After graduating from beacon zeke sought out methods to perfect his stealth and recon abilities but ignored his combat capabilities causing them to become very rusty. this is not to say that this was an incorrect choice since not everyone can juggle the balance between two different hunter types. zeke traded his combat ability for mastery over all things stealth related , this changed however when zeke was forced into a melee with a grim horde to protect the city that he barely survived at the cost of both his left arm and right leg below the knee.
Left in desperate straights zeke used his stealth expertise , what remained anyways , to become a professional thief. he was good too as he remained uncaught for nearly six years despite the flaws his fake limbs created. one day zeke had heard of the super advanced prosthetics of the titan corporation that had none of the defect of the other models and were even slightly better than normal limbs. this had caught his attention as he couldn't remember how many times he had almost been caught because of the current prosthetics he had. zeke cased the corporation building for two weeks before getting the confidence to get in get the prosthetics and get out undetected.
That was obviously not what had happened as the corporation building was personally outfitted with security measures that would make even the most paranoid person blush. things like pressure weighted floors , hallways that became endless if a person without clearance tried to take them and even trained fish in tanks that hit a button every time someone passed their tanks telling the security forces who double checked the cameras to verify that persons clearance. zeke was left speechless when he learned that the reason he was captured was because of a bunch of well trained fish in a tank he ignored.
Leon was not someone to pass over talented people and made zeke a deal he couldn't refuse and the rest as they say , is history. "lets not keep eric waiting i want to be done with this mess by months end after all." leon said before flashing forward over the rooftops. this was zeke's favorite part of working for leon , the fact he had someone just as good as himself at stealth if you were to remove his semblance , if not even better.
No one noticed the two men flitting about over the tops of the buildings in the entire five minute journey through the city to the devil's den. leon wasn't surprised to see the club with constant incoming and outgoing foot traffic even if most of the people involved didn't work for him. it was easy to tell who did and didn't belong to the group as all of leons people wore an unforgeable badge pinned to their chest in the shape of a pair of bat wings crossed over a sword. the reason they couldn't be forged was that each pin was actually an advanced life monitor that set off the security measures if not synced to the system.
Anyone who thought they could just use a badge that looked the same to infiltrate the group quickly learned that it wouldn't work as not a single spy had successfully infiltrated so far. an added layer of insurance leon had was that he personally made a deal with each and every member of his group that guaranteed their loyalty or cost them their lives in a horrific manner. this dissuaded people from trying to officially join to work as a double agent because they then become double agents against whoever sent them or die.
A few people looked like they wanted to question leon as he skipped the line but the reverence and respect the devil den members showed him made those people bite their tongues. all of the devil's den members were excited to see leon since they were sure that now he was here the situation would stabilize quickly. eric also noticed leon's entrance and sighed in relief since he had been drowning in work this past week as leon was missing. no one knew if leon had survived his fight against the wyvern but eric knew how ridiculous leon was and had faith he would resurface eventually.
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