10-18-2017, 07:35 PM
The streets continued to seem worse, and worse every time Matthew went out. Earlier in the day he had faced down a lot of muggers, and thieves. Sure he had gotten the job done then, but he was beginning to wear out. Matthew groaned once more as he drove his motorcycle through the streets of Tier Five which were in need of repair. As he stared at the graffiti stained walls of one of the buildings that had been lit on fire, he could have sworn he heard a…. “HELP ME” The scream of a little girl was heard from the interior of the building. Matthew scowled and promised himself that he was going to track down her parents. Who left a kid in a burning building? And why was the building on fire, anyway? It wasn’t like this was supposed to be something that happened. This was most definitely not going to be a fun activity, to say the least. Firing his grapple gun he'd scale to the window.
"Get back," He'd say to the girl. Wisely, she complied. Using his bo-staff, he'd shatter the window that held the girl inside the building. The heat was suffocating and miserable. When some of the smoke hit him in the face, Matthew was thankful that his mask as "Red X" concealed all visual response. Leaping into the building, he'd grab onto the girl, and grapple down with her to the base of the building.
Fifteen minutes later, an ambulance arrived. Matthew talked with them.
"So someone's going around doing arson, right?"
"Yes, he calls himself.. Inferno. "
"And Inferno is?" asked Matthew.
"A supervillain."
Oh hell no. A super villain was not going to get his jollies by targeting the innocents, if Matthew had any say in the matter. But first, he was going to need a lot more equipment before he could hope to deal with something on that scale.
"Get back," He'd say to the girl. Wisely, she complied. Using his bo-staff, he'd shatter the window that held the girl inside the building. The heat was suffocating and miserable. When some of the smoke hit him in the face, Matthew was thankful that his mask as "Red X" concealed all visual response. Leaping into the building, he'd grab onto the girl, and grapple down with her to the base of the building.
Fifteen minutes later, an ambulance arrived. Matthew talked with them.
"So someone's going around doing arson, right?"
"Yes, he calls himself.. Inferno. "
"And Inferno is?" asked Matthew.
"A supervillain."
Oh hell no. A super villain was not going to get his jollies by targeting the innocents, if Matthew had any say in the matter. But first, he was going to need a lot more equipment before he could hope to deal with something on that scale.