VS The Slaughterhouse 9

In the meantime I traced the connections of the Nine back to their parasites. I wanted to be able to find those parasites again, even if I somehow lost the Nine.

Once I had the bodies in place, I opened portals as simultaneously as I could, and I sent tentacles lashing through a half dozen portals.

Hatchetface and Bonesaw were the most dangerous, and so I reached out telekinetically and snapped their necks from behind.

Grabbing Mannequin telekinetically, I smashed him repeatedly into Hatchetface, even as I grabbed Bonesaw's body and pulled it through a portal. I broke Jack Slash's neck and then I broke his arms, figuring that even if Bonesaw had managed to bypass signals to the neck, I'd be able to. It was a lot harder than it should have been; it seemed that his bones had been laced with something to make them stronger.

The monstrosity that had once been Shatterbird and Burnscar wasn't even finished yet. Pulling them through to an empty area was simplicity itself. A moment after my attack had begun, the room was empty.

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Nasty