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Chapter 92: She Awakens

"Oh crap!" Cinder yelled out with wide eyes.

"Holy crap, that thing is huge!" A stunned Paragon stated. Destiny clung to the girl, and it was thanks to the bird's eyesight that the healer could tell just how big this monster was.

The Emperor had gone around using his title as Lord of Life to turn many humans and Supers into monsters. This was done to greatly power up his army. Monsters like Polaron or Mars King kept their sanity for the most part and had a vaguely humanoid shape. A majority weren't so lucky, though.

This thing looked like a worm. It was massive, bigger than a skyscraper, and the ground kept breaking away as it got taller and taller, rising out. Its head had hundreds of sharp teeth, and it was falling toward them at insane speeds. Earthquakes seemed to go off for miles all around it, causing Myth to stop and cling to the ground.

Even the Wandering Coin froze as they stared at the monster in shock. They had never really seen one still alive. Most were wiped out by the Victorian the moment they came near a city. Out here in the Wasteland, where there was so much disaster and crime, she didn't bother, so these beasts had grown as big as they needed to, and there would be no golden savior that would come in and save them.

Cinder gritted her teeth and tightened her grip on Paragon. "Hold on tight. It's about to get rough!" Already, the worm was falling over, content to crush or eat them. Her fire roared out of her feet and blasted her away from the beast, but its body kept getting longer and longer, the shadow of it staying over them as it got lower and lower. It was at least forty meters wide and five miles long, maybe even bigger. "I don't think we're going to get away from it in time." She hissed.

"Any chance you could blast a hole through it?!" Paragon shouted.

"Good idea!" She curved her body, pointed her feet at the thing, stopped focusing on escape, and instead poured all her effort into blasting out a massive beam of fire from her legs. It sent her crashing to the ground, and she broke the fall with her back, slamming into their van and breaking it into further pieces. She kept Paragon shielded, and her foot beams twisted together and smashed into the massive worm.

The thing barely slowed down, and while its flesh began to burn and twist into a nasty black, it was still coming down faster than she could destroy it. It was insanely dense, able to survive in the core of the planet, so her fire was barely a warm bath to this thing. They were about to be crushed together. Her and Paragon were about to die.

Myth and Snowdawn were thankfully out of the way, as were the Wandering Coin. The creature seemed focused on just the two of them.

"It's not working." She called out, her beam beginning to die out as the worm was less than fifty feet away and coming down fast.

"Throw me into its mouth." Paragon announced.

"What! Won't you die from that?"

"Maybe, but even if I do die, if I can touch it, then maybe I can do something!"

"I'm not going to throw you at it! I'm a hero!"

"If you don't do something, then we'll both die!" The girl argued. "I can maybe mess with its cells or something, I don't know!"

She dropped Paragon and stood, holding her arms up. "I'll use all my super strength and stop it! When I do, run like hell!"

"You can't pick up something that big! You're doing the same thing I am! You're throwing your life away!"

"I'm going to save us!"

The worm came down only a few feet away. The ground broke and cracked, and she was shoved to her knees from the force. Paragon was knocked over fully, and she squeezed her eyes shut tight, ready to at least try and hold it back-

"Got you!" Snowdawn crashed into her just in time, wrapping an arm around her and Paragon. "Fuck you, worm!"

She felt a wave of intense cold. More than anything she had ever felt before at the spot Snowdawn was touching. Everything seemed to stop, and the next second, suddenly, she and Paragon weren't beneath the worm. They stood next to Myth now, dozens of meters away from the giant monster, and still likely in the blast zone. Where they had been standing, a large ice statue of Snowdawn stood, flipping the worm off.

The worm crashed into the statue, shattered it into millions of pieces, and blew through the ground as it sank back into the sand. "We're still alive?" The spot Snowdawn held was covered in a thick block of ice, and she couldn't help but shiver. Paragon also groaned and shook, feeling the ice around her wrist. She generated some of her fire, quickly melting the ice around both of them, while Destiny healed any major damage they might have gotten.

Snowdawn was on his knees next to them, breathing heavily. All his ice and snow were gone, and he was panting badly. That weird fast-teleporting move he could pull off now was clearly taking its toll on him. He looked like he was about to vomit. "I- I need to rest for a few moments." He groaned. "I won't have any powers for a bit. I never pushed my new move that far before-"

A red beam of blood slammed into the ground next to them, causing them all to scramble and duck back down as the beams started back up again.

"We don't have a few moments." Myth stated calmly. The ground was shaking and breaking once again as the massive worm began to rise back up behind them as well. "Cinder. Take Snowdawn and Paragon and get out here. If you can try and grab Whisper and run. Don't bother fighting the Wandering Coin if you can avoid it."

"Right." She hooked one arm around Snowdawn's waist and threw him over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Her second hand went around Paragon, and she held the hero under her arm.

"Do you seriously have to hold me like this?" Paragon snapped.

"Yes." She looked back at Myth, who stared at the giant worm. "What are you going to do, sir?"

"I'm going to kick that monster's ass."

"I don't think that's a good idea..."

"He can do it," Paragon spoke up, nodding her head. "This is the legendary hero Myth. Son of Legend, brother of Fable, former leader of the Sub Enforcers, former recruit for the Enforcers, and the man that not only saved my sister during the Beast attack but fought the Beast itself."

"Seriously? I know Myth is badass and all, but still..." She trailed off. Myth never really got into a lot of serious fights now that she thought about it. The closest battle he had been in was his fight against Polaron.

"Go, Cinder. I'll be right behind you once I deal with this pest." Myth stepped forward, and she nodded and began to run as fast as she could. Myth stared up at the worm as it rose higher and higher. He began to loosen his armor and robes, dropping them and cracking his neck. "It's a good thing we aren't in Oleander. I wouldn't want to destroy my home, after all. How long has it been since I've gotten a chance to use this form? I wonder. I guess the last time I used it was against the Beast." He smirked, and his skin began to bubble and grow as he got bigger. "Get ready. For the first time in two years, I'm about to go all out! Sorry in advance. I can't control this form, so do me a favor and keep 'it' entertained so it leaves my team members alone!"

Massive red scales stabbed out of his flesh. His legs twisted and came undone, becoming hundreds of snakes. Wings wider than the worm grew out of his shoulder blades. His muscles got larger, and he began to get bigger, his shadow twisting and stabbing out. The wind became his to command, and magma dripped down his mouth as his jaw jutted out and jagged teeth formed. Where his eyes should have been now stood the entrance to a small volcano, lava pouring down his face like tears, and each of his fingers grew the head of a dragon as he stared down at the worm.

The worm roared, and Myth screamed right back at it as the two prepared for battle!

Over with the Wandering Coin, Mayor Grove let out a whistle as he watched the two giant monsters begin to fight. "Gonna stay away from that one." The wind twisted and the ground shook as both monsters slammed into the ground and began to sink into it. They were miles away, and yet they could still feel it. "Let's get a move on-"

"Not so fast!" A loud voice announced. The sounds of engines filled the air, and the roaring of cars surrounded them. "It ain't often we get ya city folk that are bright enough to wander on out here, especially not with that damn fancy Super tech like what ya folks got!"

Four cars went in circles around the crash site of the Wandering Coin. Each one was made out of large shards of junk and looked to be glued together. The people that rode on them were barely any better. They wore suits of armor, mostly made of scrap, and carried weapons that would make even Metal Ronin shake his head, due to how much trash had been used to create them.

Wasteland bandits. Many died off in these harsh lands, but some managed to thrive. The majority of bandits were people from Oleander who ran from the city and thought they could live in these lawless parts. Others were Supers who had committed a crime so bad they'd be sent to Nightshade and, out of fear, fled to the Wasteland. After all, Uriel wasn't in the Wasteland.

For many Supers, surviving out here was better than getting unlucky and sharing a cell block with Uriel.

"Hand over ya stuff." One of the bandits yelled out. "Now, before me and my possy up and-"

"Casey."

"On it, boss." Red beams of blood blasted out of Casey's fingers and sliced through the bandits and their cars as if they were made out of butter. Or at least it should have. "Huh?" All the cars were cut to bits, but not a single bandit corpse could be found. "Wow. You're fast."

Cinder touched down a few meters away from the Wandering Coin members. Her arms were filled not only with Paragon and Snowdawn but also with at least eight men. They were screaming, as she had taken a page out of Battery's book and created chains made of fire to wrap around them and get them to safety. They weren't fireproof. She put the fire out, placed Paragon and Snowdawn down, and practically dropped all the men.

"Whisper. We've come to get you. It was kind of dumb running off like that."

Kevin's grip grew tighter around Whisper's waist. "Move an inch, and I pop her-"

His arm was blown off, along with half his body, as Cinder punched the air faster than he could react and used what Wyvern had taught her. The air current easily tore through Kevin and caused Whisper to drop to the ground. The girl turned invisible and quickly got out of sight.

Hannah struck out and fired a wave of bones, but Cinder punched through them easily and twisted her body around just in time to dodge one of Casey's blood beams. Her hair was golden, and her eyes roared with a red fire. "You guys seriously don't stand a chance. I'm already pretty pissed, so try not to make it worse-"

Cinder froze when she saw Wish. The girl rested in the arms of Mr. Brenner. Slowly, Wish's eyes opened, and she stared past Cinder, directly at Paragon.

***

Backup charged forward and raised both his arms. Two large tower shields expanded out of the bands he had around the sleeves of his martial arts uniform. They blocked the barrage of fireballs that Demonica threw at him and allowed him to ram his way into the villain.

Demonica slid back, hissing like a wild animal. She had already transformed, sporting three arms and bat-like wings. Purple fire crackled off her claws, which she stabbed through the air, but the hero blocked them once more and smashed both his shields together. They came undone and folded together, spiraling around one another and forming into a large great axe, which he swung out as hard as he could.

Demonica barely had time to raise two of her arms and block the strike, but the force of it lifted the woman off her feet and slammed her into the wall of the underground parking lot that they were fighting in.

Over with Green Wolf, he twirled his knives and brought them down, but his attack was blocked by a ghostly clone created by Pretty Face.

"You know, there are easier ways to get my autograph than this." Pretty Face taunted. He created another clone and swung it around like a hammer, smashing it into Green Wolf, but the man's kinetic barrier easily blocked it.

"Go to hell. I'd never be caught dead at one of your shows." The villain chuckled. He sent more of his invisible attacks toward Pretty Face, but the hero would constantly block the attacks with waves of clones that formed a wall in front of him, each one a different color.

"Says the guy who comes to my concert every time I host it here." Pretty Face weaved in between the slashes and gave a wink. "Honestly, if you wanted to get my attention, all you had to do was ask, hot stuff." He managed to grab the villain's wrist, and while he couldn't harm the man, he was able to twist the limb and cause Green Wolf to drop his knife.

Green Wolf swung out his other hand, but eight ghostly hands appeared around Pretty Face and stopped the leader of Zoo's arm from moving. More arms began to appear in the air, all pulling the villain into a chokehold and binding him in place.

"Why are you trying to kill me anyway?" Pretty Face asked, stepping away. "I do something to piss you off? I know I've made a bad habit of making people hate me. Don't tell me you're some ex-lover pissed that I didn't stay with some no-named loser."

"Nah. We've never met." Green Wolf's body ignited and exploded with a wave of kinetic energy, destroying all the limbs that were around him and shoving Pretty Face back. He reached into his coat and pulled out another knife, which he twirled around. This one was a large meat cleaver. "I just love killing."

Pretty Face slid back, creating three of his ghosts, which broke his fall and caught him. One of his clones ran at Green Wolf, but it was sliced to ribbons before it even got close.

Green Wolf cocked his head to the side and gave a casual chuckle. He took a step forward, and the entire underground area began to shake violently as he unleashed a wave of powerful kinetic force. "Man, I'm pretty ticked off. You guys all suck. This game is getting boring, and I'm not even getting any good loot or EXP. Why can't we all have a little more fun?"

"Seriously? You've killed countless people and harmed hundreds, and then have the balls to say this is just a bad game that you're not having any fun with." Pretty Face gave a large scowl and sneered at the villain. "I take it back. You aren't so good-looking anymore."

"Now we know that's bullshit." Green Wolf tugged at his collar, and moon walked backwards. "I'm fly as fuck." He ran his fingers over his white coat. "This is the finest leather money can buy. One of a kind. As in, I created it myself after cutting up some dude that turned into a dragon. I got a good collection going on, you know." He opened his coat, revealing rows of knives. Some were made out of metal, and others, disturbingly enough, were forged from bone. "Any guesses if I made the coat after or before I killed the hero? Come to think of it, you used to be on Boy Genius's crew, right? This must be a blast from the past seeing your old party member on me like this."

Pretty Face growled a bit and created dozens of his ghostly hands and arms around himself. "You're dying today. That's a promise. That's the punishment that scum like you deserves."

"If I die, then it means I had fun with the game and met a better player." The energy around Green Wolf grew stronger, and he slashed his knife down. "Will you be able to be that person? Because I, for one, highly doubt it!"

Near the only entrance left standing, Duplicity stood in front of Bad Wolf with her arms folded. "They sure do talk a lot," the young-looking girl said, humming.

Bad Wolf grunted, not moving an inch. Waves of cloud seeped out of her fur and formed large pillars of snow, ice, and water, the only thing keeping this entire area from collapsing and crushing them all. "Y- You'd think that they'd all be smart enough to take the fight outside of this death trap, but I guess that's too good for them." The hero spat out. "You should back them up, Duplicity."

"No can do." The hero said, shaking her head. "If a stray attack comes this way, I'll be the only thing to keep you safe."

"Too bad you did such a bad job!" An arrogant voice announced. Duplicity felt her eyes go wide, and she tried to turn around, but it was too late. Something wrapped tightly around her body, binding her in place. She stared down at the hundreds of large centipede-like bugs that had turned themselves into makeshift ropes. Bad Wolf was about to strike behind her with her clouds, but she froze when she felt the barrel of a gun press against the back of her head. "Way to go, Monkey!"

Standing behind Bad Wolf with his gun trained on the girl, Red Monkey cocked his head to the side lazily. One of his arms was wrapped around Red Ape, who supported the man. Rows of bugs came out of the villain's sleeve, creating the binds that had now formed around Duplicity.

The fighting in the underground parking lot stopped as Backup noticed his two teammates were in trouble. "Red Ape?" Even Green Wolf seemed stunned, staring at the man. "You, of all people, got down here to back me up?"

"How the hell did you get out of Hero Branch custody?" Duplicity asked, cocking her head to the side. "Pantheon knocked you guys out and tied you all up with chains made by Battery. Also, we saw the Hero Branch personally throwing you guys into some vans. You shouldn't have been able to get out of here so soon."

"Oh, that's simple." Moving out from behind, Red Ape White Spider didn't wear her mask. She wanted them all to see her smug look. White Lamb stood next to her. "You guys forgot all about me, didn't you? While all of you were busy fighting, I was on the sidelines, watching the entire thing and getting my webs set up!"

White Spider was a relatively weak teleporter. She couldn't go anywhere she wanted, instead having to spread hundreds of tiny spiders that would all connect with each other and form a web. Once her web was in place, it made it so that anyone inside the location could no longer get out, teleporting them back in if they tried to escape. It had a bit of an issue, though. White Spider had to place herself into the web and also couldn't escape without tearing the entire thing down.

Because everyone was able to come and go as pleased, they had all assumed the villain wasn't in the area or wasn't on standby.

White Spider held her hand up, and five tiny spiders began to slowly drip off of it, connected by her threads. "I can use my babies to see and hear things through them. I didn't bother setting a web up. Instead, I placed them into all the members of Zoo's clothing, and once they were captured, White Lamb and I snuck in and busted them out." Her other arm was a crazy tech gun Avalon had likely built. "It was all too easy to bust them out. You guys didn't even have guards or a hero standing over them."

From behind her, Black Shark and White Cow stepped out, both fully healed after their battle with Myth. Demonica's eyes narrowed. "What of Stone Face and Saw Head?"

"What of them?" White Spider cocked her head to the side. "Those gross monsters aren't on my team. I left them to rot. To hell with those freaks."

Demonica growled and was about to throw a fireball forward, but stopped at the last second when Green Wolf appeared behind her and pressed his knife to the back of her head. "This wasn't part of the deal."

"I lost my part of the deal the moment Avalon stopped teleporting me." Green Wolf shrugged. "As far as I am concerned, the game is broken and in need of some new rules. We're going to pull a triple-A studio and patch this thing into being at least semi-fair." Backup went to take a step, but Green Wolf shook his head. "Nope. You heroes stand still. The first sign of danger, and Monkey blows that puppy's head off." His remark caused Bad Wolf to growl.

Duplicity cocked her head to the side as the bugs around her began to squeeze, getting tighter. She grunted a bit but smirked. "Wow. It's pretty brave of you to call her a puppy, Green Wolf. The only runt of the litter I see is you."

"Most hostages are smart enough to know you shouldn't talk back to the game master." Green Wolf stared the girl down and held Demonica out in front of him as if she were a human shield.

Duplicity giggled a bit. "That's true. But most hostages are in danger. None of us are."

White Spider laughed and raised her gun up. It unfolded, and the barrel of an energy-based weapon popped out. "Honestly, I don't think we should play around with them any longer, Green Wolf. The heroes got a head start. We should kill these fuckers and go after them-"

"Didn't you find it weird?" Duplicity asked casually, leaning her head back to stare at White Spider. "Why did we leave the hostages unguarded? Well, the answer is simple. We didn't. Roulette was watching them."

The sound of a gunshot filled the parking lot, and blood splashed out of White Spider's mouth as her eyes stared down in shock at the massive hole in her gut. Red Monkey pulled the trigger on his gun, but the bullet inside of it flew out the back and exploded, blowing off the man's hand. The sound of a cane tapping on the floor echoed out as Roulette walked forward slowly. He held a rifle, using it as a walking stick, and millions of bullets suddenly blasted out of his coat, flying forward and twisting in ways they shouldn't.

White Cow formed her milk armor and jumped in front of Red Ape and Black Shark in an effort to keep them safe, but the bullets literally twisted and curved around her. Black Shark was downed as one of his legs was nearly blown off. Red Ape yelped and threw his hands into the air.

"I don't want to die! Don't kill me, please, I surrender!" The bullets curved around him and formed together into a strong metal rope that tied him down. "Oh, thank God!"

"I would also like to give up." White Lamb said, dropping to the floor. Seconds later, White Cow crashed to the floor, blood pouring out of her armor as the bullets found small chinks in it. "I guess we lucked out on the fact that Zoo never fought Watch Dogs before this. Looks like we would have never stood a chance. Then again, Roulette was an ex-member of the-"

Green Wolf lazily shoved Demonica out in front of him, and the hail of bullets smashed into the villain's gut, nearly ripping her in half and downing her. The rest of the bullets bounced off of him, unable to harm him. "Well, fuck. There goes my team. God damn it, how is Red Ape still alive? Kill him, too, at least! Hell, I'll do it; keep him still-"

"None of your people are dead." Roulette grunted, stepping forward. He smashed the barrel of his gun down into Red Ape's crotch. "I can control my bullets any way I wish. I've plugged up their wounds and am stopping the bleeding. It won't last for long, though. They have ten minutes at most. Duplicity can heal them or at least stabilize them. If you give up, she'll do it. Now if you have even the smallest hint of sympathy, then-"

"Let them bleed out." Silence filled the room. Green Wolf cocked his head to the side. "If White Spider fucked up this bad and didn't see you coming, then I don't need them. I want it to be slow. You don't mind if I watch, do you? I'd like to see them slowly bleed out all over the place."

"If you were counting on him being human, then I'm afraid your plan was doomed to fail from the start." White Lamb sighed as she rubbed the now-broken screen of her TV. "Though he might not be a monster created by the Emperor, the concept of humanity does not exist in someone like him."

White Spider spat out a glob of blood, clutching at her gut wound. "I- I don't want to d- die- Don't let them kill us, you a- asshole."

"Oh, yeah, 'cause name-calling is going to make me want to save you." Green Wolf snorted.

Duplicity sighed, and the bugs around her caught fire as she began to glow with a white light. She broke out of Red Ape's trap, and dozens of clones of her appeared. They weren't like Pretty Face's, though. They were solid and looked exactly like the young-looking hero. Usually, she had a large goofy grin on her face, but now her looks were twisted into a stare of disgust as she glared at Green Wolf.

Each of the downed Zoo members had a clone placed next to them. The clones touched the injured members, and their wounds began to seal shut and heal. It wasn't like Paragon's healing, though. It was more like Battery's or Victorian's—rough and slow. Limbs were regrown but slightly off. They were smaller or weaker than before, and the bullets were left inside of them. They'd live, though never the same as they used to be. Each of the clones that healed someone broke down and shattered into dust.

Demonica didn't get one. Her own body was healing due to her natural abilities, and her legs were slowly healing up. "What a coward you are." Green Wolf said, placing his boot on the monster's head and shoving it down. Despite his actions, though, he appeared to be talking to the heroes. "You went and healed them anyway. Heroes are so boring and easy to read."

"I wouldn't be cocky if I were you." Pretty Face called out. "We have you surrounded, now."

"Barrier." Green Wolf lazily threw his knife in the air. "No one can touch me. None of you guys are energy-based users."

"I wasn't the child of a Lord or anything like that." Duplicity hummed. "Despite that, though, somewhere in my blood flows the energy of a Lord. Maybe it was a great grandma, maybe a great grampa, or maybe even a great, great, great one. I honestly don't know. What I do know is that I got lucky and got powers from both my mom and dad. My dad had the ability to fuse with things, while my mom had the power to create energy-based clones' kind of like Pretty Face."

"Neat story. So what?" Green Wolf asked.

Duplicity took a step forward, and the villain swung out his weapon. The girl's body was nearly torn in two, but one of her clones quickly grabbed onto her, and they shattered into dust as she was connected back together. "There's a limit to how many clones I can make." The girl shrugged. "I don't know what it is. Maybe it's a million, maybe a billion, or even a trillion. I just know I have a limit. When a clone dies, it never comes back. Thanks to my mom, I can make them. It's also thanks to my dad that I can use them to sort of heal people. See, they can fuse with things. If a person is injured, I can use the clone to patch them up, though it destroys the clone."

"So, if I kill you enough times, you're saying that you'll stay dead?" Green Wolf chuckled. "Seems like a smart idea to tell me this."

"Guys like you are always a pain. The kind that constantly blocks physical attacks." Duplicity gave a sly grin. "Thankfully, I'm the perfect counter to assholes like you." Nearly twenty clones appeared behind the girl, and they all linked arms.

Green Wolf found himself taking a step back as a massive, brilliant light filled the rooms. All the clones seemed to be pulled into one another, and the glow got brighter. Then, in a bright, blinding flash, it died down. He found himself raising an eyebrow at what he saw.

Duplicity had turned pure white. She was glowing—her skin, hair, eyes, everything. It was like a solid white light had taken shape. She was bigger as well. She was no longer a little girl; instead, she had taken on her true form, now looking like an adult woman. "Talk about a growth spurt-" Blood dripped down Green Wolf's mouth as he gasped. In an instant, Duplicity was in front of him, ramming her fist into his stomach.

"You talk way too much." She hummed.

Green Wolf was hit so hard that he smashed through the roof above and the layers of dirt, slamming down into the stadium floor from up above. Duplicity floated up, phasing through the dirt and folding her arms over her chest as she hovered above the villain, no longer restricted by the world.

She had become pure energy given life, merged and fused with dozens of other copies of herself. In other words, the perfect thing to bypass Green Wolf's shield. Despite his injury, Green Wolf's laughter filled the air as he stood up and threw off his white coat. On his back, a long sword was hidden, and he drew it, the blade extending and glowing. More tech created by Avalon.

"Alright! Now this is what I call a boss fight! Let's make this into my best game yet!"


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Chapter 93: The Man That Goes By Battery

"Did he just hang up on me!" Ocean Empress barely had time to put her phone away and form a shield made out of water. "Oh, I am so telling that asshole a piece of my mind next time I see him!"

Her barrier was blown to bits as a shock wave rammed into her. She felt her muscles and bones shake, and she was sent crashing back, rolling across the street, and ramming back-first into a car.

They weren't in Avalon's office anymore. She had been sent flying out of the building by a single punch from Fairy Queen. Now the battle had moved to the streets of Oleander City. It was night, but despite that fact, there was still quite a bit of traffic. Most people had done the smart thing and made a break for it the moment Golden God appeared. The villain floated above Avalon's tower, nearly as big as the building, and his many arms tore into it, ripping it apart and sending rubble down below.

Not everyone was smart, however. Some people, for whatever reason, thought this was the best time to pull out their phones and start recording. Ocean Empress groaned and managed to pull herself back up into a sitting position. She held her hand up and formed bubbles of water over the people, saving them from the falling rubble. Once she made sure they were safe, she stared back up at Fairy Queen, who floated down to the street softly.

The woman hadn't changed a day. Turned into a monster by the Emperor, Fairy Queen had fought in many battles fifteen years ago. Ranked just under Hell Hound, Fairy Queen was someone even the best Enforcer member would have trouble with. And Ocean Empress was far from the best.

The villain waved her hand, and an invisible force surged forward, heading toward a crowd of people. Ocean Empress threw her fist out, and water surged forward like a wave, crashing down in front of the people and forming into a wall of ice, which exploded into a hail of debris as an unseen shockwave smashed into it. Before she could recover and attack, Fairy Queen fired forward and rammed her fist into Ocean Empress's gut, hard enough to make the hero nearly throw up as she was sent even further down the street.

Fairy Queen licked her lips and smirked as she watched the hero kneel and clutch at her gut. She aimed at the civilians once more, but before she could attack them, a wave of gravity smashed into her from above. It was strong enough to shatter the street they were on, and Fairy Queen glanced up right as Poseidon came crashing down with her trident. Poseidon's hair was already different, and the girl's eyes glowed with a fiery red light.

Poseidon stabbed her weapon into the face of Fairy Queen, but despite using all of her strength and power, it didn't even puncture the woman's flesh. Fairy Queen wasn't even thrown back and simply batted the weapon out of her face. She held her palm out, and Poseidon was hit by an invisible explosion, which smashed the girl into the entrance of Avalon's building.

Ice suddenly rose out of the ground and formed around the Organization member's legs, binding her in place. Ocean Empress had gotten back up and held her hand out, panting slightly. The ice grew larger and began to swirl with water as they froze the villain in a solid block of ice. Poseidon came rocketing out of the building and focused more of her gravity wave, causing the block to sink into the ground and break through it, burying it underneath the stone.

"What the hell did she hit me with?" Poseidon groaned, clutching at the spot where the explosion had rammed into her. "It freaking hurt."

Ocean Empress wiped at her mouth, clearing it of the blood. She had tanked three attacks so far, and her body was already reaching its limits. The Emperor's four warriors really were something else. "She is one of the best inverting power users ever recorded. Her main power involves around illusions and dreams and messing with people's heads, though she tends to not like using it since she'd rather inflict physical harm than mental. She can get in your head and become the image of someone you know, pretending to be them. In a fight, though, she inverts her power. That's where the real issues start."

"What would the inversion of an illusion be?" Poseidon wondered.

"Reality." Ocean Empress finished. "She is able to twist reality to a small extent. Those blasts that keep hitting us are her collapsing a tiny hole of reality and causing it to implode. She's like a reverse black hole. She can also twist and shape things in different ways, so be careful by-"

The hole Fairy Queen was in began to expand and grow larger. It was sort of like watching an old-timey cartoon. Fairy Queen's hands came out and literally widened the gap as she pulled herself out, completely free of the ice. She didn't look hurt in the least. Poseidon didn't give her any time to react; the Lord of the Sea charged forward, twirling her trident around and increasing its weight as much as she could. Blades of water gushed out of it, and she sent a sharp slash out, but her attack never landed.

Golden God's massive hand slammed down between them and blocked the strike with his palm. Her attack dented the metal a bit, but he held firm. He was huge, and his many limbs stretched out well past his body. As he floated down toward them, weaving his way past the buildings, his mouth opened wide, and a grayish light blasted out.

"Don't let that light touch you!" Ocean Empress screamed. She created a floor of ice beneath her and skated backwards to get out of the blast zone. Poseidon reduced her gravity as much as she could and caused a glob of water beneath her to explode, shooting her into the sky and above the beam that came down.

The gray light washed over the street and dozens of buildings, turning everything it hit into dust. The buildings rusted, and their stone broke away, and it was as if they suddenly became hundreds of times older, the supports that held them up giving out and collapsing.

Poseidon twirled herself around and sent out a sharp, piercing wave of water, condensing it into a thin beam and smashing her gravity along it. The attack rammed into Golden God's body and was enough to send him a bit into the air, but he was otherwise left unharmed.

"I think I'm going to have to transform!" Poseidon yelled down to her mom. All Lords had a state beyond their power; the battle mode, but as Full Monarch had shown in his fight with Lucifer, there was a state beyond this as well. A higher form of power where you fully tap into the power of a Lord. Something she also had-

"No!" Ocean Empress called back. "You were told you're only allowed to use 'that' during Calamity level threats. These guys are tough, but they aren't anywhere near as dangerous as the Beast or the Emperor! We just need to hold out for a bit, and I'm sure the Victorian will notice us! She'll take both of these guys out in one attack!"

"Aw. Do you really think so little of us?" Fairy Queen pouted and cocked her head to the side. "I actually wouldn't mind seeing Ruby Admiral again. It'd be like the old days when she was a naive girl. I'm shocked to know she's now the number one hero of today. After all, fifteen years ago, she was always hiding behind her father."

"Paragon got away." Golden God's voice caused the street to rumble. "She used the blade and escaped. We'll need to catch up to her if we want to destroy her and Wish, for the sake of our master." His words caused Ocean Empress to freeze in shock.

"Paragon isn't here? Where the hell did she go?!"

"Pretty sure I got a good idea..." Poseidon muttered. "And as much as I hate to admit it, she's likely safer with Cinder than she is here, with two members of the Organization."

"Don't get too distracted!" Fairy Queen appeared in front of Ocean Empress and grabbed the woman by the face. She smashed the hero's head down into the ground and sent a massive shock wave directly into the woman's face. Ocean Empress screamed, feeling her skull nearly pop and dozens of her teeth crack.

"Mom!" Poseidon tried to charge forward, but two of Golden God's hands surrounded her and smashed together into a powerful clap, nearly crushing her. She yelled out as she was trapped between them both, and they began to press down.

Fairy Queen raised her hand and smirked. The air around it twisted and changed as reality folded in on itself, and a large dagger appeared in her grasp. "Well. Good night, sweet princess-"

"Who's Jack Larison?" Fairy Queen's stab stopped inches away from Ocean Empress's eye. The hero was beaten and battered, her face bloodied, but she had managed to say the right thing to cause Fairy Queen to pause. Her water blasted out, and she tried to impale the woman through the gut, but all it did was throw the winged villain off of her. Ocean Empress quickly jumped to her feet and spat out a glob of blood, shaking her head.

Fairy Queen's long wings expanded, and she took flight, hovering just above the ground. She had a nasty look on her face, and the dagger she held dissolved and faded. "You just had to mention that name, didn't you?" The woman huffed and folded her arms. "Way to spoil the mood."

Ocean Empress took a deep breath and tried to focus. Her thoughts were all over the place, and her ears rang. She had a concussion. Maybe something even worse. She just needed to buy time, though. This was never a battle she had to win. The villain's reaction confirmed something to her. What Laps had said had to be partially true, at least. After all, Fairy Queen recognized the name. "Who is he?" She demanded.

"You're not in a position to order me around." Fairy Queen floated up and landed on one of the fingers of Golden God. Her arms folded, and she glared down at the woman. "He was a streetrat. One that the Emperor took great interest in. I guess you could say he was like a son. Adopted by the master. Though in the end, that traitorous bastard backstabbed the hand that taught him all he knew."

"He can't be that bad if he turned on his former master." Ocean Empress shrugged. "Besides, everyone's heard of Hell Hound, of Golden God, of Fairy Queen, and of the Princess of Life. You four were the Emperor's generals. He had other warriors, of course—people like Polaron, Mars King, or Alien. I've never heard of anyone with Battery's powers, though. Whoever he was in the past, he couldn't have committed so many sins as to remain nameless, not in a war like that."

"Oh, is that what you think? Naive little girl, you don't even know how wrong you are." Fairy Queen giggled as if she knew some inside joke. "Rest assured, the whole world knows the sins he committed; everyone stared at him on 'that' day and bore witness to his evil, one that rivaled the Emperor's own. How fortunate he must be for not a single heroic soul to figure out who he was during that war. As if all memories of his deeds are gone. He was created to be a weapon, one that allowed the Emperor to slay Full Monarch, one that, I promise you, everyone hates. In his final battle with the Lord of the Sun, a scar was left upon his heart, one that would ensure he would never recover again, with the simple command to kill him. Yet he escaped, ran with his tail tucked between his legs, and lived like a coward, hiding away. That was the fate of the Emperor's weapon. He was a wild animal, one that turned against its master, even after the Emperor fed him and allowed him to grow. Even after the Emperor blessed him with the power found only in stories and allowed him to turn into the thing he desired most. Even after he became a Giant. None of it was enough. The sins he carried will never be washed away. He is hated by all sides equally. That I can promise you."

"I just don't buy it." Ocean Empress said, shaking her head. No matter how hard she thought about it, no villain in the great war came to her mind. The Emperor had created hundreds of monsters and forced nearly every villain gang in the world to side with him. He gifted his power of cursed life to many warriors, and most of the 'big' villains were created in that war. For such a prominent person like this, it should have been known. "Something just isn't adding up. Oh well. I don't really care. I was just buying time."

As if on cue, Poseidon managed to force the hands that held her down open, blasting them apart and blowing one of them to bits as a chaotic storm gushed out of her and gravity crushed everything around her. Black blood poured down her nose, and she looked pissed.

Neither Golden God nor Fairy Queen paid her any mind, though. Instead, their eyes were focused on the mass of crackling golden light firing toward them. The Victorian had arrived-

Battery's fist rammed into Golden God's stomach as he hit the villain with everything his body could muster. The force of the attack threw Golden God back and sent the machine smashing through what was left of Avalon's tower. Fairy Queen floated off of the finger and glared down at the red hero as he came to a sliding stop. The Victorian hadn't arrived, but her power did.

"You're not the Victorian." Ocean Empress frowned.

"A thank you would have been nice..." Battery grumbled. He held both his hands out, and a golden light seeped out and washed over Poseidon and her mother, healing their wounds. "Where's Paragon?"

"Used the sword to teleport away. Pretty sure she's with Cinder." Poseidon shrugged.

"You've got to be kidding me! Who the hell gave her permission to—Aw, fuck you, Avalon!" Battery cursed and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. "For the love of all that is holy, I pray they don't go into a pocket world."

Up with Fairy Queen, black blood dripped down the woman's face. Her teeth had bitten through her lower lip, and her nails impaled her palm as she glared down at Battery. "You!"

"Me."

The building's rubble broke away as Golden God rose out of it. "We should leave them be for now, Fairy Queen."

"Huh!" Fairy Queen turned back to stare at her teammate. "Is your circuit having an issue or something? You know what that is, right?"

"Wish has spotted Paragon. If we don't hurry, then we won't have a chance. If she absorbs the girl, nothing will hold her back."

Fairy Queen's teeth dug into her lips even more, spurting out a heavy stream of her blood. She glared back down at Battery before finally slowly landing in Golden God's palm. "Fine. We'll kill him after the two girls are dead. It'll be fitting if they all die together."

Golden God's body began to glow and hum. Battery fired a beam of light toward the villain, Poseidon, following quickly behind with her water bullet, but in a flash, the villain was gone, and both attacks passed through him. Just as he had used in his fight with Victorian and Max Lightning, Golden God had escaped.

"He can teleport?" Poseidon asked, stunned.

"No." Battery shook his head and reached into his pocket, pulling out a cigarette. He placed it between his lips and snapped, shooting a spark into it and igniting it. "It'd be much simpler if he teleported, but he's way more busted than that. You two go get help or something. I'm going on ahead."

"But-" Ocean Empress didn't get to finish her sentence. A second later, Battery took off running and quickly faded into a golden blur as he picked up speed. "I seriously hate him."

"Sure, you do."

***

Cinder jumped back, putting herself in front of Snowdawn and Paragon. Snowdawn's power hadn't fully recovered yet, but he had enough to at least cover half his body in some ice. She raised her arms, expecting Wish to strike at any moment, but the attack never came.

When she glanced back down at the girl, Wish's eyes were closed once more. The white-haired girl rested peacefully in Mr. Brenner's arms and didn't move an inch.

"Put her down, sir." She ordered. "And step back when you do. I'm going to reduce her to ash."

"Sorry. Not going to happen." Mr. Brenner said, shaking his head. He stepped back, and Kevin put himself in front of the officer, ready to defend Wish. He wasn't the only one. The other two in red also got prepared for combat. Both of them lowered their hoods and removed their masks as their power began to seep out.

The boy, Casey, was an older teen—likely nineteen or in his early twenties. His eyes turned bloodshot and began to leak with blood; the veins inside of him seemed to expand and start to break through part of his skin. He was completely bald, and the blood that poured out of him formed a light red armor that reminded her of Ocean Empress's dress. This armor looked more like a suit, though.

As for the girl, she had long, flowing brown hair and dark skin. White plates of bone formed rough armor, the same kind Wish had created. Razor-sharp claws grew from the girl's fingertips, and even a tail resembling a second spine grew out. Snowdawn was the first to take note of something else about her, though.

"Hannah?" He asked, shocked.

She felt herself recoil back as she looked at her friend and then back to the girl. She had heard that name before. Hannah was a popular girl at the school. Ranked right next to Paige and Ashley. Her mind went back to the bathroom incident. It felt like it was so long ago, but Hannah was one of the girls who poured soda on her. "You know who I am?" The bone girl asked, cocking her head to the side.

"Yeah. You're my lab partner?"

"Armin Moore?"

"Shit! Why did I say that?"

"And I thought I was dumb." Cinder narrowed her eyes, feeling the fire around her build up. She was already transformed into her enhanced state. Her hair had changed into the color of sunshine, and her eyes were now a fiery red that glared at the villains. Fire flickered down her elbows and seeped into her fingers as she balled them into a fist and entered a battle stance. "I'll say it one more time. Put down Wish."

It would take Snowdawn a few more seconds to fully recover, and Paragon wasn't a fighter, so she would have to fight all three villains by herself. Myth had said to get in and get out with Whisper, but the sight of Wish stopped her. This could have been her only chance to wipe the monster. out.

"You can't kill her." Paragon's voice snapped her out of her thoughts.

"What? I mean, I know she recovers, but I can burn her to ash-"

"If you do, I'll die."

"What?"

Paragon's bird rested on the girl's head and stared down at Wish's body. "I guess you can say I'm sort of like her twin. As it turns out, as long as I live, she will live as well. If you kill her, she'll drag me to my dream world and could try to take me over. It already happened once before. I think she could use me to recreate a body. Avalon mentioned something about that at least." She muttered, brushing her hand against the handle of the sword. She felt so stupid. She had basically played Avalon's game perfectly.

Cinder stood there, rooted to the spot, as she tried to process Paragon's words. She couldn't help but think back to her conversation with the girl when they went out to eat. Paragon had claimed she saw Wish. Was it then?

"Okay..." She shook her head, already devising a new plan. "In that case, put Wish down, and I'll... I don't know. I'll do something and stop her."

"It seems you aren't in a position to negotiate," Doc announced, pointing his cane at the fire-based hero. "Counting myself and Wish, there are five Supers here. Three of which are all made up of pieces of a Lord of Life! On top of that, we have two humans, and there's even more!" He twirled his cane and pointed it at the bandits. The ones Cinder had saved. Many of them had been badly burned, and some had run off, but most had gotten back up and were watching the display silently. "You guys! I'm sure you can see how these heroes are outclassed. Side with me and-"

Cinder smashed a ball of fire into the ground, which sent out a shock wave. Paragon barely had time to wrap her arms around Cinder and held on tightly as everyone was blown back. All the Supers managed to force themselves to stay standing with some trouble, but the humans, namely the bandits and Grove, were flung back. Brenner was sent high into the air by the shock wave, and he clutched onto Wish tightly. Kevin regrew his arm and expanded his limb, wrapping it around Doc and keeping the man from flying off. His other limb smashed up and grabbed onto Grove, stopping the man's fall.

Brenner crashed into the ground, landing on his back, and managed to roll and break the fall with his knees. He grunted, feeling pain course through him, but he was fine for the most part. That was until, from out of nowhere, Whisper appeared next to him and smashed her taser into his neck. She shocked the man and downed him, giving him a kick to the head to make sure.

"Snowdawn! Get Wish!" Whisper cried out, jumping away.

Snowdawn managed to nod his head and slam his fist into the ground. He sent out a wave of ice that washed over both Wish and Brenner, freezing them to the ground and ensuring they weren't going anywhere. Whisper turned invisible once more, fading from sight, and Snowdawn collapsed face-first into the hot sand. "I'm out. That was everything I had left. I need to seriously rest."

"Can you heal him? Destiny healed my stamina in the fight with Intake!" Cinder shouted out as she launched a wave of fire in the direction of the villains.

Paragon shook her head. "No. This isn't a stamina issue or a physical one. I guess you could say it's like a mage running out of mana."

"Casey! Hannah! Cover me!" Kevin yelled. Muscles expanded out of his arms, and he charged forward in the direction of where Wish was. The girl had crashed several meters away and was encased in hard ice. "I'm breaking her out!"

"Oh no, you don't!" Cinder ran forward with inhuman speed. She was only able to take a few steps forward before Casey and Hannah attacked her. Casey held his hand out and fired another blood beam in her direction. Fire blasted out of her hand, and she used it to jump over the beam and avoid it. As she was in the air, Hannah smashed her arm up, a large bone spear blasting out, but she easily caught it and crushed it with her hand. Her other hand formed her fire into the shape of a chain, which she sent out and got around Kevin's leg, tripping the man before he could reach Wish. She dragged him towards her as she landed on the ground and smashed her fist directly into his face. "I'm not letting you guys free her!"

Kevin took the punch and hissed as her fire ate away at part of his face. His muscles expanded and got larger, coating his skin, and she nearly gasped when she watched him take on a familiar form. Horns jutted from his skull, and he looked almost identical to Mars King. As she was processing that, Casey smashed his elbow into the side of her helmet and managed to throw her off of Kevin. Hannah's bones jutted out of the ground and formed a large cage around the fire-based hero, which started to shrink and close rapidly, attempting to crush her.

She flexed her body, and her flames ignited around her momentarily, sending out a massive wave of force that exploded the cage and left her unharmed.

"Forget about Wish," Casey growled. "We kill her first. Otherwise, she'll get in our way. If all three of us team up, we can wipe her out with no problem."

She gave a sly smirk and placed her hands on her hips. "Oh. Is that what you think?" She cocked her head to the side, and for the first time in her life, she really felt like the Victorian at that moment. "Well. Who's first?" Her shield unfolded, and she raised it, blocking a fist from Kevin. "I don't know why people as young as you decided to be evil, but I'm going to do everything in my power to stop you!"

"Evil?" Casey formed a large sword forged from his blood and charged forward with it, attempting to slice the girl in two, but his strikes were deflected by her shield. "That's rich, coming from you. You have no idea what it's like to be a normal person, existing in a terrible world like this as just a normal human! Being sick, addicted to something, or life just not going your way! We weren't Supers like you, and we aren't some evil or good, black and white group like you Supers keep playing with!"

"You're literally in a drug gang that has dealt to kids, and one of your members loves to use her powers to melt people." She smashed her shield into the man's body, throwing him back. "Besides. I didn't always have powers. I still picked the side of good, though. Just as I can't really understand why you guys will stay on the side of evil, I doubt you could understand why I made my choices."

Hannah was next to attack, large claws jutting from the girl's fingers as she attempted to impale Cinder. "Don't act like you've had a hard day in your life!"

"That's pretty funny coming from you, Ms. Popular!" She took the attack, her flesh easily shattering the bones as if they were nothing, and she smashed her fist into Hannah's stomach, throwing her back. "What do you have to say for yourself?" She asked, glaring at Kevin.

Kevin just shrugged. "I wanted to be stronger." His fist grew massive, and he swung out, attempting to ram it into the side of her head. It never made it to her, though, as a second later, ice erupted out of the ground and froze his arm in place. Snowdawn stood back up, wobbling a bit but forcefully bringing his ice armor back.

"I'm glad you said something. Hearing your voice pissed me off so much that I decided to stop resting. I'm taking you out myself!" He announced proudly before charging Kevin and ramming his fist into the monster's gut. Kevin gasped as blades of ice stabbed into him, and he was shoved back. Snowdawn didn't stop there, though, as he twisted his body and created a giant hammer of ice, which he hit Kevin with so hard it exploded.

Cinder gave a small smile as she turned back to Casey and Hannah. "It looks like you guys lost a teammate. Do you still think you can beat me?"

Over with Grove, he watched his people begin to lose badly and made up his mind. He made a mad dash for the tower. It was less than a mile away by now. If he entered it, then he would win. This nightmare would be over once he got ahold of 'him.'

He took a step forward, only to narrow his eyes and jump out of the way at the last second. Whisper appeared out of thin air, her kick missing him. "How'd you know?" the girl asked, jumping back a bit.

Grove gave a smirk. "Just got lucky, I guess."

"Ah. Don't tell me. You have some bullshit luck-based power, don't you?" Whisper sighed. "First Red Monkey, and now you. I would get stuck fighting the complex powers, wouldn't I?"

"No, no, nothing like that. I'm just a normal human, not a Super." Grove gave a sly grin and reached into his coat, pulling out a knife, which he twirled around the same way he had seen Green Wolf doing. "I just happen to be the main character you see. This world around us, destiny, fate—it's all just one big story. A story that won't end until I do what I have to. That's why I know I won't die. I've lived through the Beast fight, so I know I must be special. Whatever story we find ourselves in, I must be the main character destined for greatness. Lady Luck will save me."

"Your totally insane." Whisper snorted. "I believe in things like fate and destiny, but I don't think anyone stands out amongst it as a main character. We're all destiny's plaything in the end, and yet people still stand that break the shackles of fate and surpass their path. In other words, even if you are destined to not lose, I've seen first hand how things can be forced to change and alter. I'll beat you here and now."

Grove gave a calm shrug. "Maybe you will. I doubt it though." His fingers grew tighter around his knife. "Would you care for a dance?"

Whisper clicked her button and caused her tonfas to unfold, electricity buzzing out of them. "I guess I'll take you up on that offer."

Off to the side, Paragon watched Cinder fight in silence. Her bird clung to her tightly and worked as her eyes, Destiny letting her see just how strong the Pantheon members had become. "Is she seriously the same girl I first met?" In the hospital against multiple Supers, Cinder had been totally outclassed, but ever since the girl figured out how to go into her battle mode, she had greatly improved. "I feel so useless. Maybe... I can help out somehow, too."

Her hand brushed the sword she had. After the crash, she had almost forgotten about it, but she had held onto it the entire time. She had never thrown a single punch in her life, much less swung a sword. The closest she ever got to fighting was being in her dream world, but that hardly counted. That was Sky, a confident, pretty, and strong hero. In the real world, she was just Paragon, the pure support-focused hero.

She gripped Nier's sword and raised it slightly, taking a deep breath. She watched silently for a moment as Cinder dodged between dozens of blood bullets and bone spikes. "Hey! Cinder, I'll back you up and make it a two-on-two!"

"Alright! I always wanted to properly team up with you, Paragon!"

She had almost been expecting Cinder to argue or come in with caution, but the girl was as bubbly as ever, not bothered by this life-and-death situation. She had grown a lot. Paragon nodded and, beneath her mask, gave the faintest of smiles. Maybe if she was lucky, she could get even half as strong as Cinder was. She stepped forward, awkwardly holding the sword out and using Destiny as her eyes.

Her debut as a front-line fighter was about to begin. If she was in danger, she was confident Cinder would be there to keep her safe. The girl did have a shield, after all.

Then it happened...

Something caused them all to freeze and stop what they were doing. The sound of ice breaking.

Wish's fist burst out of the block of ice. White armor covered the girl's flesh as she ripped her way out with ease. Forged from solid bone, it covered her from the neck down, and Wish's head craned around, the muscles in her body popping. "Looks like I missed something interesting."

Cinder turned and blasted out a wave of fire, but the ground beneath Wish literally rose up and swallowed the flames in a single moment. Wish's eyes locked with Cinder's, and the mad girl grinned.

"I had a really long nap and couldn't stop thinking about you. You gave me so many good ideas, Cindy!"

"I'm going to stop you!" Cinder declared, charging forward with her fire. She threw a punch out towards Wish, but it never landed.

Massive bat-like wings exploded out of Wish's back, and the girl fired into the air even faster than she had been previously. "I haven't scattered my cells about, yet. Last time, they were all wiped, thanks to those two heroes. I learned why the Emperor never did something like that. It takes a lot of energy and power to keep regrowing. It's better if I just stay in one body, and it means I have all my energy, so I'm way stronger than when we first fought." The girl smirked before her gaze came down to Paragon. "I'll deal with you in a bit, Cindy. We can play once I've gotten the full power of a Lord of Life. I'll prove to you just how much better it is than the Sun!"

"No!" Cinder tried to blast the monster out of the air, but Wish twirled through the fire, her armor keeping her safe. The girl flew down, and before Paragon could react, Wish's arms wrapped around her, lifting her up. Wish let out a loud laugh and began to fly in the direction of the tower, heading for the entrance. "Get back here-" Bone-like spikes jutted out of the ground, binding Cinder in place, followed quickly by Casey's blood chains. "Stay out of my way!" Her fire exploded out, and she tried to take a step forward, but both villains literally threw themselves into her, not caring if they got burned or punched.

"Sorry." Hannah laughed. "But if you want to save your little girlfriend, you'll have to get through us both-"

Cinder's fist rammed through the girl's stomach, nearly splitting her in two. Cinder's other hand flew out, but Casey barely managed to block it. Before he could counter-attack, however, she opened her mouth and fired out a massive beam of fire directly into both of them, using everything she had. Both of them dropped to the ground, unmoving.

By the time she looked back up, she saw Wish fly directly into the tower's hole and enter it.


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