The Clockwork Paladin stomped through King's Row terrorizing everyone in it's path and carving an wide path of destruction. It cornered a mother and child in an inescapable pathway.
As the claws of the Paladin charged up, she said quietly to her daughter "Close your eyes honey" and held her daughter tightly.
Suddenly, there was an explosion. She opened her eyes to see the Paladin knocked forward off balance by an energy blast from behind it. Her daughter, no more than six years old looked on smiling and jumping cheering "Heroes! Heroes!"
Flames furiously engulfed it melting steel and iron. Another blast, followed by a bolt of lightning. Soon there a swarm of heroes attacking the Paldin as though angry bees had their hive disturbed. The heroes of Paragon City proved themselves once again at the leadership of Glixar, an outcast alien. The ragtag group pounded at the Paladin until it fell into a flaming pile of molten scrap... That's when the skies darkened and he realized there was a bigger threat.
Glixar looked up flipping his helmet visor up and saw the Rikti destroyers, something he hadn't seen since he left his shattered home world.
Each hero there knew what had to be done. Bounty or not, Glixar had no love for the Rikti and wasn't about to stand idly by as they destroyed another society, nor were any of the indigenous heroes in Paragon City he wagered...
