BDubs immediately spun around with a startled shriek, the sharp edge of Scarlet Reaper's scythe, which had been slowly moving around his throat, nicking his neck slightly, leaving a tiny cut as he stumbled backwards. How- when did- He reached for his sword, which had been dropped in the process, and straightened with a scowl, looking the villain up and down as she giggled to herself.

She had long, pale brown hair with lighter streaks, and one of her eyes was a pale, almost eerie blue while the other was a bright red that was glowing slightly. She had scarlet, glowing crescent-moon markings under each eye and a red, masquerade-like mask hiding her identity. The villain wore a scarlet cloak with a golden trim and a moon pattern embroidered on it, and the tattered hood was pulled up over her head to hide her face even more.

Scarlet Reaper also wore a white blouse with stains that looked suspiciously blood-like and dark gray pants and she was clutching a scythe, the blade of which appeared to be made of either copper or very weathered gold. The corners of her lips were curled up in a smirk as she continued to laugh manically (almost hysterically) to herself.

"Soo-o-o, what's all this then? A clock boy, good old shadow man and..." Scarlet Reaper's eerie gaze flicked to Firefrost, who was frowning but also looked slightly uneasy. "Fireboy from Fireboy and Watergirl?" The pale-haired brunette guessed, pursing her lips before grinning again, her smile being the only thing to give away the fact that she wasn't actually confused.

Firefrost let out an offended gasp. "Excuse me?! I do not look like Fireboy from- the audacity!" He added in a huff, his tail lashing back and forth. "I look nothing like that lame video game character! Absolute- jerk."

Etho shrugged, humming under their breath. "Well..."

"Oh, shut up, your vigilante name is basically a Warrior Cats name!" The bright-haired vigilante snapped back.

"What- Firefrost is also a perfectly valid Warrior Cats name! So- there!" His snowy-haired friend snapped.

"Guys? Not the best ti-ime." BDubs muttered under his breath in a sing-song tone, glancing warily at Scarlet Reaper (although he wasn't exactly thrilled about being called 'clock boy' either).

"Oh, no, it's a perfect time, please continue distracting each other." The villain said with a harsh laugh- BDubs was growing sick of that laugh all over again (their previous fights had gone in a similar direction) even though she'd only been talking to them for about a minute. "Makes my job easier."

"You say that like you have a real job." Etho said with a glare, reaching for the throwing knives he carried.

Scarlet Reaper raised both eyebrows in a mildly surprised expression. "At least I'm not a discount hero who runs around being bad at the job they aren't meant to do."

Firefrost rolled his eyes. "God, all you villains do is insult these days, I haven't seen a good fight in a while. Kinda seems like you're scared to fight." He added tauntingly. The villain stared back at him for a moment silently.

"Ah. Well, I'm sorry you feel that way." Scarlet Reaper said finally, shooting him a somewhat forced smile, her grip on her scythe tightening. She turned around as if to leave-

Before spinning back around and lunging for Firefrost.

BDubs and Etho had no opportunity to intervene before the blade of her scythe was plunged into the shoulder of the bright-haired man. She ripped the blade out of Firefrost's shoulder with a viciousness that the green-eyed man had never quite seen before as Etho's vigilante partner recoiled with an ear-splitting scream of pain.

As soon as they had both recovered from the shock, BDubs and Etho both jumped into action. BDubs swung his sword around wildly as he aimed for Scarlet Reaper, who was still cackling to herself over her attack, while Etho dived sideways to support Firefrost, who was sobbing and clutching his left arm as his right hand slowly became stained with purplish blood.

The pale-haired villain was still watching Firefrost's struggles with a gleeful expression, and so she didn't noticed BDubs' sword swinging towards her leg until the blade made contact and she stumbled backwards with a pained shriek.

"You stupid-" Scarlet Reaper spun towards him, scowling. If looks could kill, he would be a dead man- although it looked as if that would be the case soon enough, he realised as the woman in front of him raised her scythe.

BDubs froze in place, waiting for his inevitable doom as the blade swung towards him-

And then it stopped as Scarlet Reaper froze as well, her right arm twitching slightly as she slowly turned around, revealing an arrow embedded in her shoulder. BDubs leant slightly sideways to peek behind her. Ohhh no. I mean, yay, no death. But man, am I screwed. And about to get arrested.

Angel was stood a couple of metres behind her, holding up his crossbow with a determined expression. The hero didn't look his best- his dark hair was bedraggled, a bruise was forming underneath one of his bright blue eyes,  and the mask covering his mouth and nose had a small tear in it. BDubs' gaze flicked sideways. Double oh no. Stood next to the white-winged hero was Imp, who was dragging a protesting Jimmy along by the hood of his hoodie. BDubs met his roommate's golden gaze, which was apologetic, for only a moment before he looked back at Scarlet Reaper.

Or at least where she had been. A sudden cloud of smoke filled the area, and there was the sound of footsteps and muttered curses before the smoke cleared and Scarlet Reaper was gone. Imp let out an irritated hiss.

"Oh, for God's sake- if you vigilantes hadn't been here, we probably would have captured both her and Xelqua." The brown-haired hero protested, scowling (BDubs considered arguing back but decided against it). Imp's completely brown eyes, sclera and all, were a tad unsettling, so the green eyed vigilante glanced back over to Angel, who was staring at Etho and Firefrost.

Firefrost appeared to have passed out (presumably from a mix of shock and blood loss) while Etho was desperately trying to stop more blood from pouring out of the wound on his friend's shoulder, using only his hands to do so. Angel sighed.

"All right, you three. Two." The dark-haired man added to himself, a brief flash of concern appearing in his gaze as he looked back over at Firefrost. "You're coming with us." He added grimly.

Triple oh no.

L Tango I guess

He'll be fine guys dwww i promiiiise

Well not fine

But he'll live :D

Anyways woo cliffhanger over, BDubs made it out relatively uninjured yay 😎😎😎

Comments and votes are appreciated! Sorry if there are any errors, I don't proofread lol