Another addition to the Generator Gawl-inspired Worm one-shot.
Power Of Legacy 3
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The Boardwalk was fairly busy as Amy and I walked down it. Amy had chosen to wear a lightweight outfit with mesh sleeves so that she could enjoy the warm breeze without the annoyance of being jolted by the biology of anyone who brushed past her. The light tapping of her trainers contrasted with the slight flapping of my sandals which had been designed to simply fall off should I need to transform, but to stay firmly secured to my feet otherwise. My own clothing was a relatively modest dress, reaching down past my knees, although the side was slit up to mid-thigh to allow me to run should I need to.
Not that I expected to. One of the more interesting points of being an Open Cape is that would-be muggers tend to look at you, then decide that being somewhere else would be a good idea.
"Amazing how peaceful it is." Amy mused, then she looked up at me as I gave a dramatic wince. "What?"
"You should never say things like that." I mock-scolded her. "It's like saying things like what could possibly go wrong or when things have done so, at least things can't get any worse."
Amy chuckled and shook her head. "Really?"
"The universe is easily tempted." I pointed out, remembering some of the stories I had heard at the Docks when I was younger. "Don't make it any easier for the universe to act."
"I don't believe you." Amy countered, then her eyes widened in shock. "…taylor…"
I winced. "ABB? E88?"
"Taylor, they're… like you!"
I paused for a moment, then spun round, following her line of sight to the rooftops where two figures were standing. One of them looked somewhat like mannequin of a woman, her head boasting a recognizable, albeit obviously immobile, face. The second one, half-crouched behind her, resembled a giant insect with four arms which ended in long, serrated edges.
"…shit." I cursed, glancing round and seeing the other pedestrians start to look up. "They're focused on me. Amy, get to shelter, now."
"…but…"
"You're squishy. I'm not." I pointed out, using ruthless logic. "Get moving. I'll hold them as long as I can…"
"Which won't be very long at all." The woman stated, her voice echoing in a similar way to the few vocalisations that I could make when in my Battle Form.
"Go!" I hissed to Amy, giving her a gentle but firm push and quickly moving my little finger and thumb to form the phone symbol, hiding it from the rooftop duo. Amy's eyes widened and she nodded before running off. I watched her go, then glanced round to see that almost all of the other pedestrians had also vacated the area.
Very wise of them. No-one with any sense likes to risk getting caught up in a Cape battle.
"What do you want with me?" I called out and the woman rose into the air, slowly descending to hover in front of me without twitching.
"What do I want? Nothing. What do those I work for want? You. You are a valuable asset which has yet to be claimed, offspring seventeen of the Genetically Augmented Womenfolk Protector project. You will come with me and you will serve as the attack beast you are."
As the intruder spoke, the bug-like Cape extended a set of transparent wings and rose above us, arms moving ready to strike.
"Do I even get to know your names?" I hedged, concentrating on building up my inner power. With her so close, I needed to transform as fast as possible to make it hard for her to attack me while I was vulnerable.
"Who are we?" She sounded amused. "I am the Königlicher Aufseher and this is my aide, Todessensen."
"Gesselschaft." I growled and Aufseher laughed.
"Very good, sklavin. You cannot win against…"
The rest of her sentence was cut off as I activated my power, transforming faster than I had ever changed before. My feet burst out of the sandals, the magnetic poppers giving way just as they should, but my dress and underwear fragmented as my armor formed, solidifying just in time for Todessensen's blade to strike it…
…causing a small chip to break off.
This was going to be… interesting.
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Topic: Boardwalk Standoff
In: Boards ► Current Affairs ► America ► Brockton Bay
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FatKidsAreHardToKidnap (Original Poster)
My frends and I r the Boardwalk and tese two Capes just came outta nowhere nd are confronting Gawl! they look just lk her!
Link to friends live phones here and here
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► ImpossibleCat (Smiles At You)
I wonder if she's going to do a Hookwolf Air on them?
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► ThePaleWalker
Doubtful. My sources say that they've been sent to bring her to heel.
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► TheLongshoreman
Fuck! They're fighting!
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► CallTheMedic
It looks like Gawl's taking damage! I thought she was bulletproof? How are they doing that?
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Todessensen herself I could probably have dealt with. Her blades were able to damage me, but I had already managed to shatter her upper-left arm with a well-timed swipe from my head-tail, cutting back on the number of blades that she could try to hit me with and encouraging her to hold back lest I injure her further.
The real problem was that Todessensen wasn't by herself and Aufseher was a damned flying Blaster! Not only did I have to worry about Todessensen's blades, but Aufseherwas able to just hang back and fire those damned beams at me whenever Todessensen retreated and those beams hurt!
"You really should just give up." Aufseher taunted as she fired another beam at me. I managed to dodge it and she side-slipped for a better firing angle. "A mere brute like yourself cannot hope to match one like me. I am the second-born, created to lead and to rule! You will learn your place at my feet!"
With a growl, I pulled up one of the brick pavers of the Boardwalk and hurled it at her before spinning to block the strike that Todessensen had tried to launch at my spine, obviously hoping to paralyse me. The giant bug-cape managed to retreat fast enough that my retaliatory strike went wide, then I had to dodge yet another of the damned blasts from above. As I dodged, I unleashed the second paver I had pried up, this one hitting the damned bug in the head and sending her crashing into a display window.
With her temporarily out of the way, I turned my attention to Aufseher who was hovering high enough that should I try to jump at her, she could easily evade.
How was I going to deal with her?
"Taylor!"
I half-turned to see that Todessensen had somehow managed to grab Amy and was holding a blade-limb to her throat as she pushed her through the door and onto the street. Aufseher looked to where my attention was and laughed.
"Well, it would seem that my minion has managed to win the battle for me. Surrender, or your little whore will have her blood spilled over the street."
Rage filled me and I felt the power inside me rise to a level far beyond anything that I had ever felt before.
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Amy struggled as much as she could, then froze as a blade lightly stroked her throat. Her shoulders felt almost as if they were being torn out of their sockets as the Cape behind her gripped her arms at the elbows, using its superior strength to force Amy to move as she directed without letting her actually get any skin contact to use her power with.
"…spilled over the street." The flying Cape before her gloated and Amy's eyes widened as she stared pleadingly at Taylor's armored form.
Taylor seemed to freeze, then suddenly her body clenched and expanded, her pauldrons each extruding a long whiplike extension while the lower part of her faceplate cracked horizontally, the jagged crack opening to reveal itself to be a mouth that emitted a loud howl.
"Todenssensen, cripple the…" Aufseher began, then Taylor seemed to vanish and Amy was suddenly free even as a blood-freezing howl sounded behind her. Spinning round, Amy's jaw dropped as she saw Taylor standing behind the Bug Cape, her hand thrust straight through its torso, ichor dripping from the wound and the Gawl-project-specific crystal that had been embedded in its chest (and which Amy still hadn't worked out the purpose of) in Taylor's grip. An instant later, the crystal shattered in Taylor's grip and the Bug Cape let out a despairing whine before fragmenting, falling apart and dissolving into dust.
"You shall both die for that!" Ausfeher snarled and Amy turned back to see the flying Cape unleashing two massive blasts at her before her vision was blocked by Taylor's torso. The energy blasts struck Taylor's back, but her friend didn't even twitch.
"Rwwwrrrrruuuuuuuunnnnnnnnn."
Amy nodded and scurried back into the building that she had been watching from, this time heading towards the back in order to get as far out of the firing line as possible.
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Vicky crested the rooftop just in time to see the twin blasts of energy almost splash off Taylor who was looking even scarier than normal. Clenching her fists, she prepared to attack, then froze in shock as Taylor almost blurred across the street, launching herself into the air so fast that the flying cape couldn't avoid her in time. Grabbing one ankle, Taylor swung herself up, ignoring the multiple blasts fired at her from literal point-blank range even though they carved gouges into her armored carapace, then she stabbed her hand straight into the chest of the energy-firing enemy. With a almost-metallic scream, the enemy Cape seemed to fragment into a blast of energy, sending Taylor crashing to the ground, where she lay motionless.
"Taylor!"
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Topic: Boardwalk Standoff
In: Boards ► Current Affairs ► America ► Brockton Bay
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FatKidsAreHardToKidnap (Original Poster)
My frends and I r the Boardwalk and tese two Capes just came outta nowhere nd are confronting Gawl! they look just lk her!
Link to friends live phones here and here
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► TheLongshoreman
Anyone got an update? Were those Capes really from Gesselschaft?
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► ThePaleWalker
Shit. The Boss is going to be pissed.
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► PhotonMom (Verified Cape) (New Wave)
The investigation has just begun, but the attackers did claim to be from Gesselschaft.
Panacea reports that Gawl is suffering from exhaustion and minor injuries which her unique powerset makes difficult to heal, but she will be fully recovered by the end of the week at the latest.
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► ImpossibleCat (Smiles At You)
Thank goodness. What was that she did at the end?
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► XxVoid_CowboyxX
It was a Super Saiyann mode!
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► TheLongshoreman
…wat?
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Everything ached.
After what seemed like several hours of cataloging how much I hurt (even my toenails were throbbing! Toenails shouldn't throb!), I managed to crack open one eye to find myself looking up at a rather familiar ceiling, albeit one that wasn't mine.
I knew that, because my ceiling didn't have small glow-in-the-dark stars stuck to it.
"Taylor?"
I rolled my head (despite the protests of my neck muscles) to see Amy getting out of the chair by the bed so that she could take my hand.
"…amy…?"
"I'm fine." Amy said with a smile, although I could see her eyes brimming with unshed tears. "Now, I need you to try and suppress your power as much as you can so that I can finish healing you. Can you do that?"
I turned my attention inwards and felt for the energy that permeated my body, energy which unfortunately hampered Amy's ability to heal me whenever it was active. Concentrating, I reduced its flow and felt Amy's power flowing into me, soothing my aches, relieving my bruises and generally helping me return to health once more.
"Taylor's awake!" Vicky hollered from the door and I heard footsteps thunder up the stairs as Amy's power withdrew from me, leaving no trace of the injuries that I had suffered. Starting to sit up, I paused, then peeked under the duvet covering me.
"Why am I naked?"
Amy blushed.
"Hang on, I'll get some clothes for you." Dad smiled at me from the doorway. "And Taylor… once you're up, prepare for the hug to end all hugs."
I smiled.