Genosha: July 31st, 2021 - 4:40 AM
Veil
Location: Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing - Rooftop
Skills: Invisible Energy Manipulation
"I'm fine!" Veil shouted at Jack, hoping to reassure him as the dark haired beauty set her down.
"... Comment vous vous appellez?" she then asked quickly, wanting to know the name of the woman who had stopped her from becoming a splat in the pavement.
"Aurora," the woman answered, before moving faster than the eye could see. Jack had taken care of the combatant chucking asteroids, but there were still others that they had to deal with. There was the one who seemed to be able to disrupt anything and the other who had increased the gravity on Veil so much it nearly killed her. Aurora swung a punch up at Perro's chin, but Perro increased gravity so much that it was all Aurora could do to remain up in the air.
Then, something horrific happened. Veil's eyes widened as she saw one of the combatants point at Jack - the one who could disrupt anything - and suddenly Jack's powers would begin to go haywire, as he continuously stretched and stretched, losing a solid form and becoming something more liquid. It looked like he was still alive, but Veil couldn't be certain. They had already lost Jack from his powers once. She made a small force field in her hand and chucked it like a frisbee at Merbavon, but it vanished as soon as it touched Merbavon. Veil threw another one, only to get the same result.
Anything they threw at him disappeared - so how the hell were they supposed to fight him? How could you fight someone you couldn't touch?
"We need a telepath!"
Casper
Location: Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing -> Hellfire Manor
Skills: Mediumship
"Finally, something I'm qualified for!" Casper exclaimed after James gave him instructions on looking for places to hide. Casper used to hide wherever he could in the X-Mansion when he was with his father, doing his very best to be out of the telepath's reach. Unfortunately, the
telepath part made that more or less impossible to accomplish. His father had always been there whether Casper liked it or not. Even here on Genosha, Casper could feel the edges of his presence, like a ghost that he couldn't shake no matter what. He wasn't just haunted by ordinary spirits - his father haunted him too.
When they made it to Hellfire Mansion, located in the central hub of Genosha, it was eerily quiet.
"Shouldn't there be more... I don't know, screaming?" Casper asked. He couldn't see anyone running inside. He didn't see anyone shepherding people to safety. There wasn't even a single person who was just standing around trying to look important. The place felt eerie.
And then, a minute later, the body of a young woman was thrown out the front door, skidding to a halt at Casper and James' feet.
"She's..." "Dead," Casper finished for Ben. The woman's throat had been slit - no, it had been
burned open. It was like someone used a lightsaber on her.
Sunshine
Location: Hellfire Bay - the Marauder
Skills: N/A
Echo's efforts had been valiant, but they weren't enough. The Marauder was entirely submerged under water, forcing everyone to tread water. Sunshine struggled to stay afloat, having never been lucky enough for swimming lessons, only going swimming recently on Genosha. Her head was going up and under the water, but luckily Marrow came over and assisted her dear wife, keeping Sunshine from drowning in the water. Martillo wasn't so lucky. His giant hammer weighed him down and he refused to abandon it, going quickly beneath the water and sinking like a rock.
There was still no sound, everyone continuing to be rendered deaf by Waverley's pain and injury. It wouldn't have changed what happened next though. One second, they were all treading water, trying to think of what to do next - and the next thing they knew, a targeted explosion occurred. The attack hit Echo, burning him severely in the upper chest while simultaneously plunging him into the cold, icy water. It wasn't morning yet - while it was summer, the temperature was bitter, helped in part due to Echo's own powers.
There was something in the water with them - something with sharp claws, Marrow would learn, as blood blossomed from her stomach.
And then suddenly, they were surrounded by easily fifty enemies, all of them looking exactly the same like clones.
Akademos... "Cadena, I don't-," Aguja blurted out, before vomiting up blood. She stumbled forward, her knees buckling and giving out from underneath her as she couldn't remain standing. It was like the island itself was killing her, leeching her and draining her of life. Her hair and teeth were beginning to fall out and her skin looked like it had begun to decay, but she was still alive, just kept in immense pain.
"What?" Cadena snapped, turning her head to look at Aguja. Cadena's eyes widened in horror, before she turned and pointed an accusatory finger at Zarina. Andy would finally wake up. "YOU DID THIS!" she screamed at Zarina, before lashing at her with her electric chain, only to miss wildly. Cadena didn't slow down though, getting sloppier with each attack out of anger and rage. "I'LL KILL YOU, PRIMITIVE TRASH!"
House of M... "She's my daughter. She's a survivor," Magneto said confidently, although Miranda would be able to notice the slight defensiveness to his words. He expected a great deal of his children and did not visibly worry about them often. Only those who had been around him for decades would recognize the slightest touch of concern, worry, and fear. Of course, Magneto wasn't the only one grappling his fear.
A bright flash of green light went off in Miranda's eyes, coming from seemingly nowhere. And the next thing she would know, she'd hear the screams of a child, trapped inside of the rubble.
"MOMMY!!!!" the child wailed, probably no more than six years old from the pitch. A young boy was screaming as well at the top of his lungs, as if he was in mortal peril.
Blackstone... Selene's spell was reaching a crescendo. The distinction between each member of the Coven was becoming less and less, as their minds and souls blurred together. There was no sense of pervading evil or wickedness though, through the connection they each would know the true intentions of one another - Selene wished to protect the people of Genosha. Pixie wanted to be a hero. And Max... He was a disharmonious note in the chord, an inexperienced musician attempting to play a melody that would not work, that could not work.
"Do not be afraid, Maximilian," Selene said - or was it someone else, speaking through her? It was hard to say. The words were echoed around the circle by others, making a strange sort of music.
The music was then disrupted, as the entire symphony was blown backwards, landing on the ground roughly. The Coven was dazed and disoriented as everyone assumed their own forms, only to see a tall cloaked figures with tentacles coming out of where the face was floating ahead of them.
"Whoever you are, you know not who you are dealing with. Genosha's coven--" Selene threatened, only to be cut off.
"means nothing to me," the creature growled, yet it was silent. Its voice was echoing in everyone's minds, as it spoke telepathically to them all.
"I am Cripta, rightful Sorcerer Supreme of this realm - and you are but rats scurrying beneath my feet," the creature boasted. The creature traced a complex sigil in the air and then shoved the floating magic towards the Coven. Three members were hit directly and in moments, they were
inside out. Their skin was on the inside and everything else...
well, it was on the outside. "Oh my god...." Pixie said, looking like she was about to vomit. "That's so gross..."
