Chapter 12

What could he say?

How could he say it?

Favo stared at the brothers who looked to him with great interest. "We got another thing to notice here… Watch…" Knuckle stood over the monster couple, he took his brother's weapon, held it high over his head and was about to bash it down on to Melee and Garou. Yet, Garou threw himself over her, Melee turned her body just enough so she would take the brunt of the blow for him. He stopped a fraction away from striking them. "Now… monsters… are self preservation creatures. They would throw their own mother into harms ways if it meant they would avoid injury… Why are these two so willing to take a strike for the other?"

"It's it obvious?" Favo asked. "They are toying with your sense of humanity! They are making it appear as if they give a damn to each other!"

"You cock sucking son of a bitch!" roared Metal Bat.

"Shut it short stack, I ain't trusting anyone in this room right now!" warned Knuckle. He turned back to Favo. "If what you say is true, then explain this."

This time he went for the strike, he brought his weapon down, and yet with what strength Garou possessed, he got one of his dragons to block the weapon, and another to go after the arm. Knuckle fended them off easily, but it only made him more confused. "This isn't right…"

"He's in a weakened state," said Favo.

"No… not that, if put in his position… why didn't he aim for my throat? I was wide open, instead he went for my arm with the weapon in it. Why when he could have killed me at that moment with what strength he possessed?"

Street glared at Genus who just pried himself out of the wall. "You told these people here to surrender… why? If we were outnumbered, why throw down your arms?" Street paused. "Also how did you survive a strike like that? You should be dead from the blood you loss." he demanded.

Genus dislodged the sword from his stomach. "My abilities are not to be the focus of this," he said and tossed the sword to the side, he stared at the Brawlers and said. "We surrendered for we are not here to fight you!" he said. "We came… to save you…"

The Brawlers turned to each other, they stared at the faces in the room before they gave a nod. "My gut is telling me to believe him over you… whoever the hell you are." Street said to Favo. "Give me a reason why we should believe what you say?"

He merely smirked. "Why give a reason?" he asked, but then sighed aloud. "I had really hoped you would have taken care of these two for me, but it's clear that you won't be destroying Garou or Melee any time soon…"

"SO YOU ADMIT THIS IS MELEE!" demanded Knuckle.

"Very well, yes… she is. But it doesn't matter anymore." Reaching into his jacket, Favo took out the dart gun. "Behold gentlemen, after years of research we have developed the means of finally putting down the human monster and his infuriating mate, Melee Brawler!" he said as a crazed grin came over his lips. "Once they are dead… we go after their children, some we will use for breeding purposes. The others… will join their parents on the dissection table…"

"WHY DO THIS!" demanded Street. "Why are you doing this to our sister… to our family? What the hell have they done to you to deserve this…" he froze for a moment. "What were you going to have us do if we had believed you?"

Favo grinned. "You should have taken my word over theirs, we were going to have you hunt down the children and bring them to us. When you finished… we would keep you around for tests. Master wanted to see what creations he could make from your blood. You do have strong genes after all…" Yet then his focus shifted to Melee and Garou. "First thing's first…" and with that, he fired his two shots. They would be clean and right into a vial organ of Melee and Garou. In their weakened states, even their flesh becomes soft and supple like a human's again. These injections will end them once and for all!

Yet, before the darts could hit their mark. The Brawlers threw themselves before them!

They took the injection, and already began to feel its effect. Favo froze. "You fools! We still needed your genetics for our cause! There is no more blood to clone you from let alone make something of it!" he roared in anger. He shook his head to it all then stated. "You are going to die a pain worst than death itself! That is to destroy monster DNA, not human, now it will break down your bodies slowly!"

They merely smirked. Their balance already distorted. "Brawlers, don't move! You will spread the poison!" warned Genus.

"Nah… it's all good…" said Knuckle but then, that troublemaker smirk came over his lips. "This ain't going to kill us right away… right? Which means… we got time to take you down!"

They tried to stand at the ready to fight. However they stumbled and tripped over their own feet. The toxins spread quickly, Genus was quick to take the darts from their bodies, only to realize the poison they were injected with appeared similar to what he used on Quantum. "Don't flatter yourself… my master made this LONG before you thought of the concept." Favo said and laughed aloud. "I may not have ended Melee and Garou, but at least these two will be out of our hair from now on!"

"You… YOU!" Genus roared. "THIS ISN'T WHAT THE HOUSE OF EVOLUTION WAS TO STAND FOR, WE WERE TO EVOLVE MAN KIND INTO A BETTER STATE, YOU HAVEN'T EVOLVED!"

"I don't answer to you anymore… Genus. I answer to the greater mind, the one that has surpassed you in everything you ever accomplished! And I will be at his side as he brings about a great new…."

CRASH

A massive robot fell from the ceiling. It appeared to have run out of power the moment it arrived. Nothing turned on, nothing moved… yet it managed to land on top of Favo in a metal heap! Half of his body was pinned under the monstrosity, he couldn't move as it slowly began to crush him to death.

"That's one way of ending him." Muttered Bad.

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Bun-Bun rushed in. Destruction surrounded her. Whoever came in clearly has done this before. "This isn't right, someone beat us here!" she announced.

'It matters not, we have to get everyone out. Continue to look in the rooms and record what you find,' came the command from Boros.

'The blue guy is right, we got a mission,' came the voice of King. "Now, you and I both know the easies way to observe multiple rooms…"

Bun smirked. She tore though one wall and then she began to rush from room to room, busting down the walls and took in everything within. There was little to find, however by the time she reached the center of the warehouse, there she found the heroes. However the sight wasn't pleasant.

Favo was halfway crushed under the Metal Knight robot yet was still alive as he tried to struggle and break free, Street and Knuckle Brawler were down, their left arms have begun to turn black. "You guys okay!" she called.

The room froze. "Who the hell…"

"Bun-Bun Bomb, hero." Genus explained. "We don't have time, the brothers have been hit with a serum, and it's eating away at them from the inside out, if we don't…"

"It's too late…" whispered Knuckle. "I can already feel it spreading… Doc, you can't do anything about it."

"I have to try!"

"It's okay…" said Street. He looked down and saw Melee, she was still out cold, but smiled. "She's alive, that's all we care about."

"No…we…can help… you!" Garou said weakly. "Fight… it!"

Street smile. "Hey, can someone bring him over to me for a moment?" he asked.

Bun-Bun nodded as she lifted Garou with ease, she brought him to Street's side. With what little strength he had, went into his right arm. He grabbed the back of Garou's head and brought it forward and gently butted heads, their brows pressed together, Street looked him head in the eyes and said. "I'm counting on you… we're counting on you…"

Garou trembled. "She needs you…"

"No, she needs you, and you need her… we're not part of this equation here… We were a happy accident, but at least… we know she is looked after… take care of sis…"

"Don't make me haunt you!" warned Knuckle.

The walls began to shake, Genos suddenly burst from the other side. "There is no more energy signatures…" but paused. "Street and Knuckle Brawler…"

"Get out of here…" said Knuckle. "This will take us out faster than this damn toxin…"

"106… made a self destruct code… I saw it on the computer… when Favo's pulse stops… the place comes down… he's barely alive under than tin can… go…" said Street.

There was no choice. Bun-Bun lifted Garou, Genos got Melee, Street and Knuckle were too big to carry and neither one wanted to be a burden to the heroes.

As much as it pained everyone, they were left behind…

#

The heroes just cleared out of the warehouse, Bad kept looking back, wanting to rush in and get the Brawlers before it was too late, however he could feel the ground shaking, the thing was going to blow! "BAD MOVE!" roared Zombieman.

He rushed to the others as they continued to try and put some distance between themselves and the building. However, many were confused as they ran past Saitama. "Hey…" he said before making his move. He ran towards the warehouse, no one understood why until he jumped into the air. With a serious punch he brought the whole thing down and yet somehow he managed to suppress the explosion! The warehouse was down, and the Brawlers within.

"We… shouldn't have left them…" muttered Bad. "GODDAMN IT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THEM!"

"Bad… there was nothing that could have been done." Said Genus. "What was injected… eats away at the body, it depends on where it hit, I have a feeling the serum went for the bone first… when the bones are infected it spreads rapidly… this way, they died with mercy than in agony."

"We better get these two home…" said Bun-Bun.

"Yeah, we better go back to the Neo Heroes…" muttered Bang. He turned to Bad. "Listen… what we have told you…"

"I ain't in the mood to talk about this now!" Bad scolded. "Let's just got…"

As they left, Saitama returned. "That was uneventful…"