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Moment of Awesome - Alex Summers/Havok: Alex has way too much fun blowing up crabs while Kitty Pryde just wishes for a more offensive power. "And boom!" Alex called as another crab collapsed, burned shell smoking, a whole right through the middle. It was better than the one they'd blown up. "How you doing?" he called Kitty. It was basically just them - the streets were deserted, storefronts wrecked and abandoned. Everyone had understandably hit the road when the giant crabs started marching in. "I've had better mornings," she shouted back, wishing not for the first time that her power was a bit more aggressive. A giant crab was scuttling toward her, beady eyes full of glee as it snapped its pincers. Kitty danced back on her toes, grabbing the lid off a garbage can and brandishing it. "Did-a-chick, dad-a-chum, motherfucker," she muttered as she flung the lid toward the creature. The lid glanced a pincer, then dropped to the ground with a clang. She'd never been good at Frisbee. The crab was nonplussed, scuttling toward her at a faster rate. She darted backwards, leading it away from Alex at first, almost to land in a cluster of three more. With a slight yelp, she phased, just as one of the crabs gave her ponytail a good snap. "Why are these things attacking? Ugh, you'd think we smelled like fish food or something. What do crabs eat anyhow?" "Uh... little water things?" Alex shrugged, jumping up onto a mostly wrecked car to get a better angle and blasting a couple "smaller" crabs threatening to trap him. "Not people, usually. As far as I know. Shit, are crabs carnivores?" One giant pincer swung in to try and grab him off the car. He yelped and ducked, just barely escaping the blow. The screech of metal being squished together was hellish. He blasted the big one, then scrambled up and ran. It was raining, of course, so his usual power source - the god damn sun - was unavailable, and he didn't like it.