But then the ceiling started to crack.
And Maahes realized that he needed to do something or else they'd all be crushed.
He darted around the currently immobile villain, gently placing Molly a few feet away from the warehouse when it inevitably collapsed. Then he joined Adrid over by the superhero that had been knocked back into a pillar.
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"I can move," the hero said, vision swarming in front of his eyes. It was a miracle that he hadn't gotten a concussion yet - this villain really liked to knock him into things. It was a good thing he had thought of changing his body to something that wouldn't injure as more. "...I'm just a little dazed."
He unsteadily got to his feet, letting steel turn back to regular human flesh.
The villain was down on the ground in front of him, but that didn't make any sense. He hadn't even attacked him. He blinked, looked around the warehouse, and then stared when he saw the boy who was dressed as Thor holding up the roof.
...Like Thor would have.
"I must have hit my head harder than I thought," he muttered, rubbing his eyes. Maybe he did get a concussion. But before he could question it any further, he realized Batman was trying to support him as he stood. The man didn't look like Bruce Wayne, but he had the same kind of kind look to his eye that the hero would have expected from him.
"We should get out of here," Batman suggested. "I'm not sure how long Asher can hold up the roof."
"I...I should be..."
The hero gave a hopeless, searching look at the others in the room. The villain was mostly taken care of, and there wasn't anything they could really do to help hold up the ceiling.
He let Batman lead him to the exit.
Once he was there, however, the hero took a step back towards the giant hole in the wall. He was already exhausted and sore, but he didn't trust that everyone would be able to get out in time. He also didn't trust that the roof wouldn't be dropped on the villain.
Tentacles sprouted from the hero's back.
If he had been paying more attention behind him, he would have seen that the little girl - who he hadn't even noticed - that was dressed as Robin had just woken up. He would have also seen that the girl was absolutely fascinated by the tentacles, and that Batman had to physically restrain her from reaching out and touching one.
The hero focused.
He was straining himself to reach some of the people who were farther inside, and it was nearly impossible to get Thor - or Asher, like Batman had called him - because of how high up he was.
But the hero somehow managed.
He always did.
Once he grabbed everyone inside the warehouse, he jerked them all out through the opening. Each tentacle was supported by a thick extra mass of muscle; it would have been impossible to break out of in the split second he had done it.
Just as he placed everyone down outside of the building, the warehouse went crashing to the ground - the villain just close enough that the warehouse fell down on his legs.
The tentacles retracted in the hero's body.
Letting out a very tired sigh, he plopped himself down on the ground and resisted the urge to lay down.
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