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:: Rolling her eyes, Alexis flexed her hand, feeling the muscles around her wound tighten and contract. Sharp pains flew through her arm, giving the woman even more adrenaline...Alexis was beyond ready to kill her teammates...in fact, this order alone was exactly what she had been waiting for since the moment her alliance with Malice started. ::

:: Leaving the room along side of Malice, as the white queen turned left heading down the Horror Hall, Alexis turned right, heading back to the compound in which Haleigh, Delilah, and Alison were being held. Snapping her fingers, WILDPack soldiers immediately appeared behind Alexis in a military formation, prepared to attack. ::

"We are to kill the remaining members of the six. Do it FAST and QUICK."

:: Blackout's voice announced as she continued to walk with a purpose down the hall. Finally reaching the compound, the door was already open....Karen had been there. "Dammit.." Pointing to the door, five WILDPack soldiers quickly rushed forward and into the room, machine guns held at a ready. ::

"Rise and shine ladies!"

:: Suddenly the WILDPack began to shoot energy laced bullets directly at the three woman, specifically designed for Alexis to manipulate when necessary. ::
 
Bio Systems Lab - Agony

Following closely behind the doctor, Blaze nibbled on her bottom lip nervously as they entered their destination. Her stomach churned inside her frail body, making her feel ill. Inhaling the stagnant and stale air, Blaze felt the dust particles polluting her lungs. Dried stains of blood lined the metallic floors here. Needles, examining tables, monitors all were disheveled around the large room.

Shutting her eyes tightly, Blaze felt her chest tighten. She tried to grasp her surroundings without it bothering her. But, that was nearly impossible as the flashbacks came back to ruthlessly flood her memory banks. It was a most traumatic experience for Blaze, probably second place to her rape. Her fingertips curling into a tight balled fist, exposing her white knuckles. Her head snapped to the side as she felt more memories betraying her.

Opening her eyes which filled with tears but she choked them back. Sniffling to breath easier, she swallowed down the developing lump in her throat. "I've overcome these....these....memories." She tried to encourage herself, but being in the exact room where she had been brutalized by her father and Adam was carving a nice wound through her heart and her mind.

Blaze's eyes looked over at Karen, who had given her the "silent treatment" throughout their brisk walk. What had Blaze done to exasperate her? Was the Doctor having second thoughts about their truce? Had she been lying the whole time now? No! Blaze saw the real emotion in Karen's eyes...the hug she offered the mutant back on the yacht.

Suddenly, the illusion of Karen disappearing, only adding to Blaze's fears. She stepped back only to collide with a stone flat medical table. Her body falling backwards onto it as she cried out in fear. Climbing off the table as she shoved the medical tools rolling into the wall. A loud clank was heard before the steel instruments collided with the metallic flooring.

"This...this...was a TRAP! And I fell right in!" She hissed with contempt, her anger beginning to elevate once more.

stupid child. did you think i would REALLY help you? did you think i would not pass up the opportunity to DESTROY YOU? This is where you BELONG...right here with the rest of the bio hazards. You're GOING TO DIE!

Gasping at this new revelation, Blaze covered her mouth to hide the wide gap exposed. Her eyes blurry as she shook her head. An overhead ceiling fan circulating fragments of air, blowing around the odor of sweat, blood, and Blaze's own deodorant. Her bangs tenderly flowing in the wind. The voice that called out to her was beyond anything Blaze ever heard, it reminded her of the Exorcist. Goosebumps developing across her bronzed skin.

"Your NOT real! Your an illusion....that's ALL you can do! Play with people's minds!" She yelled out to the empty room. Her voice shaking as was her body at the possibility her friends could be dead. But, she had hope....she remembered the gun Zack had given her.

Noting a small camera in the corner, Blaze snatched the gun. Her hand shaking badly as she leaked a few tears. "You knew this place HAUNTED me!" Wrapping her right hand under the butt of the gun to steady herself. Aiming for the center of the camera, Blaze squeezed off a few rounds. Her body jerking from the force of velocity. The metallic bullets zooming straight into the camera. The loud gunshots echoing off the walls, even leaking to other rooms. The small camera exploded and fizzed with smoke filing out. The smell of charred mechanical wiring wavering through the room, a nice contrast to the scent of death.

Lowering her gun to the floor, she looked around for Malice. Not that a gun could stop her, but at least she couldn't physically watch her prisoner. Placing the gun on the metallic table next to her. More dried blood stained the blue cloths the doctors had used to clean their medical tools.

and i'm going to KILL YOU myself!

Blaze snarled under her throat, "TAKE a number, sister!" She yelled out into the room, knowing the White Queen could hear her.

you're friends are finished. The doctor found them, but the SUPER SOLDIER FOUND HER!

"You arrogant BITCH! If Karen found the others that means they will AIDE her in battling the Super Soldier!" She spat back with hatred for Malice, she yearned to break her slender neck.

"WHERE ARE YOU??!!!" She yelled out, her eyes glowing a smokey crimson tint. Malice was pushing Blaze from her breaking point. She walked around the room, tossing tools off shelves, knocking medical beds over. Seeing the exam table she had been placed on, Blaze roared with rage.

"ARGHHHHH!!! SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!"

Blasting her arms forward Blaze's hands fired molten lava blast after another. The dark lava substance splattering onto the bed, igniting it into a blazing inferno. The small ounce of sheets and other fabric catching fire, as were the restraints.

Tears flying down her cheeks as she turned and blasted more medical supplies. The small circular fan above spreading the fire ever so slowly. Lunging onto one of medical tasks she grabbed a handful of old notes. Her fingers ripping and tearing the paper with a pfft sound. The fires crackled and sparked the silence inside the room.

"I'm gonna BURN your shit down WITH you! You think you can bring this firefly down, you BRING it!"

She challenged with huffs of anger. Her beady red eyes dilated around the pupil. Tossing the shredded paper work into the air. Which fell like snow around Blaze in slow motion.

As Blaze challenged Malice, blinding flood lights shinned around her. Her hands moving to mask the intense lighting. Her glowing eyes squinted from the agonizing - blinding pain. Looking down she saw black spots, like staring up at the sun for a second or two. Her eyes sensitive due to her keen senses. Running a smooth hand over her head, which was beginning to fall into a migraine headache.

Opening her palms she blindly shot spheres of fire around, trying to knock out the lighting. The spheres missing the lighting, and instead hitting into one of the medical shelves were. Shards of glass cracking from the intense heat, wood seething with fire.

and now that I have you here, I'm going toshow you just how FUN it can be to BREAK a person's spirit as WELL as their body!

"Your really starting to piss me off, Diana."

She cringed at the intense lighting, firing another blast. This one colliding with one of the lights. Exploding the glass, and knocking out the bulb. Opening her eyes, she still felt the awful pain from the other remaining lights.

Opening her palm up, she prepared to destroy the lights but before she could, Malice struck! The White Queen unleashing a psycho blast against the mutant. Screaming in agony, Blaze held her head in pain.

"ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The scream was enough to turn anyone's blood cold and stop them in their tracks. It revealed pain, agony, and anger. Blaze couldn't take it as she fell backwards. Her body impacting with a sickening thud against the concrete floor. Fires blazed around the area as Blaze curled into a fetal position. Blood flushing from her nose, mouth, and ears. Her skin coloration turning to an almost gray tint. It felt as though someone were squeezing her skull in.

Her heart nearly palpating against her chest as she spasmed with shock. Her body not knowing how to repel this. Her healing factor trying to heal any physical wounds but with Malice manipulating her mind, it was powerful. The blood falling onto her leather uniform and the concrete she lay upon. All Blaze could do was lay, she had no defense against this ruthless woman. She could only pray for a quick death, but somehow she knew that luxury wouldn't be hers. Malice would toy with her like a cat right before it kills its prey.
 
the holding cell

::Guardian sat up...and stretched, acclimating back to the land of the aware as she looked around and saw that clearly there had been commotion here.::

They want us dead.....and they've very nearly succeeded.

:: standing up as she stretches and continues to become more and more fluid in her movements, Guardian looks at the power neutralizing collars that Black Widow and MorningStar are wearing. Hearing Black Widow's request, she nodded.::

If those collars are removed by force, they will explode. TRUE FREEZING them is the best option, to render their inner systems useless!

:: extending her hand, a warping sound is heard as the collar around Haleigh's neck is encased in ice. the collar ceases to function as it as now frozen on through and through..suspended in time as well as space. it INSTANTLY falls out of synch with the rest of time that passes in the room and is now brittle and pointless.::

:: just as she does this, she turns to the door.:

BlackOut, and more WILDpack!

:: the troops storm the opening and begin fire, but Guardian is ready for them as she thrusts her hands forward and errects a indestructible FORCEFIELD between them. the bullets bounce off the telekinetic shield and return BACK at the WILDpack, hitting them instead::

Black Widow, HURRY! Free MorningStar!

::the battle with Blackout would be deadly. for Alexis had nothing to lose, the women would have to fight her together, and this time, there would be NO holding back on EITHER end.::
 
Haleigh smiles as the ring falls off... a BLOOD hunger can be seen in her eyes.... she moves on to help Morningstar out of her collar... by simply disabling the detonator and PULLING it apart with super strength. Man oh man.... its GOOD to have my powers back. Just WAIT till that bitch blackout messes with me. And then.... her wish comes true. :D

"Oh NO she doesn't!"

Blackout is on the approach... and Haleigh has been waiting. She disentigrates. She hacks into and integrates herself into the systems that run abandonned citadle. The PA systems suddenly sounds a screech of audio interference, as if a microphone was brought to close to the speaker. And then, after a beat of silence, the sound of a record player 'scratching up' is followed by a BLARING playback of the beginning if Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train".

PA System:"ALL ABOARD! HAHAHAHA...." Thunders Ozzy's creepy laugh.

The lights in the building begin to flicker ominously in TUNE with the music. Haleigh, in the cover of the strobe light effect, first targets the WildPack members behind Alexis in formation. She hangs upside down from a vent in the hall, grabbing one unsuspecting Wildpack member and snapping his neck. His nearest teammate turns at the sound and and frantically calls a warning. Haleigh sends a straight jab at him with her left fist... punches STRAIGHT THROUGH his face, ending his cry. Both men drop to the ground, just as the others pivot to react. The men, standing at opposite ends of the hall, face Black Widow, who is between them, and open fire on her with automatic rifles.... Haleigh slips back up into the ventilation, and the bullets whiz by, striking the men instead. Men on one end are hit by high aimed bullets in the head, and drop instantly. The ones on the other end are pelted in the abdomens and legs, and crumple.... most are near death. The sole surviving Wildpack member pulls himself forward, grabbing Alexis' ankles and pleading. 33 seconds have elapsed, and suddenly the lights go off completely and silence falls. The last man's eyes bulge and his head falls forward. Protruding from the back of his head is a large knife, buried up to the hilt.

"Not so FAST you shortcircuiting chandelier!"

Haleigh is nowhere to be seen. Even in the dim light, it can been seen... the hall is a massacre of blood and bodies. Haleigh isnt done yet, though. Now, after allowing a split second to take in the disaster, the opening guitar riffs of Guns N' Roses' 'Welcome to the Jungle' thunder through the sounds system. The lights resume a sequence in concert with the music. The effects serves to disorient ALexis, and maybe even frighten her. Haleigh reappears, her hands on her hips, a few feet away in front of Alexis and between her and Alison, just behind the shield that have been created. In time with the music, she exclaims:

"I WANNA WATCH YOU BLEED!"

Haleigh points an ominous finger... and courtesy of the TO virus, Alexis's blood begins to SEEP through every pore of her body, as a bright eyed Haleigh beckons the her virus on.
 
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:: Not expecting Alison to be conscious, Alexis was taken aback watching as the woman created a force field shielding the three woman from the WILDPack bullets. Watching as the bullets bounced off the FF and headed straight back to them, Alexis stood with her arms crossed, the bullets hitting everyone BUT her, courtesy of their energy laced signature. Simultaneous thuds could be heard as the WILDPack dropped like flies. But as more dropped, more arrived. Haleigh killed four, instantly, now setting her sights on Alexis. ::

:: Gasping in, what felt like sweat began to pour from every inch of her body...looking down at her hands, Alexis then saw it. Blood, everywhere. Eyes widening, she looked reminiscent of Carrie, now looking up to Haleigh with the out most sinister glare. Alexis' body immediately began to glow white, the strobe lights helping to mask where she truly was. As the speed of thought, Alexis in her energy form, jumped INTO Haleigh's body, electrocuting her from the inside out violently. The electrocution suddenly stopped, and Haleigh's body went HURLING into the wall behind her. Pinned against the wall, Haleigh AGAIN went HURLING forward slamming into the wall parallel from the one she previously hit. Controlling Haleigh's energy signature while inside her body, Alexis then dove out, doing a front roll to her feet. Backing up slightly, Alexis had all three woman in sight. ::

"If I’m dying, I’m bringing you all down with me!"

:: The metal door that was open to the Horror Hall immediately shut. Even though they were very capable of leaving, via Guardian's blinking and Morningstar's portholes, the act was merely for added effect. As the strobe lights continued to blink with fury and VAST's "Here" pounded through the sound system in the citadel, the inside of the compound looked like something out of Resident Evil...blood everywhere, loud blaring music....and four woman ready to fight to the death. ::
 
[ Delilah watched powerless and bound by Blackout's energy tethers as Alexis confronted Haleigh. As their former ally left the room, the tethers dissipated and her now poisoned body fell to the ground in a heap. Her body now as if on fire, the chemical agent preventing her from moving to help either her friends or herself.

She could see nothing - all was the searing pain, deeper and deeper into it until...

At last Haleigh broke the collar from her neck. And sudenly they were bombarded by the sounds from the PA...and the strobe lights pelted them in time to the music...

Delilah's body began to shake and pulse. There was a rush as the light and sound energy was sucked into her, surrounding her in a whirlwind of power. As the music reached a crescendo, her body rose into the air, her feet setting onto the ground gracefully. Her eyes, still black, narrowed. ]

"In your dreams, you twisted, whining, insignificant whore."

[ MorningStar's fists were thrust out in front of her. With all of the ammunition available to her, massive streams of photon blasts shot from her clenched fists, aimed directly at Blackout... ]
 
Haleigh smiles with malevolent spite as Alexis bleeds...it seems, the taste of revenge is pleasing. Her glee is interrupted, however, as Alexis changes form and electrocutes her fromthe inside out... Haleigh's body seizes and begins to convulse... and then it stops, and she coughs SMOKE, stumbling forward. Haleigh is quite TIRED of being shocked tonight... and in defense, sets off a powerful ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE.... killing every electrical feed in the immediate vicinity, and FORCING Alexis' energy form OUT of her body as she goes flying backward. She hits the wall so hard the metal DENTS and slumps to the floor... down for a moment herself because of the INTERNAL detonation of the EMP.

Thankfully, Delilah has recovered and picks up the slack, allowing Haleigh second to regain her bearings and get back to her feet. There is a flash of light, as Morningstar unleashes photon blasts... and Haleigh turns her back to Alexis and reaches out into the distance, her eyes closed, focusing on SOMETHING that she knows is still down here... after a moment she turns around.... and the music on the PA comes to a screeching silence. Haleigh smiles, her eyes GLOWING an unnerving green color. Her own voice sounds over the PA system... foreboding and unforgiving.

"SAVE the dimestore music for your FUNERAL, BLACK LICORICE.... and spare us your Enron energy show.... I'd like to reintroduce you to some old friends of mine... you'll remember them... you abandonned Cameron and I to be slaughtered by them so long ago... it's fitting that YOU will face them NOW... so you can understand WHY i've always distrusted you... RIGHT BEFORE I KILL YOU!"

Hells Bells by AC/DC begin to play... and with every toll of a bell... the whole HALL shakes... for coming up behind Haleigh are reinforcements of the most MONSTROUS kind... a pair of mutilated ANT LIONS from their last visit are making a zombie like approach... Haleigh has RAISED the ones her and cameron killed from the dead it seems... but not really. They look quite different... though the spider form is intact, Haleigh has PLATED them in steel to create puppets.... and though one is headless and the other is missing half of its face... they still invoke great terror, and bear down on Alexis with arachnidlike movements. They are the size of military TANKS... suspended on eight legs a story or so above the ground... they crawl towards Alexis and her wildpack, the one without a head stopping protectively over the three women of the Six, the other crawling up the side of the wall to pass and then JUMPS to the floor, crushing EIGHT more wildpack as it lands atop them.... right behind Alexis, who is now sandwiched. Haleigh stands behind Alison and Delilah, under the shadow of the steel beast... Her arms raised out in front of her, her fingers dancing, the master puppet....

The Ant Lion over Black Widow is equipped with some sort of CANNON on the underbelly.... and at Haleigh's command, it begins projectile firing SULPHURIC ACID at Blackout.... driving her back towards the other beast.... which lowers its body down to the ground, CRUSHING the Wildpack completely and taking up the WHOLE hall floor... its clicks its metal razor pinchers.... WAITING for Alexis...
 
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the Holding Cell to the Bio Systems Lab

:: Guardian dropped her force field as Black Widow and MorningStar recovered, just in time to retaliate against Blackout. She knew there was a grudge match going on and while she had been the most in favor of destroying Alexis earlier on, NOW her mind was on other things, namely SAVING Foxfire from Malice and getting to Karen before the Super Soldier killed her::

:: she watched as the battled was joined with such ferocity. Black Widow and MorningStar ATTACKING the Black Queen wich such savage , PERSONAL contempt::

I must go!

:: Guardian's cobalt blue eyes glow as she BLINKS from that spot down to the hall on the BOTTOM floor of the citadle, the deepest point below ground leading to the Bio systems lab. the sounds of battle, the heat from lava and the screams of pain filled the air.::


:: she didnt rush in, instead she walked slowly, and carefully down that narrow hall leading to the Lab. She'd been here before. The night she , Spellbinder and Shockwave made their way down here to rescue the others from the clutches of Imagiomg and the evil doctors. She REMEMBERED how she "foresaw" even THEN the betrayal that Shockwave would bring. During the battle, Shockwave "switched sides" practically delivering Prophet into Imagiomg's hand.::

she was always a fraud, from the moment i rescued her the night the citadle went into melt down. we should have left her TO DIE with her father. and now, here we are again at the place where the "Nightmare began".

:: flashes of light and explosions of shattering glass could be heard as the scream of Foxfire reverberated through the hall.::

Foxfire....

:: Guardian closed her eyes....a moment later her cobalt blue eyes opened in the air inside the control room. the disembodied eyes floated silently, hidden in a shadowed corner as she "watched" what was happening. Malice was truly the embodiment of cruelty as she attacked the young mutant.::
 
The Bio systems lab

:: Malice stood in the control room, smirking as Foxfire had caused severe damage to the flood lights creating a strobbing effect as the as the glass bulbs shattered. TRANSFORMING into her DIAMOND form, the telepath strode through the flames surrounding Foxfire. The Psycho blast was a one shot attack but the White Queen had made SURE to make it as STRONG as possible.::

Blaze Fielding, whatever made you think you would EVER escape this place? Your sister and her meddling friends may have brought you a reprieve but you were never free. You were doomed from the moment you were first brought here.

:: finally reaching the inner circle of the flame, Malice is standing directly over Foxfire::

Look at you now. on the floor in a heap. So far gone are your days as the daring, risk taking spy you once were. remember those days? BEFORE you were lost in the shadow of your sister?

:: Malice opened her hand, a white halo forms around it as she compells Blaze to REMEMBER::

Remember your days on Valiant? when you were ALMOST convincing as a heroine? But oh how you failed miserably when Black came calling. He brutalized your sister and treated YOU like a dog treats a toy. But despite EVERYTHING that happens...you just KEEP COMING BACK!

:: Malice's face is enshrouded in shadow as she smiles wickedly..her white teeth and eyes glow ...the flames around her provide an unintentional HELLISH visual effect behind her::

Speaking of "constantly coming back".....Perhaps MysTech didnt really want you for your "Omega class healing factor" to test it against the T.O. virus. I think it was more a case of them wanting to see the actual HUMAN personification of a COCK ROACH!

But even a ROACH can be CRUSHED. The fun is in FINDING THE WAYS!

:: Malice touches her index and middle fingers to her forehead in a "salute" pose...as a "powering up sound" is heard. a sparkling white flash forms at the point where her fingers touch her forehead and as she lowers her hand, a large, glowing, SPARK emitting "javeline" manifests and is now gripped by her.::

Say hello to Morgan for me, will you?

:: some of the destroyed lighting fixtures from high above come crashing down...slamming against the metal floor and creating a noisy crash against the din of the roaring flames. Malice takes AIM and as about to strike Blaze with her PSI javeline....and with it, DESTROY her mind's cohesion and leave her nothing more than a mindless vegetable.::
 
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:: Morningstar's blast was massive, and a very powerful attack. Being slammed against the opposing wall, if it were Shockwave, she would have most likely perished by such an attack. But as Blackout, her powers had grown, expanded. Being able to absorb some of the energy produced from Morningstar's attack, although still painful, and almost incapacitating, once over, Alexis body slumped to the ground in a heap. Gritting her teeth in pain, she closed her eyes tightly before lifting her head to Delilah and Haleigh. Her eyes shot open, now completely blackened. ::

:: But before Blackout could unleash an attack, the floor began to rumble. Pushing herself up off the ground, the door flew open revealing the newly zombified Ant Lions....Even as Blackout, her fear over spiders made her stomach sink. WILDPack soldiers began to shoot at the beasts frantically, but to no avail. The Ant Lions simply crushed them; one shielding Delilah and Haleigh, while the other jumped from the wall to Alexis, now positioned behind her. Turning to the Ant Lion behind her, it clicked it's pinchers waiting....Turning back around, before she could react, a cannon from the under belly of the other beast unleashed a massive attack of sulfuric acid. Quickly allowing her body to dissipate into the floor before the vast amount of acid hit Alexis, unfortunately, a bit was able to spritz across her face and neck before her body had fully disappeared. ::

:: Moments later, Alexis's body soon began to rise from the floor until it was settled on the vinyl, this time in a heap, not moving. Uneven panting could be heard from Alexis as her now BLONDE hair shielded her face. ::

"...What..."

:: Alexis' voice soft and full of confusion and fear. Lifting her head to both Haleigh and Delilah, Alexis' once blackened eyes were now as blue as the ocean, and filled with tears. This was no longer Blackout...but SHOCKWAVE. The acid unleashed from Haleigh's attack hit the choker in which was controlling Shockwave and turning her into her darker version, Blackout. The choker malfunctioned revealing the true reason as to why Alexis had become a traitor..why she had become Blackout. ::

:: Not even a few seconds later, a blinding white light exploded out of Alexis; the woman's screams filling the room. As the light died down, Shockwave was no more, and there stood Blackout; hair as dark as her blackened eyes. The side of her face and neck had small burn marks from the splattered acid...but the choker completely in tact and now working perfectly. Thrusting both her arms out to her sides, two energy whips appeared out of thin air, wrapping around the front two legs of the Ant Lion behind her. Pulling back, the legs faltered. Quickly spinning to the side while the Lion Ant regained it's bearings, Alexis waved both her arms out in front of her, creating a massive energy web which completely enveloped the Ant Lion. The mechanical spider began to shriek as Alexis's energy web literally began to crush it to the floor, breaking it's legs and rendering it immobile. ::

:: Once the shrieking had stopped, the room was quiet. Looking to Haleigh and Delilah, Alexis waved her fingers tauntingly to the woman before slipping out the opened door. ::
 
Curled up in a tight ball, Blaze didn't dare move for the pain was overbearing. But she KNEW Malice was feeding from this paralyzation. She had to move....she had to ignore the pain, if that was even remotely possible. Memory after memory attacking her consciousness, disrupting her nerve endings, and impairing her keen senses. Blaze was a fighter though, which Malice underestimated. She was the underdog when push came to shove.

As much as she felt agony she pushed herself. Her head pulsating and throbbing and her once beautiful face bestowed with blood and deep bruises. Her blue / purple veins bulging inside her skin. Gasping for air, she shook once more, but the mutant didn't fear death. If she was going to die, she would attempt to take the White Queen with her.

Blaze Fielding, whatever made you think you would EVER escape this place? Your sister and her meddling friends may have brought you a reprieve but you were never free. You were doomed from the moment you were first brought here.

The Queen's voice chilling and utterly inhumane, but for some reason this provided a sense of motivation to the mutant. Her muscles tired and sore beyond means but she pushed herself up. Flicking the blood from her nose and mouth, splashing the metallic flooring with her blood. Her triceps flexed to reveal the muscular mass she had acquired from her vigorous days in the military. Her own dogtags dangling from her uniform.


Pushing up her arms in a "push - up" manner, Blaze glared at the woman. Spitting out ounces of blood that still swished around inside her mouth. Blinking her long lashes she got to her feet with an unsteady balance.

"Everyone has a SKELETON in their closet....but...I'm not going out WITHOUT fight!"

She watched as the White Queen shredded into her "diamond form." She writhed in agony but she needed to get a chunk from Malice, event the smallest portion would be glorifying.

Look at you now. on the floor in a heap. So far gone are your days as the daring, risk taking spy you once were. remember those days? BEFORE you were lost in the shadow of your sister?

And LOOK at yourself...nothing but a trollop from the street corner. The only reason ANY man was remotely interested was because of your money. Money that helped with the lypo and the totax treatments. We all know how hideous you are....if anything your the MONSTER you treaterious harlot! And maybe the bleach seemed through your skull, but I'm Morgan's SISTER! Of course we have our similarities!"

She fired two fire bolts to the diamond form, attempting to shatter its impenetrable core. Her eyes rolling in the back of her skull. It was a miracle Blaze was standing, maybe it was her will to live.

Remember your days on Valiant? when you were ALMOST convincing as a heroine? But oh how you failed miserably when Black came calling. He brutalized your sister and treated YOU like a dog treats a toy. But despite EVERYTHING that happens...you just KEEP COMING BACK!

Blaze was tiring of the mental and verbal assaults Malice directed toward her. Stumbling toward her diamond form she threw her fist toward it with an agonizing pain at the bone in her knuckle shattering. "You HIDE behind this....you COWARD!" She called her out.

Speaking of "constantly coming back".....Perhaps MysTech didnt really want you for your "Omega class healing factor" to test it against the T.O. virus. I think it was mor
e a case of them wanting to see the actual HUMAN personification of a COCK ROACH!

Malice's venomous marks only added wood to the fire. She was provoking the mutant but this helped to motivate her. Her eyes leaking trails of blood, a horrible sight for anyone to behold. Picking up Zack's gun she attempted to fire a few rounds off at the diamond. She knew a telepath's greatest fault was their concentration, but how could she perform such a task. Blaze could barely stand as it was, she needed help. The scent of Alison gave her a small inkling of the Seer's presence.

But even a ROACH can be CRUSHED. The fun is in FINDING THE WAYS! Say hello to Morgan for me, will you?

"Even if you kill me the OTHERS will seek vengeance and you'll be begging for your death!" She yelled over to her, her eyes glowing more crimson the more Malice taunted her. Blaze was losing control and it would show.

An intense flaming Phoenix erupted from her as she collapsed to one knee. The flaming Phoenix roared with a bird like cry. It swung down to attack Malice in her diamond form as Blaze would attack her with the last remaining energy she possessed. Her eyes lengthening as she called upon one of her elevated powers. Locking onto all of the heat sources into the room, Blaze prepared to distract the telepath. The blazing Phoenix obviously could not be manipulated via telepathy for it was not human. Its large feathers outstretched as it swung and dove down with its talon like claws to carve and cut into Malice.

Blaze could only smirk with the mirroring pain identified in her eyes. She looked horrible with her chocolate locks frizzy and unstable. Raising her hands into the air she called upon the SUN's mighty rays....her most powerful asset. Clenching her jaw, Blaze's athletic legs shook as she still suffered the pain from Malice. A side window to the left of her intensified as brilliant rays of light smashed through the windows. The glass rushing toward Malice as the sun's rays targetted Malice. The sun's rays were the most humid temperature ever, capable of burning an airplane or human corpse in a second. The rays SLAMMING into the diamond form of Malice as Blaze collapsed onto the other knee. Her breathing labored for the power was overwhelming her.

The soaring Phoenix sung down again, hoping to harm the White Queen. Its cries of pain bellowing out enough to cause a normal human deafness. Blaze's eyes flashed more relentlessly as she saw the weapon of choice. Pointing her index finger to the Phoenix, it swung down to steal the weapon. Blaze's body continued its descend as body organs slowed and her mind dulling.

Shaking her head, she laughed. "That the BEST you got!" She spat blood in Malice's direction. "It must BURN you up to know I'm the DAUGHTER of Christopher as was Morgan....your lurid affair didn't offer you anything but a good lay! Your nothing but a powerless wench..if anything YOUR the cockroach....let's see if we can CRACK your shell!"

Blaze's bravery was remarkable but Malice's assaults were taking its toll the more she struggled. She was close to death with her heart slowing down and her breathing lessening. Her hand touching her chest, but her eyes rolling back inside her head as she collapsed backwards in a heap.
 
the Bio systems Lab- control room

:: Malice scoffs at Foxfire. even as the mutant's violent, fire power manifested itself in a blazing display of emotion and defense, Malice's DEFLECTION field repelled all physical attacks sent against her.::

It is USELESS ..i know your plans the moment you formulate them. Your mind is so RIPE for my manipulation, you who are a SLAVE to your emotions. You stand out like a BEACON to even the lowest level telepath on the astral plane!

:: laughing as the fiery phoenix clawed and attacked at Malice, the fire constructs moves were repelled. neven as the very AIR in the space that they were in began to ripple as the temperature rose and the walls and metal foor began to glow from the heat, Malice stood fast, her diamond form allowing her to withstand far more than any NORMAL body could. she laughed as the Mutant fell to her knees, exhausting herself with this display of power::

you cannot hurt me in this form, child. my diamond form is INDESTRUCTIBLE, even against a mutant as powerfull as yourself. But I can hurt YOU! for all that you've done, you've only prolonged the suffering i shall visit upon you.

DIE, you pathetic WENCH!

:: Raising her hand, Malice is about to hurl her javeline at Foxfire...intending to destroy her to her core.::
 
The Bio systems lab

::Guardian herself finally appeared in the monstrous control room of the bio systems lab. using her own powers to counteract the drastic temperature changes and keep the immediate area around herself unchanged. she was not "surprised" by Malice's delight in torturing Foxfire...in fact, in a perverse sort of way, she RESPECTED Malice for being true to form. Guardian felt that she had perhaps became SOFT after Morgan's death, allowing herself and the team to be captured and while others were glad for the change in Alison, she herself began to wonder if was as truly effective as she had once been.::

:: seeing the spectular attempt by Foxfire to defend herself, Alison knew the mutant had no hope against the omega class telepath and as the moment of Foxfire's end appeared near, Guardian stepped forward out of the shadows::

Foxfire does not fight alone, Malice.

:: She knew that Malice's deflection field would turn any TK attack back on her, just as it would any molecular verse blast. She simply held out her gloved hand.::

Foxfire


::Foxfire was surrounded by swirling orbs of black glowing light...and with a soft rushing sound, she was TELEBLINKED from the eye of the firestorm over to Guardian's side.::

Perhaps you forgot, there IS more MALICE in MY SOUL than you realized.

:: thrusting her hands up in the air ala' Piper Halliwell, and BLASTS the large portion of the ceiling that dips low...its covered in carbonium steel and conceals all sorts of wiring and circuirty and as Guardian destroyes the molecular cohesion of it...that large chunk of carbonium steel comes crashing down HARD upon the spot where Malice stands. the sound of metal tearing, wires exploding and the IMPACT of the crash ROCKS the bio systems lab, causing some of the incubation containers nearby to shake and rupture.::

::Malice appeared to have been CRUSHED underneath the fallen chunk of ceiling and without bother to acknowledge her any further, Guardian looks to the badly hurt Foxfire::

I doubt that is the end of Malice...she's too powerfull to be eliminated so easily, but its enough of a respite to get YOU out of here. you have to get up. we have to get back up stairs to help the others....Karen, is still fighting the super soldier. Haleigh and Delilah are fighting Blackout...this is THE END.

:: Guardian helps Foxfire to stand....and helps her out of the control room of the bio systems lab where an alarm is now sounding off, the place is in UTTER CHAOS, much like the night when Foxfire caused the core reactor of the citadle to go into melt down.::

:: the two women escape the EXPLOSION that follows and blasts through the doorway and down the hall as Guardian blinks them up from the lowest floor to the top floor of the citadle...the power in the building was already intermintent and now its being strained even further::
 
Exhausted, hurt, and alone Foxfire prayed for one of her friends to save her. This one instant caused the mutant to continue fighting against all odds, even though she had nothing left. Blood poured from her mouth, ears, and nose almost drowning the mutant in her own blood. Malice's ruthless nature proved to be unrelenting against Fox.

Shivering due to the extent of the attack, Blaze felt her life being drained from her...the process slow and deliberate. Her eyes threatening to close but Blaze kept them open. Her hand reaching out in hopes of grabbing the ankle of Malice. But that was useless for Malice had been encased in her diamond form. Blaze was beginning to lose hope, no matter what she threw at the woman, it was deflected.

Foxfire does not fight alone, Malice.

Blaze's eyes stunned with surprise at Alison's voice. She felt hope leaking into her core. If anyone could tackle Malice it was Guardian. Her cold hands moved to swipe the blood from her eyes. The red liquid stinging and temporarily blinding her. Blinking her eyes she saw Malice's shocked expression.

Foxfire

Hearing Alison's hurried cry she felt the air currents around her shift and change. Ebony rays surrounding Blaze as the familar rushing sound drifting into her mind. Her environment had changed, now beside Guardian's boots. She slowly looked up, Blaze looked like death. She felt like she was in the movie, 'Scanners'.

Guardian exposed her power and strong will against Malice. The whole room around the three women shook as the ceiling came crashing down on top of Malice. Had that been enough? Blaze highly doubted it, but it would provide a small reprieve.

you have to get up. we have to get back up stairs to help the others....Karen, is still fighting the super soldier. Haleigh and Delilah are fighting Blackout...this is THE END.

Guardian's strong - willed words giving the mutant a form of moral support. With the help of Guardian, Foxfire stood. Any form of pain she suffered had terminated. But the lingering affects of pain still throbbed inside her mind.

"Thanks."

She leaned some of her weight on Alison as they departed the Bio Systems lab. The annoying alarms just adding to her horrid feeling. The blood staining her face, battle attire, and her chocolate locks. Blaze looked like death but it was obvious she had struggled.

Her breathing still laboring but she settled down. Her knees weak but she pushed herself. She felt completely zapped out, but knowing her friends were still alive supplied a small boost of energy.
 
back up to the main floor, outside the holding cell

::Guardian helps Foxfire along, finally sitting her down in a small "communication" room just off the holding cell::

It's a good thing i always have at least one healing potion with me. I cant repair the damage done to your mind by Malice, but Karen can. This potion will restore your physical body. you put yourself through ALOT down there against Malice and you need a moment to regain yourself.

::she hands Blaze the potion as her eyes glow...she looks ahead in the future, the nearest and most probable time thread::

The battle is going to escalate. Malice is far from finished and will bring a new sense of viciousness to this fight. Right now, Haleigh and Delilah think Alexis is off balance, but this is only the BEGINNING. Alexis has been infected with the Techno Organic virus, this will cause her powers to CLIMAX , and she will become more dangerous than EVER, she will not stop in her efforts to drag us ALL down with her. The desire for revenge on Alexis by Haleigh is MATCH by the Alexis' desire to DESTROY HER and anyone else involved here.

Karen is fighting for her life against the Super Soldier in the hangar/dock area, she's using her wisdom and her magick to evade him but She will not be able to hold him off for long.
 
Communication Room

Following behind Guardian, Foxfire was utterly exhausted and light headed. She needed a small reprieve to gather her bearings both mentally and physically. The two brunette's slide off to a small alcove leading to the Communication Room. This room was practically squeaky clean with the odor of a cleaning solution still floating through the air. Old monitors, printers, dusty file folders, etc. were scattered throughout the room.

Walking over to one of the swivel leather chairs, Blaze sat down. She was clearly winded, her tanned complexion turning. Never in all her life had she experienced something that awful. Blaze had been through a lot but that was atrocious, she wouldn't wish that on anyone...well maybe that traitorous harlot, Black out.

It's a good thing i always have at least one healing potion with me. I cant repair the damage done to your mind by Malice, but Karen can. This potion will restore your physical body. you put yourself through A LOT down there against Malice and you need a moment to regain yourself.

Reaching out for the green tinted potion, Fox immediately removed the top. The contents of the power swallowed right away. She squirmed at the taste, a bit bitter but anything was better than what Malice put her through.

The battle is going to escalate. Malice is far from finished and will bring a new sense of viciousness to this fight. Right now, Haleigh and Delilah think Alexis is off balance, but this is only the BEGINNING. Alexis has been infected with the Techno Organic virus, this will cause her powers to CLIMAX , and she will become more dangerous than EVER, she will not stop in her efforts to drag us ALL down with her. The desire for revenge on Alexis by Haleigh is MATCH by the Alexis' desire to DESTROY HER and anyone else involved here.

Karen is fighting for her life against the Super Soldier in the hangar/dock area, she's using her wisdom and her magick to evade him but She will not be able to hold him off for long.

The potion's ingredients took their course through Blaze's body. But also her healing factor would assist as well. Her eyes revealing a small light spark to them the more time passed.

"How exactly did Alexis contact the TO Virus?" Obviously, she had been out of the loop of things. She could only prepared herself for the fight of her life. Three powerful villains ahead, one of them probably unconscious. "At least the others are okay...Malice tried to bait me....playing mind games." She shut her eyes, the dull ache vanishing but the memory still burned in her mind.
"Malice lives up to her name, but I fear we have not heard the last from the White Queen."
 
Horror Hall- the communication room

:: the sounds of battle RAGED, the blaring sounds over the speaker system, laser blasts, and other chaotic accents all made for a very uncomfortable situation. even as Guardian hid Foxfire in the communication room to give time to recover, the seer reached out to see what lay ahead for the team, she didnt want to lose anyone this time and she wanted to make SURE that the evil that threatened them was NEUTRALIZED::

:: she tood by the door, and tossed her blue/black hair back as her cobalt eyes continued to glow. she had an "upfront" view of the battle, as well as the dock, knowing the Super Soldier was on the hunt for the doctor.::

:: she heard Foxfire's question but didnt turn back to look at her as she continued to faced the door in an attentive pose.::


While we were in the holding cell, Blackout had taken to torturing Haleigh. Haleigh and Delilah were tethered to power neutralizing collars that inhibited their mutations but because I'm not a mutant and my powers are magickal, I was gassed, under the power of the Black Lotus...the most effective way to neutralize someone who can teleport or "move" but i can see all events...PAST AND PRESENT...and so i can see the moment in which Haleigh leaped up in a moment of defiance, and BIT DOWN upon Alexis' arm...so deeply did she bit that she guaraunteed infection by the T.O. virus.

:: pausing for a moment::

How ironic, that Alexis herself while torturing Haleigh was infected with the virus that HER father helped create. She didnt expect it, no one did. Now that she knows she will die...she has nothing to lose and she will do WHATEVER she can to take us all down with her.

the city will become her conduit as she attempts to bring us all under one...sweeping, ...BLACKOUT....the power that keeps this city going...will become its NIGHTMARE.

:: the chaos outside this small room was unnerving, but Guardian's tone remained cold and analytical, she didnt move, nor did she look back at Blaze. she stood tall in her sleek, body contouring, one shouldered body suit::

:: The alarms from the bio systems lab were beginning to sound off on more floors leading up to the main floor.....the power systems were taxed beyond the red zone and random electrical fires were beginning to erupt.::
 
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Taking all of the information in, Blaze pondered what the outcome of the Six would be. Based on Guardian’s stone cold facial expression she guessed the team would make it out okay. She found it ironic that Alexis would die at the hands of the TO Virus, a very appropriate death for her. As the more Blackout made her presence known, the more Blaze detested the dark haired beauty. What had she been thinking? Shaking it off, her thoughts roamed to Delilah and Haleigh, even moving to Zack.


Looking over to Guardian who seemed battle savvy, Blaze stood up. Her legs more steady as she walked up beside Alison. "I guess you already know Zack and Alycia were transported to Limbo with the cats." She paused for a second, watching Alison in silence. The Seer had an unnerving strength to her, one that the mutant envied.

"I’m ready to go." Her tone revealing a bit of confidence to it. Foxfire was feeling better and it showed. But her recovery mentally would require Dr. Victoria. Her green eyes looking upward at the ceiling, listening to the ragging alarms sound throughout the corridors. "The fires I can wield...but I think the place should be burned down. I don’t want to return here twice...although third time is the charm." Motioning for Guardian to go ahead, Blaze awaited from the other woman.
 
Haleigh narrowed her eyes as blackout became what appeared to be her old self.... "Its a PLOY." she said to Morningstar, as bright light over took her. Haleigh wasn't 'falling' for it.... her desire to eradicate Blackout had by now reached EPIC proportions... and it shut off her other emotions. Haleigh watched with displeasure as one Ant Lion was disabled... And she prepared for a second go round, changing the weapon on the beast above her to fire a containment substance... but Alexis was quick and before the cannon was ready, she retreated through an opening. Haleigh seemed unconcerned with giving chase. Her voice, instead, came over the PA system, thundering throughout the ENTIRE compound, for everyone to hear.

"Oh, you can run, but you CAN'T escape, little lightbulb. I can SENSE the progress of the virus in you... it has metastasized to EVERY cell in your body... and it is about to ATTACK and eat away at your bodily tissue. Ah.... wait for it.... right.... about.... NOW!"

Haleigh knew what would happen, almost by pure instinct.... the infected victim would experience periodic waves of full body tremors accompanied by intense internal burning sensations... would feel tired and drained and would have difficulty in focusing thought patterns....
 
the next level

<< Black Widow may have thought herself and MorningStar to have the upper hand, but she would soon be reminded that things are NEVER that easy when battling MysTech.>>

<< there was the brief and tragic moment at which ALEXIS' TRUE self reasserted dominance...as the chocker adorned around her neck temporarily malfunctioned from the acid fired by the mechanical "ant lions". But that brief moment of sanity was totally lost on Black Widow and MorningStar as they continued to battle the woman who had betrayed their team and visited much harm and pain upon them. there was no turning back.>>

<< Guardian and Foxfire had returned to Horror Hall and were now in the communications room just off the site of the battle, Guardian saw a grim outcome for this battle...not that anyone might actually DIE but just the scope of damage, the fact that they may NOT be able to contain Blackout, much less destroy her...at least not before SHE destroyed the city.>>

<< the Techno Organic virus, when introduced to a super powered mutant or meta human will cause their powers to spike and manifest at PEAK potential levels. Making the victim dangerously powerfull and unpredictable, something Black Widow had not anticipated and something she would NOT be able to control in Black out.>>

<< even now, the already DANGEROUSLY taxed power systems in the Citadle began to fluxuate and cycle randomly...the sound systems warped, the flickering lighting began to strobe and there was a rolling "blackout" moving through all the floors of the underground citadle as Blackout was now unconsciously pulling in ALL of the power that was left in the damaged Citadle. with each floor that blacked out...ALL power was drained and all systems, whatever were left functioning from before and no matter how minimal were now completelly shut down. any bio hazards that had survived the initial melt down from a year ago were now dead as the incubation tubes lost the power that kept them cycling>>

<< and just as the battle began to reach a new CRITICAL level, Black Widow and MorningStar would be joined by Guardian and Foxfire but Blackout would ALSO have someone joining HER side...someone with MORE than enough power to even the odds. >>

<< The Citadle itself, as far below ground as it was...was now beginning to rumble , alarms were sounding off on different levels as electrical fires errupted from floor and wall panels>>
 
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