Of Sentience and Predator

A2: Washington BC

When on it's own line ... means a time jump

-()- means scene change

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A fiery piece of rubble fell, blocking the path of the clearly terrified boy and mother. It was soon snuffed out by green slime, along with other nearby fires.

A large, gooey eagle-like with a strange symbol on a collar landed on a nearby piece of rubble before asking, "Are you two alright?"

The boy didn't reply, but the mother stiffly nodded.

"You two get out of here, me and Pele will put out the fires," the eagle thing stated, before taking into the air.

A voice then yelled out, "Goowash, focus on getting the innocents out!"

"Understood, Pele!" the eagle-like, Goowash, squawked. It turned towards an exit blocked by flames and quickly smothered them by flicking goo on them. He looked at the mother and motioned his head towards the exit. The mother didn't make any effort to respond to him, but did pick up her child and began moving towards the exit.

Goowash flew above them, putting out other flares before spotting Pele. She was focused on the largest of the fires, not paying much attention to anything else. He snickered before looking around again. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw an odd car at the back of a store, him seeing a sign that looked like a jewelry brand.

Goowash looked at the fire and washed it with a wave of goo before yelling, "Pele, there's robbers at a jewelry store! I'm gonna slow them down!"

Pele shook some of the goo off of her before noticing the fire she was putting out was gone and processing what Goowash said. She then turned away and began to run, looking for where Goowash flew off to. However, she tripped slightly, causing her to stop. Pele sighed before going in a different direction and limping off.

Goowash slammed down onto the vehicle, causing a distressed cry to be let out from one of the robbers. He looked towards them before letting out a caw that sounded like it was mixed with a roar. One of the robbers pointed a gun at him and shot it, but it just went through the gooey eagle like it was nothing. He jumped off the vehicle to the ground in front of the robbers, causing them to turn around and go towards the front.

He took into the air again as police sirens filled the air, but he didn't pay attention to that as he flew to the front of the store. Goowash landed on the ground and looked in through the glass, seeing the robbers. He saw the lights of a police car from a room in the back, causing him to release a beaky grin. The police confronted the robbers, quickly surrounding them.

Goowash looked one of the police in the eyes before nodding and taking into the air. He flew around a bit before seeing a small light by a river and flying down to it.

Pele washed some of the last bits of slime off of her, ignoring her body's protests and the snuffed flame hair revealing the other rocks that made up the being's head. She stopped briefly when Goowash landed on a nearby bench. He lifted a wing and tapped the symbol on the collar, a mechanical voice informing, "Quick-change is disabled. Early timeout is disabled. Three Earthen minutes remaining."

"You ok, Pele?" Goowash asked a few seconds after the voice finished.

"I got slammed with a wave of slime. What do you think?" Pele answered, leaning back into the water. She then randomly added, "My leg still hurts..."

"Not my fault you used Artemis to climb a tree and ended up falling onto the ground," Goowash shrugged.

"I broke my leg when I was still Artemis and it seemed to heal itself when I switched back," Pele corrected, getting the last bits of slime off. "Phantom pains, that's all."