open starter // robert robertson aka mechaman
Shroud has killed him once before. He fulfilled his family's legacy, he died in his suit but then... But then he came back. Air filled his lungs again and his heart started beating just long enough for the medical team who found him to put him in a medically induced coma. This will be the second time Shroud has killed him. His death is faster this time due to Shroud putting a bullet to his brain. He's not sure how his powers work but he thought a bullet tearing through his skull would be impossible to come back from. Turns out he was wrong.
Dying is easy. Coming back is the hard part. When he comes back he immediately chokes on water. Shroud fucking through him in the river. Wonderful. Thankfully Shroud saw no point in tying up a dead man so his hands and legs are free. He swims to the surface, coughing and sputtering all the while. Although he manages to break the surface he can't seem to get the traction he needs to actually swim to the shore. The river pulls him and painfully bounces off a few logs and rocks before finally crashing into the shore.
Thankfully the bullet hole is fully healed so he doesn't have water inside his head on top of the fresh cuts and bruises scattered across his body. Once on the shore he pushes himself up into a sitting position. He still has his phone but it's water logged and won't turn on. Fuck. And if the distant twinkling lights are anything to go by he's on the outskirts of the city. "Looks like I'm either walking home or stealing a car."
He walks limps about four miles before help finds him.
