Panacea

Panacea 11

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Chapter 11

Outer Skies, Kikuchiba District, Suoh 2020

When Hikaru was finally able to see beyond the cocoon of Red Strings around him, he found himself shooting through the clouds over the middle district of Kikuchiba. After the Other lobbed him like a baseball toward the Kunad Gate his momentum carried over, putting him on a crash course with one of the upper highways surrounding the area where he fought Yuito and Kasane back in the training exercise. The only difference being that this time, he was falling from several feet in the sky and that the asphalt was all too real. He then started panicking for a few seconds, flapping his arms like an injured bird.

"Oooh shit, shit, SHIT! I am way too young to die! I still have things I want to do!" He screamed as he tried to activate his powers, which was quite the challenge seeing as he had to calmly focus in the face of imminent death. Just as he was able to make out the Visions surrounding the city, he finally activated his abilities and started glowing crimson.

"Hope this works...have to remember to thank Luka and Gemma for this later." Hikaru said as he activated his teleportation and scelerokinesis, intermittently teleporting his way down to the ground to reduce his speed before smashing into it when he landed.

"Damn. Luckily that worked. Sometimes it pays to hangout around people like Arashi and Kyoka-otherwise I don't think I could have thought of something like this." Hikaru said as he was lying down in a crater deep enough to bury a man and wide enough to hold a truck or two. Wincing a little bit at the residual pain from being manhandled by the massive Other, he got up and surveyed the area where he landed.

*Long Whistle* "Damn, I really punched a hole in the ground around here. The OSF should give the Others credit where it is due- even the puny ones like the Vase Paws make landfall from the stratosphere look effortless!" Hikaru said as he started to climb out of the crater he was in-no easy task when his body was still feeling the aftermath of such a potent adrenalin rush. When he finally got out though, he suddenly remembered what happened with Kasane and the others.

'Kyoka platoon came back to this time already I think. Kasane will find her way back since I am sure Grandpa Yuito's got her back with that...I should probably head back to Suoh. I have to stop Karen before his rebellion reaches the city!' Hikaru thought as he activated his hypervelocity, the power suddenly rushing into his body with alacrity he hadn't felt in a while.

"I should also check on Yuito platoon if they are in Suoh. Poor Tsugumi must be really worried since she doesn't know what happened to me and Kagero. Gotta get back to her before she gives me that disappointed look of hers *Shudder*" He said as he began to run, easily crossing the districts in Kikuchiba and heading to the main road of Suoh. When he entered the area between Suoh and Kikuchiba where Others ran rampant, he noticed that the monsters started to follow him en masse. They were catching up to him too, despite his use of hypervelocity since they caught his scent trail. Upon realizing this, Hikaru stopped in his tracks, pulling out his weapons and standing ready.

"Why are all these low level Others following me? They shouldn't even be able to sense me when I am moving that fast...anyway I can't let them into Suoh. I have to take them out here." He said as he rushed toward them, dispatching the beasts one by one. After he had killed the swarm around him, he began to absorb the energy particles from the obliterated Others. When he finished doing this however, Hikaru felt something off with his power-it was usually quite a challenge to absorb the Other data but this time it was too easy. It was as if his body was 'normalizing' the Other data for lack of a better description.