Warehouse
Arthur, somewhat uncomprehending of what was happening, was now looking at essentially himself, only in Spectrum form.
«"I don't get it... Is it me, or am I glitching...?" - Evans thought.
«Evans, damn it, I have to get you out, I told you to be careful; and you got caught like a sucker.... - Spectre said, and then covered his palm with black energy and broke the chains.
After that, the brown-haired man stood up and shook off his hands.
«I have a question, who are you and where are you from...? - Evans asked quietly.
«I don't know myself, but I think the new neighbour made a mess of things," Spectre said quietly.
It was only now that Arthur noticed that one of their hairs had turned white each.
«I don't understand anything, but go on, deal with her - said the chestnut, nodding at Lolita.
«Yeah, no problem - Evans replied and coated her fist with white energy.
She in turn channelled the gas from her hand. The brown-haired man covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, while his 'mate' pressed a button on his glasses.
«What the hell is that? It hurts my eyes," Evans cried.
«So put the glasses on... - said Spectre.
The brown-haired man followed the advice and made a gas mask out of his scarf.
«Shit... Why don't you pass out?! - she released another gas.
This gas was green, and everything around her started to melt.
«Holy shit! Spectre! Do something! - shouted Arthur.
«What can I do?! The gas is from a human, so it's essentially organic," replied the hero.
Evans made a facepalm, then pointed at the windows.
«А... Dumb, sorry - he shot black energy at the windows.
The gas started to escape into the windows due to the lowering temperature. Arthur then took his chance and ran through the gas, pulling out a magnetic trap which he began to modify on the run.
«Stop! Stay back!" the dark haired girl shouted and channelled the new gas.
Evans in turn crossed the two halves of the trap and pointed it at her. A torrent of waves flew out of the trap, the force of which caused even Arthur to fly off, but was caught by Spectre. Loli, on the other hand, was knocked into the door and knocked out. The two Evans exhaled, shaking hands.
***
At the same time, the rest of Sigma's team was standing outside.
«Loli's been gone a while," the white-haired girl said. - Maybe something happened?
«What could be wrong? - The frosty girl asked. - He's an ordinary man.
It's true that suddenly the black knight was dragged away on a spider web.
«What?" Z-01 looked at his comrade.
He was pulled by Spider-Man's web, but it was Jen who pulled him.
«Well, shall we dance? - she punched the robot.
At that time, T-07 was completely bound by the web, and the ice girl jumped back from the wave of fire. It was already Spider-Man and Leo.
«Mistake! Error! A miscalculation! - sounded in Z-01's head. - Damn it! - he prepared to shoot, but suddenly he was shot in the hands, hitting the wires.
Z-01 looked to the side and saw Domino, who had fired.
«Not on my shift - she said.
At that very second, the warehouse doors opened and everyone looked in. Spectre stepped out of it.
«Spectre... So... - the robot started scanning.
«Huh? - Evans asked, following the silver-haired man.
«What?!" asked the robot, and its system screamed a calculation error.
«Arthur... So you are different people...? - asked a slightly surprised Leo.
«Spectre, are we one person? - asked Arthur.
«I don't think so... - he replied.
«Who cares, we have to catch them! - shouted Z-01, fixing the wire in his neck.
«Oops... - Evans hid behind Spectre.
With that, the robot opened fire. Arthur dodged, as did his doppelganger. At that time, T-07 turned into a liquid and flowed out of the web. Arthur saw it start to crawl towards him and jumped back, dodging the bayonets that appeared from it. Then he rearranged half of the magnetic trap on the run and threw it into the slurry. She was electrocuted and the girl regained her solid form, passing out.
«Holy shit... You can tell you're a pure Evans.... - said Domino.
Beside him, Arthur saw Leo begin to be pinned down by the cold. The brown-haired man threw the same modified half of the trap. It froze before it got there.
«Fucking japonah... - said Arthur.
«Yes, he even swears the same way ... - said Domino, then ducked from the Robot's shot.
Spectre shot him with black energy at the same time. But at the same time, the white-haired woman got behind his back and turned his hand into liquid and that into a blade.
«Spectre, get down!" shouted Evans, running towards him.
The silver-haired man ducked, and the chestnut used his back as support and kicked the girl in the head. In addition to that, he took some sort of metal box from his pocket. Then Arthur landed and swung the box, pressing a button there.
«Leo, hold on! - he shouted, then threw the box into his turtleneck. - The main thing is that it doesn't explode...
«What? - Leo asked, trying to defend himself with fire.
The box, being between Leo and the girl, started to emit sound waves.
«AAAAH! - Both of them covered their ears and closed their eyes against the noise.
«What is that? - Peter asked.
«No reason... Develop one, it's time to check it out - replied Arthur.
«"We can't say it's for Venom, who hasn't even turned up yet, can we?" the two Evans thought synchronously. - the two Evans thought in sync.
«Mum! - both ducked from the Robot's shot.
At the same moment, another Robot's head landed in front of Evans and its lights went out.
«That was lucky - Arthur put on his goggles and ran away, grabbing the Robot's head.
Z-01 aimed a repulsor at him. But then he got hit by Jen. Domino, meanwhile, had run out of blaster charge.
«Oh, shit! She jumped back to where Evans was doing something to the Robot's head. - What are you doing?
«Salvation," Evans replied, but then he realised. - I'm sorry, where did you come from?
«I'm just passing through," Nina said.
«He took one of the blasters and dismantled it.
«Hey! Oh.
The brown-haired man did some chemistry, then connected the truth and the helmet was already glowing red. He pulled out a memory card and threw the helmet into the epicentre.
«Hide, everyone who can! - Evans shouted and lay down on the ground, covering his head.
Domino hid as well. Jen knocked Spider and Leo to the ground. Ice Girl fell down too, covering her head. Spectre fell too, jumping away from the robot's head.
«Hey, get down! - Shouted the silver-haired robot.
Z-01 turned around and his associate's head exploded with such force that he flew off, leaving him without arms and a leg, and his head was also damaged.
«You made a bomb out of a robot's head...? - Nina asked, looking at the small crater.
«Well, yes... - replied Artur.
«Ah, well, well, thank you at least that you are alive and unharmed.... - she replied.
The Z-01, on the other hand, was sparking, continuing to be switched on. He tried to get up, but collapsed to the ground.
«That was it. Exhausted. - Said Arthur, and then wanted to go to the wreckage of the robot, but he was sharply warned by Spectre.
And for good reason! The asphalt between him and the robot was melted. And then a man in a silver armoured suit landed next to him, holding a weapon that looked like a flamethrower.
«Я... - Z-01 began to speak, but was interrupted.
«Primary mission complete. - Arthur heard a changed female voice, and then he noticed that the man(?) who had appeared looked at him. - You're full of surprises, meat bag. I can see why his initiative was approved.
«Who are you? - He asked, noticing that Spectre didn't even move.
«Call me Firefly. - She said, then pressed a button on her wrist.
All the Sigma agents were enveloped in a bluish glow and disappeared.
«Oh fuck... - Arthur hurriedly collapsed.
«This is some kind of overly fickle day, say... - Spectre collapsed too.
«Let's get out of here, or you'll be lost for good.
«You'd better take care that your mum doesn't find out.... - he said.
«What are you two talking about? Don't even think about leaving, or Fury won't pat my head," said Jen, holding Leo and Peter by the scruff of the neck. - And you, too," she shouted to Domino, who was about to bolt.
Arthur and his duplicate at this point crawled out of there quietly like soldiers in a foxhole.
***
Arthur and Spectre sat on the roof and looked round at each other.
«And when one of us disappears...? - Evans asked.
«Fuck knows... - replied the other Evans.
The brown-haired one meanwhile looked at the fractal.
«You appeared when I called for help... The danger has passed... I am safe... - said Arthur.
With that, the Spectrum glowed, beginning to dissolve.
«Well... See you later - said the silver-haired man and dissolved completely, entering Arthur.
«Yeah," Evans smiled, but suddenly it was like an electric current was running through him. - Ugh... - he fell to his knees, clutching his body. Pain ran through him like he was unaccustomed to going through the Olympics as a competitor. - What the fuck? Did I get for two...? - Evans looked at his wrist.
The new fractal only glistened. Afterwards, Evans wiped away the blood that had flowed over his left eye. The brown-haired man pulled out a band-aid and stuck it on the wound before heading towards the stairs.
***
Arthur walked calmly into the house, fixing the band-aid and wiping the blood from his eye.
«Arthur! - Aria suddenly ran out and hugged her son. - Alive...
«Bratish - shouted Laura, who ran out of the living room, almost tripping.
«What's wrong? - Arthur asked.
«You fool, we thought something had happened to you! - Kinney shouted.
«What's going to happen to me? I'm hexed, I can fall down, hit you, whatever, and I have awesome guardian angels," he said, smiling.
His fractals gleamed.
«Where did you hurt yourself?! - Aria asked, noticing the band-aid.
«Just a small cut.... - replied Evans.
«All right, Laura, get the apothecary! - she shouted.
«Yes," Kinney ran into the kitchen.
«Shit, Mum, I really just have a scratch...''
She glared at her son.
«I get it. - he took off his scarf, his headphones and his coat.
***
Z-01 was in a dark room and he was being held by mechanical paws. There were more paws making repairs. His system underwent a reboot and the interface turned blue instead of red.
«Interface update has been performed... System Update: Complete - said the robot.
After that, the mechanical arms started changing the faceplate and brought up new limbs with parts.
To be continued...
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