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He was running as fast as he could, this was supposed to be a simple break in. It was a simple break in, he was going to get home early and go to sleep so he was well rested for his first day at work. He was on his way back to his apartment when he was spotted. So yes, technically vigilantes are illegal, but he broke into a crime bosses warehouse so it was more than deserved. He knew they were hot on his tail, he knew if he stopped even for a second he would have to fight. He wasn’t against it, he just really didn’t want any more bruises or scars he’d have to hide.
“Stop” Siren yelled, his words laced with magic, he considered it for a second. He could just stop, let them take him. No. He wasn’t allowed to get caught until he was sure his friends were safe, he needed to keep running. “Why did it have to be us, why do we have to apprehend the hardest one to catch” Siren wined
“Zeph will get him” The Blade smirked. Zeph? Oh shit, he jumped the large gap to the next building, barely dodging Zephyrus trying to pluck him out of the air mid-jump. He landed on the next building rolling to try and lessen the damage. He could hear the heroes swearing as he continued running. He knew the chances of him getting away unscathed lessened with more heroes joining the fight, he could always try to steal Zephyrus’s power but that might take awhile.
He heard another set of footsteps to his left, he couldn’t see anyone so they must be on the ground. Their steps were moving towards him, he would guess they were around 50 meters away. He jumped the next gap of the building, he glanced down and saw a flash of purple turning a corner in the grid of alley’s below. Purpled? He looked forward squinting as he saw Nihachu in the distance moving towards him. He knew he was gaining distance between himself and SBI. Not that that would help if it was a trap. He looked to his right, well shit. There was manifold. Okay, so definitely a trap.
His hand flew into his pocket, he dug around until he found it, he almost dropped it as he was running. Not wasting a second he shot the firework into the air. It flew into the sky, exploding into a cloud of red. After a few seconds it was followed by a purple explosion to his left, then a pink one in front of him then a mix of red and blue to his right. It was in a perfect cross. They were being led towards each other. Not on his watch, Tommy could see Nihachu in the distance start running towards Manifold so he turned to purpled. They were stronger in groups. He saw purpled reach the top of a wall to his left. When he saw purple was running towards him, he picked up his speed to meet him in the middle.
He placed his back against purpled as they turned so they were facing each other's hunters rather than their own. Well this is fucking perfect-
Honestly he’d rather fight SBI alone- maybe, really depends on the day. In Front of him was Jester and Slimecicle, it’s not that they were better fighters, just Tommy just really hated Jester’s powers. He could affect your luck, it wasn’t much of an issue for Tommy because he was a big man but it sucked when he was fighting with someone else on his side, last time Jester made Manifold so unlucky he slipped on a banana peel.
“Any ideas, Theseus?” Purpled whispered, urgently. They moved around so they could both see both groups of heroes, he couldn’t quite reach his power, he must be forgetting. “Give me a sec, Purps” He whispered back. He closed his eyes sifting through all the powers in his head, he could hear something akin to an echo in the back of his head-
Boo, My Beloved, Allium Duo!, Mr.Boo, Bench trio‽, Tall boy, Enderboy
A crisp high-five, putting on a dumb smirk as his eyes switched from blue to purple, someone rolling their eyes in fake annoyance. Violet particles engulfing his vision, as he teleported-
He grabbed onto the memory, a familiar warmth filled his heart even though he wasn’t able to remember the face of the person in his brain. He opened his eyes looking over to SBI one last time as his eyes shifted to a bright purple piercing through the dark of the night. He gave a two-fingered salute to the heroes, grabbing Purpled’s hand and disappearing from view in a cloud of purple.
Teleportation? That’s- that’s really familiar.
He's done this before?
Except last time- he wasn’t so alone.