Raging

Aaron braced himself for the oncoming impact. As he attempted to firmly plant himself while slowing down the tree, he had an idea. He threw his forearms up infront of his body to block the blow. As the tree made contact, he tried his best to make an edge with his telekinesis. Luckily, it, combined with the force Rouge used in swinging the tree, was successful, cutting its way through the trunk. Though it took significant strain, Aaron was ready to go.

“Nice try, Rouge!” he yelled, grabbing an edge of the splintered tree. He propelled himself onto the trunk and ran toward Rouge. In anger, she quickly dropped the tree and launched a couple of fireballs his way. Aaron smirked, side-stepping each one, before dropping down to do what looked like---

“Breakdancing… Baby, are you serious? Where did you even learn that?!” Campbell’s thoughts resounded.

As Aaron was performing a flare from the tree, which narrowly missed Rouge, he responded, “Technically, it’s not. It’s Capoeira! I learned it from Tekken,” he couldn’t help but have a huge grin on his face as he moved to the ground to try to trip Rouge.

“Actually, that is breakdancing. From what I know, flares aren’t a part of Capoeira,” Aaron stopped to look for the voice.

“Was that in my head?” he said.

“Yup!” the voice responded. Aaron finally caught sight of the source.

“One, how did you intercept that communication? Two, why are you still here?! This is dangerous!”

“Says the guy who stopped in the middle of a fight to look for a random voice. Weirdo.”

“Go!” Aaron yelled.

“Alright, alright!” the guy ran in a safe direction. “Also, watch out for what she’s about to do.”

Aaron turned to Rouge in just enough time to see her punch and dodge it.

“Uh uh,” he smiled at her. He began punching toward her, using enough speed to try to disorient her.

“The hell is wrong with you? Why are you smiling!?” She said in anger, trying her best to dodge his attacks.

“You’re the one throwing fireballs and swinging trees!” he punched toward her stomach. He missed and gave her an opening to deliver a rather strong jab to his side.

“You’re lucky I missed the ribs,” she had an evil grin on her face.

Aaron reeled back, in pain from the hit. He sent a mean scowl her way. “Fine!” he yelled, jumping and springing to his hands, delivering a windmill to her face, and transitioning to a flare, knocking Rouge to the ground.

“Windmills aren’t in Capoeira, either,” said the guy’s voice.

“Damn you…” Aaron said as he ran toward Rouge. He picked her up using his telekinesis and launched her into the side of a building.

While the impact jarred her for a moment, she rose quickly and began glowing red.

“Shit. I pissed her off…” Aaron’s confidence dropped for a moment. Rouge let out an angry roar, running toward him. She began attacking so fast Aaron could barely keep his mind straight. Between melee attacks, she would launch tiny bits of energy at him.

“I tried to be merciful, but now I’m fucking angry.” She stepped back, flashed red, and delivered a punch to Aaron’s chest. He couldn’t react quick enough to slow it down, but he at least lowered the impact with his telekinesis. He dropped to the ground, reeling. Rouge was about to deliver another blow, when a blue flash appeared and Aaron heard a familiar voice.

“Enough, Rouge,” the man said.

“What makes you think you can stop me?”

“You have orders.”

“You’re damn right I do.”

“Hm. As I thought. Well, I’ll make sure something is done about this.” The man turned to help Aaron up. As he did, Rouge summoned her red energy and prepared to launch it.

“No!” Aaron yelled. He pushed her away as fast as he could, which sent the energy ball into the air. He turned to the man helping him, “You have to leave. It isn’t safe.”

“Trust me, I can handle myself,” the man replied.

“Please? I have a plan.” Aaron pleaded.

“No you don’t,” the man shook his head.

“You’re right, I don’t,” Aaron lowered his head, “But still, I’ll make it out of this fight.”

“If you say so.” The man stepped back and began to fade away. “Captain.”

“What?” Aaron asked as the man disappeared. He stood distracted for a moment, before he heard Rouge roar again. She frantically looked around and caught sight of Campbell in the distance. She summoned a huge ball of energy and threw it toward him.

“No!” Aaron yelled, running as fast as he could. Campbell had little time to move before the ball hit another building, sending him flying and knocking him unconscious. Aaron stopped and took in the moment, before turning around to Rouge, his eyes brightly glowing.

“Enough.” He sped toward her, quicker than he ever had. “That was unacceptable,” he said before punching her and sending her flying. Before she could land, he kicked her into the air. Soon, she stopped, suspended above the campus. Aaron slowly rose to face her. She struggled to move, but he held her at bay.

“I need you to know something,” he said, sending a wave of psychic energy at her. It met the same strange red energy, but, somehow, Aaron found his way to break through, eliciting a painful scream from Rouge.

“These attacks will NOT be tolerated. Whoever sent you? Tell them that I am no longer playing nice.” He sent one more psychic wave at her, knocking her out. He looked down and noticed Campbell trying to stand up, and descended with Rouge’s body. When he landed, he ran toward Campbell, embracing him.

“Next time, you can’t be a spectator. It’s too dangerous.”

“Next time, try not to fight battles by yourself.” Campbell rubbed his head. “What was her deal?”

“Same as Breaker’s. That guy who helped him showed up, too. He didn’t seem to like Rouge,” Aaron responded.
“This is getting crazy.”

“Yeah…” Aaron said, walking over to Rouge’s body. It suddenly disappeared. “Well, hell.” He shook his head.

Soon he noticed Miche running his way.

“I heard crashes and such, figured it’d be you.” She said, looking to him and Campbell. “Are you guys okay?”

“For the most part, I guess,” Aaron replied.

“Another one?” She asked. Campbell nodded his head. “Well, next time, don’t be afraid to ask me for help.”

“But you were in class…” Aaron looked down.

“So? I’ll find some way to help out.”

“Well, duly noted. It’s too bad you missed out. You could have seen me doing Capoeira.” Aaron suddenly perked up.

“That wasn’t Capoeira…” the voice said again.

“You suck.”