…Everything was pure chaos, exactly the kind of thing Nyarlathotep loves.
Almost every student had been taken out by this holy war.
Only Peter's school and Xavier's school remained.
Well, "Peter's school" was now just Ned (the king who still hadn't been sent flying) and the trio of Peter, Harry, and Gwen.
On Xavier's side, only Lee, Scott, and Kitty were still standing.
Bobby, the guy who always makes ice under his feet to skate whenever Pietro decides to sprint, was drenched in sweat and dead tired.
Why? Ask Pietro! The dude keeps randomly stopping, so I keep slamming face-first into Lee's butt and then getting punched in the head!
I'm not into girls! I like brown bears more!
Yeah, those were literally Bobby's thoughts. The rest of the cast? Too lazy to write right now, later.
"Finally, our battle will be legendary!!" Scott shouted something that felt super out of character for him.
Harry was panting like crazy; his legs were numb and basically dead from being Peter's horse for so long.
"We have to end this here."
Peter pulled out another steel pole, drew the "bow" (Gwen) to full tension, and aimed straight at Kitty.
Pew!
The pole shot forward at insane speed…
…and went straight through Kitty.
"…?" I was confused for a second before it hit me.
Ah shit, forgot about her powers.
"Ahaha! You'll never hit me! I'm not that easy to take down!" Kitty stuck her nose up defiantly.
Lee started hurling more of those weird chemical test tubes at us again, forcing Harry to run around dodging the blast radius.
'Can't hit the other three because Pietro's there, so…'
I looked at Scott, still standing there completely calm.
Is he so chill because his power is simple but terrifyingly effective?
'I kinda want to test him.'
I pulled out yet another steel pole from who-knows-where and fired it straight at Scott.
Scott just stood there, watching the pole rocket toward him.
Then he reached out and caught it with one hand.
"?!"
The pole dropped. Scott's hand was smoking and lightly injured, but otherwise he was fine.
"Peter, just because I'm standing still doesn't mean I'm weak." Scott smiled and adjusted his sunglasses.
…As expected from Cyclops. I thought he only shot Superman-style lasers.
"This isn't looking good, Peter… I'm exhausted…" Harry wheezed, making me raise an eyebrow.
'…Gotta finish this fast. Should I use my real power or ask Nya for help? No no, anyone but Nya—if I ask Nya, it'll definitely make me speak cringey Japanese in that embarrassing voice!'
Then I looked at Gwen, who was chilling like nothing was happening.
"…Oh right, she's still here."
While Lee was carefully watching our every move, she noticed us switching formation again.
This time: Gwen became the archer, Harry became the bow, and I became the arrow.
"OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH!!" Harry screamed, on the verge of tears.
"Man up, Harry Pottar! A little dislocated joint is nothing compared to being abused by your foster family!"
"I'M NOT HARRY POTTER—UGAHHH!"
Gwen immediately pulled the string back to full draw. Harry was in absolute agony; I was sweating but also kinda enjoying it…
…huh?
"Gwen, take your hand off there."
"What do you mean?"
"You're grabbing my… that. This isn't a hentai fanfic, please don't."
"Aww… okay."
PEW!
I was launched at ridiculous speed.
It was strong, it was powerful, and it was so fast even Pietro looked shocked.
"How strong is she to shoot with that much force???"
In Pietro's eyes, everything was in slow motion, but I was still coming in like a motorcycle!
If he didn't dodge in time, all three of them were getting flattened!
"You've gotta be kidding me!"
Pietro tried to move at maybe 50% speed.
Of course, that kind of speed doesn't affect him, but the others? Physics doesn't pick sides.
So he stopped, looked at Lee and Bobby…
"…Damn it!"
You can win a thousand battles, but you only have one life.
So he chose his teammates' lives.
He quickly grabbed Lee and Bobby and got them out of my path.
I shot past them like a bullet and headed straight for Kitty.
"Nani the fuck?!" Kitty freaked out. Scott tried to jump in and block.
"TAKE THIS! IT'S OVER!!!"
I fired webs at the feet of Scott's and Kitty's "horses," and thanks to my insane launch speed, their feet got yanked forward too.
"AGHHH!!"
"SHIT!!"
Everyone got dragged along with me. Kitty and Scott face-planted in shock.
Then I saw the steel pillar I was about to crash into.
"…Great." I closed my eyes and smiled.
BONK!
…
Everyone froze, staring at my head completely denting the steel pillar… and getting stuck.
"…HOME TEAM WINS!!!!"
"UOHHHHHH!!!"
"TOTAL VICTORY! NEVER LOST A SINGLE ROUND! SKILL ISSUE, LMAO!"
"Pfft—" Tony tried not to laugh as the mutants and Gwen rushed over to pull me out of the pillar.
"Hm hm." Lila was scribbling something in her notebook.
"What are you writing?" Bruce asked, confused.
"I think turning people into arrows is an interesting concept. Ineffective, but in an emergency it could work once." Lila said with her usual deadpan face.
"…Chen Gong? Is that you?"
"What do you mean?"
"We got absolutely destroyed… We're mutants, and still…" Bobby muttered, trying to stand up and talk to Lee.
But she wasn't there.
"Huh? Where'd she go?" He turned to Pietro.
Pietro just pointed at Harry, who was lying motionless on the ground while Lee ran to rescue him.
"WHY ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUT YOUR ONE-WEEK-OLD CRUSH BEFORE YOUR YEARS-LONG FRIENDSHIP?!"
Harry was in pain all over after being used as a bow by a gorilla, and now Lee was trying to save him.
"Hey! You okay?!"
"You're really asking the obvious question?"
"Hang in there! I've got medicine!"
Lee pulled out some kind of potion. Harry looked at the liquid inside and went pale—it was pitch black like a void.
"…Are you sure that's safe? Also, we literally just met, you don't have to save me—"
"It's fine. Saving people is a hero's duty. I'm not a hero."
"Huh? What did you just say?" Harry confused.
"I'm a scientist. Even if you're the guy I like, this is still a perfect chance to test my new product."
"…No fucking way." Harry froze, staring into her eyes.
Her eyes looked normal, she acted perfectly normal—like a regular girl.
But behind them was a complete mad scientist!
SHE'S A WALKING RED FLAG!!!
"WAIT! WAIT—UHH!! GUHHUHUH!"
Bobby and Pietro watched Lee force-feed Harry the potion.
"…You know what? I'm not complaining anymore. I actually feel bad for the guy."
"Maybe we were worried about the wrong person. He's the one who needs saving…"
"Hey! A little help over here!!" Kitty and the others were still trying to free Peter from the pillar.
"Get your filthy hands off! His butt belongs to me!"
"What the— You psycho! We're trying to save him, not let you grope his ass!"
Pietro and Bobby just sighed.
"Whatever. Let's go save the guy who beat all of us."
"Yeah."