Dissolves Manton

My tendrils lashed out, and all of them struck the man in the van at the same time. I pumped him full of the venom of the giant insect, the one designed to liquefy prey from the inside. His eyes opened wide in shock, and his head dropped to stare at the tendrils that were still pumping more venom into his body. Even a little would have been enough to kill a full grown man, but I was going for overkill, hoping that it would kill him faster.

The man screamed, every muscle in his body contracting at the same time and the Siberian tore my body apart.

I felt myself lose control of thirty of my clones, but I was already regaining control as I saw the Siberian appear inside the van with the rest of me. She tore through us like we were made of tissue paper, or maybe even snot. It hurt every time, but as her master was dying it was worth it.

***

“I’ll be sure to make sure you aren’t lonely in hell,” I told her master. I smiled.

She moved toward me at lightning speed, only to vanish a moment later, popping like a soap bubble. Her master was no longer breathing, and it looked like the poison had already dissolved a lot of his body.

I moved toward him; I doubted that I’d be able to get anything from a parahuman brain, but I might as well try.

It was too late; his brain was already turned into mush, and whatever had been connected to him had already disengaged itself. I wasn’t sure I’d have gotten anything from it even healthy, but it was a pity anyway.


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