Hi guys! Thought it was about time I posted another chapter for this story; time for another OC introduction!
Johnny and I scouted around another blast site as Nick and Judy watched from the edge of the crater.
"Find anything?" Nick called down.
"Not yet! Still looking!"
We were looking around for some sort of clue as to who or what had set off the bombs; the police hadn't been able to find anything so far, but the hopes were that us Conduits would be able to find something. Granted, we were both being watched like hawks by the two cops, but it certainly beat sitting in a cell.
"Find anything?" Nick called down again.
"Not yet- wait a minute." Everyone turned to look at me as I lifted a chunk of pulverized pavement, the dying light glinting off of a piece of metal lying underneath.
The scrap of metal in question was actually rather unimpressive - just looked like part of someone's car. What made it so interesting was what lay on top of it.
"Why is it glowing?" Johnny asked as I held up a blast shard.
"Welp, this is certainly a find." I said, looking it over before tossing it to Nick. "Keep that safe, and don't let anything electrical get anywhere near it."
"What?" He asked, confusedly staring at the purple rock in his hands.
"That thing can power-up Conduits if they try to absorb it, but for now, I'd say lock it up. With who-knows-how-many Conduits running around, some of them won't take kindly to authority and would love to get their hands on it."
Hearing my explanation, Judy grabbed it and rushed it to the cruiser Johnny and I had followed to this area.
She'd just opened the door when a beam of green energy blasted the ground next to her, leaving a burning hole and causing Judy to leap for cover, Nick diving behind the car as another burst of energy struck the ground near him.
A third attack was shot at me, but I created a paper barrier - which was no help at all, as it punched straight through it and struck me, sending me staggering backwards. Johnny tried his own shield, which managed to deflect the shot at the cost of slagging his glass barrier. Absorbing a stack of newspaper from a nearby shop, I rushed forward, my paper wings forming behind me as I launched myself into the air. Unfortunately, another shot burned them off - and singed my back - sending me into the side of the attacker's building and crashing back to the ground.
A burst of energy alerted me to his movements as he leapt from the rooftop and down to the street, appearing as a green beam until he reformed and fell the last few feet to the ground.
He was some sort of catlike predator, with tan-ish fur and what looked like a black mane, though it was hard to see from my angle. He wore a black hoodie-vest, with a blue t-shirt underneath it and a pair of track pants. Snatching the dropped blast shard, he moved to try and escape - only to get a blast of glass shards to the face, courtesy of Johnny.
I rushed him from behind and tackled him before he could fire a beam at the wolf, sending us both crashing into the side of the car and forcing him to drop the shard.
He got up and clocked me, sending me into the ground before Johnny jumped on his back, slashing at him with a set of glass claws before a blast of green knocked him off, his clothes smoldering before he absorbed a store window and jumped back to his feet.
The mystery-Conduit went to grab it again - only for Nick to dive for it again, rolling to his feet and taking off. The Conduit raised his hand, energy gathering before I hit him with a Paper Blast, causing him to stagger and the shot to go wide. Turning, he prepared to shoot me again - only for his eyes to roll back before he slumped to the ground.
Judy stood behind him, an empty tranquilizer gun in her shaking hands as she looked at the dart sticking out of the conduit's back. Nick carefully walked back over as I leaned against the side of the cruiser, panting.
"Case... in... point." I wheezed; I hated fighting conduits. "Just to be safe, though... do you have... some sort of cuff... that will cover his hands?"
So, hope you all enjoyed this new chapter - now with actual combat! Lemme know what you think in the reviews!
Also, for ActionTReaction - was this what you had in mind for your OC?