The crowd doesn't clap as I walk through the midnight brown wooden floor in the slightly damaged conference room that was probably scavenged during the attack, they don't know what to make out of my return. Some thought I was dead, some believed that there was some kind of conspiracy, while some just believed that I abandoned them. I'm going to put those theories to rest.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, today I am here to speak to you about change. On May 1 or the holiday known as my birthday". A few people of the crowd let out small smirk while some are still riddled with questions. "The government of the United States of America declared Gothic city a no man's land. They chose to cut us off like a throbbing tumor and they washed their hands with the current situation. Why? Because it costs too much money for them to help us get back in our feet or because it is most likely to get destroyed again in their bureaucratic eyes that are so blinded by their money and power that they forget that they got there because of their people."
"Now some of you might think that I am no better, that I left you to die in the hands of the criminals that now reign over out great city, the truth is upon hearing about the news I flew to Washington to convince them to change their minds but as soon as I set foot in that rat infested ground I was ambushed by S.H.I.E.L.D and they held prisoner in one of their facilities". Stark, Deadman, if you're watching this right now I hope you are choking on your drinks. "As you can probably guess I did not get a five star treatment, in fact I was given beatings on a daily basis and denied my rights to an attorney or a a trial for that matter. They fed me scraps and thrash when they actually felt like throwing me a bone."
"Until 48 hours ago when I was rescued by Dark Vengeance and his allies, the same men who we have labeled as menaces for only trying to help us. I don't know about you but it seems pretty clear to me that we can't trust the government anymore. Uncle Sam traded his integrity for blood money from Stark and his crew of well dressed criminals who feed off the good people. We shouldn't even beg the government to take us back because we don't need them. They have done nothing but fail us over and over again."
"People of Gothic, aren't you tired of being afraid? Of not being sure if you're going to make safely home? Don't you want to fight back to have what is rightfully ours? Our rights to love, to have a family, to have a business, to dream, to create? I do, I want the criminals out of this city and I don't want it tomorrow or a week from now. I want it today. Which is why I have put together composed of the same men who saved me from the clutches of those tyrants, they will work alongside the police and will help us bring this city to heights that it has never seen before."
" I will use every single dime at my disposal to rebuild this city even if I have to go bankrupt and build this city brick by brick with my bare hands. It's a dawn of a new era for Gothic city and if you fight I can guarantee you that it will come sooner than you think. "
"Thank you and God help us all".
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