Bubble Boy

[LOCATION – Warehouse 17]

[STREAM TITLE – "LIVE DESTRUCTION: TROY VS LEGION (UNCUT)"]

[VIEWERS – 5,761,924 and climbing…]

The silence was thick and suffocating. Even the chat froze for a second, processing what they were watching.

Troy floated there, breathing steady, muscles pulsing, hair whipping from the aftermath of the last shockwave.

He was done holding back.

Then he moved.

WHIP-CRACK!

In a flash, Troy swept low, sliding under Bolt's lightning dash and smashed both his knees inward with a brutal kick. The sound was sickening, crackling bone, followed by a shriek of pain.

"AAAGHH...!" Bolt tumbled, skidding across the concrete, legs folding beneath him like paper.

[CHAT REPLAY]:

@StormChaser456: "BRO JUST BROKE HIS LEGS LIKE TWIGS!!"

@SpeedForceIsReal: "That wasn't a hit. That was a statement."

@GrimVisionz: "BubbleBoy ain't flinching. He's not fighting. He's hunting."

Construct screamed, charging with neon chainsaws spinning from his arms.

Troy blurred grabbing him by the throat and rocketed into the sky, dragging Construct higher, higher...

"Ghh...c-can't… breathe...!"

The camera zoomed, catching it all as Troy held Construct one-handed, choking him in the open air. No expression. No remorse.

Then...

THWACK.

He slammed Construct's head into a concrete ledge on the roof.

Once.

Twice.

A third time...

Then he let go.

Construct's limp body dropped like a sack of bricks back down into the warehouse, crashing through debris, unconscious and broken.

Troy hovered in the air… until another voice roared up at him.

"ENOUGH!!"

Seaman.

Trident in hand, eyes burning with power, he hurled a spear of compressed ocean current straight at Troy.

Troy dodged mid-air, spun, and punched the water-slice to mist.

He rocketed forward and punched Seaman in the gut so hard, the floor cracked, then punched again, launching him like a missile out the warehouse and across the bay.

[CHAT REPLAY]:

@SeaKingJr: "HE SENT HIM TO THE MOON WTF"

@NukeCore: "NO WAY. HE JUST YEETED A WHOLE SS HERO."

@PeaceWasNeverAnOption: "This is war. This is biblical."

Troy didn't pause.

He blasted off, wind splitting behind him as he chased Seaman across the sea. The ocean rose in response, Seaman regaining balance mid-air, blood at his lips.

A monstrous WALL OF WATER surged behind him, a tidal colossus that spanned the sky.

Seaman roared. "DROWN...!!"

The wave rushed forward.

Troy flew through it.

BOOOOOOOM!!!

The wave split apart like paper.

He reached Seaman mid-flight and with a grin, a genuine, wide, dangerous smile, drove his fist into his face.

CRACK.

The shockwave shattered the sky. The clouds parted.

Seaman's body flew like a meteor, skipping across the water before floating limp.

Blood. Silence. Power.

Troy hovered in the air, now above Seaman's unconscious body.

He raised his hand.

It shifted, flesh becoming light, then forming a sleek, glowing energy Bubble blade.

He hovered there.

Silent.

Cold.

Grinning.

The blade gleamed as it pointed downward, aimed directly at Seaman's chest.

"Goodbye."

He thrust...

CLANG.

The blade stopped.

A green hand caught his wrist.

A Martian hand.

Mr Mars.

Still silent. Still unreadable. But now, his eyes were glowing with emerald light.

The stream exploded in chat.

[CHAT REPLAY]:

@AstroTheoryX: "M...MR MARS STOPPED HIM???"

@IsHeStarmanLevel: "BRO. BROOOO. THEY'RE GONNA THROW HANDS."

@MyHeartIsShaking: "This isn't a fight anymore. This is HISTORY."

@AlienGodz: "The Martian moves. And the storm's not over."

Troy's smile faded.

Their eyes locked.

Mr Mars still hadn't spoken.

But in that one gesture...catching the blade meant to kill Seaman, he declared something louder than words:

"You've gone far enough."

And Troy?

He just stared back.

"…So. You do care."

The ocean churned below.

The sky crackled above.

And for the first time…

The Storm had met its wall.