The Indestructibles (Book 2): Breakout by Phillion Matthew

Author:Phillion, Matthew [Phillion, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Superheroes
Publisher: PFP
Published: 2014-10-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32:

About Kate

Titus returned to the Tower to find the Alley Hawk sitting alone in the darkened command center. He appeared asleep — certainly the tiny dog who had taken up residence in the Tower on his lap was out cold — but the older man's eyes clicked open instantly when he sensed Titus approach.

"Everything okay?" Titus said.

"Yeah," Alley Hawk said. "Just a lot of old ghosts in here. A lot of dead friends."

Titus nodded.

"I was trying to review my notes on the Labyrinth, but apparently Neal's an honest machine — he destroyed the files I asked him to when I retired," Alley Hawk said. He set Watson down on the ground. Titus heard the clatter of paws across the floor before feeling tiny feet bang into his knee, demanding to be picked up. He obliged.

"So your notes are gone?"

"I have backup files, but I'll have to retrieve them," Alley Hawk said. "They're in a bolt hole outside the City."

"Good thing for that."

"And everyone thought I was paranoid for keeping notes on how to break into the prison," Alley Hawk said. "I told them we might need to do it someday."

"Last laugh?" Titus said.

"No laughing here," he said.

The older vigilante took Titus in more closely than before, studying him.

"Never met a werewolf in all those years," Alley Hawk said. "Met a guy who thought he was a werewolf. Met a canine creature who'd been forced to evolve into a more human form, but no true werewolves."

"There's really not that many of us," Titus said.

"But the others found you?" Alley Hawk said.

Titus said nothing.

"I'm not going to push. Just an observation. Your file said you were shy and lacked confidence," Alley Hawk said. "The kid in front of me right now is neither shy or afraid."

"I learned a few things," Titus said.

"Good. I hope they were things that will help you survive."

"They were."

Alley Hawk gave an approving shake of his head.

"Had to fight a vampire once," he mused, strangely wistful.

"I hear vampires are all jerks."

"Every damned one of them is a pain in the backside," Alley Hawk said. "Sorry. This is strange. I'm not usually one for musing but . . . All my friends are gone."

"Were you close?"

Alley Hawk gave a definitive no.

"Doc and I had a good understanding of each other. We'd seen darker things than the others," he explained. "And the others . . . I didn't appreciate them. I had no patience for idealists."

"You're a bit of an idealist yourself, aren't you? Like Kate."

"Ah, see, I didn't know I was an idealist back then. I thought I was an avenging bastard of doom," Alley Hawk said. "Your Kate doesn't know she's an idealist either."

"She's not my Kate."

"But you watch out for her," Alley Hawk said.

"When she lets me," Titus said. "She doesn't think she needs it."

"You all need it," Alley Hawk said. "If we'd done a better job looking out for each other . . ."

The Alley Hawk made a big gesture around the room.

"Ghost town in here," he said.

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