[hr][hr][center][img]https://s22.postimg.cc/scd426lnl/Ao_S_1_82.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/pdkj6KNZ/RHGZQ4G.gif[/img]
[i][b]"...Comic books for me are fairytales for grown ups..." - Stan Lee[/b][/i][hr][@BlueSky44][@Kirah][@Nallore][@FantasyChic][@Bee][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]Hassenstadt, Latveria Region, Serbia: August 30th, 2020 - 3:45 P.M. [/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hider=Bus Blueprints][img]https://s22.postimg.cc/72rr59wfl/Bus_Blueprints.jpg[/img]
Please specify what level and what area your character is on [/hider]
[hider=Castle Layout]Here are the floor plans to use as reference during this mission. While the rooms are stated with residential names, that does not mean that is what you will find in there. In headers, I'll be referring to locations with the following format [Actual Location - i.e. laboratory] (what it's called on the map). If you're confused, just copy from Novikova or Ray's header.

[hider=First Floor][img]https://i.postimg.cc/nr1nxD7W/Carlisle-Castle-First-Floor.png[/img][/hider]
[hider=Second Floor][img]https://i.postimg.cc/RZY4v96v/Carlisle-Castle-Second-Floo.png[/img][/hider]
[hider=Basement][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FHM8PKkk/Carlisle-Castle-Basement.png[/img][/hider]
[hider=Exterior][img]https://i.postimg.cc/NFCPRGwM/Exterior-4.jpg[/img][/hider]
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[@Nallore][@Bee][@BlueSky44]: [i][b]Team Bus![/b][/i]

	Bonnie continued to work on Jim diligently. She had a personal connection to the agent - he had served with her late husband and had helped carry his casket at the funeral. [color=f6989d]"Come on, Kennedy, stay with me,"[/color] she muttered, giving him a bit of adrenaline. Bonnie would have benefited from having a full medical team on hand, but she didn't have those luxuries. [color=f6989d]"Is the Healer on this op?"[/color] Bonnie asked, referring to Tempest. 

	Unfortunately, Cass and Harry won't be having much luck when it comes to getting communications back up. Even between the two of them, it'll be a while. Hawkeye nodded, looking at Agent Flynn for a moment. [color=7851A9]"We can scout a little closer, then use these,"[/color] he said, pulling what looked like a pair of shades from his bag. [color=7851A9]"Gift from the playboy."[/color] He was referencing his friend Tony Stark, of course. Those shades were better than binoculars - and would let them get a glimpse of the action without having to enter the building itself. They just needed to stand outside of the Castle and look. 

[@Kirah][@Nallore]: [i][b]Team Luminous! [/b][/i]

	[color=f7941d]"Get back!"[/color] Agent Lee screamed. He threw up an arm and a wall of light seemingly blasted out, knocking Luminous backwards. The girl's body seemed to be unnatural - like someone took bits and pieces and put them together without much thought or consideration. On her arm, there was a tattoo of the number [i]7[/i]. [color=silver]"Nice shot,"[/color] Luminous commented, blinking for a moment. 

	She must have had an accelerated metabolism, as she was up off the floor a moment later like nothing happened. Silver energy seemed to surround her as she sent a blast at the girls, only for Lee to block them again with a light shield. [color=f7941d]"She's some sort of mutant!"[/color] Lee called out. 

	[color=silver]"How perceptive of you..."[/color]

[@BlueSky44]: [i][b]Solo Team![/b][/i]

	[color=cd0000]"It is not part of the mission,"[/color] Nikolai told Sparky without hesitation. The quantum tunnel may be dangerous, but he didn't care. He didn't even want to be a part of SHIELD really. He just did the missions asked of him and didn't go out of his way to play the part of a hero. And unless he was ordered to shut down the tunnel, it could remain open. No one has noticed the two of them yet. [color=cd0000]"Come on. Fall back."[/color] He heard Tinley's comm message after all - and that was an order. [hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=d86615]Raynor Blake[/color] & [color=add3ff]Dominika Novikova[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/bN15FP8Z/giphy.gif[/img][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] Castle Doomstadt: Inside [color=add3ff](Second Floor Suite)[/color] [color=d86615](Great Room)[/color]
[b]Skills:[/b] [color=d86615]Security Analysis, Jack of All Trades (Guns)[/color], [color=add3ff]Dimensional Energy Perception (Passive)[/color][/center][hr][hider=December 6th - Character Positions]Foes will appear on the map once they are 'discovered' and will be denoted by an [color=hotpink]X[/color]. Rooms will be noted once they have been cleared by the team as well.[img]https://i.postimg.cc/BZRHKMKw/Carlisle-Castle-First-Floor-update7.png[/img]
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/dVzzJdtd/Screen-Shot-2018-12-06-at-8-09-24-PM.png[/img][/hider]
	Novikova nodded, before she got a quick flash of sensation using her abilities. Nikolai and Sparky weren't on the same floor as them anymore. Instantly, Novikova was filled with a sense of dread and she recalled one image she had seen when she looked at Von Bardas. [color=add3ff]"Sparks is on the roof!"[/color] Novikova told Abercrombie. Her best friend's life was in danger and she didn't trust Nikolai to protect Sparky. 

	[color=add3ff]"Take them - I'll get Agent Sparks,"[/color] Novikova said, handing the plans they had retrieved over to her field commander. 

	[color=FF8CBD]"Agent Novikova, that goes against a direct order from your field commander and will be remembered. Now get your ass out of this building and meet up with the others. Seems I will have to retrieve Sparks and Nikolai myself."[/color]

	[color=add3ff]"...I know, ma'am,"[/color] Novikova said. Her heart was pounding like a timer, telling her how many seconds they had. She had a gut feeling that she needed to run to her friend, then and there, or something would go horribly wrong - that she wouldn't have a friend left to retrieve. [color=add3ff]"But with all due respect...I saw it. This is the only way."[/color]

	Tinley shook her head, but knew no amount of talking would get Novikova to stand down. Truth be told, Tinley couldn't blame her, knowing her friend was on the roof, but Tinley couldn't risk her getting hurt. Or worse. It was up to the Field Commander to make the hard decisions. So with all the respect, she latched on to Novikova's mind. [color=FF8CBD]"You will go outside and meet with the others and wait for my return. If I do not make it back, once Sparky and Nikolai are safe, escape."[/color]

	[i]Meanwhile...[/i]

	[color=#b28c57]"You could let me go!"[/color] the Tinkerer squeaked and Raynor rolled his eyes. However, as Raynor heard the news from Abercrombie over the radio, he held up his comm to his mouth for a moment. [color=d86615]"I copy,"[/color] he said, a bit darkly. He glanced at Tempest for a moment, hearing her ask that, and he wished that he had his sniper rifle on him. He then looked back at the pathetic man in front of him. They weren't supposed to use lethal force - they were SHIELD agents - but by the gods he wanted to. 

	Raynor emptied an I.C.E.R. into the Tinkerer. One shot was enough to knock an individual unconscious - this way enough to send the Tinkerer sprawling onto his back, his heart barely keeping up. But Raynor, in his years of experience, knew that the man would live - unfortunately. [color=d86615]"Wipe the drives, after stashing copies of the information,"[/color] Raynor told her, referring to the computers. [color=d86615]"Agent Sparks, do you read me?"[/color] he then asked via comm.