Catastrophe vs Chu

Catastrophe reaches the elevated rail interchange, dragging the tightened chain until the corroded links finally tear free from the gate hardware. Her stiff shoulder aches, and her scraped shin burns as she climbs.

Below the tracks, a crowded platform churns beneath fluorescent lights. Trains grind overhead, their steel thunder sealing civilians between the stairwells and the obvious blast radius.

Chu emerges onto the opposite stairwell, rain-darkened street clothes clinging to her small frame. She spots Catastrophe above the platform and immediately raises both fists.

The crowd compresses toward the center of the platform as another train roars overhead. Chu advances along the opposite walkway, refusing to let the stairwell become Catastrophe’s path into the city.

Signal lights flicker through the station haze. Chu stands between Catastrophe and the nearest exit, while the trapped commuters watch the distance between them collapse.