Cast into Hope or Anguish? - [Closed to Valkyrie]

Stepping among the rubble, it seemed a bit difficult to take in. How did this happen? He wasn't in New York when all this destruction came crashing down, but he wished he was. Even if he died among the other heroes that stood against the calamity the city faced, at least he would have tried to prevent it all. He'd grown stronger than he was when he had first become a 'Tough Guy'. He felt it in his bones, in every encounter he came across, experience was being written down in his character as an accomplished hero. Were the heroes in New York really not strong enough to prevent this sooner? Entering an area of New York where a GUN headquarters was designated to be, he only expected what he found. More ruin.

"Pain?" Alan shouted out. His foot ground a piece of rubble to dust as he took a step into the compound of where the group of heroes supposedly gathered. Other than Pain, Sean and Scarletta, he knew of no other member of Tough Guys. Scarletta was a Tough Gal, rather. She was an interesting one. Yet, he had never seen her again since that incident. Nor had he seen Pain since he had become an official member. Though the facility was destroyed, he had hoped nothing happened to any of the members, both the ones he knew and the ones he didn't. Sean was about his only friend, and the individual he went to continuously. Both to assist and be assisted.

Perhaps, part of Sul thought that the ruins would bring the heroes back here. A place to meet, gather, assess their situation and move forward. If this city was destroyed once, it can get destroyed again. Just like every city out there, it needs people with hearts and strength powerful enough to protect it. But, it didn't seem as if anyone was here. Perhaps it was merely a waste of time. Sul grasped an earpiece Pain had given to him in case of contact being necessary. How come he didn't get a call? Would he even have made a difference? He let out a sigh, considering tossing the ear piece among the rubble. But then decided not to. Where else would he go? He had been pretty much on his own from the start. That would basically continue if he let the earpiece go now. There was some chance out there that Pain may contact him again. Some day. Sul leaned his back against a wall, but knew well enough not to put his entire weight on it. The wall wasn't supported by the other three walls to reinforce it.