6/7 Instance: Snapped
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:54 pm
Current Timeline
Jason: It was amazing what the right illusion would get you. In this case, it got a free plane trip down to Florida and another warehouse that had been uncovered as part of Essex's storage. The right illusion also got a freely rented car to drive to said warehouse. Jason did rather like illusioning money.
Jason: "Right, this is the place."
Adam: Adam looked up, tightening the glove, feeling the tenseness he'd come to know intimately - and oddly start to love. "You sure about that?" He said calmly, Irish accent slightly muffled by his mask. "Hate to break up the wrong warehouse, eh?"
Jason: "Well, if you see a lack of Marauders once you're in there we'll know we've hit the wrong place."
Pietro: Pietro looked around at the rest of the team, trying to spot signs of how they were after the last mission.
Danny: "Can you imagine though?" He asked with a smirk as he wrapped his hands and wrist with tape. "I mean seriously... if we broke down the door of the wrong warehouse..."
Rogue: "An' if ya see a multitude of 'em ya know ya in tha right one."
Melati: "This this will finally be the jackpot, or just another of Essex' facilities," Melati asked, adjusting her gloves while looking out the window. "Don't get me wrong, trashing his stuff and beating up his henchmen is satisfying all right and surely will do some good, but I keep hoping we're going to find some trace of our missing friends."
Adam: Adam tilted his head slightly. "Fair enough." He seemed outwardly calm enough. "Same, Mel, but if we're giving the messege that this time we mean war, well...all the better, right?" He cracked his knuckles and smoothed his gloves down his trousers, before getting out of the car, eyes flaring red. "There's definitely people around."
Danny: "We should've enlisted a private detective." Danny thought aloud. "Who would think the Marauders could be so good at covering their tracks?"
Rogue: "That's gonna take a lot more'n what we've done so far, Mel... Essex is good at coverin' his shit. Unfortunately." She zipped her uniform up tighter and unbuckled, "Y'all need ta watch yaselves an' each other. We don't need ta lose anybody else. Got it?"
Jason: "I'm afraid it's just a facility from the looks of things. Has your more squeamish frinds made any more discoveries as far as where all of this ships out to?" Jason looked back to Melati.
Jason: "Each time he's escaped it's been because he's had people covering his back, best to pick off anyone who might this time."
Pietro: "If we take down his protection we'll stand a better chance of getting to him. I makes sense to do it this way."
Rogue: "Exactly. If we don't we could lose 'im again. An' our friends'd be even further gone. Gotta get rid o' tha body guards 'fore ya can get ta tha celebrities."
Adam: Adam wasn't entirely sure why being in the same team as Jason and Rogue was setting him so much on edge, but at least it meant he was already over-observant. "Sometimes it's better to cut the tail off the snake bit by bit, right?"
Danny: "If we corner his people, take them out, we essentially corner him. Leave him with few options. I hope we're moving through fast enough that he doesn't get desparate..." Danny would hate to think what Essex does when he becomes desperate.
Adam: "Can we can it with the metaphors and get out the car already? I need to go pee."
Jason: "I told you you should have went to the bathroom at the airport."
Melati: "Whatever, just let's get this over with." Melati flexed her hands, the finger-less gloves allowing her claws to protrude unhindered. "Maybe someone in there knows where we need to look, so I suggest we go in and ask for directions."
Jason: Jason settled back in the driver's seat, pulling out a laptop from the bag he had brought. "I've pieced this into what little security the places has so I can report to all of you from in here. Usually they have been seen closer to the dock so I would suggest you start there."
Danny: "Away we go..." Danny hopped out and tightened his braces on his boots.
Adam: "Nah, wanted a present to give Essex's goons. Peecannon!"
Jason: At the mention of a 'peecannon' Jason felt everso glad Adam was no longer part of the Brotherhood, even if they weren't overly active at the moment.
Pietro: Pietro rolled his eyes a little and got out, stretching. "Want me to run ahead and look?"
Adam: Adam fixed on the radio, eyes flaring again, going back to serious like a switch had been flicked. "Okay, I know there's people in there, many heartbeats and whathaveyou. I can take out any guards they might have with one of my flashovers. Would that make your lives easier?"
Melati: "Might as well, Speedy," Melati replied, getting out of the car to get her bearings. "Would be good to make sure what we're up against, and there's no surprises waiting for us."
Pietro: "Okay. I'll be right back." He smiled and dashed off to look. In the blink of an eye he was back. "Two Marauders and many guards."
Adam: "Excellent." Adam nodded. "I can take care of at least some of the guards. Do we want any to take the news back to their master?"
Melati: She frowned. "Sounds familiar." Melati stepped up to the nearest corner and took a careful peek around, spotting their target near the docks.
Danny: Danny used his keen eyesight to spot some cameras in the corners of the buildings. They had been painted to resemble the building and were almost undetectable, but the glare off the lens gave thei position. "Cameras, 2 o'clock and 7 o'clock." He whispered.
Rogue: Rogue turned on her earpiece and gave a nod of thanks to Jason before getting out of the car. "No, Adam. No survivors. If they look or act innocent, spare 'em. But other than that, take 'em all down. If they run back ta Essex, he could just double up on other forms o' protection. We don't want 'im ta know when'r who's comin'. Just that we're comin'."
Pietro: "I could go and unplug the cameras but I think Jason might want them to watch for a bit."
Adam: "Yeahuh, can do." Adam kicked up in the air, PVC coat flaring. "Alright. Sneak or plough on in?"
Melati: Melati looked at Rogue, the darkness hiding her frown. "What about those surrendering or making a break for it?"
Rogue: Rogue sighed, unhappy that she was going to say anything about survivors, "Surrenderin' gets an automatic prisoner sentence. But there shouldn't be any makin' a break f'r it. They shouldn't have time."
Danny: "I would say use CQC and silently take out the guards and make our way into the interior of the Maurauders who are here..." He looked to Rogue. "Exactly. Don't give them time to flee or suspect anything."
Adam: Adam frowned to himself. While he wasn't above killing, slaughtering people that were trying to escape wasn't his style. If they were trying to kill him or his friends, yes, but that...no, if they ran, he'd let them, like last time.
Rogue: "Ah think some o' us should go through tha front door an' tha rest should sneak up behind 'em. Who's sneaky like?"
Adam: "Meee. I'm not really a powerhouse, for all my strength."
Pietro: "I can do either. I don't mind drawing fire, I can dodge anything they throw at me."
Melati: "Guess I can sneak well enough for what it's worth, but when it comes down to it, taking fire is what I do best." She popped her knuckles and readied herself to head out. "So I'll pick the front door, if no one has any objections."
Adam: Adam looked at all of them. "You're all powerhouses or can dodge. I'm squishy. You go in front, I'll take the rear and mop up what you miss and send the rest back to you. Sneakylike."
Melati: "Sounds like a plan," Mel commented, giving a nod. "Best stay under cover and work from there. Pretty much like a sniper. Or I guess artillery would be more accurate."
Melati: "Could you make out which Marauders are holed up in there," she asked. "Would be nice to know who and what we're having to expect to get thrown at us."
Jason: Jason came in over the radio. "I've seen evidence of them all coming and going, the latest being Blockbuster."
Adam: "Roger, 'Mind." Adam nodded. "Alright, suggest we get movin' before they decide to go home for the night, guys." He pushed further up. "I'll go spook 'em, you go do your smashy thing." With that, he blurred for the back of the warehouse.
Danny: "I can sense when there is physical energy around me." Danny noted. "And Im feeling.. a lot of it." His eyes widened at the name of Blockbuster.
Pietro: "Yeah he's in there now. And the one called Lady M. That's all I saw. The rest are just humans."
Melati: "I remember that one all too well." She nodded to herself. "Hits like a truck and can also take as much punishment."
Rogue: "Ah don't want Adam alone. Ah don't want anyone alone. Pietro, go with Adam. Ah'm goin' in front."
Danny: "Being just human doesn't excuse them." He pointed out.
Adam: Adam found a handy open window, slipping in. "Bit late." He whispered. "I'm already in."
Danny: Iron Fist sighed and followed him. "I'll go, Rogue."
Pietro: Pietro sighed and ran to the building, phasing through the wall. "It's okay, I'm in."
Melati: "Isn't that the one who messes up your mind," she asked, looking up. "Guess that what make all our intel just a bit more unreliable."
Jason: "Lady M, hmm? Well, if she gives you any trouble I'll be sure to put in a few illusions to mess with her concentration on her own."
Adam: The mutant crept to a walkway overlooking the warehouse floor, picked a target... "Party's about to start, hope you bought fireworks-" -and then snapped his fingers, a human goon suddenly, messily exploding in the middle of his mates. There was a second's pause, then the screaming and chaos started.
Rogue: "Thanks." She shrugged, "We'll just hafta make sure she tells us tha truth first." Rogue looked at Melati and Pietro, "In we go."
Jason: That was a good deal of noise coming out of that area. "The security here is lax but you might want to off them quickly so they're not overheard too much."
Melati: "Roger that." Melati took off, making a break straight for the front door. The guard posted there managed to raise his weapon halfway before she jumped him and knocked him down with an aimed strike.
Pietro: "They won't talk. I tried to get information out of Scalphunter before." He moved around knocking out the guards he passed. He didn't bother to be gentle and he definately heard a lot of sickening cracks.
Rogue: Rogue slipped one glove off and flew straight through the doors, busting them down properly. "Honey! We're home!"
Adam: The blood from the exploded human was slicked off the floor, walls and other surfaces, the splatters on people suddenly superheating and melting flesh and material alike. The whips of controlled blood were used to blow apart guns, but this time Adam wasn't killing indiscriminatly, hell no.
Lady_M: The chaos was heard by Lady M, however as she looked up from watching the workers load their next transport. "Blockbuster, we've got trouble." She illusioned herself invisible, scurrying to a corner of the warehouse.
Blockbuster: "What's that now," the hulking mutant demanded to know, nearly taking the door off its hinges as he trampled into the warehouse. "Real trouble, or just those losers taking potshots at some bums again?"
Danny: Danny followed up closely behind Adam, alarmed at the visual of the spattering human. "Little opposite of low-radar isn't that?" He leapt up to a scaffolding and monkeyed over to another side of the warehouse. He dropped down on two guards, colliding his feet, which were currently "ironed up" as he liked to call it now, with their backs.
Danny: As he landed on them, forcing them sprawled out, he used both his hands to raie their heads by their hair and smash them into the concrete.
Melati: There wasn't much resistance when she stormed into the warehouse, quickly scanning the area to identify cover and potential spots for ambushes. Most of the guards were in disarray, scrambling about to cover the rear of the building. "Guess the diversion worked," Melati radioed, swiping two more off their feet with her tail.
Rogue: Rogue wrestled a machine gun from a guard that burst around a corner, shooting bullets up into the ceiling. "Didn't ya mama ever teach ya ta be hospitable?"
Adam: "Chaos and mayhem, my work is done." Adam shrugged, leaning on the bars and almost lazily conducting. He tightened a glove, watching as a large group of humans collapsed, literally sweating blood. He pulled it up into the air, before sniffing. "I think someone's trying to hide, I can hear a heartbeat where there's empty space..."
Melati: Then she spotted the bloody mess left on the walls and floors. "Aw crap, you can't be serious," she muttered.
Lady_M: "X-men trouble." Lady M reported..."Though, you know, after what happened with Scalpy and Vertigo they're not exactly playing by their old rules."
Blockbuster: "Just when I thought 'this would be dull night," Blockbuster announced, barging through stacks of crates as if they weren't there. "Good... was hoping they'd be foolish enough to show up here."
Rogue: Rogue used the butt of the gun to knock the guy flat to the floor then looked at what Melati was talking about. "Shit." She threw the gun aside after making sure all of the bullets were gone, "Adam, run 'em our way."
Adam: "Yes'm." He was grinning a little maniacally behind the mask, herding the now panicking guards easily towards the front. Easy enough to do, even without any more explosions - they didn't want to come near the lethal ribbons of superheated blood, and he was using them like lashes to direct them. So far, he'd only killed three, and one of those had been a heart attack.
Jason: "I'm not seeing any others coming to your position. I think you've got what you're going to see tonight in there." Jason switched cameras so he could see inside.
Danny: Danny spotted Blockbuster running and smiled. He focused his chi into his leg and ran towards him. In a baseball style slide, Danny dropped down, his energized foot glowing purple with whisps of smoke flying behind him. He drove his leg into the path of Blockbuster, looking to trip him.
Blockbuster: Loosing his footing, the large Marauder fell forward and left shattered concrete in his wake. "Fool, you'll regret messing with us," Blockbuster said, pushing himself up, debris dropping from his shoulders. "Just as you'll regret what you've done to Vertigo." He stormed forward, balling a huge fist to smack the X-Mam who felled him.
Lady_M: Cringing as she saw her partner for the night go down, Lady M concentrated and soon the room seemed to be changing, the walls pushing in on them.
Danny: Danny rolled out of the way of the massive fist as it crashed after him. He sprang to his feet and tried to take a posture of defense.
Melati: "Am I imagining things, or are we about to get slimmed down awfully fast," Mel asked, watching the walls close in on them.
Pietro: "Let me check...." Pietro phased through the wall.
Blockbuster: "Prancing about won't save you, little man." Blockbuster swung again, knocking whatever came in range of his fists away.
Rogue: Rogue didn't think twice as she was defending herself from the few guards that were left around them, "No. That ain't right..."
Adam: ...Which for a room containing a manic Adam, was not a good thing. The bars under Adam's hands were suddenly torn apart as the room closed in on him, eyes widening in panic and another couple of people exploding as he gibbered a little down the radio.
Rogue: Rogue quickly looked around for Lady M, frowning when she couldn't see her. "Jason? A little help'd be nice."
Pietro: "Walls are nice and still outside," Pietro informed them.
Adam: At those words, Adam force himself to close his eyes, muttering to himself as he tried to calm down. There was another illusionist. That was all. He would be fine. He cracked an eye open, squeaked and squeezed it shut again. "Makeitstop."
Rogue: "Adam. Adam," she flew to him, "Where's tha heartbeat? Ah need ya help, kiddo."
Melati: "Can't tell if this is going well or not..." Melati had disarmed another guard, knocking him out with the butt of his own rifle. There was a menacing growl coming from behind her. As she spun around, she found herself faced with a pack of fiery hounds who looked like they had crawled straight out of hell. "Tell me those aren't real, either..."
Jason: "Just a minute, panning the cameras around." Jason replied, switching angles as he searched. "Right back corner and moving and I'm on my way." With that Jason shut the laptop up and got out of the car, casually strolling up to the place.
Adam: Adam took a deep breath at Rogue's words. He was needed. He needed to concentrate. A shaking hand was raised, then he pointed to a patch of bare ground behind some crates. "Th-there. She's there. Pretty scared too."
Danny: Danny backstepped. "Distraction over here, would be grand." He insisted. He used his energy to fire up the iron defenses in both his arms. Blocking the smacks which would have normally snapped his fore arms were instead just really, really, painful.
Pietro: "One distraction coming up!" Pietro picked up a few disguarded weapons and started throwing them in extremely quick succession at Blockbuster.
Danny: He grit his teeth and looked to Pietro. "You're not shooting the guns, you're throwing them?" He asked.
Melati: "Rogue, try to help Fisty with the big guy, I'll do my best to corner the Brain-Lady." Melati swung her stolen rifle at the hopefully illusory dogs, before jumping up on stack of crates to get on some higher ground.
Rogue: Rogue picked up a guard and threw him in the direction Adam pointed, trying to throw her off guard, "Thanks!" She flew into Blockbuster and practically bounced off of him. "Damn."
Pietro: "Trust me. I can throw the guns faster than a bullet will leave the barrel. This hurts far more."
Blockbuster: He snarled, swatting at the weapons chucked against him. "You'll have to do better than that," Blockbuster growled, reaching out to pull one of the very pillars of the warehouse from its foundation. "You're only making me angry, and you won't like me when I'm angry." He swung it as a makeshift club.
Danny: "Pietro, this guy is a brontosaurus. You're faster than him! Show him how velociraptors do it!" He spotted a large chain, similar to what is used on anchors. "Rogue! Chain!" He pointed. He ducked from the club-pillar.
Jason: It was amazing what the right illusion would get you. In this case, it got a free plane trip down to Florida and another warehouse that had been uncovered as part of Essex's storage. The right illusion also got a freely rented car to drive to said warehouse. Jason did rather like illusioning money.
Jason: "Right, this is the place."
Adam: Adam looked up, tightening the glove, feeling the tenseness he'd come to know intimately - and oddly start to love. "You sure about that?" He said calmly, Irish accent slightly muffled by his mask. "Hate to break up the wrong warehouse, eh?"
Jason: "Well, if you see a lack of Marauders once you're in there we'll know we've hit the wrong place."
Pietro: Pietro looked around at the rest of the team, trying to spot signs of how they were after the last mission.
Danny: "Can you imagine though?" He asked with a smirk as he wrapped his hands and wrist with tape. "I mean seriously... if we broke down the door of the wrong warehouse..."
Rogue: "An' if ya see a multitude of 'em ya know ya in tha right one."
Melati: "This this will finally be the jackpot, or just another of Essex' facilities," Melati asked, adjusting her gloves while looking out the window. "Don't get me wrong, trashing his stuff and beating up his henchmen is satisfying all right and surely will do some good, but I keep hoping we're going to find some trace of our missing friends."
Adam: Adam tilted his head slightly. "Fair enough." He seemed outwardly calm enough. "Same, Mel, but if we're giving the messege that this time we mean war, well...all the better, right?" He cracked his knuckles and smoothed his gloves down his trousers, before getting out of the car, eyes flaring red. "There's definitely people around."
Danny: "We should've enlisted a private detective." Danny thought aloud. "Who would think the Marauders could be so good at covering their tracks?"
Rogue: "That's gonna take a lot more'n what we've done so far, Mel... Essex is good at coverin' his shit. Unfortunately." She zipped her uniform up tighter and unbuckled, "Y'all need ta watch yaselves an' each other. We don't need ta lose anybody else. Got it?"
Jason: "I'm afraid it's just a facility from the looks of things. Has your more squeamish frinds made any more discoveries as far as where all of this ships out to?" Jason looked back to Melati.
Jason: "Each time he's escaped it's been because he's had people covering his back, best to pick off anyone who might this time."
Pietro: "If we take down his protection we'll stand a better chance of getting to him. I makes sense to do it this way."
Rogue: "Exactly. If we don't we could lose 'im again. An' our friends'd be even further gone. Gotta get rid o' tha body guards 'fore ya can get ta tha celebrities."
Adam: Adam wasn't entirely sure why being in the same team as Jason and Rogue was setting him so much on edge, but at least it meant he was already over-observant. "Sometimes it's better to cut the tail off the snake bit by bit, right?"
Danny: "If we corner his people, take them out, we essentially corner him. Leave him with few options. I hope we're moving through fast enough that he doesn't get desparate..." Danny would hate to think what Essex does when he becomes desperate.
Adam: "Can we can it with the metaphors and get out the car already? I need to go pee."
Jason: "I told you you should have went to the bathroom at the airport."
Melati: "Whatever, just let's get this over with." Melati flexed her hands, the finger-less gloves allowing her claws to protrude unhindered. "Maybe someone in there knows where we need to look, so I suggest we go in and ask for directions."
Jason: Jason settled back in the driver's seat, pulling out a laptop from the bag he had brought. "I've pieced this into what little security the places has so I can report to all of you from in here. Usually they have been seen closer to the dock so I would suggest you start there."
Danny: "Away we go..." Danny hopped out and tightened his braces on his boots.
Adam: "Nah, wanted a present to give Essex's goons. Peecannon!"
Jason: At the mention of a 'peecannon' Jason felt everso glad Adam was no longer part of the Brotherhood, even if they weren't overly active at the moment.
Pietro: Pietro rolled his eyes a little and got out, stretching. "Want me to run ahead and look?"
Adam: Adam fixed on the radio, eyes flaring again, going back to serious like a switch had been flicked. "Okay, I know there's people in there, many heartbeats and whathaveyou. I can take out any guards they might have with one of my flashovers. Would that make your lives easier?"
Melati: "Might as well, Speedy," Melati replied, getting out of the car to get her bearings. "Would be good to make sure what we're up against, and there's no surprises waiting for us."
Pietro: "Okay. I'll be right back." He smiled and dashed off to look. In the blink of an eye he was back. "Two Marauders and many guards."
Adam: "Excellent." Adam nodded. "I can take care of at least some of the guards. Do we want any to take the news back to their master?"
Melati: She frowned. "Sounds familiar." Melati stepped up to the nearest corner and took a careful peek around, spotting their target near the docks.
Danny: Danny used his keen eyesight to spot some cameras in the corners of the buildings. They had been painted to resemble the building and were almost undetectable, but the glare off the lens gave thei position. "Cameras, 2 o'clock and 7 o'clock." He whispered.
Rogue: Rogue turned on her earpiece and gave a nod of thanks to Jason before getting out of the car. "No, Adam. No survivors. If they look or act innocent, spare 'em. But other than that, take 'em all down. If they run back ta Essex, he could just double up on other forms o' protection. We don't want 'im ta know when'r who's comin'. Just that we're comin'."
Pietro: "I could go and unplug the cameras but I think Jason might want them to watch for a bit."
Adam: "Yeahuh, can do." Adam kicked up in the air, PVC coat flaring. "Alright. Sneak or plough on in?"
Melati: Melati looked at Rogue, the darkness hiding her frown. "What about those surrendering or making a break for it?"
Rogue: Rogue sighed, unhappy that she was going to say anything about survivors, "Surrenderin' gets an automatic prisoner sentence. But there shouldn't be any makin' a break f'r it. They shouldn't have time."
Danny: "I would say use CQC and silently take out the guards and make our way into the interior of the Maurauders who are here..." He looked to Rogue. "Exactly. Don't give them time to flee or suspect anything."
Adam: Adam frowned to himself. While he wasn't above killing, slaughtering people that were trying to escape wasn't his style. If they were trying to kill him or his friends, yes, but that...no, if they ran, he'd let them, like last time.
Rogue: "Ah think some o' us should go through tha front door an' tha rest should sneak up behind 'em. Who's sneaky like?"
Adam: "Meee. I'm not really a powerhouse, for all my strength."
Pietro: "I can do either. I don't mind drawing fire, I can dodge anything they throw at me."
Melati: "Guess I can sneak well enough for what it's worth, but when it comes down to it, taking fire is what I do best." She popped her knuckles and readied herself to head out. "So I'll pick the front door, if no one has any objections."
Adam: Adam looked at all of them. "You're all powerhouses or can dodge. I'm squishy. You go in front, I'll take the rear and mop up what you miss and send the rest back to you. Sneakylike."
Melati: "Sounds like a plan," Mel commented, giving a nod. "Best stay under cover and work from there. Pretty much like a sniper. Or I guess artillery would be more accurate."
Melati: "Could you make out which Marauders are holed up in there," she asked. "Would be nice to know who and what we're having to expect to get thrown at us."
Jason: Jason came in over the radio. "I've seen evidence of them all coming and going, the latest being Blockbuster."
Adam: "Roger, 'Mind." Adam nodded. "Alright, suggest we get movin' before they decide to go home for the night, guys." He pushed further up. "I'll go spook 'em, you go do your smashy thing." With that, he blurred for the back of the warehouse.
Danny: "I can sense when there is physical energy around me." Danny noted. "And Im feeling.. a lot of it." His eyes widened at the name of Blockbuster.
Pietro: "Yeah he's in there now. And the one called Lady M. That's all I saw. The rest are just humans."
Melati: "I remember that one all too well." She nodded to herself. "Hits like a truck and can also take as much punishment."
Rogue: "Ah don't want Adam alone. Ah don't want anyone alone. Pietro, go with Adam. Ah'm goin' in front."
Danny: "Being just human doesn't excuse them." He pointed out.
Adam: Adam found a handy open window, slipping in. "Bit late." He whispered. "I'm already in."
Danny: Iron Fist sighed and followed him. "I'll go, Rogue."
Pietro: Pietro sighed and ran to the building, phasing through the wall. "It's okay, I'm in."
Melati: "Isn't that the one who messes up your mind," she asked, looking up. "Guess that what make all our intel just a bit more unreliable."
Jason: "Lady M, hmm? Well, if she gives you any trouble I'll be sure to put in a few illusions to mess with her concentration on her own."
Adam: The mutant crept to a walkway overlooking the warehouse floor, picked a target... "Party's about to start, hope you bought fireworks-" -and then snapped his fingers, a human goon suddenly, messily exploding in the middle of his mates. There was a second's pause, then the screaming and chaos started.
Rogue: "Thanks." She shrugged, "We'll just hafta make sure she tells us tha truth first." Rogue looked at Melati and Pietro, "In we go."
Jason: That was a good deal of noise coming out of that area. "The security here is lax but you might want to off them quickly so they're not overheard too much."
Melati: "Roger that." Melati took off, making a break straight for the front door. The guard posted there managed to raise his weapon halfway before she jumped him and knocked him down with an aimed strike.
Pietro: "They won't talk. I tried to get information out of Scalphunter before." He moved around knocking out the guards he passed. He didn't bother to be gentle and he definately heard a lot of sickening cracks.
Rogue: Rogue slipped one glove off and flew straight through the doors, busting them down properly. "Honey! We're home!"
Adam: The blood from the exploded human was slicked off the floor, walls and other surfaces, the splatters on people suddenly superheating and melting flesh and material alike. The whips of controlled blood were used to blow apart guns, but this time Adam wasn't killing indiscriminatly, hell no.
Lady_M: The chaos was heard by Lady M, however as she looked up from watching the workers load their next transport. "Blockbuster, we've got trouble." She illusioned herself invisible, scurrying to a corner of the warehouse.
Blockbuster: "What's that now," the hulking mutant demanded to know, nearly taking the door off its hinges as he trampled into the warehouse. "Real trouble, or just those losers taking potshots at some bums again?"
Danny: Danny followed up closely behind Adam, alarmed at the visual of the spattering human. "Little opposite of low-radar isn't that?" He leapt up to a scaffolding and monkeyed over to another side of the warehouse. He dropped down on two guards, colliding his feet, which were currently "ironed up" as he liked to call it now, with their backs.
Danny: As he landed on them, forcing them sprawled out, he used both his hands to raie their heads by their hair and smash them into the concrete.
Melati: There wasn't much resistance when she stormed into the warehouse, quickly scanning the area to identify cover and potential spots for ambushes. Most of the guards were in disarray, scrambling about to cover the rear of the building. "Guess the diversion worked," Melati radioed, swiping two more off their feet with her tail.
Rogue: Rogue wrestled a machine gun from a guard that burst around a corner, shooting bullets up into the ceiling. "Didn't ya mama ever teach ya ta be hospitable?"
Adam: "Chaos and mayhem, my work is done." Adam shrugged, leaning on the bars and almost lazily conducting. He tightened a glove, watching as a large group of humans collapsed, literally sweating blood. He pulled it up into the air, before sniffing. "I think someone's trying to hide, I can hear a heartbeat where there's empty space..."
Melati: Then she spotted the bloody mess left on the walls and floors. "Aw crap, you can't be serious," she muttered.
Lady_M: "X-men trouble." Lady M reported..."Though, you know, after what happened with Scalpy and Vertigo they're not exactly playing by their old rules."
Blockbuster: "Just when I thought 'this would be dull night," Blockbuster announced, barging through stacks of crates as if they weren't there. "Good... was hoping they'd be foolish enough to show up here."
Rogue: Rogue used the butt of the gun to knock the guy flat to the floor then looked at what Melati was talking about. "Shit." She threw the gun aside after making sure all of the bullets were gone, "Adam, run 'em our way."
Adam: "Yes'm." He was grinning a little maniacally behind the mask, herding the now panicking guards easily towards the front. Easy enough to do, even without any more explosions - they didn't want to come near the lethal ribbons of superheated blood, and he was using them like lashes to direct them. So far, he'd only killed three, and one of those had been a heart attack.
Jason: "I'm not seeing any others coming to your position. I think you've got what you're going to see tonight in there." Jason switched cameras so he could see inside.
Danny: Danny spotted Blockbuster running and smiled. He focused his chi into his leg and ran towards him. In a baseball style slide, Danny dropped down, his energized foot glowing purple with whisps of smoke flying behind him. He drove his leg into the path of Blockbuster, looking to trip him.
Blockbuster: Loosing his footing, the large Marauder fell forward and left shattered concrete in his wake. "Fool, you'll regret messing with us," Blockbuster said, pushing himself up, debris dropping from his shoulders. "Just as you'll regret what you've done to Vertigo." He stormed forward, balling a huge fist to smack the X-Mam who felled him.
Lady_M: Cringing as she saw her partner for the night go down, Lady M concentrated and soon the room seemed to be changing, the walls pushing in on them.
Danny: Danny rolled out of the way of the massive fist as it crashed after him. He sprang to his feet and tried to take a posture of defense.
Melati: "Am I imagining things, or are we about to get slimmed down awfully fast," Mel asked, watching the walls close in on them.
Pietro: "Let me check...." Pietro phased through the wall.
Blockbuster: "Prancing about won't save you, little man." Blockbuster swung again, knocking whatever came in range of his fists away.
Rogue: Rogue didn't think twice as she was defending herself from the few guards that were left around them, "No. That ain't right..."
Adam: ...Which for a room containing a manic Adam, was not a good thing. The bars under Adam's hands were suddenly torn apart as the room closed in on him, eyes widening in panic and another couple of people exploding as he gibbered a little down the radio.
Rogue: Rogue quickly looked around for Lady M, frowning when she couldn't see her. "Jason? A little help'd be nice."
Pietro: "Walls are nice and still outside," Pietro informed them.
Adam: At those words, Adam force himself to close his eyes, muttering to himself as he tried to calm down. There was another illusionist. That was all. He would be fine. He cracked an eye open, squeaked and squeezed it shut again. "Makeitstop."
Rogue: "Adam. Adam," she flew to him, "Where's tha heartbeat? Ah need ya help, kiddo."
Melati: "Can't tell if this is going well or not..." Melati had disarmed another guard, knocking him out with the butt of his own rifle. There was a menacing growl coming from behind her. As she spun around, she found herself faced with a pack of fiery hounds who looked like they had crawled straight out of hell. "Tell me those aren't real, either..."
Jason: "Just a minute, panning the cameras around." Jason replied, switching angles as he searched. "Right back corner and moving and I'm on my way." With that Jason shut the laptop up and got out of the car, casually strolling up to the place.
Adam: Adam took a deep breath at Rogue's words. He was needed. He needed to concentrate. A shaking hand was raised, then he pointed to a patch of bare ground behind some crates. "Th-there. She's there. Pretty scared too."
Danny: Danny backstepped. "Distraction over here, would be grand." He insisted. He used his energy to fire up the iron defenses in both his arms. Blocking the smacks which would have normally snapped his fore arms were instead just really, really, painful.
Pietro: "One distraction coming up!" Pietro picked up a few disguarded weapons and started throwing them in extremely quick succession at Blockbuster.
Danny: He grit his teeth and looked to Pietro. "You're not shooting the guns, you're throwing them?" He asked.
Melati: "Rogue, try to help Fisty with the big guy, I'll do my best to corner the Brain-Lady." Melati swung her stolen rifle at the hopefully illusory dogs, before jumping up on stack of crates to get on some higher ground.
Rogue: Rogue picked up a guard and threw him in the direction Adam pointed, trying to throw her off guard, "Thanks!" She flew into Blockbuster and practically bounced off of him. "Damn."
Pietro: "Trust me. I can throw the guns faster than a bullet will leave the barrel. This hurts far more."
Blockbuster: He snarled, swatting at the weapons chucked against him. "You'll have to do better than that," Blockbuster growled, reaching out to pull one of the very pillars of the warehouse from its foundation. "You're only making me angry, and you won't like me when I'm angry." He swung it as a makeshift club.
Danny: "Pietro, this guy is a brontosaurus. You're faster than him! Show him how velociraptors do it!" He spotted a large chain, similar to what is used on anchors. "Rogue! Chain!" He pointed. He ducked from the club-pillar.