As Ash plummeted through the wreckage, landing hard near Mr Ezekiel's classroom. Rubble surrounded him, the thick reek of smoke choking his lungs. Flickering lights and flying sparks led to a fuse, casting eerie shadows. Ash's eyes darted wildly, his skin paling as he scrambled upright. Once he gained his footing the ominous sounds of hands clapping echoes down the hall, as Ash looks to the side he sees a familiar face. A muscular man with rugged features and a cold gaze carrying heavy artillery, who also had an eerie giggle. As he finally broke the silence.
Bull: "What are the odds huh? I never thought I'd bump into you so quickly. Regardless you were the one I was looking."
As he says this he reaches his out for his Glock 48 pistol, with a sadistic grin etched on his face. As Ash responds.
Ash: "You were that robber I thrashed in the ally. {Although his energy is totally different now.}"
Bull responds.
Bull: "I'm glad to see you still remember."
As he points the pistol in Ash's direction.
Bull: "I will be the last face you see anyway."
A few minutes prior to the confrontation between Bull and Ash, outside the school when first made their arrival.The woman with flowing silver hair and piercing emerald eyes wearing a sleek with and silver costume adorned with intricate circuitry patterns reveals herself.
Silver haired woman: "The name's Aurora, and you should know better than to attack a school! You will now face the combined wrath of Aurora, Apex, Nova, and Pulse!"
As Aurora makes that declaration all of them give a fiery salute, while Echo's eyes sparkle and smiles from ear to ear as see admires them and thinks to herself.
Echo: "{Soo cool!}"
As Micro laughs to herself at events transpiring, Carbonyl's face begins to twitch as he gets more irritated members of the Threshold just have confused expressions as the rambling continues. Echo looks at Lucy with a bright smile and mentions
Echo: "Here's the backup you need."
Lucy however eyes narrowed and plain face replies.
Lucy: "Not the backup I had in mind."
In that moment Micro calls out to one of the Threshold members.
Micro: "Boron!"
A man with short, gray hair resembling boron fibres, with steel grey eyes and vertical pupils, and has pale skin, with intricate network-like patterns resembling crystalline structures, wearing black and grey tactical gear carrying a boron inspired helmet, steps forward and responds with.
Boron: "What is it?"
Micro points in the direction of their targets and says.
Micro: "Get rid of them."
Boron's special technique 'Boron Fibre Control' is deployed, the Guardians as well as Echo and Lucy manage to evade these fibres, however the lieutenant and reminder of these officers get entangled, Lucy prepares her signature technique once again 'The Triad Gesture' , Lucy holds out her index, pinky finger, and thumb together as current starts flowing between the index and fingers.
The fibres do not cease as they about target Lucy, the Guardians and others, but the Traid Mode activates and an electrical shield blocks the fibres.
Immediately after that Micro's tone changed from witty to aggressive.
Micro: "Enough."
Everyone is stunned and caught off guard as her aura totally changes. Micro initiates the 'Ouroboros Gesture' by interlocking fingers then forming a circle with her thumbs and index fingers. Micro who's 10 meters away uses 'Microscopic Vision' and analysis Lucy's electric fields.
As Lucy composes herself she thinks.
Lucy: "{Ten meters? That's just in my range.}"
With a confident grin on her face she unleashes a electrical blasts at Micro.
Lucy: "{50,000 volts!} "
Before the attack can reach Micro's eyes narrow as she inhales and exhales, as she shrinks to 1/10th size, dodging the blasts.
Boron who was behind Micro creates a crystal shield and charges towards Lucy, as Lucy sees this she grits her teeth and activates her electrical shielding and engages Boron. However while she had shrunk down Micro alters nearby materials creating a slippery surface beneath Lucy's feet.
Boron then unleashes crystal shards at Lucy, as she slips momentary off-balance, she then thinks to herself.
Lucy: "{Crap! This attack is gonna land, and those others haven't made their move yet!}"
But before Boron's attack could land, Aurora, Apex a man with short, spiky black hair and piercing blue eyes and wears a sleek black and silver costume, alongside Nova a woman with curly brown hair and bright hazel eyes with a costume that features a fiery design, quickly move in to flank Boron while Echo and Pulse, a man with short, dark hair and piercing brown eyes and a costume that features a heartbeat-inspired design stays in the rear and observes the other Threshold members.
But before Aurora, Apex, and Nova could launch an attack Micro uses 'Environmental Symbiosis' which immediately adapts to the Guardians abilities. Boron maintains a menacing gaze on while using 'Crystal Surge' as he thinks to himself.
Boron: "{I can only keep this increase in crystal strength for 5 seconds. But she's in my line of sight she won't escape.}"
Boron then unleashes concentrated crystal energy at Lucy.
Boron: "{Three hundred joules.}"
Lucy then utters the words.
Lucy: "Overcharge mode."
She became gracefully agile as she manages to dodge Boron's attack by leaping to the air, while airborne she then thinks to herself.
Lucy: "{This mode only gives me a 50% agility boost.}"
Her eyes narrow and her jaw tightens as she frantically scans the area.
Lucy: "{Damnit! I'm struggling to maintain concentration. It's definitely her at work.}"
As Lucy lands back on the ground her electric fields start fluctuating, Lucy's eyes widen as her electrical shielding fails, in momentary stunned silence Lucy looks at Boron and realises what's coming. Lucy gets hit with Boron's crystal blast which sends her tipping backward, lucky Pulse swiftly moves and catches her.
The rest of the Guardians witnesses with frightened gazes etched on their faces as the quickly retreat to Lucy.
Carbonyl uses his power as well Molecular Disassembly and passes through the walls of the school, Boron drops the officers as they plummet to the ground with a loud thud, while Lucy and others are getting back to their feet Micro leads the charge and the Threshold now fully invade.
Apex apologises.
Apex: "I'm so sorry, I let my guard down and they got the best of us."
Lucy scrambling back to her feet simply replies.
Lucy: "Don't worry about it these things happen don't beat yourself up about."
As Lucy gets a proper glimpse at him properly her eyes widen to see the set look on his face with his gaze, as he makes his declaration.
Apex: "It won't happen again."
Nova with her voice firm and fiery gaze amps up his declaration.
Nova: "Got that right bro it's on now!"
Pulse decides to check on Lucy instead.
Pulse: "Lemme see if you have any internal injuries.The rest of can go ahead."
Aurora: "Appreciate you."
She replies as she looks at Echo with a witty grin as Echo becomes flustered.
Aurora: "You've got some grit, I like that. You're tagging along."
Echo waste no time with responding.
Echo: "Yes ma'am"
As the 4 of them march inside, the disaster spreads which leads to the confrontation between Ash and Bull. As Bull remarks.
Bull: "The police and guardians losers where a joke nothing's gonna stop this rampages."
Bull then pulls the trigger however, Ash uses an ability 'Flame Shield' and creates protective magnesium fire barrier, however this reduces his mobility and only leaps into Mr Ezekiel's classroom after the fire disperses.
Bull with a wicked grin walks forward and reloads his ammunition, as he then utters.
Bull: "You should've thought twice before you sent me flying, trying to play hero."
As Ash listens to his rambling while gritting his teeth and hiding amongst the rectangular podium desks in Ezekiel's classroom, initially lavender white now turned into a gritty dark crisp with pieces crumbling of bit by bit.
As Ash then thinks to himself.
Ash: "{Great, the hell am I supposed to do now.}"
Meanwhile in the school greenhouse location, Dr Elliot strolls by and reflects to himself.
Dr Elliot: "Great. I'm sure the principle's office is nowhere near here."
As he analyses the area he contemplates.
Dr Elliot: "If only the school's power came back online, I could hack into it and find it quick and simple."
As he finishes his remark, he hears a loud firm voice by the entrance of the greenhouse.
Mr Barnes: "Well too bad."
Mr Barnes cracking his knuckles with an expansive posture, standing next to Mr Jones who has his hands in his pockets with a relaxed posture.
Mr Barnes: "Your situation isn't looking too good."
Dr Elliot looks on at them with a demotivated expression, as he mumbles.
Dr Elliot: "Well this just became a bigger hassle, that just won't do."
The exoskeleton suit he wears starts glow with a luminous blue, and he proceeds to charge in full speed.
As intense battle is about to erupt.
To be continued...