Open Warfare

I was sitting on the hood of Chloe’s van, while Paige and her set up several targets. Some were green, others red.

“Ok. Destroy just the red ones.” Chloe said. I lifted my palms, and sort of felt my psychic energy bubble up. With barely a thought, I sent out a rippling wave of **** that took out green and red targets.

Paige made a buzzer sound.

“You failed!” she smirked. I frowned, and flexed my fingers. The two girls set the targets back up and I lifted my hands to try again. This time, I really focused. I wanted to do smaller pushes instead of a giant wave. Throwing out my hands, I shot out several small pulses and took out most of the reds. Then I arched a pulse throw over the head of a green and took out the last red. Paige applauded wildly, and Chloe clapped a little less excitably,

As the girls came over to me, the police scanner crackled alive.

“All units, there seems to be a gang war between the Dyad and the Burned escalating quickly on the outside of the Cinders.” the voice shouted. Paige and I climbed in the back of the van and changed quickly, no sexy times this time, and Chloe took off towards the city. Amaze finished getting dressed, and threw open the van’s doors. She blew me a playful kiss.

“See you there!” she winked and took off. I leaned forwards and shut the door.

“I guess you need a driver, huh?” Chloe laughed.

“Yeah, yeah. You joining the fight?” I asked her, sliding up front.

“Hell no. If I’m right, Mom sent in Bravo Team. No non-super can stand against even one of them. All six? No way.” Chloe shook her head emphatically. I nodded and soon Chloe pulled up I pulled on the goggles and flipped up my hood, turned on my voice modulator and jogged over to the Cinders, where I found it was mostly wreckage. A huge path of destruction was carved through the city’s seedier neighborhoods and I followed.

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Five minutes later, I found the cause of the destruction. It was Amaze getting thrashed by seven people, one of whom was very recognizable. She saw me, and landed in front of me, and was quickly flanked by a curvaceous black woman scowling.

“Rahmi. C’mon. Come home to me. You have to fight this.” I begged as my best friend and crush stalked towards me, lightning crackling in her hands and in the skies up above. I dodged a bolt of lightning and sent a pulse at Rahmi’s sidekick. They went flying, and I charged at Rahmi. We rolled together across the grass, and barely even thinking I leaned down and kissed her.

She kissed me back, but I knew immediately it wasn’t HER. It was Jasmine. She kneed me in the stomach and I rolled off her. She pinned me to the ground with her elbow.

“Fight it!” I urged.

“FIGHT IT!” I screamed. The only emotion on her face was the residue lust from our sexy kiss. Well, as sexy as it gets when trying to break mind control. Which could be pretty sexy. Especially in Rahmi’s new skintight bodysuit. Goddamn was that hot. Anyways, tangent. Back to business.

“I don’t want to fight anything. I’m happy.” Jasmine spat, and I sighed and clapped my hands. She went flying from the thunderclap and I ran towards Amaze, who was squaring off against a glowing, energy griffin and a hulking beast of a man who had bright orange veins.

I tackled the strong dude, and my head nearly broke off with the punch he delivered. I sailed easily forty feet away, and was dazed. My neck throbbed and I struggled to roll off my back. A gorgeous blond girl who looked Russian put her foot on my chest. I coughed, and she looked revolted.

“Ew.” she said in a perfect English accent.

“Damn, I figured you’d talk Russian. Russian accents are super sexy.” I grumbled, and she laughed.

“You’ll like my twin, then.” she winked. I nodded.

“Yeah, yeah. Bring her.” I grinned weakly. Then I heard tires. I looked towards the source as the van zoomed towards us, then it spun, spun, and the rear of the car smashed into the Russian girl while I was centimeters from the tires, too low down to get hit. Chloe jumped down in her Zeta suit, and helped me up. I looked up and saw Enigma flying above us, flying to help Amaze.

“I thought she was gone.” I grunted, as I was mostly leaning on Chloe.

“She was. Then she came to the apartment and fed me some BS about being pregnant. She’s a spy for the Dyad. Or, was. I converted her to our side.” Zeta shrugged.

“Right. Join the fight, I’ll stay here.” I groaned and flopped into the grass, reaching for my phone. Zeta ran to join the frenzy of combat. As I was reaching, I saw the blond Russian girls sprinting for each other, and when they touched, suddenly they were a dragon.

“What the fuck!” I screamed as it breathed fire all over the battle, and I abruptly realized why Bravo Team wore fireproof suits.

I fumbled and made a call.

“Yes?” the gruff voice came back.

“Hey, I need your help.” I pleaded.

“What?” he growled.

“There’s a massive fight down on, uh, Abbyton and Whoresmill. Please get here.” I said. Then, I looked up to see a car flying towards me. I tried to get up, but couldn’t. I thought I was a goner, until suddenly Amaze was in front of me, and caught the car. She tossed it aside and dropped down onto her knees, and gave me a slow, sweet kiss.

“Hang in there.” she whispered, then flew back to join the fight. Damn it. Another girl who was interested in me, that I wouldn’t be able to really care about because of damn feelings for Rahmi. Ten minutes later, a man strolled up.

“Hey.” he said gruffly. Cycic was a hero with mind powers, and I pointed him weakly towards Jasmine. He nodded and walked towards her. I was losing consciousness fast, and couldn’t help but wonder why. I noticed the grass shriveling up and dying around me, and I fell over, passed out.