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Whoa did a scrapper and a boomer just agree with me on non-violence? Yeah I do believe none of us are gonna make it out of this alive. Dax thought still floating in his cloud form.

He shifted his miniature crystals so that they would no longer absorb energy, but instead reflect it. Did someone just say that they knew where the City Rep is? Well things may just be getting interesting!

"Damnit!! ENOUGH!!! I've had about enough of you immature super powered [censored]-holes." Dax suddenly shattered into his base components, becoming a dust like substance as he flowed past the hero line and created a barrier around Ghoul and placed him in between the opposing forces. "If you do not start playing nice, kids, I'm gonna have to put you in a corner!" The dark energy that Ghoul was emiting from his hands was drawn into his crystals and diverted helping him to strengthen his barrier.

"Vahzilok, today I am no enemy of yours. Cease your attack and I give you my word I will try to stop the metas from harming those in your clan. We want only one thing, information. What can you tell us about the current state of Boomtown?" Dax usually didn't consider himself a peace maker, but in this case he was making an exception seeing as the others were taking leave from their senses.

I hope none of them piss me off, I really don't wanna add another meta's death to my list.

Vahz? Pacifist vahz!? Great just what I need undead tree-huggers.

Dax looked around at the others still standing by the soul lizard. "Well lets go roll out the 'We aren't gonna kill ya unless you piss us off matt' and see what the hell these guys know."

Dax cleared the distance to the camp in a single leap. He stuck his upper body through the hole and said with a smile, "Howdy ya'll me an Little Joe decided to mosey on over here from the Ponderosa and see what all the fuss was 'bout" Damn I do a good Hoss impersonation

((The reason for all the video game and movie influences is because that was Dax's main way of learning about our culture.))

Dax looked around at the other metas, "Did anybody else just here that rock scream? This is like one of those things off Ripley's"

Dax started taking quick, clipped steps toward the building.

Dax's crystals had picked up the vibrations through the air [ QUOTE ]
"I fear this is a trap..."

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So is that their game? Things may just get a little more interesting then.

"YO! Quite gnit-picking and start doing something. Search the ground, look for some clues or something there's a reason it brought us here, or you can play the lottery," Dax squatted down and lifted an eight-hundred pound boulder off the ground and tossed it 45yrds with a flick of his arm.

Marcus felt it in his bones. The same power from earlier. The power Poe weilded. Crap. Well I guess I got what I asked for. Yo Jonas, gonna slip a reverse scroll on. You got the reins. Marcus seemingly pulled a roll of cloth out of nowhere. The scroll was painted over with runes of sealing and protection spells. He wrapped it around his right arm feeling a tingling sensation as the spells took hold.

Alright I'll take over. Maybe he won't notice you when he gets here. If he does though, we are gonna have to get outa here.Jonas pushed forward with his mind regaining control of his body. The cylinder never missed a beat rolling across his knuckles while the transfer was made.

Well this party's gonna get crazy!

((sorry couldn't resist tossing in the Devil May Cry 3 quote))

*ACHOOOOO!* Marcus sniffed and wiped his nose Someone's talking about me

He reached into his breast pocket for a hankercheif when his hand touched the cylinder. What the hell happened to the trap? I figured he would've jumped me as soon as I stepped outa the main club. Oh well I can turn this in to Shaakti or Build, one of them should be able to figure out how it works.


Marcus pulled out both the items, spinning the cylinder through his fingers while wipeing his nose. He started tossing the cylinder into the air as he leaned against the door leading to the Cap. He has to see me now, unless Morin left out tellin' me he's blind or somethin.

Marcus heard a ding as the elevator doors opened. He dropped to the ground and brought his right arm up in a classic firing position. What now!? The doors opened all the way, but no one was inside. "That's weird. When someone like Poe is involved weird is synonymous with trap. Well I guess I better not disappoint him," Marcus made his way to the elevator doors and pressed the down button.

Well Poe, better make this interesting you pyromaniacal psycho

((ooc Happy B-day Devious, and Dax is a brute not a hero.))

Marcus walked through the elevator doors back into the villainside. He posted up with a wall lean to the right side of the elevator door. He grabbed a glass off a passing waiters tray and roughly knocked it back feeling the burn as the bourbon hit the back of his throat. Not bad! He placed the empty glass back on the tray and reached for another one when his cell phone started to play his ring tone, Enter Sandman by Mettalica, Least my brother still has good taste in music

He roughly flipped the phone open, "It's me. Shoot."

"Yo Jonas, it's me Morin. Shaakti just called and said there was some major power fluctuation going on in your area. She wanted me to make sure everything was copacetic." Morin's dark whiskey voice said over the phone in that way a woman wouldn't be able to resist.

"Yo Mo. Everything's fine, a waiter got uppity, it's Husk flavored. . ." Marcus said into the phone waiting for Morin to realize the implication.

"Who was the waiter?" Morin asked with a slight touch of apprehension

"Said his name was Poe." Marcus said simply

"Yeah, I know who you're talking about. He's a crazy little freak, has a pentient for explosions and fire. If things start up again get the hell out of there. Husk beat us out of a few dimensions already and if we lose Terran we might as well pack up and go home." Morin

"Yeah I know. It'll get crazy when, not if, he shows back up. Tell Shaakti I found Power Breaker and gave him the card." Marcus

"Oh, good. If we keep helping out the enemies Husk has made we may have a chance if we have to fight them. I'm gonna repeat this one more time; he shows, you leave!" Morin

"Don't worry Mo, Jonas is out for the night. Marcus on the other hand is in and is looking for some fun." Marcus flipped the phone closed and smiled.

A glint by the storage door caught his eye. He moved across to the door and knelt down. He saw a tiny silver capsule with an engraved H on one end. Things are looking up. He musta dropped it during the scuffle, and knowing how anal Husk is about their tech he's gonna come back for it. Jonas palmed the capsule and slipped it into his breast pocket.

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Morin stared at the phone after Jonas (Marcus?) had hung up.

"Great, Marcus is outa his cage and Poe has shown up. I'm amazed Husk hasn't found out about us yet, but knowing the Boss Man he'll make sure we stay in the shadows a little while longer. I'm calling Shaakti." Morin said to himself as he started to draw a rune on the back of his phone and began to dial Shaakti.

"D, Husk, Poe, Jonas/Marcus, Priority Blue. Members need notification." Was all that he said knowing that the point would get across and that Shaakti would alert the other DWC members.

Friggin heroes. Friggin Clockwork. Friggin soul lizard. Friggin sausage fest! Dax thought as E-X took to the sky.

"How many times have I already said it. When you fly you just make a better target! Stupid hero's don't know a thing about survival nowadays, I mean look at some of these guys. We got a boom type that goes out of his way to get shot at, a hobo who's only concern is a damn lizard, a scrapper with a sword ('nough said), a puddle who's no where to be found, and the lizard's keepers. Yeah I smell failure on the horizon." Dax said in a perfect Dennis Leary voice.

"The soul thing is probably going to take a squat, that's the reason it's got that look on its face and I bet you can't wait to get a whiff with the way you've been playing concerned mother." Dax stated annoyedly toward Martin

"Oh! I got an idea, lets sing Kumbaya and get drunk instead of finding the [censored]-hole and beating him to a pulp! I mean god! You guys act like you've never been jumped by an army of Clockwork before! And I still haven't found out what kinda reward I'm gonna get for doing this crap." Dax said with mounting anger.

"Let's hurry the hell up so I can get home and watch cartoons." He said exasperatedly. He tapped his foot for a few seconds, then went to stand at the edge of the group.

*hits reset button then pops Krazy in the face with Steve-O*

*rez*

*Open shoulder pads and shoots out radioactive, flesh eating, ketchup at TeCham*

*Techam decides to dip his french fries and ends up with a gaping maw for a mouth*

Dax shift his weight from one foot to the other. The crystals which formed the place were a humans mouth would be began to resonate and form words. "So we gonna sit here grab-assin' or are we gonna get down to business?" Dax shrank a little as he sent a wave of microscopic crystals to float around his body and act as a deterent to attacks by focusing different energies through the individual crystals.

*wanders in and places a cage on the floor*

*cage explodes and mutant nut crunching squirrels attack Bladewing in a very uncomfortable place*

*Bladewing eventually dies from blood losss*

Dax felt the giant robot lurch when the energy blast hit. He felt the energy hit a few of his crystal shards adding to his own energy. I think its time to blow this pop stand. Dax drew the crystals he had pushed into Babbage's lower joints toward the origin clust, which currently lay in the robots right shoulder.

Well boys, you ready? the origin cluster asked

Yeah mate
Aye Aye Cap'n
Sure why not, I'm bored. The larger clusters readily aggreed

The dust began to form into one large 6'8" spike which erupted from Babbage's shoulder ripping apart gears and tearing off peices of junk armor. Jonas changed to his human form and hit the ground running as he heard metal shriek in protest behind him.

Marcus headed out the Cap door on villainside. He shivered when the night air hit his skin. Damn its cold. Marcus headed toward a street vendor. "Hey bud, pack a smokes and a can of dip."

Dude don't put that crap in my body! Jonas

Chill. Any damage will heal faster than you can believe.

The vendor looked up at him. "Sure, strong stuff or weak?"

Marcus grinned, "Stronger the better bud." The vendor reached into his cart and pulled out the can and the pack. Marcus quickly scooped them off the cart top.

"Later bud." Marcus dissappeared before the vendor even told him the price.

"Damn villains, they get cheaper every year." The vendor murmured under his breath.

Marcus walked back to the door to the D and grabbed the handle. You sure you wanna go back in there? I'm pretty sure Poe is still planning something.

Don't worry little bro. We can wait by the door, that way we can have an 'out' as soon as something happens. Marcus

Dax fumed with anger. Alright then, if the friggin little ones are gonna ignore me I may as well go for the biggy. the crystal cloud seemed to flow toward Babbage, invading his major joints. The dust formed into larger crystals which used their diamond-like hardness to slow the giant down. HURRY UP! I'm missing 'Good Times'. Jebus these heros move slow, a team of villains woulda been able to take him out and gotten doughnuts by now.

Marcus tilted his head toward Khells dissappearing energy signature. Something's building little bro, you think it's that dude from earlier? Possibly another member of the DWC lookin' for us without checking in with Shaakti?

Only person I know that's stupid enough not to follow protcol is Dax, or possibly Morin. My bets on Poe, he seemed pissed enough to pull something. Jonas

Well if the freaky little waiter wants some I'll be happy to ablige with a fist to his gut. Marcus

Are we gonna die again because of this? Jonas

Probably, if it goes according to plan. So how do you think its gonna happen this time, slow and painfull or fast and painfull? Marcus

If I had a choice I'd say neither. I don't have a choice do I?
'Cause you're going to tell everyone here you gotta step out for awhile and see what kinda trouble you can get into. Jonas

'Course not, what would give you that idea? Marcus stood from his stool and layed a hand on the bar.

Sorry folks, delay of game I should be back before long. If I'm not, order a pizza. Marcus removed a hand and began walking toward the villain side elevator.

Dax almost flinched when the wave from the lightning ball hit him across the chest. The multitude of crystals that formed his being, which where closer to fine dust than the larger crystals the used earlier, shifted to absorb what little of the energy he had a chance to. I don't have time for this crap. I want a beer and a woman. Dax let go. His crystals separated into dust and he started to move toward Babbage. The crystal dust swirled about the clockwork getting into their internal systems and slowing them, much like scar tissue or bone shard will do to a shoulder or knee joint. I hate having to take an indirect route like this, but as long as the others do their job I'll be able to do more help this way than if I were swinging around my fist.

Dax yawned. So things go from being boring to throwing a few punches to sewers to boring again. He went to run a hand through his hair but stopped halfway through the motion remembering that his hair was now crystal. Great now I don't even look remotely human. How the hell am I suposed to pick up women now? I blame this all on Shaakti.

He watched the hobo talk to the lizard and Bladewing summon runes. Great magic . This is Jonas's territory not mine. Why the hell am I even here? Damn I'm bored Dax looked around at the other meta's. Maybe things are gonna pick up soon.

The crystals traveled in a tight pack, all 118 of them. They seemed to hover in the air before combining back into a humanesque form and dropping roughly to the ground beside the soul lizard thing. "It's Dax. What'd I miss?"

Dax was pissed. He had liked this look, all punk and stuff. When he had crashed into the ground he had landed ontop of a weakened section of the forgotten sewers. He reared back a hand and smashed it into a section of old concrete above his head smashing a hole in the roof. BOOM. the tunnel began to shake with the explosion.

Two to one bet it was the boom guy. Dax kneeled down and concentrated before jumping through the roof and into the sky. He began to absorb what little sunlight he could through the holes in his skin. The artificial skin that usually covered him began to smoke. Sections of it began to burn or melt away.

After a few seconds Dax floated in the air in his true form, smooth green crystal with waves of energy moving through it from head to foot, he had no mouth, his eyes where the same material as his true body, and he had spiky green crystals for hair. Now which way did they go? Dax opened what passed as his mind and reached for their energy signatures. Let's see clockwork, clockwork, vahs, clockwork, and meta's He could feel their independant energy signatures and even the residual energy left behind by the explosion. Yep, it was the boom type.

Cracks seemed to appear through Dax's body as he prepared for his version of teleportation. He allowed his body to splinter and then shatter. The crystals were each deadly and had independant minds within themselves. Okay guys that way. We reassemble at arrival The origin cluster said

Right boss.
Sure man.
Where da women. Came the answers from the other levitating crystals before they all erupted toward the group of meta's.

((OOC I party for one night and I miss the entire battle? Man you guys are moving fast.))

((Probably not gonna be able to post till tomorrow, Football game and then parties. If I do manage to post later tonight I'm probably not gonna be sober so just bare with it.

((Probably not gonna be able to post again till tomorrow, going to a football game and probably some parties after words))