Boom!

Thunder rumbled overhead, mirrored the two heroes’ inner turmoil. Standing defiantly against the revealed villains Purple Rod and Poison Dart near that remote intersection felt akin to pitting meagre twigs against raging storm winds.

Still, neither youth budged. Chaos spread rapidly across the island already because of the tainted neon pills. They refused to fail their people now against perpetrators of this crisis.

Cocoa Fox bared fierce fangs with her hackles raised. “Yuh corrupt snakes picked the wrong cubs to tangle with tonight!” she yelled.

“That’s right!” The Blur tightened crackling dreadlocks, ready to blitz into intense action beside his partner. Though Purple Rod’s bulk intimidated him, this wasn’t the first burly bully he had faced. With some cleverness victory might still get carved from calamity’s jaws tonight.

“We’re taking both of you down!” Devon declared. “We’re not afraid!”

Their unified resistance simply amused the immense purple figure looming before them. "Such boldness from whelps barely weaned from their dam's teat,” Purple Rod scoffed.

His violet frame rippled with barely contained power. “Let's see if those fangs prove just as sharp after I smack some manners into that prissy muzzle.”

Not wasting further time on empty threats, the corrupted officer suddenly exploded forwards with one massive fist already shooting straight towards Cocoa Fox!

"Cocoa! Look out!" The Blur instantly dashed in front of his endangered partner and barely crossed both arms overhead in time. BOOM! That single brutal punch nearly caved in his defensive limb guard completely. Sheer kinetic force sent Devon skidding backwards through soil and stone from the simple blocked strike.

"Holy heavens!" he wheezed aloud in dismay. No wonder they called this beast Purple Rod! His blows felt like getting rammed by a runaway tractor. How would they withstand this unrelenting assault?

“Blur! You alright?” Cocoa Fox helped steady her reeling friend. True fear for Devon’s safety flooded her anxious heart now.

Bristling angrily, Cocoa Fox ignited her three tails with wrathful Foxfire. She unleashed scorching furry fireballs that the assassin nimbly sidestepped at Purple Rod's feet to keep him from closing in further.

The barrage of heated projectiles splashed impotently against his hardened violet calves hardly fazing the massive figure at all. He simply angled one of his extendable batons to a defending position. A portable energy barrier instantly took shape against the flaming assault.

“Damn!” Cocoa Fox swore vehemently. This walking fortress seemed unassailable between his dense muscles and strange weapon. Desperately she raked through her mind trying to devise any means to restrain his movements somehow.

Unfortunately, Purple Rod didn’t remain passive while the vulpine fighter strategized. With reflexes belying someone so gigantic, his free hand abruptly shot more baton segments towards The Blur this time using the handgrip almost like a harpoon or grappling hook.

BAM!

Caught off guard by the unexpected manoeuvre, Devon got struck hard in the back by the launched baton which sent paralyzing arcs of electricity painfully through his entire body. The conductive tip mercilessly tased him until the extended baton automatically retracted back into its base with its target now neutralized.

The Blur’s legs buckled painfully but he forced himself stable through sheer nerve while smoke curled from his spasming frame. Rage and determination rose within upon seeing Cocoa Fox endangered against these remorseless maniacs. An idea had started forming amidst desperation that depended greatly on cooperation though.

“Cocoa, listen up - on my cue, rush me from behind with full force, you get me?” he hollered. Then trusting his friend would comply, Devon suddenly rushed the towering persecutor at top speed. Trained muscles launched his entire body sideways as if shot from a sling right before reaching Purple Rod. He adjusted mid-air, lashing out instinctively with both feet and connected with the giant's left hip.

Unprepared for aerial manoeuvres by his smaller opponent, the impact's force succeeded in pushing the heavyweight combatant off balance slightly. Devon quickly withdrew some distance while calling urgently. “Now Fox! Dash him!”

Understanding instantly bloomed on Cocoa Fox from Devon’s feint attack followed by sharp signal. She sprinted forwards without hesitation and with flames trailing her rapid acceleration. Skidding low, Tanya rammed into the back of Purple Rod’s left knee joint bent from staggering. The opportune hit combined their momentum and disrupted the pillars of balance in his wide stance.

"Timber!" With a resounding thump several hundred pounds of violet muscle keeled face first into the mucky earth.

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Finally gaining some minor advantage invigorated the two heroes profoundly. Yet no triumph lasted for long against grim villains like these.

Purple Rod swiftly rolled over and fired off both hands. Twin grapple hooks immediately lassoed Cocoa Fox by one tails and The Blur around his leg in a flash of movement. Ruthless force flung them brutally through the air before smashing their frames cruelly into rocks and rubble nearby.

Bouncing next into the unforgiving trunk of a towering bamboo cluster, the series of harsh collisions rattled brains, bruised bones and drove the air completely from their lungs. The momentarily duo tumbled brokenly down the tall thickets to land agonized in a tangled heap.

Some distance away, the assassin named Poison Dart scrutinized her own situation. No gear or utility belt meant she had to rely on bare hands and cunning alone to eliminate these frustrating interlopers. Since her initial priority was fleeing undetected, distraction might prove the wisest recourse.

Thus she acted swiftly in the wake of Purple Rod’s fierce attack throwing both heroes into turmoil. With a running start, the lithe criminal easily scaled then vanished up swaying bamboo stalks before anyone recovered enough to stop her.

“Hmm…” Purple Rod simply grunted seeing his lethal colleague abandon the fight. Poison Dart often operated through stealth anyway. And honestly these amateur cub heroes barely registered as threats to him.

Slowly the giant figure stalked towards the pile of mangled long limbs and smouldering tails. One massive boot crushed smaller rocks and debris underneath as he loomed over easy prey.

Then Purple Rod hefted his signature expandable Police baton weapon over shoulders like a war hammer. Violet sinews flexed brutally beneath glistening skin. Pitiless force gathered focused into the conductive tip while electric potential crackled more violently.

"Say farewell, flies!" the hulking purple villain sneered as he brought the deadly baton down in a vicious chop aiming to cleave both heroes' skulls.

Yet his satisfaction found itself thwarted when unexpectedly the deadly weapon got intercepted halfway by...a massive stretchy shape! Squinting downwards, Purple Rod realized what had blocked his lethal baton strike was a thick barrier hastily woven between four extended dreadlocks currently spinning rapidly like turbines.

“What the hell!?” Surprised by the unexpected counter following his sure-kill chop attack, frustration bubbled up hotly inside the purple brute. "Damn pests! Why don't you stay down?!?" he roared furiously.

Beneath the barely manifested dread-shield, Devon's follicles trembled intensely from pouring all remaining strength into maintaining cohesion on the protective barrier despite its hasty creation. He didn't dare consider how many lethal blows could slip past before either their barricade or bodies gave out completely.

Seeing the state her friend desperately kept them shielded from harm in, Cocoa Fox pushed herself up onto quivering limbs. Pain signals flared from bruises all over. But she ejected the twin bolas from her utility belt.

"We cyaan hide here forever, Blur!" she urged, Fear and determination fuelled her next words. "I have a risky idea...but it could cause a window to blind Purple."

She touched his shoulder and leaned closer to whisper the details urgently.

The Blur listened intently while resisting the downward push from their shielded enemy with pure adrenaline now. He nodded briskly before meeting Cocoa’s gaze. A million words passed between their locked eyes then.

"Just make the throw count good then, Cocoa," Blur affirmed tersely. "We either triumph or fall here!"

With their course fully committed, both teens braced to continue resisting valiantly against deepening darkness. Gathering into a swift crouch, Cocoa Fox shoved upwards with her powerful legs and hurled the paired bolas shot with all her might. The dual ropes undulated rapidly through moist air before wrapping securely around the wrist joint of the attacking baton arm!

The unexpected binding forced Purple Rod’s swing widely off target. The Blur seized the window and released his transformed hair barrier that had intercepted the deadly chop seconds earlier. Cocoa Fox was already sprinting quickly sideways. Her lithe frame slipped between the violet figure’s widespread stance while his captive arm remained pinned awkwardly behind.

As Cocoa cleared his left side, Blur saw his chance. Coiled muscles launched the speedster into his new move.

“Vibration Smash!!”

One flats of Devon’s open palm struck precise and brutally against their massive foe’s hip joint with perfect body mechanics to transfer utmost force in that instant. He held nothing in reserve this desperate gamble. Masked features tightened from something beyond simple effort while bioelectric jolts accompanied fierce impact midway up the towering villain’s abdomen. Sinews seethed and rippled responding instinctively leaving Purple Rod gasping in agony. Unimaginable pain and trembling spasms automatically slackened his frame, reinforcing the explosive hit’s horrendous effects.

At the same time, Cocoa Fox seized the fleeting opportunity created by her partner’s fierce smash attack which threw their opponent off balance. Sprinting right at Purple Rod’s now defenceless lower back, her eyes looked intense. At the last instant, powerful legs bunched then released with claws fully extended!

“FOX STRIKE!!”

Tanya rammed violently against sensitive kidneys and several nerve clusters which sent further blistering pain signals flooding Purple Rod’s overloading system. A desperate pressured point attack! Which combined the damage, directing the monstrous humanoid's falling momentum away from them. A thunderous crash followed collapsing several nearby Royal Palm trees completely.

Heaving in oxygen wearily but triumphantly now, the dynamic duo regrouped. Cocoa Fox stared somewhat surprised by the results of her gamble. “Well blow me down! We actually dropped the brute!” she marvelled happily. “How you manage to stagger him so hard, Blur?”

Her comrade answered while massaging bruised knuckles and kneeling to catch his breath also. “Vibration Smash, a special technique of mine. I figured twisting all hits towards the same area might finally overwhelm his freakish endurance. While you struck additional nerves and pressure points to throw him off completely.”

He inhaled carefully while flexing hurting digits. Hopefully nothing had broken from unleashing that desperate last strike against their massive opponent. “Any sign of Poison Dart?”

Cocoa Fox quickly scanned around for any glimpse of the cunning villainess. But senses detected no trace of her in the surrounding brush. “The 1⁄2 pint killer slipped away while we were busy with Purple boy. No clue where,” she relayed glumly.

The Blur clicked his tongue annoyed but honestly not surprised. Poison Dart was ruthless and efficient. Probably halfway back to report their interfere these with Skull’s grand plots at this point.