Hookwolf went down yelling and clawing at his eyes wildly. I watched the rest of the people tense and start looking around. I braced myself for the moment when they spotted me, but it never came. Then I realized, I was in an unassuming cardboard. They couldn't see me, they didn't know where I was.

I reach out with my power and grabbed on to fifteen rocks, praying that my horn's glow doesn't give me away.

"Duck out of the way," a woman shouted. Rune, I assumed.

The rocks were flying through the air before she finished saying it and they were tearing through legs before many could react. About five of them managed to duck out of the way before the rocks ripped through legs and bone. I silently grimaced, those wounds were a little more nasty than I intended. I had no doubt they would probably end up bleeding out if something was done soon.

Maybe that phone call to New Wave should have been more of a priority.

Looking through the small hole in my box I saw the gang members scattered. Smart, a dozen normal people against some unseen telekinetic throwing rocks around wasn't a hard equation to figure out the out come to. And it let me focus on Rune.

"Damn it you cowards!" She shouted at the running gang banger. "At least comeback and grab the others!" They didn't listen.

She had two large things floating around her I couldn't quite make out. They were about the right size and shape for car doors, but there weren't any cars in this area. Even the occasional bus was rare. Maybe they were something she brought with her?

It wasn't important. What was is that she was searching for me, and I didn't want to wait until she spotted the familiar glowing coming from my box. And the fact that Hookwolf's shouts were dying and he was rising to his feet wasn't reassuring me.

I launched the rocks at her, coming from several different directions. I briefly marvelled at the fact I was able to keep track of each rock individually and give each one a special order. That was now twenty different pebbles.

Rune swung the two large panels she was using around, catching half of my pebbles in the air. The ones that got through clinked against her mask and chest. Some kind of breastplate? I couldn't put enough power behind them for any meaningful effect. I drop half that collided with Rune's shields leaving me with thirteen. Hopefully, she'll think they lose power or something if she can stop them. If I keep it up, I might be able to leverage it against her.

"Where are they?" Hookwolf suddenly growled. I turned all thirteen rocks against him. They hit something that was distinctly metal. Crud.

"Somewhere in Trainyard!" Rune answered him. "It's the only place to hide! Turn left ninety degrees and-" she was cut off as I dropped all other rocks and flung the second closest pebble straight for her chest. She moved whatever she was using as a shield in front of her at the last second. I noted that even with all my strength behind a single rock it only burrowed a few centimetres into it.

Hookwolf let out a half yell half roar as he tore forward across the ground, almost literally. About ten feet away from me he burst through the fence that had previously separated us and start ramming through a train car. I briefly relaxed as he went right past me, but I didn't anticipate the gust of wind that accompanied it, blowing my box away.

I didn't waste anytime leaping to my feet and darting towards Rune, putting as much distance between me and Hookwolf as possible. At the same time, I doubled down one my assault against Rune. I lifted thirty-five rocks and start flinging them at her, letting them go once they got started so I could pick up another one. It was a strain to keep them all going, but I powered through.

The ones that managed to make it through bounced harmlessly off her, but the point wasn't to hurt her. At least, not yet.

Street cleaners hadn't been by to clean up this area since the import-export in the area dried up, so I had plenty of small rocks to pick from the corroding concrete. Not to mention what Hookwolf was kicking up.

I was galloping towards her when I heard the sound of a gun cocking. Turning my head slightly I saw a gang banger lying on the ground, holding a pistol at me with a shaky hand. I looked him right in the eyes and saw that his were wide and dilated. I could only imagine what he was thinking as he pulled the trigger.

The moment I saw his finger tensing I dropped everything I had flying at Rune and focused in front of me. I wasn't thinking or moving fast enough to grab the gun with my power, so I threw it all in front of me. But that wasn't how my telekinesis worked. I need to grab something, anything at all. I tried latching on to the air in front of me as the muzzle flashed. I closed my eyes as I felt my attempt fail.

I felt the bullet collide against something my power produced. It wouldn't have hit me anywhere important, maybe my leg if it happened at the right moment. But instead, it slammed against… something.

Cracking my eyes open I saw that I was surrounded by a silvery shield all around me. I felt it pulling energy out of my horn like a faucet and quickly dispelled it. I was running low before this fight, and launching the pebbles was slowly chipping away. I didn't need that expediting that process.

Realizing I had stopped moving in the face of the bullet, I snatched the gun out of the gangbanger's had with my power and tossed it away before turning toward Rune. She was standing still, staring at me with her mouth slightly open.

I turned my whole body towards her and stomped my left front leg on the ground in front of me in declaration.

"I'd say something clever here, if I could think of anything," I stated before grabbing one of the rocks now laying at her feet and shooting it through her gut.

She let out a cry and fell backwards, but she wasn't quite done. She dropped one of her shields in favour of launching another at me. In a split second decision, I reached out with my own energy and caught it.

I felt my horn begin to throb as I pushed. It was just like picking anything else up, except it felt like it weighed a thousand pounds and I was the centre of gravity. I grit my teeth and pushed against it, taking a step forward as I did. With a grunt, I took another step and the shield thing was pushed back a single step with me. My horn flared brighter and harder and I took another step.

I felt Rune's control failing and the shield going back easier. I decided to focus my efforts harder despite the rising throb in my horn. For a moment, I felt her push increase and we hit a stalemate for the briefest of moments before her resistance stopped altogether.

"Hookwolf!" She cried before getting pinned against the ground with the shield she had been using. I let up and took a deep breath, that was exhausting. But at least she was down, and Hookwolf was still-

Running directly at me, swinging bladed arms around wildly and stomping on top of his own men as he did so. He was practically on top of me before I even had a chance to move.

In yet another moment I panicked and threw up the bubble shield I discovered a few moments ago. Hookwolf's massive hand slammed into the shield, sending it and me flying right as my horn decided to stop working.

The rolled across the ground, my back skidding against the concrete for a few moments. I slowly rolled to a stop and struggled back to my feet. The throb in my horn was just on the edge of unbearable levels. I guess I knew what pushing my power to the edge felt like

"Hookwolf!" I heard Rune called. "I'm stuck underneath these damnable shields you made me carry." Huh, so they were legitimate shields. Good to know.

"Where's the cape," Hookwolf growled back at her.

"Hookwolf you ass! Get me out of this!"

"Where is the cape?" He growled a second time. I saw Rune pause and bite back a swear. I knew she was going to tell him, and while I was sure I could probably out maneuver him while he's blind all, but it would take was one mistake and I would be pink paste.

Clenching my teeth as hard as I could, I resisted the urge to scream as I reached out with my power and grabbed a single pebble. Carefully, so Rune could see it, I lifted it up and set it gently on her forehead right between where her eye would be behind her mask. Rune was silent for several seconds.

"She left," Rune finally said with a weak voice.

"Fuck!" Hookwolf shouted, slamming his fists against the ground. I didn't move, afraid that a single sound would reveal me. After a few second of seething, Hookwolf turned towards Rune.

"Where are you?" He asked

"Over here." She answered. Hookwolf began shrinking down in a human form as he fumbled his way towards her. I noted a little sickly that there was some blood in his footsteps. The gang members he stepped on.

He was more or less completely human by the time he made it to Rune and she was in the middle of giving her step by step instructions on how to get to her when a flash of blue went by and suddenly Hookwolf was on the ground.

I had to blink a few times before I realized Battery was standing where Hookwolf had previously been. And if Battery was here…

"Aaaaaaaand stay down!" Assault cheered as he pounced through the air and landed on Hookwolf's head. He jumped back up and suddenly landed next to Battery. He paused for a moment as if expecting Hookwolf to react. After a moment when nothing happened he took a step and was suddenly by Hookwolf's side again.

"Huh," he stated. "Well, he is still alive." Battery shook her head at him and turned towards me. She hesitated a moment before saying anything, giving Assault the chance suddenly appeared right next to me. And suddenly I was being lifted off the ground.

Celestia bucking curse it.

"Battery!" Assault said cheerfully as I got held off the ground. "Look at how cute it is."

"I'm a her, not an it," I said bitterly.

"She talks!" Assault practically squealed before hugging me to his chest. I was everything I could do not to turn my head slightly and stab him with my horn right then and there. "Can I keep her?"

"Assault no." Battery said pleadingly.

"Assault yes!" He answered. He looked down at me with a grin and I narrowed my eye back at him.

"I will buck you in the genitals if you don't put me down."

"I suddenly feel compelled to put some distance between us," Assault said, though he didn't drop his cheery tone. He dropped me on the ground and my legs fell out from under me awkwardly, putting me on my belly. When I looked back up I saw Assault was standing a little behind Battery and she was squeezing the bridge of her nose.

"So what exactly are you?" Battery asked me after a moment. She didn't sound annoyed as she looked. Maybe the theories from PHO about the two of them were true then.

I glanced over back at Hookwolf and Rune for a moment. Hookwolf wasn't moving and Rune was slowly wiggling out of the shield. Probably going to have to handle that here soon. I turned my gaze back to Assault and Battery. Assault was grinning at me lightly while Battery seemed a little suspicious of me. I sighed.

"I'm… a winged unicorn." I told her with a slight mumble.

"Not a Tinker or power creation are you?" She immediately asked. I shook my head.

"No, a case 53 of some sort. You can ask Panacea, I had her look me over just yesterday."

"I see," Battery stated. Slowly a kind smile grew across her lips, all the tension that had been in her body from before working its way out. "You did us a good favour tonight, taking out Hookwolf and Rune mostly for us. Even if we did step in at the end."

"But that does beg the question," Assualt said, slowly pulling out a cell phone. "What were you doing around here? And do you have a cape name yet?"

I shook my head. "I was just practising, I thought the empty Trainyard would have made a great spot to just see what I could do. Then I noticed these people and came to investigate. That's when I heard Hookwolf talking about some sort of racial cleansing and decided to step in.

"And no, I haven't thought of a name."

"I see," Assault suddenly said rather cheerfully. Before I knew it he was next to me, kneeling on the ground and wrapping his arm around my neck and shoulders. He held his hand up high and snapped a selfie with a quick flash from the camera.

He popped back up and started typing on his phone.

"Then you shall be known as Cupcake, the Obliterator."

"Assault no!" Battery protested. For his part, he paused in his typing and thought about it.

"Yeah, you're right. Too hard to say." Assault admitted. I let out a sigh of relief. Anything was better than getting stuck with that for a name.

"Hanging-out-with-my-new-friend," Assualt said as he typed on his phone. "Muffin,-the-Destroyer. Aaaand, send."

"Assault?" Battery protested. "Why would you do that?" Assault shot a grin back at her.

"Because I w-Erk!" He was cut off as my hind legs made a rapid contact with his crotch. He crumpled to the ground and rolled up in a ball with a loud moan. Battery and I watched for a moment curious when he managed to raise his head and mumble,

"Totally worth it."

"You know that the Director is going to totally rail you when we get back right?" Battery asked him, not the slightest hint of concern in her voice.

"Mmm, slightly less worth it."

Battery let out a sigh and looked up. She scanned the surrounding area. Neither Hookwolf or Rune had managed to get very far. I noticed a van coming down the road with PRT markings along it. One of them must have called them in.

I took stock of my surrounding as well. There were about six gang members still on the ground either holding on to their wounds or passed out from blood loss. There were a few trails were a few manage to work through the pain and limp away. It was hard to tell how many were crushed by Hookwolf.

"Look," Battery said. "I know you probably weren't all that responsible, but a lot of people got hurt here tonight. It would mean a lot if you came with us to help straighten out what went on here tonight."

"I guess I can do that," I said glumly. It wouldn't be my first choice, but people died here and no way do I want to give those Nazi's a chance to blame it on me. "But I get shotgun." I said pointedly.

"But I ride shotgun." Assault whimpered. Battery grinned at me.

"Of course," she said. "But you might want to think on your cape name before Muffin, the Destroyer sticks. Maybe something to do with that mark on your flank?"

My what? I craned my head to look at what she was referring to. Sure enough, there was strange mark on my butt that hadn't been there before. One on each side of me.

The mark was a trio of orange and red diamonds, kind of like stars. They were each different sizes, a small one on the lower left, a slightly larger one placed a little higher to its right, and the largest one in the middle but higher than the other two. Each of them were linked with tendrils of fire reaching between them.

What the heck was that supposed to mean? And what kind of name was I supposed to make out of that?