Spectacular World

"How the hell are you here?" Battery jumped to the side just in time to dodge the wave of acid that spewed out of Red Raptor's mouth. "I thought we were tracking the Wet Bandits, why is a member of Zoo here?"

"Oh, don't lump me in with Zoo anymore!" Red Raptor hissed. "I used to work for that bastard Green Wolf, but he never bothered to bust me out of prison! I got lucky! I was never placed on the transport vehicle that'd take me to Nightshade! Instead, I was able to escape thanks to someone else who had been abandoned by his team! Several months ago, Ears got into a fight but wasn't properly disposed of, and thanks to his power, several of us were able to spring us out and get away! No thanks to Green Wolf!"

Myth changed into his bull form and charged forward. He wrapped his arm around Red Raptor and rammed the man through a wall. The two transformed Supers crashed out on the other side, tumbling down to the ground. Red Raptor went to spit more acid out, but Myth rammed his fist into the villain's head, nearly knocking him out in one blow.

Red Raptor saw stars and stabbed up with his claws, barely throwing Myth off of him. "Ears!" The villain called out.

A black orb opened up, which easily swallowed Red Raptor up. Battery cursed as the laser he fired missed and hit the floor. "That's the pair of eyes I felt on me." The man stated. "When Polaron attacked the kid, both she and I were unmasked. Ears was there and saw me, so I bet he was hiding out in the club and noticed me."

"Damn it." Whisper cursed. "I didn't bother looking at all the Paths, and just focused on the one that would take us to the guy that owned this club. I should have been more careful."

"It's not your fault." Myth said, shaking his head. "We need to get back to Cinder and Snowdawn. I bet this building used to be owned by Red Raptor and was used as a hidden operation so they could earn money for Zoo. From what the villain said, he's not working with Green Wolf anymore, so I doubt we can find out what Green Wolf is planning, but we might be able to discover where their base is. Maybe even what they're planning."

"Don't forget, they're working for Cybercroc now." Battery grunted. "From the sounds of it, that villain has rebuilt the Wet Bandit gang using members from both Zoo and Bad Timers."

"Is Cybercroc strong?" Whisper asked, frowning.

"Maybe around the same level as Green Wolf." Battery shrugged.

A loud beep echoed out behind them, and they turned around, finding a drone slowly floating into the destroyed office. Their quick battle hadn't been silent after all. "Well, well, well. Look who fetched the stick I threw." The voice of Alice Ward said in an amused tone. "Good doggies. You're just like the Watch Dogs."

"Don't bother getting the story until we're done with the mission." Battery flicked his finger out and caused the drone to explode. He reached up to his earpiece. "Kid, what's your status? Kid? Cinder. Kid, are you there!" Battery zipped out of the building and made it to the van, finding it empty. "Shit!"

"Are they gone?" Myth asked over the radio.

"Yeah. Ears must have gotten them. That bastard could have teleported anywhere." Battery cursed.

"Don't worry, Cinder's strong." Whisper said. "We'll find her and Snowdawn. They can hold out. I have faith in them."

"I hope you're right."

***

A wave of snow slammed into her, taking most of the acid off of her. Her skin didn't burn that badly, and her costume was able to withstand it. She jumped back to her feet, as did Snowdawn.

Ears crouched low and lifted his hand, firing out a wave of yellow acid toward them. She rammed her fist into the ground and caused her fire to swell out. It took on the shape of a large backpack, which opened up and swallowed the acid.