Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Steamer's POV
"Alright let's keep this quick." I looked at Charon and adjusted my belt "We get in, get the girl and get out."
"You're making this sound so complicated." Haumea laughed "She's some schoolgirl come on I'm sure you two boys can handle it."
"You say that but you can't be much older than she is." I sighed and stretched "Plus she's one of your Pillars, she won't be so easy to get."
"Relax let's just handle it." Charon said.
"Right." I nodded and reached into my pocket showing a picture of a girl with short pink hair "Inca Kasugatani, she's the target, a thief that steals from houses after they burn down, supposedly she knows when a fire will break out, she's got a regular sixth sense a natural smoke detector since she was in a fire as a kid."
"Let's go." Charon said jumping off the roof.
"Stay in touch Haumea." I said following him.
"Yeah, yeah." She stuck out her tongue "Our new friends from the Eighth should be coming too, it'll be a regular party!"
I landed on the ground and looked around.
"How do you exactly plan to find this girl?" Charon asked.
"She'll end up coming to us." I told him taking out my radio "Light it up."
Fires instantly started breaking out all over this little neighborhood.
"Now the thief won't be able to resist." I told him "And it'll help keep normal people out of the way. Haumea find that girl."
"Top of the hill." She spoke through sparks jumping across the electrical lines "Get her."
"Let's get moving." I grabbed his shoulder.
"Don't order me around." He said taking a huge jump.
"Just stick to the plan." I said as we landed.
We landed on the hill with little trouble, the girl was there with two of her friends, a short fat kid and a normal, if slimy, looking boy.
"Haumea, we found her." I yawned.
"You're the fifth." Charon smiled as the girl looked at us with just a hint of fear.
"You are Inca Kasugatani, right?" I asked "Well?"
"You idiot you got the wrong girl." Charon growled.
"I'm telling you this is her look." I held up the photo "She's the fire thief I'm sure of it!"
"Who the hell are you two?" the slimy looking guy said.
"HMHP!" Charon reached back and blew a hole right through the guy.
"Dammit you meathead!" I snapped "You're making things so fricken complicated."
"Cool off hotbox." He said "You're already getting too heated."
"Get over it girl." I sighed as I lowered my core temperature "In this world, you'd better accept that people die, sometimes it's not always pretty. Though I prefer things be less messy. Try not to pass out okay?"
"Now let's go." Charon made a come here motion with his hand "The Preacher is waiting, you're needed."
"Go with you?" she asked "What do you need me for?"
"I don't know and I don't care." I said stretching "My job is just to take you back…any means necessary. So you can do this the easy way or the hard way."
"Ignore this idiot." Charon said.
"Hey." I growled.
"To reach the Preacher's Goal you need to come with us and recreate the disaster from 250 years ago." He explained.
"Hmm?" the girl suddenly tilted her head and reached out, dragging her finger over the air like she was drawing a squiggly line.
"GAH!" A burst of flame suddenly appeared between Charon and I.
"Control your heat you idiot!" he snapped.
"I make steam, that wasn't me!" I said as his arm burst with fire.
"She's awakened an ignition ability!" he warned.
"So much for keeping this job simple." I groaned as Inca ran off "Just knock her out and we'll drag her back!"
I pulled out a bottle and took a drink before kicking off the ground to give myself a burst of speed to get around.
"Come here brat!" I tried grabbing her but missed "Slippery little thing aren't ya."
"It's just one girl how can this be so damn hard!" Charon said as she ducked a bear hug attempt and slid under his legs.
"She can see the heat; she's seeing our moves before we make them." I hissed taking another drink to try and cool off as Inca traced another line "She's out of room this street's a dead end."
"What's taking so long you two!" Haumea snapped using her electrical impulse to speak "They're here and coming your way."
"You might wanna duck." Charon warned.
"Haa, I just wanted an easy job today." I said bending over as Shinra collided with Charon's skull before flipping back and landing in front of Inca.
"You alright?" he asked her "You're the Fifth Pillar, don't worry I'll protect you."
"Charon, this is getting complicated, I hate complicated." I sighed throwing my jacket off "We need to take care of this."
"Yeah I get it." He growled "Try not to kill them though."
"Well every opponent you and I fight together usually ends up a smear on the ground." I said dumping a bottle of water all over myself "So no promises."
"HMPH!" Charon took a quick jab but Shinra dodged.
"Steam Hammer!" I followed up with a pressure increased punch of my own to knock him back and open him up "You really should have just stayed outta the way."
"HRAAA!" Charon came in with another powerful punch and drilled Shinra in the gut and sent him flying back through signposts "HMM!"
Shinra quickly flew back in and kicked him in the face.
"You might be fast and all…" Charon sighed.
"But it's really nothing we can't handle." I hooked my arms under Shinra's shoulders and flipped him, slamming him into the ground.
"HYUP!" Charon stomped on his chest and dragged him a few feet with his foot before sending him flying "You fought Sho like that, without the protection of the Preacher you're nothing. Now get up!"
"Try not to make such a mess." I said.
"WALK!"
Charon took a step and the air behind him combusted and burst with heat and pressure as the area around us got foggy with steam.
"Well kid, still alive, you could try and run with the girl but I doubt you'd get far before we caught up." I said "So make this easier for everyone and just give up."
"I don't know what's going on but I'm not going anywhere with any of you." Inca said.
"Wait your turn little girl." Charon warned "You don't have any freedom with the Burst."
"I'll save you." Shinra told her "I'm a hero."
"What, hero, safe…boring." Inca hummed "I'll pass. If you save me I have nothing to give you."
"Why would I want something?" he asked.
What a weird girl…
"HMPH!" I kicked off the ground and then off a building, landing on my hands right in front of Shinra before kicking up and spinning, hitting his face with a hard shot from my feet.
As I landed my blow Inca trigged some sort of explosive burst with her power and started running.
"Charon the girl!" I yelled.
"I see her." He growled.
"Stay away." Shinra tried kicking us both.
"Charon there are more coming." I growled "I can feel them, this is turning into a pain in the ass!"
"I'm sending your backup." Haumea warned "Since they are it's only fair."
Charon's little back up force arrived to take the heat off the arrival of the other Fire Brigades and we took off after Shinra and Inca.
"Grab the kid." I told Charon leaping back to charge up a jump.
"HRAA!" Charon flew up and grabbed Shinra by the back of the neck, slamming his head into a wall.
"Steam Hammer!" I kicked off the building and followed up with a pressurized punch to the boy's back, sending him flying into the building "Stay outta the way already!"
I'm burning up here…
I landed and dumped another bottle of water all over myself.
"They've got the girl!" Charon landed next to me.
"hurry and let's pull out of here then." I growled "I'm running on fumes already."
"Things are getting more complicated up here you two." Haumea snapped "HURRY UP!"
"We're trying." I said as Charon took another kick.
"HRAAA!" he yelled and slammed his elbow into the back of Shinra's head "CLAP!"
He slapped his palms together and let off a blast.
"Just stay down!" I yelled blasting Shinra in the back with both hands, letting off a gust of steam at the same time.
"No!" He jumped up and kicked me back "I'm just getting started!"
"I've been compromised here." Haumea reported in, though her connection was very static filled "Help me already!"
"This brat just won't quit!" Charon said trading punches with Shinra.
"I get it now." Shinra got back "You're absorbing the kinetic energy and turning it into a thermal attack, that explosion at the start was just a trick to make it seem like you had a Third-Generation ability. You tricked me, you monster.'
"Tricks are part of our job." I said "Now if you won't get outta the way then we'll have to try something a bit more serious."
"HMPH!" I turned to Charon and pulled my arm back "High Pressure Pounder!"
I pulled back and hit him with a jackhammer like series of strikes.
"STAMP!" he thrust his hands out to let off a blast of energy at Shinra.
"Finally that outta keep him down." I groaned pushing my hair back "No where's the girl?
AN
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Pick Up- Chapter 107
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