Feeling The Burn (Empathy Only)

"It's all good man." Phoenix said as he was a bit shocked at how much the man enjoyed hurting these men. He turned to another door. This time it looked like a garage door. "In there." he said. That was where they were keeping the weapons. Phoenix approached the door, and saw it needed a hand scanned. He looked around at the battered men on the ground. He created a giant ball of fire and turned towards the man. "Which one of you clowns can get me in here?" he screamed striking fear into these guards.

Out of pure fear a man screamed "I can!" Phoenix made the fire ball disappear and he walked slowly towards the man. Once standing over him, he grabbed him by the back of the neck and carried him like a baby kitten to the door. "Open it, now." he said in a very serious tone.
"Ok just one second." the man begged.
The scanner read the mans hand and a few beeps went off. "ACCESS GRANTED".
The big door opened slowly. Phoenix punched the man who opened it right in the jaw, knocking him out.
"Thanks buddy." he said to the sleeping guard.

The two heros snuck through the door and took cover behind two crated. Phoenix gave him the run down of the final and most difficult phase of the plan. "Ok, so this room is stockpiled with explosives and biological weapons. We need to make sure we don't blow up New York. You see that giant computer in the center? We need to destroy it. With that gone they can't launch, or look at the blueprints of any of their weapons."

Suddenly a curveball was thrown at Phoenix. "Hello my nuisances." the voice sounded. "I know you're in here. I suggest you come out, and surrender now." It was Dr.Gainsville.
"Crap, crap, crap." Phoenix thought tom himself. He was caught like a deer in headlights.
Phoenix stood up, and looked down at the doctor in the eyes. The doctor cackled and looked up at him.
"Did you really expect to march in here and stop me alone?" he said.
"Wait he doesn't know i'm with this guy." Phoenix said looking down at Empathy.
The doctor stared blankly at him.
"I sent you those emails. I know you're Andrew Pettiglio. I lured you here."
Phoenix felt his face go numb. He was so mad at himself for walking into this.
"Why? What do you have against me?"
"Hahahahahah. In good time boy." the doctor said as lightning stared exfoliating from him.
He pointed his long, wrinkly finger at Phoenix, and fired a streak of lightning at him.
Phoenix rolled out of the way of the electricity, and prepared to fight.

Arthur watched Phoenix dodge away and prepared to move, the mad doctor firing more bolts at his new compatriot. "Oh well, time to fight" he said, rushing out to the side. He doubted the man had enough power to harm him. Arthur leaped closer to man, his palm wide, his other hand out but not in position, he needed to be able to reach if this 'Dr. Gainsfield' tried anything. He hoped that, even if this attack failed, that Phoenix would be able to take him out while Arthur distracted him. "Come on big man, let's tango!" he yelled as he was only a few feet away from Gainsfield.

"NO!" Phoenix screamed at Empathy. Charging at this man blindly was not a smart idea. "I better cover him then." he thought. Phoenix created two fireballs and threw them with force at the doctor. The first one was the diversion and hit the ground in front of him. As expected the doc jumped back. Phoenix took this time to hit him in the chest with a fireball.

Phoenix hopped off the balcony, down to floor level. He set both arms ablaze and dashed at the doctor. Dodging in and out of lightning bolts, he approached the enemy right behind Empathy. He leaped over Arthur and threw a few fire bolts down at Gainsville. Rolling and landing, Phoenix turned quickly and created a bow of fire. He took aim at the doctor and shot an arrow of fire at him. Now they had him surrounded. Phoenix Next took the time to create a large mace of fire, swinging vigorously at the doctor. Making contact with him, the doctor fell back.

"NO. Not like this, I've worked to hard!" the doctor whaled. Phoenix pulled out his sword, and stuck it up to the man's throat. "It's over. The bombs aren't going to go off. You're not destroying the city, and I'm not guna kill you. I'd much rather see you rot in a cell, and play prison bitch." Phoenix made a circle of fire around them. "The fight is done." "No, Andrew. Your fight will never be done." and Gainsville pulled out a detonator. "I'm going to blow this place to kingdom come. The best part? You can't do a damn thing about it." the doctor cackled like a mad man. Pressing the button an explosion went off behind them.

"Fuck!" Phoenix screamed as the room was starting to catch fire. With all his energy he manipulated the fire to not touch him, Empathy, or Gainsville. Losing his grip on the fire, he dug deep and pushed harder. One last generator exploded next to Phoenix. He was able to protect him and Empathy, unfortunately not Gainsville. Half of the doctor's face was set ablaze, and most of his body.

Phoenix blasted a hole in the wall, and turned to Empathy. "Come on we gotta go!" he shouted picking up the scorched doc over his shoulder. He dashed through the opening, up the the stairs and out the back bulk head. One at the top of the stairs he took a large leap about 50 feet, and skidded holding the doctor. "This is the price of evil." he thought to himself looking down at the burnt man. Phoenix put the man down and turned towards Empathy. "You did a really great job tonight. We seemed to work well together. I wan't you to join my team. The Talons. Help save more lives. Help keep more innocent people safe." he pulled out a communicator from his jacket. "What do you say?"