Chapter 63 - M.D.B 63: The Sudden Change (1/2)
Chapter 63: The Sudden Change
”KA ME HA ME HAAAA!”
Saint's voice had not faded, when the golden Ki between his palms shone, releasing a white beam of energy that's thicker than his thɨġh. It advanced lightning fast, but remained to be seen clearly as it went, messing with the minds everyone watching!
As the slightly downward inclined beam penetrated the surface of the ground, it seemed to go through seamlessly to fade into the underground, only for the massive sound of an explosion to deafen everyone around. Things blew up as it hit, instantly getting disintegrated with its frightening power into dust that went into the air, forming a small mushroom cloud! The explosion was still sending rings of dust and smoke in all directions, obscuring everyone's vision.
The poor SHIELD agents thought they had stopped reached safety, and while they were far indeed enough to survive, the shock wave formed by the attack caught up with them, bringing them down again to the ground after they bȧrėly made it up to their feet.
On the other side, even Danny and the others, who all had extraordinary physical strength, could not stand up to the aftermath. They all bent over, desperately resisting the shock wave. Finally, when the dust settled down, they all could see clearly: the spot where the SHIELD agents used to be was no a hemispherical barren pit! The frightening sight had everyone in cold sweat, even Colleen.
Matt, the Daredevil, was the first to wake up from the shock. He turned to where he heard Danny and said: ”Danny, did you say that Saint Lee was only 'a little stronger' than you?”
”…”
Danny Rand gulped hard and remained silent for a bit more, and then gnashed his teeth and answered: ”How was I supposed to know that he was hiding so much power?! He's many times stronger than what I've seen of him before!”
After saying that, Danny felt deceived, and angrily added: ”This lying bastard! When we first met, he even claimed that if I used the Iron Fist, he would be no opponent of mine at all!”
Colleen heard Danny, and found the matter odd as well. However, she knew that Saint was really weaker than him at first. What was weird was the extraordinary speed with which he advanced, and that could only be the result of some big secret that he was hiding!
Of course, any secret of Saint was a secret of hers as well, so she just let Danny go on with this ”faking weakness” explanation.
Just then, Jessica Jones suddenly bit her lips and walked over to Colleen's side asking: ”Hey, chick in white, he's your boyfriend?”
Although such a thing was never 'officially announced' between Saint and Colleen, but when hearing Jessica, Colleen nodded without hesitation, proudly replying: ”Yes! That's my man, Saint Lee!”
”Saint Lee…”
Jessica murmured the name again, and her eyes flickered as she smiled, making Colleen feel very uncomfortable. The latter immediately stared at her straight in the eyes and said: ”Hey, crazy woman, why are you asking?”
”Who did you just call crazy?!”