[@Old Amsterdam]

Edward was immediately confused by their sudden arrival at Nudd's hideout. He looked around before realizing where they were. He then cracked his knuckles and gave Shatter a smile.

"That's some cool stuff right there. Ten minutes you say?" he chuckled. "I can easily give you an hour," he stated confidently, brushing a few wayward locks of hair out of his face.

"So you hold him, I stab him with some wooden stick or something... speaking of..." he darted off with a crack then returned a few moments later, holding a sharpened wooden stake. "God bless super-speed, you can make things in the blink of an eye. Anyway, so you do the freezy-thing, I stab him, sounds like a good amount of fun to me."

Edward entered the building after one last look at Shatter, walking in with a scowl at Nudd, who had clearly just finished with a victim, whose body was currently being devoured by the horde of insects as Nudd cleaned his blade. Nudd turned towards the door with a jump.

"Hmm? Oh, hello again Edward, I'd have expected you to be free by now, and you've brought a friend! Well, isn't this just wonder-"

Edward shot forwards and grabbed Nudd's wrist, hoisting it over his head, in one smooth motion, he lopped off Nudd's arm with nothing but speed and the side of his hand. Nudd let out a cry of pain and attempted to escape as the wound spewed insects, but Edward grabbed him by the throat before he could move.

"I could have done this anytime I wanted, Nudd, and there's not a damn thing you can do about it." He tossed Nudd into a wall, which visibly buckled under the force of Edward's speedy throw. Nudd climbed up to his feet, a group of insects securing his arm back in place.

"I'm more impressed than ever, Edward, but if you could have done this all along, why didn't you?" Edward glowered in response.

"I wanted you to suffer, but now I'm just here to end this." Nudd actually seemed fearful due to this declaration, but he attempted to hide it by nonchalantly twirling his knife.

"You've really cornered the market on cliches, old friend, and it's no more true now than it was then."

As he finished speaking, Nudd grabbed Edward's arm and then flew backwards, as he had done in their first fight, Edward didn't even try to avoid it, though he could have. Edward proceeded to charge at Nudd as he retreated, a moment passed, and Nudd's mouth opened in shock as Edward closed. Edward's punch was powerful enough to shatter the nearby windows just by the shock-wave, and his fist traveled right through Nudd's body, impaling him on Edward's arm.

"What...?" Nudd asked in shock, his insects worthlessly attacking at Edward, their stings unable to pierce his skin. Edward pulled his arm loose, allowing Nudd to fall back in pain, reaching under his jacket, he pulled the scorpion loose, examining it as it frantically stung at his hand. He crushed it in his fist then turned back to Nudd.

He launched a furied assault on the man, knocking him everywhich direction even as Nudd covered his body in an armor of insects. Wherever Nudd flew, Edward was soon behind him, knocking him across the room with each blow, soon the floor was littered by the dead of Nudd's insect armor. Finally, Nudd was knocked through a support beam for the ceiling and ended up planted firmly in a wall, wounded despite his armor.

"Let's go Shatter, get charging, I'm starting to wonder if I need you."