“Everybody
out!” I yell as I realise how bad the situation is.
Somebody let
all of the prisoners out. Every single last one and the power restrainers won’t
keep their power neutralised for long.
And the person
to blame is without doubt Glenn Bateson.
I should have known, but it wasn’t like I could do anything about it
without any proof or evidence of wrongdoing.
How would have
that gone? Hey, I think is prison officer I just met isn’t to be trusted
because I think he might be a bad guy. Let’s arrest him and throw him into one
of the cells.
But that would
explain why a chuck of the wall just flew into me.
All of the
country’s native supervillains, Vengeance, Vistorix and a rogue superpowered
prison officer scattered between the ground level and the two walkways versus
me, Treves and the other officer on the tour.
I can take
them. Or hold them off long enough for someone else to arrive.
“Hey Janelle,”
I say into my League communicator, “We got a breakout here at Blackguard.
Officer Bateson just released all of the inmates.”
“I
understand,” comes the swift reply, “Informing all relevant authorities.”
“Don’t bother
calling for help,” Bateson tells me as several more chucks of the wall hover
around him, “I’m jamming all signals in or out. No one will hear you.”
Now there is a
trick up my sleeve. If they don’t realise that I have already called for help
and their jamming is actually affecting me, then I might be able to catch them
off guard.
Both Treves
and the other guard have drawn their stun guns, but they’ll do little against
the freed prisoners.
At least the
crowd of reporters are heading back out. No idiots hanging around to get some footage.
Target
priority first. Who are the biggest threats and which ones to use spyders on
and which to use missiles on?
Black Death’s
touch won’t affect me through the Sentinel armour while Gaia’s Vengeance
doesn’t have any vegetation to work with. Hall’s lightning and Avenger’s fire
are also useless.
With high
amounts of metal in Blackguard, Bateson and Forsworn could be pretty dangerous
as well. The rest also have the potential to cause some trouble for me, but I
can probably take them if I play if smart.
But Vistorix,
along with Gravilord and Edison, is the most dangerous with a very real chance
of beating me. The three of them are easily the biggest threats of the assorted
supervillains.
Two missile
for each of the Mad sisters and the last two for Vistorix. Electro-spyders will
take care of Edison and Gravilord. The rest I should be able to take.
I open fire
with all of my missiles and electro-spyders as I activate the rocket pack. I
zoom straight at Bateson.
I crash into
the rogue prison officer and we both slam into the other wall that has mostly
been stripped away by Bateson.
I hear
something cracking and huff of breath from Bateson before I pull away. Bateson
starts to drop to his knees, but before he can collapse into a heap on the
floor, I slug him one in the face.
Not too hard,
just enough to break a jaw. That combined with the ribs I probably just broke
will keep Bateson out of the fight.
I spin back
around to face the rest of the supervillains. Both Mad sisters are transformed,
but only Mad Cat is down with Mad Dog shaking off the effects the missiles that
caught her. It seems that her missiles were intercepted by Forsworn and Avenger
judging by how those two are on the ground.
I should have
expected teamwork from Vengeance. They were a successful team back when they
were ‘heroes’.
Gravilord is
also out while Edison is staggered. It seems that he was able to catch two of
the three spyders I sent at him in his temporal field.
Vistorix is
getting back to his feet after being blown onto his back.
Time to thin
the herd. I grab one of the chucks of metal that were floating around Bateson
and lob it at Mad Dog before reactivating my rocket pack and flying up at Nightmare.
Best to take
Vengeance out of the fight.
The metal
takes out of the stunned Mad Dog and knocks her off the walkway while Nightmare
is better prepared for me. He shapeshifts out of the way, but I still catch him
with a kick that sends him flying.
I unleash a
flurry of low-power laser shots at the other villains to scatter them. Edison
is still busy dealing with the electro-spyders. That leaves only White Lord or
Redmund McNamara as main threats until Vistorix or a member of Vengeance
recovers.
I launch
myself at White Lord, ignoring Hall’s crackling lightning. My armour can more
than handle bit of lightning.
White Lord
attempts to dodge, but even with his enhanced speed, I’m still faster in the
Sentinel armour. I catch his arm and yank it out of the socket before tossing
White Lord into a wall.
I feel
something ding against me and somebody yelp in pain. I turn around to find
Gaia’s Vengeance clutching her fist in pain.
I punch her in
the gut, kick her knee before finishing her off with a backhanded slap that
knocks her aside.
I spare a
glance at Treves and his officer. The two of them are covering the door and
have even taken out Black Death with their stun guns.
I turn to take
on Vistorix only to find his fist coming straight at me.
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