Hey, I'll keep that change! Thank you for posting an update! Always a delight to read new content.
The anger that envelops me is sudden, as I think about how her position as a hero could have enabled them to get away with things for the last year and a half.
I want to swear at her and at the teacher for potentially knowing, but I manage to strangle that urge before it makes it even halfway up my throat.
For the rest of the class, all I can do is seethe quietly in my seat, clenching my pen in a white-knuckled grip and glaring at my book to prevent me from screaming at someone.
Golly, it sure is a good thing she gobbled up all that self-control, huh?
I grabbed the plates, cutlery, bowls, anything that might be needed, just to focus on it. I added the bread, cheese and grater, loading myself up. What else?
I saw some glasses, and as over-burdened as I was, grabbed them anyway, awkwardly wrapping my arm about them. I turned, the loaf of bread slid slightly across the cutlery, and I reflexively spun around with it, to try and catch it.
The movement tipped the cheese over, and when my elbow jerked out in a futile attempt to catch it, the glasses dropped.
They hit the floor and shattered, shards scattering across the floor with an almost musical ringing sound.
Honestly, she could've tried spinning the plates, that would have kept it all up in the air, never to come crashing down. Taylor! Go find Circus, they're the closest thing to a morally acceptable carny to drain!
Another projectile hissed from the end of the halberd, another quick movement, this time back to the right, and then Armsmaster staggered.
Another heavy iron spike had appeared, but this time growing from Armsmaster's right arm, dragging his halberd off target from the weight.
Then another spike grew from his chest plate, pulling him forwards.
Another, from his left leg as he tried to stay balanced, and then a matching one from his right, locking his legs together.
Pff, he shoulda just fought Magneto, like Iron Man always does. I'm sure there would've been no problems at all.
More blades were growing from the street, but instead of trying to contain the ABB so they could be arrested, Kaiser was simply growing the blades up through the fleeing men's feet.
I mean...
technically, they'll probably be arrested from their hospital beds? Oooof. That PT is gonna be
brutal.
The damaged brick wall burst apart with a brief flash of light and a heavy impact as something smashed through it. Dust billowed out from the broken wall, blinding me as the unknown object careened forwards, the shrill scream of the alarm suddenly coming through loud and clear.
Coughing and wiping at my eyes, I staggered clear until I managed to get a good look at whatever had almost run me over.
"Oh, come on!"
To which Vicky replied,
"Oh Yeah!"
But really, what do we think, is this Coil getting the Undersiders to loot some place while the good guys are distracted?
Then again, also kind of surprised Armsmaster's that vulnerable to him. You'd think he'd either have a Plastic Suit (sold as a separate action figure) or just not show up to Kaiser fights, if his entire setup can be (expensively and humiliatingly) wrecked with a thought. He's been fighting this guy and his gang for a while.
Eh, you can't always control when the call's coming in. By the time he made it to his spare suit and back things would've been over. So it was probably Nerf(ed) or nothing. But really, you'd think he'd have tried for Oni Lee or something, since Kaiser (for all we know), could've been in his office with a telescope. I doubt the Nazi-in-Chief would've put too much attention on Armsmaster fighting the cape that the hero could actually see, and maybe it would give Velocity and Battery a chance to scoop up a few more of the Empire gangbangers.
Definitely not as much fun when you can't see where your opponent is. And he doesn't even
have Skitter to copy off of in this universe!
Taylor's lucky the PRT shooed her out of there. Honestly, she could've caught a stray bullet, and then where would she be? I mean, dead or bleeding out, but you get the point. Even if it wouldn't have looked too good for the E88 if 'Nazi Villain skewers/Nazi gang shoots white pedestrian.'
Hopefully Taylor can wriggle her way out of whatever hole in the wall she's found herself in and take this as a wake up call.
