Retcon for ******** sake:
And so the explosion went off, blasting into Spooky and the little man he was holding onto. And although, his armor was specifically designed to soak up the physical transfer of energy without putting it on the wearer (we are going to ignore Dragon Skin's exact properties for the sake of the judges) along with his helmet (again, we are going to ignore it). Edit: And as for the shrapnel? None of that even harmed the man for he was hugging the kid practically and his head was on the young man's right side. Therefore out of the reach of the deadly metal. He instantly let go, as his lungs attempted to deflate and force the oxygen from them. As the precious airbubbles began to shoot upwards, he covered his mouth and continued to float a few feet backwards. His ears were ringing, nothing new there at all, obviously they were risking be blown out entirely but his helmet had done at least that much for some reason. Red pulsed along his eyes, obviously some blood vessels had broken and his wrist felt numb. Instead of waiting any longer, the soldier made a mad dash for the surface, attempting to get above the kid. Breathing was second to him, keeping the child underwater came first despite how angry his arms and legs were with him as they cried for oxygen.
He was different from the rest after all.
And until he felt lightheaded, and his jaw involuntarily began to open; the soldier would be fine. On a scale of one to five in terms of FUBAR, this was a 2. A lot worse could have come from it. Spooky groped for the baton at his waist and drew it free while swimming with one arm before paddling back into full strength. Reaching the surface a few seconds later. The kid he was fighting could have been all powerful, but once more probably lacked the experience Spooky did. Most notably in this case, in swimming. And since he was holding the submission to begin with, the ball had been in his court: explosion or not. Sucking in a relatively small amount of air when his head breached the surface, the soldier looked back underwater trying to find the kid as he paddled lazily with his feet and held onto the baton with both hands.
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