The Mobian Agenda
A VALVe/Archie Crossover
By TrueVulcanRaven
Rated: T for Language, Violence
Legal Notice: I do not own these characters. They are copyright Sega, Archie, or VALVe.
"Briefing"
Consciousness flooded his brain with sensory input as he attempted to shake off the mental cobwebs caused by time spent in cryostasis. His tongue felt bloated and sluggish in his mouth as it tried to formulate words. "Let me guess: another assignment?"
"Astute as ever, I ssssssee." His employer's uncanny speech impediment still chilled him to the core whenever he heard it.
From his appearance alone, one would be hard pressed to believe that he was approaching seventy years in age. In all honesty he looked to be no more than thirty. He stood at about five-foot-eleven, and he had the lean but defined build one would expect from a man in his line of work. He kept his rust-colored hair trimmed fairly short, and his goatee was impeccably shaven. The powers that be had long ago corrected his vision at some point during his many years in suspended animation, but he still insisted upon wearing a set of black horn-rimmed glasses. They recalled him saying something about their reminding him of his past before "the incident," so they decided to humor him and replaced the prescription lenses with placebos after the procedure. The most remarkable feature about him, though, was his attire: an armored, orange and black full-body suit. The H.E.V. Mark V was his only possession, the only thing certain in what passed for his life. That feat of engineering prowess was for all intents and purposes the sole reason why he had survived "the incident." He couldn't even begin to count how many times it had saved him from certain death since that fateful day back in New Mexico. The fact that he was now awake more than assured that number was about to grow even greater.
"It would sssseem that your…services are indeed required once again," his employer hissed as time and space bent to convey him to his destination. "Good luck, Dr. Freeman. I daresay you will need it."