Chapter 628 - Reward Mania (1/2)
*Kraccccchhhhh*
A roaring screech filled the sewerage network of the city as a large monstrous entity continued to rush through the murky water. The roar itself resounded out to the pedestrians in a hollow echo which was barely registered by the citizens of New York.
”Did you hear it?” A man with a yellow bandana covering the top of his face and a green outfit over his well-built body shouted while jumping from one roof to the other.
”Yeah, that sounds like a gigantic lizard, all right,” Ava replied as she took to the air, too, before rolling down on the next roof and continuing the pursuit. ”Where's Cindy, Agent?! We need her!” Ava spoke into her communicator as Phil's voice reached the both of them, ”I just made contact with her. She's coming with Nik.”
”Great, we can pull Dr. Connors away from the people and get an even ground. It would be hard for us to deal with the man in narrow spaces and based on the little information known about the experiment, Dr. Connors has all the reptilian-like abilities.”
”You read the report?” Ava inquired as she looked towards Iron Fist.
”It's safe to understand one's opponent.”
”I know right? Although, written reports are always prone to mistakes.”
”Nik is right,” Ava mumbled thoughtfully before Iron Fist and White Tiger snapped their heads towards a hulking white figure jogging alongside them. ”Hey!” Nik smiled widely as Pickle's lips widened, revealing the symbiote couple's sharp teeth.
”When did you come here?!” Ava shouted, ”And Cindy? Where's she?”
”Right here!” accompanied by the hubbub from below, Cindy swung with a string of web connected to the nearby structure as Ava looked towards the woman. Her nose twitched slightly but the feline delight failed to smell anything suspicious from Silk. ”How should we play this out?” Not minding the increase in tension, Iron Fist inquired with his internal qi roiling in preparation as Nik shrugged, ”Ask Coulson. He's the leader, right?”
”No, he's the Agent. We made it clear that we aren't being led by him,” Ava replied.
”So this is exactly like a gig,” Nik mumbled, ”How about this, evacuating so many people is hard enough. I'll pull... what was his name, Curt?”
”Yeah! Curt Connors,” Cindy replied.
”Then I'll shift him right above us,” Nik stated while slowing down as Cindy propelled herself through the air before landing on the roof beside Iron Fist as Ava came to a stop, too.
”When a wingless lizard falls down, you'll have a bunch of choices to choose from. It's up to you guys then.”
”All right,” Ava nodded instantly as she looked at Cindy, ”Silk will wrap him up as much as possible while he falls. Iron Fist will prepare to strike the hardest punch he can muster and I'll be back up if anything goes south. And you...” she looked towards Nik as he shrugged, ”Hey, you know I won't let you guys get hurt more than reasonable so you can always count on me to cover your back,” his words making Cindy blush under her mask as she recalled the previous hours once again. A change in expression that resulted in her getting under Ava's radar but knowing that there were much more important things then stewing a dramatic plot, Ava gave a nod of approval while Nik pointed up with his right index.
”You'll see Dr. Connors appearing right above us... now!” Nik located the man by spreading his spiritual energy and then instantly channeling a swift spatial shortcut from a step ahead of the massive humanoid lizard to the empty space ten meters above the roof.
”Be sure to take account of the collision,” Nik chortled as Cindy instantly turned to action with her hands stretching up and high-speed streams of webs ejecting from the tip of her fingers. Well, the sight gave Nik the ideas for what he should ask during their second night as the sticky stream instantly stopped the massive lizard's shrieks with the white fluids hardening around his face and then quickly covering the remaining area of his body.
”Uppercut it is!” Iron Fist clenched his jaws in anticipation. Unlike instructed, he didn't charge his fist to the maximum. He feared that the excess might fatally injure the scientist within the monstrous physique but that didn't mean he was going easy. Crouched and right below the expected point of collision, Iron Fist's right fist glowed akin molten lava as the remaining heroes could actually feel the heat affecting their outfit. Even Pickle snorted internally, still not enjoying being so close to what would have been her innate weakness.
*Kkrrrrrrrrrrrrr—*
With the rebellious, suppressed grunt coming into a stunning silence as Iron Fist's punch struck the lizard squarely on his constricted torso, the impact itself tearing much of Cindy's restrictions, the roof cracked by a slight margin under Iron Fist's legs as Connors was stopped from the fall completely. Instead, with a crisp smell of slightly charred flesh, Connors' body was embedded against Daniel's fist, the vertical pupils of the man hollowed, suggesting the lack of consciousness.
”Well, this went awesome,” Nik smiled while walking forward, picking the body of the bent, unconscious man and placing him down despite the apparent weight.