12:18 pm
Safe House
West Coast, America
Father and daughter fell through the portal onto the hard ground, both quickly moving towards opposite ends of the room. Erika swayed, head pounding and arm aching. Mindleader was injured and disoriented, she had to act now. Drawing a dagger, Erica ran forward. Mindleader's eyes were wide, a savage snarl graced his lips. She had never seen him like this. The two fought for the future of the Hero League, the world, and their family. Erika also fought for revenge.
Ever since seeing Kameyo fall, her mind had been a rush of memories. Kameyo, Manabu…Toshiko. Toshiko. Her best friend. Her big sister. Erika fought harder, her body protesting the exertion. Up, left, jab, hit, slice. The knife was knocked from her hand, clattering towards the wall. Erika was unarmed. Mindleader smiled, seeing an easy victory, and stepped forward. Big mistake.
Years of buried resentment finally broke free, drowning Erika's sanity and any regrets about what she was about to do. The fingers of her gloves began glowing, swirls of white and black. Mindleader looked unimpressed, he'd never seen much use to her powers in fights. Erika did, though, and she'd been preparing something special for this fight for years, ever since reading the Harry Potter series. The idea of splinching had given Erika ideas about weaponizing her abilities. She'd learned that not only could closing a portal around a solid object sever it, no matter the strength of the material, but that opening portals to different elevations would create a vacuum effect, drawing in more.
Erika slashed her hand through the air, drawing strands of her traditional portals that zoomed forward at her command. Mindleader grunted as one connected, tearing off a large strip of flesh. A look of fear passed his features as he realized what she was doing, one quickly wiped off. The two met again, Erika drawing another attack, Mindleader with his blade at the ready. Both fell to the ground. Erika had a large, deep gash on her stomach. Mindleader fell in three pieces, bits splashing to the ground. Erika's breathing sped up, the cut was too deep. Calling up the very last of her energy, Erika fell through the floor, eyes closing as the world turned black.
Note: Too dark?
