Janet hovered in the air at four inches tall not sure on what to expect from these women but assured herself that she could win. She had to win this was to protect those she thinks of as family. She fired her stingers at a tree, "When the branch hits the ground we fight."
Aoife stepped forward as Lyrica took a position to the left and kneeling down Sayuri simply stood there. Aoife raised both her fist in front of her face so just her eyes could be seen, "Just like a bell." The branch slowly fell down until they heard it strike the earth and Aoife ran forward closing the gap almost instantly. The Lonsdaleite on her arms shot out in what looked like a liquid form and wrapped around Aoife's hands like boxing gloves before becoming smooth and hard. The Lonsdaleite on her shins also became liquid and wrapped itself around the boots before becoming hard and smooth. She quickly began to fire a flurry of left jabs at Janet who began to dodge them a bit before her vision blurred for a second and she was struck hard by a right cross.
Janet yelled as she was hit and sent bouncing across the asphalt of the street until she came to stop feet away. She shook her head and slowly got up wondering if she was still feeling the effects of sleepless nights. But it couldn't have been she had gone without sleep before and it never did this to her before. She would not have felt like that loss of her vision and even that small sense of losing her balance for a fraction of a second. She looked around Sayuri had still not moved but Lyrica had kept up with her movements. She also noticed now what those bone like tubes on Lyrica's arms were for they had unrolled and created two tower shields infront of her. Yet instead of hiding her head behind the shields Lyrica was still looking right at her focused on Janet's movements.
Aoife rushed in again her stance had changed a bit and this time she came in with a high right kick. Janet would fly over it and fire her stingers at Aoife who blocked them with the Lonsdaleite on her arms, "Sayuri a bit of help."
Sayuri turned and smirked, "As you wish." She ran forward and jumped up landing on Aoife's shoulder and then jumping off them and over Janet. Once she was in the air Aoife sprung back as Sayuri revealed her power. From those tubes on her arms she fired a hail storm of blood bullets that Janet weaved in and out of one striking her back Janet would scream loudly. "Just so you know my blood is acid."
Janet fell down her wings not working for a second as she looked around steaming holes in the asphalt around her. Janet began to flap her wings powerfully until the wind they produced blew the remaining acid off her body. She would start to get up before she got another hit of dizziness and stumble only to feel the powerful kick of Aoife hit her and send her flying into another car then hit the ground. She quickly took off as another hailstorm of blood bullets was fired at her from Sayuri who was now half a block away yet the speed and force of them did not seem to diminish at all. She tried to stay ahead of the shots flying fast and in quick weaves but once again her vision went and she dove behind blurred outline of a car. A second after being behind it her sight returned. It was then that it hit her Lyrica must be doing this but how if it was sight their eyes would have to meet. It couldn't be psychic she would just paralyze Janet not these little tricks. It had to be sound but that did not make sense either, otherwise the other people around her would be affected and they couldn't fight. That and she could keep the effect up longer than just a few milliseconds. That was when it came to Janet Lyrica had to have a visual lock on her target as well as a clear blast for the sound. But this was just a theory of hers made up in battle and with no way to fully test it without putting herself in danger she had to take it as fact. She had to take out Lyrica first otherwise she would lose but how if she tried to fly over Aoife, Sayuki would fire her acid blood at her and send her back.
Aoife spoke loudly, "Come on Wasp don't drag this out on yourself you might as well come out and get beaten." After waiting a few seconds she charged forward and kicked the car hard enough to send it sliding across the street. Janet however was gone Aoife quickly searching the area until she grabbed her sides she had just felt Janet's stingers hit her full on. She spun to the direction the stingers came from quickly taking a new pose arms lower hands spread apart her right leg further back and body lower.
Janet was flying towards Aoife as she fired her stingers past Aoife and towards Lyrica to make Lyrica have to concentrate on defense for a few seconds. As Janet drew close to Aoife she grew slightly to add more force to her punch. Aoife would grab Janet's wrist and throw her hard so she would go tumbling through the air. Janet would recover quickly and fire stingers in Aoife's back causing her to stumble forward before turning around. Aoife moved between Janet and Lyrica again as well as keeping Sayuki off to her right.
Sayuki would take aim with her right arm being supported by her left she began to fire another volley of acid bullets. Her shots were not as rapid as those before they were more controlled and targeted. Janet would catch them coming and begin to dodge them by inches she did not have time to fire at Lyrica again before losing her balance in air and sliding to the right only to be met with an upward kick that sent her up and arcing back. Janet only stopped when she hit a traffic light and fell down to the ground.
Janet slowly got back to her feet her plan worked for a second but having Sayuki there to back them up just made it too hard to get close. She needed something new some way of braking up this team so she could finish even just one of them off. It had only been months since the terrigen mist fell onto the world and these three had already learned how to fight with each other so well. They worked better than most of the avengers did and that was a real problem. She needed something new should she go large and attack, no if she did and fell it would cause great stress and pain on her already taxed body. It wasn't just the effects on her body that were horrible it was her mental stability that became most affected. She hated how her mind changed she became more violent her temper took over her body and she had to fight it every second. Even after she returned to normal it hurt her. The anger was gone but in its place was a hole something she could not fill something she needed to cover and protect. For days afterwards she would find herself in bed for no reason curled up hiding from the light and people she cared for. She felt sick like she needed to vomit the entire time yet she just laid there crying quietly as she could. She felt as if her tears would break the hearts of those she cared for so all she could do was hide them. Sure she would get better and at times she would soar and burn like the light they all loved but inside she was still hurt. Everything she did she second guessed as if it wasn't good enough the confidence and friendly nature she showed was herself but at the same time her safety mask. Each time she became large these feelings grew inside her and she needed to keep them away or break down and lose everything. This is what she endured every day this is what she fought with every second of the day. Yet she still went on knowing she was needed knowing she was the one true wasp in the world. The reason she clung to her alter ego was simple it kept her stable she saw what changing who you were did and how far they could fall. This is what kept her sane all these years she was not immune to the effects of using Pym particles but she had found her way to cope.
She lifted her body into the air closing her eyes as she lifted her head up then opening them her blue eyes on Aoife. Janet took a deep breath and then surged forward with intense speed moving so that she was using Aoife's body as a shield from Lyrica's sight she was betting on her theory of Lyrica's powers. Janet was holding her breath as she flew hitting a speed of 70 miles per hour as she unleashed several stinger shots right at Aoife's face. Aoife raised her hands to block as she did Janet moved down and out of Aoife's sight line. Janet flew between Aoife's legs as she did she unleashed stinger blasts right at Lyrica making her duck behind her shields for protection. She caught out of the corner of her eye Sayuki firing her bullets from all the holes on her arms. Janet winced slightly she was fast enough to out run the paths of most of the shots but a few would brush against her feet and burn the flesh. Janet would pull up just before she reached Lyrica and fly over the girl who had her face hidden behind the bone shields. Janet aimed her hands at Lyrica ready to strike a powerful shot but instead found herself being blasted away by a hard thud followed by a boom. Janet felt hit after hit strike her looking around her the cars shook and glass broke. Lyrica had an ability Janet knew nothing about this should have been the end Sayuki should have hit her with blood bullets and take her out but she hadn't. Janet saw why Sayuki and Aoife had taken cover behind some cars this was a blessing in disguise.
Janet had found out a weakness Lyrica's attack effect all those within range and this group had not found how to work with it fully yet. Janet crossed her arms in front of her to block the attacks she began to count the rhythm of the blasts. Lyrica was a singer so it had to follow a beat one that had to give in at some point she could only breathe out for so long. Once Janet had the beat down she would use the small gap to push herself forward and get closer even if just slightly she needed to be ready to attack. Janet felt her ears screaming though each time she was hit by a blast she had felt this pain once before when black bolt had spoken a single letter to them to stop the avengers from entering the inhuman throne room. The attack would last for two minutes before the final blast hit Janet and she could aim her hands at Lyrica. She fired a barrage of stingers striking Lyrica across the shoulders and back until she fell down and passed out. Janet would hover over the girl breathing heavily a bit of blood coming from her ears and corners of her mouth. She had taken out her first major obstacle she could now not worry about losing her balance and sight.
Sayuki and Aoife jumped out from behind the car they had hidden behind to see Lyrica on the ground. Sayuki raised her arms up and began to fire her blood bullets towards Janet. Janet began to fly towards Sayuki twisting and turning her body in and out of the shots, the bullets mostly struck her wings. This did not damage them because of the energy field surrounding them they simply cut through the blood. Janet stayed tight to the inner path of the bullets not wanting to slip out and be forced towards Aoife. Janet would fire her stingers every so often to destroy a bullet in mid air. Before she could close in fully Sayuki stopped firing her bullets at the same time Aoife charged in and struck Janet with a quick straight and send her off course and into the side of a building.
Janet felt her dream of an easy end to this fight go away as the sting of the blood bullets hit her. Janet forced herself to fly away from the bullets trying to shake off the acidic blood as it ate through her costume and began to burn her skin. She was able to get most of it off before she fell to the earth, struggling to wipe it away. She was glad that her costume was slowly closing over her wounds and the burned flesh. She got back up to her feet and took off into the air getting as high up as she could she needed a chance to recover. She needed to regain even an ounce of her strength and push away the pain. "Okay Janet you have to figure this out. If I go after Aoife and try to keep her between me and Sayuki I could take her out. No Sayuki can move and if I have to take my eyes of Aoife she will take me down. If I go over Aoife and then down at Sayuki that won't work it is just a new angle of that last attack and I leave myself open from behind and Aoife can close that gap with ease." Janet smirked figuring out her next plan of attack it was simple but should work.
Janet dropped down hovering a few feet off the ground and several feet away from Aoife and even more from Sayuki. Janet moved until Aoife was between her and Sayuki and then fired her stingers rapidly at Aoife. Aoife began to block them with quick jabs and moved forward towards Janet. Janet would move back at the same pace Aoife moved forward adjusting her path to keep Aoife between her and Sayuki.
Aoife began to weave a bit trying to make an opening for Sayuki to fire, "Come on Janet I have fought plenty of out fighters you can't wear me down this way." Aoife was speaking with pure confidence easily seeing through this tactic, "Ever since I became an inhuman my stamina has only gotten better way beyond that of a normal human." She increased her pace moving forward only to have Janet continue her stinger attacks, "alright then have it your way." She lunged forward closing the gap quickly and coming with a right cross towards Janet a powerful enough blow to finish the tiny hero.
However Janet had gotten what she needed and had flew right past Aoife's head and straight at Sayuki at an incredible speed. Aoife had been so focused on this hit that she lost sight of Janet for a split second giving Janet the opening she needed. Aoife realized a bit too late that Janet had opened the gap between her and Sayuki to much too much for her to turn around fully and close the gap. Aoife had fallen for a trap she let Janet control the ring and change the size of it.
Sayuki began to fire rapidly unloading as many shots as she could in Janet's direction Janet fired her stingers taking down the wall of blood bullets. Janet had to weave in and out again the constant high speed changes pulling on her wounds and muscles stretching them beyond their limits. Even with all she did to keep flexible and in shape it hurt her badly she wondered if any person could endure these hard turns that split second thought caused her to miss a blood bullet and have it run across her back. The only lucky break was that at her speed in merely ate through her costume. There was a sudden stop in the blood bullets as she saw Sayuki fall to one knee her face pale as the girl began to sweat.
Janet had been waiting for this to happen ever since the bullets had begun to fly Sayuki would only have so much blood her body could spare and replenish. Even if the girl had an inuman body they were still human and losing any massive amount would be harmful. Janet closed the final feet and fired her stingers at Sayuki hitting her in the chest until she fell back and passed out, "Rest girl you need it now." Janet spun around just in time to dodge a powerful kick from Aoife. "You are all that is left."
"I am all that is need to end this seeing as how you look so tired," Aoife smirked and charged in going at Janet with a combo of two left jabs then a straight. Janet would move in and out of them not letting them hit her. Aoife then changed again using quick palm thrusts then throwing in an upward kick before spinning around for a powerful kick. Janet pulled in close to Aoife when the kick came only to see Aoife change moves and strike Janet with her knee. The blow hit Janet hard in the stomach almost making her vomit until she held it back and got out of range of Aoife's attacks.
Janet fired her stingers rapidly watching as each one was blocked with ease, "This is going to be a problem." She flew up and over firing her stingers down wards watching Aoife stepped out of the way until she could start blocking again. Janet knew the girl was fast and strong but was finally realizing just how calm she could be even under the pressure of a fight.
Aoife moved forward closing the gap between her and Janet in a single movement and began jumped up kicking at Janet as she floated in the air. Janet moved out of the way of the kick that almost reach Batroc's height. The onslaught of kicks kept coming each time narrowly missing Janet until Janet took off out of Aoife's reach. At least that is what she thought until Janet sprung off a car and with a flipping kick she struck Janet and sent her to the ground. Janet bounced off the asphalt as Aoife landed and took a stance moving towards Janet and going at her with low kicks. Janet had to recover quicker then she wanted no chance to tend to her dislocated right arm or feel the pain, she began to dodge just backing away slowly only a foot off the ground. Janet raised her left arm and fired her stinger at Aoife who blocked them with her hands before coming with a powerful low sweeping kick.
Janet raised her arms to block but the kick never struck her she looked to her side and saw Aoife had kicked a car instead. Janet was about to take off when she realized that Aoife had gotten her foot stuck in it and was struggling to pull it out. Janet smiled catching her first lucky break in this fight she flew behind Aoife and fired her left stinger rapidly until Aoife fell to the ground knocked out her leg still stuck in the car. Janet looked down and smiled slowly returning too full size gripping her right arm and breathing heavily. The last hit she took had almost taken her out of the fight she was thankful to all her training and experience even if all it did was make it so she could hurt longer.
Janet walked across the street and fell down putting her back on a red car she bit her lip as she tapped her fingers and wait for her call to go through. "Maria I need cleanup and medical crews to my location." She closed her eyes, "Put Batroc and Crossbones in custody the three women near keep them secure and take good care of them"
Maria spoke, "What happened?"
"I will tell you later for now I want to rest and try to block out the pain." She coughed a bit blood dripping out of the corner of her mouth, "I think I took to many hits." She moved a single finger and closed her eyes as she hung up and let out a powerful scream before passing out as people slowly began to come onto the street and take pictures.