Spectacular World

The Battle Starts

Pied's power didn't work on Supers. His ability to control people would only work on humans. Battling in the city would have been difficult normally, due to the amount of people that would be running around, especially with the celebration that was going on. Thanks to Pied, though, they were able to ensure everyone would be put in a safe place.

At first, she had been afraid that the bad guys would just attack through all the different people, but in reality, that didn't make a whole lot of sense. The fake Cinder was the type of arrogant villain who liked having people worship her and so she wouldn't instantly go for the kill since that would harm her people. Not to mention, since Queen Cinder was the one that brought most villains here, the woman didn't actually have that many villains that were willing to work with her, so the fake Oleander City also wouldn't have a lot of villains that would be able to strike, since many bad guys would be avoiding it, due to the Queen being there. What villains Queen Cinder did have with her would have also been close by, near the stadium, and also wouldn't have time to react to what was going on since they'd be left out in the open as soon as the crowd dispersed and headed for their bunkers.

When the people did leave the stadium, it became very obvious just how small Queen Cinder's group really was. Besides the flying woman, there were only three other evil Supers.

The three other Supers all stood down where the stage was. They had been blending in with several of the people, but now that the crowd was gone and they weren't under Pied's control, it became obvious who they were. All three of them were a familiar face. The first one was a heavy-looking woman wearing a cow mask. The second was a smaller girl who had a long black tail that swatted back and forth. The final was a man in a bloodstained suit, wearing some sort of reptile-like mask. All three of them had once been members of Zoo but then had switched to other teams and now were working for the fake Cinder.

White Cow, Red Scorpion, and Red Raptor.

"Thankfully, it isn't anything too serious." Hope let out a relieved sigh when she saw the three villains. "I was afraid it'd be someone actually strong."

"Excuse you?" Queen Cinder sneered and remained floating up in the air, glaring down at her lookalike. Only Supers were left in the stadium now. Pied had left with the crowd, hiding amongst them, so on the good side there was Metal Ronin, the real Cinder, Phoenix, and Claymore. That meant it was an even four-on-four. Villains vs. Heroes. Well, there was actually one Super left that wasn't a hero...

"Um, Ms. Cinder?" Hope jumped a bit when she heard the voice and turned to find Cora standing there with a confused look on her face. "Wasn't I supposed to fall into the trance like my brother? I don't feel any different, though?"

"Cora!" Hope took a step back out of shock. "Why aren't you affected?" Pied's music was still playing, and by now, the entire city would be cleared out, yet here Cora was, in the middle of what was about to become a battlefield. "You shouldn't be here unless—oh."

"What?" Cora asked, just as confused.

"You're a Super..."

"What!"

Before either of them even had time to process that fact, the fake Cinder swooped down, using this as her chance. Hope struck out, on guard, but her counterpart was basically a stronger her. Fire flowed out of the fake Cinder's back, forming into a large hand that blocked the strike and then struck out, throwing Hope through several rows of seats. The others yelled and jumped into action, but they were all near the top of the stadium and weren't fast enough to react. Queen Cinder hooked an arm around Cora's waist and lifted the girl up. Cora gasped as she was taken into the air and surrounded by an aura of fire, which gushed out of the Queen, the flames protecting both of them from a barrage of bullets Metal Ronin sent their way.