Prologue
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
-Voltaire
A man walked down the street trying not to be seen. 'If I can just make it to home I'll be fine.' He thought to himself. Up ahead he spotted a police road block. A black Humvee could been see behind it. He ducked into a nearby by pub and walked to the bar.
"What'll it be mate?" Asked the barkeeper. The stranger looked up.
"A bottle of proper scotch whisky."
"That'll be." Before he could finish the customer looked him in the eye.
"It's on the house."
"It's on the house." Repeated the barkeep in robotic fashion.
"Now go away." The barkeep walked away and thought nothing else of his last customer. The man relaxed and began to drink his sorrows away.
A couple of hours later the man left the bar and continued home. As he rounded a block corner he was spotted by two police officers. The pair looked at the photo and at the man.
"Freeze." Yelled one of the officers as both drew their guns. The stranger stopped and raised his arms.
"What seems to be the problem officer." One approached him while one stayed back. As the officer approached him, he holstered his gun and brought out a pair of handcuffs.
"Turn around please." The man did as told. Just before the handcuffs were applied the man spun around and grabbed the officers wrist. As the second officer aimed his gun went flying with a mere look. With a swift blow the first officer was out ands the man advanced on the second. Fear crept into the remaining officers eyes. With in minutes both officers were handcuffed and thrown in their own car. The stranger smiled at his handiwork and walked away. As he neared the end of the block a flatbed tuck came up the road and stopped fifty yards from him. Soldiers spilled out and one walked forward, loudspeaker in hand.
"Major you are under arrest for treason." The Major smiled,
"So I guess you want me to go with you." The man nodded. "No bloody likely." With that the Major turned and ran round the corner.
"After him!"
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"Guys, you may want to see this!" Yelled Jesse. The rest of Mutant X ran to see what the commotion was. Jesse merely pointed at the screen on which a live news report was being broadcast,
"Once again police are advising people in the area to stay indoors. The police have the suspect surrounded in an abandoned building and a special government task force is on its way." With that the camera panned to live pictures from a reporter in the field.
"What was so important about that Jesse?" Asked Shalimar. Jesse pointed at the screen,
"Listen." The reporter was talking to an eye witness
"Sir can you tell us what happened?" Asked the reporter.
"Well, this guy ran into the club as police cars pulled up. Next thing you know, this guy starts shooting fire from his fingers and yells 'Leave me alone!'." The reporter turns back to the camera,
"Well there you are. A man shooting fire from his fingers has been cornered by police in the building behind me. This is Jessica Stern reporting." As the coverage went back to the studio the group was already on the move.
"The four of you get going, I'll say here and monitor the situation." Said Adam
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