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Post by The Redeemer of Men on Apr 3, 2017 13:04:08 GMT
London, in the 70s! Blocky cars, bad clothing, old communication devices and dodgy electricity. The building tower above everyone, grey and uninteresting, and it's night at the moment. Square streetlamps are pointless compared to the light of hundreds of cars or those blasting out from buildings around the street.
Incidentally, the street is very close to the Mi5 building in London.
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Post by The Redeemer of Men on Apr 3, 2017 13:49:04 GMT
The Redeemer and Herbert were blasted from the Redeemer's teleportation, appearing in the middle of the crowded street. The Redeemer slammed into a car and it turned, nearly flipping as a result, its front utterly crushed. A huge pile up began, as cars screeched to a stop and people rushed to observe the strange scene which had just appeared.
The Redeemer picked himself up, shaking with anger. 'You always interfere, don't you Flynn? I think you've become more troublesome than your parents.'
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Apr 3, 2017 14:22:41 GMT
Herbert pushed himself to his feet. The Vertex had made him feel so in tune with his powers. All the ones he had lost had come back so he felt virtually unstoppable. He only needed to think of the person to access an ability. He knew it wouldn't last but he hoped it would be long enough.
"You should have killed me a long time ago. I'll always be here to stop you," he started walking towards him. "Why are you doing this?"
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Post by The Redeemer of Men on Apr 3, 2017 14:51:42 GMT
The Redeemer glared at him. 'I should have killed you. It was a mistake, I admit.' He started walking towards Herbert, but stopped a short distance from him and started pacing. He pointed a finger at Herbert. 'You have been such a thorn in my side. I mean, I expected the Olympians to do something but I never expected a boy to thwart me. I couldn't comprehend it, I admit.' He signed. 'The years I spent planning, destroyed by one kid you won the superpower lottery, not mere months from the success of my plan.'
The Redeemer turned away and time stopped for those around them. 'I believe you now. You will be here to stop me.' He turned back to face Herbert. 'Isn't it obvious why we're here? I'm going to kill Captain Omega, before he ever gains his powers.' The Redeemer pointed at the Mi5 building nearby. 'You see, Olympus is virus. An idea. I can kill all the Olympians but they'll just come back, won't they? So, I need to go to the source. And he's there, in that building. Omega before he was Omega. Just a lowly Mi5 agent. But he's recently captured a very important package, which will give him, and me, our powers.' He ignored the look on Herbert's face. 'I was next to him that day. Why do you think we're both so powerful? I can control time, he can control brutality, I suppose. We're the core.'
The Redeemer paused in his rant. 'As for me, I'm doing this because I HATE Olympus. They betrayed me. They killed my family, they left me to rot. They oppress us, even though we're better than everyone else!' he shrieked. The Redeemer looked like he had finally lost it. 'We can kill them in an instant. But Olympus stops us. I hate that, you see...' His voice shook and it sounded like he was literally about to become incoherent. 'So, I'll kill you first, then Omega.'
The Redeemer teleported in front of Herbert and made to start rapidly punching Herbert, to the chest and face, as many times as he could. Time tightened around Herbert. (Or so he thinks?)
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Apr 3, 2017 14:56:19 GMT
Herbert's new Enhanced reflexes were like lightning, so he flashed around the blows, even as time started to grip him. He reached for Nathan's power and sucked it in, to help him further.
Redeemer's punch came sailing for his head but he ducked beneath it and grabbed the arm, driving a superhumanly strong down onto the arms armour in an attempt to break it. The Redeemer's time powers would get the better of him. Unless he could take them.
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Post by The Redeemer of Men on Apr 3, 2017 15:02:59 GMT
Herbert's fist slammed down onto the Redeemer's armour, cracking it slightly. He roared in pain and sent a blast of force out towards Herbert, intending to follow it with a teleporting kick into a car.
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Apr 3, 2017 15:10:21 GMT
Herbert felt the force hit him; pushing him off his feet, but his mind sped up and managed to catch himself into flight so he hit the car with his feet instead. His enhanced Vertex power was so easy to control he felt amazing.
He saw the Redeemer teleport and cried out as he pushed a wall of telekinesis to ward off the Redeemer.
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Post by The Redeemer of Men on Apr 3, 2017 15:16:43 GMT
The Redeemer teleported next to him and grabbed a car, threw with immense strength swung it around to smash Herbert in the face.
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Apr 3, 2017 15:25:05 GMT
Herbert turned, braced himself, and whipped his hand down. He tapped into Windman's power and let out a concentrated burst of wind that sliced the car in half, the pieces falling to either side. He whipped his hands back and activated both Champion and the Sculptor's powers together. A cascade of rocks ripped from the earth together, coated in Champion's yellow energy, heading straight for the Redeemer.
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Post by The Redeemer of Men on Apr 3, 2017 15:31:13 GMT
The Redeemer watched it come closer before bracing, drawing in energy around him. His powers were hugely enhanced, and with it he released a blast of dark energy, destroyed the projectile Herbert had sent his way. The Redeemer controlled his energy, manipulating it to throw the rocks back at Herbert. He leapt forward with a roar, flipping and teleporting until he was behind Herbert. He grabbed him, intending to hold him tight as the rocks rushed towards them.
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Apr 3, 2017 16:08:54 GMT
Herbert gripped the arms around him and activated Canagold's laser vision, turning the projectiles to dust with a huge ray of heat. He then took off into the air with the Redeemer, before spinning like a top, moving at immense speeds, trying to shake the Redeemer off. As he did so he called on another Olympians power he'd absorbed. A smaller one, who could call items to her. And with Vertex enhanced strength, he called his costume out through the rift. He'd do this in style. Flared style.
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Post by The Redeemer of Men on Apr 3, 2017 18:15:57 GMT
The Redeemer teleported away, and back, using time to control his flight. He slowed himself so that he could control his every motion in order to position himself with accuracy.
Then he sped up time to crash into Herbert in mid air, fist raised with enhanced super strength. The Vertex energies would last a little longer.
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Apr 3, 2017 19:24:17 GMT
Herbert managed to use his superhuman speed to rip his tux off and change into the gold and crea costume, still completeb with it's flares, tassels and peace sign on the chest. He really needed to get that fixed... if he didn't die here.
He turned, relying on his reflexes and caught the Redeemer's fist with his own superstrength. He tightened his grip, before spraying the Redeemer with heat vision, hopefully distracting him. While he was stunned, he coated his arm in electrical power and, trying to break the armour, he slammed his fist towards the arm again, trying to break through.
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Post by The Redeemer of Men on Apr 4, 2017 6:36:09 GMT
The Redeemer's arm was trapped but he was getting annoyed now. He was still a better fighter than Herbert, so he slowed down time and sped it up around his mind allowing him to glimpse the future effectively.
The Redeemer's armour was scorched by the head vision but he ignored it and twisted the arm Herbert held, even as he teleported to the ground.
They emerged in an office building, hundreds of civilians at desks and cubicles grinding away the evening.
The Redeemer had twisted his arm but now as he touched firm ground, he leapt up, flipping round and pulling his arm with the motion. If Herbert wanted to hold on, his arm would be broken. The Redeemer's leg also swung out, knocking away Herbert's electrical fist as he flipped round.
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Apr 4, 2017 9:40:51 GMT
Herbert used another super's enhanced agility to flip with his arm in a smooth backflip. He landed and pushed at the Redeemer with telekinesis, throwing him off and pinning him to the wall. He tried to increase the pressure to break the armour.
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