Fusion

17. Raining Down the Hellfire

"Looks like we got a couple rebels, Stinger." One of the four villains says. We all stop in our tracks as the newcomers form a circle around us. There's less than ten of us in the group.

One villain walks up to me while holding a knife in his hand. He taps it on his palm and walks around us all. He's about six feet tall with black hair and a black super suit, but where his left arm should be there is a metal bionic one. On his back is a sniper rifle, and an assault rifle. On his belt sit several weapons from handguns to grenades and knives. He wears black glasses with red lenses that seem to be using some sort of technology.

The one they call Stinger is wearing a black and yellow super suit that looks pretty amazing, to be honest. He's just as tall as the one with the metal arm. His short dark brown hair and light beard make him seem intimidating.

On his wrist is a metal shackle with a chain extending from it. He has the chain wrapped around his wrist at the moment, but it still makes me uneasy.

"Deadeye, what should we do with them?" Stinger replies in a dark tone.

The third villain speaks in a spine-chilling voice. "I'd like to teach them a quick lesson before we send them to the big man." I look around to see a slightly shorter and younger man with long light brown hair. He wears a long maroon duster coat and black pants. He trickles orange energy throughout his hands and his eyes turn orange. He smiles wickedly.

"No, Necro. We need them alive and untouched in case he wants to tap their powers." A girl with white long hair in a ponytail and cold blue eyes with light skin exclaims from the other side of me. She wears a black suit with red lines every now and then.

"Killswitch is right." Killswitch? Lame. Stinger replies, who seems to act like a leader.

"So are you guys Purge goons or..." I say before I have enough sense to shut my mouth.

"What'd you just say?" Stinger walks up to me and stares me down. He lets his chain loose and it dangles down to the ground from his wrist. "We are the Hellfire Squad. The only reason we serve that dimwit, Purge, is because if we didn't, we'd get vaporized or some-" Suddenly, a crackle comes from his waist and he pulls out a device. A voice speaks from the communicator.

"Hellfire Squad, you copy? Stinger?"

He brings the communication device up to his mouth and presses a button.

"Yeah, we hear you. We've got multiple rebels out here. South of-" Before he finishes I blast the device with electricity and it fizzles as it falls to the ground. Snap. Crackle. Pop.

He glares at me and looks at his men. He throws a full on punch at me and I catch it in my hand. His face looks startled and I struggle to hold the grip.

"Wow, you are stronger than you look." He crushes my hand and I fall on one knee. "Little help guys!?" I shout to my team and they rush forward to fight. Instantly a flash of energy explodes from my hand that's holding his fist.

"Ohhhh...yeah!!!" With a rush of newfound power, I push myself upward and fly up into the sky. I'm not going to lie, it's a challenge. Flying that is. Maintaining balance is hard and continuously flying is even harder.

Suddenly, Stinger flies into me and I fall out of the sky. The wind howls in my ears as I plummet down before he flies straight toward me again. He tackles me and flies straight toward the ground with his arms wrapped around my chest.