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<span class="mu-r">“Do your thing, Squirrel Girl. If you can keep them busy and carve out a path for us, that’d be great.”</span>
The squirrel-themed vigilante cracked her knuckles, and Tippy Toe cracked her own neck at the same time.
<span class="mu-g">“Coming right up!”</span>
She placed her fingers on her temples, closed her eyes and furrowed her brow in concentration. For a while, nothing happened. But right when you thought that you’d been waiting an uncomfortably long time, you heard a faint, unsettling rumbling sensation in the ground. It was only made stronger with your enhanced senses, and there were a few others that were casting questioning looks around the area.
Ember licked her lips nervously and leaned in to whisper to Squirrel Girl, who was the only one not freaking out right now.
<span class="mu-r">“Hey, uh…Squirrel Girl? What’re you-?”</span>
Ember didn’t get a chance to finish whatever it was that she was saying, because a large shadow washed over her and darkened the street where the fight had been taking place. She inhaled sharply and stepped back hurriedly. You almost did the same.
Squirrel Girl opened her eyes again, and now, she was grinning like a mad woman, exposing the gap in her teeth. And despite there being a tidal wave of brown and gray fur flowing towards her, she didn’t look the least bit concerned. Instead, she raised a fist and swung at the air in front of her.
<span class="mu-g">“Take <span class="mu-i">that</span>!”</span>
In a blur of fur, the squirrel army split to fill the entire left side of the street, flowing around the cops and crashing into every Doombot, costumed individual and common crook within range. Some were enveloped completely, while others were smothered up to their heads, allowing them to squirm and writhe uselessly within the mass of angry rodents. They cursed and screamed as they were tossed around, and some were fighting desperately to stay afloat.
Squirrel Girl swung her other fist.
<span class="mu-g">“And <span class="mu-i">that</span>!”</span>
Now it was everyone else’s turn. On either side of you, people were being mercilessly pummeled and scratched by a seemingly endless amount of squirrels. It was simultaneously the most impressive, ridiculous and terrifying thing you’d ever seen.
For a while you and Ember just simply watched in horror as these once credible threats were reduced to quivering puddles by common tree rodents. Not even the cops got away completely unscathed. Some were shaking squirrels out of their pants, while others ran around in circles as the little terrors hid in their hats or pulled at their hair and eyelids.
Squirrel Girl at least had the decency to look ashamed about that. She chuckled nervously.
<span class="mu-g">“Oops! Hehe…sorry…”</span>
You were still staring open-mouthed at the sheer amount of havoc that she was casually causing within the city.
She gave you and Ember a confused look.
<span class="mu-g">“Weren’t you guys going to go inside?”</span>
Ember pointed back at the building.
(Cont.)
