Not a fan of speedsters (streak)

The last place Lucius would expect to ever go was New Orleans. The city was so filthy, and he was from New York. He had taken a trip down here once as a kid and never wanted to come back, ever. The bugs and the swampy musk that filled the air was intolerable. Though like most things he thought he would never do he found himself back in the "most unique" city in the states. They say this city is a hub for supernatural things, of course Lucius didn't believe in such things, he only believed in science. Science was the reason for him coming there, he needed a few things to finish his genetics splicer he had been working on. It needed a power source, and New Orleans held just that.

Some people had found a glowing white orb in a supposed alien crash site, the orb was said to hold near unlimited energy. It was of course being held under close watch until they figured out what to do with it, though that wouldn't be much of a problem. It was in a large solid titanium vault in the cities research facility, which was surrounded by armed individuals. He could take the stealth approach, but where was the fun in that? He intended to field test the new abilities he had gained from numerous meta gene augmentations tonight. He over looked the research facility from a near by hill, looking dowe at the sleek building with anticipation.

"Hector, bring the thrusters to 100% power."  He said telepathically to his AI. Immediately after which the four micro thrusters on his suit activated, launching him into the air at 100 mph. He soared through the air until he was above the labs large glass skylight, which he dived down to with great momentum. He crashed through it and his thrusters rebalanced, hovering him a few feet off the floor for a second then deactivating. He landed on the ground with a thud from his metal boots, then casually walked toward where the vault was. The guards were alerted by the noise and quickly ran in, surrounding Lucius guns drawn.

"Please, shoot me. I haven't laughed in a while." He said charging his hands with crimson energy. The harsh red light spat and sputtered at the air, sending fear through the guards. Most just ran, but a few brave ones fired their little weapons. The assault rifle bullets bounced off Lucius' skin, the only real damage done was to the suits cloth accents. With a quiet chuckle Lucius unleashed a pulse around him with a gesture, incinerating the men and at best leaving a pile of ash. Lucius cracked his neck before stepping over the meager remains of one of the men to get to the vault. Once there he got to work at getting into it, his energy made very short work of even titanium. Once he was about halfway through the 12 foot metal wall he heard something behind him and paused, turning to see what it was.

Damn it. Tyler thought to himself as his foot had hit the wall on his way in. He had been alerted of the attack when he heard a crash from the villain's entrance. He had quickly entered the facility by entering through the front door. Surprisingly, there hadn't been any guards. Tyler had went in the direction where he had saw the guards coming from which is how he got here in the first place. Bare came out from behind the wall after the villian stopped in his tracks.

Tyler had been wearing his yellow and red spandex suit. Streak looked at the robber and was a bit shocked. He hadn't been expecting this at all. He was in full armor, and seemed powerful. He saw piles of ash everywhere. Those must've been the remains of the guards that stayed. He remebered when he was standing behind the wall hearing the screams followed by sudden silence as the evil doer killed them. If only he had gotten here faster...

"You know usually when someone tries to sneak into a heavily guarded base, they are a bit stealthily." Tyler informed, kidding around a bit.

Oh, another one of these hero types, they were so needlessly determined to stop even theft.....of course Lucius had done a little more then that. He didn't really want to deal with this guy, not that he thought he could be beaten by him. It seemed heroic metahumans sprang from the very earth these days.

"I thought about it, but i enjoy a little sport. Nice costume, where did you get it? Spirit Halloween?" He said laughing a little at what he said. All jokes aside though, judging by this guys costume he had a superpower, so things were about to get ugly.

"If you don't mind i would like to get back to what i was doing, good day." He said building up energy in his very core, he would wait for this guy to make the first move so he could see what his powers were.

"Not going to happen." Streak said, warning him that he was not going to standby. Tyler showed a small smirked before he dashed at the villain. He ran blinding speeds to try to force a fist tbrough the chest plate of the robber. It was hard enough to wait behind the wall and hear innocent lives taken. Tyler could not take this move back. The battle had begun. Everything that happened from here on out was his fault. Bare made a mental promise to himself that he would defeat this threat. No matter the cost.

The man rushed at him with blinding speed, so that's what he can do. He ended his charge with a wicked fast punch to Lucius' chest plate, which cracked and fell to the ground. Though it looked to be a highly damaging hit, Lucius was barely phased and the minor cuts that were there were already healing.

"My turn." Lucius said releasing his built of energy in a massive wave directed at his speedy foe. The energy tore at the tile floor exposing the dirt beneath as it rumbled forward. Once he was finished a crater was formed where the speedster was standing, it was unknown whether or not he was hurt in the attack but Lucius readied himself anyway. Pulling out his special grenade just for speedy types and holding it behind his back.

Streak immediately took off when he heard "My turn". He went behind the wall from where he started, and heard the explosion in the room. He peeked out from his defensive position and saw that there was a crater where he a standing a few moments ago. Good thing he wasn't one of those people who just sat there screaming as their life was extinguished. "Gonna have to be faster than that iron maiden!" Tyler yelled, giving his enemy a nickname. He came from behind the wall and dashed directly at the enemy where he would unleash a barrage of speedy punches to the torso area. Not aware of the grenade behind his back.

Hearing his enemies voice echo through the facility Lucius armed the grenade with a press of a button. The blur of a man once again came into view as he charged at Lucius. He tossed the grenade into the air above them as he neared and the capsule immediately opened. Dozens of razor sharp blades then shot down at Streak as they were attracted to the kinetic energy he was producing. They were mostly aimed at his legs and chest, but a few were headed for the mans face. Lucius simply watched casually through red optics as it all unfolded.

It all happened so fast. One moment, he was right about to hit the armored man. Next moment, he was hit with dozens of blades as they sunk past his costume into his skin. Tyler, still being in motion, fell and sent himself into the wall past red tide. Bare was screaming in agonizing pain as the dozens of blades had impaled his legs and torso "What did you to me?!" He said through his gritted teeth. The pain was unbelievable. It was like being stabbed by a thousand knives.

"Just used something special i cooked up after fighting someone almost as fast as you. The blades are attracted to kinetic energy, which you produce a lot of when your jumping around at mech 4." Lucius said to the man smiling behind his mask as he approached him.

He wasn't sure what to do from here, he could kill him, but he was a meta human and was neutralized.... Maybe just cripple him. Lucius removed a needle from his belt and knelt down next to the man, hoping to get a sample of his blood. He attempted to made sure he was down for the count with an energy charged fist to the face that would probably burn him severely.  He then grabbed for his arm and attempted to take his blood sample. "You know i didn't get your name...."

Tyler screamed more as he was punched in the face, burning the right side of his mask and face. Brown hair showed through his mask.  His face twitched as the needlr was pulled out from his leg. He was brought up close to the villain as he was asked to give his name. The name is Streak. Now...who are you, and why do you need my blood." He asked, although it sounded like a statement. He had to think of something. He might be able to vibrate through it, but it would hurt like hell.

Lucius chuckled at the males codename, he didn't know why, but he found it funny. "A ridiculous name to match the ridiculous costume..... Who i am doesn't matter, but if you must know my name is Lucius, nice to meet you. And i think your blood will do nicely paired with what I'm trying to steal, the rest is not your problem......But this is." Lucius said attempting to grab the man by the shoulders and pour pulsating energy through him. The pain was enough to make a normal human pass out. The damage done by this energy pulse was not enough to kill, but Lucius made sure he didn't stop until he knew "Steak" was fully incapacitated.

Streak slowly began to vibrate. It was a pretty smart decision...and his only option. Lucius would surely feel this. At first, nothing happened, and Tyler stopped. The pain was too much. He had no choice. He already felt himself losing consciousness. He tried again, he fought through the pain, ultilizing all of his willpower. "I can..do it.." He whispered to himself. In seconds, he vibrated through the needles and the grip of Lucius. Feeling instany relief, he took a couple steps back. He looked back at the artifact. He had to get it out of here. He sprinted full speed and made an attempt to grab it by vibrating his arm through it , not knowing its side effects.

In an instant the male slipped from his fingers, speeding away from him. Well that was a nifty little trick. He would probably be hurt, so this fight couldn't go on for much longer. But now Lucius had a problem, the speedster made a break for the vault to grab the orb. He would probably run off with it like a coward. Lucius had very little options right now, but he had one idea. With a single telepathic command he was teleported next to streak with his hands on the orb, looks like this would turn into a game of tug of war. He attempted to pull it from the speedsters hands as he spoke "Let it go kid, this isn't your problem. You don't want to make an enemy out of me."

"When you impaled me, you made it personal." Tyler said in a serious tone. He was pissed now. Streak made one, fast, swift punch toward Lucius's face to loosen his grip. If he succeeded, he would take the artifact and run out of here like a bat out of hell. Lucius was a worthy opponent, and Tyler would make an mental note to train and be on guard. And now that he knew about the grenade, he would watch out for that too, next time he faced him.

Lucius' grip was loosened by a swift punch to the face, one that didn't hurt but made him stagger backward. Great, now he was probably going to run away and he truly had no way of catching this guy. Oh well, all he could do now was watch as he dashed away. "Alright, well played. See you next time."