[img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/019b6781-ae3b-76f0-87f4-d8921a6601aa.webp[/img] [center][h2][color=mediumpurple]B A C K S L I D E[/color][/h2][h3][color=gold]Gaggle's Carnival 14:00[/color][/h3] [color=gold][sub]Mentions- [color=gray]Blackstar[/color] ([@cosmiccowgirl]) | [color=gold]Lightning Girl[/color] ([@FourtyTwo]) | [color=#00FFFF]Hat Trick[/color] ([@BigPapaBelial]) | [color=dodgerblue]Madcap[/color] ([@Auragreedia])| [url=https://youtu.be/Sj92ditRULo?si=-cafppfSj4p6pY-M]Backslide -Instrumental[/url] | [url=https://youtu.be/YAmLMohrus4?si=KNxKugvhh9ycoozY]Backslide -Lyrics[/url] [/sub][/color][/center] [hr] Asteroid’s ears ring for a while after he falls to his knees. Between the thin air, his wounds all over, and the vertigo- he’s barely conscious. He shuts his eyes. With his hands in his lap, he tries to regulate his breathing. The silence around him is kind of haunting. Jet’s scared. He’s never really seen heroes beat down this badly in real life. It’s the worst situation he’s ever been wrapped up in at SDN, and he’s not even sure how they’re supposed to get out of this one. It’s not like he has powers with that much juice. Hundreds of people could die. Hell- suddenly he’s not sure he’s a hero at all. What is he doing here? Maybe if another super was here they’d have had a shot. The vision of Madcap’s back disappearing in the blackness of his vision- just at the fringes of consciousness. If he’d been able to keep up, he could’ve helped. He’s sitting in the chair across from his parole officer- [color=plum]“-you really got yourself into it with this one-”[/color] In his father’s old cadillac, [color=green]“numbers like these won’t get you into a good school, and neither will your grades- So tell me Jet- what are you gonna do with your lif-”[/color] Sitting in James’ office, no words, but it’s the same look on his face. He can’t do this again. Jet’s communicator crackles to life. [color=gold]“Asteroid, Blackstar is on her way to you!"[/color] It jolts him to consciousness. His eyes slam open, and for the moment he’s free from vertigo, he sees her barreling straight at him. It probably should seem terrifying to see someone flying at you that quickly. But all Jet could think about was wanting to catch her. He doesn’t. His body refuses to move as Blackstar nearly runs directly into him. When she stops her words are fighting with the ringing in his ears for focus. [color=gray]"Hey, you okay? C'mon, you gotta--"[/color] He’s looking up at her, palms turned up, chest rising and falling slowly. [color=mediumpurple]”-thanks-”[/color] It’s steady but soft. The seemingly serene calm of someone not entirely awake. The moment of stillness had at least slowed his body down. [color=gray]"Lightning Girl's over here -- the other guys are coming. C'mon, Jet, I've got you."[/color] Pulling him up by both arms, it takes some effort, but Jet’s reoriented with his feet on the ground. This unfortunately took a bit of a levering maneuver so his arm is wrapped around her shoulder. He tries to move but Blackstar must be focused on the new clown arrivals, and she’s taking off. Before he knows it, they’re reunited with LG. [color=mediumpurple]”everyone was alive- last I checked.”[/color] only thing he has to contribute to this battle. He shouts it over the sounds of the heroes fighting around him. He’s not contributing much- but he is applying force to all of the clowns coming at them. It’s enough that LG & Blackstar have just a bit of assistance with the numbers coming at them. It’s less than a minute before his powers return to weakening with his energy. So he picks up a baseball bat from one of the clowns and uses it to catch blows. He tries to crowd the clowns away from slipping in behind them. It’s- mostly successful. LG catches the one that knocks him back to the ground in her lightning. It’s fast, and it’s the first time he’s seen this much of her powers up close. From the ground- it’s much scarier. He scrambles to his feet as Blackstar begins to toss out a potential plan. Jet’s hardly back to his feet before Blackstar says [color=gray]”I’m going,”[/color] Then she’s a blur. Jet follows after Hat Trick's hopeful path and barely makes it in time to hear LG shout- [color=gold]“Team, get in there and cuff him! I've got him held in place!”[/color] He tries to stumble forward, but the quick move over here nearly sends him scrambling to throw up. LG looks like lightning incarnate and he’s sure the static shock off of Gaggles would be enough to stop Jet’s heart. He pulls a set of cuffs from his waist and attempts to toss them to Hat Trick, or anybody that will take them. Jet just knows he’s not going to be the one that is able to overpower the clown with that large frame.