[John's POV]

My gaze shot towards Lucas as his chest raised to an unnatural height

Lucas body had contorted and he hand shot upwards, his entire upper body supported from his wrists

The hands continued to bend until they broke and then continued to bend until the arms began to wrap themselves like knots

The sound of bones cracking and muscles ripping echoed through the room

"Lucas!"

Charlotte launched towards Lucas

"Stop her, he'll be okay as log as he isn't disturbed"

The body looked like it was forming bigger bubbles as she closed in on him

"Sigh. Please don't hate me!"

Before Charlotte could comprehend my words I launched forwards and gripped the back of her neck sinking my fingers deep into her flesh and between her muscle fibers

"Queee"

A small whine escaped her throat before I pulled her backwards with as much force as my muscles were capable of

She was thrown backwards and outside of the doorway slamming into the floor before bumping into the wall on the other side

As I waited for her to get back up I flexed my hand and relaxed it repeatedly to make sure my muscles wouldn't clamp up due to the sudden force I released

"JOHN!"

I flinched as her voice rattled my ear drums

'She's pissed'

"Are you gonna help me calm her down?"

"Your on your own for this one John, good luck though"

"Sigh."

I quickly stretched all of my muscles and relaxed them to make sure I was physically ready to suppress her

"I'll kill you if you get in my way"

"You can't get too close while he's mutating Charlotte"

"I don't fucking care what you think!"

She darted towards me before dropping close to the ground and spinning to sweep my leg

Feeling it coming I hopped over her leg causing her to spin out of control and get dizzy causing her to stop for a few seconds to regain her balance

Taking those seconds I took a large step towards her and kicked upwards into her jaw causing her to sprawl on the ground backwards due to the force. Now she was really pissed

"You and your shitty fucking power!"

"Jealous~"

She launched forwards again keeping low to the ground

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She stepped in for a right hook but I felt her reluctance in the motion

'Feint right hook, left upper cut'

Stepping forwards I went into her personal space causing her to fall backwards as she was unable to correctly adjust her posture for a strike this close to her own body

"FUCK YOU!!"

"I thought you were into Lucas though?"

I kept riling her up continuously so as to break her focus

'The angrier she gets the easier and more predictable her attacks'

Jumping backwards out of her range she did a spin on the spot to put her self into a beginning sprinting position ready to run as fast as she possibly could

Lowering my center of gravity in anticipation I waited for her to launch but she stayed put

'Why isn't she attacking?'

Right as I doubted her attack she launched forwards as if waiting for that very moment

'Shit!'

Flying at a dangerous speed she quickly approached me and appeared right in front of my face

Bringing my right arm up to defend my face and locking my left arm together with it to make a backwards 'L' shaped defense I tried to anticipate her attack

Right before she made contact with me she shoved her left hand down into the concrete as if slamming her fingers into sand

Some of the finger broke and became disfigured while two of them successfully broke the concretes surface and gave her a small grip

'Fucking shit'

Using this arm as an anchor she turned her arm transferring all of her forward momentum into a rightwards spinning momentum, she was using an anchor point for all the accumulated speed to make an extreme change in direction at the final moment

Her body quickly swept past my defense and let her right foot directly make contact with the side of my neck as I was only able to slightly dodge the blow with the little time I had to figure her attack out

I spun across the floor before slamming into the ground and rolling into an almost keeling position as I tried to regain my center of balance and wait for the world to stop spinning

Throwing a cursory glance over to Charlotte she had fallen into a crumpled position looking much worse for wear than me

She gripped her disfigured and revolting arm that had been spun thoroughly enough to cause the skin to peel back on certain parts of the muscle and bones

'Eww. That must. Hurt'

Gritting her teeth she gripped her arm and straightened it out as it slowly started spinning in the other direction

It was gonna heal, albeit slightly slower than her other injuries

By the time I was back on my feet her fingers were working again and her arm had spun backwards two times, although it was still to messed up to use properly

"If you'd go this far for Lucas just stop now, this is for his own good"

Her heavy and laborious breathes didn't subside but she managed to talk anyway

"Never! I need. To pr. Otect him!"

"Your putting him in danger by doing this!"

She looked at me and I could see flames of hatred burning within them

"Does he. Look. Fine to. You?!"

Turning towards what was once Lucas I gazed upon a revolting, inhuman figure that seemed as if it was a growing pile of flesh

His arms had elongated and grown in a number of different directions, almost like a tree that had its branches pruned, his legs had swelled as his muscle fibers had broken his skin and scattered resembling a thorny bush. His chest had stretched and ripped revealing bright pink organs that shimmered and shifted inside his ribcage, his head and neck had connected seamlessly hiding both their beginning and ends seamlessly

The body had become something out of even a veteran mutants nightmares and yet the body still seemed to be changing and shifting, as if it was trying to find the right place to put everything, like a massive living puzzle

'Did I look that fucking revolting as well?'

Fixated on the revolting sight I froze

'She just distracted me, didn't she?'

I could feel her press off the ground even as her arm continued to move trying to correct itself at an extremely fast pace compared to a regular bodies healing

She didn't run at me, instead she went straight for the abomination of flesh and biological matter that once resembled Lucas

Pushing myself off the ground from my kneeling position I ran to intercept Charlotte before she could get to Lucas

Feeling her path and the way she was running I knew she wouldn't be able to turn mid sprint so I ran directly towards a place I could reach to tackle her and keep her off course

As soon as she reached the point I had planned I also reached her

Tackling her we were both thrown across the room slamming into the floor before bouncing and hitting the wall on the other side of the clinic like lifeless sacks of metal

"Arrhhh"

Charlotte groaned as she landed on her arm that was almost normal looking, only the forearm looked out of place as its flesh seemed wrapped around it still leaving the torn muscle fibers exposed all over her arm like off coloured hairs

Picking myself up I scanned myself over before freezing

"Oh you bitch"

"Ha. What did you expect. Me to do? I needed something. To tip the scales"

Able to handle the much less intense pain Charlotte brought her hand out revealing a shiny metal cube

It was my Stash