— LIVE BROADCAST —
The newscaster continued, her voice trembling slightly, eyes wide and face pale.
> "We don't know what to expect in this situation, as any hero that moves into the area of Victoria Island—where the fight is most intense—has not been heard from."
> "One of these heroes is Star," she added, her voice cracking. "And since no news of her has surfaced, we are asking the government to send help, as the situation is getting worse by the second—"
Suddenly, the camera shook violently, and she was yanked off-screen just as a massive rock crashed past—a byproduct of the escalating clash between the beast and the humanoid monster.
She gasped, one hand over her mouth in horror.
---
— THE HOTEL —
Inside a high-rise hotel, Odinioha's face burned with fury as he listened to the broadcast about his nephew's death. He spun toward Dr. Anthony, pointing a trembling hand.
> "You're the one to blame!" Odinioha shouted.
Anthony barely managed a response before a calm, spine-chilling voice cut through the tension like a knife:
> "Aww, the two of you look so cute when you're about to die."
They turned to see Sonia, standing in the doorway beside a corpse. Her blade was soaked in blood, her eyes cold.
---
— GUNFIRE & INSTINCT —
Odinioha, acting on instinct, lunged for an AK-47 and opened fire.
> "In my life I've seen things. I've done a lot too. But I never knew I'd be firing a gun on a 16-year-old girl trying to survive. It will not be me that dies like this—never!"
Sonia deflected the bullets with sharp, fluid swings of her blade as she sprinted at him. But Odinioha wasn't ordinary—his instincts flared again, pulling him back.
That's when Void's bullet screamed past his face. Odinioha twisted sideways just in time.
---
— VOID'S FUN BEGINS —
Void grinned from his sniper position.
> "He dodged that? Fun."
He fired again, and Odinioha danced across the room, each dodge desperate and reactive.
> "The force field's not working—why? Plus they've got a sniper. Shit's frustrating. These guys... they've done their homework."
Then—CRACK!
Lana appeared from the shadows and slammed a rusted metal pipe into the back of Odinioha's head. He stumbled into a glass wall—exposing himself directly to Void's scope.
Void didn't hesitate. The next bullet whistled through the air with accelerated velocity.
Sensing the danger, Odinioha bent left and narrowly evaded it—but the bullet curved back, making a sharp U-turn.
He threw himself backward again, just avoiding a direct hit. Two more shots followed; one grazed his side, and the second forced him to stagger.
---
— LANA'S CHARGE —
Lana charged. She didn't wait. She shoved him hard—his back hit the wall again, and before he could breathe, a hand grabbed his head and slammed it into the ground.
Blood smeared across the floor. Odinioha coughed, disoriented, vision swimming. He saw Anthony cowering.
> "Do something!" he yelled.
But before Anthony could move, Void's bullet shattered his leg.
> "Wrap it up before the heroes from the association show up," Void called.
---
— REX ENTERS —
Odinioha staggered toward the door. He barely reached for the handle when it flung open with force, revealing Rex—calm, unmoved.
Odinioha threw a kick. Rex didn't flinch. His own kick came down heavier, more brutal, sending Odinioha sprawling.
A second kick—this time, Rex caught his leg mid-air, igniting it with a burn. Odinioha screamed. He reached for his pocket… too slow.
SLASH!
Sonia sliced his hand clean off. Blood spattered the wall. Odinioha collapsed, breathing heavily, the fight knocked out of him.
---
— ANTHONY'S FINAL MOMENTS —
All eyes turned to Dr. Anthony. Still on the ground, he trembled and began pleading, offering bribes, anything.
Odinioha turned, barely able to speak.
> "Do you really have the cure to the virus… the one in my daughter?"
Anthony nodded weakly, hope flickering.
Odinioha sighed.
> "Don't kill him," he told Rex.
But Rex's expression remained ice-cold.
> "We've already killed close to a hundred just to get to this man. You think we'll stop now because of one person?"
Odinioha snapped, screaming:
> "You'll all die unhappy—everyone tied to you!"
The team barely acknowledged him. Rex stepped forward. Lana grabbed Anthony by the collar, smiled faintly…
Then hurled him through the glass.
---
— DEATH FROM ABOVE —
Anthony fell from the 20th floor, screaming—and laughing. He reached for his device mid-air… nothing. It had been hacked.
His eyes widened. Below, Killer waited, star blaster aimed upward.
BRRRTT!
Thirty-five glowing bullets tore through Anthony mid-fall, tearing his body apart before he hit the ground.
> "Mission complete."
The words echoed through their comms. One by one, the team disappeared into the darkness—like shadows never meant to be seen.
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— AFTERMATH —
Slowly, the battlefield quieted. The police and surviving heroes crept into the shattered ruins.
Smoke hung in the air.
Survivors sat in stunned silence.
And of the attackers—there was no trace.