The Cavalry

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:45 am

"Then let's not wait for them to finish their disagreement," she said as she gripped one of the doors, trying to wedge her force-field in there so she could rip it open.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:59 am

Daniel grabbed the door on the other side, tearing the other direction, figuring a door would make a good bludgeoning weapon, too.

by **Narrator** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:24 am

The scene on the other side was... utter chaos. There were Shi'ar guards, and opposing them were various humanoid aliens that, from the appearances of things, had come out of the empty holding cells. The only holding cell that was sealed had Mira laying on a bench behind its forcefield.

by **Kyra Raphael** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:04 am

"I know which side we're on." Kyra said, aiming a TK blast at one of the guards.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:15 am

Daniel took her lead, flying in low, skimming the floor, only to shoot up in an uppercut when he reached the closest Shi'ar who was facing him, a faint shimmer of heat visible around his body as he moved.

by **Kevin Gravis** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:01 pm

Kevin rushed in on foot, leaping to kick a guard in the face with a boot of burning ~~justice +1~~ light.

by **Derek Scott** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:26 pm

Derek was taking a more... conservative approach than Kevin, standing back as the others charged forward and using his crystal-forming powers to tangle up the guards as they started dividing their attention between the X-Men and the inmates that had escaped, biding his time until someone was hurt and needed to be treated.

All the same... his instincts wouldn't let him just sit there. As the one Kevin kicked hit the ground, Derek formed crystal manacles to bind him back and started doing his best to treat the burn to his face, not having any teammates to focus on treating yet.

by **Narrator** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:22 pm

The Shi'ar were easily overwhelmed, having powerful attacks coming at them from both sides. The five prisoners, though, all beefy and super-durable looking, didn't seem to care who they were attacking... they were just going to attack. Which Kevin found out when the closest one threw an unconscious Shi'ar at him.

by **Kevin Gravis** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:32 pm

Kevin failed to avoid the flying bird-alien and was knocked to the ground. Luckily his armor prevented any serious harm. After recovering, he tried to push the unconscious alien off of himself.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:18 pm

bear lay down suppressing fire, tossing a variety of balls to hinder anyone who attempted to slow the teams advance to Mira.

by **Onyx** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:41 pm

Onyx pulls shadows into herself, rising in height, "We are not your enemies! We are here to free those unjustly held by the Shi'ar!"

by **Narrator** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:15 pm

Apparently, not everyone the Shi'ar lock up is unjustly accused. The criminals didn't seem to have any problems attacking targets of opportunity, and continued to rush the X-Men over the fallen Shi'ar. One of them fell back in a daze as one of Bear's balls impacted hard against its head, but the other four kept coming.

by **Kyra Raphael** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:23 pm

Kyra launched a TK blast against the one who was still coming.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:26 pm

Daniel charged another, throwing a punch at its stonelike head and crying out in irritated pain as his fist impacted it. Growling in frustration he gave the guy a blast of heat vision and boosted off of him to fly clear of his fists.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:32 pm

"Looks like we're on nobody's side after all," Captain Britain said as she swung at one that came near.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:34 pm

Bear gritted her teeth, pulling out a crackling tazer ball and affixing it to her fist, and then seeking out the nearest attacker's jaw.

"Just keep going.. Mira is close!"

by **Onyx** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:40 pm

Onyx grabs one of the criminals and throws him into the shadows.

"Suffer."

by **Narrator** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:51 pm

The aliens, so eager for battle, hadn't seemed to be counting on the special abilities the X-Men brought to the table. Between the telekinetic blasts to hold them back and the various attacks, the X-Men seemed to fare much better than the Shi'ar at driving them back to their cells. Save for the one that Onyx dropped off into god-knows-where, of course.

by **Kevin Gravis** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:18 pm

Kevin turned his attention to the control panel.

"Clooosing forcefields," he said, pressing the logical choice.

"And now for Mira," he continued with another poke.

by **Narrator** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:13 pm

The forcefield sealed in the aliens, and the other one disengaged freeing a rather shaken-looking Phoenix who was starting to come to.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:15 pm

MIra blinked as she pushed herself up, smiling a little as she looked around at the others. "You guys came for me."

by **Kevin Gravis** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:25 pm

"Of course we did. We're your friends," Kevin answered.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:28 pm

Mira smiled. "I'm glad," she sighed. "We didn't count on that... but it should make things easier. And for that..." She looked up, her smile turning rather sinister. "He loves you."

by **Derek Scott** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:37 pm

"What the hell?..."

by **Kevin Gravis** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:39 pm

"...Mira?"

by **Narrator** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:46 pm

'Mira' surged forward... along the way reverting to 'her' true form: that of a Skrull warrior. He batted a surprised Daniel through the air and across the room as he shifted into the form of a bulky alien monster, charging at Kevin.

by **Kevin Gravis** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:58 pm

Kevin fought through the image of Smasher's severed head and summoned his swords just in time to kick off of the control console and flip over the Skrull and slash at it.

by **Narrator** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:16 pm

The Skrull's head split into two heads, the swords passing between it as it swung a heavy fist up at Kevin.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:26 pm

Only to be met by the smaller, but force-field enhanced hand of Captain Britain, who extruded the field around the Skrull to get a grip on it and try to toss it back in the cell.

by **Narrator** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:38 pm

The Skrull roared in rage, expanding its mass to fill the forcefield, trying to stretch it beyond its capabilities.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:49 pm

For her part, Captain Britain was willing to treat it like a hot potato, shaping the force field like a cone in hopes of expelling the expanding skrull into the cell.

"Hit the door! Now!"

by **Derek Scott** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:02 pm

Derek couldn't move that fast, so he just cut to the chase and let a crystal expand from his hand, darting across the open space to slam into the 'activate' button.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:25 pm

Daniel muttered darkly as he peeled himself off the floor.

by **Narrator** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:44 pm

The Skrull growled, slamming its fists into the forcefield. "Too late! All of you! My brothers will be out of your reach in moments, if they are not already!"

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:47 pm

"Alright... who feels up to stealing a spaceship?"

by **Derek Scott** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:50 pm

"Better report in, find out what the hell's going on," Derek mused, glaring at the skrull.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:53 pm

"Alright. Kyra, can you ping Ryan or Rachel?"

by **Kyra Raphael** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:41 pm

"Its not good." Kyra reported back "A shuttle just took off, full of Skrulls. And one human."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:55 pm

"No, dammit!"

Bear kicked a wall in frustration.

by **Kevin Gravis** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:24 pm

"Cap's right. We've got to go after them!" Kevin agreed rather insistently.

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