Xavier roared in pain and thrashed against the bindings. His accelerated biology healed the deep lacerations instantly. He flexed his arms to snap the magical wires with sheer brute force.
He lunged at the Elder again. The demonic leader casually stepped backward and pulled another cluster of minions into the fray. Three heavily plated shock troopers tackled Xavier mid-air. They dragged the vampire down into the dirt.
Xavier bit into the closest trooper's face and crushed the skull between his jaws. He threw the corpse aside and scrambled to his feet. A dozen more puppets swarmed his position immediately. They piled on top of him and buried him under a mountain of armored bodies.
The Elder hovered above the pile and gathered a concentrated sphere of dark matter between his palms.
"You fight like a mindless animal," the Elder mocked. "You hold cosmic power, yet you act like a starving dog."
