Log:Superkids!, Scene 3

Superkids! 2007/05/03 	 Kibin Barricade Rainbow Spirit Spitball Hype Di 	 Rainbow Ghost Doll Toymaster#Teddy|Teddy 3

Scene: Old Town at the intersection of Main Street and Courtland Way/Sea Breeze Boulevard

It's a lovely sunny day, though the wind is a bit cold when it gusts. Otherwise, a typical afternoon on Main Street.

Ghost is floating northwards along Main Street webcasting to a tourist site on the delights of a visit to Colonial Bay City.

Ashton is on his way back from the library, carrying several books on bioengineering in his hands.

Hype is jogging in from the west, keeping it in low gear. Nothing looks out of the ordinary, other than he is of course in costume. He hums softly to himself as he jogs along.

There's the faint sound of children laughing, occasionally shrieking, but it's largely lost among the city noises.

Dorian is walking up the street, from the south, keeping on the east side of the street, just turning the corner to head east onto Sea Breeze.

A couple of small girls who have been playing in the cemetery suddenly dart out into the road. The bigger one shouts "Tag!" as she catches the smaller, who suddenly stands still, legs apart, arms stretched wide. Despite being in a busy road. Dorian somehow misses this, just having turned the corner.

Ghost can't even shout at the children. But what she can do is look in the direction of traffic approaching the girl and command the closest traffic light to turn red to halt the vehicles that may pose a danger to the girl.

Cars suddenly screeching to a halt alerts Dorian something may be up.

Ashton pauses when he senses something, and then jogs towards the cemetery, putting the books on a bench to pick up later. He notices the girl in the street, but noticed that traffic screeched to a halt, so he continues towards the cemetery.

A kid Ashton recognises darts out of the cemetery just as he's reaching it.

Dorian stops walking, and turns to look at the traffic curiously, trying to figure out what just happened.

Dorian can see the confusion of traffic, then the 'frozen' girl. The other girl runs toward Spitball, obviously trying to tag him too, leaving Di in the street.

Ashton stops on seeing Spitball, hmming. He says to him, "Uh, hello again..."

Di shows no inclination to move, despite the cars now honking their horns both at her and at the apparently messed up traffic signals.

Spitball doesn't seem to recognise Ashton immediately as a human. He dives past the girl and tries to get to Di. He moves quite fast.

Dorian frowns slightly, and changes into his 'normal' form in a flash of light, intending to move the girl in a moment.

The girl giggles, "No you don't!" to Spitball and, like Dorian, changes form. And flies after him.

Ghost spots Dorian as he changes and knows she can communicate with him on the SoJ frequency. However it seems she doesn't have to inform him the girl is a meta. That's become rather obvious.

Spitball was trying to crawl between Di's legs, but gets tagged too, and now too stands frozen in the street. Though he looks a bit more concerned about this than does Di.

Ashton sighs, and goes to take Di and Spitball from out of the middle of the street.

Spirit shakes his head. "Wonderful." He takes off from corner, flying over the street, leaving a trail of light behind him. He extends out with his hand, and a beam of light reaches out and tries to scoop up one of the kids, and set them on the sidewalk.

Rainbow, midair, complains, "Hey, that's cheating!"

Di screams! "Let go of me! I don't want to go! Let go!"

Spirit sets Spitball down on the sidewalk, flying over a bit closer to the kids. "Kids...you shouldn't be playing in the street. Even if you won't be hurt, others might."

Ghost doesn't normally worry over much about being mute with all the PDAs and radios around, but at times like this it's an intense frustration to her.

Ashton sighs, rubbing his ear with one hand while trying to drag Di to the sidewalk. "He's right, you shouldn't be playing in the street."

"Help! Help! A bad man's got me!" screams Di. Ashton is getting some looks....

Vicente waits patiently in his SG Sedan way back there in traffic.

Spitball complains, "What's your problem? We were just having some fun!"

Spirit lands next to Spitball. "What happens if a car collides with one of you? You look like a smart kid. What would happen?"

Spitball smirks. "Depends which of us."

Spirit shrugs, "Then answer the question."

Spirit says, "Let's say the girl had been hit...what then?"

A big guy who presumably hasn't scene all the events approaches Ashton. "Put the girl down, now!"

Ashton drops Di off next to Spitball, saying to the big guy, "Just getting her off the street."

Spitball laughs. "The driver would have a big surprise. BAM!" He strikes his hand with his fist.

Spirit kneels down to look Spitball in the face. "And what would happen to that driver?"

Spirit says, "Assuming they're not a meta."

Di keeps bawling. "He's lying, he's a bad man!"

Spitball shrugs. "Then who cares?"

Spirit tilts his head, "Answer the question."

Ghost floats over towards Ashton and the big trying to be helpful guy.

The big guy is suddenly aware of the convergence of metas and asks Ashton nervously, "You a meta too?"

Spitball says, "I dunno. He might get hurt, or something. Does it matter?"

Spirit chuckles, "Of course it matters. You DO plan on being a hero, right?"

Ashton nods at the big guy, saying, "Yes." He then finishes taking Di to the sidewalk next to Spitball, if nothing stops him.

Spitball says, "What? No way! Bunch of saps!"

Ghost thinks. o O (Mmm... We have a way to go with these ones.)

Di doesn't stop bawling the whole way, and it seems to have drawn some attention. More kids appear from the cemetery.

Spirit chuckles, "Saps, huh? You don't really know any heroes well, then."

Vicente looks out of the car window to see what is holding up the traffic. Its never been this bad before.. not in a long time.

Spirit looks to Di, despite her bawling. "How about you, miss? Do you want to be a hero when you get older?"

"Hey, that guy's got Di!" says Porthole.

Di just keeps bawling, making a clear bid for sympathy from the passersby.

Vicente decides to give the city a call to see what's going on. Was there major construction or something? He turns on the radio to listen to traffic news.

A rock suddenly drops out of nowhere and misses Kibin's head.

Spirit shakes his head, chuckling. "So, we have a kid who doesn't care about 'normals', and a kid who's trying for the sympathy angle." He looks up to Rainbow, "Mind coming down here to talk a moment?"

Rainbow comes down, but doesn't look happy about it. Spitball just says to her, "Come on, let's lose these saps."

Ashton has let Di's hand go at the sidewalk, but notices the rock... gah, he really doesn't want to have to fight these annoying kids again.

Spirit lifts Spitball up with his TK, moving him well out of the way, by the new group of kids that showed up, and sets him back down. He then looks to Rainbow, "Please explain what you were doing. I'm assuming a game of 'freeze tag', or something?"

Spitball starts shouting now. "Hey, put me down!" And spits at Spirit as he's shifted.

Spirit shakes his head, "I am, kid. Just over there."

Spitball misses by miles. But the sidewalk makes fizzing sounds where he spat.

Ghost 'tells' the traffic lights to return to normal operation now the children are out of the road.

Spirit looks back to Rainbow, clearly expecting an answer, even as what appears to be shimmering light shields appear around him.

Rainbow says, "Yeah, 'stick-in-the-mud'. Want to play too?"

Vicente sighs as he hears that its only a traffic light problem. The city should get better engineers. Probably vote yes on Prop 567 if that comes up again. The SG officer saw some colorful entity floating around, but wasn't sure what it was. Doesn't sound like trouble, so he waits in the car.

Spirit chuckles, and then stops chuckling abruptly. "No. Where are your parents?"

"Um.... Jamaica?"

Spirit says, "And who's your guardian here?"

Doll is making her way across the road. "Don't talk to him!" she shouts to Rainbow.

Ghost scans each child in turn for the electrical signature of a PDA, starting with Doll and then Rainbow, and working down in age after that.

Rainbow giggles.

Spirit takes a look.

Teddy doesn't seem so much like a normal teddy bear just now, though. He has an open mouth and big teeth.

Teddy growls cutely.

Spirit fires a blast of energy...full power...at the bear, shouting loudly. "This is NOT a game, kids! You WILL stand down...you WILL go home...or we WILL take you in to the authorities. IS THAT CLEAR?!?"

Teddy's stuffing actually seems to be intact! But he does go skidding backwards and hit a storefront. And sits there looking like a normal teddy bear.

All the kids at least seem to pause. Except Di, who starts bawling, "The bad man hurt Teddy!"

Di's outcry seems really to upset the kids, and they shake of their fear of Spirit. And suddenly something drops on Spirit. But it's not just a rock. It's Doll. Though she's only the size of her namesake now.

Ashton blinks, thinking it very odd that a doll just randomly drops on Spirit. Moving teddybears, falling dolls...

For something so small, Doll seems to pack quite a punch.

The kids cheer as Spirit goes down.

Ashton says to the kids as Spirit goes down, "You can't just go around knocking people out like that... and putting other people in danger."

"No one's going to make us go home!" says Doll, in a firm but amusingly high-pitched voice.

Ashton asks, "Where exactly is home?"

"I'm not telling you!"

"Now go away and let us play, or I'll beat you up!" says the 9-inch-or-so tall Doll.

"Let us play in peace."

Ashton says to the kids, "I won't let you play where you would put other people in danger."

Vicente slowly moves along with the traffic. He's near the intersection and spots something strange going on.. Ashton? Spirit! Hrm.. No place to park the car. Should he just get out and help?

Doll shouts, "Go AWAY!" and flies straight at Ashton.

Doll flies straight past Ashton and through a moving car (making holes) before stopping.

Vicente communicates on his SG communicator.

Kibin shifts to something a little more combat ready in case he actually has to fight them, and replies back on the SG communicator.

Vicente puts his sedan in park and exits the car while putting on his barricade gauntlets! Looks like traffic is about to get worse!

Porthole shouts, "Hey - he's the dinosaur who stole my gun! Get him!"

Kibin yells at Porthole, "It's not your gun! It was stolen from Eleven!"

Doll is actually halfway across Sea Breeze, having flown through the car."

Kibin pauses... he doesn't want to attack the kids, but he knows that they will probably attack him...

Ghost is not going to attack a child no matter what. She not sure they will be so considerate so she puts up a force field and flies up a few inches staying ready to dodge.

Rainbow looks a little uncertain, but if they're going to 'get' Kibin she's going to do her part. Floating upwards, she becomes more and more yellow, so only small parts of her are other colours, and then she flashes, literally, at Kibin.

But Kibin's quick reflexes preserve his eyes.

Barricade runs over and shows his SG Badge with one hand. "Cease hostilities this instance! This is an order from Second Officer Barricade of SG Gamma!" He hopes that has some effect on these kids. With his other hand, the gauntlet is raised and ready to set up a barrier that will protect him and his teammate.

Barricade places the Force wall round him and Kibin. But doesn't notice till too late that Teddy had already sneaked up close!

Spitball closes and spits at the force wall, but ineffectively.

Spitball makes clucking noises. "Chicken! Hiding behind a wall!"

Barricade frowns behind his helmet and repeats his statement previously.

Doll turns about and flies straight at the wall.

The alien energy barrier shatters upon contact. Barricade looks surprised by his body language. "What the..." He'll have to put up a stronger barrier or do something about that doll!

Another rock tries to land on Kibin's head.

Kibin gets bonked on the head, and looks up. Wha?

As for Trick, he seems to have disappeared.

And now Teddy tries to bite Kibin's tail!

He misses. But then, what do you expect? He's just a stuffed animal.

Di just seems to be watching the fight.

Doll shouts at Barricade, "We don't have to do what our parents say. We don't have to do what you say!"

Barricade replies, "There will be ramifications for your actions. You need to think about your actions and consequences. IF you do not heed our warning, things will not be good for you in the future. Cease hostile actions immediately!"

Kibin hits Teddy with his tail, in retaliation for trying to nip at him. He may not want to hit the kids, but he's perfectly fine with hitting a stuffed animal.

Teddy is too small to be so easily hit.

Rainbow looks doubtful. "Are you sure we don't have to do what he says? I mean, he's special like us".

Barricade sends a wrapping energy towards doll. "I'm not going to keep repeating myself."

Barricade sends a barrier around a fire hydrant instead of Doll. Looks like he's not on target today!

Spitball tells Rainbow, "Nah, it's like Auntie says. It's ok cos he's a sap." And as if to emphasise the point, he spits at Barricade.

Barricade raises his gauntlet to block some of the damage.

Ghost mades a mental note 'Auntie'. Now we're getting somewhere. o O(A Fagin situation then.)

The noxious chemicals of Spitball's spittle seep through Barricade's armor.

Porthole, from a distance and encouraged by his early success drops another rock at Kibin.

But it doesn't even come close.

Kibin prepares to dodge a few more attacks again, not wanting to get hit by the doll. Or teddy.

Barricade gahs as the spittle hurts him. "Gack.. need a shower"

Hype has been watching from one of the rooftops, not sure if he wanted to get involved due to the fact that they are kids, but he knows he can't cause permanent damage really, and they are starting to cause serious problems. He runs down the wall, across the ground and right up to Spitball after leaving the roof. As he was running, his movements seem to get a bit faster and bluish electrical energy seems to surround his hands. As he reaches Spitball, "Naptime." he says and lets loose with a punch.

Spitball is sent skidding down the sidewalk, Hype just managing to make sure he isn't knocked into the traffic.

Doll shouts at Barricade, "You're as bad as my parents!" and flies right at him.

Barricade frowns as he tries to raise his gauntlets to protect himself!

Barricade takes the hit and feels the impact of the powerful doll. He's still up though and not out. Barricade can take quite a licking and keep on ticking.

Barricade is knocked back into the roadway!

Barricade flies back from the impact, his gauntlets scratching the ground to hold on, but he's still knocked back into the roadway!

The light has only just turned green, so at least the cars aren't up to full speed yet.

Ghost regrets her inability to crack the SGG crypto because she cannot explain what she is doing. She hopes she'll have a change to explain later. But right now she'll take the opportunity to infiltrate and ideally find out more about Auntie. To do that she has to gain the trust of the children. So a mesh of lightning bolts spray down from her at Hype.

Barricade gasps. "What the heck? Who's that other person attacking us??"

Spitball shouts to Ghost, "Yeah, show that ^**ing ^$^$!"

Barricade yells back, "Watch your language!"

Teddy tries to bite Kibin's tail again!

Teddy is more tenacious than accurate.

Brakes squeal, a car swerves wildly and horns are blown, but Barricade isn't hit.

Hype swears as he gets rained with lightning though he manages to avoid most of it with his fast reflexes. He glances up, "Another person up to no good." he says and shakes his head a bit. He is standing still one moment and then zips over next to Spitball again, "Like that one said, watch your language," he tries to lay the kid out, unconscious they could be rounded up and sent to a juvenile detention center.

Spitball drops to the ground, which hisses as he dribbles on it.

Kibin continues to try to beat the stuffing out of the stupid little teddy bear that keeps trying to nip at his tail.

Teddy is small and not too slow! Still, that almost got him.

Ghost repeats the showering of Hype with electrical bolts.

Rainbow is shocked to see Spitball go down and ceases to be non combatant. She lets out a little shriek, flies closer to Hype and attempts to blast him. This time she's nearly all orange.

Fingers of orange flame reach out to scorch Hype.

Barricade has his hands full just extricating himself from the traffic!

Porthole tries dropping another rock - on Hype this time.

Porthole really needs to work on his accuracy.

Hype gets rocked by the flames, "Bad kids aren't ya?" he says and then zips over to smack Rainbow and try to take her out before he gets taken out.

Hype gets rocked by the flames, "Bad kids aren't ya?" he says and then zips over to smack Rainbow and try to take her out before he gets taken out. He runs up a lamp post, possibly shocking some and is mostly perpendicular as he lashes out with a punch.

Hype's fist seems to pass *through* Rainbow. Not that there's nothing there at all, but it's not as solid as it should be. She seems a little hurt, anyway,

One might think that Doll would join the assault on Hype. But no, she's still after Barricade! Clearly she really doesn't like him, or what he stands for. She flies like a bullet at him again....

Barricade blinks as Doll flies at him once again. This time he raises up a super physical barrier!

The wall withstands the attack! Maybe doll hurts herself in the process. :P

Doll hits the barrier in a way reminiscent on an insect hitting a windshield. Unlike the insect, though, she's not squashed.

Barricade sighs a sigh of relief as his barrier holds. He shouts out hoping to catch rainbow's attention as she seems to be the most reluctant one to fight around here. "Think about it... Is this worth it? To have the cities heroes chasing after you? Causing grief and damage to others? Have you no conscious?"

Trick remains unseen and Teddy is still trying to hit Kibin. But Di finally does something: goes over to try to hit Hype! "Meanie!"

Hype is at the top of the lamppost after hitting Rainbow, but he can't stay there, not and not fall, he moves and runs down the post, seeing the other kid waiting for him. He moves at his full acceleration for the jog and throws out his fist to catch the kid on the way by, as he moves to get to a nearby rooftop.

Hitting Di turns out to be, well, like hitting diamond. It hurts like hell. And she doesn't look hurt at all. In fact, she'd not even budged by the blow.

Hype comes running down the post and hits Di and like hitting a wall actually. He goes down and doesn't move.

Anastrophe kicks the downed Hype. "Meanie!"

Di kicks the downed Hype. "Meanie!"

Ghost flies down to what looks like an empty patch of air and points urgently to the downed Spitball, pantomining holding and hugging and rocking in arms, ie helping Spitball.

A voice from nowhere says to Porthole, "We ought to get Spitball home. We do something about these losers some other time."

Rainbow flies down to check if Spitball is ok.

Porthole say, "But we haven't got the dinosaur yet!"

Kibin has landed a couple of blows on Teddy, but the bear isn't down yet!

Ghost waves to the children, followed by a two handed over the head victory handshake, and then points back into the cemetery as if suggesting breaking off the attack on the remaining heroes.

Rainbow picks up Spitball, to take him to safety.

Barricade half move to a better location and holds, waiting to see what the kids do.

Porthole comes to a decision. "Yeah, we can teach the dinosaur a lesson some other time! Let's leave this for now." The approaching sirens may have been the factor that decided him.

The kids (except Doll) agree and begin gathering round Porthole. Even Teddy comes up, moving on four legs now.

Doll, on the other hand, has another go at Barricade's barrier!

Barricade holds the barrier up as Doll crashes into it again! Whew that was close.

Porthole opens up a larger portal - big enough to walk through! The kids begin piling through.

Ghost follows the children through the portal.

Doll comes to her senses and starts chasing after the others, but is too late: the portal closes.

''Editor's note: Doll escapes in the subsequent chase. Ghost manages to convince some of the kids that she's on their side. She eventually befriends Trick in particular, once she arranges to meet him.''