Snippet #1619747

Great. They were in the midst of battle, with almost no route of practical escape. I suppose I could fabricate some smoke, but I'm in no position to do that right now, Will thought, glancing back over to Miles and Adrien. Why weren't they helping him? Surely a little small talk wasn't more important than-

CRACK

A sickening noise rang through the area as the metal pole slammed into Will, sending him flying back against a nearby brick wall. You idiot! he chastised himself as he pushed himself up to his feet. You should have never taken your eyes off of him. Keeping his eyes glued on his adversary, Will felt around the place of impact to assess the damage. It seemed that his carbon armor had taken most of the force, as a large piece of it was now missing, but the blow had still been devastating. A huge black and blue bruise was blooming across Will's side, and he could tell by the sharp pain there that at least one of his ribs was broken. Dammit, he cursed, gritting his teeth to quell the pain. I can't fight this guy forever, he's invincible! Where's Ruko when you need her...

"Hey, want your friend back? Let Aver go!"

Will was tempted to look for the source of the voice, but he had learned his lesson last time. Instead, he would have to turn to deduction to give him the nswers he sought. The only nowhere he could see was missing was that girl, you know, the one with the hair? And he was here, Miles and Adrien were still chatting away, and Sacre Blue was still silent as ever. That left...

Dammit Ruko, why can't you just keep yourself out of trouble?