"This is the police! Come out with your hands up!"
The Veilstone police department arrived at the docks answering a call someone made about a bunch of suspicious characters entering a freight ship and taking the crew hostage. Smoke started to come from the ship the intruders were on and the sound of gunshots were echoing throughout the area.
"Put your weapons down and surrender!"
"Don't come closer! Unless you want to get someone shot!"
One of the intruders dressed in full body armor used the communication system of the ship to relay messages to the police. Having said earlier that they've taken the ships crew hostage the police couldn't get in afraid that there might be an unnecessary casualty due to hasty actions and kept their distance so far.
Jumping off the roof Glaceon landed on top of a man who was on patrol in front of the hostages. Her weight falling on him he collapsed under the impact of the icy heroine on him.
Glaceon sprinted over and hit a guy with unnatural strength in the back of his head. Before he could realize what happened the shock was enough for his body to go limp and hit the pavement. His three partners turned around and saw the figure in white and standing over their fellow crook.
"Get whatever it is!"
Glaceon tripped over one of them and agilely twisted her body in such a way she could move to the next guy in one motion. Glaceon summersaulted to the next one and stepped on his ankles hard freezing them completely. The cold extended to the ground creating shackles of ice which pinned the dealer on his knees down. With the heroine in front of him he swung his arm for a punch which she caught and quickly grabbed the other hand too. Freezing his arms with the densest ice she can make he fell over flat on his stomach with his arms next to him.
"Freeze!"
Glaceon jokingly said to the male who got frozen in a chunk of ice. After knocking out all of them feeling pretty good about herself after her last defeat against Bisharp May got a huge confidence boost and would love to brag a bit to Ash that she didn't need his protection all the time after he saved her neck. Sure it only were a few normal crooks but she prevented the police officers and hostages getting hurt which was more than a victory in her case. Freezing their limbs to the floor she checked on the hostages.
"You all ok?" Scared of the new person some of the crew slowly stood up and reached over to the dropped weapons the pirates used against them.
"Easy now. I'm here to help." Glaceon not wanting to get shot herself felt the floor shake underneath her. The whole ship rocking back and forth some of the hostages were falling over each other while May thanks to her agility balanced herself and kept standing straight. From the side of the ship a giant round object smashed through the metal side. The steel crunching like a piece of paper whatever caused it left a wide open hole in it.
With a loud thud that shook the ground and caused shockwave in the water the ground it landed on caved in under its weight. A giant greyish round rock like surface with legs and arms sprouting out of it with what looked like small razor sharp claws at the ends . A square head popped out of the rock with red eyes gleaming. Eyeing the police they started to aim at it. Thinking that the rock is alive they grew pale at the thought of seeing an alien.
"Shoot it!" The police pulled out their rifles and the head tucked back in the supposed meteor. They shot the huge rock but each bullet bounced off the object not harming it in the slightest. Emptying their clips a robotic voice came out of the circular thing.
"Let's see what kind of destruction it can cause."
The rock started to rotate in place. Spinning faster and faster it scared the guards who ran out of the vault in a panic and they sounded the alarm to evacuate the whole area. The boulder smashed through a roadblock that the police made leaving an open path. Turning around it went straight for another vehicle with the officers behind it running away for their lives. Steamrolling over a cop car the roof of the vehicle caved under his weight. Continuing his roll he smashed through the blockade the police set up with ease.
"What is that thing!?" May seeing the destruction the thing is causing turned to the ships workers wanting to know what kind of thing she's dealing with here. Continuing its roll the heroine turned towards the hostages. All of them scared about the not natural eyes and freezing abilities they were a bit scared of her.
"Who are you?" Some shivering over the character which saved them they didn't know what to think.
"My question first. What is that!?"
"It's the latest in demolition and construction. Our cargo is that suit which is designed to crush boulders and roll through buildings wrecking them to rubble faster than conventional ways without harming the one inside it. It was send over here for an exposition for future buyers in the landscaping industry. It only has a codename of now. Project Golem."
One of them coughed up. They weren't to blame for this situation and explained that as soon as they docked the men she knocked out took control of the vessel and searched it probably for the latest in technology.
"So how do we stop it?"
"After crashing through obstacles it needs a cool down period. The gyroscopes inside prevent the driver from rotating with the suit and causing it from being nauseous. They have a tendency to overheat quickly since its just a prototype."
"HELP!"
Hearing someone call out in pain May looked down. Somebody of the police got caught underneath the rubble of a car that the machine crashed and rolled over. Trying to get the debris off him there was nobody around with the police scattering away. Some of his colleagues nearby tried to get to him but were also busy trying to take aim at it in the hope of doing something.
May ignoring the rest of the crew and created an ice slide right to the middle of the car wrecks where the suit had been destroying everything. Jumping on it she slid down and jumped off it on a lamppost the rolling mech missed. Standing on the post she looked down at the seemingly unstoppable machine.
"You're done rolling around!"
Yelling at her presence May drew all attention to herself. Normally she'd try to keep her showing to a minimum but if she didn't help the police right now people can get hurt even more than they already are. Everyone looked at the mysterious figure on top and the police started to discuss their next actions.
"Is that the one with ice powers?"
"You're under arrest!"
"Hold your fire for now!"
The machine veering to her spot it smacked the lamppost she was on. It being ran over she easily landed in her feet. Now at ground level she drew the attention of it so the police had time to get their trapped colleague out.
The spirit Glaceon keeping an eye out for the police while the human host was dodging the rock. Heading towards her May rolled out of the way with the machine passing her by. Rolling to a building it left a giant hole in the wall.
"I've got to get them out of here!"
Her mind trailing to the officers who still tried to get their partner away she slid her foot to the side to make a new ice trail formed which extended to where officers were trying to get the trapped person out. Stomping on it pillars shot our which lifted up the rubble allowing the aiding officers in getting their partner away.
"Wait are you waiting for!? Get him out!"
Running towards the building the hole was created she saw that the machine stopped its spinning. Steam emitted from some of the plates holding it together showing her the warmth coming of the gyroscopes as she was told before. Dodging to the side she created a new trial knowing that's where the robot will be rolling over.
"Time for you to slip up!" It coming towards her the ice shattered underneath his weight. Glaceon couldn't count on her ice powers to help her out. Her agility gave her some room but knowing that if she got to close she will get crushed kept her on her feet.
"They dragged him out. They're in the clear."
Her spirit being supportive told the girl they managed to pull him out from under the wreckage. Now with a bit more space May needed a way to stop the rolling boulder and drag its occupant out.
"We have to work on slowing its momentum. When it's rolling we can't do anything." The spirit giving her battle tips May went to work on her plan.
Slamming her palm on the ground she created the densest ice pillars she could make. The machine rolling into smashed each one with ease and got closer with each layer of ice being broken. May jumped up and landed on the spinning machine. Balancing on it like a circus artist it rolled left and right trying to throw her off.
May eventually jumped off her own accord. Trying to come up with a way to slow it down she had an idea. She'd just use whatever is around her in combination with her powers to do the work for her. Knowing she only has a short amount of time to pull it off she ran to a bunch of containers that were four stories high stacked in a narrow section.
"Over here!" Goading the driver of the suit to follow her he did. May while running touched the containers at her sides while running hoping the brief contact is enough to pull off what she had in store. Running to the end of the narrow stacks her path was blocked off leaving her with nowhere to run.
"Nowhere to go!" The robotic speaker boomed at her prepared to crush the strange person.
"But up!"
Making an ice pike right underneath her she launched herself way up into the sky. The rolling machine crashed into the wall behind her blocking her path. The shock caused by smashing into the roadblock triggered Glaceon's trap. The containers in the narrow hall shook and slid off each other downwards on top of the mech. An entire row fell on top of the machine finally stopping his spinning.
Seeing the steam floating up from under the pile May readied herself just in case for more to come. The moving eventually stopped from under the rubble hoping it was enough to destroy the wrecking machine. Still digging the suit with the person in it out will need to make use of heavy machinery as well.
"It can't do a run up so it should be stuck. With no way to gain momentum you should be able to pull him out if you can open it somewhere. Good luck digging him out though from underneath all those boxes."
For all their power super strength isn't one of them. Wishing the two aura guardians were here because they'd be able to lift some of the containers off him.
"That should keep him cool for a while." Her spirit doing a celebratory joke the two had no time to congratulate each other on a job well done.
"FREEZE!"
Hearing someone yell at her to not move she turned backwards and dropped the driver. Seeing red laser pointers aimed at her the police had her under gunpoint now. She hoped they'd be a bit more grateful for aiding them in this situation but she knows from her dad that the police were ordered to apprehend any people that shows unnatural abilities and might have something to do with the grand kidnapping recently.
"Sorry boys. But that's my line!"
Forming a wall of ice to distort their view May quickly ran away from the scene. Hearing the sound of gunshots she needed to have a word with her dad about his trigger happy colleagues. Her work done she knows that this will become another news item with police witnesses this time.
Racing to a spot far away from the docks May stretched her body feeling if she didn't had tore anything in the process. Besides her neck feeling a little sore she was fine since the joy of snatching a group like them worked as a proper stimulant.
"I will sleep so good knowing they're behind bars." The icy heroine thinking she earned a good rest. Her dad must be excited at the prospect of getting to lock away a gang like the one she just busted.
"Still don't think you have what it takes?" Her loss against Bisharp stinging on the girl the spirit asked her of she got over her doubt that she's suited to carry on the family legacy
"Not anymore!"
With a big win like this on her name May felt invigorated. She worried a bit about the officer who was trapped amd hoped he only got away with a few bruises or at worst case a few broken bones. Also it'd be fun to brag to Ash that she did beat someone that isn't just a normal thief and she's capable of handling extraordinary situations by herself and her spirit.
"Think Umbreon is around here somewhere?" She wondered if Umbreon watched her from a distance or that she turned home as her spirit companion maybe commanded. Things did get a little crazy in the end.
"Let's try to find her. Knowing my sister she's hiding somewhere close in sight."
With still some bit of the night to go May tried to find her again. Hoping she managed to clear the harbor because a huge amount of patrol cars and even a chopper were deployed probably in a search to find her. Not having the breathing space she needed to look Glaceon told May that Umbreon and her host should be just fine.
"Don't worry. Knowing my sis she got out in the nick of time. She always was the hide and seek champion of the family."
"You really can't tell me who she is?" May dying to know the identity of the person who inherited the jewel. Maybe she and her can be good friends outside of the whole hero business.
"Let's see how she does in about a week or two. Plus not knowing who she is and she not knowing who you are helps in her development. These kind of things need to be figured out on their own."
She still found it stupid her partner didn't give her an identity but since they had this conversation before May let it slide not going to argue against someone who's thousands of years old. The spirit hearing her hosts stomach growl May worked up a massive appetite from her encounters tonight. The sun starting to rise it was the sign their shift was over.
"Get breakfast and then some sleep."
With a hot meal and a fluffy pillow just waiting for her host at home the girl traversed through the city wondering how her shadow sister took all of this and how quickly they'd see each other again.
Back to Dawn next chapter and her response on this.
As always I haven't got much to round this one off.
See you around.