12. Escape
"Give up, Emma. I'll end your suffering, trust ."
Alex looked at the woman in front of him, who had fortunately awakened her telepathic abilities but was unfortunately tortured by them to the point of becoming a monster, and spoke seriously.
"End my suffering? How will you do that?"
"With this." Alex pulled out a pistol, the sa kind that killed Nick Fury. "Of course, you'll need to deactivate your diamond form first, otherwise the bullet won't penetrate."
"In your dreams!" Before Alex could finish, Emma scread and interrupted him, then roared and lunged at Alex, like an enraged beast or a bloodthirsty demon.
Alex raised his left hand, and the particle beam instantly lit up. He was always ready for Emma's move, and as she acted, Alex's particle beam was already ready to fire.
Bang!
With a golden flash, and Emma's body instantly halted mid-air. The next mont, she was violently hurled back with trendous force, faster than her previous speed, ultimately crashing heavily to the ground again.
"Don't resist. This thing might not harm you, but it has a powerful repelling effect. You can't get reach ." Alex waved his hand, revealing the Iron Man suit hidden in his sleeve.
"Really?" Emma, lying on the ground, gave a twisted smile. "I can't but they can."
As Emma's words fell, a soft, ethereal laugh, like that of a child, suddenly echoed in the corridor. Then, pale mist began to spread from the darkness. Seeing this, Alex couldn't help but take half a step back, but he quickly steadied himself, returning his foot to its original position.
"So this is the scene Pietro saw earlier. It's really terrifying, like watching 'The Grudge' or 'It' in VR." Licking his dry lips, Alex stared intently at the increasingly thick mist.
Feeling a wave of dizziness, Alex decisively fired several shots into the hazy figures in the mist. The gunfire briefly dispelled the mist, but soon it reford, taking on human shapes again, accompanied by eerie laughter that seed to mock Alex's futile efforts.
"It's useless. This is power ford entirely by psychic energy. From the mont you entered my territory, you were already within their bodies. They are everywhere; physical attacks can't destroy them."
Emma, hidden in the mist, was unaffected by the psychic energy due to her diamond form. Hearing this, Alex showed little reaction, but the sweat on his forehead revealed his awareness of the dire situation.
The mist was not a manifestation of telepathy, indicating Emma's human experints had failed. If these children truly had awakened telepathic abilities, they could have controlled him instantly, leaving no room for resistance.
In a sense, however, Emma's experints weren't entirely failures. These tragic children had long since died. Their souls and resentnt, mixed with weak psychic energy, grew stronger as more died.
They usually lay dormant beneath the orphanage, but when soone enters, they beco 'prey' for these tortured souls.
Emma, with her diamond form telepathic protection, was unafraid of this psychic energy, but Alex, a re human, couldn't help but feel anxious in the face of this strange power.
Alex fired a few more shots at the ghostly figures, even though he knew it was futile, but he had no other choice. He couldn't use the particle beam from his palm, uncertain if it would harm these eerie entities. Moreover, Emma, was lurking nearby, waiting for an opportunity to strike. The particle beam couldn't be fired continuously, it needed a few seconds to recharge, enough ti for Emma to tear him apart.
He knew Emma was waiting for that mont.So Alex quickly gave up on the particle beam. He kept his palm beam ready to fend off Emma's attack while shooting at the mist, trying to prevent the psychic energy from overwhelming his mind.
Fortunately, though powerful, the mist's attacks were simple.
Like boiling a frog, it would trap its prey within itself, wearing them down over ti. When the prey could no longer bear it, the psychic energy would invade their minds, turning them into mindless zombies. Calculating the rate of psychic invasion, Alex beca more agitated by the approaching shadows and whispers but quickly cald himself.
When Pietro entered, Alex followed closely. Logically, both should be equally affected, yet Pietro seed more affected than himself.
At first, Alex thought it was because Pietro was a mutant and he was a regular human, so the psychic energy targeted Pietro more. But now he realizes it wasn't that simple. The attacks should be indiscriminate unless influenced by...
Speed!
The biggest difference between him and Pietro was speed. Pietro was a speedster, his actions and thoughts were much faster than Alex's, thus consuming more energy.
This was the truth behind the psychic attack, Alex's eyes lit up. "I know how to deal with this now. As long as I empty my mind and minimize ntal strain, these things can't touch ."
Hearing this, Emma was stunned, an expression of disbelief on her face, the first ti Alex had seen such a look from her.
"I know what you're trying to do, but it's useless. I'll keep my eyes on you; you can't get past ." Alex warned Emma cautiously.
"I must admit, you surprise . You're very smart, Alex. I'm almost in love with your mind." Emma smiled stiffly, staring deeply at Alex. "But do you think you've won?"
Emma spread her arms, and the shadows in the mist gathered around her.
"Even if you slow your consumption, you're still trapped here. How long can you last? A minute, ten minutes, half an hour? In the end, you'll die. Oh no, you'll stay and join our family."
"It won't take that long." Alex tilted his head, smiling. "I still have a bus to catch."
Before his words were finished, a figure appeared beside him. In an instant, the mist behind the figure exploded, torn apart by a silver flash of lightning, leaving a clear path through the darkness.
"What?" Emma's eyes widened, realizing the situation.
"You arrived just in ti, Pietro." Without turning, Alex recognized his rescuer, and he was finally able to relax.
Pietro didn't respond imdiately, He walked to Alex's side and tapped his helt, which was made of a tal that blocked telepathy. This helt allowed Pietro to use his abilities freely.
"I've got what we ca for. Let's go. I don't want to stay here any longer."
"As you wish."
Alex jumped on Pietro's back. Their conversation lasted only a few seconds. Before Emma could react, Alex was already on Pietro's back, blowing her a kiss from afar.
"No—"
Emma reached out, trying to grab or stop them, but they vanished in a breath, their speed was beyond the visual observation of the human eye. Gasping, tears of blood ran down Emma's face. She stared into the empty darkness, releasing Alex's presence which was gone, like a phantom.
"No!!!!!!"
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