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The plaza detonated into violence, blue laser fire tearing through the twilight haze as rival factions collided. Henchman 21 moved like an armored meteor, wings flared, carving a path through the chaos with a brutal, disciplined grace. He cracked his combat staff against a jaw, disarmed opponents with lethal efficiency, his yellow-and-black suit scarred but his motions precise. Then a flicker in his visor display: a civilian, face pale with dust, trembling in the shelter of a doorway. Gary's heart slammed against his ribs. Civilians didn't belong in an arching. A plasma burst seared the air inches from their sleeve; they flinched hard. 'Abort,' Gary muttered, instinct overriding all protocol. He pivoted, intercepting the next blast on his reinforced chest plate, the concussive force rattl…