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Name: Ƞarcissa "Cissa" Ƚucania
Team: Ѻmega
Location: DR
Thinking: Bloody hell.



Narcissa’s booted feet touched down on the room, the X-Jet far enough away, hopefully, that Magneto would be too preoccupied to seize it for his own purposes. Like throwing it headlong into a crowd of anti-mutant supporters. She didn’t give any orders right away, because she didn’t know what kind of debacle they were walking into. It was better to assess first, direct second. Cool blue eyes wandered the edge of the rooftop warily as the structure rocked beneath her feet violently. Storm took to the sky, with an agenda all her own—Moving low enough not to be seen.

Cyclops lead the way in the most direct line across the rooftops, so they could get a better look… It was a mad house down below. Police, civilians, martial force, and what looked like every member of SWAT or some nonesuch black clothed military unit had poured into the square below. It was complete chaos. Magneto was rounding up Senator Kelly and his administration on the steps of the courthouse—Barring them in by bending rebar and pieces of fire escaped around them, making an effect cage.

Senator Kelly was screaming something, and from the redness of his face, screaming top lung.

Narcissa wished they were close enough to hear what was being said.

Her ice ridden eyes lost interest quickly, and instead focused on the big picture…Their only tactical advantage would be the element of surprise. She could only see a few of Magneto’s followers standing out in the crowd right away… A woman with dark hair, dressed in shades of red with a long cloak. And a man that made the earth split and swallow men whole… He was the reason the buildings shook.

Her comm suddenly went off with Christian’s voice, announcing that Quicksilver had made an appearance at the mall and had indeed taken a hostage. She swore under her breath, keeping her eyes peeled. She’d never formally met the majority of the Brotherhood…The last time some of the Junior members came in contact with that particular group, the Omega’s had been outside of the main fight. She’d assisted in defending against Pyro, and a few others idiots… But she didn’t exactly know what she was looking for. “Roger that Sidetrack. Be careful. Give me an update as soon as its safe.”

She knew names, faces from the database but… That wasn’t the same as seeing them in action.

She hadn’t sent Christian in with an energy user, because she had a feeling they were going to need all the firepower they could get. He could always leech off of his little Alpha b***h Raine, if necessary. But more importantly, he had a good head on his shoulders, and was dead accurate with a gun. He didn’t use his powers as a crutch, like many of them did…To be honest, as she did. The other two, Daylia and Megan would provide good support and defense if necessary…Especially, if a hasty retreat was required.

Upon closer inspection, she saw that the most notable Brotherhood members were not the only mutants on Magneto’s side. There were some coming up from the manholes that started to attack the police, keeping them from rescuing the hostages.…Her eyes widened a fraction of an inch. Morlocks? She hadn’t seen hide nor hair of them in what felt like forever…She couldn’t be sure, that’s who they were… But they came in droves.

Gunshots fired… There was near constant screaming coming from the crowds below. Panic, the scent of fear in the air…Magneto was taking out camera crews methodically, one by one. For some reason…He didn’t seem to want the rest of the proceedings visually documented. That would be impossible to avid with cell phones nowadays.

Raising her comm to her lips, her golden hair tossed about her head for a moment in a faint breeze—A plan rapidly forming. Their main purpose was to free the hostages, and escort them safely from the area… At least according to Scott. But soon enough, the hostages would include the police as well… There were already individuals laying on the ground, prone. Trampled, shot, or otherwise…Lives had already been lost.

It didn’t bode well for mutants on the whole.

Scott was headed down to try and somehow….Reason, with the Chief of police. It was a slim, toothpick sized chance but any help they could get in not getting shot while trying to save the lives of those that hated and feared them was a blessing.

“Knoxx, Ace, Rave, Copycat, Measure, Psyche—“, she called a few of the Omega’s over the link, her eyes following a large group of civilians being rounded up by a group of the mutants that had come from the sewers. The man that had caused the earthquakes, Avalanche, was watching them intensely. No doubt, threatening to swallow them all whole if they misbehaved. “Head down the fire escape on the east side of this building, and see what you can do to free the hostages there. I see at least seven other mutants on Magneto’s side—and one of his cronies keeping them quiet.”

“Psyche—Unless you feel comfortable getting up close and personal, they could use some overhead cover. Once you subdue the guards--Try and escort them away from the hot zone…Whatever you do…Don’t forget about Magneto. He’s occupied…For now.”

Looking towards Magneto, she released a deep sigh, repeating the warning in he head…And then turned her gaze to the red clad woman. Scarlet Witch? She seemed to be distorting things, causing water pipes to burst out of the ground and attack the SWAT teams that tried to fire their weapons at her. Many of the rifles or combat shotguns backfired. Those wearing riot gear suddenly found their shields exploding, masks cracking away to nothing…Electric and cable lines fell, and police cars started tossing their passengers out.

Magneto lifted the now empty cars and used them to block off the main entrances to most of the streets…Alleyways would be one of the only ways to escape now. Or through buildings. A few of the mutants that had come from the sewers threw Molotov’s of some kind at them, causing the car pile ups to explode and burn.

“Kraken, Paladin, Covet, and Dice…”, she trailed off, choosing the rest of her Omega’s to help deal with the other mess that the Scarlet Witch was creating. “Follow me down the other to the next building…. We need to stop her from… Whatever the hell she’s doing. It’s like anything that gets near her goes…Wrong.”

“It’s mostly police and military she’s got cornered…Once we get her and any of the others dealt with, they’ll either take the initiative and haul a**, shoot at us, or fall in line. So be prepared.”

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Storm pulling on the elements and changing the weather… Clouds filled the sky, and slowly it began to rain—Until it was hard enough to put out the fires that the exploding cars and Molotov’s had started… The square looked less and less like a formal republican meeting, and more like a biker rally.

The weather change caught Magneto’s attention—He might have even felt the metal of the X-Jet… Nevertheless, he pointed towards them, and several followers started forward. Again, speaking into her comm, she began to dart across the roof—Using a small burst of energy to jump from one side to the other. The boys and Covet likely wouldn’t have much trouble with the gap—But mostly of them had at least six inches on her in height. “They know we’re here—Lets move!”

She quickly became soaked with rainwater… It made the wrought iron fire escapes death traps… But her footing was sure enough that she could fly down them , vaulting over the lowest platform and to the cement with relative ease. She was no gymnast, but between fighting for years and the obstacle courses they ran… This part was a piece of cake.

The first one down to street level, she was immediately accosted by two men. From their ripped, dirty grunge clothing, and crude—Almost homemade looking weapons, she either guessed they were recruits from the sewers, Morlocks, or vagrants from Mutant Town. One man, with rocks for skin, grabbed her arm and she twisted away—Taking several steps backward as the other man with snake eyes and a forked tongue drew back a baseball bat with nails sticking out of it.

With the rain pouring down like cats and dogs, it made visibility moot, and she didn’t see or hear a third behind her….Didn't feel their energy signature immediately. But she did notice, after a split second-- And she stood sideways-- Hands pointed in either direction...On the defense, until the rest of her group made it down.

There were more on the way, all of them sent by bucket head, to greet their little party... More than likely, the other half of her team would be welcomed in a similar fashion.

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ✖ Allegra ✖ Alpha ✖ Telekinetic ✖ Mall

So much was going on at once... and Aurelie couldn't help but take it all in, horrified. Mystique had shot Bella in the shoulder, and all of the Alphas were doing what they could to man the chaos. Others had started to come to their aid – ones that she could only presume were part of the Omega squadron.

The shot rang, and Aurelie involuntarily took a step forward, only to halt in her rush – it wasn't prudent to run gallantly towards Bella; it was suicide. And what with the group they were opposing, Aurelie wasn't sure that the Alphas had the experience necessary to render them useless – Magneto trained his puppets well. She swallowed her heart, forcing it back down to her chest when Mystique barked the order to kill them – minus Eli. Blue eyes glided over in the magnet user's direction, a small frown of concern forming on her countenance. Nothing about being someone who Magneto's clan was interested in sounded good.

They needed to get their leader out of there, and fast. Maybe, if she could drop her shields she could lift her with her telekinesis – but Aurelie could only do so much – and maintaining the shields when they were intent on testing them to their limit was too draining to try and pick up much else. They needed the shields in order to keep their heads above water.

Leo stepped towards her, reiterating what she'd been thinking. “I'll do my best.” Though the opposing group looked intent on breaking them at the earliest chance. And as long as they continued to test the strength, Aurelie's reserves.

She shuddered when Toad snapped a tongue towards her, hitting the invisible barrier before he could get to her. Despite the fact that he'd no chance in coming into skin to skin contact, Aurelie's flesh had a very stark desire to crawl off of her bones. “How about, when you can walk upright and be a real man... someone might give you a chance.” Not her, but maybe someone. Some day. “Until then... we'll stick with him, thanks.”

Bella gave the commands silently – an advantage that their adversaries didn't have – one that the telekinetic was thankful for. Gideon and someone she didn't know rushed the scene, the former bidding them to get Bella out of the reign of fire; Aurelie didn't move. She wouldn't leave him to the baddies on his own.

“Renaissance Man” She whispered. “I can't grab her and carry her, and hold the shields at the same time.” It was an apologetic tone, because she didn't have the mastery to do both at once. There was another ping to her shields, and Aurelie closed her eyes, concentrating harder on maintaining them. They needed a plan – one that didn't involve letting Gideon play rag doll for Magneto's cronies. Eli dished out an idea to Marcel – one that would sufficiently take care of the Lava man, who was still pounding at the shields she had surrounded the group by the fountain with.

And she really hoped it'd work, because if she held out for too long and the shields bursted... she'd pay for it. And be less useful than Bella currently was.

Name: Leonardo Rossi
Team: Alphas
Location: Mall
Aye Aye, Captain Metal Bones! Retreat!

Leonardo had totally forgotten about Gideon. His attention had been focused entirely on the injured Bella and the incoming baddies. So when the white-haired mutant suddenly burst into action, slamming down Mystique, Ginger Hulk, and Pack, Leonardo felt a little bit of the weight on his shoulders lift slightly. They had a Wolverine clone with them… someone indestructible. Someone who could hold off the bad guys while they all escaped… because at the moment, that seemed like the best option right now. True, there was the fantastic idea that they could indeed come out on top in this battle royale, but Leo’s mind was on retreat. Their leader was wounded, and the majority of the Alphas present were newbies. As far as he could tell, the only ones with battle experience were Gideon, Bella, himself, maybe Eli, and possibly Tara from the Halloween incident. The rest were new to this type of thing… fighting for their lives and the lives of others. These other guys… Magneto’s lackeys… weren’t. They were trained to fight… trained to kill.

And now the odds didn’t seem so good anymore.

His attention turned once again to the HYDRA agent that had been lurking at a kiosk moments earlier. Suddenly, she started to shift, and Leonardo felt himself tense up. It wasn’t the first time he had seen the girl change into a form she wasn’t born as. This time, it was a large black cat… a panther. Great… was he going to have to wrestle a panther and a Ginger Hulk? No, wait… she was growling at the Wolf-Man… was she helping them? What was this? Whatever her intentions were, it seemed at the present moment; the HYDRA agent was helping them out… for reasons beyond the former SHIELD operative.

The Asian Alpha rushed over just then, throwing up her own shield to help with matters. Wait… what was her name? Leo had to rack his brain for when they were sitting on the bleachers what seemed like ages ago… Tsukino. That was it. Or something weird like that. Codename was… Moonlight. That was easier to remember. Her idea wasn’t bad… but it meant that they were going to hunker down at the fountain… out in the open… one of the worst places to be, tactically. No… best option was to retreat. It was a battle that was already lost… and they didn’t have the resources or time to have another injury… or worse… on their team. It was time to cut their losses and go home.

Gideon roared at them to help Bella while he held off the baddies… exactly Leo’s plan in the first place. Made sense; guy wants to save his girlfriend and fend off the dragons at the same time. However, Leo was going to make sure that Gideon was going to get out with them too, one way or another. No man left behind… even if he was invincible. Or else it would be a long walk.

Turning to Tsukino, Leonardo gave the same commanding tone he had while his tenure at SHIELD. “I’m going to get Siren, and then we get out. We’re outmatched by a long shot here; too few of us have the training necessary to go head-to-head with these guys. Allegra,” he turned to Aurelie, glad that Tsukino had said her codename… because he had almost forgotten it. “I’m going to need the both of you to bring up the rear since as far as I can tell you both have the best defensive abilities out of us here.” The best that can work in concert, anyways. Turning to the rest of the Alphas, Leo said, “Hear that? We get Siren, and we get out. We don’t stand a chance right now against these guys. Not like this.”

Leo hated it; taking up the leader position when it wasn’t appointed to him. He felt like he might be stepping on someone’s toes or going over some sort of boundary… but then again, their leader had been shot and the closest thing they had to a second in command was the leader’s boyfriend… who was fending off the bad guys. No one else seemed to have any better ideas… or the same experience that Leo had in the field. They could berate him later for giving orders… he was going to make sure that everyone got out alive. That’s all he cared about at this point.

So now Leo leapt into action, sliding under the forming dome barrier that Tsukino was making just before it touched the ground. Getting up and queuing up his ant strength (because he knew he might have to carry Bella), Leo started to make a beeline for her group. He could see that an ersatz bandage had already been applied to Bella’s wound; but that wouldn’t help for long. Bullet wounds weren’t like in the movies; minimal blood and the character could still fight. The adrenaline would start to wear off… and then the pain would set in.

Leo leapt over an overturned trash bin, using the applied strength in his legs to leap into the air. In mid-air, out of the corner of his peripheral vision, Leo could suddenly see a snout… and then large teeth, come flying at him. It was the Wolf-Man… Pack. He must’ve seen that Leo had broken away from his group and then decided to go after him since he was out in the open. Good thing Leo had a knee-jerk reaction to those sorts of attacks… punch them in the face. And that’s what he did; he slammed his clenched fist into Pack’s jaw, sending him careening off course and into the ground. He more than likely knocked out a few fangs… but didn’t knock him out for the count. That would have to come later.

Finally reaching the group, he could see that Bella was zoning out, feeling the first symptoms of shock and blood loss. She started to fall, and Leo instantly went to Bella, catching her in a rather heroic fashion. A more practical way would have been to do it the way that firemen carry people out of burning buildings… but that would have yielded a bigger punishment from the songstress, seeing as how she was wearing a dress. “You can kill me for this later,” he muttered to the unconscious Latino. It wasn’t worth it to stay behind and fight. What would be the use of it, if they wouldn’t kill them? They needed to get away before any of their own was injured. Looking in between Chameleon and Digger, Leonardo said, “Let me just go and say that we are not retreating. Merely advancing in a different direction.”

“Veritas… let’s move! Now.” Leonardo said in the direction of the Wolverine clone. He knew that Gideon had advanced hearing; not as good as Bella’s, but attuned enough to pick out his name if it was said. Hopefully he would get the message and finish up in time to get out of the mall.

As Leo turned towards the exit, he heard the transmission that Bianca sent out over the comms. A bomb? Great. They planned to wipe them out anyways, one way or another. He grunted, stopping in his tracks in order to assess the situation once again. Leo couldn’t disarm a bomb… and his powers weren’t great for it either. True, he could lift the bomb (depending on its size), but he had done enough for the day. His torso ached… as did his entire body. He had taken a beating earlier, but wasn’t letting the discomfort and pain show through to his teammates. They needed to split up; one group go for the bomb, the other get out of the mall and see if they could hail the X-Jet to pick up the others. And then a third to hold off the baddies.

“Allegra! Moonlight! Blond chick (Alex)! Go help Opaque with the bomb!” He roared to the Alphas. “Landslide and Tempest, with me. You two,” he turned back to Chameleon and Digger… he didn’t know them yet, “stay with Veritas.” He nodded in the direction of Gideon. Eli and Marcel were fine where they were, helping with the fight. That left… three with himself, four to deal with the bomb… and five to hold back the baddies. “Flintlock, stay with Veritas, Railgun, and Water-boy!” (he’d forgotten Marcel’s codename). That made six to hold back the bad guys… those odds were better.

He spotted Raine and Varis entering the mall, since they had been behind Tsukino. “Glitter!” he was so glad he remembered her codename, “There’s a bomb that Allegra and Moonlight are going to go try and disarm. Go with them!” Spotting Varis, he shouted, “You! With me.”

Leo looked back over to the HYDRA agent… still wondering what her motives were. If she was helping though… she would stay with Gideon. Hopefully.

“Alright guys… let’s move out!”

((OOC: Permission from AR to bot Bella))

Omega/ Rally turned War Zone/ Are You a Singing Hobo Or A Stabbing Hobo?

Jacen chuckled lightly, head tilting back as he began nodding. “I’ll be looking forward to it,” The curly-haired mutant said to his comrade.

The moment of rest passed by as the Omegas started across the roof, in astounding levels of quietness. Weren’t these the times the Main-landers cracked jokes? Granted, he couldn’t blame them, most of them were getting this as their first mission in the field.

He kept up with Scott and Narcissa easily, taking in the scene below, memorizing various aspects of their new battleground. Where Hostiles and Hostages were, potential places for cover, Locations of the nearest restrooms. Kidding about that last one. It seemed as though there presence was unnoticed for the moment, and they’d need that moment. Jacen made a mental note that Quicksilver was on his way, the prospect of both him and his sister fighting together not looking to good.

Not to mention Avalanche. The stupid tremors he was setting off were screwing up his sense of touch. Until he was taken out, Jacen’s knock-off spider-sense would be useless.

And last but not least, Morlocks. How long had it been since the Omegas had taken their little foray into the sewers of mutant town? He honestly couldn’t remember the date, though he did remember he’d been thankful for his decreased sense of smell for once.

As Scott left, Jacen immediately turned to Narcissa, ready for orders. He gave the leader a half-hearted grin as she sent the first team down, encouragement never hurts after all... Right?

He followed after Narcissa as the gang split up, feeling the rejuvination the rain brought as they ran across the rooftop. He cleared the gap simply, landing on the other side as Narcissa voiced that they’d finally been detected. He glanced over towards where Magneto was floating, and managing to catch himself in the man’s eyeline. He kept his game-face up, but a invisible shiver ran down his spine. Mutant Boogey-man alright.

Jacen’s back-up came in the form of him dropping two stories onto the man who had snuck up behind Narcissa, the man crumpling like an accordian- Before Melting underneath his feet, sliding a yard away in puddle-mode, then reforming. “Well that just doesn’t seem fair.” Jacen huffed, Throwing a punch more for experiment’s sake than with the believe that it would have an effect. It didn’t.

MeltyMan’s face legitimately absorbed the punch, Kraken pulling back his fist and pursing his lips half-thinking and half-frowning. Maybe if he could catch the mutant off guar-

Before the thought could even finish Jacen had to duck as a molotov flew past him, managing to stay lit in the rain as MeltyMan absorbed it as well. Not the best use of power Jacen had ever seen. Oddly not the worst though. He stayed down as the improvised explosive did it's name proud, grimacing as bit of MeltyMan drifted on the rainwater into the gutter.

"Ew" He said, turning to the rest of his team, and the other mooks running towards them.

Tara grinned slightly when Lexi continued with her taunting of Toad's apparent preference for blondes, glad that at least they could try and distract him a bit from his task at hand. Whatever that task may be. If things hit the fan, she would have to be careful that she didn't bring the entire building down. From her readings of the area through her own powers, she would have to monitor the structural integrity of the building considering the explosions that had already occurred -- the last thing she needed was to be responsible for burying them all underneath the roof. There was already some fighting going on as Tsunami and Railgun were already engaging the Pyro, seeming to have the perfect powers to take that on. However, the fact that they had a gun to her leader's head wiped the smile from her lips, brown eyes narrowing in concentration as she waited to see what would result.

Some of the Omegas appeared on the scene, Tara actually glad that they were there. By her quick counts, there were only a few of them -- where was everyone else? One of them levels a gun on the blue chick that had their leader within their sights, unheard words ending in the ringing of a gunshot. Their target was dispatched by the blue chick as several more Brotherhood members erupted from the surrounding shops, chaos once more dominating her line of sight. Still, there was a warning that they should not kill, only incapacitate. A knot formed in the pit of her stomach, the earth manipulator none to happy that they had to exercise temperance in the midst of the battle their enemies started.

As Toad made his disappearance, she attempted to hinder his progress with her powers, causing the ground beneath his hops to shift in an attempt to trip him up. Unfortunately, as he got further away, the less she was able to do, still not wanting to venture out from behind the shield that one of their own was still maintaining.

Some more of their number showed up, just in time for news that on top of the Brotherhood, they were also facing a bomb threat.

"Ok, these guys have officially pissed me off," she growled, her name being called out in a string of orders capturing her attention. She turned around to see Leo calling for her to go with him. Their goal was just to get their leader and get out of here in one piece, but with each passing moment, that looked less and less likely.

"As long as I get to kick that annoying green b*****d's a** along the way, I'm in," she called back to him, moving to close the distance between them as he called out orders to some of the others around them. She had to admit that she was glad not to be on the team going to disarm the bomb -- she was really bad in chemistry. No, she'd be better for the retrieval mission. The beauty of her power was that she could be both offense and defense, should the situation change.

"Let's go get our leader -- I'll follow your lead," she said simply to Leo, hands balling into fists as several slabs of debris from around the area started to float over in their direction, ready to be thrown around or used as a shield depending on how it went.

ℜ@√℮ +~+ Ѻмεgα- The bigger they are, the bigger the target

Through Solaris' command, Rave was assisting in the hostage situation with Knoxx calling the shots. His route to the ground was a bit more direct than hers, she chose the fire escape and he just jumped off the roof and used his energy to slow himself down to a safe landing speed as he neared the ground. The low visibility of the heavy rain would hinder him and his preference to fight at a distance even with his goggles- a sudden lash at his face cut his thought process short.

A few feet from him stood a bloated man with multiple whip-like protrusions from his arms and an unnaturally skinny head. While he would have loved to 'surgically remove' the whip that cut his face, they were not supposed to severely injure/disfigure anyone, not that it usually stopped some of the Omegas, but Cyclops was here with them this time.

He chose not to attempt another use of whips like in the Morlock tunnels because they had more pressing matters to attend to. Leion held his hand forward and made a blinding flare of light, his eyes shielded by his goggles thanks to Forge. Hearing the Morlock scream, he made a burst forward and delivered a gut punch with the momentum, a little tactic he had learned in a class with Wolverine, well not so much learned as experienced first-hand.

As the Morlock crumpled to the ground, he heard Knoxx shout out to keep forward. So he headed in her direction, it was best they stick together than get separated and have the plan fail.

Leion + James ~ Evans

Team: Alpha's Winter Wolf
Location:



As Varis had his hand brushed away he walked with the girls as they neared the fountain he nodded to each Alpha in turn as he saw them. He was unsure as to what to do or say since he was new to the crew. "Oi what is the plan from here anyone know?" He asked looking to each of the members he was sure had been involved in this for a while, as he waited he caught movement here and there and while he made notes of it he never actually acted on it, in fact he allowed his gloves of ice to melt from around his hands. He looked for Siren in particular since she was the leader of his team and he hadn't seen her since she and Narcissa had almost had a fight back at the mansion.




((OOC: Sorry about the crappy post guys bad few days))