The reluctant hero (Izzy- Lepa- TDD25)

[Yuki]

Crusher was out on errand for Dr. Willow one of her clients had tried bail out on payment and now he had to collect, thankfully it was not that hard he just had to throw a few bunches and throw the dude around a bit and he got the money owed. Crusher was on his way back, he hummed a catchy little tune happy with a job well done. Little did he know his day was just about to take a detour. A girl in her teens was running down the sidewalk she happened to be the daughter of a local crime lord of the city. She was being chased by men of another up and coming crime lord who wanted to come to Aster city.

His plan was to catch the other crime lord's daughter and use her as a way to get her father to step down. But she proved to be more difficult then planned. She had been able to get away in her panic she was not watching where she was going and ran right into Crusher sending them both onto the ground. "Gah!! What?" Crusher grunted as he got onto his knees shaking his head a bit. He looked at the girl, it did not take long for him to know who she was. Molly, her father was a client of Dr. Willow.

Not that he really knew her though just seen her a few times. "M-Molly?" Crusher said in shock. Molly looked at Crusher knowing him as well. "Y-You have to help me they are after me!" she cried. Crusher blinked as he stood up and it did not take long for him to see the goons. "Aww crap.." Crusher muttered, as he then grabbed Molly by the hand and started to run.

This is not how he thought his day was going to go, he just hoped no one would think he was trying to kidnap her or something that would really suck. When Molly started to slow down however Crusher was then forced to pick her up like a bag of potato's and ran for it. Of course this caught the attention of people around them in not such a good way. Great this was the last thing he needed. Crusher then started to run through alleyways in random directions, after he felt like he lost them he stopped and put Molly down.

" Ok I lost them... bye.." Crusher said feeling he was now done. Though Molly grabbed him by the hand. " Hey! You can't just leave!!" Molly said desperately. Crusher frowned a bit as he looked at Molly. "Look kid I don't baby sit.. Just call your Daddy alright?" Crusher said in a nonchalant manner pulling his hand away and started to walkaway. Though Molly was not going to give up. She then reached up and yanked hard on Crusher's hair. Needless to say that surprised Crusher. "Arnng!" Crusher exclaimed.

" I said you can't just leave!! I mean come on think about it... How will Dr. Willow react knowing you left a child of a client all alone when in danger? What will my Dad think huh??" Molly asked refusing to let Crusher go. When Molly mentioned Doctor Willow, Crusher's eyes grew wide and he gave a bit of a annoyed defeated look. " You sure are a crime boss kid alright... Going for the low blow.... Ugh fine I'll help now let go of my hair." Crusher said. Molly let go giving a cocky pleased smile, that just made Crusher roll his eyes. " Alright... Stay close lets try and get to Dr. Willow's hospital.. That is most likely our safest bet." Crusher said as he started to move. Molly nodded and stayed close as they both started to make their way to Dr. Willow's hospital.



( OOC: Lol hey guys after the day I had yesterday I needed something to make me laugh, so feel free to mess with Crusher xD )

[TDD25]

Hearing the footsteps leaving the alley, a small mess of light, grayish-purple hair popped out from behind a dumpster.

“Huh. Well that was certainly an interesting exchange.” Audra watched as the two continued along their way. Why was a young woman hanging out behind a dumpster? Simple. Scorch marks would violate her lease. The deal she’d gotten on the small room was rather cheap for someone her age, and rather than jeopardize her living situation, she’d chosen to practice her spell manipulation in more secluded areas. The alleyway wasn’t her first choice, but given that she’d woken up late that morning, a walk to the outskirts of town was out of the question if she was going to finish everything she needed to do today. Speaking of which, as she watched them go, Audra checked the small drawstring bag she kept underneath her cloak. Augh… running low on bandages and gauze, she thought to herself, before speaking aloud to the zero people around her, “Not that I need it anyways. It’s not like I want to keep doing this life cleric thing.” As if to prove her point, she shot out a tiny jolt of electricity which bounced harmlessly off the pavement.

Still… they did say they were headed to a hospital. Hospitals have pharmacies, right? I suppose if there’s anywhere with really good stuff it’d have to be a hospital. There’s no harm in stocking up. “Yeah, it’s just being prepared. Not like I’ll have to use it or anything,” she muttered, and headed out of the alleyway before she lost sight of Crusher and Molly. I’ll just follow them there. No biggie.

[The Izzack]

As Crusher barreled by Daniel, he stopped for a short while to fully appreciate the scene. Brutish guy, carrying some dainty girl? how scandalous! That was all the prodding he needed to get him interested in what was going on with this hapless duo. He followed for a short time, before the pair dashed into the alleyway. "Aww, C'mon, can't you keep this all out in the open?" he muttered to himself, trying to follow them for a time, only to realize the folly of that when he became lost in the maze between the buildings. "Well, if that's how it's gotta be..."

With a short run, he began to levitate upwards towards the top of the nearest building. With tight spaces like this, however, he found it somewhat hard to get enough distance to make it entirely to the top, and ended up being forced to climb the last dozen or so feet through mundane means. "Jeez," he said between breaths, "Maybe I'm outta shape...Nah!" he flexed a little, and gave himself a fist bump before he began scouting the area, hopping from rooftop to rooftop to try and find the two he was looking for.

Of course, with enough dedication, and a good enough vantage point, this was not too difficult a feat, and he managed to find the two just as it seemed like the group dynamic was shifting out of the brute's favor. Though he couldn't hear their words, the body language was quite clear. "Poor sap...Looks like he's having a rough time of it. Bet he just wants to go about his own way...forget about this lady...would be a shame if someone were to mess with him..." Daniel watched the two in thought for some time, remaining silent as he followed them from his vantage point. "...I should mess with him." he said after quite some time.

With a burst of speed, Daniel raced ahead of his prey. He started to find logical paths to take, and threw down any junk he found on the roofs to block them off. Sure, it was kinda weak pranking, but it was best to start out small, yeah? Yeah. Exactly that. Daniel was real smart about this kinda thing.

[Lepa]

"...Eh?" April blinked, nearly dropping her sandwich when it happened. She was one of the many people that Crusher had bolted past earlier, carrying a young girl in tow. He was a thuggish man about a foot taller April, and the girl he carried looked anything but pleased with the situation. That was never a good sign. Heck, when was it a good sign? Maybe there were some exceptions, but... No. April frowned. It was bad, period. She wouldn't let this brute get away with kidnapping that easily! Quickly shoving the rest of her sandwich into her mouth, she darted off in the same direction the man had been heading. Taking a quick detour into another alleyway to briefly transform, the now sprightly Chiyoko bounded off, hoping to catch up to the culprit kidnapper.

Sure enough, in spite of the labyrinth of backstreets, she'd managed to get a hold of his trail somehow. Judging from all of the stuff on the ground, perhaps he was trying to slow down any pursuers? Surely other heroes were among the people he passed; perhaps someone else was already on his tail. Well, the more the merrier! In fact, she noticed someone in a cloak up ahead... and further ahead of them was no doubt the long haired thug from earlier! Chiyoko furrowed her brow. Clenching her fists, she sprinted after them, brushing past the cloaked figure. "You! With the really long hair!" She called out, racing towards Crusher, just barely hopping over the heaps of junk that Daniel had been tossing down below. "A villain like you, having the audacity to kidnap a girl? In broad daylight?! Even as she ran, she pointed at him accusingly. "The Idol Princess of Justice won't let you get away with this! Prepare yourself, villain!" Chiyoko drew closer, launching herself into a dropkick aimed at Crusher. "Hiyah!"

[Yuki]

Crusher now was quickly trying to get through the alleyways though at the same time was making sure not to just blindly run into the goons that where after Molly. Though soon junk started to fall from the sky instinctively Crusher held Molly closer trying to shield her from the falling junk. " What the heck??" Crusher question as his mind raced. Could it be the goons throwing stuff down on them? No it had to be someone else.. Most likely one of the many people he ran by when carrying Molly. A hero most likely.. Crusher noticed that the junk was falling in the paths in front of him. "Crap seems like there may be a hero on our tail too." Crusher grumbled as he then started to make a run for it. Though he did not get very far when a new voice called out to him. Crusher stopped and turned to see... Well he had no real idea what he was looking at, but the next thing he knew the self proclaimed Idol Princess of Justice was coming right at him. Crusher quickly moved Molly off to the side to safety before grabbing April by the foot spinning once and throwing the idol right back down the alleyway. Crusher froze after realizing what he had just done. "Crap.. I just sent a hero flying...." That really was not going to help his case. "Molly lets go!" Crusher said as he then jumped up on a trash pile and reached down to pull up Molly who now was laughing." Hahahaha! Oh wow a hero really did come." She laughed as she reached up for Crusher's hand and got over the trash pile. Crusher rolled his eyes, " Yeah yeah come on!." Crusher said wanting to get as far from that idol girl as possible and also from whoever was throwing trash down around them.

[TDD25]

Audra flinched as someone rushed by her; rather than the typical alley goer, some loitering high school student or a business person taking a shortcut, she watched as a mass of frills and ribbons dashed by. The “Idol Princess of Justice” launched herself at the large man she’d been tailing. If what the Idol Princess was claiming was true, Audra had made a terrible mistake in following the two. Even so, the young girl didn’t seem like a kidnapping victim, and the man genuinely seemed like he was trying to help the girl, from the earlier conversation she’d overheard.

Still, is this something I should be sticking around for-ACK! Audra stopped dead in her tracks as the hero who moments before was flying forwards was now flung back in her direction. She felt the air out rush from her lungs as both she and the idol landed on the ground. Ugh. Okay, whatever you do, just don’t get involved. Do not get involved Audra. “Are you alright, miss?” she asked, coughing slightly as she sat up, or at least as much as she could with Chiyoko still on top of her. That’s the exact opposite of not getting involved!

[The Izzack]

At first, when the frilly girl popped up, Daniel felt a bit let down. After all, he went through all this trouble to get on this guy's nerves, and some hero had to get involved? Weak! That all changed, of course, when Crusher managed to launch the girl. "Oh man...he's good." he said to himself, a grin rapidly spreading across his face. Oh man, if this guy could actually fight...that meant...

Daniel knew he had to act fast before the guy actually managed to get away. He looked around the rooftop, hoping to find something impressive to start this whole shebang off. "Hey! Nerds!" he called out to those below, holding onto an air conditioning unit he pulled free from the rooftop. "Something something justice, yeah? Think I can get in on that action?" With that, he leapt from his vantage point, hitting the ground with the violent sound of metal scraping against metal, and sending out a small cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared, he was laying atop the remains of the air conditioning unit, guitar case pointed lazily at the retreating duo. "So, is this a chase scene, or...?" he asked, staring blankly at the idol and the...other one. "Might I say, also, that there is a time and a place for PDA, and I'm not too sure this is it."

[Lepa]

((I got confused for a bit but I'm just running under the assumption that Daniel landed in the space between Crusher/Molly and Chiyoko/Audra lol))

"Wuh...!" Chiyoko squeaked, quickly rolling off of Audra. "Sorry, sorry! I'm fine!" She grabbed the cleric's hand and sprung to her feet, pulling her up in one swift motion. Shortly after the loud crash of... something heavy and metallic shattering, Chiyoko readied herself for whatever threat was sent before her... only to be met with the small man with the oversized guitar case.

"So, is this a chase scene, or...?" The man trailed off as he stared at them. "Might I say, also, that there is a time and a place for PDA, and I'm not too sure this is it."

"What's... PDA?" She frowned. "Like, those digital assistant thingies? Everyone uses smartphones now..." She pouted, genuinely baffled by his quip. As she looked over him, her eyes lit up with curiosity. "...Wait, do I know you, or...?" Chiyoko tilted her head, then shook it in denial. "No, no... Ah, um... You look a lot like one of my bodyguards, but..." She frowned, grasping her chin in thought. "...You're a lot shorter." It wasn't meant to be an insult; but rather, an innocent (if not blunt) observation.

"...ACK!" As Chiyoko jolted back into the reality of the situation, her head snapped in the direction Daniel was pointing. "Darn it...!" The magical girl clenched a fist as she caught a glimpse of Crusher pulling the girl over a trash pile. She shook her head again to rid herself of the lingering daze of his counterattack. "He's gonna get away...! Kuuuu...!" She pouted, clenching another fist. "YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET AWAY!" Chiyoko repeated herself loudly, pointing dramatically as they disappeared over the pile. She herself bolted past Daniel, giving chase once again, hoping to make up for lost time.

[Yuki]

Crusher heard the loud crashing behind him and new voices. Geez! Just how many hero's where now after him?? This day was turning south and fast, he could try and talk to them but he feared that would not do any good.. His best bet was just to lose them some how.. He knew these streets very well so he had advantage there.. But did not know how well these hero's knew the streets.. It would be a problem if they knew their way around as well. For now Crusher just ran with Molly by his side trying to get as far away from the hero's as they spoke to each other. " So what are we gonna do now?" Molly asked as she did her best to keep up with Crusher, ugh how she wished she did not slack off in gym class! " I don't know I;m thinking alright!??" Crusher said clearly flustered. " Why not just ya know talk to them?" Molly asked. " They would sooner attack me then talk.. That is just how hero's are... Once they deem someone a villain there is nothing that can be done to change their minds..." Crusher said explaining his point of view about hero's. The two of them ran down the alleyways, but suddenly a shot rang out. Crusher pulled Molly to the ground trying to protect her. He looked up and saw two of the goons had found them. He had forgotten about them thanks to the run in with the hero's.


" Dam it!!" Crusher said as he quickly got up and charged at the two goons that fired at him. He moved so fast the two goons had no real time to react when with two swift bunches the gunmen where down for the count. He did not bother holding back.. They where not dead but they would definitely be feeling it for a few weeks or so. "Daang! One punch KO! Awesome!!!" Molly praised as she stood back up. Though she was trying to act tough she was clearly shaken up after getting shot at, Crusher noticed this. Reminded him of himself when he was a kid.. Acting tough and brave when he was scared spit less. He wanted to say something to comfort her but he was no good at that kinda thing. All he could do was offer a smile. " Yep just count on me squirt.. Now lets go we still have a long ways to go. " Crusher said taking Molly by the hand and took off running again.

[TDD25]

PDA? What the heck’s a digital assistant? No, that’s not the point! The point is, you have a chance to leave now, so you should get moving! Audra, left standing where Chiyoko had pulled her up, took a step the way she came, before gunshots cracked through the air. She whipped her head around. What was that?! This is absolutely not something you want to be involved with! Kidnappings, heroes, and now guns? Her thoughts went silent for a moment. Still, someone could be seriously hurt... Staring in the direction Chiyoko had disappeared to, she mentally sighed. Might as well go see what’s going on. The cops’ll come looking for you anyways since you saw everything.

“Uhh, excuse me, sir, are you going to go too?” she addressed the man atop the ruined air conditioner. If you're gonna get involved, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have someone on your side.

[The Izzack]

As Chiyoko ran past, Daniel couldn't help but feel as if he recognized her as well. Was she a fan of his? Hmm...where did he know her? "Eh! Probably another timeline, or somethin'" he said out loud to himself before he noticed that someone was still there. "Huh? Am I gonna...Of course I'm gonna go! I ain't gonna let an opportunity like this pass! Come on, nerd! Let's go beat up a dork before he gets gunned down, or something lame like that!" he offered as he slammed his case into the ground, using it to pole vault off the metal carcass of his air chilling foe. Within moments, he was on his feet, chasing after the idol, who was chasing after the duo, who was chasing after...freedom? Boring. Daniel decided that these two vagabonds were chasing after some treasure. Indiana Jones style. That was a much more entertaining thought to him.

"Hurry up, bubsy, or they're gonna get the nazi gold!" he called back to Audra.

[Lepa]

"Kh...!" The idol grit her teeth at the sound of gunshots in the distance. It was a very real danger that almost made her stop in her tracks. Was he armed? Is that how he kept that girl with him? Though, even if he was, Chiyoko was too far behind for him to see her. He'd just have been wasting ammo taking blind shots like that! Perhaps there was another party involved...? Maybe the police? She furrowed her brow and raced ahead to find out.

After scurrying about like a lab mouse in a maze, Chiyoko made no progress in finding Crusher, but she did eventually trip over something. "Oof...!" She stumbled, catching herself after a few steps. She whipped around, looking to the ground. "Wh... a body?!" She squeaked. Two of them! And they seemed to have been armed, judging from the guns that lay near their hands. She was relieved to see they were still breathing, but... "Oh no... It looks like blunt force got 'em..." The idol frowned, glancing to their weapons. "And that's where that sound must've come from, huh...? They must've dropped them..." She knelt down, cradling one man's head in her arms. "I don't know if they were involved with that guy kidnapping that girl, but... Maybe they can at least tell me what happened." The girl mused to herself, placing a hand on his chest. "Bleeding Heart...!" She murmured, emitting a soft energy from her hand into the man. It wouldn't do much, but it could at least maybe - maybe - restore his consciousness. Any information would've been valuable. Who knows - they could've been undercover cops!

"Grh..." The man in her arms stirred, though his eyes didn't open. "Mh... Get back here... with the girl..." He muttered. He was half conscious and still dazed from his extremely brief counter with Crusher. Chiyoko gasped. So they were involved! At least, she hoped so.

"Hey, hey! Where did they go?" She gently shook the man, but all he did was mumble something about his boss and how upset they'd be by the turn of events. He also mentioned that his jaw was sore from one helluva punch. "Hrrgh... It must have been that brawny guy..." Chiyoko frowned, looking around. Having pulled them to the wall to lean against, she formed an idea of what happened: these two men had tried to help that girl out, but that fiend sucker punched them and ran off... like a coward! Where did he run off to...? Where were they going?! And what horrible things were planned for that girl?!

"Kuuuu...!" Chiyoko clenched her fists in anger. "I will find you, villain! And I will save that girl!" She loudly declared with fiery ardor as stray sparkles and hearts suddenly flowed from her like a (weirdly girly and adorable) burning aura. She had no leads, though; the best she could do was pick a direction and run, leaving a sparkly trail in her wake.

[Yuki]

Crusher ran down the alleyways with Molly this was a easy thing for him but for Molly not so much, she was not as fit as he was and her body was starting to give out. " C-crusher slow down! Stop.. I.. I can't run any longer.. Hahhh..... Haahhh...." Said the exhausted teen as she let go of Crusher's hand breathing heavily. Crusher stopped and looked at Molly, ugh great this was gonna slow them down... But there was nothing he could do, well he could carry her again but that would most likely get even more hero's on his tail.. Crusher then sighed shaking his head a bit. "Alright lets take a break, I'm pretty sure we lost em by now anyways or at least it will take them forever to find us again. Here this way." Crusher said leading Molly to a spot she could sit and rest. The two of them then sat down to rest a bit, " After this I'm never skipping out on gym class ever again!" Molly said as she leaned back on a wall. " And perhaps take some self defense classes like Dad wanted me to.." Molly said as she then hugged her knees to her chest. Ahhh The joys of being a Godfather's kid.. Even though its really her older brother who is gonna take over. Molly wanted nothing to do with the family business but she still had to deal with the issues of it from time to time.. Just never something like this till now.


Crusher looked at Molly once again not really sure what to say.. He had rough growing up sure but never really learned the softer skills that where most likely needed right now. "Yeah knowing how defend yourself is useful " Crusher agreed. Molly stared at Crusher for a bit before asking something that had been on her mind for a long while now. " So... Crusher how did a brute like you end up as Dr. Willow's bodyguard?" She asked. The sudden question caught Crusher off guard, " Uh what brought this up?" He replied. Molly smiled, " Ya heard me." She said. Crusher sighed, looks like she was not gonna let this go.. " Well before I met Dr. Willow I was a leader of a street gang, its still going by the way I just gave leader ship to my best friend. Anyway I found out about underground fighting and it sounded like a good way to get money so I sighed up for it. It was, I was able to rank in the cash and had lots of fun doing so. For a long while all was good until a metahuman joined. He was ruthless and he ended up killing someone. After that everyone was started to get scared and started to leave. Not me though I wanted to put that metahuman in his place. And uh well... I don't have any memory of that fight.. When I woke up I was in Dr. Willow's hospital after she had done the surgery to save my life. After months and months of rehab I was back in my feet. And well... "Crusher started to blush a bit at this point.

"I wanted to pay her back for saving me so I offered to be her bodyguard seeing as she worked with dangerous people all the time. But first I wanted to get revenge on that metahuman for almost killing me.. Only when I went back just to hear he got killed by a sniper.. Heh bit of a let down but hey.. Nothing to be done. So I gave up leadership of the gang and went to work for Dr. Willow though I still fight in the underground fights have to pay my fee to Dr. Willow somehow ahaha...." Crusher said with a smile. As Molly listened her eyes started to shine. "You... You love her don't you Awww! Sooo cuute!" Molly squeaked with joy. Now Crusher blushed a deep red. " Wait I.. I never said that!" Crusher said flustered. Molly started to laugh, " Oh my gawd that is sooo cute! You ever gonna tell her???" Molly asked getting excited she was a bit of a hopeless romantic. " Sh...Shut up.." Crusher said his face turning redder, gosh dammit how did she figure that out so easily??

[TDD25]

Nazi… gold? Audra wondered to herself as she ran as fast as she could after Daniel. They didn’t look like Nazis… She mentally slapped herself. They don’t have to be Nazis, maybe they’re just trying to find it. Like the girl has some weird map tattoo on her back. And maybe two sisters. Also with tattoos. Ooh and a talking plant and a guitar knight and a fire dragon! Nah, that’s kind of lame. She stopped when she saw the bodies.

“Oh dear.” They were still propped up against the wall where Chiyoko left them. If what I heard from that big guy is true then these aren’t very nice people… but that hero girl thinks the big guy’s a kidnapper… And you could have told her what you heard if you weren’t having your little Spacing Out Adventure! She sighed.

There were a few options, but only a minute before she would lose the trail of the others. “Well, Dad did always say we shouldn’t turn people away…” She glanced down at the guns. Still…

A few moments later the weapons had been tossed into a nearby dumpster, and the goons had been healed just enough to heal up any remaining injuries, but remained unconscious. She dusted her hands, proud of her work, before continuing on her way.

“Hey, Mister Nazi Gold Hunter! Wait up!”

[The Izzack]

"Please!" Daniel called out behind him, "'Mister Nazi Gold Hunter' is my father's name! Call me Ind-wait, no, that's copyrighted. Call me Colorado Collins! Or Delaware Daniel! Or, well, any state you want, but then put a 'Daniel' or 'Collins' after it! Now hurry up, or they're gonna escape with the holy grail!" With that out of the way, he sped up just enough to not be out of Audra's sight, hoping to catch up to...well, anyone who wasn't all unconscious. The nerve of some people, honestly!

"Nice cutesy trail! I'd expect nothing less of a member of the 'Daniel Collins super fan club'! Did ya find anything yet?" Daniel called out as soon as he saw the weird sparkling Chiyoko left behind. It didn't take all the long to catch up after that "Why ya wanna beat 'em up, anyway? You trying to follow in your idol's footsteps? Because, if so, good call." At some point, he seemed to lose the point of hunting some poor sap, and was just loudly proclaiming his presence for anybody to hear. Oh well. If it made it easier for the weird duo to avoid him, then that just meant that he got to chase them more. Win-win, really. "Hey!
Ne'er-do-wells! I know you're hiding the Ark of the Covenant! Well, Colorado Collins is gonna beat you down, and put that in a museum, or in his apartment, or something! So you best just come out and face the music!" he threatened loudly before turning to Chiyoko and giving a "Hey, it could work" shrug.