Antimatter took another drink of his Whiskey, contemplating what to be doing for the next little while. He never intended to stay in Astoria for very long, just put down Lockheed and leave. This place was too full of High Epics to make a permanent residence. Most were trying, one way or another, to topple the government
He took another drink of his Whiskey, draining the rest of the glass in one gulp.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw coalescing smoke.
“Damnation!” he jumped backwards and throwing up his hands and preparing to blast it, he also tapped his Intellect. Possibilities flashed across his eyes, searching out something to match whatever this was.
After barely a second, a single name flashed across his memory.
Deathgale.
Startled, Ragnarok smacked Brute with his TK, hitting him with enough force to shatter the ice around them and sent him flying back into the air. He cursed and yanked him back and Brute crashed into the water just off to the side of him.
Ragnarok spun on the newcomer, viewing the epic through a portal.
‘Ice epic’ he thought. ‘With portal powers? Definitely a High Epic, no one else would be stupid enough to challenge him.’
What had he said? Something about territory. Where was he anyway? He was over a river. A big river. Ragnarok went over a map in his head, he had only been five or six miles from Astoria when Brute had jumped at him. That would make this the Columbia River.
Lucentia’s territory.
“I’m sorry for the trouble.” Ragnarok forced himself to say. “I’ll be out of your hair shortly if you’ll allow me to finish my work.” Being polite was a bit difficult, seeing how he’d been interrupted from his job. But, as Ragnarok always said, nothing replaces good manners.
Except fast reflexes.
Brute shot from the water like a bullet and Ragnarok smacked him down just as fast.