The Alien Wars 5: Trinity

Shards of Time

Session 5: Secret Avengers

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<DeathStar> Date: 10-614.4.20 (2 days before the events of last session)
<DeathStar> (Year 7)
<DeathStar> Location: Underground in Vatican City (intro to follow)
<DeathStar> 6* Having been traveling with John and Adam through the network of the old Vatican City catacombs that have been upgraded with security during the Earth-Erusian War, and finding pathways, they have followed their partially nude, wearing only skin tight cloaks of their own making that they say do not have the sensors and listening devices of the current regime. Eventually they have arrived at the underground resistance base, which John leads called Cat. Katrina, upon hearing that, ponders if some part of him remembers the sister he never had in this alt reality. There, John has helped them memorized the pathway to the Secret Vatica Base
<DeathStar> 6* Unfortunately, Lorelei has been partially distracted, wondering about the fate of those left behind.
<AquaKoala> *Kay follows
<DeathStar> 6* John points at the map
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale walks along, rifle at the ready for any surprises
<DeathStar> <John> Alright, everyone have everything memorized?
<DeathStar> 6* Em, peering around at the resistance base where they have been the last day, studying the unclothed men and women except their skin tight outfits just gives a thumbs up
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Got it.
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei glances, having memorized it with her photographic memory like Taiga and Cheryl.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Yes. 6* Katrina nods. John nods and glances at Adam, who leans forward.
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "And now all the secrets."
<DeathStar> <John> The President sometimes goes here, according to our intel - so he might have his big hitters there. Delano Giblin, *he glances at Hale and the others* And you guys before you defected
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "A little more complicated than just a defection."
<DeathStar> <Katrina> Yeah. Like we said, it's a long story. *she studies the access steam pipe they will be taking* You sure this pipe isn't used? <John> It's a steam pipe - with today's tech it shouldn't be and it's the only way in
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Let's hope they don't decide to turn it on.
<DeathStar> 6* Katrina pulls her backpack on and Lorelei checks her weapon
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Otherwise... I hope nobody's too attached to their skin.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Alright, lets head out
<AquaKoala> *Kay listens, going over his weapons
<DeathStar> 6* John packs three thermo explosives and Adam does as well in his backpack, Kat getting in on that. Em spins her spear; John then moves over to a statue and moves it, straining his muscles and pushes it aside to reveal a passage
<DeathStar> 6* Back into the catacombs. He leads them in, glancing at Jose
<DeathStar> <John> So, complicated how?
<Myaomi> <Mem> Steam..? Better not get caught in it then
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *checks her guns and nods*
<DeathStar> 6* Adam, taking up the rear, peers around
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale follows, grabbing his guns.
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei walks, still trying to feel for Umi in the bond as they move. Katrina sticks with Mem, smiling, and Em hums
<DeathStar> 6* The path is treacherous, with huge open ravines, apparantly the area unstable and having caved in during the war. Coffins are hanging lose from the walls. And have been picked clean of any valuables
<DeathStar> 6* Em watches her step, the lose ground making her boots slide
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Complicated.... hm. *She thinks*
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> We are not them
<DeathStar> <Adam> Not them. Are you their goatee duplicates
<DeathStar> <John> Such things happen. *He says calmly*
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Wouldn't they be the goatee duplicates since they're working for the bad guys?
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> I take it you know a bit of what happened? The Erusian-Earth War? <John> Yeah. I take it YOU don't?
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "And goatees are so gauche anyway.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Just what I have read
<DeathStar> 6* John nods, as if that confirmed something for him; glancing back at Adam, who tilts his head quizically
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale blinks at that
<DeathStar> <John> Where to begin. *He slides with his back along the wall* You all know the president, General Alexander Cran, and his crazy daughter. Plus hsi armor of Alpha Dragoons.
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei's tails fuzz up
<DeathStar> *army
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Cran was always a dick and for the record I never voted for the guy once.
<DeathStar> <John> Well, the thing is he started out with good intentions. In fact, I'm sure he sees himself as the good guy.
<DeathStar> <John> He got ahold of himself of someone from another reality, two someones. And used the female as the data print for the dragoons and the guy for his weapons. But that's not the story of the war you wanted to know
<DeathStar> 6* He pauses, the ravine in front of them incrossible to the other side. He kneels, pondering how to get over
<DeathStar> 6* Em muses if she can run and jump, but with the ground being so loose she'd likely spin out and fall
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale shakes his head at her, just in case
<DeathStar> <John> His best friend, and rival, General Dom wanted to make a peace keeping station known as the PAX, while Cran felt that we had to deal with the threats out in space head on and build up our army. Both men had a falling out over their ideals but Dom got the go ahead - the PAX was doomed from the start since Dom used the PAX to gather data on alien races and Cran used it for the same.
<DeathStar> 6* Katrina ponders, glancing at Josephine to see if she has anything to get over
<DeathStar> 6* The other side having coffins in the walls, and a solid rock wall
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> I could try to do ninpo and foxholes
<DeathStar> 6* She ponders
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Hold on..." *checks her things and pulls out a launcher for a zip line*
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Seems like our best bet... or that.
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Zipline could work.
<AquaKoala> *Kay looks around for a secure attachment point
<DeathStar> <John> However, what began the war was something a little more tragic. Warren was the security chief for the station and he ran it pretty straight and narrow. He was a good man back in the day.
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Got any batarangs in there too, Josephine?
<DeathStar> 6* Adam points out the rock formations that look solid to Josephine and Kay
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "We're going underground. Last time I was down here, the catacombs collapsed into a pit."
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Fair enough. I'll keep an eye out for Killer Croc, just in case.
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Last Batman crack, I swear.
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "...what are you even talking about?"
<DeathStar> <John> The Erusian Ambassador that joined, Arhn Arhnya, and the rest they did a lot of good, but Warren got pretty badly injured - partially due to Arhn's body guard, Rio. The replacement for the station was Spade. <Katrina> No Darien? <John> Who? <Katrina> Nevermind - go on
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei just eyes Hale confused
<DeathStar> My husband. *She pats*
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "And there was the breakpoint in the timeline." *fires the line to the opposite anchor point*
<kalonZombie> <Hale> <Nobody gets my hilarious, multi-century out of date references dear.>
<DeathStar> 6* It attacks to the rock formation, attaching
<DeathStar> *attachs too
<DeathStar> <John> In their third year, they got called to a strange planet with rituals however. I managed to get the footage of what happened through sources.
<DeathStar> 6* John pulls out a datapad and holds it out. Lorelei before going across glances
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale looks
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *tugs on the line to test its stability before nodding*
<DeathStar> 6* It is the planet that Erevis took over Katrina, but with no Katrina in this timeline due to her Classic self being unfound with DArien's death, and likely dying as a kid, the natives are seen luring Arhnya to the temple and when the team, led by Spade - at a much slower rate than what happened with Darien and Warren and the rest, Erevis busts out - Xanatos, not having the attachment to Arhnya, cannot talk her down and she busts lose from the planet after crushing the group. And Spade does not call for them to follow
<DeathStar> <John> That is what sparked the horrible, decades long war. The Erusians began to pry into it, learned the tree purpose of the PAX Project, having lost Arhnya to the alien Erevis and Earth mad about Warren being crippled, Earth and Erusia got into a war.
<DeathStar> <John> I found Erevis later, after learning more about myself...and what Cran got and helped her get a new body, but it was too late then. Arhnya couldn't even stop thei nsanity
<DeathStar> 6* He zips across
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale follows
<AquaKoala> *Kay follows
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> What new body did she get? <Katrina> I wonder what could contain her. <John> Some fox god she found cute. Of food
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *zips across*
<DeathStar> 6* The others move across
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "You mean... Inari?"
<DeathStar> <John> Anyway, the war tore up the galaxy and even if Arhnya could have gotten the Erusians to back down, Earth had taken too much to damage to stop; they wanted to end it. And so they finally brought the Erusians to their knees thanks to Cran. I still don't know how he managed it. It was about 5 years ago
<DeathStar> 6* John thinks and nods to Josephine
<DeathStar> 6* Adam lands and checks, then moves ahead into the tunnel
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Hoo boy... Erevis in Inari's body...
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Creepy."
<DeathStar> <John> So now, the Earth Empire is expanding and the Erusians are second class citizens
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Fun.
<DeathStar> <Adam> We're there
<DeathStar> 6* The steam tunnel is before them. Adam gets out a tool and begins to cut into the pipe
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale nods
<DeathStar> 6* He finally gets a man sized hole cut and kicks it in, and steam erupts in his face. He screams and falls back
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale pulls him back and looks him over
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Medkit!"
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei jerks and moves over and John waits, until the steam dies down and eyes the steam moving through the tunnel
<DeathStar> 6* Adam's face is like a lobster, eyebrows gone and hair in front singed
<DeathStar> <KAtrina> *She grabs one and passes it to Hale*
<DeathStar> <John> Hang in there Adam. *He kneels*
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale takes it and starts administering first aid to him
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Someone is definitely boiling some water."
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> It's the only way in. *She remembers the map*
<DeathStar> 6* Adam begins to calm down as the pain relief kicks in and the salve is adminstered
<DeathStar> <Katrina> The tunnel is half a mile long until the access hatch in the base
<DeathStar> <KAtrina> How can anyone make it in the steam. I could run it...if I had a shield
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Anyone have a shield or able to create a force field?"
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Let me see..
<DeathStar> 6* She checks her bag and shakes her head
<AquaKoala> Kay> If you know water stuff you may be able to push cold water in front of us as we go through.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> I can make a bubble
<AquaKoala> *Kay pulls out a hotdog "Let's test with this."
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Why do you have a sausage?
<AquaKoala> Kay> Snack.
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale opens his mouth to argue, thinks better about it
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei forms a bubble around it
<DeathStar> 6* And floats it into the steam
<DeathStar> 6* She focus it, then lets it pop
<AquaKoala> *Kay checks the hotdog
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> I can do it, but it will wipe me out; I will need an andreline shot half-way
<DeathStar> 6* She motions everyone around her - the hotdog a bit into the tunnel, cooking - Lorelei having let it go to save energy
<DeathStar> 6* John helps Adam up, who is a bit out of it still, and Katrina moves in, moving Mem
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale pulls one out from the first aid kit
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *pulls out a vial* "Military-grade synthetic adrenaline."
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei nods to both, in case she needs more than one
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale hands it to her
<DeathStar> 6* Em gets in and Lorelei begins to draw in the droplets of water from the air
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *gets in close* "Let's go."
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Give it to me when I say no
<DeathStar> *Now
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> I have never made a bubble this big in this type of situation - it was meant to just carry me in the air or along water
<DeathStar> 6* She lowers them in and the bubble heats up rapidly as she floats them down the tunnel. Lorelei strains and Em watches, figuring out why Lore went this way instead of around her - Em would have sped out of Lore's range too quick
<DeathStar> 6* At the half-way point, the bubble begins to shudder like it's about to break and Lorelei's face is in pain
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> N-N-now..
<Jackieness> <Josephine> * injects the adrenaline
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei gasps and the bubble speeds up and they reach the hatch and she flaots them up to it
<DeathStar> <Katrina> Someone has to reach up through the bubble to open it
<kalonZombie> <Hale> I'll do it.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> A-Again.... 6* IT seems being closer is weaking her
<DeathStar> 6* Em eyes Hale. John gives Hale Adam's gauntlets
<DeathStar> <JOhn> Use this
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale nods and puts them on
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Hale, the other adrenaline vial."
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale sticks Lorelei with it
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei gasps, kneelsing and looking out of it.
<DeathStar> <Katrina> *She checks Lorelei* Don't go having a heart attack or something
<AquaKoala> *Kay gets ready to bolt just in case
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei breathes weakly, looking foamy at the outh
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Hale... the hatch?"
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale reaches up and starts to undo it
<DeathStar> 6* The heat sears at the gauntlets, and burns at his hands painfully. The hatch needs him to push upward it seems after being unlocked.
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale pushes, fighting through the pain
<DeathStar> 6* It opens up; lorelei floats them u and into the power generator room
<DeathStar> 6* Then the bubble pops and she lays on the floor
<DeathStar> 6* Katrina wipes her mouth, cleaning it
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale lays on the floor as well
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Deep breaths. Just try to relax so it works out of your system."
<DeathStar> 6* John lays Adam down and goes around setting bombs on the generators. An engineer, dressed in an outfit that is Naziish, eyes them, moving in the shadows for the wall alarm - only those with good perception will notice him. You can decide if you feel you have good perception
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei begins to breathe more calmly
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale normally would, but he's kind of blindsighted by pain in his hands
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *pulls her gun and aims at the engineer* "Out now. Can't hide from a telepath."
<DeathStar> 6* Katrina helps her up
<DeathStar> 6* Em finishes pulling Hale's gauntlets off, and wipes the salve on them
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Thanks
<DeathStar> 6* The engineer pauses, debating and makes the run for the alarm on the wall 15 feet away; the loud noise of the generators will likely cover any shot
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *takes a shot to the back of the leg*
<AquaKoala> *Kay fires for his other leg
<DeathStar> 6* He falls foward, crying out and whimpers, cursing them
<DeathStar> 6* John finishes and thumbs up
<DeathStar> 6* Adam, standing up, puts on a mask like he wore in the old days
<DeathStar> <Adam> We better move before the top tier lieutenants like Cassandra show.
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Bandage him up and question him. If he doesn't cooperate, I'll just empty his mind anyway."
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale nods, moving over to drag him over
<DeathStar> 6* The engineer whimpers and ncurses at them
<DeathStar> <Engineer> Traitors to EarthGov!
<DeathStar> 6* Adam and John move on ahead to check out the next area and Katrina kneels, studying
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Yeah yeah.
<DeathStar> Wasn't this one of Peter's soldiers?
<DeathStar> Played cards a lot
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *shrugs* "Maybe?"
<DeathStar> Odd he's an engineer now
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Hey yeah... he still owes me 20 credits.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Things change... *She rubs her throat* Josephine, drain him. He will not talk
<kalonZombie> <Hale> I was about to say the same thing.
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Ok. Do try to relax. It will hurt less if you don't fight it." *walks over to the engineer and puts her hands on his head*
<DeathStar> *a cry of pain - then lateR*
<DeathStar> 6* Josephine knows this:
<DeathStar> 6* The base, Vatica Base, is a new strong hold base that is being set up to help make more super humans to protect Earth's Empire from future threats, from within and without, including other realities and their incurisions, and the base, as well as one other back in Mega City, are developing technology to invade other realities and detect their invasions.
<DeathStar> 6* It is also monitoring a black hole in reality that is forming between Earth and the Moon and investigating it
<DeathStar> 6* Behind them, Mem is heard being KOed
<Myaomi> * Mem snarls?
<DeathStar> 6* Zephyr stands there, looking like she did in the old days, 15 and wearing a sexy EarthGov SS type outfit. She aims her blaster at them right as Josephine informs them what she learned
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> I do not know how you learned all this, but I am taking you in.
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale points his gun at her
<Myaomi> * Mem attempts to grab her in a headlock to give them time
<DeathStar> 6* Kay has been thrown into the steam tunnel and left for dead. Em throws her spear at one of the bombs
<DeathStar> Down!
<DeathStar> (Mem is KOed)
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale gets down
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *leaps to the floor*
<Myaomi> (Hrmph)
<DeathStar> 6* The generator explodes, taking out the steam in the steam tunnel, but likely Kay has been knocked out for being in there a few seconds. The entire bottom area begins to explode, as the generators go up. Zephyr is hit by an explosion and knocked away. However, what happens if she dies in here?! The ceiling begins to come down and crash. Lorelei whines and looks toward where Zephyr is buried in debris, then at the stairs that is being collapsed in, knowing they have to go for it now
<DeathStar> 6* Katrina looks for Mem, who has been buried too and then the ceiling comes down on her as she delays
<DeathStar> 6* Em grabs Hale, speeding for the stairs
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *leaps to her feet and moves for the stairs*
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale is sped since there's no way he can begin to even try to help Em out when it comes to speed
<DeathStar> 6* Em makes it to the next floor, where the lights are off now, and then back up lights come on, as well as alarms. John and Adam rush up
<DeathStar> <John> What the hell happened? I set the bombs off. <John> We were suppose to wait
<DeathStar> 6* Soldiers are pouring out, many not noticing them in the confusion
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Yeah well things weren't going our way, exactly, were they?
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Zephyr showed."
<DeathStar> <John> Lets try to make it to the command center - this place has redundant power sources. The lights will - *The lights return to normal* come back on soon
<DeathStar> 6* John moves along, keeping his head down, in the chaos. Soldiers point out at them and open fire and he jerks behind a wall
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Like that? 6*Hale follows
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei jerks as well and Em speeds behind it
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *moves around the wall for cover*
<kalonZombie> 6*Then ducks behind the wall
<DeathStar> <John> Yes. <Lorelei> This would be easier with enemy uniforms. <John> No. We cannot put on enemy clothing. They would track us them and hear our words
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "I don't have the staying power to mess with their perceptions telepathically."
<kalonZombie> <Hale> John if I find out that you just like being naked I am going to be very upset with you later.
<DeathStar> <John> *eyes him*
<DeathStar> 6* He pulls out one of his bombs and attaches it to the wall
<DeathStar> <John> Lets go
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale nods, moving
<DeathStar> 6* He moves down the hallway and Lorelei, recalling the map, pulls them into a room which is for cleaning clothes. She eyes a laundry chute that goes straight up
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *ducks into the laundry room*
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Lets go up. *Adam and John eye the clothes with worry and set them on fire first*
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Climbing...
<DeathStar> 6* In the hallway, Cheryl and Cassandra can be seen moving around, looking pissed
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale starts to head on up
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Cassandra, if you see my daughter, she is mine. The rest of the traitors are yours
<DeathStar> 6* She marches along in her uniform. Cheryl having left Chii up in the command center to be her eyes and ears
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *starts climbing up the shoot*
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei swallows and closes the door slowly
<DeathStar> 6* Em climbs up
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Do you detect them on your sensors?
<DeathStar> 6* Adam waits behind, holding the detonator for the bomb the two are standing near
<DeathStar> 6* John begins to work his way up slowly
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "I'm getting unusual heat levels from the laundry room."
<DeathStar> 6* Adam detonates it and the explosion goes off, knocking Cheryl back
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei and the others reach a top level, the soldier barracks
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl stands up, hissing
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Get him
<DeathStar> *them
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale helps others out
<kalonZombie> <Hale> C'mon, up ya go.
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei, Em, and John nod in thanks
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *grimaces as the blast ruined her uniform, leaving her half exposed* "This always happens." *pulls a gun and then starts moving*
<DeathStar> 6* Down below in the chute, they hear fighting between Cass and Adam, then Adam's cry of defeat
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *pulls herself out of the laundry chute with Hale's help*
<DeathStar> 6* John makes a face blasts the top of the chute closed
<DeathStar> <John> Fuck
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Well shit.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl holds Adam up
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You will tell me everything you know
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> 10-614.4.21
<DeathStar> (intro to follow)
<DeathStar> 6* Having managed to hide themselves in the Vatica Base, and seal off the part of the floor they are by confusing the computer as labeling it damaged and offline, the remaining group has holed up to take stock. The terminal they managed to get access to having lots of security they have been trying to hack
<DeathStar> *leans against a wall in her chair* They are going to send people in here sooner or later to 'repair' this rom
<DeathStar> *room
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Must have done a number on the lower levels to keep them busy this long."
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Yeah, no kidding.
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei tries to remember what she was taught by Eluere
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Hacking it not my forte....
<DeathStar> 6* John is working as well on his part of the terminal
<Myaomi> (<Eluere> Use the shwartz, Lorelei…)
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> I managed to get into the prisoner list. .... oh no
<DeathStar> 6* She brings up the data
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> They have Umi....*she touches the screen* And Isis, Isara. And Mem and Katrina. It seems Zephyr revived after we left and got the two.
<DeathStar> <John> What about Adam? <Lorelei> He's listed as deceased. He was tortured to death -- I am sorry, John. 6* John hangs his head
<DeathStar> If Adam was tortured, doesn't that mean the others will be soon?
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Or they know we are in their system and are baiting us."
<kalonZombie> <Hale> If not already.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Likely they are the bait. They will genuinely torture them for information, figuring we will come for them. *She studies the information* Katrina and Mem are next up for interrogation by Cassandra. I have one blood vial left.
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei rolls it in her hand
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Maybe we should use it on Cass to get her on our side. <John> Or that Zephyr. She's a dragoon. Or Cheryl, your mother
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> I guess we make a judgement call when the time comes. 6* She puts it up in a small container to protect it
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Jose, Hale
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Yes Lore?
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> We need to split up - they will expect us to go enforce to save the others. We won't - we need to get to the command center and learn what is going on - if they have tech to cross realities, are they the ones behind our President C? Or is it something to do with the reality stuff. Or did someone tip this Cran off.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> We need to get into their computers, find out how they learned it.
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale nods
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> So some of us will go the jail cells, the rest to the command center. I'll go to the command center, who will lead the prison?
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Shame we didn't think about bringing Gor.
<kalonZombie> <Hale> I'll lead the prison.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Alright, Jose you are with me.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> Good luck, Hale - Em.
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *salutes*
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale nods
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> If you find Kay, take him with you - if we find him, we'll do the same. John? <John> I'll go with you, Lore
<DeathStar> 6* She nods and rises, moves to the door to look out. Em gets ready, and Lorelei moves out, heading left; Em goes right
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *heads left with Lore*
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale heads right with Em
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: The Prison Cells (intro to follow)
<DeathStar> 6* Hale and Em arrive slowly in the prison cells to hear Zephyr and Cassandra talking. There seem to be only three guards, near Hale and Em, with their backs to them, while CAssandra and Zephyr are closer to the interrogation room itself, which is in the center. The cells, where the others are located, are likely down the hall to the right, past the three guards
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> I want to talk to Mem first alone - I want to know why my sister has betrayed us
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> She and sister Cheryl were very close. And she and I even closer. Then you can interrogate them
<DeathStar> 6* Katrina sits in a chair, energy cuffs binding her, the entire room a dampener on powers
<kalonZombie> <Hale> <Think we can knock the three out quietly?>
<DeathStar> <Sure - I'll speed take out the two on the right>
<kalonZombie> <Hale> <I'll get the guy on the left> 6*He starts sneaking that way
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Maybe you cna find out something wihtout it getting messy."
<DeathStar> 6* Em prepares to speed when she thinks Hale is close enough, then takes her energy spear out and slams it against the two just right just to knock them out
<DeathStar> 6* Zephyr nods to Cassandra, walking in and approaches Katrina and Mem; not recognizing Katrina at all. She walks up to Mem and slaps her hard enough to make her teeth rattle
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale pistol whips the other guy in the head
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Bitch.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Betraying the sisterhood.
<Myaomi> <Mem> Heh heh
<Myaomi> <Mem> Sisterhood? Did we become nuns?
<DeathStar> 6* Em grabs her two and speed drags them into the shadows
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> .... 6* She looks angry for a 15 year old
<Myaomi> <Mem> Thanks I get for pulling your scrawny ass out of the rubble
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> You know what I mean. We are the only Dragoons in the world. We remaining ones alive, we had a bond. An unbreakable. Even if Cheryl got special treatment, the rest of us were like sisters. We are of blood
<DeathStar> 6* Zephyr jabs her finger against her chest
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> And here you are attacking us.
<kalonZombie> <Hale> <If things get too hairy use the blood on Zephyr, otherwise try to save it for Cheryl>
<DeathStar> 6* She shakes her head, her short hair about to her mid-back since she isn't bonded to Megumi
<Myaomi> <Mem> The way I recall it you used your wannabe ninja shit to hit me from behind, shrimp
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale drags his into the shadows as well
<Myaomi> <Mem> The very things I taught you
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<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Of course; I'm not about to let you destroy the base. You taught me to fight dirty.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> You think I didn't take every listen to heart? *She grabs her hair and yanks it back* Every. One?
<Myaomi> <Mem> You're right. I did." She sneers.
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<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Including killing anyone who betrays us?
<DeathStar> 6* Em motions at the hallway
<Myaomi> <Mem> Tch. Who's betraying who.
<DeathStar> <Do we go for the others?>
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Tell me where the others are. Why are you here?
<Myaomi> <Mem> The one thing I learned from you is that I hold my sisters above the law of this world.
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale thinks, then nods <I'll go, you stay here just in case Zephyr starts getting even more zealous>
<DeathStar> 6* Zephyr just eyes Mem likes she insane, then forms her gun, aiming it at Katrina
<kalonZombie> 6*He starts moving for it, used to solo operations due to Wraith
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Another thing you taught me - get at the weakpoint of an enemy. I saw how you eyed this one. Who is she?
<Myaomi> * Mem bristles and strains, creaking bindings.
<DeathStar> 6* Em positions herself, but notes she has to speed past Cassandra to get into that room
<DeathStar> <Katrina> I'm her partner
<Myaomi> <Mem> A figment of your imagination you should forget.
<Myaomi> <Mem> If you harm a hair on her, even you, Z, I'll kill you.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> *She jerks* That..... is not possible. I'm her ... partner. After ours both died..
<DeathStar> 6* Zephyr pauses a moment, then puts the gun under her jaw
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Cheating on me, betraying us
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *comm* "Security detail three, your checkin is delayed. Status?"
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale keeps moving, trying to find the others
<DeathStar> 6* Em pauses, grabbing the commm
<Myaomi> <Mem> That won't work, Z. If you want information, in this case, threatening my weak point isn't the answer.
<DeathStar> Sorry. *cough* Clear
<Myaomi> <Mem> You know how we work. Blast my partner and I'm dead, too.
<DeathStar> 6* Hale sees the cells. The doors are all card keyed locked
<DeathStar> 6* Zephyr eyes her and then aims at Katrina's stomach
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *comm* "Affirmative." *flips the comm off and then knocks on the cell door* "We got company."
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> So you went that far. Guess I better not kill her outright
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale looks around for a guard of some sort
<Myaomi> <Mem> I warned you, Z.
<DeathStar> 6* Zephyr pauses, then turns back and frowns, opening the door
<Myaomi> <Mem> How often do I go back on my word?
<DeathStar> 6* Hale sees none
<DeathStar> 6* Em speed rushes in and slams into Zephyr, even if she leaves her back open to Cass - of course once she enters, her powers shut off
<DeathStar> 6* Em grabs the vial and jams it into Zephyr's neck
<DeathStar> 6* Dropping her
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *lifts her gun and takes aim at Em*
<kalonZombie> 6*He curses mentally and starts trying to pull the keyswipe apart to hotwire it
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Just like a car, or the old days...
<DeathStar> 6* Likely the three guards back there had it
<DeathStar> 6* Em pauses and lifts her hand
<DeathStar> Uh, hi
<DeathStar> 6* Hale manages to open it and Isis and Umi and Isara move out
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Grab a weapon and let's go help Em.
<DeathStar> 6* Zephyr sits up, holding her neck and looks around, blionking at everything
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Bang." *squeezes the trigger*
<DeathStar> 6* Then forms her gun since she can still do her weapons in here and fires at Cassandra's weapon, even as Em goes down
<DeathStar> 6* Then she moves in and punches Cassandra, firing her gun at Mem and Kat's bonds
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale rushes for it
<DeathStar> 6* Isis moves along, Umi having Isis' kids
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *goes flying back into the hall, not expecting Zephyr to turn on her*
<DeathStar> 6* Em lays there, face wound
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Shit--shit--what is going on
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale runs to her, starting to apply first aid
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Shit, Em, are you okay?
<DeathStar> 6* Katrina moves over and quickly binds Cassandra
<DeathStar> .... *She tries to talk, bleeding profusely and passes out with a smile*
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Zephyr I'll explain later but for right now please help me.
<DeathStar> 6* Zephyr kneels, applying pressure. Isis moves over and gets Em out of the room and begins to use her manifestation healing
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Control Room
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei and Josephine arrive, along with John. There are a ton of technicians in the room, with Chii in the center studying all the monitors for Cheryl
<DeathStar> 6* John looks ready to shoot the techs
<Myaomi> <Chii> Hate this work...
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> *She studies the master control room behind a glass room up top, and opens a fox hole and motions them inside. John steps in and though it's still in the control room and if any of the techs turn around, they are in a smaller room now*
<DeathStar> 6* Inside beinng only Chii and her control panel
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *slips through the fox hole*
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei closes it and eyes her mother, then she reaches out and tries to choke hold her with fox fire along her arm
<Myaomi> <Chii> Ah, finally
<Myaomi> * Chii strains against the foxfire, peering up and grinning
<Myaomi> <Chii> I hate it unless I can get my own hands dirty
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei curses
<DeathStar> 6* John motions at Josephine to get the data from the terminal and punches at chii's face
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *moves to tap into the terminal*
<Myaomi> * Chii does something uncharacteristic; she forms a seal series with one hand rather than both and forms a downdraft of wind from Huton on Lorelei before taking the punch, licking her bloody lip
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei is knocked back, slamming against the glance, cracking it, her back side cut. The technicians turn and watch, then resume their work; Chii can feel Cheryl coming up from her meeting
<DeathStar> 6* John grabs at chii and tries to throw her through the weakened glass into the tech area below
<DeathStar> 6* Josephine's data port is at 10%
<Myaomi> * Chii loses monofilament out, creating a rudimentary web she lands on instead of going through the glass, whipping another one across toward John embued with foxfirel.
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *keeps working at it*
<DeathStar> 6* She can see on the data stream that the others are escaping the base through the secret tunnels
<DeathStar> 6* John makes a hurk sound and sounds surprised. He then shifts, a long jagged knife appearing down his arm
<DeathStar> 6* Josephine's data going to 20%
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei forms dracula fireballs, throwing three at Chii, then rushes and leaps
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *doesn'y say anything about the escape, just focusing on the data*
<Myaomi> * Chii makes a face and uses her free hand to form suiton and a surge of water crashes into the fireballs, but both hands occupied
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei does not dare use her lightning super move with the computers as they reach 40%, and her hands do her shogun blast, forming a pillar of energy at Chii and rushes behind it, using darkness tendrils to try to ensare Chii into it
<DeathStar> 6* John rushes in at the side and tries to stab her after they hit, and if not stab anyway
<DeathStar> 6* A pop up appears, asking if Josephine would like to get the latest subscription of Cran Today
<DeathStar> 6* Pausing her download at 50%
<DeathStar> 6* one of the Techs down below snicker
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *opts out of the subscription and then resumes*
<DeathStar> 6* The download reaches 60%
<DeathStar> 6* Porn appears of Cassandra, blocking the screen so she can't see what she's doing
<DeathStar> 6* Meanwhile, Chii has knocked John and Lorelei back and Cheryl arrives in the command center.
<DeathStar> <Lorelei> We're...out of time. If I have any reality power in my blood left... John stab me.
<Myaomi> * Chii jerks, throwing out both hands and forms a pair of dragoon weapons? They're mirrors, one on other side of her to reflect the beam. Her hands forming seals with both hands now.
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "For crying out loud..." *taps a finge rto her forehead and then tries to grab a holds of a tech's mind to get her download going again*
<DeathStar> <John> WHAT? <Lorelei> Do it
<DeathStar> 6* The download hits 80%
<DeathStar> 6* John stabs Lorelei in the gut
<Myaomi> <Chii> I stand in the place of judgment, mine to command is the will of the heavens...
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei coughs up blood, blood oozing out, she gathers it up; then she uses her wind ninpo to slam Chii into the window, disorienting her and slams her bloodied hands into her mouth, making her swallow her blood, shoving handful of blood after blood
<Myaomi> <Chii> In this sanctuary of heavely light, open thy gate...
<DeathStar> 6* Right as the download hits 100%
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl leaps up, smashing through the window, grabbing Chii by the scruff and eyeihng Lorelei
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Dear daughter, I am coming for you
<Jackieness> <Josephine> *pulls the data unit*
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei eyes her, then opens a foxhole, yanking Chii, Josephine, and John through
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> ... NO!
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Catacomb tunnels
<DeathStar> 6* Lorelei appears, having memorized the place, then collapses on top of Chii, still bleeding onto her
<DeathStar> 6* Katrina hurries over; Isis finishing on Em
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Got it... barely."
<Myaomi> * Chii hacks and coughs, choking
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Our end was successful too... kinda...
<kalonZombie> 6*Hale holds Em's hand
<DeathStar> 6* Chii would feel her true self and memories returning, fuzzy
<DeathStar> 6* The bond going into submission since Cheryl is in alt mode
<DeathStar> 6* Isis touches Lorelei's gut wound, trying to heal it shut
<DeathStar> 6* John looks around
<DeathStar> <John> We need to hurry - they will be here soon looking for us.
<DeathStar> 6* He eyes Chii with hatred, not knowing she is back, and then at Zephyr
<Myaomi> <Chii> Wh-wha *cough* … f-fuck...
<DeathStar> 6* He steps at Zephyr with his fist
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> W-Wuh? John?
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Stop!
<DeathStar> 6* She steps back
<kalonZombie> 6*He steps in front of Zephyr
<Myaomi> * Mem grabs John's wrist.
<DeathStar> <John> Zephyr is one of their top assassins
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Woah woah woah, she's fine. She's cool.
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Uh... not anymore?
<DeathStar> <John> When we get back. *He eyes them all* You are telling me. Everything
<DeathStar> 6* He moves on
<Myaomi> <Mem> Yeah, and I taught her. Gonna off me, too? Wait for the briefing, anaconda dick.
<DeathStar> <John> Also, burn Zephyr and Chii's clothes. Now.
<Myaomi> <Chii> What!?
<kalonZombie> <Hale> Trackers.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> *She eyes her clothes*
<Myaomi> * Mem has had fun dicing Zephy's.
<DeathStar> 6* Isis finishes healing, pale
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> *covers herself, naked* .... great...
<Jackieness> <Josephine> "Cran was always paranoid, so clothing trackers doesn't really surprise me."
<DeathStar> -To Be Continued-
* Retrieving #TAW-Shards modes...
* DeathStar changes topic to 'The mini-series room for the Shards of Time | Session 6: Collapsing Reality | December 9th | http://www.thealienwars.com/TAW5-2/INFO/Schedule.php All the Shards times | The end of the mutiver is coming | This is the final schedule; if we fail to meet this schedule, no TAW6. | December 9th'
Session Time: Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 2014