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Post by Dr. Bagelman on Nov 14, 2009 2:05:49 GMT -5
Somewhere, not far from Shadow and Agent...[/i][/color] (cue trippy, experimental jazz) He grunted and groaned, struggling to move. He was floating through a gray mist. He felt like he had crashed through a million cars. He opened his dark eyes and blinked slowly. The fog didn't go away, it was swirling around. He couldn't focus; milk and cereal covered his eyes. " 他叫醒," said a voice a thousand miles away. The voice floated towards him on a current of severed hands covered in chocolate, floating in a warm breeze. " 我们应该给他更多药物?" said another voice, like musical pieces of glass pelting his face. " 没有,因为他被克制。" replied the chocolate-covered hands. He licked his mouth, then tried to lick his chin. His head flopped to the side in a manner quite contrary to the way he had originally planned. "Urrggnnnnhhhh...." The chocolate-covered hands latched onto his left-hand finger, cutting through the gray mist like a 30-foot tomahawk. He howled in pain, the only lucid feeling he seemed to possess. <tag anyone already in shanghai? > Hangar Bay Malcolm paused for a second, a bit taken aback at the forwardness of the young Japanese lady's questioning. "Well, tha's a wee bit vague, i'nnit, lass? Ah research a greet deal on tha' mutant phenomenon, and Dr. Xavier's been kind enough te take meh on as a part-time teacher. Do ye need jis' a general quote, lass? Or sommat more specific?" He ran his fingers through his hair and looked back at the Blackbird. He shrugged at Iceman. <tag Yui, Drake>
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Post by NobleSlug on Nov 14, 2009 20:20:33 GMT -5
Motoko smirked, but tried not to let it show in her voice. "The more specific the better Mr. Ramsey."
<tag Malcolm>>
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Post by galenty on Nov 15, 2009 0:26:08 GMT -5
Storm Hanger Bay, Blackbird XSFGY
Storm finished with the preflight protocols. She smiled over at Jean, Eve4n if I wasn't here, I have no doubt you could keep the team in line."
She glanced over her shoulder towards Malcolm who was standing by the open hatch. Calling back in her melodic voice, "Doctor...unlike commercial planes, our equipment is shielded. You will be able to talk as we leave." ************************ Xiao Shanghai, China
She glanced over as the woman readied herself. At least she moved with a practiced grace. Which was fortunate. Right now, a hapless civilian would probably be more of a hindrance.
She looked over at the electrical panels. Her own security training was excellent, and that included some electronics knowledge. "They may have multiple means of tracking us, but let's deprive them of a few."
She spent a few minutes sabotaging the system. Even 15 minutes would see them further along. With a practiced move, she set her work in motion, and the power to the area here, above and below went black. Only a few emergency lights came on.
Quickly, she wrapped the two in Shadows. Outside, alarmed voiced could be heard calling out. "We go down this hall to the right. At the end is a stairway that will go to the ground floor."
She looked over at the Vivien, her eyes totally black, "You can call me Shadow."
As they made their way out, they could see a number of the rooms had their doors ajar. The power outage must have tripped their locks, to prevent anyone from being trapped inside.
They passed a few, seeing little of interest. People were starting to emerge from offices and labs. One was interesting. Xiao tapped Vivien on the shoulder, pointing to a man laying on a bed looking disoriented and in pain.
<Tag Vivien>
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Post by xmenfan on Nov 16, 2009 6:20:22 GMT -5
Shanghai, China
The soldiers burst open the utility closet only to see their worst fears, they swiftly turned & run down the corridor in a frightened panic leaving Dade & the head of security with a puzzled look on their faces, “What just happened?” the man demanded in a lees than happy tone, “shadow’s terror, it’s not very pleasant as you can see. It gets worse, there are two mutants” Dade replied realising he had picked up Vivian’s energy as well as Xiao’s. “Two! Well, where’s are they? They could not have just vanished into thin air… could they?” the man asked unsettled at that thought, “Be advised, there are two mutants on the loose” he said into his walky-talky announcing the information to every one involved in the search, “Let’s look for them somewhere else” Dade offered. a few minutes latter the two men where still searching in vain for Vivian & Xiao when the lights went dead, leaving them at an even bigger disadvantage. Tag anyone> Blackbird, Hanger Bay
“Come on Doc, the professor said we are in a hurry” Bobby called out prompting Malcolm to hurry up. Tag Dr. Ramsey>
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Post by hughissuper on Nov 16, 2009 8:35:58 GMT -5
The corner of Jean's mouth twitched upward at her own humor, "You're right Storm, I could definitely deal with these guys...it's just that the Professor frowns on tampering with teammates' minds...besides I'm not sure if they'd be anymore manageable if they all thought they were six-year-old girls."
Hoping that Dr. Ramsey would take the hint, Jean began the ignition sequence...
Gambit rolled his red-on-black eyes in irritation. "Someone need to light a fire under his ass." Gambit considered the 5 of spades he held up meaningfully, his eyes cutting over to the Dr. "Or maybe a 'splosion....."
Shanghai
Vivien was involuntarily impressed by the size of the restrained man. Even in the darkness, she could tell he was well over 6 feet tall and mountainous with muscle. Vivien glanced over at Shadow and shrugged, approaching the giant's side. He had copious amounts of thick, blonde hair, that spilled over his shoulders. She wondered briefly how the doctors had managed to subdue him, but then noticed three IV's servicing the man's arm. She pointed the IV's out to Shadow silently and mouthed, "Wow!"
Standing on tip-toes, Vivien leaned over the man to better see his face. Staring up at her, a pair of feral, pupil-less, yellow eyes--alert, in spite of the three IV's.
<tag: Sabretooth, Shadow.>
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Post by Dr. Bagelman on Nov 16, 2009 13:08:51 GMT -5
((well, it seems that things in the facility are accelerating much faster than things in NYC. Shall we make a tape-edit? I think we shall.)) Hangar Bay Dr. Ramsey got the hint and waved to Iceman for one more second. Shouting over the din of the engines initializing, he said into his phone, "Weel, Ah canna' tell ye mooch right the noo, boot ye kin read me research papers and disertations. I'm aboat te catch a plane, so Ah'll have te let ye go. If ye want, ye kin leave me a message at Xavier's School fer Gifted Youngsters, that's where I'm werkin' the noo. Thank ye, g'bye," He ended hastily, closing his phone. He felt a little bad cutting her off like that, but needs must. Hopping back into his seat hurriedly, he shoved his phone in his pants, fumbled his way through the seatbelt, and gave a playful sneer. "Ah hate long phone conversations anyway," he said with a suppressed grin.
ACTION> PLANE TAKES OFF, HEADS TO CHINA <tag blackbird> On a bed, Shanghai China Sabretooth looked over at the noise he heard. "EEAAARRRNGGHHH," roared loudly as Medusa reared her ugly head over his shoulder. The Jimi Hendrix music stopped and he blinked, his yellow eyes rolling over back to his left, reminded of the rubies tearing their way through his left middle finger. Rubies, dripping slowly out of his hand. He couldn't feel one of his talons. He didn't know if it was from pain, or if he had broken his finger in some way. He still was having trouble figuring out where he was. <tag shadow, Agent>
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Post by hughissuper on Nov 16, 2009 13:58:50 GMT -5
Shanghai
Vivien jumped back at least three feet when the giant man roared. It was indeed a roar, just like a lion or a tiger. Not all that surprising though, considering he looked exactly like a large feline predator.
She realized he smelled like a predator too--one that had just eaten dinner. Even from her safer distance, the tangy, copper smell of blood was clear in the cool, sterile air of the operating room they occupied.
"I think maybe we should get out of here..." Vivien voice was a soft mutter as she circled towards the door through which they had previously entered.
<Tag: Shadow>
((There's not a huge rush with the X-men. I know Galenty and I can drag it out a good bit. In fact, they may make a second trip to the facility....But, if this is getting old for you guys, lemme know and we can speed up and move on to something else. ))
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Post by Dr. Bagelman on Nov 16, 2009 15:35:12 GMT -5
((aCtually, the come back a second time thing is a good idea. Let's play it by ear, cos I really don't care where this one goes. I like open-ended plots))
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Post by NobleSlug on Nov 17, 2009 0:16:48 GMT -5
Motoko was a little surprised at Ramsey's abruptness, but smirked when he mentioned the Xavier School. She had heard some new rumors about it, and Ramsey's being there almost completely confirmed her boss letting her catch a bus there to speak to him in person, while trying to check out the place to see if the rumors were true. "Quite alright Dr. Call me when you are able," she said, before hanging up. "Mark!" she yelled, sticking her head out of the door. "I've got more stuff on the Avier-xay chool-say," she said with a smirk. Mark sighed. "Oh for the love of god... go, just go... your ass is the one on the line if you screw this up though." Motoko gave a whoop of delight before grabbing her coat. "I'll call you when I get to Salem Center," she said, before dashing out of the office to go grab a bus.
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Post by hughissuper on Nov 17, 2009 9:28:34 GMT -5
((Slug--I found your pig latin (as well as your entire post) incredibly entertaining! Exaltation!))
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Post by galenty on Nov 17, 2009 23:35:09 GMT -5
Xiao stepped back as the man roared. Even so, she saw that his eyes were dilated, meaning he was probably on some heavy medications. She looked him up and down; she may not know many of the Anglo supers, but he was unmistakable.
She winced as she saw a long metallic nail on a tray next to him. apparently the scientists here were removing bits.
At Vivien's suggestion, she nodded, "Yeah, leaving is definitely in my near future. However..."
She reached over and ripped the IV's out of the man's arm. "I hope you remember this. We helped you get out..."
Then she disabled one of the restraints, figuring he'd be getting out in no time. She hurried to the door, giving Vivien an evil grin, "Betcha he's gonna be pissed when he gets out of the rest."
She grabbed a lab coat that was hanging on a peg. Tossing it to Vivien, she exited the room. She drew more shadows around them, making them even harder to see in the dim corridor. "End of the hall are stairs. You want to go up two flights, exit, turn right.. We'll be in the administrative part of the building."
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Post by hughissuper on Nov 18, 2009 8:11:57 GMT -5
Vivien jerked the lab coat on over her stolen hospital scrubs as she hurried down the hallway with Shadow.
Vivien muttered quietly as they hurried along, "He looked like he'd be the tracking type. I hope he tracks whoever tied him down and not us....It's definitely going to suck for them..." Vivien sounded a little excited about "them" getting their just desserts at the hands of the huge, bloody, blonde man.
((There were a couple of things going on in the blackbird I thought Galenty and Xmenfan might want to wrap up....if not, I'll go ahead and have the Blackbird land in Shanghai))
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Post by NobleSlug on Nov 18, 2009 16:40:19 GMT -5
<<lol, thanks Hugh>>
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Post by Dr. Bagelman on Nov 18, 2009 18:30:54 GMT -5
Shanghai, China The Slasher looked down at his hand, which was slowly coming into view. the pain got only slightly sharper. He reveled in it as he allowed the music in his head to die down, using the pain in his middle left finger as a focal point. Looking around at his surroundings, he noted it was Deliciously Dark. Bringing his paw closer to his eyes, it slowly came into focus in the dark as his eyes managed to blink away all the milk and cereal that had blocked his vision earlier. Roaring in dismay, he realized the pain originated from his lack of nail on his left middle digit. Quickly looking about at his restraints, he made quick work of the metal clamps with his remaining claws, coming to a more-or-less erect position. He found his fingernail. An odd sensation, encountering one's own fingernail, something one usually takes for granted, sitting in a tray with some of one's own flesh attached to it. He picked it up and grimaced. "You'll have your revenge," he said, addressing the dripping fingernail. He bounded out of the laboratory, planning to plant that nail in the first scientist he saw. <tag Dade, Shadow, Agent>
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Post by galenty on Nov 19, 2009 22:17:25 GMT -5
ooc: Actually, once the good doctor was seated, I was done, unless I missed something.
Storm settled back as the doctor got seated. Once the rear hatch was closed, the ambient noise dropped to an amazingly small amount.
She and Jean got the Blackbird up and soon was coasting along. They'd flown enough together to complement their styles. Since Jean was in the Captain's chair, she kept an eye out on the secondary systems while maintaining the cloak that prevented them from showing up on any radar.
While the Blackbird was fast, it would still be a long-ish trip and she settled in for the while, content to talk or reflect, depending on the moods around her.
Xiao Shanghai, Chine
They moved along the corridors. She felt a little shudder as she heard the roar of rage come from behind him. "I guess he's waking up."
Suddenly, most of the people in the hall were desperately trying to either get back into their rooms or scurry for the elevators or stairs. "Good news, he's going to be a hell of a distraction. Bad news, he might track us. That'll help him escape, but then we'll have to deal with him, if he doesn't realize we cut him loose."
She hit the stairs running, "You do realize leaving here isn't going to be a problem.? It's hiding and not getting caught again that's going to be the problem. People that own this type of set-up tend to have friends in high places."
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