The Blue Moon

[Seer]

<< the sky is black. the clouds, swelling and billowing, with lightning fashing INSIDE of their forms, start to flow in a clock wise pattern, circling around the large, low hanging BLUE MOON>>

<< The blue moon, the ultimate cosmic example of an EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION to the deadly RED MOON curse.>>

<< Now it is here, in full effect and it's spectral glow haunts the space around Minerva's Aerie.>>

<< Inside, the mansion is now on red alert. system defenses are kicking in, mansion staff are shifting and preparing, the VAULT is going into ultimate lockdown.>>

<< In the Infirmary, Alison and Karen have been placed in special suite, watched over by Michael and Cameron as the medical staff enact protocalls put in place to aid a witch suffering from exhaustion or loss of power, however, neither witch has awakend, yet. >>

<< Nicolas has arrived with a struggling Dominique while Morgan arrives with Alycia, Bishop and a fallen Delilah. The surprise of seeing Alycia is overshadowed by the sight of Delilah's current state. >>

<< Sharon immediately calls another section of the staff to follow her, taking Delilah from Bishop and getting her to an emergency suite. The senior medical officer, a female MD, directs the staff, while Bishop remains nearby, looking rather disturbed.>>

<<Blaze and Nicolas both rush to greet Morgan. Alycia joins Cameron and Michael and soon everyone who is standing...is together, with the exception of Bishop who remains ever watchful over Sharon and the medical staff tending to Delilah.>>

<< Nicolas breaks the brief, uncertain silence to tell Morgan he and Persephone were able to learn from the communication they had with Athena, Demeter and Hecate regarding Circe and Bishop finally breaks from his stare, long enough to approach Morgan and the others, to ask more information about Delilah. >>

 

[Rampage]

Nicolas arrives with Isis, who is faltering but not fallen. He ushers her to a comfortable examination chair.

I have to go very soon. You be careful OK?

Satisfied, Nicolas turns and finds Blaze first. She seems one part worried and one part ready to tear something apart. They meet eyes and both turn to go to Morgan, who has just arrived with a fallen Delilah. As they all find themselves at the same place, there is a strange silence...everyone trying to figure out what is next. Nicolas knew and so he started by addressing Morgan.

Morgan. We have to go. NOW.

Morgan started to object when Nicolas continued.

Isis was able to contact Athena, Hecate and Demeter. They told us that you and I ALONE should travel to Limbo, where you must draw your Soul Sword, then travel to the Underworld to face Circe on the Isle of the Gorgon. You will have the power to face her and I have been selected as Athena and Hecate's champion to help you get there. Demeter has promised to strengthen the sorceresses left here with the power of the Earth itself for a time, but we MUST hurry.

 

[Bishop]

The Infirmary

Morgan did whatever the hell it was she did with her mutant stuff and suddenly they were somewhere else. He felt nauseous for a moment but it passed. He recognized this place – it was where they had taken him when he had washed ashore on Aerie. After they arrived, everyone was staring.

“Help! She needs help here!”

Sharon took Delilah from his arms as the medical staff began to work on her.

It didn’t even matter that the last time Bishop saw Sharon, he was pointing a gun at her. The old grudges didn’t matter. It was all about Delilah.

He stood outside the emergency suite of the infirmary, his hands pressed against the glass of the large window which separated the room from the hallway. Watching. Willing everything to be okay.

He pressed his forehead against the glass, closed his eyes.

Please. Please let them make it out of this alive.

He fidgets, paces. The doctors are still working on her. He NEEDED to know what was going on, but the staff would tell him nothing.

He turned his head to where, a little ways down the hall, Morgan was standing with the others. He pushed off the wall and walked towards them.

“If you know anything about what’s wrong with her, you have to tell me.”

He swallowed hard.

“Please. What’s happening to her? Why couldn’t we take her to a regular doctor? Why did she HAVE to come here? I have a right to know.”

 

[Spellbinder]

Minerva's mansion- the infirmary

<< Morgan, now in costume, is promptly greeted by her worried sister and then Nicolas.>>

Alycia arrived at Melrose Place just I found Bishop...Maxim...with Delilah. Harbinger had sent her to retrieve him and bring him but apparently Nicolas' earlier actions were not foreseen by Alison, which in turn, delayed Alycia in getting to him soon.

But here we are now...and I have a feeling we'll need ALL the help we can get, so it's good that Alycia...<< hesitating before straighening up and exhaling with resolve>> AND Cass...are here with us.

Morgan. We have to go. NOW.

Morgan started to object when Nicolas continued.

Isis was able to contact Athena, Hecate and Demeter. They told us that you and I ALONE should travel to Limbo, where you must draw your Soul Sword, then travel to the Underworld to face Circe on the Isle of the Gorgon. You will have the power to face her and I have been selected as Athena and Hecate's champion to help you get there. Demeter has promised to strengthen the sorceresses left here with the power of the Earth itself for a time, but we MUST hurry.

<< Nicolas looks at Nicolas in astonishment as he holds speaks to her with this information and direction. But to HIS surprise...>>

....Then we must go...at once, Rampage.

<< She said with a resolute tone as she addresses him by codename.>>

Firebird, Silver Swan, Charope (Alycia's Amazonian codename), Arsenal and Prophet can protect our loved ones here. Isis is lending a much needed helping hand and...

“If you know anything about what’s wrong with her, you have to tell me.”

He swallowed hard.

“Please. What’s happening to her? Why couldn’t we take her to a regular doctor? Why did she HAVE to come here? I have a right to know.”

<< Morgan quickly turns away from Nicolas, looking upon a grim Bishop. Firebird and Nicolas are about to speak up when Morgan holds up her hand, indicating for them to let her bare the repsonsibility>>

We....I...don't know exactly at this moment, Maxim. 24 hours ago, we learned from Harbinger & Persephone that Harbinger had a nightmare, a VISION in which she saw Delilah DYING in childbirth. But one possible variable factor that would help to AVOID that outcome was you being here with her...to help protect her.

Harbinger also saw what you now see outside...

<< pointing to a security monitor screen as they all see the bewitching sky and ghostly clouds swirling around that large, low hanging, SPECTRAL blue moon.>>

The blue moon, the manifestation of a curse in which a powerful goddess level sorceress name Circe, my direct rival to the legacy of my foremother, HECATE, is seeking REVENGE against The Six for her humiliation and defeat over a year ago on this very island. The blue moon is a time when all magick on earth wanes and is pulled away, toward the Underworld, where SHE was damned by Hecate. Now that she is able to tap into this magickal power once again, She will strike this aerie and mansion...in ERNEST at ANY MOMENT now. Our BEST hope to survive this and avoid the ultimate outcome of Harbinger's vision is for us...including you...to be HERE.

I must go...as this world's sorceress supreme, it is MY duty to go to Circe...to stop her at the source. Rampage, by order of Athena, Hecate and Demeter, will be going with me.

 

[Seer]

First move

<< Firebird looks rather distraught at the idea of Spellbinder facing Circe alone, but Rampage revealed the was to travel with her and stand with her, by decree of the goddesses of wisdom & war, witchcraft and the earth & nature.>>

<< Spellbinder briefs the others and is preparing to leave with Rampage for Limbo when Bishop approaches them, asking for more information about Delilah. As Morgan levels with him as much as she can...>>

<< Firebird's apple green eyes shift away from them all...looking toward the hallway and the double doors>>

Alycia: Firebird? Is something wrong?

<< Another key difference between Firebird and Foxfire is a particular ability of Firebird's, described in the files of Mystech from her timeline as a level of intuition that is a form limited precognition, it allows her to perceive the true evil/threat of someone or someTHING that is attempting to conceal itself. It is a latent MYSTICAL based ability.>>

Firebird: "....something's coming...it doesnt belong here"

Alycia: ....wait....LISTEN!!

<< Her amazonian boosted senses, in this case, hearing, heard the unnatural shift in the air around the room and down the hall...>>

<<FLASH!>>

<< The Six stood together, preparing themselves for an attack by the Sisterhood, while doing their best to stablilize a slowly but surely transforming Nicolas....the prelude to the sisterhood's attack manifested in the form of...>>

<<the present>>

Alycia: Bishop! :: quickly running towards him and pulling him away from the doors and pushing him down with a level of strength he didn't know SHE had:: Get DOWN!



<<the double doors blast open and are blown off their hinges as an unearthly, howling wind rushes into the medical room, the wind is filled dark purple orbs slicing through the air...the color matches the power signature of CIRCE. the howling intensifies as a large, bizarre APPARITION flies into the room...a hooded, shadow formed creature with glowing eyes from the shadow enshrouded face, covered in a tattered robe with its skeletal hands flailing in the air. it was surrounded by swirling wind and ghostly spirit forms from the UNDERWORLD. it FAINLY resembled a smaller version of IMAGIOMG, the demon mage that brutalized HALEIGH, CAMERON AND ALISON years ago in the Citadle.>>

<< but it was a demonic harbinger! it usually patrolled and wildly roamed the halls of structures in the Underworld. it had the power to bring DEATH and DECAY to anything or anyone it touched. bullets would be usless against it. it was intangible to most physical attempts to hit or contain it, but IT could strike at its targets. it flew about, darting this way and that with such speed...menacing them from the air. >>

Alycia: I recognize it from the Oracle's scribes on Themyscira! It's a demonic HARBINGER! Don't let it touch you it will KILL YOU with a single touch and leave nothing but a lifeless, withered husk!

Firebird: << DUCKING as it made a pass for her>> "MORG!!"

<< the creature IMMEDIATELY and MADLY charges for the sorceress Nicolas grabs Morgan, moving to protect her from its out stretched hands>>

 

[Firebird]

Minerva's Infirmary

The sudden, unexpected presence she felt WAS wrong. And it turned out to be some sort of flying creature that Alycia said would drain the very life out of anyone it touched! It was going for her sister!

Firebird, now in her own costume, the same one she wore when she first met her cross time alternate sister and Nicolas in HER timeline, gets up after ducking the flying creature. Rampage pulls Morgan out of harms way and now, the fire elemental is PISSED

Tossing her auburn hair back, squaring her shoulders and planting her her red high heeled boots evenly on the floor, her apple green eyes sparkle with agitation as a flowing, flame-like aura forms around her feminine form

"That's it. You've picked the WRONG house to haunt, you flying TROLL!"

The aura around her body expands a bit as she thrusts her arms forward, clasping her hands together and pointing her fingers together in a pose that's a variation of MorningStar's "gun pose"

"Touch on THIS!"

The red flame aura FLASHES as her power IGNITES, and blasts forth from her hands in the form a violent attack!


THe powerful flame energy attack charges with force and turns into a FIREBIRD form that is the same size as the creature. The "firebird" image cries out with fury as it charges for the demonic harbinger like the bird of prey that it is. It COLLIDES with the demon, enveloping it in globe of RED HOT fire as the creature SQUEALS with pain and is CONSUMED, leaving nothing but flickering dust to fall to the ground.

"THERE!"

Blaze says with defiance before looking to Morgan and Nicolas.


"All you alright??"

 

[Rampage]

Nicolas sensed its spirit just after Firebird called out a warning, The next thing he knew he was pulling Morgan back and away from the Harbinger. He prepared to deal with it but Firebird had it under control, burning its malevolence away with her Fire Phoenix attack.

"THERE!"

Blaze says with defiance before looking to Morgan and Nicolas.


"All you alright??"

We're good Red. Keep doing....THAT shit.

Nicolas nods to Morgan.

Let's go.

 

[Artemis]

The infirmary

:: Alycia helps Bishop up, again displaying a level of strength and focus HE never saw her exhibit before::

You are not going to be able to protect Delilah like this...You'll need to go to the armory and arm yourself as well as put on protective gear.

A sound move, Firebird! May Artemis grant that we ALL be able to stand against the EVIL of tonight with a hunter's edge and skill!

The rest of you....we can't stay down here. This was a PRELUDE. Circe no doubt sent that thing to KILL Spellbinder outright. IF we stay here...more attacks will come HERE. There are sick and wounded here. We must draw attention AWAY from here, give Demeter time to send her elemental blessing to the witches so that they can recover their strength of body and will.

:: Her amazon training speaking through her::

If we're going to defend them and this place, we must draw a line above ground and BLOCK them from that point.

 

[Prophet]

The Infirmary - Aerie

Cameron was focusing the majority of his efforts on his sister. Looking at her unconscious and weak just scared him. Still, he had to remain strong as the night was FAR from over.

"Please...Hecate...save my sister..."

He may not have been a fan of female magick users, but Alison AND Morgan had a deep connection to the Goddess, and if there was anyone to pray to at that moment, however bitterly, it was her.

Lost in focus at his sister, soon he sensed the arrival of the others, among them Bishop and Alycia Barnett. He was met with a mixture of emotions. He did not KNOW Bishop personally, but after what had transpired with him, he felt the need to bust his face in. However, when Cameron locked onto him, he could sense the overwhelming care and regard that he had for Delilah and their unborn baby. He needed to be here for a reason, and Cameron would see sure to it that Bishop would INDEED fullfill that purpose. Alycia began to walk towards him.

"Alycia"

The stress of the evening was causing Cameron to feel a little fragmented. Everything seemed to move in slow motion. He had really missed Alycia. He fought just as hard as SHARON to protect her when he thought she would die at the hands of Haleigh thanks to Viper. Almost losing her AGAIN at the hands of MysTech's legacy had reinforced her importance to him. He gave her a worried look as she walked close to him, showing no emotion but giving him an understanding glance. They had a connection, that was for sure, but now was not the time nor place to even be thinking of such things.

Soon, the entire group was assembled for the first time in a LONG time as Nicolas revealed that Morgan would have to go to Limbo to recharge, ignite the Soul Sword and travel to the Underworld to kill Circe. Nicolas would be going with her. At this point, he was not about the argue the validity of the words of Goddesses and he knew Morgan wouldn't either. They were preparing to go.

Firebird: Something's coming! It doesn't belong here!

Alycia: Bishop!

When Cameron laid eyes on the creature he was chilled to the bone and was brought back for a moment to the Citadel and the torture he had faced at the hands of Imagiomg, but before he could spring into action, Alycia had catapulted Bishop out of the way and Blaze ignited and incredibly brilliant and beautiful attack, incinerating the harbinger completely.

Blaze: THERE!

He was impressed to say the least. Alycia was the next to speak, dusting Bishop off and placing him to the side like a good little boy, sending him to the armory. Alycia spoke of a plan. Cameron furrowed his brow.

"Charope, we cannot all leave. We have to cover as many bases as possible. The security team here is NOT equipped to deal with anything like what just walked through these doors..."

[rubbing his temple]

"I'm not trying to be difficult, just understand my stress at the thought of leaving my Sister, Miss Victoria and Delilah unattended. Mike can only do so much..."

 

[Spellbinder]

Minerva's mansion- Great hall

<< At that moment, Sharon appears before the Six, in the full form of Silver Swan, complete with her silver eyemask while Alycia quickly leads Bishop to the armory, where he finds armor and weapons far beyond anything he's had access to before in his previous life. It's a testimony to how far ALL of the Six and their allies have come, that they, including Sharon and Alycia are not berating Bishop, but instead treating him with fairness and offering him support and help.>>

Silver Swan: Prophet, Demeter will revive the witches- They will be the ones to try and STOP Circe's direct assault on the mansion. In the interim, I shall remain here until the last possible moment. Arsenal has earned his place among the Six and will be joining you above ground to fight off any more physical intruders. He has been training Firebird, Harbinger and even Shadow Weaver in the art of hand to hand combat and alternative tactics for several months. I understand that you are worried for your sister and the others. Just as Morgan is worried for her mother, Nicolas for his aunt and ALL of us for Delilah. But There is precious LITTLE that can get past ME. [ she says as she stands with her shoulders squared and her armoured hands on the hips of her silver bodice] Now go, and do not argue with me.



<< Sharon stands aside, to let everyone visually check on Alison, Karen and Dominique to their satisfaction. all of them are all stable but not yet fully conscious, they of the Six quickly make their way back to the main underground passage and up to the main floors of the mansion out into the great hall. They can hear the crashing thunder and howling souls of the dead outside the mansion>>

Firebird, everyone...I must go! Harbinger, Shadow Weaver and Isis need time to recover...so that they can block Circe's assault on this end...I am meant to stop her at her source.

May HECATE grant me the strength to do just that!

Firebird: "Rampage, take care of my sister, please! Spellbinder...go and GET that sorceress sleazebucket Show her what a REAL sorceress supreme can do! We'll protect everyone here!"

<< the mansion begins to slightly tremble as the sisters hug tightly, wishing each other luck before Prophet steps forward, placing his arms on Firebird's shoulders and offering his own sincere wishes to Rampage and Spellbinder>>

Spellbinder: Prophet, you're a founding member of this team. The only original member beside myself and Alison that is standing here right now. now's your chance to show your sister...ALL of us what you can REALLY do. She's going to need you. We ALL are.

<< with that, Spellbinder backs away from Firebird and Prophet. The sisters share one last moment of uncertainty AND hope togehter via their psychic rapport.>>

<< As Spellbinder opens a stepping disc to teleport herself and Rampage to Limbo, the double doored main entrance of the mansion BLOWS off the hinges as several LARGE, shadow formed BESTIAMORPHS. A CENTAUR, two HAWKS, a female CAT CREATURE and a LIZARD/SNAKE hybrid...all displaying such FERAL and bloodthirsty agression, all with DEMONIC dark purple violet eyes, another reference to Circe's power signature>>

<< Spellbinder hesitates, about to CLOSE the disc and remain when Rampage gently but firmly keeps her from stepping OUT of the disc>>

Rampage: Spellbinder, they've got this. WE need to get to Limbo. It's you're only hope to be able to stop Circe!

<< She looks at Rampage...and sighs knowingly, nodding as they disappear, the disc closing behind them, leaving Firebird, Prophet, Arsenal and Charope to stand against the bestiamorphs>>

 

[Arsenal]

<< As Spellbinder opens a stepping disc to teleport herself and Rampage to Limbo, the double doored main entrance of the mansion BLOWS off the hinges as several LARGE, shadow formed BESTIAMORPHS. A CENTAUR, two HAWKS, a female CAT CREATURE and a LIZARD/SNAKE hybrid...all displaying such FERAL and bloodthirsty agression, all with DEMONIC dark purple violet eyes, another reference to Circe's power signature>>

<< Spellbinder hesitates, about to CLOSE the disc and remain when Rampage gently but firmly keeps her from stepping OUT of the disc>>

Rampage: Spellbinder, they've got this. WE need to get to Limbo. It's you're only hope to be able to stop Circe!

<< She looks at Rampage...and sighs knowingly, nodding as they disappear, the disc closing behind them, leaving Firebird, Prophet, Arsenal and Charope to stand against the bestiamorphs>>

You goddamn right we got this. Charope, you and me here. Firebird, the sky is yours. Prophet, drop 6 yards and guard the way forward.

Mike trained on the centaur and fired center mass with Madelyn as he activated his energy shield from his left gauntlet. The centaur roars as he is opened up nicely by hellfire and his shot veers widely to one side. Mike follows up with a shot to the right kneecap and then a final one to the face. He begins to look to see who might be having trouble...

 

[Prophet]

Aerie - Great Hall Battle

The Silver Swan spoke and Cameron listened. There was nobody else besides himself that he would trust his sister's life to. Sharon was ferocious in battle and he knew that she would remain good on her word. Letting out a sigh and nodding, he followed the rest of the group to the Great Hall as the sounds of what could only be Circe's bestiamorphs ready for the attack.

The group gathered to say their goodbyes as he walked up to Blaze, placing his hand on her shoulder.

Firebird: We will protect everyone here!

Cameron nodded in agreeance.

Spellbinder: Prophet, you're a founding member of this team. The only original member beside myself and Alison that is standing here right now. now's your chance to show your sister...ALL of us what you can REALLY do. She's going to need you. We ALL are.

Morgan's words were met with understanding and respect. This was it. They were out of options. Cameron had to either put up or shut up, and this case he was more than prepared to show ANYONE who attempted to come for sister just WHAT would be waiting for them.

As soon as the stepping disc closed, the bestiamorphs were on the group. Hideously deranged and disfigured half human, half animal creatures. Cameron wasted no time.

"Alright King, time to WALK all that talk you been doing..."

Arsenal: You goddamn right we got this. Charope, you and me here. Firebird, the sky is yours. Prophet, drop 6 yards and guard the way forward.

"On It Aresenal!"

Cameron stayed back as the others moved forward. He watched Firebird rise into the sky and Arsenal charge at the centaur as he watched the Lizard like creature attempted to join on the action.

"Come to Daddy, you son of a bitch!"

Springing into action, Cameron flew threw the air in the same way that a bullet flies, his hands glowing BRIGHT red as he manifests his TELEKINETIC KATANA in his left hand, a psychokinetic blade composed of RAW PSI ENERGY, which at it's lowest intensity could sever the bonds between molecules and disrupt neural pathways. But at it's HIGHEST INTENSITY, it could do FAR more than that. The blade swirled and crackled with intensity in the same pulsating bright red that become Cameron's signature.

As he bridged the gap between the Lizard and himself he squinted his eyes, slamming the lizard into the centaur, effectively throwing them both LARGELY off balance and giving Prophet precious time.

"This one is for Morgan..." he said, lifting his blade over his head before PLUNGING into the head of the snake like bestiamorph VIOLENTLY, before pulling it out slow. He watched Arsenal continue to fight the Centaur as he called out to Charope.

"Charope! Catwoman, 8 O'Clock!" alerting her to the Cat like bestiamorph approaching her slightly from behind.

Prophet looked up to the sky as Blaze took on the eagles. After what he had seen, she DIDN'T need back up, but he would be watching just the same.

 

[Artemis]

Great Hall- fighting back

:: As Alycia looks on, offering a blessing of protection from Artemis on Rampage and Spellbinder and they teleported to Limbo, her hazel eyes blink and dart toward the main doors of the mansion as ::

Bestiamorphs...but not the original ones we face. These are powered by the BLUE MOON!

:: Taking a defensive stance, she raises her clenched fists and her silver feminum bracelets gleam. The LAST time she faced these creatures, she was still.. "...only human", standing along side Karen, Pandora and a small but brave brave group of FORCE WORKS soldiers as they sought to defend the mansion from the creatures as long as they could till the Six returned. MUCH had changed since then.::

Charope, you and me here. Firebird, the sky is yours. Prophet, drop 6 yards and guard the way forward.

Mike trained on the centaur and fired center mass with Madelyn as he activated his energy shield from his left gauntlet. The centaur roars as he is opened up nicely by hellfire and his shot veers widely to one side. Mike follows up with a shot to the right kneecap and then a final one to the face. He begins to look to see who might be having trouble...

:: she moved forward, along side Arsenal. He too had changed since the last time she saw him. He was stronger, even more seasoned and honed, like a powerful weapon retooled by Hephaestus himself. The call to battle and the threat of danger seemed to energize him. He was a true soldier and had prooved himself time and again....but he had something now she'd not seen him with before. That shotgun...::

Arsenal...that firearm...it blasts HELLFIRE!?

:: Alycia asked with curiosity...::

:: Prophet brutally vanquished the snake/lizard hybrid. His power had changed, as had HE. Seeing him now...he DID have a striking and even APPEALING presence about himself.::

Charope! Catwoman, 8 O'Clock!" alerting her to the Cat like bestiamorph approaching her slightly from behind.

:: Alycia's hazel eyes shift. She FEELS the approach of the monstrous feminine cat creature coming for her. without turning, she SPINS out of the way of the catcreatures initial lunge.::


Turn then, monster!

:: The creature meets the pillar instead but twists and BOUNCES off it, now propelling toward Charope::

:: Arsenal and Prophet watch as the human turned AMAZON demonstrates how she's changed::

:: Charope lifts her hands up and with PERFECT form. There's an odd gravity defying sound heard as Alycia jumps, now with the power of an amazon [ The average Amazon can Jump over 12 feet from a standing position ], timing her leap just right as she leap-frogs over the charging catwoman. She twists and reorients herself in the air, landing behind the catwoman and catching her TAIL::

:: She SHOUTS with force as she lands and SWINGS the catwoman around by her tail [Amazons posess a high degree of strength, speed, stamina and extraordinarily acute senses which were gifts blessed to them by Goddesses Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite & Gaea. They are able to (among other things) break apart substances such as steel and concrete with their bare hands;They have developed extremely high and diverse levels of hand-to-hand combat experience, mastered over 3000 years and are experts at the use of various hand held weapons.]::

:: She swings the now ENRAGED catwoman around TWICE before letting her go, launched UP into the air::

The silver bow of ARTEMIS!

::A chime sounds off as Alycia holds up her hand as if reaching in the air for something. Silver orbs swirl around her uplifted hand and then: the GIFT given to her by the Amazons, charmed by Artemis and blessed with arrow shafts made from Zeus' divine lightning, manifests in full form and view::

Guide my eye and my hand!

:: Alycia poses, taking AIM with the silver bow and pulling back!::

DIE, thing of EVIL!

:: she lets the divine lightning shaft FLY with perfect form and it charges with a roaring din at the now free falling, FLAILING catwoman before it STRIKES her in a FLASH with powerful, DEADLY impact! the catwoman's screams are drowned out by the crack of thunder from the lightning shaft and the beast is no more::

 

[Firebird]

Great Hall

Firebird's apple green eyes widen for a moment as the giant shadow creatures burst into the great hall, then she narrows them with a gleam of defiance.

Firebird, the sky is yours.

Spreading her arms, a crackling burst of power is heard as her red flame aura explosive radiates out around her and forms into a firebird effect around her as she takes to the air. the roar of her power sounds similar to a jet engine as she ignites and takes flight.

She climbs high and fast, charging for the gigantic shadow hawks!

"You don't scare ME!"

She taunts them as she demonstrates her aerial prowess in the air, flying around them, evading them and challenging them to try to keep up with her, thereby taking any possible attention they were giving to those on the ground.

But this was still INDOORS. Arsenal had warned her about doing too many fancy moves in enclosed spaces, especially a place like THIS. She remembered that now.

Okay...now to burn these angry birds right out of existence!

She swoops down, circling once more before making herself upright and hovering, becoming the "bullseye target" for them and they start flying for her crying out with aggression and anger

"Yeah? well I don't much like YOU either!"

Pointing at them, she begins to gesture, a trail of red/orange flame following her movement, and then delivers another devastating attack

"EAT IT, FEATHERED FREAKS!"

The shadow birds try to dodge some of the strikes , which hem their flight path. They collide into each other and are then struck, CONSUMED by the bulk of Firebird's assault!

"Owww! Am i HOT or what!?"

Firebird, showing how much more SHE is like Spellbinder than her crosstime alternate, flips her aurburn hair while hovering in the air, her apple green eyes sparkle with wicked delight!

"Is everyone okay down there??"

 

[Arsenal]

I'll be damned.

Mike apparently drew three aces.

Alycia is jumping around like a pin-up girl spliced with a ninja. She out-cats a cat lady and then shoots MAGIC LIGHTNING AT HER TARGET LIKE AN ARROW AND KILLS IT IN ONE SHOT.

She asks about Madelyn. He smiles and nods.

Yep, She spits hot fiyah. And how about YOU? Lightning is welcome here. And we WILL be training together soon.

He turns in time to see Prophet take his target apart ruthlessly. He smiles. And then there was Firebird. She was trying to shame the damn hawks in a FLYING contest. He whispered through gritted teeth.

Stop fucking around Red.

She must have heard him because she proceeded to take them apart in about 3 seconds. GOOD. No one seemed to be lagging. They MIGHT have a shot.

This is the choke off point. They have to come through here. Let's move forward, give ourselves some room. Otherwise fighting in here could damage the building or its systems. I will take point. Alycia to the right, Prophet to the left, Firebird to the air and 360 our Delta. Let's move.

The proceed out of the door and into the garden in front...

 

[Seer]

Deeper and deeper

<< In the infirmary, Harbinger, Shadow Weaver and Isis all have been unconscious for sometime. But the time has come for them to revive and wake up. They may have had their magick significantly weekend, but they are still in their right mind, their bodies whole. They are MORE than just their magicks.>>

<< Within the rooms where they lay and rest soft, sparkling mist spreads across the the air, raining down like the softest dew in the early morning as the sweet smell and gentle touch of DEMETER'S nurturing power. Just as she breathed life into environments and all creatures therein each glorious spring, so does she now as she revives Harbinger, Shadow Weaver and fellow goddess Isis.>>

<< Verticle 3 way view of each woman's face as they stir, slowly open their eyes and AWAKEN...feeling like they've awakened from a long nap, calm and surprisingly REFRESHED.>>

<< Their magickal powers are still all but gone, but they are far from finishe just yet. >>

<< Harbinger slowly rises, gathering Shadow Weaver and Isis. >>

Harbinger: We have been given the chance to try and stop Circe's on coming onslaught. I thank you both, in advance for your brave and unselfish assitance in this dark hour.

<< at that moment, Delilah is revived as well. Disoriented but temporarilyl stable. She is NOW experiencing the first signs of beginning labor.>>

<< Silver Swan immediately calls Bishop back to the Infirmary to see Delilah, while Delilah, now realizing where she is, finally remembers her intention to confront Sharon. She can't get up, as she has been restrained (for her physical safety) but Sharon is in the room with her, now in her full Silver Swan persona and Delilah is definitely capable of talking at the moment.>>

<< As Bishop, who hesitated between joining the others and staying with Delilah, makes his way back to the Infirmary, he comes across a revived Harbinger, Shadow Weaver and Isis. All of them looking grim but determined and clearly on their way to the emerging, progressing battle upstairs.>>

<< Bishop stops Alison, asking him for further explanation on what Morgan had told him earlier. Shadow Weaver stays with Harbinger to help see to Delilah, while Harbinger asks Isis to join the others upstairs.>>

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<< Firebird, Prophet, Arsenal and Charope have beaten back the first wave of attacks, each demonstrating just how far he or she has come in discipline, power and the will to use it. They are all focused on protecting this place, their loved ones, their LIVES and standing against an old, deadly enemy, who will no doubt show herself in a most violent way soon.>>

<< But first...now that the first wave has been stopped, the second wave begins...and it is even more terrifying than the first.>>

<< from the view of the outside from where the doors had been blasted off, The four heroes see the spectral glow of that large, low hanging BLUE MOON and the haunted clouds and sky churning around it.>>

<< the GROUND on the island now begins to TREMBLE and QUAKE as small fissures begin to rupture open at various points. more dark purple energy radiates from these openings and soon....rising up from these opens are the twisted, decayed, decrepite BODIES of the FALLEN SOLDIERS that once worked for Barbara Minerva when SHE the mistress of this isle and mansion. These men, MANY of whom Michael and Alycia would REMEMBER, DIED the night of the red moon, sacrificing their lives to defend this place and aid the six and their allies.>>

<< Their losses were mourned, those who had families were well taken care of by Nicolas' corporation donating funds and filling other needs of widows and children left behind. But TONIGHT, when the veil between this world and the underworld is at its weakest, CIRCE perverts the air, the ground where these men died, calling forward whatever FRAGMENT of their lost souls remains and housing those chaotic fragments in twisted, unholy ZOMBIEFIED bodies that bare only a grotesque, exaggerated resemblance to the living individuals they once WERE. this is as much a psychological attack as it is an unholy, perverse attack.>>

<< the ZOMBIES gain awareness...turning toward the mansion and lumbering...marching almost in unison toward the group of four standing outside in front of the opened doorway closing in on the group of four. The group of four have the added advantage of the open space OUTSIDE now, but the zombiees their NUMBERS may proove to be what ultimately overwhelms Arsenal, Firebird, Prophet and Charope. We must watch and see.>>

 

[Spellbinder]

Limbo- the Summit

<< Limbo, the mysterious eldritch dimension outside of time and space. It expands endlessly in all four directions and is the point of origin for the "stepping discs" that Spellbinder controls telepathically. From this "Otherplace", ALL times and places are possible, as The Six and their Allies have seen in a major way.>>

<< The two major figures in Limbo in the Six's timeline are Spellbinder and Ororo. Ororo is the guardian of the cross-time "Dark Trinity" [Spellbinder(mother)/Magik(maiden)/Darkchilde(crone)],representing the rebirth of the ORIGINAL trinity of the Moon [Demeter(Mother)/Artemis(Maiden)/Hecate(Crone)] that was shattered by the events leading up to and including Persephone's brutal murder of Demeter and the dawn of the Red Moon. The Dark Trinity are the ultimate legacy of Hecate across time and space. Each is a unique manifestation and presentation of Hecate's power and bloodline. Each of them has a connection to Limbo that makes them unique across time and space.>>

<< As Spellbinder and Rampage arrive in Limbo, they do not arrive in Ororo's sprawling mystic garden, a place Rampage especially loves to be in, but instead they arrive in the ancient, massive, gothic castle known as "the Summit" which is carved right out of the very most MASSIVE and highest reaching mountain in Limbo. This castle now belongs to Spellbinder, the ruler of this realm. Many times have the Six been here before for many reasons...but this may be one of the few times that Rampage and Spellbinder herself are GLAD to be here. >>

Well...here we are...

<< For it is here, that Spellbinder will "reboot", taking hold of her Soul Sword, the darkest, most powerful piece of her soul and darkest magick and wield it in her battle against Circe.>>

<< But time moves DIFFERENTLY here and so, by sheer circumstance, Spellbinder and Rampage have a bit of a respite, now that they are here, Spellbinder is already beginning to recover.>>

<< Inside the MASSIVE gothic stone castle, with its multiple floors, curious accents and decorations and the haunting silence that is ever so slightly challenged by the flowing, whispering breezes that flows through the walls and dimly lit halls of the castle, the two super powered mutants stand in the main hall for a moment. Even Rampage finds himself feeling rather DWARFED by the enormity of this place every time he comes here.>>

<< they soon walk together, slowly. There is no danger to them here. No demons dare come into the castle unless summoned by Spellbinder and the randomly appearing stepping discs seemingly halt their movements as their mistress is now in attendance.>>

<< soon, as they make their way down the hall, Spellbinder opts to teleport them up several floors to where several large large rooms are found. >>

It's so rare that I even WANT to come here. With the exception of Ororo's garden, which is a testimony to HER power and strength of will...the rest of Limbo reflects who I am at my core...my soul...the dark magick that courses through me.

But when I come to this castle...sometimes I feel...I truly feel SAFE and "AT HOME."...I felt this way when I brought the others here...to try to sheild them from the nightmares Barbas was attacking them with. I felt this way when I helped Isis and myself escape from the clutches of...

<< there's a faint howling in the air>>

Set.

<< She looks at Nicolas.>>

But this place...this is part of me.

 

[Arsenal]

Outer garden/Courtyard of Aerie

They made it outside. So far so good right? WRONG.

The Moon was huge and Blue and spooky as all hell. As they looked on cracks started in the ground...purple ones.

First rose...was that Singletary?! Great cards player, fun guy, left behind 3 kids and a wife who was far better looking than he deserved by his own admission.

Sighing...Mike pulled a .50 cal Desert Eagle and shot him in the head. He fell, unmoving. Angry, Mike roared.

You BITCH! I hope they tear your head off and shit down your evil neck.

Suddenly, more arose. MANY more. Some were new, familiar like Singletary. Some were rotting masses of fetid flesh clinging to skeletons from long ago. They lurched and lumbered. But they did move. Towards the group. Mike swallowed hard and gave orders.

Head shots. Hole through head or no head left!!. No flame unless it is VERY hot Blaze. We kill and give ground as slowly as we can. If need be, we retreat into the hole and bottle neck them in. But only as a last resort.

Mike pulled second DE and began to take head shots at the beasts as they advanced. Hard work. But he had no choice. He kept reminding himself that they were already dead and gone and he was only putting them back to rest as he began to fire.

 

[Rampage]

The Summit

And here they arrived. At Morgan's House on the Hill. While he did not fear being here, he always felt more of Morgan's dark side when here. He imagined it was what some of the Six felt when aspects of Set became more pronounced with him.

The castle always seemed...too big. Like it was made for some ancient massive Darkchilde far removed from Morgan, who was tall but not so much compared to him.

<< soon, as they make their way down the hall, Spellbinder opts to teleport them up several floors to where several large large rooms are found. >>

It's so rare that I even WANT to come here. With the exception of Ororo's garden, which is a testimony to HER power and strength of will...the rest of Limbo reflects who I am at my core...my soul...the dark magick that courses through me.

But when I come to this castle...sometimes I feel...I truly feel SAFE and "AT HOME."...I felt this way when I brought the others here...to try to sheild them from the nightmares Barbas was attacking them with. I felt this way when I helped Isis and myself escape from the clutches of...

<< there's a faint howling in the air>>

Set.

<< She looks at Nicolas.>>

But this place...this is part of me.

Nicolas reaches out and touches her face softly.

I know. I felt this part of you when we shared minds. Being behind that veil was enlightening, but it taught me something when I had to deal with my Father's...legacy, his mark on me. Your spirit reflected how you made darkness light. I saw the good in you, the way you made the darkness do your bidding rather than allow the darkness to take away your free will. You inspired me in my darkest days to fight for my own soul Morgan. And for that I will always be in your debt.

He lifts her face and gives her a deep and passionate kiss...

 

[Prophet]

Island of Aerie - Outside Great Room

Cameron watched the team as they made swift work of each of their attackers, each with their own signature style and verocity. He had been especially impressed with the nearly unrecognizable Alycia. She had translated being a White House Ball Buster into a FEROCIOUS and WELL TRAINED Amazon, proving once more that no matter where she might be in life, she would never merely be "just a human.."

The dust settled from the first wave of attacks and the entire outside "battlefield" seemed hauntingly illuminated by the Blue Moon, which outside of it's devastating side effects was definitely a sight to be beheld. This is what happened when power was abused and although he had more than tried to rationalize his feelings over female users of magick, he couldn't help but see this giant and looming moon as the ultimate hallmark card for his case.

Soon, the ground on the Island began to SHAKE and RUPTURE as cracks began to open in the earth all around them as dark purple energy swirled and crackled. The decrepit and twisted, haunted looking bodies of the fallen soldiers of Barbara Minerva began to rise from the ground, and picking up on the heightened surge of emotion from Alycia and Michael, he could tell that these were familiar faces to them.

"This woman truly is an abomination..." [Circe]

Arsenal: Head shots. Hole through the head or no head left. No flame unless it's VERY hot Blaze. We kill and give ground as slowly as we can. If need be, we retreat into the hole and bottle neck them in. But only as a last resort.

Cameron Nodded.

"No head left... I like that."

With a crackle his telekinetic katana surge a bright red as it crackled with a loud electric "feedback" sound as he threw the blade in front of him, grasping it with both hands and igniting a PSI Swarm. From the energy blade, a swarm of five mini bolts of PSI ENERGY flew forth, acting almost as seeker missiles, finding their targets via Prophet's telekinetic abilities and exploded upon impact, STUNNING them in place as he swooped forward. With their mental capacities barely existent, the swarm was strong enough to stop them in their tracks, incapable of knowing how to move for a few moments.

"Forgive Me..."

Surging forward with enhanced speed and agility, Cameron made work of the zombies, weaving in and out, his katana moving up, down, to the left with furious movement, leaving a fascinating red color effect as he went and a trail of zombie heads were left in his wake. He wiped zombie remnants from his forehead. The hoard continue to press on, and the group was moving much like sheep herders, trying to control their path. He threw his hands out as he propelled a group of zombies back and into those behind them, causing a jumble of body parts falling off, zombies tripping into each other, and things of the like. They did however, NOT stop coming, and their numbers were growing.

"I almost wish Delilah were here..she sure does LOVE Zombies!"

Cameron stood broad stance, katana in his left hand, ready to press further as the group dispatched their sides.