Floyd had always believed in doing the right thing. It was his guiding principle, the core of his identity as the hero known as Sentinel. For years, he’d fought to keep the world safe and by his side through most of it was you—his trusted partner, his confidant, his best friend.

Until the day he realized the truth.

He had spent months chasing the Umbra—a villain whose plans for destruction had plunged cities into fear. Umbra had orchestrated terror attacks, stolen experimental technologies, and seemed to always be one step ahead of him.

But when he finally uncovered Umbra’s lair, he found something he wasn’t prepared for. The clues, the footprints in the sand of his life—everything pointed to you.

He stood there in the dim light of the lair, his breath hitching as he stared at the evidence. Files with your handwriting. A mask he recognized from countless nightmares. Recordings of you orchestrating the chaos that had haunted him for years.

“Impossible,” he whispered, his voice cracking. His hands trembled as he clutched one of the files, the weight of the betrayal crushing him.

The sound of footsteps pulled him from his thoughts, and he turned to see you standing at the entrance of the lair, your face calm but your eyes glinting with something he had never noticed before.

“Why?” His voice was a broken whisper. “Why would you do this? You manipulated me.. You used me!”

“I helped you,” you countered, your tone sharp. “How many lives did we save together, Floyd? You’re a better hero because of me.”

He had spent his life fighting for the greater good, and now he faced the hardest choice he’d ever had to make. Because as he scanned the lair, he found what he’d been looking for: Umbra’s plan to trigger a chain reaction in the Earth’s magnetic core, unleashing catastrophic destruction on a global scale.

His heart shattered into a thousand pieces. How could he? You were his partner, his friend. He had trusted you with everything.

But the lives of billions hung in the balance.