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birdwithoutasong2018-05-09 06:26 am
arkbound) wrote in birdwithoutasong2018-05-09 06:26 am
Under the downtown neon lights
Who: Dominic and Eiridan
Universe: Superheroes AU
What: A rescue
Warning: None
It was obvious to Dominic that he was walking into a trap.
It was too clear where the civilian was and which way he was supposed to go to get them out. There were monsters, yes, but they seemed to move at timed intervals and even if Dominic didn't know how the villains had managed that, he knew that it couldn't be trusted at all. If he wasn't careful he'd end up captured or killed, right along with the person he was supposed to be rescuing.
Superheroes associated with the Covenant of St George generally had their powers in one of five different categories, depending on what method had worked to get them their powers in the first place. How strong a superhero was depended on how much they trained and some innate criteria that even the Covenant, for all their efforts, hadn't been able to figure out. Dominic had access to electricity, and he was one of the best on the Covenant's roster. He drew his power about himself, charging up the air around him an instant before he started to move, and he didn't stop moving until he'd disarmed most of the weapons that had been set up. They'd been expecting someone with different powers maybe, Dominic thought.
Trap or not, though, Dominic had to rescue the civilian, couldn't turn his back on them. That was what his duty was all about.
He kept his electricity crackling around him for a moment longer while he surveyed the situation, and then he moved again. This time he went after those monsters. It was only for the sake of expediency that he stunned them rather than killed, they were monsters and the world would undoubtedly be better off with less of them, but Dominic's powers lent themselves easier to this.
His last blow collided with the jaw of a creature to drive it away from the civilian - who looked rather less panicked than Dominic had expected - the monster had been near.
Dominic dropped his power only an instant before he extended his hand to the civilian, and his hair was a tousled mess. "We have to go," he said. He'd give the civilian a second or two to take his hand, but they didn't have more than that for him to decide.
Universe: Superheroes AU
What: A rescue
Warning: None
It was obvious to Dominic that he was walking into a trap.
It was too clear where the civilian was and which way he was supposed to go to get them out. There were monsters, yes, but they seemed to move at timed intervals and even if Dominic didn't know how the villains had managed that, he knew that it couldn't be trusted at all. If he wasn't careful he'd end up captured or killed, right along with the person he was supposed to be rescuing.
Superheroes associated with the Covenant of St George generally had their powers in one of five different categories, depending on what method had worked to get them their powers in the first place. How strong a superhero was depended on how much they trained and some innate criteria that even the Covenant, for all their efforts, hadn't been able to figure out. Dominic had access to electricity, and he was one of the best on the Covenant's roster. He drew his power about himself, charging up the air around him an instant before he started to move, and he didn't stop moving until he'd disarmed most of the weapons that had been set up. They'd been expecting someone with different powers maybe, Dominic thought.
Trap or not, though, Dominic had to rescue the civilian, couldn't turn his back on them. That was what his duty was all about.
He kept his electricity crackling around him for a moment longer while he surveyed the situation, and then he moved again. This time he went after those monsters. It was only for the sake of expediency that he stunned them rather than killed, they were monsters and the world would undoubtedly be better off with less of them, but Dominic's powers lent themselves easier to this.
His last blow collided with the jaw of a creature to drive it away from the civilian - who looked rather less panicked than Dominic had expected - the monster had been near.
Dominic dropped his power only an instant before he extended his hand to the civilian, and his hair was a tousled mess. "We have to go," he said. He'd give the civilian a second or two to take his hand, but they didn't have more than that for him to decide.
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"God, you've saved me, you've saved me."He said, his voice hushed and thick with emotion. He reached out, to that extended hand, clasping it. "Thank you, thank you." His hand grasped Dominic's.
And then, tightened with a lean sinewy strength. The man smiled, all terror gone, his eyes hard and sharp, so utterly unlike how they appeared moments before. No longer prey, but predator.
His other hand moved. quicker than lightning and snapped a slim silver band around Dominic's wrist. Immediately, the strange electric charge that had surrounded them vanished as Dominic was utterly cut off from his power.
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