Some time passed, and it's now Wednesday. Mix is out on patrol with Shirai again, and this time he's keeping up with her as they constantly teleport.
Shirai: You seem to be keeping up better today, Mix.
Mix: Yep! Doing pretty well, right?
Shirai: Mhmm. Keep it up!
Mix grinned and did just that. By the end of the patrol, he wasn't even very tired.
Shirai: I'm guessing you've been practicing with your ability, huh?
Mix: Mhmm! I'm getting better at using it longer.
Shirai: That's good. Keep it up and maybe you'll become a level 4 some day.
Mix: Hopefully some day soon.
Shirai: It's possible. Anyway, we should head back to-
Shirai was cut off my a loud crash down on the street below.
Mix: What the heck was that?
They both ran over to the edge of the building they were on and looked for the source of the noise. They found it pretty easily.
There was some sort of black humanoid thing with tentacles in the road. It looked like it had thrown a car into a tree, destroying both objects in the process. It roared as it grabbed another car and threw it. Before it could crash into anything though, Shirai appeared on top of it and teleported it to the ground, preventing more damage. Mix then appeared next to her and the car.
Mix: Nice save.
Shirai: Thanks. Any idea what this thing is?
Mix: No clue. It's definitely not one of those Nomu things.. and it kinda resembles that guy from the alleyway...
Shirai: Yeah, I guess it does..
By now the creature had seen them, and definitely didn't like them. It roared again and ran at them. As it got close, it swung all its tentacles at them, which extended at least a dozen feet longer to attack them. They teleported out of the way, and the tentacles ripped the saved car to pieces.
Mix: So much for the car being saved..
Shirai: We've gotta stop this thing. Waiting for a hero to show up is definitely not an option.
Mix: Agreed. Think we can take it?
Shirai: Not sure. Assuming it's tentacles can extend as long as it wants, we're gonna have to do a lot of dodging.
Mix: Easy enough. Let's do this.
Mix thinking: If you can dodge a baseball bat made of ice, you can dodge eight rapidly extending tentacles, right? Makes sense to me.
Both of them then teleported away as the creature attacked again. This time they both appeared behind it and kicked it in the head. It made several cracking sounds as if it's neck was snapped.. then it raised its head as if it was fine.
Mix: Does this thing not have any bones??
They teleported again as it's tentacles came crashing down on them. This time they very narrowly dodged.
Shirai: I doubt we can knock it out if that hit to the head didn't affect it..
Mix: So what do we do then?
Shirai: We can't take care of this on our own. You go call 911. I'll detain this thing.
Mix: Got it. You sure you can do it on your own?
Shirai: Trust me.
Shirai brushed her hands against her legs and teleported something into her hands. They looked like small metal picks.
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Shirai: I can handle this thing no problem!
Mix nodded, then teleported away to a safe place to call help. Leaving just Shirai, and the creature.
Shirai: All I've gotta do is keep you busy until a hero shows up. Don't make it too easy, okay?
The creature growled at her, then attacked again. Shirai teleported all over the place, dodging the rapidly swinging tentacles. Eventually, she kicked one of the tentacles into the ground, then teleported one of the metal picks into it, pinning it to the ground. The creature roared angrily.
Shirai: Didnt like that, huh? We'll get ready then!
Over the next few minutes, Shirai did the same thing again and again, pinning it's tentacles down into the road. Soon it didn't have any left to fight with, and was completely stuck just standing there. Shirai teleported a few feet away and admired her work.
Shirai: I'm not really sure if you understand me or not, but a hero will be here soon to deal with you. Until then, you may as well just stay out and don't resist.
Mix then appeared next to her.
Mix: I saw what was happening and thought it'd be best if I just stayed back and let you handle it. A hero should be here any minute.
Shirai: Good. Smart to stay back, too. I had it handled.
Mix: Clearly. That was amazing! What the heck are those metal things by the way?
Shirai: They're a custom tool of mine.
She lifts the side of her skirt just a little to reveal a leather strap around her thigh. On it, was more of the picks.
Shirai: typically I teleport them through people's clothes to trap them against walls or the ground. They're great for detaining people, as you can see.
She gestured to the still trapped creature before them.
Mix: Wow.. I'd never even considered using my ability to teleport objects as a weapon before.
Shirai: It's not something everyone would expect. Saying that, I wonder if you'll do anything with this knowledge.
Mix nodded as he was already deep in thought, trying to come up with an idea. He was almost onto something, but was interrupted by a hero arriving on the scene. It was Endeavor. As well as Tyler, for some reason.
Mix: Tyl- er, Fire Fox?
Ty: Hey, Mix. You're the one who called in about this thing?
Mix: Mhmm. What're you doing here?
Ty: I've been working at Endeavor's agency after school with a few classmates. Seems your seeing, more action than I am though in Judgement, huh?
Mix: Hehe, guess so, yeah.
Ty: Any idea what this thing is?
Mix: Maybe.. but it's a long story.
Shirai: Think it's related to those two from the other day?
Mix: I think so, yeah..
Ty, Who?
Mix: Again, long story.
By now, Endeavor and the police had successfully fully restrained the creature, and were loading it up into a police truck. Ty then got permission to leave for the day, so he could hear this long story of Mix's.
Mix: Let's head back to the 177th branch. It'll probably be better to explain there.
Shirai and Ty both agreed, and they all headed to the office, where Mix would explain what was going on, to some extent.
