Instinct 1.0
"How!?" Armsmaster roared.
I didn't hesitate a moment in sending out my bugs. Three swarms, shaped like people, more as a general cloud. The bugs all sagged beneath the drenching rain, the ones on top taking the brunt of the downpour.
Leviathan planted one foot beside Armsmaster for balance, reached out with his free claw, and pressed the tips against the side of Armsmaster's throat and torso. Still holding on to Armsmaster's hand and wrist, he pushed against the side of the man's body. Armsmaster screamed, a frantic noise that seemed to redouble in urgency with every breath. He tipped over and fell with a splash.
The Endbringer stood, showing none of the frailty or pain it had been displaying seconds ago. The injuries were there, to be sure, his head hung at an angle because of the way the weight of his head hung on the intact portions of his neck, but he wasn't suffering, had no trouble putting his full weight on his more injured leg. Had it been an act?
The Endbringer dropped Armsmaster's arm and Halberd, where the weight of the metal armor and device pulled them beneath the water. A lash of his tail dispatched two of my three swarms. He watched, seeming not to care, as the third ran up to him, smashed against his leg. The bugs spreading out, burying themselves deep into his injuries. I was hoping to find some weakness, devour him from the inside out, but the bugs might as well have been biting on steel. Nothing budged beneath their jaws, their stings couldn't penetrate.
"So you WERE holding back. I thought so." I turned at the new voice. A cape stood on a pile of rubble. "I've been watching you fight, you're strong. But you've killed a lot of people, and this has to stop now."
"Stay back you fool!" Armsmaster struggled to rise, "Don't you see-"
I knew that whatever was about to happen next, I was in the thick of it, I searched desperately for a plan, an idea. Whatever this cape's powers were, I couldn't see how they could do more than buy a few minutes time, after what i had just seen. I concentrated on Armsmaster. He knew better than anyone now, what we were up against, and if what I had just witnessed was any indication, it was far more than we were prepared for.
"Out of courtesy, I will at least take this seriously." The cape said moving forward. He seemed to flex, and then everything about him changed. His hair flew straight up shot with gold, and an aura surrounded him that reminded me vaguel of Scion. His eyes turned green. Leviathon froze completely. "This is a super saiyan. I am son Goku, and this, ends now."