Log:Unfinished Business, Scene 1

Unfinished Business 2009/11/07 	 Ferryl Sable Skull Crusher 1

It's Rivalry Weekend in the Student Quarter, marking the annual college football showdown between CBSU and Virginia Tech. A stretch of Courtland Way has been blocked off to car traffic, in order to turn it into a giant pedestrian mall, with food tents and face painting all in a show of school spirit...

Overall, the mood has been fun and friendly, with one exception -- an alcohol-fueled brawl between some local hotheads and some short tempered Virginia Tech fans. Sable was able to break up the fight easily, however, before anyone really got hurt, and before it escalated. It took some time for the police to make their way through the crowds, but they are here now, and the take all of the fighters into custody.

Sable holds two of the trouble makers, one in each hand, their wrists twisted into uncomfortable looking holds the tense their limbs into awkward angles. As CB's finest make their way onto the scene she offers a smile and brings her quarry forward to be processed. "Now if you guys can behave yourselves you may be able to get off with a fine."

The police slap the cuffs on the two men that Sable has in hand, and they walk to two of them into the back of the wagon. One of the cops says to Sable, "Thanks. With all these football fans around, this fight could have really gotten out of control, if you hadn't stepped in." He nods and tips his hat in appreciation.

Skull Crusher descends from the rooftops, intent on a landing combining his downward momentum with a powerful punch from above.

Sable catches the flicker of shadow in the periphery of her vision and curls at the waist, bring her head down and forward before tucking into a backward roll, trying to exploit her airborne opponent's inability to adjust to a shorter range. She tumbles smoothly under the attack, cpinning back to a low defensive crouch to appraise her attacker.

The Skull Crusher buries his fist into the pavement where Sable had been standing, nearly up to his elbow.

"Freeze!" The cops on the scene draw their guns on the Skull Crusher. "Don't move, or we'll shoot!" another cop says.

The Skull Crusher doesn't seem to pay the police any mind. He straightens in his stance and faces towards Sable. "Seems like you've pissed off the wrong people, Sable. I'm the Skull Crusher, and I'm gonna break you."

People in the area scream and shout as they try to get away from the scene of the fight.

Sable's lips purse slightly and her head tilts slightly. "Okay..." She takes a long, slow, inhalation. "Well I'm not going anywhere, so let's give the crowd a bit of time to disperse, they're only going to get in your way. Or if you'd rather we can move somewhere where we don't have to worry about inpediments."

"Not a chance, hero!" Skull Crusher says. "Last thing I need is someone else collecting on my payday, getting in my way..."

Skull Crusher reaches for a nearby police car. The bumper crumples under his grip like aluminum foil.

The policemen hold their fire for now. One of them says, "I can't get a good shot!" Another: "He's pretty fast for a big guy." "Careful, a lot of civilian's around..." "Look out, he's got my squad car!"

Sable's expression hardens at Skull Crusher's words and as he turns to pick up the car she steps forward and aims a hooking kick behind the behemoth's knee while lending her weight to a powerful backward shove on his shoulder.

Sable twists and pushes, maximising her leverage and shoving the larger man to the ground as he hefts the patrol car.

Sable turns on her communicator.

 Sable says, "There's an attack at the stadium in the middle of the crowd."

Skull Crusher lands on his back, but doesn't seem very hurt by the impact.

Sable steps forward to aim a powerful stamping kick at Skull Crusher's solar plexus.

"Ooolf!" Skull Crusher grunts -- he felt that kick.

Skull Crusher grunts as he pushes himself up to his feet. "Maybe you can dish it out... but can you take it?" He tries to swat Sable with the police car, to bring the car upside down on Sable's head.

Wham! Skull Crusher slams the police car onto the pavement where Sable was standing. The sirens flash on and then die with an anguished squawk as the roof of the car is flattened.

As Crusher takes his backswing Sable leaps forward, twisting into a sweeping leap as she plants a hand-stand on her opponent's shoulders and twists to land facing her opponent from behind.

Sable's right hand stiffens into tightly balled fist and she steps foward to swing it in a viciously powerful arc aimed at SC's right kidney.

Skull Crusher says: "You can't keep dodging forever. I'll connect one of these times, and when I do..."

Trotting around the corner of the street just in time to see Sab;e punching at Skull Crusher is a large Afgan hound of classic appearance with long white fur and bouncy gait.

Taking notice of the scuffle, and then the occupants, Ferryl moves to the highest ground she can find, perching and taking aim at the Skull Crusher. "So cute. let's see how he does when I'm through playing..."

 Ferryl says, "I'm getting a fix on your problem."

One can almost hear the smile in Skull Crusher's voice. "Gotcha." He swings the smashed police car around like a tennis racket.

Sable is swatted back on a rather flat trajectory before smashing inelegantly into a vendor's cart which is folded double with a Sable-shaped dent in it before it spills over and discharges its contents across the surrounding car park, steam rising off the boiling water

Sable rolls onto her back, curls her knees into her chest and kicks up onto her feet, staying in a low crouch as she watches her opponent approach.

Ferryl takes a shot at the Skull Crusher, sending a bolt of force down to the brute's leg to give him something to slow down about.

"Gah!" Skull Crusher grunts as he's shot in the leg. He spins and tries to find where the blast came from.

 Ferryl says, "Your problem is going to have trouble moving, Sable."

Skull Crusher tries to make out where the sniper is. He leaps forward, landing in front of Sable, as he lands he crunches the police car into the pavement front first. It stands lengthwise into the air, providng him cover from sniper fire.

Sable's right hand tense into a strange fist, her central knuckle protruding visibly from her balled hand. Then something very odd happens, a blue glow surrounds the clenched fist and she steps forward to smash the knuckle into Skull Crusher's sternum.

 Ferryl says, "That's kinda cute that he thinks a car's gonna save him."

Ferryl simply maneuvers to get a better angle than "car in the way", hitting street level by perching atop a lamp post and again taking aim at Skull Crusher.

Skull Crusher lifts his car and tries to by its sides and tries to use it to pile drive Sable into the ground.

 Ferryl says, "So we have one strong nasty guy who has trouble with the idea of not performing whatever the hell he's doing in public. What's his plan here?"

Once again as the car is hoisted high Sable moves with fluid grace to slide between Skull Crusher's legs and uses her momentum to swing back upright once behind her opponent

The front of the car crumples as Skull Crusher crunches it into the ground. The smashed front of the vehicle starts to leak water and other fluids.

Sable straightens and swings her right foot in a savagely powerful arc aimed at SC's midriff, her face contorting with the effor she puts into the blow.

 Flyne says, "Where are you guys?"

 Sable says, "The stadium in the Student's Quarter"

 Flyne says, "Where is that?"

Sable's kick lifts Skull Crusher into the air, and he's deposited onto his back, a couple meters away.

 Sable says, "You know, I'm really kind of busy to navigate you through traffic"

 Sable says, "Try On-Star"

 Ferryl says, "Follow the destruction noise."

 Flyne says, "I'll try to find you, see ya soon."

Ferryl first moves to a better point of distance, and takes aim again, sending another bolt of force into the brute, this one aimed at his flank just beneath the upper arm.

"Dammit," Skull Crusher says as he regains his footing. "Next time," he says, levelling a threatening finger at Sable. And with that he leaps up and through a second story window -- it's looks like a student apartment over a store front.

 Ferryl says, "Want I should chase him down?"

 Sable says, "No, if he gets desparate he;ll go for the crowd."

<SG> Flyne says, "I think I see you guys"

<SG> Flyne didn't mean to hit enter...forget he did that.

<SG> Ferryl says, "Love that next time thing. Think I'll shadow him a while and see what happens."

Flyne is seen gliding in, in attack form. Flyne looks around, and doesn't spot the said threat.

Ferryl leaps up to the roof of that building, getting an idea of where Skull Crusher is by the vibrations of the place.

Sable leaps after the retreating Crusher. "Next time then, leave the crowd alone and I'll let you go."

Ferryl moves along with Skull Crusher's movements, eyes closed as she gets a feel for him based on his sluggish overpowered strength's effects on his movement.

Skull Crusher flees through the apartment second story of the apartment building, leaping through it crashing through the ceiling and through a couple of walls.

<SG> Sable says, "He may not be alone Ferryl, he was executing a contract."

Ferryl turns, ready to follow the crusher of skulls. Per Sable's statement, she does not yet open fire.

<SG> Sable says, "which is apparently open"

<SG> Ferryl says, "He's the kind of guy to work alone. I'd like to find out who put the hit out, from him if needed."

Sable pauses and glances around the periphery of the crowd, carefully assessing her surroundings.

Skull Crusher smashes through the apartment building, straight through to the next city block. From there, he goes underground -- he lifts a manhole cover and takes to the sewers.

<SG> Ferryl says, "Well, that was short-lived."

<SG> Sable says, "what happened?"

<SG> Ferryl says, "Definitely working alone."

Flyne manages to detect him, but by the time Flyne readjusts his glide path, the guy is down in the sewers. Flyne wants to presue him, but his better judgement tells him not to.

<SG> Ferryl says, "Sewer-escape. I'm not going to follow."

Flyne lands on the ground, by the manhole where he went down..

<SG> Sable says, "Fair enough, let's tend to the wounded and the damage he did. We'll get him next time."

Sable returns her attention to the crowd, helping the police restore order, clear a space for arriving ambulances and the like.

Flyne tries to heal people with his Alien Aura Recharge. Not much else then that.