Damon blinked as the door swung open and moved to follow Ayita when more people rushed through the door. Well that was a terrible idea...why on earth would everyone go through the same entrance. There was a heavy sigh as he looked at the hummingbird who tilted its head at him. "I don't know." He shrugged and checked the entrance to see if anyone else wished to run through the one singular entrance. Seeing that everyone was through and done rushing through the door he sighed.
Damon then moved and shut the door behind them not wanting any enemy to get an advantage and sneak through where they just where. With another sigh he went into sneaking mode and sent the hummingbird in front of him while he worked on catching up to Ayita. It wasn't that he did not trust her, it was that he was uncertain on what would happen if she was triggered into taking tiger form. He spotted the mouse and lightly began following at a distance behind Ayita mouse. She would probably be able to tell Damon was there because the hummingbird took up flying between Ayita and Damon.
Location: The Garage {"It's clobberin' time! I always wanted to say that!"}
Allison wasn't phased when the alarms went off. It wasn't like she expected this to go easy. No! Why would she think that given their track record so far? She followed her team (who didn't hug her, she noted) as they made their way. She really wanted a vision to come. Something to wow them all and make them think "Hey, this girl gets it. She's cool. The best! Why did we never have her on our team before?"
As she mentally patted herself on the back for nothing done, Carolina spoke to her about a future shopping trip. Well, that was obviously going to happen now! She hadn't been shopping for a while now. Brotherhood be damned if they got in the way of her spending spree! She bounded forward, heading towards what she assumed would be the way to the lower levels. "Come on, let's go, chop chop! We got evil people to stop and a world to save, and all that."
Location: Brotherhood Headquarters - First Floor Hallways - New York, New York {"They told me I couldn't so I did."}
Guin couldn't help but sigh slightly and shake her head. "Remind me to never play a tabletop game with you guys," she quipped. They had to have the worst luck in the galaxy, maybe even in the universe, at this rate. With all of the alarms blaring, at least the Dwarves were zipping around the facility, scouting out the various routes. She headed in through the main door with the others, keeping one eye on the Dwarves readout screen at all times.
"Carolina, you remember where those stairs are? I can send Sleepy to go look for them," Guin offered. Time really was of the essence and she hoped that the young mutant remembered the rough schematic of the lab. They'd need to get down there as quick as they could. Hell, it probably would've been a better idea to send Pietro and Oshea to take the teams to their needed positions - but planning, like luck, wasn't their strongest point.
Lizzie Roswell
Location: Brotherhood Headquarters - Security Room - New York, New York {"Monsters don't hide underneath your bed."}
"There are several answers to that question," Lizzie replied, faking a smile at the guard. She shut the door behind her, standing squarely in between it and the guard. Despite all of the alarms, she decided that she could leave Adder to deal with the sweep. For now, she was going to have a bit of enjoyment with her new friend. Had she not already tossed away her coat, she would have rolled up her sleeves as she began to stride towards the guard.
"The simplest answer to your seemingly daft question is that you walked into the room," Lizzie mused, taking another step. "Of course, it is possible that you crawled, ran, hopped, skipped, biked, drove...But I saw you walk into this room, so the real question then is whether or not I am a reliable witness." She chuckled a bit, before raising her hand in front of the guard. For a moment, she held it there in the air, enjoying this moment, this anticipation.
"Now, as for another possible answer to your question...You got here because your greed and stupidity put you on this path, in which you would ultimately take a job working security for an organization that despises your kind," Lizzie explained, before resting her hand on the man's cheek. "But hey, at least you'll be high before you die! That's something, right?" For good measure, she patted the man on the cheek before shoving him roughly out of the way. She glanced at the console, searching for a switch or button that would allow her to place the facility on lockdown.
Nina nodded in response to Pietro's recon report, mind working swiftly to formulate contingency plans should the human guards get in the way too much. Dealing with just the one mutant between the four of them should be child's play, especially once their resident shapeshifter discovered what his powers were. Watching as Ayita scurried away (Deciding in her mind that the girl had the right idea, and wondering perhaps that maybe they should have done all of this recon before accidentally setting the alarms off), and after a brief pause, she looked to Pietro, one eyebrow raised.
"Well? Is that it?" She asked incredulously, noticing the blank look on his face. "I asked for recon of the entire building, not the first ten feet of it. We need to know where the other mutants are - that last thing we need is one of them surprising us later." Shaking her head slightly, she glanced at Damon as he began to follow the Ayita-Mouse. They hadn't talked all that much in the van, but then again, that had been the first time they had met. "Damon - perhaps give her a bit more room. You could be drawing more attention to her by mistake." She said softly as she followed him, listening to the minuscule clicking noises of the mouse's claws on the floor. This was a big facility, and while everyone would likely be extremely paranoid at the moment, she doubted Ayita would be the only rodent in the building.
Glancing behind her as she silently unsheathed her knife, she lookedat Pietro and jerked her chin back towards the main body of the building. "Find out where the others are, and be careful." She said quietly, hoping that this time he would actually follow her orders correctly.
Charlie Farrier
Location: The X-Van
Charlie breathed a quiet sigh of relief as Oshea shot off and Cassandra gave him a friendly smile. If Oshea got all of the guards out, he wouldn't feel nearly as bad about using his powers. They could just be innocent, regular humans, with families waiting for them at home. Setting just genocidal mutants on fire made things a lot easier without throwing civilians into the mix. Looking at the icer in Cassandra's hands, Charlie wondered why they hadn't given him a gun for a brief second. He felt somewhat naked without a visible weapon in front of him - hell, even a crowbar like from one of his video games would be better than nothing - but a gun was definitely out of the question. He had no training, and shooting bullets at people would be even harder than just freaking out and throwing fire at them.
"I'm not too... in tune with powers all that well, but I can do things beyond just setting fires. I could make a really hot, concentrated fire in one spot of a room to suck all the oxygen out, if you wanted to like, knock people or, or something? I don't know, it's stupid." He muttered quietly, not wanting to draw extra attention to Cassandra and he, but still quite unsure of himself.
Richard Laine The hallway stretched out ahead, nothing seemed wrong. He could hear the guards behind him, when he would be able to feel a gust of wind shoot off past him down the way that he had just come from. Something was definitely not right with that. There wasn't anyone in the Brotherhood who could do that anymore, not since Pietro left.
Lizzie Roswell With the guard on the ground, with Lizzie's powers in full effect on him, she wouldn't be able to determine a way to place the building on lockdown. That was the main reason that they had the humans around, so they could do all of the petty stuff like that. She could just start pushing buttons, but who knows what'll happen if she does that.
Team 2 Ayita when she rounds the corner will be able to see the mutant, a man is walking down the hallway. Pietro let's out a breath, before speaking, "I actually did most of the first floor, there aren't that many people on this floor, most seem to be down below, but whatever," and he raced off again, going the opposite direction from Oshea. This time, he was gone for a little longer, but when he returned, he didn't have much to add. "The guards are all in one spot, seems like Oshea is dealing with them. I did notice that there was a woman in the security office. There was a guard on the floor, oh, wait! I just remembered who she was. Her name is Lizzie, but she goes by Wonderland. Do not let her touch you, it can cause hallucinations. She can also create illusions, so we might want to be careful".
Team 3 Oshea has an easy time taking down the guards. They go down pretty easily without much of a fight. Cassandra and Charlie could take two paths, the one on the left is where Ayita, Damon, and Nina were headed, Oshea had shot down that way too. The right path seemed pretty empty, for now anyway.
Marygold Isley
Marygold looked up and down the way. Splitting up right now would be a great idea, causing them to cover more ground much more quickly. She looked back at everyone else, taking the path more towards the right, away from the rest of the group. It made more sense, if they were going to split up, might as well do it now rather than later. "This way, she said softly to the other three. She had no idea where she was going, but she hoped that the stairs were this way.
The dwarves don't find much, besides the group nearby, the facility on this level seems to be pretty empty. Allison will start to get a vision. It is definitely a weird one, as it takes place in the mansion, and Deadpool is there, dancing. It seems more like a dream than a vision. A song is playing with Deadpool singing along. He looks over at Allison, "What, you thought this was going to be helpful? Oh, well, I'll tell you something kid. You probably have around one hour before all hell breaks loose. Let's see what you kids can do with it," he says, and he waves at her as she comes out of her vision.
Almalthia Simon She is back at the mansion right now, the group had left over half an hour ago, leaving her behind. She shouldn't fret though, supposedly the Professor had something for her and another group of students to do that was equally important. She had been instructed to head on up to the Professor's office, so she could be told what was going on, the fact that the Professor hadn't mentioned anything about it could make one wonder.
Almalthia finally gets set up in the school and looks at her watch. The others are on a mission right now, or at least that's what she was told. She shrugged and opened the room door and locking it behind her she heads down the hall to the dorm wing exit.
Almalthia enjoyed the day as she walked to the main building where Professor X had his office. She was looking forward to working with other mutants on making the world better. Or she'd settle for making it safe from fanatics. Breathing in the air Almalthia focused on the pile of catching up she had to do. Not that she minded but still.
Getting to the main building then to the Professor's office where he just ended a class. "You called?" @BlueSky44
Carolina turned to look at Guin asking if she knew the way to the lower levels, closing her eyes for a moment as she started to go through the information that she was able to gain from the guard. "It's this way." Carolina said as she started to head down the hallway and then made a right and opened up the door to reveal a staircase. A good thing about possessing someone was that she would be able to learn from what they knew and any information that they did happen to carry. "I do have the first floor memorized I don't know whats on the lower levels though. They kept the human guards up here, so the lab is most likely down here somewhere."
Carolina looked towards Allison for a moment and waved towards her to see if she could get her attention. "Might want to send Sleepy down there and scout on ahead." She suggested to Guin and then looked towards Marygold as well before heading down the stairwell making sure that she was careful and went down slowly to make sure that no one else would make their way up the stairs.
Cassandra Reed
Location: The Lab (First Floor)
Cassandra watched as Oshea ran off to do what he was ordered, she made her way into the building and remained very close to the walls as she looked down the hallway seeing the red flash going down the hallway knocking down whatever guards that were there in the hallway. She then went to the mini computer on her wrist and watched the Dwarf feeds, so far there wasn't anything that they were picking up she turned and headed down the right hallway.
Looking over her shoulder towards Charlie hearing him speaking softly, he was inexperienced she could see and he wasn't used to fighting. "When we get back through this i'll train you if you'd like." Cassandra offered, she had spent a lot of time training she even trained Guin and took the Stark girl under her wing. "See anything yet Oshea?" Cassandra asked as she started to carefully make her way down the hallway, she would open a door and check to see if it was clear or not before continuing forward.
Location Brotherhood Headquarters - New York, New York {"Oh my."}
Continuing down the hall, undaunted of this man, who was possibly a mutant. The noise she made was minimal, being a mouse and all. He was taller than she in her human form. Well built. A predator if she was any judge from the way he held the gun and moved. Correction- stalked. Every nerve in her body was on alert as she skittered even close, her body cracking in a single burst as she lunged forward her leg snapping out and sweeping low as Ayita crouched. An attempt to sweep him off his feet. After all killing was not ideal when...
Richard sighed at the sound of cracking bone behind him. Really? They always came from behind. The rush of air was enough to warn him as he turned, intent on using the gun as a club rather than it's primary function. However, the Adder was expecting someone to come for his torso. Not his legs, nor did his assailant expect the man to pitch his weight forward on top of her. When attacked from below, and from his first glance the person was lighter weight than he, the best opportunity in his experience was to out weight them. Especially...
There was information to be had. The heavy thud of Richard landing on the smaller Ayita was echoed by a roar of pain from the man as she sank human teeth into his neck. A knee driving into his belly forced him up, as his hands tossed aside the gun to attempt to restrain the hands that attempted to restrain him. In that at least he was successful, as well as yanking her head back. The latter however left Ayita's opponent with a good piece of skin missing. Scrapped from his neck- which bled sluggishly. Soon to scab over and heal, as the shifters snarled at each other. "I would like to buy dinner before we got to the biting." Richard smirked, trying to appear charming. It didn't work. Ayita rammed a knee into his family jewels, narrowly missing. Though he was forced to release her and shoved her back. The younger rolling into a crouch as the Adder eyed them. To Ayita the Adder screamed predator. All too sly and cunning for her liking. To Richard this other person screamed wild. Hair mussed to the point it probably would never be tame, eyes that matched the sentiment. "My oh, my. Not much of a social person are we?" He murmured more to himself, tensing to launching himself at the girl again. "And here I was merely going to ask a few questions."
Ayita, too, was coiling to strike. Though her blood was thrumming with the insistent need to change. This annoying human was a talker. Though to be fair, his voice wasn't bad. If he dropped the extra honey he was pouring onto his words. She was about to gag from hearing it. "Where is weapon." She growled in reply, her quiet voice a raspy noise. She wanted to roar, to scream. To fight. But not now. Now they needed information, and the sooner they got that the better.
So she dropped the 'the'. Richard cocked his head slightly, how very odd. It was almost primitive. It was primitive. The hair, the eyes, her stance. It screamed wild. "Thought I was the one asking questions." He complained teasingly, to which he noted the girl twitched. Looking more crossed at him like she wanted to rip his heart out. "We're both looking for something after all." Neither moved from the tense stand off. To do so, would be to bring the other to strike.
Location: The Garage {"What the heck did I just see?"}
As Allison followed her group, suddenly her vision blurred and she was somewhere else. Finally a vision! She was anxious to see what would happen. She appeared to be back at the mansion, but instead of seeing the usual suspects, she saw someone else. Someone she hadn't expected. Someone in a red suit, dancing around like he's in a movie.
It's fricken' Deadpool. And she just got Rick Rolled by her own brain!
Surely this wasn't a vision. Not that she wasn't star struck to see Deadpool. While Iron Man was the creme de la creme of superstars she wanted to meet, Deadpool was up there. Despite his reputation, he was wacky and zany and all things crazy (and he had a nice butt in that suit).
Still, she hoped for a more helpful vision. Instead, she came back feeling underwhelmed. She shrugged, perhaps all was not lost. "So, I had a vision. Wasn't too helpful, but I think we have only an hour before things get worse. If that's possible. And who's sleepy? The dwarf from Snow White? Did I miss something?"
Location: Brotherhood Headquarters - Staircase - New York, New York {"They told me I couldn't so I did."}
Nothing the dwarves found was particularly helpful. Aside from the other groups within the facility, it seemed to be largely vacant on this level. Was there much point in having Cassandra's team stay on these floors? "Nothing of interest on this floor," Guin informed her teammates. "Looks like everything fun is downstairs." Of course, it wasn't entirely surprising. If you wanted to create an evil virus combination to wipe out humanity and leave behind only mutants, it would only be natural to keep it out of sight, just in case someone tried to take it from you. The harder it was for someone to steal it, the better.
Guin followed Marygold and Carolina's directions, gently guiding Allison along when the girl slipped into her vision. She noticed a bit of a strange look on the blonde's face, combined with the fact that Allison was entirely silent. It would be dangerous to go on without her, even if there wasn't much activity on this level. "Doc, Bashful, go on and get me a rough schematic of the next level down. Dopey and Sneezy, stay on this level - keep an eye out," Guin murmured, as she tapped in the instructions for the dwarves. She had eight in total to play around with.
As Allison rejoined the land of the living, Guin looked at her with curiosity. Had she seen anything relevant to the situation at hand? "Sleepy's one of the dwarves - well, D.W.A.R.F.s really. Drones Wirelessly Automated to Retrieve Forensics. They're our eyes, since we don't have a speedster on hand," Guin explained. "And an hour?" Guin hesitated for a moment, hearing the crackling on the innercom and the horrifying speech that was to follow. "We're going to need every second of it."
Lizzie Roswell
Location: Brotherhood Headquarters - Security Room - New York, New York {"Monsters don't hide underneath your bed."}
"Five, four, three, two, and one," Lizzie counted, ending as the guard's body dropped to the ground with a thud. He was muttering something about pretty lights and mermaids. Nudging him aside with her foot, Lizzie cracked her knuckles and then looked at the various controls in the room. There were at least a few dozen buttons, only with one of them labeled. Someone had messily put a piece of tape underneath it and written in sharpie DO NOT PUSH! Her fingers hovered over the button, with a wicked glimmer in her eye.
"But Mr. Clinton, what will Hillary say?" the guard muttered, his words hardly intelligible.
Lizzie's eyes drifted from the large red button, until she spotted a shiny purple one. They all were different colors, as if a child had designed the console. She pressed her index finger up against the button, holding her breath as she expected some obvious effect.
"Snape...How could you...?" the guard groaned.
"Humans. So inconsiderate," Lizzie sighed, before placing one foot firmly on the guard's throat, and then shifting her weight as to give the maximum amount of pressure. The guard's limbs began to practically spasm, yet Lizzie's gift was too potent for him to put up an effective fight. Returning her attention to the console, she selected a blue button this time. Static filled the air for a moment as the intercom system turned on.
"Excellent," Lizzie grinned, holding down the button to allow her to speak. The intercom system was for the entire building. "Attention, please. If the alarms have not otherwise alerted you, there are intruders within the building. If you bet on the X-Men invading the facility, congratulations! You predicted the obvious. Now, little X-Men, it's dull to simply fight you, isn't it? Especially after your disaster at the Power Plant...Though the human caused that. Funny you still protect them. At any rate, there are two of us on this floor who you may face. One of us will show you mercy. The other will destroy you."
Lizzie paused for a moment, noticing that the guard had stopped struggling. "Good luck, children. Make this interesting." She then released the button, shutting off the intercom. Stepping off of the guard's body, she crouched down and stared into the unmoving and unseeing eyes. "Who do you think will show them mercy, luv? Adder or me?"
Damon slowly looked at Nina while still holding his bow, the small hummingbird still following the Ayita mouse at a small distance. "And if there is an attack from the blaring alarms along with the sudden mouse then she should have back up....and someone to pull her out of her tiger mind if that happens" He paused. "I do not know about you, but a feral tiger can be just as bad a mutant...especially if it is angry." He paused at the corner and looked around it. He watched the mouse that was Ayita move and then froze as a man made an appearance.
Damon then watched as a fight broke out and when the two fighting members froze he chose to move from around the corner bow at the ready with an arrow. The hummingbird looked between everyone and soon made its way back to damon and sunk into the flesh of his neck. Damon exhaled and then the panther on his side slowly dropped down from underneath his shirt and padded forward to stand next to Ayita. Giving the advantage of three compared to one. He was ready and if the man made any movements to strike at Ayita there would be an arrow flying at him.
Othello
Status: Medicated
Othello made his way up the stairs and straightened out his shirt as he went. A small smile filled his face as he pondered where to go. Find where all the fun was happening or try to have the fun go to him. Either option would prove to be great for him, but in this case with alarms going off he should probably try to do the more sane thing and think it through. Luckily for probably everyone, he was currently medicated and not as insane as he could be.
Othello paused when he heard Lizzie over the speakers and chuckled...the chuckle quickly turned to laughter however at the end of the announcement. "And the third is a wild card, just like I like" A rather evil smile spread on his face as he lightly opened the door to the guard office. "Wonderland you forget me, but then again a wild card is always the most fun is it not?" His head tilted and he shut the door behind him. "So...shall I stay here with you or shall I try to find the lovely snake I wonder" He sounded like he was purring each sentence...and this was him medicated.
Richard Laine and Team 2 Richard is clearly out numbered. With Damon pointing an arrow at him, Ayita there, as well as Nina coming up alongside, this does not look too good for him. Add Quicksilver in as he rushes up behind, and it looks like the odds favor the X-Men over him. However, that might change as it sounds like Lizzie is getting ready to come out and play.
Lizzie Roswell and Othello Boyavard Leaving this up to the two of you. Lizzie knows where Richard went, but there is also the other side of the floor to search. Or they could just sit around and try a few more buttons, the choice is yours.
Team 3 There isn't much going on where you guys are. Oshea crackles over the radio, "I took out a bunch of guards over here, but I can do a more thorough sweep of the floor and I'll see if I can find the stairs if you want," he replies to Cassandra. Commotion can be heard in the area that one of the other groups went in, but otherwise it seems pretty quiet.
Marygold Isley
"Nice job Carolina," Marygold said as she followed her towards the staircase. The area was pretty quiet, so maybe luck was on their side for once. When Allison described her vision, Marygold couldn't help but give a little laugh. "You call that not very helpful? You just gave us a piece of information that we needed. The reason we were rushing was because we didn't know when Magneto was going to release the virus. Now we are rushing for a different reason, now we have a definitive time limit. So let's make that hour count," she said, continuing to follow Carolina down the stairs.
The DWARFs that Guin sent down will be able to see another long hallway. However, there is some movement down at one end of it. They are unable to tell who is there, or what it is, but they are able to discern one thing. Whoever, or whatever, is there, it is heading towards them. Almalthia Simon A few others follow Almalthia into the room. The first one is a girl with short red hair. Another girl in a bright yellow jacket quickly follows with a girl with brown hair walking next to her. The fourth is a boy, who leans against the wall. Xavier looks around at the group of five. "Let's get started then, though we are missing someone, there is much to discuss in a short period of time. I need the five of you, six including the missing one, to do something that is very important. You see, currently there is a bill trying to make its way through Congress. A bill that if made into a law could effect mutants all across the US. Now, I've been asked to--" he says, before the door opens and another girl slips into the room. "Welcome Mira, pleasure to have you join us. As I was saying, I've been asked to send some of my students to Washington D.C. to speak against the bill, before it is taken to a vote. Don't worry, I'm not sending you alone. A few of my past students have recently returned, and are going to go with you. I'd send Hank, but he is busy trying to stopped Magneto's virus. They will be meeting you down in the Blackbird hanger. If you have any questions, they will be happy to help you, dismissed," he says, before turning towards the stack of papers on his desk. The five other students head on out, following his instructions to head down to the Blackbird. Which probably was going to be the quickest way to DC from New York.
Carolina smiled towards Marygold and nodded as she moved further down the flight of stairs, listening to Guin's comment about the Dwarves which she knew about as well though she never had the chance to use them. "No problem." She said and then stopped for a moment as she watched the screen where the dwarves were located on the lower level now. She could see a figure in one of the Dwarves camera's but she couldn't get a good look at who or what it was.
But from what she could see it was starting to make it towards their direction, turning towards Marygold for a moment once more. "I could try and scout ahead, and see who it is or maybe even possess it?" Carolina suggested it was probably a bad idea however, since she would have to leave her body in order to do it. "Or full on assault it as well." The second idea probably wasn't going to be the best thing however putting the others at risk.
Cassandra Reed
Location: The Lab (First Floor)
Cassandra listened to Oshea's voice over the radio so far she couldn't see any other guards as well, looking at Charlie once more. "Do a final sweep of this level then find the stairs and then we will meet you there." Cassandra said as she continued to check the other rooms so far she couldn't see anything still. Which to her was a bit alarming she was expecting some more resistance. Cassandra started to think about Carolina and her team and how they were doing on their end.
Cassandra continued and started to make her way towards the stairs, she remained very much alert at what was going on over the Dwarves camera feed. Still she couldn't see anything either except for the one on the lower floors closer to her sister's team.
Location: The Garage {"What the heck did I just see?"}
Allison blushed as she was complimented by her team. She didn't feel like it was any good, but if the others were happy then that was all that mattered. She still didn't understand the seven dwarves reference, but Guin seemed to have a handle on surveillance. She followed the others up the stairs.
Carolina's suggestion made sense. A full-on assault wasn't a good idea unless they had some idea of what would be coming up. "I think scouting ahead is the best plan. I could try sneaking around too, if you wanted some back-up." She hadn't mentioned it until now, but she felt that she would be pretty good at stealth. Just a hunch, ya know?
Location Brotherhood Headquarters - New York, New York {"Uninvited Guests."}
Richard did not blink as the panther walked up next to the young woman who had attacked him. Glancing to the side however, he noted Damon pointing a arrow at him. Giving what could only be a flirtatious wink, the Adder whistled low as a second woman walked up along with the 'traitorous' Speedster. "Seems I'm out numbered, here." Moving from his position he stood slowly. Keeping his hands from his sides and obvious potential weapons. Casting a charming smile at Nina, he already determined Pietro wasn't about to bat for the same team. Not to mention the wild woman was not about to fall for infatuation. He smoothed the business suit that had become ruffled in their scuffle. Slowly though, and it was as much to assure them he was not reaching for a weapon as to flaunt himself. "Now if we could perhaps come to an agreement? I need information- and not on your little alliance or what not. I'm looking for a girl- a child." Richard ran a hand through his short black hair, looking amiable. Though he could not hide the sorrowful flicker in his snake colored eyes. "Family." He knew enough about the X-men that they loved second chances- heck Pietro proved that. But they also loved bonds with other people, not that the Brotherhood discouraged that. The goal was merely more important than the people some times. But his goal was a person. If the Brotherhood got in the way... He gave a charming smile to his not-so-enemies.
The shifter slowly took a step back, standing herself as the man did. Well dressed, she had not noticed this before. Running a hand along the panther's head, she felt her legs tense to spring forward. If this man made the wrong move, he'd have two large cats upon him. Beasts of the jungle. He was smiling a lot, something she was not sure of. There was no malice not that she sensed from him. Oh, she understood malice- the desire to hunt and hurt. Hunters who had hunted her held that in their eyes. The people who had turned away when she seldom walked among the humans. Though the teen noted that this Brotherhood man took several steps back and away from them. A retreat? That did not match his cocky attitude. But it did match someone trying to not anger a predator further. Wise she noted, he was outnumbered. As for what he wanted. He was looking for someone? Wasn't everyone looking for something. For herself it was solitude, for Allison it was people. Or as so far as she understood the girl. Though if he was merely looking for a person... What harm could come from giving him that tidbit of information? One person verses the thousands that this plague would effect? It was fair enough from her point of view.
Richard paused in fixing a cuff link. Each of his movements slow and articulated. He was enjoying the show he was putting on. Though to be fair, it was only partly so. He didn't want to have a arrow stuck someone place painful. While his healing factor was good, he was not keen on adding more pain than necessary. Though he doubted it would be worse than loosing and regrowing his arm. That had been invigorating. "Oh, and where are my manners! My apologies Ladies, Handsome Archer, Pietro-. Good luck with that human you've been so set on seeing, by the way." He gave the speedster a conspiratorial smile between men. Honestly he wouldn't fault the man for going for the human, if he found something he liked enough to do so then it must be something. Everyone had something. "Richard Laine at your service. You can check your data bases, I'm probably on there." The Adder chuckled lightly. It wouldn't do him any good to lie. When his healing factor came in he basically went off the grid. So his name- while under military- would most likely be mentioned as MIA. He had pretty much shot out of the hospital and not completely with a 'by your leave' leave.
Several things began to worry Nina as she swiftly followed in Damon's footsteps. One, hearing the commotion coming from the corridor ahead. Two, Damon's concern of Ayita going on a tiger-themed rampage. Three, the strange voice appearing over the intercom. She could only imagine that this was 'Wonderland', the second unknown mutant that Pietro had only just recalled. Her warning went ignored - all mutants and humans not currently with Nina would be classed as a threat, and dealt with accordingly. No matter how charming they seemed... and this one was certainly trying hard to be charming.
Looking at the man - Richard Laine, as he called himself - with a scrutinising gaze, Nina's eyes flicked only momentarily to Ayita before landing back on their foe. She seemed stable enough, but Nina wasn't really looking forward to wrestling a tiger any time soon. As the shifter stepped back, Nina stepped forward slowly, hoping the younger girl would take the hint and move closer to Damon. He seemed to be a calming influence on her anyway. It would have been preferable to flank Richard, but the corridor was too narrow... either way, they were never going to lose him with a speedster on hand. If Ayita could keep her cool, the group could quite possibly maintain the upper hand.
"I don't think you're in any place to start requesting favours from us, Mr. Laine." Nina began, still stepping forward calmly, yet slowly - not in an aggressive manner, but more diplomatic. "We're not likely to trust any information you give us, so you really have nothing to offer other than your surrender. I'm sure S.H.I.E.L.D. will be kind with you, if you cooperate." As of yet, she had no idea what this man's powers were. Clearly he put plenty of stock in charisma, but Nina had been around enough people in her life - Tony Stark included - to know that charisma didn't count for anything that really mattered. "Pietro, contact Agent Stark and ask her to double check his identity. And if you could recall anything of his mutant nature, that would be wonderful." A touch of sarcasm coloured her voice, but so did positivity - her eyes still watching Richard's every move closely, Nina was feeling somewhat cocky that they had managed to almost apprehend an enemy so far, and with no injuries. Pessimism still lingered in the back of her mind, whispering worst-case scenarios in her ear, but Mr. Laine seemed to be cooperating... so far. Hopefully this Wonderland girl didn't decide to join their party.
Charlie Farrier
Location: The Facility
"Yeah... maybe." Charlie mumbled in response to Cassandra. Her offer was a generous one, considering how busy she probably was as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent... but in truth, Charlie still felt apprehensive about using his powers. Part of him hoped that if he didn't use them at all, they'd just go away. A childish thought, but it was one he was still secretly clinging too. Whether today's events would change this mindset or not, he didn't know. But things were starting to kick off, and he jumped lightly as he heard a rather amused female's voice come over the intercom.
Deciding that still following Cassandra would be the best thing to do, Charlie kept looking over his shoulder every few seconds or so, wondering if one of the two mutants mentioned would start running up to them, ready for blood.
"So, um... what happened at the Power Plant that that chick mentioned?" He asked Cassandra quietly, glancing over her shoulder as she checked yet another empty room.
@BlueSky44 Almalthia looks at the three girls and boy that follow her into the room and nods to them in a friendly manner as she perches on the edge of the desk. She focuses on the conversation and looks up at Mira who walks in. Almalthia nods to her in the same manner as the others. Almalthia again falls into the intense focus that she gives the Professor as he speaks. He dismisses them and she heads out of the room for the hangar. Finally a chance to get out of the school. Not that the school is bad but one can only take so much monotony before you go stir crazy. Which then lead to stupid things like, running away or involving yourself in meaningless relationships. She needed to SKYPE her sister and grandparents later on. Hopefully she wouldn't miss out and be able to from her phone...somewhere.
"So I'm curious as to what this Bill entails and how we are supposed to not let it pass. If its that dangerous should we really be up front and center? And who in the world could replace Mr. McCoy to head this off? I wonder." She stated as she ponders who it could be while heading to the hangar. She fiddled with her black leggings smoothing a crease that was not there and adjusted her white three quarter sheer shirt under her bright blue faux fur vest. She was fiddling to fiddle and keep her mind off being in the Blackbird with so many people she didn't know. She moved on to messing with her hair. She was downright nervous since she wanted to make a good impression. She normally wasn't this twitchy. "So I guess introductions are in order since I really don't know anybody's name. New kid and all that jazz. I'm Almalthia Simon AKA Resurgence."
Almalthia looked around at the others quizzically waiting for an answer.
Location: Brotherhood Headquarters - Staircase - New York, New York {"They told me I couldn't so I did."}
As Guin looked at the readout from the two D.W.A.R.F.s that she had sent downstairs, she noticed a shadowy figure at the end of the hallway. She couldn't identify who the unknown individual was, but given where they were, it was likely to be a hostile. It would've been foolish to imagine that all of the Brotherhood members would be waiting around upstairs for the X-Men. There had to be security on the lower floors as well. "Hostile approaching, 12 o'clock," Guin informed her team. She didn't like Carolina's idea of possessing their body, given how it would leave her vulnerable, but Marygold was in charge. She'd let her call the shots on this one. Guin was about to lower the D.W.A.R.F.s' monitor and raise her icer in a defensive position when a gust of wind announced Pietro's presence.
"So, got anything for me on a guy by the name of Richard Laine?" Quicksilver asked. He had made sure to shoot a dirty look at the Adder before he left. "Since currently my group is dealing with him. Running is much faster than using those dumb radios."
"...Kinda in the middle of something, Silver Balls," Guin hissed under her breath. She took the D.W.A.R.F.'s monitor and minimized the D.W.A.R.F. program, pulling up the S.H.I.E.L.D. records database. Typing in LAINE, Guin worked as fast as she possibly could, though she imagined to Pietro, it was incredibly slow. "We have our own friend coming to play," Guin muttered. How long would it be until they were discovered?
"Here - Richard Laine. Has a military record. Potentially the individual called the Adder, but jury's still out on that one. If it's true, he's a shifter," Guin said. She didn't even have a chance to request that Pietro identify the mysterious individual lurking at the end of the hallway before he rushed off. Guin muttered a few choice words under her breath before shoving the monitor away and raising her icer. Had the figure at the end of the hallway noticed them? Would Allison be able to scout ahead to identify them? She wasn't sure, but she felt strongly that they'd only have one chance to get this right. It'd be up to Marygold now to decide.
Lizzie Roswell
Location: Brotherhood Headquarters - Security Room --> First Floor Hallways - New York, New York {"Monsters don't hide underneath your bed."}
"Careful, Cheshire," Lizzie scolded. There was a fine balance between fun and duty that had to be maintained, and she wondered if Cheshire would ever understand that. While Lizzie's actions were amusing to her, they also had a purpose behind them. She taunted the intruders, but also purposefully gave them misinformation. For whatever reason, heroes tended to trust a headcount provided by their enemies implicitly. "Go play in the other half of this floor. They divided themselves too thinly at the power plant - no reason to assume they won't do the same now."
Lizzie then cracked her knuckles as she exited the security and went in search of Adder. He likely had found the intruders by now and was probably anticipating some form of back up. Once she spotted them, Lizzie smirked as her eyes glowed an intense blue for a moment. She continued to walk forward as steel bars came down from the ceiling, with the placement of each bar so tight that not even a mouse would be able to escape. The group of intruders, Adder, and Lizzie were caged in.
"Oh, Pietro. How wonderful of you to join us again," Lizzie chuckled, her illusion holding strong. "Wanda told me all about your little human pet you're so fond of. Have you fitted her for a collar yet? I'm a fan of muzzles myself...Humans do tend to bite."
Ayita is completely fooled by Lizzie's illusion, there is without a doubt that the steel bars are real, and Nina is fooled too. Damon, though, he can tell that something is off about it, and Pietro doesn't feel like it is completely real either, though what about it isn't real is a mystery to him. He isn't too thrilled with the jokes about Guin though. He glares at Lizzie, before leaning in to tell Nina about Richard, "Military guy, and a shapeshifter, that's all she was able to find out," he told her.
Team 3
"There's a staircase that looks like it goes up another floor by the guards office. If you follow the path your on, and take a left at the next possible moment, should get you there," he said after he ran through the complex. He stayed by the door, waiting for the other two to show up.
Othello Boyavard
Othello can listen to Lizzie's suggestion, push more buttons, or follow her, and ignore her instructions. It is all up to you.
Team 1
Well, you guys were not the most careful of people.
You are the 4 little dice together, the two other ones are the Brotherhood members
You all, ran into a certain person who can really mess with your head, and she saw the little D.W.A.R.F.s that are floating around, making her try to see who was there. Let's just say this is probably not going to end well.
Guin: She finds herself trapped in a prison visitors area. If she looks down at her clothes, she'll find that she is in a prisoner outfit. Footsteps are walking towards her, and she'll see her father walking towards her. "How could you be such a failure. You are a disgrace to the Stark name, and I wish you were never born. You haven't accomplished much, you are dating the son of a known terrorist, how could you do this!" he yells at her, before continuing with his rant.
Allison: Allison finds herself alone in the hallway. There is no one around, everyone else just, vanished. At the base of the stairs, she will see a few spiders materialize, and there will be a slight rumble in the ground, and a giant spider will appear with an army of spiders too.
Carolina: Carolina, she appears to be in a room, blood covering the ground, eventually, the trail will lead to a body. One that she will recognize as the friend that she had lost back in Coventry. October lies there, but her friend's voice is heard. "You left me, you let me die. Why did you abandon me?"
I did say I would use your fears against you
Marygold Isley
Marygold found herself suddenly transported into a very small room. Only 5 foot by 5 foot, and it started causing her to panic. She was hyperventilating, and there wasn't much she could do. Pounding on the walls, she tried to get out, but couldn't. There wasn't anything she could do to release herself from it, but the walls held fast. Marygold was trapped, and she was not the happiest of people. The only one who could have done something like that was Scarlet Witch, but she was having problems convincing her mind otherwise.
If that wasn't bad enough, her day was about to get worse. A small fire started in one of the corners of the small room. She started having problems breathing, both from smoke, and terror. She was trapped, even though she knew that there wasn't any way for her to have been transported out of that hallway, but her mind was racing, and keeping her stuck. Almalthia Simon
The group was silent for a moment, before the boy spoke. "Uh, I'm Bobby also known as Iceman, the girl in the yellow jacket is Jubilee. The red head is Rayne, or Wolfsbane, and the other brunette is Kitty, or Shadowcat. The quiet one over there is Mira, don't expect her to do much talking though," he said, as they walked over to the Blackbird. Once there, a woman standing next to it. "Well, hows bout we get this show on the road. Scott and Jean would have been here, but they are still on their honeymoon. All aboard, let's get down to D.C. I'm Rogue by the way," she said, as she walked onto the bird.
Carolina felt a gust of wind and turned her head to see that it was Peitro asking about someone named Richard Laine, looking over towards Guin when she brought up his file. Eyeing it for a moment, that was who the other team was dealing with right now that she knew and just like that he left again. Carolina was about to ask what Marygold wanted her to do when she realized that she was now all by herself now, looking around the dark room. She aimlessly wondered around it until she paused and saw blood on the floor, Carolina started to follow the trail of blood her face quickly started to turn pale.
Seeing October's dead body on the floor, and then hearing her voice again Carolina slowly started to back away from the body as she started to breathe heavily. Carolina had spent a lot of time blaming herself for October's death since Coventry she shook her head and turned away. "It wasn't my fault.. we should have just continued and skip Coventry all together." Carolina said, trying to wipe away a tear from her eyes. "I didn't abandon you at all."
Cassandra Reed
Location: The Lab (First Floor)
"Thanks Oshea, on our way there now." Cassandra said as she started to continue her way towards the location of the other stairwell that led up to another floor. Turning her head to look at Charlie as he asked what had happened at the Power Plant their last mission that turned out to be a disaster. Cassandra pulled up her sleeve to reveal the injury from her last encounter with Sabertooth. "When we ended up getting to the powerplant we encounter Sabertooth, and Scarlet Witch as well as Pietro but he ended up turning to our side for whatever reason. The Brotherhood was tasked with taking it offline while the other members went to attack The Triskelion SHIELD HQ, and managed to steal the Gifted Index. Which is used to monitor anyone and everyone who has superpowers." Cassandra answered.
She eventually made it towards the stairwell that Oshea had mention and saw him waiting for them. "Go ahead and scout ahead of us once more, if there are any other Brotherhood members up there report it in." Cassandra said as she started to head up the flight of stairs looking over towards Charlie. "Stay alert and make sure that you are ready to use your powers alright?" She then started to continue along the stairs up to the next floor.
