Snippet #2819640

In the undercity below Titan’s Fall, there is a lovely district colloquially referred to as “Shield-Town.” Being built out of what was once a gigantic scrap heap, the excess metal was bolted, welded, and slapped together over the years into arguably the most stable and fortified of all the under cities districts. Which was a good thing when the entirety of said town is the territory of a rogue metahuman. A metahuman that is the definition of the word Tank.

Alexander Dalton was bored out of his skull. Fully kitted out in his Aegis costume, the man lounged on top of one of Shield-Town’s taller buildings. Today has been going slow. He was in between jobs from Nowhere and there hadn’t been any tech left at his place for maintenance lately. He had hoped going out to patrol would have led him to some sort of action. Two and a half hours in, nothing. Not a peep. A monster hunt would be great right now. Heck even some dumb new villain. This whole day has been nothing but dreck, I want something to happen. I don’t even care what.

Radio static coming from his helmet, which was currently laying on the roof two feet from Alex, snapped him out of his sulking. A quick systems check later and a familiar voice came through the com link.

”Are you seriously still moping around on some rooftop my guy?” Dean’s voice came in thick with fake disappointment.”Says the man who can’t pick up any vid or chatter on anything worth my time. Seriously, if it were anymore peaceful I’d think I was in some other city. Not the ass crack of Titan’s fall deep underground.” Alex sat up with a grunt and began to stretch.

”Cant have every day be full of excitement Boss. Most people are kind of intimidated by you after all. I mean a Brute with Force fields and versatile as yours? If I didn’t know any better I’d be calling bullshit.” Alex rolled his eyes and snorted. ”When you put it like that, it sounds like I should try branching out. Maybe see if any of the others would like some extra hands in the other territories.” Wasn’t a bad idea all things considered. Shield-Town was a tight knit community that didn’t take crap from anyone, powered or not. That couldn’t be said the same for any of the other districts. Dean made a humming sound on the other end, mulling over the idea. ”Might be onto something there. Been a bit since you’ve kept tabs on the other rogue’s and their problems yeah? Wouldn’t hurt to put some of them on the horn an- wouh hold that thought.” Welp, there goes boredom.

The armored rouge instantly went on edge. ”Got something?” There was a few seconds of silence before Dean let out a long whistle. ”Picking up chatter of someone being chased by a beast. Bit early for an incursion and the thing seems to be alone. Hold up. . . . Shit people think it’s a Templar from topside. How the fuck?? Alex had similar thoughts. How, Why, and what was a Templar member doing all the way down here? If he was quick enough, he could hopefully get some answers. Aegis’s eyes flashed a bright sky blue through the lenses of his helmet as he got himself warmed up ”Need a location Dean.” he could practically hear his best friend’s smirk coming from the other end. ”way ahead of ya buddy. Go ahead and get moving.” The rogue didn’t was already leaping off the building, using his power to catapult himself through the air towards his destination.