Log:Aftershock

Eclipsed 2014/06/10 Choukaizer Fox Paragon Porter Revenant Snow

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Nicholston

Nicholston is the historic name for this part of town, though most people would probably say "near the mall". There's a seaside town atmosphere here, especially in summer, though the traffic on Beach and Wharf Streets are a reminder that this is a full city. The tourist industry prevails, embodied in convenience stores, surf rental shops, souvenir stores and restaurants; and at Wharf and Beach is Boardwalk Mall, unquestionably the center for shopping in the city. The most affordable of the bayside housing is also to be found here. Remarkably, there's plenty of parking, which helps the trade of mall and beach alike.

Paragon leaps along the rooftops on her way to Harrisburg, stopping to rest on a rooftop across from the Neko Cafe. After she lands, she walks to the roof edge and crouches, staring at the cafe enviously. . o O (I wish the cats didn't freak out every time I try going in there. I think they sense something's wrong with me.) Her head pans to cover the street activity below, spotting Porter and Fox together.

A flying set of green jets signals someone flying along the rooftops at relatively slow speeds. Choukaizer is headed towards who knows where, apparently just patrolling so far. Either that, or making his way towards apartments or something! Who knows? The robot's flight path is pretty much aimless and he only moves whenever he is about to hit something like a flag pole or the like. The soft glow of the green plasma and the hum of the thrusters make it easy to find him at least.

Porter looks, now up, at the rising Aliasi. "Ok. Nice meeting you? Sure it won't be the last time a speeding car heads my way." He offers her a wave. The other arm finds its way around Fox. Because she's there.

Snatched! Porter's arm is captured by the fox-girl it moves around, taken by both of her hands as she leans back against him, taking in the scent of it whilst her mouth is pressed against it. "Not...moon," she decides thoughtfully.

A few days ago:

The woman covered in plasma managed to return home, having left Colonial Bay to get out of sight before anyone realized they should not have let her go in the first place. She flew into a remote facility in the countryside. After all, her plasma trail is just about the easiest thing one could possibly follow when she flies. So... she landed and turned off her field. Now naked, yeah, this one only shows PG rating angles and views though. But she strolled down a tunnel and stepped into an occupied room.

"Ah, there she is. The star of the hour." says a deep bass voice. "I still can't believe you of -all- people got yourself pinched." he adds.

"Now now, every soldier can lose a battle. But it is not a single battle that we wage here. It is truly a war that we strive to win. And so we shall. Now, you all know your roles in the plan. Yes?"

Heads nod around the room, and everyone seems to understand.

"Now, Cerebellum. Begin the link." A twisted young woman, barely able to remain on her feet with the handheld crutches she uses, just stands there. She nods... and everyone falls silent. That done... the leader, a man in all black... reaches down and fiddles with the controls on a belt he wears... a belt that now matches his uniform quite nicely. Shortly after that, a green flash shines in the room, and when it dissipates they are all gone.

..... Now .....

The sounds of violence are not unknown to this town, but now, it reaches a whole new level of escalation. Down the street... some might call it fortunate that this is so close to you all. Others may call it unfortunate.. but whatever the case, the front of a store quite literally -explodes-. A fiery explosion that rips the entire front of the store away from the foundation. The front wall splinters and part of it is consumed while the rest of it is just splinters that clatter into the windows and walls across the street. The explosion sets off car alarms all along this street, and the shockwave is... intense.

Porter is forced to help her with the leaning, since she's pulling his arm around her. Completely not his fault. "Not moon." He chuckles softly in agreement. "And there's only one of me." On a whim, he takes advantage of Fox's bare shoulder to plant a very brief kiss there before his chin there.

And then things explode.

And.. the shockwave, as it rolls through... if one were to slow it down to slow-motion like a movie... the first victim would be Porter. How... fortunate. His back was to the building, and he is toppled forward, wrapping kinda about Fox as the two of them go down in a heap... a heal Fox ends up on top of and not really restrained at all. After all, she's nimble!

Paragon, she feels the blast wave pass by her and basically ignores it.

The flying robotic Choukaizer? Well, he does not fare well. The wave impacts his form, and though it has weakened at this distance, it is still potent enough to knock him right off his course. He smashes through a flagpole, and then right in through a second story window. He ends up smashing a dresser and being covered by women's underwear. The one that falls right onto his face and chest is a pair of underpants that might be even too big for his robotic form. A large woman sits up in the bed beside him and screams in terror. "Robot aliens!" she cries.

The Revenant? She was already behind cover -somewhere- nearby. As... you need not worry about a blast wave when you are in cover.

Disoriented, but kind of accustomed to sudden shifts in perception angles, Fox is quick to recover her senses, or at least recover her state of awareness. She does not often participate in explosions, for reasons of being unable to get them to behave themselves. She glances down at Porter, helping him up and out, her form shifting to something much larger and more suitable to helping Porters up, assessing the damage done to her surroundings. Revenant is more the alleys and roof tops sort, so it is the noise that draws her out, cape wafting around a few seconds after the sound engulfs the area. Whoever she was stalking likely fled anyway. She looks over the area from beneath the cowl in a calm fashion. Then she breaks into a run till close enough to see inside from across the street to tell if anyone is inside.

Porter is unlucky enough to be caught unawares by the explosion... yet lucky enough to land on a soft Fox. Then he's helped up by a larger, probably not quite as soft Fox. A lot of blinking and trying to look around follows. He's not so used to getting knocked around... Ok, he is, but that doesn't make him much better at the after-effects.

The robotic Choukaizer lays there. In what remains of a dresser. In women's underwear it seems. And... well... he takes a moment to consider.

1) Screeching woman about robot aliens.

2) Unfortunately for his human mind, the underpants imply this is not going to be a good looking woman.

3) Locking this memory from the of his human mind and not causing mental trauma is reached.

A hand moves up, slowly, grabbing the underwear and tossing it away, followed by brushing the rest as he gets to his feet. Looking at the woman, he simply says. "My apologies. You should take cover." Then he heads for the hole he just made at a run and leaps out to head down towards the street.

Paragon doesn't even blink as the shockwave passes her by, her helm snapping about to note the effects of the shockwave. Nobody here looks too seriously hurt; just shook up. From her crouched position, she leaps towards the explosion, flying through the night sky. Her body arcs and somersaults through the air. She lands on the street in front of the exploded building in a half crouch with the grace of a large predatory cat, her head lowered. She then slowly lifts her head to survey the damages and search for any civilians in need of medical aid.

Paragon and Revenant both see that although the building that blew up isn't burning... the blast put out any fire present. But there is a lick of heat and flame there... and the shimmering of a wall. They can both hear a resonant baritone voice yell, "What the hell did you do?" and a female voice (one Paragon remembers) say, "Nothing! I was just standing here while you searched for the safe. By the way, the explosion revealed it right here!"

Paragon's glowing eyes burn a little brighter and grow in diameter, before her eyes become mere lines of light from the narrowing of her eyes. "Oh no...not her again," she mutters under her breath. She stands slowly and straightens up, her fingers curling into fists as she slowly raises her hands and takes a defensive stance. "Surrender now and come along peacefully, and I'm sure the courts will be lenient," she calls out to the inhabitants of the building, her voice echoing out from within her armor shell with a metallic ring to it. Her personal code of honor dictates she give them a chance to surrender.

From within the building... a rumble can be heard. Almost like the explosion triggered some sort of... well... for lack of a better term, Aftershock. The floor buckles and the building begins to collapse in on itself. However, for the view of those out front, almost one entire room's floor seems to lift out and up. If that's a safe, it's a huge one. With a gesture, our two out front also hear. "The explosion will draw attention. Deal with it." And then from the front of the building... two individuals make themselves known. One is a massively muscled man... almost comically oversized muscles. Those who follow the news would remember that he was captured by Starguard a while back... Aftermath, a super strong guy who -enjoys- killing folks. The other is... well... shamelessly well known. Corona, her plasma field glowing in full force around her. "Alright. Let's... oh look.." she says with a grin as she points at Paragon, "You're looking better." she says.

Porter recognizes a couple things, including Corona. There's also the giant chunk of room that's getting lifted up. "Hey! Put that back where you found it! Nicely!" Then adds, "And give up! It's easier that way!" Doesn't he just sound all heroicish? Of course, he has to be the most threatening and scary thing out there, so maybe they'll listen. Or probably not.

There's a *THUD* as Choukaizer drops down, then blasts forward to land not far from Paragon. An attempt to box in the villains it seems. The robot's green eyes light up. And he gives a bit of a green on his face. "Big one's mine. Be a good test for my strength here." He makes a 'come and get it' motion at Aftermath. Then the robot starts towards the villains. "You guys handle the glowing babe." Revenant make her way to the head of the busted out store face, hopping to leap in to the side in a relatively quiet manner. She looks between the ones inside and Paragon as she crouches a bit defensively. This looks definitely like power end crooks. No announcement, just quiet for the moment.

Fox rushes from where she is at Porter's location to where Aftermath is, getting opposite him from Choukaiser, intent on disobeying the robotic order. She is ready to send a punch in the direction of the brute, testing out a couple of things. First his resilience. She expects a lot of it. Second his immovability, which she also expects a lot of.

"The armored one out there is quite durable. Perhaps you could do something to even the odds Cere?" asks the man in the black bodysuit that some have come to know as Event Horizon. The girl on crutches drops the crutches and levitates slowly into the air a bit. Just enough to be able to see through the holes in the wall and grins. "That sounds fun." she murmurs as she raises her voice, "You are the one named Paragon! How dare that robotic idiot there steal your schtick! You can be the only super strong armored one! You should put him down and teach him a lesson!"

The fox-monster sends a punch into the Aftermath person, in the direction of Choukaiser. Her tests shall be put forth!

"You can still give up!" Porter wouldn't want them to forget. For now, he just watches. Mostly Aftermath, since he's the one Fox is punching.

Paragon smirks behind her faceplate and calls back to Corona in response to her taunt. "And you're looking awake. Try not to fall asleep so fast this time," she teases back in friendly rivalry. She nods to Choukaizer's call out. "He's all yours. I guess that means Corona's getting penciled in on my dance card again." As she prepares to face off with Corona, she has strange thoughts start creeping into her mind. She tenses, eyeing Choukaizer's exposed back for a moment with narrowed eyes before shaking her head and snapping out of it. Putting a hand to her head, she warns, "Whoa, that was...close. That woman is a pretty powerful telepath! Sooo...uhhh...if I start acting crazy, don't hesitate to knock me out if you need to."

Choukaizer frowns a bit. Fox getting in the way was not what he wanted. Still, he can use this. Maybe. He flies forward, not at Aftermath, but instead twisting his body to get where he can hit most of the villains and then some. "Chou Release: Dynamic Storm!" His aim is to take whoever is in the building and yank them out. He's got no idea if it will work or not, but well, he's at least going to try!

Revenant sails down into the open area blow off the front of the store on silent wings drawing them inward and rolling quietly further into the building. For now, mostly taking cover and evaluating.

The wall was crumbling, and this likely gives Revenant some cover for her sneaky movements. But the crumbling wall is suddenly pulled towards Choukaizer. The young woman hiding behind the wall tumbles forward and sprawls on the ground. She's wearing a pink party dress, and she really can't walk well. . . or at all, without her crutches. She squeaks like the little girl she is as she tumbles there, arms flailing. The man in black (no, it's not the Princess Bride)... stands there, the safe attached to his hand. It's about an 8 foot square safe. The size of a room.

He turns his head towards Choukaizer and narrows his eyes. He doesn't move though... he's not even -gripping- the safe. It's just stuck to him like it's glued there. "You are really getting to be annoying. Are you aware of that? Okay... I have tried the peaceful option. Now... everyone, put them DOWN."

At the success of his movement, letting the wall debris hit his body ineffectively, the robot gives a bit of a grin. "Well, that's what you get for ignoring something. Even if I'm made by mad men, I at least have the mind to use it right." Choukaizer moves his hands to a ready position as he looks at Aftermath, "So, big guy? Care to take on someone who beat up guys as big as you for fun back in the day?"

And Aftermath just shrugs, "If you insist." he says in his super deep bass voice. It's... quite literally... so deep that it's more felt than heard, coming through the feet. He winds up and leans back, aiming towards Choukaizer. It looks like he's preparing to wallop the guy.

Paragon strides forward, casually picking up a large man-sized chunk of wall off the ground. She learned her lesson from the last time she encountered Corona. She picks up a bit of speed as she charges forward, using it like a tower shield, trying to swing it forward to strike Corona.

Porter is relieved that the big guy isn't swinging at Fox. No offense to Choukaizer. As Aftermath winds back, he probably steps back to get his whole body into it. Maybe right on that AC unit amidst the debris. That cracks open and vents freon almost straight up into his face.

Lying on the ground, Cerebellum... Carol Beller to her parents... sobs a bit, "No fair! No fair!" she cries. Then she bangs her hands on the ground.... and then she screams. When she screams... it echoes in the heads of everyone she feels anger towards. It's... a blindingly potent scream it seems.

Snow slides in on one of her ice ramps. She heard of something happening and has come to offer help. She has just arrived on the scene. Ready to jump in, well slide more in. She takes stock of the scene as she arrives.

Snow slides closer to the action, still a bit higher in the air. She has gotten closer and is looking at targets, but Corona draws her attention and she just can't help it. Frost forms around her hands and a blast of frost goes flying at Corona

Corona... for her part, rolls over onto her back, the cement and debris beneath her already beginning to melt. She looks up and sees Snow. "Shit." she says right before the blast strikes her and she's sent skidding along the ground. And then... as she stops sliding... her plasma appears to be going out. Yep, she's... well, having trouble focusing. And once again, very naked. Stupid comic book code!

Having done his thing a few seconds ago, Event Horizon simply closes his fist... on the hand that was flat against the safe. As he pulls his hand away, there is a hole in the safe and what looks like a softball sized thing of opaque plexiglass in his hand. Whether he says anything or not, most can't hear. Rae can.. he doesn't speak... he just reaches for his belt and twists a dial before pressing a button.

Porter doesn't have his brain go numb at the screaming... But it still stings. It was also very loud, and not just in their heads. A precariously perched piece of wall on the destroyed building is rattled just enough that it topples over. Right above Sarah screamer.

As the rubble falls and slams into the little girl lookin' mentalist, it is apparently deflected by an invisible field about her. Well, not entirely deflected, but partially. She oofs as it hits. "Hey!" she yells. "Cheater!"

Choukaizer frowns a bit as he sees Aftermath miss... wide. He blinks at the AC that busted, then comments, "Why do these people never let me see how tough I am?" He asks Aftermath before suddenly he can't see, hear, or smell/taste a thing! The robot's optics blink on and off a few times. "Huh?" He stops talking, then frowns and seems to be concentrating for a moment before he sends one solid punch forward. He's hoping that Aftermath is still right there. Which will make this a lot easier if he is! Maybe! Still, while he's fought in some blindness, he definitely hasn't fought without a lot more of his senses missing like this.

Flailing about, Aftermath is moving. To Rae and Porter, it looks like to kids in the dark trying to fake karate fight. He gets struck and flails angrily. Odds are, he's less mature emotionally than the little girl. He roars, though Chou can't hear him, and as he is struck, he doesn't go anywhere, but simply tries to grab Chou.

Roaring, and grabbing Chou, Aftermath gets his mitts on the robotic hero. He lifts up and takes hold of an arm and a leg and then SMASHES Chou into the ground like a rag doll.

Paragon looks in surprise as the little girl gets yanked out by Chou and starts screaming and crying. "So Event Horizon hides behind kids? I've seen a lot of things, but that's pretty darn cowardly," she comments. Then to Cerebellum, she shouts, "Hey, this is no place for a kid like you. Are you al...right...?" Halfway through her sentence, everything goes dark and quiet. Maybe her cybernetics malfunctioned? She can't even tell if she's talking out loud anymore. It's like the world just went away. She stands motionless and helpless, like someone pulled the plug on her. Her body tenses with a creak of her armor, expecting the villains to take advantage.

With the girl lying there, Event Horizon gestures and she floats up and back towards him. He sighs. "Useless." he mutters, "At least we have the objective." he says and with the girl at his side, his shimmering distortion field raises around him and her... before he activates yet another control on his belt. It starts glowing green... brighter.. brighter...

Choukaizer grunts as he feels his fist hit something. He doesn't want to find out if there's more weapons the hard way. So, he settles for using what he has at the moment. Bringing back his other fist as the one in Aftermath stays roughly there, he swings again.

And, with his target in his hands, Aftermath keeps roaring. He slams Chou into the ground again and plants a foot on the robotic hero's back while trying to pull the arm clean off.

Paragon is still offline, or at least appears that way. She has no idea what's going on, so she remains immobile, still clutching a piece of wall.

Paragon shakes her head as her vision starts to slowly return, seeming to suddenly activate. The sounds of fighting come ringing back into her ears. She tries to take in the chaos around her, seeing Event Horizon's belt starting to glow. "Oh no you don't. Not again!" She drops the piece of wall and leaps towards him, cocking back her arm like a loaded weapon as she prepares to pummel at the barrier field. "I'm not letting you get away this time!"

The punch is mighty, powerful, and relentless. Paragon's armored fist reaches into the shimmering field of the barrier, and it reaches for Event Horizon... closer, closer... and stops at the last possible moment. The man just sighs and looks to Paragon. "I truly do not wish to personally cause you harm. For your own good. Just stop." he says... a green glow filling the inside of his far weakened barrier. The little girl he's holding gravitically just smirks and then winks at Paragon. Then gestures... and Corona floats over towards the shimmering field as well.

Paragon grits her teeth from the strain as her fist tries to drive through Event Horizon's shimmering barrier. Her fist stops before its intended target. So close, yet so far. She grunts, still trying to push through despite behind held in place. "You...coward. Using little kids...to do your dirty work..." Paragon says with exertion.

As the glow grows, Cerebellum just sticks her tongue out, "Seriously?" she asks. "It's called stunted growth. My mental powers emerged... and I stopped growing. Next time, you're -my- puppet and playtoy." she says with a smirk. Then... in a flash... all of them are gone but Aftermath who is still trying to pull Choukaizer apart.

Choukaizer frowns. "Finally... don't know what that scream did... urk... but..." His arm in Aftermath's grasp suddenly tenses, then pulls to get his arm free. At first there's a strain, then a twist of the wrist makes the overgrown muscle man let go fully as Choukaizer moves to his feet. "Seriously, that's a crazy kid."

Paragon's eyes settle on Cerebellum as she taunts. o O (P-play toy?? Okay. Definitely not a kid.) Her arm suddenly jerks forward as the barrier disappears with Event Horizon. "Darn. Next time." She looks around and sees that one villain got left behind. "I don't think that was a kid. But she's definitely crazy," Paragon comments, then leaps over to help Choukaizer, clasping her hands together and swinging them back as she lands by Aftermath.

There's a resounding *BONG* as Aftermath's punch lands on his face. And.. the robot doesn't move. Period. The robot's face plate doesn't even crack from that. Whatever he's made of, he's just that tough it seems. "Was that supposed to do something?"

Okay, Aftermath doesn't even see Chou there, he's still blinded. So he's lucky his punch went anywhere near Chou's face. He feels the deflection and grunts. Then... he is blindsided (pun intended)... and the force of the blow sends him ass over appetite, slamming into a car down the street and caving it in. Where... he lays there, shaking his head to clear it.

Choukaizer huhs. He looks at Paragon. "Thanks." Turning he brings his hands back. "Now... let's see how he likes this!" The plasma rockets flare as he rises up into the air. All to give him better aim as he brings his arms back. "Kaizer Release: Magnum..." Green light flares from his elbows as he prepares to use what should hopefully take down the ugly brute if nothing else. The flare of green erupts into jets as he throws his fist forward, "PUNCH!" The other fist quickly follows as the fists rocket off at Aftermath, aiming to finish the fight with a pair of flying knuckles to the chin. Literally!

Those fists impact Aftermath and make him grunt a bit, flailing his hands as if trying to get bugs to stop buzzing around his head, "Hey, cutitout!" he mutters, words jumbled...

Paragon leaps over to the crushed car, shaking her head slowly. "I should've been a bit more careful," she sighs, then reaches out to try and grab Aftermath. "You should just surrender now, or this isn't going to end well for you."

Paragon grabs Aftermath by the arm and yanks him out of the wreckage of the car. With a twisting motion, she spins him around and snakes her other arm around his neck, getting him into a submission hold. She starts using her considerable strength to cut off his circulation temporarily. "So are you going to stop fighting and surrender, or are we going to have to do this the hard way? If you tell us what your boss is up and what you guys stole, perhaps we can talk to the DA and ask them to cut you a deal."

It's like watching Hulk Hogan in the 80's. Arm... raised... held... held... and then it drops as his eyes roll up in his skull. Yup. Lights Out.

"So much for interrogating. I thought he had more fight in him," Paragon loses up the hold enough to allow bloodflow again. She continues to hold Aftermath just in case he's faking. "You alright?" she asks Choukaizer.

"I will be. Most of it is superficial." Choukaizer mentions as he looks considerate. "I believe I need to work on my grappling techniques sometime or another." He looks considerate.

Paragon says with admiration, "I couldn't see much, but it was amazing how you held your own against this guy. I heard he's really tough!"