[IC] Multiverse Rising (Always in need of New Friends)

[Eviledd1984]

@Mr_pink @Lmpkio @Absolis

Joylne Kujo

Joylne going though the portal seeing the magnificent city in front of them,”Holy shit…” Was all she cold muster looking around checking for people to see if everyone was accountable for.”Hi where did the squid girl go?” She asked the others.”Oh and ummm what do we do now since ya know we’re being pushed back a bit?” She asked Gojira-San but not before seeing her uncle Josuke asking where he was.

“UNCLE JOSUKE!!!” Joylne quickly running over towards him getting him into a big hug,”Well mhm your in Kanas with these guys” She said pointing towards the group,”How did ya get here?Mustve been like everyone else eh” She said with a small chuckle putting her hands behind her back.”Oh umm did you see Gramps and the my Old Man around?” She asked referring to Joseph and Jotaro,She didn’t know why she was all over the place but with everything that happened she didn’t know how to feel lately.

Kars

Watching what the group did the Piller Man rolled his eyes folding his arms,Kars now making his way over to the terrified girl but kept his distance form her not wanting to be hit by her squid like hair.”I think we should take her to the cells if there is even is one….” Kars said walking closer quickly reaching out to try to grab her by the neck.

He didn’t need to waste time on the little girl,However she would be of use to them on where to find the group even though he would follow the sent of one of them.During this fight he sense another presence that felt like Joseph getting him excited and meant he would be alot quicker moving.

[Savato]

Über Ethereal

Unknown Location, Arcadia

@Absolis@Flamelord@Lmpkio

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A sudden sensation captured the alien during its conversation with Ruiko. Her reaction had nothing to do with it, there was a big phenomenon taking place in Arcadia at this very moment and it received all the information concerning it. With it psionic abilities it easily accessed various functions in their technologies to harness the masses of information emanating from a specific spot on the globe. It was very similar to most multiversial travels, except this one had key differences that made it particularly attractive to the overlord and its crew. A portal in a Multiverse Hub leading to a parallel hub, it was exactly what they were looking for all this time. Reacting quickly, it sent a message to that specific agent it contacted earlier via telepathy.

'Have you sensed it as well? Proceed to establishing first contact with a fragment of yourself. Both of us will investigate this phenomenon. The exact coordinates are in New York. After gathering this specimen we'll unite in that area.'

With that communicated to the spy in the Goa'uld's base of operations, the Ethereal could now handle Ruiko's case. It didn't have too much time to waste and leaving everything up to Saber would be a terrible idea given he wasn't even recruited. But the alien could maybe make profit of this situations and have both of them expose their reasoning behind their confidence. They were, after all, quite courageous for people just discovering a psychic alien and the multiverse. Especially the young Esper who manifested a form of animosity toward Misaka for reasons personal to her and that the Ethereal wouldn't care too much about. What intrigued it was the idea that she was convinced she could take on a Level 5 Esper when she barely seemed to fit the criteria of that category of humans. Raising more questions than it answered, the overlord would have an easy solution to getting concise conclusions.

"You believe to be capable of inflicting damage to Mikoto? Let alone with allies presented to you? Intriguing. If returning to your original world does not motivate you, then perhaps something to help you exact your current goals would? Power, resources, knowledge. We could offer it, if you display the extent of your ability to us."

The alien turned to face Saber. The man would likely be able to anticipate what would come next and he wouldn't have much of a say in the matter. All it did was glance at him for a moment before speaking again.

"Rivard. You will display your capabilities to this young Esper. We expect no deaths. Refuse and she may very well destroy you. As for you, child, you have a minute to impress us, otherwise Mikoto will remain out of your reach. Permanently."

The alien backed up a bit, dedicating a small portion of its time to observe this battle in person before departing to what it detected earlier. It had the plan of going alone with that unknown spy to avoid too much conspicuous activity, but they'd eventually have to find a way to get all their special specimens in there in order to get their operations done swiftly.

[Absolis]

Saber Rivard

@savato@flamelord

Saber looked at the Ethereal, first with disbelief, then with a rather upset look on his face. The situation drew a few parallels to an earlier situation involving some very outdated androids. Though, this time it would probably take a bit more then a spotlight and an uplifting tune from the past to get out of it.

You expect me to beat up on a person I have not only just met, but is much younger then me? I'm sorry, but I have to refuse on the grounds that unlike Cyano, I like to think I have a sliver of morality.

Saber was adamant on that position. Though a few questions went through his mind. Forefront was how this thing not only wasn't killed by Cyano yet, but even seemed to have some semblance of control over her. The second was just where he was and how he would get back, and the third on how he was going to get out of this. If the ethereal was going to ask something like that, it was doubtful he would let Saber simply walk away. Of course, Saber wouldn't just simply walk away. He wasn't about to leave the girl alone with the ethereal. But again, how was he going to get past it.

[Flamelord]

Ahsoka Tano, Acadia-2

For a moment it felt like she was falling, then Ahsoka was spat out in a field along with everyone else that had come through. Fortunately she landed in a roll and not on her butt, saving her from some extra injury in that regard. Looking around, she could see that this stretched on for quite a while, before terminating in other terrain. She would admit, it was a very nice planet.

But of most note was the city, and her eyes widened slightly as she took a step forward towards it. It seemed to be maintained, to have inhabitants. Perhaps they could help her get back to her galaxy, or something like that. It was worth a shot, right? Her companions seemed to agree, which she could share. "It does look nice, if not as big as Coruscant."

Meanwhile, Lapis seemed to be alive, and more people had appeared as well, one of whom was familiar to one of their group. That was nice, she supposed, though there was still no sign of Assaj. Instead, she would go to talk to the energetic girl approaching them from the city. "I don't now," she admitted with a shrug. "But a lot of strange things have been happening to day, so I guess it's the same as everything else." Certainly she hadn't expected to meet a Sith today.

Oh, right, introduction. "My name's Ahsoka Tano. A pleasure to meet you."

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Ruiko Saten

"Yeah," Ruiko replied with a nod as the Ethereal questioned her about her own beliefs and her confidence in her ability to harm Mikoto. Why not? After all, she had hurt her before,and she could do so again. "She's strong, but she's still flesh and blood like the rest of us. And if she is, then she can be hurt."

On the other hand though, the promises that were being made, they were alluring. With this things help...could she return to her world, maybe even help Kiyama defeat Crowley and bring freedom and equality to Academy City. She could prove her friends wrong, do the things that needed to be done, and then she would make them see that, in the end, she had been right all along.

Of course, she had no reason to trust the alien, even as he pushed her and the other guy, Saber, into a fight. And Saber seemed to agree, rounding on the Ethereal. But while the alien had swayed her, Saber pushed her over the edge as he, in her mind, insulted her. And underestimated her and what she could do. Of course, had they met before this business all started he would have been right, and fighting would have been the furthest thing from her mind. Now, all bets were off.

So she ignored him as she got to work. Reaching into her pocket, she produced two earbuds and slipped them in, flicking on her MP3 player at the same time. A sigh escaped as she merely stood for a moment, letting the soothing and subliminal tones of the Level Upper wash over mind, altering synapses and shifting her brain chemistry through a complicated process that she had only bothered to let Kiyama try and explain once. It would make her stronger, and that was all that mattered.

At the same time she walked over a bit, collecting solid looking pieces of debris and rocks. With a decent collection, she touched the largest rock and primed her ability, tapping the back of it. Then she prepared and let it fly with a strong arm, activating Aero Hand in mid flight to give it a boost that would send it flying even faster, almost like a bullet from a gun, if a bullet was the size of a rock. "Don't underestimate me," she called on the heels of it, her declaration and battle cry. She wasn't weak, and she would not back down from a challenge.

[Lmpkio]

@Mr_pink@Flamelord@Gummi Bunnies@Eviledd1984

Gojira-San & Ryu

As Ryu and Gojira-San observe the surrounding area, they suddenly happen to notice the strange person that happened to come out of the same portal, yet they've never seen him before.

"Greato daze." He said, moving closer to the group. "Excuse me, but none of you know where I am do you?"

“UNCLE JOSUKE!!!” shouts Joylne as she rushes up to hug him.

Well... at least someone knows him. Ryu and Gojira-San just shake their heads.

"First off..." Ryu simply states, "Who are you exactly? And no, we don't know where we are either."

Just then, they suddenly see two other girls coming towards them, each having a vibrant hair color. One of them has pink hair and the other has a light purple color. Both seem really nice and also very curious.

"Excuse me!!! I'm like... SUPER SUPER DUPER curious where you guys came from! Like omigod, it's you guys came from some awesome epic adventure!" says one of the girls.

Ryu and Gojira-San express sweat drops from their heads as they sigh in agony.

"Adventure? Yes." the kaiju hybrid answers with a sigh, "Was it awesome? No..."

"It's a long story..." Ryu then sighs afterwards.

"Oh... and I was wondering if someone could tell me why Planeptune is surrounded by all of this wheat and not in the sky like some magic floating land island thing."

The two heroes just tilt their heads slightly in total and utter confusion.

"From where?" Gojira-San asks curiously.

"Where and whatever Planeptune is," Ryu answers confusingly, "I don't believe you both happen to be in it..."

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@Eviledd1984@Absolis

Alliance Of Conquerers - Arcadia-1

"I don't want to die, De Geso ne!"

Immediately Ika Musume would lash out at her attackers, her tentacles moving at blinding speeds and with incredible strength. Some would hit the Conquerers lightly, but slowly they would back away as the swinging gets faster and faster, until a sonic boom emits from it and they all blend together in a deafening continuous roar. Dust would begin to fly, rocks would be kicked up, only to be shredded to a fine powder by the flurry of tentacles. The Conquerers begin to hold their ground with all of their might as the wind begins to pick up, even catching a few stormtroopers in the midst.

"Oh god here we go again with this nonsense!" Bowser roars unamusingly as he struggles to keep his ground.

"Can someone just throw her out?! yells Ghidorah-San annoyingly as she also struggles to get her footing.

It would be here that Ultron would rise to his feet and begins to fly towards Ika.

"Little Girl..." he says as he grabs Ika's hair with his metallic fist, "Your bothering me..."

He then flies several meters away from the site and holds the girl with an ominous look in his eyes.

"I'm going to say this once child..." Ultron growls, "And normally I would've already incinerated you by now... but I'm not in the mood for killing right now. So just leave us alone or you WILL be destroyed."

He then places Ika on the ground roughly, but not to rough, and far enough away from the Conquerers. He gives her one last ominous look before heading back to the Alliance.

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@Savato@Flamelord

????

'Have you sensed it as well? Proceed to establishing first contact with a fragment of yourself. Both of us will investigate this phenomenon. The exact coordinates are in New York. After gathering this specimen we'll unite in that area.'

The spy would silently nod and give a small peep of confirmation until hanging up. It would then release some yellow glowing bulbs that would reach the sky and slowly float towards the coordinates that it was told. These yellow bulbs were in fact spores that carries a copy of the spy, great for sneaky espionage. In just a few minutes, her spore has landed in New York, undetected by the Alliance who was just recovering from Ika's hurricane attacks.

Back at the Goa'uld's base, the plant then drops to the ground and transforms. Out from the spore, a woman can be seen holding an umbrella-like object with green clothing with vibrant orange and yellows at the midrift, along with a long green stringy skirt. This woman is a beautiful, yet deadly, kaiju hybrid known as Biollante-San. He then walks behind Ba'al and clears her voice, grabbing their attention.

And she simply says in a smooth sultry voice...

[Absolis]

Saber Rivard

@savato@flamelord

Huh. It seems Saber wouldn't have to worry about any of that. It seems the girl thought the idea was just as ridiculous, and was walking away with music in her ears. So that turned out much better then he thought it would.

"See. I'm not the only one who thinks that ridiculous. So, it seems I'm out of here as well. I dont-*

Saber was cut off as a rock landed in his gut with astounding speed. It wouldn't kill him, but it easily knocked the wind out of him. With a quick release of breath, Saber fell over.

[Mtntopview]

@Absolis

Grimlock growled as the debris missed. This new foe was very hard to hit, mostly due to her smaller size. It was like trying to fight against a fly. Every time he attempted to swat it, it would find some way to escape his grasp. He had never encountered this problem before, as any foe that was as small as this one was, would have no hope on penetrating his armor. It was infuriating, as in his mind this should have been a curb-stomp battle.

Before he could react, the speedy little fly was at his legs. As she slashed one of his legs, he attempted to lift it out of her reach. It wasn't quite in time, as she still managed to create a rather large gash on his lower foot. She even followed it up with a shot from her annoying weapon, aggravating the already damaged foot. Unfortunately for her, she was now in the worst position to be in when in close combat with him. Slamming the foot down, he attempted to crush her with the very foot she managed to injure. Even if she managed to avoid being crushed, she would be launched into the air, where should would hopefully be unable to dodge him. At the same time, he let out a roar of pain as the impact further damaged the inner workings of his foot.

[Absolis]

Cyano Conablum

So, the outer shell was incredibly tough, while the inner workings were vulnerable. Cyano began planning all the ways she could use that. It also seemed the robot was having trouble dealing with her small size. Again, no doubt helped by the nanomites. Just as she went to take another shot the creature would stomp it's foot down again. Luckily it didn't catch her under it, since she was only beside it. But it did throw her up in the air. Luckily she would catch herself on the opening she ripped open. The jagged edge of the opening would rip her leather glove open, and leave a small cut on her hand. When she landed, she would attempt to cut more of the robots leg open, all while firing cold fusion blasts into the opening she had made. Judging from the roar of pain it had made, the minimal damage she had made already made stomping a liability. So further interior and exterior damage would more then likely ruin the robots stability. Though if this would affect it in its humanoid form was another question entirely.

[Hamstrong]

Jetstream Sam
Fighting the UG

Well, it seemed his taunting did not work. He stood there with a wry smile, watching the girl fighting the robot by herself. She was certainly skilled enough to hold her own against that robot, and were he given another order he would be content to standby and evaluate. But... he was asked to help, so help he will. Besides, it wasn't as if the little lady expressedly forbade him from interfering.

If she wanted it in one piece however, she was going to be sorely disappointed.

"Alright, I think that's enough."

Sam crouched down but for a moment, his hand on the hilt of the sword, and moved. Fast enough to raise up a cloud of dust like an explosion, he stopped just short of crashing into the robot's leg, the red sword flashing through the air as he drew and slashed towards the leg in one fluid motion. It didn't matter what the leg was made of, all he needed was one slash to slice it clean off.

[thewizardguy]

[Switzerland, Bern]
With a flash of light and a loud pop, suddenly, Agatha Heterodyne popped into existence. She dropped to the floor, small bits of metal falling to the ground around her. For a moment she simply sat there, looking dazed. "Well, that just happened. I suppose messing with the stabilizers on the muse of time WAS a bit impulsive...." Sighing she gets up, looking around at what appeared to be the remains of a base of some kind. The scene was dominated by a large loop which appeared to be a portal of some kind, similar to the system that had been used to abduct her at the end of the war for Mechanicsburg. Smiling brightly, she pulled out her wrench. It seemed that, even moved across time and space, lady luck had not left her unattended. If she could just apply some modifications, this thing might be able to return her to her home with relatively little harm done, maybe even in time to stop the world from ending.

Of course, little did she know Apocalypse had similar goals in mind. And as the immense monster burst through a nearby skyscraper, she instantly fired her Death Ray at it. Of course, the creature dodged the attack with ease, her mere human reflexes far from fast enough to be able to catch him. The skyscraper disintegrated behind him, even as he appeared to materialize in front of her.

"You.... you are a genius, yes? I can tell, I was birthed from the work of geniuses." Apocalypse glared down at Agatha, his imposing figure doing the intimidation for him. He was well aware that he would not be able to operate the teleporter by himself, and as such Agatha's presence would make things easier.

Agatha, meanwhile, was trying to figure out how this thing had moved so fast. Not even the Jaegermonsters could move like that. It also seemed her Death Ray would be useless against this thing. "Ummm..... yes? Which answer prevents you from killing me?" She was a practical girl, and she'd need to buy some time if she wanted to get out of here. She still wasn't aware of where she was, nor whom's territory she appeared to be in. She wasn't even sure if she was in the Wulfenbach Empire any more.

Apocalypse grinned, as his suspicions were confirmed. "Then you will repair the portal generator, and you will move me to where I wish to go. If you fail to do this, I'll rip you to pieces, and find another to do the job for me."

Both Apocalypse and Agatha were well aware that she would not be so easy to replace, considering that the amount of people that matched her intellect could be counted on one hand, without fingers. But they were both equally aware that Apocalypse would kill her anyway, as it's sense of priorities weren't the greatest. This caused Agatha to refrain from commenting, her normally snarky nature suppressed for the sake of her continued survival. "Yeah, sure. Rebuild one of the least understood technologies on the world and transport you to whereever you want to go. I'm on it."

With that said, Agatha was distracted by the portal itself. As she opened up the outer surface of the portal, she was skeptical as to what she would find within. And yet, as she looked through the wires and hardware, she began to see a pattern. A beautiful, beautiful pattern. A smile came to her face, as she started ripping out and replacing things. "Oh, this is WONDERFUL. A space-time condensator to alter the flow of material objects between two particular coordinates! But if you replace this with this, and take out this bit...." She was a single breakthrough away from manical laughter, as she began enthusiastically remodeling the entire device. For some unknown reason, she had also added a coffee machine on the side. Few could comprehend the actions of a mad genius. "Big guy! Hand me the translocational calibrator!"

Doomsday looked around, trying to find this device, before realizing it had just almost mindlessly obeyed her. He frowned, as he realized he had no idea what those words meant, nor how she had commanded him. However, he could tell no force had impinged on his mind. A repeated order, clarifying the shape and size of the desired object, caused him to hand it over immediately, his superhuman senses able to locate the object before his common sense could dissuade him.

In full mad scientist mode, Agatha was remodelling the entire device, 'improving' the design constantly, even as she added in new features just to see if she could. Within a few minutes, she had created a portal device that simultaneously made coffee and shot lasers. The entire thing was like a frankenstein's monster of mechanical and theoretical science. But the important part was that it worked.

Within just a few moments, Apocalypse would emerge somewhere in the world, to wreak havoc. Agatha, meanwhile, would most likely follow. And while her form of destruction was less direct, she also had a habit of leaving death and destruction in her wake.

[Mtntopview]

@Absolis@Hamstrong@Lmpkio

Grimlock growled once more in his alternate form before reverting back to his robot form. With the leg damaged as it was, it would no longer be wise to use in combat. It would take a bit of time and Energon for the wound to heal fully, something he would have to find later.

Activating his sword once more, he was about to move on the first target when the second one came from behind. Had he chosen to stay in his monstrous alternate form, he likely would have lost a leg. Luckily for him, his transformation made it so that he only lost the use of one of his arms. A pain, but it would allow him to stay in the fight, for now. With his sword arm no longer usable, he deactivated the weapon, and instead activated his shield. These pests were quickly becoming a problem he wasn't capable of dealing with alone.

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Having chosen to fly around the city for a bit, Starscream was quickly becoming familiar with the place. His cloak made him almost undetectable to the local pests flying about, which mean he had free range to wander about as he pleased. Of course, even if they could spot him, they'd have a hard time catching him. No one could outfly him!

As he rounded a corner, Starscream spotted a familiar sight. The massive brute, Grimlock. The giant appeared to be fighting two miniscule aliens, and seemed to be losing to them. Pathetic! He'd have thought Shockwave's favorite toy would have done better ... but then again, perhaps not. That savage wasn't the brightest of Cybertronians. However, where others saw failure, he saw opportunity!

Deactivating his cloak, his jet form once again became visible, and his engines would be the first thing anyone would notice of him. Unleashing a pair of rockets, they streaked towards the two aliens confronting the massive giant, and a few seconds later slammed into the street, creating a large explosion. He followed up that attack with a burst of rounds from his rapid-fire cannons. He didn't have time to do any more, as he had already bypassed the targets. He cleared the buildings and entered the large space around the destoyed palace. He made a quick scan of his surroundings before banking around to start another strafing run. Hopefully this would put the dimwitted brute in his debt! After all, it would only be fair to repay the one who, out of the good in his spark, saved his life.

[Absolis]

Cyano Conablum

It seemed to have worked. The robot transformed back into its normal form due to the severely damaged leg. The leg seemed to have turned into its arm, which worked great, as it tried to use a weapon, but had failed and was now forced to go one armed. That would make things easier. What wouldn't be easier however, was the fact that mere seconds afterwards a jet came by and bombarded the area. Cyano dived for cover behind the robot, and was protected from the bulk of the explosions and bullets. Seeing as there was now a flying threat, Cyano decided the present threat was the jet

"Hey, Samurai! You keep this guy distracted, I'll take care of that jet"

With that, Cyano would try and run into a nearby building. If she managed to do so, and with grimlock putting more emphasis on Sam as the most immediate threat, she would begin to try and convert the teleporter into a make shift radio. If it could teleport people, then it should be able to teleport sound. It wouldn't take her very long before she managed to get it to use this double purpose. And not very long after that until she was able to enter the frequency to contact outward to get two fighters into the air to take down the jet.

[Hamstrong]

Jetstream Sam
Fighting the UG

The appendage he sliced off moved as if in slow motion for him, almost completely stopping. The robot did not try to dodge or even try to attack him after that move, something it would regret soon enough. Sucking in his breath, he prepared to reduce it to a thousand pieces, sheathing his sword once again, but this time, his left hand was on the trigger on the scabbard, and his stance was lower, shoulders down as he prepared another quick draw cut.

Before he could however, a familiar noise came to his ears, causing his instincts to instantly scream danger.

Two missiles came from seemingly nowhere, exploding the area around the robot, just as Sam leaped backwards and away from the danger. He didn't stop, using the momentum of his jump to roll away from the second stream of bullets. Another one had entered the fray it would seem, a very troublesome one considering that Sam lacks the ability to fly.

"Hey, Samurai! You keep this guy distracted, I'll take care of that jet."

Oh? Did the little lady have something to take that down? Well, he wasn't about to argue; he didn't exactly have anything that could reach up far enough for fighter plane. He gave an exaggerated sigh as he shrugged, turning to the large robot still on the ground.

"A militant group changing the world, giant murderous robots and now a fighter plane trying to kill me. Its starting to feel like home already." He chuckled as he stared down the robot. "Let's make this quick, shall we?"

This wasn't exactly different from what he faced on his world. Replace this robot with a Metal Gear and not much would be changed, save for its appearance. Even the ninja cyborg won't have a problem dealing with this one. While he might not know what that robot was and how it really works, cutting things into small pieces works fairly well for everything he had ever fought so far.

[Mr_pink]

Josuke Higashikata

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A confused look spread across Josuke's face as the colourful woman sprinted up to him in an embrace. He was too uncertain about the entire situation to actually act, but he felt a wave of recognition wash over him as he took a closer look at the woman. He scratched his chin, an eyebrow raised as she spoke.

Finally it hit him, like a train. He embraced her in a sort of bear hug laughing as he did so.
"Jolyne! You've gotten so tall!" He let her go, another expression of confusion crossing his face. "Hold on a minute though, if my math is correct you should only be about 13 and you are most certainly not 13" He spoke, his stand disappearing as he did. He put his hand to his chin. "I haven't seen Joseph or Jotaro since they left Morioh all those years ago. Knowing, Jotaro though, he can't be in much trouble."

He turned to Ryu.
"I'm, Josuke, and it seems I'll have to work with you lot from this point on then" He said, nodding.

[Flamelord]

Ba'al and Teal'c, Caracas, Venezuela

At the sound of someone's voice, Teal'c spun around as Ba'al nonchalantly turned, to see the strangely dressed woman there. Of course, Teal'c was the first to react to the threat, as presented to them. "Jaffa, kree!"

All Jaffa in earshot would react quickly, going for staff weapons and moving to confront the intruder as they set up a defensive perimeter. It would be easy to hear them powering up as they faced down Biollante, ringing her and standing on command, even as Teal'c was given a staff weapon of his own.

But Ba'al didn't react to that. He was a God after all, so what did he have to fear? "And who might you be," he asked calmly, confident in his superiority. He wuld figure how she had gotten here, but one thing at a time as he waited on her answer.

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Ruiko Saten

Ruiko's throw had been spot on, as far as she was concerned. She had honed her throwing skills, and especially once she had gotten her powers, for the reasons just seen. It was good enough that she could even hold her own against Mikoto, or so she liked to think. Certainly it had been less than a one sided fight at Kiyama's lab.

But she was hardly expecting Saber to go down so easily, especially from a hit to the gut from a rock. With a frown she thumbed off the Level Upper, since it seemed that it wouldn't be needed after all. "Well that was a waste," she grumbled to herself, bfore looking to the Ethereal. "So now what?" She couldn't prove herself like this.

[Savato]

Über Ethereal

Unknown Location, Arcadia-1

@Flamelord@Absolis@thewizardguy

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In the mist of this 'battle', Apocalypse stumbled upon a new individual in which the Ethereal could witness from afar. The events would be stored and analyzed for later as too many things were occurring at once and the alien did not wish to perform any form of error at this point. Just as it let the other members of its crew study this new individual, Saber would already put down by one blow. The Ethereal wasn't sure what to think of this, either this child was overwhelmingly powerful or Saber was pretty much a joke. Upon further reflection, it concluded that it was the latter. Approaching the knocked out Saber, the alien would glare into his soul for a good five seconds before moving to its original position.

"It appears a child has defeated you in a single blow, Rivard. As it has been said, no matter the appearances, always remain on your guard in this illogical world."

With Saber given some food for thought, the alien would now evaluate the little Ruiko had displayed earlier. The first part of its analysis would be that music player she purposely put on before engaging in battle. It emanated a strange energy, an influence akin to the 'Gift' that seemed to provide power to AIM users. Espers feeding off simple sound was an interesting piece of information to have. Misaka had indeed made mention of these 'Level Uppers' in the past, but without a sample available that information was beyond useless. Now they had one, and they could observe its effects in the future.

Then came her powers, evidently quite different from Misaka's electromagnetic capabilities. She manipulated a simple rock with what could be best deduced as air currents or pressure. Considering the wide array of abilities the Espers would wield, it didn't surprise it that there'd be an air user among them. But it needed to know more, its potential and just how it can be molded in her current state. In order to do that, it would need her cooperation. Although she didn't seem to resist the ideas it was offering, it was clear as day that she craved something which in turn would make her volatile within the organization. It needed a way to quench her wrathful aura.

"You do not seem interested in many things. The fact that you wield this tool with you indicates you crave a certain degree of power. As of now you will lose to Mikoto in a battle. Which is why we wish to see more. If you comply, we can offer you what you wish."

The Ethereal could sense her searing desire to defeat Misaka and ascend in terms of her abilities. To give her something to do, the overlord would have four Berserkers crash down in nearby parts of town. They would all converge in the current position of Ruiko by rushing in at full speed. They were rather tough and could easily destroy her bone structure with a well placed hit. The alien would of course prevent any finishing move, but it wasn't going to restrain them.

[Mtntopview]

@Absolis@Hamstrong@Lmpkio

"Yes ... Stop wasting, my time!" Grimlock growled from behind his shield. While he wasn't fond of Starscream, he wasn't about to say no to the worm's help, and there was not much he could do to stop the seeker anyways. Let Starscream go about his shenanigans, he could always put the Decepticon back in his place.

Choosing to wait for the insect to make the first move, he began to size up it's weapons. While tiny, they seemed to be sharp enough to harm him. It'd be wise to keep behind his shield for now, at least for as long as he couldn't use his sword.

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As Starscream completed the turn, he flew another pass over Grimlock. This time, he only sent a couple missiles at the giant. However, he also sent something he didn't last time. A small, blue-ish, glowing cube landed feet away from Grimlock. Energon, the lifeblood of the Transformers. That should patch the freak up.

After finishing the second strafe, Starscream began to ascend in order to get above the skyscrapers. Once there, he'd maneuver himself to start yet another run on the street below. He was already tracking the one remaining near Grimlock, but he'd lost the second one. Scanning the surrounding area for it, he still wasn't able to locate it. That bothered him immensely, seeing as how it could be activating some sort of air defense.

[Absolis]

Kolon and Absolis and Ika Musume

Ika Musume dangled by her tentacles as ultron lifted her high up into the air. Fear was replaced by indignation as he somehow managed to catch her barrage of tentacles. With a few parting words, Ultron dropped them a little bit away from the wall with a warning. She would fall a fair distance, but her fall was broken by spmething... furry? Ika Musume reached down under her, and grabbed a large, stiff cat ear thing. Suddenly, the thing jumped up, throwing Ika Musume off of it. It was Kolon! Though Ika Musume wouldn't know who Kolon was.

Kolon made a cry of disgrace! With a series of Magyas, it was clear he was upset that a squid had been dropped on his head like an anvil. Though, it wasn't long before he was better about it. And held his hand out to shake Ika Musumes. Ika would look on in confusion at this strange creature. Though she too would shake its hand.

Nice to meet you, De Geso! I'm Ika Musume, messenger of thee sea, sent to inkvade humanity, De Geso!

Ika Musume went a bit overboard with her introduction, though Kolon didn't mind. Absolis however, did think to start asking her a few questions before trusting her

"So, Ika Musume. It seems you and Kolon are fast friends. But I have to ask, why did you just fall out of the sky like that?"

Ika Musume immediately turned to Absolis and began to explain what had happened. With a few embellishments of course

Well, there's this huge palace, De Geso! And it had a nice person in huge armor, who was going to help me stop pollution, De geso. But then there was a battle and explosions, De geso! And then he was replaced by these people who said they were going to roast my tentacles, De geso! They were scary looking and their eyes glowed and they all had fangs, even the robot, De Geso! But then the robot grabbed me and flew me away and dropped me here, De Geso!

Absolis processed the story, littered with an odd break between every sentence. It had a certain sincerity about it, albeit it sounded a bit overblown. Though it seemed to match about what Absolis expected from he and Kolon were headed to.

"That's an amazing story. Bullies like that should be properly disposed of. Perhaps you could lead us to them, Ika Musume?"

Ika Musume nodded and began to lead Absolis and Kolon to the palace. Absolis still didn't trust her fully. But it was better to have her in front where he could see her, rather then leaving her behind them where she could push them into a trap.

[thewizardguy]

@Absolis
Even as Absolis, Kolon and Ika marched off towards the Imperial Palace, a large glowing portal opened up in front of the group. Out stepped the hulking figure of Apocalypse, an immense hulk of grey flesh and bone spikes. The creature took a moment to observe the three new figures in front of it, even as the small group no doubt took a moment to assess the fact that what appeared to be a giant grey hulk ripoff had just stepped out of nowhere. From behind him a small redheaded figure waved enthusiastically, before disappearing from view, the portal closing. There was just a moment of silence, the weirdness creating a mandatory pause.

Apocalypse's senses are as strange as they are useful, allowing him to perceive things well beyond the range of most beings. Perhaps it was through some unknown sense that the creature was able to assess Kolon as a worthy adversary, or at the very least a threat, detecting it's immense intelligence, or perhaps the energy radiated by the nigh infinite supply of explosives it somehow carried with it. Or perhaps Apocalypse just didn't like cats much. Whatever the reason, the creature shot forward to destroy the fuzzy flufball, instantly accelerating to mach 1.2, the explosive crack of the sound barrier shattering reaching the ears of the threesome a fraction of a second after his immense fist, aimed to turn the genius cat..... thing into a thin red mist.

Time seemed to slow to a matter of microseconds as Apocalypse accelerated impossibly rapidly, his movements on a level higher than even the highly advanced mind of a super-scientist was able to react. It was a close range attack, Doomsday had been standing no more than 10 meters away. The chemical reactions between neurons in the brain simply weren't able to keep up with such immense speed, the sight centers in the brain barely finished decoding the information received from the optical nerve when the fist would first make it's bone-shattering impact with the fuzball's skull. It was only a moment nature that two of the three would become fully aware of the events that had transpired in that fraction of a second, their brains finally catching up.

Of course, Kolon would most likely have some defensive mechanism prepared. A force field, an automatic reactive teleportation mechanism, or perhaps a more offensive solution. But before whatever system he would use was put into action, it's probability of success became irrelevant through the sudden intervention of a certain squid girl. A series of blue tentacles slammed into the brute from the side at Mach 3, the impact lifting him off of his feet and launching him through the walls of a nearby building. While Ika Musume's strength was nowhere near Apocalypse's levels, her speed was almost 3x his, and she had no problem keeping up with the Perfect Being.

Ik Musume: Saviour of the multiverse.

Of course, such things didn't last long. "That was a good hit, girl. It seems I overestimated your companions." Apocalypse stepped out from the hole he had made, completely unharmed. The creature grinned, revealing a row of sharp, bonelike portrusion that served as teeth. "But a hit with that little power won't be enough to harm me, no matter the speed it moves at. Let's see how long you can last before I rip you to pieces, shall we?" Laughing, Apocalypse prepared to charge once more, this time aiming his full efforts at Ika Musume. No longer possessing the element of surprise, this would have undoubtedly been a dangerous fight for the squid girl, perhaps even lethal. However, luckily for her, she had quite capable backup.

[Eviledd1984]

@Lmpkio@Mr_pink

Joylne Kujo

"Mhm well i didn't see ya in a long while...it's a long story but the i'll give you the short of it,I was framed and sent to prison escaped with the help of some of the other prisoners who are strangely like my best friends. My father had his stand taken by him by a priest a lankey of a guy named Dio,Anyway we got his stand back and..." Tears were slowly welling inside of her eyes the young woman wiping the tears with her hand before speaking again.

"Dad and my friends were killed by the priest who got has a evolved stand to fast forward time...I don't remember how i got here since after i rushed at the priest i was sent here" She said wiping the rest of her tears away form her face."I just wonder if he is alive in this universe..." She muttered the last part feeling her emotions subsiding.

Kars

The Piller Man backed away form being hit by her tentacles,"Mhm such spirit i love that..." He smiled licking a bit of blood that was dripping down the side of his mouth,"I wonder then perhaps we could use her as either a...advantage over the heroes.." He said wiping the rest of his blood form his mouth.