3.10

Chaos reigned as the battle continued. Clockblocker was frozen, Aegis was caught in a tug-of-war between Angelica and Brutus, and Vista distorted the environment, even making rain fall sideways.

Bitch, riding Judas, charged out of the darkness, dodging laser fire from Kid Win and Gallant. Vista tripped Judas with a wall of earth, but Bitch, enraged by one of Gallant’s emotion-inducing blasts, focused on Vista. The young heroine warped space to keep Bitch at bay, giving the protagonist a throbbing headache - a side effect of someone’s power, perhaps?

Bitch called Judas back from a downed Gallant. Kid Win, despite being at an excessive distance, managed to hit Bitch with a laser barrage, leaving her incapacitated. Judas protected her. Browbeat emerged from the darkness, feigning injury from bugs, then ambushed Vista, revealing himself as Grue.

The protagonist, realizing most of the Wards were down, informed Tattletale, who, to her dismay, rushed off to complete one last task. Kid Win, now airborne on his hoverboard, began assembling a massive cannon. He blasted Judas and Aegis, sending them flying. Aegis recovered quickly, taking flight to survey the scene.

Kid Win decimated the protagonist’s swarm with his cannon, then aimed it at the bank where she was hiding. The protagonist ordered her remaining bugs to attack, including those near the now-unfrozen Clockblocker, but a debilitating headache and sluggish bug response hindered her.

Aegis dove towards the bank but was thrown off course, likely by Regent. Kid Win, distracted by Grue’s darkness and the protagonist’s bugs, left Aegis to a recovered Angelica. Aegis, instead of fleeing, used a flashbang to disorient the dog, then dropped two more that were neutralized by Grue’s darkness.

Regent approached Kid Win, using his power to make the young hero lose control of his hoverboard and cannon. Kid Win fell, unable to use his laser pistol due to Regent’s interference. Regent then used his taser on the incapacitated Kid Win.

The protagonist, relieved, laughed as Regent took control of the cannon. A hostage, unnoticed until now, attacked her from behind, knocking her out.