Aqua raises her eyebrows at his animation but doesn't say a thing about it. She examines the picture of this "Physco Wolf". He doesn't look too bad. "Alright, what do you want me to do? Kill him? Capture him?" She goes over the story of him leaving the place wounded. Should be easier enough to track...
ScarlettWaters16 Level 80 Assassin Badass
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Jack would smile at Aqua. "We need him alive at all costs. He has a slight healing factor, so he doesn't go down easily. This one has escaped me once before.." He would be rubbing his chin in though as he looked over the list a few times again. "Whomever you choose to take, any that can be brought in alive would be worth much more. You should start by heading near the coast, maybe the trees, but I would recommend you don't attack him on sight. He might already know you're there before you see him, and showing any amount of aggression or affiliation with Helios will prompt his immediate attack. I've seen him crush a human being with his mind. Nobody wants to see your pretty face crushed like a pop can, 'kay?"
> Arcadius took a step back before bowing "Magi....at your service." He said before straightening up. "I am a Mage....not much different...than what you call 'meta-humans'..." He sat down in the chair a few feet from her. "No...Not injured...Quite the opposite...I've come to offer my healing services.....I followed a trail of blood to here....That woman told me to speak with you for information?..." He said. "I noticed you were injured....so I healed you..."
She patted her self down, feeling the soft hum that the burns left behind and sighed. She looked at Magi with a quirk of the eyebrow and said, "You know, I would have healed up just fine bro. Didn't need to exert yourself for lil ol' me." She then took a hand to her head and tousled her hair until it reached the point that it was presentable once more, tucking a few rogue strands behind her ear with a glowing finger before looking back at Magi. "So what, you're a mage? Like a wizard? With all the wavy-wandy, robe and hat, swords and sorcery kind of stuff? That's cool. I would say I don't believe you, but its not like we're the most commonplace individuals here." She turned to look around into the other room and assess the current state of the patients in there before bringing her head back in.
"As for information, I don't know what to tell you, bro. You want info on the patient's here? You want to know what meds to take for a stomach bug? You want some dirt on the other personnel? Info is a wide subject, man. Gotta be specific." She said as she leaned against the wall, pulling a pen from the breast pocket of her shirt and spinning it between her fingers, before stopping suddenly and donning a confused look. "Also, did you say you followed a blood trail here? From where?"
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After he was done charging up, Arcanus would step out of the charger. "Hey, boss, do you need anything else done by me? If not, I'm going to assist 57." he says as he begins prepping his hoverbike. Serina, however, moving with him, was not the usual sentry. She had no networked AI like the others, and the four chainguns were sacrificed to make room for two large boosters, taking her speed from 60mph to over 240mph. Arcanus was smiling widely. Finally some action. Of course, only Aetius and 57 knew his true name. Everyone else simply knew him as "AniMechanic," the man behind the robots. He relished his work, of course. He would get on the bike and slide the electronic cey into the ignition, waiting for Aetius to give the go ahead before pushing it all the way in. This was going to be his moment of truth, he was going to show, after all this time, just exactly what he was made of. The armor on his suit thrummed slightly as he energized it with his magnetopathic power. Brain-generated plasma shielding. It wouldn't hold forever but at least it would keep him from taking too much damage. He de-energized it in order to conserve his strength. Of course, the polymers covering his suit on the outside of the armor, made of several materials sprayed on top of each other to form a clear coating, which didn't obscure the paint underneath, allowed him to feel anything he touched, however, it also allowed him to feel pain when the suit was damaged. He then waited, with bated breath, for that crucial go-ahead.
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Magi grimaced a the pathetic stereotype derived from books and movies. "A wizard...specializes in one field of magic....I in many.."He told her. "It was...no trouble at all...wounds such as those are nothing..." Which, of course, was true. He'd healed much worse on himself, the ability to heal himself kept him out of the hospitals, out of they prying questions that would un-mask who he was. "Particularly information on a patient....you dragged from the edge of the Sea of Trees....which is where I followed the blood trail from....I happened to be passing by after a....job." he continued "The woman told me you were the one who treated him?..."
Vivian's fingers stopped just as her train of thought stopped, upon the mention of the Sea of Trees and the patient she treated not even a few hours ago, as well as the wounds she incurred from treating him. If she was honest with herself, the wounds that caused her so much burning agony being brushed off as nothing more than a child's boo-boos bothered her a bit, and she grimaced slightly at the thought. She resolved to hold her tongue as best she could, and move on to the questions at hand.
"Well, I don't know about bringing him here, he came in when I was on clinic duty yesterday, but I only got to treat him today. Its swamped here, y'know?" She bit her lip as a pang of guilt hit her, bringing her brow to a furrow on her face. "We keep losing more than we help, and it ain't the greatest thing for morale." With a slight shake of her head she returned to the question at hand, blue eyes staring on with a neutral expression. "I don't know what to tell you about him though," She gestured into the patient room with her head, not pointing to a particular bed, but just in the general direction of the many patients that were present. "I only just learned the dude's name today. Apparently he's supposed to be some big-shot around here, but I ain't never heard of him." She sighed and deposited her pen back in her pocket and walked over to check a sheet of paper on the wall, before her shoulders visibly drooped. "Ah crap, patrol? Eh, gotta do what you gotta do."
With a spin on her heel, she turned back to Magi, flicking some of the hair out of her face. "Well, what did you want to know anyway, maybe I can find out for you before I go on patrol with the others."
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57 was already at the meeting points. He'd sent the coordinates to Arcanus via a secure channel, heavily encrypted and lined straight from the HQ to his workshop. No digital interference, no eavesdroppers. Tyler hadn't responded, but for someone that chaotic, it wasn't abnormal. However, he couldn't send Tyler the coordinates without knowing for sure he'd be able to receive them, information like that was a dangerous thing if it got around. If it meant he'd be performing this raid with him and Arcanus, so be it - he'd seen Arcanus in action once, and the man was a literal walking tank. He'd provide brute force and mechanical aid, where 57 would provide stealth support.
57 himself had attired himself in his Ghost armor, automatically blending into the background foliage. Stalking through the dimly lit pathways of morning, he had found the location. It was surrounded by highly dense forests, and his sensors had been blocked as he'd approached. High quality communications interceptors, which explained how the routine scans performed by Helios hadn't found this place. Either there was a meta within with an awfully specific ability, or the FF had access to technology they shouldn't. Either situation would provide valuable data that would need to be confirmed.
The moment Arcanus entered the area, 57 would commence with the operation. He'd scoped out the area already. The main base was hidden underground behind a series of locked doors. Presumably, there would be a variety of security measures in place, including but not limited to chemical weapons. If this was an important base, they might even have powerful metas guarding the doors. High-level hemokinetics or psychics to detect evil intent before any action had even been taken. It would take a small army to take the main entrance by force, the strict passages and traps costing many drones.
As such, the only good way to go about this was to not play by their rules.
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> Jack would smile at Aqua. "We need him alive at all costs. He has a slight healing factor, so he doesn't go down easily. This one has escaped me once before.." He would be rubbing his chin in though as he looked over the list a few times again. "Whomever you choose to take, any that can be brought in alive would be worth much more. You should start by heading near the coast, maybe the trees, but I would recommend you don't attack him on sight. He might already know you're there before you see him, and showing any amount of aggression or affiliation with Helios will prompt his immediate attack. I've seen him crush a human being with his mind. Nobody wants to see your pretty face crushed like a pop can, 'kay?"
Aqua smiles, but it isn't a pretty smile. It's an evil, twisted smile and she rolls her eyes at his last comment. "You've never seen the likes of me have you? Trust me, this guy won't be able to handle _me_." She grins again and cracks her knuckles and neck. Her blue eyes scan over his cold ones. "I'll have him back here within a week. Anything I can take with me so I can communicate with you. Seems like it would be easier to give you updates if I had something."
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Magi liked the sound of that, him supposed to be a important person that is. "I wanted to know....if he still required assistance.." He told her. "Perhaps I can....be of assistance? I can...heal others as well...it is no great deal of effort.." Perhaps if he proved useful enough, this group itself could pay him for his services.."I have to ask....what is this place?.."
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Tyler had been loading up fully having heard full well what 57 had said, Tyler threw on a secure com link to 57, "Let me get your coordinates." He threw all his stuff in the hoverbike he had conned out of AniMechanic, "I will be joining you guys this ride." He switched back to the open comm, "yeah big guy...can I get the go ahead as well?"
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Jack would almost hesitate as he looked into her eyes, before he would just nod and smile. "I don't know what it is about you, but I like it. You capture any of those people and you'll get paid well. Maybe even a standing job offer if you like." He would say with a smile, which would fade as his earpiece would continue to pump out questions. "Excuse me please."
Stepping a but to the side he would turn it back on. "Yes you can all participate if you play nice, no I don't mind at all, please keep me posted, and Tyler, if I have to remind you to have some god damn courtesy one more time today we'll see just how happy you'll be! Do we understand? I'm in a meeting. Radio silence. Keep. Me. Informed. Go!" He would shout, flicking it back off.
Turning back to Aqua and rubbing his face slightly, Jack would shake his head. "And by the way, if you accomplish it without mildly irritating me, I'll give you a bonus." He would say as he moved back to the desk. "I'll give you whatever you need to help, just give me a call." He would reach into his desk and hand her an earpiece similar to his own.
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Aqua took the earpiece from him and tucks it in her ear. She then nods to him. "Thanks," she says before walking out of the office. She jogs back down to the elevator and taps the button to head down. She then taps her earpiece. "Can you hear me?" she asks through the earpiece.
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Jack would flick his piece back on. "I read you loud and clear. While you're still around, is there anything else I can do for you? Transport? Coffee? Maybe a snack to go?" He would say with a bit of humor.
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Aqua rolls her eyes at his comment as she steps into the elevator. But she stops for a moment and thinks. She could use a ride down there. She taps her piece. "I could use a motorcycle. You got any around here?"
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Jack scoffs. "A motorcycle? It'll never run on that terrain. You'll have a hover bike waiting out front. Just don't crash it more than once." He would page his secretary, "Put a hover bike out front immediately for the new miss."
"Immediately, Mr. Cypher."
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_Hover bike_? Aqua has never ridden one before. She's mostly only ridden motorcycles and dirt bikes. She immediately runs off the elevator and heads toward the front. Out front she sees a golden bike with black trim and she whistles, running her hand over the sleek finish. It is _gorgeous_. She grabs the gold helmet off the back and pulls it on. She steps onto the bike and turns it on. It immediately hovers above the ground and she revs up the engine with a huge smile on her face. She pulls back the throttle hard and takes off into the streets. "Aww, you should've have, Jack," she says sarcastically as she heads toward the city limit. On a more serious note, she says, "In this thing, I'll be there in about an hour or less."
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Jack watches her go from his street camera view. "Getting there will be easy. Finding them might be easy. Getting them out... Not so much. Have fun, and keep me posted." He would kick his feet up on the desk and get comfortable, putting himself in a semi-conscious state to rest his body while his mind roams.
Magi liked the sound of that, him supposed to be a important person that is. "I wanted to know....if he still required assistance.." He told her. "Perhaps I can....be of assistance? I can...heal others as well...it is no great deal of effort.." Perhaps if he proved useful enough, this group itself could pay him for his services.."I have to ask....what is this place?.."Vivian quirked her head and squinted at him slightly. She felt that this was a strange amount of questions for someone that just happened to be allowed in here. She coughed slightly into her fist and flashed dimly from her eyes and mouth, clearing her throat before speaking again. "Well as for now, he is fine. Would be best to just let him have some bed rest and he'll be alright in maybe a couple of hours. Dude heals quick. Not at quick as me, mind you." She placed a hand on her chest and took on a proud look, "You could help around by tending to the other wounded though. Everyone is hurt here. Just get them to a point where they can recover the rest of the way on their own, not to sure about that wishy-washy Merlin deal of yours so I'll have to watch over you during rounds, when I get back from patrol if it ever goes out." She moves to stare back into the patient room and grimaces at its current state before turning back to Magi. "Well, this is a base for the resistance. Don't ask me what goes on because I haven't been told anything besides what to do and who to answer to if I mess up. I just help the sick, buddy. Not trained to do anything else."
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Using the direct mental interface built into his Ghost armour, 57 had already requisitioned the drones. Like great vultures, three giant rings of metal hovered above the area around the base, a great Plasma Drill hovering in the center of the drone. This massive device would focus the immense heat of plasma into a single beam, allowing it to melt holes deep into the Earth, through barriers of stone, metal and even diamond. Each of them was already forming the electromagnetic field that would contain and fire the plasma, ready to activate on 57's signal, and drill straight into the underground base.
In the center of the three Plasma Drills hovered an Owl-class vessel, a relatively small drone equipped with an advanced sensor array. An even smaller drone was shot into the ground, attaching itself there, and using a series of subsonic waves to map out the basic external structure of the base, and where to aim the Drills. Infrared scans attempted to get a clearer picture of the grouping of lifeforms inside the base, and for the duration of the combat, the vessel would maintain an image of the battlefield, displaying all the acquired data directly inside of 57's brain. Of course, for the others, they'd have access to it in a HUD.
Even as several guards moved out from the single entrance, having detected the power output of the Plasma Drills, they were taken down. Shot after shot landed, striking them down the moment they entered 57's line of fire, expertly placed and timed. His massive railgun had an enormous range and great punching power, the shockwave from impact literally tearing apart the target's body from the inside. Organs were ground to pulp, bones shattered, all without ever touching the actual bullet. Using anti-personel hollowpoint munitions, 57 ensured the maximum amount of damage to the body, and combined with his inhuman accuracy it was a barrage of death from afar.
Already, Drone Carriers were heading to this area, ready to deploy a Strike Squad. He would provide ranged support until the Plasma Drills fired, and then enter the base, backed up by Tyler and Arcanus. Their job would be to eliminate the command structure, break enemy morale, and ensure a swift surrender. The two other holes would serve as entryways for drones, distracting enemy foces and dealing damage to their infrastructure. With merciless efficiency, he would eliminate anyone who dared oppose Helios.
Vivian turned from Magi to the room full of sick people and massaged at the bridge of her nose, stomach turning when she considered removing herself from the patrol roster for a while to make sure no one messes with her patients. It took a few minutes of fiddling and such before she went and did just that, the man who manages the rosters smiling at her understandingly as she crossed her name off the list and went to return to the medbay. He stopped her for a moment and looked at her, concerned. He spoke with worry, "You sure you should be on your feet again, Viv? You've been awake for nearly the whole week, treating these people." She calmed him with a hand on the shoulder, he reminded her of her grandfather. "I'll be alright, I had something of a nap a while ago. You just get yourself back to your work and keep doing what you do. I'm much tougher than that." She smiled at him sweetly before turning back to medbay and walking back, beginning to make her rounds as usual.
"Make sure you take two of these every two hours and drink plenty of water, okay?" She patted the young man on the back of the neck and handed him two small white tablets to go with his water. He thanked her before she moved on to the next person. She briefly checked on Wolf again before tending to a woman sitting with her child, second degree burns all over his arm. She knelt down and grimaced, but kept her best smile on as she spoke to him. "Well don't worry dear, we'll fix this up in a jiffy, just put on a strong smile for me and don't look, okay?" The child nodded along as she softly grabbed his arm and clenched her jaw as she felt her arm ignite with fiery pain. Soft light transferred from his arm to hers as the skin covered by her long-sleeved shirt began to burn and shrivel rapidly. Soon he was smiling again as she pulled away, slowly cuffing her hair behind her ear as she patted him gingerly on the head and shot a smile at his mother. "Remind him not to play near fire or debris, and to be careful when out and about. Might also want to apply some lotion to that arm, might get a bit dry before its fully healed, but it won't scar up too bad."
As she walked away, she felt a bit woozy once more. 'Dizzy, but I'm getting better with taking these things on. Just gotta take it slow Viv. Slow and steady.' She thought to herself as she sat on a nearby bed, drinking some water and just breathing to gain a small respite.
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