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Invincible War || p2
INVINCIBLE.1917913. invincible war | p2  Bodies littered the ground, the muddied costumes of colorful superheroes included in the carnage. The fallen, government heroes by the name of Cyberforce fought nearly to the end. They lay there, still, while the action continued on outside of their consciousness. Though not dead, they certainly were out of the fight ahead. Even Atom Eve, ever the fierce opponent, lay motionless.
A broken Oliver stuck around from the sidelines to watch big brother defend them all. They'd laid the foundations and struck vital blows, yet it wasn't enough. The pair of Invincibles fought to a bitter standstill. The true Invincible in blue, the strange imposter in yellow and black. Kid Omni-Man watched, coughing a bit of blood from a tooth knocked loose in the battle.
"See that?! Just a pale imitation, a perverse inversion of my world! See how pathetic you've made our little brother?!"
Mark, silent, dodged blows to his face nearly made. Another fist came for his gut and connected. The fist made his teeth clench in pain, grabbing the fist of his opposite. An attempt was made to use his inertia to swing the other over his head and slam him directly into the concrete, which was successful. The black visor over the other's eye popped instantly and scraped the yellow of inverted Invincible's mask.
Up until now, Mark had been tested again and again and was distracted even now. He lived in a world made of paper and cordboard that he'd always been afraid to break -- and now nobody was left to protect. They may have been at a standstill, yet only thing truly holding him back from having already killed the other was a strange existential feeling. Even more than that, a feeling that if he took that step to kill, he'd never go back. Mark would never intentionally take a life.
"I don't give a sh*t who's stronger! You're gonna tell me what I know you --"
"Silence!"
A heel caught Mark on the underside of his chin with a snap. The sudden movement nearly gave him whiplash as he hit the ground, hard. He'd almost never been hit that hard aside from his father. There was no way they'd even be able to touch this guy without Mark. Well, their Mark.
Wiping a bit of blood from the underside of his nose, another foot flammed into his collar and sent him sliding against the ground and across the skeletons of a few buildings still standing. As the inversion did this, a sudden jolt hit him from behind, tossing the yellow Invincible's body face first into the ground.
"Get the hell off of my brother!"
An elbow effortlessly lifted from the ground and connected with the boy's face. It connected with his nose and the sudden impact broke his nose almost immediately. The inertia sent him flying into a brick wall and knocked the boy unconscious.
"Adorable.."
Super speed allowed him to appear before the child and lift him by the collar of his costume. The child hadn't seen true, raw Viltrumite combat like this before. A true introduction to the brutality of their people.
"I'm gonna really enjoy ripping your head right off your little shoul--"
Just then pink energy formed around his face. Glowing eyes and a gritted expression covered in a red mask of blood extended her power and wrapped bands of energy around his arms and legs. Rage filled every part of Atom Eve. It wasn't enough, however, and she watched in utter confusion and horror as the bands snapped in a near instant. Before she realized that she was unsuccessful in her attack, he was in her face now.
"Y'know, back on my Earth, we would've made a really cute couple."
A scream of agony filled the air as a hand made contact with her leg. The extreme shock of the situation made Eve pass out. A hand had swung in a chopping motion, breaking and exposing the femur within her thigh, making a sickening snap. Her body fell, an arm extending to catch the other fallen hero.
"Levy never said it would be this much fun! God, I really love this place."
A sadistic laugh followed the horror, the Mark in yellow lifting her body like a limp rag. There was so much fun to be had in this world that this Mark didn't even hear the other recover. The shock of Eve's injury sent the real Invincible into a frenzy.
"Don't you ever shut up, you mother F***ER!"
Fists collided with the other and caught him off guard. The caped Invincible was dragged through the rubble and bodies and mud, dragging his costume along the side of broken glass and super heated ground from the pure friction they'd caused. A blitz of fists rained down. Coming to a complete stop, the youth lifted the other by the collar with a single hand, dropping him down atop of his head. A sudden splat and thud split the ground a bit from the impact.
Breathing indicated the imposter Invincible was still alive. A broken neck, sure, but still very much alive. Mark dropped to his knees, huffing from the battle and coming down from the high of the adrenaline that pumped through him.
"....Eve!"
Mark flung himself toward the impossibly injured Eve and lifted his loved into his arms. A gentle touch for her as tears welled up in his eyes.
"You should have never --" He didn't want to blame her, this wasn't her fault, "I should have never brought you here! Jesus.. I'm gonna get you help!"
Without a second thought, the teen shot off into the air, leaving a trail of vapor behind him. Only one Mark had been incapacitated for now, but they'd have to do this without him.
"I'm -- I'm gonna get you to a hospital! They've got every single superhero out there! Just hang on, Eve!" JUNIOR1917913.
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