The Conductor looked into the distance as he felt the appearance of dozens of foreign Chasers manifest themselves. He cursed under his breath as he saw the stream of Chasers heading their way. He flew towards the center of town dropping the three dead Chasers.

  “Mirage.”

  “Yeah, I see them. I’ll pick off as many as possible before they arrive.” Mirage said calmly.

  “We have two dozen enemy Chasers heading our way from the south. They are going to be more competent than the last patch. We need to prepare.” The Conductor informed everyone.

  “Just leave; they're here for me anyway, right?” Trigger said.

  “Shut up.” The Conductor responded.

  “We will not give up one of our own just because The Adders and Oleanders don’t know how to pick competent personnel.” The Conductor chided.

  Shango and the others nodded their heads in response. Before The Conductor could give out any orders, Sage spoke over comms,

  “I can coordinate with Mirage and give you guys time to coordinate, and fortify your location.”

  “Good, we'll only need maybe 10 minutes.” The Conductor spoke.

  “We’ll give you 15,” Mirage smirked from his position.

  The Chasers poured into the forest after narrowly escaping the assault from Hachiman and Mawu. They coldly looked at the bodies of their fallen comrades and sped forward. Dark-green and maroon cloaks moved through the forest with speed and grace unachievable by any animal. Their speedy progress ended abruptly when the light in the sky vanished, and they found themselves in a world of darkness.

  “Everyone stay calm. We believe one of the enemy Chasers has the Refract Program. They can also use it offensively, so be on your~” The Chaser in the Dark Green cloak was silenced as a beam of light shined through the darkness from an impossible angle piercing his head.

  “Shit! Spread out, put on infrared, and head towards the town.” Another Chaser called out.

  Everyone split as they put on their goggles, only to find the forest they were in had changed entirely. Trees that were never there, nor even existed in this part of the world, had sprung in front of them.

  “Dammit, burn it down!” Someone shouted.

  “I’m sending word to the second group.” Others shouted.

  Someone shot a massive orb of fire into this forest maze, only to see the trees in front of them not catch fire, nor did the fiery impact destroy it. Instead, roots shoot out from the flames to bind that individual.

  “It’s the Bloom Chaser. She's still in the mines. Should we send a group to get rid of her?” Someone asked.

  “Negative, we avoid her at all costs. We have no intel on her. She is in the mines, so her range is limited; we need to keep their attention on us and hope the 2nd group can get through.”

  “What the hell is taking them so long?” Someone in the group asked.

  “We’re heading towards town now. Hachiman and Mawu, are a menace. Pocket almost lost their left hand, and Pike is in bad shape. We need to make this quick. We’ll come in from the east. That should take us out of the Bloom user's range. Try to break through and meet us in town. I’m sure they are fortifying themselves.” The Leader of the second group reported.

  “There’s a second group coming your way. They’re looping around from the east. There’s about 30 of them.” Mirage informed The Conductors group.

  “I sense them. We’ll be ready by the time they get here. You and Sage focus on the first group.” The Conductor responded.

  “Everyone to your spots,” Shango ordered, and everyone fanned out.

  Five minutes passed before the second group managed to get a visual of the Skinwalker town. The range of Sage’s influence proved to be more than they had anticipated. While they were in no immediate danger, they were constantly harassed by random trees and roots. When they came within range to see the town gate, they let out a collective sigh,

  “You gotta be shitting me. What’s the deal with these kids?” Someone responded.

  In front of them stood a newly constructed town wall. This was far more sturdy in appearance and form than the former town wall. It was composed of solid stone and steel. Standing in front of the reconstructed steel gate was a lone hooded Bumi.

  “How are you doing, lads and lassies? We’re not taking guests now, so kindly fuck off.” Bumi waved the large group of Chasers off.

  “I don’t think there's anyone else outside of the gate. Do we rush him and go over?” Someone asked.

  “It’s not like we have much choice. The more time we waste here, the higher the possibility that Mawu and Hachiman will make their way here. We have the advantage in numbers and intel on their abilities, while they have nothing on us. Just be careful.” At this Chaser's word, everyone charged forward.

  “Aye… don’t say I didn’t warn ya,” Bumi said as he clenched his fist.

  Instantly, the ground gave way, having 2 Chasers fall into a pit; sharp spikes were waiting for them at its bottom. Before they could gather themselves, the top of the pit closed off and hammered down like a piston. In that instant, two Chasers died. The enemy Chasers stopped momentarily, and then a maroon-cloaked Chaser stomped her foot on the ground. The next moment she motioned her finger upward, and spikes shot out of the ground in various locations.

  “Avoid those areas. I’ll deal with this guy.” She commanded.

  “Aye, what’s your name bonnie lass?”

  “Dust.” The pale amber-eyed woman said.

  “Aye, I’m Bumi. Dust love, let’s dance.” Bumi chuckled as he didn’t even try to stop the Chasers from running past him from jumping over the gates.

  “Something is not right.” Dust thought to herself.

  The next moment she heard screams and the crackling of electricity. She saw tiny beads floating like nets over the gate and walls. Three Chasers were taken out of communication before they crossed the wall. In response, the Chasers that followed sent out attacks at the net of electro beads to create openings for them to jump through. Dust was still concerned. However, before she could further voice her concerns, a massive hunk of rock was blasted in her direction.

  “Dammit!” She grunted as she extended her hand, and the rock was pulverized into dust at her will and was quickly reformed into stone spikes that she hurled at Bumi.

  “HAHAHA!” Bumi laughed as he redirected the spikes at a Chaser jumping over the wall.

  That Chaser blocked the spike, but the force behind it caused them to crash into some of the electro bead nettings. Dust grunted in annoyance as she saw that Chaser fall to the ground, almost burnt to a crisp by the electricity given off by those beads.

  “Where are you looking?” Bumi shouted as he sprang out of the ground, lunging at the woman.

  Dust backed away and closed her hand into a fist. Bumi was stuck with his ankles bound by the earth. Dust frowned as she sent a roundhouse kick to his face. The power behind that kick launched Bumi across the ground, taking chunks of earth with him. He rolled onto to his feet only to notice them sinking into the ground,

  “I’ve been using Mound for years. Let me teach you something.” Dust smiled.

  “Oh, aye… I'm all for learning.” Bumi chuckled as he dragged himself into the earth, prying himself from Dust’s control.

  “Bumi’s going to have his hands full. Dust is a Mound Chaser.” Mirage spoke over comms and gave a quick update before returning to assisting Sage.

  “He’s doing more than expected. Given the terrain, holding down another Mound Chaser is more than enough.” The Conductor spoke.

  “I can help too.” Trigger’s frustrated voice came over comms.

  “You are their target; exposing you will make everything more difficult. Stay hidden unless absolutely necessary. I’d suggest you go to the mine shaft with me. But I know you’d never go for that.” Sage spoke.

  Trigger was strong and finally motivated to do things that everyone expected him to do. Still, when it seemed to matter the most, he was forced to hide and watch.

  “Dammit!” Trigger cursed in frustration.

  Trigger had Cycled over to the Refract and Reverb Programs to hide his location. This is exactly what he didn’t want. To help those he cared for by virtually leaving them to their own devices. He clenched his fists, his friends were strong, very strong, he’d just have to trust in their abilities right now.

  “Don’t worry, we got this,” Amaterasu spoke as she, Shango, and Hoarder stood in front of the invading Chasers heading toward the center of town.

  Siren and Manic were positioned on several buildings that gave them a clear view of the center of town. The Conductor floated above them all, overlooking the situation while surrounded by his barrier of electro beads. Once the Chasers arrived in the town center, they saw the 3 of them standing there. One of the several dozen Chasers stepped forward and asked,

  “Where is Suzuki Kenji?”

  They received no response from the Shango and the others. That same Chaser continued,

  “We have been instructed not to harm the rest of you; we only need to dispose of the Taboo Child.”

  “We didn’t ask, and we don’t care.” In that instant, Amaterasu had closed the distance between her and the man speaking. With a quick upward slash, the man’s arm flew into the air as he tried to back away. Before he had time to respond, Amaterasu was again on top of him, not giving up her initiative. Others tried to jump in and help but were cut off by Shango on one side and Hoarder on the other. The man let out a pained squeal as his head flew into the air. There was smooth, cauterized flesh on his neck where his head used to be.

  The attacking Chasers stared at the blade in Amaterasu’s hand. The blade was the perfect shape of a katana but gave off a light blue glow. They could feel the heat rolling off the blade from where they stood. The whispered popping and vibrations from the plasma blade sent shivers down their spines. They recoiled in shock when she unsheathed a second blade. They believed they had adequate intel to subdue a few fresh Chasers. They did not understand that the intel they got from the first wave was next to nothing regarding what these children could do.

  “Let’s scrap, yeah?” Shango brought all of them back to reality.

  Light pulsations emitted from his soles, and Shango charged forward into the group of Chasers in front of him. He found himself in the middle of five Chasers. Two sent punches his way. One from the right and the other from the left. He extended his arms casually. Their fists landed in his palms like soft cotton. The two of them then let out wails of pain, as the waves of impact from their fist were reversed and amplified by Shango. Resulting in the two attackers having every bone in their arm broken by their own assault.

  Shango didn’t let up, he grabbed their fists and pulled them in, and elbowed each of them in the guts. They let out pained grunts as they were propelled into the distances. It all happened in a flash, but the other three knew close quarter combat was out of the question. They jumped away, and one of the others began to scream, sending out a destructive soundwave in his direction. Program: Shriek, a lesser version of Siren’s Reverb. While Siren could control and manipulate soundwaves as a whole, this Chaser could only produce destructive sound waves via shouting.

  “Could you shut up, mate?” Shango chuckled as he shot forward with unnatural smoothness and speed.

  His right hand extended, as those soundwaves contorted and wrapped around his hand. He clamped his hand around the man's mouth, for just a moment, before he released him from his grip. The man was dead before he hit the ground, his innards destroyed by his own soundwaves. Shango extended his right hand behind him pointing his fingers like a gun. His gloves compacted the soundwaves he just stole around his fingers. It fired it off and two other Chasers behind him were blown away by the resulting explosion. Shango smiled as he snatched the shockwave from the explosion out of the air, wrapping them around his fist amplifying them and firing it off again. Resulting in an even larger explosion. The enemy Chasers were too busy defending themselves to retaliate.

  Shango repeated the process several times, until he felt he wouldn’t be able to control the resulting shockwave.

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  “Alright mates. Are you ready?” Shango marched towards the Chasers on his side of the battlefield.

  The shockwaves he had accumulated, pulsated around his entire body. Each of his steps gave off the clap of thunder, as Shango struggled to control the massive amount of force he had generated. One Chaser saw Shango’s struggling state and charged forward. This Chaser's body became covered in dense powerful metal, and he leapt forward crashing into the pulsating space around Shango. However, to his dismay and the terror of everyone there, the pulsations shredded that metal body and Chaser into atoms.

  “Oops!” Shango chuckled.

  As Shango went on the offensive Amaterasu responded in kind. She sprinted forward breaking the sound barrier; only the trail of light left by her blade could be perceived with normal human eyes. That light-blue light and the popping of plasma was the only indication that she was in the area. The Chasers did all they could to stop themselves from being slashed in two, they had no time to form a counter attack, all they could do was huddle together and defend themselves. Amaterasu, was knocked away by one of the bigger Chasers that caught her timing. She landed on her feet gracefully as she softly bounced to stabilize himself.

  “Fire off!!” The Big guy who knocked her way shouted.

  At his word a barrage of attacks rained down on her. She gracefully dodged a stream of water, she sliced through what seemed to be an orb of acid. That orb was instantly burnt to ash once it made contact with her blades. She then twirled away from what seemed to be spikes made from calcium.

  “Eat this!” Someone in a Maroon cloaked shouted from the group. And launched a giant orb of fire in her direction.

  They were aware that she had the Flare Program, but all reports said she used only her plasma swords. They could only assume for someone so new, all of her focus must be on maintaining those blades forms.

  “Itadakimasu!” Amaterasu giggled. As she sheathed her plasma Katana in her right hand.

  She extended her palm increasing the heat of the giant fireball that was coming her way. Not only did she increase its heat, she condensed its size. She closed her fist over the orb that had been condensed to the size of nickel. She thrust her arm forward opening her fist, to unleash a massive wave of superheated plasma.

  “You gotta be kidding me!” One of the Chasers shouted as they dived out of the way.

  While two of them managed to escape, the three others were not so lucky. There was nothing left of them except a 5 meter wide scorch mark left that trailed off into the distance.

  While Amaterasu and Shango were handling things on their end, a group of Chasers pouched on Hoarder, only for a barrage of psionic rockets to explode on top of them. They were all blown away, but none were too injured to continue. They heard the mad laughter of Manic off in the distance.

  “Is he crazy? He just blew up his teammate.” One of the Chasers commented.

  The Hoarder then burst from the smoke caused by the explosion, not only perfectly fine but filled with unmatched energy.

  “Keep it coming, you little psycho!” Hoarder laughed as he sent a knee to one of the Chaser's faces, which nearly popped that Chaser's head like a melon.

  “Was already gonna!!!” Manic shouted as he continued to fire a barrage of psionic rockets at Hoarder's location.

  Black Tendrils shot out from the Hoarders wristbands, at speeds exceeding those of the average bullet. These tendrils were powered by the kinetic energy that he had stored, and their power and strength and speed depended on how much of said kinetic energy was used. Hoarder's flaw was he lacked long ranged options; this was Zac’s solution to that. Those tendrils penetrated the fleeing Chasers. Once embedded into them, Hoarded pulled them back to him with a hearty chuckle, he sent a powerful sidekick at the flying Chaser. These Chasers realized that the best they could do was to run away from Hoarder. None of them specialized in capture, and any attacks would just be greedily devoured by him. They could try and wear him out by making him chase them, but he’d never run out of energy with Manic’s brand of support fire.

  Manic was constantly worried about friendly fire, so he could never go as wild as he liked, but being paired with the Hoarder, he didn’t have to worry about such things. The Hoarder was free to attack unimpeded as Manic constant rocket barrage acted as a defense for Hoarder and a constant battery.

  “Take out that lunatic!” One of the Chasers shouted.

  At her command, two Dark-green Cloaked Chasers leapt onto the roof where Manic was stationed and went to attack him. Manic didn’t seem to be paying them any mind as he was purely focused on making big explosions. Before the two Chasers could get within 5 meters of Manic, they heard a slight buzzing sound and felt disoriented for a moment. During that brief flattering, the sharp sound of a whistle echoed and two pin size holes appeared in their heads, as they fell onto the rooftop, dead. Even further back from Manic’s position, Siren sat comfortably in a watch tower. Her job was simple, to babysit Manic while he went as crazy as he wanted.

  “They’re starting to break through on our end” Sage called out over comms.

  “That’s fine you’ve stalled long enough. It’s about time I did my part.” The Conductor sighed as he floated towards the south west part of town.

  The Conductor landed in front of the Chasers who had managed to break through Sages and Mirage’s blockade, and were now flooding over the south west wall.

  “This is as far as you go.”

  “Just you?” One of the Chasers responded.

  The Conductor’s cloak began to flutter as Electro Beads poured out. The beads that lined the upper portions of the walls moved in a great swarm and began to surge the area around The Conductor like a great wave. A dozen daggers flew out from his cloak and circled behind him like a halo. He snatched two of them and crouched into a low fighting stance, that was the exact copy of Zac’s.

  “Just me.” The Conductor began to cackle.

  The Chasers looked on at The Conductor with trepidation. They weren’t aware that he had pushed his control of the Ion Program this far in such a short period of time. They wouldn’t be able to get get past him without taking significant loses, unless,

  “We all focus on taking this kid down. Then we resume the mission.” A Dark-green cloaked Chaser commented.

  “A wise decision.” The Conductor’s voice echoed as a curtain of electro beads floated behind him.

  He repelled himself off the electro beads giving himself a massive boost in speed, he zipped past the Chaser who just spoke, leaving a large gash in his neck as he passed. The Chaser managed to avoid the attack just barely avoiding having his head sliced off.

  “Everyone spread out! Don’t group together! Surround him!” That chaser shouted as he grabbed his wound, and watched The Condutor rebound off a wall towards him.

  The Chaser removed his hand from his neck to reveal that it was instantly healed and crossed his arms in front of himself to block The Conductors attack. The force of impact caused the Chaser to slide across the ground, his heels kicking up gravel as his feet dug into the ground. The Conductor’s daggers dug into that Chaser’s right arm while he grabbed The Conductor’s wrist with his left. The Chaser smiled. If he locked The Conductor down here the others would be able to attack him freely. However, as that thought crossed his mind a large shadow over took them as a cloud of electro beads engulfed the two of them.

  “Program: Patchwork. Can instantly heal wounds they touch, and as long as their own heart beats can recover from almost any wound.” Sage’s voice echoed in The Conductor’s ear over comms.

  “Thank you for isolating yourself from the group.” The Conductor chuckled.

  The loud crackling of electricity filled the area, as the Patchwork Chaser’s heart stopped.

  “Your next target is 80 degrees to your right. She uses Program: Armory, can reinforce allies with a touch, increasing the hardiness of their skin to be several times more sturdy than steel. Looks like she is about to start her buffing.” Sage called out once again.

  The Conductor let out a grunt as a powerful blast of electricity exploded out into the area around him. All the Chasers in the area recoiled to avoid getting hit. As they all recoiled, the cocoon of electro beads that The Conductor formed around himself opened to his right, 80 degrees, and he instantly launched out at his target. He grabbed her by the throat and felt the sturdiness of her body. There was no way he was going to break her conventionally.

  “Option 2.” The Conductor thought.

  A powerful shock left his hand and electrified the woman’s body. Like Patchwork before her, her heart was shocked to a stop. The Conductor tosses her into a pile on top of the Patchwork Chaser.

  “Next target 20 meters southeast of you.” Sage marked the next Chaser.

  While the enemy Chasers went through the nightmarish forest of Sage’s and Mirage’s creation, she had placed seedlings on them all. Once those Chaser’s entered the town, Sage controlled those seedlings to bloom into flowers around the area where The Conductor stopped them. She used those flowers and the information she gained from stalling this particular group of Chasers to give The Conductor detailed support. Unlike the others, The Conductor understood this was going to be a long battle. They might be able to get a few easy kills in the beginning by using big flashy moves. However, it was best to conserve as much energy as possible. So while his actions weren’t as eye catching, they were precise and purpose oriented.

  Taking out random Chasers would do nothing in the long run. The Patchwork and Armory Programs could make or break this situation, if they were left on the table. The Conductor just finished fighting off a group of Chasers in Melee combat as he commented,

  “There’s still too many of them.” The Conductor frowned as he took down another Chaser.

  “Then we do what we can, until help arrives.” Sage sighed.

  “To your left 15 meters.”

  “I got it.” The Conductor waved his hand towards his left. A cloud of electro beads blocked the barrage of fire and water attacks that came his way.

  He brushed his hand to the side and the cloud of electro beads carried the attacks away with it. He leapt forward with his daggers in hand, the cloud of beads guarding his rear.

  The fighting had been going on for 30 minutes, and the effects were beginning to show. They had a quick and deadly start, but these Chasers weren’t not weak nor were they incompetent. After getting a better understanding of what these kids could do, they stopped their aggressive approach, and made this a battle of attrition. If they weren’t given the command to only kill Kenji, then several of these young Chasers would have already died. However, they would not be able to incur the wrath of The Renegade and The Anomaly. No one wanted a repeat of Budapest.

  “Trigger, maybe you should leave. Things aren’t looking good, mate.” Shango said as he was pushed back.

  He had all but exhausted himself with his display several minutes ago. He was mostly on the defensive now. The same could be said for Amaterasu as well. They were both powerful Chasers, but they hardly had the time to properly increase their stamina to the level they could maintain such feats for extended periods of time.

  “Like hell, I’m leaving. I’m coming to help!” Trigger shouted over comms.

  “No! Trigger, stand down!! Retreat towards Sage’s location.” The Conductor commanded.

  As he gave out the command he was besieged by multiple Chasers. He deftly moved his daggers through the air to defend himself, and forced his attackers off of him. Just as he finished he heard Trigger respond,

  “No.” He refused to leave them.

  “Goddammit, Trigger!! Don’t you understand that…”

  “Let him do it.” Sage’s voice called out.”

  “UME!?”

  “Ken? Let him do it.” Sage responded once again.

  “Dammit! Everyone, group up. Shit has officially hit the fan. Let’s see what our newest Zero Chaser can do.” The Conductor gave out the command.

  “Don’t have to tell me twice.” Mirage commented.

  His position had been discovered several minutes ago, and he had been spending most of his time on the run from enemy Chasers. Although they had no chance to catch him, he could not provide the support he had been doing up to this point.

  “Heading down now.” Siren responded.

  She was better off than Mirage, but her ability to provide support for Manic had diminished, once the enemy figured out their plan. She had spent most of her time defending herself from enemy approaches rather than supporting Manic.

  “Aye, I’m coming.” Bumi grumbled over comms.

  “Sorry love, looks like our date ends here.” Bumi chuckled.

  “And where exactly do you think you’re going, Bumi?” Dust asked.

  She currently had Bumi bound from the neck down in a layer of earth. It took most of her focus to keep him bound there.

  “Where am I going? Wherever I damn well please, bonnie lass.” Bumi chuckled, with a wink.

  Bumi’s cloak protruded metal spikes that burst out from his earthen prison. Those spikes performed a buzzsaw motion that broke him free. Dust shielded her face from the explosion of debris. When she looked again Bumi was already gone. She let out a dry chuckle.

  Bumi popped out of the ground next to Manic who had been forced from his perch, and Hoarder was acting as a shield at the moment. Amaterasu and Shango meet them there, followed by Siren and Mirage.

  “We’re all together, mate.” Shango called out.

  “No, we’re not.” Sage corrected.

  Then a tree bloomed in the middle of the group, startling the enemy Chasers who quickly backed away. Sage walked from the center of the tree, and made a simple finger motion. At her command the leaves from the tree fell, and then shot out like bullets. The Chasers all went to defend themselves, none of them died, but almost all of them received deep wounds.

  “We’re ready.” Sage commented.

  “Alright Trigger, I’ll set the stage for you.” The Conductor called out.

  The Conductor scoffed, as he jumped into the air, and flew towards the other’s location, using the multitude of electro beads as a foot hold. The metallic wave carried The Conductor through the sky and there wasn’t much the Chasers on the ground could do about it other than give chase. The Conductor spotted the large tree deprived of leaves that had spawned into the middle of town. He snickered as he watched the Chasers gathering themselves.

  Everyone looked up to see the massive wave of electro beads and The Conductor riding on top and recoiled in shock. The Conductor landed on the ground as the electro beads formed a protective net around the group.

  “We can break through if we attack together.” One of the Chasers shouted.

  “You won’t need to.” The Conductor started to chuckle. Electricity poured out of the electro beads and was absorbed by The Conductor.

  As the beads expelled all of their charge they fell to the ground inactive. However, none of the Chasers dared to make a move. The visage of the charged Conductor was striking.

  “Now.” He commanded.

  At his word, Sage made a hand motion and the leafless branches of the tree rapidly elongated and weaved themselves into a dome around the group. In the moment the dome formed, The Conductor had been picking out every electrical signal from the Nano-machine in every enemy Chaser. The Conductor began to laugh, becoming somewhat drunk on his own power. His 12 daggers began to rise as they were infused with all the electricity that The Conductor had accumulated.

  “Die!” The Conductor shouted.

  Those 12 daggers shot out like lighting through the small gaps in the branch dome. Those Daggers locked into Chasers moving faster than most of them could see. Six Chasers died before they even processed what was happening. They managed to compose themselves after 4 more had died, and began to properly defend themselves. Many more were injured but no more deaths occurred, but many more were seriously injured, but those injuries were nothing to Chasers. At least normally.

  “Good dammit.” One of the Chasers called out in frustration.

  They notice that their healing was being impeded by the invasion of The Conductors electricity. They’d need a few moments for the electricity to subside before they could begin to heal properly. Lucky it appeared The Conductor was completely spent. Otherwise he’d be able to manipulate that electricity to constantly interfere with their Nano-machines if not shut them down completely. This didn’t do anything for the enemy Chaser’s morale.

  “Screw these kids. Enough of us have died already. Let’s just kill them!” Someone shouted and fired a stream of fire at the branch dome.

  Unfortunately for them, those branches mended themselves faster than they could be destroyed.

  “Dust!” Someone cried out.

  “I’ve already tried to uproot that tree. But the roots are massive, and unmovable. It doesn’t help that Bumi is helping to anchor it.” Dust responded to the annoyance of everyone else.

  “Hoarder, start battery protocol.” The Conductor sighed as he slumped against the tree, completely exhausted.

  “On it.” Hoarder cried out.

  The tendrils on his wrist band extended and latched onto all of his allies present. He began to focus all the kinetic energy that he had gathered and saved, and began to pump it into his friends. Their wounds healed at a visibly faster rate, and their fatigue was slowly being restored. Hoarder wasn’t completely used to healing others, and needed to take his time for now.

  “Give us 5 minutes, Trigger.” Hoarder said.

  “I’ll give you 10.” Trigger confident voice came over comms.