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"Tearing holes in dimensional walls? Oh, is that all?" He gradually lowers power to his thrusters, slowly descending to a clean landing on the ground near the stranger. Reaching up, he grabs onto his helmet, seals and locks releasing to allow him to remove it and talk face-to-face with this newcomer.

"Neat trick. So you can turn into different things... that sounds pretty handy. I'm Tony. Tony Stark, inventor and superhero." Something else in that statement catches his attention. Omniverse. That confirmed a few things- the first of which is multiverse theory, and that there was something beyond even that, presumably. If a multiverse is made of multiple divergent timelines, then the omniverse ties those different timelines together. Which means...

"You're from a universe totally different than this one, huh...? Not some kind of divergent multiverse branch." Wait. The last part of what Ben said. Apology.

"Oh, and, uh. Sorry about the water. And sonic blast. Kinda thought you were blowing up my city."

"A Time Beast Egg, yes!" The Chronosapien confirmed with a jolly wink, approaching the egg and carefully picking it up with a big hand. "Turned back it's lifecycle to this point where it's safe to handle and transport. Would've done it sooner, but it's own chronokinetic abilities would've protected it. Thankfully, you handled that."

The gratitude went unsaid, but was obvious in his voice, clearly much more amicable now that the creature had been contained. And actually willing to stop for questions, now.

"Well, the why is easy- it tore it's way here trying to escape my attempts at capture, after it had caused similar chaos in my own universe. I'm from another universe, by the way."

He answered casually, as if the revelation was as normal as mentioned he was from Canada or something, before continuing. "As for the who..." He started, reaching up once more to the device.

In one last FLASH, there was no longer a living time machine there, nor a planetoid, bundle of cables, or fire- but a human. One with the egg under one arm and a strange watch worn on the other.

"I'm Ben Tennyson, omniverse traveling superhero." He finally introduced himself by name, so long into this encounter. "And those were Heatblast, Feedback, Gravattack, and Clockwork I was before, in order." He added, introducing his transformations as if they deserved it as much as he did. "Sorry for being so difficult before- that thing could cause a lot of trouble left unchecked, and I didn't think you'd buy the 'rampaging monster' excuse."

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"Come on...!" Unbelievable...! It was still pushing back, even after the nullifier...! Tony keeps up the blast, even as another surge of green fills the air and reveals yet another new creature.

As the metal man shouts out... a name? A battlecry? Something of that sort, Tony's armor warns of a surge of temporal energy, this time emanating from "Clockwork" and directed at the beast. Tony cools off his unibeam, ceasing fire to let the stranger finish with whatever it was he was planning.

"...is... is that an egg? It's done?" Tony lands nearby, walking towards the egg to get a better look. It didn't seem to be moving at all, so... seems like a win!

"I have... so many questions right now, but I think I'll start with- who the heck even are you, and why is this thing here?"

The Time Beast blinked rapidly in disorientation and confusion as it was forced into to stabilize alongside the rest of the timeline it was currently residing in, clearly so unused to experiencing things at a normal speed... unable to react at all before Tony let loose the fierce Uni-Beam upon the stunned creature, it roaring in pain.

It's claws dug into the roof's surface, struggling against the force of the blast even without it's powers, getting a step forwards.

But Ben wasn't about to let it win out.

"Omnitrix: Access Code 2318!" Gravattack shouted over the sounds of the battle, the green symbol that had adorned all his transformations beeping with a short glow of confirmation before he tapped a stony finger at the device's surface.

In another green FLASH, the living planetoid was replaced again, heavy brass-like metal body landing and ringing like a bell.

Turning key atop his head beginning to spin as he spoke.

"CLOCK...!" He began, rumbling (and apparently German?) voice signalling his own chest beginning to glow with power.

"... WORK!!!"

The Chronosapien bellowed as he unleashed his own blindingly bright chest beam upon the pinned Time Beast, though unlike the Uni-Beam, the attack wasn't made of destructive energy- it was time energy, much like the beast itself had been using.

The Time Beast, now powerless and stuck in place thanks to Tony, unable to do anything as the green attack struck- it's form beginning to shrink and disappear in the two beams' blinding glow.

Dust and power eventually clearing to reveal a crimson, crystalline... egg? Sitting in the spot the creature had been standing.

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The shock on the other's face was funny- but probably not nearly as funny as the shock on his own as the stranger suddenly changes again, now looking like some kind of strange rock creature.

"Don't worry, I'm gonna have to unpack the shapeshifting, so we're pretty even...!" He can only watch while his ally lets off... according to his armor, a localized field of gravity? Just how many tricks did this guy have...? He's snapped back to attention by the callout, immediately focusing back on the Time Beast.

There's a brief flicker in his eye as he connects his mind to the satellite with Extremis, using his own vision as a target designator... and, a few seconds later, there's a blue streak of light beaming down from orbit, striking the Time Beast squarely on the back. The flickering is stopped in an instant, the disruptor doing its job and temporarily de-powering the creature.

"NOW! Hit it!" The light on his chest brightens up and sparks, building up charge for his strongest attack- a blindingly blue blast, fired straight from the armor's core.

Even with a Conductoid's energy brain processing information as fast as lightning, it was still nowhere near fast enough to get a hit on the thing that was moving like the beast was, because it's malleable time meant that the speed formula was entirely out of wack for it.

He was hoping this might have something in that suit that might help, even if Tony's initial comment didn't give him a lot of hope.

But after a moment of thought on his part, it turned out he did having something perfect for the job... though it wasn't in his suit, much to the momentary shock on Feedback's face.

Not that there was much time to dwell on it.

"Okay, I'll unpack you having your own satellite later!" The Conductoid yelled back, blasting an arcing electrical current to momentarily cage the creature's movement before he leaped into the air, hand tapping the symbol on his chest.

And in another FLASH of light, he transformed yet again, the form of electrical wiring replaced with plated, continental rocks. Stony hands glowing, the Time Beast suddenly came to a complete stop.

Suddenly locked down by immense, targeted gravity.

"There's your shot, tinhead!" The Galiean grunted with visible strain holding onto the thing's still flickering form. "Better make it fast, because I won't be able to do this for too much longer!"

Not forgetting that mistake any time soon.

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Tony keeps up his attacking, every shot, every dodge getting scanned by his armor and analyzed in an effort to build a predictive algorithm for the creature's teleporting. He's drawing power from his repulsors to his shields, for now- little reason to hit hard until they have a plan, and the last thing he needs is one of those blasts getting through to him.

"Lock it down. Okay. I can stun a hyper-fast time-traveling monster." The boy genius is wracking his brain for an answer, thinking over his gadgets... until he recalls the answer. It was obvious, really- if this creature is after the residual energy from Makluan ring teleporting, then it serves to reason it may be vulnerable to the same things the rings were. Like... his dad's Quantum Dot Energy Field Suppressor...!

"All right, Sparky, I've got a plan. There's a gadget on my satellite we can use- if it works, it'll shut down the teleporting for a minute or two. Should be enough for us to knock this thing out." He was already calling the satellite into range, putting the finishing touches on his targeting algorithm.

"All right, ready to fire on your mark...!"

Good, so they'd found the Time Beast.

Now they just had to catch the Time Beast... which, as would quickly become evident as the monster phased forwards and backwards out of the way of their attacks, was in fact the hard part.

It was something Ben would've had trouble doing even if he hadn't been initially pursued, admittedly... but, maybe the extra help would end up making it easier. This guy seemed like a tech guy, or that he at least had a tech guy at the ready he could talk to.

Certainly more than he had out on his own, out here.

"Well, a Time Beast that requires multiple solutions." He yells out, still attacking in a pattern that kept the creature from escaping, but who knows how long that'll last. "Need something to lock down it's movement, and then something to knock it out for good." Words were interceded by electrical zaps. "I can do both of those things, but not at the same time. Which is definitely a problem."

He communicated the issue as best he could, as he absorbed yet another blast of old from the monster, dancing around it.

"It's speed is based on it's whole unstable time energy-thing. If you've got anything that can stabilize or suppress that, I can set you up for a clean hit. Then I'd only have to worry about finishing the job."

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Tony keeps up the pace, eyes and armor scanning even as he uses Extremis to redirect traffic on the street below away from the soon-to-be fight... and there it is. A shimmering... thing, flitting back and forth , all claws and spikes and horns.

"Woah... all right, that's definitely different. Let's-" The beast's head snaps towards him in an instant, mouth dropping open with an ominous glow.

"...oh, crap-" The armored hero starts to lift his hands, far too slow- the beam was already charged, blasting towards him, filling his vision with red... and then green?

"...I'm... not old? I'm not old! And... you're not on fire?" Well, that's certainly strange. But, there wasn't time to process his new ally's transformation into a strange creature of wires and plugs.

"Hope you don't mind if I get in on this, stranger...!" He raises his hand with a familiar whine, followed by a bright burst of blue- aimed at the creature's current position. He didn't entirely expect it to connect, given the lightning it was already dodging, but the more it dodged, the more he could get a read on its instincts.

"Any tips, Zappy? Or should we just keep shooting?"

He wasn't slowing down in spite of the other's pleas, honestly not expecting too much help in tracking this thing considering all the trouble he'd been put through. After all, robo-suits were one thing, but what were the chances anyone here could track temporal energy? Not just anybody can wrap their head around it.

Quite evidently he was not dealing with 'just anybody', though, as he watches Iron Man suddenly burst ahead of him, ignoring the trail and instead following a clear direct route... the pyrontie cocking his head. Impressed.

"You're just full of surprises, aren't ya?" He called out to the other, blasting forwards to catch up, now suddenly the one tailing behind him in their flight. The sense of direction had helped take a bit of the weight off his shoulders, losing track of the creature having been his biggest setback after the metalhead distracted him.

Ben was very quickly starting to warm up to working with him, and silently chastising himself for not just saying something until he was forced to. In spite of the setback, it would've saved a great deal.

With his help now, at least, they'd be making good time- gaining on the significant ground that would catch them up even with the Time Beast's greater speed, and they should be intercepting it any moment now... Ben scanning the grown as they flew, watching.

And, near instantaneously, he saw it- moving like a vibrating blur, rapidly to perch on a building; molten sockets going wide as he realized it had seen them before they'd seen it.

It's form unblurring just in time to see the glowing red temporal energy building up in it's maw as it stared up a Tony specifically.

"WATCH OUT-!" He yelled out, seconds off as a solid beam of energy was fired out towards the flying armor, energy that would've had... unpredictable effects on his personal time had it hit him. Thinking quickly, the Pyronite would suddenly blast forwards below him, launching to intercept the attack as he reached to his chest...

F L A S H

Suddenly, blinding green would envelop the vision between Iron Man and the attack that had been coming for him, it quite evidently not connecting- light dimming to show not the fire alien having taken the hit for him, but instead, a completely different being.

One with a body of insulated skin and metal, like living cables.

One who was somehow absorbing the temporal energy that had been fired through the twin cables upon his head, electricity emitting from his plugged hands to make him levitate.

The Pyronite clearly nowhere to be seen, meaning this was...

"Sorry to take this off your hands, Iron Dude, but I don't think the rusty look would've been good on you!" The Conductoid said, cords sparkling with energy that was rapidly being converted to electricity, his sole eye glowing with a grin before he held his hands forwards.

Electrical blasts launching from both upon the creature's position, forcing it to leap out of the way, putting it on the defensive.

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"It's a... time monster. Okay. Sure, why not, I've seen weirder." Well, at the very least, he'd seen time travel before, so this wasn't totally unbelievable. In fact... now that energy signature made sense. It was the same one Iron Man 2099 had given off upon arriving or teleporting- the fire guy was right, this was temporal energy.

"Wh- hey!" Before he's able to get another word in, the stranger jets off, following the trail of debris.

"If it's really that fast, just following wreckage is gonna take too long...!" His armor finishes its scans, overlaying the thick clouds of temporal energy with map pings of emergency calls, painting a fairly clear path... which seemed to move towards several, much smaller energy signatures.

"Wait. The smaller energy signatures... those match the teleportation signature of the Makluan rings. It's following the spots Gene teleported at! Computer, use all previously registered Makluan energy signatures to predict a route,and find the closest intercept point!" It only takes a few seconds before the point pops up in his vision- it was headed for Gene's shop next, but he could catch it before that. He takes to the skies again, ignoring the trail of rust and debris to take a more direct path.

"'Try to keep up...' hah! I'll try to save some action for ya, new guy."

... huh. That was a lot easier than he thought it'd be.

He was almost certain he was gonna have to use that answer as a distraction for when it wasn't bought, but the other had clearly humored his words enough to investigate them and, as his confounded words would say, seen he's telling the truth.

Slowly, the Pyronite would stand up to his feet, now that it seemed he wasn't about to get dunked on for moving a muscle out of line.

That alone would've told him this guy wasn't an agent of any sort, but hearing the name the other called himself confirmed he not only wasn't with the government, he was independent. Like him. No one wrapped in red tape could call themself that.

"Keepin' it concise, it's an alien animal from outside normal time, that twists up temporal energy just by existing here." He said, turning to looking back up at the rusted water tower, and then past it for continuations of the trail. "It has an aura of accelerated time, which not only lets it move really fast, it also rapidly ages anything it touches." He explained, as simply as he could have, considering.

"It's tough, but it's dumb, and it's still made of flesh and bone. If we can catch it and wear it down, I can shut it down and get it out of here." As he said that, his sockets narrowed, spotting more crumbling architecture out of place with it's surroundings.

"Found the trail. Try to keep up while you're scanning, 'Iron Man'."

With that, he blasts off into flight, not too worried about the other falling behind considering his previous showings in their chase.

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"The... wait, what?" That was enough to give him pause- and, taking a quick look around... this water tower was rusted in an extremely strange way. Responding to his curiosity, his armor takes a quick scan of the metal surface, reporting back the composition of the metal. He focuses in on one particular spot, a metal plate, partially rusted- strange, the way the corrosion set in, it was almost like...

"Something... aged the metal?" He takes another scan of the area, this time looking for unusual energy signatures... and, sure enough, he was picking up something he'd never seen before. His weapons die down, hand lowering for now to show he's backing off. If there was a monster in his city, that had to come first.

"Okay, fire guy, seems like you're not lying... and as for me, I'm not really either of those. You can call me Iron Man. Other questions can wait, you got anything else you can tell me about this beastie you're tailing?" Already, he was setting the Armory computer to scan news broadcasts and police frequencies, and line it up with satellite scans for that strange energy signature he'd picked up. He should have a location fairly quickly, but charging in on something that could- at minimum- age metal, without more information would probably be a bad call.

The Pyronite groaned as he shook off the sonic assault, rolling onto his back and sighing in defeat as he saw the water tower hanging over him, backing up the other's threats. Crap.

With a slight struggle, he pushed himself to a seated position, resting his back against the bars to face his interrogator, still wearing his disgruntlement loudly upon his face, but clearly not moving to make any more attacks or attempts at escape.

"Those fireballs weren't meant for the city, they were meant for the monster that I chased into this dimension." The fire-being spat, crossing his arms over his chest. "The one I'd been trying to chase this whole time, but had a lot of trouble with you on my tail.

It's the thing that's been doing... like, this stuff." He pointed up directly above him, to the water tower- it's surface being marred with unnatural streaks of rust, almost in the shape of claw marks. "I don't know if you're a cop or military or what, but check your comms, news stations, whatever you've got in that bucket of yours- you'll find at least a few reports of something that wasn't us."

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The blast is let loose just a second after the creature speaks, Tony failing to process what's being said in time- he has to take the shot now, if he's going to get this guy where he needs them. Thankfully, the sonic blast seems to work well, sending the fiery being careening down to a nearby roof, landing perfectly below a water tower.

The ironclad hero makes his landing, looking over the downed creature with half curiosity, half annoyance. They seemed to be entirely composed of volcanic rock, fire, and magma... a mutant, maybe? Or alien? Science experiment gone wrong? Honestly, none of those would be surprising at this point...

"All right, up and at'em, bud, time for a chat. Who are you and why are you chucking around fireballs in my city? No funny business- unless you want a couple thousand liters of water on your head."

"C'mon, c'mon..." He muttered to himself as he rocketed away, doing his best to focus on on the flight and keep his eyes on the very clear trail of rust & decay the Time Beast had left in it's escape (clear to him, at least). Heatblast could still fly just fine without magma to surf on, sure, but it required a lot more focus to control.

Not to mention not being nearly as fuel efficient, and with how much he'd spent trying to evade the metalhead, he needed to work fast.

... making him all the more annoyed when he could hear him once again flying up behind him, not even turning to face him as he was once again being yelled at, still focusing on the trail.

"I'm not stopping BECAUSE people could be getting hurt, and it could be happening right now." He barked back at him without looking, unintentionally giving away at least a hint of his reasoning... sadly, not fast enough to stop what was gonna happen next.

Feeling it coming before it even hit him.

"What the-?" His words are quickly cut off by the sound of the high frequency sonics he was blasted with, a cry being let out as his hands lost grip on the flames they were firing and reached instinctively for his head. Little good it did, as Pyronites didn't have eardrums to burst, even if their plasma could still process sounds just fine. Including sounds that hurt.

He plummeted straight from the air like the volcanic rock his body was composed of, crashing hard into the roof of a building below, and tumbling until he slammed into metal with a groan.

Ben couldn't even look up to see it was a water tower looming over him with how disoriented he was... or that it's metal with the same odd trails of rust that he'd been following prior.

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Direct hit! He grins for just a second, his impromptu takedown working just as planned... until, of course, a jet of flame rockets out of the smoke below, giving him little warning before latching onto his ankles. Almost immediately, his armor starts giving off thermal warnings.

"So sorry for annoying you, buddy, but you're probably not even half as mad as the people who's stuff you torched and smashed up-"

Aaaaaand now they're planting feet on his chest, the metal plating heating up fast- and the inside of the armor doing the same, functionally turning into an oven with him inside.

"AGH! Increase power to shields-"

Warning. Shield strength insufficient. Temperature increasing to dangerous levels.

Okay. Not a lot of options, then. Have to get this guy off, right now, or he'd get cooked- literally. With where those feet are planted, though...

The glowing triangle on his chest starts to brighten up, letting out a whine as he charges up a unibeam... only for his opponent to let go, once again leaving him hovering in the air by himself, the charge dying back out as he cancels the shot.

"Woah. Okay. Not to self, don't let the fire guy touch you." Knocking this guy down didn't work, clearly, and both of them had flight capability... so it was time to try something else. He needed this guy on the ground, preferably near a water source to knock them out. Actually... there was one more trick up his sleeve...

"Hey, Sparky! What's the rush? Got somewhere to be!?!" He jets forwards once again, pouring power to thrusters once again, just enough to get in range for his next attack-

"Why don't you just stop before someone gets hurt!?!" He lets loose with an intense burst of directed sonic energy, aiming now to disorient and stun the enemy before any more damage can be done.

He gets it, some fire shows up and blows up your favorite food cart, who wouldn't wanna take him down? But this was more important than his reputation in whatever timeline he was in, and too urgent to stop and run it down in detail with some metal guy.

He tried to keep his eyes focused below, scanning buildings for any signs of rapid erosion, but that didn't mean he didn't hear the other's thrusters speeding up right behind him. Stubborn.

"Can't you take a hint?" The alien griped, peering over his shoulder. "This place has got bigger problems than some burnt... dogs..." His snarky comment trails off as he catches sigh of a something- a trail of crumbling bricks and rusted railings, in stark juxtaposition to everything around them... tracks.

"The Time Beast..." He said, quietly and definitely more to himself than his pursuer, barely audible over the roaring of his own flames.

He was moments away from shifting course, but his focus on the goal left him too distracted to notice the other's extended missile launcher before it was too late, the boulder exploding beneath his feet in an eruption of smoke and volcanic concrete.

The alien quickly fell into the smoke without the support beneath it's feet, though shockingly it would not come falling out from it on the other side- instead, rocketing backwards on gouts of flame blasting from it's feet and palms, flying underneath Tony and closing in to latch both magma hands to each of his suit's ankles.

"You're starting to get on my last nonexistent nerve, pal." The Pyronite chided with frustration as he dangled behind him, before flames blasted from the back of his heels to slam both his forked feet into the other's torso; a double kick with not-insignificant force, but it was more to set both his feet flat against the metal.

Feet that, as the armor would likely warn, were getting a lot hotter.

Not a second after he'd let go of the other's ankles, a fiery explosion would erupt from the Pyronite's feet- using the the armor as a mid-air launch platform to rocket off of, with the added benefit to exploding right in this dude's metal face to hopefully knock him off his trail.

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For a moment, it seems that his improvised attack was working perfectly. The flaming creature was recoiling from the water, the heat starting to die down... and then, just as quickly, it was absorbing the flames around it, using the excess heat to push back on the water and fill the air with steam.

"Hiding, huh..." The hot steam would normally keep him from using thermal to pick out a target, but seeing as the opponent was literally made of fire, they might just be hot enough to show. With a thought, his visor flips over to thermal vision, just in time to show him a large signature rocketing straight up towards him.

"Oh crap." He tries to bring up his arms to shield himself from the impact, just a second too late... but, the hit never connects, leaving him floating alone as his target lands back on the stone and sails away behind him. They... weren't fighting back, just running. Strange... but, still, he couldn't just let a pyromaniac torch the city. He'd just have to find a way to take this thing down and figure out what it was after.

"Oh no you don't...!" With just a thought, he sets the Armory computer to track the fiery being, pulling up any water sources on its predicted route while he begins pursuit, staying hot on their tail. It's only a few seconds before he's back behind them, boot-jets keeping pace well with the creature.

"Come on, get a lock..." One of the shoulders on his armor opens up, revealing a small missile launcher... and after just a few seconds, it lets loose with one explosive, targeted not towards the hostile creature itself, but towards the rock it was riding on.

Hands were already instinctively lifting up, Ben already readying himself to apologize and talk things out because this was starting to feel eerily familiar, but before he could even get a word out, the flying man of iron (or was it steel?) had already launched an offensive.

Volcanic sockets going wide at water blasting his way.

"Crap."

It's a good thing he'd already had his hands up, as he was able to brace for the high-pressure impact faster to keep from being knocked completely off his feet, skidding backwards on the concrete instead... though, that didn't do much to stop the fact his fire was being rapidly quenched trying to hold it back.

Narrowing his gaze as he took note of the cloud of steam that was already forming, he took his own scan of the surroundings, and remembered that he'd 'conveniently' already set the area aflame in portions, wincing as he pulled one hand from the torrent and held it to the air above him. all at once, all the flames from the hotdog cart and beyond were simply pulled from what they were torching.

Forming together into a substantial fireball in his palm which, with a smirk, he thrusts forwards into the torrent of water and ignites- a beam of plasma overtaking the water in it's struggle quickly, striking the fire hydrant and blowing up the whole thing at once.

An act that not only saved his flames, but doubled to cloak the entire area around them in an impenetrable cloud of misty steam.

Hopefully giving his next actions at least a little bit of obscurity, so that when he next comes erupting out of the cloud upon a flying meteor of molten concrete directly at Tony, it'll be a surprise.

The alien's knees already bent on his rocketing approach, he'd leap off the stone right before it was on course to ram straight into the metal man... though, oddly, it would also dip lower to fly underneath him when he did so- Ben landing back on it behind him and attempting continuing blasting away in an attempt at fleeing.

"Really don't have the time for some bucket-head right now."

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"Huh. Quiet day." No arms deals, no prison breaks, not even anything as small as a purse snatcher. He's almost disappointed- sure, it's a good thing, no problems and all, but he was hoping to try out the armor after the latest software upgrade suite. He's just about to turn around to head back to the Armory when-

BOOM.

"...oh boy. That doesn't sound good. Computer, increase power to boot jets." Before he even finishes speaking, the jets light up bright, reacting to his thoughts and sending him rocketing towards the sounds of crashing and explosions.

Upon arriving, he takes quick stock of the scene- lots of smoke, crushed cars, cracked pavement, and fire. Plenty of fire. With the source being... what looked like some kind of flaming man, standing near a still burning hot-dog cart.

"Hey hothead, that was one of my favorite food carts. How about you cool down for a minute before somebody gets hurt!" With that, he does a quick scan of the environment, spotting the perfect target- a nearby fire hydrant- then letting loose with a precision repulsor blast, knocking the side cap off and sending a gout of water right at the fiery stranger.

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It all came suddenly and without warning, as it seemed as if time and space seemed to simply tear at the seams in the middle of Times Square, sending everyone on the ever busy streets scattering before anything even came out... and oh boy, stuff definitely came out.

First came a huge beast, with the horns of a goat and crystal spines crawling down the length of it's back, who's each heavy step seemed to wither the concrete away beneath it... and in hot (pun intended) pursuit, a figure of living, molten flame, came rocketing from the breach just before it stitched itself back together.

Landing with a frustrated sigh as he sized up his mark.

"Outside time is over, Fido. Now come on home with me before someone like Eon gets his hands on you." Even as he spoke, he was already gathering flames in his hands- fully expecting the immediate attempt to flee, which of course he was met with.

Fireballs were flung all about trying to tucker the beast out, to no avail; the encounter quickly ending with the Pyronite accidentally blowing up an abandoned hotdog cart, and the creature managing to slip away under the cover of the smoke the other had created... escaping into the city at large.

"Jeez... Grandpa isn't gonna be happy about that." He said, looking down at the remains of food he'd just wasted... cocking his head as he looked at it, and then all around him. Things looked different.

"Uh, Blukic, Driba? What era did that thing drag me to?" He asked allowed, before his 'brow' furrowed and he tapped at the symbol on his chest. "Blukic? Driba? Rook? ANYBODY there?"

This continued for a moment, before the sound of something flying approaching made him turn around, molten sockets widening.

"Uh oh."

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