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 Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:25 pm
Ororo nodded to Blair, "We are starting for formulate a plan, but once the sensors give us a better reading we will have more information. How close do you have to be in order to alter the mental state of your opponents?"
Scott called out to all the X-Men, "It's Zero Hour, on the X-Jet NOW!"
Penny, Morgan, Regina, and Logan moved back to the War Room with one last look at where they were going. Penny checked to make sure all of her visible and hidden weapons were ready. Logan put one hand on her shoulder, "They sharp enough?"
"Always ready," She answered. It was one of the first things he had taught her, "Yours?"
He nodded and looked at Regina, "Let's go. The clock is ticking."
Regina latched onto them and looked at Penny who nodded in assurance. The shadows were weird in how they worked. It was like a mini shortcut to everything in the world. It actually nauseated her to move through the shadows since her body wasn't designed for it, but she'd stand a little sickness to prevent the death of Jacen. The water was deeply lined with shadows and it was strange how they moved through them. On a ship, over the sea, under a bird, beside a whale. It was strange. But France, that was a nice place it seemed. It had nice shadows. It also had a big ******** castle in the middle of it with big ******** Acolytes.
"Woa," Penny said when they got to their destination and loomed in the shadows of the Acolyte's chamber. THere were quite a few of them, "Regina, this is going to leave you vulnerable, be careful."
"I always am, and don't worry about me," She said as they all witnessed Jacen's throat being seized by a scaley, green man who looked deadly, dangerous and mean. They had heard what Exodus and Jacen had both said. Penny mumbled, "Don't apologiez for nothing, Jacen. Your crazy ******** up friends have just arrived."
Wolverine popped his claws, "Evelyn, you get the big brown one. I'm taking out the one on Jacen. Morgan and Regina, you've our backs. We need to form a circle so we can't be attacked from behind. We have to hold them off until the cavalry arrives."
The shadows were quick. The only thing anybody in the room would have heard was the unmistakable sound of a blade coming out of a sheath and Wolverine's uncanny growl. Penny unsheathed her katana and jumped out of Regina's shadows sending into the back of Spoor midair. It wasn't as effective as she would have liked, he was built strong. But the howl wasn't easly missed.
"Sorry, bub, this one is ours," Wolverine landed in his standard rage on a distracted Mellencamp.
"Really, Jacen, we have to stop meeting like this," Penny retreived her blade and looked around the room at the Acolytes who had blood in their eyes. This was going to be one ******** up fight.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:42 pm
"Sweetheart......you're not telling me anything I don't already know," Jacen said with a huge smile on his face; it was expression of extreme relief.
Wolverine growled as he slashed viciously at Mellencamp, although he did nothing more than scratch his exoskeleton. Evelyn was distracted due to the fact that she was helping Jacen up, so Morgan threw out a concussive force field, knocking back the attacking Spoor.
"There will be plenty of time to catch up later, hon," Jacen said, using her as a leaning post of sorts. The other two, Morgan, and Regina, were starting to circle up in a traditional defensive position, leaving Jacen in the middle. Obviously, they all knew he really wasn't ready to fight. "......I'm feeling....better?," Jacen questioned, as he felt his energy starting to perk up. "I think....yea..he's too distracted to maintain his hold on me."
"Huh?," all of the X-Men asked Jacen.
"Nothing....but that guy floating in the air.....," Jacen said, nodding towards Exodus' direction, "He's the one we should really worry about. The others are relatively inconsequential....but their numbers...."
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:46 pm
"Numbers aren't a problem. The harder they push, the harder I'll push back," Morgan said, glancing back towards Jacen. "Penny, that guy must be a psy user. You've got the mental defenses, you can take him out easier than any of us can. Anyways, I've got to hold the fort until the cavalry arrives," he added, knocking another Acolyte back with a concussive field.
"I'm just gettin' warmed up," Morgan said with a touch of malice that seemed uncharacteristic of him. "Who wants to be ammunition? Oh, looks like we have a volunteer!" he said, as Spoor came charging back, angrier than ever. He didn't get far before he found himself enveloped in a forcefield. And used as a living battering ram, as he found himself flung at his comrades. before being picked up again, and launched into the far wall. "You do not want to piss me off," Morgan growled, a sadistic glint in his eyes.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:47 pm
I could use this to our advantage.....only for a bit though......, Jacen thought as he let alot of the hatred swirling in the room absorb directly to him. He felt powered up, yet something was draining him. "Dammit...," Jacen said while letting his aura slip out around everyone. Exodus was quickly draining his energy for his own psionic assaults. Jacen was going to need every bit of energy that he could get....even from his friends.
"This may be unpleasant," Jacen said as he stepped to the edge of their defensive circle, "But this will.....at least give you guys one more body on your side."
"What are you talkin about?," Wolverine said as their circle expanded a bit. Then, something hit him like a semi-truck, and he went feral for a moment. Mellencamp, feeling a bit of spite towards Logan had retaliated a bit, but to no avail. This time, Wolverine had tackled him hard into the stone wall, and laced into him with a barrage of claw swipes. Morgan and Evelyn were fighting harder now, almost completely driven. Even Regina was throwing punches at encroachers.
"Whoa!!," Jacen said as he pulled Regina out of the way of Cargill's punch. Out of instinct, he threw a backhand shot, which hit her cheek, but not enough to even knock her back a step. It seemed he had drained a sufficient amount of energy from everyone. Now it was just time to build his own rage. Of course, he stopped using his aura when he started to focus on trying to at least hold Cargill off from the rest of the group.
She lunged at him again with another punch, this one hitting him in the shoulder. Jacen twisted to his right, while bringing up a hammer-type shot to her head. Still nothing, but Jacen wasn't powered up yet. All he was doing was messing his knuckles up. Again, Cargill landed a shot to the side of Jacen's stomach, doubling him over, then struck with a knee dead center in the middle of Jacen's burn wound.
Jacen coughed once, stood up, and looked straight at Cargill. "You shouldn't have done that!," he yelled as he threw a kick at her knee, knocking her off balance. When she started to fall to the ground, her shoulder was met with a stiff kick. Cargill seemed a bit stunned that Jacen was actually able to at least knock her off balance. As soon as he saw his opportunity, which he didn't have to wait for more than a split second, he hit Cargill in the face with a heavy left hook/right open palm combination. Though, the second he felt skin to skin contact, he let loose with a massive energy burst, sending Cargill flipping over and landing on her face.
"She'll be back...," Jacen said as he felt the effects of his own anger stirring a bit, but ebbing. Wolverine was off dealing with some of the other Acolytes, preferring to jump into the fray, it seemed. Jacen immediately saw the opening in their defensive scheme and filled the gap. "Ok, he can handle himself," Jacen said to the rest of the group still fighting around him. He landed a few stray strikes and took a few energy shots from various Acolytes, but he was still standing. He didn't know about the rest of his allies, but he knew he couldn't keep this up. Exodus was draining his energy quicker than normal, and Jacen was already fatigued from the events of the past couple of days.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:08 pm
He could see that Jacen was tiring, and could see that the mutant known as Exodus had focused his attention back on draining his power. "Nobody messes with my teammates," Morgan growled, staring straight at Exodus. "Nobody." It wasn't Jacen's aura that was causing this change of heart in Morgan. Jacen had already shut it off. This was something different. A part of Morgan that had been aching to emerge for god knows how long. His "dark side" if you will.
"Leave him the ******** alone!!" Morgan cried, striking Exodus over the head with a rather large forcefield sphere.
{I was tempted to have Regina 'port Morgan right behind Exodus, and then have Morgan introduce Exodus to the Masamune, but I figured that would be serious god-modding.}
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:16 pm
Teagan rolled over, crashing onto the floor as she heard the call.
"Of course! Just when I fall asleep!" She murmured, pulling on her suit. She grabbed a surgical mask, holding it tightly in her hands. Not having full control, especially during mood swings and hiccups, she figured it'd be good if she brought it with her.
A few moments later she was in the hanger with the others, waiting for their orders.
"It's Zero Hour, on the X-Jet NOW!"
She made her way onto the Jet, stifling yawns and attempting to get herself awake as she took a seat near the front.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:56 pm
The cracks had already began to form in her own mental blockade since Xavier had hollared them home. What Jacen had done started to seep into the back of her brain unknown to conscious mind. All it did was kick up the rage and agression that Penance was usually good at keeping at bay.
And as usual, a melody hummed in her head as she received a few punches and gave them away just as fast. She mumbled the tune to herself as her short blade stabbed at Spoor or was that Mellencamp now? "I say, "Don't you know?" You say, "You don't know." I say, "Take me out.""
"Do you always come with a musical arrangement?" Jacen asked as she jumped past him and deflected a fleeting blow that was aimed for the back of his head by one of the random Acolytes.
"Better than Itunes," She answered and hit the floor missing a psionic blow from somebody random and got up to continue her work again, "If I move this could die, Eyes move this could die; I want you to take me out." Moving to her own beat she slapped a katana against the back of one of her opponents and put a blade through a c***k in their armor.
"Come on, try that again," She landed on her feet as she jumped away from a psionic whip created by Senyaka. Using that agression, she slid a throwing star out of her belt and it found itself buried into her opponents hand, "Come on, I dare you. If I wane this could die, I wait this could die; I want you to take me out."
She already heard Spoor on her feet and turned around with a slash of her katana and used a short blade to catch a chunk of his leg. The man was much bigger than she. The Acolytes kept coming like they had no blood, like they were drones with no feeling. For every knock they gave, two came back from the Acolytes. And Exodus just laughed at them.
Before the team had any inclination of what had happened a massive ball of pyroplasmic energy landed in the middle of the circle. The force of it and the chunks of floor it brought up sent each flying back into walls and on their asses.
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"We're almost there," Porter sat back with his team, "When we get in, we're coming up onto the outskirts of this fight. If any of you feel that you cannot stand in battle, you need to get back to the X-Jet."
The time was upon them. Cyclopse called for a 'storming of the castle of sorts. But their target was clear, to get to the main room where the rescue team was. They were outnumbered heavily.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:10 pm
ooc: woah, mega action. i just got home from work, i'm caught up, but brain dead on what to post ;_; I'll try tomorrow maybe.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:41 am
Storm used her storm powers to start bringing a gale of winds outside of the castle and charred the doors with the lightening of her storm. She had Bobby ice the doors and then they used the force of her ligtening to shatter it. SHe instructed her team to follow behind her.
"Iceman and Frost, your abilities are related. Combine them to create stronger frosts and bigger attacks. Blair, focus your abilities with Kitty. Let her phase you back and forth to different locations to manipulate and use TK against the enemy. Blair, with me, I want you to manipulation the emotions of those you can get close enough to. Make them fear the storms, rather than us. We do not want any residual effects from them fearing us."
Her team began it's way into the castle.
"Kurt, can you manage all of us in one peice?" Scott asked as he, Jamie, Kurt, Teagan and Rogue assembled. Kurt said that he could.
"Once we're in: Nightcrawler, teleport Rogue close enough to Exodus for her to try to drain his powers. This dangerous so any sign of trouble, abort and steal somebody elses abilities. Blackout, use your illusions against them. Make us look like their teammates in order for us to get close enough to strike. Teagan, don't be afraid to use your abilities. Just make sure they stay focused on your target."
In a puff of brimstone scent, Scott's team was gone.
Porter lead his team to one of the gates, "Sonya, use the storm created by Storm and magnify it. Use it against this gateway. Mole, we need you then to break through the door. Once in: I am doing some target practice from the backend. Marvel Girl, you need to use your telepathy and telekensis at the best you can. I want you to focus on containing Exodus. Sonya and Mole do not be afraid to use your abilities. Mole, if you can I want you to bring the floor out from under the enemies when possible. Let's go."
They took cover from the gate so Sonya could start her work.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:48 pm
Jamie prepared himself to be teleported by Nightcrawler, but even so, he was winded a bit by the travel. He spent a moment regaining his composure, and then looked around, trying to get a grip of what was going on. They had arrived just in time to have missed being hit by something big, but he could see the stike team getting up from some sort of massive attack.
Jamie looked at his teammates struggling, and put himself to work. He completely forgot about how much he should do at once, letting his adrenaline drive him. Suddenly, all the X-Men appeared to be acolytes, and until they attacked the real acolytes, no one would be able to know the difference. The next step was crating duplicates of all the X-Men, which appeared to burst through the door, and take defensive stances, daring the acolytes to attack.
The final step was joining the fight himself. He charged in at an acolyte, and started striking him repetedly. At first the acolyte managed to block a few blows, but Jamie used his powers to make it look like the acolyte was hit three times for every swing. Soon, the acolyte had no clue what was real, and he started backing away from Jamie. Jamie chased after him, keeping up his volley of attacks, until finally the acolyte dropped to the ground. Jamie raised his katana to strike one final time when he was suddenly hit from behind by an energy blast.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:54 pm
Taiya Suno Sonya jumped and fell out of her bed. Her hair was up all staticy. "That's the worst wakeup call I've ever had," she yawned. She went over to the closet. Porter had told her whenever a call like this was given out, to suit up. She quickly changed into her suit. She noticed a pair of gloves with a note attached:
"To help you focus and control your powers better."
-Porter
She slipped one on, and walked over to Rachael who was still asleep.
"Rachael, wake up, we must go!" she said, though the girl was still asleep. "Ok then..."
She sent a small jolt at the girl, and caused her to wake up suddenly, her hair the same as Sonya's. "Come Rachael, we must go!"
Sonya went out to where the X-Jet was, knowing the location thanks to her earlier tour. "WaaaaaAAAAaa!!!!!" Jolted out of a dead sleep she almost shot out of her bed. "Huh? What? Who???!" She looked around groggily absently reaching for her glasses as something clicked in. "Going? I just got here where am I going?" She shook her head trying to wake up. ((Cursed parents banned me from the internet for a week, I'm at my grandmas right now so I can sneek on. ninja SHHHH!!!! Don't tell anyone!))
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 1:43 pm
Jacen was stunned by Exodus' attack when he fell hard on his back. Of course, pain wracked his body, which sent a jolt of adrenaline and anger coursing through him, helping him to stand up.
"You....b*****d.....," Jacen said as he knew Exodus was feeding from him. The problem was, Exodus seemed to keep Jacen as a second thought in his mind. Without warning, Jacen started to fire blast after blast at Exodus, who put up a psychic shield, causing all the shots to deflect and explode in the crowds of fighting mutants. Not that he was worried about the Acolytes, but his comrades were trashed and scattered, so to speak.
"Dammit," Jacen muttered as he felt a massive concussive blast hit him in the chest. He was distracted and the Kleinstocks had hit him square in the chest. As he was kneeled over, coughing, they approach. Without warning, a puff of smoke appeared, and there were other X-Men entering the fray. Nightcrawler, Cyclops, Rogue, and Jamie....and Jamie managed to chase off the Kleinstocks.
"Wow...the kid's good...," Jacen said, amazed at his ability for how young he is. Then, he was hit with a shot from Exodus. "********," he muttered as he fired a double discharge of energy at Exodus, which was promptly batted away.
"Keep him occupied!!," Rogue shouted as she ran through the crowds of mutants, trying to get to Exodus, it seemed.
Dammit...., he thought. He was afraid of what may become of her for trying to assault Exodus head-on.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:00 pm
((Ooops...I missed apost or two...sorry....))
She nodded having almost no idea where they were headin. But it was absolute chaos after everything started. Looking around she spotted the door in question luckily she was actually close enough to see it. She began to make her way over there trying to keep a low profile. Hopefully she'd be able to tear through it...if it was a metal door she was going to have to think of some other way of forcing it open.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:16 pm
OOC: Sorry about the two day absense, Brotherhood members. Friday was a pain in the a**, and Saturday was mentally taxing, keeping me offline almost all of both of those days sad But, whatever, tis over now, back to the RP!
IC: Pietro chuckled as he watched the newer Brotherhood taking Magneto's words with varying degrees of acceptance. Markus appeared to be the most into the idea, something that he liked. Considering his polymorph abilities, that could prove most useful. Courtney was more or less reluctant, obviously missing her whole life, but she didn't really have much of a choice at this point. Magneto was the only one willing to give her a home now, so she'd be a fool not to accept it.
It was a little harder to tell with Sasha or Victoria. Sasha was giving the run-around, and Victoria had yet to say a word ((*nudges Oniongirl :p j/k*)). However, Pietro was fairly certain they'd come around. Sasha loved positions of power, and few other than Magneto would be able to give her what she wanted. And Victoria... she seemed innocent, but he could tell there was something a little farther down that would embrace the idea of mutant supremacy.
"So dad, where are we going?" he asked, noticing that they were headed to an area that didn't exist the last time he'd visited here.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:00 pm
"Let's see what I can do." Teagan thought to herself as she entered with Nightcrawler, Cyclops, Jamie and Rogue. She remembered being able to cast a gas around the battlefeild and keeping herself and the rest of the Hounds safe from the toxicins.
That was then. I was under a amplified power. This is now. And I'm just me. But, perhaps. Yes, I'll give it a shot. I should be able to manipulate it enough. She thought, dodging her way out of the line of fire. She removed the surgical mask from her mouth, letting it hang around her neck.
Here goes nothing. She thought, laughing as she blew a kiss to the room, allowing a cloud of smog to hover around the room. Now, to adjust it's power to keep these guys under control, and to make sure none of us gets hurt by it. She concentrated hard, letting the toxic gas grow in its power, finding herself once again able to keep it from harming the rest of her team.
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