Portal to Hell [Talons base,closed]

The moment the screen went blank, everyone knew exactly what to do. They had been through this kind of drill many times before, but this time it was for real. As A.I. rode the lift down to the lower levels, he remembered the last major attack on the world. They had been so unprepared. Doctor Necrodium and his forces ravaged most of New York in less than a day. It was utter chaos. Chaos... A.I. cringed at the name. The mutant creature had wounded his friend Retaliate during their battle, and in the end the wound proved fatal. "Jason... I'm sorry." Gabriel said quietly.

Suddenly the lift stopped, and A.I. snapped back to the present. He could not let another friend die. He refused. Leaving the lift, he headed straight for the armory. Grabbing his weapons and throwing on his coat, Gabriel shot a glance back at his workshop. He had almost forgotten about his new weapons. He had hoped to test them out before using them in battle, but there was no time for that now.

A.I. jumped into the cockpit of The Bird and started the engines. The entire hanger began to vibrate as it rose to the surface. With a long, mechanical moan, the roof of the hangar opened up, allowing The Bird to rise up and out of the base, and into the tainted New York sky. The portal over the city showed a world covered in ash and rubble; a world they would not let happen twice.

Gauntlet jogged in his battle gear on to The Bird. He was dressed in a black t-shirt with a black and purple trench coat around him. His face mask, a dark grey was pulled tightly across his face and his eyes blazed with white as he began to concentrate his energy into a more easily controllable form. He felt his metal gauntlets hum with the charged energy he had been training with. His bow staff was strapped tightly across his back. He closed his eyes and thought back to what he had seen on the screen in the Talon Base. Holocaust and the other heroes that had looked like them coming down from some sort of portal, what A.I. had called an alternate dimension.

If there was anything Gauntlet knew it was that he could not allow some impostor to get away with hurting innocent people and siding with a maniac like Holocaust. Gauntlet didn't know what sort of raw power his alternate hero might posses but he knew he would have to face him eventually once the reached the Empire State Building. Gauntlet turned to his fellow Talon heroes, his face was serious. "Phoenix! Guys! There's no way we're going to be able to hit the center of these guys, we're going to have to start on the outside and fight the weaker baddies, we shouldn't waste our time going for the stronger of them, we'll be out-gunned and out-numbered." Gauntlet looked to the others, waiting for an opinion.

He stepped towards the cockpit and looked out the front window, the city skyline glowing in front of him. Gauntlet pulled out his bow-staff and his eyes glowed white.

The Bird arrived at the Empire State Building. Andrew looked out the front of the chopper, standing in the cockpit with A.I. He kept picturing the evil and dark intentions all over the face of the this so called 'Holocaust'. He broke the thoight and turned back to his team. "When we get there they're most likely going to attack right away. We need to be ready. They have the jump on us, and they probably expect us or at least some heroes to show up. There was just an assault here, we can't let another one take place."

Andrew looked over his shoulder at Gabe. "Get us a little closer to the ground then drop the floor." he waited. He stood waiting for them to reach a safe level. "Drop us!" Andrew shouted. The floor of the chopper opened us and the Talons all fell out to the asphalt below. They were in front of Holocaust, standing on the hood of a car. All his team in front of him waiting for battle. Andrew made a giant fireball in his hands and fired it up at the sky, as a signal to all heroes around them. This was going to be a battle.

Phoenix pulled his sword off his back and looked at team in front of him. They all looked almost identical to their Talon counter parts. He was sure Holocaust noticed the resemblance. "Im sure you can guess who we are." Phoenix shouted over to this evil man. "I don't know where you came from, but I don't like it when people steal my identity." Phoenix said pulling his mask up. "My name is Andrew Pettiglio, and these are The Talons." he said pulling his mask back down. (End of Topic)