Supers - Ex Heroes 6 by Jamie Hawke

Author:Jamie Hawke [Hawke, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Double Down Press
Published: 2019-06-03T22:00:00+00:00

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At first it was nothing more than a feeling of unease, and I thought maybe only I felt it. Then others around me started looking worried, their eyes shifting and heads turning. A shadow moved between the supers, barely noticeable with them packed together so tightly, but I spotted it. Others did, too, the moment it lunged while reaching for the dais.

It had almost reached the dais and the crystals with the Per-Neter floating above when Hadrian acted, thrusting out a hand that caused energy to push the darkness off its path. Only then, Harp was in the air, voice booming as she opened her mouth and shouted. Even Hadrian stumbled. Many there fell to their knees or passed out entirely.

And in that awful moment, the darkness was moving again, like strands of reaching hands, and I heard a voice in my head telling me to back off. Then I heard the same voice—almost distorted—telling me to attack those nearby, to strike out with all the power at my command.

The darkness was on the dais, surrounding it. Some of the supers near the back struck, attacking others, sending out waves of energy, flames, whatever they could. Others countered the attacks, and soon there was chaos.

I was baffled. Not only was there civil war on the Citadel, but two ladies that had been traveling with me were causing it! Two, I had realized when the voice hit and I noticed Laurel’s antennae glowing, her eyes wide.

She turned to face me and, even as I meant to make a move to stop her, I felt overcome with passion, longing. Like a love spell had been cast and there was no way of breaking free.

“RESIST!” Hadrian shouted. He had a super at his side whose eyes went gold, and everyone around suddenly halted. A moment later, half those who had turned against their own were back on our side, the fighting going again.

“It’s Lau—,” I started to shout, but another voice attack from Harp cut me off, sending me to my knees, ears ringing, mind spinning.

I’ll take care of it, Aegriss’s voice said in my mind, and then she was there, striking Laurel hard.

Charm, not fully aware of what was happening, saw this and let out a feral scream, turning on Aegriss and breathing in to take on her light powers. Aegriss took a step back, Shimmer moving slightly before both disappeared—which I knew to be Shimmer working her illusion power.

That actually gave me an idea. I could do illusions, too. Thinking the best thing to do here was to first stop the fighting, I made it appear that nobody was actually there at all. It even applied to me, because I hadn’t had time to figure out the little details—so that it suddenly seemed as if I was all alone there, only the darkness at the dais visible. It rose, the Per-Neter activated. A star map spread out from it as something triggered, and I shot out with my tempest lightning to knock the darkness back.

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