"Seriously, that Rafael." Paisley sighed
Tyler said, "If you notice something amiss, it best to react immediately. Or you might be too late."
"I agree but, we can't be reckless," Paisley replied
"Anyhow. Let's break this briefcase." Tyler told, "Something great must be in this thing."
Tyler concentrated his energy to make a thick cone and spun it. He drilled at the briefcase and made large sparks shoot everywhere.
"What is that thing made of?" Paisley reacted
Delmira walked over and sniffed the case for a moment.
"Can you melt it?" Tyler asked, "Something that can break it?"
Delmira seemed to hesitate on something.
"What's wrong girl?" Paisley worried
Tyler frowned, "It is somewhere dangerous...Everything is just moving too fast."
Delmira tilted her head, magic circles appeared around her and Tyler noticed everything paused. Only Delmira and he were in motion in the paused world.
"Thanks." Tyler smiled
Delmira turned her head to a portrait and he went to it. Removing the unsightly picture felt somewhat relieving to him but the feeling cooled over. He saw an ugly mug of a spy pause in time through two holes in the wall.
"They...are so damn persistent." Tyler clicked
Tyler passed through the wall with Delmira. His expression wasn't so good when he saw the piles of dynamite hidden in between his friend's wall along with some bundles of bushes. Tyler went closer and his face hardened.
"Cicuta maculata is a highly poisonous species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by several common names, including spotted water hemlock, spotted parsley, spotted cowbane, and the suicide root." Tyler smiled taking out tiny flowers hidden in the shrubs. "We're getting too closer to something fucked up."
Delmira nodded her head with a sad expression.
"If we were poisoned with this, even if we knew about the explosion, we'd be sitting ducks or already dead." Tyler frowned "Why didn't you say something, Delma?"
She seemed panicked and pushed Tyler forward. A clack appeared beside him and he was looking up someone's skirt.
"This doesn't happen often but my condolences." Tyler frowned
He rolled from side to side as the top piece of her high heels tried to stomp on him.
"Now I think this isn't on purpose. I'm highly offended and require an explanation." Tyler went lifting himself like a sit up
Orange energy circled his hands and made claws, the woman pulled back sadly her skirt didn't make it.
"Goodness." Tyler smiled hopping onto his feet
He quickly shortened the distance between each other. His golden-orange eyes were practically in her face, she kicked his side and Tyler sank his claws into her forearm. Purple energy circled the woman's unstabbed hand and formed an orb.
She prepared to bring it down but Tyler broke off from the energy in her arm and pushed back. The orb hit the ground making a miniature tremor
"Purple energy...huh?" Tyler thought observing her " She has more destructive force compared to me but..."
He quickly ducked as Delmira fired icicles toward her. She stretched the orb into a sheet and saw Tyler run forward beside the icicles. His energy turned it into a pickaxe and he brought it down on the shield. The purple sheet shattered and some icicles cut her skin deeply.
The broken pieces of purple turned into toothpicks and fired into Tyler's body. They sent out tiny shocks that disturbed his nervous system. Tyler made the energy in his core vibrate quickly and he emitted energy irregularly toward the area with purple toothpicks.
Suddenly there was a sudden spark that pushed the two energy users away from each other. Tyler got up and sprinted towards the woman. His knee hit her gut strongly.
He remembered what Lucielle told him " Energy is different but it's from nature as well. So if you use your head, like will repel and opposite will repel."
Tyler coughed up blood because of using his own body to make an electric circuit. It took an enormous toll on his body but the woman seemed confused by the situation. Currently, their energy cores were suffering from the repulsion of their enegries and couldn't manifest it.
"I was right." Tyler thought giving her an uppercut. "She's too reliant on her energy."
"DAMN YOU GAMMA BASTARDS!!!" She yelled probably expecting to die
Tyler raised a brow, "You're from Massacre?"
"HELL NO!!!" She yelled
The woman strained her energy core, forced out energy, and brought down a blade. Tyler raised his hand and shattered it with his fingers, grabbed the woman's arm, and pulled her closer.
"Seems... there's a misunderstanding." Tyler smiled "An unexpected situation that they would never expect..."
"What are you talking about?" the woman frowned coughing blood
Tyler replied with a grin, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
The woman blushed, "What.."
Tyler released his grip on her and let her fall to the ground below with the same smile on his face. She was left speechless, unable to comprehend what had just transpired and looked up astonished.
"Sorry. I have a girlfriend whom I very much want to marry." Tyler smiled
The woman frowned, "As...as if I would-"
"Perfect. I don't want anything that could cause future problems. Or...am I your first crush, hmm? I'm sorry" Tyler smirked
The woman was about to say something but the air around Tyler changed. It was like a switch had been flipped, the atmosphere suddenly charged like a storm was coming. His smile was now very scary and she noticed the intensity of his eyes was increasing.
"Since we're 'friends' shouldn't we tell each other important things?" Tyler smiled "Why don't you go first? This house has all the time."
"Ple...please let me go." she shook
Tyler smiled brought with a murderous glow while his friend, Rafael snuck into the backyard of Leonard's house and climbed a tree nearby the upstairs windows. A strong scent of drugs hit his face and a feeling of dread. His heart raced like an omen as he peeked through the window, unsure of what he was about to see.