<br /><br />Prince: Part 14c – Valiant’s Last Stand

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Saturday, February 14

Prince: Part 14c – Valiant’s Last Stand

“Jim-Bean?” shouted Hammer into his cistron. “Jimmy?”

Nothing but the blaring of the car horns and alarms greeted him.

“This is Agent Hammer calling for backup!” he pulled Caprice out of the car. He was unconscious but alive. “Two agents down, repeat, two agents …”

He trailed off as the rubble of the warehouse shifted. There was no way anyone could survive that.

Jim-Bean stretched to a standing position, rubble sliding off the fading telekinetic force field. He made his way out of the rubble towards Hammer, the Spiritual Reservoir in his hands.

Hammer limped over towards him, reloading his Glocks. “Look out!” he shouted.

Jim-Bean turned. Valiant rose like a phoenix out of the rubble, but unlike Jim-Bean’s slow stretch he burst from the wreckage with a roar.

Jim-Bean held up the Spiritual Reservoir. The soft glow sputtered. “It’s over, Valiant.”

“No,” snarled Valiant, stalking towards him. “No!” He put one hand out, fingers outstretched in a choking motion.

Nothing happened.

“They’re all dead,” said Jim-Bean. “The power’s fading.” [MORE]