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Three things went through Jack's mind when Eleanor began her attack.
One, this young woman was a splicer, most likely from Rapture. She wasn't like any splicer he had ever seen before though- her face look completely normal, without any mutations- as if she had never touched a single vial in her life. Her command over telekinesis made it clear that this assumption was false.
Second, he had never seen her before but she knew his name and was attacking without provocation. Although he had toppled the two most powerful men in Rapture, it had been over ten years ago. Surely, if someone in Rapture wanted to kill him, they would have sent an assassin long before now. It was quite the surprise
Third, this woman had a lot of ADAM. A LOT. Jack could actually almost feel the splicer's huge amount of ADAM coming off in waves. The power of her telekinesis left no doubt this woman had almost or as much ADAM as Atlas had- something Jack hadn't thought was possible
It was for this reason that Jack nearly didn't dodge in time when Eleanor reached out with her massively over-powered telekinesis and ripped out a huge slab on of earth three times Jack's height and two times his width. The amount of POWER that was coming off this girl left Jack nearly paralyzed with shock. Luckily for him, he regained his sense and leapt out of the way as the earth came crashing down where he was standing.
Eleanor wasn't done yet. She raised her hands in the air and reached out with her unstable telekinesis. Huge patches of dirt and rock ripped up from the ground to create a spinning vortex around her. Jack heard a loud crack behind him and threw himself out of the way just in time as entire TREES, roots and trunk, ripped out of the ground and started spinning around Eleanor.
"Oooooh boy." Jack breathed, gaping at the sight.
Jack barely managed to jump out of the way again as the Eleanor sent the debris in a massive wave of earth. If it hadn't been for the speed boost gene tonics, he would have surely been crushed. As soon as he hit the ground, he pulled out his modified revolver and squeezed out twelve shots.
Pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow!
The bullets didn't even come close to Eleanor as she pulled on her telekinesis to form a shield of debris. It was like watching a mini-tornado of earth, rocks, and debris that spun fiercely in air to create a protective cocoon around the girl.
Boom!
Eleanor stumbled slightly as a gernade exploded against her earth barrier. She barely had time to recover as the concussive blast from three more gernades and a heat-seeking rocket sent her flying.
"Dad!"
Jack ignored the cry as he focused. Reaching out with both hands, he grunted in pain as small holes ripped open in his arms. With a shout, he released a swarm of insects at the exposed girl. Satisfied at the the splicer's yelps of pain as the swarm descended and bit her mercilessly, Jack turned around and took cover behind a stone wall.
"Dad!"
Jack turned to the source of the voice- a black-haired, Hispanic teenager girl with brown eyes. "Damn it Marie, what the hell are you doing here?"
His foul-mouthed, 16-year-old daughter rolled her brown eyes at him. "Saving you, duh. You need my help!"
Jack mentally groaned. As much as he wanted to send his daughter to safety, he knew she spoke the truth. The amount of power this girl was displaying...Jack hadn't met someone this spliced up since Atlas. No, he would have to trust that he had trained Marie enough to stay alive.
"You and me are going to have a very serious discussion young lady. Did you bring anything for me?" He asked, eying the grenade launcher she was holding and the crossbow strapped to her back.
"Here," She said, tossing him his shotgun and tommy gun, along with a couple of eve hypos. "Now how are we going to take crazy bitch?"
"Those swarms should distract for a short-."
Jack's eyes widen as instincts honed from fighting hundreds of Houdini splicers sent warning bells off in his head. Without warning he threw a minor sonic boom at Marie, sending her tumbling away- Just in time as Eleanor teleported in with a burst of purple and slammed a fireball where Marie was. Jack didn't hesitate to check on Marie as he immediately whipped out his Tommie and opened fired. Eleanor screamed in pain as the first few anti-personnel rounds ripped through her stomach before her telekinesis managed to pull together a barrier of earth, blocking all incoming fire.
FWOOOOOOOOSH!
Jack barely managed to leap away as Eleanor sent a massive ball of flame. He had no time to admire the sheer mass of destruction before Eleanor sent a barrage of rocks at him, forcing him to dodge again.
Boom-Boom-Boom!
Eleanor was once again buffeted by explosions as Marie utilized her trusted grenade launcher. It wasn't nearly as effective as before- Eleanor's shield of floating debris remained mostly intact and she didn't even fall over. Still, Jack saw his opening. Concentrating, he pulled on his Adam and fired.
The 'fistful of lightning' as Atlas called it, jumped through an opening in Eleanor's barrier and slammed into her side. The floating rocks around her immediately fell as she twitched and jolted. Jack didn't waste a second as he pulled out both his shotgun and Tommie Gun and opened fired, causing the girl to scream in pain. Her scream's were quickly silenced as in a few short seconds, Eleanor's throat became the new home for four steel-tip bolts, courtesy of Marie.
To both their dismay, the barrage of "lethal" weaponry wasn't very deadly. Instead of dropping dead, Eleanor's wounds quickly sealed away as her regeneration kicked in. She calmly reached up and pulled the four steel bolts out of her throat.
And sent them flying back at Marie.
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