Elijah couldn’t help but feel his legs shaking as he looked at the sheer number of people inside. Being part of White Rose, it wasn’t as if he had never come across this situation before. In fact, even his time with Gary had put him in situations like this one, but one could tell that this was different. Just outside, fighting a few of the Altered, Elijah could tell this was different. It wasn’t tier 2 or 3 gang members who had Altered forms and didn’t know how to deal with them. This was the One Gang, a tier 1 city, one of the Kings, and one who was the champion of the AFC. Nearly every single person that was in this warehouse was a trained fighter, and they looked to be all Altered. ’With how many Altered are here… was Harvor preparing for some type of war or something?’ Elijah thought, and already many members were starting to transform. Groups of them were appearing. Wasting no time, Ice had formed in his hand a giant Ice pillar. After it was created, he held it with both of his hands and hurled it at a large group of men. While flying in the air, multiple Altered used their powers on the pillar of ice, breaking it down bit by bit. It eventually crashed into a few of the Altered who were holding it above their heads, and some had jumped over getting away. In a room with so many Altered, it had done little destruction to disrupt what was happening. There were just too many with too different powers for Ice to take out a large amount of them in one go. "We’re just going to have to fight the old-fashioned way!" Kanu said, as he moved his body to the side, avoiding a strange black spike of sorts. He caught it with his hand which had transformed into an orange claw. Then, with the spike itself, he hurled it back at another Altered that was running toward them, killing them and finishing them in a single hit. Next, Kanu had dashed his feet forward and with the giant orange claw he bashed the back of another head. It was a heavy blow crushing their skull immediately. An Altered had managed to get behind Kanu and went to kick him. However, the Altered felt a bone crack in their ankle. As they were the ones who had gotten hurt. Immediately, Kanu turned around and his claw bashed into another one of the Altered. "Do you really think I would come in here, if I didn’t think I could deal with the likes of you!" Kanu claimed. Elijah could even see that Ice was fighting somewhat directly to how he was outside. He had formed a large ice shield in one hand and in the other he had a club made of Ice. Ice was being pushed back by several Altered who were clinging onto his shield. He slammed his foot on the ground and a wave of Ice spikes stabbed several at the front. It gave him a moment to swing his club, hitting several of them away. It was a powerful hit, but they quickly got up. Then hiding behind the shield, Ice charged forward like a Ram and was pushing several of them coming his way. He couldn’t really see what was happening until he eventually stopped. It almost felt like he had hit a wall. Taking a peek by the shield though, it wasn’t a wall, but it was another Altered with a chicken-like foot out. "You were the one who bested Simba, I saw the videos," Terrance said. As Elijah looked at the man who had the strength to stop Ice, he recognized him. He was one of the targets of the White Rose. One of the Zodiac’s. Turning his head to the other side, Elijah could see that Kanu was also faced with another. The person also had two feet shaped like a chicken and was kicking Kanu’s claws out to the side. "That’s Roy… another one of the Zodiac’s. Why are two of the Zodiac’s here and not in the stadium!" Elijah thought. What Elijah didn’t know was that most of the Zodiac’s had already been taken out through past events, and to the Howlers. The only one that was in the arena was Stanley. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎 As for the final three that were in capable positions to fight, they were all here protecting Xin. Terrance, Roy, and Apollo. With the two of them busy, it looked like Altered’s were now starting to pay attention to Elijah himself as well. "Wait… aren’t we missing someone, where’s Austin!" Elijah asked, as he realized this was a situation he had to get himself out of. As for Austin, the reason why he wasn’t with the other two was because the moment he had entered the warehouse he had his eyes set on only one destination and was only moving toward that location. He was walking through, and as Altereds came at him, he took a hit to his body, then grabbed one by the neck, hurling them at the others. Another he kicked right in the stomach, sending them crashing into others. Austin was a force that couldn’t be stopped no matter how many Altered came at him. One had even rugby tackled him and managed to move him a few meters back, but with both hands lifted, Austin slammed them down, a cracking sound followed as the man crashed into the floor. He was moving across and was making his way to Xin, and when he was around ten meters away, a voice was heard. "Move out of the way!" The crowd that had gathered to stop Austin turned, and quickly listened as they stepped to the side. "None of you are strong enough to take him on, I’ll deal with this one," Apollo said, as his hands started to transform, along with his legs, and his entire body size was getting larger by the second. ---- For updates on MWS and future works, please remember to follow me on my social media below. Instagram: jksmanga When news of MVS, MWS, or any other series comes out, you will be able to see it there first, and you can reach out to me. If I’m not too busy, I tend to reply back.