Guardians -Welcome to the Wild Wild West

Lightspeed, 3/4, 0S/0L

Lightspeed appears as the others head outside, speeding from outside the base. He comes to a stop next to the other Guardians and their prisoner as he sees that the battle is most definitely over. As he sees Whisper looking OK - well, being carried but lacking the gaping hole she had in her chest when he saw her last - he immediately brightens up. "Wow. Who do we have to thank for this miraculous recovery? And does that mean Steve's alright as well?"

Lightspeed relaxes quite considerably on being told that Steve is also healed, his trademark grin almost reappearing. However, this is quickly followed by a rueful sigh. "Sorry, guys. The other one got away. He was fast - and coming from me, you can appreciate what that means." 'We've got to have criminal databases in here somewhere. The guy might show up on them...though from what I've seen, getting decent pictures of him could be a problem.'
 

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Major Caldwell comes sliding around the corner as the Guardians prepare themselves to evacuate their headquarters. As he turns the corner and comes to a quick stop his one good eye quickly sweeps the area. Quickly taking control of the situation, Caldwell’s gravely voice raps out orders.

“Head back to the courtyard. Phoenix carry Whisper; Longhorn pick him up. Lt. Col. Savage is there tending to Leprechaun. Carbon with me.”

Most of the Guardians retreat to the courtyard, Phoenix and Longhorn transporting the various charges. As the Guardians come outside, the full sun almost blinds them and begins to warm them after their cold cold shower.

The barrel of Lt. Col. Savage’s gun is leveled at the first person as the walk through the door but is quickly lowered. Steve is propped up on his elbows groggily shaking his head.

”Ouch! Remind me to not get hit by a big spear anymore. Lindsey!” Jumping up onto his feet Steve comes running over to Phoenix. ”Is she okay? I can barely feel her.”

Lt. Col. Savage looks at the rest of you as you come out. “Everyone okay?” He looks around at you relieved motioning to the various benches and chairs in the grassy courtyard “Take a seat and report. A real medic will be here soon.”

Carbon:
Major Caldwell marches you quickly down into the depths of the base. You find it very difficult to keep up with his long determined strides. Coming down into an area with a lot of security you pass by at least three banks small gun barrels and Caldwell is forced to stop and enter a code into a number pad to bypass 3 force fields.

Eventually, he leads you into a room with a large, 20’ by 30’, black box and a very large slab of metal on the floor in front of it. “Copy me and help me pick up this plate.”
 

Carbon, 4/4, 0S/0L, 0

Carbon pauses, almost letting his curiosity get the better of him, but stops himself before he inquires...

"Um, ok."

Kevin places a hand on Major Caldwell's shoulder and copies him.
 

Phoenix (Brandon Laine) Hps: 4/4 Armor: +8

Steve said:
”Ouch! Remind me to not get hit by a big spear anymore. Lindsey!” Jumping up onto his feet Steve comes running over to Phoenix. ”Is she okay? I can barely feel her.”
"She was . . . I healed her," Brandon said, powering down, "But I'm guessing she pushed too hard with her power and passed out . . . I don't know for certain. I arrived with her in tow and then everything was resolved."

Brandon looked to one of the others who was there to explain.
 

Linda drags the unconscious man into the center of the courtyard and prepares to boot him again should he awaken. "We were going to help speedy there," she says, nodding at Lightspeed, "and ran into a force field blocking the hallway. It was being generated by this," Linda says, setting the device on the table.

"Then this charming feller tried to pretend to be a medic before he tried to gut us, and we put him down. I got no idea where Lindsey came from or what she did. I was kind of preocupied with the human slicer. Last I saw, her and Steve had spears in them and Brandon was going to heal them somehow. I guess that worked out."
 

Lightspeed, HP 3/4, 0S/0L

Chris speaks up after Linda, chiming in with his report. "I raced outside the base to where the spears seemed to have come from, and found a man there. He seemed to have some kind of persistant camouflage effect - his form was a blur. He used throwing stars, though his aim could use some work. He could cling to walls, and run at accelerated speeds. I don't know if he was faster than me, as I don't know if he was going all-out or not. Oh, and he seemed to have a <insert country here>* accent. He escaped into the woods, and I lost track of him." Chris slouches back in his seat, letting out a breath, then smiles. "Good to see everyone's still in one piece. I was worried for a minute there."


*OOC: I'm basing this on the 'ja' in his speech when he was talking to me. If that was just flavour and not indicative of a foreign language accent, ignore the relevant sentence in Lightspeed's report. I figure putting it in and seeing if it needs to be removed is easier than posting in OOC asking if he had an accent, getting a reply, editing my post here to include the results of the reply...all in the interests of speed, basically. Hope that's OK. :)
 

Courtyard of Avalon:

As each member tells their tale from the invasion, Savage listens intently and seems to absorb all of the news at once. Taking you all in with his eyes he gives a reassuring smile and you all feel calm in his sure presence.

"Brandon and Steve, take Lindsey to the med center. It is down the hallway on the right, there are signs. Linda, you and I will take the prisoner to an appropriate cell. The rest of you have the rest of the night free. Remember, bright and early tomorrow so try not to stay out too late. If you see Mason tell him to report to my office. We?ll find out who attacked and why. And someone get rid of those spears." With his rifle settled back over his shoulder, Lt. Col. Savage holds the door open for Linda and her baggage.

Brandon and Steve head out with Lindsey just after Linda and Savage and head over to the infirmary.

"Well, I'ma gonna have to get on back to my kin. See yall morra." Travis gives a tip of a cowboy hat firmly entrenched over his head and spins off across the courtyard.

Sandra watches as the door closes and then looks around at the group looking very feral. "Anyone else interested in making sure that thing don't bother our Whisper no more?"

Brandon:
Lindsey lays on the infirmary table with a doctor dressed in a lab coat looking over her. The mid-aged Columbian man shoes you out as he starts to examine Lindsey. "Give me some space, she'll be alright."

Steve angrily stares at the doctor his voice laced with fierce determination "I'll stay, thanks."

Linda:
As Lt. Col. Savage leads you through the criss-cross of hallways and stairs you eventually are led to a small jail with three open cells. At Lt. Col. Savage?s direction you deposit the Asian Man in to the center cell. A button push later and a green field of light and several thick metal bars enclose the entrance.

"There, that should 'em." Turning to look you full in the face "So what do you make of your team? You've seen them in a pinch twice now. Is there hope?"

Carbon:
You suddenly grow the 7 inches and add a solid 60 pounds of mass as you grow into Major Caldwell.

"I look like S&*%. Grab the other side of this lid and lift on 3. 1, 2, 3." As your muscles tense you feel the lid lift off the ground. Taking several steps you and Major Caldwell shift the lid several feet back leaving an inky black hole in the ground.

"Stay here." Major Caldwell drops into the hole. A loud thump comes out of the hold as Caldwell presumably lands. A second later the hold is outlined in bright lights. Caldwell jumped some 25 feet down into the hole.

"Son of a, a frickin sword." Caldwell pulls a long samarai sword from its position imbedded in a band of computers.

Leaping out of the hole, Caldwell lands flat on his feet with his knees bent slightly. "Close this up and then head on back to the group. And stop being me as soon as we lift this."

OOC: Major Caldwell: Str 16, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 14
Powers: Super-Strength 8 (Protection, Leaping)
Feats: Accurate Attack, All-Out Attack, Assessment, Blind Fight, Chokehold, Dodge, Endurance, Expertise, Imp Disarm, Imp Init, Imp Pin, Imp Trip, Instant Stand, Leadership, Power Attack, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Strike, Rapid Takedown, Startle, Takedown Attack, Toughness.


Brian:
The plane ride in had been awescool or it was if ludicrous speed is your idea of a good time. You must have made it from the mutant training camp in Nova Scotia to California in 2 hours. Your trip started at 8 and ended at 8 with the light barely fading into the night. At the airport two men picked you up. A hovercar lifted into the air as your driver and escort started back to the base.

The escort was a weasely looking man barely 5'5" with a plain grey shirt and jeans and a very dirty old Alabama hat. "Names Becker. Dontcha know they got an old pig roast happen at the base so I came out to get you. You?re comin in late, young feller. But momma always said better late then never, yup."
 
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He always liked twilight, still light enough that the street lights didn't come on but not bright enough that he had to squint his eyes most of the time. Add to the fact that he was just on the coolest plane ride ever meant he was in a pretty good mood when the hovercar picked him up.

"Names Becker. Dontcha know they got an old pig roast happen at the base so I came out to get you. You're comin in late, young feller. But momma always said better late then never, yup."

"I always say save the best for last," he says with a grin. "I'm Brian, so what can you tell me about my new team mates? Anything interesting about them? And how long is it going to take to get there?"
 

"Well, sir, they aint all that skilled, overall," Linda says, tipping her hat back to better look the asian man over. "But a few of 'em are obviously hard to hurt, and holy cow, the insults they can toss," she adds with a shake of her head. "Love to know what baggage Lindsey and her brother are carryin' before we all get bushwhacked again; love to have a chance to discuss that little matter for a few hours with this little jerk," she says, hands flashing for an instant.

"And can't exactly say I'm all that sure about whatsisname... Mason. He's gonna be more trouble than Lucy and Sandra; you can bet on that, and those two are gonna be a media boon and bane all at once.

"Bet we're gonna have issues with Chris getting ahead of us and getting into trouble too. Folks'll have to get over Kevin's trick with changing into them or there are gonna be some fights between him and the girls, and we can't be havin' him not allowed to copy us 'specially since he's hands down the one with the most potential power. Can't say much about Travis; never really saw him do much yet. Him or Steve neither; spear through the chest y'know.

"And this cowgirl needs to remember how to avoid getting hit or I'm gonna be living in the infirmary. And speaking of which,"
she says, pulling at her sliced and bloody shirt. "My shirt isn't bleeding; honest."
 


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