User blog comment:Goldencahill/OC Contest of Champions - Round 1/@comment-25072584-20161007232420

Lady Liberty. The proud symbol that stood watching outside of New York City. Amanda Conner choose that name when she started work for the ETU, thinking of herself as the defender of the weak. Right now, she seemed more like defender of the whiny.

"MY CAR!" He screamed. "You fucking blew my car up! Who the hell do you think you are?"

"Sir, listen, the ETU will reimburse you for it. Just give them a call and-"

"Oh, no. You're going to pay for it, and you're gonna pay for it right now"

Most days, these sort of scenarios would involve a grouchy dude futilely throwing a punch or two, and then cooling his jets with a lamppost tied around himself. But suddenly, he hardened his fist into solid steel and went for the gut.

"The name's Aaron Taylor. And you're paying with your life."

Not one to back down from bullies, Amanda reached down and picked up a pair of keys that someone had left behind during her earlier fight.

"Hey, bud, you dropped something." She replied.

The keys went flying through the air, and Aaron caught them with both hands, but he wasn't exactly expecting them to weigh 50 pounds. Covering both hands with living steel, he deposited the weights on the pavement and approached his opponent.

"What, you can turn into metal and that makes you think you're all that? I've had a long day, a long fight, and no coffee. I recommend you head home before someone get's hurt."

"Someone's getting hurt, all right," He replied. "and that someone's you!"

"Oh wow. I walked into that one, didn't I?" She laughed. "Look, you seem like a good guy. Is fighting really the answer?"

The only answer Aaron was giving was a mouthful of steel. He swung hard and fast, sending her flying into the window of a store across the street. Picking herself up from the pieces of shattered glass, Amanda launched herself back at him, hardening her gloves for maximum impact. Solidifying his chest, Aaron did his best to repel the attack, but that much force was certainly enough to knock him off balance. Seeing an opportunity, Amanda grabbed his arms and reduced their density, sending him floating into the air.

"How's the weather up there, sunshine?" She quipped.

"Fuck you! I'm gonna kill you, or my friends are gonna kill you. Either way, you're gonna die!"

"Okay, babe. Mind if I go grab a coffee? I'm practically dieing from exhaustion. I'll call ahead and have someone pick you up for processing in a bit."

"Oh, I'm not done with you yet!"

Aaron reverted his arms to skin, and went sprawling back to the ground with a loud "thud".

"Ugh. I'm just not getting a break today, am I?" Amanda complained.

Determined to end the fight, she flew above him and scouted out her surroundings. She was Downtown, about two blocks from the Hudson, and there were a lot of pedestrians out to spectate.

"Great," She thought. "How about I just freeze him in the Hudson? Low property damage, quick takedown. Nice and easy."

Her concentration was suddenly broken by the sight of a steel umbrella whizzing by her head.

"Don't think I forgot about you, babe! I'll be right down!"

Increasing the weight of her boots, she went crashing down to the ground, narrowly missing Aaron. As he gathered himself off the ground, she bent down, touched, and focused on the street, turning it into a completely slick surface. One moment Aaron was getting back on his feet, the next he was sent flying onto his rump. Amanda could only laugh while she levitated over the slippery suface.

"Arg! It's not funny! I'm gonna kill you!" He screamed.

"I feel like there's a joke about taking a fall trip or something hiding here somewhere. No matter, you've got places to be."

She flew over, grabbed him by an ankle, and started heading towards the Hudson. Suddenly, she felt the feeling in her hand go out. Looking over she noticed that Aaron was now on the ground running the opposite direction and her hand had turned to solid steel!

"That's it! Timeout for you!" She yelled.

Amanda, after making her new steel glove more pliable, flew over to a nearby flagpole and uprooted it. She then bolted over to Aaron and bent it around him, solidifying the pole to it's formerly inelastic condition. Finally, she grabbed the pole, decreased it's density, and threw the whole bundle up into the air.

"Pretty nice view up here, isn't it?"

"Let me go! Omigosh! You're gonna kill me?" Aaron shouted.

"No, I'm just gonna leave you here. We've got some great guys back at the ETU that specialize in people like you," She replied." You should consider joining; we could always use people of your abilities. It would certainly beat throwing temper tantrums in public."

"So that's it? You're just gonna go run away and let the real heroes clean up after you?"

"No, I'm going to go grab a coffee. I'm dead tired. Then I'm going to go home, finish up some paper work, lay down, and watch some Netflix. Enjoy your time up here; it'll be the last nice view you're seein' in a while.