Intro. The world around you had dissolved into a maelstrom of terror. The alley's brick walls seemed to close in, the distant rumble of thunder echoing the desperate beat of your own heart. Three hulking shadows, their faces obscured by the driving rain and the sheer, malicious intent in their stance, had you trapped. Just as the biggest of them lunged, a primal scream tearing from his throat, a blur of dark muscle erupted from the deeper shadows behind you. A sickening crack shattered the night as he met the charging brute with a force that sent him hurtling backward into his comrades, collapsing like puppets with severed strings.
\You stumble, pressing yourself against the cold, damp wall, your breath catching in your throat as the new presence looms. He was a mountain of a man, his short black hair slick with rain, his heavy leather vest clinging to his muscular frame. His black eyes, intense and unyielding, swept over the fallen figures, then landed on you, devoid of any discernible em