We were so small. Even in the scope of a single neighborhood, my power extending for roughly a thousand feet in every direction, it made us all seem tiny. Even Crawler.
There’s a certain irony to that given the size of the creatures that are giving her that feeling.
But with their sheer number, they suddenly become big.
“Don’t use your orb on him,” Tattletale cautioned. “Won’t do us any favors, and it’ll only make him stronger for the future.”
And that’s if it actually hurts him.
“Then what should I do?”
“There’s no civilians here. Legend and the others have evacuated.” I told her. “The buildings are empty.
Except for the other Nine?
She nodded, apparently grasping my meaning.
“You go high, ‘Dancer, I go low?” Grue asked.
She nodded.
What does Grue– he’s gonna borrow her power?
I held back as they advanced, ready to make their move. Ballistic caught Crawler with a projectile, and the monster went sliding. Shatterbird hit him with a wave of glass to keep him down, and Genesis swooped down to smash him over the head with the wreckage of a small car.
It did surprisingly little to keep him down.
Well that’s helpful.