[b][i][u]Two Weeks Ago
An apartment block[/u][/i][/b]

The area was abuzz with noise as police began blockading off the area around the entrance of the apartment block. A couple of wannabe super villains had taken a family hostage far up the building, and rigged it with explosives just in case their plan should fail. Inside the building the situation wasn't much better. The 'villains' were nervous and jumpy, they were far from ready for a situation like this. 

The chief of police was getting ready to call in the SWAT. No hero had arrived on scene yet and it was far too risky to allow this to go on, even if his actions risked the life of one or two of the family members. Just then, a call rang out, someone had spotted a red light moving and gliding in the dark high above them. A spotlight quickly moved to track it. Hal was scoping out the building, finding the exact point to enter at for maximum success.

As quickly as he was spotted he was missing again. He leaped at the building and gripped onto a ledge, peering over and into the room at the situation. He grabbed his silenced pistol with his weaker arm and shot out the light before quickly ducking back down.
"The fuck just happened?!" Shouted one of the villains.
"They cut the power you idiot" replied another, moving to the window to look down at the crowd. Perfect, exactly as, Hal had planned. He reached up and gripped the villain by his shirt before tossing him out of the building and far to the ground below. He quickly hopped into the building soon after, skulking about in the shadows before quickly subduing a second hostage taker with a quick punch. Unfortunately, the final villain had now turned on a lamp in the corner of the room. 

The villain held the mother of the family at gunpoint, threatening to blow her brains out if, Hal didn't leave. Hal grinned, his knee began moving and locking behind itself until he was fully ready for the next part of his plan. A shot rung out within the apartment as a bullet flew from the gun hidden in Hal's knee and into the hand of the villain, flying through it and getting stuck in his shoulder. Hal quickly sprinted up, gripping him by the neck before dragging him out of the room and into the hallway. The next part was not for children. He felt the AI slowly begin seeping into his brain as he jammed his hands under the teeth of the villain. He slowly began prying his jaw and head away from each other until finally the screaming stopped and he snapped the jaw off. He left the corpse there, escaping out into the night as he had done time and time again.

[b][i][u]Present day[/u][/i][/b]

Hal sat in a seedy bar he was known for appearing in. He was rocking back in his chair, his mechanical leg gripping onto the table in front of him to keep him stable. The TV was playing the news quietly, the president had just been murdered on live television. A small grin grew on Hal's face. As sadistic as it sounded, this meant that he actually had someone who posed a challenge to fight.

He made his way out of the bar, the city was practically deserted, everyone was inside watching the news. He looked out into the distance, the cops were chasing seemingly nothing. He made his way in their direction, spotting a rather strange woman touching the floor. He thought nothing of it, strange people were more common in this town than the normal ones. He did get a slight jolt of shock when he heard a 'thunk' as he stepped over the area where she had touched. But thought nothing of it and moved on. Time to wait for the bounty to come in.