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The Rebirth of Veronica (Phase One)

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He stalked through the hallways like a shadow, moving too quickly for anyone to keep a bead on him for long. There almost seemed to be a purpose in his movement as he made his way through the dark corridors of the ship, though it was impossible to tell where he was headed. Perhaps the young man whose body had been hijacked was exerting some kind of control, or perhaps Veronica was doing the driving.

Whatever the case, the Tyrant made his way to the City.

He emerged from the tunnels and into the wide open space, at last free of the cramped hallway. He took a few steps into the streets and sniffed the air, smelling human blood. He roared, a horrible and twisted noise, then headed into the streets.

She demanded they all bow to her. They were little more than prey for the Queen in the grand scale of things. These thoughts rang hollow in a primal mind, though, but he knew what he had to do.

They would all die.

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Just in time, too, as he was ready to smash her as soon as the ice took effect. He wiggled and thrashed in an attempt to escape, more ferocious roars echoing down the city streets.

Stuck for the moment, he stared her down, seething with rage.

Katara breathed a sigh of relief. Steve in this form could probably tear her to pieces, and this way she could at least try to talk some sense into him. The ice she could still modify, even make into a dome if necessary.

"You don't want to do this Steve," she said, trying to calm herself down. "Think about the people you could hurt. Just...try to remember the people. They're scared. We could help you!"

He regarded her curiously, almost as though he was listening. His roars quieted into the occasional growl and pant for breath, still struggling to get out of the icy prison.

Nanashi began making her way into the city even as she corrosponded with Katara. To save time she took to the sky, passing over buildings until she found Katara.

And the mutant was currently engaged with her. She landed next to Katara, hand on her sword. She managed to overhear Katara's speech. "Do you know this person?"

Katara nodded. "We aren't close, but he's still someone that's been turned to something against his will. I want to get some people to help him, but maybe we can talk him out of it."

She hoped. He looked like he could crush the both of them.

The Tyrant roared viciously and continued thrashing, though so far, to no avail. Now there were two humans there, mocking him by standing so close. Didn't they know Veronica's strength?

"What is his name then?" If Katara wanted to try to talk him down, they would. However, she was fairly certain that it would not work too well. He did not look like he was really the listening type.

"Steve," she said, then concentrated on him. "Steve, I'm sure your girlfriend and many others are worried about you. I know you're still angry you're stuck here, but please, don't go on. Calm down, let's get you taken care of."

She thought she was reaching him: he hadn't gotten out yet. Maybe that was why, for the moment, she let her guard down.

Ooh. Bad call.

One good thrash more and the Tyrant came tearing out of the ice, in no way hindered by the fiery blood still trickling out of a few minor injuries on his body. Free of his containment, he immediately charged at the two humans, longing to crush them into paste in his hands.

Nanashi on the other hand, did not let her guard down. "Katara, back! It's not working!"

She moved in front of Katara, drawing her Katana knowing that she was far more durable than the human youth.

"No, Nanashi, be careful!" Katara called out. "It's still Steve!"

She brought some water out now, hoping if she batted Steve down with a water wave, he would be stunned enough to be frozen again, and hopefully contained.

The water splash slowed him down and stopped his initial charge, but now he was a soggy giant mutant.

And he was clearly not very happy about it. Roaring in fury, he turned and charged again at the two, swiping his claws when he was close enough to strike.

Nanashi growled and re-sheathed the sword. As he charged she stepped in and struck at his elbow joint with a strength beyond anything a normal human could ever manage. It got her out of the way of his claws, though it set her up for more attacks. She glanced to Katara to be sure that she managed to avoid the claws and to shout, "Your 'Steve' would attack as such?"

"No, he's mutated!" Katara said, and got in front of Nanashi. "I can at least block him for a bit. I can't let you get hit!" She erected a dome of ice between her and Steve. "We have to slow him down enough to subdue him!"

She closed her eyes and maintained the ice. It had to last!

The Tyrant was not pleased at the whack in the elbow, either, howling in what sounded like a combination of rage and fury. As he charged again, the dome of ice blocked him from causing any serious damage.

For the time being. He roared viciously and began clawing and slashing at the ice. Small droplets of water began to drip as splatters of his blood burned up against the dome's surface.

He would smash it and everyone inside of it.

"Katara, I can take plenty of damage! Do not concern yourself with protecting me!" She should have expected as much from Katara. She made her way around the dome, aiming another attack at the mutated creature.

If she could disable it, then when it became this Steve person again, he might be in pain, but he would be alive and he would have done less damage. If she could even manage that. His blood was... off and his strength was clearly intense.

"I have to try-" she started to say, but was stopped quick: Steve had reached her. She was still trying to maintain the dome, but he had broken it apart much quicker than she had expected. It knocked her backwards and she skidded on the floor. She was scraped pretty badly, but she still had water waves at her disposal.

She shot them at Steve in random intervals, hoping to at least knock him off balance so he wouldn't be able to get Nanashi too much.

The water held him at bay briefly, but also succeeded in pissing him off even worse. Once he was back on his feet he turned all his attention on the girl, throwing himself at her and lunging at her, crushing her to the floor with one hand and raising the other to splatter her.

Nanashi dove at the creature, striking at the arm pinning Katara with full force. She would rather damage him than allow him to kill Katara. She moved to Katara and pulled her from the mutant, retreating with the unconscious Katara on the field.

Katara had done what she could, but monster Steve was strong, and Katara had not been about to attack him. The result, unfortunately, had been a deep scratch at the shoulder and being thrown hard enough to the floor to knock her unconscious. She gasped, then her eyes rolled back and she went unconscious.

The Tyrant could have easily gone after them-- slowed by the weight of an unconscious girl, they would have been easy prey. But he seemed to be holding back for some reason.

Looking back, she would have seen him pacing, sort of moving around in place as though fighting with itself. Then it turned tail and ran in the other direction.

He was turning away?

Maybe it still had some humanity left in it after all.

She let it go, more concerned about Katara's wounds for the moment. Her heart beat seemed stable, but that also meant that that wound would be bleeding more. She pulled out her wakazashi and used it to slice open her wrist and let drops of blood fall into the wound on her shoulder, making it begin to close. Once the wound no longer seemed like a threat she stopped.

She wiped the hair from Katara's face and softly called, "Katara?"

If she didn't wake up, she would have to bring her to someone who could heal what she couldn't.

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((If you'd rather find me a reason for Nanashi to not heal her, let me know?))