Two figures clashed in the skies high above the city of downtown Houston, each throwing out a plethora of punches while trying to dodge those that came their way. Each punch that met its mark was strong - so strong that upon landing, they sent out a shockwave visible to all those who watched, shaking the ground below and sending those trying to escape the mayhem falling to the ground.
"RUN!"
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
"WATCH OUT!"
Pedestrians scattered as one of the two figures was sent flying, spiraling downward toward the ground. Said figure, a man upon closer inspection, flew through the east side of a tower and came out the west, crashing hard against the ground below. There, he laid, unmoving outside of a few strained breaths in-between grimaces.
And just outside of the crater he was in stood a girl, wide-eyed and struggling between her desire to run and her desire to help.
She chose the latter, "Get up.."
Glancing up at the superpower still airborne, her panic rose, forcing her to jump down into the crater and shake the still down male.
"Get up! If you don't..-" She trailed off, tears filling her eyes. Up above, the aforementioned superpower had cupped his hands together and reared them back. It seemed like a pointless action - at least until it was those same cupped hands that started emitting a crimson glow, growing more and more apparent with each second that passed by.
"If you don't.. we'll all die!"
It was as if that single statement was the trigger for the figure in the sky to fire, because as soon as it left the girl's mouth, that's exactly what he did. Houston was covered in a crimson tint as the attack neared the ground below, sending even more pedestrians running in a panic; some even falling to their knees and sobbing, knowing there was no escaping their destruction.
And as the attack grew nearer, the girl in the crater's tears began to spill, moments before she cried out one last time..-
"GET UP!"