One. Two. Three. Four.

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A ding echoed throughout a corridor, and a calm silence passed as elevator doors opened.

Not even a second later, the figure of Static was sent flying out of it, throwing his Saucer before hitting the wall, then ground with a thud.

His weapon collided with the skulls of the Talons, but was caught and consequently thrown back at the Hero as they also exited the elevator.

Catching it with a tether of energy while also rising to his feet, Static hopped on his Saucer and prepared to fly down the hallway when a throwing knife impaled the back of his leg, causing him to lose focus and drop to the ground.

Letting out a few closed mouth grunts as he tried to get back to his feet and use the wall as well as his single arm for support, Static saw that one of the Talons were already in front of him.

Ducking his head out of the way, a clawed hand dug into the wall where Static was previously, tearing through it like paper.

However, the former? Hero formed a dagger of energy in his hand and stabbed the thing in the gut as he dodged, his weapon evaporating after the impact.

It wasn't a deep cut since the ends of Static's knife were dull and unrefined, so it hit almost more like something blunt, similar to a bat.

A sudden numbness and pain in his left leg made Static fall over as he did this. He had moved too quickly, especially considering he hadn't removed the weapon.

He wouldn't though, Nightwing had taught him removing something like that could turn an injury fatal.

As he fell, Static looked up and saw the second Talon mid-air above him, eyes almost glowing in his perception of the thing.

With a quick tether of energy Static snapped the Saucer towards his hand, caught it, and used it to pull him at extremely high speeds a few feet back, making the Talon miss.

Upon hitting the ground, it used all four of it's limbs to send itself springing towards the former? Hero, almost animal-like in the way it leaped.

Behind it, the first Talon had sent throwing knives just behind Static, meaning if he backed up the same way he did before, he'd be impaled.

Gritting his teeth to brace himself, Static used the Saucer to launch the second Talon overhead, deflecting it's pounce with much effort.

As it flew mid-air however, it caught the two throwing knives and pivoted so that it was facing Static, then launched itself at him again.

The former? Hero had already gotten back to his feet by this point, and sent out a surge of electricity with his free arm towards the thing, the Saucer being held by his mouth.

His blast connected and the Talon fell to the floor, but Static didn't have time to celebrate as the first one was already upon him.

Switching it to his hand and using his Saucer as a shield, Static slammed the Talon's outstretched arms from underneath, stopping a lunge while also causing the thing's hands to go above it's head.

With it's body now exposed, Static pushed his Saucer into the thing, tethering a bit of energy to it and causing the Talon to slam into the wall with the Saucer pinning it.

This caused his palm to remain outstretched as he held the thing thing down, heavy breathing audible from the former? Hero.

Then, his head snapped to the side, and he saw the previously downed Talon in front of him, single hand outstretched and pointed downwards with it's claws approaching his eyes.

He was too slow to notice it. A lack of experience in close range combat had to led to this, and he knew it.

It was for this reason, he didn't consciously move, instead, his body reacted on it's own without the owner of it even realizing what was going on.

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