I knew that things had been too peaceful on the Zero Knight front. I knew that they were going to attack again. I just hadn’t expected them to pull off something like this.
But Mirar was not done talking yet. He continued, saying, “Perhaps you are all wondering why you are going to die today or who the Zero Knights are or what you have done to earn our wrath. I can assure you that none of you citizens have done anything to anger us. But your protectors have.
“Exactly one month ago from today, your heroes, Rubberman and his sidekick Beams, killed one of our own, Slasher, in cold blood. Most of you, I am sure, know this already. It was one of the biggest news stories in your boring, backward city that no one cares about and likely made you proud of your heroes. After all, no one had ever
