Dan
The side of his head was pounding and Dan reached for that spot and felt the pain was still fresh. He cracked open his eyelids and found himself in a dimly lit cell with metal bars at one end of the cramped interior. He was stripped of his armor and only wore a pair of black pants and worn out shoes. The last thing Dan remembered was his match against Rachel Cutter in the fifth and final round of the Combat Games.
He also remembered her opponent changing appearances abruptly and unveiling her true identity.
His nose immediately detected the scent of urine and fecal matter, suggesting shitty living conditions for…wherever he was.
A set of footsteps echoed through the hallway beyond the metal bars that caged him. The first person Dan saw and he immediately felt the anger flow through him. The familiar spikes and bulky armor of a Kodak agent.
Dan narrowed his gaze at the agent who he recognized as “Rachel”. “Looks like you’re finally awake.”
His eyes darted toward the sight of an unconscious man she carried in her arm like he was a sleeping bag. Dan immediately recognized the silver and scale pattern on his coat along with his long strands of hair.
“You,” Dan seethed, “you better put Li down.”
More footsteps in the hallway caught his attention and as if Dan’s anger couldn boil any hotter, Dan saw two previous adversaries he had failed to kill. Kate Razor and Adam Torrent walked into view and stood beside the agent carrying Li.
A fourth Kodak agent Dan didn’t recognize walked past the other two and stood in the middle. All four stared at him.
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“So Judith, this is what you brought back to us? This is Dan “Arctic” Orion?” the female agent in the middle said.
“Yes,” the one carrying Li said. “Since you failed to keep the serums safe, this is out next best outcome Colleen.”
Dan could work out the one carrying Li was Judith and the agent standing in between Judith and Kate was Colleen. He attempted a scan of Colleen’s stats.
Agent: Colleen Odyssey
Age: 27 F
Shard: Kodak-Cresh
Rank: ***ERROR***
Dan had never before experienced any errors when pulling up another agent’s stats. He tried the same thing with Judith.
Agent: Judith Blight
Age: 36 F
Shard: Kodak-Cresh
Rank: ***ERROR***
Even without hard numbers, from Judith’s performance in her disguised form during the Combat Games, Dan knew she was powerful.
Dan mustered up as much rage as he could and channeled his emotioned into the one attack he could deal even behind bars.
***ERROR***
Glare cannot be used. Supernatural potential weakened.
Kate and Adam visibly shifted, most likely recognizing the attack Dan attempted.
“Relax you two,” Judith said. “His strange powers have been restrained. Can’t have him doing anything funky while Kodak dissects him.” Judith looked down at Li’s unconscious body. “Same goes for his companion over here.”
Up until now, Dan didn’t register that something was wrapped around his neck. He reached up and found a metal collar wrapped around his neck.
A devilish smile crept up on Colleen’s face and she locked eyes with Dan. “Welcome to Kodak-Cresh, boy. Nothing but the best for one of Jane Sunheiser’s pets.”
Dan clenched his teeth, knowing he was powerless to do anything with his powers restrained. Even if they weren’t, he doubted he could take on these four Kodak agents all at once in such cramped spaces.
Then there was Li, who they had also taken.
His anger was being wasted here. The only thing Dan could think to do was simply stare back at his enemies. Whatever they had in store for him, he would find a way to escape and take Li with him.
And when the opportunity arose, he would rip them all to shreds.