Sveta was wearing a mask, holding a gun, and in way over her head.

When she started doing her nighttime patrols around the city, she used to tell herself that she did it to help out women, children and other vulnerable people in times of danger. She was not going to chase down criminals or hunt hate groups. It was simple, serve-and-protect, her way of making New York a better place.
It was bullsh*t.

Sveta did not tell anyone how much she remembered from the dream that she shared with apparently half of the population. But she never went back to visit Jorge after she woke up. She did not have the skills that she will - would - might possess in the future... but she did have the memories of possibilities yet to come.
And she liked them.

So when the riots started, and Maxine's call for resistance aired on the TV screen, Sveta knew exactly what she had to do. She had to be on the streets, just like in the dream. She had to own them.

The mask came from a Halloween long past, it was nice and simple and dark burgundy red. The gun, on the other hand, came from a police officer who had the bad luck of getting on the bad side of something and now lay knocked out on the curb. Bad for him.

The street was almost empty, which seemed almost surreal, since only minutes before it was crowded with a mix of mutant-haters, mutants, protesters, bystanders, and a handful of severely overwhelmed policemen. Most of them were on their way off the street though by now.
Mostly because of the rats.

It was probably some mutant's powers acting up. No one would ever find out if it was just a slip of control, or a conscious attack. Some would claim this, some would claim that. No one needed the facts anymore.
There was only one important fact: the street was being swarmed by angry sewer rats the size of dogs.

Sveta crouched on the roof of a nearby taxi, trying to figure out what to shoot for.

The roar of the engine echoed against the walls of the city streets as it swerved between the either burning or burnt out shells of cars littering the streets. This situation was getting out of hand, correction it was already out of hand. What would it take for this whole situation to turn from bad to worse, what was it gonna take before bombs began dropping? He had to do whatever he could to stop that from happening and if he couldn’t he had to make sure that some certain people didn’t make it to see that future, the survivors needed their best chance of succeeding and that meant removing the one major obstacle of growth, the Amazons.

Finding people instigating problems wasn’t a problem all he had to do was follow the screams or look for smoke and it was typically enough of a lead and this didn’t seem to be any different as a large group ran towards him obviously away from something. Slowing down he came to a stop as he reached the group doing his best to avoid running any of the people over while trying to assess the situation ahead. All he could see through the rushing crowd was some masked fool standing on top of a taxi up ahead, great another person attempting to push some sort of agenda while wearing a mask. Flipping his leg over he stood up off his bike his grey boot landed against the pavement and reaching in he pulled the long double barrel shotgun out from the side.

As he moved through the crowd wearing a simple black t-shirt and blue jeans they began to part way as the Marine walked through them his hand crystallizing into a single blade and with a single swipe the barrel of the shotgun was cut down becoming the same gun he was accustomed to in the future he kept failing at trying to prevent. No matter what I do I just get closer and closer to it, even when actively trying to avoid it. Letting his hand shift from a blade to a gauntlet Enders stopped dead in his tracks as he finally made his way through the fleeing mob, is that... rats? For some reason Enders felt excitement at the strange situation he felt energized ready to fight the enormous rats before they could terrorize the city and who knows with the way rats reproduce this could be what causes bombs to drop.

Raising up the shotgun he pulled the trigger with deadly accuracy as the city block reverberated with the sound of the twelve gauge going off and one of the monster rats attempting to scale the taxi cab keeled over nearly split into two. Enders made his way towards the cab and the masked individual, wait correction masked woman and not from what the Marine could see not a half bad looking one at that. Raising up the shotgun again he let off another round dropping another one of the over-sized beasts where it stood.

Never losing step he gave the shotgun a flick the barrel opening up revealing the two spent casings which he quickly slipped out letting drop to the ground as he stood next to the cab. As he reached into his pocket to retrieve another two shells the ground began to shine as crystals began to etch their way out around the pair. Shoving the fresh shells into the barrel he looked up towards the masked woman.

“This isn’t your doing is it?” Enders asked his voice edged with excitement at the situation as he flicked the gun again closing the barrel back into place while at the same moment the ground erupted in an explosion of crystal spires impaling the ravenous rodents as they scurried about causing mayhem. The crystals on his left arm continued to grow up his arm and wrapped themselves around his shoulder several spikes sticking off of it. Turning away from the girl momentarily he flicked his left arm horizontally firing off several crystal shards towards the advancing beasts before leveling his shotgun and firing off a round into the forehead of another.

“Cause that might be a problem.” Enders said as he turned back towards the masked woman a smile cracked across his face. Why was he so excited, he had so much energy it felt like he had downed several pots of coffee in the last five minutes.

A shot rang out, much louder than the ones her own gun was capable of, and Sveta ducked on instinct, crouching low on the top of the cab, ready to roll to the ground if another round was fired. Her hair whipped around as she turned towards the sound to assess the situation. In the meantime, the rats kept swarming.

Another shot rang out, and this time she saw it hit: a rat erupted mid-leap into a spray of blood. Whoever the man was he was shooting at the rats. In Sveta's book that was a good thing.
She also noted the crystals. They were vaguely familiar. She was sure she was not seeing that mutation for the first time.

The man took his sweet time walking over to the cab. Sveta aimed and fired, and another rat rolled down on the far side of the cab.

>>“This isn’t your doing is it?... Cause that might be a problem.”

"Do I look like I am commanding a swarm of rats?" she snorted, checking her gun. She was almost out of ammo. Good job, officer. She decided that the next rat up was getting a kick. "Disgusting"

The crystals grew up to be spectacularly useful.

"Neat thing you have dere" she commented, shifting onto one knee to get better footing on top of the car "Got enough for all de rats?"

"Do I look like I am commanding a swarm of rats?" Enders let out a small laugh at the woman's growing frustration at the situation and scanned the area as the rats swarmed towards the two, they obviously were still under the control of someone as they began to all direct their attention towards the pair. Laying the shotgun down on the hood of the cab he quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out a small bag containing about a dozen shells some green some red. Placing it down on the cab next to the gun he turned his back towards the masked blond.

“Neat thing you have dere, Got enough for all de rats?" Enders began to let his power flow the crystals on his left arm stretched and grew as did new ones form on his right growing each finger into a vicious claw. The crystal spikes etching their way outwards his upper back grew outwards and up as his crystal armor grew into fruition. Letting his hands hang at his sides the massive gauntlets reached down to his knees and his body hunched slightly from the added weight of his formations.

“I think we got this.” The crystal manipulator quipped as he tilted his head side stretching out his neck and rolling his shoulders. “Red ones are slugs, green is buckshot. Just try and not shoot me, I’ll see about grabbing you some more ammo.” Something about the girls voice tickled the back of Enders mind as the obvious accent sounded vaguely familiar but he pushed the thought from his mind quickly as he stepped forward towards the advancing hoard. As he stepped forwards the spikes he had used before crept back into the ground leaving the bodies of the dead rats laying scattered around. Enders was a warrior, a fighter and he felt everything on the battlefield around him so as the first monster rat leapt for him he gripped it out of the air holding it suspended by its neck in his stone grip.

The ground erupted around the Marine in a flurry of blood and crystal and he laughed audibly above the sound of mayhem that began to rage through the streets. Turning he let the rat fly from his grip towards the hoard and began to engage with another group that pushed past the spires that surrounded the future Haven General. The crystals grew and shrank impaling the beasts as they advanced Enders fists slammed down on the ones that came within range. He moved with deadly precision, at home at the battlefield the Marine felt like a God of Death as the bodies piled around him.

Raising a massive clawed fist again he dropped down on another of the mutant rats when he felt something heavy land on his back quickly accompanied by a loud crunching sound coming from his shoulder looking over he saw one of the beasts eating through the crystal that covered his back and for the first time in the battle he slowed for a minute surprised at the strength rats had behind their teeth. In an instant the rat fell backwards as a crystal spike flew into its head and the area it had chewed through began to repair itself. Standing Enders scanned the area looking for any discarded weapons on the scene and noticing the downed cop he began to move towards it pushing through the throng of beasts towards the officer and the gun and two additional magazines that should be held on his gun belt. As he moved his continued his wave of destruction unaware of the slight shaking coming from below the street and slowing growing.

>>“I think we got this. Red ones are slugs, green is buckshot. Just try and not shoot me, I’ll see about grabbing you some more ammo.”

Sveta used the last few rounds in the gun to pick off a few rats that started scrambling up the side of the cab. When she turned around the man was already coated in crystals and wading through a sea of rats as if he was wading across a river. It was quite the sight. Sveta's eyes narrowed behind her mask.

The rats kept coming, although she was not sure where they were coming from. Sliding down the windshield she picked up the shotgun and got to work. She decided the guy, whoever he was, was fine on his own, since she did not want to shoot in his direction, especially not with buckshot. Instead she turned around trying to see if there were people stranded or in need of help nearby.

From her vantage point the street looked like a disaster zone. Rats were swarming everywhere and there was the occasional stranded car or other debris. Sveta fired at some of the rats that tried to jump up on the cab, then turned around to see how crystal guy was faring out there.

"Can you see who is doing dis?" she yelled to him. Whoever it was, they had to be nearby.

Enders cut a path of destruction as he made his way towards the downed officer becoming covered in a mix of blood and sweat as his eyes started to give off a faint blue light. "Can you see who is doing dis?" The Marine heard the masked woman yell over the sound of destruction and stopping his forward advance he dumped every ounce of power he had into the ground around him and crystal spires erupted around him sending concrete and blood into the air in a around him.

Having a moment to breath as the Marine looked towards the blond standing atop the cab. “Your kidding.... right. Do I seem like I.... have time to be looking.... for who’s doing this?” The crystal warrior yelled over the sounds that filled the streets through labored breaths. Within seconds the monster rodents were leaping towards him again latching onto his crystal gauntlets chewing through it with a feverish ferocity. Clutching his arms close to his body crystals burst out from him turning him into a crystal porcupine.

Taking the momentary lapse of assault he burst forward sprinting towards the cop laying on the ground running through the waves of rats trying to chew into him. Leaping forward he dove for the officer arm outstretched and as he landed the two rolled the body bound closely to Enders own and in seconds the two disappeared underneath a mountain of rats as they swarmed the downed pair.

Enders wasn’t sure how long he was under the dog pile, or rather rat pile, but he felt the crunching of teeth against his arms and shoulders as the enemy did their best to get at him. He felt the claws raking against the bare skin of his back and legs a few even getting at his head, but Enders had the defenseless officer and once again pushing his powers down his body through his feet into the ground he used his power once again.

A single crystal spire burst from underneath the heap of beasts sending the animals shooting off in every direction as the crystal clad Marine launched from below the cop still clutched in his grip. Flying through the air Enders twisted his body and with a violent crunch landed back first on the trunk of the cab where the blond shotgun wielding masked beauty stood.

“Got you some ammo.” Enders groaned as he rolled the cops unconscious body off of him onto the top portion of the cab the two spare magazines still resting comfortably in the officers gun belt. Moving up towards his feet the Marine groaned audibly and let out a huff of exhaustion as the crystal armor began to much more slowly than before repair itself. “Any luck on our controller on your end?” The strained Marine asked as he flicked his wrist dispatching several more rats with his projectile shards. The ground shook violently once again causing several windows on the tall buildings on both sides of the pair to shatter violently spraying the streets with glass. Glancing over to the masked woman once again Enders face showed his obvious desire for good news. “Please tell me that was you...”

>>“Your kidding.... right. Do I seem like I.... have time to be looking.... for who’s doing this?”

For a moment she thought she had lost him. His powers were... well, obviously powerful, but even the crystal armor could not do much good against the sheer volume of rat pouring out of seemingly nowhere without a break. Sveta gasped when the guy went down, and then gasped again a moment later when he shot up from below the dog pile and landed on the cab.

>>“Got you some ammo. Any luck on our controller on your end?”

Sveta's lips curled up under the mask. The guy had an attitude. She grabbed a magazine from the cop's belt and then on second thought searched him, looking for a second weapon. When she found one, she almost paused for a moment to appreciate the irony. The guy carried two guns going in to contain the mutant riots. And now he had supplied a mutant with both of them.

Sveta reloaded and turned around to look just in time to feel the ground rumble. She almost slipped from the top of the car.

>>“Please tell me that was you...”

"Dat was not me."

Standing up she slowly turned around, searching for a source, a clue, a person anywhere on the street.
Then a thought struck her.

They were never on the street.

Looking up she caught a glimpse of a person in a window on the lowest floor of a nearby office building. The building otherwise looked empty with the doors hanging open - it had probably been closed down because of the riots.

"He's in dere."

>>“Your kidding.... right. Do I seem like I.... have time to be looking.... for who’s doing this?”

For a moment she thought she had lost him. His powers were... well, obviously powerful, but even the crystal armor could not do much good against the sheer volume of rat pouring out of seemingly nowhere without a break. Sveta gasped when the guy went down, and then gasped again a moment later when he shot up from below the dog pile and landed on the cab.

>>“Got you some ammo. Any luck on our controller on your end?”

Sveta's lips curled up under the mask. The guy had an attitude. She grabbed a magazine from the cop's belt and then on second thought searched him, looking for a second weapon. When she found one, she almost paused for a moment to appreciate the irony. The guy carried two guns going in to contain the mutant riots. And now he had supplied a mutant with both of them.

Sveta reloaded and turned around to look just in time to feel the ground rumble. She almost slipped from the top of the car.

>>“Please tell me that was you...”

"Dat was not me."

Standing up she slowly turned around, searching for a source, a clue, a person anywhere on the street.
Then a thought struck her.

They were never on the street.

Looking up she caught a glimpse of a person in a window on the lowest floor of a nearby office building. The building otherwise looked empty with the doors hanging open - it had probably been closed down because of the riots.

"He's in dere."

"Dat was not me." Enders head and shoulders slumped slightly as he received the bad news turning his attention to the waves of rodents advancing on the pairs position while the woman procured a second firearm and reloaded for the next round. From the Marines location on the trunk of the taxi small crystals began to push out from around his feet down the sides of the car and onto the ground in an attempt to fortify the high ground the pair currently shared. As the crystals reached the ground they advanced outward a small distance more before growing outwards at an angle creating a wall that the waves of rats would crash upon impaling themselves before they could reach Enders or the masked woman, for a time at least.

"He's in dere." It didn’t take him long to see what the gun toting blond had seen and a grin washed over his face again at the sight of the coward hiding inside the increasingly dilapidated building. Enders bent his legs slightly and certainly over dramatically as he prepared to launch himself through the air yet again.

“Lets get this over with already. Don’t worry I’ll handle it.” The crystal warrior said a bit sarcastically, he either got into this battle with a mutant who had one of the most useless powers of all time or a human. Either way at least she was a pretty good shot the devil dog thought to himself as he squatted down and dumped his power into the ground directly below him causing a sole spire to shoot from below him launching him from the cab yet again over the waves of rambunctious rodents towards his goal.

As he flew through the air things began moving in slow motion, he first heard the sound of something large cracking causing his attention to shift. Next came the upward buckling of the road quickly followed by it sinking down slightly. Whatever was happening the Marine could tell it wasn’t gonna be good and his suspicions were quickly confirmed as the city block exploded outwards. Barely in time the Enders raised his massive claws up to block a large piece of the city street from hitting him square in the chest causing him to be sent reeling back towards the cab.

He landed hard this time through the rear window of the taxi his arm denting the roof where it hit leaving it standing straight up his clawed hand hanging limp, his legs dangling out the end over the side of the car. It took several moments before he could move again as he finally shifted his clawed hand around digging it into the hood as he slowly pulled himself up into a sitting position in the hole he had made giving him just enough time to see a new nightmare emerge from the hole in the street.

Water filled the sky as a nearby fire hydrant popped soaking the street and the monster that pulled itself from the hole in the ground, a rat that made city buses appear small it massive maw gnashing as it chittered its teeth and sniffed the air. Each step of the beasts claws dug up more road leaving surfboard sized cuts in the ground at the end of each nail. Taking a deep breath Enders exhaled sharply before turning his head to face the masked woman his eyes faintly glowing blue. “We may need to figure out a new strategy here.”

>>“Lets get this over with already. Don’t worry I’ll handle it.”

>>“We may need to figure out a new strategy here.”

Two completely opposite sentences in under a minute. It was amazing how he could go from one to another with a short stop at a giant rat in-between.

Sveta sucked in a sharp breath as she watched the monster emerge from below the street. The taxi shook under her feet as crystal guy plummeted through the window with a crash that sounded rather painful. She looked around; the clear path between her and the building that hid whoever controlled the nightmare was rapidly closing as the rat approached.

"New plan."

Leaning down from her half-kneeling position on the roof, she grabbed the front of the guy's shirt and kissed him on the mouth, counting in her head. Five. Ten. Fifteen.

That should do it.

The moment the kiss ended leaving a dark red stain on his lips she slid off the top of the cab and set off towards the opposite building at a dead run.

Hopefully, he could handle the rest.

Enders groaned as he tried to think of some new strategy to take out the massive rodent that was pulling itself from the destroyed roadway. When the young blond spoke up the Marine began to turn to look at her when he was suddenly being assaulted by her mouth. For a moment his eyes went wide as what was happening attempted to register with his mind, but that quickly passed as the kiss went on. Wasn’t a bad kiss, little firm but hey there was a very good chance the two were about to die he’d forgive her and if they made it out of this he’d let her try again.

As the kiss broke and the woman bolted from the cab Enders exhaled for a second before his entire body rocked as he felt lightening strike him, an entire lightening storm strike him all at once. His eyes exploded in blue light as his hands latched down onto the cab claws ripping into steel in an attempt to hold on to his sanity at the sudden influx of raw energy flowing through his system. His body quickly sprouted crystals in no logical form or shape encasing the Marine’s body in a crystal mass the sound of his roar in an attempt to focus the power cut off as the mass solidified around him.

The young warrior was out of control he couldn’t handle the influx of power circling around him and as he sat in the dark of his own mind the last time he felt power like this began to surface in his mind. He remembered the burn as the poison burnt its way up his arm and into his brain, the power that had come from that was like a cheap knock off compared to this, this was pure. Comparing the two was like comparing a static charge to a lightning bolt, and now Enders was a lightning rod taking it all in.

As the Marine tried to find something to latch onto through the waves of power washing over him the monster turned towards the blond at a dead sprint as did the hoard of smaller rats now that seemingly one of the problems was dealt with. The ground rocked violently and a wave of tiny crystals washed over the ground and up and into several buildings covering anything in its path causing the city block to sparkle. Mere seconds later the taxi the Marine was sitting in exploded in a fireball as the crystals began to grow violently from the ground sending concrete, steel and blood violently into the air. The crystals grew outward from the frozen Marine destroying all in their path some impaling the smaller rats as they grew some mearly launching them into the air. As they shards exploded outwards they rapidly approached the heals of the young blond as she ran towards the building.

Rearing back the monster rat raised its massive maw as it prepared to launch itself towards the running blond in an attempt to stop her from reaching its master, Enders saw it all, or rather felt it all through the crystals that now covered the street. He desperately needed to find control it was too much for him to manage. As the beast lurched at the girl Enders screamed in his mind.

“Nooo!” The crystal environment vibrated as the city block echoed his call the sound emanating from the shards sounding like the Marine’s exclamation. A massive crystal hand shot from where the Marine lay encased the four fingered crystal claw wrapping around the monsters mouth clamping it shut before pushing its face into the ground violently. From the arm the rest of the body began forming rising up from the crystals the giant formed. The massive body rose crystal covering every part of the Marine only his blue eyes shining from beneath the mask covering his face. Crystals sprouted wildly out of the giants back as he grasped desperately for some control. The rat struggled against the grip eventually breaking free as it lurched backwards sending crystals flying through the air as it crashed into the spires rising around it. The crystal giant stood facing the beast its massive clawed hands pressed against the ground his back hunched slightly. No longer did the Marine feel like a God, he was a God now and his forte was destruction.

Sveta ran and she never looked back. The ground shook, rats flew around, building swayed, monsters roared... and she kept running. It occurred to her halfway across the street that it might have been a mistake to put so much trust into a stranger whose powers she did not really comprehend... but it was too late to change her mind. The only possible way to go was forward.

So forward she went, at a dead run, while it seemed like hell had broken loose behind her. Whatever the man's haywire power looked like, it was big. And violent. As she ran through the broken glass of the office building's window, she chanced a glance backwards, but all she could see was crystals, fur, and blood.

She slowed down when she got to the stairs, and she checked her guns. She still had ammo in both. Good. She could only hope that controlling a monster rat in an all-out Battle Royale would occupy the mutant enough to allow her a window of opportunity.

She guessed that he was on the first floor, but it took her a few minutes to orient herself and find the right side of the hallway. Minutes were precious. She had no idea what was going to happen to her ally once the haywire wore off. He could be fine. or he could be dead. Either way, she had to end this, fast.

Pushing an office door open, she peered inside. Empty. She moved to the next door, holding one gun read, and pushed on it. It was locked. She pushed harder and the knob turned, but the door did not budge.
Bingo.
...
Also: dammit.

Moving on to the next room she peered inside, trying to see if there was another door. Girl can hope.

She did not hope in vain: there was an office door slightly open. Sneaking in she realized why the person would have left it: it was so close to the windows, she was going to be in his line of sight when she entered.
So much about sneaking up on him.

As the blond entered into the building the two giants faced each other motionless as they starred down each other for a few brief moments. The surroundings morphed and grew around them as Enders struggled to maintain the sudden influx of power. Large crystal spires rose from the ground in all directions some impaling the surrounding buildings some merely rising into the air. Each of the massive beasts inhaled their bodies rising slightly in the warm summer air and for the briefest of moments the street was quiet.

But only for a moment, the rat moved first as it rocked back on its haunched before letting itself fly towards the crystal titan. Enders moved, the titan wasn’t nearly as fast as he was in his human form but as the monster rat flew towards him the massive crystal hands reached from the ground. His right hand came up and clamped onto the bottom of the beasts jaw lifting its head towards the sky, turning his body to follow the momentum his left hand came underneath the beasts gut and with a grunt the rats body was air born as he flipped it over onto its back. The ground rocked violently once again as crystals shattered around the pair sending dust and derbies swirling concealing the rat in a cloud.

Enders let his crystal claws fall back to the ground as he stood on all fours watching as the cloud swirled around the fallen beast, concealing it behind the smoke screen. Crystals grew and shrank in no conceivable order on the crystal giants back as he struggled to maintain control oh his new form. Taking a step towards the dust as it began to rest Enders tried to see the state of the fallen beast, the ground shaking with each step of the growing titan.

Flesh pierced the smoke and connected with the titan sending him lurching to the side a trail of smoke left in the wake. The massive rat emerged from the dust cloud and threw its massive weight into Enders the pair falling back to the ground and began rolling through the street in a death grip, the rats teeth sinking into crystal Enders claws gripping onto the fur. The massive pair came to a stop as their bodies rolled into a building glass and concrete exploding out showering the pair in debris. Enders crystal form lay on the bottom of the pile his left hand pushing the beasts teeth up away from his body as his right hand he extended his clawed fingers before launching his hand towards the beasts face.

The crystal shards slid against the rats face slicing up as it traveled, damaging the beasts eye in the process. He couldn’t be sure how much time had past and to be honest the Marine didn’t know he was on a clock he just hoped his blond accomplice was closing in on the Pied Piper they were both after.

Sveta peered through the half-open door, trying to get a good look at the Piper.

He was a scrawny fellow, with a rat-like face. He stood in the window facing the street, large drops of sweat forming on his forehead from sheer concentration, hands extended, fingers twitching. She could tell from the still pose that he did not steer the giant rat with his own movements - it was a job for the mind, plain and simple, and that made her job easier.
His eyes were half closed with concentration.

The ground shook and the windows rattled, and she could see his face twitch in frustration - the crystal man hopped up on her powers was giving him a run for his money. Sveta checked the guns again, and nudged the door open with her foot.

Just as she stepped through, raising the gun to aim, something large collided with the base of the building, making the entire floor shake violently. The Piper stumbled, and so did Sveta, who barely managed to back away before a crystal spire burst through the window, wedging itself between her and her target. Swearing under her breath she pushed herself away from the wall, ducked under the spire, and fired the first shot before the dust began to settle...

Blood, crystal and fur sprayed as the two titans clashed dust clouded the air as the beasts rolled through the streets teeth meeting crystals in a battle out of mythology. Pushing the beasts head up the crystal titan slowly rose to its feet as the rats claws scrapped against his chest pulling large chunks from the armor only to be quickly replaced by new larger ones as the grip on the power boost slipped from Enders straining minds grasp. At the sound of a lone shot rang through the Marines crystals his focus slipped for only a moment, a moment that shattered his thin grasp on his ability and once again chaos took over.

In a flash crystals erupted once again outwards from the Marine as the massive rat suddenly exploded from the inside as crystals etched their way into it before growing out leaving it frozen in a sick deformed version of its former self. Crystals exploded down the street growing into buildings as concrete and glass rained down leaving the city block looking like another planet rather than a simple street in New York City. Nothing could stop the outward growth as Enders lost himself in the darkness of his own mind, how powers lost in their sudden strength.

His mind wandered again in the darkness as the city block was being destroyed by his rampant power, and a small glimpse of that dark future pushed forward in his mind as memories connected themselves to current events. Outside the crystals suddenly froze in their rampant outward growth as the effects of the blond mutants power wore off and inside the blackness Enders reclaimed his mind and slowly began to part the crystals that housed him as he worked his way out of the crystal tomb.

As fresh air once again pressed against his face he slowly pulled himself up out of the crystals and looked out across the crystal wasteland that now stood in the place of the street. Turning to look at the building the shot had come from Enders saw nothing but a large crystal spire completely encasing the building and making his way towards it he began to part the crystals once more desperately this time hoping to not lose sight of the blond mutant that lay inside the building.

Clearing through the crystal he jumped inside the building to the approximate site of where he reckoned the shot came from and glancing around he assessed the situation. A rather sad looking man lay on the floor groaning and his blond associate stood in the now dilapidated room as the only things with life left in it. With his shoulders hunched Enders used the last bit of power he had left as two crystal trench knives approximately five inches each formed out from the bottoms of his hands with small crystal spikes forming across his knuckles. His black shirt hung ragged on his shoulders as it soaked itself in blood leaving blood trails running down his arms to drip from his hands to the floor. Glancing from the downed man to the blond Enders spoke in labored breaths towards her.

“Are you gonna finish him, or should I....Svetlana?” Enders had connected the woman to her future self he remembered why she had seemed familiar, she was an Amazon. Possibly the strongest of them all, possible the strongest mutant period. The only choice Enders had left now was if she was still on that path and if she was what was he going to do about it.