Mori's heart

[idolpro]

All at once a rainbow of bright lights feels as if it is bursting through you. It is an intense experience, but not an unpleasant one. As the colours burn through your skin, and lighting begins to spark through your veins, you feel stronger, you could take on the world right now.

Faintly in the distance, beyond the iridescent light show that overwhelms your vision, you can just about make out some silhouettes, but they’re too blurred, too indistinct and too far to tell anything about them. You can’t see them, but you know they’re welcoming you. You’re wanted here, you’re needed here, and the light is guiding you where you’re meant to go.

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[idolpro]

You race through the woods, past the screaming crowds and into the darkness of the trees. The child's crying gets louder, but you can't see where they are.

One of the trees crashes down in front of your path, and you hear someone laughing.

[iamverybadass]

[ Who the hell would be caught laughing at a time like this?

He scans the trees and picks one out that doesn't look in immediate danger of falling. He fires one of his grappling guns at the top branches and uses the line to haul himself up where he can get a birds' eye view of the area, looking for anyone that seems out of place or, more importantly, like a child left alone. ]

[idolpro]

This man would, apparently. From the treetops you can see him clearly, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake. The forest around him has been completely obliterated, trees are cracked and splintered to leave a clearing full of craters.

He's walking away from the bodies of two people, getting ever closer to the child's hiding place. You can see it clearly from the trees, he's hidden himself in a small cave area obscured by some bushes, frozen in terror. He'll be found any moment now.

[iamverybadass]

[ As long as the child is hidden he'll be safe, for now. Which means that the first priority is making sure that he remains hidden.

Talon adjusts his direction, recalling his first grappling line and firing the second gun at a second tree, setting up a line that will allow him to swing down into the man's path. He waits one second, two, and then leaps from the tree, swinging with his legs poised to, hopefully, land a surprise kick on the man to knock him off his feet and force his attention away from the boy's hiding place. ]

[idolpro]

"Hoo-!"

The kick lands, but knocking the man off his feet is more difficult than that. He's too large, too heavy to take down in one hit. He staggers, but simply reaches out to grab Talon's ankle.

"What's this? A kid playing hero?"

[iamverybadass]

[ Not quite as planned, but even being caught by an ankle doesn't throw him off by much. He twists himself, bracing his hands against the man's side for leverage so he can snap his other leg up to aim a kick at the man's chin instead of actually answering him ]

[idolpro]

His head snaps back, and it jars him enough that he lets go of Talon's leg, but he just keeps laughing.

"Hahaha! You don't talk much, huh kid? But your hits are pretty weak."

[iamverybadass]

[ He lands with a handspring that he uses to flip himself back a few feet, putting enough distance between them to plan his next move. ]

Sorry, did you want to chat? I'll gladly accept your surrender whenever you'd like to give it.

[idolpro]

"Nah. That's way too boring, I'm nowhere near satisfied. Come on, come at me."

He steps forward, a malicious grin on his face, and his muscles start to shift, muscle fiber rising up to a massive size, straining to the point that his skin can't contain it.

He charges at you with ridiculous speed.

[iamverybadass]

[ Talon is starting to think that maybe, just possibly, he has bitten off more than he can chew by picking the most dangerous zone. Fancy that!

He darts—forward? And leaps straight up, trying to plant a hand on the big guy's shoulder just so he can make it all the way over to get behind him. ]

[idolpro]

It's a very distinct possibility!

That said, Talon's leap is a good move and he manages to get behind him, but Muscular is still fast and turns just as quickly to try and punch him in the back as hard as he can.

You maybe don't wanna get hit by this guy.

[iamverybadass]

[ Shit shit shit—definitely over-estimated himself here!!

He drops to the ground like dead weight to dodge that, and even then he can feel Muscle McGee's fist grazing the hair at the back of his head. He rolls onto his side as soon as he hits the ground, aiming one of the grappling guns straight up at the guy and firing. It's not meant to be a weapon, but at such a close range he's hoping it stuns him for a few moments. Long enough for him to attempt a real attack. ]

[idolpro]

With his arm raised for another attack, the hook fires directly into his shoulder, blood splattering across the forest floor. It injures him, but you're going to have to hit a lot harder if you want to properly stun him. He grabs the wire of the grappling gun and tries to haul Talon in closer.

"Not good enough, not good enough, can't you do any better kid? Don't come running into the big leagues if you can't put up."

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[iamverybadass]

[ He needs to get away. This is too close range and he can't even make use of the line like this and—

His free hand drops to his belt, fumbling wildly in what looks like panic for anything he can use, eyes wide and frantic as he can manage to appear behind his mask. ]

Don't— Don't underestimate me!

[iamverybadass]

[ And then he yanks the knife from Silver out of his belt, lashing out to cut as deeply into the crook of the man's elbow as he can in move meant to cripple. ]

[idolpro]

The man howls, that DEFINITELY hurt, slicing through the exposed muscles and splashing Talon with more blood.

"Ghk- little brat, you've got some bite, huh!"

Unfortunately he still has one hand, and though he doesn't have a knife, is going to try and cripple Talon's arm right back, slamming a strength enhanced fist into it hard enough to shatter bone.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Airborne and incoming, really damn fast. Both of his hands are wrapped around one of these splintered tree branches, and he uses his momentum to put some force behind the hit.]

[Just straight up clocking this guy in the back of the head, here, hoping to make him let go of Talon.]

[iamverybadass]

[ With back-up coming from behind, Talon is more than happy to change to fully defensive tactics. The second he catches sight of Hurricane's approach he draws his legs up, kicking straight at Muscle McGee's stomach to try to throw himself back.

It may not move him out of range fast enough to avoid that fist, but the change in position changes it from a direct hit to a glancing (and still quite painful) blow. ]

[idolpro]

Getting struck in the head like that does knock him down, and the hit to his stomach winds him, you have a brief chance while he reels from the blows and picks himself back up.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[You know what? Just going to land on his back while he's down, maybe it'll pin him.]

Dude. What the hell? Did you do all this?

[iamverybadass]

[ Talon isn't so sure just standing on him will keep this guy down, so he hurries to get his feet under himself and snaps another kick at the big guy's temple. ]

If you're asking about all the downed trees, yeah. I got a good look at the path of destruction he left.

[idolpro]

Hurricane lands on him, and the kick connects, you'd think that would daze him.

But he just keeps laughing.

His exposed muscles flare up, it seems like they don't just enhance his strength but also provide him with some protection, so while the kick to the temple hurts like hell it doesn't take him down, and he's able to reach back and drag Hurricane off of him to stand. He's going to throw Hurricane at Talon.

"Hahaha! I did more than just that brats, but it's not enough. I wanna rage more! I want to see more blood! I'm not letting you take me down like that, I'm nowhere near satisfied."

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He yelps when he gets dragged off and thrown, but - well. The good thing about being able to fly right now is, as soon as he's airborne, he can slow himself down and recalibrate, and not hit Talon.]

[He twists around mid-air, until he's just hovering.]

Uh huh. Laugh it up, dude, cause you only got like five more seconds thinking it's funny.

Newsflash: you can't always have what you want.

[iamverybadass]

[ Oh thank fuck. He'd been prepared to catch Hurricane if needed, but he's pretty sure his arm wouldn't handle that well after the blow he took. ]

[ He settles into a fighting crouch, tensed to dodge in whatever direction he needs and switching his knife to his good hand. ]

Target his joints. Crippling will be more successful than trying to take him down through force.

[idolpro]

Muscular is going to target Talon, treating Hurricane as basically a non-threat as he dashes forwards, aiming another devastating punch at him.

"Ha! That's expecting a lot from another kid who's not even a hero. Do you really think he can manage it?"