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Dante dashed through the streets as a horde of robots closed in around him. He inhaled deeply.
The air around him spiraled inward, dragging the robots into a massive tornado. Their metal bodies twisted and crushed under the pressure before raining down in scraps.
Dante hovered above the wreckage. The pieces began moving. Slowly, the robots started rebuilding themselves.
"Great. I'd be disappointed if you went down that easily." Dante gulped, beads of sweat rolling from his chin.
Nearby, Zoe thrust both palms forward, unleashing a blast of ice that froze a group of robots solid.
"G-guys...we need a p-p-plan." Zoe's lip quivered as she tried to get some warmth.
Above them, Michelle flew through the chaos with Karla in her arms, the injured fighter wrapped in a cocoon of blood. But the more blood Karla used, the more labored her breathing became.
"I... I'll need a break after..." Karla's voice faded.
"I got you."
Michelle released her. Karla dropped. Her eyes snapped open. She shot toward the street like a massive spike, bone shards exploding outward as her tendrils lashed through the robots.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
Robots were impaled and pinned into the ground. Karla yanked them back with her tendrils, then threw them into nearby buildings.
Karla collapsed onto the street. Unconscious. Twitching. Michelle immediately dove toward her. Energy beams suddenly ripped through the air.
ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!
Michelle was blasted backward. She gritted her teeth, absorbed the barrage, and hurled it all back in one devastating explosion.
BOOM!
The robots were completely eviscerated.
Ray hovered above, analyzing the battlefield. His cybernetic eyes flickered rapidly as streams of data raced across them, processing everything like a supercomputer.
Then another scan caught it. A faint signal. His mechanical eyes narrowed.
"Got you."
Ray flipped his scans to isolate the signal. A robot in a nearby building picked it up. It detected him.
The robot dashed forward. Nearby, a news helicopter hovered over the destruction, reporting the chaos.
BOOM!
The robot crashed through the helicopter's tail, sending it into a spin.
Ray barely had time to react before the robot tackled him. He tried to counter, but his movements were predictable.
The robot transformed its hands into chainsaws and tore into his armor. Before Ray could recover, two more robots slammed into him from opposite sides.
BAM! BAM!
They overwhelmed him instantly. Ray swung wildly, missing every time, while the first robot dragged its chainsaw across his chest plate.
Meanwhile, Nichole snapped into action, using water whips to launch Zoe into the air. Zoe tucked herself into a ball and landed perfectly inside the helicopter's opening.
She tackled the passengers out and created an ice slope, guiding them safely onto a nearby building.
The helicopter continued to plummet.
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Project Renegade: Genesis
ActionGrowing up stinks. Puberty, social connections, and trying to mature are already tricky enough. Add superpowers and an underground crime syndicate; stress might not describe it adequately. That's the life of Ryan Richards, and with no time to waste...
