Chapter 146: Pantheon?
"My name—my real name, that is—is Hope Lauren. And I'm proud to say that I'm working alongside the Hero Branch-"
Myth squeezed down on the phone, causing it to shatter and explode.
"Well, there goes my phone..." Kyle muttered.
"I'll build you a new one." Metal Ronin promised sheepishly.
"So, I'm judging by your reaction that you didn't know about that, Myth?" Paragon questioned the new Sub Enforcer leader, barely hiding her own blinding rage.
Myth was in his human form but seemed to have almost grown in size, fists clenched and teeth ground together. "No," he said, doing his best to hold back his anger. "I had no idea the Hero Branch would go this far."
After saving Kyle, Paragon and the boy had watched the recording one of her people had discovered. The one where 'Cinder' revealed herself to the world and even gave away her identity. It caused Sky's anger to flare up a bit. It was targeted at her. The way that Ward smiled into the camera. She just knew that the bastard had thrown Hope under the bus just to get one last kick in at her for disobeying his direct orders. It was the kind of thing a sick man like him would do.
They had made their way over to Myth's tower and now stood in the destroyed building that held the Sub Enforcers' base. They weren't in the realm; the Sub Enforcers had just gotten back from a patrol, so instead, they all scattered around the destroyed lobby room.
Outside, hundreds of tents had been set up where Oleander's people tried to set up some sort of semblance of normal life; all the while, the 'Giants' walked the street patrolling the entire city, looking for any bit of crime. At first, the Giants had only stayed near the destroyed bridge. The Cleanup Squad Giants were putting buildings in place and slowly moving out across the city to repair them, but they hadn't made much progress. The roaming soldier Giants had stayed near that area, keeping all the humans that camped around it safe.
Battery had left, though. That was the reason she picked now to find Myth. She still remembered the way he acted. The changes that had consumed him. She didn't know what he was plotting, but after he left the city, the Giants began to move quicker, and their patrol area grew further.
"We all know it's a fake." Oxide pointed out. "We could tell people, right? Make a video or a post or something calling it out."