"Tear the metal man apart."
Silas pointed a jagged crystalline finger toward the center of the courtyard. The pale blue mutant did not raise his voice. He issued the command with the lazy arrogance of a king addressing his executioners.
Three figures emerged from the dark corridors of the hospital emergency wing. The fading light illuminated their grotesque biological enhancements.
A woman stepped forward. Thick ridges of calcified bone protruded directly through her pale skin. The dermal plating covered her forearms and her jawline like organic armor.
A tall man flanked her right side. He possessed elongated muscular thighs. The dense muscle fibers bulged against his torn jeans. His anatomy was engineered for terrifying kinetic bursts of speed.
A third survivor lurked in the shadows.
