Free New Age of Heroes 1: The League of Protectors - Dawn of a New Age by Christian Green

request. He was even more
upset when Agent Hardine gave Jason the go ahead and instructed Agent
Mallory to go with Jason.
    Agent Mallory got
back into the elevator cursing silently to himself. The elevator went
back up and opened when it reached the corresponding level. Agent
Mallory and Jason Shaw got out of the elevator and began walking
around. Jason took out a device and began scanning the prisoners.
    “Hey, what’s
that?” Agent Mallory asked. He placed his hand on Jason’s
chest in an attempt to stop him from walking.
    “This little
device will confirm the identity of the prisoners you have here,”
Jason replied.
    Agent Mallory stood
in front of Jason preventing him from moving forward. Well, not
really, because truthfully, Jason could easily move the agent out of
his way if he so desired. Luckily for Agent Mallory, that wasn’t
Jason’s desire.
    “How dare you
come here and accuse us of putting people here illegally?”
Agent Mallory asked angrily.
    “The same way
you can stand there and accuse me and Mr. Blake of trying to sabotage
the facility. Let’s face it, neither side trusts the other and
I’m okay with that. My job is not to get you to like me. My job
is to look after the security of this facility and the safety of its
occupants,” Jason replied.
    Agent Mallory
huffed. “I don’t believe checking on the identity of
these inmates are any of your concern!”
    Jason chuckled and
pushed his way past Agent Mallory with the extreme ease. “What
you believe and what is fact are two different things. The fact is, I
have authority to take any measures I deem necessary in keeping this
facility secure. Right now, I deem it necessary to check the identity
of every prisoner here.”
    Agent Mallory
begrudgingly followed behind Jason cursing silently to himself. Cell
by cell Jason stopped to confirm each inmate’s identity.
Profanity, derogatory comments and obscene gestures were hurled at
Agent Mallory as he passed by the prisoner’s cells.
    There was no love
for the agent. Several of the inmates recognized Jason Shaw as well.
G.U.A.R.D had more captures under their belt than the League, but The
League had their share as well.
    The inmates viewed
both Jason and Agent Mallory as the enemy and desperately wished the
inhibitor field that kept their abilities suppressed would fail.
Jason continued checking each cell while the prisoners continued with
their onslaught of verbal attacks. Jason reached the last cell on the
right hand side and noticed something didn’t quite seem right.
His eyes locked with Erik Masters.

8

    Distress
Signal

    “Did you ever
think when you signed up for the military that one day you would be
doing this for a living?” Garrett asked.
    Agent Hardine
thought about the question and chuckled. In all his years of living,
defending the country from another evolution of humans was not
something he had in mind.
    “I always
thought our greatest enemy would be the Chinese or Russians, not a
group of humans with extraordinary powers.”
    Garrett laughed,“I
always thought it would be some hostile alien race!”
    Three other
technicians inside the room looked at Agent Hardine and Garrett Blake
with surprised expressions.
    “So what do
you think of us?” Garrett asked as he sat down and began going
over the systems.
    “Excuse me?”
    Garrett chuckled to
himself realizing the last thing they were talking about were aliens.
He rephrased his question. “Post Humans, what do you think of
Post Humans?”
    Agent Hardine
thought about the question for a moment. It was a tough question for
him to answer and he didn't want to say something that was offensive.
“I think Post Humans are a great threat to this world. For
example, you have the ability to communicate with electronics
correct?”
    Garrett confirmed.
    “So at any
given time you can walk up to an ATM and tell the machine to give you
money. Do you see what I mean? That type of power is dangerous.”
    Garrett understood
where Agent