Log:Reign of Terror, Scene 3

Reign of Terror 2010/06/22 	 Flux Phoenix Triple Sec 3

The scene of the fighting is easy to spot -- there's a roaring fire in a building at the corner of an intersection, marking the location like a beacon. In the middle of the street block, one of the Fearmonger's strange creatures rampage through the middle of street. Cars on the street are struck, as one fender bender turned into a traffic jam, and drivers started to abandon their vehicles.

Flux arrives only with Phoenix, not willing to shoot ahead while the other fiery woman is negotiating the best way to bring Triple Sec along.

Triple Sec, being carried by Phoenix, looks down at the destruction and whistles a bit behind his helmet. "Ugly, ain't it? Hey, Phoenix, drop me right on the cars."

FOOOOSH! Phoenix flies onto the scene, preceded by the roar of her rocket flames. She carries Michael by hooking her non-flaming arms under his shoulders. "You've got the wrong idea about Bard," she says to him. "You'll see." She banks and comes in for a soft landing, and she sets down Triple Sec on top of one of the cars.

The giant creature reaches over to a stuck car that's been abandoned in the street. It hoists it overhead. It turns and begins to scan the street for targets, searching with it's eyeless gaze.

Flux remains airborne, and prepares to send ice to coat the fearthingy to prevent it from moving as easily.

The fear spectre turns, drawn by the sound of Phoenix's approach.

After setting Triple Sec down, Phoenix says, "I'll take care of the fire... Can you guys handle this?"

Flux replies, "Depends on what you mean by handle..."

Phoenix rises into the air and rockets towards the burning building.

Triple Sec nods at Phoenix before turning his helmeted head towards the monster. Crouching down low, his stance is a bit odd for any sort of skilled fighter. He even gives a low growl before he charges forward over the cars in an attempt to literally just plow into the monster itself with a diving tackle once he's close enough. While he will end up down, so will said monster for the moment.

Triple Sec's attack lands with a dull thud, and his momentum carries into the creature, knocking it onto its side. It drops the car, but the vehicle lands on its side within easy reach.

Flux sends an icy prison to surround the bad bad thing, to make it maybe do something other than pound on Triple Sec.

The icy prison forms around the horrible fear-thing, to Flux's surprise with her haphazard aim. "It worked!"

The creature flexes it's limbs to try and break out of its icy prison.

The ice cracks and then shatters, exploding under the strength of the monster. Triple Sec gets showered in bits of ice.

Flux holds position, not sure what the fear-thingy will do or who it will do it to, but readies herself to produce an icy wall.

Triple Sec rolled with his previous tackle, just enough to get distance in case the creature tried to swipe or something. And now he continues the roll to spin around to his feet, hands low to the ground to steady himself before he slowly raises to the crouched position again. "... feels like a brick wall." He growls out before moving his hands slowly to a defensive position, both of them in a claw like posture.

The fear creature gets up to its feet again. It grabs the nearby car and hurls it at Triple Sec.

Flux sets an ice wall in front of Triple Sec to absorb the car's impact.

The car smashes against the wall of ice, and then crashes down to the pavement.

Triple Sec reaches to his wrist, and pulls on one of the barbs there. A chain lengthens before he spins his body and swings said chain upwards. The length of chain stretches incredibly long. Very long. Before he gives a yank to bring it downwards and give a resounding pop at the monster before it retracts back to manageable lengths. "Thanks, Flux!"

The impact of the chain topples the monster onto its back.

Flux points out, "I can keep it at bay if you want to go on the offense..."

Triple Sec hops upwards, straight to the top of the ice wall. Spinning the length of chain in hand, he grabs it with his opposite hand before commenting off hand, "So... how do you beat these things anyways? And..." He pauses, looks at the monster, then down a bit, "... no, I can't... even a monster deserves some dignity. I won't attack it while it's down."

Meanwhile, Phoenix's flame grow and her flames shift from yellow-orange to a pale yellow. She literally fights fire with fire, using her burn to starve the building fire of air.

Flux nods. "Okay..." She doesn't even pretend to understand.

The spectre gets up and closes to hand-to-hand range with Triple Sec.

Triple Sec brings the chain around again, sending a vicious backhand at the monster. Said chain lengthens by itself it seems as it spins out of the notch on his forearm. "Ah, here we go! Nothing else to throw, huh?" He gives a growl as the chain arcs back around, spinning around as it shortens before it loops under his arm where he catches it neatly and presents his free hand in an open palm.

The fear monster continues to wade forward through Triple Sec's chain attacks.

Flux tries the offensive, focusing intense flame into her hands and projects it at the scary beast.

The fiery bolt rushes past the scary beast, obliterating a nearby lamp post, perfectly captured by one or more of the local news media.

Triple Sec drops to the previously thrown car, keeping the chain in position before he spins the weapon around to being held in both hands. o O (Can't keep it at a distance, it might start tossing cars again. I'll have to go in close after all. And Flux's aim isn't helping...) O o. Left with few choices as he analyzes things, Triple Sec prepares for possibly the worst.

Flux floats upward, going directly above the scary thing, and sends another blast at it. Worst thing that happens now is more damage directly where the thing is.

The beast staggers, and it's flattened against the pavement by the torrent of fire.

The creature gets up from the scorched asphalt. It digs its giant mitts into the street and rips up a chuck of the roadway, which it promptly chucks at Flux.

Flux places another icy barrier between herself and the thing to absorb the large chunk of unhappiness.

The chuck of the street impacts with the ice shield. Chunks of it rain back down onto the street, over its head and over Triple Sec's head.

A particularly large bit caves in the trunk of the car that Triple Sec is standing on.

And the icy barrier falls too, harmlessly deflecting from the scary-thing's head and sliding to the ground with a ker-thunk.

Triple Sec looks up a bit at the hurled piece of street, then just flat out punches the monster. Hard as he can. He gives a low growl as he does, hoping he gets said monster's attention considering he's going on the offensive now that it's up on it's feet.

The beast barely reacts to Triple Sec's punch.

Triple Sec swings again at said monster, this time the chain retracts back to his wrist, hanging slightly as if it were some sort of ribbon or bracelet as he continues to punch said monster.

Triple Sec's fist lands solidly in the creatures trunk.

Triple Sec brings his fist back and strikes again. The thing's getting on his nerves. None of his strikes seem to have a meaningful effect at all really. Which is a bit weird.

The hulking creature absorbs the force of the blow and then begins to fade into nothingness.

Triple Sec tilts his head, confused at that. He looks up at Flux. "... what just happened?"

Flux shakes her head. "I have no idea. Usually they do more horrible things before popping away."

Phoenix has succeeded in putting out the fire. She floats over towards the other heroes.

Phoenix says, "Unfortunately, I get the feeling that we'll be seeing more of these before the whole matter is settled."