Point Zero

SPARK-001, PraetorianSPARK-002, Ruin
Physical Status: OK Physical Status: OK
Actions: Studying Fire Actions: Terrifying the Scientist
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Praetorian's speakers abruptly began speaking again. The SPARK was silent when the Shadow Beasts rushed in. The machine was quiet, silently recording everything that happened in its databanks as it ran down the right hallway.
It quickly recorded the strange creature seemingly ordering Cobblepot around. Praetorian immediately logged the creature as "Kill on Sight" in its databanks. As it stood the only one until that point who was logged as "Kill on Sight" was Cobblepot himself. Praetorian ran more calculations and reassigned Cobblepot to "Interrogate"-what hold did this creature hold over Cobblepot?
Praetorian diverted power from its speakers while it registered everything going on. And for a bonus, the Tesseract was there.
And now, Praetorian was registering an increase in thermal activity. The robot turned around to see what it was and saw a fire.
Praetorian quickly piped up.
"I request to know how a fire wound up here. I shall put it out..."
Praetorian looked around for a fire extinguisher, until it heard Willow say that she was used to putting out fires.
"I... error. Name not assigned. Unable to call subject by correct name."
"Requesting name?"
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Julian, on the other hand, was uncharacteristically silent as it listened to what the scientist had to say. It watched Negan incapacitate the scientist, before its comrades attempted to start questioning the scientist.
Julian, at this point, spoke up in an effort to intimidate the scientist further.
"Now, listen here little man."
Julian immediately lifted his Elerium-Phase Cannon and brought it to bear.
"I don't have much to ask you, but from what I believe my allies do. So let me make this clear.
"Either you answer them."
"Or this."
Julian immediately pointed at the Phase-Cannon, and tapped it in an effort to intimidate the scientist further.
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Negan stood above the now injured scientist, propped Lucille on his shoulder and smiled. He had been waiting for an excuse to bash some form of bone in for a while now. He looked over at Blake as he questioned the necessity of removing the mans knees but just continued to grin. As the interrogation continued Negan squatted next to the scientist and in between questions he said "I'd suggest that you start spilling your guts to my comrades here pal before I quite literally spill your guts."
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Blake Belladonna

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STATUS

Healthy.

INVENTORY/POWERS

- Gambol Shroud (active)
- Aura (active)
- Shadow
- Faunus Traits

MUSIC


So, Mr. Cobblepot is the boss of the guy. Who would've thought? Anyways, now that we know that he's been hired, at least assuming he was telling the truth. Yet, that doesn't change the fact that the atrocities done to the creatures were simply unforgivable. Now, then, we still do not know a hell lot about the boss, but what we do know of him, is that he runs some sort of...company, I believe? He's also the one who's brought us to this mess in the first place, and hired the scientist who, at the very least, has had a hand in "managing" those poor guys.

Guess I'm not going to stop getting to the bottom of this anytime soon.

"Then tell me more about him."

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"U-uh... well... w-we're a weapons manufacturing company. W-we make w-weapons here... a-and he w-wanted to extract t-the substances from those Shadow Beasts a-and make w-weapons out of them..." The scientist explained, the stuttering due to a mix of fear, pain, and rapidly losing consciousness. Looks like you'd better hurry and ask your final questions. It didn't help that Julian began pointing his giant laser gun at him, as well as just Negan existing in general

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"Oh. My name's Leonardo Watch. But... you can just call me Leo." Leo said as he sat down near the fire and huddled against it.

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  • Sub Zero was going to rip this man's spine out if he didn't answer the question. Kuai may have not been able to save the creature, but he did know how to deal with vermin who withheld information. As the others threatened him, Sub Zero folded his arms over his chest. If the man didn't cooperate, there would be trouble. Still, he couldn't speak when everyone was intimidating him.

    "Enough. Let him speak." Kuai snapped at the others. He walked forwards and grabbed the man by the cuff of his shirt, lifting him up but keeping ahold of him. "Tell us how to get to Cobblepot. And you will be spared."


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Soma Cruz​


Weapon: Shortsword
Stats:
STR: 16
CON: 18
INT: 17
LCK: 19


Bullet: Winged Skeleton
Guardian: Flying Armor
Enchanted: Gremlin
Bullet:
-Winged Skeleton (Spear Throw)

Guardian:
-Flying Armor (Slow Fall)
-Shadow Beast (Twilight Shield)

Enchanted:
-Gremlin (LCK +4)
Soma looked down at the crippled scientist and by the looks of him, is already starting to lose consciousness. Poor guy. So what he mentioned is that this place is a weapons manufacturing company and they and they extracting the essence of the Shadow Beasts to make weapons. But what kind? Firearms? Artillery? W.M.Ds? Whatever they are, the operations must be stopped.

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Blake Belladonna

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STATUS

Healthy.

INVENTORY/POWERS

- Gambol Shroud (active)
- Aura
- Shadow
- Faunus Traits

MUSIC


"So that's when you came in--"

I turn around and see that the creepy-looking leather jacket man, a machine-looking kind of thing, and a soldier holding a railgun were ganging up on the scientist. Do they not get the idea that just one person is supposed to do the talking, with the occasional swap to another? And even if they do take turns talking, just gathering up on him is not very efficient, especially when they get the feeling that they are about to die off the bat. In fact, all it can take is a voice and some restraining to get 'em to talk. If they refuse to talk, a little threat certainly cannot hurt.

I was about to tell them, wait, but the ninja already beat me to the punch. Oh well, might as well roll with it. Now, as the man in blue got closer--...shoot, do I let him, or should I just continue to go at it, asking him questions while holding him down? I just--...I don't even know, especially when a few people, like him, have clearly ignored team discussions to let themselves do whatever. And sometimes, whatever they want to do resulted in more hard than what we could've done together. There's a reason why I just deal with things myself.

And speaking of that, I should've just told them to let me do it myself, but since I didn't, well... That happened. I would have told the ninja to stay back as well, but since he would show himself to be selfish, I had no choice. I let go of him, backing away, as I withdraw the sheath, letting him grab him by his shirt. This time, I return the sheath to my back as I watch. I understand he hasn't been in a team before, but come on, there's no excuse.

After he told him, I then proceeded to say,

"Okay... Now, who else is involved, and why does he want the substances?"

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There are already too many people interrogating the scientist so Tandem just sat on the sidelines, trying to look for danger as he keeps a close eye around the place just in case some goon decided to waltz right into the room since the scientist can't be the only person working in this place, there's gotta be a twist or maybe he's just being paranoid, he never really relaxed when he got sent into this hellhole of a universe by the Tesseract since the threat of death has been looming over him, one stupid choice can get him killed for good so he's been cautious and wary ever since.

"You guys done screwing with him?" Tandem asked the bunch while leaning his back on the wall, doing a few tricks with his YoYo. . . Again.​
 

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Ryougi Shiki
Location: Secret Tunnel
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Standing there silently she watches stoically as the man is threatened over and over again by each of the group, attempt to each one-up each other and put forward an aura of malice and intimidation yet instead of coming across as foolish schoolyard bullys attempting to stand the tallest. This was most likely why she cared little for them overall yet part of her could not help but speak up and get involved in a futile effort to have them at least see some reason and at least put some effort into their preservation however the reasons to protect each was dwindling. To top that off it appeared their methods of getting information were sorely in need of refinement, but for now she would observe as old memories flow around behind the set expression.

*Your ability to see is second to none, yet you need to be able to observe. Just looking is not enough you need to know the difference* So with no other path desireable at the moment, she does.

The police offer and the way he held himself showed disapproval and a desire to act, conflict within himself that was being tamed with his own reason, both experience and fear had closed off lines of sightless they hamper the survival of what he values.

The Soldier held themselves as such in movements but not full mind, attempting to prove themselves to overcome a perceived internal weakness by enforcing a set Justice with a forced act.

The Machine, where they trying to be human and be accepted by mimicking the actions of others? to the point it overcomes logic..or perhaps it was the closest to human it could be including the flaws.

The Smiling Man, below the surface....tired, loss, hardened to attempt to project only strength and none of the weakness. While not a stranger to weapons being named that Bat was being held in a curious manner, gentle care resembling a child with a safety blanket in a way..all were subtle but it was there. A man who convinced himself that his actions were right for some hidden reason, yet played the part far too well that he risked losing the original reason.

The Ninja body was steeped in violence and wrath, allowing no other path, his words and actions though conflicted as he looked down with disdain. Giving little thought or focus on items other than the mission.

The Cat, however, was the easiest as the similarities to herself became more noticeable, the faint shifting of the hairs of her eyes showed her stress and annoyance but at least more of a heart no matter the mask worn, wanting to walk alone yet always drawn back to groups to belong before long.

And the Doctor, a man in pain, potentially forced, panic, lost....he really was a mess, and so with a sigh she finally speaks again "This is a case of too many Chefs, there is a reason interrogations do not involve the entire organisation in the room...also it Foolish to threaten death and pain to one already on the precipice of both as you don't have anywhere to go from there but continue to mimic previous lines" another quick scan of each of those gathered "But regarding your animosity, it is not impossible an individual is forced already into such work from both ignorance and intimidation without a choice, Like say if someone was dragged to a world and forced attempt to kill the heroes seeking to protect" letting the final comment linger before walking past him.

Moving towards the direction the man was fleeing she activates her presence concealment, fading from memory and view to INVESTIGATE THE DIRECTION HE ARRIVED FROM.

 

  • Jerome grimaced at the dead body. The burns were consistient with his own Spartan Laser. Another casualty.

    "It's his own fault, then. Looks like Cobblepot couldn't stabilize the burns, or....."

    Jerome went quiet.

    "Steve, we have to warn them. We woke up 100% fine. This man is dead and went down with a struggle. There's another UNSC Marine or Spartan here, or Cobblepot has hands on high-grade weaponry."

    He unholstered his pistols and looked around, restless.
 
Continued from here.


Mid-Chapter Update
“A Stroke With Death”


“H-he wants them to make weapons! I-I don’t know who else is involved… I was just told to extract the substance from the creatures and send them to w-weapons development! A-and I don’t know how to get to the Tesseract… but there’s a hidden door in the surveillance room!” The scientist replied to those interrogating him, practically bawling at this point. Though, one way or another, the man ended up passing out, either from loss of blood or just the sheer pain. With him out cold and not of much more use, you all had no choice but to head back to the other group.


Midna, who was still in a pretty bad mood because of Shiki’s words, scoffed slightly at the sight of the campfire that Willow had made. “What are you idiots doing sitting around a bonfire?” She asked with a slight snarl, her upper lip curling upwards before her fiery orange ponytail inexplicably turned into a giant palm, slamming down on the fire the girl had made. Without another word, Midna floated towards the other corridor, with the rest of you eventually doing so as well.

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“Was that really necessary…” Leo muttered under his breath as he slowly stood up and trudged forward alongside the rest. Once all of you had entered the surprisingly big room, one of you spoke up about the hidden door here, information provided by the courtesy of the friendly scientist you’d met earlier. Leo looked around for a moment with his eyes, before his eyes landed on the door.

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“There! Behind the monitors!” Leo exclaimed. “There’s a button here that moves them.” He said, reaching behind the deck and feeling around for the button. Once he finally found it, a smile formed on Leo’s face as his index finger pressed down on the red switch. Much like the bookcase from earlier, the monitors folded like paper, revealing the hidden door metal door. After turning the handle, the door opened slowly and all of you made your way through, leading all of you into another hallway.


“Okay, we should be quiet here. I don’t think Cobblepot knows where we are… which is good.” Leo whispered, crouching down and heeding all of you to do the same. One way or another, you all managed to sneak your way down the hallway and into a large, empty room with only a railing overlooking you all.


“Okay, so I think that we’re safe for now. We should be able to--”


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A shot rang out through the air while Leo was mid-sentence. When you all looked back, you’d find Leo and Ike Plymont both dead, both with a single bullet hole in their heads. Before either of you could process what was happening, a familiar face landed upon the ground with a thud. A face which none of you had seen or heard from since you first arrived in this hell.


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Deathstroke.


“You have fought well, I must admit.” The assassin said as he slowly paced around the lot of you. “Although. I’m afraid that your luck runs out here. I may not agree with Cobblepot’s methods of using the Shadow Beasts’ essence as weapons, but he’s paying me a lot of money to kill you all.” Deathstroke said. As he stared on, it seemed as though he was awaiting one of you to make the first move.




After investigating Robert’s body and finding the burn marks, Steve and Jerome sadly wouldn’t have much time to talk as they suddenly heard what sounded like screaming and crashing noises come from outside. The screams of what sounded like Cobblepot’s guards got louder as they approached, with the sounds of various forms of glass shattering, metal snapping, and just plain fighting ensuing before you.


Before you two had a chance to investigate, however, it appeared that the answer was made clear to you as the individual-- or rather, individuals, entered the lab with you.


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“This is Steve Rogers to Fury. The presumed hostiles are just more of Cobblepot’s interdimensional victims.” The man, who you knew as Captain America from the fight with “The Avengers” said as he entered the room. Alongside him was the one you had come to know as Spider-Man.


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“Woah, that’s weird. Aren’t these guys supposed to be on a whole other floor?” The Spider-themed hero asked, which earned a slow nod from the Captain.


“You’re right, Queens. But if they’re here, then that means that they’re like the others…” Captain America said. Before you could ask what he meant by “others”, you were quite literally shown, as Ike Plymont and Leo both stepped inside of the lab through the door that the two Avengers had entered.

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“Hey… I guess you two were brought back too, huh?” Leo asked rhetorically with a small, awkward wave.

Cast List
darkred darkred as Michael “Psycho” Sykes (Crysis Series)
Hahli Nuva Hahli Nuva as Sub Zero (Mortal Kombat)
Veradana Veradana as Takemi Hashimoto (Persona OC)
marc122 marc122 as Blake Belladonna (RWBY)
Gaius Danius Griinia Gaius Danius Griinia as Izuru Kamukura (Kamen Rider OC)
Cthulhos Cthulhos as Charles Thurston (OC)
Chungchangching Chungchangching as Tandem (CLIMAXVerse)
animegirl20 animegirl20 as Amy Rose (Sonic X) - DEAD! MAULED TO DEATH!
wdinatx wdinatx as Shirou Emiya and Saber (Fate Series)
Necessity4Fun Necessity4Fun as Ren and Len Kagamine (Vocaloid)
SheepKing SheepKing as Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
Damafaud Damafaud as Lyle Walt (Sevens)
Jeremiah Jeremiah as Hat Kid (A Hat in Time)
Birb Birb as Ike Plymont (OC) - DEAD! SHOT IN THE HEAD!
Arnold Shpitz Arnold Shpitz as Arnold Shpitz (Lisa the Pointless)
thefinalgirl thefinalgirl as Aeon and Double (Skullgirls)
Corrosion Corrosion as Alex Mercer (Prototype)
Aegis Aegis as Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil)
Sleek Sleek as Jerome-092 (Halo Wars) - DEAD! KILLED BY SHADOW BEASTS!
DerpyCarp DerpyCarp as Ike (Fire Emblem)
Vagabond Spectre Vagabond Spectre as Chloe (Earthbound OC)
Zamasu Zamasu as Soma Cruz (Castlevania Series)
FactionGuerrilla FactionGuerrilla as Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption II)
Specialist Specialist as Thaddeus Solaxus (Warhammer 40K OC)
jigglesworth jigglesworth as Big Daddy (Bioshock 2)
Ineptitude Ineptitude as Ritsu (Assassination Classroom)
Jrzag42 Jrzag42 as Misao Makimachi (Rurouni Kenshin)
T The Man With No Name as Papyrus and Sans (Undertale)
CatJones CatJones as Selvaria Bles (Valkyria Chronicles) - DEAD! MAULED TO DEATH!
P PopcornPie as Samus Aran (Metroid) - DEAD! BRAIN BLAST!
Sumirenko Sumirenko as Byakuren Hijiri (Touhou Project)
PlusUltra PlusUltra as Shiki Ryougi (Kara no Kyouki)
CocoaMarshmallow CocoaMarshmallow as Eric the Typhlosion (Pokémon OC)
TCA TCA as Katrina Ridley (Pokémon OC)
DapperDogman DapperDogman as Parappa the Rapper (Parappa the Rapper)
Stormcloak Stormcloak as Negan (The Walking Dead)
Shiyonichi Shiyonichi as Robert E. Cerf (Kamen Rider OC) - DEAD! MAULED TO DEATH!
Centurion_ Centurion_ as Bryan Fury (TEKKEN)
June Verles June Verles as Steve (Minecraft) - DEAD! KILLED BY SHADOW BEASTS!
Haz. Haz. as Goro Akechi (Persona 5)
Sayo-Nara Sayo-Nara as Yuma Kennedy (OC)
GearBlade654 GearBlade654 as Julian and Praetorian (XCOM 2)
Cocogerber13 Cocogerber13 as Link (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) - DEAD! CHOMPED IN HALF!
ManyFaces ManyFaces as Calvin Zabo (Marvel Comics)
2Bornot2B 2Bornot2B as Noel Vermillion (Blazblue)
FoolsErin FoolsErin as Willow (Don't Starve) ​
 
You continue to stare look around the room in anticipation before everything goes dead silent, other than a ringing in your ears. You were on the floor, in your beastie form, staring at the ceiling... your entire head hurt.. what... happened... you reach your paw, now feeling incredibly weak, and see... b-blood.... b... but how?! A million different images flash before you, some of your time alive as a human, others with Milky Way, and others with the eclipses... a few with your dear friend, Miranda, and some with your old human friends... you barely murmur a few, final words of regret.

“B... but I... n-n.. ne... never got.. to... tell h-him-...”

Your tiny paw drops back to the floor and you go completely limp, your glowing eyes going dim, but staying completely open. Your tail had curled up into almost a knot, and your ears were drooping low.

Before what you think would be you arriving in Hell like you normally would, you step into a... lab?! You’re... you’re alive?! Is this life?! You were just shot, you should either be fully dead or in Hell!!

“W-what the- uh....”

You feel your torso over and over, unsure...

“A-are- are we a-alive?! Is- is this life?! I-I’m ok?! W-wait brought back?! I-I yes!! I think so?!”

You look ready to faint, from joy of course. Was this a second chance?! You have no idea, but you were taking it!!

“I-I still have the chance to tell him!!”

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"Holy crap!"

Tandem was shocked to see Leo go down hard with the bullet on the back of his head, he never really interacted with the guy much other than the talk in the laboratory but he seemed too innocent to have such an undeserving death. Tandem eventually shook the worry off his head and threw the bottle of alcohol at Deathstroke and pulling the four YoYo's out of his pockets and hyping himself up by jumping up and down, trying to activate some kind of adrenaline rush in his body because he's gonna need it in this battle despite only fighting one guy. The Italian Swindler eventually got his blood pumping and smiled as his hands started shivering with a mix of fear and excitement. He looked at his two limbs shaking before glaring at Deathstroke.

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  • Sub Zero had led his path back to the others after tossing the unconcious scientist off to the side. While he wasn't thrilled with working alongside the annoying mage, he knew better than to discount an ally. As if on cue, Deathstroke appeared and slew two other members. Sub Zero formed twin ice blades in his hands and pointed one at Slade. This man would answer for his crimes.

    "Your path ends here, assassin."


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Blake Belladonna

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STATUS

Healthy.

INVENTORY/POWERS

- Gambol Shroud (active)
- Aura
- Shadow
- Faunus Traits

MUSIC


With the man now passed out, I glared at Negan again, but this time, I almost pointed Gambol Shroud like a gun at him. If we keep making irrational decisions beyond my control, I can't even cooperate, and when I can't cooperate, the whole group doesn't get to. That leads to serious problems I don't want to re-experience all over again. It's beginning to look like I can't trust people to even team up and know about Sure, with teams RWBY and JNPR, we can always rely on each other to trust each other, but here, alone, I can barely stand it, if at all!

Oh great, deja vu when I don't want it. Now, please, guys, just make conscious decisions as a group and not break glass, nor destroy a misguided person's knees, the next time we have to decide as one. Now... Where were we? Right, the surveilance room. Just what is goi--
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A shot rang out through the air while Leo was mid-sentence. When you all looked back, you’d find Leo and Ike Plymont both dead, both with a single bullet hole in their heads. Before either of you could process what was happening, a familiar face landed upon the ground with a thud. A face which none of you had seen or heard from since you first arrived in this hell.
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I--Egh--..!

What was that?! Now, it's two other people, Leo and Ike, who are dead! At this rate, I'll eventually be the one to bite the dust, just like the rest, and we'll never be able to get back! Now, who's that...it's the orange on his suit...wait a minute, that's Deathstroke! This time, he doesn't look too happy... But what do you know, we betrayed him and Cobblepot, and to be honest, we had him coming.

In the midst of the chaos, I had been changing to an Ice Dust cartridge for Gambol Shroud. Whatever happens during the fight, he shouldn't be here, for all I care. So, I take out the katana itself from the sheathe, as I charge right at him, dashing quickly. Once I reach him, I immediately started delievering a flurry of slashes and preparing to leave behind an ice clone that freezes him there.

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  • Jerome nodded to the group, sighing. The bombs were likely active, and in hindsight, that might've been why their ally was dead.

    "I have reason to believe the bombs are active, again."

    The Spartan said, motioning to the dead body on the floor. He knew damn well what happened when people like cobblepot took hostages with disposable stock. So, he sat on the table again, the table groaning under the weight of the fully-armored Spartan. Placing the two pistols down beside him, he sighed.

    "It's Likely I'm dead soon. Me, Ike, Steve, all of us. Cobblepot's against the wall, and he probably knows it."

    He said, looking to the bunch.

    "I'll keep fighting, see if we can't link up with Stark....but without a lot of options, Cobblepot will probably try to kill us to at the least get some petty revenge."

    He keyed his mic to the encrypted link between him and Psycho.

    "Psycho, it's Jerome. Cobblepot brought us back, but the bombs are likely still active. We'll link up soon, hopefully, but be careful."
 

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Location: Secret Tunnel
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As blood splatters across the side of her face, the girl doesn't even flinch or react, simply turning slowly towards Deathstroke meeting his eye "A dead employer can't pay but you likely know that so got a healthy advance secured, its a matter of time before his foolishness gets himself killed as he's already in far deeper due to his greed" slowly raising a hand to start gently tugging at her hair, the other secured in their jacket giving a short look to the group "The first person to approach is going to regret the action, the offer of staying behind continues from before for those not willing to fight" taking a few steps towards the Assassins blue side and focusing her internal eye. While she would perhaps have an interest in combating this man, in particular, the cramped surroundings and others present would make it far too annoying, but then again the man knows that...the advantage of one vs many is their attacks don't need to be wary of friendly targets yet with this group's previous performance there more likely to harm each other than the man in front of them.

So she waits, ready to act, her survey of the area gives them plenty of tools to use, some, however, requires to adjust the positioning of the group, to get their backs to the door to the tunnels gives one clear option to remove his threat for a moment. Enough for the others to get to safety yey would that really be an option? no not until a few more were injured and reality set in. So for now she observes.

 

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As the group reformed once again Alphonse spotted Ike from within the crowd. Now would be a good time to get what he wanted to say out before anything drastic happened. With how things were shaping up to be, Alphonse could only wait for the next battle to happen. He wouldn't know when they would have the next period of cooling down before the next battle popped up. It'd be better to just get it out of the way beforehand.

As they entered the hidden room the boy attempted to gather his thoughts. How would he apologize? He couldn't just walk up and say "oh hey sorry for almost getting you killed by the personification of my fear back there, we're cool with each other right?" No, that'd be terrible. He would need to do this with tact. As Leo was about to say that the group was safe a shot suddenly stuck the tension.In less than a second the demon man and the other with maroon hair were on the ground dead with a bullet in their skulls. He hadn't even been able to apologize to the former. Now two out of the three people who had helped Alphonse overcome his fears were gone without ever receiving a proper thank you from the young boy and Deathstroke was the reason. Not taking a moment to think through his options Alphonse clapped and slammed his hands onto the ground they stood. A circle of blue lightning danced under the armor's fingertips and the floor under his feet began to change. Not even noticing a woman speaking to the entire group, A tidal wave of earth rushed towards the mercenary .

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Leon was getting seriously tired of all this grand-standing. He had seen it all before, and honestly it didn't make him any more unnerved than he already was by the way the scientist was handled. The shot that killed Ike and Leo didn't even affect him as much as it should. Leon began to wonder if maybe a round two in the multiverse was dulling him to the horrors of death. "This guy is a good shot. Time to get up close." He stared down the orange menace with a cold glaze and the intent to kill. It didn't need to be this way, but the direction things were progressing led to this very obvious conclusion. With his knowledge in the martial art of Systema, Leon would stand somewhat of a chance up close, and Leon needed to keep him distracted so he wouldn't hurt anyone else.

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With his knife drawn he walked up beside the girl from earlier and gave her a curt smile as he drew his pistol and charged just behind the wave of Earth barreling at Deathstroke. This way it could at least cover his approach as he went for the man's neck with his knife.

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Negan was pleased by the result of the scientist passing out and when he finally though something was going well for him, Deathstroke appeared. Two more of the group were dead, although that was of little concern to Negan. What was more important to him was that one of the bastards responsible for putting a bomb in his brain was right here and he wasn't about to let him get out of this one. Seeing Leon approaching behind some magic thing that Negan didn't understand, he got behind him, winked and said "Lets take this fucker together." Once they would get close enough to strike Negan would attempt a wave of rage filled overhead strikes.
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She wasn’t sure that Spec worked like that, and Lyle confirmed it. She was about to explain that she was hoping he could connect to the server somehow and dig through the files or connections before realising that that may not be such a good idea. There was no telling what sort of security systems Cobblepot had in place, and Len could get his brain hacked or messed with if the systems were particularly aggressive in disposing of potential threats. Before she could explain, all the monitors changed to show a composite image of Cobblepot in a meeting with a strange soldier in black armour that gave of the same feeling as those Shadow-Beasts.

It seemed like they were working together, at least in some capacity. Nice as it was to see their fat kidnapper get telekinesised by a sorcerer, the eventual facing off against that sorcerer was something to dread if he could toss people around so easily. The video was as much a warning as it was cathartic. The screens didn’t seem to show anything else important, so Takemi continued to search the room with the others while Lyle took care of Aeon and Double.

Except one screen showed the Tessaract. Takemi beamed. They’d found it, sort of. They didn’t know how to get it out or how to get it back to SHIELD, but they’d found it. They’d be going home soon. At least, that’s what she’d hoped. The group who’d gone the other way returned, talking about a secret passage, as if there hadn’t been enough of those already. Couldn’t Cobblepot just build a normal hideout without making them trudge through mud every time they needed to get around?

Quiet as they were, there was clearly no way that Cobblepot didn’t know that they were there. There really was nothing any of them could do. Ike and Leo lay dead at their feet, Deathstroke standing over them, taunting them to make the next move. It seemed like everyone moved at once, motivated by avenging their fallen comrades, paying no notice to anything but destroying the man who hunted them down.

Takemi stayed back, close to Rin and Len. She was ready to attack from a distance, but she didn’t want to risk hitting one of the other fighters in the crossfire.



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Any thoughts Yuma had would soon be stopped as two more members of the group were killed. She wasn’t even shocked at this point instead she just wanted this to end. She began to get angry and pulled her gun out following close behind Leon and Negan.
“I don’t care what it takes but we are getting rid of this guy.”
Her usually childish demeanor had quickly changed as she looked more determined than ever.

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The girl looks to the others speaking once more "He stands with experience and intelligence, he would not approach us if he did not have founded confidence in his ability and chances." gesturing across the room with the hand "He's chosen his environment and set this conflict to be to his advantage, when fighting a superior opponent your first task is to remove what makes them superior...fighting him on his terms is going to result in defeat on his terms, so change them" it was only now she finally figured something out, that had been niggling her and internally chastising herself somewhat with exacerbation...she had been spending far too much time with Touko and it had actually rubbed off on her somewhat.

 
Noel
She turned to the Katana Kimono lady (Ryougi Shiki)
"Well it would be a stupid idea to go rushing in all at once. I could switch to Sleipnir and see how that goes" she spoke with a serious tone and transformed her pistols into a Railgun

"I feel the best option is to stay back and it's clear he has the terrain advantage...Any other snipers amongst you? If you could get back and place pressure on him we could have an easier time fighting this guy" If the whole group were to go running in it would be a mess...

"Maybe we could take turns going in or something..Actually i have a better idea" She reactivates her Mu-12 form ,the headache from overusing it earlier had subsided, and moves backwards at a 45 degree angle before hovering in the air near the back of the room at the same height of the rail and whilst still aiming at him with her railgun she launched a few of her swords at him

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~Overheard/Undercharge~​

Everything seemed too easy to be true. That's what had been on Len's head the whole time. The not as hidden surveillance room, the clearly labelled buttons, the just waaay too convenient conversation they got to overhear. Too easy, too many coincidences. Someone was playing with them, dangling the bait in front of their eyes and he wasn't sure whether they'd be able to avoid it. Perhaps, they were walking towards a trap right now, knowing so and still, unable to deviate from an already laid down path.

The male vocaloid didn't have a tongue to click, so it was more like a hiss, an angry, frustrated hiss. Nothing he could do about it, nothing anyone could do about it. Powerlessness sucked, impotence sucked... suspicion sucked. He'd just have to look out for it and pray to the Buddah that he saw it coming... Otherwise-... Len didn't want to think about it.

So, to recap, Cobblepot was working with someone else, which we already had suspected, a knight being from another world with Star Wars the force like powers. Not good. Apparently, the chips on their heads could do more than just blowing up! And were still there. Also not good. The Knight guy was going to deal with them himself, which meant, he was on his way. Again. EXTREMELY NOT GOOD.

Any good news? NOPE, not really. Fantastic

Meanwhile, Rin had been having a great time chatting with Al and Chibi Ike, which was like a cute furry creature! She had thought about crouching down to pet him many many times as the conversation went on but managed to keep it to herself. At least for now. The girl had been excitedly making her usual silly not really important questions and even beckoned a big skeleton person that seemed, oddly familiar? to join them. They didn't seem to have seen her though, too busy doing something on their own.

And then Lyle had approached her with a request to put La-la on the ground.

The female vocaloid was confused about the request, but went on with it anyway, putting her finger near the pretty bird sitting on her head for it to hop on over, then lowering it on the ground for it to hop out of her hand and on the floor. Wait, but birds could fly, oh well, Rin had thought about it way too late. Hopefully, the bird-woman would take no offense over it.

She watched as the bird transformed into a woman again and then Ly did some of his usual magicky stuff. Her body lit up with some weird words and symbols all around. It had been like a pretty light show! An impressed 'oooooh' left her mouth as the girl watched it in excitement, as always not sure of what was going on. He did say he'd hear La-la though so, Rin was glad. It meant she and Ae would be okay! Yaaaay!

"Thank you for helping them, Ly!", the cheerful girl said giving the other a tight hug. Maybe just a little bit too tight, oh well.

Then the young man was off, back to the task at hand: the monitor station. To be completely honest, Len had been expecting an answer like that. Did he know that Spec was only able to be used at enemies? Not really. But he had a hunch. The only thing he had tried was to buy more time to deal with his own social awkwardness, which hadn't exactly worked either.

He had watched Ritsu's reactions, though reading the tiny screen of the AI was a lot harder than reading a full person's reactions. Either way, it didn't seem like she had much success hacking into the facility's grid, which meant that he wouldn't have much success either. He was winging it, she actually seemed like a pro at the task, it didn't take a genius to guess what would happen if he tried it.

"Ah I see, sorry for the stupid question Walt-san", Len had replied, pretending to not have known better, "If Ritsu hasn't managed to get anything out of it, guessing by the lack of information-sharing, I doubt someone like me would, Hashimoto-san. Sorry for not being able to help."

His reply to Takemi had been followed by a smile, yet inside the male vocaloid had been starting to feel... like a waste. Of space, in this party. Had he been helping at all? It didn't seem like it. Dragged along, that's what they were being. Were the twins slowing them down? Rin was too oblivious to see it, she would not care, but Len, he did. Anything he had done that was actually productive for the past events was to stack some couches. And that was something anyone else could have done. What was he good at? What was the unique thing he brought into the group? He didn't know.

Perhaps there hadn't been anything at all. Something in his core hurt when he thought about it.
Maybe this group would be better off without him.

"Can the two of you open the vault? Or know where the vault is if you use the machine here?"​

"Not right now.", Len held his right hand in a fist, trembling, "Not when I'm doubting myself."

The male vocaloid didn't answer, he couldn't. The right words didn't want to leave his mouth, only the wrong ones. The accusatory ones, the self-loathing ones. Looking for something to distract himself with, Len brought the console closer to his face and realized that he was running low on power. 47%! This soon?! And then it dawned on him, how using Lyle's skills was probably demanding more than normal of their processors, and in return draining power quicker. Stacking those couches and holding that barricade had been out of the norm as well.

This was bad. Rin's battery would have a little more to spare due to her remaining mostly stationary and mostly chatting, but still, not that much. Awful timing, the worst timing. Here he had been, wondering about holding his group back and now lack of power threatened to make that into a reality!

While the others dealt with their own matters or scavenged the place for information, Len had seemingly done as well, looking for a free socket.

In the background, Rin would come to witness Double's eldritch maw open again, with Aeon coming to ask Lyle for help. At this point, the girl had stopped trying to make sense of it all, and reassured herself enough about her whole fear of getting swallowed thing. Their blue-haired leader, however, didn't seem to have a similar resolve, refusing to step inside it and go with Aeon.

Sadly for Len, his desperate search would yield no results. Unless!
The male vocaloid stared at the monitors where the alluring, and probably a trap, image of the Tesseract kept being shown. Monitors... needed power. The whole station would be plugged into a socket somewhere! The room was quiet right now, it was possible they would never have a chill moment like this again... Slowly, trying to not raise any suspicion, Len moved towards the monitors, in small steps and then dived under the control panel on one go.

No one needed these anymore, right? They had checked the buttons, they had tried hacking into it... This was for the greater good of the party. this was to avoid becoming a literal weight to the whole group... He gave a last glance behind him, making sure no one knew what he was about to do and put his head behind the panel. The socket was there! Now all he had to do was pull this plug and plug himself and...


~The Mercenary Returns~​

“There! Behind the monitors!”​

AHCK! So close!
Surprised by Leo's voice, Len hit his head against the deck with a metallic 'thuuunk' sound. Great, now everyone knew he was there. Panicking like a child that had been caught with their hand inside a cookie jar, the boy quickly thought of an excuse:

"Ah, I did see something odd in here!", he had lied, trying to get out of his own mess, getting from under the station.

Welp, now they had a literal timer ticking their power away. Len attempted to keep his cool for the remainder of the interactions, yet he was noticeably fidgety and anyone that knew him enough would have realized the change. Something was definitely bothering him.

Leo had reached behind the cluster of monitors, apparently finding a switch. More hidden passages. Len wondered how much more were around this place, and how many more they'd get to find before this crusade ended. The monitors folded to the sides taking part of the wall and the socket along with it. There had gone one of their few chances to recharge amidst this madness. Rin had just exclaimed in delight and excitement over the neat appearance of the passageway, not entirely sure of what it felt like (more of Len's games?), just that it was really cool.

Leading the group inside, the red-haired teenager had then stepped inside, the twins sticking behind near Lyle and Takemi, their original party. Everything seemed fine, the new corridor was quiet. Maybe too quiet. Remember how Len was suspecting that they were been lured into a trap?

A shot rang out, Rin was startled and let a scream while clinging to her brother. Two more had been slain.

How was he even supposed to feel about it at this point? It just seemed inevitable now that someone would always die. The numbness felt just as bad as the grief and fear from earlier. Perhaps, it was worse. Maybe he'd be gone before power could become a problem...

"You again!", Len let out at Deathstroke's return in almost a growl. He was not delighted to see the man again, for obvious reasons.

He had brought his sister closer for protection and the girl was... not home. Rin was shocked. She had just been cheerfully chatting to one of them... Chibi Ike, who she had wanted to pet and cuddle, overall just have a really nice and fun time with. He was, bleeding and then he had gone silent. He was, he was gone... Just like the others before him... It kept happening it, it kept-!

"No, stop it...", she begged, her prayers lost to never be heard, "Stop taking them away... Stop making them sad... stop..."

Rin leaned on her brother, powerless, hopeless. Where they all just destined to die? To go away one by one without ever going home? What kind of twisted sick game were they playing?? What kind of sick cruel world had they wandered into? Would she ever get to go home, or was it just a cruel lie told by someone? What to believe in?

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  • Sure enough, Morgan's guess about the Tesseract was apparently true- inside some kind of weird-ass vault. But something certainly didn't seem right about the place. Considering how preciously powerful the artifact was, Arthur would have thought it would at least have some sort of security protection around it. Maybe that Deathstroke mask, for instance. But now they had to figure out where the hell the vault was. With his group's luck, they probably wouldn't be finding any signs pointing to a "VAULT" any time soon around the hallways. As some little beast creature perched on the desk asked about that being the Tesseract and if there was some kind of "data-base" that would help.

    "Firstly, yes that would be the Tess-er-act, and not a Tess-er-ection. Secondly, I ain't even sure what half these buttons do. If someone has any idea on how to work these damn machines, that would be more helpful than me pressing these things without knowin' what kinda consequences they have!" Arthur commented as he pulled out his Portable Camera, taking his second picture in this world- this time, of the vault. Soon afterwards, the glowing-eyed boy came in to apparently find a hidden switch that opened up a metal door. At this, Arthur frowned before shaking his head, using his raw strength to open up the metal door for everyone else to enter. Once again, he took the rear flank, his eyes always searching and on the ready.

    Seems like he wasn't wary enough.

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    The instant gunshots rang throughout the room the group entered through and killed the little demon creature alongside the vision-kid, Arthur had quickdrawn his Schofield Revolver and loaded it with six explosive rounds. One jackass Deathstroke met all of them head-on, pacing the group like a cougar would stalk its prey. Morgan knew a lot about cougars- and understood that they almost always tracked you down before you could track them. This was no exception. And like a cougar, Arthur knew he couldn't fight his foe head-on unless he wanted to sustain major injuries to his team and himself- no, he'd have to out-think his foe.

    Unfortunately enough, some people didn't think their initial attacks out. The Cat Girl, Tin Armor, futuristic pistoleer- alongside his apparent daughter- and insane baseball-wielder all rushed in to try and attack. The only issue was that they were all coming in from the same angle- forwards- which would easily allow this Deathstroke man to deflect their attacks one by one since they were from one direction. Thankfully, it seemed that some folks were thinking more tactically. Some woman who could fly was shooting from above, limiting the amount of friendly fire. Positioning was obviously key- not to mention the setting. His eyes darted about, looking for any potential objects of interest that would assist in their fight, whilst holstering his Explosive-Rounds Schofield. Using the explosive rounds was just asking for friendly fire, and the last thing he wanted was to contribute to that.

    "What is you fools doing? Flank the bastard!" The gunslinger called out angrily to the rushers before trotting over to the two singer kids and the woman with some kind of spirit figure. As the former two began to break down, Morgan knelt down to take a good quiet look at them both. His face was relatively devoid of emotions. He'd seen lots of deaths- including folks who he had considered really close- and thus had learned to hide his emotions during tough times like these.

    "Listen to me. You two need to get yourselves some kinda cover before you get shot. Hell, git back through to that place with them fancy Tell-a-Visions. Whatever you do, don't come back till one of us doubles around to tell us the coast is clear." Arthur didn't spend any time making sure the children comprehended what he said. Instead, he looked directly at Takemi before giving a glance at the group rushing.

    "Those folk ain't gonna last long unless we get a good position to take this Deathstroke from afar without hurting our buddies." The cowboy declared, pulling out his Lasso before reaching into his Satchel. A couple of seconds later he had pulled out a Grappling Hook that he'd used whilst with Charles in his world, and fastened the hook to the end of his lasso.

    "Everyone with some kinda ranged power, follow me! Surround 'im on the balcony and rain hell!" He shouted at everyone else who weren't rushing in, hurling the grappling lasso upwards and (hopefully) hooking the railing above. If it connected properly, Arthur would quickly begin climbing his lasso rope to try and reach the second floor above. With luck, the other people would actually listen to him and follow suit.

 
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