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A violent shockwave blasted across the battlefield as Leviathan's (powering up) aura exploded outward. Cars flipped. Loose debris spiraled. Heroes braced themselves.
Inferno threw both arms up, flames sputtering under the pressure.
Inferno: "OH—SHIT—!!"
He slid back several meters, boots carving lines in the dirt.
Inferno: "Fuck! Do we really gotta deal with THIS thing!?"
Frostbite ducked behind a half-melted pillar, hair whipping in the wind.
Frostbite: "Yeah, no kidding—Mentis is facing that thing alone. Move your ass! We clear a path for em!"
A bone-deep roar ripped the sky in half.
Megalodon rose above the battlefield, his eyes glowing like burning suns. Smoke curled off his armor in long streams. His gaze snapped straight to Black Mentis.
Megalodon: "Enough games… Come face me Mentis."
His voice shook loose bricks from ruined buildings.
Megalodon (looking down On the heroes): "You think you can stand a chance against me, mortals?"
He vanished in a blink—reappeared with a punch aimed straight for Black Mentis' skull.
Black Mentis inhaled sharply.
Black Mentis: "G—! Fuck—he's fast!"
He twisted sideways at the last instant. The punch grazed his cheek, ripping a line off his mask.
Mentis dropped under the follow-up strike, fist charging with violet energy. He slammed it straight into Megalodon's chest.
A detonation tore the battlefield apart—cars spun, windows vaporized, debris rained like shrapnel.
Thunderstrike swung his hammer upward, smashing a flying SUV out of the air.
Thunderstrike: "GOD—DAYMN! Shit's gettin' serious out here, people!"
Megalodon stumbled, armor denting inward. His eyes pulsed.
Megalodon (low growl): "That's…Strange this…isn't the one I'm looking for…"
Black Mentis' teeth clenched.
Black Mentis: "You weren't expecting that, big guy?"
The ground cracked under their feet. Everyone around them felt something shift—something wrong. Heroes paused mid-fight, uneasy without knowing why.
Then—both vanished.
Two streaks—one violet-blue, one crimson—clashed in midair.
Their fists collided with a thunderclap that rippled through the clouds, a shockwave rolling across the ruined city.
Megalodon: "Are you here to buy your master time, puppet?"
Black Mentis' eyebrow jerked upward.
Black Mentis: "What the hell are you babbling abo—"
He dodged left— Megalodon's elbow slammed into him, sending him skidding back through a crushed bus.
Megalodon: "Shut your ass up! Pathetic worm."
Black Mentis burst free with a blur, knee raised— Megalodon mirrored him instantly. Their knees collided, sending another circular air blast ripping through the streets.
Civilians screamed nearby, trapped in overturned cars or hiding behind rubble.
Rock piles collapsed. Flames erupted. No safe corner existed.
Electro, Mr. Torch, and Rock-man sprinted into the fray as a demon horde charged them.
Electro flung his arms out, lightning zig-zagging violently.
Electro: "MOVE, GET OUT OF MY DAMN WAY—!!"
Bolts tore through demons, bodies splitting open mid-run.
Mr. Torch vaulted forward, purple flames erupting from his hands.
Mr. Torch: "BURN, YOU FREAKS—!!"
His fire swallowed a group whole—skin melting, bones blackening.
Rock-man pounded his fists together, stone grinding loudly.
Rock-man: "Alright… my turn. These weird-ass freaks picked the WRONG day to mess with Earth!"
He smashed the ground. Jagged boulders shot upward like missiles, crushing demons and snapping limbs clean off.
A massive demon—muscles bulging, jaw split in three—caught a falling boulder and hurled it back.
The heroes barely dodged.
Rock-man spun, eyes widening.
Rock-man: "ELECTRO—BEHIND—!"
Electro turned too late.
The demon's massive claws clamped around his head— A sickening CRACK echoed as the skull flattened.
Blood sprayed across the rubble—thick, sticky—brain matter sliding down the demon's palm.
Electro's headless corpse hit the ground.
Mr. Torch: "FUCK—!!"
He didn't finish. The demon punched him so hard he flew through a collapsed building—crashing through three walls before going limp.
Blood smeared the rubble in a long streak.
Rock-man charged, eyes wild, earth swirling around his fists like a drill.
Rock-man:"DIE—YOU—NOTHER—FUCKER—!!"
He fired rotating stone bullets straight into the demon's chest— Flesh shredded, ribs splintered— The demon dropped with a thud.
Rock-man fell to his knees, panting, hands trembling over his dead teammates.
Rock-man (broken whisper): "Rest… in peace… you crazy bastards… I avenged you…"
On the other side—Mender knelt over a gravely injured hero, hands glowing faintly. Blood soaked his sleeves.
Mender: "H-Hold still—fuck—come on—come ON—! Stay with me!"
His hands shook from exhaustion.
A civilian's scream cut through the noise—
A boy pinned under a beam.
Rock-man sprinted toward them, still shaking from rage.
Rock-man: "Mender! We need you up front!"
Mender: "Buy me some goddam time then! I'm busy dude!"
Photon slammed a demon with his shield, blade cutting through thick bone.
Photon: "We NEED a route out—civilians are getting slaughtered out here!"
Photon smacked a demon with his shield, then turned around and slashed it with his blade cutting it in half.
Gravity staggered forward, blood streaming down her forehead. She threw her arms wide—gravity warped.
Demons collapsed, bodies flattening against the ground.
Gravity: "E-Echo—Spectra—get civilians OUT—NOW!"
Echo split into five glowing clones— They blinked in and out of danger, grabbing survivors, teleporting them to safety.
Spectra swooped overhead, hand to her temple.
Her eyes ignited with lasers.
A sweeping line of beams severed demons clean in half—torsos sliding off spines, arms flying, organs splattering across the road.
Spectra: "Path's CLEAR! MOVE!"
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