Today was a bad day. (Madeline)

Madeline could hear Q’s muffled words through the several layers of brick that she found herself buried beneath. It wasn’t so much the bricks blocking out Q’s words, but rather Madeline’s own thoughts and swelling rage. This sensation was new to her, she had never been on the receiving end of a beating before, let alone the fact that it wasn’t a demon or some monster that did this to her, but rather a meta human. Black flames began to escape through the small spaces between the bricks, before a violent burst of energy blasted the rubble in all directions.

Madeline had leapt to her feet, slightly hunched over and still struggling to catch her breath. Her gaze was met with emotionless eyes as the mob boss seemed to shrug her off as a threat. Madeline flew into a rage because of this, launching herself at the man with reckless abandon. She closed the gap between her and the mob boss with blinding speed, and began to throw punch after thunderous punch, only to find that the Man was simply blocking each punch with one hand like it was nothing. The Gang leader, clenched her fist tight after catching her last punch, he then pulled her towards him with a violent tug of his arm, as Madeline’s body came in close he brought his knee up into Madeline’s midsection once again successfully knocking the air out of her. He then tossed her aside as though she were a used napkin he had just whipping the floor with.

Madeline’s body hit the ground with a hard thud as it rolled several more feet before coming to a stop. Her coughing echoed off the nearby buildings, she was in extreme pain after just that one attack, and could barely move, only clenching onto a handful of dirt and her stomach.

Q7 could only watch as Madeline tried to blitz the gang boss, throwing punch after punch rapidly in an attempt to do some damage, only for it to fail in the most speculator way. Q7 crossed over to where Madeline landed, checking to make sure she was still alive before looking up at where the boss was standing, calmly waiting for them to make the next move, figuring that they couldn't do anything to him. Of course, that was completely true, they couldn't do anything to him. Just then, in the back of her mind she heard a chirp.

'Target locked mother.'

The words that just appeared inside of her head made her smile slightly, causing the boss to tilt his head slightly to one side, wondering what exactly was causing her to smile when he was about to kill both of them, that is, until the missile turned the corner and headed straight for him. He dodges away from the missile, only for it to shift at the last second and slam right into him, blowing him through a wall. While he was busy getting tossed around thanks to a heavy missile to the face, Q7 was starting to move Madeline away from what was about to become a war zone, seeing as how her spider tanks weren't exactly designed to be sneaky in battle.

Wolf was too far away to provide close combat support like Q7 wanted, figuring that it would take both of her babies that were there with them to hold off the mob boss, who had just burst back out of the building he was tossed into, looking really pissed now that he got tossed around. Instantly seeing where the girls are, since they couldn't move that quickly with how hurt Madeline was, heading straight for them, only to run right into Widow who dropped into place right in front of him, tanking the hit like a boss. The gang boss was so surprised at running right into a giant metal spider that he actually spoke for the first time since the battle began. "What the fu-"

Of course, Widow doesn't like to play around with her food, instantly hitting him with one of her legs and sending him back into the very building that he had just exited, following up with a ten second burst of laser fire, seeing as how the cannon would have ripped through the building and killed people on the far side with ease, though anyone who wasn't running away from the large explosion that just happened almost deserved to be killed at this point. The boss flies back out of the building, now prepared for the new threat, only to run face first into another missile, sending him right back into the building.

Weaver let's out a series of chirps from her over-watch position, finding the fact that he couldn't make it out of the building amusing, before firing two air burst missiles into the whole that was slowly growing wider with every hit, causing the whole building to rumble from the twin explosions. Widow wasn't one to be left out, also firing a dozen spikes at the hole, all of which explode on contact with anything in there, causing the building to rumble a second time before it starts to slowly collapse, Q7, Widow and Weaver watching the ruins for any sign of the boss appearing, not believing for a second that he was dead.

Madeline could feel something or someone moving her body, it was no doubt Q, who had come to pull her out of harm’s way. As her body was lifted off the ground her body reverted into its human state, lowering the load that Q had to carry. After about a few seconds, there was a loud boom that rang out, Madeline looked up just in time to see the gang leader get nailed with a missile and launched into the side of a nearby building. She then gave Q a light tap on the shoulder signaling that she was ok to walk. She had just gotten the life beaten out of her, but all her cuts and bruises had all but faded thanks to her unnatural healing factor.

Finally able to move under her own power, all Madeline could think about was leaping back into the fray, her always sunny and cheery demeanor had contorted into one of anger and frustration. The boss had emerged from the hole, only to set his sights on the two girls. Madeline’s heart sank a bit as she wasn’t sure if she would be able to hold him off. Just then a large metal spider landed right before him, prompting him to speak for the first time, his response to the sight of the construct was the exact same as Madeline’s “What the..?” She uttered, before the metal spider sent the thug flying through the air for a second time.

All sorts of projectiles began bombarding the building, kicking up a large amount of smoke and dust, and reducing its structural integrity. Madeleine gave Q another tap on the shoulder “We should get going” she said. Madeline didn’t really want to retreat, it wasn’t in her nature, but it was highly unusual for her to be beaten in her demon form, and it was cause for concern. This mob boss wasn’t normal, and it didn’t help that Madeline and Q hand been fighting all day either. No Madeline wanted to make more of a tactical retreat, where they could gather themselves, recover, and then challenge this man once more.

Q7 stays with Madeline to keep her steady, just in case. "Of course." Giving a quick mental order to the spider tank to keep the gang boss away from them as they start their exit, going for stage left as rapidly as they can with how beat up they were from the tiny fight that they had just gone through. Before they could even walk a dozen feet, the gang boss appeared in front of them, trying to backhand both of them away from the spider that was preforming guard duty. Q7 pulls Madeline back, dropping them both under the swing as the spider turns and instantly jumps, landing neatly on the gang boss and pinning him in place.

Only for a second though, as the spider was slowly lifted into the air as the boss adds more and more strength behind his attempt to push it off of him, cursing wildly as he does so. Just then, a second spider tank rolls into view, stopping by Madeline and Q7 and opening the back, allowing them to crawl inside before the boss could remove the spider that was keeping him away from the two people who had just tried to crush his gang. In a fit of rage he throws Widow away from him, just as Wolf closes the opening, hiding Madeline and Q7 from view. Rushing at the now escaping tank, he fails to notice the missile flying in yet again, that is, until it meets his face and sends him flying.

By the time the boss got himself back together again and was looking around, everyone was gone and you could hear the sirens in the distance, rapidly coming closer. The boss curses again before leaving himself, letting the cops deal with the aftermath of the fight.

~Fin~