Log:Superanimals!, Scene 2

Superanimals! 2007/08/08 	 Lady Luck Spirit Rebound Diamond Valencia 2

Near Colonial Bay City Zoo

Amy is going for a walk. What sort of woman goes for a walk, alone, in Harrisburg, at night? Why, Amy of course. She's not really worried about anything. It's overcast, and a rather muggy night.

Alex winces as he climbs steps out of one of the creature pens. Wading around ankle deep in alien creature poo isn't exactly what he had in mind when he joined up with Starguard's tech branch. "I'm going to burn these coveralls and take three showers when I get home..."

Olivia is another of those women that have no problem walking alone at night. She is humming to herself and well was out for a walk. At the moment she is sitting on the outer wall of the zoo, watching the animals and remembering times past.

Dorian is also out for a walk...mainly because he doesn't sleep. Ever. So, he wanders often, when not staying at Zeal's place. He's walking past the zoo, since he doesn't have any reason to go into the establishment just yet.

Amy was going over to join Olivia in watching the animals, the little lights about her brightening the dark night, when she spots Dorian. "Hi!" she says, giving a little wave.

Dorian waves to Amy, "Hey there. How's it going?"

Amy says, "Oh, pretty good - I like walking at night - it's so quiet! Even if it's all humid tonight."

Dorian smiles, "Well...sometimes it's quiet. Not so much around Ming Street."

Amy says, "Uh-huh, but I wanted quiet tonight so I didn't go there!"

Everyone but Amy hears a noise within the zoo other than the noises of animals - that of an electric motor, of the sort common in cars these days. Maybe slightly odd at this time of night, particularly in the absence of headlights.

Olivia blinks a bit and stands up there on the wall, shimmering into full diamond form as she tries to spy what might be causing the noise.

Alex is busy sliding off his coveralls. He looks up at the sound of the motor and looks in the direction of the sound.

[To Diamond] Amy says, "Hey, what are you up to?"

Dorian was going to respond, but tilts his head to listen, "You hear that? Sounded like someone in the zoo. Might just be a nightwatchman or something, though."

Amy says, "Huh, hear what?"

Diamond frowns, "Something is wrong and out of place, there are no lights, watchman would have lights."

Amy says, "I can hear the monkeys!"

Diamond frowns, "It is getting farther away and with that she jumps down and starts to head along one of the paths, "Coming?" she calls as she heads in the direction of the monkeys.

Amy says, "Huh? Ok!"

Dorian says, "Hmm...guess I'll check it out."

Amy follows, easily finding a good place to climb the wall.

Spirit changes into his energy form with a flash of light, and flies upward over the zoo, leaving a trail of light behind himself as he looks for the source of hte noise. The downside is...he's a big lit up target at night.

Spirit arcs downward toward the motion he sees, and starts to generate light around himself, like a lantern...in a 10 meter radius, so he can see what's going on.

In the light a woman dressed in dark clothes (with mask) can be seen. She has two dogs (one fairly big, the other a small one) with her on leads, and seems to be leading them toward an SUV at the point when the light hits her and she freezes.

Diamond heads for the light Spirit just created.

Amy hurries that way too!

Valencia wanders through the zoo, though it's not clear exactly what she's doing since she's certainly not here to see the animals.

Spirit continues flying downward, and hovers between the woman and hte SUV, but not directly between them...hoping to keep half an eye on the vehicle, since there may be another person in it. He's still generating the light, which seems to be centered on himself. "Excuse me...miss? What are you doing here?"

The woman, even under her mask, looks somehow terrified an instant - then, letting going of the dogs' leads, points at Spirit. "Kill!" she says.

Valencia blinks at the light flattening (not literally) against the side of building as the light illuminates the area. She slowly heads towards i.

Spirit flies back up, to about a height of 10 meters, but amps up the light output to a full 256 meter radius...trying to look as impressive as possible. "Kill? I don't think so! Surrender now!"

The smaller dog (and the woman) hesitates, but the larger dog looks unimpressed.

The larger dog growls and jumps up into the air - reaching even as high as Spirit!

The dog misses and hits the ground again - hard enough to shake it!

Spirit watches the dog jump upward and nearly reach him. "Great...superpowered dogs. Fine...the gloves are off now. Happy?"

The little dog - it looks like one of those yappy one - plucks up courage and, looking up at Spirit, barks.

The little dog's bark proves louder than the other one hitting the ground - and is echoed by shrieks and calls all about the zoo - but the sonic blast misses Spirit.

Amy realises what's going on and runs as fast as she can toward the fight!

Valencia blinks at the sounds of battle. She frowns, and slips off her shoes. She takes a jump forward and seems to compress before springing into the air, right into the heat of batte.

Diamond frowns a bit and leaps as far as she can, trying to get to the combat. The light put off from Spirit probably reflects well off the diamond lass.

The woman, about to be surround by heroes, dashes into the SUV!

Valencia lands in a crouch, eyeing the SUV. She moves towards it and seems to melt on the way, becoming little more than a flesh colored mass that gleams in a plastic way from the light. She presses up against one of the SUV's windows, trying to ooze inside.

Spirit relaxes a bit as he sees other heroes arrive...at least people he's pretty sure are heroes. He seems to draw the light he's generating back into himself, building up a charge of energy on his hands as he does, and then releases in in a concentrated laser toward the large dog.

The dog sinks clear through the tarmac into the ground with a surprised howl. But he doesn't seemed to be stunned....

Spirit sighs audibly..."Oh come on...that should have leveled him. I have to hit him harder?"

The dog shakes its head and leaps out of the hole - toward Diamond.

... and he misses and cracks another part of the paving.

The little dog keeps "yapping" away at Spirit.

... with no more success.

Amy comes panting up, stands in place, and points a finger at the larger dog, saying, "Bad doggie!" But nothing happens. Except the little lights dancing around her go out.

Amy says, "HUH?!"

Diamond frowns, "There are animals missing, cages empty." she shouts as she watches the dog get slammed into the ground and get up and come after her. Realizing that it is going to take a lot to take it out she pushes herself hard and pulls way back for a power winding punch

Spirit flies downward, facing the barking dog...and taunts it. "C'mon...give me your best shot, pooch...c'mon."//Half move, switching MP to Missile Reflection

Spirit lands on the ground actually, in front of the small dog, with a light shield now around his body.

The little dog goes for the bait, still yapping away at Spirit!

Spirit concentrates as the sonic beam strikes his shield, and reflects back at the dog, but missing wide. "Damn it...I wonder how stubborn he is?"

Alex looks at the scene unfolding and runs to duck behind some nearby changes. He activates his costume which expands and stretches around him.

Diamond lets loose with the powerful swing and it misses the dog.

Valencia grunts as she pulls herself through the tiny crack between glass and door frame, a tighter fit than she's had to navigate in a long time. Of course her clothes stay outside, but she's wearing a black one-piece that seems to cling to her perfectly. Her upper torso starts to reform and she looks around. She stretches an arm towards the woman, trying to grab the keys and stymie her efforts to get away. "Leaving so soon?"

The woman actually screams in her surprise.

The big dog doesn't like being swung and and with a growl tries to pounce on Valencia again!

The dog - which feels like it weighs tons - jumps atop Diamond and squashes her into the ground.

The woman hurried reopens the door of the SUV and dashes out again!

Spirit takes a calculated risk, and ignores the small dog...moving to target the large one. "Hang on, miss...I'll get him off you." He concentrates, building up a charge again...and lets loose with a beam from both hands.

The dog isn't moved but slumps unconscious. Right on top of Diamond.

Rebound bounces back to the midst of the action. He looks around and tries to get a handle on what's happening. He calls out to Spirit and Diamond, "Hey anyone need a hand?" Seeing Spirit KO the big dog, Rebound turns towards the small one, throwing a fist that stretches in in size until it meets the dog like the proverbial brick wall..

The little dog is knocked away and falls to the ground, whining in pain - at Rebound - as it stands.

But its aim is as bad as ever.

Jennifer enters from Harrisburg Lane North.

Diamond stands and frowns a bit, pushing the dog to the side, "I had it covered, but thanks." she says and glances around.

Amy is still standing, shocked. "What happened?! Oh no!" She looks at her hands, no longer sparkling.

Valencia sighs as the woman ducks out of the car. "Great. Went to all that trouble..." She keeps hold of the keys with one hand while stretching her other arm towards the woman. She stays in the SUV to conserve time while sending her limb to snake out towards her ankle and trip her up.

Valencia takes hold of the woman's ankle and brings her down with a quick snapping motion that sends her toppling to the pavement with minimal damage.

A whine indicates the big dog has come to again.

Spirit pauses, looking around...trying to assess the situation.

Rebound reaches for the big dog, stretching his arms and trying to coil it around the dog's hind leg. If successful, he'll try to sling the big dog onto the pavement where the smaller one is.

Tham! Rebound slams the big dog on the pavement, putting it out for good.

Spirit floats toward the masked woman, "You could have saved yourself some trouble...and your dogs a beating...had you just talked rather than try to kill me." He then points toward the small dog, and lets loose with a blast at it.

Spirit turns to look at the masked woman again after the dog goes flying from his blast, "I suggest you get your dog to heel. Now. Unless you want it hurt worse than it already is." Well, he's probabyl looking at the woman...it's hard to tell, when he has no facial features.

Valencia looks up at Spirit, looking simultaneously relieved and disappointed to have a real hero step in and help her.

"Carrie! Heel!" says the woman. And once unstunned, the dog does.

Valencia snaps her arm back and sets the SUV's keys on the dash.

Spirit nods in approval, and speaks to the masked woman, "Now...what were you doing in the zoo, miss?"

The woman doesn't answer. In fact she says nothing except to reassure the dog.

Amy says, "What happened to my sparkles? I think I've lost my luck!"

Valencia gets out of the SUV and walks towards the woman, her motions rather fluid as she appears somewhat soft, ready to move or take an attack. She glances at Amy, blinking.

Rebound looks around. "Everyone alright?" He walks over to Amy. "Come again?"

The woman takes a step backwards away from Valencia.

Amy says, "My sparkles have gone! That only happened once before when everyone's powers got switched about!"

"I'm not gonna hurt you." Valencia says to the woman. "I'm really pretty harmless compared to the others here."

Spirit glances back toward Amy, but then moves toward the masked woman, "You can answer now, or at the police station. Your choice. I'm sure they're on their way with that light show I produced."

The woman hesitates, then says surprisingly timidly, "I'm not saying anything."

Spirit shrugs, "Alright then...I'll let the authorities sort it out."

Valencia nods and goes around to the other side of the SUV to grab her civilian clothes.

She seems worried, but not quite panicked. Almost resigned. "Ok, then."

Amy approaches the woman. "What did you do with my sparkles?"

The woman looks confused. "I don't know what you're talking about!"

Rebound heads over to the SUV. He'll try to slip inside and check it for clues.

Spirit looks around at the heroes, "Nice work, all. And nice to meet those of you whom I haven't met in person before."

Dorian changes back from his Spirit form to his more mundane appearance in a flash of light.

Valencia purposefully ignores Spirit and follows Rebound to the SUV. "I as only in there a little bit." She tells him. "She was gonna use it as a getaway vehicle but I got in between the glass and got the keys."

Dorian uses his PDA to place a call to the authorities, just in case there aren't any on the way.

The authorities are indeed on the way.

Rebound nods to Valencia. "Pass me the keys? I'd like to check out the glove compartment."

Valencia nods. "They're on the dashboard there. But I think Amy might need help more." She leaves Rebound to walk towards the formerly lucky heroine.

Rebound nods to Valencia. "First super rats. Now super dogs. You don't need to be a genius to notice a pattern emerging."

Valencia nods over her shoulder to Rebound. "Well, at least we got her." She puts a hand on Amy's shoulder. "Are you alright?"

Dorian at the moment just listens, watching the assembled people closely...though especially the masked woman, just to make sure she doesn't try to run off.

Amy says, "No! All my luck is gone! I just tried to make something happened and it didn't!"

Valencia looks somewhat at a loss. "Do you know why that might have happened? Any idea?"

Amy says, "No, it must - oh! I guess - my coin was stolen, you know, a few weeks back!"

Valencia nods slowly. "Do you think...maybe...without it you just sort of, ran out of juice? Like, your battery died?" She sounds like she's walking on eggshells, trying to remain delicate about the situation.

Amy says, "oh.. I guess, maybe. I mean - I've not been so long without it before...."

Amy sounds about to cry.

Dorian tilts his head, "Perhaps the power was temporarily stolen by someone? It may return in a bit. I've seen that happen before."

Rebound walks back over from the SUV. "Her name is Maria Bauer, and she works for the zoo apparently..."

"Hey! Thief!" says the woman, seeing that Rebounds been through her things.

Valencia offers Amy a hug. "It's ok...Maybe Spirit's right..."

Rebound stops midsentence, seeing Amy's state. "... Yeah, I'm sure it's just temporary. We can figure out what's going on."

Rebound looks over at the woman. "Hmph. You should talk - did you experiment on those dogs to give them super powers?"

"I'm not saying anything!" she says.

Amy nods, and avoids crying, but still looks far from happy.

Rebound says, "I wouldn't talk either. But the authorities won't be so happy about it. They'll take your dogs away, you know."

"They can't! That's inhumane!"

Valencia smiles at Amy. "I know it sucks. C'mon, I'll walk you home if you'll want."

Rebound nods. "They can, and they will... unless..." Rebound seems to have a thought and dismiss it, leaving the idea hanging out like bait, wondering if Maria will bite.

Amy says, "Yeah - yeah, that would be good..."

Valencia continues to smile, trying to wrap her arm around Amy's shoulder and give her someone to lean on. "I need to get my shoes first." She wiggles her bare toes.

Amy says, "oh, ok!"

Rebound nods a farewell to Valencia and Amy, before turning his attention back to Maria.

says, "or what?" she says nervously, then steels herself again. "No. I'm still not talking.""

"or what?" she says nervously, then steels herself again. "No. I'm still not talking."

Valencia walks back towards her sandals, happy to help Amy and really happy to avoid police scrutiny when they arrive.

Amy is glad of the company heading home...