Chapter 40: Chapter 40 - Mass Hunting (4)
She crawled along the ceiling and made her way over to the next closest target, a male that was alone in the tunnel, and he was relatively close by, so he most likely was able to hear the echoes of the scream.
She got to him quickly, less than it took to get to the previous two, only to be met with the hulking body of the man.
To say he was big would be an understatement compared to everyone she had seen so far. He was much bigger than then, standing at easily over 7 feet in height with a body that seemed to have been made out of muscles.
He wore torn-up jeans and a ripped jacket without sleeves that he seemingly ripped off himself to make room for his large arms— which looked like they would be able to cover her entire head with his palms.
His head was bald, and his body had scars in some places, showing that he wasn't a stranger to being injured or even combat, and the fact that he was training seemed to prove just that.
But despite his appearance, she couldn't see any apparent mutation on him like the body of the other Morlocks; he didn't seem to have anything extra growing out of him.
Which meant that he was most likely a mutant that had to do with his physical capabilities.
Lily wouldn't have bothered risking it and fighting the man if it wasn't for that fact. Still, she wanted a mutation that would boost her physical capabilities.
While she was strong, she was nowhere near the physical capabilities of some heroes such as Captain America or even Spiderman, let alone powerhouses like Hulk, Abomination, Thor, and many others that could fight well with their bodies.
Her strength and physical capabilities came from the animals she had eaten, but even those had a limit to how much they could physically make her stronger; she would naturally still struggle or even lose when it came to Super Soldiers or other means.
That was why she wanted a mutation that would give her the physical capabilities to keep up with them, and she found one.
She just didn't know how potent it was and if it would pose a risk to even attempt fighting him yet.
Seeing the large man, Lily thought of a way to approach him, deciding to sneak closer to him from above like she did before and catch him off guard.
However, while it had worked before, it seemed like this time was much different.
The man spun around and flung what looked like a weight used for lifting at her. However, thanks to her keen senses and the fact that she was paying attention to him, she was able to quickly dodge it by jumping down.
The impact from the weight hitting the place she was caused the ceiling to crack slightly, and the weight got embedded into the ceiling, going to show just how much strength was behind the throw.
It also proved that he knew she was coming.
"Are you the one that's been causing trouble in the tunnels?"
The man asked, a scowl on his face as he watched her.
He clearly didn't like people sneaking up on him, even less so when they didn't have any good intentions behind their attempts like Lily clearly did.
'He knows about me?'
Word had most likely spread to the higher-ups in the underground about her appearance and actions since she had allowed the girl to return to their base.
She expected as much and didn't have an issue with it because she never expected to be able to stay hidden forever with her actions.
She was eventually going to get caught, especially with how many people she had been killing; they would start suspecting something and go looking for them, which was why she didn't mind too much when the girl from before had gotten away.
Plus, she was able to use the girl to find the Morlock's main base underground, and she planned to attack them eventually to get all she could.
"I suppose I am."
She replied, keeping her voice low and responding in a casual tone.
She tried her best to have the man lower his guard, but it wasn't working. He was clearly trained and experienced enough to not allow that to happen; he even moved into a fighting stance similar to that of a boxer.
'This was a bad idea.'
For the first time in a while, Lily actually regretted her actions. Her rashness for power made her act before fully knowing the capabilities of her enemy, and now she was in trouble.
He was clearly very strong, Lily wasn't under the impression that she would be able to match him with her body when it came to physical capabilities, so she would have to play dirty.
"What group do you belong to?"
The man asked as he kept an eye on her every action. He didn't think that such a young-looking girl would be the one responsible for the deaths on her own, so he assumed she had others that she worked with or for.
If it was the latter, then he could help her get away from them if they were forcing her to do it, but if it was the first, he would crush her.
Lily put on an act and pretended to be scared of the man, her eyes wavering as she spoke in a low tone once more.
"I am part of the Marauders."
She said, making that up on the spot.
While she knew about the Marauders and the fact that they were one of the enemies that the Morlocks faced, with the Marauders basically wiping out most of the Morlocks, she was curious to know if they already clashed.
Either way, it was just an excuse; she wanted to use it to see if he would react to it, giving her an idea about how along this timeline was because it seemed different from the MCU.
And seeing as he didn't have any noticeable reaction to the name, she could only assume he didn't know much about it just yet, which means this was most likely before the Marauders became a thing or exposed themselves.
This was good information, and it was something Lily wanted to make use of for herself.
"The Marauders?"
The man said as his eyebrows rose, his interest slightly peaked.
Lily saw this as a good sign and tried to take the chance to attack the man.
Chapter 41: Chapter 41 - Mass Hunting (5)
She dashed forward with her claws drawn out and went for a direct slash in the direction of the man's chest since she wasn't tall enough to reach his face.
Only for the man to react in time and block the incoming attack with his hardened body, her claws unable to pierce the skin of the man thoroughly, only able to draw a little bit of blood from scratching the surface.
The man didn't even give her time to pull back either, his fist launching forward as he intended to knock her out in one move.
Thankfully Lily was faster than the man, with better reaction speed, so she was able to react to the incoming attack enough to put her guard up, blocking the incoming fists with her hands.
With her arms blocking the attack and her legs kicking back simultaneously to lessen the impact of the blow, she was able to avoid taking a severe hit.
But even then, she could hear a cracking sound just from the graze he got her with.
'This man's insanely strong.'
She commented as she felt the pain from her hands, wincing slightly as she moved them.
The man had just barely landed his attack on her, yet she could feel that he had slightly broken her bone, multiple even.
Lily's bones weren't weak, they were much stronger than that of an average human's bones, so the fact that the man was able to break it so easily said a lot about his strength; if she wasn't as durable as she was, she might have already lost from that hit.
Fortunately, given all her abilities, she was already feeling the bones starting to heal, albeit slowly. And the bones weren't completely broken or even broken badly; they were just pained to move.
As it seemed like she would be unable to beat him head-on, she decided to use her abilities to her full advantage and try to play this as safely as possible.
She moved to the side and kept her distance from the man.
She used her speed, flexibility, and size to her advantage to constantly stay moving and dodge the man's incoming attacks.
Due to all of that, she was able to avoid the incoming attacks quite well. Still, even after five minutes of just avoiding the attacks, the man didn't even seem to be getting tired at all.
This was proving to be a considerable disadvantage for Lily, as she couldn't find an opportunity to get close and deal a deadly blow to him.
'This is not good. I may run out of stamina before he does.'
Lily was trying to find the proper chance to get closer to him in order to bite him, but he didn't give her an opportunity to do so, at least not without avoiding getting hurt.
'I'm going to need to tank the attack if I want to deal with him.'
She thought as she decided to go for it, sidestepping she quickly dashed towards the man from the side, giving her enough time to close the gap before the man could react to attack her.
By the time the man had punched her, landing a hit on her stomach, she had sunk her teeth into the man's shoulder, her venom spreading throughout his body quickly.
Finally, she was able to land a fatal blow on the man by using her potent mixture of venoms, venoms she got from the various snakes and reptiles she devoured, but she was injured in the process.
The man's punch sent her flying back and into the tunnel wall. She could hear multiple bones breaking, and she couldn't help but spit up some black blood from her mouth due to the internal damage she had taken.
She even suspected the man to have been holding back when he had landed his attack, most likely intending to capture her rather than kill her.
She had been wounded pretty severely, but, at the same time, she had also injured the man with a fatal wound.
The venom spread quickly; she could see the man's veins bulging from its effects, his body stumbling as he struggled to keep himself upright.
His body had been in overdrive due to how active he was, and due to that, his blood was flowing very quickly, allowing the venom to spread even quicker.
He was able to stand for a few more seconds before his body's strength gave out, and he fell to his knees.
"What did you do to me?"
He spoke as he fell forward onto his stomach, his body unable to keep itself upright in the state it was in.
He seemed to realize that he had been poisoned rather quickly as he struggled to look toward the girl.
Lily could see the regret in his eyes; maybe he regretted holding back in his attacks. If he hadn't done that, then he wouldn't have been the one dying right now.
But it was too late; his eyes faded as he lost the strength to stay awake, and Lily used this chance to limp over to the man, forcefully stabbing her claws into the neck of the man with all the stretch and pressure she could muster.
He was now dead, and Lily could finally rest for a while.
Her body seemingly gave out under the relief that washed over it as she leaned back against the tunnel's wall and slid into a sitting position.
The pain from her wounds was notable, especially the last attack she had suffered from the man that had left her with multiple broken ribs, punctured organs, and internal bleeding.
If it wasn't for all the things she had eaten and her general alien physical body, she wouldn't even be able to survive right now.
But she was not only able to survive; she was already healing. The bones were the quickest to recover, simply reattaching in a few minutes or so, maybe hours depending on how severe they were.
Still, the organs and internal bleeding were the hardest to deal with.
They took hours at the earliest, and the bleeding had to be purged from her body since it wasn't good.
She really wished she had a regeneration or healing ability right around now, but she had yet to come across any.
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Author Note: I'm not the best at writing combat, so I do apologize if this wasn't very good. I will try to improve as I write more in the future. Secondly, I would like to clarify something about the power scaling of this world. I plan to make it lean more toward the comics when it comes to power scaling, as the MCU didn't really show just how powerful some of the people in it really are. However, the main storyline will primarily follow that similar to the MCU.
That's it, hope you enjoyed it. Seeing comments from people that enjoy the story motivates me to write more.
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For anyone curious the man's name is, Mark Hallett, and he is rather interesting.
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