"Look at those creepy freaks," a human mercenary muttered, spitting on the floor near an Executor’s boots. "They give me the chills. They don't even breathe.""Director Smith says they are the future of the army," another human laughed nervously. "I say they are just broken robots. If the power goes out, they are useless."Jayden watched them from the shadows of the high catwalk.In the past, Jayden would have jumped down into the middle of the room. He would have announced his presence. He would have fought them all face-to-face, relying on his massive strength and his healing magic to survive the bullets. But Jayden had learned a new way to fight.He did not want to just beat their bodies. He wanted to break their trust. He wanted the government’s army to tear itself apart.Jayden melted into the absolute darkness of the catwalk. He moved in perfect silence. His Indelible Existence meant he had complete control over his physical form. His boots made zero sound on the metal grating.

The heavy, cold rain washed over the concrete streets of Washington, D.C.The capital of the United States of America did not look like a place of freedom anymore. It looked like a giant military prison. Tall, thick walls of black steel surrounded the government buildings. Heavy tanks parked on the wet grass of the public parks. Soldiers holding assault rifles stood on every street corner. They watched the dark shadows, shivering in the freezing wind.Inside the largest, most heavily guarded building in the city, the bright lights were blinding.This was the Grand Capitol Broadcasting Center. It was a massive room filled with expensive cameras, thick black cables, and dozens of reporters. The reporters sat in neat rows of chairs. They held their notebooks tightly. They looked very nervous. They knew that if they asked the wrong question, they would be arrested and thrown into a dark cell.At the front of the room was a wide wooden stage. A tall man stood behind a polished wooden podi

Jayden looked at the gun. His face showed absolutely no fear. Jayden took a slow, heavy step forward.BANG! Sterling pulled the trigger. The bullet hit Jayden directly between the eyes.The bullet instantly smashed into a flat metal disc and fell to the floor. Jayden did not even blink.Jayden took another step. BANG! BANG! BANG!Sterling emptied the entire gun into Jayden’s face and chest. The gun clicked empty. Click. Click. Click.Commander Sterling threw the empty gun at Jayden. It bounced harmlessly off Jayden’s chest.Jayden stopped. He was standing exactly two feet away from the Commander.Sterling scrambled backward until his back hit the heavy brick wall at the back of the stage. He had nowhere left to run. He pulled his knees up to his chest, trying to make himself look as small as possible.The reporters in the room held their breath. The millions of people watching the live broadcast leaned forward.They expected Jayden to raise his foot and crush the Commander's skull. Th

The Executor pulled a heavy metal chain around her chest. It locked the chain to a metal ring on the wall. The metal was freezing cold. It cut into her ribs.Next to her, the other Executor chained little Toby to the wall."Chloe, I'm scared!" Toby wept, pulling on the heavy metal chains. His small hands were turning blue from the cold."It's okay, Toby," Chloe lied, trying to reach her hand out to touch him. But the chains were too tight. She could not move her arms. "I'm right here."All around the massive military bunker, hundreds of innocent people were chained to the walls. They covered the heavy steel doors. They covered the concrete sides. It was a literal wall of human flesh.If Jayden wanted to punch the bunker, he would have to punch through a human being.If Jayden wanted to rip the heavy steel doors open, the thick chains would rip the civilians apart.The government had created a perfect, evil trap. They knew Jayden’s only weakness. His weakness was not magic. His weaknes

The thick steel doors of the military bunker melted into glowing, boiling liquid. Drops of white-hot metal fell to the wet asphalt with a loud hiss. Sssssss.Jayden stepped through the burning hole. He stood inside the dark, concrete bunker. The heat radiating from his body was incredible. His wet, torn grey coat steamed in the cold air. His eyes burned with a terrifying, violent mixture of dark gold and bloody crimson red.Fifty heavily armed human mercenaries were trapped inside the room with him.A minute ago, these men were laughing. They were hiding behind innocent civilians chained to the walls outside. Now, the civilians had run away, and the mercenaries were backed into a corner."Shoot him!" the mercenary captain screamed. His voice cracked with absolute panic. He pointed his heavy assault rifle at Jayden’s chest.The fifty men pulled their triggers.BRAT-TAT-TAT-TAT! Hundreds of heavy, armor-piercing bullets flew across the small concrete room. The noise was deafening. The m