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Violet was disappointed with the result of the attack on Thrash. The continued noise was equally frustrating keeping the telekinetic's full attention for the moment as she watched the rest of the team moving into her tunneled vision for a smack down on the drummer as well. She assumed the issue of the demon had been dealt with for the time being because the lack of roaring which she had partially tuned out in the meantime while attacking Thrash. The thick smoke cloud was a frustrating thing but the flying woman would soon move to fix that so the rest of them could attack so Violet decided to throw off the drummer's balance once more with a push to help finish her off. She would have preferred to do it herself but in her current situation she wasn't going to do much so she would relent for now.

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+1 Energy

Psy-Warp is currently Disturbed! -1 Defense
Psy-Warp is currently Downbeat! -1 Attack -1 Defense

Action: TK push to unbalance Thrash.

The team are engaging the Hell's Bitches on the bank rooftop, which is currently creaking under the pressures of the damage it's taken.

Sigma's overclocked systems working at high speed push him faster than anyone can track. Focussing on the sound waves rippling around him the robotic suit quickly calculates a counter-wave and sends out a pulse to nullify the noise.

Momentarily stunned by Sigma's sonic assault Thrash's hands hover in the air eerily still as the echoes of her 'music' die away across the rooftop.

Brick lobs the Cheerleader's somewhat sticky 'model rocketship' in Thrash general direction through the thick, billowing cloud of CO².

Heretic creates a piece of post-modernist style artwork on the bank rooftop, before curling up and groaning to himself pitifully.

Deimos, possessed by the spirit of The Queen, stalks into the CO² cloud to attack Thrash.

Rocksmith uses his musical talents to try and inspire the rest of the team against Thrash's punk rock drumbeat.

Flare switches weapons, ready to go Full Auto.

Bumblebee swoops down over the rooftop, using her tailwind to clear the CO² cloud from around Thrash.

Vex, in the alleyway below, takes a moment to consider the implications of fire extinguisher safety.

Psy-Warp pushes Heretic with her telekinesis.

Void quickly forms a Void Sphere around the helicopter wreckage, lists it over the hole in the roof and drops it on Thrash.

Nightingale rushes over to Heretic's side, quickly administering aid to get him back on his feet.

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Brick, Sigma, Void and Deimos are all under the shimmering bubble of void energy. The Cheerleaders lay unconscious on the rooftop outside the bubble, their clothes burnt off but otherwise stable. The rooftop is smoking from the doused fires, but the support beams beneath are groaning with the weight of the party as the vibrations from Thrash's attack weaken them further, although now a giant demon isn't stomping over them and deafening sounds waves aren't rippling through them they seem to be stabilizing considerably.

Nightingale, Flare, Psy-Warp and Rocksmith are on the edge of the rooftop beside Heretic's barely conscious body.

Bumblebee is flying high above the rooftop.

Vex is currently in the alleyway beside the bank.

Thrash is currently on the floor below (upper hallway), surrounded by unconscious SWAT Officers and pinned under the heavy remains of the helicopter wreckage.

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Callsign: Thrash
Real Name: ?Role: Flanker
Stats: 11 / 10 / 3
Energy: 3
Power Origin: Magic
Power Set: Devilish Drummer
Abilities:

• Crescendo - Energy Cost: 3
  ^{Breaking out into a long drum solo Thrash beats out the music so fast her enemies can barely keep themselves from collapsing. Crescendo grants Thrash the Beatdown status effect, inflicts a cumulative Downbeat status effect, which reduces her targets' Attack and Defence by 1, and then causes 2 Health loss for each Beatdown effect currently active. This ability bypasses all normal defenses and is counted as a field-wide effect which cannot be dodged or blocked.}
• Shockwave - Energy Cost: 2
  ^{Smashing her drumskins with all her might Thrash send out powerful, damaging waves of sonic energy to hammer her opponents, causing a basic ranged attack with damage increased by Thrash's Attack for each Beatdown effect currently active, but exhausting all Beatdown and Downbeat effects in the process.}

Traits:

• Wall of Sound
  ^{With her music never pausing for a moment Thrash generates a sonic field making it difficult for anyone to get close to her. Any time she's targeted by a melee attack the attacker loses -3 Attack.}
• Lost In The Rhythm
  ^{Pouring all her concentration into the breakneck rhythms of her music invigorates and re-energises Thrash, making her feel alive. When Thrash's Health is below 50% (25 points) and she manages to cause Health loss against an opponent she recovers 1 Health and gains the Energized status effect, granting her +1 Energy Regeneration until the end of the following round. Energized does not stack with itself.}
• <UNKNOWN>

Race/Species: ?, Human
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Morality: Chaotic; Evil
Motivation: Pleasure

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Action: Sonic Pulse
Action: Ranged attack on Thrash

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Action: Void Sphere on Wreckage to drop it on Thrash

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Action: All Better Now on Heretic

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@rush99999 Rocksmith
@SimplyJohn Bumblebee
@Eklispe Flare
@knighthawk Brick
@GodOfWar Heretic
@Behemoth542 Sigma
@General Scales Psy-Warp
@KabenSaal Deimos
@Shadowman215 Void
@Leolycan Vex

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Seeing the demon drummer fall, pinned beneath the helicopter wreckage with no chance of escaping quickly, Bumblebee quickly swooped down and landed on the rim of the hole. Drawing her blasters she took careful aim at the punk rocker before firing off a volley of charged bolts into her helpless prey. "This time stay down, bitch!" The aviatrix yelled over the roar of her electrically charged handguns.

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Recovers +2 Energy

Bumblebee is currently Armoured! +3 Defence
Bumblebee is no longer Levitating!

Action: Lands on the edge of the hole and fires her Sting Like A Bee at Thrash.

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Violet watched as Thrash fell into the large hole in the roof she hadn't noticed at the time after her push followed shortly by the wreckage supplied by Void. She laughed a bit at the carnage but quickly started to calm down without something hostile to pummel in view though not entirely back to her senses. Having fallen over, assaulted, and very intent on causing harm left the telekinetic little time to take stock of the situation. However, it took less than a minute for her to find out what happened to the cheerleaders who had disappeared from the fight after the crash. After that Violet decided to take a rest for a minute and end up taking in the view for a little bit while she did so without complaint while she slowly made her way towards the hole.

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+2 Energy

Psy-Warp is currently Inspired! +1 Attack +3 Defense

Action: Rest and enjoy the view on the way to the hole.

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Having regained his composure, Vex groaned as he forced his body to move. Despite the soreness he felt, no permanent damage had been sustained. As he begain scaling the fire escape, he considered falling back and letting his allies finish the villain... Or at least until he spotted the woman underneath the wreckage. Debating on his course of action, his eyes remained trained upon the trapped woman.

"RETINA, eyes open." All at once, the familiar AI flickered to lift, though interrupted briefly by a quick flicker of static.

>Significant damage sustained. Seek maintenance quickly. Pilot vital signs show significant distress, seek immediate medical attention.

"I'm well aware..." Vex muttered under his breath, wincing slightly as he forced his atrophied arm up to grip the sheath of his remaining blade- the other lost somewhere in his transit to the alley from the roof.

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Status:

Action: Vex activates RETINA targeting Thrash -3 Energy

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Rocksmith did a quick read of the current situation. Only 1 hostile remained. Rocksmith's guitar was a stone's throw away from being too hot to hold. Thrash would be dealt with by the others soon enough. The mission was effectively over, so Rocksmith decided to see what his girlfriend Lily was up to. Rocksmith pulled out his mobile phone and began texting his girlfriend.

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+2 Energy
No status effects are currently affecting Rocksmith.
Action: Rest while texting Lily.

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Flare watched as Thrash was pushed back and pinned to the floor with a hunk of the wreckage. It seemed she was trapped her now, so Flare jumped down and grabbed a pair of handcuffs off one of the police officers. It seemed Bumblebee wanted to finish her off. They were supposed to be heroes though, not hired thugs. "Stop attacking." he yelled and attempted to handcuff Thrash, every time they attacked someone they suffered the risk of causing pennant damage. Sure these girls seemed superhuman but that didn't mean that firing a flame charged SMG into her helpless face wouldn't cause irreversible damage.

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Actions
-Handcuff Thrash

Heretic LINK
Energy 6/10
3/3/6
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Heretic's mind started to unravel, the pain in his head pressuring the little squirming fibers of his will, and his life pouring out like the vomit he had expelled beside him.
Then he woke, with nightingale above him, bandaging and healing the battered anti-hero. 'Damn has this been a strange first mission.', Heretic thought, the only ideal he could hang onto at this precious moment. Sitting up with the help of nightingale, Heretic's body felt like a genuine piece of sh*t, his neck was so stiff he couldn't look down to see the number of bruises that had accumulated all over his torso. Falling back down onto the cold metal of the bank roof due to the heaviness in his head, Heretic spoke sanely for the first time since his accidental transformation. "Thanks for saving my life and all, doll. But I need some R&R.". Heretic then moved his vacant arm to be positioned over his eyes, and let his thoughts drift to 'Wtf did I do?'
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Action

• Heretic took an Action: Recover

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The Quee of the Deimos smiled as the mortal gituarist played a tune for her, it was quite flattering, really. She might even come by and meet him in person, if she could. But, just before her Life Hunting attack collided with Thrash, she stopped and smiled.
"ohh, my cookies are done" she said, through Deimos, leaving the girl's mind and body to go collect her baked goods. The flame aura dissapated from Deimos' fist, and the now human girl collapsed from the fatigue of being used by a divine creature, one who had little care about the physical limits of a body. She seemed fit to stay there for quite some time, and the way the fight was going, she probably wouldn't play any more part in it.

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Deimosis currently Inspired
Deimos is currently Exhausted

Action: Collapse

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With the helicopter crashing down, that seemed like that would be the end of it. He followed after the others and got inspired by one being wise enough to handcuff thrash. Unless stopped he would pick up the remaining handcuffs and work his way back to the unconcious cheerleaders and begin to handcuff them to each other in a chain. Probably not the first time they've been handcuffed, or to each other. But he took care to seperate them from anything they might use as lockpicks and even taking the step to comb through their hair for anything as well, removing MOST piercings.

"Nightengale, call for a pickup please. Also, can you glove up to get the other jewelry off of them so they dont get free?"

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<+1 Energy| Armoured! +3 Defence| Shielded! +5 Defence| Shielded! +3 Defense|
<Action: Capture cheerleaders>

The team are engaging the Hell's Bitches on the bank rooftop, which is currently creaking under the pressures of the damage it's taken.

Sigma's overclocked systems finally began to burn out, and with his core processor threatening to overheat his emergency cutoff tripped quickly shutting down the battle suit, leaving it powered down and harmless.

Bumblebee swoops down over the rooftop, using her tailwind to clear the CO² cloud from around Thrash.

Psy-Warp rests and admires the view.

Vex quickly makes his way back up to the bank roof, activating his advanced targeting system on the way.

Rocksmith takes the time to check in with his girlfriend, only to discover she's been abducted by villains and is being held in a secret lair somewhere on a tropical island. Quickly sending her instructions over the phone he guides her out through a series of extremely improbable maneuvers which ends up with the island lair exploding in a giant fireball while Lily surfs to freedom on the back of a trained porpoise.

Flare quickly handcuffs Thrash, who pouts her lips, a little disappointed it wasn't Deimos restraining her.

Heretic tries to recover himself, but as fthe battle is not yet over only finds a little rest from his relaxation.

Deimos, no longer possessed by the spirit of The Queen, suddenly collapses exhausted on the rooftop.

Brick stands motionless on the rooftop, seemingly lost in thought contemplating the Queen's words of wisdom.

Void uses his powers to reinforce Thrash's handcuffs, making sure the wench can't easily escape from them.

Trapped under the huge pile of wreckage, cuffed and contained, Thrash suddenly starts laughing hysterically. "You think you've won, 'heroes'? You were already too late before you even arrived!" As she keeps laughing the sound of high powered engines echoes up from the street below as two armoured trucks suddenly burst out of the rear of the bank and speed off in opposite directions down the winding city streets. At the same time the police cruisers at the front of the bank also speed off, but rather than following in pursuit the cars head off in a completely different direction, separating and taking different roads as they quickly vanish into the busy traffic.

Nightingale leaps over beside Thrash, jamming a hypo in her neck as she administers a sedative. Soon the laughing drummer goes quiet as she collapses into unconsciousness.

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All Hostiles Eliminated: 100 XP Bonus to all heroes!


XP Awarded:

• Rocksmith: 414 XP - LEVEL UP! Rocksmith is now Level 7! 20 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 8: 500
• Bumblebee: 270 XP - LEVEL UP! Bumblebee is now Level 5! 10 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300
• Flare: 300 XP - LEVEL UP! Flare is now Level 6! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 7: 400
• Brick: 308 XP - LEVEL UP! Brick is now Level 6! 10 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 7: 400
• Heretic: 323 XP - LEVEL UP! Heretic is now Level 6! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 7: 400
• Sigma: 269 XP - LEVEL UP! Sigma is now Level 5! 10 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300
• Psy-Warp: 236 XP - LEVEL UP! Psy-Warp is now Level 5! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300
• Deimos: 255 XP - LEVEL UP! Deimos is now Level 5! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300
• Void: 281 XP - LEVEL UP! Void is now Level 5! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300
• Vex: 214 XP - LEVEL UP! Vex is now Level 5! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300

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Action: Shut Down

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Action: Reinforce Thrash's handcuffs

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Action: Sedate Thrash

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@rush99999 Rocksmith
@SimplyJohn Bumblebee
@Eklispe Flare
@knighthawk Brick
@GodOfWar Heretic
@Behemoth542 Sigma
@General Scales Psy-Warp
@KabenSaal Deimos
@Shadowman215 Void
@Leolycan Vex

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As she stands on the edge of the hole, watching the captive drummer carefully, Bumblebee begins to tinker with her fuel intake valves. Suddenly she feels a surge of power, the new settings seem to have her jetpack working even more efficiently than before and with a sudden boost in power output the aviatrix quickly bleeds the excess into her blasters.

Aiming over at the twisted metal remains of the Hell's Bitches stage Bumblebee releases a blast and watches in delight as the electrical current leaps from one twisted speaker to another before finally grounding itself on a nearby television aerial. "That'll do," she mutters to herself as she swings the weapon back around to cover the 'musician' once more.

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Recover +3 Energy

Bumblebee is currently Armoured! +3 Defence

Level Up!

• Bumblebee upgrades the Improved Fuel Mix trait - +2 Energy Regeneration per turn
• Bumblebee gains the Arc Lightning trait
• Bumblebee gains +5 Health
• Bumblebee gains +5 Attack

Action: Recuperate - Bumblebee regains all Energy

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It didn't surprise Rocksmith to learn that Lily had been captured by Professor Von Evilheimer, a villain that every government in the world rarely takes seriously. Lily had a tendency to attract the attention of crappy villains. Fortunately, Lily had played enough Sunset Overdrive to know how to pull off all the awesome moves in the game. Knowing this, Rocksmith easily talks Lily through destroying Professor Von Evilheimer's top secret base that everyone knows about and escaping the joint on a specially trained dolphin-like sea creature. Once that was done, Rocksmith got a text from The Lord Of The Strings. The message contained a quick video tutorial on a few new abilities and improvements on existing abilities. He also got a message from his new road crew saying that they would be stopping by from time to time to give Rocksmith a little pick me up. A few seconds later, a roadie showed up with a bottle of mineral water and gave it to Rocksmith. Rocksmith drank the water, causing his mounds to seal up as if they were never there.

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+1 Energy
No status effects are currently affecting Rocksmith.
Actions: Level up and recover.
Defense is now 10.
Attack is now 12.
Rocksmith has learned: Guns N' Roses, Guitar Smash, Rize Of The Fenix, For The Fans, and Gotta Love The Roadies.
The energy cost for We Will Rock You and I Am The Walrus has been reduced by 1.

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Deimos was, in a word, knackered. She couldn't think probably after the exhausting usage of her body. Nena obviously didn't think about the limits of a mortal body, and just went gun-ho. However, her presence had opened her eyes to some things, and opened her heart to others, which was always nice. However, there was still the matter of her being totally shattered, and rather battered as well. Luckily, Rocksmith's Rodie took pity on Nena and gave her a bottle of water herself, which allowed her to recoperate from her physical wounds. She felt, stronger, as if she had suddenly taken control of her Chi, rather than it simply existing. Deimos liked this, since Chi sounded like a really cool thing to have.

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+2 energy
Actions: Level up and recover
Defense is now 5
Attack is now 13

Deimos has learned
Hightened Chi Control
Martial Control
Must be Love

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Flare gave a sigh of relief now that that was finished. What appeared to be routine job of clearing out some bank robbers turned out to be much worse. Unfortunately it seemed that the culprits had still managed to get away with the money, but at least they had captured these two. Flare sighed and sat down idly snapping a flicker of fire into existence and staring at it, contemplating what he had learned about his powers.

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Actions
-Recover and Level Up

Flare has gained
-Energy Sap
-Flame Body
-Fuel For the Fire
-Warming Up
-Logia-Type
Hp is now 50, ATK is now 8, DEF is now 3

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Violet wasn't as interested in the goings on below the roof on the street because to her it didn't register as strange, one of many things in her mind. It certainly wasn't as interesting a choice when there were far more eye-catching sights to be had though she it did eventually occur to her that it might upset someone that she hadn't chosen to help restrain Thrash and instead staring at her lackeys. She looked over the edge of the hole see her and Void's work in trapping the drummer while the others got around to capturing the lunatic. The telekinetic was overall happy with how the confrontation went and gave Void a literal pat on the back having enjoyed a chance to let loose for even just a bit.

Violet got a message on an old pager that she was given if contact was necessary on the field, she had a feeling no one trusted her enough to give her anything more. The message gave her the go-ahead to actually use some of her power beyond just her barriers which excited her because she was quite bored with holding back for the sake of testing her field performance. It was something that frustrated her to no end even if she understood the reasons but it could be worse and she knew it first hand.

"Vaerin! I actually get to do things now out here!" Violet said obviously quite pleased with herself already relaxing the restraint on her mind so she could using more power sooner rather than later.

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+1 Energy

Psy-Warp is currently Inspired! +1 Attack and +3 Defense

Level Up!
Psy-Warp has gained the following-

• Telekinetic platform
• Telekinetic throw
• Telekinetic blast
• Recall
• Strong Mind Stronger Temper
• Psionic Intervention

Action: Recuperate and enjoy some freedom.

Heretic LINK
Energy 8/10
3/2/10
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Heretic's skinned crawled upon the freezing metal of the bank roof. He laid there still and silent, responding to nothing but his own thoughts and stimuli. Heretic's body was functional thanks to Nightingale, but it was still shaking with pain and trauma. The painful forehead crack, which had been introduced to Heretic's demon form via Deimos, was now a sharp scar that ran down the sane Yuki's skull and towards the tip of his nose. This whole scenario was just an aftermath of Heretic's poor will-power, and he felt... Ok about it...
This is what frightened Heretic the most. He didn't care that he could've killed all his teammates, he didn't care that his demon had abused him this much and then just left him for dead. He didn't care, like a drug addict did after taking a huge dose of Heroine. Kharn was Heretic's Heroine, and he always had been. The pain, the suffering, it didn't matter as long as Heretic had that demon. Kharn was all Yuki had left for familiarity, although quite a demented version of it, he had to keep him.
Kharn was a double-edged blade. If Heretic kept him, he would go insane. If Heretic left him, he would go insane. So he just kept him, that shallow little parasite inside his soul, so it could rot it black from the inside out.


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+2 Energy
Action

• Kharn takes to breaking down Heretic's mind and soul, Heretic takes an Action; Train

Leveling Up

• Heretic developed the DeathLeaper trait.
• Heretic developed the 'Pain Is All I Have Left!' trait.
• Heretic has developed the Demon Prince; Tier I trait.
• Heretic has learned the Hell-Forged Blade ability
• Heretic has increased his base attack rating to 10

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Brick searched around for a while until he found his boots...or what was left of them. The money inside was burned up from the helicopter fuel and he leather was ruined from all the fighting. He took a long sigh and sat on the corner of the roof with the armor and gasmask off to ponder his futilities for a while. Demios was right about just calling off things in the middle of a fight, he had to reach down and pull up the voice that could command a bunch of horny highschoolers to do what he needed when he needed it done.

All this fight he had been on the defensive line, trying to boss everyone around, if he wanted to lead the fight, he had to fight too. Taking up a rock, he rolled it over in his hands, manipulating the stone easily enough like clay as he fell back into his calm. he watched the armored trucks take off and cursed at himself a bit for having gone down there earlier but being too early to stop them. Note to self, pull out the sparkplug cables next time you cave-in a car hood.

As he played with the rock, he let his mind wander a bit as all the filth fall away and apparently the filth was the only thing holding his clothing together. For a moment he let the wind blow away the last of the dust as he pushed a divot into the stone and the lips of it lifted up for the displaced earth, turning it around a bit he soon had what looked like a beartrap for a rat in his hand...interesting.

He summoned up some rocky boxers to keep covered as he took stock of himself and carried the equipment back to the group a little more sure of himself.

The regular cops will take care of the regular problems. Nightingale, can you get us a pickup and an update on what's going on? Heretic, can I talk to you for a second?

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<+2 Energy| Armoured! +3 Defence
<Action: rest and level up>

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With a heavy sigh of relief, Vex sets himself down beside the window of which he had been ducking behind. As the rest of the party quickly subued Trash and the other assailants, RETINA's hud shut itself down, leaving the warrior to now rest. Whenever he could find the time, he'd begin tinkering with his suit, doing all he can to repair any damages that had been caused to him or his armor.

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Status: Vex has Leveled up!
IRIS has now been learned
Shinobi's Precision has now been learned. 2 SP spent to reduce cost to 4 Energy
Health has increased to 35
Defense has increased to 7
Attack has increased to 11

Action: Vex Recovers

Pressing a control set into her gauntlet Nightingale opened a commlink to the transport as she looked down off the rooftop at the cars and trucks disappearing off into the city. "Call up the satellites, I want those vehicles tagged and tracked. As soon as they rendezvous I want a strike team on the ground to secure them." It was a long shot, but given the state of her team it was the best she could do for now. "The immediate area's clear for landing, head in for pick up. Be warned we have two Metas joining us as house guests for a while."

Turning her attention to the unconscious Discord the medic knelt beside her, using her diagnostic scanners to check on the health of her prisoner. Apart from a little residual astral energy, a known side effect for anyone messing around mystically-powered artifacts like the guitar the girl had been using, and the expected cuts and bruises from the battle Discord seemed fine. A more detailed scan revealed the girl's real identity, a German national born Olivia Schneider. Her parent had been killed in unusual circumstances fourteen years earlier and the girl had been raised as a ward of the State since then. Four years earlier she'd started a punk rock band with two other orphans, but after a love triangle between the other band members had fallen apart she'd been left on her own, and promptly dropped off the map, probably living on the streets and struggling to survive.

Shaking her head with a heavy sigh Nightingale rose to her feet and made her way over to the hole in the rooftop, quickly fastening a grapple from her suit's wrist in place before lowering herself down. Olivia had held such promise in her early life, but circumstances had led her here instead. Such a waste of potential, but at least she was now in the care of AEGIS, and perhaps her talents could be turned to more useful ends.

Stepping up beside Thrash Nightingale smiled down at the struggling girl. "I'm a medic," she explained to the trapped prisoner, holding her hands up to show she meant no harm, "I just want to check you over to make sure you're alright, okay?"

"Bom preverite vaše neumno kurba pizda s pestjo, in razstrelili svoje notranjost narazen, ti pes prekleta prasica kurba pizda!" Moaned the drummer, squirming around under the wreckage with her hands securely cuffed behind her back as she tried to fight off the effects of the sedative running through her system. Shaking her head with pity at the girl's misplaced anger Nightingale tried to run her language through her suit's database but all she could make out was that it was eastern European in origin, probably a derivative of Slavic or Hungarian. Her suit quickly popped up with a result, along with the true identity of their prisoner.

Agnese Ozols was Latverian originally, but following an under-aged affair with the much older Professor Werner von Doom, an honoured physician who'd risen to a position of authority in the Baron's court after having saved his wife's life, the young girl was banished from the country accused of using witchcraft to beguile the peadophilic rapist. Spending several years wandering Europe, with no country or place to call her home, Agnese eventually crossed paths with the likewise abandoned Olivia. Seeing a soulmate in the younger girl the two quickly formed a close friendship and began playing together as the Hell's Bitches, but were unable to find any true success until their fateful meeting with the Stranger, who granted them their mystically-powered instruments.

Another dispossessed, helpless soul, and one with potential, Nightingale pondered, marking the file for review as she leant forwards and administered another sedative dose to quieten the girl down. As long as we can find a way to curb that temper of hers.

Looking up as she heard the roar of engines overhead Nightingale spotted the transport plane hovering above, its signal light flashing the all clear as the cargo ramp lowered to allow the team to board. It didn't take long to get everyone onboard and secure the two unconscious prisoners in the power-dampening holding cells. And the flight back to base shouldn't take too long anyhow, the transport's advanced engines capable of flying much faster than any other known aircraft on the planet.

As they gained altitude Nightingale quickly transmitted her field report on the mission back to Central Command, hoping she'd managed to phrase the wording correctly to make the events not sound quite as bad as they could be perceived. Mission failed, but captives detained. Innocents killed, but revived with mystical powers. Building heavily damaged, but still intact. MOney lost, but currently being tracked and relocated. Hopefully that would be enough to keep Nickelback happy, or at least not too angry since the mean-hearted bitch only ever seemed happy in two situations, and Nightingale really hoped executions wouldn't be required this time round.

Almost immediately Nightingale's commlink sparked up with new assignments. It almost seemed a if troublespots were brewing all over the world, and with so few teams active in the field it looked like the RATS would be kept busy for some time to come.

"Okay guys, looks like we're gonna have to make a detour..."

New Assignment Options:

• Steam-powered robots rampaging through London, England; source unknown
• Several frozen villages located in Siberia; perpetrators unknown
• Mutated humans stalking the Greek countryside; source unknown