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[center][b]Christopher Arthur III[/b][/center]
[center][b]Lost Haven, ME[/b][/center]

	[b]“More of a Dodger's guy myself,”[/b] Icon had responded to Chris’ little quip.

	[color=c0c0c0]“Hmm, I would have never pegged you for a West Coaster, as you don’t look old enough to have been arou— ”[/color] Chris said before he was so rudely interrupted by one of Arlaaekan energy weapons. If it wasn’t for his high-tech armor, the alien soldier would have knocked the Iron Knight off his feet, if not worse. But he easily side-stepped the blast and returned fire with a wrist rocket. While the missile was not powerful enough to incapacitate the alien, it did nonetheless give Chris an opportunity to take to the air.

	[color=ed1c24]”Huh, we? Is she a Guardian too?”[/color] Chris heard Terra Firma call out. He turned his head and saw the metahuman he was referring to: a green haired woman who was turning some of the aliens into stone. All this girl was missing was hair made of snakes to complement this petrification power.

	[color=c0c0c0]“She wasn’t on my recruitment list. Maybe she’s one of Icon’s?”[/color]

	Terra Firma dove straight into the action. After Terra Firma unleashed his metahuman powers against the massive machine, the nearby Arlaaekans focused their attention on the elemental hero. While the Arlaaekans were momentarily distracted by Terra Firma, Chris decided to say hello to the mysterious man atop the alien tank. He launched himself into the air and rocketed skyward until he was face-to-face with the combatant on top of the Arlaaekan tank.

	[color=c0c0c0]“I’ve got a message from my fellow inhabitants of this rock that we call home: pack up your army of E.T.’s back onto your flying saucers and go bully a different planet. We [i]really[/i] don’t like bullies here on Earth,”[/color] Chris declared to the man standing atop the giant war machine. While this individual wore armor similar to the other Arlaaekan soldiers, something felt different about this guy to Chris, something almost human.

	Before either Chris or the mysterious man standing before him could move a muscle, something had burst through one of the nearby storefronts. The crash immediately drew Chris’ attention. The first thing Chris noticed, besides the property damage, was the tentacles, the main feature of this entity. Between the tentacles and the shadowy shroud, Chris could not tell whether this thing was man or beast, only that it existed. Although this thing was focusing its wrath on the alien invaders, Chris was nonetheless still concerned about the potential collateral damage.

	[color=c0c0c0]“Guardians, is anybody going to do anything about the tentacle monster rampaging through the streets?”[/color]