Slip the jab.
A rush of wind and a thunderous fist glance over my shoulder.
The fist, and the creature it was attached to, are much larger than me. Blue-green scales covering the flesh of what passes for a man. Bony ridges and fin-like protrusions from its skin. It looked like a human in a way, but this was a clone of the original. It was an Abomination.
Go for the knees, gotta slow him down.
As the Abomination clone cocked back its right fist, I dashed in close. Pivoting perpendicular to its body, I send my heavy left boot towards a bony knee.
CRAAACK!
What sounds like thunder rings out into the atmosphere. My kick landed, but his arms are as long as my legs. The beast's fist landed simultaneously. As he collapsed to a knee, I'm sent flying 30 or 40 feet backwards. My vision is hazy but recovers as I'm landing in the dirt. I take a close look around.
Nobody nearby. Can't have bystanders get hurt. Can't let him into the city.
"Gamma, do you copy? This is Alpha!"
I heard his voice but had no time to respond. Abomination was so fast, even if he was a horrid clone. The massive figure swings and swings, like a mindless animal, a relentless assault I could barely block and dodge. Its knee has already healed. A shimmering glow begins to pulsate from within, a big green reminder of why they sent me. As it radiates gamma energy, I begin to feel a second wind.
Just hold on a little longer...
I'm already hurt, and out of time in my other form, but if I can get him pissed off I stand a chance. As Abomination lunges forward I grab onto a massive wrist and swing from it like an ape. As I swing around, I let go at the apex of the spin, flinging myself up onto its massive shoulders. I tighten my legs around its neck and begin to pummel the back of its head. My hands bleed as I punch onto bony spines but I don't stop. He thrashes wildly at my assault, and the glow emitting from his body brightens. I can feel the gamma radiation, and begin to absorb it like a man at an oasis.
My eyes flash with righteous fury.
"Gamma, you have to take him out, NOW! If he keeps emitting gamma rays he'll kill everyone!"
I know but I still can't respond. I continue slamming fist after fist into the back of its head. I can see cracks form in its scaled hide. My bleeding hands begin to heal as I absorb the gamma radiation. My muscles swell as I begin to change. I elbow the side of its head and send it face first into the dirt. Abomination scrambles upright and ROARS with fury. When the beast turns around he sees the real me.
Titan Gamma
I've grown several feet in size, and muscle mass reflects that change. He's still larger, but not by much.
I flash a bright white smirk, the green of my eyes glowing like beacons.
The monster roars again and leaps into the air, my body mimicking his. As we rocket upwards, I cock my right arm into position.
It's now or never. Give it EVERYTHING you've got!
Abomination drifts closer in the air towards me.
"I'll show you what being a HERO really means!"
Both our bodies radiate gamma as we draw ever closer, hundreds of feet above the Earth.
"TITANIIIIIC...
Our fists shoot towards the other.
"PUUUUUNCH!
My resolve clashes with his, but an unexpected flash of light comes between us. I feel pulled through a void, and I can only imagine where I must be. The binding cold void threatens to smother me, but my fist is still shooting forward. I feel it break through to the other side of this in-between place. I see the sky again. I'm falling.
This isn't the place I was.
The ground beneath was different. Landscape was different.
How did I get here?
My eyes search for the hideous clone, but it is nowhere in sight. As I fall, I can see that there are people at the ground. Uniforms. Guns.
Military?
I turn upright and land on my legs, my huge form slowly deflating into my normal one, and the ground cracks beneath the impact. As the dust clears I can hear the beeping of tools and instruments, and the cocking of guns.
"Son, you need to come with us."
Of course I'd land right into a military base.
Just my luck...
A rush of wind and a thunderous fist glance over my shoulder.
The fist, and the creature it was attached to, are much larger than me. Blue-green scales covering the flesh of what passes for a man. Bony ridges and fin-like protrusions from its skin. It looked like a human in a way, but this was a clone of the original. It was an Abomination.
Go for the knees, gotta slow him down.
As the Abomination clone cocked back its right fist, I dashed in close. Pivoting perpendicular to its body, I send my heavy left boot towards a bony knee.
CRAAACK!
What sounds like thunder rings out into the atmosphere. My kick landed, but his arms are as long as my legs. The beast's fist landed simultaneously. As he collapsed to a knee, I'm sent flying 30 or 40 feet backwards. My vision is hazy but recovers as I'm landing in the dirt. I take a close look around.
Nobody nearby. Can't have bystanders get hurt. Can't let him into the city.
"Gamma, do you copy? This is Alpha!"
I heard his voice but had no time to respond. Abomination was so fast, even if he was a horrid clone. The massive figure swings and swings, like a mindless animal, a relentless assault I could barely block and dodge. Its knee has already healed. A shimmering glow begins to pulsate from within, a big green reminder of why they sent me. As it radiates gamma energy, I begin to feel a second wind.
Just hold on a little longer...
I'm already hurt, and out of time in my other form, but if I can get him pissed off I stand a chance. As Abomination lunges forward I grab onto a massive wrist and swing from it like an ape. As I swing around, I let go at the apex of the spin, flinging myself up onto its massive shoulders. I tighten my legs around its neck and begin to pummel the back of its head. My hands bleed as I punch onto bony spines but I don't stop. He thrashes wildly at my assault, and the glow emitting from his body brightens. I can feel the gamma radiation, and begin to absorb it like a man at an oasis.
My eyes flash with righteous fury.
"Gamma, you have to take him out, NOW! If he keeps emitting gamma rays he'll kill everyone!"
I know but I still can't respond. I continue slamming fist after fist into the back of its head. I can see cracks form in its scaled hide. My bleeding hands begin to heal as I absorb the gamma radiation. My muscles swell as I begin to change. I elbow the side of its head and send it face first into the dirt. Abomination scrambles upright and ROARS with fury. When the beast turns around he sees the real me.
Titan Gamma
I've grown several feet in size, and muscle mass reflects that change. He's still larger, but not by much.
I flash a bright white smirk, the green of my eyes glowing like beacons.
The monster roars again and leaps into the air, my body mimicking his. As we rocket upwards, I cock my right arm into position.
It's now or never. Give it EVERYTHING you've got!
Abomination drifts closer in the air towards me.
"I'll show you what being a HERO really means!"
Both our bodies radiate gamma as we draw ever closer, hundreds of feet above the Earth.
"TITANIIIIIC...
Our fists shoot towards the other.
"PUUUUUNCH!
My resolve clashes with his, but an unexpected flash of light comes between us. I feel pulled through a void, and I can only imagine where I must be. The binding cold void threatens to smother me, but my fist is still shooting forward. I feel it break through to the other side of this in-between place. I see the sky again. I'm falling.
This isn't the place I was.
The ground beneath was different. Landscape was different.
How did I get here?
My eyes search for the hideous clone, but it is nowhere in sight. As I fall, I can see that there are people at the ground. Uniforms. Guns.
Military?
I turn upright and land on my legs, my huge form slowly deflating into my normal one, and the ground cracks beneath the impact. As the dust clears I can hear the beeping of tools and instruments, and the cocking of guns.
"Son, you need to come with us."
Of course I'd land right into a military base.
Just my luck...