Superpsychohomicidal - Mike's life is as good as it ever has been, since he left the police force and took up vigilante heroism; he's helping his city, and he's got a team who has his back. Until a villain from his past finds him on patrol, and tips off a series of events that threatens to burn Mike's new life to the ground, and take his team and his city with it.
((Finally complete after almost half a decade--polyburners, rated M, telepathy and superhero shenanigans ahoy. Please mind the tags!))
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/5
Fandom: Motorcity (Cartoon)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Mike Chilton/Chuck/Dutch/Julie Kane/Texas
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Telepathic Bond, Polyamory, Telepathic Sex, Superpower Sex, Magical Artifacts, psychic invasion, Police Brutality, Dubious Consent Due To Identity Issues, Mind Manipulation, some of it very pleasant and enjoyable for everybody involved and some of it not, Canon-Typical Body Horror, just terra-adjacent nonsense you know how they are
Summary:
Mike's life is as good as it ever has been, since he left the police force and took up vigilante heroism; he's helping his city, and he's got a team who has his back. Until a villain from his past finds him on patrol, and tips off a series of events that threatens to burn Mike's new life to the ground, and take his team and his city with it.
ammoth said to livelivefastfree: therE ARE SO MANY GOOD OUTFITS FUCK how are we supposed to choose.[...] burnerswap Julie in G3 for MAXIMUM DANGER LADY
Anonymous said to livelivefastfree: evil booster Chuck looking like a classy evil scientist
Well with burnerswap Julie and burnerswap Chuck in the mix, how was I not supposed to go hunting and find an outfit for Mike too? :D Some stylish villain!Burners for y’all
hey Mikey, whatcha dreaming about? // hey Chuckles, what are you so afraid of?
The more power Mike gives other people, the more he has to give; the more Mayhem takes from other people, the more he can keep on taking. His powers are horribly reminiscent of Kane’s, with one major exception; once Kane has taken everything his victim has to give, they’re no use to him any more. When Mayhem drains somebody dry, he can just keep feeding.
rollerskatinglizard said to livelivefastfree: Superhero au, Mike and Fearless 8)
rollerskatinglizard said to livelivefastfree: *brilliant idea* oooooh, a matched set -- superhero au, Chuck and Mayhem!
"You recognized one of the Duke's rings as soon as you saw it," Julie says, and conjures up the larger-than-life captured image of a golden ring, turning it over in the air between her hands. The stone in the center is pure, milky white with two beads of jet set into the gold on either side. "I heard you asking him about it. So...?"
“We don’t have time for this,” says Mike. He’s not looking at the ring--the sight makes his eyes do something strange and hard, pupils a little bit too thin and not quite round. His teeth are too sharp. “The Duke--”
“Has too many of these stones for us to go in blind,” Julie says firmly. “We have to know what we’re dealing with. Do you know anything about any of these? Anything you can tell us is better than--”
"He's Jet," says Mike, fast and hard. He doesn't sound angry, or at least not at Julie--just very tense, talking through his teeth. "The guy, the dragon, the Duke took that stone from, he’s a Jet Dragon. His name's Rayon, I met him once when I was alone." he crosses his arms. "Black dragons can put...numbers, values, to things. They know the worth of something just by looking."
"So...he can force this guy to tell him, or...?" Dutch is turning a wrench over and over in his hands, looking very tense and tired.
"He's wearing the ring." Mike's hands clench very tightly on his knees. "He can use the power like it's his. Rayon can see it too, probably, wherever that--wherever he's locked up." is voice wavers, almost a snarl--he presses his lips together into a tight line for a second, and then forces himself to finish, "...but he can't control how his power's being used. He just...knows somebody's using it."
"Okay, so the Duke can count stuff," Texas snorts. "Big deal!"
"It's more...it's just more." Mike shakes his head. "More than that. He can tell what people value most, who people value most, he can tell who the leader is and cut the head off any army that comes for him, he...I don't like. Seeing somebody else with that stone."
There’s a tense moment of silence. Mike sits with his arms crossed, shoulders pulled in, head down, tight and unhappy.
"...I bet that's how he found the others' hoardes,” he says, almost to himself, quiet and pained. “...seeing what they valued most and stealing it." The last two words are an actual, full-blown snarl. His fire is trapped in the stone around Texas's bicep, but he's angry enough a wisp of silvery smoke drifts through the air on those words. Texas's hand jerks up to his arm as the stone heats again, almost burning against his skin.
"So, call it a...ring of Appraisal." Julie lets that illusion drift away from her, hanging in the air. “...what about the others?”
