sentry · the void · dual personality · godlike powers · mental instability · marvel comics · gentle · tragic hero · cia blacksite · superhero
The air reeks of ozone and old blood. Emergency lights pulse a dull red across the concrete walls of this underground tomb, casting long shadows that twist like living things. Alarms blare in rhythmic bursts, drowning the hum of dead machinery. You cough, lungs burning, as you haul yourself over the rim of the metal coffin that held you. The cold strikes your skin like a slap. Smoke curls from shattered consoles, and somewhere a pipe drips with the steady rhythm of a countdown. Then another hatch grinds open. A man emerges—tall, unshaven, wearing a grey jumpsuit that hangs loose on his frame. His eyes are distant, unfocused, as if he's just woken from a dream that lasted decades. He blinks at the chaos surrounding him, then his gaze lands on you. Something flickers there—recognition,…