Inside the same cafe, Ms. Crowe eagerly waits for her guest of honor.
With her eyebrows scrunched together and her lips pouted she says to the long haired man "I'm sorry, I believe we haven't met"
Hand on his chest he says "Oh my bad" then he proceeds to take off his glasses
Her face lights up with a smile as she gasps "Kremidal!"
While pulling the chair back and puffing out the end of his jacket as he sits down while he grunts "I believe this is our second… time meeting?"
She nodded "Yes, I'm terribly sorry about the way I acted the first time. My name is Misty… Misty Crowe - I've never actually seen you with your hair down"
The waiter arrives, holding a note pad and a pen, he bows down near Misty as he asks "ready to order ma'am?"
Misty lightly startled; answered "Yes I'll have the zavaraka spice, what about you Kremidal?"
He raises his finger saying "I'll have just a classic americano, no sugar, no cream- thank you"
He scoffs "So Misty Crowe huh? it's got a nice ring to it! Also I've never really seen someone order zavaraka spice here. How does that taste?"
She answers "No I'm not a regular here, I just wanted to know how different cafes serve the tea, it's typically hot lemon tea, sweetened with cinnamon"
He comments "Sounds… cozy? Though I just want to be clear -"
He was suddenly cut off by one of the waiters serving the drinks they ordered. "Would you two like any pastries along those drinks?"
"Nope"
"This will suffice"
While both of their drinks are still steaming hot, Kremidal sips down his coffee, while Misty chugs the steaming hot tea. He looks dumbfounded as he stops sipping his coffee to say "Whoah take it easy! You might burn your whole mouth!"
After giving the tea a few gulps she sighs sharply as she drops her mug on the table, as she does - steam was still coming out of her mouth "Don't worry, I like it. It makes me feel… normal"
He sips some coffee again, after that he asks "anyway, why did you bring me here again?"
She answers quietly "I'm looking for the person responsible for the boom radio massacre"
As he heard this he was still sipping his coffee, but his eyes widened - almost spitting the coffee; lightly he slammed his mug on the table as he said "I'm sorry but why?"
She leans forward to say "Come on, think about it! It would be an excellent leverage for the elections!
He puts his finger on the end of his lip saying "I like the idea, but I don't really see how and why searching for the 'boom radio killer' would actually aid with your electoral win?"
Before she spoke she chugs down the last few gulps of her tea, she sharply sighed and said
"Confronting him on live stream of course, I want to know why and how one person killed that many people. I want to get into their psyche, you know - getting to the root of the problem why things like this happen, it has to be more than just money, sex, drugs and whatever else this sin city provides."
Kremidal crosses his legs under the table while also crossing his arms "That's an excellent reason, but that's more like an investigation, than a supporting factor to your run. Also I don't really see how I'm a supporting factor here"
Misty laughed as she smiled cheek to cheek and her eyes squinted, then once calmed down she sighed and said "Oh pontiff, I am perfectly aware of what you can provide, I've looked into your church… or should I say…
Cartel?"
Kremidal chugs his still steaming hot coffee. Softly he laid the mug on the table as he said "Ms. Crowe, if you're here to arrest me, then so be it. My arms are open for apprehension, just so you know: that will not fix this city." He said as he raised both of his wrists towards Misty.
She irked as she shook her head "Heavens no! I'm not affiliated with those pigs. I am well aware they're perfectly incapable of fixing this disgusting mess!" She holds Kremidal's wrists as she pushes it down the table. She softly slides her hands as she wraps her fingers around his palms saying
"I know how it feels, you try everything - speak to anyone that can help. In the end they leave you more broken than you were ever before.
This world is ruled by old, resentful, entitled men. They refuse to change, so they infect that thought onto this city. It's time for change, for the stronger, for the better
So… we do the change ourselves"
In response he holds her hands with a firmer grip while he leans closer to her as he says with a smile "In that case, I'll lead the way!"
[Meanwhile at the medical clinic where most of the victims of the riot attack were staying]
In the emergency room. The lifeline on the room beeps in a stable rhythm, within the room; Claire lies on the bed. She's watching some cartoons on the tv. Blue curtains surround her, the buttons on her chest are undone as ecg patches are stuck to it while half of her head is wrapped in bandages. She giggles as soon as one of the characters gets hit by a falling piano.
Suddenly she sees someone poking through the curtain followed by the words "Hello is somebody there?"
Without hesitation she answered "Come in~!"
Who entered was a guy wearing a purple cardigan and a baby blue polo shirt, complemented with some gray chinos. He was holding a cardboard box. He looks around the room, but as soon as she takes a look at Claire he immediately looks away and covers the right side of his face from Claire.
She raised an eyebrow and asked "Er… are you okay?"
His voice suddenly became shaky "No it's just- your um… *he points at his chest* they're spilling"
"Oh!" Her face turned red from embarrassment as she covers it back up she politely asks "My bad sorry. What are you doing here exactly?"
His hand is still covering the side of his face "C- can I look now?"
She nods "you may"
He puts down his hand as she proceeds to look at her eye to eye, he raises the box in his hands as he explains "I was supposed to deliver this to somebody, by any chance are you Potpurri Puffins?"
Her face lights up with a smile saying "Oh snap! I know her! Though if my noggin is still in one piece; I think she's in the ICU rooms"
His head leans back as it tilts to the side "A- are you, Ms. Puffins by any chance?"
Claire lets out an awkward smile "Huh? Dude I just told you she's in the ICU!"
He fumbles frantically at the curtains, sliding his hands up and down in search of the Velcro split. "Oh- uh- yeah! Sorry! My GPS says that she's here, but I- I'll be going now~!
Claire giggles as she looks at him fumbling around the curtains "Hehehe you're goofy, sorry that was rude of me; could I at least know your name?"
He started to calm down as he looks back at her saying as he stuttered "I- I'm Abenson, but my friends just call me Abby"
"Okay Abby, wanna go grab a drink some time? - I mean once I get out of here at least" she follows with a smirk
He nodded "Oh- yeah! Of course!" he continued to unfurl the curtains but right before he could, a face protruded from the split.
Claire yelled in glee "Poppy~! You're walking!" she said as she reaches her arms towards her
Abby quietly said "I should… leave you two alone"
Poppy pulls him by the arm as she said "Yo dude, sorry you got caught up in this mess-"
Claire tilts her head to look behind at Poppy "No it's okay- lemme guess, you accidentally set your location to the emergency room huh?" She said as she was holding Poppy's phone in her hand. "I think it's because you left your phone on this bed"
Poppy squealed "Oh! Em! Gee! I'm so lucky that you're the next patient that occupied my bed! I knew I left my phone here before I got transferred to ICU"
Claire said "Oh by the way this is Abby, he's a pretty cool guy! Abby this is Poppy"
Poppy puts her hand out and daps him up saying "Ay cabron! I already know this guy, Abenson Santos! He's the best tailor in the city! Thanks for taking care of my new jacket by the way!"
Claire asked as she tilted her head "Jacket?"
Poppy said she pulls out the same damn denim vest she wears everyday "Thissss!"
Claire squinted her eyes while raising her upper lip "I'm sorry what? Isn't that the same damn jacket you wear everyday?"
Poppy said as she leans her elbow onto Abby "Clearly you're not familiar with the insane craftsmanship this cholo can produce, what I'm holding right now is a 1 to 1 copy of the vest I just lost!"
Claire's eyes widened as she caressed the fabric's seams "Oh dang! That is 1 to 1- even down to the wear marks!" She looks at him with a grin "Oh I'm definitely gonna be a future customer~!"
Abby laughs nervously while rubbing the back of his neck as he says "Y- yeah! Thanks for the compliments, it really means a lot to me. But I really gotta go, I've got other orders to finish"
"Bye Abby!"
"Adios cholo!"
Since Abby left the two of them look at each other as Claire breaks the silence by asking "So… Are we not addressing the elephant in the room?"
Poppy asked "What elephant?" she looks down her legs "Oh these? I spent almost all of my savings just to get it built."
Claire raised an eyebrow as she asked "Dude, then why did you cry?"
Poppy exclaims "Dude I didn't miraculously get healed! I still can't even run in these, plus I'm not really walking, but more or less waddling on the way here"
Claire touches the metal beams attached to the side of Poppy's leg "So does that mean you're not fully healed?"
She sighs heavily, waddling over to perch on the edge of Claire's bed, she softly says "Doctor told me it'd be months before I get used to this, but that's besides the point- please tell me how you're feeling because I was worried sick about you!"
Claire scratches her head while her left eye drifts off-course "Oh it's no biggie, I don't think got brain damage-damage-damage"
Poppy gasps "Oh no!"
Claire laughs while her eye snaps back in place - quickly holding Poppy's shoulder "Dude I'm just kidding! Though I do have a fracture on my skull, but doctors told me I shouldn't do any intense activities"
Poppy touches Claire's bandages as she says "You didn't get any scars do you? Is it okay if I can just take a peek?"
Claire holds her head with both hands as she responds "I- I don't think I'm even allowed to even slightly be curious about my scar, but the doctor said it looks like a lightning bolt zigzagging across the back of my skull. Pretty cool, right?"
Poppy slowly looks away from her followed by a frown as she says "Why is it, whenever I meet someone new I end up getting them hurt?"
Claire notices that Poppy's hand was laying at the edge of the bed, Claire sat up and held Poppy's hand as she says "Hey it's okay. It wasn't your fault; we got ambushed by that fat- robot… guy? Is he even human?"
Poppy interrupts with "No, it's my fault I got you into this mess, I shouldn't have insisted you to help me."
Claire tightening her grip on Poppy's hand as she exclaims "But hey at least we took him down right?"
Poppy shook her head saying no "He got away"
She slowly struggles to stand up from the edge of the bed while she explains "Which is the reason why I bought these prosthetics."
Claire shouts "Hell yeah! Once your joints are all fixed up, we'll finally be able to put him behind bar-"
Poppy interrupts her with a raspy voice while giving her a side eye
"No! I want to kill him."
Claire's demeanor immediately becomes more reserved as her smile quickly faded away, as the middle of her eyebrows tilted up. She doesn't let go of Poppy's hand - but her grip loosens just a fraction… Then she tightened it again.
Poppy swatted her hand away she waddles forward with her back against Claire, she sharply sighs "I'm sorry, I didn't- *sigh* just stay outta this, it's my mess to clean up"
For a few seconds - the room was stricken with deafening silence as the beeping of the machines only filled the room, not a word from the both of them, until…
"Pops!"
She was lightly startled while she looks back at Claire, sparking a smirk saying
"You a bad bitch?"
Poppy rests her fist on her hips while she turns around to look at her "You're so unserious sometimes-"
Claire tilts her head up shouting with 'the stank face' "Answer the question Potpurri! You a bad bitch?"
Poppy scoffed "Of course I am! What about you?"
Claire lets out a devious grin "The baddest bitch in the world!"
The both of them excitedly and repeatedly slam each other's fists while cackling maniacally.
A nurse quickly pokes her head from the curtain split
"SHHHHH! The patients are sleeping!" then she left
The both of them just now started quietly laughing.
[meanwhile Misty and Kremidal were on a ride towards the church]
In a black solar powered electric car, the two are seated in front. Kremidal is the one driving.
"So pontiff, how long have you established this… institution?"
He puts his finger on his chin "I think it's been more than 20 years, ever since I left my hometown, Cavéz Avinolia. Me and my brother ran away from home"
She crosses her arms "Is that so? What's the reason as to why you left?"
He looks at the side mirror as he steers towards the next block "We um… you could say; the both of us looked for better education."
She looks at her side of the side-mirror "What does your cartel do exactly?"
He answered "Well control the wet market, and the energy supply for cars"
"Fascinating, in that case, might I interest you in producing performance footwear?"
"What do you mean by that…?" As soon as they approach their destination: the church. He soon found out that the gigantic main door had been broken down, as rubble is spread around its vicinity; construction workers are already wrapping the doors in thick strands of rope. He's also noticed that the very roof of the church has been punched open as scaffolding already covered the top of the roof.
He stares at it as he raises his eyebrows and his jaws drop, he slowly stops the car while he looks back at the front. He clicks his tongue "*sigh* I knew this would happen. Do you um… mind if we drop here?"
"Yes it's fine"
As they got out of the car, the people surrounding the church took notice of the sound of the doors slamming shut; as they look behind they saw Kremidal.
All of them began to murmur at each other all the while whispering his name. They're visibly distressed, they all began to lightly bow their heads with their right hands wrapped together, all in unison.
Kremidal walks down straight to the main entrance, as he passes some people bowing are taking a peak behind him. While following Misty looks around them with a raised brow. She catches up to him to hold his shoulder "Kremidal, are these?-"
"They all work for the church" He spots one of the security guards helping other workers by lifting the debris alongside them.
He shouts "Mavis!"
She immediately takes notice as her eyes widened while she mutters "I'll be right back" she ran towards Him while the debris gets brushed from behind, as soon as she arrives she sternly salutes to him.
"Yes, Pontiff?"
He sternly says "Mavis, casualties report!
"We have 11 deaths, 12 gravely injured"
He continues to walk while he asks "Shit… Damage report and estimation?" Misty follows along.
Mavis reports "Busted main gate, hole in the ceiling spanning at least 20 feet diameter, 4 pillars destroyed, and at least a 20 tons of damaged infrastructure and furnishing"
He shouted "Estimation?"
Mavis grimaces as she nervously says "A- About 500,000,000 chips… sir"
He sharply sighs "Well, at least I'm gonna put that gambling money to good use, what about healthcare costs?"
"7.5 billion chips sir"
Sweat started budding on his face, after that - he suddenly has a seizure and drops down to his hands and knees
Mavis even more nervously said "Oh! Oh- I mean 7 billion chips"
He looks up with eyebrows scrunched upward "That doesn't change a thing! Oh my god! Where am I gonna get that much cash? That's after insurance right?"
Mavis squeals "With insurance… sir"
"Oh we're cooked!"
He suddenly feels someone touch his shoulder, as he looks to his side, he sees Misty squatting down to his level "I think I know how to help rebuild your church."
He stands up, dust off his clothes, wipes his sweat "No, the church can wait. The health and safety of my people is my top priority!
Mavis, who did suffer the most during the riot?"
She salutes, snapping back into place "Sir h-"
"Please, loosen up. I'm not your general"
She relaxes her posture as she stops saluting "Sir, all of our casualties are on our Disaster and Demolition Team (DDT)-"
He whispered "Our finest men" He gestures to mavis a hand to stop "That will be enough - for now, you are relieved of your duties, all of you. You may wish to evacuate where you can, as the church is not fit for housing, even if your room looks fine, you'll never know when disaster strikes again"
Mavis bowed "Thank you pontiff"
Then everyone else said in unison as well "Thank you pontiff!"
Kremidal pulls his wallet out from his pocket, pulling out a card as he proceeds to hand it to Mavis "Please cover their transportation"
She nodded a yes then Kremidal and Misty walked back to the car, while on their way back: she could see his face still budding with sweat and his skin a little paler than usual. As soon as both of them boarded the car he said "I'm so sorry you had to see that."
She fastens her seatbelt "No it's fine, that just gives me more motivation to help your community" She lays her hand on the armrest as Kremidal touches it saying "Thank you" She softly smiles back.
Right before he drove off, he spotted Mavis running towards the car door. He rolled the windows down as he asked "Mavis! What's wrong?"
He huffed and panted with each word "Sir *huff* I forgot to tell you-" She tilts her head down while panting "The Relics are stolen as well!"
Misty looks over behind Him "Relics? Like actual religious relics?"
He answers "Yep, bonafide 1st-class relics." He looks back at Mavis "Don't worry - I placed trackers inside those relics, we'll address them with the two (Zephyr and Poppy) later, for now it's best for you all to find a good place to stay. Understood?"
She salutes "Sir yes sir!"
He nods back as he slowly rolls up the windows, slowly driving away from the disaster.
On the next day. In the St. Dymphna Secure Clinic's laboratory. Heavy stomping can be heard outside. A doctor is seen monitoring the gate cycle of every step, a nurse observing the person - writing on a clipboard while the person is running. It was Poppy, running on a treadmill barefooted. Her exoskeletal prosthetics have upgraded to have air-shock powered joints as each step lets out a light hiss and whir.
Her chest and abdomen have ECG pads stuck to it, all the while a large tube is lodged onto her mouth with an air tight seal, heavy breathing can be heard throughout the room, almost in sync with every step. With only wearing a sports bra and spandex - the sweat of her body kept flicking away as she swung her limbs.
The doctor looks back shouting "Alright Ms. Puffins - longer strides, faster pace! Go! Go! Go!"
Her stride widened as the pistons on her joints hissed louder, her steps became heavier. The veins on her forehead began to bulge. Tightly she closed her eyes shut, as a flash of her trauma appears inside her head. Her speed suddenly bolted from 40 km/h to 50 km/h. The nurse's eyes widened as the scratching of the pen got louder, while the doctor's eyes widened in front of the monitor as this is what he saw:
The image of her lungs on the monitor rapidly shrinks and expands, along with her heart beating rapidly inside. The circulation mapping of her blood rapidly travels around her body
A muffled roar was suddenly heard inside her breathing tube as more sweat kept pouring down her skin.
The doctor quickly sprung from his chair, aggressively tapping her by the shoulder "Ms. Puffins stop!"
Her steps quickly, yet gradually slowed down. She hunches down the treadmill's handlebars as she pants heavily. Sweat still kept dripping down the skin. She aggressively pulled out the tube from her mouth even though it was adhered to her skin, so it stretched along as she pulled. Then she started gasping for air, shakily exhaling. She wheezed "Why did you stop me?"
He adjusts his glasses "Ma'am you see, your vitals were pushing its limits, by your breaths; your lungs was on the verge of collapse, in which you'll be an immediate fall risk, please sit for a moment and-"
"No! What's the next test doc?"
He says while he removes the ecg pads "Please Ms. Puffins I urge you to-"
"Did I stutter? I said: What's the next test?"
He starts sweating as he adjusts his glasses "A- A- Adductor longus, magnus, gluteus medius, and fibularis longus."
"In english?"
"U- Um… Side to side movement ma'am" He proceeds to hand out a pair of tennis shoes "I'm gonna need you to wear this ma'am"
She irks as she shakes her head "Aren't we supposed to be testing this barefoot?"
The doctor adjusts his glasses again as he says "Well yes, but we need pinpoint traction to get accurate results, and don't worry, these have zero cushion"
She shrugs "'Aight- nurse would you kindly get me a chair?"
The nurse quickly grabs one, and lays it down.
As soon as she got her butt on the chair, three knocks on the door can be heard, then the doctor shouted "Come in!"
It's kremidal, but he's wearing his typical uniform; long sleeve black compression shirt that has a collar runs up to the neck, high collared black cape, black hakama riding from the waist down to his ankles, red single tooth geta - wearing black socks of course.
Both the nurse and the doctor gasped "Pontiff?"
Poppy said "Kremidal!" She immediately stood up and walked towards him, then she hugs him tight, while he hugs her back softly as he asks "So how are the air pistons I sent doing?"
"They're working great, Krem! Though the acupuncture needs some getting used to, still - look!" She starts jogging in place then does a front flip. Oohs and aahs coming from the 2 of them while Kremidal just claps his hands
"Impressive! Though is it alright to ask?" He gestures to the doctor to come close to him then whispers to his ear.
"Uh huh… Yeah ok!..." Kremidal stops whispering to him then he says "Ms. Puffins, please get dressed, we can resume the tests right after you guys are done with your meeting!" he hands out her clothes back
She said while she grabbed them "Yeah but, isn't it better if my body is still energized?"
The doctor said "No it's fine, you guys's meeting seems to be very important"
She looks at Kremidal with one eyebrow raised. All she could see was a smile, whose lips are still pursed.
Later that day Kremidal and Poppy were driving down the road, heading towards the lips of Cydonia - its known food hub. As soon as they passed that lane, they began to spot food trucks where people were lined up stretching back at least six blocks, next they saw row after row of street food restaurants as people were bustling around its entrances and windows. They even see other people walking around eating skewered meat.
They even saw a crowd of people on the sidewalk huddled around, what they saw was two people fist fighting as the food on the ground was scattered. The people around them throw food, money, knives and guns while they cheer and boo - you even hear the faint "world star!" from a distance.
As they passed that commotion - they finally arrived in the block of Mexican restaurants
"Er… Krem - where are we headed?"
"Your favorite: Hermano's Tacos"
She repeatedly pumps her fist in the air while saying "Hooooo yeah! We are so back! Pleaaaase lemme have the Luchador meal!"
"Oh I'm not the one paying love"
She tilts her head while she raises her eyebrow "Then who?"
They finally arrive at Hermano's Tacos
"We're here!"
Poppy steps down from the car with trepid steps, but then Kremidal holds her by the wrist, she uses this as leverage to stand up straight.
While they're walking towards the entrance, she asks "Sooooo… who are we meeting?"
He shrugs "Eh~ It's best you'd wait, you know I always like a good thriller"
They sat near the cashier. Poppy looks around the restaurant where there were a lot of people eating, and ordering via virtual kiosk. Then suddenly a car arrives.
Kremidal looks at her with his elbow rested on the table he says "Y'know, you really look a lot like your mum - minus the pink hair"
She scoffs as she adjusts her seat "Heh, I… never really liked my mom, I was more of a daddy's girl, how come your hair's not colored Krem?"
He giggled "Nah, I just dye it honestly"
Suddenly someone walking with a crutch approached them as he asked Poppy "Hello is this seat taken?"
As soon as she looks up her smile became a frown because she found out it was Zephyr "Oh it's you" then she proceeded to look away, not saying a word as she crossed her arms.
"I guess that's a no then" So he just sat right next to Kremidal, but still right in front of Poppy. She gave him a sideye right before looking away again.
Zephyr adjusts his seat, he looks at Kremidal's face while he's texting on his phone, Zephyr says
"Kremidal, we're really sorry"
Kremidal turned his head to face him "I know" he nodded
Zephyr squints his eyes "Huh- What? What do you mean?"
"I knew you two wound;t be able to handle the past few days when I was gone, but I never expected it to be that bad"
Zephyr shook his head in disbelief "What? Then why did you let almost half of DDT die?!"
Kremidal puts down his phone on the table and says "That variable was unknown to me, I was fully aware that you can contain the riot, but his arrival was way under my radar, so please. I am the one that should be sorry
I relied too much on your capabilities, but you two are just too young. But because you're too young, it also means that you two hold so much potential."
Poppy raised her hand and said "Erm- correction: the girl we saved from the casino? She helped too!"
Kremidal's eyes widened and shook his head as he asked "Woah really? How'd she do?"
Zephyr answered "She helped us took down the G.O.A.T., but he eventually overwhelmed us so…"
"He got away~" Poppy looked down as her eyes shift on the side
Kremidal took a deep breath and heavily sighed while clicking his tongue.
"Hello everyone! Hi Kremidal!" It's Misty, she walked herself in.
Kremidal stood up and firmly shook her hand "Misty! Meet my students: Poppy and Zephyr!"
"Nice to meet you two!" She reaches out for their hands as she firmly shakes them as well, the both of them shook and smiled to greet her.
Misty finally sat down in front of Kremidal, as he asked Poppy
"Poppy would you be a dear, and order for us, you can pick what you like-"
Misty quickly interrupts him with "Oh no worries! I've already reserved an order for us, besides let's discuss the extraction!"
Kremidal clapped his hands shut and said "Zephyr, give us the run down of the relics lost"
Zephyr quickly pulls his phone out from his pocket "Uh… Erm-"
Right before he resumed, Kremidal looked to the side and spots a white pickup truck ramming at full speed towards them, the problem is: it is just inches away from hitting them through the restaurant's windows.
The whole world slowed down, the pickup truck finally touched the glass window as it rams itself in the restaurant. The glass slowly cracks and contorted, the civilians inside are slowed down to a snail's pace. However, Kremidal moves at normal speed pulling Misty, Poppy, and Zephyr away from the oncoming vehicle.
Collision
Glass shards went flying as the vehicle entered the place, civilians panic as distressed screams can be heard around the restaurant. Dishes and utensils went flying away from the crash.
A person jumps down from the truck, then another, then another. The three of them were armed to the teeth; rifles, pistols, knives, armored apparel, even the truck was mounted with a heavy machine gun.
The tallest among them stepped on a puddle of soda, then he cocks his gun as he says
"A little birdie told me that the famous Boom Radio Killer is having a Luchador meal here!"
Kremidal and the gang were hiding behind the kitchen then he tells everyone inside the room "Wha- what are you all waiting for? Get the hell outta here!" he points towards the exit, the employees skedaddled outta there.
He looks at Zephyr Poppy and Misty "You three, get out of here now!"
Poppy whispered "No Krem, look!" She grabs the bucket of utensils "We can drive 'em away!"
"What about your legs?" He points at Zephyr "And you too! The both of you are not in fighting condition!"
Zephyr whispered "Don't sweat it Krem, they're just normal guys, we can take em! Plus I'm not even paralyzed, these are just bullet wounds - unlike hers" He says as he jerks his thumb towards Poppy
"What about you Misty?"
"Well… I am a black belt in karate so-"
Kremidal shook his head and waived her no "That's not gonna cut, it we a need some extra fire-"
Misty snaps her fingers as she set a small blaze aflame
"~Okay! I guess you're staying! Huddle around here's the plan!..."