101 Happy Reunion

From the roof of a building next to the PRT HQ, I look down and watch as Crawler is sent flying through a wall near the ground floor.

The building is in the middle of the city, so most of the surrounding buildings are skyscrapers, or at least somewhat big, so nobody seems to notice me looking down on them, which is perfect for me.

I see Magne walk up to the hole in the wall and turn around to say a few words before jumping out of the building.

A slap of rubble below him rapidly rises to meet him only to immediately slow down and gently carry him to the ground right as he lands on it.

At the same time, Crawler, being a gentleman, waits for Magne to touch the ground in front of him before he acts.

That patience makes me assume he's already finished his test for Carrot, otherwise he'd be barging back in there.

He doesn't look any different, so I assume she probably failed. I'll still double check, but I want to see how this fight might play out first.

I mean, obviously Crawler is going to win. The questions are if he'll have to work for it and of how much collateral damage there will be.

They start of with what I assume is a little bit of pre fight banter, but I can't here the words from so far away.

That changes when Crawler spits a glob of acid at Magne, forcing him to roll to the side and Crawler uses the opportunity to close the distance. However, I van quickly gains momentum and slams into him, knocking him a couple of steps to the side despite the hit being strong enough that any normal would have been turned to paste.

The joys of being a basically unstoppable monster dog I guess.

Magne uses the chance to scramble to his feet, launching more and more cars at Crawler, though since nothing seems to be coming the other way, I can only assume he is tethering his power to the surrounding buildings, or maybe the floor if he can do that.

The fight then descends into Crawler charging and Magne dodging by increasingly small margins, until all of a sudden Magne comes to a stop and my brain itches at me like I'm missing something, but I don't know what it is.

I try to look closer at the battlefield, but nothing really stands out.

Magne is standing on one side of the street with his hands in his pockets with Crawler on the other. There are cars and vans dented and scattered about and the street is empty of anyone else, evacuations having finished for the immediate area as they were fighting.

Nothing pops out to me, but the answer shows itself when Crawler rushes forward one more time, except Magne doesn't look like he's going to dodge this time.

Instead he just stands there as Crawler approaches and I spot an only to slightly beat up van behind Crawler suddenly start flying after him. I realise immediately that the van will impact him at around the same time he'll reach Magne and my eyes flick right back to him.

But right as Crawler's teeth are less than a foot away from crashing into him, Magne takes a hand out of it's pocket to reveal a small, handheld device.

Time seems to slow down as Crawler inches closer to Magne, yet Magne shows no sign of concern.

The very instant before Crawler hits him, Magne's face finally changes as he allows out a small smirk.

Time's flow seems to resume as Magne presses the button on the device in his hand right as Crawler crashes 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 Magne and into the ground, followed by the van hitting him and using his own momentum to push him further, sending Crawler crashing into the foyer of a skyscraper.

I can barely contain my shock at Magne's sudden display of badassery as I watch his figure start to transition back to normality from it's sudden ghostly appearance.

I assume they've salvaged Candy's tech then, which is good to know in advance, because Tinkers are, as just evidenced, complete bullshit.

But as cool as that was, I don't really see how it helps the fight.

That is until the entire skyscraper above Crawler shakes.

𝘕𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘺.

My jaw is appropriately agape as I watch Magne pointing both of his hands at the skyscraper, looking to be in great strain, as the 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 building starts shaking.

Then, it collapses on itself.

Over two hundred 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 tonnes of cement and steel come crashing down on itself, not spreading out at all. Meaning that all of that weight is being used to crush Crawler.

I've been in a couple of fights with a lot of collateral damage by now, but I've never been able to truly witness the sheer 𝘢𝘸𝘦 inspiring sight that is the fall of a skyscraper.

I am certain Crawler is fine, or even better than fine, but I can't help and wonder if I'd survive that.

It is a 𝘭𝘰𝘵 of weight and unlike Crawler, I don't already weigh a couple dozen tonnes.

Tch.

After thinking about it for a moment, I come to the annoying conclusion that I'd probably die. Maybe.

At the very least, I'm not sure that I'd survive like I am with Crawler, which means that despite how much stronger I've gotten, there are still plenty of people that can off me.

Oh well. My power seems to be among the few that can keep getting stronger, so I just have to be patient I guess.

With the size of a skyscraper, I would have thought it would take longer to fall, but it was reduced to a pile of rubble and a dust cloud within ten seconds flat.

However right as I am about to complain about the dust getting in the way, a sudden unnatural storm sweeps over the building, compressing all the dust into a pile off to the side, which is a dead giveaway that it's the powers of a hero rather than a villain.

After all, it seems more eco friendly than just blasting the dust into the sky, which sounds easier, and only heroes would care about shit like that.

𝘗𝘙T and all.

Looking down, I see the a figure approaching that I assume is the cause of the gust.

She is an ethereal looking woman, like a spectre, wearing simple robes and having a completely blank face.

That's Megan.

From what I remember she is a hero's power, making her a projection.

The only reason I even remember is because the dude's hero name is literally just 'Carl'.

I even watched his debut because it was funny and he said he chose the name because 'Megan will be doing all the hero work, I don't have any of her power, so I'm just Carl. She's the hero'.

It is incredibly amusing to me that Masters are the most feared of all power types, thanks to people like Heartbreaker mind fucking bunch of people, especially supermodels for his perfect harem.

Yet, projections powers are also in the Master category, so if Carl started by just saying he's a Master, then people would be scared until he reassures them with the fact he doesn't mind whammy people, he just makes a sex doll that can fight.

...Ok, I've never met Megan, that was unnecessarily mean.

Bringing me out of my thoughts is the arrival of another hero, as well as a small army.

that'd be Mimic then.

He can create phantom copies of people, though if he copies a cape then the power the phantom gets is a weakened version, so he's not really a threat to anyone with good area control.

Suddenly I remember Carrot and that I want to know if she's dead or not, so I only stick around until the rubble starts moving so I can be sure Crawler's fine.

As I turn to leave, I idly notice the final pair of heroes arrive to group up with the others. I don't know if they're going to continue fighting or just run away while Crawler is occupied, but I figure I should hurry up either way.

Decision made, I jump off the building on the opposite side as the heroes, facing the back of the PRT building, where the evacuees went.

The building I was on was tall but not as tall as the skyscraper, so I don't even get close to hitting my terminal velocity before I touch the ground.

Meaning that I make the landing with ease, my enhanced muscles taking the impact without any trouble whatsoever, only cracking the concrete a little bit as my legs absorb most of the force.

Fuck I love superpowers.

Setting off at a steady jog, I head for where I last saw the evacuations from the PRT building going and I quickly pick up on their scent, made easy by the size of the crowd.

It doesn't take me long to find them.

Grouped up in a nearby park, hundreds of PRT workers and troopers stand in a large circle, with the troopers on the perimeter standing guard over the workers of more menial tasks.

Making sure to keep out of sight, I scamper my way up one of the buildings lining the park and look out over them, searching for any sight of my quarry.

Thanks to the mass of people it takes me a moment, but I soon lock onto my second favourite bunny themed cape being tended to by medical personnel.

Granted, she is also just the only other bunny themed cape I know of other than March, but eh, details.

Now, how do I get to her without alerting the circle of heavily armed men and women who are in a high state of alert, ready to be pounced on by a biological tank?

Well, I have a plan for that.

See, Crawler can't fly, and as this is a rather hastily set up defence, they don't have any air coverage up, smartly focusing on the ground.

I can't really fault them for it, since Shatterbird is the only one capable of flight among us and she's not exactly the subtle type, but that doesn't mean I won't use the negligence to my advantage.

For I may not be capable of flight, but I sure as hell can jump far.

Walking to the far end of the building, I picture the distance I need to cross and start jumping on the spot slightly, to get a feeling for my legs.

Precision is something I've focused a bit on with my card trick training, so I'm confident I can land exactly where I want to.

With a deep breath, I rush for the end of the building. My right foot plants on the edge of the roof hard enough to crack it as I launch myself out into the sky, soaring through the evening air in a moment of weightlessness before I come crashing down once again.

I see my target getting closer and closer and I watch as the first person notices my approach and how they start pointing me out to others.

I feel multiple pairs of eyes tracking me just in time for them all to witness as I crash straight into the medical tent that was luckily empty of people at the time.

Immediately following the impact, I start rolling a couple of times thanks to the momentum, causing the sheet fabric to wrap around me completely, leaving white cloth as the only thing I can see.

All according to plan. I promise.

Wriggling about, I try and search for an exit to this textile trap to no avail, leaving me flopping about on the ground.

"Don't worry! I'm fine!" I yell out to the people I hear hesitantly approaching.

Flailing about a bit more, I manage to get one of my feet out up to the knee before it gets stuck again, showing my bear feet to all, and hopefully giving a certain teen a nice dose of PTSD from the scruffy and torn white and black stripes of my costumes lower pant.

"I got this! This is totally ok! I am not struggling at all, I swear!... Just gimme a minute! For unrelated reasons!"

I actually manage to hear a couple of chuckles at my shouts, which is great! For what is a Clown that doesn't make others laugh?

A phoney! That's what! Hence why Chuckle Nuts had to die. He was hogging all the laughter to himself.

Still, that's probably enough for now, I kind of forgot that I was in a hurry.

That in mind, I stop playing around and just start tearing the sheets apart, standing up and leaving the cloth to just tear as it attempts to limit my movements.

In mere moments, I am free of my confines and staring out at a crowd of adoring spectators, though I ignore them as they raise their weapons affectionately at me as I turn to stare right at the only one here that matters.

"Carrot! 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦?"

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A/N: He~llo! Dear readers!

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