Spectacular World

The Lord That Calls Herself Paragon

Paragon stabbed her wooden sword into a bleacher and panted. Not having a basic healing factor sucked in moments like these. She had several large bruises that ran across her flesh, and she was bleeding a bit from a couple of cuts. She was still in way better condition than the villain she had just fought, though.

Enlightened Cockroach spat up a wave of blood and struggled to push himself up on his elbows. Even sliced in two, the villain didn't look like he was ready to give up.

"D- Don't think this is over so easily-"

"Dude! I literally sliced you in half." Paragon pulled her sword out of the ground and held it at her side. "Just give up already. Or else I'll take your head off."

Cockroaches had a unique body structure that allowed them to survive things most other species simply couldn't, including being torn in half. The upper body of a cockroach would be able to function and survive, though not for very long since it'd likely be unable to eat. Compared to nearly every other life form that would instantly die from an attack, though, it meant they were doing better than most. Enlightened Cockroach also, as it turned out, seemed to inherit that survivability as one of his powers.

The villain's wings expanded, and he again took to the air. His upper body was all that was left, and the muscles around his waist squeezed shut, sealing the hole in him close to prevent any more blood loss. His eyes were filled with rage, and he glared down at the young girl.

Paragon wiped some of her blood off of her face and held her sword up. "I'm serious. I'll really kill you. I won't let you hurt me or anyone else."

Enlightened Cockroach gritted his teeth and glared past the girl at the other two people who were still in the stadium. Alexander Lauren and Alice Ward both stared up at the villain. Alexander gripped his fire extinguisher tightly while Alice eagerly filmed everything she saw.

The woman's chat was still going nuts over the fact that Paragon, the once weak healer of team Reservoir, had basically beaten a villain all by herself.

"Don't even think about it!" Paragon called out when she noticed the way the villain kept staring at the civilians. "I won't let you get to them."

Enlightened Cockroach's wings began to grow slower as the torn-in-half villain started to float to the ground. "Whatever. I'll admit it. You bested me. As I am now, I can't beat you. Don't think for even a second that this means your crimes won't go unpunished!"

"My crimes? You're talking about the fact that you think I killed two members of your team? Newsflash, that isn't me." Paragon rolled her eyes and placed her sword over her shoulder. "Did you ever consider the fact that there are a bunch of other heroes who use swords? Anyone of them could have killed your two teammates. It wasn't me. Even if it was, though, you're a bad guy. You lost the moment you decided to walk the path of evil. You openly talked about how many people you killed. You don't get any of my sympathy."

Enlightened Cockroach sneered before his body spun around, and he began to fly out of the stadium. Paragon pointed her sword at the villain, about to launch it out, but stopped suddenly when Alexander let out a scream.

"Paragon!" The man yelled. "Look out!"

Paragon could feel it. A wave of intense heat suddenly appeared behind her. She spun around just in time to see a flash of orange. Enlightened Cockroach smirked, now outside of the stadium. "I can't beat you, but I'm sure the boss can."

The orange smashed into Paragon, and the hero let out a scream of pain as her lab coat exploded with fire. It was molten metal that suddenly rammed into her. Her legs tripped, and she fell over the railing, crashing hard to the ground below, still on fire. Alexander ran forward and unleashed the fire extinguisher, causing the foam to put most of the fire out. Paragon used her power, causing roots and vines to rip out of the ground, dragging the metal off her back, dripping it onto the ground.