Escape from New York

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Nicolas tries to reach Alycia another way....

Alycia, I know you can still hear me. This is not the way. If you give up on life NOW, then who will stand with them LATER? You are too important to them...to us, to simply throw everything away! I am coming to-

As Nicolas mentally worked to reach Alycia, Morgan teleported hem into the room where Av and Alison were being held. He beholds them, bald and battered, and he immediately reaches out to them. Feud or no feud, this was family, and Nicolas was here for THEM. But he had scarcley taken a step forward when the room was bathed in light. He barely had time to pick up the intent, closing his eyes quickly to save himself from full disorientation. As he reached out telekintetically to find what HAD to be Justicer Trelevan and Nicolas attacking Morgan no less, a high impact slams against his head, knocking him nearly out. He staggered like a wounded fighter as she made her opening statement, then turned up the intensity of light on him. His clothing burned away as even his skin was reddened by her fiery touch. He still turned to face her, hs anger at the indignities his alternate had faced form her and his resolve even in the face of this assault showing. He reached out a hand and grunted with concentration as a small cocoon of TK force began to deflect the photons away from him. His skin began to return to him where it had been nearly peeled away from her assault, and he tossed his axe quickly over to where the hound was menacing Morgan. Diverting his power to disastrous effect on his shield, he tried to mentally free the hound, who had been taken by surprise at the axe sinking into the wall between Morgan and itself. His hope was that the sight of Morgan after he had been "treated" by the axe would save what man was left in this timeline's Nicolas.

As he turned to try to help Morgan and free the hound, Nicolas cocoon failed, and he was slammed back against the wall, making a crater INTO the concrete as he slammed backwards...still, he reache dforward, bowed greatly but as of yet unbroken.
 
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bust loose

<< Spellbinder struggles...her own super strength is all that prevents the hound from snapping her neck at this point. but he's got her pined, he's in her face...snarling, fangs mere inches from her face...her side now bleeding, she is trembling with shock and pain.>>

Goddess...mother...HELP ME!

<< as the hound PHYSICALLY ASSAULTS her, tears begin to stream down her face as the pain is causing her to move toward the verge of a blackout...or PANIC....or RAGE.>>

<< a MAN...HURTING HER...NOT HER! She has the POWER to defend herself and a moment like this...is what her power was MADE FOR! no matter how STRONG he is, SHE is SORCERESS SUPREME!>>

<< she screams as he punches her in the face and blood flies from her mouth as her head whips to the side. her eyes SHUT, tears fall but then the THUNDER begins to rumble from no where, and a chime sounds off.>>

....get.....AWAY....FROM ME!

<< thunder CRASHES as she BUSTS LOOSE in a BALLISTIC explosion of dark magick and jagged BLACK lightning bolts that bombard the hound, causing him to YELP as he is radiated by magick and sent FLYING across the hall and into the wall.>>

<< Morgan's face is enshrouded in shadow...as she slowly rises to an upright position.>>

HOW DARE YOU HURT ME! You'LL PAY FOR THIS!

<< eldritch ARMOUR manifested over her torso in an asymetrical pattern, with one shoulder exposed and the side that was wounded completely covered in armour. and in the armoured hand, the SOUL SWORD manifests.>>

I'll SHOW YOU WHAT A MONSTER IS!

<< being hit, being HURT, being abused by a MAN...its one of her other most primal fears, she destroyed her father directly, but the fear remains and this creature ...this hulking man...it bloodied her and would have done worse, HAS done worse to scores of mutants, men, women , children. if it...if HE thinks HE is scarey? wait until he meets the DARKCHILD.>>

<< and the sorceress closes in on the hound, who is already attempting to recover. Morgan lost herself if only for a MOMENT but the AXE from HER Nicolas, charmed by HER OWN magick flew with a purpose, slamming into the hound and emitting its own mystic light. the axe STUNS the hound into a stupor as it attempts to FREE him of the confusion that has been forced upon him. Mainstream uses that opportunity to try to free the hound, while Spellbinder HALTS HERSELF ....realizing that the hound was no more in control of himself than the woman attacking her friends with her light powers.>>

<< Still manifesting a slightly more "Dark" or "demonic" aspect to her appearence, including the partial armour, Morgan's head THROBBED , she still had her sword in hand...as she slowly turned to see Justicer Trelevan attacking everyone with such force. proof that MorningStar's powers were HARDLY anything to snub and that if unleashed or unchecked, she would be as deadly, if not more so than many of her peers. >>

the hound...I can't KILL HIM. It's another alternate of Nicolas, and he DESERVES the chance to be REDEEMED...

<< she realized that just as she afforded THIS nicolas a chance, then couldnt she afford HER OWN Nicolas a chance too ...maybe when they got back to their time, things could work out AFTER ALL. but now was not the time. Not with Justicer Trelevan trying her BEST to murder everyone in her path of fire.>>

I've got to SUBDUE HER. A sleeping spell will do the trick but i need to get close to her...

<< with the Justicer so focused on Nicolas , Morgan had the chance to move in close...preparing to physically restrain alternate Delilah before casting her spell.>>
 
The axe hit its mark just as Nicolas slammed into the wall. At this point, he was physically exhausted from fighting the Justicer's attack and he trusted Morgan (who he could sense coming up behind her) to deal with her as he left his body, astrally pulling the hound from his as his form held the hound's psychic form down. He had no time for niceties. Either this Nicolas woul snap out of it...or he would finish it himself. As he looked into the eyes of the other astral form, Nicolas' eyes began to glow as he tore away the old conditioning, the mind-altering, the packaging that was placed on THIS Nicolas, and tried to reset him mentally, using his own self-knowledge as a guide.

I know you are in there, and I know this hurts badly, but if we are to save Morgan and the others...it must be done!!! Fight your way back, man!! What would GUSTAV think of you??!!

As the hound struggled, Nicolas allowed him to feel the care and love that the young mutant felt for his own family, trying to lure him back by the promise of a feeling that THIS Nicolas hadn't felt in a long time...anything to get him to heal himsel fof these psychic wounds.
 
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As the blinding light was replaced by scorching lasers, those of the Six still conscious would now be able to see their adversary. The Justicer wore a much more revealing yet militaristic costume than their Delilah ever would, her hair cropped short and severe. She held a self-satisfied smirk on her face, the expression of someone who knows they are about to win the very thing they want most in the entire world.

She saw her hound attack Morgan mercilessly, just as he had been trained, while she unleashed all her power on the others. She seemed to feed off the pain and destruction in her path. She neither drew back nor attacked as Morgan fought desperately against the Nicolas hound, content for the moment to let her plaything have its fun. Her attention snaps to, however, as the hound is thrown across the room – not out of any concern for this timeline’s Nicolas, but more out of annoyance at his failure. She does not move to rescue him, watching the scene unfold like Caesar watching his gladiators, almost as interested in Nicolas’ death and she would have been in his victory.

And then Morgan visibly paused. And the Justicer scoffed.

“What’s this? Pity? Such sympathies will only bring you PAIN in the end. Weren’t YOU the one, Morgan, who taught me THAT lesson? When you cast me off like you would last season’s handbag? I am the one with the power NOW, bitch. You took from me, and now I will take everything you have from you.”

Her attack intensified, lasers ramping up in power. And now she added a sonic attack – not channeled through her hands like mainstream Delilah’s were – but one which seemed to radiate from her entire body. Her foes would now find themselves being attack both visually AND audibly, by a Delilah who was holding nothing back. She would die before she allowed them to leave this place alive.
 
another one saved

<< getting down to the wire, Nicolas' last words to Alycia before alternate Haleigh's MAY have done more good than anyone realized just yet. the auto destruct count down seemed to be momentarily freezing, giving them precious few moments to do what they needed to get their wounded and escape, but there was still NO sign of Alycia herself. the inevitable was happening, MASTER MOLD, deep below ground, was coming online and processing information on the events above at an alarming rate. Omega Sentinel was battling him on a "cyber" plane , trying to cause his circuity, his core processor to fail. but all she was doing was slowing him down at the moment.>>

<< meanwhile, in the underground cells of the compound, Justicer Trelevan did her best to bring down her foes. mainstream Rampage used his telekinetiic powers to deflect the brunt of her photons making sure that Firebird, Black Widow and the fallen Silver Swan and Arsenal would SURVIVE while alternate Haleigh covered ava and alison in a carbonium steel sphere. Delilah's laser could cut through it...but not instantaneously and she knew the OTHERS would move in to bring her down at least so that they could get that collar off of her.>>

<< as Spellbinder moved in on Justicer Trelevan, preparing to subdue her, Rampage engaged the hound Nicolas on the astral plane, confronting him rather agressively on the astral plane in order to bring him back to HIMSELF. Rampage tore away the mental conditioning, freeing his alternate of the psychic programming and other restraints. it was like freeing someone from QUICK SAND...those first few moments of FREEDOM are like free falling and the alternate Nicolas was being "reborn" in a sense. hearing the words of his alternate and REALIZING what he'd done to scores of other mutants, what he was about to do to THIS Spellbinder, was all that was needed to SNAP HIM completely out of his programming. Rampage had done his job, he SAVED himself. and now this alternate Six would have ONE MORE of their own to survive this nightmare.>>

<< back in the cell, Justicer Trelevan taunts Morgan, speaking to her as though she were the Morgan of THAT timeline. it is clear that the pain, the BITTERNESS of being banished from the Six is one of the driving forces behind THIS Delilah.>>
 
<< Spellbinder felt the sting of Delilah's words. Even though it wasnt SHE who had cast Delilah out of the Six...she REMEMBERED how it ALMOST came to that in mainstream timeline! her BEST FRIEND, on the verge of being sent away and for what...on account of a MAN?>>

<< Morgan knew NOW more than ever that there was MORE to Justicer Trelevan than some exagerrated sense of law and order. she was HURT and that HURT must have PRIMED Her for...>>

the back of her neck....a COLLAR of some kind, and its NOT apart of her costume!

<< she wasnt sure WHAT it was, but could it have something to do with the way Delilah was NOW? the woman was a force of nature, prooving that light can help and it can also HURT...even KILL!>>

Delilah....

<< knowing that NOW was not the time for some long winded explanation.>>

You're absolutely right...hesitation WILL get you hurt or even KILLED, but you should ALSO know that when it comes to my FRIENDS...even though we may have problems, we may even fall out....we'll ALWAYS work it out and that's what we're going to do NOW!

<< instantly upon her from behind, Morgan grabs one of Delilah's arms and FORCES her hand away , diverting her blast from Nicolas elsewhere as she wraps her arm around her neck.>>

You're not going to have to suffer alone ANY longer...and whatever pain I (my alternate) caused you...i'm SORRY. Let me make it better NOW!

<< and with those words, go a minor SLEEPING SPELL to sedate her. the last waves of her assult finally play out, and the light, the LASERS finally begin to dissipate.>>
 
Delilah sneered...

Morgan...talking to ME about FRIENDSHIP!...

YOU ABANDONED ME!

She was about to shout it when Morgan grabs her arm.

"Let me GO you WHORE! We're not friends, not anymore!"

Morgan's arm curled around her neck, and Delilah clutched at it, struggling against Morgan's strength.

"I'll show you suffering like you've never SEEN!"

With a final attempt to free herself from Morgan's grasp, the sorceress' spell took effect, and the light seemed to leave the Justicer's body until she slumped in Morgan's arms, out cold.
 
Alycia lays out her plan, and Haleigh deduces that she means to destroy Master Mold in a self-sacrificial manner.... the others balk, but Haleigh knows their protests fall unheeded.

"You're wasting your time. Alycia is less emotional than ever.... she's like me from the future timeline.... she has logically looked at the situation and determined the best course of action.... she values her life no more than any one of ours... she has weighed the cost and all of us surviving is, quantifiably, a better outcome than any scenario where she lives. Arguing with her will do you no good... in her assessment, you are reacting emotionally and therefore your judgement is flawed and not eligible for consideration. She's made her decision... its clear even in the moniker she's taken... Omega.... means the end. [looking into a camera] Omega Sentinel, thank you. Do what you can... we'll be fine."

Haleigh moves on to other tasks... she is in contact with her alternate self and knows that they are only a short distance away.... and now she has a lock on her sister and Alison.

A blinding light fills the room... its like looking into the sun... and Haleigh instantly shuts her eyes and disappears JUST as the unseen photon blast is about to hit her in the face. It may look to some like she's been VAPORIZED.... she's gone, but not far.... she appears in the room where her alternate self is talking to Alycia... where Alison and Ava both lay crumpled on the floor, tragically weak from malnourishment and torture. Haleigh blinks the stars out of her eyes, momentarily blinded by the light, and then rushes to Ava's side, gathering her sister up in her arms.

"I'm here, Ava... it's okay.... I'm here..... you're safe now, baby sis.... you're safe. [standing up, nodding over to Alison and addressing her alternate self] Haleigh, you grab Alison, hold her tight.... my comrades are about to subdue the 'Justicer'.... and we need to be ready to make a mad dash out of this place before it implodes.... these two are going to be to ill to move under their own power."

Haleigh then catches her Nicolas' mental attention. Nic, help Morgan stun Delilah, then you can manually remove the collar-- it's affecting her behavior the way Sharon was at first-- she's being drugged! My and my alternate have Alison and Ava and we need a safe environment out there before we can rejoin the group.
 
Delilah may not have been shocked to see her alternate at work, but she WAS shocked by the words the Justicer now spoke. This was not a crusader for humankind in front of them. No, THIS was a version of herself driven by revenge and hatred. Delilah had always prided herself on her heart, on her morality. And it seemed that in this timeline she had lost both.

Morgan subdued her alternate, and Delilah walked closer until she stood over her counterpart, looking down on her sleeping form. Her eyes flitted upwards to catch Morgan’s gaze, a wealth of things unsaid contained within that motion.

She found her voice, choked and low, just enough.

“We need to get everyone out of here now.”

She turned on her heel and hurried to help Haleigh with their fallen comrades before it was too late.
 
As Nicolas held down his other timeline's astral avatar, he cold see the body of the hound suddenly straiten, muscles realigning themselves as it became a HE once again. He flailed as he triedto get his surrounding, But Nicolas wa llalready on it, feverishly putting things back right as his alternates mind worked on its own. As he was working, he heard Haleigh call to him, mention a collar--of course!!!

Nicolas returned to his body as the Justicer was being detained by Morgan, falling asleep. He walked over to her even as his own Delilah went away to the others. Reaching out his hand, the collar that the Justicer wore on her neck was pulled apart by its very atoms, falling away into nothingness. He looked over to the former hound, whose phsycial body was undergoing a very similar transformation as the one undergone in Limbo, and reached out as his collar fell away in the same manner. The new young man stood upright for the first time in many months and smiled, a smile that the Six would find all too familiar...
 
<< with everyone slowly coming together in the room...Morgan looked at mainstream Delilah. to THINK that they'd almost lost each other because of BISHOP and in retrospect, Haleigh was RIGHT. ALL of them had much to learn and their individual tendencies could be their own GREATEST enemy but at least the MAINSTREAMS had a way of coming back together BEFORE it was too late, unlike the alternates...and although Morgan had only been present for ONE time stream in this adventure, it was MORE than enough to REMIND her just how GRATEFULL she...and ALL of the mainstreams should be!>>

<< Haleigh and her alternate had Ava and Alison... and Firebird saw to Mike and Sharon, who was already coming around. Delilah stated that it was time to go and Morgan couldnt help but agree....but...>>

but what about ALYCIA?

<< Haleigh had explained to them what Alycia's thought process was at this point. who BETTER to know than the hybrid. But to just...LEAVE her behind? it pained Morgan.>>

Alycia....

<< she looked at the only swivel wall monitor in the cell>>

Omega...Sentinel?

<< still nothing. except that the auto destruct sequence had RESUMED and was now at 45 seconds!>>

<< Morgan made sure everyone was accounted for.>>

Alycia....we love you....no matter WHAT you've become...and we thank you...

<< the compound began to shake, MASTER MOLD was coming.>>

we....we'd better leave, before its too late.

<< Morgan said with regret as she lifted her hands and opened a disc, teleporting everyone OUT and above ground...they were now outside and a few feet from the compound.....the place was now nothing more than a mass grave yard.>>
 
and finally

<< as the sorceress teleports the battle worn group out and from the compound, Alycia's computerized voice can be heard over the loud speakers around the perimeter of the compound...the last few moments of the countdown...>>

Omega Sentinel: Subjects have evacuated the premesis. Auto Destruct sequence can now complete. 5...4...3...2.....

<< but as 1 was supposed to come and Spellbinder manifested a pentagram of protection to shield them all....it did NOT. Master Mold had OVER POWERED Omega Sentinel at the last moment and rendered her INERT...seemingly "killing her" and as the ground trembled, a MASSIVE repulsor blast EXPLODED UP into the sky from the center of the compound as it was BLOWN apart, rocking the area with force and debris. If Alycia was inside the compound, surely she was lost.>>

<< Sharon EXCLAIMS with grief at the thought of Alycia's death and beats at the force field of the pentagram to try to get out of it. Haleigh and Firebird do their best to calm her down.>>

<< MASTER MOLD RISES UP from the ground, as if being born from the earth ITSELF. the giant super sentinel who was...IS the "father" of all sentinels...seemingly full functional. proximity alarms BLARE as if trumpets were heralding the arrival of the messiah...and the super powered, gigantic sentinel begins its initial survey of the area , locking onto the GROUP inside of the pentagram.>>

<< its shadow casts across the ground for miles, and the SIX, both the mainstreams and alternates can't help but wonder if they succeeded in the battle only to LOSE the war?>>

<< suddenly, a static like sound is heard...a system coming back ONLINE it seems..>>

Omega Sentinel: << overpowering the alarms.>> CORRECTION. This system is NOT so easily brought offline. I am a SYNERGY of sentinel technology AND HUMAN thought. where ONE FAILS...the OTHER PICKS UP!

Master Mold: ALARM! Systems detect a rogue sentinel operating outside the protocalls dictated by this unit. nano technology is the source.

Omega Sentinel: You will NOT be able to move beyond this spot.


<< Firebird POINTS as several golden streaks of energy can be seen coming through the sky in formation and swooping down. the streaks are the trails left behind by CLUSTER MUNITIONS...a big bomb made of many smaller ones. Each bomblet is a pulse generator that upon IMPACT with Master Mold, produce flat planes of energy that SEVER the lines of force binding together matter....INSTANT disintegration down to the SUBATOMIC level...whatever they cut, whatever they BLAST....simply CEASES to exsit.>>

<< it's a level of weapon manifestation that Haleigh herself has not reached YET and ALYCIA is clearly without restraint, without LIMIT as long as she is where ever she is. Master Mold barely has time to "exclaim" himself before he is DESTROYED within and without...his body is rendered NON EXISTENCE even as it blasts apart and the fall out form the blast is truly manacing, like a star but the shockwave disappates before it reaches the Six...and soon...there is nothing but a smokey, swirling cloud of fine metallic dust and a massive srorch mark ....the compound is now a MOUND of concret, metal and other materials ...a massive pile of rubble with small elecritic outbursts and flames jutting from a few openings.>>

<< the alarms are silent, the area is gripped by a blackout...with only sirens from authorities in the faint distance, dealing with other localized problems resulting from the destruction of the compound. was this IT? was it over?>>

<< there was still NO sign of Alycia...but she was not dead...Nicolas AND his alternate would detect the form of a BODY near the top of the mound of rubble... a feminine, yet totally metallic/robotic body. upon investigating, they would find...ALYCIA herself...>>
 
Nicolas and his alternate appeared with the others outside as the entire compound seemed to go up in one blast, but that blast was of the Master MOld. As he emerged from the crater he had made, standing up...up...it seemed like forever, the Nicolas' faces hardened, their expressions mirrors of each other. Mainstream Nicolas swung his axe in defiance even as he wndered of this was THE end for them while alternate Nicolas reached into the ground and pulled back, turning the hardened ock in the bedrock underneath into gloves for him to wear while fighting. It was a different tack than nicoals normally would have taken, and he took notic eof the quirk as they both prepared to teleport outside.

Suddenly, they heard the sounds of Alycia takingt thefight to Master Mold, holding him steady as she manifested an attack that would make Battlestar Galactica proud, disintegrating the massive Colossus beyong sub-atoms. As power from the resulting explosion dissipated, it was now strangely silent as the very air around them seemed to reset itself, trying to prepare to contain more energy, more noise.

The Nicolases teleported free, each oneentally jostling the othe as he did a frantic check to see if...she WAS!!! Alycia had saved herself and the rest of them at once, destroying the master sentinel. They quickly leaped over to the heated mound where she was...her body was no more, having been nearly ttally replaced it seemed, yet the robotic and organic parts were enmeshed in a symmetry that mad ethem nearly indistinguishable. Even her mind ran as parallels, as organic and sentient robotic. It was almost unnerving to take in, and both of the nicolases shook their head to straighten things out...
 
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FLASH

"ALISON!"

:: Screaming over the chaotic battle of noise and destuction, Ava whipped her head around watching Alison stumble as a massive photon blast came charging their direction. Strands of chocolate locks streaked across the goddess' face as the winds around the battle torn New York City began to pick up, sending an abandoned car flying between them and the photon blast. A massive explosion shook the ground as Ava grabbed Alison's hand, pulling her until she got her regained her footing. Both woman ran like hell, dodging Delilah's attacks, fighting off her hounds, and trying to avoid the numerous sentinals that were being sent after them. ::

Alison: "WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THE STREETS! [pointing ahead] THERE! HURRY!"

FLASH

:: Stiring, the blinding light from the battle in the hallway outside their cell, began to pull Ava from her unconscious state. Groaning softly it was too painful to open her eyes...everything was so dark for so long and now it was just too bright... ::

FLASH

"We need to find this timeline's Morgan..."

Alison: "We might as well paint a giant red bullseye on our backs if we go back out there Ava.....this hotel's been abandoned for months, we'll be safe here."

"Is there even a 'SAFE' in this timeline Alison? What the hell did we fall into?..."

:: Ava shook her head as she sat with her knees pulled up to her chest, still wearing her black cocktail dress from their dinner on Aerie. Alison sighed knowing exactly what they fell into....what COULD have been. Alison too was still wearing her cocktail dress as she sat, back against the wall, with her legs tucked next to her. ::

Alison: "Exactly what I warned everyone about....this timeline is what could have been if the events with Delilah and Bishop had went differently..."

:: Muffled sounds of screams and explosions could still be heard outside.... ::

"Wonderful.....lets just hope we get the hell out of here, and soon.."

FLASH

"I'm here, Ava...
Click to expand...

:: A familiar voice echoed in her head....dazed and unaware of what was happening, Ava felt herself being pulled off the ground; her body limp in her sisters arms. ::

it's okay.... I'm here..
Click to expand...

:: The blinding lights soon faded....and so did Ava, back into unconsciousness. ::

FLASH

"I'M HERE! OVER HERE!"

:: Yelling for Alison whom she had seperated from, the two woman had been found....psychic hounds surrounded the abandoned hotel as the woman met back up and fled up the stairwell toward the roof. ::

Alison: "GO! GO! GO! HURRY!"

FLASH

Alison: "AVA!"

"THEY'RE TOO MANY! I CAN'T---"

:: Screaming for Alison to run as she was surrounded and attacked by psychic hounds, Alison was literally blind sided by Delilah who stunned the precog into unconsciousness with a powerful sonic blast. Alison's body laid motionless on the stone covered roof as Delilah stood over her triumphant, watching as Ava went down as well. ::

FLASH

:: The memories of their capture played like a horror movie in Ava's subconscious as she and Alison were finally taken out of the compound by mainstream and alternate Haleigh's. Their nightmare may finally be over for them....but the wounds they suffered were far from healed. ::
 
from New York to Canada

<< Spellbinder gulped as Master Mold emerged from the exploding compound, it rose out of the ground seemingly NEVER ENDING! She began to feel FAINT as she couldnt help but remember the night Master Mold was unleashed upon New York in HER timeline! NOTHING they did could hurt it for LONG and SHE had been smacked down like a baseball by it when she tried to stop it from hurting Sharon and Alycia. Even IF they had more among their number, would the outcome be any different? if Master Mold was to assume all military and tactical power in the Unite States, what THEN!? surely the rest of the world would launch nuclear strikes and none of this would matter.>>


<< and then there was Alycia, who they had HEARD "die" as Master Mold seemingly overrode her program and rendered her inert.>>

at least you're safe now...with my mother....in THIS timeline

<< she reminded herself that this wasnt HER timeline.>>

<< but even as the gigantic super sentinel finally became aware of them and Morgan was about to teleport them somewhere...ANYWHERE but where they were, something happened, ALYCIA was still alive!? and she unleashed one POWERFULL attack upon Master Mold, one that even IT couldnt repell or recover from!>>

HANG ON!

<< bracing for the rocky fall out, Morgan shut her eyes, but soon, she realized there wasnt much of one, the attack was so precise and localized that it didnt lay utter waste like she feared it would...and there they were, alone, in the darkness of the night, surrounded by smoke, dust and the lingering sounds of the end of the compound.>>

....that...that's it??

<< the two Nicolas' left the pentagram, followed by a frantic Sharon. they discovered a body, a metallic, robotic , yet FEMININE form. could this be ALYCIA? Sharon signaled that it was.>>

<< Morgan couldnt help but simle a bit as she turned back ot Haleigh and her alternate...>>

Alison and Ava...at long last we have them. how are there vitals?


<< she asked the two hybrids. and then there were the two Delilah's! three sets of doubles...for anyone else it would be bizarre, for the woman who ruled a time/space defying dimension...it was merely "fascinating".>>

<< she finaly lowers the pentagram and the breeze helps to clear they air around them.>>

quickly...bring Alycia over here and let's leave before someone ELSE discovers us.

<< alternate Haleigh gives Morgan the coordinates of a SAFE HOUSE..in CANADA and the sorceress teleports them all to this place....giving them the chance to finally...EXHALE.>>

<< Morgan was still noticeably wearing the armour that had partiallly manifested over her upper body in an asymetrical pattern. but she had long since sent the Soul Sword back to limbo.>>

its....its over. we helped them escape...and nearly everyone is here!

everyone except my alternate...and her mother....
 
Nodding to Mike, Blaze offered the big guy a gentle smile. Patting him on the shoulder for support at the same time. "Alrighty then." Standing beside him, Arsenal easily towered over Firebird although she was hardly short either at 5'10 herself.

Unlike Rampage, Mike, and Spellbinder, Firebird remained quiet as her teammates addressed Omega Sentinel. Despite being more provocative and bold, Blaze preferred to deal with Alycia's words on her own accord. She took them to heart as her green eyes bled with an uncanny sadness. Glancing over to Morgan, Blaze walked over. Her spiked heels clicking softly on the murky floor. Wrapping her arm on her sister's shoulder as she rested her head on her shoulder. A heartwarming scene that looked very similar to Prue and Piper on Charmed. No words needed to be spoken for Firebird could feel her siblings conflicting emotions for she felt them herself. Stepping back to offer Spellbinder some much needed space, Blaze's eyes wandered to each person there. It was either a win or lose situation. Each person on that team was like a family or even a military unit. The number one rule still remained the same, everyone comes home alive. Which included Omega Sentential.

While Spellbinder teleported the whole entourage to the premises Omega Sentinel mentioned, Firebird couldn't shake the odd sensation as a chill slithered up her spine. The hairs on the back of her neck fell erect. The following events that would occur blurred for the fire elemental. Something hideously large came barreling down into Spellbinder in a swirl of movements. Firebird's eyes went wide as her heart nearly caught in her throat.

"Morgan!!"

She yelled out to her sister as she turned her eyes onto the vicious rapid hound that dared to attack her sister. Locking her eyes on the creature with a chilling fury. Firebird was just about to attack it when a blinding light struck the whole area. Raising her arm as both eyes snapped shut. Her senses jarred and dazed. A throbbing headache was introduced trying to blink out the black spots she saw. It was like peering up into the blazing sunlight. Shaking her head, Firebird was knocked off her guard. Shadows loomed off the walls with the bright intensity of photon blast hurled her way. Firebird's eyes went wide as she raised both arms. Igniting her own source of power to manipulate the humidity within the air molecules to try and subtract the extreme heat that was tightly contained in any light source. With seconds to spare, Blaze's hands raised as a thick air current manifested to whirl around the photon blast to try and sway it towards the wall. Yet, the attack itself was far too potent and fast that it still managed to strike Firebird in the chest. However, the power behind the original attack wasn't as strong.

Blaze's yell of pain shrieked through the air having hit her in the chest, sending her spiraling into the air as her spine smacked into the wall. Slumping down the wall with a groan of pain. The wind having been knocked out of her as she gasped for oxygen. Shaking her head to try and clear the miniature stars she was witnessing. Slumping forward onto her side, Blaze laid down trying to recoup from the attack. Every muscle in her body ached. Trembling from the adrenaline that surged through her body, she closed her fist tightly. Blaze was known for her stubbornness and exuberance for life.

The battle raged with Rampage trying to reason with the Hound as Spellbinder checked him. "Morgan." Her voice meekly spoke between clenched teeth. Her sister was okay! Adamant about getting up, Firebird pushed herself up slowly with a yelp of pain. Just as she climbed to her feet to see The Justicer lulled by Spellbinder's sleeping spell. Everything moved in a frenzied pace as Morningstar raced to help Black Widow, alternate Haleigh, Ava, and Alison.

Firebird didn't waste another second in running over to Arsenal and Silver Swan. Wrapping her arms around her teammate, "Come on girl, wake up." Caressing the side of her cheek to stir her. Blaze smiled when Silver Swan's eyes opened, helping her to sit up. Crouching down by the hulkish figure that belonged to Mike tugging on his arm, poor Blaze barely moved his heavy body. "Morgan's strength would come in handy right about now." Shaking his shoulders gently, "Mike, wake up." Helping him up as well, Blaze saw the team pull together in various teams.

With precious time remaining Spellbinder teleports them above ground. Firebird's arms were coiled around Silver Swan's waist to keep her steady as she comforted her. Tears filled her own eyes but she blinked them back. The tremble from the ground caused a gasp to escape her. Master Mold's shadow loomed on for miles! Blaze's heart dropped in her heart. Had they lost Alycia in vain? Her answer would be answered as she pointed towards the skyline, "Look!" Omega Sentential proved she was not to be trifled with dishing Master Mold a bit of his own medicine to destroy him! The scorch mark was the only inkling of the compound.

Silver Swan pulled out of Firebird's arms but Blaze let her go. She stepped closer to Sharon's frantic screams before running over. It was Alycia! Morgan once again teleported them out of danger and to a new location, Canada!

Walking over to Spellbinder, Firebird could see and feel Morgan's melancholy mood. Stepping behind her to wrap her arms around her shoulders along her armor. "They would both be proud of you, sis." Blaze's chin resting on Morgan's shoulders. "I may not be from your time but I'm damn proud of you and the others! Remember as we've always said no distance matters not through time, space, or death!" Offering Morgan a firm squeeze to her shoulders.
 
Canada- Haleigh's safe house

<< Blaze's touch and words brought Morgan out of her deep thought. she'd been staring out at the starry night sky. reports of the chaos from America had been coming in...Omega Sentinel and Black Widow BOTH were fielding them out from around the globe, but one thing remained clear...MASTER MOLD's death abruptly HALTED all sentinel activity in the united states. the danger, both from within and without was averted. there would be no nuclear strike from overseas.>>

<< Morgan looked down at Blaze...her sister, or rather an alternate version. This one was a bit taller than the mainstream, definately more into the glamor, "the look". her powers, her personality, every thing was the same, yet more refined, more enhanced. her presence had helped make the difference AND she survived all the way through!>>

<< Blaze could tell that her alternate sister was thinking about her mother in this timeline...and even her alternate self and the fire elemental was right, all things were possible through time and space...if anyone knew it, it was the people in this safe house now...standing here ...some of th em looking at their own alternates.>>

<< Morgan brought her hand over and around, taking her sister's hand into her own.>>

and now...all of you will be safe. you never have to go back to America if you dont want to....and those that remain, will be FREE of the sentinels rule. i think they ALL will see just how wrong, how FOOLISH they were for letting a rabid, anti mutant candidate become president...

<< and looking back across the room at a still unconscious Delilah Trelevan from this timeline...>>

and in this timeline, i've seen just how much of a NIGHTMARE could befall me and my friends...my FAMILY if we were to be driven apart like this.

I'm very glad we could get your Delilah...your Nicolas and even your Alycia back...along with your Haleigh. you'll have the chance to start again, in a safe place. mourn your dead, cherish your living...and move on...

<< looking at the alternates and then the mainstreams...>>

TOGETHER.

<< she looked at her team , realizing that they ALL should have learned a valuable lesson. they FINALLY had Alison and Ava BACK...but it would be a while still before those two were even CLOSE to "healed". >>
 
Delilah found herself suddenly arrive in Canada thanks to Morgan, and realized she had been holding her breath. Having to face Master Mold AGAIN – it was something nightmares were made of, well, at least HER nightmares. Thankfully Alycia – now Omega Sentinel – had come through for them once again. It was hard to think of things as truly over, even as they sat listening to the reports coming in of Master Mold’s destruction.

Delilah listened to Morgan’s words to the alternates, knowing they were as relevant to the mainstreams. She crept up to Morgan, and almost whispered to her.

“Morgan, I think Mike has some need of your healing power.”

She moved away just as stealthily, going to check on Alison. She could not imagine going through what she and Ava did and living through it. They would all need to pull together now in order to see everyone through the aftermath.
 
the aftermath

<< as mainstream Morgan and her alternate sister stood together, mainstream Delilah came near her best friend and pointed out Mike and Nicolas would need healing. Morgan nodded and thanked Delilah before moving on to Mike and two Nicolas'. >>


<< Everyone was hesitant to feel "safe" until the reports of Master Mold's death, the destruction of the compound and definate HALT in the human/mutant war were now coming through news feeds. the rest of the world was standing down from nuclear alert as well.>>

<< meanwhile Omega Sentinel began to stir...her red eyes flickering back ON at full power and emitting a few sparks of energy as she began to process more fully...>>

Omega Sentinel: I have been moved. I am now in a providence within Canada, in one of many "safe houses" owned by Black Widow, Clandestine Inc. This is unacceptable. I do not wish to be here.

<< Nicolas had seen it before, she HATED what she became. Haleigh understood her thought process. despite her seeming lack of emotion, at her CORE the humanity that remained REELED in pain from the violation and forced transformation she'd undergone...and now, there she was...for them ALL to see.>>

<< her success in destroying Master Mold and slaying so many of Mystech's henchmen was a tactical move...nothing more to her, at least on the surface.>>


<< alternate Sharon was near Alycia, and attempted to comfort the nano sentinel , but Alycia rejected her.>>

Omega Sentinel: My purpose was to destroy the Master Mold and to bring an end to the Sentinel mandate. I have completed the task. There is no reason for me to be here, to be seen by any of the subjects in this room.
 
Negative, Alycia.

Alternate Nicolas stepped forward to the new synthezoid.

You are EXACTLY where you SHOULD be. With the family you have left, working to keep what we have left together as we move forward. I KNOw you too well to let you just walk away. Your CORE...your center, is as much still the Alycia I knew as anything. And I KNOW you hate what has happened. WE ALL do. I will carry the mark of a murderer...of his OWN...a betrayer of his own FAMILY...for as long as I draw breath. If anyone should leave, it is me. But I will stay with you... <<grabs her hand firmly but gently>> as long as you will have me. Besides, we BOTH know your decision to save us was illogical, driven by your heart, NOT your head. You are far more human than your own mind will currently admit.

Mainstream Nicolas chimed in, moved by the words of his alternate.

Alycia, PLEASE listen to him. I have gone from nightmare to nightmare to look for two women who I did not cherish enough when they were with me. <<glances at Ava and Alison>> I spent too much time trying to get "one up", or to impress them when I should have stayed truer to myself. The one thing I have learned on my journey through these outlines is that conflict among us is inevitable, but EVERY time we fall apart, chaos ensues, and we are the worse for it, too stuck in our own feelings and stubbornness to do what we should: HOLD ON to each other. Please do better than I did, BE BETTER than I WAS, while you still have the chance.

Nicolas hung his head a bit, and fell silent.
 
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