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Go to therapy, Emma; preferably before you go full homicifer...
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Go to therapy, Emma; preferably before you go full homicifer...
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Chilling?
More like heartwarming. I love this Emma.
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Well, that's good too I suppose.
Hmm, does Emma really have power? Maybe she's just that insane? Either way, this chapter was originally going to be a bit lewd but seeing as I don't do much on QQ and lewd stuff is where I'm a bit weak writing wise, Emma's little episode mid-chapter was taken out. Maybe I'll put this up over there one day, who knows?I mean... if you want to take this to QQ, I sure wouldn't mind
I'm not sure if I like what looks to be a stupendously strong Emma, but your story is really interesting and maybe I'm just misinterpreting the hints you've given us so far.
*twitch*
I'm having Fate/Stay Night flashes.
Emma : UNLIMITED WARDROBE WORKS!
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[10:00 PM Saturday, April 22]
Things had escalated rather fast since Taylor had met up with Homura, that had been about two weeks ago.
With the capture of Lung, there had been much fighting between all three of the gangs in an attempt to either hold the territory that was being lost or try to gain more territory respectively. The ABB were having a hard time fight on two fronts, and Oni Lee apparently could only do but so much by himself. Without Lung or another cape, it was easy to see that the ABB were going to collapse sooner than later. The E88 made large pushes on one side, while the Merchants pounced like wolves on whatever scraps they possibly could. Now, having one gang on the verge of collapse would normally be a good thing in Taylor's book as it meant ultimately less violence for the rest of the city, but there had already been many innocent citizens caught up in the fighting. Something she would not tolerate.
Thus she found herself out on patrol, to stop villainy from gaining ground in Brockton.
"Stop right there villains!" Dropping down from the roof in front of the fleeing group of mooks dressed in the colors of the ABB, she shot them a look that stopped them in their tracks. "Running will not get you anywhere! Now please ready yourselves to be arrested."
"We weren't even doing anything you fucking bitch!"
"So you were not planning on using that very molotov in your hand on the coffee shop back there?" Taylor shot back with a raised eyebrow.
It was silent for a moment before one of the mook decided that they did not like how she had just responded to them and decided that it was time for guns, thus many mooks pulled out pistols and started opening fire.
Even as the bullets came flying towards her Taylor wasn't worried, her perception speeding up as the world around her seemingly slowed down. With her recent charges spent on increased speed and heavily enhanced reflexes it was no surprise as each of the bullets that were aimed at her were grabbed out of the air. While her boost to speed was rather significant, her reflexes were what really allowed her to grab the bullets, though no one else needed to know that. Had the mooks been using something like a Machine Gun or anything remotely faster she probably couldn't have done this, but that just meant she had to make herself better at this eventually.
From there she then also collected every single gun the mooks had on them, ranging from pistols to even machine guns. She had to wonder how exactly they were even getting the guns to begin with though. Like, did they have some mystical shop where villains could buy their grunts a large supply of guns on the cheap? If so someone should really stop that, but she digressed. Her perception went back to normal as she came back to the spot where she had started, the grunts looked very confused as to what had happened.
"Looking for these? Hahaha! Mere bullets are no match for me!" Crossing her arms she grinned widely.
"Aw shit. Everyone make a run for it!"
Immediately after one of the thugs said that, everyone scrambled to get away from her. Unfortunately enough for them they had decided to flee while in an alleyway, making them all a bunch of pins ready to be knocked down. Clenching her fist tightly, she decided that this would be a good opportunity to test out her new attack! Winding her fist back, her muscles tensed as an aura of wind wrapped around her entire forearm. Twisting as she punched forward, Taylor shouted the name of her attack.
"CHICAGOOO SMASH!"
A pressurized stream of wind shot from her fist as a loud concussive bang rang throughout the area. The blast of condensed wind hit the ABB thugs with the force of a truck, it was no surprise when they dropped to the ground groaning in pain. Her new attack was a success! Taylor had been trying to figure out a non-potentially lethal version of her Justice Smash to use to subdue people and this seemed to be just what she was looking for. Now the question was, how soon could she get the cops to come pick these guys up?
"Despite being a big ol' ham, I gotta say you do some good work."
"What?" Looking up towards the sound of the voice, she saw someone jump down from the roof above her.
The figure was dressed in an all black attire. The black cloak they wore fluttered behind them as they drifted down to stop in front of Taylor. Up close as she was, Taylor could see the skintight black bodysuit that the girl wore along with some metal kneepads, gauntlets, and a black mask in appearance of a stern but feminine face. This was Shadow Stalker, Taylor remembered this from her frequent research into the cape scene in Brockton. She was a former vigilante, a la Batman or Punisher, but got pulled in as a member of the Wards due to evidence that pointed towards her being a bit lethal if Talyor remembered correctly. Well, that was what she had found on the PHO boards anyway, but they could be wrong for all she knew.
"Shadow Stalker."
"Paragon."
"It's Captain Paragon! It's not the same without the Captain part."
"Uh huh, sure whatever you say Paragon. Anyways, just stopped by to see if the new hero was living up to her reputation."
"What reputation?"
"Oh, you haven't heard. Guess I shouldn't be too surprised, anyway the people back at base along with some idiots on PHO are hyping you up to be some sort of Alexandria or something. Armsmaster thinks it's bull, and has been explaining why he thinks you're more likely a Tinker or something and that your suit is what gives you powers. I think it's all shit either way, you have power plain and simple. You choose to fuck up Nazis, those Asian dickheads in the ABB, and other trash with your power and that's all there is to it. You just happen to also to choose to be some sort of hero as well." She shrugged as she finished her thoughts.
That was quite a bit of exposition Taylor noted, but more importantly apparently she had acquired a "reputation". Her plan of becoming a successful superhero was hitting another milestone and so soon too! If her power wasn't as useful as it was she definitely would of had to work much harder than she did now, but she wouldn't dwell too much on that thought. She was talking to a member of the Wards after all! A grumpy member, if the times she did the public stuff was any indication, but Shadow Stalker was a member of the Wards nonetheless. This meant that so long as she gave a good impression, Shadow Stalker could report back to her superiors and say how much of a good gal Captain Paragon was and how much she was helping which would get her some good PR with the local Protectorate which was a really good thing. Now how was she going to give the best possible impression here...?
"Hahaha! I suppose your view on things is one way to see it, however I believe that it is because I have this power that I should help people. It is easy to use power on people without and submit to your baser desires, but it is much harder to use it for the good of all. With great power comes great responsibility. Gyahaha!" Giving out a hearty laugh as she ended her impromptu response, Taylor thought that she totally nailed it.
"Spider-man, really? Figures you'd be a nerd, no way a normal person would say such cheesy crap unless they were nerds or a big fan of Mouse Protector, and from the looks of it you're probably both." Shadow Stalker said bluntly as she pulled out a phone. "I have a group of thugs down and mildly injured, nothing permanent. Location is around the south end of the Boardwalk area, in an alley near..." Looking around for a momemnt she continued. "A coffee shop called Ahnenerbe, probably German from the name. From the looks of it they planned on breaking and entering, or at least fire-bombing the place. Were taken down by the hero Captain Paragon."
Closing her phone she turned and regarded me for a moment with a stare in which Taylor wasn't sure she wasn't completely comfortable with before sprinting away, turning into another shadow of the night during that point. Taylor thought that overall her meeting with Shadow Stalker hadn't went too bad, in fact Shadow Stalker didn't even seem that mean of a person. She had even recognized the Spider-Man quote that Taylor had just been itching to use since she had started her hero career. Any hero that knew about Spider-Man couldn't be all that bad.
A loud crashing noise shook Taylor right out of her reverie, looking towards where it came from she saw that a dumpster had just hit a building at a speed that definitely wasn't normal. Looking further around a bit more, she saw that Shadow Stalker was currently fighting someone that was floating on top of a large piece of concrete. Looks like this night was getting just a little bit more hectic. It was time to be a hero!
[10:00 PM Saturday, April 22]
Things had escalated rather fast since Taylor had met up with Homura, that had been about two weeks ago.
With the capture of Lung, there had been much fighting between all three of the gangs in an attempt to either hold the territory that was being lost or try to gain more territory respectively. The ABB were having a hard time fight on two fronts, and Oni Lee apparently could only do but so much by himself. Without Lung or another cape, it was easy to see that the ABB were going to collapse sooner than later. The E88 made large pushes on one side, while the Merchants pounced like wolves on whatever scraps they possibly could. Now, having one gang on the verge of collapse would normally be a good thing in Taylor's book as it meant ultimately less violence for the rest of the city, but there had already been many innocent citizens caught up in the fighting. Something she would not tolerate.
Thus she found herself out on patrol, to stop villainy from gaining ground in Brockton.
"Stop right there villains!" Dropping down from the roof in front of the fleeing group of mooks dressed in the colors of the ABB, she shot them a look that stopped them in their tracks. "Running will not get you anywhere! Now please ready yourselves to be arrested."
"We weren't even doing anything you fucking bitch!"
"So you were not planning on using that very molotov in your hand on the coffee shop back there?" Taylor shot back with a raised eyebrow.
It was silent for a moment before one of the mook decided that they did not like how she had just responded to them and decided that it was time for guns, thus many mooks pulled out pistols and started opening fire.
Even as the bullets came flying towards her Taylor wasn't worried, her perception speeding up as the world around her seemingly slowed down. With her recent charges spent on increased speed and heavily enhanced reflexes it was no surprise as each of the bullets that were aimed at her were grabbed out of the air. While her boost to speed was rather significant, her reflexes were what really allowed her to grab the bullets, though no one else needed to know that. Had the mooks been using something like a Machine Gun or anything remotely faster she probably couldn't have done this, but that just meant she had to make herself better at this eventually.
From there she then also collected every single gun the mooks had on them, ranging from pistols to even machine guns. She had to wonder how exactly they were even getting the guns to begin with though. Like, did they have some mystical shop where villains could buy their grunts a large supply of guns on the cheap? If so someone should really stop that, but she digressed. Her perception went back to normal as she came back to the spot where she had started, the grunts looked very confused as to what had happened.
"Looking for these? Hahaha! Mere bullets are no match for me!" Crossing her arms she grinned widely.
"Aw shit. Everyone make a run for it!"
Immediately after one of the thugs said that, everyone scrambled to get away from her. Unfortunately enough for them they had decided to flee while in an alleyway, making them all a bunch of pins ready to be knocked down. Clenching her fist tightly, she decided that this would be a good opportunity to test out her new attack! Winding her fist back, her muscles tensed as an aura of wind wrapped around her entire forearm. Twisting as she punched forward, Taylor shouted the name of her attack.
"CHICAGOOO SMASH!"
A pressurized stream of wind shot from her fist as a loud concussive bang rang throughout the area. The blast of condensed wind hit the ABB thugs with the force of a truck, it was no surprise when they dropped to the ground groaning in pain. Her new attack was a success! Taylor had been trying to figure out a non-potentially lethal version of her Justice Smash to use to subdue people and this seemed to be just what she was looking for. Now the question was, how soon could she get the cops to come pick these guys up?
"Despite being a big ol' ham, I gotta say you do some good work."
"What?" Looking up towards the sound of the voice, she saw someone jump down from the roof above her.
The figure was dressed in an all black attire. The black cloak they wore fluttered behind them as they drifted down to stop in front of Taylor. Up close as she was, Taylor could see the skintight black bodysuit that the girl wore along with some metal kneepads, gauntlets, and a black mask in appearance of a stern but feminine face. This was Shadow Stalker, Taylor remembered this from her frequent research into the cape scene in Brockton. She was a former vigilante, a la Batman or Punisher, but got pulled in as a member of the Wards due to evidence that pointed towards her being a bit lethal if Talyor remembered correctly. Well, that was what she had found on the PHO boards anyway, but they could be wrong for all she knew.
"Shadow Stalker."
"Paragon."
"It's Captain Paragon! It's not the same without the Captain part."
"Uh huh, sure whatever you say Paragon. Anyways, just stopped by to see if the new hero was living up to her reputation."
"What reputation?"
"Oh, you haven't heard. Guess I shouldn't be too surprised, anyway the people back at base along with some idiots on PHO are hyping you up to be some sort of Alexandria or something. Armsmaster thinks it's bull, and has been explaining why he thinks you're more likely a Tinker or something and that your suit is what gives you powers. I think it's all shit either way, you have power plain and simple. You choose to fuck up Nazis, those Asian dickheads in the ABB, and other trash with your power and that's all there is to it. You just happen to also to choose to be some sort of hero as well." She shrugged as she finished her thoughts.
That was quite a bit of exposition Taylor noted, but more importantly apparently she had acquired a "reputation". Her plan of becoming a successful superhero was hitting another milestone and so soon too! If her power wasn't as useful as it was she definitely would of had to work much harder than she did now, but she wouldn't dwell too much on that thought. She was talking to a member of the Wards after all! A grumpy member, if the times she did the public stuff was any indication, but Shadow Stalker was a member of the Wards nonetheless. This meant that so long as she gave a good impression, Shadow Stalker could report back to her superiors and say how much of a good gal Captain Paragon was and how much she was helping which would get her some good PR with the local Protectorate which was a really good thing. Now how was she going to give the best possible impression here...?
"Hahaha! I suppose your view on things is one way to see it, however I believe that it is because I have this power that I should help people. It is easy to use power on people without and submit to your baser desires, but it is much harder to use it for the good of all. With great power comes great responsibility. Gyahaha!" Giving out a hearty laugh as she ended her impromptu response, Taylor thought that she totally nailed it.
"Spider-man, really? Figures you'd be a nerd, no way a normal person would say such cheesy crap unless they were nerds or a big fan of Mouse Protector, and from the looks of it you're probably both." Shadow Stalker said bluntly as she pulled out a phone. "I have a group of thugs down and mildly injured, nothing permanent. Location is around the south end of the Boardwalk area, in an alley near..." Looking around for a momemnt she continued. "A coffee shop called Ahnenerbe, probably German from the name. From the looks of it they planned on breaking and entering, or at least fire-bombing the place. Were taken down by the hero Captain Paragon."
Closing her phone she turned and regarded me for a moment with a stare in which Taylor wasn't sure she wasn't completely comfortable with before sprinting away, turning into another shadow of the night during that point. Taylor thought that overall her meeting with Shadow Stalker hadn't went too bad, in fact Shadow Stalker didn't even seem that mean of a person. She had even recognized the Spider-Man quote that Taylor had just been itching to use since she had started her hero career. Any hero that knew about Spider-Man couldn't be all that bad.
A loud crashing noise shook Taylor right out of her reverie, looking towards where it came from she saw that a dumpster had just hit a building at a speed that definitely wasn't normal. Looking further around a bit more, she saw that Shadow Stalker was currently fighting someone that was floating on top of a large piece of concrete. Looks like this night was getting just a little bit more hectic. It was time to be a hero!
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Presumably because of the "Windy City" nickname Chicago has.And this story continues to be awesome!
I wonder why it's called Chicago smash.
@UsurperOfTruth is this a stealth My hero Academia cross I see?
Because Taylor is acting like Allmight and that Chicago Smash would it be similar to a Detroit Smash?
Because Taylor is acting like Allmight and that Chicago Smash would it be similar to a Detroit Smash?
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Sort of. My first thought when I think of hammy heroes is All-Might and as I wrote this up the similarities just sort of happened, but essentially Taylor is very All-Might like while not exactly having his powers. She just does a really good imitation.@UsurperOfTruth is this a stealth My hero Academia cross I see?
Because Taylor is acting like Allmight and that Chicago Smash would it be similar to a Detroit Smash?
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Loving this - I look forward to Taylor's meeting with Glory Girl and Mouse Protector.
I also really like your Yandere!Emma and ClosetComicNerd(CCN)!Sophia.
P.S. Reaction 2.1 is missing in the threadmarks!
I also really like your Yandere!Emma and ClosetComicNerd(CCN)!Sophia.
P.S. Reaction 2.1 is missing in the threadmarks!
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Interesting story so far.
Anyway, the threadmark for the last update is missing
GG is going to be so envious. Taylor can just deactivate collateral damage.
Anyway, the threadmark for the last update is missing
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She weaved her way around the various debris that shot forth at her as she tried her hardest to get close enough so that she could knock out the villain who decided that it would be a good idea to attack a fellow hero! Whilst her superior speed made this easy, the hard part was safely making sure that the villain, Rune if she remembered her name correctly, did not end up dropping far enough and fast enough that she could not catch her in time. Floating on-top of a large girder that she must've gotten from some place nearby, Rune was able to launch pieces of debris at both her and Shadow Stalker while being able to move herself freely. It was a troublesome situation.
"Paragon," Shadowing through a hail of rocks that were shot forth like bullets, Shadow Stalker spoke. "Got any idea on how the hell we get Miss Sour Crout off her fucking platform without accidentally killing the bitch?"
"It's Captain Paragon," Taylor reminded her factually as she punched through a piece of concrete that was sent her way, "and no, I don't have a good idea just yet. However, I might be able to think of something soon. We just need to hold on for a bit, besides you called for back-up, right?"
"Yeah, but the chances of them getting here before the bitch's back-up gets here is slim. The Nazi's are like a fucking pack of rats, where there's one there's at least a couple more nearby."
Taylor nodded as she dodged another shower of rocks, as she thought about the weirdness of this attack. Villains didn't attack for just no reason, even people like the Joker had the vaguest of reasons for attacking a hero or anyone really. So, what was the reason for this attack? What did the E88 have to gain from this? Thinking about it, the only thing she had as a distinct point was that it could be a good idea to get rid of herself because she was an upstart or something. However, Rune had distinctively not attacked her until she had jumped into the fight and had tried to attack her.
Rune herself was something else weird she noted. During this entire fight she had this weird almost blank dreamy look in her eyes, like she wasn't really all there but was in a semi-lucid state currently. Was she not conscious of what she was doing? Maybe, maybe it was some sort of Master then? Someone was controlling Rune then, but who and why? Why would someone be targeting Shadow Stalker specifically and what did they gain from it if they managed to accomplish whatever their goal was in fighting her?
"Keep your head in the game, Paragon!"
Shadow Stalker's voice knocked Taylor out of her reverie just in time for another storm of rubble to be sent towards her. Rearing her fist back, Taylor punched.
"CHICAGO SMASH!"
The pressurized stream of wind that shot from her fist not only sent the rock flying but also annihilated the smaller pieces as a subsequent loud concussive bang rang throughout the area. The air stream continued going forward and pushed the girder Rune was standing on off-kilter a bit, however instead of wobbling she seemed to re-adjust herself in seconds. However, those seconds were all Taylor needed.
"Here we go!" Leaping hard enough for the concrete to actually break underneath her feat in a straight leap towards Rune. "I have you now!"
There was no possible way for her to dodge, but Taylor noted as she approached at an almost bullet-like speed a menacing feeling coming from her. It was as she was within arm's reach that it happened.
Time stopped.
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"W-what?" Shooting forward she realized that Rune was no longer in front of her and quickly tried to slow herself down by pushing a wave of air from her hands but was too late as she slammed into the building, her body making a sizable imprint in it. "Owww, what just happened? I was sure I had her..."
"Hey, Paragon! I could a bit of fucking help!" The loud voice of Shadow Stalker reminded her that the fight was still apparently on, shenanigans or otherwise. Looking towards where Rune was she seemed to have a storm of rocks whipping around her body in circle pattern while launching rocks at Shadow Stalker like they were bullets from the safety of a giant piece of concrete floating in the sky, the way Stalker seemed to be limping as she dodged and launched darts at Rune she had to have been hit already.
Think Taylor, you can tank bullets are super fast and super strong, so what's the best way to take someone down that can fight you at a range like this? You have to get past a literal storm of rocks that are going fast enough that they'd probably give bullets a run for their money, grab the girl whose doing this and then not let her touch anything else while also trying to knock her out. Take a deep breath...now think!
Running towards Shadow Stalker, she dodged the myriad of rocks that struck at her by outpacing them and weaving around the ones that seemed to be getting closer to her. She had a plan, sort of. Taylor wasn't sure that it would work but it was all she had right now. Skidding to astp in front of Shadow Stalker she pushed both her hands forward in front of them a launched a pulse of wind at Rune, knocking away the rock that weren't currently around her.
Touching Shadow Stalker's crossbow for a moment she yelled.
"Fire at her now!"
Firing the currently loaded dart, Shadow Stalker was surprised that as the dart launched forth at Rune it went through the rocks and clipped her side. The effects were almost immediate as seconds later, Rune seemed to falter with her onslaught the tranquilizer in the darts quickly taking affect as Rune swayed a bit. Seeing her opportunity, Taylor rushed forward and grabbed her off the girder being careful to make sure she didn't incidentally hurt her more than necessary. Coming to a stop from the leap she made to grab her, she leaped in surprise at the loud bang of the giant piece of concrete smashing against the ground along with hundred of rocks.
Shifting Rune onto her shoulder, Taylor gawked a bit at all the collateral damage she had caused. Indirectly for the most part, but still...
"What'd you do to my bow? I had been trying to make the shot throughout the entire fight but she either dodged or kept shooting those fucking rocks at me, but you touch my bow and then suddenly Miss Nazi Girl Scout drops in seconds." Even with the limp in her step, Shadow Stalker still seemed to hold herself with a certain aggressiveness.
"Well, I gave it a sort of temporary accuracy boost. It was pretty much guaranteed to hit, even if you somehow winded up messing the shot though the possibility for error would've been larger."
"So, is it gonna linger or something?"
"Nope! Probably. I was thinking of something temporary when I boosted your bow, but I haven't actually tested something like this before so who knows?" Taylor finished with a sheepish look.
"Hmm, well it'll be useful at least. To think you were some goofy hero, guess even idiots can be useful."
"Whatever, you're just mad Captain Paragon is more popular than Shadow Stalker." Taylor said striking a heroic pose.
"Hah! You wish. Anyways, this was...cool. I guess, you weren't the worse person I've had to spend time with. I should get going, Armsmaster will probably get a thicker stick up his ass if I don't report in soon."
"Yeah, we can talk later!"
"Yeah, whatever."
A whoosh of air was all the warning they got as the steel girder from before rose and shot forward. Seeing where it was aimed at, Taylor yelled but was moments too late.
"Shadow Stalker, move!"
"Wha-"
It came as a surprise to both her and Taylor when suddenly a large girder slammed into her face, the maddened laughter of Rune echoing in the air.
"Heeheehee, looks like she...lost her head~! No...more...So-phi-a." Rune giggled to herself, even as she slumped over seconds later as the tranquilizer finally knocked her out for real.
Taylor could only stare in shock.
She weaved her way around the various debris that shot forth at her as she tried her hardest to get close enough so that she could knock out the villain who decided that it would be a good idea to attack a fellow hero! Whilst her superior speed made this easy, the hard part was safely making sure that the villain, Rune if she remembered her name correctly, did not end up dropping far enough and fast enough that she could not catch her in time. Floating on-top of a large girder that she must've gotten from some place nearby, Rune was able to launch pieces of debris at both her and Shadow Stalker while being able to move herself freely. It was a troublesome situation.
"Paragon," Shadowing through a hail of rocks that were shot forth like bullets, Shadow Stalker spoke. "Got any idea on how the hell we get Miss Sour Crout off her fucking platform without accidentally killing the bitch?"
"It's Captain Paragon," Taylor reminded her factually as she punched through a piece of concrete that was sent her way, "and no, I don't have a good idea just yet. However, I might be able to think of something soon. We just need to hold on for a bit, besides you called for back-up, right?"
"Yeah, but the chances of them getting here before the bitch's back-up gets here is slim. The Nazi's are like a fucking pack of rats, where there's one there's at least a couple more nearby."
Taylor nodded as she dodged another shower of rocks, as she thought about the weirdness of this attack. Villains didn't attack for just no reason, even people like the Joker had the vaguest of reasons for attacking a hero or anyone really. So, what was the reason for this attack? What did the E88 have to gain from this? Thinking about it, the only thing she had as a distinct point was that it could be a good idea to get rid of herself because she was an upstart or something. However, Rune had distinctively not attacked her until she had jumped into the fight and had tried to attack her.
Rune herself was something else weird she noted. During this entire fight she had this weird almost blank dreamy look in her eyes, like she wasn't really all there but was in a semi-lucid state currently. Was she not conscious of what she was doing? Maybe, maybe it was some sort of Master then? Someone was controlling Rune then, but who and why? Why would someone be targeting Shadow Stalker specifically and what did they gain from it if they managed to accomplish whatever their goal was in fighting her?
"Keep your head in the game, Paragon!"
Shadow Stalker's voice knocked Taylor out of her reverie just in time for another storm of rubble to be sent towards her. Rearing her fist back, Taylor punched.
"CHICAGO SMASH!"
The pressurized stream of wind that shot from her fist not only sent the rock flying but also annihilated the smaller pieces as a subsequent loud concussive bang rang throughout the area. The air stream continued going forward and pushed the girder Rune was standing on off-kilter a bit, however instead of wobbling she seemed to re-adjust herself in seconds. However, those seconds were all Taylor needed.
"Here we go!" Leaping hard enough for the concrete to actually break underneath her feat in a straight leap towards Rune. "I have you now!"
There was no possible way for her to dodge, but Taylor noted as she approached at an almost bullet-like speed a menacing feeling coming from her. It was as she was within arm's reach that it happened.
Time stopped.
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"W-what?" Shooting forward she realized that Rune was no longer in front of her and quickly tried to slow herself down by pushing a wave of air from her hands but was too late as she slammed into the building, her body making a sizable imprint in it. "Owww, what just happened? I was sure I had her..."
"Hey, Paragon! I could a bit of fucking help!" The loud voice of Shadow Stalker reminded her that the fight was still apparently on, shenanigans or otherwise. Looking towards where Rune was she seemed to have a storm of rocks whipping around her body in circle pattern while launching rocks at Shadow Stalker like they were bullets from the safety of a giant piece of concrete floating in the sky, the way Stalker seemed to be limping as she dodged and launched darts at Rune she had to have been hit already.
Think Taylor, you can tank bullets are super fast and super strong, so what's the best way to take someone down that can fight you at a range like this? You have to get past a literal storm of rocks that are going fast enough that they'd probably give bullets a run for their money, grab the girl whose doing this and then not let her touch anything else while also trying to knock her out. Take a deep breath...now think!
Running towards Shadow Stalker, she dodged the myriad of rocks that struck at her by outpacing them and weaving around the ones that seemed to be getting closer to her. She had a plan, sort of. Taylor wasn't sure that it would work but it was all she had right now. Skidding to astp in front of Shadow Stalker she pushed both her hands forward in front of them a launched a pulse of wind at Rune, knocking away the rock that weren't currently around her.
Touching Shadow Stalker's crossbow for a moment she yelled.
"Fire at her now!"
Firing the currently loaded dart, Shadow Stalker was surprised that as the dart launched forth at Rune it went through the rocks and clipped her side. The effects were almost immediate as seconds later, Rune seemed to falter with her onslaught the tranquilizer in the darts quickly taking affect as Rune swayed a bit. Seeing her opportunity, Taylor rushed forward and grabbed her off the girder being careful to make sure she didn't incidentally hurt her more than necessary. Coming to a stop from the leap she made to grab her, she leaped in surprise at the loud bang of the giant piece of concrete smashing against the ground along with hundred of rocks.
Shifting Rune onto her shoulder, Taylor gawked a bit at all the collateral damage she had caused. Indirectly for the most part, but still...
"What'd you do to my bow? I had been trying to make the shot throughout the entire fight but she either dodged or kept shooting those fucking rocks at me, but you touch my bow and then suddenly Miss Nazi Girl Scout drops in seconds." Even with the limp in her step, Shadow Stalker still seemed to hold herself with a certain aggressiveness.
"Well, I gave it a sort of temporary accuracy boost. It was pretty much guaranteed to hit, even if you somehow winded up messing the shot though the possibility for error would've been larger."
"So, is it gonna linger or something?"
"Nope! Probably. I was thinking of something temporary when I boosted your bow, but I haven't actually tested something like this before so who knows?" Taylor finished with a sheepish look.
"Hmm, well it'll be useful at least. To think you were some goofy hero, guess even idiots can be useful."
"Whatever, you're just mad Captain Paragon is more popular than Shadow Stalker." Taylor said striking a heroic pose.
"Hah! You wish. Anyways, this was...cool. I guess, you weren't the worse person I've had to spend time with. I should get going, Armsmaster will probably get a thicker stick up his ass if I don't report in soon."
"Yeah, we can talk later!"
"Yeah, whatever."
A whoosh of air was all the warning they got as the steel girder from before rose and shot forward. Seeing where it was aimed at, Taylor yelled but was moments too late.
"Shadow Stalker, move!"
"Wha-"
It came as a surprise to both her and Taylor when suddenly a large girder slammed into her face, the maddened laughter of Rune echoing in the air.
"Heeheehee, looks like she...lost her head~! No...more...So-phi-a." Rune giggled to herself, even as she slumped over seconds later as the tranquilizer finally knocked her out for real.
Taylor could only stare in shock.
Someone wants the PRT to escalate against the E88, I think.
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- Ural, Russia, Earth
What. Just... What.
Either Emma is halping or... or something?
On the one hand I'm happy that it's Sophia.
On the other hand I'm sad that it's traumatized Taylor.
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Ah... This is one of them give frodo a lightsaber and darth vader a hobbit fetish and a penchant for mindrape type deals.
I'm out.
The writing style is nice though.
I'm out.
The writing style is nice though.
UsurperOfTruth
Amateur Writer
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I actually had to google what that was, and I must say it's kind of accurate but not really what I'm trying for but meh. I'd say everything will make sense as I get around to actually explaining everything in story, but I respect your decision to bail. It's not for everyone so makes sense I suppose.
It was at least a nice ride up till now I hope. Also, thanks for the compliment.