"Let's see you get past my shield!" Cinder announced, lifting the shield up just in time to block a golden strike from Mr. Larison. Her arms shook a bit, and she felt the energy go through the shield and her arms, but she held on strong, blocking the strike and shoving the man back. "Ha! This thing is the coolest-"
Battery dropped to a crouch and kicked out with his leg, hitting her with a sweep attack, which caused her to come tumbling down back first. Before she could scramble and try to stand back up, the man planted a knee on her gut and placed his finger under her chin. "I win." He said flatly.
"Aw man!" She shook her head and jumped back at the man. "Well then eat backpack!" She twirled her body and pulled her bag off of her, swinging it out as a makeshift weapon. Battery easily blocked the attack with his arm. "But how!" She gasped. The backpack strat always works-"
Battery lazily slapped her across the face, sending her flying back once more. "Don't be stupid, kid."
Off to the side Paragon let out a small snort as she watched the interaction through Destiny's eyes. "Sometimes it shocks me seeing her like this compared to out in the field. She seemed a little more intense last time I teamed up with her."
"That's just how she is." Next to the blind girl, Snowdawn stood. The boy was practicing more of his new ice-based powers, freezing the ground over and over again around him. "Sometimes she comes off like a battle genius, other times I have a hard time believing she's actually the Lord of the Sun." The boy snorted.
Paragon numbly nodded her head and kept watching the match between Battery and Cinder. The two got back up and had restarted. They had just finished up at Boy Genius's prison and got the Watch Dogs to drop them back off in Oleander. Before turning in for the night, Myth wanted to do some last-minute planning, and so they all stood on the beach of OIeander, surrounded by the junkyard. Myth and Whisper were off to the side discussing the plan, while Snowdawn got some more training in, and Battery tried to teach Cinder how to use her new shield.
Paragon couldn't help but feel a tiny bit jealous as she watched the interaction everyone was having. Team Reservoir mostly kept to themselves, and the only people she really knew or talked to from that team, besides her mother and sister, was the second in command, Fisherman, who was an odd little man.
As the blind girl watched the interactions happen, she used her power on some seaweed that had washed up, causing it to bubble up and stretch as if it were alive. She didn't need to worry about how power going haywire on something like this. At least that was what she thought.Off to the side, Myth rested on the hood of a car and kept his arms folded. "Can you use your Paths to try and figure out when Green Wolf will next pop his head?" The man asked.
Whisper was crouched down in the sand, the blonde girl playing with her new tonfa's as if they were sticks, using them to draw lines in the sand. "No." The girl shook her head. "Sorry, but you should know by now my powers don't work that way. If I were my dad maybe, but I can only see a few moments into the future. Anything beyond five seconds, and I'll freeze up and lose control, then I'll likely forget about whatever it is I saw the moment it ends." The girl shrugged.
Myth nodded his head. "I figured as much, I just thought I would ask just in case." The man hummed. "Green Wolf was the one who took Fairy Queen out. My guess is he's still in the group that was formed with Bad Timers."
"Do we call them Bad Zoo, or Zoo Timers?" Snowdawn asked.
"Does it matter?" Paragon said flatly.
"Yeah! The bad guys need a cool name, so then we're even cooler when we take them down." The boy announced.
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Spectacular World
AdventureHope Lauren has read her share of comics. She's seen supers around her city and even been saved by some on occasion. And she always hoped that she'd be able to join them. With Jack, her grizzled older mentor with secrets that could shake the world...