Just had to cash in on this great fic writing; Steel with neutral!MC getting into a dangerous situation against a villain back in the day and figuring out how to get back out of it.
Fallen Hero; Steel & n!MC; 2nd perspective; past
I hope you like it!! (Refrences woo. Also The villain may have turned out to be creepier than what was originally planned >->)
It hurt to breathe, you think maybe that last hit broke a rib or two. Shit. This was not going good and fucking Ortega wasn't anywhere to be found. You're without a doubt bringing back the nickname Rubbleguy because he deserves every ounce of embarrassment you can throw at him.
"LitT..le b.iRd, wHerr.e ha.Ve y…Ou fL..own?" The garbled mechanical speech feels your every sense and it makes you shudder in fear. You crouch further into the corner you've hidden yourself in. You don't know what he is and that scares you more than anything else.
His mind is real, you think, but it echoes his words and nothing else. How can you sidestep him if he doesn't think, if he doesn't feel?
His feet clack against the floor and you have to close your eyes and take a deep breath to calm your nerves. At least you can feel Steel's mind starting to stir as he gets closer to conciousness but he still feels too far away and you don't know for sure how much damage he took.
A hot breath puffs against your face, and you do your best to remain still as you open your eyes. His face is inches in front of you, eyes wild and the tech sticking out of his face at odd angles gives him more of a horror vibe than villain.
You swallow as his smile stretches almost inhumanely long. You instinctively react; punching him in the face and attempting to spring past only to be caught around the waist and thrown into the wall.
"BiR..diE bIr..d hehehehe," he punches his hand into your stomach. You scream in pain and he laughs joyfully. "Se..E h.Ow iT scI..nGs." You gasp in a breath and yeah those ribs are definitely now broken.
He than slams your head into the wall several times, you can feel yourself almost lose consciousness but you hold on by a thread.
You groan as his face begins to come closer. His teeth sharper than you remember."Thanks," another gasp in, " but I'd rather hear you 'sing'." Your leg swings forward and you knee him in the groin. He let's out an almost inhuman screech as he backs away only to stop as he thumps into a very awake Steel.
Wow you don't think you've ever really seen Steel pissed before. His glare has an intensity you really hope never gets directed at you one day.
Steel grabs dark and scary, tossing him easily across the room; the guy hitting a wall with a resounding thunk right next to a window.
"Thanks," you breathe out clutching your side. "Almost thought you weren't getting up from that last attack."
"Not out yet," he cracks his neck, wincing a bit, "Are the bombs still active?"
"Yeah, I've been a bit busy," you comment pointing your thumb as dark and scary starts to move. "Fuck, you know how to deactivate bombs right?"
Steels gaze shifts to you and he eyes you up down, "Yes, but so can you." His eyes narrow a bit. Nows probably not a good time to tell him your concussion is worse than his and you wouldn't be able to keep your focus straight enough to cut tiny wires. That's what you do with bombs right? Fuck maybe your concussion is worse than you thought.
"Alright, you defuse bombs I'll take dark and scary for a ride!" You lightly hit his arm before turning and running full force into the guy and through the window. The last thing you hear is Steel yelling your name.
Steel is pissed, not as pissed as he was with dark and scary but you're pretty sure that he might be tempted to also punt you into a wall.
"You went through a window," his hand has yet to leave the bridge of his nose and you think that he might have a headache or maybe that's your own head?
"Yep," you pop the p, leaning back on your hands. You really like the feel of solid ground beneath you.
Steel let's out an exsaperted noise, "What made you think that would be a good idea?"
You shrug your shoulders, letting out a giggle. Man for some reason this whole situation just feels ridiculous now. It also makes you feel better that dark and scary is now more terrified of you than you are of him.
Steel shakes his head mumbling that he was going to call Ortega to come pick you up.
"Tell Rubbleguy he's an asshole!" You let out another giggle and wave as Steel gives you a worried look.