Love Struck

CHAPTER 25

Underneath Blueblaze, there are catacombs that connect to the sewers. Most spacious catacombs used to be subway stations until a disastrous earthquake occurred years ago.

A dangerous threat lurks beneath, plotting their next move. The Technohuman Terra Former is swimming in a pile of cash from the bank Metallic knocked over during the strip mall attack.

Swarm dips her feet in the money pit. "What did robbing this bank accomplish?" She grumbles.

Terra Former backstrokes. "No clue. Metallic said it was worth it. Something about funds."

"Swarm!" Metallic bellows from the Prep Room. It is located on the opposite side of the station.

Swarm sighs. The fair-skinned villain slowly becomes pitch black. Once every inch of her body is changed, she breaks into dozens of crows. They take a V-shape as they make their way to the room. They reform.

"What do you want?" She grumbles as depressed as ever.

"Why did you tell them to back off?" The man made of metal asks, anger in his voice.

"Because the job was complete. Killing superheroes was a bad move."

"That's not what we said. We wanted all humans dead including the Crystal Keepers. They are our biggest threat."

"I changed my mind. I'm a woman. It's what we do." She replies, playing with her jet-black hair.

"That's exactly why I kill women. My ex was a bitch. I loved her, but she left me because I was a freak. So I punched a hole in her chest and ripped out her heart." He replies looking over his shoulder at a freezer behind him.

"Disgusting." Swarm scowls.

"You killed people for a living." Metallic scoffs.

"I put my victims out of their misery swiftly and painlessly if fortune allowed it."

"Screw up again and–"

Swarm swung her glowing purple foot across his face. The purple energy disperses as he flies to his left. "Never again." She scowls. "You need me."

Metallic stands up, not a scratch on him, despite him being kicked with the force of a bus. "Without me, you would be rotting in that Russian lab."

Swarm rubs her elbows. That's where the scientists injected her, turning her into a freak. They cursed her with so many Technopowers, she is still discovering them all these years later. Her favorite is her 'Crow Break' as she calls it. It helps her for a quick getaway.

"I will forever be in your debt but know your place. You cannot defeat me."

"I suggest we lay low for a while." Metallic replies, moving back to his table with blueprints on it.

Swarm sighs. "Sure."