I peeled myself from the wall. Oh, I am sooooooo going to feel that in the mourning. I said, "Diana!" I flew over to her. "I don't want to hurt you." She put her hands up again and fired shock wave after shock wave. I caught a glimpse of Angel flying above a speeding little blur. I focused on Diana. "Listen to me. It doesn't have to be this way. If we work together, we can beat this creep." She settled down. I saw a glimmer of hope in her eyes.
She was doing the math: A known superhero + the new guys + a little speedster + herself = Roland's jail time. She turned to Roland with an angered face, then it turned into a face of horror. I heard a Bang! and she fell to the ground, clutching her knee. She screamed and tears started again. I turned to Roland who was holding a smoking gun and a look of disappointment. "Pity. I thought she could take you down a notch." He looked at Doublecross and grinned. "What if I told you that I could hunt down your family and kill the rest of them? Hmm?" James couldn't hide the look of horror on his face. He whispered something, but I didn't need to hear what he said. Kill her.
He de-chained him and he stood up. He put up his hood and walked over to me. I said, "Isn't there anything I can say to change your mind?" He shook his head ever so slightly. "I'm sorry." he said, "Either we fight, or my parents die. I already lost my brother. Please, forgive me."
He fired fire balls at me and I dodged them. I threw punches, but did everything to hold back. He shot an Ice blast with both hands and froze my forearm. I broke the ice (pun not intended) and shot my eye blast. It hit him and sent him sprawling.
I looked at the others. Gemini had shocked Mouth Beast and Beauregard into submission. Goliath took them by the back legs/tail and smashed them in the air like a pair of symbols. He tossed them aside and Angel looked like she talked The Blur into something. He zipped around and knocked out the Bloods who had the guns, which were all positioned on the higher upper floors. He then went to a very surprised Roland and jump-kicked him into a wall.
I followed Trinity's lead and continued to beat the crap out of the Blood Syndicate. Doublecross helped too. Heating up their weapons so that they would drop them, and iceing some areas of the floor to cause the gangsters to beat themselves up half the time. A few ran away, probably cause they never wanted to join this thing to begin with. A boy's ranting can tell you a lot.
We finished them quickly. I said, "Hey, you, uh, Blur." He looked at me with wide eyes. "Take Diana to a hospital, and call the police. Give them the building's address. Or, if you have to, lead them here. OK?" He gave a thumbs-up, jogged softly over to Diana and picked her up. Soon he was gone.
I turned to see Doublecross standing over Roland. "You lose." James said. Roland laughed weakly. "Oh no." he said, "It's only the beginning. You may put me and a few others in jail, but names have power. The Blood Syndicate will always survive in those who want to spread fear and chaos. I am fear and chaos. I will win, even in a cell, I will win." Doublecross covered his hands in fire. I put a hand on his shoulder. "He will rot in jail for the rest of his life. You avenged your brother. It's over."
He seemed to miss the fact of what I just said. "Didn't you just hear him? As long as he is around, the Blood Syndicate will survive. The only way to win, is to set an example of him." "Then you won't be any better than him!" I argued. "You can't win peolple over with fear. That will only make them betray you when you need help. The only way to truely get someone else's trust is with hope. We can give the people hope." "What will that do?" He asked in defiance. "Well, for starters, you won't be a wanted murderer for the rest of your life." He hesitated, but he extinguished his flames. I grabbed a forgotten crowbar and twisted it around Roland's wrists.
I noticed that a small crowd of people, and a police car, were standing around the door to the warehouse. Were they there that entire time? I dragged Roland to the police officer and said, "Sir. Its your lucky day." James came up behind me. He said, "This is a wanted criminal in at least two countries. Roland Rylander, the leader of the Blood Syndicate."
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