The Guise of Innocence [Ingrid]

A shark certainly had a lot of beneficial traits to being a pro hero. While Masuyo may not have had proper fins or the actual physical body of a shark she had most of the traits and was very much a physical manifestation of the aquatic species if they were to be Humanoid and adapted to life on land- at least besides being massive, that didn't quite fly with the reduced oxygen levels on Earth paired with gravitational forces. Nevertheless, they did have many perks that aided them in hunting prey. That incredible ability to detect faint traces of blood for miles wasn't necessarily limited to just that, but technically applied to many other scents as well. The one in particular that was so relevant in the case of Mega was her ability to smell for better or worse... (especially when it smells terrible) perspiration or in layman's terms, sweat.

Even more precisely, the increased perspiration as a fear response. That was why she excelled at being a Hero at night, because she could more easily navigate her way to situations where people were afraid or in danger than some other Heroes. If she were active during the middle of the day, it'd be more difficult to tell when mixed with the fact that the beating sun skews her 'radar' for lack of better terms. So it was only natural when a crowd of civilians were rushed by weapon wielding assailants a clustered group of spiked biological fear responses would be a key indicator that most Heroes didn't have the luxury of utilizing. Already before there was even a scream, Mega was making her way there. Though in order to no hurt herself, she needed to be careful and maintain a jog instead of a full sprint due to the self inflicted damage such rapid movements with a body as bulky as hers could cause.

That was largely, again, her biggest downside. Truthfully without those very niche sensory abilities that applied to the job she'd have a slower response time than most heroes just due to how fast she was, but that trait of hers about evened it out with how sophisticated it was. Though she'd found a lot of her abilities declining with the change to her circadian rhythm doing a massive blow to her energy levels. In time, perhaps she could actually be capable of detecting even more information in various ways if she could recover and... optimistically, maybe even improve this far into her career.

Rounding a corner to intercept the fleeing crowd of civilians, in the night those glowing rose irises pierced downwards and served to be much more intimidating to normal civilians that didn't know who Mega was as a professional Hero than many others in her line of work. Though much of her fame for any she might have came more so from being that sort of personality than not. Yet with a few decisive strides that covered dozens of meters collectively she went to move between the group of victims and assailants, a hand gently hovering over and around Ingrid as she was the last person fleeing.

It seemed that while technically if she was more in tune with her senses she might be able to notice Ingrid wasn't actually as afraid as she let on, being thrown off cycle and being low on energy after having to function in the middle of the day worked to the villains advantage. It looked as if the Hero was absolutely none the wiser, completely clueless.

"Don't worry, you're safe now. I, Mega, will handle it from here. If you can, stick around for the police to question when they get here." She said without yelling, an advantage to being so big was the booming bass of her voice, making her able to communicate without having to strain her voice any in chaotic situations. So long as Ingrid carried on her act the Hero would have her undivided attention on the three what looked to be thugs.

It was the kind of thing that made hairs stand on end, trying to piece together why three random thugs would be chasing a random group of civilians out on the streets. Proper criminals and villains kept things on the down low in alleys and subtle interactions and usually only the formidable ones openly made a scene- but often with a purpose. Did they just want to send a message by hurting people? Were they hired to do this by someone above them? She'd worked a lot of different cases (a very professional way of putting the process of clobbering villains big small and in between) and this one fit into a very small percentage of the things she's used to seeing. Usually, as experience would dictate things like this were like the tips of icebergs, but all that mattered for the moment was handling it and protecting the civilians. After all, Mega wasn't a Hero to actually fulfill the obligations of justicing- no, nowadays it was about the money while during her years as a vigilante it was for the thrill of battle.

The Hero had come to a full stop, standing like a statue as the 'thugs' closed in. Raising their weapons high, Mega was a strange fighter. She used burst tactics, and conserved her energy as much as possible to make the attacks she did perform as devastating as possible. She also had the instincts of an opportunistic predator, meaning when she saw a vulnerability she impulsively jumped on it before she even had a moment to consider otherwise. Of course, this was useful in a lot of cases, but just like an animal it relied on things less than unpredictable. Unknowingly, it was a boon she was dealing with robots.

There was a moment when one of the several constructs raised their weapon high into the air to attack Mega with it, and that was when the force of her body kicked into gear. With the sound of burst movement, a massive bang echoed outwards as the pro heroes entire body twisted to deliver a massive punch towards the first attacker. If it was successful in hitting, the strike would seem to be forceful enough to effect an area 5-7 feet around the robot. If it missed, it was just a lot of pushed air.

Of course, there was a reason she was infamous for wracking up big bills for collateral damages. Her strike being outnumbered opened her up to the two other robots who brought weapons down hard onto her suit. She was durable no doubt, and had heightened regeneration, but her suit did not. If her suit were to be compromised... Well, then her life would be even more difficult going forward.