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Re: Set a Monster to Stop a Monster
The Torch is gone, which means he's got the right target. Dorrek skids when he hits the ground, adding more scrapes and bruises to his already-battered body and he's pretty sure he just felt the major bone in his right wing snap, but he knows she's not out yet. He can't let her catch her breath, because there are worse things than his dead mom and the Human Torch to throw at him. He scrambles to his feet and lashes out with an extending arm to hit her again, but--

But suddenly there's someone in between them, someone with a red cape and dark hair, and Dorrek's blow is angled for someone else and at at different distance, and humans can be so fragile sometimes, and--

Billy Maximoff hits the dirt, his neck obviously broken. He looks a little surprised, and a lot like he had when Dorrek had kissed him on his way out to buy the engagement ring still in his pocket. Billy even has the same smear of green paint across his cheek.

Dorrek freezes, staring in horror as his heart seizes in his chest. Then he screams -- he's not sure if he says anything, or if he says it in English or Skrullos or Kree -- and lunges for the woman again. Maybe maybe maybe this is her doing; maybe this isn't his Billy, brought here to help by the Timebroker. Maybe if he hits her, the corpse won't be there anymore.

Maybe. Please maybe.