Location: Pike's Place - Seattle, Washington Interacting With: Isley and the Kids
Scott stared at Jason, seeing red for a moment. But he knew that the kid was right - no one would miss him. He didn't have any close friends, mostly just people he knew through work. And even those who were encroaching into close friend territory, would they really be that upset if Scott died? His daughter didn't even know about him, so there would be no hardship there he was certain. "You're damn right no one would care. But I'm guessing you give a shit about your sister, right? So do as I say or you'll be holding a funeral service."
He then nodded slightly at Janelle, approving what she had said and forgetting that since she was blind, she couldn't see the nod. He then looked at Isley. "Portland. The whole city is weird, you'll blend in. And then I fly to Philadelphia and merc the son of a bitch. You move every day to a different place if you can."
Creed Financial- Washington D.C.: August 30th, 2020 - 10:30 P.M.
The Mutant Detection System team has been successful and radioed in that it is time to move out. Grab your gear, find your team, and go complete your objective.
Case Name: Luminous Lead Reason: Take out Luminous Secondary Reason: Take out any remaining security Player Characters: Agent Flynn, Agent Renoir, Agent Reed, Agent Novikova, Agent Thompson NPCs: Hawkeye, Nikolai, Luminous Time: 10 Days Real Life
Mutant Detection System is down. Join up with the part of the team that is already inside and hunt down Luminous. She's a speedster, so be prepared for a bitter fight. There will likely be casualties from this. Due to the size of your group, you are getting 10 days to complete this collab.
Good luck.
Case Name: Vault 613 Lead Reason: Infiltrate the secure vault at Creed Financial and empty it of its contents. Secondary Reason: Cripple HYDRA. Player Characters: Agent Abercrombie, Agent Smith, Agent Bautista NPCs: As needed Time: 10 Days Real Life
The vault is located on the lowest level of Creed Financial. The building was already infiltrated and the Mutant Detection System is down, but you are not out of the woods yet. The vault is reinforced with adamantium. It is secured with a passcode. Get to the vault, figure out how to open it, and grab everything you can from inside of it. And of course, try not to get killed by Luminous.
Good luck.
Case Name: Battle Nurses Lead Reason: Monitor the team's progress from the Bus Secondary Reason: Look out for any incoming communications Player Characters: Agent Chase, Agent McCormick NPCs: As needed Time: 10 Days Real Life
We can do this as either collabs or normal posting. Bonnie and Harry are on support, but events may still happen to them and they might get called into duty.
Also this is strange - I had banned the user from the topic on mobile before this post and it didn't prevent the post from going through. I then removed and redid the ban after this post. Does the ban system no longer prevent them from posting or was this just a glitch?
The Bus - Washington D.C.: August 30th, 2020 - 10:15 P.M.
Specify the area and level your character is on
Commander: Hawkeye Field and Operations Commander: Tinley Communications Lead: Cass Sci-Tech Lead: Bonnie
Vault Team: Tinley, Maria, Niah Luminous Team: Cassandra, Novikova, Victoria, Nikolai Mutant Detection System Team: Hawkeye, Tempest, Flynn Stand By Team: Bonnie, Harry
Case Name: Mission Impossible Lead Reason: Sneak past security and disable the Mutant Security Detection System at Creed Financial. Secondary Reason: Keep an eye out for anything suspicious Player Characters: Agent Flynn, Agent Renoir NPCs: Hawkeye Time: 7 Days Real Life
In order for this operation to be a success, a team needs to disable the Mutant Security Detection System at Creed Financial. Any mutant that goes within twenty feet of the building will set off the alarms (mutants working inside the building are given a special collar to wear that prevents them from constantly setting the alarms off). Unfortunately, S.H.I.EL.D. doesn't have those collars and you don't have the time to make them.
Get inside Creed Financial. The offices on the first floor have access to the entire system. Tempest should be able to manipulate the network to turn off the Mutant Security System. However, you'll need to be fast, as guards are making rounds.
Good luck.
Bonnie Chase
Location: The Bus - Level Two - Command Center Skills: N/A
Bonnie nodded, putting her hair into a messy ponytail as she headed down to Command Center with Cass. It reminded her of the old days, when the two of them weren't very established yet as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. They had saved Cass' sister so many times that Bonnie was a bit impressed with Carolina's knack to find trouble. It was nice being able to work with her again. Bonnie herself had actually been considered for the Phase Three program, but she had been deemed unfit. Her history of depression made them worried she wouldn't be the ideal candidate.
It didn't bother Bonnie too much - she knew she wasn't perfect and she didn't want to be a lab rat. She grimaced slightly as the team orders were given out. She wasn't being sent into the field. Bonnie supposed it was to be expected - she didn't have powers and her specialty was autopsies and medicine. It made sense to keep her back, but her friends were about to go out and risk their lives. She wanted to help them.
The Bus landed at a hangar in Washington D.C. while Tinley was speaking. It was only a block or so away from Creed Financial and luckily, the owner of the hangar was an old friend of Barton's. Bonnie rolled her eyes slightly, realizing that it was a Stark Industries hangar. Of course.
"Renoir, Flynn, with me," Hawkeye said, as he grabbed his supplies and headed off of the plane, emerging into the night air. Fortunately it was late at night, so the humidity Washington D.C. was famous for wasn't nearly as strong as it could have been.
Flynn went to follow Hawkeye, before stopping for a second, and he turned towards Agent Chase. He walked over, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her. When he pulled away, he smirked slightly, before he turned and walked away, following after Hawkeye now. "So, let's get this show on the road," he said, walking off the plane.
Bonnie rocked back slightly on her heels, looking a little bit satisfied with herself. "And here I thought you were gay," Hawkeye muttered to Flynn outside.
Dominika Novikova
Location: the Bus - Level Two - Command Center Skills: N/A
Novikova tilted her head, making a bit of a face at Maria. She did NOT see that one coming. Granted, they had only recently been absorbed into Hawkeye's team but Bonnie and Flynn? It hadn't even crossed her mind. It also reminded her of Sparky and Ray... Who else here was part of a couple that she didn't know about? Well, technically her and Maria were something - friends with benefits - but she honestly didn't know how much that label worked anymore.
"Good luck, guys," Novikova told the team that was leaving, before she turned to Cass. She had a bit of an idea come to mind. Luminous, from what they could gather, had the powers of both of her genetic donors: Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Cass had the ability to change the seasons. "Agent Reed, if I might make a suggestion? When we go into Creed Financial, make it frosty. It's a known way to slow a speedster down," she explained.
Not to mention it had been a plot device on the Flash TV show and one of her Sci-Tech professors had actually lectured on it, but she wasn't going to bring up that she got the idea from TV.
Luke shrugged slightly. "I'm here because my godfather got me this job," he admitted. "As to whether I stay or not... I don't know. The girls here aren't half bad," he said with a bit of a smirk, looking at her. "Would you want to maybe get a drink or something?" he asked. He didn't remember that the drinking age in the United States was 21 or maybe he just didn't care. Or quite possibly, he thought she was older than she really was. But does it matter in the end? Leighton just got asked out by a pretty boy.
"Hey, is it cold in here?" Luke then asked, shivering a bit as the temperature seemed to drop ten degrees.
Veil
Location: Apartment Complex - Balcony Skills:
On the other side of the complex, Colossus and Havok were dealing with about a dozen purifiers. The metal mutant was in his natural form, easily taking the bullets and spitting them out as if he ate them for breakfast. "You vill have to try harder!" he boasted. Havok was rocking his hips like a male stripper, sending hula hoops of destructive energy flying at the purifiers. One of them had given Havok a black eye and the corner of his mouth was bleeding, but otherwise no one was really injured yet.
"You're gonna get fucked by a hula hoop!" Havok taunted.
"Language, please!" Colossus scolded.
Now back with the girls, the three of them had all made it up onto the balcony. Sapphire's ice chutes were holding up and that was great, but they couldn't afford to just stand around. Who knew how long it would be before the purifiers made it through the ice wall, anyways? Veil glanced around for a moment, taking a millisecond to make sure they didn't need to change the plan. "Alright, I'll slide with them and use my shields, prevent them from taking any fire..."
"...Actually, I've got it," a young girl said with blonde hair. She looked up at Veil, before holding her hand out and golden bubbles appeared. They seemed to work like force fields as well. "I can get us out," the girl promised.
"...Alright. Good luck," Veil said, as the girl surrounded herself and the others with the golden bubble. The residents of the apartment complex got onto Sapphire's ice slide and it worked like a charm. It wasn't long until they had disappeared practically, jumping off the slide and running into the metro station.
"Alright, time to get out of dodge. We aren't here to kill purifiers," Veil told her team. However, they would need to lose them. They couldn't lead them back to the station.
Sunshine
Location: Millennium Plaza - Sidewalk --> the Sewer Skills: Survival, Street Smarts, Hiding
Sunshine looked around for a moment. She had lived in this area for a while and she had a fairly good idea of where it was safe to hide and where it was a horrible idea. The stores were all out - they'd have security cameras and some of them would have those irritating new anti-mutant security systems. No one was putting up inhuman detection systems, the racists. She bit her lip for a moment, chewing on the side of her mouth. "No way around it," Sunshine muttered.
She then snapped her head up, looking at him. "Even if we ran to a housing development, there's cameras everywhere. The only way we can really lose them is to go somewhere that they can't see us - and since I doubt Houdini here can teleport, that means we're going to have to go underground. Literally. I've hidden in the sewers before, so we just walk around down there and pop up somewhere else nice and sound. No cameras to show where we went, they'll give up the chase, easey peasey."
And as if the clouds parted and an angelic chorus sang, Sunshine saw a sewer grate just ten feet from them. Even better, the grate looked like it was only halfway on there, meaning that they'd be able to get down without too much trouble. She smirked. "Come on, losers," she told the two guys before she ran forward and tugged the grate all the way to the side. There was a ladder and it was a little slippery, but she managed to get down into the sewer without too much trouble, hitting solid ground and thankfully not a rat colony or anything.
As tired and exhausted as Jack was, he picked up on Tatiana's body language and he sat up a little straighter. He didn't want her to have to be afraid, but he knew that this was a dicey situation they were in. If they were lucky, this settlement would be the answer to all their problems. If they weren't, then they were wading into a disaster that could rival Eden in size. He really hoped that none of those assholes had somehow made their way down to Florida. The Eden team had made it out, at least partially from what he could tell, but he didn't know if any of the actual Edenites had.
"Alpha team," Jack whispered quietly. So they had a team structure, then, he had to assume. That made some sense to him. In Newnan, they more or less had had departments. And if the military was running this operation, alpha team sounded about right to him - he could picture Ash yelling something like that in his sleep. It was his usual test for if something was military enough - could he imagine an Ash screaming in a nightmare say it? If so, it was right as far as Jack was concerned.
He kept on picking out important pieces of information - it was a large settlement. Huge, in fact. With that large a population, Jack had to imagine that the age groups might include some people Jamie's age. He smiled a bit at that thought. Maybe they'd finally get that white picket fence life that Jack had always wanted. However, the needs of the many over the few raised a slight alarm bell. It was a good policy, but it gave him a bad gut feeling. Then there was the news of an acceptance rate. Newnan had taken just about anyone - even criminals. He remembered the Rejects House and wondered if they would have taken in Dick, Chloe, and Ryan here.
"They'll take ya, solovey," Jack whispered reassuringly to her. "Jamie too," he said. He just had a gut feeling that his family would make it inside. And if Jack himself was denied? Well... If they were good people, then he'd leave - stay nearby, just in case - and let Tatiana and Jamie enjoy the safety they deserved. He wouldn't leave just Jamie there, however. He didn't trust anyone but Tatiana with his baby. Maybe Ash.
His stomach twisted with nerves as they pulled up to the settlement. This was it then - time to see if they were deemed worthy to join the community or not.
Beatrice Decker
Location: the Bus Skills: N/A
Beatrice couldn't help but smirk slightly, seeing Thalia's physical reaction to the temperature change. She reminded her of the stories about the domestication of cats: that the cats themselves had been implicit in it, unlike dogs. Thalia was definitely a creature of the outdoors and the wilderness, willingly submitting herself to the horrors of air conditioning and group survival. However, the amusement faltered for a moment. She could easily describe herself the same way. Hadn't she essentially domesticated herself, sticking around even when it wasn't optimal for survival? Would her past self even recognize her? Would she still be able to survive on the streets of Justice, if the world was restored tomorrow?
"Got it, punch you in the twat if one of them comes our way," Beatrice murmured in agreement. She noticed Ash was looking around the bus, seemingly sizing things up. She expected as much from him. From what she remembered of the ex-leader of Newnan, he was distant, stoic, and professional. She couldn't even remember a time that she had seen the man smile. Apparently, however, he had found happiness with Thana. Their mannerisms were similar enough that it made sense to Beatrice, but she didn't know how to gently tell him what he likely feared.
"Ash - last we saw her, she was fine," Beatrice called out to him. Her gut told her not to tell him what her opinion was - that Thana was either dead or an asshole. He looked like he had been through hell.
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"Thank you, Doctor," Walnut said graciously, pleased that her offer of aid had been accepted. She noted the man's cane for a moment and was amused by the possibilities of it for a moment. And even more splendidly, her dear friend Titian was happy to guard the door. It would be moderately annoying if the room turned out to have a secondary exit, but perhaps it could be locked or something in order to secure the poor soul's privacy. She entered the room after Titian, concealing a slight smirk at his forcefulness.
Oh yes, she was certain this was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
There was the irritating man in question, resting on the couch. Where was the wound? Or what trouble was it that had befallen him? She entertained for a moment that perhaps it was some malady of the mind - that would not be unthought of in this company. Perhaps he was ailing due to warts in an unmentioned area? No, it was clearly a wound. The talk of one of the women in the room confirmed as much and Walnut was glad to see her quickly leave.
"Shall we begin, Doctor?" Walnut asked, assuming the others would leave quickly enough due to Titian's threats.
Cecily shook her head slightly, giggling again at Roy going vroom vroom. She was still fairly convinced that his man card was going to be confiscated for that, but she dropped the subject, figuring she would just let him enjoy himself before the Macho Police came and pulled him over. She then nodded a bit at Roy's point. She was so fixated on the why did Natasha lie that Cecily hadn't considered nearly as much what she had lied about. It was a little bit embarrassing for her, but after everything, she knew she was an emotional mess so it wouldn't help to dwell on that.
Cecily took a breath, remembering the things Natasha had told her. "When she was dying... she said that she lied. Two... something I couldn't make out... killers," she recalled. She then thought back to everything Natasha had told her back in Justice. It felt like it had been a million years ago. They had been discussing the evidence that Natasha had found - it all had pointed to two killers. Natasha proposed that they both had been female, too. "She told me it was two female killers that took out Alicia and Lorna," Cecily then said.
"There weren't any confirmed matches in the system on what she could get... Some linked unsolved crimes that were passionate and varied, pointed her to female," Cecily recalled. However, she then bit her lip slightly as she peaked over at Roy. He was a part of this secret organization of supposedly all women. "Do you think it was maybe a different number of killers?" Cecily mused.
What could that middle word have been that Natasha said?
"Two... total... killers..." She then shook her head slightly. No one would say something like that. When people were dying and choking on blood, they tried to keep it as simple as possible. "...She told me there were two female killers..." Cecily whispered again, a potential solution dawning on her. "...Female, then. One of our killers...or both, even... isn't female." But why lie and say it was two females? "No, but if she hypothetically lied for Juno, why would she point at more women if that's the lie? When their organization seems to use women for everything... Or.... no, sorry, I'm confusing myself now... I think that has to be what she meant..."
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