I13DT: Just Friendly Crustaceans

by **Narrator** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:05 am

Black Air knew that Xaviers would be able to track them down--that's why they picked a "scuttled" nuclear submarine as their base of operations for this mission. The theory was that they could get on the sub and move away as soon as Miranda was on board, thus allowing them to escape unharmed.

They did not count on Aria being with the group, however, and the X-Strike Team materialized in the corner of a large hanger of some sort, with smaller, personal submarines docked.

by **Aria Nyx** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:45 am

After shifting this man people this far into an unknown, moving location Aria braces herself against the nearest wall almost immediately after arriving. She looks drained and almost a little burned out.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:40 am

Ryan was on high alert when they materialized, running through a list in his mind. Immediate threats... None. Probably will remain the same for three minutes minimum. Escape routes- oh hell. Seriously? Pressurized room, underwater craft... Shit. Birds aren't meant to get this wet.

Ignore it. Possible surveillance- no, make that probable surveillance. Could be any number of alert systems that picked us up, better to assume that. Direct observation, though... His eyes darted around the room to likely surveillance camera placements.

by **John Hino** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:53 am

John armored up and also looked for threats and surveillance, though his brain got there slower than Ryan's SHIELD trained one did.

"Anything?" he whispered.

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:57 pm

"At the least we need to buy Aria time to recover," She sent silently to them, spreading her mind out over the facility.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 2:47 pm

Ryan glanced at Sam's slightly distant look, then pointed at a few covered areas. "Cover the door. First time it opens, take down whatever comes through. Quietly."

by **Narrator** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:53 pm

Ryan quickly found four security cameras, one in each corner of the room. It appears the entire room was under surveillance from at least one of the cameras at any given time, without any obvious holes.

The facility, cruising underneath the North Sea, was a multi-decked submarine, one of the largest any of them had encountered. Sam would detect something along the lines of 50 minds onboard the vessel, mostly above them.

If there WAS an alarm, it was silent at the moment.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:40 pm

Ryan pointed out the cameras. "Yeah, I was afraid of that. Assume they know our location and numbers." He aimed a blast at the closest camera.

by **Narrator** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:01 pm

Ryan's blast destroyed the camera.

From the corridor outside the door John was guarding, it sounded like something was being rapidly assembled.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:17 pm

Stephanie flanked the door with John, shifting into her werewolf form and getting ready to take out whatever walked through the door quickly.

by **Narrator** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:21 pm

An intercom system flared into life.

"Attention, mutants. You have 30 seconds to lie face down on the floor with your hands behind your back before we flood your compartment. Any attempt to use any powers not requiring movement will be treated as a hostile action."

by **Aria Nyx** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:33 pm

"Fuck you too." Aria mumbles in the general direction of the speakers, disengaging from the wall on slightly less wobbly legs. "Hope you guys can hold your breath cause I dunno if I can get us back out."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:01 pm

"Let's not leave that as an option. They can't seal off this room, they can't flood us without flooding themselves."

by **John Hino** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:56 pm

John brought out his magic club.

"Permission to beat the shit out of this door?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:57 pm

"Good a strategy as any," the headmistress says, cocking her head at something unseen.

by **John Hino** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:02 pm

John ice-breathed the door to hopefully weaken it, planted his feet, and swung the mystical club at the door with all of his tremendous strength.

by **Narrator** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:43 pm

The door, obviously, crumbled under the weight of John's swing.

They were quickly met by automatic weapons fire, as armored soldiers, hunkering behind erected barricades, indiscriminately opened fire.

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:45 pm

"Well that's rather rude," she murmurs, ducking behind cover as her mental flock sweeps out, hoping to put the gunmen to sleep.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:51 pm

There was a burst of light as Ryan's wings erupted from his back, sweeping around him to shield him as he moved for cover. "John! You okay? Get clear!"

by **Narrator** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:53 pm

The gunfire began to peter out as, one by one, the guards began to nod off.

One of them managed to slur a series of codewords into his mike before dropping off, and the gunfire stopped.

From behind them, a loud *clunk* could be heard, as the locking mechanism for the dock, leading to the outside, began to open!

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:55 pm

"They're willing to drown their own men?" She asks in disbelief as she rushes for the corridor.

by **John Hino** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:03 pm

"It's just bullets," he shrugged, "Besides, they're asleep." He ran with Sam.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:09 pm

"Just keep smashing doors open. They can't flood the whole damned thing."

by **Aria Nyx** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:11 pm

"They can and they might." Aria says. As everyone rushes through the door she stops just outside and places her hand on the wall. The spatial dimensions around the door shift and fold it away, leaving only a bulkhead. "I got this. Just go and find the controls to the hangar doors!"

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:16 pm

"Smashing I can do. Gladly," Steph growled, looking around for a likely first victim.

by **Narrator** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:22 pm

Everyone here was sleeping soundly, all tucked up in their armor. Clanking came from what looked like an elevator shaft, followed by a loud CRASH.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:07 pm

"Robots.. Wonderful."

Bear held back, reaching into her satchel, and pulling out a ball which she threw at the opening doors.

Upon contact, it stuck to the door with adhesive.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:12 pm

Dammit, we're just running blind.

Ryan looked around the corridor. Psi-shielding was something that he was rather sure that Black Air knew how to plan with. His power, on the other hand, was right on the 'no one knows about it' side of 'how the hell do we plan for that?' And it wasn't like he was useful enough at the moment that he couldn't spare the concentration.

So he did the only thing he could think of. He reached out, trying to not only sense life around him, but to sense a specific life. I know her... I've felt her before... this... should work, right?

by **Narrator** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:20 pm

It would take Ryan a few minutes to sort through all of the noise and bustle on the ship--not confusion, as these were trained military operatives, but it was quite a lot of activity.

UP was the general direction of the two minds he was familiar with, though--one seemed to be stationary, about three decks up, while the other was climbing towards the top deck.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:25 pm

Ryan frowned, then... pointed. "We... want to make it that way," he said through the concentration. He blinked, re-orienting himself to the physical world. "Well, not that it'll be as easy as that..."

by **Narrator** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:37 pm

The doors began to slide open...

by **Byrna Cooper** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:40 pm

And a concussive blast, directed inward to the elevator car, detonated.

Bear smirked, releasing her thumb from the detonator.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:10 am

"Well then, I think that's where we need to be headed," Steph growled, looking around for anything or anyone coming their way.

by **Narrator** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:30 am

There was silence, and then the doors to the elevator shaft began to creak open.

There stood a suit of power armor...which promptly fell over, damaged to critical levels by Bear's explosive ball.

Dropping down AFTER it were two more suits, firing into the hallway. One of them had a rod that was emitting a very, very high pitched whine--a whine that was suddenly making it very, very hard to concentrate...

by **Aria Nyx** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:36 am

Aria clenches her jaw at the noise and suddenly the door to the flooded hangar appears again as her concentration is interrupted and she doesn't manage to reestablish it before the water slams into her and washes her down into the hallway where everyone else is.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:43 am

Ryan grasped his ears, wincing as his eyes went out of focus. What... oh god... With the sonic weapon in play, all he could really do was go on instinct and take, well, the most basic approach he had. He blasted at them.

by **Narrator** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:13 am

The initial blast, at least, seemed to have very little effect, other than causing them to focus their fire on Ryan.

by **John Hino** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:10 am

John used all the concentration he had to throw the not-liftable-by-anyone-else club hard at the armored soldier wielding the sonic baton.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:32 pm

The Headmistress shifts her ears away, altering her equilibrium intending to rely on her telepathy for communication until the sonic weapon is stopped. She shifts up in size, going to grapple with the armored guardsman that John isn't fighting.

by **Narrator** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:42 pm

John's club smashed into the sonic baton guy, knocking him off balance, and momentarily moving the focus of the beam away from the X-Teams. It would still have an effect on them, but was less directed now.

Hydraulics whined as the other one tried to win the test of strength against Samantha, her muscles fighting against mechanical might! It was hard to tell who was on top, though as Sam got bigger, the power armor had to work harder and harder...

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