Unstoppable force? Immovable object? I'm both~
(Sick of the lack of Brickhouse content, so I thought I'd write a but of self indulgence. The reader's gender will remain neutral, so all of yall can get on the action.)
You sat quietly at the back of the crowded bus with your earphones on as you attempted to calm your nerves. Your leg was bouncing up and down rapidly as you looked out of the window, watching the bus move at a snail's pace with nothing else to see but heavy amounts of traffic. Los Angeles was notorious for this, especially downtown, but you thought you had planned everything perfectly to make it on time, if not earlier, for your job interview. Yet despite all of that, life, fate, destiny, or whoever, decided that you in particular needed to be reminded that life is a game of chance, leaving you stuck on a pack bridge halfway to your destination, while being crammed inside so tightly that you barely had any space to spread your legs at least a little.
While you had your music at the max volume, even that did little to distract you from the ever-creeping dread that trailed up your spine. This was such a major opportunity for you, and it was all going to be for naught because of the horrible LA traffic. While you were trying to make peace with yourself at the prospect of being late, little did you know that everyone in the bus but you was laser-focused on some sort of commotion going on ahead... if the sight of several people fleeing for their lives and destructive nosies coming your way wasn't already an attetion grabbing.
It wasn’t until you felt the bus violently shake as a piece of debri crashed onto the front, causing it to jolt up slightly, lauching you and various other passengers forward before it crashed back down.
You look up to see a hulking, monsterus rotund ball of muscle with various arms protruding from its body, each of them smashing or tossing vehicles around while people ran ducking for cover. Monster attacks really weren't something new or uncommon to encounter, hell it pretty much happned twice a week, but there was difference between watching one on the news, and actully experiencing one...... and it was getting close.... real close!
Before any of the emergency exits could be opened, the thing grabbed the front end of the bus, lifting it up with ease. You grabbed onto the nearest pole quickly as you watched several people tumble down the aisle, piling on top of each other as they pushed up against the glass. The thing let out a balegerant scream as it threw the bus to the side with great force, causing it to shake and bounce before coming to stop as it crashed.
You felt... an ememce amount of pain rush through your body as you were processing everything. The sound of groans, coughs, and panicked breathing filled the bus as things started to settle down. It turns out the human body wasn't meant to be shaken around like a bunch of marbles. As you recovered, however, you looked back and felt yourself tense up... as you realized the back end of the bus was off the bridge, barely balanced by the amount of people inside. Everyone was perfectly still as they were frozen with fear, only able to watch on as the beast continued to rampage on the bridge, smashing down its fists causing the bridge to tremble, and with it the bus.
Then, suddenly, a red, blue colored haze smashed into the beast, launching it backward. The force of the attack caused a shockwave to desperce outwards. The bus then began to tilt backward. You fell onto the backend window, getting a clear view of just exactly how high up you were as it was at the brink of free fall. Your whole body felt numb as this was about to be the end of you, closing your eyes tightly as it went further and further backward.
However, just as it was about to fall, the descent then suddenly stopped, followed by the groaning sounds of metal before you and everyone else felt themselves being lifted up back to safety. The door was ripped right off, a green hand gensutrering people outwards, you were pretty out of it due to the sudden chain of events so you didn't quite get a good look at exactly who was rescuing you, but you were still able to hear them.
"Move it people! Sometime today would be nice!"
No one seemed to argue as everyone in the bus soon got up on their feet and started spilling out... you, however, were being trampled underneath, unable to get up as each time you tried, you found yourself knocked down again. It was only until the bus was practically emptied that you managed to get up on your feet, limping while trying to sprint out. The blue and red haze then came back, slamming down on the ground, which caused cracks to form on the bridge.
Unable to take any more super-powered abuse, the solid ground holding the bus up started to break away, tilting the bus backward again. You pushed through the pain, practically crawling towards the exit, but... it just wasn't enough as you barely made it out of the door. The bus dropped like a sack of bricks, leaving you in free fall as you felt yourself begin to decend.
You pretty much felt dead at that moment as your soul left your body, life flashing right before your eyes. However, instead of falling down and turning into a stain on the pavement below, a rather large green hand held you by the neck of your shirt, leaving you dangling but not falling. You arched your head up just a little, meeting face to face with your savior.
"Gotcha!" She said, letting out a sigh of relief that sounded like she was holding in her breath for quite a while.
You were left... pretty speechless as you were pulled right up, your legs unable to hold as you were gently placed on solid ground, collapsing onto your knees in an instant. You looked up to see your towering savior, her head aligned at just the right angle for the sun to gleam right off her orange goggles. She was rather tall. Even if you sat up right at best, your head would barely meet right up to her shoulder.
She had greenish yellow skin, short blond hair, and a rather muscular physique that was accentuated by her attire, which consisted of a yellow trench coat and a white leotard with various blue belts. You kept your gaze on her for just a little longer until her snapping snapped (pun intended) you out of your trance.
"Hey, hey! You ok?" She said, her look of concern slowly turning into a knowing smirk, crossing her arms. "You know if you're gonna stare, you should probably take a picture, might last a bit longer. Buuut... can't say I blame ya, no one's got pythons like these~"
She said, flexing one of her arms, which made the muscles bulge through her trech coat as she gave her bicep an air kiss.
You felt a bit flustered as she pointed out your staring, standing back up quickly as your tripped over your own words.
"S-sorry I just um, well I.... thank you. T-thank is what I should be saying."
She chuckled rather confidently. "No problem, it's my pleasure. Now I think you should probably start running cause things are about to get-"
She was cut off as the beast and the red and blue blur clashed again, said blur being Phenomaman, who was tanking multiple hits from the multi limbed creature, it barely gave him time to rest as it threw him off the bridge, following suit as it screamed his name.
"Yeah, that." With no time to lose the hero that saved you from the brink of death stretched a bit, walking towards the action before stopping suddenly and looking back at you. She smiled again and gave your a short farewell two fingered salute before breaking off into a sprint and jumping off to join Phenomaman with his fight.
You just stood there a loss for words, your cheeks were red, your heart was pouring, it felt like you were about to collapse all over again.
Yet despite all that had just happned you could only really think of one thing......
"I am seriously gonna be late for that interview....."
(This is my first time doing a reader fic, so please give me your critiques. I am all ears. And i hope i managed to give the same energy Brickhouse has in the game for the breif voice lines we get from her.)
