Captain Arica appeared in front of Apex along with two unknown individuals. He had Mjolnir in one hand, the handle of which was tinged green with only the head of the hamr still having its original luster — the symbiote was unable to affect the core of the divine artifact. He had a green bio-suit on him with the Hydra logo on his front that extended to his arms and legs. Unlike the usual Symbiote outfit, he didn’t have a maw covering his head since he didn’t want to appear monstrous. His shield also seed to have beco a part of his outfit as its color sche changed into the sa green with the Hydra logo in the center.
As for the two individuals beside him, they were wearing the basic Hydra armor and combat uniform.
“Laura—“ Captain Arica’s words were cut short as a bolt of lightning landed on top of Laura. He was confused as he hadn’t attempted to attack her just yet, but when he saw her seemingly absorb the power of that lightning bolt, he got ready for a fight.
Laura-Alex roared at the three of them, “We are Apex!” They shouted with an almost demonic-sounding voice before punching out toward Captain Arica. The arm extended forward with a black appendage that collided with Captain Arica’s shield which he’d used to block the blow. The man didn’t waste any ti and threw his hamr at Apex, choosing not to use lightning for now.
With their form pulsing with lightning, Apex dodged the hamr by moving away from its path, fully aware that they weren’t worthy. Even if they were worthy, now wasn’t the ti to test it out. Just as Apex moved to the side, their feet extended to form a springboard and they jumped toward Captain Arica with all claws extended. Seeing the glowing blue claws approaching him, Captain Arica narrowed his eyes and recalled Mjolnir toward him. He raised his shield and blocked the initial attack as a small blast of lightning appeared from the collision. It pushed back both of the man’s supporters who quickly cast their respective abilities.
One of them knelt and put both of his hands on the ground while channeling so sort of energy and the other looked at Apex and started speaking. Apex found a shield being raised all around the battlefield between them and Captain Arica, isolating the two of them. Their eyes narrowed at the man who was kneeling outside the shield maintaining it. Apex heard the other man’s words and felt as if they were going into a trance, “Seriously?” Apex slashed a claw at Captain Arica and spoke with a scoff, “Trying to hypnotize ? Who is that? Doctor Faustus’s disciple?”
The Captain’s eyes narrowed as he grasped Mjolnir’s handle once again, swinging it at Apex who ducked under the swing while swiping their leg at Captain Arica. He had to flip over the leg that had a glowing blue claw coming out of it, following the hamr’s montum before smashing it down at Apex. They couldn’t dodge the attack, so Apex extended their hands together to block the attack with their claws, “Since you can’t be controlled, then you are a liability,” He said while in mid-air, approaching Apex.
As the hamr hit Apex’s claws, a shockwave of lightning spread all around the shielded area. Feeling their claws losing out in the frontal exchange, Apex used their ‹Lightning Manipulation› to suck in Lightning from Mjolnir. Using the divine weapon as a conduit to empower themselves, the arcs of lightning all around Apex started amplifying as the glow got much more prominent. Channeling all of that lightning energy into their claws, Apex burst out with another lightning blast that almost blew Captain Arica away if not for his impressive hold on the hamr.
Still, though, it gave Apex the opportunity to get out from the siege of the hamr with a flip, almost stabbing one of the foot claws into Captain Arica’s skull.
Both Apex and Captain Arica stepped back as the captain started rotating the hamr, generating so montum. At the sa ti, his head also got covered by the maw of his symbiote, similar to Apex, but not as sleek. Apex had a sleek look since the main host was Laura who had a lanky physique dedicated to a more flexible style of combat. On the other hand, Captain Arica’s form was almost twice as buff as Apex.
Captain Arica used the montum of his rotating hamr to shoot toward Apex. Four tentacles appeared from Apex’s back as they pushed down on the ground and jumped over Captain Arica, who had to stop himself in order to not destroy the barrier that was keeping them hidden and isolated. This was the only way for Captain Arica to go all out without destroying his noble image as the leader by looking like a monster. This was the secondary purpose of the barrier, the main one being to hypnotize Apex while making sure that they didn’t escape, which turned out to be useless since they seed immune to hypnosis.
As Captain Arica stopped, Apex’s legs made contact with his back as they kicked him, making the man collide with the barrier. Following up on their advantage, Apex quickly attacked him with a tentacle that was unfortunately blocked by Captain Arica’s shield. As more tentacles approached, he swung his hamr, swatting away the tentacles as he approached Apex once again.
Getting into close-range combat, Captain Arica used his hamr to block Apex’s claws before slamming his shield into them which was blocked by two tentacles that swatted it to the side. Apex quickly kicked Captain Arica’s undefended side and left a massive lightning-infused gash on the man’s abdon that was quickly covered up by his symbiote.
Ignoring the minor injury, Captain Arica slamd his foot on the ground as green material escaped from his foot and started tangling up Apex’s foot. Just as the Captain slamd his hamr at Apex’s claws again, they gave him a terrifying smile that extended from edge to edge, “Big mistake.”
Before Captain Arica could respond to those words, his eyes widened as he felt his suit weakening by a large margin. Instantly understanding the source of the problem, he slamd his shield into Apex before smashing Mjolnir directly on the ground, at the spot of the connection between his symbiote and Apex. The loud bang was followed by the ground cracking as the barrier surrounding him and Apex flickered. But Captain Arica’s objective was fulfilled. He was able to sever the connection that Apex had made with his symbiote.
’25%,’ He ntally noted. Within a fraction of a second, Apex had weakened his symbiote by a quarter, ‘This is getting difficult without either lightning or many of my symbiote abilities.’ He decided to go all out and see who would co out on top. He charged at Apex with his hamr charging up with lightning. Just as he collided with the lightning-infused claws that Apex blocked his attack with, he flipped over them and tried to swipe their legs. Apex flipped above the swipe and did a handstand, slashing their foot claws at Captain Arica who jumped back.
Charging his hamr up again, Captain Arica rotated it while at the sa ti, a Hydra symbol appeared on his back with one of its heads getting cut off. It was witnessed by the man outside who was maintaining the barrier. Captain Arica attacked Apex once again, repeating the sa hit-and-run tactic.
After it was repeated a few tis, Apex roared at him and the captain got the illusion of steam rising from Apex’s body. Not understanding what was happening, he approached Apex once again, planning to engage in combat before retreating. This ti though, just as Apex dodged Mjolnir’s blow, they punched Captain Arica’s shield with a level of strength that threw the man away, making him collide with the barrier.
Pressing their advantage, Apex roared and used the four tentacles that were coming out of the back to grab Captain Arica who barely dodged the four appendages, approaching Apex once again with the hamr swinging in his hand. This ti though, there was a charge building up in the center of the hamr. Soon enough, Captain Arica propelled himself toward Apex who had to block the attack.
Just as Mjolnir and Apex’s claws collided, a huge lightning bolt fell from the sky, breaking through the shield and enveloping both Apex and Captain Arica. Just as it seed that the lightning was about to die down, even more bolts of lightning joined in with the main bolt like so sort of a lightning tree.
Within the center of the bolt, Apex, and Captain Arica continued their fight, seemingly unaffected by the lightning that was falling from the sky. As the bolts of lightning continued falling, Apex’s movents beca faster and faster as they finally got a significant punch in, stabbing Captain Arica through the abdon. The montum of the punch made Captain Arica drop Mjolnir and threw him out of the blast radius with a trail of smoke. Monts later, Apex absorbed all the falling lightning, turning into a glowing entity of lightning themselves. They condensed all of that lightning toward the Adamantium-Vibranium claws before using the tal skeleton as a conduit to transfer all of that power into a compressed blast that was shot directly at the airborne Captain Arica, instantly enveloping him in a blast of pure lightning.
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