Summary: Using the previous forms he has obtained to great effect, Bryant tackles the Landslide Zone as well as some more villains par for the course at this point. He starts to master a couple transformations by this time, so his combat skills are steadily improving.
Note: As always, open to reviews, interpretations and all that. Enjoy.
Reaching the Landslide Zone, he finds it's more of less just a slant with a few blocks of 'ruins' like the last place, but most of it is covered in mud sliding down the makeshift mountain and even engulfing buildings. Looking around, Bryant attempts to see if he can spot anyone from where he is in the city blocks but no luck. Which means he'll have to go towards the flowing mud, "Let's see. Orbital, Attractor, Stickler". He decides on Stickler, as he sees the swallowed debris as a way to leap through the mudslide. It doesn't take long to see an ally though, the student with a tail. He runs over on his six limbs, "Ooh, hey tail guy"! He runs up to him, "How are things over here"?
He looks at him for a second, "Oh, you must be that Bryant guy with the multiple quirks. Haven't seen anyone yet surprisingly. But I expect there'll be at least a couple to try and exterminate us". Allen looks around, "Anyone else with you"? He replies, "There is Sato, but I think he went to check the city blocks. I chose to check out the mudslide part of things. Found nothing so far". The man, Mahsirao Ojiro, asks, "What are you doing here, exactly"? Allen stands up to talk on level, though he's still shorter, "I just want to kick villain ass and save as many of you guys as I can". Ojiro smirks, "That's nice, but we don't need saving. But assistance would be appreciated if you want to pitch in". Bryant gives a condition, "Well, let's find that Rikido guy and then we'll discuss a team up from there".
It doesn't take long to find him since there are only three blocks not sucked in by the landslide but what Bryant sees gives him a kick. Villain with a cyclops eyes and horns is charging at Rikido, who himself Bryant restrains himself to blurt out loud and rather thinks it, "Holy crap look at that outfit, he thinks he's Professor Zoom. But those lips man, I've never seen a human sucker fish". Sato dodges the charge and downs a little container of sugar he had in his pockets, him getting an instantaneous increase in muscle mass, "Well damn. Should we help him"? Ojiro says he's got this. Sure enough, when the cyclops bull rams towards him again, Rikido grabs him by the horns and slams him to the ground. Punching him repeatedly, the villain seems to get a second wind and shoves Sato off.
Seeing an opportunity to help, Bryant as Stickler, shoots a web from his tail, globbing the villain in the eye, "Hey, I can't see"! He giggles, "Heh heh. That's handy, webbing". Sato waves to him, "Thanks". The big lipped student wails on the now, no eyed, villain. Taking the blows, he manages to rip off the webbing just as Rikido delivers the final punch, sending him into and through a building, which collapses on him. "Uh, we sure he ain't dead", comments Bryant. Mashirao comments, "Yeah, he should be fine". Sugar Ray walks over, "Thanks for the assist". Allen nods, "Don't mention it". Ojiro speaks up, "So, now that makes three of us. So, you going to keep up that assistance"? He agrees, "Sure. But hey, Sato. You see anyone else down here"? He admits, "Nah, he's thew first villain I've seen down here. Maybe we should check back up the hill".
Trudging up to the landslide, they decide to start talking, "So Ojiro. Your power is just a tail? Nothing else"? He stands by his power, "May not be the most powerful quirk, but it is useful for both combat and plus it's prehensile. But me being in shape gives it even more strength. It's basically an extra arm". He takes it into account, "Yeah, I see how it's useful when you put it like that". He jokes though, "You kind of look like the other half of that Pony girl from Class 1B though, know what I mean"? He laughs a little, "Yeah, I guess". He looks to Rikido, "So, you two know each other"? Sato replies, "Well, we sit next to each other. I mean we don't really talk but, getting to know him here is a good start. Look forward to beating some villains to see your tail at work".
Saving on juice, Allen recalls he is still Stickler and gives it a rest for when they get there. Arriving at the landslide of named zone, they split up, "You take right Allen, I'll go up, and Sato will take left", orders Ojiro. "Got it", they both agree. On the right, he comes across some of the road covered in debris and mud, and then behind him he hears a voice, "Looks like you took the wrong turn kid". Instead of turning around he rolls forward out of the way, then gives a look see. A man with a large sword, with a mask and red scarf, along with a bo staff, "Holy shit, it's Dr. Connors". He doesn't laugh, "So, what's your move hero"? Bryant starts cycling, "Well given what you're carrying", he turns into Attractor, "I'll give this one a go". Stretching his claws forward he pulls the sword right from his hands, and it lands in his left claw, "I'll take that. Then, I'll do this". He uses his magnetism to bed it into a doughnut shape, "And for my next trick"; He uses his powers to reverse the magnetism and send it flying into him, but he dodges out of the way with a back flip.
"You know lizard man, these powers I got from your friend are actual magnetism. Much more useful than gender related attraction and opposition. By no means useless, but given how much metal is in the world nowadays, mine is better". The lizard man, Spinner, takes out the bo staff, "Well this ain't metal. So bring it on metal head". He presses the watch on his chest to swap forms, "Thanks for the heads up". He turns into Stickler again, "Ooh ooh, time for some real combat practice with this guy". Running on all six, he goes to take a swipe at Spinner but he flips over him, then kicks him in the back, knocking him off balance, "Oh that's cheap". The villain jumps and spins, hitting him with the pole, then again but the second time he misses as Allen side steps, "Time to up the ante".
He clings to a wall of a nearby building, "Can't reach me up here, can you"? He does the same, "Oh yes I can". His four eyes widen, "Crap, I forgot lizards can do that too". With the staff in one hand he swings it at Bryant but this time he grabs it with four of his arms and starts a tug of war, "Give...me...that". Spinner pulls it away but Allen shoot webbing from his tail and takes it, "Now, try fighting without weapons jackass". He snaps the staff in twos, then fours. Spinner whips him with his tail, lashing him in the face a bit. Then crawls over real quick to attack. Deflecting his claws by shooting more webbing, Bryant attaches one to his tail and spins him around, biting said tail, "OW"!
"spit, Ah yuck. I think that was more unpleasant for me than you". He tires to attack Bryant in retaliation, "I'll kill you"! He crawls further up the building, "You villains need new material". Climbing up to the roof, Spinner follows in suit, "End of the line kid". He stands on two legs, "I've got one last trick up my sleeve. Lucky for me, I read comic books". Running at him, he deflects his claws, but Bryant uses his tail to web it up. Using his other hand to attack, that gets webbed up too. Using his legs he sweep kicks Allen and goes to step on him, but rolling out of the way solves that and he webs up one of his feet. Getting back up he frees the villain's foot himself so he can start a barrage of quick attacks in succession while his hands are still webbed, punching, kicking and finishing with a roundhouse.
Spinner goes to lift his head, but he's beaten, "Well Raphael, looks like you need to either brush up or your combat skills...or admit you suck"! Before he can say anything he's knocked out with a kick to the face. Dragging the unconscious villain over the edge, he uses his tail one last time to cocoon him and hang him over the side, "Looks like here's where we part ways pal. I'll make sure to send the garbage men, don't worry". Making his way back to where they split off, he turns back to normal. "You're back? Seems like you have something to say. Found something", questions Ojiro. "Yeah, I just fought a villain one on one for like the tenth time. I left him hanging off the roof with my webs". Rikido chimes in, "Ten"? Bryant corrects himself, "Maybe more, but some are stronger than others". Mashirao goes on, "Me and Rikido found no one, but we both saw someone scaling the landslide when coming back here to meet. They took off though".
"Who"? The answer replies, "Me". Looking up at the sinking building is a spider like villain; four legs of a spider rather than regular ones, and two extra arms underneath his human arms. Her face has mandibles and fangs while her eyes and black and soulless with no visible pupils. Also a thorax on her back, "You can call me 'Black Widow'. You can assume why". Bryant is intrigued, "A female villain huh? Haven't foughten one of those yet, I think. Anyways, I've got something just for you". She chuckles, "I'll wrap all you up and drain your blood just for fun. Oh, it's so much more pleasurable when I get the young males". Bryant tries to make a comeback, "Yeah, well I'll web you up and toss you into the mud". He looks to his partners, "What do you guys think"? They both nod, "Ha ha ha, then come on up here fresh prey. I'm dying to see your attempts". Allen looks to Ojiro, "Can you climb with that thing"? He kind of says yes, "I can swing off of pipes with it, but I can't really climb, climb". Bryant becomes Stickler again, "I've got an idea. You two stay here, I'll see you in a sec". Scaling the ever sinking building he gets up there, and see she's gone. Pressing the watch, he switches to Orbital and levitates the two of them up there, "See, told you I had an idea". Rikido looks around, "But where's she"? He turns back for the time being, "Beats me. I don't see where she could've gone, except for…".
She leaps onto him all the way from the back of the building, "I can scale buildings too". She takes out her tongue which gives Gene Simmons a run for his money, and licks him all the way across the cheek, "Mmm, so innocent. Almost ripe too, I can tell". He lifts his arm up and quickly transforms, turning into Stickler, and webbing up her mouth before making distance, "Keep your tongue to yourself lady". Preparing for combat, Rikido downs some sugar, while Ojiro makes the first move. Black Widow surprises him by lurching one of her legs into his shoulder, piercing it and proving she can extend her spider legs a bit. Sato charges straight for her and knocks her over but she gets right back up and starts twirling around, avoiding the blows like a dancer. Getting an opening she stabs him in the leg with her leg but Rikido socks her in the mandibles first, which angers her.
Going to stab him again, Bryant shoot web at her eyes. "Grr", she tries to rip it off. He goes to Rikido and drags him some distance away. "Ojiro, you still good to help me"? He nods, "Yeah". Looking back to the villainess, she shoots webbing out of her human palm and swings over to another sinking building further up. "She's getting away. Now or never Mashirao, let's go". Using his tail, Bryant shoots a web to a light post sticking out of the mud and swings off of that to get to the side of the building. Ojiro follows, leaping off the building and successfully, though narrowly, gripping the post with his tail and flinging himself off of it with enough force to land on top of the next building's roof. Allen scales to give him help, seeing him and Black Widow already at each other's throat and this time, him dodging more precisely. Bryant goes to switch forms, "Well, I don't have a giant magnifying glass", he turns into Molten, "But I've got the heat of the sun to fry this bitch".
Mashirao is concerned for Rikido, "You think he'll be safe back there"? He gives the 'so-so' hand wriggle, "He should be fine, we'll get him after. But that building ain't sinking much more than it is. Besides, the only immediate threat is her. Now, let's make her feel the burn". He blasts streams of fire towards the villainess, but she dodges them both with fancy maneuvering like limboing under them or using her legs to jump over. As she gets closer, Ojiro hops in the air as she does and smacks her with his tail, enough to knock her down. While downed Bryant tries again but this time uses his flame hands like a flamethrower. She writhes in agony before stop, drop, and rolling on the concrete roof.
"I know better not to get near you, but your friend here is still fair game". Black Widow pounces towards Ojiro and he swings his tail, but misses and she sinks her teeth into it. Like a dog, she hangs on to it as he desperately tries to fling her off, eventually attempting to rip off the tail entirely, "AGH"! Allen runs over, and even uses his flame hands to propel himself quicker, and with a leap, sends her back with a flaming fist. Patting off the fire, she is definitely merciless, "Give up, or I'll filet you alive bug lady". She brushes it off, "Empty threats. Heroes don't kill, not even villains". She lurches towards them again, with her legs crawling close to the ground all disturbingly like a real spider. Having a thought, Bryant runs over in front of her and begins to spray fire all around her like a circle, until she's trapped it seems.
"Ha, now what"? She jumps high enough to leap over, but this was his plan, as he tosses a couple fire balls at her, not only burning her but sending her directly into the circle of flames, "AHHHHH", she screams. After a little crispy action, he gets another idea, "I wonder if I can absorb flames". Stretching out both arms, the fire gets sucked in like a vacuum, leaving the burnt villainess lying there, alive but unable to move. Her spider legs are twitching like an insect dying would, but out of nowhere she springs to life and pounces on him, regardless of him being on fire, "I'll turn your insides into goo for…", she is interrupted by Ojiro whacking her off and sending her off the side of the building. Bryant stands up, "Thanks for the help. Now, where'd she go"? Heading over, they see her hanging off the roof with her regular human arms holding on, "You can't let me fall. That'd go against your code of ethics to let me die". He sighs, "Fine, you've got me by the balls there". He turns into Orbital and brings her up, but then smashes her into the concrete for good measure, before turning back to Molten, and blowing fire at her from his mouth, "How's that feel"?
Mashirao knocks her out with a punch, and the two contemplate their next move, "Now what"? He suggests to Allen, "How about you use that gravity quirk to send us all back to the top of the building with Sato? We'll handle Black Widow". He accepts, "Sounds good to me". Doing just that, he parts ways while he turns back and before he heads off, "It was nice meeting you two. Good luck handling any other baddies. Also, maybe think about leaving to the entrance to get Rikido some medical help". With his goodbyes out of the way, he makes way to the last place, 'Mountain Zone'.