Luckily enough for Rocco, his powers were exclusively defensive. He tensed up like a prey animal, his eyes seemingly rolling back in his head for a split second before he bolted back to reality. He whipped around to meet Lainey’s eyes, mere seconds before she could have hit a pressure point. He took a tentative step back, left hand drifting to his pocket.
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Lainey raised an eyebrow. Okay then. She pointed her knife at him, a feral smile on her lips. "Nice trick, hero boy," she purred, her mask warping her voice just enough to make it practically unrecognizable. Since her powers didn't usually help much during a fight, she relied on her own skills and technology to do the job. She feinted like she was going to use the knife, but at the last moment went to kick him in the chin.
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Harley grabbed a crowbar and started hitting Batman until he fell to the ground. Joker gasped for air and looked at Batman who was coughing blood. “Ouch, that’s going to leave a bruise.” Joker commented with a smile.
“You demented clown. You’ll pay for everything you’ve done.” Batman said, still coughing blood.
“And how’s that? The only way to do that is by killing me, and you don’t kill, Bats.”
Batman growled and pounced at him, knocking him down.
Naomi smiled slightly and punched Callie on the shoulder before taking a couple of steps back. She wanted to see how she would react. It would be hilarious if the girl started freaking out.
“Uh, thanks-“ Rocco started, although is words were clipped short. Rocco fell back on the kick, swearing sharply under his breath. The air was knocked out of his lungs on impact with the ground, leaving the boy gasping slightly for air. He backed up a bit, giving himself enough room to safely bring himself back up to his feet.
Lainey laughed. “Did I catch you by surprise? That’s too bad,” she mocked, twirling her knife around. She didn’t want to do anything to hurt him too badly, because she was sure that he was the right choice for her plan. But that didn’t mean she couldn’t have a little fun first. She put her knife away, rushing forward to give the boy a one-two punch.
Rocco barely dodged the first punch was was hit squarely by the second. He gritted his teeth and punched Lainey back the best that he could, aiming for her sternum. He could be heard grumbling quietly every so often, almost as if he were talking to somebody.
Lainey stumbled back slightly, trying to make it look intentional. His punching could use some work, but it still hurt. She tried for another kick, this time to his stomach.
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Callie grabbed her shoulder, scanning around. "Someone just punched me," She said, more to herself. She stomped her foot, sending out a five meter shockwave of electricity. It wasn't big enough to hit any of the others, but hopefully big enough to hit whoever hit her.
“God-“ Rocco stumbled back again, eyes darting behind him frantically. He coughed for air, the dull pain of the kick setting in.
This was easier than Lainey had been expecting. Hmm. The boy was scared or something, and Lainey actually felt bad for him for a few moments. She shook it off. She couldn’t feel bad for a hero. Her stupid empathy was making her weak, like it always did. She just stood there, feeling the rampant emotions of the others and trying to work her way back to cool silver confidence or even red hot anger.
Rocco’s hand shook as he dug in his pocket, pulling out a small butterfly knife. He kept it on his person for self protection at night, and luckily he never had to use it. Unluckily, though, that meant he didn’t really know how. His hands shook as he stared at Lainey, brandishing the small knife with shaking hands.
Lainey glanced down at the knife, jolting out of her brief reverie. She raised an eyebrow imperiously, putting a hand on her hip. “Do you even know how to use that knife?” she sighed. “Because two can play at that game, but I don’t think it’s a game you want to play.”
“No, I don’t-! Do I look like the type of person that knows how to use a knife?” Rocco most certainly did not. Actually, he looked more like an abandoned puppy on the side of the road. A child could probably use the knife better than he could. “I’m just trying not to die.”
Lainey almost laughed. How cute, he thinks I’m going to kill him, she thought. “Mhmm,” she mumbled. She pulled her own knife out of her shoe again. “Well then, Mr.Can’t-Use-a-Knife, let’s dance.” She took a step towards him, knife at the ready.
Rocco tried to steady his hands, his posture once again in that odd position. “Oh, god, I’m gonna get killed.” He muttered softly, taking a matching step back. If my clairvoyance could kick in right about now, that’d be really cool!
This was definitely a bad idea, so I’m just going to knock him out and then move on to the next guy, Lainey thought. She feinted like she was going to go for his chest with the knife, but used her other hand to try to punch his jaw. That was supposed to knock someone out.
Rocco collapsed to the floor with Lainey’s punch, smacking his head on the floor when he went down. He was definitely out cold, that was for certain.
Lainey breathed out a sigh of relief. Onto the next one. She turned to the other unfamiliar guy. “Want to be next?” she asked, twirling a lock of hair around her finger. Though in the back of her mind, she hoped that the other boy was okay. Obviously it was only because she was totally going to use him soon.
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Naomi fell to the ground and grunted. Something sharp hit her head and in the panic, she turned visible once again. She rubbed her head and winced. She looked up at Callie and cursed under her breath.
While Batman was busy fighting Joker, Robin was busy fighting Harley. Harley constantly cartwheeled out of the way, making Robin fall on something sharp. Nightwing, on the other hand, had managed to handcuff Poison Ivy and now was fighting The Penguin.
Lainey glanced over and noticed that Poison Ivy was handcuffed. “Hold that thought,” she replied, rushing over to where Poison Ivy was and trying to get the cuffs off with her knife. She was honestly a bit wary of attempting to actually get the ket from Nightwing.
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Harley looked around and grabbed bat from the ground. She swung it at Robin’s head, but Robin ducked before it even hit him. “Totally not fair. She’s trying to kill me! Batman, she’s trying to kill me!”
“Robin, I’m kinda busy over here.” Batman said as he punched Joker. By now, the joker probably had broken bones. The Joker fell to the ground and coughed some blood.
Nightwing laughed as Penguin took out his umbrella who he had weaponized before the fight. “Don’t be so smug, Nightwing.”
Penguin hit Nightwing with the umbrella once, before Nightwing snatched it away.
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Callie gave a small smile as she saw the person who hit her. She was kinda cute, but now wasn't the time. Callie powered her foot up with electricity and then kicked it towards the girl. She didn't kick her, but the electricity was enough to throw the girl back a few meters.
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She landed on top of a sharp rock which of course made her yelp. “Crap, Crap, Crap, Crap! Think of something, you idiot.”
Then, in the panic, she closed her eyes and quickly shape-shifted, but instead of turning into a animal, she turned into a person. The Flash to be exact. Naomi looked at herself and threw a rock across the field. “Great. I’m The Flash. Just great.” As she said that, she stopped and realized that she had said that in Flash’s voice. She let out a groan and sighed.
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"Oh you did not," Callie hissed to herself. It wasn't that she hated the Flash, but she hated being compared to him. She took this girl shifting into him as mocking her, which she did not enjoy. She ran up to the girl and hit her with a speed powered punch. She didn't know if the girl shifting would give her Flash's powers…but Callie had always wanted to fight him.
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Naomi glared at Callie and growled. She didn’t like being hit with a speed powered punch. She cracked her knuckles and ran around for a bit. Then, she stopped and grinned. She had the Flash’s powers, and she was sure she could use that for something.
“I’m sorry, that is somewhat rude, but I guess I did deserve it.” Naomi hissed. She ran up to Callie and kicked her multiple times. The thing was that they weren’t normal kicks, they were roundhouse kicks.
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Callie took a few of the kicks but managed to block some. She came back at Naomi with a huge ferocity, her kicks and punches fused with both speed and electricity. "The difference between you and me is that I know how to use my powers to my advantage, unlike your Flash ones. I know way more than you ever could."
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“Well no duh, Sherlock. You’ve probably had those powers for a quite a long time, and me? I’m sorry, but I just received these powers and keep in mind, that I didn’t want to be this. . this. . . excuse of a man.”
Naomi growled and grabbed a object from the ground. She looked over at the object she was holding and grinned. In her hands, she held a bat. The same bat Harley had used not to long ago. She ran around Callie a couple of times. She was a blur, like literally. She then ran to her and striked at her stomach.
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Callie took the blow full force, doubling over. But she wasn't giving up and stood through the pain, a grin on her face. "Oh, we're gonna play that game, are we?" She ran towards Naomi, shocking her and grabbing the bat while she was weak. She then ran around her and struck her multiple times while still running, hitting the back of her knees or her arms.
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Naomi fell to the ground on her knees. She hated to admit it, but it looked that this girl had won. Speed, Luck and Power was on her side. Or, that was how it seemed. She reverted back to her original self and completely fell to the ground. A smile appeared on her face and she started laughing. A normal laugh, you ask? No, like a maniacal laugh. A laugh that Joker would be proud of. “This isn’t over yet, oh, no. It’s far from over.”
Penguin laughed as Nightwing took his umbrella away. A huge grin appeared on his face, confusing Nightwing. Then, something unexpected happened. A gas came out of the umbrella and Nightwing started to feel sleepy. A couple seconds later, Nightwing was on the ground, completely conscious. Joker groaned in pain, but managed to get up and use the fire escape ladders to get up to the roof. Whatever the Clown was planning to do, Batman was sure that this time he was not one step ahead of him. Joker weakly ran across the roof as Batman chased him.
He stopped at the edge and looked down. A dark alleyway with a dumpster and a couple of blood stains on the ground. He jumped off the roof, but instead of landing gracefully on the ground, he landed in the dumpster. Batman snickered from the rooftop, jumped off, and unlike the Joker, he gracefully landed on the ground. Batman looked at Joker and tried his best not to laugh, but he failed miserably. Joker glared at him and huffed. “Stop laughing at me and help me out! I think my foot is stuck in a bucket.”
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Callie ran around, looking for something to constrain Naomi with. She could tell that Naomi was weak, so even if she left for a bit she could easily knock her out. Callie found a hardware shop. She didn't want to steal, but she was sure the store would be compensated by someone once they found out. She ran back to Naomi and began to tie her hands together, tight enough so that she wouldn't escape. Callie then grabbed Naomi and ran over to Red Hood, who seemed to be the only adult on the hero side that wasn't really engaging in anything. "I got one," She said.