//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 Control // Story: Power Heroes Final Countdown // by Firestarter Dazzle //------------------------------// Kate walked over to a bench at the park where she sat next to Adagio who was wearing a grey hoodie with the hood over her head as she turned her head over to Kate. "So you found out about Thorn Heart?" Kate asked. All Adagio did was nod, "I did, I never knew she had so much magic on hand" she noted. "I understand and it's only a matter of time before those heroes find out" Kate said looking over at Adagio. Adagio wasn't even phased by what Kate was saying, even though what she saying was true but was confident enough to not let a bunch of do gooders dictate what happens. Kate could see a devilish grin spread across her face. "You leave those little heroes to me and my sisters. We'll level them and this city" Adagio promised, smirking a toothy grin as her eyes glinted red. "I have no doubt that you will end them" Kate said. "I'll be sure of it" Adagio said. Kate got up from her seat before she walked away with her hands firmly inside her pockets as Adagio tapped her gemstone once and she faded away in mist. Such an odd girl Kate walked out smiling. Twilight stood on top of the observation deck, looking down at the city streets. She sighed and looked out in the horizon to see some sort of green mist looming over a certain part of Metropolis, the Diamond District where most of all Metropolis' finest live and help out. The green mist cloud started sparking out of control, it was inching closer to where Twilight was. She had to warn everyone quickly, so she rushed inside and hit the alarm to signal that trouble was near. Sure enough, the rest of Twi's friends came in and stood like soldiers ready for battle. "What's going on Twilight?" Applejack said rubbing one eye. "There's a green mist looming above the Diamond District of the city, I'm thinking this might be the break in the case we need" Twilight explained. "Well darling let's us suit up and get ready for a fight" Rarity said. Twilight nodded, activated a blue button that caused canisters to appear and display everyone's costumes. They all put on their respective costumes before leaving their HQ towards the Diamond District. Pinkie flashed past traffic without hitting a car, Fluttershy hitched a ride on a purple motorcycle Rarity created with her purple diamond bracelets, Dash flew overhead with Applejack on her back while smiling, and Twilight used her boot thrusters in her Matterhorn V1 suit to fly. The six heroes flew or in Pinkie's case ran towards the first sign of trouble while normal citizens chose to stay away and let the heroes take care of it. "Hey Dash whatcha bet this Adagio person has planned for us?" Applejack asked curiously. "No idea but whatever it is, I doubt it will be a walk in the park" Dash responded. Twilight had to agree with that statement, whatever this siren got planned for these heroes could not be a good sign. Thorn heart watched as the heroes sprinted/flew into whatever possible danger could be lurking. She never thought one day that some 20 somethings with super powers could even think about saving the world. They continue to surprise her every moment of every day. "Quite a sight isn't it?" Kate asked, approaching her smirking. Thorn took out her sword and went into her defensive stance. Much to her surprise, Kate seemed to have nothing to hide but Thorn wasn't about to any of it. With her sword held high and slashed her sword, the sword was stopped by Kate's finger. Thorn's eyes widen with shock. "Trust me Thorny you don't want to mess with me" Kate said, performing a palm strike to her chest. She was pushed back and before she had a chance to recover, Kate connected with punches to the face, disorienting her then a knee to the nose causing her to fall to the ground. "Now I would kill you but I don't want any blood on my hands" Kate said. She punched her with her own magic, knocking her into a building then tumbling on to the street, barely alive and clinging onto life. "Poor girl could have been so much more but I guess not" Kate said walking away. Thorn could feel her heartbeat starting to slow down before she passed out on the ground. The green mist looked like someone went overboard with a smoke machine, Applejack reached in her bag and pulled out a flashlight because visibility was close to nothing. Everyone stayed close as Twilight used a scanner to scan some sound waves and from the looks of things, it looked closer than anticipated. "So this is where they are" Rarity assumed. "Yep, Adagio along with her two associates: Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze accompanying her" Twilight responded. "She's the one that placed that picture of a taco when Dashie and I investigated the burner building" Pinkie blurted out. "That's really disturbing" Applejack said shuttering in disgust. The signal boosted a few notches to signal that they were very close to those three sirens. Brushing along a few trees, Fluttershy called over the others to see a crowd of people cheering on the Dazzlings without knowing the dangers. Their eyes flashed green as they let out energy that made the sirens power stronger each time the fans 'adored' them. Pinkie literally pulled the plug on the concert, causing the people to look over at the pink speedster twirling a disconnected speaker plug. "Lookie here, it's more toys to break" Adagio said. "Cut the shit Dazzle, we're here to end your little concert" Dash hissed. "Don'y worry Zapp you'll go bye bye" Sonata Joked. That set dash off because she speared Sonata hard, sending her back first into 6 buildings before flinging her into the cold unforgiving ground below. Sonata had blood coming out from her head, struggling to stand up after Dash's anger rose and nearly killed Dusk but right now that wasn't the cause at this point. "Got anything else to say out of your mouth you egotistical cunt?!?" Dash asked still pissed off. Sonata tapped her pendant to make some open handed gloves appear and she lept in the air and punched her hard in the face. Dash's body twirled around in the air before crashing on to the office building, tumbling into the lunch room. I may have underestimated that little shit Dash got up and instantly picked up on Dusk's pulse. Sonata went to go for a punch but Dash counterattacked with a lightning induced punch that knocked some teeth out of Sonata's mouth, sent her through a glass door and cracking the windows. Dash's eyes were pure white with pure rage as Sonata tried to collect herself, the electric hero speared her out of the window. Both of them hit rock bottom in a matter of minutes, causing a huge shock wave that shook the entire city of Metropolis. Once the city stopped shaking, Rainbow rolled off of Sonata as she scanned her to see that her electromagnetic pulse has gone cold. With a victorious smile spread across her face, she flew back to the group. "You want me to take her?" Crimson asked, bending over to a still passed out Thorn heart. "Yes we need her, I would like to perform a few tests on her to see where her magic originates" Kate said. Crimson picked her up and placed her over his shoulder. Kate chanted a spell that opened a portal which both of them walked through before the portal itself closed.