FireBat

I remember team building with teleport on top of the tall buildings in steel canyon. On person would just off the building and we'd try to TP them back to the top before they crashed to the ground.

I remember it being more fun when we'd both Tp and switch places simultaneously.

PH sounded preoccupied, thought Kooper. She was clearly disturbed that Murg had disappeared, yet she seemed distracted. Some meeting was going on, and it seemed to have the heroes at HQ on edge. I didn’t have time to get details, I had to get back on the trail, I need answers. I will not leave here without answers.

I remember meeting him the first time at the cardinal’s office. It was the same day I was sent to deal with Lord Omar. It was my last day as a normal human. I did not realize it at the time, but it must have been his doing that doomed me. I believe the cardinal referred to him as Balke. I was only a captain, so I was not privileged to mingle with the members of high society.

It was several years later, possibly decades, the past is fuzzy to me still from the time I was under the curse. It was as if I was an outside observer to the events of those years, helpless to do the right thing, but that is another story all together.

It was the second time I seen this “Balke”, through the eyes of the curse that I realized he was not just some French nobleman. Through the orders of the master, myself and 3 others were to bring a group of villagers to the palace. The master no longer hunted, he didn’t need to, he had us. When we brought the villagers in, we were dismissed as the help often was, like trained dogs. As the doors closed behind us I heard screams and cries for help. For a moment, I seemed to be in control of me, and turned to try and see what was happening. that’s when I was stopped by a 7 inch dagger piercing my shoulder, and a club to the head. The pain was not so bad, not nearly as bad as the feeling of viewing my life under the control of the count. In any case, at the other end of the dagger was Balke. He admonished me and told me that I was never to see the master.

Of course now I realize that Balke was the masters keeper. I had always assumed the master met his demise at the hands of the hunters, but had that been the case, Balke would have perished as well. He must be the reason I am free of the curse; for that reason, I should be grateful, but I must hold true to what is right. I must make right the atrocities of my past, even if they were not in my control. Balke was a cruel and evil man, twisted by power. I am certain that he is not here for the good of mankind.

The Man in the boathouse, was Balke. Since the release of the curse, I have not encountered another who was like me. If Balke is like me, the heroes of paragon city have a true adversary. If Arachnos is recruiting super powered villains, this is worse than I thought. PH said Something “Big” was happening, and I must be in the cusp of it. Murg must have been as well.

I cannot let this distract me, I must get back on Murgs trail...