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Post by Piper MacLeod on Jun 24, 2024 0:23:49 GMT
For some reason Piper had followed Ein onto the transport. Being stealthy in space seemed like an impossible task, but going to rescue prisoners felt like the best "fit" for the witch.
She just had to keep her nose out of the Kari-John stuff going on.
No, Piper knew that Kari and John were not a thing. She also knew that if Constantine was hanging around, things usually went sideways fast. He had the whole "black cloud of bad luck" thing down to a science. Wherever he went, things turned sour fast.
Or maybe it was just how she saw the grumpy, rumpled mage after all these years.
"My grandmother always said there was more to you than your grandmother let on," Piper said in a very low tone as she looked at Kari. "And your parents. It wouldn't surprise me if you do date back farther than any of us knew, Kari. Sorry. I'll keep it to myself. For now anyway."
"For now, yes," Kari replied as Piper shifted in her seat. "Once you are back on Krakoa with your kids. Maybe then."
Piper glared at Kari for a second before turning her image inducer on. If Piper had her druthers, she'd be portalling them back to Portland the minute this mission was over. She did not want any part of this life anymore. Shona and Brodie were all that mattered to her now.
But then she looked at Ein and reconsidered that her world, once again, encompassed her sisters as well, and this ninja before her and the pink lemonade loving demon hunter that was still sort of figuring things out at the moment.
"I am so screwed," she mumbled before John chuckled and moved to sit next to her.
"We all are, Piper," he said as he handed her a flask. "Unless that's too much for you?"
"Oh, that smells terrible. Put it away," Piper snapped as John took a sip. "Better your stomach lining than mine."
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Post by Kid Omega on Jun 24, 2024 12:00:57 GMT
Desdemona thought for a moment as she looked at Alexander and his Motherbike.
She had fought on the backs of dragons.
She had fought on those hover board things Jack O'Neill had for his SHIELD unit in the past.
She had never fought off Sentinels on a motorcycle.
"If I can have one of those very big guns your father favors, then count me in," she said as she got on Motherbike. "I feel much better shooting on this than on one of those hover board things. And thank you for not asking me to drive it. Not yet anyway."
(INSIDE THE MOBILE TRANSPORT) “Bodyslide XP particle combat rifle!” Major X called out as one of Cable’s big rifles was ported into
his hand.. He then handed it to Desdemona. “This will serve you well.. Once those doors opened I
am launching out of here.. Motherbike moves fast and we should be in the thick of things in no time..
We got this Dez..” Alexander then looked over at Juggernaut.. “Motherbike has served me well for
years and has saw a lot of action.. She’s like an extension of me..”
over and created his own motorcycle out of his telekinetic force. The motorcycle he created from his mind had guns placed at the sides
of his front wheels. “I hope you do not mind copying your idea. This is great tactical move!” Quentin was also excited as he gave both
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Post by HAVOK (Alex Summers) on Jun 24, 2024 12:06:47 GMT
“Once those hatch doors open up I am going hunting for some sentinels. I am not holding back! Not one bit!” Vulcan’s excitement
mirrored Juggernaut’s. Gabriel stood next to the closest hatch doors and readied himself. {INSIDE THE MOBILE TRANSPORT} Havok sat down beside Vulcan near the hatch door. “I am starting to get worried about you. You have been losing control of your anger again.
When you get angry you do not make wise decisions. I need you to be more mindful when you go out there little brother.” Alex said to Gabriel
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Post by Manifold (Eden Fesi) on Jun 24, 2024 12:11:40 GMT
{THE ORCHIS SHUTTLE} “Dragonfly save your weapons for the frontal assault.” Cyclops responded to Conor on a cryptic
channel that was able to pass through Graymalkins jamming systems. “Manifold will handle the
convoy. Good luck Drag.” Cyclops ended the conversation and turned to Manifold. “Eden, can you
teleport the convoy off-world somewhere?” Scott then heard Ein Hayabusa and turned to look back
at him. “I am hoping to get us to where all the prisoners are being held without any conflict.. Once
we get to that section of the base we do what we need to do to rescue those mutants.. With your tech
maybe you can shadow us? Give us that edge if something goes wrong..” Cyclops addressed Ein..{ORCHIS SHUTTLE} “I have the perfect planet that I can send them to. It is on the fringe end of space.” Eden responded as he unbuckled himself from his seat and
walked over to the back hatch as Cyclops opened it. Eden opened his hands and placed them close together forming an energy ball between them.
At the same time a huge golden portal opened up and swallowed the Orchis convoy. Manifold then ran back to his seat and buckled himself back in. |
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Post by Domino on Jun 29, 2024 0:42:28 GMT
(THE MOBILE TRANSPORT) “Roger that Cyclops!. We will start heading for the Orchis base once the convoy is removed from
the map!” Conor responded to Cyclops before turning to Domino, “I wonder how fast this thing
moves if we floor it?” Conor said as he looked over the control panel..(THE MOBILE TRANSPORT) “The convoy just went bye, bye!” Domino said to Dragonfly as she turned to him. “Now let’s see how fast this thing can go. I have the weapons
system up but our scanning system is blocked by Graymalkin. Targeting system is working!” |
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Post by THE JUGGERNAUT on Jun 29, 2024 0:46:58 GMT
{INSIDE THE MOBILE TRANSPORT} Cain sat down in an area that was made to house sentinels. He used the sentinel platform as a chair. “Any moment now!” He said to
everyone with excitement. Juggernaut’s voice echoed through the acoustics of the open space they all shared. He then saw Major X’s
motorcycle appear out of nowhere. “WOW! Nice ride!”(INSIDE THE MOBILE TRANSPORT) Sean sat down on the same sentinel plank as Juggernaut.. He had been smoking from his pipe to
help ground him before the battle.. He sat in a position that allowed him not to see Vulcan.. “I am
so pleased that Ye has come back to the X-Men.. I know your loss has caused a dark night of the
soul for you.. I do not blame ye for falling into that dark place.. I am proud of ye for picking up the
pieces and finding your way back.. I know how hard it is to overcome that darkness..” Banshee said
to Cain as he then looked over at his son Sammy.. “It looks like some blessings have came your way..” (INSIDE THE MOBILE TRANSPORT) Cain looked down at Banshee as he spoke, “It’s true I went on a self journey after Sammy’s death. Some of it was bad and some of it was good.
I am glad to be back and pick up the pieces despite the protest of my half brother. Charlie did not want me on the X-Men or Krakoa but it was the
support of the others that got me to be here.” Juggernaut said with a sad tone. “Maybe Charlie will change his mind in the future but I doubt it. I
know that to you he is a saint but I think he's self-righteous and an asshole. His dream is good but the man is seriously flawed and needs to practice
what he preaches. Krakoa is my home and the Krakoan’s are my people. I am very thankful to Cyclops and Nightcrawler for giving me this chance.” |
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Post by Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) on Jun 29, 2024 0:52:28 GMT
“Once those hatch doors open up I am going hunting for some sentinels. I am not holding back! Not one bit!” Vulcan’s excitement
mirrored Juggernaut’s. Gabriel stood next to the closest hatch doors and readied himself. {INSIDE THE MOBILE TRANSPORT} Havok sat down beside Vulcan near the hatch door. “I am starting to get worried about you. You have been losing control of your anger again.
When you get angry you do not make wise decisions. I need you to be more mindful when you go out there little brother.” Alex said to Gabriel
as he tried to read his body language and the expression on his face.(INSIDE THE MOBILE TRANSPORT) “I understand your concern Alex but I will be fine. Just worry about yourself out there. Scott wants us to be a distraction and a force of destruction.
I am going to do just that and I will do it with a smile on my face.” Gabriel said as he formed a devilish smile upon his face.
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Post by ARMURE on Jun 29, 2024 22:35:12 GMT
(INSIDE THE MOBILE TRANSPORT) Sean sat down on the same sentinel plank as Juggernaut.. He had been smoking from his pipe to
help ground him before the battle.. He sat in a position that allowed him not to see Vulcan.. “I am
so pleased that Ye has come back to the X-Men.. I know your loss has caused a dark night of the
soul for you.. I do not blame ye for falling into that dark place.. I am proud of ye for picking up the
pieces and finding your way back.. I know how hard it is to overcome that darkness..” Banshee said
to Cain as he then looked over at his son Sammy.. “It looks like some blessings have came your way..” (INSIDE THE MOBILE TRANSPORT) Cain looked down at Banshee as he spoke, “It’s true I went on a self journey after Sammy’s death. Some of it was bad and some of it was good.
I am glad to be back and pick up the pieces despite the protest of my half brother. Charlie did not want me on the X-Men or Krakoa but it was the
support of the others that got me to be here.” Juggernaut said with a sad tone. “Maybe Charlie will change his mind in the future but I doubt it. I
know that to you he is a saint but I think he's self-righteous and an asshole. His dream is good but the man is seriously flawed and needs to practice
what he preaches. Krakoa is my home and the Krakoan’s are my people. I am very thankful to Cyclops and Nightcrawler for giving me this chance.” |
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Post by Andraste on Jun 29, 2024 23:56:25 GMT
"Yes, taller, but so does mine," Cair giggled she looked at what the image inducer had clothed her in. "These idiots would not win Project Runway with these get-ups. I'll be happy when we can get this done and get rid of these damned things. Part of me wishes we could have had physical uniforms in case the inducers fail, but pulling that off would have called for Houdini-like powers. Certainly not my strength."
Cair still kept trying to shake the fear that one of her siblings might be in one of the cells at this base, but her BS meter was not calling her on it just yet.
"My little friend is getting jumpy. I hope that isn't a bad sign," Cair said as she felt the tendrils on her Witchblade armor start to form the more advanced armor it had in its repertoire. "I wish we knew how things were going in Genosha."
{THE ORCHIS SHUTTLE} “All I know Darlin is when your Witchblade is acting twitchy so do I.. She always knows something intense
is about to go down.. I have learned to trust that.. And she is not wrong we are walking into a hornet next..
Let’s hope that we can swing the momentum our way as best as we can.. This is a good crew to go into this
with..” Logan said to Cair as he noticed the armor around her was different before.. "I hope everything goes
well in Genosha.. But I doubt it.."OOC: Cass Summers' lover Antonio Estacado was, in his days before joining the X-Men, a Sentinel manufacturer.
IC:
"Yeah, this little thing always seems to know when things are getting dicey," Cair said to Logan as they heard the Orchis convoy was now out of the way. "Wow, I had no idea Manifold could do that, did you? Impressive isn't the word for it."
As Cair touched her armor, she thought about Seth and Gabby still being so damned far away from them. "Gabby would be screaming to be right up front with us, and Seth would be right beside her. I'm not crazy enough to think this will be the fight to end all fights, but I hope we get a little bit of peace when we punch these bigots' lights out."
Cair turned and looked in Kari's direction and then looked back at Logan. "I'm going to keep my eyes open in this hellhole for any tech with Estacado markings on it," she said as she noticed Kari look back at her. "Cass would want us to blow it to hell in Antonio's memory. I know that stuff mostly got trashed after he died, but these guys seem to find all the worst stuff and make it even more of a nightmare."
"We should see what other tech they might have stolen as well," Kari replied as she nodded to Cair and Logan. "If Ahab moved people, I bet he moved tech as well." |
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Post by CYCLOPS (Scott Summers) on Jul 1, 2024 11:45:25 GMT
“Excellent!” Cyclops responded to Manifold after he teleported the convoy to another planet.
“Everything is a go! Good luck Dragonfly!” Scott said to Conor over the com as he banked the
shuttle around and headed off in the direction of the base at a descent speed. “Here we go!..
We should reach the station shortly!” He announced to everyone at the back of the shuttle..
TBC
Yuma Arizona Orchis Base- EXTERMINATION (Power of X) PART-2
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