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"Aaand you're clear to leave, Mr. Smith." The doctor said removing his stethoscope and putting it around his neck. "Thanks doc." Cedric said. "You should be thanking that man who brought you in here." The doctor said. "Now gather your crap and get outta here, you're taking up space." The doc said, changing tone quickly. " Enjoyed having you around though." he said changing back. " Now get lost." He said leaving the room.

Cedric gathered his stuff. Well, his new stuff. Most of his things had been lost in the fire that broke out from that fight. Whoever had dropped him off there had left a very basic change of clothes for him consisting of a large, black T-shirt with the word "Swim" in blue lettering. Some tan shorts, and some cheap flip flops. Cedric looked at himself in the mirror in his room after getting the regular clothes on. 'How appropriate." He thought when he saw the word on the shirt. He stared at his reflection in the mirror for a moment. He touched his fingers to the burn marks he'd gotten from the fight that put him in here. His fists tightened and he sighed shaking his head. He couldn't believe that he'd let his guard down that low, or that he couldn't do anything to get free of that sticky crap. He turned away from the mirror before his now looser temper got the better of him.  He walked out of the room with a burning determination in his chest.

Cedric walked out of the hospital back into the relatively quiet streets of the Briss Kingdom. Cedric was in thought. He somehow needed to get back into contact with the revolutionaries, he didn't know if they knew he was alive or not. They probably knew. He somehow had to make up for his lost time, but he also wanted to get some training in to relieve some of the stress and energy that'd been building while he was in recovery. His train of thought was broken off when he heard a yell from down an alley. " Help!" That was quickly muffled and followed up by a metallic ping. Cedric tightened his fist and then relaxed it. Maybe he'll find a release for that energy a little sooner he thought as he stepped into the alley the yell for help had echoed down.

Cedric stepped down the alleyway, his cheap flip flops quietly echo between the buildings. From around the corner, Cedric could hear some whisperings. Cedric slowly approached the corner and peered around into a small open area. Against the far wall of the area, there were five people. Three thugs holding up a couple, indistinct whispering between the two parties. The thugs had chains, and a bat. One of the couple had a wound on their head, Cedric assumed that was the ping that he'd heard before. Cedric stepped out from behind his corner. " I'd advise you to halt your actions." Cedric said in an authoritative voice.

" Ah damn." One of the three said. " Looks like this job is a bust." He said. Stepping aside the three dispersed and Cedric moved to the couple. " Are you ok?" Cedric asks. "Oh thank you!." the woman of the couple said. "I think my husband is hurt pretty bad, please have a look at him please." She begged. Cedric looked over to the husband with the large wound on his head. He shrugged and moved over looking at the wound more clearly. He suddenly felt an impact on the back of his head. It probably would have hurt more had he been a human nor had his touch skin. Cedric rose and turned to see the woman holding a bat with a surprised expression on her face. "Shit, that usually works." She said. Cedric stared down at her. " Uh, Plan B-" She was cut off as Cedric forcefully pushed her back with his fishman strength.

The sound of rattling chains sounded just before there was a chain wrapped around his arm and one wrapped around his thick neck. "Hold him down!" Someone yelled from behind. The three from before apparently didnt go all that far. Cedric had been pulled into an ambush. He also wasn't really feeling like doing this right now. He pulled with his arm that was chained, pulling the man attached to the other end. The man let go and collided with the nearby wall. Cedric turned to face the other three. The one playing the part of husband was wiping the makeup of the wound from his head. Cedric grabbed the chain that was leading from his neck to the man at the other end. " Next." He said in a dry tone.

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Cedric must have stepped into some better light judging from the way that the remaining three were all looking at him. "Shit, this guy's a fishman!" one of them said. "That explains why the bat didn't work as planned." Another said. "Yeah, but if we can take him down, we can make some good money off of him." The fake husband said. Cedric's eyes narrowed at that last comment. He could assume they meant selling him into slavery, he wasn't having that. Not again.  Cedric gripped the chain tighter and gave a tug, pulling the goon at the other end off of his balance. Then he gave the chain a stronger yank pulling the goon who was surprisingly still holding onto the chain at the other end. Cedric raised his fists as the goon flew towards him. When the goon got to where Cedric wanted him, Cedric spiked down with his fists, slamming the guy into the cobbled street beneath them.

Cedric walked forward removing the chain wrapped from around his thick neck. He dropped the chain. " Shit. Fuck that, man." the other goon said as he took off down the alley away. The other one followed shortly after. Cedric flexed his arm excreting poison from the spines on his arm. The poison ran down his arm gathering at his hand. He wound up and flung his hand forward towards the furthest one. "Water Shot!" Cedric said in a stern voice. The poison drip zips past the closest runner, and nails the furthest one in the back knocking him forward and causing him to roll a bit. Cedric began running, thundering ahead with his flip flops smacking loudly as he ran. " Stop right there unless you want worse!" He threatened. The goon kept running. Cedric shook his head.  " They never cooperate. " He said pursuing as the goon rounded the corner.

-335 Words-
135/150
Moves Used: Water Shot t1 = 15 Stamina

Cedric tailed behind the fleeing goon. He rounded the corner keeping the goon in sight as he ran down the empty street. Cedric spotted a barrel at the corner of the upcoming building. He knew the barrel to be a rain collector, and given how much it had rained while he was in the hospital it had to be at the least half full.  Cedric smiled and focused his gaze on the fleeing mugger. Cedric veered towards the barrel still running after his target. Cedric cupped his hands as he approached the barrel. He smiled a bit more when he saw that the barrel was pretty full. He did a kind of spin around as he dipped his hands into the water, the water heart forming, and he removed his hands with the water heart in his hands and the water from the barrel trailing behind him. Cedric put in a mad sprint after the goon. Cedric charged forward, as the last of the water was pulled from the Barrel, the goon was well in range. Cedric took a few steps forward in a spin, raising the water heart above his head before launching it forward at the goon. " Spout Shot" He said as the trail of water left his hands and hurtled into the goon knocking him forward. The goon tripped from the force of the water hitting him and rolled forward before coming to a stop face down.

Cedric trudged forward toward the goon, panting from the heavy running. Cedric stood over the mook breathing heavily trying to catch his breath from the exerted energy. After a moment of catching his breath, Cedric reached down and grabbed the goon by the collar of his shirt before hoisting him up over his shoulder. He gathered the others up too and bound them together with the chains from earlier and set them in the street. He stood up and sighed, wiping some sweat from his brow. " I guess that helped get some of the energy out. I'm feeling much better now." Cedric said. " And I got you guys off the streets. I'd say it was a win-win." He said. " Thanks you've all been a big help." He said to the mostly unconscious and bound group. "Well, have a nice night." He said before turning and walking off down the dark, night covered Briss Kingdom streets. " Time to get back to business." he said
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- 408 words-
Stamina : 135 > 120/ 150
Moves used: Spout Shot: 15 Stamina