***
Archon Cartney dodged to the side, barely avoiding Ifrits glowing fist as she tore a hole in the wall. Reloading his gun as he rolled, he came up firing, the
salvo tearing at the heroines barrier jacket and forcing her to back up a few steps.
That move gave him time to glance across the room and assess the situation. What he saw was actually rather unsurprising. These new heroes were better then
their security rating suggested, and were rather quickly tearing the Vortexes apart. The gravity controller that looked like a Lost trying to hide was throwing
the surroundings at the Council soldiers, Net Sabre seemed to have activated a repulsion field that let her scatter her enemies just by getting close (Which
explained the battle cry of "Bowling for Council!" he'd heard earlier). And Sell-Sword...
As he watched the green armored figure launch a taser bolt into a Vortex, then unload a shotgun shell into stomach, he realised that the man was a LOT more
competent then his offical security rating suggested. Perhaps reports that Sword had mentioned a previous career were more accurate then suspected?
Flames whipping around him pulled the Archon back to his main opponent, as Lady of the Peace took to the air and opened up with a full salvo of fire spells.
Cartney didn't dodge fast enough, screaming as a flare bit into the side of his face. Falling onto his back, he clutched a hand over his left eye and
cheek, while a part of his mind noted he had the worst luck with flame based heroes.
"I am going to tie you up, hang you from the roof, and give Fae an axe," Lady growled, landing on the walkway again and moving forward, arcane
energies wrapping around her fists. Cartney winced, then pulled out his holdout weapon. Twisting his wrist, he launched a small web grenade from his gauntlet,
which impacted with Lady and detonated, coating her arms, chest and wings in a thick gel. As she stumbled back, surprised, Cartney used the chance to run for
the door, leaping through it a moment before Iridium smashed a desk against it.
"Archon's running!" the massive figure said.
"Let him go," Ifrit scowled, calling up the flames around her to burn away the gel. As that bubbled away and fell to the ground, she pulled her cell
phone out of thin air and dialed. "Come on Rob, pick up..."
***
The sudden sound of Yoko Kanno coming from the burnt couch caught Castillo by surprise. He looked over at it in confusion, turning his attention away from the
woman he'd pinned to the floor. Miss Lightning took the opening, releasing her hold on the power contained in her body. Castillo screeched as electricity
crackled along his body and armor, releasing her and falling backwards. "A cowardly tactic!" he managed, stumbling. "Now I shall be teaching to
you a lesson-" He was interrupted by a plasma salvo that nailed two of the remaining Raiders in the destroyed room, slamming them into a wall and knocking
them out.
Knight of the Peace stepped through the doorway, firing on another Raider as Lightning tagged the last one, dropping him near the one she'd taken down
before. Castillos eyes lit up at the sight of the hero. "Ah, at last you are showing yourself, Knight of the P-" he was interrupted yet again as
Knight fired up his boot jets, launching himself across the room, tackling the Raider captain and throwing both of them out the missing wall, where they
collided with one of the circling Raider skiffs. Both bounced off in different directions, before Knight got control of his flight and went after Castillo
again.
Lightning finished standing up and watched, somewhat amazed, as she got her first good look at her brother in action, darting through the air, gauntlets
blazing. His targeting drones darted around the area, even as he occasionally became a faint blur, cloaking device throwing the Raiders into confusion. She
stood there for a long moment, before the ringtone of Knights phone caught her attention again.
Unable to just let it ring through to the message bank, she darted over, picked it up - then flipped it open the moment she saw Ifrits name on the outer
screen. "Sis, we've got trou-"
"Raiders?" Ifrit replied.
"How'd you-"
"Council jerk was gloating about it to us. How bad is it?"
She leaned out the window as Knight appeared on top of a skiff, unloading both gauntlets into its engines. He didn't dodge fast enough as several Wing
officers opened fire, knocking him off the staggering craft. Lightning winced as her brothers forcefields flickered under the strain. "Bad," she
replied. "I'm seeing a lot of Raiders here. You better bring backup, gotta go!" She flipped the phone closed, then went over to one of the Sky
Raiders scattered around the apartment and pulled the flight pack off.
***
Archon Cartney dodged to the side, barely avoiding Ifrits glowing fist as she tore a hole in the wall. Reloading his gun as he rolled, he came up firing, the
salvo tearing at the heroines barrier jacket and forcing her to back up a few steps.
That move gave him time to glance across the room and assess the situation. What he saw was actually rather unsurprising. These new heroes were better then
their security rating suggested, and were rather quickly tearing the Vortexes apart. The gravity controller that looked like a Lost trying to hide was throwing
the surroundings at the Council soldiers, Net Sabre seemed to have activated a repulsion field that let her scatter her enemies just by getting close (Which
explained the battle cry of "Bowling for Council!" he'd heard earlier). And Sell-Sword...
As he watched the green armored figure launch a taser bolt into a Vortex, then unload a shotgun shell into stomach, he realised that the man was a LOT more
competent then his offical security rating suggested. Perhaps reports that Sword had mentioned a previous career were more accurate then suspected?
Flames whipping around him pulled the Archon back to his main opponent, as Lady of the Peace took to the air and opened up with a full salvo of fire spells.
Cartney didn't dodge fast enough, screaming as a flare bit into the side of his face. Falling onto his back, he clutched a hand over his left eye and
cheek, while a part of his mind noted he had the worst luck with flame based heroes.
"I am going to tie you up, hang you from the roof, and give Fae an axe," Lady growled, landing on the walkway again and moving forward, arcane
energies wrapping around her fists. Cartney winced, then pulled out his holdout weapon. Twisting his wrist, he launched a small web grenade from his gauntlet,
which impacted with Lady and detonated, coating her arms, chest and wings in a thick gel. As she stumbled back, surprised, Cartney used the chance to run for
the door, leaping through it a moment before Iridium smashed a desk against it.
"Archon's running!" the massive figure said.
"Let him go," Ifrit scowled, calling up the flames around her to burn away the gel. As that bubbled away and fell to the ground, she pulled her cell
phone out of thin air and dialed. "Come on Rob, pick up..."
***
The sudden sound of Yoko Kanno coming from the burnt couch caught Castillo by surprise. He looked over at it in confusion, turning his attention away from the
woman he'd pinned to the floor. Miss Lightning took the opening, releasing her hold on the power contained in her body. Castillo screeched as electricity
crackled along his body and armor, releasing her and falling backwards. "A cowardly tactic!" he managed, stumbling. "Now I shall be teaching to
you a lesson-" He was interrupted by a plasma salvo that nailed two of the remaining Raiders in the destroyed room, slamming them into a wall and knocking
them out.
Knight of the Peace stepped through the doorway, firing on another Raider as Lightning tagged the last one, dropping him near the one she'd taken down
before. Castillos eyes lit up at the sight of the hero. "Ah, at last you are showing yourself, Knight of the P-" he was interrupted yet again as
Knight fired up his boot jets, launching himself across the room, tackling the Raider captain and throwing both of them out the missing wall, where they
collided with one of the circling Raider skiffs. Both bounced off in different directions, before Knight got control of his flight and went after Castillo
again.
Lightning finished standing up and watched, somewhat amazed, as she got her first good look at her brother in action, darting through the air, gauntlets
blazing. His targeting drones darted around the area, even as he occasionally became a faint blur, cloaking device throwing the Raiders into confusion. She
stood there for a long moment, before the ringtone of Knights phone caught her attention again.
Unable to just let it ring through to the message bank, she darted over, picked it up - then flipped it open the moment she saw Ifrits name on the outer
screen. "Sis, we've got trou-"
"Raiders?" Ifrit replied.
"How'd you-"
"Council jerk was gloating about it to us. How bad is it?"
She leaned out the window as Knight appeared on top of a skiff, unloading both gauntlets into its engines. He didn't dodge fast enough as several Wing
officers opened fire, knocking him off the staggering craft. Lightning winced as her brothers forcefields flickered under the strain. "Bad," she
replied. "I'm seeing a lot of Raiders here. You better bring backup, gotta go!" She flipped the phone closed, then went over to one of the Sky
Raiders scattered around the apartment and pulled the flight pack off.
***