Child Emperor made the mistake of under estimating the power of psychics. Tatsumaki thought of a way to demonstrate exactly what psychics are capable of.
It all started in the Hero Association HQ, specifically the S-Class exclusive break area. Tatsumaki was in the middle of making herself something to eat when Child Emperor entered the kitchen. The young hero spotted Tatsumaki pulling a jar of pickles from the refrigerator and jumped at the opportunity to show off a new device he had created.
Child Emperor rushed over to Tatsumaki and presented her with the little robot that could help open the jar.
"It's a new invention of mine made to assist with difficult or tedious tasks at home. It's great at opening jars of pickles. Wanna try it?"
Tatsumaki stared blankly at Child Emperor for several seconds, more than enough time to make things awkward. Finally, she spoke.
"Are you trying to say I can't open a stupid jar of pickles all on my own?"
"What? That's not what I was saying. I just thought my little robot could make it easier-"
"Oh! So you thought your stupid machine could do a better job than me?"
"N-no! That's not what I meant-"
"Save your breath, I know what you meant. You think you're machines have something to offer me, a psychic, the number 2 ranked hero in the world."
As Tatsumaki spoke, she began levitating in the air.
"Well, let me make something clear to you, brat; NOTHING compares to the power of Psychics. Not monsters, not muscles, and certainly not the power of machines!"
Suddenly, Child Emperor also began levitating off the ground. In a panic, the young hero tried grabbing onto something nearby to ground himself, but nothing was in reach. Child Emperor defiantly began activating gadgets from within his backpack, but Tatsumaki psychically disarmed all his machines and cast them out of the room. Tatsumaki then used her mind to restrict Child Emperor's movements, leaving him unable to resist what was coming.
Tatsumaki brought Child Emperor to the center of the room, keeping his limbs frozen in place. With her telekinesis, Tatsumaki removed the boy's shoes and discarded them to the floor, leaving her victim barefoot. Utensils from around the kitchen were pulled from their drawers and began surrounding Child Emperor's body. The young hero panicked when he saw the various pointy objects floating around him.
"Geez, what's with that panicked look on your face? Aren't you a hero? Shouldn't you always be brave in every situation?" Tatsumaki teased.
"P-put me down! This is insane!" Child Emperor demanded.
"See? It's exactly that kind of attitude that got you into this situation in the first place." Tatsumaki explained, "Let this be your greatest lesson, school boy!"
With that, the utensils descended upon Child Emperor's body with incredible speed. The young hero screamed, thinking he was about to get skewered, only to suddenly start giggling instead. Looking down at his stomach and thighs, Child Emperor was shocked to see various forks and brushes being raked across his skin. The tools were pressed against his body light enough so that they only left faint scratch marks as they traced over his nerves. The sensation was maddeningly ticklish and almost worse than actually being stabbed.
The variety in how the tools moved was very impressive. Each forks and tong took a different path across Child Emperor's body. All of the brushes zigged and zagged with different patterns and speeds. No part of his body was safe, either. These devilish tools tormented the young hero's helpless stomach, exposed thighs, and defenseless feet.
As Child Emperor giggled and squirmed in the air, Tatsumaki floated up next to him to survey her good work.
"I see my practical demonstration is very effective, though I think it will take time for my lesson to sink in." Tatsumaki teased.
"Yo-hohohoho-ou mo-hohohoho-nster! Le-hehehehehe-et me go-hohoho-o!" Child Emperor pleaded.
"I'm not a monster, brat, I'm a hero." Tatsumaki declared, "I hope you didn't make any plans for today because I think I'm going to turn this into an extended lesson~"
The kitchen was considered "Out of Order" for the rest of that day.
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Tatsumaki is the one who under-estimated the power of her opponent this time. Child Emperor proved that machines can stand up to anything, even psychics.
A few days had passed since the incident in the S-Class exclusive break area. Tatsumaki had already forgotten what happened and was already moving on with her life as second highest ranking super hero in the world. Child Emperor, on the other hand, had not moved on as easily. The day after his extended lesson in the power of psychics, Child Emperor had hidden himself inside of his lab for many days while he worked on something important.
The day finally came when Child Emperor left his lab after finishing his new project.
Child Emperor tracked down Tatsumaki who was in the middle of harassing some poor employee of the Hero Association. Tatsumaki was invited back to Child Emperor's lab with the request that she assist him with an experiment of his. Initially, Tatsumaki refused the request and stated that Child Emperor should be self sufficient enough to carry out his experiments alone.
Child Emperor insisted that Tatsumaki help him because his experiments required the involvement of a psychic.
"I knew you wouldn't want me involving your sister in this, so I decided to ask you instead." Child Emperor explained.
Tatsumaki's hair flared at the mention of her sister and Child Emperor instinctively grabbed hold of a table that was beside him. However, instead of levitating everything in the room, Tatsumaki quickly composed herself and agreed to participate in Child Emperor's stupid experiment. The two walked back to the lab where the experiment would be taking place.
"Here, just stand on this platform and we can get started." Child Emperor instructed.
Tatsumaki followed Child Emperor's instructions and stepped onto the platform. As soon as she was in position, Child Emperor pressed a button and a large metal arm descended from the ceiling and placed a large clamp around Tatsumaki's arms and body. In response to this unexpected attack, Tatsumaki's hair flared once more as her powers began to activate. Unfortunately for her, the large metal arm sent little electric shocks through the clamp binding Tatsumaki that traveled down her spine and into her brain, nullifying the lobe that let her use her powers.
The shocks were harmless, but extremely effective. Tatsumaki completely lost access to her psychic powers and was left completely helpless in the embrace of this machine. Not used to being so helpless, Tatsumaki kicked and thrashed her legs and the machine effortlessly lifted her tiny body into the air. A second metal arm descended from the ceiling and cuffed Tatsumaki's wild legs at the ankles.
At this point, Tatsumaki was entirely trapped.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" Tatsumaki wailed.
"This is the power of machines!" Child Emperor replied.
Child Emperor was already seated in his chair connected to another arm from the ceiling which lifted him up so he was level with his captive. In one hand, the boy had a lollipop he licked with victorious retribution. In his other hand, the young hero held a bag fully of small robots he'd designed to help him with his revenge.
The robots all activated in unison, jumping from their bag and onto Tatsumaki's helpless body. These robots were small and spider-like, with human hands attached to the ends of their metal limbs. These hands were designed specifically to excel at tickling.
As soon as the robots found their positions, they began their assault on Tatsumaki's nerves. Hands began cupping her thighs, squeezing her leg in a massaging motion. Fingers invaded her dress and pinched her most sensitive spots. Tatsumaki's feet had it the worst, with dozens of fingers dancing around her soles and between her toes with no way to shake them off.
It was all Tatsumaki could do not to start laughing her head off right then and there. If this hero couldn't escape these bonds, she would at least deny her bratty captor the satisfaction of seeing her break. Hopefully she could hold on until her powers come back.
Child Emperor made himself comfy to enjoy a full day of revenge. Tatsumaki would be given occasional shocks that would null her powers. For as long as the machine had power, Tatsumaki did not.
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Tatsumaki knew she couldn't let Child Emperor's arrogance go unpunished. It was one thing for him to think he could overcome the power of psychics, it was another thing for him to think he could overcome Tatsumaki.
Tatsumaki had suffered through a full day of Child Emperor's revenge as she struggled to keep herself from laughing. Dozens of little robots crawled across her exposed skin and grabbed at her flesh in an attempt to elicit as ticklish a response as possible. A machine used to hold her in place prevented Tatsumaki from using her powers to escape the hell she'd been put into.
Child Emperor enjoyed his revenge to its fullest, having everything go perfectly to plan. Unfortunately, as the day came to a close, Child Emperor came to realize one issue with his plan he had not anticipated. Eventually, he would need to let Tatsumaki go, which means releasing her from the device that was nullifying her powers.
If Tatsumaki was released, there would be nothing stopping her from taking her own form of revenge on Child Emperor... and she could be a lot more ruthless than he was.
Child Emperor got pretty nervous and decided to try and mitigate any rage that was building up on Tatsumaki.
"H-hey, I know this seems pretty bad, b-but I just want to make sure that you know I did all this because you started it!" Child Emperor explained.
Tatsumaki didn't respond. She didn't even acknowledge that he had said anything. She was too focused on keeping herself from bursting out into laughter from the ticklish hell she was enduring.
"I know this day has been pretty rough for you, b-but you should know that you did the same thing to me but for longer!"
Tatsumaki remained unresponsive, breathing heavily and keeping her lips squeezed shut to keep herself silent.
"L-listen, I'm going to release you now, okay? You've had enough, clearly. I'm going to let you go and then we can put this whole thing behind us."
Tatsumaki's eyes were closed tight and her cheeks were puffed up. The strain of holding herself back was getting to her.
Child Emperor pressed a button on a nearby control panel. Suddenly, all the little tickle-bots that were crawling around Tatsumaki stopped what they were doing and jumped down onto the floor. Tatsumaki let out a sigh and started panting as she felt the first sensation of relief in several hours. Still, her eyes remained closed and she spoke no words.
Child Emperor hesitated to release her. He had no idea if she was mad or not and couldn't be certain she wouldn't immediately end him the moment he undid her bindings. If he was lucky, the machine could've tired her out enough so that she'd be too weak to retaliate right away. Either way, he couldn't delay this any longer.
Child Emperor pressed the button to release Tatsumaki.
The hum of the machine powering down was deafening in the room. It was the only sound being made before the gears started to move as Tatsumaki was lowered to the floor. First, Tatsumaki's feet were released, followed by the rest of her body. With a quiet plop, the psychic hero landed feet-first on the floor, still unmoving with her head hung low and her eyes still closed. Child Emperor stared at her with unblinking eyes.
Suddenly, the sound of bending metal could be heard throughout the lab. It was if all the walls in the room were being pushed outwards by an invisible force. All the tickle robots that were on the ground were suddenly whisked into the air and promptly disassembled in a destructive fashion. All this happened without Tatsumaki so much as flinching from her spot at the center of the room.
Child Emperor didn't have a chance to consciously react as his legs pulled him from his chair and towards the lab's exit. The young hero made it about two inches before his entire body froze as he was lifted off of the ground. Every drawer and shelf in the room suddenly swung open as Child Emperor's tools were pulled out levitated around their owner.
"NO, WAIT- *ghk*"
That was all Child Emperor could manage to squeak out before his voice stopped working entirely. He couldn't make a sound or move a muscle as he was pulled closer and closer to Tatsumaki, a look of fear frozen on his face. He wanted desperately to plead with her, but clearly Tatsumaki wasn't going to let him.
As soon as Child Emperor was mere inches from her face, Tatsumaki finally opened her eyes and looked up at him... smiling.
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"AHAHAH HAHAHAHA!! GUHH!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"I'm starting to understand why you have so many tools now. They can be quite handy in the right circumstance."
"PLEHEHEHEHEHEASE!! STAHAHAHAHAP!!! HAHAHAHA!!!"
"These screwdrivers are especially helpful. I used to think they were useless because I could just screw something in with my mind, but now I see their true purpose~"
This had been going on for quite some time. Levitating in the center of the room was Child Emperor and Tatsumaki, surrounded by a myriad of tools and equipment. Using her telekinesis, Tatsumaki allowed Child Emperor to float through the air all while fruitlessly struggling against bonds that weren't there. He was allowed to laugh for Tatsumaki's amusement, though she would never acknowledge anything he managed to say. Begging was useless.
Various screwdrivers and brushes attacked Child Emperor's nerves, dancing over and prodding his exposed skin while he was helpless to stop it. His shirt had been removed to give Tatsumaki more room to work with, making sure there wasn't an inch of Child Emperor's body not being tickled. Occasionally, Tatsumaki would make Child Emperor raise his arms or extend his legs to give her access to areas that don't get much stimulus. The whole experience was driving the poor kid mad.
Tatsumaki even started to take a more involved role in her tormenting. Rather than just letting her psychic powers do all the work, the sadistic hero even got her own fingers involved, usually targeting Child Emperor's stomach while the tools handled the rest of his body. Sometimes, just for fun, Tatsumaki would decide to take a break from listening to the constant stream of laughter and shove her foot into his mouth to act as a gag. It was quite fun.
Tatsumaki's lesson lasted well into the night, finally ending when she felt too exhausted to contine.
Things weren't over for Child Emperor, however.
Tatsumaki revealed a pair of tickle bots she's spared from her destructive fury. Child Emperor was then placed into his own machine that held him in place. The tickle bots were unleashed on the poor boy as Tatsumaki locked the door behind her.
