[center][b][color=Beige][sup][h1]N O V A[/h1][/sup][/color][/b][/center]
[COLOR=Beige][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][sup][/sup][/INDENT][/INDENT]
Nova just laughed quietly, panting lightly as she leaned against the crate. Her breathing was a simulation, a more 'natural' way to express how she was low on energy and over-worked. Without it, she'd just be sitting stock still like a toaster. [color=Beige][b]"Heh, you know, if we wanted to get technical I don't even [i]have[/i] breasts right now."[/b][/color] She said, gently thumping her fist on her chest-plating. She waved Therma off when she leaped into action, flicking through AR displays on just what all was working. Power was slowly coming back on, and thankfully she could drain her weapon's batteries back into herself to kickstart the process. She used the small amount of energy to create a few more hardlight plates... Just in time to, as a bullet ricocheted off one right as it arrived at the peacekeeper, narrowly saving his life. She noticed a woman approach her, one of her new allies, ostensibly trying to help her. She clicked her tongue and adjusted herself to sit up straighter. [color=beige][b]"I'm gonna be fine, in about a minute my reactor will be back to normal."[/b][/color] She winced as another explosion made the lab rumble a bit, hissing. [color=beige][b]"Just help all the civvies you can."[/b][/color] Strange to think that she was a Civvie herself not too long ago.

She tried to take stock of the situation. There was death, explosions, general chaos. One of the armored goons went down like a sack of potatoes when the shoddy heel was hit, the leg spasming out of control and toppling him. No time for cheering though, as all the chaos was putting the civilians in extreme danger. She got a message that the full range of non-thruster mobility had returned to her, and she was in the process of jumping down to help when she received an order from Perseus. [color=beige][b]"But..."[/b][/color] She started, looking nervously toward the group nervously, then to the lantern. Lanterns were strong, they were in good hands. [color=beige][b]"Alright."[/b][/color] She said with a nod, watching him... take off. [color=beige][b]"H-hey, I'm still not done charging!... Shit."[/b][/color] She sighed, throwing herself over the edge of the railing and stumbling a bit when she landed, without her thrusters she was a lot less graceful. The Mechs were... well, dumb. She didn't show up as a living thing on their sensors so they just let her run past. More advanced robotic soldiers would certainly not be so easily fooled but these were garbage, 'bottom of the barrel' sorts.

She sprinted after the man, following him into the tunnel. [color=beige][i]Blockbuster, huh?[/i][/color] she thought, racking her brain for any kind of information on the man. Some kind of mutant from what she could gather, could get really big and mean. Yeah, that was it. She'd have to study harder if this superhero thing was going to be taking off like she hoped. With her enhanced cybernetic vision she could see clear as day in the tunnel, and up ahead she saw Perseus dueling with a much, much larger man. Must be the target, right? She heard a soft beep, informing her that her reactor had normalized and her thrusters were once again enabled. [i][color=beige]Perfect.[/color][/i] She thought, sliding to a stop and tapping comms on. [b][color=beige]"Coming through!"[/color][/b] was all she said on the line as she got a running start, her thrusters firing up. She did a little hop, the boosters firing to maximum speed as she came rocketing through the tunnel. It was quite the lightshow, hard to miss. Blockbuster might even think an actual missile was coming at him, had he any time to react. A wall of shimmering orange hex-plates formed in the air behind him as Nova slammed into his chest with a faster-than-sound flying kick, the impact great enough to launch the behemoth a great distance... or it would, if the wall wasn't there to catch him. It shattered of course, but it did ensure that he wasn't thrown out of the tunnel to freedom. She bounced off into a somersault, landing beside Perseus and helping him up as she drew her gun. [b][color=beige]"I got your back!"[/color][/b]