nine and failed to kill Bonesaw. She instead struck a deal with Cherish.

Mannequin was the first to take part, attacking [[Skitter]] once more. He was driven off by the Undersiders and saved by [[Burnscar]], forfeiting his turn. The Nine were then ambushed by [[the Travelers]] and the Undersiders, who captured Shatterbird and Cherish. In the same confrontation, [[Grue]] was captured by the Nine and later tortured by Bonesaw. The Nine captured Skitter, Tattletale, Imp, Trickster, [[Sundancer]], and [[Ballistic]] when they attempted to rescue Grue. Bonesaw began to torture them but was blindsided by [[Parian]]. Grue underwent a [[second trigger]], killing Burnscar and freeing his allies.

The Nine and the collective Parahumans of Brockton Bay continued to clash, ultimately resulting in Bonesaw releasing a plague causing agnosia so that none of the defending parahumans could recognize each other. [[Panacea]] cured the plague, but the Nine managed to escape, recruiting [[Hookwolf]] and leaving behind a modified Cherish on the bottom of the Bay as punishment.

===After Brockton Bay===
Following their escape from Brockton Bay, the Slaughterhouse Nine visited several towns, including Stafford and Enfield in Connecticut, in order to recruit new capes to bolster their ranks.  One of these capes was [[Damsel of Distress]]. Additionally, Hookwolf participated in his first massacre with the Nine in one of these towns, helping Jack Slash and Siberian murder hundreds of people at a rural hospital. Bonesaw kidnapped [[Blasto]] from his new base in [[Boston]], although the Siberian was killed in a skirmish with [[Dragon]] and [[Defiant]]. The Nine proceeded to invade [[Toybox]] in order to use their technology. They set up a pocket dimension in a small town and Bonesaw placed the rest of the Nine in stasis while she began to clone their members, both past and present.

[[Contessa]] intercepted Bonesaw when she left the pocket dimension to get groceries and told Bonesaw to implant a control switch into the clones and give the switch to her at a later date. Bonesaw denied that she would do it, but over the course of the next year and a half, she came to change her mind.<ref>[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/interlude-25/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 25]]</ref> She turned the switch over to Cauldron in June of 2013 following an interrogation by Tattletale.<ref>[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/17/extinction-27-2/ Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.2]]</ref>

===Slaughterhouse 9000===
{{Main|The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand}}

The Slaughterhouse Nine, bolstered by their clones, began their killing spree in the small town of Killington, setting traps and bodies in a spiral outwards from a message in the town hall. One [[Nice Guy]] was left behind to ambush the investigation team, which was made up of the [[Red Hand]], the Undersiders, Weaver, and [[Golem]]. The Nice Guy was killed by Imp. Jack Slash also left a message for Golem, telling him that he didn’t meet his deadline. In spite of this, Jack Slash gave Golem another chance to kill him, without help. The deadline for this was set for five days away on the 24th at noon. Following this, multiple teams of Parahumans worked together in order to chase down the remaining clones and kill them.<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/sting-26-1/ Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.1]]</ref> 

Jack Slash then went to Ellisburg in order to recruit [[Nilbog]] and his minions. Weaver and Golem attempted to convince Nilbog not to join, but Nilbog attacked, resulting in Weaver grievously wounding him. His monsters, in revolt, join with Jack, who escapes with Nilbog’s body.<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/sting-26-4/ Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.4]]</ref> 

The Slaughterhouse Nine were then pursued into their pocket dimension. The Nine having taken [[Aster]], Weaver killed her along with a Cherish and a Screamer in case Aster’s power was what sparked the end of the world. The rest of the Nine escaped the pocket dimension.<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/sting-26-6/ Excerpt] from [[Sting 26.6]]</ref> 

Golem and Weaver’s group pursued them to [[Los Angeles]], which had been warped by [[Bohu]]. They confronted Jack, Gray Boy, the remaining Siberian, and other various members of the Slaughterhouse Nine Thousand.<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/interlude-26a/ Interlude 26.a]</ref> 

After observing how Jack seemed to be aware of everything around him, Golem ordered a PRT trooper to attack Jack, successfully distracting him for a few seconds. Sensing weakness, Grey Boy looped Jack before being killed by Foil. Jack was buried in containment foam.<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/interlude-26b/ Interlude 26.b]</ref> 

Despite being trapped, Jack was able to talk to Scion about his views on predation and cruelty. Scion broke Gray Boy’s loop and then went on to destroy the United Kingdom, beginning Gold Morning.<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/interlude-26/ Interlude 26.x]</ref> <!-- 
<ref name="I25e1">[[Bonesaw|Her]] eyes tracked the rows and columns of incubation chambers.  They weren’t her field either.  A different row for each member of the Slaughterhouse Nine, past or present.<br><br>[[King]]<br>[[Screamer]]<br>[[Harbinger]]<br>[[Breed]]<br>[[Crimson]]<br>[[Gray Boy]]<br>[[Nyx]]<br>[[Psychosoma]]<br><br>There were ten of each in various glass chambers. The original members. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/interlude-25/ Excerpt] from [[25.x|Interlude 25]]</ref>
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