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<blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 1947201" data-attributes="member: 9255"><p>STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI</p><p>SEGMENT: 083</p><p>“Steel Predators”</p><p></p><p>“Get the survivors somewhere safe Sasha. We have company and it looks aggressive.” Says the Captain from his vantagepoint. “I can’t make out exact numbers due to the dust but I’m guessing between eight and ten metallic creatures running full bore towards this location. They’ll be here within a few minutes.”</p><p></p><p>“Acheron’s Steel Predators Captain. They hunt in small prides looking to fed on anything available- anything metallic mainly.” Then she turns and begins down the stairs to the room where the human ex-slaves are hiding. She hesitates at the area Jean was last. “Jean, Don’t use lightning. Sonics are no good also. Try your cold abilities.” Then she returns to the task given to her- the safety of the survivors.</p><p></p><p>The Captain watches the dust cloud near the base. He hopes the others can see this.</p><p></p><p>“What is wrong Vander? No war cry and attack?” Mocks Megamania as he checks the energy level of his weapon before reholstering it at his hip.</p><p></p><p>“I recognize the creatures. Steel Predators. They will seek Christina and myself first. We wear the heaviest and purest metal complete with magical and psionic enchantments. Don’t underestimate them.”</p><p></p><p>Jim looks at him as he stares at their charge. Jim smirks and shrugs then tells Christina that it’s only Steel Predators and he’s to greet them in person.</p><p>Not knowing what they are, Christina hurries after him. Then she sees the creatures more clearly once she reaches the lower edge. She feels a sickly at the sight. Dark colored metal creatures that have tails and claws. She sees Jean take to the sky using her boots of flight and begin to weave a storm. The Captain’s Shield speeds out from within a hole below her and strikes a creature repeatedly, which makes it fall from its furious climb up the rock structure.</p><p></p><p>Megamania fires his weapon of choice at the creatures. Their leaps and bounds avoid the three shots of energy. The Captain throws his magical shield. The creature never hesitates and takes a powerful strike that bends its metal snout. Even as its grip of the stone loosens, the shield magically whirls around and strikes it three more times before returning to the Captains waiting hand. The creature’s pieces rain onto the predators below. They look at them then turn cruelly up at the Captain and snarl. They continue their climb with leaps and bounds growing nearer to the Captain. Jean focuses her growing storm and castes it onto the creatures. She tries to freeze the creatures. The cold strikes at it causing an icy glaze to form. The ice shatters as the creature bounds to a new stone ledge. The cold isn’t very effective against these either thinks Jean. Christina calls forth a column of divine fire hoping to strike more than one creature as they climb the vertical wall. She strikes but one and it shakes off the fire but the divine afterglow remains. It’s armored skin is pitted and steaming but it still moves forward. Vander hesitates. He has seen captain in full plate torn apart by these creatures. They have an uncanny ability to damage armor- even enhanced armor. He calls on his psionic tattoos to give him flight. Perhaps he can attack while still protecting himself and his previous and beloved armor.</p><p></p><p>Frowning under his mask now, Megamania takes a moment to aim better. He fires and the creature dodges. He fires again and strikes. It merely stops its charge. His next shot misses wildly. “Uh-oh” The creatures continue up and two reach the Captain. They smell and sense his metal scalemail armor and his shield. His wonderful shield. They attack him together. He easily avoids their attacks making them look clumsy and robotic. The Captain then begins to counter attack them. His shield strikes at them bouncing between them. This keeps them at bay while still attacking. Tears and punctures form in their metal skins. A greasy blue fluid leaks from the wounds. Something between oil and blood. Jean continues her storm. The creature shakes off the worse again. The cold is no longer stopping it. Christina Flamestrikes at the smoldering Steel Predator again. The divine energies swirl around the creature causing more damage but not enough to destroy it. Vander begins to three his psionic gems at the creatures. Two of the three bounce and explode next to a creature. The explosion sends the creature down to the landing below. Little damage was done. His frustration is beginning to catch up with him.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of frustration, Megamania holds his gun in his right hand and points with his left hand. He releases the Spellfire held within him at the closest creature to him. The magical energies blast into the creature causing small fractures and fissures to appear. It stops and snarls at him in defiance. His afterglow has settled down considerably now. One of the creatures reaches him by surprise. It bites down onto his arm. Megamania screams in pain as the heavy and large creature pulls him down with its weight. Its hind legs tear into his kevlar armor. The two on the Captain continue to attack but can not get a direct hit on him or his tasty shield. One creature enters a tunnel. It can smell the metal components Sasha carries on her. The others look for any chance they can get to grab Vander or go higher to where Christina is. The Captain’s shield strikes and tears into the two predators causing a great deal of damage. They will not survive another attack from him. Jean decides on a new tactic. She wills the storm to produce a highly powerful acid rain and sweeps it into the creatures. The creature howls at the first drops of acid that bore into it’s skin. It runs into a hole to avoid the full assault of the acid. Christina knows the creatures will reach her in a moment she prepares a spell for their arrival- Wrath. Vander sweeps in to attack more directly. His falchion shimmers and crackles as it hits the creature. The electric burst seems to merely pounce off but the explosive psionic energies and Vander’s own great strength makes up for it. He strikes at it again and again. The creature can do little as it is hanging onto the stone wall with its claws embedded into the rock.</p><p></p><p>Though he hates to use up his Spellfire energy, he blasts at the creature again. He uses the very arm the creature holds. His blast knocks the creature back but in doing so he loses his energy gun. Smoke still rising from its face, it looks at the strange piece of metal and gobbles it up. “You M***********! I CAN’T REPLACE THAT!” The creature ignores him and begins to consume the weapon. Megamania bolts. He fears what can happen if the energy is released too quickly. Two of the creatures reach Christina. They attack by flanking. One misses but the other strikes into her magical armor. It is only a minor injury. The creature dealing with Vander tries something out of desperation and hunger- it jumps at him! It successfully jumps into him but fails to catch him and falls thirty feet down onto the hard rock below. More cracks and fluid leak from its ravaged body. It is slow to get up. The Captain uses his shield to batter the creatures and drops both of them. Not even breathing hard yet, see looks to see where he can help next. Jean follows the predator and catches it with her acid storm. It screams in pain and torment before dying. Strangely, Jean enjoys the moment of destroying it with her powers over the weather. Christina releases her powerful spell. The divine energies erupt from her body and tear into the creatures. It seems to only anger them in the end. Vander swoops in and delivers a powerful strike that splits the creature in two. He continues to chop the remains up for a few seconds before he realizes he has defeated it. He then hears the others in trouble.</p><p></p><p>BOOOOOOOOM! Goes the weapon throwing the creature back in a ball of rapidly shifting flame of yellow and green. It shakes off the explosion and finds its target has moved away. Megamania is not sure what to do. His energy is low and the ****ing alien wannabe ate his weapon. That leaves only his ionic club, which he rarely uses. Not good, not good at all. Wishing she ran instead, Christina is attacked by the creatures. Each bite and hold on and drag her down. Their hind legs tear into her armor as they rake her body. Hoping to catch the Captain off guard, one creature pounces on him while he looks into Vander. It merely bounces off of his magical shield. The Captain then releases the shield into the creature. The shield repeatedly strikes the creature then returns to his arm. Jean hears Christina’s screams and turns. Her friend is in danger. Why is she hesitating? Then she flies to her fearing the answer. Christina tries to defend herself but can not. She is torn by the two creatures. One has her leg and the other an arm. Clumsily she tries to strike at one with her mace. She swings more due to Mother’s commands and her own instinct than any concentrated thought. She hits but once. The fire, electric and cold leech out to strike but are ignored. She merely puts a small dent into the large forehead of the Predator. Vander hears her screams and takes to the air to save her. He flies up and lands next to her and the two predators. He can psionically feel Mother calling out in anger.</p><p></p><p>Megamania waits for it to come. He hopes to sneak attack it with his club. To bad he learns later the creature smells the studs of his blue jeans and the metal within his vest and mask. He still hits it once but the backlash of the vibration of hitting it makes him reconsider this action very quickly. He has no choice.</p><p>The predator strikes at him and brings him down again. The creatures continue to kick at Christina. She stops screaming. The one facing the Captain circles him. It hopes for him to make a mistake. It does instead. It stayed there. The Captains shield flies and it tries to catch the shield in midair. It only loses its lower jaw. Then it loses its upper jaw and it dies as the shield strikes it again before returning to the arm of the team’s leader. Jean arrives and blasts at the closest creature with an acid bolt. It howls and stumbles away from Christina’s prone body. It wobbles then falls inert. Christina lies still. Jean senses life but it is …not hers?!? Vander charges the remaining creature on her. “I DEFY YOU!” He screams as he charges falchion first. The creature seems to explode (3 of 4 hits were crits!) as he steps through it. </p><p></p><p>Jeans stares in fascination and horror. Christina is healing. Not much but a little. Just enough to stay alive. She moans then struggles with her armor. “It is squeezing …the life …out of me.” Vander looks to see if any more predators are about then helps her with her armor.</p><p></p><p>Megamania becomes desperate. He is uncertain if he can survive another moment with this creature. He releases more magical energy and blasts the creature. It splits and it’s armored skin peels away in several spots before falling over.</p><p></p><p>The Captain climbs above to where Christina is reportedly down. When he gets there he finds Vander is supporting her. Her chest plate and torso armor has been removed. What the Captain sees horrifies him. “How?!?” he stammers in utter confusion.</p><p></p><p>Jean looks at her swollen stomach. “You are correct Roger …she is with child and it grows quickly.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megamania, post: 1947201, member: 9255"] STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI SEGMENT: 083 “Steel Predators” “Get the survivors somewhere safe Sasha. We have company and it looks aggressive.” Says the Captain from his vantagepoint. “I can’t make out exact numbers due to the dust but I’m guessing between eight and ten metallic creatures running full bore towards this location. They’ll be here within a few minutes.” “Acheron’s Steel Predators Captain. They hunt in small prides looking to fed on anything available- anything metallic mainly.” Then she turns and begins down the stairs to the room where the human ex-slaves are hiding. She hesitates at the area Jean was last. “Jean, Don’t use lightning. Sonics are no good also. Try your cold abilities.” Then she returns to the task given to her- the safety of the survivors. The Captain watches the dust cloud near the base. He hopes the others can see this. “What is wrong Vander? No war cry and attack?” Mocks Megamania as he checks the energy level of his weapon before reholstering it at his hip. “I recognize the creatures. Steel Predators. They will seek Christina and myself first. We wear the heaviest and purest metal complete with magical and psionic enchantments. Don’t underestimate them.” Jim looks at him as he stares at their charge. Jim smirks and shrugs then tells Christina that it’s only Steel Predators and he’s to greet them in person. Not knowing what they are, Christina hurries after him. Then she sees the creatures more clearly once she reaches the lower edge. She feels a sickly at the sight. Dark colored metal creatures that have tails and claws. She sees Jean take to the sky using her boots of flight and begin to weave a storm. The Captain’s Shield speeds out from within a hole below her and strikes a creature repeatedly, which makes it fall from its furious climb up the rock structure. Megamania fires his weapon of choice at the creatures. Their leaps and bounds avoid the three shots of energy. The Captain throws his magical shield. The creature never hesitates and takes a powerful strike that bends its metal snout. Even as its grip of the stone loosens, the shield magically whirls around and strikes it three more times before returning to the Captains waiting hand. The creature’s pieces rain onto the predators below. They look at them then turn cruelly up at the Captain and snarl. They continue their climb with leaps and bounds growing nearer to the Captain. Jean focuses her growing storm and castes it onto the creatures. She tries to freeze the creatures. The cold strikes at it causing an icy glaze to form. The ice shatters as the creature bounds to a new stone ledge. The cold isn’t very effective against these either thinks Jean. Christina calls forth a column of divine fire hoping to strike more than one creature as they climb the vertical wall. She strikes but one and it shakes off the fire but the divine afterglow remains. It’s armored skin is pitted and steaming but it still moves forward. Vander hesitates. He has seen captain in full plate torn apart by these creatures. They have an uncanny ability to damage armor- even enhanced armor. He calls on his psionic tattoos to give him flight. Perhaps he can attack while still protecting himself and his previous and beloved armor. Frowning under his mask now, Megamania takes a moment to aim better. He fires and the creature dodges. He fires again and strikes. It merely stops its charge. His next shot misses wildly. “Uh-oh” The creatures continue up and two reach the Captain. They smell and sense his metal scalemail armor and his shield. His wonderful shield. They attack him together. He easily avoids their attacks making them look clumsy and robotic. The Captain then begins to counter attack them. His shield strikes at them bouncing between them. This keeps them at bay while still attacking. Tears and punctures form in their metal skins. A greasy blue fluid leaks from the wounds. Something between oil and blood. Jean continues her storm. The creature shakes off the worse again. The cold is no longer stopping it. Christina Flamestrikes at the smoldering Steel Predator again. The divine energies swirl around the creature causing more damage but not enough to destroy it. Vander begins to three his psionic gems at the creatures. Two of the three bounce and explode next to a creature. The explosion sends the creature down to the landing below. Little damage was done. His frustration is beginning to catch up with him. Speaking of frustration, Megamania holds his gun in his right hand and points with his left hand. He releases the Spellfire held within him at the closest creature to him. The magical energies blast into the creature causing small fractures and fissures to appear. It stops and snarls at him in defiance. His afterglow has settled down considerably now. One of the creatures reaches him by surprise. It bites down onto his arm. Megamania screams in pain as the heavy and large creature pulls him down with its weight. Its hind legs tear into his kevlar armor. The two on the Captain continue to attack but can not get a direct hit on him or his tasty shield. One creature enters a tunnel. It can smell the metal components Sasha carries on her. The others look for any chance they can get to grab Vander or go higher to where Christina is. The Captain’s shield strikes and tears into the two predators causing a great deal of damage. They will not survive another attack from him. Jean decides on a new tactic. She wills the storm to produce a highly powerful acid rain and sweeps it into the creatures. The creature howls at the first drops of acid that bore into it’s skin. It runs into a hole to avoid the full assault of the acid. Christina knows the creatures will reach her in a moment she prepares a spell for their arrival- Wrath. Vander sweeps in to attack more directly. His falchion shimmers and crackles as it hits the creature. The electric burst seems to merely pounce off but the explosive psionic energies and Vander’s own great strength makes up for it. He strikes at it again and again. The creature can do little as it is hanging onto the stone wall with its claws embedded into the rock. Though he hates to use up his Spellfire energy, he blasts at the creature again. He uses the very arm the creature holds. His blast knocks the creature back but in doing so he loses his energy gun. Smoke still rising from its face, it looks at the strange piece of metal and gobbles it up. “You M***********! I CAN’T REPLACE THAT!” The creature ignores him and begins to consume the weapon. Megamania bolts. He fears what can happen if the energy is released too quickly. Two of the creatures reach Christina. They attack by flanking. One misses but the other strikes into her magical armor. It is only a minor injury. The creature dealing with Vander tries something out of desperation and hunger- it jumps at him! It successfully jumps into him but fails to catch him and falls thirty feet down onto the hard rock below. More cracks and fluid leak from its ravaged body. It is slow to get up. The Captain uses his shield to batter the creatures and drops both of them. Not even breathing hard yet, see looks to see where he can help next. Jean follows the predator and catches it with her acid storm. It screams in pain and torment before dying. Strangely, Jean enjoys the moment of destroying it with her powers over the weather. Christina releases her powerful spell. The divine energies erupt from her body and tear into the creatures. It seems to only anger them in the end. Vander swoops in and delivers a powerful strike that splits the creature in two. He continues to chop the remains up for a few seconds before he realizes he has defeated it. He then hears the others in trouble. BOOOOOOOOM! Goes the weapon throwing the creature back in a ball of rapidly shifting flame of yellow and green. It shakes off the explosion and finds its target has moved away. Megamania is not sure what to do. His energy is low and the ****ing alien wannabe ate his weapon. That leaves only his ionic club, which he rarely uses. Not good, not good at all. Wishing she ran instead, Christina is attacked by the creatures. Each bite and hold on and drag her down. Their hind legs tear into her armor as they rake her body. Hoping to catch the Captain off guard, one creature pounces on him while he looks into Vander. It merely bounces off of his magical shield. The Captain then releases the shield into the creature. The shield repeatedly strikes the creature then returns to his arm. Jean hears Christina’s screams and turns. Her friend is in danger. Why is she hesitating? Then she flies to her fearing the answer. Christina tries to defend herself but can not. She is torn by the two creatures. One has her leg and the other an arm. Clumsily she tries to strike at one with her mace. She swings more due to Mother’s commands and her own instinct than any concentrated thought. She hits but once. The fire, electric and cold leech out to strike but are ignored. She merely puts a small dent into the large forehead of the Predator. Vander hears her screams and takes to the air to save her. He flies up and lands next to her and the two predators. He can psionically feel Mother calling out in anger. Megamania waits for it to come. He hopes to sneak attack it with his club. To bad he learns later the creature smells the studs of his blue jeans and the metal within his vest and mask. He still hits it once but the backlash of the vibration of hitting it makes him reconsider this action very quickly. He has no choice. The predator strikes at him and brings him down again. The creatures continue to kick at Christina. She stops screaming. The one facing the Captain circles him. It hopes for him to make a mistake. It does instead. It stayed there. The Captains shield flies and it tries to catch the shield in midair. It only loses its lower jaw. Then it loses its upper jaw and it dies as the shield strikes it again before returning to the arm of the team’s leader. Jean arrives and blasts at the closest creature with an acid bolt. It howls and stumbles away from Christina’s prone body. It wobbles then falls inert. Christina lies still. Jean senses life but it is …not hers?!? Vander charges the remaining creature on her. “I DEFY YOU!” He screams as he charges falchion first. The creature seems to explode (3 of 4 hits were crits!) as he steps through it. Jeans stares in fascination and horror. Christina is healing. Not much but a little. Just enough to stay alive. She moans then struggles with her armor. “It is squeezing …the life …out of me.” Vander looks to see if any more predators are about then helps her with her armor. Megamania becomes desperate. He is uncertain if he can survive another moment with this creature. He releases more magical energy and blasts the creature. It splits and it’s armored skin peels away in several spots before falling over. The Captain climbs above to where Christina is reportedly down. When he gets there he finds Vander is supporting her. Her chest plate and torso armor has been removed. What the Captain sees horrifies him. “How?!?” he stammers in utter confusion. Jean looks at her swollen stomach. “You are correct Roger …she is with child and it grows quickly.” [/QUOTE]
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