Shortly under an hour later, from another rooftop, he watched Adamantia walk back out into the open air.
StarkRavingMad
Stories by StarkRavingMad
No one spoke for several long minutes. They stood in the street, watching the last rays of the setting sun filter as dusk settled over the city. Suddenly the doors of the building swung back onto their hinges and slammed shut.
"Did I mention this was completely loco?" Emerald Ghost had never looked so tense.
"He was the best of them. One of the greatest heroes our country had ever known. But then... something happened."
Ricky Sanchez stood nervously behind his two friends, fellow initiates in the Skulls gang.
"What do you mean, he's in a meeting?" Effigy practically shouted over the echo of chatter of the Freedom Corps outer lobby.
About four hundred some odd yards from the security gate between Galaxy City and Perez Park, the front doors of one of the area's many abandoned tenements flew open with a loud crash.
The chanting of the apprentices began to falter as one by one, several confused faces turned to look at Natalia.
"I don't know which is worse. Feeling like you're on the way up and getting knocked down, or looking around and realizing you how far you still have to climb."
