The sisterhood strikes back

[Harbinger]

This isnt going well...they are dividing us!

Isis will reach Rampage!! I've got to...

:: Suddenly Persephone comes barreling into her.::

UGH!!

:: she struggles to sit up as Persephone and she detangle themselves. she can't move...she's immobilized by what she sees. she's BACK in the compound, back on the table...being groped by soldiers...taunted by these men as a horrid, mutated Dr. James Marcus commands their captivity.::

NO! this can't BE! this ISNT where I'm supposed to BE!

:: she shouts with defiance, as her voice is all she has to fight with now as the deep seated FEAR within her immobilizes her.::

:: every touch, ever sound, every sensation..its as if its ALL REAL, ALL OVER AGAIN!::

:: Harbinger shuts her eyes, grits her teeth, trying NOT to let go as Persephone screams.::

:: but at that moment...even as she fears that her time in Minerva's mansion was but a cruel dream, and that they were STILL trapped in that reality, Morgan and Karen BOTH act to FREE them from the illusion. She falls to the floor, quickly reaching for Ava, and cradling her in her arms....::

An illusion....a horrid...cruel illusion!

:: she could see the distress Ava was in.::

We're okay.....we're okay now....

:: her "seer's eye" quickly adjusting.::

Morgan and Karen...they saved us...but who will save NICOLAS!?

:: she see's Morgan flying for him, then the psi javeline...::

NO! MORGAN! STAY AWAY FROM NICOLAS!!

:: Morningstar tackles Morgan in a light speed move and knocks her out of the way of the Javeline. Alison rolls her eyes with relief and fatigue from the mental assault of Helena and Diana...::

She can't go near him...it's too late!! we're TOO LATE!

 

[Firebird]

Everything happened so fast it was like watching it on the big screen. Blaze watched in horror as the soldier came through her protected fire dome. Something about his eyes she didn't trust as she narrowed hers. "Karen..." She warned out but it was too late as she was assaulted with the back of the gun. Blaze would attempt to lock onto his unique signature hoping to turn up the heat but just like that the illusion was gone.

"Son of a bitch!"

Next came the enshrouded apparition as Persephone warned not to allow it to touch them. Firebird stepped back away from the hovering menace. Raising both of her arms to send a blast of fire towards it but just like the others her attack crashed into the wall. Igniting one of the curtains on fire, "Bastard!" Closing her fist the fire was extinguished.

Movement from Mike's shoulder would provide an inkling to a horde of scorpions moving in. Quickly her bare hand would pluck one of the scorpions from his shoulder just as another was climbing up on Firebird. Hurling the deadly creature away she hurled a fireball at it just as she felt a numbing stinging sensation as the scorpion on her stiletto boot had crawled up her thigh to sting her. "Arggh! You little piece of shit." Yanking that scorpion up she would hurl it back as she unleashed a powerful fire lion that moved with equal agility to sprint around the room catching a horde of scorpions and WILDpack members on fire. Rubbing the side of her leg she was immune to the affects of poison as recovered.

Taking up the rear, Firebird's hands elevate as she manifests a powerful fire wall to keep out impending intruders including the cloaked figure that Morningstar destroyed. Silver Swan, Persephone, Arsenal, Spellbinder, Harbinger, Black Widow, and Karen would call continue to fight back while Morgan would cast a de cloaking spell. A few figures would appear as Blaze's fists closed. "Clever."

She knew that the real Sisterhood would show up with infrared for their heat signatures. She was just about to attack when Black Widow yelled of a grenade. Glancing over to see her teammate yank Sharon by the arm so quickly. Raising her own hands to protect her from debris as the shards would clash with the extreme heat of her fire wall melting it immediately.

One of the Malice clones would appear next to Black Widow. "Haleigh!" She called out as she blasted that Malice with a raging maelstrom of fire to keep her away from Haleigh. Firebird was just about to move in when she felt an excruciating pain like electrical energy through her mind. "Arrrgghhh!" Grabbing the side of her head in agony as she shut her eyes to try and block out the pain but it was to no avail.

Arsenal's timely delay would snap Firebird out of the pain she felt just enough to see Black Widow flying through the air. Zooming off into the air utilizing her fire power with the speed of a rocket, Blaze immediately came towards Black Widow with enough time to catch her before crashing into the wall. Landing them both onto the ground. It was Blaze's way of trying to look out for her even if the two were at odds. It also showed that under that gloomy cloud of anger Blaze was still human as far as her compassionate emotions.

Turning in Morgan's direction Blaze could see Malice had imbedded her empathy on her sister. "MORGAN, don't listen to her!" But it was useless as the sorceress teleported to Limbo. It couldn't have come at a worse time.

"Haleigh, check her out." Nodding towards Malice's direction who was protected by her diamond form. A devilish grin ran along her lips, "I think we BOTH have an old score to settle." As the two would move towards her Isis would intervene sending them both back with a blast of sunlight hued energy. Grinding her jaws Blaze would circulate her own hands to try and lesson the sunlight by removing the kinetic energy sun-based attacks had, heat. The attack would be less severe but enough to knock Firebird back a bit.

Isis would then transform into her sand-like particle as she swiveled around the two of them. Grunting out in pain, Blaze raised her arms to try and protect her face as quick slits of cuts would slash across her body. Shutting her eyes Firebird's form would illuminate in a dark orange tint as her large aura would hover about the winding sand as she would use her own fire power to combat as a powerful fire wind would sweep the sand away just as Persephone would assist removing it completely.

Stains of blood and torn fabric would cover Firebird as she looked up just in time to see Silver Swan crash into the nearby wall. Chunks of wall would slam down towards Firebird and Black Widow. Extending her hand as the ground would tremble with enough force as a blast of lava burst through to knock the particles of the wall and other debris backwards.

"Silver Swan!!"

She cried out rushing towards her fallen teammate as the battle continued to rage. Crouching down to Sharon to sweep some strands of hair away from her face just as Malice seemed to have recovered. Standing up to protectively cover Silver Swan, Firebird watches as Malice attempts to coerce Morningstar and herself into attacking Black Widow.

"I don't think so!"

The pendent would glow as its powerful magic would illuminate as Firebird turned towards Morningstar, "Delilah, NO!" With seconds to bare, Firebird would do the unthinkable as Morningstar came bounding towards Black Widow. "Consider this my apology, Hales." Turning towards the blonde, Blaze would shove her out of the way instead taking the attack Morningstar brought on as her laser beam would fry into her clothes and skin as she pushed out her own hands to try and lesson the attack. But even a fire elemental wouldn't be fast enough for the speed of light. Collapsing onto her knees, Firebird was seeing stars as her breathing was labored. "Remind me....to never....fuck....with....Morningstar!"

A chard of steam was floating off of Firebird's body as Spellbinder's voice echoed through the air and Morningstar's voice. Still trying to recover from the pain and agony she was in, Blaze's body trembled as she bowed her head. Too stubborn to stay down as she tried to force herself to get to her feet.

 

[Black Widow]

Morgan's spell revealed hundreds of the sisterhood.... they were everywhere... but Haleigh didn't bother attacking any of them.... the real sisterhood would reveal themselves soon enough... and so they did, as Firebird called for haleigh to look out, Haleigh spun around only to be CLOBBERED in the face by Malice punching her in diamond form, STUNNING the hybrid before tossing her towards a pillar... Blaze was fast and CAUGHT the hybrid before she slammed into the marble. Haleigh was more protected than most... her TO reinforced body could withstand a good deal of abuse... she was ALIVE... but disoriented. Malice got away, though Firebrid pursued her as Haleigh tries to shake the stars out of her eyes. She began to regain her bearings..... staggering forward, just as Sharon came CAREENING into the same pillar, causing it to break, showering them all with debris. Haleigh spent the next few seconds dodging falling marble, and her way to see if Sharon was okay. She reached Sharon to find that the mutate was trapped underneath a chunk of marble pillar as big as her TORSO! Haleigh lifted it off, tossing it aside as though it were merely made of foam, as she knelt by Sharon, checking her vitals.

"Sharon! She's alright...."

Haleigh said as Blaze came to check on her as well. Her armor had taken most of the abuse.... Haleigh helped her sit up and was going to help her stand when Malice turned her sights back onto the hybrid. Haleigh stood up to face the telepath, a dark look in her eyes.

We played this game BEFORE, remember, Black Widow? I turned your friends AGAINST YOU. I used them as a cat uses her toy, as i made them my catspaws...posessing them and making THEM do my work FOR ME.

"Mm, yes.... I remember. Don't you ever get bored with doing the same old tired tricks everytime? You see, you may not be used to intelligence in other people, Malice, because you let that nitwit, Enchantrah, hang around you all the time..... but I'm a bit brighter than that. You only FOOLED me with that lame trick once.... and now that I know it's YOU behind the attacks... I'm not nearly as offended by them. what YOU need to do.... is adapt. I would think that you did that well... you are, after all, still ALIVE.... though not for long."

or are you going to do what you do BEST? KILL THEM like you bring DEATH to everyone ELSE you stay around too long?

"Well.... at least I HAVE friends-- nay, family to kill. You, on ther other hand.... you have no one."

She said with a smirk... she lifted her firearm..... about to give Malice a little surprise..... but Delilah was coming after her! Haleigh backed up, narrowing avoiding a few 'blades'.... her suit would offer some protection but it wasn't QUITE up to the laser technology standard and so.... Haleigh felt she might still get burned.... she didn't want to test it NOW... she still felt residual psychological burn from FIREBIRD's attack the last time around. This time, though, Firebird wasn't attacking her.... she was PROTECTING her! As Haleigh was backed against a wall with nowhere to go, Blaze showed her out of the way, sending her sprawling into some of the ruined marble debris but effectively protecting her from the laser beams.

Morgan was back.... and she was between them, stopping Delilah and shaking her out of it, then pouncing on Malice. Delilah calls her name, Haleigh gives a relieved wave as she gets her feet back under her.

"Look, thanks for the light show, but if it's all the same to you, next time I'd rather you showed me pictures!"

She said, as she helped Blaze to her feet.

"Thanks, Blaze. Are you alright? That's a pretty nasty burn you've got."

Morgan sprang for Nicolas, Alison warned her not to... Malice tried to Psi Javelin Morgan but Delilah tackled her out of the way.... that saved her... but no one was with Nicolas except ISIS!

[quietly to herself]"Shit, Nic!"

Haleigh leapt into action, disappearing and then reappearing directly behind ISIS as she lifted her dagger.... Haleigh was as fast as a MACHINE, wrapping a metal wire as thin as a guitar string around Isis' neck, YANKING her back away from Nicolas and attempting to garrote her as she encased Nicolas in a thick lead tomb to protect him.

"You stay AWAY from him!"

 

[Firebird]

Cringing from the blow she had taken, Blaze stood up with the assistance of Haleigh. "I've seen better days." Nodding back to her while Black Widow would appear in back of Isis.

Firebird would help her as she would flame out and appear next to Rampage as she would protect him while Black Widow took on Isis. Encasing him with a lead tomb just as Blaze's eyes would morph into a flickering yellow.

The outline of her body would twist, turn, and transform itself as she would step back over the tomb protecting Nicolas. Firebird's body would collapse as the molecules in her mass shifted until she was transformed into her element, fire as she was able to stretch herself out into a large flaming force that also surrounded the tomb having an additional protective layer to nearby intruders.

 

[Persephone]

:: Feeling like she was right back at square one, Persephone struggled against the illusions, knowing realistically she wasn't back in the alternate timeline. That it was all Enchantra. But her irrational fear, plus Malice escalating her emotions, made it nearly impossible for Ava to fight this attack. But luckily for her, Karen and Morgan each attacked Helena and Diane, stopping the illusions and empathic attack immediately. ::

:: The guards holding her down disappeared causing Ava to collapse to the floor. Out of breath, the goddess' head was pounding from stress and as an after effect from Malice's attack. Feeling Alison lift her up into her arms, Ava looked up to where Nicolas was hearing Alison exclaim that it was too late. Seeing Isis hoovering over the mutant, Haleigh quickly attacked the avatar while Blaze protected his body. ::

"That won't stop her..."

:: Muttering out weakly to Alison, knowing that with Isis' powers, Dominique would be able to overpower both Haleigh and Blaze. Lifting her body up, Ava pulled away from Alison, nodding to her reassuringly that she was okay. Still a little weak, she pushed herself up from the floor, holding onto Alison for some support. ::

"Can you teleblink him away?"

:: Even though she didn't care for Nicolas, she didn't want him to fall victim to these horrible bitches. Especially after what Malice and Enchantra just put her through. And judging from Alison exclaiming that everyone was too late, she too had similiar feelings. ::

 

[Enchantrah]

The illusions cast around Harbinger and Persephone were so realistic and terrifying, Helena was beyond pleased with herself. Working together with Malice, Enchantra brought the two woman close to their breaking point.

"Just a little further....and you two will be catatonic and drooling in front of a television for the next ten years."

Intensifying the illusion, Helena's eyes began to glow a deep red. But as she continued forward with her attack, suddenly the metamorph was thrown backwards from an EXPLOSION curtosy of Karen! Flying into a nearby wall, Helena's concentration was broke, which caused all illusions to disappear. Sliding into a heap on the floor, the red queen coughed out; her face and chest burnt from the doctor's attack.

"BITCH!"

Pushing herself up from the floor, Helena's chard costume and face morphed back to it's original state as she glared at her long time rival from across the room. Waving her hand, Karen AND Mike began to sink into the floor; their body parts closest to the ground being sucked in like quick sand and instantly hardening around them, trapping them in floor. Snapping her fingers, ten WILDpack soliders appeared in the blink of an eye around the doctor and the human, immediately attacking them with tazors, knives, and the butts of their gun like rabid animals.

"You may have been the first to draw blood, old friend, but I will be the LAST."

 

[Arsenal]

Mike gasped as he was revived by the doctor, holding on to her as she declared that she would take him out of the theater. He resisted as she turned to attack Enchantrah, getting his bearings as the omnimorph gave her reply.

SINK!!! They were both trapped. Mike was glad that he had at least held up their hands so that they were not trapped as well. Suddenly, the WILDpack surrounded them , pounding away.

Mike erected his gauntlet shield to protect Karen as he took a few glancing blows before he whispered to Karen.

Get that bitch for me...

 

[Silver Swan]

rats...taken out of the action so FAST...and by that two bit, tawdry whore no less.

[ Sharon mumbled as Haleigh helped her from the rubble. The hybrid checked her vitals but Sharon was fine. her invulnerablity had prooven to be a major asset, as well as her adamantium armoured bodice and other pieces of her costume. as the battled continued to rage, Sharon struggled a bit. Malice was upon Black Widow, Firebird and Morningstar and as Spellbinder returned to help turn the tide, Enchantra was attacking Harbinger and Persephone. In all the confusion, NICOLAS had been lost track of.]

[ Karen dealt with Enchantra and as Isis was about to destroy Nicolas, Black Widow and Firebird rushed to his defense while Enchantra attacked Karen and Mike.]

Allright....I've had just about ENOUGH of this woman and her parlour tricks!

[ Sharon and Helena were only ten years apart in age. During her time as a senator, Sharon had not directly encountered this world's original Helena, but this alternate version prooved to be just as unlikeable as the original must have been.]

[ as Enchantra's attacks on Karen and Mike intensified, the sound of a tornado was heard as a column of sparkling white wind spun across the room, spinning stars flew out at all angles as Silver Swan DESTROYED all of the WILDpack that were attacking Karen and Mike.]

[ Karen had already disappeared, most likely to confront Enchantra and Sharon once again was left to help Mike.]

This is getting to be a habit You sure you want to keep on? We don't want you to be hurt.

[ the mutate said as she pulled the man up from the floor, trying not to be too rough with him.]

[ She pulled him along, try as he may to resist. Behind a large statue of ATHENA of all things.]

you stay here...until you're back to full strength. Black Widow and Firebird wont stand too long against Isis. I've got to help them.

[ and with that, Silver Swan rushes to return to the battle. checking on Morningstar and Spellbinder, who have moved over to where Persephone and Harbinger are.]

why are you all standing here? we should be HELPING them before Isis hurts or kills them!

 

[Shadow Weaver]

<< Karen glared at Mike as he resisted her.>>

Mike! Just what do you think you're doing? You're in NO condition to fight the Sisterhood...not now!

<< at that moment, she found herself falling into the floor or at least appearing to.>>

oh my stars!

<< she gasped as WILDpack were instantly upon her and Mike. Mike valiantly moves to protect her with his gauntlet shield...and he calls upon her to deal with Helena, the source of the attack. that trademark, icy glare in her eyes can be seen as her face shows a look of contempt. she vanishes with a variant sound of chimes>>

<< she appears behind Enchantra, weilding a MACE that she conjured.>>

I usually save this for Malice, but I think an exception can be made...

<< her voice dripping with contempt.>>

when it comes to BASHING YOUR SKULL IN!

<< and just like she did with Malice at the Hellfire Club so many months before, she swings the mace and slams it down upon Helena. the mace is a mystical construct and its spiked head releases a concentrated, concussive force of mystic energy. she's essentially playing BASEBALL with Enchantra's head.>>

<< its the first time Mike has seen her be THIS violent, but he had heard a little something of the long standing rivalry between Helena and Karen...both in mainstream AND the alternate timeline. If there was anyone who COULD bring out the savage instinct in the doctor, it was Karen.>>

 

[Harbinger]

:: Harbinger was helping Persephone, just as Morningstar saved a recently returned Spellbinder from a psi javeline.::

This is out of control! I couldn't focus because the fog of the time threads emminating from Nicolas grows! it EXPANDS!

:: Spellbinder and Morningstar are now with Harbinger and Persephone::

Silver Swan: Why are you all just standing here!?

Spellbinder: Alison, what do we need to DO!?

:: Alison looks at her friend::

YOU need to stay put. and the rest of us, need to look BEYOND the Sisterhood! Even THEY do not know what they are about to unleash! It goes beyond Nicolas...or what threat HE may represent! its something ELSE! Something that DOMINIQUE remembers!

:: she calls for the others...::

REGROUP! COME BACK..BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!

:: Persephone warns that Firebird and Black Widow will not be able to hold Isis for long.::

Black Widow will be stubborn to the end...We have no choice BUT to seperate them from Isis.


:: Karen and Enchantra were near by, having a grudge match of their own.::

We need EVERYONE together. It will be our only hope as things progress. We can't alter it now. Battling the sisterhood only wastes time and distracts us. THEY will soon see that as well!

 

[Arsenal]

Mike smiled as Karen disappeared.

I can get used to a girlfriend who kicks ass.

Mike then used his baton to spread the soldiers out, giving him a moment to use a very small laser utility cutter to clear his legs. He looked up to see Sharon, who had already dispatched the soldiers in record time. She PULLED him up, cautioning him about his involvement. He struggled to no avail as he tucked him behind a statue of Athena, wincing a bit as she saw Karen deliver one hell of a blow to Helena. As she cautioned him to stay there, the turned her shoulder to face him, although with great effort. He whispered earnestly to her..

I am OFFICIALLY out of your hair. I am trusting you to do what you do, watch our boy,and I will watch Pandora.

Mike entered the hole previously created by Isis...


UNDERGROUND

A contingent of soldiers had established an ever-shrinking perimeter to protect Pandora and her vault. The scorpions had mostly thankfully been picked off by the Six, mostly. But the WILDpack kept coming, with an occasional scorpion that always seemed TOUGHER than the last. Their commanding officer had them take ammo from their fallen as it was becoming lower than he liked, especially considering the never-ending nature of the siege. He steeled himself for another attack when he heard a simple command from his communicator.

Back up ten paces and wait for a gift from me.

The WILDpack kept coming, in ordered waves, not even stopping to collect their dead. As they began their next assault, the lights went out in the tunnel before them. They continued, but stopped a second as they heard a voice, seemingly coming from everywhere at once

After what those bitches put me through upstairs, you picked the wrong tunnel to enter. You don't know it yet, but you fuckers are so dead.

As they prepared to continue, they looked around, realizing quickly that the back HALF of their number had already fallen, immobilized by small poisonous air darts. They were stripped of weapons and they gasped as they lay, completely paralyzed.

Lets see you fuckers get up from THIS shit...

The commanding officer had barely finished the retreat when a large cache of weapons dropped from the ceiling. He looked up quickly to see...nothing.

 

[Enchantrah]

"Damn that woman!"

Helena exclaimed seeing Silver Swan take out of her WILDpack soliders that were attacking Karen and Mike. As the men dropped to the floor, Helena saw that oh so familiar look in Karen's eyes. She was out for blood. With a devilish smile, Helena waited, seeing Karen disappear and knowing that she would be coming to attack her.

Hearing Karen appear behind her, as usual she gave a predictable quip before swinging a large mystic mace at her. Helena's body exploded into a fury of wasps as the mace went through the swarm. However, because of it's mystic nature, the swarm exploded back across the room because of it's concussive formce, causing Helena to glamour back into her true form and slid to a stop. Coughing out, Enchantra looked at Karen from across the room with a coy smile.

"Now now, Karen. You should know it takes more than THAT to get rid of me. But valiant effort."

 

[Seer]

and so

<< as the storm outside seemed to be firmly fixed over and around the mansion and the surrounding ocean, the power actually fluxuated.>>

<< The Six and the Sisterhood fought each other to a stand still, with the tactics of Malice edging the Sisterhood closer to their goal of destroying Nicolas.>>

<< as Black Widow and Firebird confronted Isis directly, the avatar exploded into a explosive VORTEX of sand particles and swept Black Widow and Firebird UP INTO THE AIR, pushing them up to the dome ceiling and intending to DROP them to their deaths. But at Harbinger's behest, Spellbinder locks on Black Widow, Firebird, Karen and Mike and teleports them ALL back...and everyone from the Six is now together as Malice joins Enchantra and helps the woman up...keeping their distance.>>

<< Isis, now beside herself with fixation, returns to Nicolas...using her magick to pull Nicolas out of the protective measures created by Black Widow and Firebird. She vows to finish what was started so long ago and raises the now powered up dagger as the ancient egyptian runes form around her again and flow like the numbers on the faces of a clock.>>


<< Silver Swan and Black Widow protest Harbinger's seemingly abandonning of Nicolas, but the seer screams at them to be silent and tells Morgan to prepare to EVACUATE them....for what is coming is not what the Sisterhood expected, and not what the Six WANT to be confronted with now. It goes beyond Nicolas or even Isis.>>

<< and so we watch.>>