Log:SGG - No. 5

Starguard Gamma 2012/03/09 	 Paul van Sterran Spirit Veidra 1

Paul van Sterran is in the briefing room, watching the situation unfold at City Hall. The main force of the SGG team has just left to go save the mayor from Commander Zereg and his forces.

Dorian is currently seated, reading reports on a screen. He looks up. "How's it going out there?"

Paul shakes his head. "Not good. Reports are that Zereg has stormed City Hall with about twenty criminal being transported from the jailhouse. Kay's going to have her hands full."

Paul adds: "They've got the guns that went missing from that militia camp."

Dorian stands up, and looks at the screen. "Well, at least the majority of the force is there. I'm not convinced I shouldn't be there, too."

Paul turns to be Dorian. "You can be our ace in the hole. It may come in handy especially if it turns into a hostage situation at City Ha--" Suddenly a couple shouts can be heard from the reception area down the hall. There's a bit of gun fire as well...

Vrrrraaaaam! Veidra guns the engine of her stolen motorcycle and floors the accelerator. She jumps her motorcycle from the top story of the parking structure across the street towards the Starguard building. The bike is loaded with improvised explosives taken from the militia. The Starguard troopers stationed outside of the building open fire, hitting the back. In midair, Veidra dismounts. The bike crashes into the Reception Area of the SGG building, where it explodes with enough force to tremble the building. In the wake of the explosion, Veidra lands in the lobby, crouched and ready for battle.

Paul says, "What the hell...?!"

Dorian turns, hearing the gunfire and explosions. He starts to run for the door to the room, transforming into his energy form as he goes. "I'm on it. Inform any troops engaging that I might use bright flares." As soon as he gets to the hallway, he starts flying toward the reception area.

"If it's Veidra, let me know!" Paul calls after Dorian.

The Reception Area is in shambles. The explosion has set off the fire alarms and sprinklers. The are a number of people here: a handful of Starguard troopers and some civilains. Everyone is hurt, with some of the unarmored civilians suffering grave injuries. In the middle of the area, there's a dark-haired woman in a black leather jacket.

Spirit comes to a halt, hovering. Energy shields start to flicker around him. "Veidra, I assume?"

An blade of energy appears in Veidra's right hand. In the other hand, she's got the bag. "That's correct. I'm here for Dreadnaught. Stand in my way at your own peril, human."

An blade of energy appears in Veidra's right hand. In the other hand, she's got the bag. "That's correct. I'm here for Dreadnaught. Stand in my way at your own peril, human."

Spirit extends his arms out to the sides, "Shows how much you know. I'm not human. Not anymore." And with that, his illumination flares, filling the entire reception area.

Veidra flinches and is blinded by the light, instinctively dropping her bag and raising her hand to her face. With eyes closed, she returns, facing Spirit again. "Interesting. But your flashing lights won't stand against the the power of my mind." The blade vanishes from her hand, and rippling lines of purple energy arcs from her fingertips towards Spirit.

Spirit winces a bit as the waves of mental energy hit him. . o O (She apparently can sense me mentally. Phenomenal. Gotta drop her quickly...no more messing around.)

Paul van Sterran radios: "This is Paul at SGG HQ. We're under attack. Veidra I think. I'm ordering every Starguard trooper between the entrance and the containment cells to stand down and evacuate. I don't want a repeat of what she did at the militia camp. Maybe we can trap and stall her down by the cells long enough for the other team to get back."

The Starguard Troopers in the lobby start dealing with the injured civilians, trying to get them to safety.

Veidra brings her other hand to bear on Spirit, trying to pour on even more of the crackling energy.

Spirit winces again, actually curling up a bit as the energy hits him. "F..fine...let's give you something else to concentrate on!" He generates as much energy as he can, knowing this might very well be a last ditch effort, and releases it in a beam toward Veidra.

Veidra stops her lightning assault. In the blink of an eye, her energy sword is back, and she uses it to parry Spirit's blast.

Veidra blinks her eyes open as her vision returns.

Spirit tilts his head, getting his bearings. "No chance we can talk about this, then? Perhaps...tell your side of the story?"

"In battle, there's only ever one side to a story," Veidra says. "That of the victor." And with that, she leaps forward towards Spirit, slashing at him with her energy blade.

Spirit is barely scratched by the blade. He says, very flatly, "Ow."

Spirit tilts his head, "So...since the 'victor' was the one who called you seditious and treasonous, it must be true, eh? There's not more to it than that?"

Veidra turns towards the bag she discarded. With an outstretched hand she reaches for it. He bag floats up from the ground. She turns quickly, slinging her hand forward and sending the bag forwards towards Spirit.

Spirit raises a hand up in the direction of the incoming bag, and a light shield manifests, sending the bag careening away. "You remind me of some old movies we have here."

The bag skids ricochets from Spirit and strikes the floor. It tears and it begins to slowly spill iron filings onto the floor.

Veidra shouts, "Ha!" as she tries to side kick Spirit.

Spirit places his hands in front of himself, causing a solid light wall to form between the two of them, to try to intercept her kick. "So...what's the stuff in the bag for, hmm? Does Dreadnaught eat metal, or something?"

Veidra's bare foot thumps solidly against Spirit's hastily erected barrier.

Spirit. o O (Come on...where's the backup? Seriously...any time now. I can't even seem to get her talking.)

The reception area has muted black tiled floor, with the walls and roof painted off-white. The secretarial desk enclosure is barely twenty feet from the double set of glass doors leading in from the street. To its left is a large double-hinged door labeled Security. A seating area full of soft couches is to the right. Down the hallway that leads deeper into the building is are the Director and Team Leader Director. The direct elevator to the landing field on the sixth floor half roof is at the end of this hallway.

Veidra calls the bag to her hand, and the bag thwips across the room into her grip. She turns and runs quickly, disappearing behinds the double doors marked 'Security'.

Spirit flies after her, letting his energy wall drop. He pushes open the door with his left hand, and extends his right, intending to fire, if he gets a chance.

Bands of light stream out from Spirit's fingers, attempting to grab onto Veidra.

Spirit chuckles. "Running away? I didn't peg you for a coward."

Spirit's energy bands trap Veidra just before she can reach the staircase.

Spirit hopes he manages to piss her off just enough...she seems to be a combat-focused sort of person. Perhaps she can be poked into a rage.

Veidra tears apart the energy bands with her blade. She then ducks into the staircase.

Spirit grimaces a bit. . o O (She ignored the 'coward' comment. I guess I didn't read her right.) He flies after her, getting to the staircase, following the same procedure. Fly to the doorway, and look for a target.

Spirit follows down...flying down the center of the staircase to the doorway to the containment center.

Through the small window in the door Spirit can see that Veidra is just on the other side.

Veidra glances back at Spirit through the window in the door. She then quickly ducks to the side and out of sight.

From the other side of the door, Dreadnaught's telepathic speech can be heard: << Yeah! Bout time you guys came to bust out ol' Dreadnaught!"

Spirit bursts through the door full speed, and pivots, intending to fire as soon as he acquires a target.

Veidra drops from the ceiling shooting lightning from her fingers at Spirit.

Spirit manages to bring up a light shield just in time as the lightning moves toward him, redirecting the energy away from him as he does his best Yoda impression.

<< Caught between a rock and a hard place now! >> Dreadnaught says. Veidra is between Spirit and the only exit. Behind him is Dreadnaught's cell.

Veidra calmly uses both hands to direct purple bolts of lightning toards Spirit again. "Give in, and I may let you live."

Spirit chuckles. "I've been 'killed' once before. You don't have the power to do it to me permanently. I'm pure energy. When I want to be." He deflects the continued lightning, and then lets loose with an energy beam from his right hand.

Veidra's hand flashes in a quick backhand arc. She strikes Spirit's incoming blast and volleys it directly back at him.

Spirit's own blast hits him in the chest, sending him reeling, despite it not really hurting him very much. "Hah, hah. Cute."

Veidra dismisses her energy sword again at tries to fry Spirit with the lightning, right where he lies on the ground.

Spirit remains on his back, and raises his hand to bring up another energy shield, causing the lightning to skitter off it harmlessly.

"Why do you do this?" Veidra says. "You are clearly more powerful than any of the humans. You should be ruling them."

Spirit tilts his head, "Because...I was once human. Once like all the other people here. And I have no need for power, despite having it."

Veidra shakes her head. "Then you are a fool.... Die!" She slowly advances on Spirit, fanning purple energy at him with her fingers.

<< Quit playing around Veidra! Finish this chump and get me out of here! >> Dreadnaught says.

Spirit's shield grows a bit brighter as the lightning arcs off of it, "I told you...you don't have the power. You're not strong enough to kill me."

Spirit stands up, the lightning still arcing off his shield. He then lets loose with an energy blast at close range, since she's focusing on blasting him.

Spirit's blast knocks Veidra off of her feet and she slides back towards the door.

Spirit chuckles. "'Chump', huh?"

Dreadnaught shouts: << Human! Look out behind you! >>

Veidra float up to her feet, back straight, pivoting as though her feet were nailed to the ground. Once upright, her shoulder sag a little - as the last blast took a little bit of fight out of her. Still she presses forward again shooting purple arcs from her fingertips.

Spirit doesn't even bother to turn around, keeping his focus on Veidra. "Whatever." He attempts to raise his energy shield again to block the incoming energy.

Veidra advances until she's practically on top of Spirit.

Spirit tries to keep his shield up, but it flickers just a bit, and some lightning gets through. "Nasty power...but that seemed weaker than before."

<< Yeah! >> Dreadnaught cheers. << Fry him, sista! >>

Spirit tries something different...she must be starting to get tired. He reaches out, and tries to leech out the remains of her reserves, pulling energy from her.

Veidra maintains her electrical attack with one hand. She retracts her opposite hand, and then tries to blast Spirit anew.

Spirit winces again as the energy continues to leach through. He looks at Veidra through the conflagration of energy, and says, "You're outmatched. It's time for you to retreat and rethink your strategy."

Veidra's shoulder fire and fall as she draws in deep breaths. Still she presses her attack. "Never!" she gasps.

Veidra backs off a step, and instead of pushing forward, she's content to just maintain the one-handed arc of energy blast.

Spirit winces, and tries to draw off more energy from Veidra.

Veidra leans to the side and watches as Spirit's blast nearly strikes her. She backs up towards the doorway to the containment center.

Spirit winces again...still on his feet, but barely. He reaches out, and unleashes energy at Veidra...knowing that she might reflect it back, but that's less of a problem than her lightning trick, whatever this stuff is. He spreads his fingers, turning it into a wide beam.

Spirit's blast knocks Veidra to the ground. She shakes her head groggily for a moment before looking up at Spirit.

<< What are you doing?! Slice him up with the blade! The blade! >> Dreadnaught says.

Veidra rises to her feet again. She runs and flees up the stairs and towards the lobby.

Spirit gets down on a knee, and chuckles. "Dreadnaught, she knows better than you do. She hit me with her energy blade upstairs. I barely felt it."

Spirit takes his time to recover, in case she comes back, giving her plenty of time to escape.

<< Feh. >> Dreadnaught says. << If Zereg had come, he woulda gotten me out. >>

Spirit nods. "He's busy losing elsewhere, as we speak. Or as I speak."

Spirit says, "See...Veidra was fought to a standstill by only me. Zereg is fighting more than one metahuman."