sˌɪlʊwˈɛt ænd mˈɪdnaɪts fˈaɪɚ wɜːɹ ˈɑːpɚɹˌeɪɾɪŋ æz ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt vˌɪdʒᵻlˈæntiz ɪnðə stɹˈiːts ʌv nˈuː jˈɔːɹk, wˌɛn ðeɪ mˈɛt dwˈeɪn bᵻfˌoːɹ hiː hæd bɪkˌʌm nˈaɪt θɹˈæʃɚ, ænd ðə θɹˈiː bɪɡˈæn ɐn ˈɔːɹɡənˌaɪzd ˈɛfɚt tə tˈeɪk dˌaʊn vˈɛɹiəs nˈuː jˈɔːɹk sˈɪɾi kɹˈɪmɪnəl stɹˈiːt ɡˈæŋz.
Silhouette and Midnight's Fire were operating as independent vigilantes in the streets of New York, when they met Dwayne (before he had become Night Thrasher), and the three began an organized effort to take down various New York City criminal street gangs.