Crosstown Caper

[Spellbinder]

<< Spellbinder lifts her hands...and with the sound of rushing wind...she lifts off the ground....flying high and circling around the building to face the 9 oclock position of one of the sentinels......extending her hands.....a large halo of eldritch energy forms around her outstretched hands...and with a chime....she unleashes a massive eldritch bolt....the blast of dark magick force slams into the arms of the sentinel...slicing its arms right off...with explosive results...>>

Sentinel: DANGER...DANGER...this unit under magickal attack.....facing Spellbinder..non mutant...super powered witch...engaging defense protocalls!


<< at that moment...Spellbinder's cloaking spell wore off...now exposing the rest of the team....as the damaged sentinel turned...seemingly unfased by her vicious attack...it unleashes a rapid volley of electrical blasts from its eyes>>

GODDESS!!!

<< Spellbinder launches up higher...launching into evasive maneuvers to avoid the blasts.....her speed and gracefull movements...even at such high speeds were not lost on those watching below.>>

Sentinel: target capable of high speed flight....initiating booster rockets!

<< the sentinel immediately takes flight and begins chasing spelldinder..unleashing a fast barrage of massive elecritcal bolts....some smashing into buildings..and immediately shortcircuiting their power supply ..causing some to immediately fall apart while other catch on fire>>


<<.....those on the ground had precious little time to watch HER...as the giant arms of that sentinel were now hurtling down toward them...just as another Sentinel...was closing in from behind...with its hand outstretched>>

Sentinel: target one....Cameron King....mutant....telepath/telekinetic. target two....Alexis Quatermaine....meta human....

<< with both hands out stretched....from ONE palm comes a massive onslaugh of sonic attack that surrounds and encompasses Cameron.....from the other...comes black light beam... it is actually a NULL LIGHT that envelopes Alexis in a globe...that renders her completely void of vision..and begins DRAINING her of energy while reducing her body temperature>>


next sentinel: target three....<< looking at Guardian>> unknown...female....non mutant...possible witch!

<< the Sentinel begins begans a surprisingly fast charge toward Guardian...the ground shaking violently as the giant machine charges for her....it raises its massive fist...and swings downward..with a punch intending to SMASH her where she stands>>

next sentinel: target four....Eva Valentine....mutant...high priority.......IMMEDIATE Termination!

<< the sentinel immediately launches from its open palms...two LARGE adamantium coils...that surge forth like high powered anacondas....wrapping around Eva...the began to constrict her painfully and unleash a painfull jolt of high voltage electricity into her body>>

final sentinel: .....target five....Haleigh Davidoff.....possible mutant..or meta human....powers unidentified yet....

<< this sentinel takes aim ...with both palms open...and fires two massive red hued repulsor blasts at Black Widow....>>

 

[Prophet]

« As Cameron and the others watched Spellbinder fly up into the air and attack one of the Sentinels, it wasn't long before the rest of the Sentinels had descended upon the rest of the members of the Six. Cameron was slightly more prepared for them this time. Without warning, one of the Sentinels released a blast of Sonic Sound that would almost complete disarm him, but using his powers of foresight, Cameron was able to sense was about to happen, as he raised up a Barrier of Protection around his body that drowned out all sound except for anything inside of the Globe. As the sound was deflected off the shield and thrown at a wall of Illustra, acting much like a Banshee scream. Cameron lowered his shield as fired a hire power blast at one of the Sentinels before flipping his body around and rolling on the ground, popping back up behind the Sentinel as he threw out his hand with a blast of his Telekinesis, sending the Sentinel right into the Energy Blast. Squinting his eyes, Cameron expanded the molecules of the energy blast as it began to wrap around the Sentinel, constricting it and Inflicting injury, weakening it with every movement. As Cameron concentrated on keeping hold of the Sentinel, he looks at the others around him. They all seemed to be in their own amount of trouble, so he looked to the only person who had seen with enough power to blast one of these things to shreds. He called up to Spellbinder. »

"Spellbinder! I need you to blast this thing to shreds!"

« He knew that she had enough speed as well as the Stepping Disks so that she could be down to him within an instant. Cameron knew that he wasn't as well equipped as the others to fight these things, and now he knew that when he needed help, he was going to take it. »

 

[Persephone]

:: Alexis watched as Spellbinder began her aerial attack on one of the sentinels. Managing to only watch for a few moments, Alexis turned and saw more of the massive beings heading straight for the group. As Alexis raised her hand preparing to attack, soon, everything went black. A black light could be seen pulsing around her body as if it were sucking the life from the meta human. Grabbing her eyes, she began to panic seeing nothing but darkness. Everything was happening so fast. Soon, Alexis began to feel sick, knowing her energy was bring drained from her body--her temperature soon began to drop, making her condition even worse. ::

:: Alexis had to act quickly otherwise she was as good as dead. Raising her hand in the air, she could detect energy as if it were a beacon made for her to find. Feeling a strong, almost magnetic like pull, Alexis stopped her hand. Whatever she was pointing at had massive amount of energy. Taking full advantage of this new knowledge, a light blue beam penetrated it's way passed the black shroud and headed straight for the energy signature. Seconds after the beam made contact with the energy signature, the beam slowly began to turn dark blue as Alexis drained the energy from whatever the source was. As more energy was being drained from the sentinel, the black shroud began to fluctuate, allowing Alexis to grow with strength. Soon, an explosion of white lights engulfed Alexis as the sentinel's power over her was destroyed. The lights faded, and Alexis looked up at the massive beast, finally seeing her opponent. ::

"A robot making cheap shots? Well, you are a product of my dad's madness aren't you?"

:: A crystal blue "disk" of light appeared under Alexis' feet, allowing her to hover in the air. Alexis soon shot into the air, "flying" behind the sentinel that attacked her. With the disk under her, it acted like a surf board, allowing her to fly and stand in mid-air. Cocking her right arm back, as if it were in a throwing position, she cupped her hand making it look like she was holding a football. Soon, the energy she absorbed from the sentinel began to swirl around her hand forming a massivly large javeline in her hand. The javeline of energy glowed a brilliant white, eluminating Alexis in the air. Finally, Alexis threw her arm forward, sending the javeline of energy, with brut force, hurling towards the very center of the back of the sentinel's head. The amount of energy in that single javeline could not only completely DESTROY the sentinel, but destroy over a 4 block radius from where the sentinel was standing. Holding her hand out, as the javeline went hurling towards the beasts head, she was ready to absorb the energy emmited from the attack, so everyone around her wouldn't be killed by it's power. ::

 

[Spellbinder]

<< Spellbinder was flying high and fast...weaving between sky scrapers and large jet guide posts....>>

this bucket of volts just wont lay off!! they must be made of sterner stuff these days!!...used to be one good hit and theyd blow up!

<< Spellbinder was evading the blasts...but the sentinels eyes KEPT pouring it on....it was heat seaking..and dead locked onto the witch...so no matter how fast she flew.....he would be right on her>>

<< she glanced down below..and saw Prophet struggling.......swooping down low where there would be more small buildings..making it harder to cut tighter moves...she hoped she could trip the sentinel up...but not so. as it was dead locked on her..it matched her evasive moves with its own. she heard Prophet shout for help......>>

thinking: he's got a nerve.....after all that HE's done...that arrogant WORM!...if the sentinel DOES kill him....thatll save ME the job of doing it later.......however.....Guardian already saved him once tonight..so i guess...there's a reason for the wretch to be here

<< she rolls her eyes...as she turns and glares at the sentinel...who seems to look HELL BENT on incinerating her>>

this pile of metal is JUST LIKE A MAN...cant take a HINT from a woman who isnt interested!

<< she dives down....sharp and fast.....the sentinel continues to give chase....and Prophet sees Spellbinder heading RIGHT FOR HIM.....it appears that she might smash right into him..along with the sentinel....and just when he thinks thats just what shes about to do.......she alter her course just slighly so that she is now on a collision path with the sentinel that Prophet is struggling to hold at bay. at the last possible moment..just as it spots her closing in...a blast of thunder sounds off as a stepping disc opens in the air diagnally...Spellbinder flies right into it and it snaps shut..spellbinder has teleported out of sight>>

Sentinel WARNING...WARNING!..UNIT ABOUT TO SUSTAIN FATAL IMPACT...W......

BOOOOMMMMMM!!!

<< the sentinel that was chasing spellbinder is now left without a target and flying at high speeds...SLAMS full force into the sentinel on the ground that was attacking Prophet....causing a TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION...that ROCKS Prophet to his knees and strains his globe to the point of it fluxuating...as carbonium debris and concret shards fly every which way...the ballistic flame that follow causes a sharp increase in temperature in the area around Prophet and Shockwave...but at least TWO sentinels have been destroyed now.....>>

 

[Black Widow]

Haleigh appeared outside with the rest, and looked up at the sentinels. As spellbinder cast a cloaking spell over them, Haleigh nodded, lifting her carbine towards the nearest sentinel. As Spellbinder took off, Haleigh fired a few rounds to get the robot's attention. It identified her... and retaliated, causing haleigh to dive between its legs. the replusor blasts left significant holes in the ground were Haleigh had stood before. Haleigh pulled out another disk and fixed it to the 'ankle' joint of the sentinel... and ran for cover. the small explosion detroyed the joint, and disabled the sentinels ability to move, as it toppled to the ground.

"Anything ELSE I can help you with?"

Haleigh said cockily... but the sentinel wasn't giving up that easily... and shot another repulsor beam. Haleigh rolled to the left, narrowly missing the beam, it instead hit a 10 foot tall lamp post at the base, which fell RIGHT across Haleigh's lap, pinning her to the ground. It was heavy enough to be difficult for her to lift alone... and as she struggled with it, the fallen sentinel aimed for another shot. Haleigh looked up, and suddenly there began a downpour of abnormally LARGE raindrops... but it was only in the immediate area... infact.. those who were standing fifty feet away were perfectly dry. Haleigh and the sentinel after her, however, were engulfed in pelting rain, and as it hit the exposed wiring of the joint Haleigh had destroyed just moments earlier... the rain fried the sentinel completely, in a frenzy of sparks and small scale implosions. the rain tapered off, leaving haleigh stuck under the pole still, flipping her wet blonde locks out of her face with displeasure. her legs had begun to ache under the weight of the post... but as Haleigh focused on it... it began to glow, first orange and then hot white, melting to the point that it softened enough for Haleigh to manipulate the shape and slide her legs out from under it.

"Fucking robots."

 

[Tempest]

*Eva nodded to Alexis, hearing her out as she helped comfort the poor woman. The child was no responsible for the father's sins...and even though Adam was on her to-kill list, his daughter was pretty okay to her. Eva went back to being silent after having returned to the living room, constantly watching the interactions of the others, picking up on their postures and manuerisms as she mentally recorded them before hearing her name called, keeping in mind what she had heard about Black and his vunerabilities. She turned toward Guardian and nodded her head, following her to the scrying glass as they began to reconstruct the levels of the Citadle, most importantly, the hidden bottom floor where all the more dangerous lab trials were done, trials not meant for the eyes of the rest of the staff, which would probably be where this Foxfire was being kept. Eva could still hear the jabberings of all the other people in the penthouse as they continued to babble amongst each other, her ears alert as ever, just in case. Being paranoid, especially now, was never a bad thing. She hadn't seen Spellbinder for a while but shrugged it off as she continued to recall memories. She glanced over towards the wall after Guardian had finished speaking to Haleigh, watching the glowing silver cases appear by the plenty. Eva walked over and picked up the smallest silver case and pressed the two buttons on the side, popping the case open. She pulled out a metallic-chrome dark purple suit out of the case and gave it a good look over. She looked at Alexis and Cameron as they came back out in their suits, looking over Haleighs and smiled...they really were wicked kewl. Eva placed the case on top of the table in the middle of the living room, whipping off her top and throwing it aside. The ration of men to women here were 1:5...it wasn't like they hadn't seen the same things before and as for Cameron, she couldn't really care if he saw her change or not, something about being in the Citadle eradicted her need to be humble bodywise. She slipped off her pants and stood in her lingerie, pulling the suit nicely over her muscular curves as she zipped up everything that was possible of being zipped. She closed the case and left it, heading back to several other gray cases next to the wall and pulled out a browning hi-powered with extra ammo cases and placed a hoister around her waist, slipping the gun into place. She strapped two knife sheathes on her wrists, placing sharp pure silver dagger knives into them. She walked back over to the others as she tried out the feel to her new suit...it felt good. She suppressed a giggle as she looked at the rest of her new "team", atleast they all had one thing in common, they all wanted to kill adam and christopher and get this shit done with. That's something she could live with for now. As Haleigh went on about the explicits on the suit, Eva kept an ear open as she looked over the blueprints, raising an eyebrow as she noticed something wasn't right about a small few of them, glancing up at the scrying glass as it began to flash before the warning sign went off and Haleigh running off screaming to save Spellbinder. She grabbed the earpiece and shoved it into her ear and followed out into the living room to wait as the two women came hurdling out of the bathroom. She prepared to run, or atleast do something as the spell fell over them, erasing their prescences if only for the few moments.*

"Alright, I'm as good as ever. Let's get this show on the road! These things seem to keep getting stronger and str..."

*Just then they were all teleported outside into the nice open air as she quickly scan around for any weird new humans. Sentinels were coming at them full force, and while the others took a moment to watch Spellbinder fly around, Eva knew better and kept her guard up as she took note of what was going on around her. She tried to fly off from the attack, but the coils were too fast for her as they forcefully grabbed onto her and held her down, shooting high levels of electricity into her body to fry her like a crisp. However, Eva souflait was not on the menu today as Eva closed her eyes and slowed down her breathing so as not to hyperventilate. Her body pulsed with vibrations as she tapped into the elemental powers inside her body, pulling on the fire and air aspects that controlled lightning and electricity as she surged her body with it's own electrical current, neutralizing the force of the one the robot was hitting her with, hoping to buy herself some time before it evaded the change. She opened her eyes as the electric, metallic light blue sizzles in her eyes began to glow, her body following suit with a warm reddish orange tone as a layer of lava contoured around her body...it was time to see if the suits would hold up to anything aside from flame, temperature, and acid. She let the lava boil around her to extreme temperatures as she began to melt through the sentinel's vice grip on her body, fall walking straight into it, panting a bit as she was trying to pull all her strength together. She balled her hand into a fist, gathering all the lava around it as she "punched" into the sentinel's chest, soaking through and shooting a lava blast inside the sentinel's body. As soon as she was done she ducked down under the thing's arm, falling to the ground and rolling away, not really having the strength to run off at the moment. If these things were anything remotely like their predeceasors...they'd still have the same vulnerability to heat like they did before, as she turned her head back towards the sentinel and watched in anticipation, hoping it would work. From the corner of her eye she could see the others struggling with their sentinel...the lucky telepath already having his done with along with Spellbinders.*

 

[Spellbinder]

<<as Shockwave lashed out at her Sentinel foe.....the large jagged javeline smashed dead center into the back of its head.....causing a bright white light show....with rays of light spraying from its mouth around its neck and eyes...as it was bombared with and overwhelmed by the sudden blast of its own power sent back at it...its head exploded violently ...sending shrapnel flying every which way and raining down to the ground>>








<< Haleigh AND Eva were lucky....this group of sentinels was not expecting such round about attacks....attacks that played on the weakness of their inner structure and poor insulation.....the sentinel that was attacking Haleigh writhed violently...as the lights in its eyes finally flickered and dimmed to black...leaving the masive robot limp and short circuited as it lay on the ground...while the Sentinel attemping to terminate Tempestt soon found itself smoldering and its carbonium steel exterior was actually beginning to bubble and boil from the inside out before upperbody semi exploded and melted down...leaving its legs standing....with exposed wiring shooting out violent bursts of electricity>>


<< as the slag from that sentinel continued to ooze down...Spellbinder looped around it once to make sure the threat was eliminated before she landed neaer Tempest and Haleigh...turning to see if Guardian was okay>>

 

[Harbinger]

:: even as Haleigh topped her Sentinel...Guardian had ran past her...with a Sentinel in hot pursuit....she lead it away from the wreckage of Illustra... just a few feet away from the others...and dropped into a tuck and roll as the Sentinel smashed down with a punch with more force than a pile driver. She stood up....and immediately cartwheeled to the side and vaulted over a car to avoid being STOMPED on by the massive foot of the sentinel::

his speed is far greater than one would think such a machine of that size would be capable of!

:: Guardian's eyes glowed solid white as she lifted her hands above her head...gesture....as a sparkling effect flowed around several large manhole covers that were placed throughout the street. with her impressive telekinesis...she directs the spinning manhole covers forward at the sentinel with such high velocity that they become deadly discs.....keeping teleinetic hold over the "discs"...they began flying around the sentinel..repeteadly slasying its arms, legs and face....slaming into it and pulling back and slamming again......the heard of swarming deadly discs began to stager the sentinel as they are moving too fast for it to get lock on them. as the sentinel looks down........Guardian turns...and seizes a BUS....not one ...but TWO......flying at the sentinel from opposite directions..........the first bus SLAMS into the sentinels side like a pneumatic battering ram...staggering it are it lists side ways...while the second bus immediately SMACKS into its head from the opposite direction so hard and so fast...the sound of metal smashing and being crushed is heard as its head is severed from its body.......the body...with flames and electricity spewing out from its neck now falls toward the others....while the head slams into a near by building....before sliding down...destroying that side of the building::


Clearly their heads are their weak spots. But we wont enjoy this for long...their signal was already transmitted back to MysTech...more will come....and will have ADAPTED to our patterns of attack from this round. We better get moving.

:: Running to meet the others..she points in the direction the need to move in::

according to Haleigh's maps and Tempest's recollections....there's a "public route" this way.....a building on Manhattan's upper east side that masquerades as a Medical Office is actually a secret entrance to an underground tunnel leading directly to the Citadle!


:: the sounds of techno organic creatures can be heard in the distance.....::

we must hurry!! :: motioning for everyone to get a move on::

 

[Persephone]

:: Seeing the bright white lights blast out of the sentinel, Alexis held her hand steady as the sentinel's head blew up. The lights and debris blew up in the form of a mushroom cloud, much like that of the Heroshima bombing. Alexis' hand shook as she contained the massive amounts of energy, absorbing it into herself so it could not destroy anything else. Finally, the last punch of energy went into Alexis, sending her arm flying back and the bright lights to dim and eventually deminish. Shaking her hand, Alexis winced a bit. ::

"Damn...that stung."

:: Smirking, she saw the sentinel, now headless, topple and crash onto the street. Gliding down to the rest of the group, she noticed all the sentinels were soon gone. Her crimson boots landed on the hard concrete and soon Alexis made her way over to Guardian. Hearing that more of the sentinel's would be disbatched, Alexis' nose turned up...they were like cockroaches weren't they? Looking towards the direction that Guardian pointed, this was the way to the Citidel. Nodding, Alexis began to run, along with the other group members, towards the location of the Citidel enterence. ::

 

[Prophet]

« As Cameron saw Spellbinder flying right for him, he began to wonder if she had gotten fed up with him and decided this was an appropriate time to get rid of him and blame it on a Sentinel, but somehow he sensed that this was not her intention as the Sentinel exploded causing the temperature around him to raise to an extremely high level. Thankfully Haleigh had ordered them the suits or Cameron would have been fried indefinitely. He looked around as the others defeated their monsters. He watched as Guardian used her telekinesis to defeat them and he couldn't help but feel jealous. Show Off he thought as he gathered near Alexis and Eva as Guardian gave news that there was an entrance to the Citadle nearby. He took off running with them, wanting to get this mission over with already. »

"Oh! Yay! More Fun this way guys! Come On!"

« Of course it was a sarcastic remark, but Cameron felt in a situation like this that it was only appropriate to lighten up the times just a little if they were all about to descend to their deaths in a battle of power and magick. Cameron shook his head and grabbed his chest as he ran with the others. That wound was starting to get to him. »

 

[Black Widow]

"Well then.... we should Run Fast..."

Haleigh said, pulling on her floor-length coat [think matrix ] as Gaurdian finished explaining that more were on the way. Haleigh had no problem running.... she did it for leisure in her down time... so as she picked up her bag of gear and roll of blueprints... and shouldered the medi-pack she'd dropped to fight the sentinel... and ran alongside Cameron and Alexis as though the act were natural to her. She noticed Cameron clutching his chest... and tossed her flying hair out of her face as she spoke quietly. She could be heard through the earpiece so there was no need to shout and lose her breath.

"Cameron, you should let me take a look at that and see what I can do... it will only get worse you know, if it goes unattended."

 

[Spellbinder]

<< The sound of rushing wind is heard as Spellbinder lifted off the ground and flew in the air...over the group so as to have an aerial view and spot any warbirds, drones, sentinels or worse....people infected with the T.O. virus. She flew slightly ahead of the group.....>>

Looks like Cameron is struggling.....I could easily heal his wounds...but that arrogant pup needs a lesson in humility...he's been sniping at me ALL evening...and I'll make sure that wet behind the ears wretch thinks TWICE about mocking me or my sister

<< her mind churned with thoughts of disdain for most of the group she was with...as she cast a quick glance down upon them to make sure they were hot on her heels>>

<< as the group moved through the streets.....Guardian made sure they stayed together. All around them were fires, buildings partially wrecked , over turned cars and buses along with sirens from abandonned police and EMS trucks wailing...it was chaotic and an assault on the hearing of the group as the moved>>

<< running through the streets, they came to a four way intersection..the traffic lights were down and exposed wires were violently spraying out massive amounts of raw electricity....nearby....a firehydrant had been destroyed and now water was also jetting up....there was a swarm of people who were now infected with the T.O. virus..having just infected and then drained the energy of two emergency workers....they now were looking for a new target....and the path of The Six was partially obscured by the powerlines which were about to meet the water of the fire hydrant....>>

<< before anyone could suggest a plan of action....the group of infected creatures immediately noticed The Six and began to run toward them.....with looks of grim, yet blank determination in their eyes. As part of the transformation that occurrs upon infection, many of the creatures could not stretch/elongate their arms to achieve contact with foes that were further away.....the moment of skin to skin contact would result in infection....>>

I can see the building from here!!!...but we cant get there except this route....Shockwave will have to deal with the downed powerlines while the rest of us exterminate these.....creatures!!!

<< she pointed at the moving mob of monsters...as they were charging right for the Six.....one of them, a large male, immediately lashed out with his arm...it elongated and stretched...writhing like a snake so fast as it charged madly for Haleigh...intending to wrap around her...while the rest of the creatures continued their charge>>

<< there were still essentinally human....it was their bodies that had been transformed...and while they would eventually die..they STILL had a sort of basic psyche...and that would give Cameron an advantage he lacked against the Sentinels and other robotic foes of MysTech....Guardian had powerful telekinesis as well as temporal stasis and molecular acceleration and her own magickal heritage would grant her exceptional resistance to infection should be touched by a creature. Spellbinder's magick granted her the same advantage.....she, along with Tempest had long range powers..and could dispatch their targets from the air...though it seemed like an easy task....there were quite a few creatures...and the area was hemmed in by fires , wrecked cars and buses and the downed power lines>>

 

[Black Widow]

Haleigh ran with ease into the intersection, getting there first as the group followed behind her and everyone stopped.... She saw the door as well, and she turned to look up at spell as she spoke, letting her carbine weapon drop on its strap to rest her arm from the weight of the gun for a second. This proved to be a terrible mistake... for as she nodded and turned toward the door... and the TO infected zombies, she didn't have her weapon raised fast enough as the first of the zombies reached her with surprising speed. Haleigh reacted on pure instinct, raising her right arm to shield her face as the monster began to bear down on her. the 'man' bit into her arm... but luckily her suit was made of tough enough material to protect her from his teeth... it was the arm he swung out at her that caught her offguard... as its fingertips latched onto the back of her neck, piercing the skin.

Fucker's got sharded glass for fingernails...

She thought, as she pulled a walther P22 from her thigh rig with her left hand put it to the man's throat. She pulled the trigger, aiming it up through his skull... spraying blood, brain matter and patches of hair up into the air. the zombie immediately went limp, and haleigh re-holstered her handgun and picked up her carbine again, resting the butt of the automatic gun against her left shoulder, aiming with one arm towards the group of zombies and holding the trigger down. A flurry of bullets and muzzle flashes filled the air.... as Haleigh reached up with her free hand and touched the back of her neck. the others seemed to busy fighting to have seen what happened to Haleigh with great detail... which was probably best, as Haleigh pulled her hand down to glance at it... i bit of her own blood... the zombie seemed to have punctured her right above where her suit ended... the idea of the TO virus flashed in Haleigh's mind... but she compartmentalized it right away... hiding the thought from Cameron and masking her discomfort from the rest. She couldn't afford the group thinking she was infected.... the LAST thing she needed was for Morgan to get her hands on an excuse to justify murdering her.... for Haleigh was sure the woman was just SEARCHING for a reason.... besides... Haleigh was a fighter...it was probably nothing... she wasn't feeling any symptoms...YET.

 

[Harbinger]

:: as the group reached the intersection...and saw that their path was obstructed by the raging powerlines and the firehydrant spraying water, she caught sight of a mob of techno organic creatures draining the 'life glow' from uninfected humans.......just as they turned and saw the group, Spellbinder had pointed out the problem::


:: the creatures moved so fast...and despite their humanoid appearence....they had lost their humanity the moment they were infected.......their life glow drained..and replaced with something else....that drove them...animated them like a machine::

:: Guardian thrust her hands forward....immediately warping the temporal field around three approaching creatures....the temporal stasis was fast and instantaneous but against these creatures...it merely slowed them down...it didnt stop them. without changing her facial expression.........Guardian once again seized hold of a manhole cover with her TK....gesturing like Prue, she sent the now high velocity spinning cover across the path to intersect with the three creatures...slicing off their heads.......a horrible sound of decapitation was heard as the now headless bodies lumbered about and then fell to the ground writhing violently...before finally they too went limp::

:: while prophet, shockwave and tempest dealt with their tasks....Guardian came near Haleigh...and as she she extended her hand forward...she immbolized Black Widow with mystic chains::

I know what happened, Haleigh. The creacture made skin to skin contact with you. IF you had been infected.....I would kill you where you stand. HOWEVER...the creature didnt have sufficient time to release the virus into your body......it seems that this virus originated from somewhere OTHER than planet earth..and its method of transfer depends upon the will of the carrier. Had he been truly "in control" of himself...he wouldve infected you immediately upon his touch...instead...his insatiable drive for ENERGY had made him crazy...like the others on the surface.

Just...tend to your wound..Ill make sure nothing else comes while you do it. But dont even THINK about trying to mislead anyone here should another incident like that happen. Shockwave have to get these power lines out of our way...while Spell, Tempest and Prophet eliminate the rest of that mob.

:: She released Haleigh from the mystic chains. Being a Seer was going to proove very much a sore subject for many in this group who didnt like being called out by Guardian::

 

[Black Widow]

"I know what happened Haleigh. If you had been infected I would kill you where you stand."

Haleigh flitted a discreet glare at Alison as she mocked the woman under her breath in a high pitched whine, lowering her weapon. She pursed her lips together as Alison gaurded her, and opened the flap of the medipack, pulling out a small square of white gauze.

"Can't get anything past you, can we, Miss Know-All-Be-All? [in a tone that sounded utterly sincere] but.... this must be a new side of you... so motherly.... so protective.... perhaps you're taking a liking to me.... Alison, its ever so kind of you....Thanks for caring...."

How I'd unabashedly take pleasure in watching you gargle your own blood, you smug sociopath....

Haleigh thought, smiling pretty as she dabbed at her neck dry. She held up the gauze wipe for Alison to see... there wasn't much blood, just a few spots. It looked as though it were through bleeding already. The wound can't have been very serious.

"See... hardly a scratch.. what do a know... I might even live. There's really no time for you to watch every move I make Alison... I've been through a lot more threatening injuries than this... my CAT scratches deeper than this."

 

[Persephone]

:: Looking around her surroundings as Alexis continued to run with the group, she spotted the down power lines flailing about in the street ahead. Shifting her eyes towards the spraying water from the hydrant, everything was a mess. This didn't look like New York City, it looked like a war zone....dead bodies scattered around the streets, cars and busses on their sides, fires and explosions---this was unbelievable. ::

:: Finally slowing down to a jog, and eventually stopping in front of the sparking wire lines, she heard Spellbinder say there was a mob of people headed towards them infected with the TO virus. Looking towards the group of infected people running towards them, she knew her job was to stop the power lines...otherwise they wouldn't be able to get across. Running away from the group, she headed straight into the down power lines path. Most people would assume Alexis was crazy, thinking she had a death wish, but to the Six, they knew what she was capable of. ::

:: As the four separate power lines flew around Alexis, the electricity emitting from them made a hissing sound, like that of a serpent. Alexis stood in the middle of the flailing wires and lifted her hands in the air above her head. Suddenly, all 4 power lines seemed to magnetically attract to Alexis --- one by one, the ends of the power lines attached to different sections of her torso. The smoke and sparks cleared from the streets...only the water from the hydrant could be seen spewing all over. It looks as if Alexis was being electrocuted....her body shook, what looked like small lightning bolts engulfed her body, and bright blue and white lights emitted from her. Alexis' body was absorbing all the electricity, keeping it pent up in her small body until finally, all the wires fell limp and "lifeless" to the ground. Although the power lines were dead, the small lightning bolts and bright lights continued to engulf Alexis. Finally, Alexis dropped her arms to her side as everything soon went dim, and all the electricity was gone. Parting her lips, she blew softly allowing smoke to escape from her body. The electricity continued to run throughout her body...it was as if her body was a power plant of sorts. The electricity she just absorbed, she will use in full force for later. That was the benefit of being able to absorb numerous types of energy, she could use it later. ::

:: Turning on her heal, she stepped over the limp power lines and walked back to the group. Walking towards Guardian and Haliegh, she stopped and crossed her arms seeing Haliegh was hurt. Lifting a brow, she turned towards the Spellbinder, Tempest, and Prophet seeing them dealing with the infected humans. Looking back at Haliegh, she chuckled at her remark about her cat. ::

"Let me guess....people under estimate you?"

:: Smirking, Alexis could relate to Haliegh. With a sarcastic yet playful tone, Alexis continued. ::

"Join the club."

 

[Black Widow]

"Yeah.... that's gotta be the understatement of the year."

Haleigh smirked, as Alexis joined them. Haleigh shouldered the medipack again and folded the gauze up and tucked it into an empty side pocket of the medipack. she didn't habitually litter... but that wasnt the reason... the gauze had her DNA... and Haleigh wasn't into the idea of her blood getting into the hands of anyone... she valued the idea that few people knew what she was really involved with.... and it just wouldn't do for it to get out to the wrong people that she was alive. call her paranoid... because the streets were such a mess that the bloodied gauze would be like finding a needle in a haystack... but in Haleigh's line of business... all risks were calculated. Like a virus or disease... CONTAINMENT was the only answer.

"What do you mean? i'm already a card-toting member."

Haleigh laughed... she had a slight sense of humor... even in this grave situation... and she switched on the bright flashlight attached to her weapon as she lifted it again, her left index resting on the trigger. The small red circle of the laser sight of her gun could be seen on the door not far off. The zombies seemed to be taken care of... a slight lapse in their intensity provided a window that Haleigh nodded at, suggesting that the group herd towards the entrance. She didn't dwell on the small moment that she and Alexis had, identifying with each other for being underestimated... she was in business mode.

"We'd better get moving... more can't be far off."

 

[Prophet]

« As the group stopped near the entrance to the Citadle, Cameron noticed a group of what appeared to be something like Science Projects. It then clicked to Cameron as his sixth sense kicked, saying that these were not just any kind of humans, but some twisted and deranged infected human beings and botched experiments of Mystech trying to stop them from gaining entrance to their destination. Prophet rubbed his hands together as he smirked, knowing that he would be able to use his telepathic powers against them. »

"Now! I can finally have some fun! It's about damn time!"

« Throwing out his hand, he sent a high powered psionic wave at the remaining group of creatures that rippled like a wave with a green hue of energy. As the wave blasted into them, they were knocked back and thrown several feet backwards. A Psionic Wave was a high charged blast of pure psionic energy that was enough to mentally incapacitate an entire fleet of soldiers. It ripped through their minds as if it was shredding every thought and every memory causing the only thing that the creatures would be able to concentrate on was the pain. As the creatures began to fall to the ground with a great amount of pain, Cameron's eyes turned a solid green. No white could be seen in his eyes whatsoever as he looked at his surroundings. »

"It's been fun, but I am afraid..... it's time to burn THIS bridge..."

« Cameron began hovering in the air as he looked at a power line that was around ten feet away from the group as he willed the power line right in the center of a group of around three of the creatures. Electricity sparked and hissed, crackling at their feet as he used his mind to spark the power line setting one of the creatures on fire. As the creature tossed and turned on the ground, flailing his body around like a person having a seizure, Cameron willed the fire to spread as another spark errupted, spreading the flames to two more of the twisted creatures as Cameron watched each of them burn in a painfully and intense death. A devilish smiled curled up within his lips as he continued to hover over the ground his eyes glowing a bright emerald. He seemed to be relishing the kill, and enjoying the pain, a sight that was obvious to all who were witnessing the event. This had always been a problem with Cameron, he never knew when to stop. When he was at full power, he felt invincible, like he could do anything. As the three creatures became extra crispy and turned a charcoal black hue, Prophet used his mind to will the fire to stop, leaving scorch marks on the ground and charred bodies along with them. He flowed down to his feet as the green faded and he looked up at the rest of the group, walking towards Alexis and Haleigh and somewhat shrugged. »

"Hey, it was the first time I could really kick some ass.. So I did.. It's all too late for us to grow a conscience now..."

« Cameron looked at Haleigh and looked back at Spellbinder and Tempest who were left to finish off the group of hideous creatures. He thought of going into her mind to see what she was thinking, but second guessed it, feeling that it was time to conserve his power, rather than to use energy wastelessly. »

 

[Tempest]

*Eva grinned as her sentinel turned into a pile of bubbling gray soup and darted a glance at Guardian as she pointed the way towards one of the entrances to the Citadle. She took off in a run, keeping up with the group, hurdling over broken concrete blocks and an assortment of other goodies that littered the streets. Her martial arts workout really helped her stay in shape as she breathed in through her nose and out her mouth, working her legs as they reached the the door they needed, only to find it blocked by automobile litter piles and sparking wires. Eva didn't even pay attention to those around her, her first instinct taking in her surroundings as her eyes darted around, remembering everything as she spotted the mob just as Rabbit had begun telling the group about it. She looked over at the group as they got their job assignments and nodded, looking at the approaching mob as the four of them spread out to take a side, taking into the air as she left Haleigh and Cameron down on the ground, moving quickly away from them and Spellbinder as she took on her own group. She dodged wandering arms, flying in and out of loops, intertwing the limbs trying to grab for her as they all tied up into one big knot. She finally stopped and turned to face the group of TO people below her as she hovered there in the air, pausing a minute as she recognized the look on their faces all too well. It was the same look as the other captives from the Citadle, her own same expression after coming back from "treatments".*

They were just at the wrong place at the wrong time...none of them deserved this.

*She snapped to and hoped no one had noticed much as she raised both of her arms up her sides, leaving them elevated straight with her shoulders, a small crackle of thunder heard as a dark green tinted cloud seemed to appear and drift over towards them, sitting above the ground of TO infected, growing in size. With her palms facing upwards, she quickly dropped her arms to her side as an almost flood amount of acid rain beat down from the cloud onto the tangled heap on the ground, acting like a chinese water torture device, dripping holes into their flesh as the acid ate away at it, seeping into their insides, eventually doing away with them. The rain hit the cement ground and sizzled as she looked around to make sure everyone else was okay, noticing Haleigh on the ground taking care of herself as Alexis and Cameron had finished with their parts. Spellbinder was probably off doing her thing as she concentrated and fizzled the cloud away into nothing as it slinked back off, away into the sky. Eva left the smouldering pile of bodies dead on the ground as she glided effortlessly towards the assembling group on the ground and landed, leaning against a pole as she watched them all. Cameron had never asked what her powers were, but he probably had figured it out by now, if he was really as smart as he put on. She looked at everyone and smiled, waiting for Spellbinder to arrive.*

"Like they say...Don't mess with mother nature, things get messy."

 

[Spellbinder]

<< Spellbinder circled around to gain a better sense of how many creatures there were. as Tempest , Prophet and Black Widow fended off and dispatched most of the mob.....there remained 4 more..that had brought up the rear...and as everyone seemed to become slightly complacent.....and in prophet's case even smug with their success in fighting off the creatures...they failed to notice this last troop of techno organic creatures.>>

you really shouldnt rest on your laurels kiddo.

<< a voice from the air is heard....as suddenly....and unexpectedly....a large old cadillac hurls down...smashing the creatures utterly. there's a sickening sound-- that of metal smashing into a twist wreckage from the force of Spell's throw and that of human bones cracking, smashing...blood the violet fibers of the TO virus splattering on the armour of Prophet as the last of the creatures are destroyed in a most violent way>>

<< rushing winds and a faint chime is heard as Spell lands shortly there after>>



Shockwave got the power lines out of the way.. i can take care of the rest! Stand aside..little boy.

<< shoving Prophet aside as the woman strides past him, Spellbinder completely ignores Eva and Haleigh>>

<< in a wicked , sarcastic voice>>

knock...knock!

<< pulling her hand back........and balling it into a fist...a halo of silver eldritch energy forms around it...as she SMASHES through the thick metal doors and takes out some of the wall surrounding them as well with just a portion of her super strength.......as the sound of the impact shatters the silence around them....the dust settles...and inside....cobalt blue lights are flickering....a phone line can be heard ringing......and random bursts of electricity can be seen spraying from the walls and ceiling.......there are chairs and other furniture strewn about every where......and spatters of blood on the floor , walls and glass of the reception area.........clearly this "medical office" had seen better days.........and now...The Six were about to embark on their journey into the heart of MysTech itself>>