Blood on the Asphalt biker
This place was cleaner than a hospital and more armed than a battleship.
"Welcome home, Vanguard," a voice echoed from the shadows of the upper gantry.
We looked up.
Standing on the walkway, leaning on a cane made of black carbon-fiber, was a man. He wore a simple grey mechanic’s jumpsuit, grease stained on the cuffs. His hair was white, his face lined with the deep grooves of a man who had stared into the sun too long.
Marcus Steele.
He wasn't the glowing, ascended being we had seen in the Hall of Origins. He looked older, heavier. Mortal.