welp.
i'm currently having thoughts over my latest idea- it wouldn't have been possible without inspiration through one of the people i currently follow and their rambles sparked the creation of this latest brainrot of mine (and because it's angst, i get to just rant about it; this is not a wip per se! i just want to share the directions i could potentially take this-)
this au is specifically for weinerham ft. tengu! howard and the current excuse to write a literal battle with feral and protective not-quite-human characters (courtesy of @thesoundofmadness)
though to get right to the point- you better strap on your helmet, kiddos, because trust me i do not hold back in this!
if anyone's been following my older posts, then i'm sure you're already aware that randy is meant to take on the sorcerer- for the purpose of the fic, he does have more experience and this does take place in a theoretical canon divergent season finale where the sorcerer was broken free from his prison and now randy either has to seal him away again, or permanently defeat him
things are going tense- randy has his powers and the might of his weapons at his disposal but the sorcerer had gotten stronger; the ninja is determined to win this, and he is pushing through- blocking blow after blow, he has the skills to keep going (until he doesn't). a miscalculated hit gives the sorcerer the advantage-
randy is doing everything in his power but the next he's on the ground, his vision blurring (he chokes and red is spilling from his mouth, staining the ground-) and his chest heaving; the sorcerer is going in for the kill- "give up, you foolish boy. you never stood a chance!"
(he can't- he struggles, but his movements are sluggish and he's falling like deadweight on the ground, he failed them- he failed norrisville)
but then a crack resounds- he can hear the whoosh of wings, and the next the sorcerer is off of him; blurred forms of orange, black, and green can be seen from a distance but he's still hanging on as the suit attempts to work its magic to save him. there's desperation in him, to get back up- only he doesn't, he can't, not like this. except he feels the rush- the fire burning at his core, and despite the seemingly losing battle, he hears wings
the powerful beating of wings as a great screech rings out
"ho-w-" he strains, but the last of his fight is gone and unconsciousness claims him easily, but somewhere deep down- he knows. the link shared between two, the bond that runs through him and howard, soul-marked.
except that leaves howard, in his rage and panic and grief (he would not lose randy, not today). he can't lose the one who had always been at his side, the one who had a selfless, pure heart and was brave in the face of danger. howard was not a hero; perhaps not in the way that would've mattered- where he was earth if anything, grounded but shook at a moment's notice if his peace was disturbed- and for the tengu, for howard, randy was the rock that kept him from falling apart.
rage marked him- and he wasn't about to sit in the sidelines and watch the demise of his own flock, and so he spread his wings; even with the severed link, he refused to see another end and with that, he rose like a phoenix
(there was only a fire burning inside of him- ready to take on the world by storm)
in which howard lets the tengu claim him one more time, all to save randy but in doing so- he begins to realize something about himself
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