Chapter 63: Muscle Man

Once we arrived outside, we stood off to the side and, like any normal person who had just arrived in a different country, we signaled for a Taxi; after a few tries, we finally got one; the taxis in Romania looked pretty much the same in New York, the only difference was, the words weren't English. The specific cab that stopped for us looked quite nice like it was the first time it had been on the road.

"Well, aren't we lucky?" Remarked Sara with a slight smile as the two approached the taxi.

"Where are you two headed?" Asked the Taix driver, speaking Romanian from inside the car as he rolled down the window and looked at Sara and Tut.

"Just take us to a cheap hotel." Replied Tut as he leaned down, looking through the window and eyeing the taxi driver, who nodded at his words.

Opening the door for Sara, mainly because she had no idea what the two of us said, though when I opened the door, she entered right inside the car while I went to the back and stored our luggage in the back, though Sara's suitcase wasn't completely zipped shut, so something happened to fall out.

'Trojan condoms? I know she's an adult and all, but why would she bring condoms with her to a foreign country?' Thought Tut with a slight blush as he picked up the fifty-piece condom pack before storing it in Sara's suitcase.

Hopping in the other side of the car, I sat down and buckled up, prompting the taxi driver to nod and leave the airport.

"Hmm, what took you so long, Tut?" Asked Sara curiously as she looked at Tut, who gave her a look before hardening his eyes.

"Sara, tell me truthfully, but did you intend to possibly offer your body in exchange for information?" Asked Tut solemnly with a frown as he eyed Sara, who seemed completely taken aback by such a question.

"What? No! I would never! Why would you ever think so?" Remarked Sara with a disgusted expression as she glared at Tut in slight anger, causing him to sigh in relief.

"When I was storing our luggage, a pack of condoms fell out of your suitcase. I understand you're an adult woman, so I'm sure you want to do that stuff, but I wasn't about to let you do it with some random men." Replied Tut awkwardly as he glanced at Sara, who was deeply blushing in both shame and embarrassment.

"I-I wasn't going to do it with random men; I-I've already got someone I like. Those condoms are meant for him." Said Sara softly with a heavy blush as she looked out the window, whispering the last part to herself, though Tut could obviously still hear it.

I heard everything Sara said, and I don't even think one would need a genius-level intellect to understand what Sara was implying; because of that, my heart started beating rapidly while my whole body started to heat up.

'Haa, let's just act like I didn't hear anything.' Thought Tut with a blush as he also looked out the window while the two descended into silence, using that chance to slowly regain their composure.

As time passed, I slowly returned to my usual self, and the same for Sara, though it was still silent between us; I felt incredibly awkward around Sara, knowing how she felt about me while she was too busy admiring Romania. Seeing her enjoying the view, I also did the same, though when I looked out the window, I noticed we drove by several hotels, causing me to frown slightly, though I didn't say anything as I didn't know this place well enough, and I did ask for a cheap hotel.

Several more minutes passed by, and we suddenly turned down an alley before we stopped, prompting Sara to give me a weird look, though just as I was about to ask the taxi driver, I heard several people in the distance approaching us; unfortunately for them, they held ill intentions for us.

"Um, Tut, something feels a little off." Said Sara in slight nervousness as she looked at Tut, who was completely unbothered, which did help ease her.

"Eh, it's fine, Sara; we just have to deal with something first." Replied Tut calmly as he dismissively waved his hand.

Once the group arrived, they surrounded the car and then tapped on the window with a gun, slightly freaking out Sara, though I couldn't care less. Yawning, I got out of the car, prompting Sara to do the same, as we were then aggressively grabbed by the men surrounding us before they brought us to the front of the car, where the headlights shone.

"Thanks for your work again, Collin." Said a large man with a scar down his neck as he spoke to the taxi driver in Romanian.

"You're welcome, though these two seem young, so you probably won't get much money out of them." Replied Collin with a nod as he looked at the large man, fear shining in his eyes, a sight that caused the man to smile slightly.

"It's fine; we can't hit the jackpot every time." Remarked the large man as he stood upright and tapped the hood of the taxi, prompting Collin to reverse; well, he at least tried to.

Understanding the gist of your situation, I looked around us at the seven men surrounding us, and I saw no reason to prolong our stay here, so with quickness, I walked around and retrieved the guns, not really caring too much about being gentle, which resulted in me breaking a few of their wrists.

Crushing all of the guns, causing small explosions to happen, I compressed them into a small sphere before dropping them on the ground. Just as I saw the taxi about to leave, I reached forward and picked the front of it up into the air before time returned to normal, causing a few of the men to grab their wrists while grunting in pain.

"Eh, what happened?" Asked Sara as she looked around before glancing at Tut, who was picking up the front of the taxi.

"Now listen, guys, how about we do this; you all stay here, I'll call the cops, and we go from there. Sound good?" Remarked Tut with a slight smile as he looked at the several men, though before any of them could say anything, he was suddenly punched in the face with a large, weird-looking arm.

Raising my eyebrow at the approaching arm, which looked as if it was wrapped in muscles, I extended my arm and stopped the fist, though I was forced to dig my feet into the ground.

"So you're a mutant as well? Unfortunately for you, you've met me." Said the large man with a scar as he retraced his fist and eyed Tut while muscle fibers emerged from his body and encased him in a muscle suit, tripling his size.

Seeing his stature increase to about the Juggernaut's size, I assumed his strength would be similar as well, and if that were the case, then I had absolutely nothing to worry about; the Juggernaut was a punk when I was twelve, let alone, now as I've only gotten stronger since then. Stopping the man's fist once more, which contained far more power than his previous punch, I tightly gripped his hand, causing him to grunt in pain as I forced him to his knees.

"I'm not here to play with you, so let's make this quick." Remarked Tut as he set the taxi down and eyed Collin, who rapidly nodded his head in fear and didn't move a muscle.

Not having to worry about our stupid taxi driver leaving with our stuff, I walked closer to the muscle man and punched him in the face, which sounded like a cannon as his body instantly went limp and collapsed on the ground while his muscles returned to inside his body.

Now that the leader was taken care of, I swiftly went around and knocked out the rest of the other men before finding a metal pipe and wrapping them in it.

"Well, that was easy and quick." Said Sara lightly as she stood beside Tut and looked at the unconscious men.

"Yeah; oh, also, before we go, let's steal their money. We've only got U.S. currency." Remarked Tut with a smirk as he looked at Sara, who was also smirking.

After rummaging through the pockets of the beaten men, we scrapped together a little less than two thousand lei, which is the Romanian currency, and it equates to about four hundred and forty U.S. dollars. It was not a whole lot, but it was better than I had expected; walking back to the taxi, we entered the back seats while Sara kept glaring at the man.

"Take us to a cheap hotel; mess up again, I'm throwing you to the moon. Trust me, I can do that." Stated Tut in Romanian as he eyed Collin through the rearview mirror while his eyes glowed red, causing him to nod rapidly.

"Y-Yes, r-right away!" Replied Collin while sweating in fear as he reversed the taxi out of the alley and started driving quickly.

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"See, this looks like a cheap hotel; was that such a hard thing to do?" Remarked Tut with a slight frown as he looked at a two-story hotel that had a light-up sign, though only two letters were working.

"N-No." Muttered Collin quietly, shaking his head.

"Alright, now, since you're affiliated with those people from before, you've got two options: either I pop your tires and freeze your engine, or you give me all of your money. Which will it be?" Asked Tut with a raised eyebrow as he looked at Collin, who was sporting an ugly expression.

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Yes, I copied the muscle villain from MHA; No, I'm not ashamed to admit it, after all, I am writing a fanfic.