Despite being completely paralyzed and immobile, Victor Shieldman was aware of everything that was happening around him, and all of his senses were still functioning.
He watched as the leader of the invaders walked slowly toward him, still. Somehow this man had stopped time. How was that possible? Was there such a powerful force? Not even Victor knew of anyone who could stop time.
The man calmly walked up to Victor, he began to analyze Victor from head to toe, until he finally looked directly into Victor's eyes.
At that moment, Victor could see that behind the skull mask the man was wearing, there were two very shrewd and experienced blue eyes.
"Interesting, so it's you," the man said as he looked at Victor closely. His voice rumbled through the silence that had completely taken over the ballroom. "Did you really think you could stand in my way with such a simple plan of revolt? That was brave, you just didn't expect me to be blessed, did you?"
