Dangerously In Love

~𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓~

There were no labels or anything on the bottle and that kinda worried Diana. What if she had some sort of weird allergic reaction or even die from taking just one? All these questions were popping up in her head as she sat on the roof of a building and eyed the glowing pills. Diana was on a special mission this time, one that required to take one of these pills that were given to her by Metrix. Closing her eyes, she sighs before opening the cap and taking one out. "If I die, I die.." she states before popping the pill in her mouth and swallowing it. She waited for a few minutes for it to kick in, but nothing really happened. Suddenly, she hears footsteps two buildings down and sees a figure hopping from rooftop to rooftop. It was him and she was sure of it. Pulling her mask down, Diana quickly runs after him and jumps from one roof to the next like he was. Her eyes were focused on him and made sure he stayed in sight, but something was off. Her eyes felt weird and were starting to burn. "Shit, what the hell is this.." She grunted out in slight pain and stopped her pursuit. Diana rubbed her eyes in hopes of that helping with the burning sensation, but it only made it worse. "Damnit, what the fuck is this!?" She screams. Her skin felt as if it were melting off the bones and her face was burning up. The veins in her body were now visible in her arms and neck because of a green glow that coursed through them. A strange, light green mist emitted out of her mouth and her eyes were changing from there natural hazel-brown to lime green, like Metrix's eyes. The pain and burning soon faded away and her eyes went back their original color. The veins, however, were still glowing and somewhat noticeable. "What...the hell did he give me?" Diana muttered and looked around frantically. She felt weird, a good kind of weird though. She felt stronger and felt as if she could defeat anyone if she wanted to. Forty-eight hours was all she had, so she was gonna use her time wisely.

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DaMario ran as fast as he could, using as much force and momentum as he could in his legs to get him where he needed to be faster. He had got a call from Phoenix earlier saying that there was some sort of robbery going on at Mizuho Bank downtown. From the description Phoenix gave him, it sounded like it was Micros who was behind it. He also said that she has hostages inside of the building, so he had to get there quickly before she did anything brash. Screams and shouts were heard from behind the last building, the Mizuho Bank, and a lot of black smoke was coming from it. DaMario landed on his feet with a thud and looks around first before rushing towards the bank. "Excuse me, can anyone tell me what exactly happened here?" He asked a civilian that looked terrified. "I was coming to open a new checking account and then this woman with scaly skin came out of nowhere with guns and started shooting up the place. She threatened to spread her venom everywhere if we didn't do what she wanted." The woman spoke frantically and gripped on his suit. "I'll take care of this ma'am, don't worry. Just get back home safely to your family." DaMario reassured the woman and proceeded towards the building. Busting the front doors open with his foot, he books his voice throughout the room, making it echo. "Micros!" A woman turned around and her skin was scaly and dark green. Her hair was long, too long, and it looked like braids. Her eyes were snake-like and she only smiled wickedly once she saw who called her name. "Hachi!~ what a surprise, right? You thought you killed me off last time but look at me now!" She gave a spine chilling laugh and that soon ceased after having a red, glowing energy ball smack her clean across the face and sending her flying through the back walls. DaMario's hand was glowing red and smoking. He cracked his knuckles and neck before turning towards the hostages. "Everyone get the fuck out of here, I've got this under control." They all stared at him then ran out screaming through the front doors. Without warning, a long arm came from the wall and grabbed Both of Mario's arms and lifted him up in the air. Taking a closer look, he realized the arm was actually hair. Micros reappeared from the wall and unhinged her jaw, hissing and revealing long sharp teeth before rushing towards him and uppercutting him in his jaw, which only fazed him a little and bounced back to her. A red, glowing aura surrounded him as he grabbed Micros by her hair and slamming her face against his knee before slinging her across the room and through a window. Quickly, he super jumps through the same window and follows Micros. In the background of all the chaos, Diana was watching it all go down from a nearby tree she was sitting in and followed the battle as it moved away from the bank. "This isn't a nice way to treat a lady, Hachi~" Micros smirked before throwing three venomous needles at him. Luckily, she missed and they hit a tree behind him. Gripping his sword, he slowly unsheathes his weapon and stares at the scaly woman. "Give me all you got." He dared and prepared for her attacks. Hissing once more, her hair rushes to him and DaMario immediately blocks her hit with his sword, redirecting it to the ground and getting it stuck. Then, jumping up and running along  her ceased hair weapon, he gets the chance to slash her arms and legs before roundhouse kicking her in the neck. She choked and gagged from how hard the kick was, blue blood dripping down her mouth, legs, and arms. Mario throws a couple more energy blasts in her direction, striking her in the stomach and face. This attack blinded her which gave DaMario the advantage to shove his sword down her throat. He passed some of his energy through the sword and the part that was in her throat made her insides fry completely. Mario slowly sliced her esophagus open, having her choke and gargle on her own blood before pulling his sword and most of her blood out of her throat. She clutched her throat and looked up at him with a shocked expression before falling face-first to the ground. "She better stay dead this time, Jesus.." he says with a sigh while putting his sword back in its sheath. "I'm hungry, I wonder what moms cooking tonight." He mumbled and started to walk back to the bank, but something in the air didn't feel right. Someone was watching him. Suddenly, a bullet was shot at him, but he moved just in time. "The hell? Who else here? Come out, now!" He belted while looking up in the trees, in which he received a hard kick to the face. He fumbled back and tried to get back into position, but his attacker was too quick, elbowing him back in his nose and swiftly bringing a leg up and kicking him hard in his chest. DaMario was kicked back into a tree, nearly breaking it, and placed a hand to his chest. A kick like that would stop the heart of a normal human being. Who was this person? He looked up and saw a throwing knife coming towards his face and he quickly dodged that one. "Wait a second, fuck!"  But there was no waiting, this person was really trying to kill him. From the looks of it, it was a female. Mario watched as she reached behind her and gripped her double katanas, unsheathing them both at the same time. All of a sudden, a gust of smoke appears out of nowhere, giving his attacker the advantage and rushed at him. She must've placed a smoke bomb down while he was looking. With a quickness, he pulls his sword back out and fights her off. The sounds of swords slicing against each other and determined grunts were loud enough for any passerby to hear. Finally, DaMario managed to knock both of her weapons out of her hands and she does the same by throwing a nasty right hook with a green, glowing fist and knock his own sword out of his hand with her other free hand. "My boss has some serious beef with you so I came to do his dirty work for him, simple." "Who are you?" He couldn't see her face because a kitsune mask was covering it. Her hair was visible though, it was orangey-red and curly. Seeing as weapons didn't work, she unhooked her belt that had to throw knives and smoke bombs attached to them and dropped them to the ground along with her katanas. "Oh, we're serious now. I was wondering when you'd get the picture honey~" His attacker scoffed and sucked her teeth. Cracking her neck and rolling it around, she gets into her fighting stance and as she focuses on her opponent, a green aura appears around her. "You talk too damn much.." she sneered before dashing towards him and immediately started throwing electrical punches. Her movements her quick and planned out before she even threw them. DaMario did his best to duck, weave, and dodge, but she managed to get in one good punch. It wasn't enough to fully knock him out though. Grabbing her forearm,  he pulls her close enough to head butt her and pulls her back again, balling up his fist and letting her taste his own electrifying punch as sent her flying back through several trees. "Fuck it, I'm done playing games. Unless you got some sort of death wish, I advise you to stop and go back ho-" he was interrupted with a knee in his gut which made him breathless. His eyes widened as he doubled over in pain. "As I said, you talk too much~" She responded, and went to give him another right hook, but he stopped her right before she could by gripping her wrist. In an instant, he had her pinned against the ground with her arm twisted behind her back. "Who sent you? Who do you work for?" He demanded and twisted her arm some more, making her scream in agony. "Get the fuck off of me!" Focusing on her newly found energy, she lets out another scream which creates a force so powerful that it throws DaMario off of her. "Head back to H.Q ASAP, it's urgent." He watched her talk into some sort of walkie talkie and then run off in the opposite direction. "Hey, hey wait a damn minute! Who sent you?!" Standing up, he glanced around quickly to try and find her, but she was already gone. Strange..

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"Wait, pause and rewind that." Phoenix says while pacing around his apartment with DaMario sitting on his couch watching him as he did so. He removed his suit once he arrived at his place, leaving only his pants on, and had Phoenix make a couple of ice packs for his sores and wounds. Sighing, Mario explains everything to him again. "After I was finished and killed Micros, which I know her ugly ass is coming again, I felt someone watching me and then out of nowhere this crazy chick with a cat mask and a black suit on came out and attacked me." He grunted a little and placed an ice pack on his jaw. "She was obviously working for someone because she got called back to wherever the fuck she came from.."  Phoenix eyed him with disbelief before disappearing to the kitchen and coming back with cold water for him. "Okay, I understand the first part, but uh, how the hell was she able to injure you this badly?  You sure she was human?" DaMario nodded and held the cold water to his bruised shoulder. "Yeah, she looked human enough anyway. Put up a hell of a good fight too, I was impressed." He let out a painful laugh. "Would of beat my ass completely if she wasn't called back to her boss. There something weird going on with her though.." DaMario mentioned and sat up, his whole body sore and aching. "You know that red shit that be coming out of me when I'm really mad or in a really intense battle?" He asked and Phoenix nodded. "Yeah, it's called your aura or whatever." "Yeah, well she had one too, but green." Confused, he sat by his best friend and stared at him. "What do you mean she had an aura too?" "I mean she had an aura too, what else you want me to say? That's how she was able to put up a damn good fight." None of it made sense to Phoenix, but he decided to let it go. "You better figure out a way to hide those bruises and that black eye of yours or your mom is gonna flip her shit." Sitting back, DaMario sighs and closes his eyes. He knew his mom would freak out and ask a lot of questions, but he'd make up something in place of what actually happened.