Xin's head was rushing with a ton of emotions after she saw her accomplice get taken out by the fireman. She and Pharaoh may have had their differences but he was a good friend to her, but now that her friend was on the floor, knocked out with a scorch mark on his torso, she was getting mad, really mad. Just like Pharaoh, she too started grunting and breathing heavily. Her clothes were starting to rip a little and her muscles became larger and more defined. The scary thing about her transformation was how she was twice Pharaoh's size. Although she was much larger, her mask 'miraculously' stayed on.
" I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THAT, FIREMAN." Xin stomped on the ground, causing a small quake. The ground started shifting and cracking, making Max, CJ and Rin to lose their balance. Xin then jumped really high in the air and came crushing down with a mighty force. A shock wave of wind and debris was felt in all directions. Max and the other two used fire walk to try to avoid the flying debris but a couple of them had managed to hit them.
" Ah, fireman, don't you think we need reinforcements?" Rin asked.
" Not yet, she's in some type of berserk mode. Let's wear her down first." Rin made two large fire whips while CJ made his fire sword. Max also made his fire scythe and just like a synchronized dance class, they all begun running around Xin as they hit her with their weapons. Given Xin's large size and the teens' fire walk skills, it was much easier to land attacks on her however, none of their weapons were even causing wounds. The most their weapons could do was cause serious burn wounds.
" This isn't working. We need to do this faster." CJ took a risk and dashed a few yards away. He then activated his fire fists and ran straight for Xin. When he got at a reasonable distance, he lept in the air and punched Xin on her mask. CJ's punch didn't do much but crack half of her mask and when he saw who was under it, he froze for a second.
"Xin!!!" Xin grabbed CJ and repeatedly smashed him on the floor. CJ kept his arms on his head and just prayed to at least walk out of there. Xin finally let go of CJ and went for Rin next.
" Oh hell no witch. Your not coming fro me." Rin started running but Xin followed suit. Max rushed to help his friend who only had a few bruises that were quickly healing. " Oh damn Max, you make it look so easy."
" You okay bro?"
" Yeah, I'm good. We gotta find a way to stop her. she'll end up destroying everything." As CJ was still yapping, Max noticed something strange about Xin. Whenever Rin would slow down a little, Xin's body would shrink and increase in size again. To test his theory, he joined Rin and tested it out for herself.
" Just as I thought. That large form takes a lot of energy. EVERYONE, NOW." Moka, Benjamin and Archer came out from their positions and executed their attack formation. Moka, who was in her fire bird form, flew down at Xin as she threw out blue fire projectiles. Benjamin made sure to absorb metal before he came out. When he did, he made his doubles who were also made of metal. Archer made a long bone chain made out of spines.
Benjamin and his doubles held Xin's legs and one arm while archer used his spine bone to hold another arm in place. CJ and Rin made fire whips and each held back her other arms. Moka returned to her normal state and also made a large fire whip, which she wrapped around Xin's waist.
" EVERYONE, PULL!!!!" Each of the tins pulled down as hard as they could, making Xin sink into the ground. " Let...me go..let me go, LET ME GO." Xin was starting to resist a little and the teens were losing their grip on her.
" Max, get your sorry but here and FINISH HER OFF!!" CJ yelled. Max, who was preparing his fire blow skill ran as fast as he could towards Xin but this time, he had coated both of his fists with fire. Max ran with all his energy and yelled, " NOW!!" The teens pulled back, making Xin's front side get exposed. Max landed his fire blow on Xin's mid section, creating a very loud bang that shattered glass, broke Archer's bone chain and sent out a shock wave that raised a lot of dust. All the citizens watching took cover and held down their heads. The shock wave eventually died out and when the dust settled, every one was stunned.
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Xin's mid section was shredded to pieces. The only thing that was left was her spine but everything else was gone. There was a look of fear all over Xin's face as she looked at her body. Her vision was slowly fading to black and her energy was slowly fading so she opened her mouth and weakly said, " All I wanted to do...was find that...package...and help keep this town safe from...him..." Xin's eyes slowly closed as her pupils disappeared. The citizens who were hiding started coming out and looked at the mutants who were taken down.
[ First Kill: You have successfully taken down the Four Armed Gang and its leader. Killing Mutants will instantly earn you fire points but be warned, you'll only be rewarded for killing evil mutants. Killing innocent mutants will cause major back lashes.]
[Rewards earned:500 exp, two fire points.]
Max ignored the system but something interesting happened. One by one, applause and cheers grew louder as the crowd cheered on for the fireman and his friends. Some of the citizens were recording the entire fight so Max walked up to the nearest one and said, " This town is under the protection of the Cold Flame Gang. Any one who dares to go against us will face the same fate as these two." Max and his friends left the town center and returned to Phoenix's mansion. The Mutant Protection Force arrived a few moments later and cleared all the damage that was caused by the fight. Pharaoh was arrested and taken away while Xin's body was placed in a large green, cylindrical tank.
" Well, another result of gang related violence. When will these mutants ever learn?" One of the officers said.
" Yeah, only this time, it was executed by mutant teens. Whoever this fireman is, he's got a lot of attention now. Second week and he's already making headlines. Just pray that the others don't get involved."
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Many miles outside of Raid City, a car could be seen heading towards a large rock. There were other cars surrounding the rock and it looked like a meeting was being held inside. The car eventually came to a halt and a man with a mask got out. He knocked at the rock and two werewolf like beings allowed him in. The man walked down a hall way that led to a large auditorium. Different mutants of all shapes, sizes, colours and powers were there. It wasn't a full house but the amount was enough to take down a small city. The auditorium had fifteen sections for different mutants. One for the body altered, another for the animal-based mutants. Three for the elementals which were water, earth and air and another for the monster-based mutants, six for the celestial mutants and one for the ancients. The remaining two sections wee for the fire mutants and the dead mutants, which were currently empty. Seated in the middle of the auditorium was a big, brown werewolf. On his left was a massive, six armed mutant and to his right was a dragon-like man with scaly wings, red eyes and scaly forearms.
" Brothers and Sisters," the brown werewolf spoke. " We have called this meeting to address the impending doom that is yet to befall this Earth again. Man." The creatures in the room started mumbling and murmuring. The dragon man raised his wings and everyone kept quiet. He then opened his mouth and said with a deep, nightmarish voice, " Man is attempting to bring back the creatures known as the Dead Mutants. We have information from one of our field agents. Last week, a mix breed was seen with around forty five mild-dead mutants. The situation was handled by a new son of fire." The mumbles increased again and some of the mutantsbegun speaking out loud.
" There haven't been fire mutants in years."
" Where did this one come from?"
" Are we to deal with him or should we let him be?"
" SILENCE!!!" The dragon man yelled. " The new blood is to not be touched by any one in this room. If he is and we find out, all of us will personally come for whoever kills him."
" There's a reason we need him alive," The brown werewolf, or Caesar said. " The new blood's strength is increasing faster than any of us in this room. If we let him to handle this issue, we believe he will handle it smoothly."
*But he's a human. Human's can't be trusted.* A mutant from the crowd yelled and everyone else agreed with him. " That's why he has me." The masked man from earlier spoke out. When everyone looked at where the voice came from, they noticed it was from someone who was sitting in the fire mutant section.
" Speak, mutant. Who are you." The dragon man said. The masked man removed his mask, revealing his red eyes, chiseled face and jet black hair. "Who are you and what do you mean by, he has you?"
" I am Phoenix Chen, a fire mutant. I inherited this...power from my father who was the last fire mutant. I know who this 'new blood' is and I assure you, he is on our side."
" What makes you so sure?" Dragon man asked.
" He shares the same interests as us. He may be ignorant in the way of the mutants but he too wants to put an end to the man trying to return the Dead."
" And who is this man you speak of?"
" Lidong, a very influential and powerful man in the human world. He is the one that wants to return the Dead."
" Very well Chen, you have the task of ending this Lidong and making sure the sons of fire return to us. If you fail to do so, we will intervene. Understood?"
" Understood."