Alex emerged out of a manhole in the old town, back streets filled with the forgotten half of the city's population. Nobody out here minded runners, they'd even take them in and help them if it was needed. He heard radio chatter from the police on his comm, it was about his little present, he smiled and hit the switch. Right now the whole chamber would be engulfed in flames, it was similar to a flame thrower, but designed to take out rooms or floors of buildings.
As he moved away from the manhole he saw the light from the fire and the radio chatter suddenly stopped. "Good, now there are even less of them", he muttered to himself before pulling up his hood and setting off for the Spec Ops HQ, a large armoured building just outside the city, a fortress in itself. He vaulted onto an old car and jumped to a ladder, after reaching the top he ran across the roofs, vaulting over the fences and ducking under vents as choppers flew overhead from time to time.
"Boss, you've caused quite a stir today, been busy with the operation then", the voice was female, his guide as the called them in HQ, their job was to keep runners on track and monitor the police traffic.
"Yeah, oh, Alice, keep the gates open for me, I'm coming in", he smiled, would be good to be back in the tower.
"Will do", she paused, "Welcome home boss", he could hear her smiling.