Hero Association Online - Part 3
Pietro moved at incredible speed, but almost instantly, a stone wall rose in front of him, trying to block his path. He made a small jump and stepped onto the wall, continuing to run across its surface while it kept rising higher. But before he could move any farther, another wall formed directly in his path.
"Oh shit," Pietro said, because even though he could run up buildings thanks to his speed, he still couldn't move upside down on a surface.
As he suddenly stopped himself to avoid crashing into the wall, Pietro's body began to fall. Meanwhile, Ebony Maw appeared floating nearby and closed both hands as the raised stone wall began surrounding Pietro. Pietro couldn't touch any surface, meaning he couldn't escape until he hit the ground. But by the time he reached it, he'd already be completely trapped.
Luckily…
"I'm using a rubber bullet, but it's still gonna hurt, so... brace yourself," a familiar voice came as a gunshot echoed out, fired with a golden flash loaded with kinetic energy. The shot slammed directly into the wall, destroying it before hitting Pietro as well, sending him flying out before it completely closed around him.
Hundreds of meters away, a flying motorcycle could be seen with Nicolás standing on the seat while aiming his rifle. The rifle still released a faint trail of smoke from the shot he had just fired.
"Well, technically heroes in the combat zone are supposed to announce themselves. But technically I'm still not inside the combat zone," Nicolás said with a smile while spinning a bronze coin between his fingers before loading it into the rifle's bullet chamber. Then he aimed toward Ebony Maw.
Even from that distance, Ebony Maw raised his gaze and seemed to find Nicolás.
Then he moved his hand toward him. Instantly, the motorcycle Nicolás was standing on moved on its own, throwing him off balance and sending him falling through the air.
"Oh shit. Hope nobody recorded that," Nicolás said while aiming his rifle downward and opening fire, shooting the coin like an electromagnetic ray, which also slowed Nicolás's fall and even made him float upward for a moment.
Then he touched his watch, calling his motorcycle back underneath him.
…
Meanwhile, on Tony and Peter's side, the giant trying to kill them, Cull Obsidian, raised his axe over his head attempting to cut Tony apart again.
But Tony instantly created a nanotechnology shield, blocking the attack.
Meanwhile, Peter used his webs to sling himself between the trees before launching straight toward Cull Obsidian, both feet slamming directly into his face.
"Mr. Stark, how many points will I get if I keep this up?" Peter asked, slightly distracted by his ranking score for moving up.
"Not if you keep getting distracted. I'll lower your score, kid," Tony immediately told him, since it was already almost the fifth time Peter had asked.
"Hey, I don't wanna bother you guys, but a really ugly psychic alien is chasing me and I can't shake him off while carrying an unconscious friend," Pietro's voice sounded through the communicator.
"Well, we also need…" Before Tony could finish, a roar echoed out and something green fell from the sky at high speed.
The impact triggered an explosion that sent dirt flying across the entire area.
"Class S Hero, Hulk," the giant green man said as he appeared on the scene while his gaze scanned the area until locking onto Cull Obsidian, immediately marking him as the enemy.
Tony stayed silent for a moment while looking at Hulk's arrival.
"Good, we're done here. Kid, let's go help," Tony said. But before leaving, he glanced at Hulk one more time. "And don't destroy the city. Owen was really pissed about last time," he added.
Hulk gave him a look and nodded confidently. But it was the kind of confidence that made it seem like he understood his job was to completely destroy the city, not that he had actually understood Tony's words.
Tony gave him another look and rolled his eyes while muttering that the great president Owen Colt would deal with the damages. Then he flew off in Pietro's direction, who was still dodging the pillars suddenly rising in his path while carrying an unconscious Strange.
…
Class S heroes began moving all around the world toward the possible alien invasion, leaving only a few of them behind to protect each Hero Association base.
Owen was ready to head directly toward where Tony and the others were fighting. But before he could even move, suddenly something moving at incredible speed fell from the sky and crashed directly into the floating island, causing the entire floating island to shake violently.
The impact immediately made every hero present rush toward the crash site.
Owen arrived in a red flash while Wanda Maximoff appeared right behind him. Blue Marvel was behind them as well, prepared to stay behind protecting the base or provide support if necessary.
Everyone focused their attention on the person who had crashed into the center of the base, who slowly stood up, covered in injuries and barely able to move.
"Vision?" Wanda said as she recognized him.
Several cuts covered his body, exposing his robotic interior while the gem on his forehead blinked faintly.
"I need help. Someone… is hunting… me," he barely managed to say while clearly on the verge of collapsing from the pain.
Owen frowned before looking upward, seeing a ship flying toward them at high speed. Its hatch suddenly opened, dropping two people from it while they held glowing spears pointed directly at Vision.
Owen looked at the two of them and couldn't help forming a slight smile somewhere between annoyed and excited.
"And who the hell are these idiots? Never heard about kicking an anthill?" he said while every hero present activated their powers, preparing for the attack.
Among them were mostly Rank A heroes and a couple retired Rank S heroes who now worked as trainers for the rookies. Not counting the obvious monsters Adam, or rather Blue Marvel, Owen The Soldier, and Wanda, the Scarlet Witch.