Chapter 17: Tick Tock
The next day...
Nicole: "If someone wants to tag in, just give me a call."
Nicole, Dawn, Connor, Matthew, and Jeremy are the lucky ones to be heading out.
Dominic: "So that Teleportation Wave can grab us as long as you have an idea of where we are?"
Nicole: "Sounds about right."
The fighters grab their weapons.
Ashley: "Just don't get your asses handed to you."
Connor: "Who do you think you're talking to?"
Carmen: "You."
Awkward moment of silence...
Jeremy: "Let's get going before the roast settles in."
Jeremy awkwardly drags Connor out of the building.
Meanwhile...
Tillios: "Now it's time for the Streamline Echo to fall."
Tillios stands inside of a dusty cellar filled with broken clocks and dusty tools while wearing a maroon Relay Gear.
Tillios: "This destiny won't save you."
A half hour later...
Matthew: "Do you have a pun Connor?"
Connor: "I guess we're not running out of time."
The group has awkwardly arrived at the large, vacant clock shop.
Dawn: "(sighing) You didn't have to ask."
Nicole: "Let's just hurry up and go before he spouts another one."
They equip their Relay Gear.
Connor: "I've got a good-"
Jeremy covers Connor's mouth.
Jeremy: "We've got way too many puns here."
Nicole opens the door to find the lights turned off.
Dawn: "I'm on it."
Dawn turns on the light, revealing dozens of ticking clocks lining the walls.
Connor: "Whoa..."
Everyone steps inside, allowing the door to lock behind them.
Jeremy: "Looks like we're about to have some fun."
Enemies stand guard at the entrance to the storeroom.
Connor: "Shock Wave!"
The enemies are knocked out by a single blast of electricity.
Nicole: "Nice one."
Dawn: "He's got the offensive Waves."
They enter the storeroom.
Meanwhile...
Dominic: "Come on guys!"
The others are fending off against a few enemies.
Twenty minutes later...
Dawn: "Itch Wave!"
Dawn sends a few enemies into an itchy frenzy when they arrive at some loose floorboards that lead to the secret cellar.
Connor: "Subzero Wave!"
The enemies are frozen solid.
Jeremy: "Who knew there'd be a secret cellar in a place like this?"
Matthew: "(awkwardly) Actually-"
Nicole: "Come on. He's got to be in there."
Dawn: "He'd better because I want to get the hell out of here."
The others head down the passage while Matthew awkwardly stands there.
Matthew: "(awkwardly) Okay..."
Matthew follows into the abyss.
???: "So you've come at last."
Tillios stands before the Rebirth Crusaders.
Connor: "So you're the chosen one for the usual ass kicking."
She examines the whole team.
Tillios: "More like I'm the one chosen to return a favor."
Her Stream Echo forms behind her.
Tillios: "Let us decimate then Cleopatra! Sand Wave!"
The floor is crumbling into sand.
Dawn: "(sarcastically) Isn't that amazing? Revolution Wave!"
The ground beneath Tillios is crumbling as well.
Tillios: "Hawkeye Wave!"
Her vision focuses as a green aura surrounds her, allowing her eyes to take aim on the helpless heroes as she simply walks around the heroes, avoiding Dawn's counterattack.
Tillios: "Venom Wave."
Jeremy takes a poison needle to the chest.
Jeremy: "H-How did... you..."
Jeremy can't move at all.
Tillios: "One by one."
She can tell exactly what they're trying to do.
Dawn: "How about th-"
Dawn suffers the same fate.
Tillios: "Only a matter of time."
The remaining three squirm like a fly in a spider web.
Matthew: "I can't aim for my Ring Wave!"
Connor: "We're just fucked then?!"
Tillios: "The ability to immobilize an enemy."
She takes aim at Matthew as he sinks deeper and deeper.
Matthew: "I need to do-"
An orange light flashes in his eyes.
Matthew: "Hawkeye Wave!"
Matthew's body does the same as Tillios.
Tillios: "I-I thought the Progressive Wave-"
Jeremy: "(weakly) Only worked when I was conscious?"
Jeremy and Dawn are still conscious.
Nicole: "Guys!"
Tillios: "H-How?!"
Matthew has the perfect shot lined up.
Matthew: "Ring Wave!"
Tillios is bound and the floor stops crumbling.
Connor: "Nice! Shock Wave!"
Connor electrocutes Tillios, frying her like a scrambled egg.
Nicole: "Nice one!"
Tillios: "(weakly) That new Wave..."
Nicole slugs through the sand and grabs hold of everyone.
Nicole: "I've already got the police on their way."
Dawn: "(weakly) Please just hurry..."
Nicole: "Teleportation Wave!"
They all vanish in the blink of an eye...
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