The Alta Heroes (J.F.)

Fighting Familiar Foes

  The two groups face each other down with great fearlessness. The team can't help but feel the uneasiness the two bring here. They're just... creepy. The yellow-eyed entity sees upon them sadistically, hoping for some sick fun before taking the crystal shard from their cold, dead hands. The red-eyed entity, unlike his unhinged brother, only cares about getting the mission done. With Raptor, he better not cause a mess when getting these shards from these five kids. A long, uncertain silence goes by before Jayden speaks up for the group, knowing all too well what's about to come.
   "Hello," Jayden says in an attempt for a decent conversation.
    "Hello," Silencer speaks back to the blue hooded young man.
      "What's up, Mr... What's your name?" Jayden asks.
   "My name's Silencer and this is Raptor," Silencer says whilst gesturing to his brother.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all," Raptor says before taking a bow. Jayden, although knowing who they are, tries to hold onto the conversation for a while longer.
"Well, I'm Jayden. This is my team." Despite their uneasiness, the team complies with introducing themselves.
"Name's Ashley."
"Shadow Bird."
"Aubrey."
"I'm Asori, Mr. Silencer, and Raptor." Asori can't believe this. After all, these guys practically look like real-life Sith Lords. The black robes, weird eyes, obvious evil intentions, and just all-around darkness in front of them.
"Please, kiddo. Just call us by our names. We're only two people." Raptor comments with a dark chuckle. Asori's blood nearly turns to ice as those words leave the unhinged one's mouth. Deciding that he's had enough of this stalling, Silencer cuts to the chase.
"You five must be our Starsis', correct?" Silencer asks sternly.
"Yep. And, you guys must be Evilkin's lackeys, correct?" Ashley says sarcastically.
"Yes. And I assume you know what we want?" Silencer retorts. The team glances at each other for a moment or two before looking back at the two dark entities. These guys are scary, but they're still two guys. They can take them.
"Yeah, and judging by your guys' obvious evil intentions, you can hit the road," Ashley spits. Silencer isn't impressed and continues trying to get the shards from the teens through words.
"Ohh, very funny. Too bad that's not what we're going to do. So, if all of you wish to live, you'd be wise to give us the shards right now," Silencer sternly demands.
"And, trust us," Raptor starts whilst he and Silencer form their sickles and hammer from their dark aura. "We'll make your deaths very painful," Raptor finishes after a chuckle. Every one of the teens' faces turns serious immediately upon those threats. The multiverse is at stake, and these guys are only an obstacle they need to remove. Jayden grabs his sword from the backpack while Asori summons her swords, Ashley gets into her southpaw fighting position, Aubrey stands in a kickboxing position and Shadow Bird stands strong with his taekwondo stance after setting the backpack down on the ground. A huge pause passes in the atmosphere before the two dark brothers walk towards the teens. The teens, not wasting any time, walk towards the two dark entities. Asori is still afraid. She's never been in this scenario before. Sure, she's fenced against others before, but these guys are literal entities of darkness. But, she hides it for the sake of her new team. Even Shadow Bird felt the same, but he too hides his fear with his strong-willed frown and stature. The two groups stare down at each other once again once they're five feet apart.
"Look, you guys don't have to do this. Is this what you really wanna do?" Jayden asks, hoping for humanity that's locked in their dark hearts. Sadly, one of the brothers answers his hopes intending to kill him.
"Trust me, kid. We wanna do this," Raptor says with great joy in his voice. Raptor then takes a stab at Jayden only for the blue hooded boy to slash the sickle away, backing away from the two entities and giving a swift jump kick to Raptor's face. Aubrey takes this as an opportunity to knee the psycho in the face. That starts the fight right then and there. Aubrey and Jayden advance on the maniac while Shadow Bird, Asori, and Ashley fight the hammer man. The red-eyed warrior ruthlessly attacks the teens through his heavy hammer swings which are countered by Asori's elegant fencing. Her adept agileness helps the black-haired teen avoid each attack, the same being said for Ashley and Shadow Bird. Shadow Bird uses a few punches and kicks to counter the man's occasional swings to the face. But, they're not enough to counter his superior strength, this being apparent to Shadow Bird after being punched in the gut very hard. This makes Shadow Bird fall to the ground in which he then coughs up blood. Before Silencer can finish Shadow Bird, Ashley and Asori jump in front of the entity and kick him square in the face. Silencer drops his hammer, staggers slightly back but regains his strong stance, grabs the girls, and slams them together before throwing them to the side. Jayden and Aubrey do their best against the maniac that's Raptor. Jayden's swordplay, while impressive to Raptor, isn't enough to stand the overwhelming onslaught of slashes and punches. Raptor, while he does have one of his sickles stolen by Aubrey, swiftly gives Jayden's eye a right hook followed up by him kicking Jayden away from the fight. Aubrey used her super speed to at least try and catch this maniac off guard. Sadly, because she's only a blue belt in kickboxing, and this man is clearly more experienced in fighting those in the way of his warpaths, Aubrey is quickly knocked back as well. Both teens quickly stagger back to their feet as they don't want this monster to win. Shadow Bird, Ashley, and Aubrey also get back up after falling. A few blasts of energy come here and there from the two evil entities only for them to be answered by Ashley and Asori blasting fire and energy balls at the attacks. The residents of Fic-City both look on at the scene and even record the fight. Others, on the other hand, run to get the police to protect these kids. The teens try their best to keep the fight away from the innocents, but the entities are getting the upper hand. Jayden's gut, like Shadow Bird's, receives a powerful punch, making himself cough up blood. Aubrey's face receives a roundhouse kick as she rushes to try and help Jayden. Ashley finds her body slammed onto the group whilst fighting Silencer. Silencer then knees, headbutts, and throws Shadow Bird to the ground when he attempts to save his teammate. The two entities are impressed. These teens can really put up a fight. The crowds present, on the other hand, are shell-shocked. These kids. These young, poor kids. These two men are crazy. They could've killed those kids. The five teens barely manage to get back up. They all look horrible: blood running down their faces, Jayden and Ashley having black eyes, all five teens shaking as they stand, and Asori nearly losing consciousness.
"So, you kids still got some fight in you?" Raptor taunts. Silencer then adds his colorful comments into the conversation.
"We've killed many such as yourselves. However, somehow, you've proven yourselves much stronger and faster than our victims. But, because you guys are in our way, we'll take both your lives and the shards now." Raptor, one of his sickles in hand, walks up to the team, Silencer going to the bag Shadow Bird dropped. However, a sudden bolt of energy strikes Raptor's back, making him howl not with laughter, but pain.
"FREEZE!" The entire group turns to see the police standing there, Lieutenant Carter being the one who pulled the trigger. Raptor can barely get up after being shot and Silencer, consumed by the love he has for his brother, runs to him.
"Raptor!" The stern entity's face grows worried beyond mere words. Raptor's been gravely injured by the blast, and right now is not the time for the shards. The two look towards the cops who have their guns locked directly on the two entities.
"Put your hands behind your head, both of you!" The police commissioner barks. Not fearing this man, the two use what power they have not used from the fight to leave the place. The police, although shocked and angry they couldn't apprehend them, immediately go to the kids to get them medical attention. Asori, guilt and exhaustion riddled all over her face, feels her body collapse to the floor. Her eyes close right then and there as Ashley tries to get to her teammate. This only leads to herself grunting in pain and being held up by two officers. Darkness soon takes the entire team as they all passed out.