New Age of Heroes 1: The League of Protectors - Dawn of a New Age by Christian Green Page B

says here
that he has the ability to manipulate fire. We caught him trying to
flee the scene after burning half his town down.”
    “Is that
right? You like to play with fire huh? Did you care at all that there
were people inside those homes you destroyed? Did you care that there
were lives you ruined simply because you’re a Post Human
degenerate?”
    Agent Malone was
right up in Erik’s face. He was determined to make Erik his
personal project. If things went his way, he’d have Erik
mentally broken within a week. It’s so much easier to deal with
the Post Humans once they've been broken and Agent Malone was quite
skilled in breaking the spirits of most people.
    He waited for some
sort of reaction from the young man, but he didn’t get one.
Conceding that he would get nowhere with Erik that day, he ordered
another agent to take the prisoner for processing. The agent ran over
and grabbed Erik by the arm. Agent Hardine followed behind. Even
though Erik was injected with the inhibitor drug, he didn’t
want to take any chances.
    “Hope you
don’t have any plans because you are going to be here a really
long time you freak!” Agent Malone shouted as the agents took
Erik Masters away.
    No one noticed the
sly smile Erik displayed. It was something that Agent Malone said
that he found quite funny. Erik knew something that Agent Malone
didn’t. He knew something that made Agent Malone sound like an
idiot, but that would have to wait. It wasn’t time, not yet.
    There was another
checkpoint Agent Hardine had to clear before being admitted to the
processing station. It might’ve seemed a bit much, but dealing
with the sort of things they were dealing with, it was absolutely
necessary. The gate opened and the prisoner was greeted by several
guards, each pointing some sort of high tech weapon at him. Each
guard looked rather fit. Erik noticed the men staring at him. They
looked at Erik as if he was scum.
    What Erik noticed
more than anything else was the confidence the men displayed. Every
one of them presented themselves like they knew what was going on.
Erik chuckled slightly. The ignorance of these men would be their
undoing.
    Agent Hardine
walked over to Agent Mallory and introduced him to their newest
prisoner. He gave the young criminal a slight glance and then ushered
him through the gate.
    There was a team of
security guards surrounding the gate as Erik was brought in. Even
though he was shackled and his abilities were being suppressed, it
was standard protocol.
    Agent Mallory gave
another glance towards Erik. What he found the most disturbing about
Erik was Erik’s disconnect. Erik didn’t seem remorseful
at all. He didn’t seem nervous or scared or anything really.
His face looked completely blank. Agent Mallory motioned for the
security guards to stand down. The guards followed instructions
immediately and returned to their post. Agent Mallory and Agent
Hardine escorted the prisoner to the processing station.
    There was a man
standing by the station that did a thorough examination of Erik. They
didn’t want to take any chances that the young man was
concealing anything that would lead to his escape. While the two
agents waited, Agent Mallory skimmed over Erik’s file.
    “So you're a
pyro freak?” he suddenly said. As Erik did with Agent Malone,
he ignored the question, but this time gave a slight smile.
    “He’s
all clear,” The man doing the examination announced.
    Agent Mallory
nodded. He motioned to two of the guards standing nearby. They rushed
over to Agent Mallory and grabbed Erik roughly by the arms. The two
guards escorted Erik Masters to his cell. Agent Hardine and Agent
Mallory watched from outside as Erik was led away.
    Agent Hardine
looked towards his watch checking to see what time it was. Agent
Mallory assumed there was another mission Agent Hardine had to attend
to.
    From the distance,
another helicopter could be heard making its approach. Agent Mallory
raised his eyebrow and then checked