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"No duh," Frank replied to the girl. "You really shouldn't have but you did it anyway, and now you're here. Trapped. Like a rat."



"I ain't going to apologize for dick,"
Came Frank's brusque response to Ben. "Kids these days think they can talk to their elders anyway they like." With that Frank went quiet waiting to see what the dynamic duo was going to try and pull off.

@Yun Lee @Crow @Hahli Nuva
Try as he might, Ben was unable to get his hand out. Fortunately, there were no guards down in the building with them, so there was nothing to worry about in regards to secrecy.

@Crow @Jeremi @Hahli Nuva

"Ah shit," Ben sighs. "Well, it's fortunate that I have this."

Ben would continue be on the lookout for onlookers as he did his next plan. He had the biggest hunch that Shan Yu was popping back, as was ready to swiftly halt and stick his fingers back the moment the big cheese arrived. He would stick his three fingers out of the net like he did before and attempt to a generate mana disc, likely a small one with the diameter of like fifteen tic tacs I guess. He would then attempt to aim it at the sides of the cut hole in Will's net, seeing what would happen.

"... you know, I wonder what would've happened if we agreed to my proposed plan. Just saying. I mean, literally the only ones who aren't captured or busted are the guys actually wearing those knocked out mooks' uniforms."

@Crow @Jeremi @Hahli Nuva @Yun Lee




Buddy thought quickly, thought thoroughly... Something was definitely up. Deadpool's commlink... maybe they didn't want to pick it up anymore.

Buddy used Quick Attack!

Buddy, in the blink of an eye, disappeared from Deadpool's head as if teleporting, reappearing to snatch the commlinks of Kamijou Touma and Kitty from their ear areas as it would swiftly appear and disappear to take them.

Round 2.

With Touma's linked in a one-way with Ben's and Kitty's linked in another one-way with Will's, the moment they were picked up, Buddy took no chances.

Buddy used Hyper Voice!

Buddy unleashed great sounds into both of the commlinks. If the calls were put down before the listening, it wouldn't give up, it would press on and call again. To integrate it into its current scenario, Buddy unleashed these sounds upon the area above the buried Bowser, likely strong enough to cause the concrete and steel to lose foundation and coat the Koopa King with even more of that glorified blanket he calls rubble!

@Atomic Knight @Lucky @Ver @MelodyMeister @CrunchyCHEEZIT

@Yun Lee (commlink)​
 
From the moment the groups had split, Mason had been oddly quiet. The group that journeyed to the factory might had not even noticed he was among them. He avoided the banter at Will's expense and kept quiet as they talked with the Order. Those who knew him well enough might have expected him to say something by this point.

Yet, even with the Order's blessing and guidance, the miasma of Silent Earth felt suffocating. His mind kept running through memories of an illusory Silent Earth. That's all anything is here, right? It's all illusions, he thought. He remembered being powerless. He remembered fighting for his life. Even in an illusion, this place was a den of malice, and it was twice as frightening in person. His hands were tightly baled into fists the whole time. His nails left marks on his palms. All the while, he was silent, barely aware of their situation with thousand-yard stare.

And suddenly, fighting broke out. People were talking of memories, illusions, a prison of the past. Mason processed none of it. However, there was a friend of his worth following: Corrin. She moved with purpose, and that was enough for Mason to follow. Yet a sudden shock broke him out of his blank expression.​


@Jackythejack @Yun Lee @Donder172 @Control Room

The man looked up from a computer console, a startled look on his face. His hair was a mess, his face cut and sweaty, and he wore a finely tailored suit, now torn up partially. A lapel pin of a globe and olive branches around it was on his chest, although faded and washed out.

Fuck you.” He shouted angrily. “I’ve rotted in a cell long enough. I'm not going to surrender to you!"

Corrin sprung to action, almost instinctively. She placed her hand on Omega Yato. She took a step towards the Security Doors that the man was behind.

"Kenjiro Yamadera, you're under arrest by order of the United Nations." Corrin said, stepping forward, sword in hand. "Please come quietly!"

"What makes me think I would go with you." He laughed. He pressed a button on the console, and Corrin was trapped in the area between the two doors. She banged on the door. "Forget it. It's meant to keep out the strongest of us." Kenjiro said, shaking his head and watching Corrin struggle in the small room. He turned back to the computer and typed something else into it.

Control Room is now under lockdown.” He spoke into a microphone. A siren would then go off, and lights flash as two large robots dropped from the ceiling.

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There was the sound of a large electric baton charging as a robot towered above the group. "HOSTILITY DETECTED!" One said in its robotic voice. "RESORTING TO FORCE! PLEASE STAND BACK!" It banged its baton against the large riot shield it held and stepped forward.

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Three robots then walked in, their hands now guns. "Please, return to your cells." They said, cocking their hands. "Lethal Force has been authorized."​

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"CORRIN!" Mason cried out, a hand futilely outstretched towards the closed doors. He ran towards the door, materializing a sledgehammer in his hand. He swung with all his might, but the hammer's image flickered before shattering like glass upon contact with the door. He didn't even leave a dent. "I'll get you out of there, just... hold on!" He turned back around and surveyed the scene.​






The smaller robots would cock their hands again, showing a bullet cartridge fly out. "Lethal Force Authorized." They said in their high ptched voices.

Meanwhile, one of the larger ones would swing its shock baton (More like a Shock Mini Cooper in size to be totally honest) at Severa. The one that Austin had attacked moved its shield to guard against the small bullets.

"PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR CELLS!" It repeated.​
Severa attempted to roll out of the way of the shock baton. Jeez...how do they stop these stupid things? She looked to the control panel, then over to Corrin, trapped away from the rest of them. Hold on...

"H-Hey! You couldn't get me back in that cell if you paid me!" Severa ran to the door right in front of Corrin, waving her arms to draw attention from the robot. "I am NEVER going back!!!"

@Minerva @Jackythejack @Donder172

Mason leaped towards the large robot as it swung towards Severa. He attempted to shield himself from the blow, but no shield came to aid him. Instead, he took the brunt force of the baton. He helped her avoid the attack, but was thrown to the side, stunned by the electric shock.

After a moment of convulsing on the ground, Mason summoned all his strength and returned to his feet. He thought, illusions or not, these robots really hurt. Gotta find some way to stop them. But my aura is...

He shook his head, dismissing the thought. He saw the other large robot shielding itself from Austin's bullets. When had they picked up this guy? Didn't matter, the robot was distracted. Taking another leap, Mason tried to grab a hold of the robot's arm with the shock baton. "Excuse me, buddy, you wouldn't mind if I borrow this big-ass baton, would you?" He held on as tight as he could, prepared for the robot to try and shake him off.

@Minerva @Yun Lee @Jackythejack @Donder172
 
The smaller robots would cock their hands again, showing a bullet cartridge fly out. "Lethal Force Authorized." They said in their high ptched voices.

Meanwhile, one of the larger ones would swing its shock baton (More like a Shock Mini Cooper in size to be totally honest) at Severa. The one that Austin had attacked moved its shield to guard against the small bullets.

"PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR CELLS!" It repeated.
Try as he might, Ben was unable to get his hand out. Fortunately, there were no guards down in the building with them, so there was nothing to worry about in regards to secrecy.

@Crow @Jeremi @Hahli Nuva

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Shan Yu merely chuckled as Guy continued to speak. "I haven't been involved with Revan or this whole Multiverse for very long...but I do know that the Coalition has been in terrible shape for quite some time. And I don't plan on using these rings for anything...but I suppose you can live now?"

A guard shoved Guy into the net, tying it up. "I know you're bluffing, and that's fine. Every single one of you talked big after you got caught, but the fact is you have no idea what's really going on around here." He grinned. "But I do. And I'll be keeping it that way until it's too late for you all to do anything."

@Sark

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Indeed, the falcon did wear a Revanchist emblem around its neck, tied with rope like a medallion. Clearly Shan Yu found this bird to be of great use to him, going out of his way to protect it like his soldiers.

@Kaykay @York

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Severa attempted to roll out of the way of the shock baton. Jeez...how do they stop these stupid things? She looked to the control panel, then over to Corrin, trapped away from the rest of them. Hold on...

"H-Hey! You couldn't get me back in that cell if you paid me!" Severa ran to the door right in front of Corrin, waving her arms to draw attention from the robot. "I am NEVER going back!!!"

@Minerva @Jackythejack @Donder172
From the moment the groups had split, Mason had been oddly quiet. The group that journeyed to the factory might had not even noticed he was among them. He avoided the banter at Will's expense and kept quiet as they talked with the Order. Those who knew him well enough might have expected him to say something by this point.

Yet, even with the Order's blessing and guidance, the miasma of Silent Earth felt suffocating. His mind kept running through memories of an illusory Silent Earth. That's all anything is here, right? It's all illusions, he thought. He remembered being powerless. He remembered fighting for his life. Even in an illusion, this place was a den of malice, and it was twice as frightening in person. His hands were tightly baled into fists the whole time. His nails left marks on his palms. All the while, he was silent, barely aware of their situation with thousand-yard stare.

And suddenly, fighting broke out. People were talking of memories, illusions, a prison of the past. Mason processed none of it. However, there was a friend of his worth following: Corrin. She moved with purpose, and that was enough for Mason to follow. Yet a sudden shock broke him out of his blank expression.



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"CORRIN!" Mason cried out, a hand futilely outstretched towards the closed doors. He ran towards the door, materializing a sledgehammer in his hand. He swung with all his might, but the hammer's image flickered before shattering like glass upon contact with the door. He didn't even leave a dent. "I'll get you out of there, just... hold on!" He turned back around and surveyed the scene.




Mason leaped towards the large robot as it swung towards Severa. He attempted to shield himself from the blow, but no shield came to aid him. Instead, he took the brunt force of the baton. He helped her avoid the attack, but was thrown to the side, stunned by the electric shock.

After a moment of convulsing on the ground, Mason summoned all his strength and returned to his feet. He thought, illusions or not, these robots really hurt. Gotta find some way to stop them. But my aura is...

He shook his head, dismissing the thought. He saw the other large robot shielding itself from Austin's bullets. When had they picked up this guy? Didn't matter, the robot was distracted. Taking another leap, Mason tried to grab a hold of the robot's arm with the shock baton. "Excuse me, buddy, you wouldn't mind if I borrow this big-ass baton, would you?" He held on as tight as he could, prepared for the robot to try and shake him off.

@Minerva @Yun Lee @Jackythejack @Donder172

"CORRIN!" Like Mason Keaton also cried out when Corrin was trapped attempting to try and claw through the door though he was stopped by incoming hostiles. Keaton's voice sounding more like an echo as he was in beast form.

This isn't good.....

This really isn't good.... So Corrin was not only trapped but now these robots were attacking everyone. Keaton was beginning to lose all control enraged at how everything was playing out all the while in his beast form.

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"Grrr.....Now you've done it!" his voice echoed as he roared running at the robot Mason was currently trying to get one of those shock things from though he doubted the man could wield something that big. It could work as a viable distraction though so Keaton lunged attempting to claw at that robot. He figured perhaps he could soften it up a bit.

@Minerva @Yun Lee @Jackythejack @Donder172 @Alex Azure @ControlRoomFolks

 
There was no getting out of the net. They were completely tied up, not giving anyone any wiggle room for so much as a pinkie finger.

@Crow @Jeremi @Hahli Nuva
 
"... they take everything into account. So uh... do you think that convincing them that Gardner infected us with his Space Ebola," Ben turns from Will to Frank, "then we infected you, will work? Or did we already exhaust that option?"

@Crow @Jeremi @Hahli Nuva

"First of all there's nothing called Space Ebola. I should know, I've been into space. And second of all,"
He pointed to the wound on his side that looked worse by the minute. "I think this is more then enough to get their attention if you want to get it."

@Yun Lee @Crow @Hahli Nuva
 
"First of all there's nothing called Space Ebola. I should know, I've been into space. And second of all," He pointed to the wound on his side that looked worse by the minute. "I think this is more then enough to get their attention if you want to get it."

@Yun Lee @Crow @Hahli Nuva

Ben squints as he looks at the wound.

"... it kinda looks like they were the ones who caused it, you sure they'll comply to a request for medical attention?"

@Yun Lee @Crow @Hahli Nuva @Jeremi
 
Kitty stopped her unrelenting slashing, as she felt something. She then saw an animalistic figure appear, and then speed past her, taking something off her, although she wasn't what yet. Backing away from Oscar and avoiding looking at him, Kitty felt around her head to try and find what was taken from her.

"Hey! Foxy-Thing, I thought we were on the same tea-"

Kitty stopped as she heard the distant, fuzzy sound of an echoing concert of cacophony, and then quickly put her earmuffs on. She put them on just in time, as she heard an ear-splitting noise, coming from the Eevee, and sighed in relief. If she had not put the on, she would have gone deaf, given how sensitive her ears are. She stopped her fingers that were feeling through her hair, on the bit where her commlink was supposed to be, and realised that Buddy had taken her comm. Well....not like she was going to use it anyways, in fact, she was glad she got a bit of a warning before that Eevee decided to try and deafen everyone.

She turned back to Oscar, as soon as she came to terms in that self-inflicted misunderstanding, went back to her job: Slashing at Oscar. Noticeably, although her slashes became slow, they also became more powerful and brutal, as she began to lose her patience. It was nearly trance-like, in fact, now that her putting on her earmuffs meant that she couldn't hear any sound.

@Atomic Knight @Crow @Lucky @Ver @CrunchyCHEEZIT @MelodyMeister
 
Try as he might, Ben was unable to get his hand out. Fortunately, there were no guards down in the building with them, so there was nothing to worry about in regards to secrecy.



@Crow @Jeremi @Hahli Nuva



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Shan Yu merely chuckled as Guy continued to speak. "I haven't been involved with Revan or this whole Multiverse for very long...but I do know that the Coalition has been in terrible shape for quite some time. And I don't plan on using these rings for anything...but I suppose you can live now?"


A guard shoved Guy into the net, tying it up. "I know you're bluffing, and that's fine. Every single one of you talked big after you got caught, but the fact is you have no idea what's really going on around here." He grinned. "But I do. And I'll be keeping it that way until it's too late for you all to do anything."



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"Gotcha." Guy grinned. "Looks like it's not too late for us to do something after all. I mean, I was planning on trying something either way, but hey. You gotta watch what ya say sometimes. You might start implying things. But hey. I'm one to talk. Tried to play the long game with my whole undercover schtick. It came to bite me in the ass in the end. But maybe you should have taken the time to learn from my mistakes, and kept your guard up..."

From within Shan's palm, Guy's Green, Blue, Red and Yellow Rings began to glow vibrantly.

"You see, my rings aren't just trinkets. They're weapons..."

In a flash, light swarmed the Hun's arm. His fingers were consumed were tangled in pseudo-metallic green snakes. His wrist was gripped by a yellow pincer. His elbow was trapped in blue block of ice. Flaming red nails hammered themselves into his upper arm. The four constructs began to lock together to form a weighted arm brace wrapped in a force field of shifting colours.

"And they're... what's the word? Oh yeah. Programable. They're called 'present conditions' or something. I give them an order. You take them off me. You get burned. And stabbed. And hit with a bunch of nasties." With every word, the vice grew tighter and the nails hammered themselves deeper into his skin. "You can't say I didn't warn you. I made it very clear that taking my shit was a bad idea. Very, very clear. But you knew better. You made the rules. And now? Now you get stung. Now. Do you want to renegotiate terms? Or do you want to find out what else I've told those little buggers stuck in your hand to do to you?"

@Yun Lee
 
“Okay, that didn’t work,” Austin muttered as he decided to aim his gun at some of the less big and menacing robots and shoot them. Those seemed like the ones that’d be okay to piss off. He was also now looking to the Jedi. “Yeah, uh, I don’t think telling them who you are is going to resolve this.”
 
"Yeah I bet they'll have a nurse come by any minute now...

...No I don't think they'll come and give me medical or any other attention either."


@Yun Lee @Crow @Hahli Nuva @Jeremi

"If only I had my powers...I could get us out of this mess..."

Will tried to move her hand through the small hole, but she couldn't get her entire hand out. She did try to make it bigger by tearing at it with her hands.

@Crow @Yun Lee @Sark @Jeremi
 
Ren clicked his tongue in annoyance. Who the hell cared about some bird that much? Maybe it was possible to cut the rope holding the emblem and then the bird, but he really didn't want to risk failing that if he could avoid it. With no clean way to not get noticed by the falcon by himself, working together with the only one left was probably all he could do now.

"Hey, I saw something weird while patrolling," he said while walking over to Schala. Had to give a reason for his annoyance after all. Once he was close enough to her to talk without anyone else overhearing, he spoke again. "These emblems seem to stop magic we throw at them, but it doesn't stop anything like natural lightning, or rocks, or whatever. Got anything like that up your sleeve?"

While waiting for her answer he looked around for cover, some way to get into the building without being seen by the falcon.

@Yun Lee @York
 
In an attempt to get Mason off of its baton, the robot would SLAM the baton into the monitoring room. Kenjiro would jump back in shock. The glass had noticeably cracked. Kenjiro went back to the computer after shaking the jitters off. He was incredibly focused on his work.

Meanwhile, Keaton had slashed a noticeable hole into the robot's leg and taken down two of the gun robots. However, the large robots didn't seem to be collapsing, despite the damage.

The other large one would swing its large baton towards Severa. Meceliss, and Austin hoping to take out three targets with one swing.

"YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE MULTIVERSE DIRECTIVE! PLEASE STAND DOWN!"

@Yun Lee @Crimson Spartan @Jackythejack @Alex Azure @Donder172
 
Wade WIlson/ Deadpool

" Wow, that's really smart of you to do. I hope that it annoys someone,"
he replied, taking more shots at Bowser, working to cripple him as opposed to killing him. He wasn't real after all.

@Atomic Knight @Crow @Others
 
If this was a cartoon Austin would probably be more or less okay with being squished. He’d turn into a pancake, then go up and down like an accordion before going back to normal, but this most definitely wasn’t a cartoon. He did not want to be squished by that. So, he did...an admittedly stupid idea, but he figured it might work.

He ran towards the robot instead of sway from it. I mean, why wouldn’t you? This seemed pretty obvious. Austin, though slightly panicked, made a mad dash towards the robot as soon as he saw what was going to happen, and then, right when he was about to run into it, got onto his knees and slid underneath the robot, keeping a low profile. Of course, all of this was more or less an attempt, but it was hopefully gonna work.
 
Was this a lot to keep track of? Yes, it definitely was. How much trouble were they in for? A lot, obviously. So what was the course of action from him? Nothing much, unless...

It is my gift to you, after all. The essence of Wrath bears endless possibility. You may choose to maintain it out of pure willpower, to use it to break your human limitations, or to give in completely and let it do the work for you.

❝ ... heh, why the fuck not? ❞ Majima mumbled to himself with a devious smirk. He wasn't going to do much only using his abilities as a human, and he wasn't the thinking type. As much as he didn't want to take the advice of that cultist, he really didn't have any other options on the table, and being a sitting duck wasn't an option he would take. Not hesitating, he speeds over to the large robot that was attempting that wide sweep, a shadowy aura completely obscuring his physical form after the dire second that he let the Wrath's essence in his body do it's job.

As the shadowy mass jumped over to be above the large robot, a bony claw extended from that immense darkness, aiming to avoid the baton as well as attempting to grab the robot by it's head. Either way, it was a rather brutish attempt at a tackle, and in the process of that, the darkness around Majima subsided, showing that the yakuza took on a more... demonic appearance.

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Stand down?! HEE HEE HEE!! Try saying that again when I'm making scrap and bolts outta you!! ❞ The demon bellows in a deranged state. At the very least, it seemed he wasn't about to consider everyone present as a target. Some distance behind him, a small medical bag was left unattended at the floor. It had a distinct note tag labelled "Don't forget to take these regularly and for emergencies." on it.

@Yun Lee @Crimson Spartan @Jackythejack @Alex Azure @Donder172 @Minerva
 
In an attempt to get Mason off of its baton, the robot would SLAM the baton into the monitoring room. Kenjiro would jump back in shock. The glass had noticeably cracked. Kenjiro went back to the computer after shaking the jitters off. He was incredibly focused on his work.

Meanwhile, Keaton had slashed a noticeable hole into the robot's leg and taken down two of the gun robots. However, the large robots didn't seem to be collapsing, despite the damage.

The other large one would swing its large baton towards Severa. Meceliss, and Austin hoping to take out three targets with one swing.

"YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE MULTIVERSE DIRECTIVE! PLEASE STAND DOWN!"

@Yun Lee @Crimson Spartan @Jackythejack @Alex Azure @Donder172
Meceliss tries to duck under the batton before aiming a strike at the swinging arm. Using the Force to augment her movements to help her in avoiding the blow and retaliating with her own.
 
Wade Wilson/Deadpool

" Huh-out of bullets. Feel like this happened before.... but whatever. It does feel like I have been shooting this monster for a good two months, I hope he isn't one of those unbeatable bosses,"
he replied, reloading his weapon and resuming shooting.

@Minerva @Atomic Knight @Crow @Bowser Fight
 
It was then that a section of the wall was broken through, though it was hardly entirely notable considering the chaos. With Oscar being occupied by Bowser, Velvet had a moment to turn and observe the scene. Once the dust had settled, there stood a tall, muscle-bound man with a powerful gauntlet on one arm. Velvet's demonic arm twitched at the sight.

"Now who are you?" Velvet asked, taking a few steps toward the man. "Came to crash the party? You don't look like one of these Coalition guards."

The man looked down at Velvet, before glancing around the area. It appeared she was the least of his worries.

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"Not of the Coalition, and not of the prisoners, either. Just a man with a mission to accomplish... one better off done alone."

Velvet eyeed the man for a moment. "Normally I'd find that refreshing," she said. "But you know what? Something tells me you're just up to no good." She held out her demonic hand, as if it was a warning. "It'd be in your best interest to stay as far away from me as possible."

"I have no interest in you, girl." He looked her over briefly. "You're strong. I can tell just by looking at you... but your strength is wasted on me. But if you insist on fighting me over the guards trying to stop you, so be it. However I will give you this one final chance to walk away." Bringing his gauntlet up, he punched the palm of his free hand. "Otherwise, whoever remains will have to scrape you off the wall."

Velvet smiled. "I don't think I like your tone." She took another step forward. "Scrape me off the wall, huh? Well, I can promise you there wouldn't even by anything left of you once I'm done. So how about... you don't act so cocky!"

Velvet then burst forward, coming up quickly upon the man. Instead of attacking him directly though, she hopped to the side mid-stride and slashed the air, causing an energy wave to ripple across the ground straight at the man.

"W-What is she doing?" Ludger asked amidst the fighting.

"Hm--!" The man was taken by surprise, but only momentarily. Grunting, he aimed at Velvet, using his gauntlet to propel him into the air via an uppercut. Whether or not she avoided it was of no consequence to him, as he himself readied his gauntlet and plummeted to the ground, creating a small tremor as his fist met the floor.

Velvet raised both her demonic arm and sword to block the uppercut, but the impact alone sent her into the air anyway. She watched as the man then slammed into the ground below her, his tremors threatening to engulf her. Velvet spun in the air and brought her own demonic fist against the ground and the two waves of energy exploded against each other.

Through the haze, Velvet smiled. She raised her arm back and it glowed with red energy. She cried out, striking forward with all her might to slam her arm against the man.

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Even using his gauntlet to block, the man gritted his teeth, refusing to lose his footing. Even so, the force of the attack sent him sliding back into the wall, which he broke his guard to catch his breath a moment.

"Just a bit longer..." he muttered to himself, before charging forward, grabbing a large piece of the floor he and Velcet had broken in their respective attacks. Throwing it at the girl, he immediately picked up another, repeating the process as many times as he possibly could.

"What--?!"

Velvet slashed through the debris, destroying it, but the continued onslaught kept her pinned. She grit her teeth and continued to slash through every piece of debris the man tossed at her.

With the last piece of debris that came flying, the man made his move. From the dust came a barrage of tiny bullets, followed by him rushing forward, bringing his gauntlet back to hit Velvet with all he had.

A stray bullet caught Velvet's shoulder. She cried out in rage and lifted her demonic arm in an uppercut motion. Red energy swirled around her and exploded upward, creating a wall of energy between her and the man. With that, she jumped backward, panting.

The man grunted, the energy knocking him back to the other side of the room. As he slowly lurched to his feet, he readied for another attack... only to stop as he noticed something out of the corner of his eye.

All around the floor surrounding the group, a cloud of smoke spread forward, making its way towards the man. It began rising upwards rapidly, taking the form of a masked man who looked like the Grim Reaper himself.

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"Doomfist..." The wraith ignored the others, his attention on the large man. "I didn't expect you to be here."

The man called Doomfist smiled. "As if I would allow one of the council to become a casualty of the Multiverse."

The wraith merely grunted in reply.

Doomfist rolled his arm, looking around their surroundings. "Come then, Reaper. We should be going. This place doesn't look like it will last much longer. Unless..." He looked to Velvet. "You would rather we continue our little sparring match?"

Velvet let out a sigh and lowered her sword. "Hey, do what you want then," she said. "I don't think we'll be crossing paths again."

Doomfist nodded. "You fight well. But there is anger in your attacks... try not to let it consume you."

Velvet barked out a laugh at this but otherwise held her words.

"Are we done here?" Reaper asked, already at the hole in the wall.

"Of course. Let us be off." Doomfist hopped into the wall, Reaper following behind.

Ludger shook his head in wonder, but figured those two were now beyond the illusion. He only could wonder where they went from there...

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"What a pity... I forgot to ask her name. Ah, well."

Though unseen, the illusion continued to play out, refusing to let the story end there. The two men continued to walk down the corridor, though one stopped momentarily.

"Doomfist." Reaper spoke, and the other stopped, though he didn't turn around. "How did you know where to find me?"

"Well, considering you had gone rogue for whatever reason and got yourself captured, I had to do a little bit of investigating." Doomfist looked over his shoulder. "Imagine my surprise as I learned about a Multiverse... and an entire organization fighting Multiversal threats under our noses!"

"... yes. Quite a shock, isn't it?" Reaper had the slightest bit of doubt in his voice at first, but quickly hid it.

Doomfist continued to speak, turning around to fully face the wraith. "Even more surprising, though, is learning that YOU got caught up in it. And just why you got captured. Assassinating old Overwatch operatives who had run off to the Coalition? I must say, your ambition knows no bounds, does it?"

Reaper nodded. "I make sure I see my missions through."

"Hm." Doomfist took a step forward, eyes narrowing. "Tell me, Gabriel... does that include your mission to take over Talon and destroy our world?"

Reaper froze momentarily, but quickly tried to compose himself. "Did those eight years in solitary mess you up that badly? I have no idea what you--"

"The Shareholders. The Cyberdemon. I saw the tapes, Gabriel. Moira and I looked into Vialli's computer files after dispatching him." Though he continued to speak as if this was a simple conversation between two colleagues, Doomfist's eyes had gone dark. "It has taken quite a lot of work to salvage what we could of Talon after all you'd done. And even then, you still tried to take control, going rogue and attacking that little train... I wouldn't have minded letting you rot here, but we had other plans. After all, a man like you can't be trusted to rot."

Reaper's body gave away what the mask hid, shaking slightly as the horrific realization dawned on him. "... this wasn't a rescue mission."

Doomfist shook his head. "Indeed it wasn't. Now--" He stopped speaking as Reaper suddenly turned to smoke, fleeing as fast as he possibly could. He didn't get far. Doomfist tossed a net over the smoke, turning Reaper tangible the second it landed on him.

"What?!" He franrically struggled to get the thing off him, only getting himself more tangled up as Doomfist walked towards him.

"Oh, Gabriel..." He lifted both the man and the net together, pinning them to the wall. "Face death with a little dignity, won't you? The Gabriel I knew as a proud Talon soldier would never have acted so pathetically."

"You don't understand!" The gravelly voice of Reaper was gone, leaving the hoarse voice of Gabriel Reyes. "Akande, please. If I die without paying my debt..."

Doomfist shrugged. "I suppose you'll get to find out what happens firsthand, won't you?" He raised his gauntlet.

"No--!"

CRACK.

One punch was all he needed. The net kept Gabriel's body tangible and mortal, allowing Doomfist to smash his ribcage, heart, and lungs with no problem. The corpse fell to the ground as Doomfist let it go, and he turned on a commlink in his ear.

"Moira? Do you copy?"

"I copy," a woman's voice replied on the other end. "Did you find Reaper?"

"I did. Tragically, he had already been killed by the time I got there."

"What a pity." Her voice had no grief in it whatsoever. "I suppose you'll be heading back?"

"You suppose correctly." He started walking off. "By the way... that scientist of yours? His net works very well. We should give a few to Revan as a thank you."

"Indeed. He's a talented man. I was lucky to find him. I think he'll serve Talon well."

"You know... we DO have an opening on the council now..."

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Collab done with @Yun Lee
 
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