[IC] State of Heroes and Villains

[Hidden Lilly]

As the new day dawn, Phoebe was already up, and was just saying goodbye to her mother, and Daniel. She barely felt composed through it. She sighed softly, and gathering her strength, she went to prepare breakfast, losing herself in her process.

It still didn't seem real to her. The school gone. Her father...

She shook herself, placing toast on plates, and adding eggs, and putting grapes and berries in bowls, putting it all on the table. Breakfast was important, after all. She poured juice for the three of them, and then went to check on Makoto.

@Caits

Makoto awoke to the smell of eggs and was sitting up among the blanket that Phoebe had provided for her when Phoebe entered the room.

"Good morning Phoebe." she greeted, feeling her body groan in protest to any movement. Despite the comfortable surface to sleep on Makoto's night was filled with tossing and nightmares. They spanned from her failing exams to simply being restrained and forced to watch the Academy fall. "How are you feeling today?" She asked, glad that they both opened up and discussed both of their whirlwinds of emotions from the day prior. It was surreal but Makoto was already beginning to adjust to the new reality, already onto the 'what next?'. She recalled that she hadn't seen Katherin but from Phoebe she had found out that the cold wielder was at the scene shortly after the collapse. Makoto resolved to calling her after breakfast. She also thought of Flood but figured he would be more than alright. Makoto decided to call him later in the day, if he decided to pick up. "How are the boys doing?"

[Klyix]

Far away from the chaos of the city and the destruction of the school Kat sat in her kitchen. Her attention seemed to switch between the laptop and old tome set before her, a clashing of two worlds. It was a common theme throughout the house. Light, bright and modern by all accounts but when one looked closer they'd see the fur throw did not seem to come from any animal of this earth, and that gem sitting on the side looked like it had a galaxy trapped within. And in a sense it expanded to her too, she of the eternal realm, sipping coffee in a velvet robe.

And she sat alone, though she hadn't expected it any other way. She was a stranger to them, intimidating, warmth had never been natural to her. So she continued on quietly, utilizing the silence while it lasted, a cat curled about by her feet and a dog stretching out on the sofa not too far away.

[Eviledd1984]

Reinhardt was lead inside lazily looked over at the paper,"And I should care why?What do I get out of it?" He said to June playing with a strand of his hair.He had not noticed Nicholas just yet and much to Nicholas dismay he would notice the lanky man.

"Oh and who is your friend?Nicolas if I removed correctly,Still a angsty nitwit u suppose" He said to Nicholas still playing with the strand of hair like he was a cat playing with a ball of string.

[Flood]

@t2wave

Flood put his sword down and turned off the flames. "Why would you call yourself Lady Lobo if you're not Lobo's kid? That's just stupid. I mean, that's like calling myself Sir Flash. And I'm Deadpool's kid." Flood listened to her question and raised an eyebrow. He had pretty much completely forgotten about the life and death situation as well.

"Well yeah you're hot. Just subjectively speaking anyways. You have dyed hair, a bit of a bad girl vibe, showing off as much skin as possible without being naked... You're hot." Flood considered her for another moment. "You're also young. Young looking anyways." Flood was momentarily confused by her confusion. "Don't tell me you think those chicks with the stupidly huge breasts are hot. Because they're really not. Also, they probably have to deal with back pain." Flood continued as he contemplated why people found big breasts hot.

He shook his head and began to speak again. "Another solid point for you is that you're pretty strong. I would assume so considering that those bullets all over" He waved his hand in the direction of the bullets that had bounced off of her "just bounced off of you. All in all you're probably an... 8.7 out of 10. What were we talking about?"

[twave]

Lady Lobo

Glancing over Flood's shoulder the SHIELD crafts were getting away. She didn't have time for this, why was she standing here talking? "It's a complicated story. Could you just..." The young man continued and his reference to what some would consider good looking. The thought alone sent shivers down her spine. "Eew, no. I can barely stand having flesh and bones as is. I miss my beautiful exoskeleton." What she was talking about was hard to tell. She seemed rather scatterbrained like Flood was in the past. And of course she was strong. Did he know nothing of Czarnians? Perhaps not.

Something seemed to click after he asked what they were doing. Shifting her stance she jumped clear over him by several yards. "Sorry, but I really do have to get those samples." In another single leap it looked like she was going to make it to one of the transports before a gust of wind suddenly pushed her down. "Frag!" Crashing into the ground she picked herself up like it was nothing and took a look around. Estella was there, not about to let a crazy woman get away no matter what. However her alien origin drew the interest of Lady Lobo. She had a vast knowledge of extraterrestrial species and she knew a rarity when she saw one. She suddenly was very excited. "Oh oh! I can't believe it. A Suteruraruian right here in front of me! Earth is great." Reaching she removed one of the bullet shaped items wrapped around her. The end opened up which revealed what looked like a needle.

Estella

When the gray skinned woman made an attempt to escape Estella had used her ability to manipulate the air to ground Lady early. Smirking a bit it looked like this would be an easy task to keep her busy. Little did she know. Her opponent was weird but mentioned her race. How the hell did she know about Suteruraru? Before she could really ask she noticed the needle. Who was this anyway? Apparently on a mission now Lady Lobo closed the gap between them with surprising speed. Another blast of air gave her room to dodge as the Czarnian tried to get close enough to stab her. "Damn she's fast. Who the hell are you any... anyway." Barely dodging another strike her attacker seemed unhinged to say the least. Raising a hand Estella gave her a face full of fire.

@floodtalon

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June

"A lessened sentence. As I understand you're going to be here a while. Most people would rather to out. Consider it parole." She kind of wondered if he'd read everything on the page. But he seemed to have a rather disinterested expression and tone. This guy was a hard read. It was not a trait she particularly enjoyed. But it wasn't her call who was on the list.

@Eviledd1984

[Flood]

@t2wave

"Ooh, you just made a very poor decision." Flood tossed his sword to the side and aimed his SMG at Lady Lobo. He began firing at her when the bullets began to spark with electricity. He noticed Estella but opted to ignore her. She could take care of herself.

[MarshiestMallow]

"Daniel's already gone with my mother" Phoebe said softly, keeping her voice level, unsure when she would see her son again. As long as he was safe, she could survive. "Ryan will smell the food and be out soon" She said with amused caring in her tone, "So, lets go get some food now. We'll be better for it, and then...I don't know what to do next. I don't think there will be any clues at the school left, but the attck had to come from somewhere"

***

Kalinda sighed as she witnessed what was happening at the school grounds. She stood silent for a moment, before she said, in a carrying yell, "Will you all stop behaving like children? Students, teenagers, are lying dead in the rubble..." And then she realised there was a battle going on.

She sighed, frustrated, and pushed Estella and her opponent away from each other, but as Flood joined the fray, she growled in frustration.

She narrowed her eyes at the stranger, and sighed, shadows moving smoothly around her, as she took out her bow and arrows

[twave]

Lady Lobo

Didn't pay much mind to the gunfire until she felt the shock from the bullets. She tensed up from the electricity which slowed her down quite a bit. It seemed to be more of an annoyance for her than anything. Before she really had much of a chance to do much she got pushed away from her target by Kalinda. "What the frag?" Glancing up there was a third person. Well, this wasn't turning out as planned. Or it wouldn't had she a plan to begin with.

Figuring that electricity worked well Estella added her own shock. Getting a bit overwhelmed it was time to play dirty. Fighting off the spasms from the electricity she kicked at a chunk of rubble. Her foot went right through and a chunk of concrete landed square on Estella's head and she dropped to the ground. "Alright, I'm done playing with you guys." Reaching behind her she pulled off the odd looking gun from her back. Holding it up she took at aim at Flood when a canister landed at her feet. Glancing down it began to spray out smoke. "Pff. I don't need to see in order... to... Oh it's sleeping..." Just as with Lobo himself, Lady was rather susceptible to sleeping gas. Her eyes rolling back a bit she fell over like a sack of potatoes.

Estella

Holding her head she glanced over as Lady fell over. Well for as much as people complained about SHIELD they had what they needed this time to end the conflict before it got too out of hand. Taking her hand off she could see blood on it. At least she could think straight. "That could have gone better." A couple agents ran up after the gas cleared to help out Estella while some others secured Lady Lobo. A containment cell was flown in and she would have been taken away had Estella not requested holding off so they could personally question her.

[Mistress Dizzy]

Kassy

Kassy poked her head out of the large bathtub where she'd spent the night. While she could maintain a human form for several hours, she was exhausted and missed the water. As soon as she had reached Lady Kat's house, she'd requested the bath to sleep in. She didn't know what time it was, but she felt so very much better. She quickly put her clothing back on, and peeked slowly, hesitantly, out of the bathroom door. "Ah... hello?" Her hair was already near dry- her body simply absorbed water. Even so, she stepped carefully around the house, as if afraid of disturbing the foundation. "I-is anyone here?" She wasn't sure who else had decided to stay at Lady Kat's house.

[Eviledd1984]

"Sounds interesting and what does your group do exactly is it like all the other mercs?Do the job just for the money and kill when ever you please?" Reinhardt said uninterested but his voice gaining a bit of excitement,The blonde man's eyes staring straight into the eyes of June.One of his hands touching his hair still now wrapping a single strand on his slender fingers.

Nicholas just watched since he was also new to this and she would have more experience with recruiting people,The tall man looked folded his hands together watching them talking to each other.

[MarshiestMallow]

Harry hadn't known where to go. He didn't want to go back home, and risk his adoptive father, but he couldn't just stay around the school. So he done what he'd always done in crappy situations and followed the comfort. In otherwords, Kassy. Friendship was something he always craved, and Kassy was, after all, one of the few people who were resistance to his...he needed a name for it. Mind meld?, and she at least understood his reluctance for people.

But he felt strange and fearful in Kats house. She was a stranger, and he didn't even know anything about her.

He didn't sleep, instead, he just sat, staring silently at the floor, ignoring the voice in his head, and essentially just...drifting.

When dawn approached, Harry moved. He moved outside, looking up at the sky. Just what had happened at the school. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember what had happened before...the nothing. What would they target next? He shoved his hands in his pockets, humming in thought.

Unless they had done everything on paper, there had to be some electronic signature out there about whoever had Attacked the school. Somewhere. With that thought, he headed back in side just as Kassy called out. He pulled his hoody down, looking in the direction of her voice. "im here"

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Kalinda looked over to flood as he used a conister, effectively stopping the battle. She was relieved on that, and put her weapon away. She looked about the school, but it was just as she thought. No more clues would be found here. She sighed, wearily.

"Well. I don't think I'll find any answers here." She said, wanting out of the grounds, away from the death, the ruins, the general horror. She pursed her lips can wondering what to do now, taking out her phone.

****

Connor was already awake, and at his computer. He had been up since six, and was frustratingly trying to figure everything out. He hadn't slept well, the calls haunting him. His hair was tussled, but his expression serious, as he programmed new functions into his various suits, sending Ignot through the internet, letting the AI system pretty much have his way and do what he thought best, looking for any scrap of daya, and tiniest byte, of lead.

[Flood]

@Caits
Flood sighed in relief as he pulled out his phone. He dialed Connor's number and considered how to tell him that some intergalactic psycho just tried to get blood samples from all the dead students. And that he immediately tried to kill her. "I don't get paid enough for this. I don't get paid at all for this." He grumbled to himself. He then hit the call button.

[twave]

June

Always with the killing. Was this a guy thing or was she just dealing with psychopaths? "Our jobs come primarily through SHIELD or Cadmus. It depends on what they need. Most of the time we do what the job calls for no matter what. However I've come to learn that killing puts you on people's bad side. So I would like to keep it off the table unless needed." Taking the paper back she looked around the small space. "You will make some pay. But a bulk of it will be going to your sentence."

@Eviledd1984

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Lady Lobo

Wanting to keep this little encounter quiet the agents quickly moved Lady to the underground space that survived the attack. Taking all the equipment on the alien away they locked the woman's arms together with devices designed to hold some of the more powerful beings they'd encountered. Her legs were similarly shackled. They placed a collar around her neck and explained that it contained a sleeping gas to pacify her again should she attempt to break free. And finally Lady and a simple chair were placed in a containment field. Coming to to find herself captured she cursed under her breath. Still under the effects of the gas though she was a lot more calm, at least for the moment. "Where am I?"

Estella

Having had the chance to nurse her head it was wrapped to stop any more bleeding. Moving underground with the prisoner she watched her carefully. Whoever this was knew things about her that few would recognize right off the bat. Finally waking she stepped closer and glared at her. "In a lot of trouble. What the hell are you doing here? Who are you? Why did attack me? Were you the one that destroyed the academy?" Her questions just started coming out. Maybe she should slow down but it was a little late now. Taking a deep breath she backed off.

Lady Lobo

The questions came one after another and her disoriented brain took a while to process them. "I'm here because... because there are many rare species on this planet. I want to revive their population. I think." Bits and pieces of what she used to do were still fairly prominent parts of her motivation. The execution was the problem. "You can call me Lady Lobo. My real name is hard for humanoids to pronounce." She continued. The last two questions were were more serious and she woke up a little bit more. "Attack you? I wasn't trying to attack you. Ugh, but I guess I did." Leaning her head back she tried to keep herself stable.

It wasn't often she had a chance to think clearly. Her eyes darted around and examined the room. It looked like a large hangar or maybe a bunker. Losing the fight she grinned a bit and faced Estella again. "I didn't attack the academy. That would harm the specimens that you so rudely kept me from. With enough genetic material I can bring back near extinct races like yours. I'm living proof of the process." While talking she attempted to break free of her bonds but didn't have the strength yet to really do the job. Frustrated she stood up and moved around what little she could and more closely studied the containment she was in.

@floodtalon

[Eviledd1984]

Reinhardt looked over at June his face showing a bit of interest in what June was giving him,"Mhm sounds like a good deal...and i guess if i say no then i will stay here for a long long time" Reinhardt said now moving his finger form his beautiful blonde hair to his teeth picking some food out of his mouth."So i think i will say yes...so now that i agreed to the job how long will it take me to get out of here?" He said to June his eyes slowly moving so he was looking at Nicholas.

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor flinched as his phone rang, and with a heavy sigh, he answered it, wondering what had happened now. He recognised the signs of weariness, and frustration, and yet, he knew that if he tried to sleep or relax, it just wouldn't happen. He composed himself before saying "what is it flood? Have you found something?" He hoped that tnat was so, even as he just resigned himself to simple news.

[Flood]

@Caits

"I didn't really find anything per say." Flood looked at Lady Lobo and then shook his head. "Some sort of alien scientist named Lady Lobo attempted to take several DNA samples of deceased students. She said it was to revive dead species. She attacked SHIELD agents and I had to fend her off until Estella and Kalinda showed up." He sighed heavily. "I wanted to update you on this, because she seemed to be, in my own opinion, a possible recruit. She is very durable, enough so to deflect bullets with her bare skin, likely a hand to hand specialist, and no real cause. With persuasion she could be a valuable asset for the team." Flood listed the pros of recruiting her before snapping his fingers in remembrance of a fact. "There is one small problem though. Remember how I was in high school? Yeah she's a lot like that."

[MarshiestMallow]

Revive dead species? That seemed like something against nature, and while Connor had seen a lot, reviving the dead was something he didn't particularly like. Taken samples from the dead, from those they had yet to retrieve. It just seemed completely morbid, and Connor closed his eyes, weariness once more rising.

As Flood continjed talking, he thought, trying to access things. "So, a dooch?" He said, shaking his head, "I know nothing about this Lady Lobo. While all that information is good, I think extra secruity procedures are essential at the moment before taking any strangers on. Give me a description and a name other the Lady Lobo and im sure I can find something"

[twave]

Lady Lobo

Overhearing Flood talk about her she whirled around, nearing falling in the process. "I was not trying to get anything from the students. They aren't nearly unique enough to warrant my expertise. I wanted the Kryptonian and Martian samples mostly. Humans are so... so boring." She glanced at Estella again. "Though she also fits the criteria. A rare alien species just waiting to make a comeback." Her attention wandering she seemed to be daydreaming.

Estella

This was the second time that the crazy woman mentioned her being rare in some fashion. What exactly did she mean but that? Stepping closer she crossed her arms. "What do you mean rare? My people aren't from anywhere near here. How would you know anything about them?" Somehow she couldn't believe that Lady knew about her homeworld.

Lady Lobo

Shaking her head she rolled her eyes. "How out of touch can you be. They were practically wiped out after their fifth Interplanetary War." Glancing at Estella the shock on her face conveyed that she didn't know about the battle. It couldn't have been that long ago in her species history. How could she not know about it? "[color=lightlbue]Wait, you seriously didn't know? Have you been living under an asteroid? That was like a hundred years ago.[/color]" That drew an even bigger response and Estella's stomach dropped.

Estella

Two wars? She missed two interplanetary wars during her flight here? Covering her mouth she turned and stepped away to compose herself. She hadn't heard anything about her world since arriving on Earth. This was an extra shock to an already bad situation. The only difference was that there was absolutely nothing she could do for her people.

@floodtalon

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June

"You'll be out in an hour. Sit tight while I get the arrangements set for you." Motioning that they were done the officers came back in to escort Reinhardt back out. "See you soon." Once they were clear and back at the front office she handed the warden the docs to get their teammate. Looking at Nicholas she smiled slightly. "Alright, so we'll have our third shortly."

@Eviledd1984

[Flood]

Flood took a quick picture of her and sent it to Connor. "I just sent you a picture of her. She just said that she doesn't care about the humans, just the Kryptonians and the Martians. And Estella's species. Also she just made Estella cry. You know what, I'm just going to put you on speaker." Flood pressed the speaker button and turned towards Lady Lobo. " Hey I just put my boss on speaker. If you have anything to say to him, now would be the time." He told her while waiting for a response.@t2wave
@Caits

[Eviledd1984]

Nicholas really didn't want Reinhardt on his team but it wasn't his decision it was the bosses,"SO is their a fourth member to our team?" He asked June secretly hoping their would be no one like Reinhardt.Meanwhile Reinhardt was being process frightening a guard before coming to the front office wearing a purple suit with matching slacks and a Bugs Bunny tie in the color of blue,He was had on light brown expensive Italian shoes with black socks form a clothing store form Sweden.