[ He leans forward in his seat, elbows on his thighs, and clasps his hands in front of him. This is going to take some explaining. ]
Stormwatch Zero consisted of Amaze, Impetus, Crow Jane, Lamplighter, Stalker, Midnighter and myself. Our first mission was to retrieve something Bendix called a 'bio-mass reactor' or something like that - to this day I'm still not entirely sure what that actually was...
[ There's an edge of humour to his words there but it's quickly lost as Apollo's expression darkens. ]
What we found was terrible. Awful. It was both human and mechanical - it was generating its own guards, out of human flesh... twisted, monstrous creatures, like something out of a horror film. [ His brow pinches in a frown. ] It fought back as soon as it sensed us. We were totally unprepared for it. It was a nightmare.
[ Apollo pauses, then shakes his head sharply with a grimace. ]
And Bendix - fucking Bendix! He'd programmed the transporter not to pull us out unless we had the reactor with us. So Bendix left us there, trapped.
It was a total massacre. Only Midnighter and I survived from the entire team. [ He spreads his hands in a jaded shrug. ] And that's when we went on the run together. The Authority didn't form until five years later.
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[ He leans forward in his seat, elbows on his thighs, and clasps his hands in front of him. This is going to take some explaining. ]
Stormwatch Zero consisted of Amaze, Impetus, Crow Jane, Lamplighter, Stalker, Midnighter and myself. Our first mission was to retrieve something Bendix called a 'bio-mass reactor' or something like that - to this day I'm still not entirely sure what that actually was...
[ There's an edge of humour to his words there but it's quickly lost as Apollo's expression darkens. ]
What we found was terrible. Awful. It was both human and mechanical - it was generating its own guards, out of human flesh... twisted, monstrous creatures, like something out of a horror film. [ His brow pinches in a frown. ] It fought back as soon as it sensed us. We were totally unprepared for it. It was a nightmare.
[ Apollo pauses, then shakes his head sharply with a grimace. ]
And Bendix - fucking Bendix! He'd programmed the transporter not to pull us out unless we had the reactor with us. So Bendix left us there, trapped.
It was a total massacre. Only Midnighter and I survived from the entire team. [ He spreads his hands in a jaded shrug. ] And that's when we went on the run together. The Authority didn't form until five years later.
It was a long five years.