Playing With Fire : Andy Strucker

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Five minutes went past after the first explosion. I sat with Caitlyn and Lorna as she drove up to extraction point with Reed and Marcos close behind.

The car came to a stop. We got off the car and ran to the fence. Reed saw that they managed to rescued John and I sighed in relief.

Andy and Lauren will following close behind them. I started to panic when I saw a Purifier coming behind them with again.

My heart dropped when I heard a bullet flying off. I heard Lauren yelled and thought for the worst that she got hurt.

Luckily, she seemed fine as she stood back up. I could see Andy turning his back and heading towards the Purifier.

He then outstretched his hands to knock the guy off his feet. The man was moving on his back to get away from Andy. Andy continued to toss and turn him like he was nothing.

The scene only reminded me to one that was familiar. The Creed bank. I feared for the worst.

"What's he doing?" Caitlyn said bewildered.

I need to stop him before he does something he regrets. I gathered the orange energy flames in my hand.

The rest backed away as they saw what I was doing. I faced my palms to the ground and released a surge of energy to lift myself off the ground.

It worked like a rocket blast and I propelled over the fence. I kept the pressure of the energy flames steady to hover myself in the ground.

I tried steering myself closer to where the group were and lowered myself gently. I was still getting the hang of it.

I could hear the cries of the man who was begging Andy to stop. Andy was relentless and I could even see him smirking at his own act.

This is not Andy. This is someone else.

"Stop! Let him go! I'm fine!" Laura cried out to Andy in a bid to stop him.

He was not listening. I cringed as I heard the sounds of bone cracking from the Purifier on the ground. I could see blood starting to deep beneath his pants. One more crack was heard and I could see the man's legs being contorted.

This has to stop.

"ANDY STOP IT!" I screamed to knock sense into him. I stretched my hands to garner blue energy flames and reimagined it as a lasso. I directed it to withhold Andy's right arm and hand.

He made a struggled noise as he felt the effects of the tranquility properties of the flames. It made him slow down his movement and powers.

He turned to me with an almost enraged look. I couldn't back down and I returned him with an equally fierce glare.

"You have done enough."

"He needs to pay. He almost killed my sister." He vexed his frustration at me, wondering why was I trying to stop him.

"I know. But you are going to kill him at this rate!" I shoot back. "You do not want to go down that road."

"What are you talking about?! I'm only protecting my loved ones!" He countered exasperatedly.

"There's a limit. He's already lying on the ground bleeding. You crippled him." I gritted my teeth.