darkvaper

Suddenly Experiment felt a rush of cold air around him.

In fact, the whole area seemed to cool, as if someone had just turned the thermostat down.

If Experiment looked, he would see the cause for the sudden temperature change. The man in the white battle suit and cape gave a somewhat dramatic wave of the arms and the temperatures returned to normal.

The man's white armor seemed to stand out against the drab greys of the destroyed battleground. His cape fluttered about like a flag in the wind.

Doctor Klaus had just arrived.

The mad German's features were that of your stereotypical mad scientist. He had the wild white hair that went everywhich way, the funny little white mustache, even the thick German accent. Then there were the funny little gogles that obscured his normally bright blue eyes.

Taking a step closer to Experiment he gave a quick look at the area around himself. "Excuzen me, but iz zis ze supergeniusez convention?"

HAHA! I LIVE!

*Spartan laser cannon obliterates Chaotic*

How bout that eh?

((It's a shame I canned Radiator...he's one of my better creations. I really liked his build))

Scarab couldn't believe it. The brute had been able to resist the affects of the blades upon his skin. Very few people had ever been able to do that and Scarab had hated every encounter with them. That said, he knew he was in for a hell of a fight.

Luck was on his side though. Slowly the assassin tried to wiggle free of the other man's grip. He used his comparatively small stature to his advantage, lashing out with a kick to the brute's left knee. The kick hit on the side of hte knee, and on a normal person would have a good chance of breaking the knee. On Ineffable though, it would probably just hurt a lot.

Ineffable could swear he heard Scarab whispering some sort of giberish. It almost sounded as if he was chanting....

Suddenly arcane symbols appeared on the ground beneath the two warriors. At first they glowed bright blue, then portions of the symbols began to change colors. Some even alternated in seemingly random patterns.

Scarab felt his strength increasing, albeit slowly. However, the stronger he got, the more Ineffable had to fight to keep him held down.

*Rez*

*Nabs Spartan Laser Cannon*

*Phoenix is PWNED*

Radiator suddenly felt like a pin cushion. Almost immediately Vanguard and task force personnel swarmed in on him. His first instinct was to get out of the way, without hitting Ghost.

His jet boots roared as he did the midair equivalent of a sidestep, sliding away from the entrance and towards the exit. His crimson eyes suddenly grew larger....

The x-ray beam that shot out of his eyes was directed to the charging Rikti in front of him (Cher'Tak). He then directed his less potent neutrino bolts at Combat toy and the other rushing heroes/villains/ assorted minions.

The Vangaurd infantry would find that Radiator's armor was tough, but even it had it's limits. There were several places where the bullets had gotten through. The only thing keeping them from actually harming him was the extreme heat building up inside the suit.

Thermal Emissions, easily hot enough to melt bullets and cauterize wounds. The corruptor knew he could probably last another minute or two, but much more than that and he'd be tost. A plasma bolt from Combat Toy hit him in the shoulder and he did a mid air spin. He did a few quick aerial maneuvers, varying his altitude greatly with each one.

Ghost on the other hand saw the incoming flashbangs and smiled. While he could do without the flash and sudden deafening sounds of explosions, his suit's mask did lessen the subsequent affects of the projectiles.

He noticed the Vanguard wizards were cooking up a literal storm for him. He quickly dived to the side, rolling off hte floor and skidding to a halt a couple yards away. His rifle rose up until the sights were locked dead on the wizards.

He let loose a good burst or two before moving again. He had learned never to stay in one place for too long. As he ran he counted down in his mind from twenty.
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Scarab smiled. It was a good thing he had just retracted his blades to their sheathed position along his arms. It was like hugging a scorpion....it didn't go well for Ineffable. He immediately felt the magically imbued blades cutting into his skin.

A sick smile crossed Scarab's face. He tried to wriggle free, which in the process made the blades cut deeper and deeper into Ineffable, who by now would be in a hell of a lot of pain. Scarab wondered why the fool had been mad enough to try and bear hug the guy that sleeps with daggers under his pillow.

"Think carefully about just what the nature of his powers is. Think about how he's likely to attack you. He'll probably just teleport in right on top of you or plant a few traps around you when you aren't looking. However, we can use that against him." Darkvapor walked over to the bar and asked the bartender for the strongest drink he had, before taking a seat on the barstool next to PB.

While he waited for his drink he continued his talk with Power Breaker. "I can manipulate the air around this island such that Poe can't teleport while on the island. He'll have to come from afar, giving us an advantage. Furthermore, he can't get away from us as easily." Darkvapor gave Power Breaker a chance to think over what he'd just said while the bartender made his drink. He kept an eye on just what it was the man with the Slavic accent was doing while still giving Power Breaker most of his attention.

"Now then, once you've got Poe coming at you from afars you can plant traps for him. You can figure out where he's coming from easily enough, just put up a few guards near the edge of the island."

*Rezes*

*Posts a poster on a nearby tree*

Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm huntin Chaowtics.

*Blasts Chaotic with the Hammer of Dawn*

*Rez*

*Slits Entropy's throat after he kills Chameleon.*

*Throws Entropy's carcass onto the slingshot*

((I believe you are correct. Last I remember they were buffing for a fight though, so it's logical they were on their way so it doesn't matter that much.))

Darkvapor spun on his heels. How Buckman and the others had heard him was a mystery in and of itself. Perhaps he had been speaking more loudly than he'd thought.

"Energon, I think our lovely Council friends here just gave you permission to join us." he said with a smile.

The entrance is caved in, but don't worry, I can TP you in. He didn't make the mistake of sending this message over radio though. Instead, he telepathically sent the message to Energon. I think they can tap into our radios. he added for good measure.

Returning to Schwarez and Buckman he took a few steps towards the General. "Tell me, are you capable of sensing magic or other kinds of anomalies? According to this sensor," he said in a concerned tone, pulling a small PDA like apparatus from his belt, "there's some sort of disturbance here." he pointed to a flashing red dot. "Any idea what could cause that?"

The dot bounced around merily like a wild rabit. However one thing was certain, the anomaly was somewhere in Boomtown. "Look at it, it's strong enough to disrupt the sensor equipment!"

Darkvapor wasn't nearly as concerned as he let on, but having dealt with many a diplomat, he'd learned how to lie. Meanwhile he telepathically sent a message to his sniper team outside the building.

On my signal blow the rubble in front of the building. Shoot anyone who trys to come out that isn't with me.

Darkvapor raised his hand to his chin. In all his years of leading his armies to glories victory over his enemies, he had never faced a more strange and deadly foe than the Husk Corporation.

"Difficult to say. Perhaps if people start showing up in the Dimension of Mysts Poe's boss will get pissed and talk some sense into him. Then again, maybe he'll just shoot first and ask questions later." He shook his head at this.

"As far as the whole matter of bringing Poe to us, I'm not quite sure how you plan on doing that. As far as I know the Husk Corporation and Poe for that matter won't give a hoot. If anything, Poe will be setting traps, lots of traps, for when we show up at his doorstep. The only reason I can think of for why he would even think of doing something like attacking Power Breaker in the D is if he's tired of waiting and is willing to take almost any risk in order to kill PB over here."

Darkvapor stressed this, his brow furrowing as he furthered his concentration.

"Unless...we give him an opportunity he can't refuse...a chance to finally get back at PB, wihtout worrying about DJ Zero or heroes or villains." As he said this Darkvapor looked up and stared right at Power Breaker, the look on his face telling far more than words could over say.

We set our own trap

((Hmm...I am beginning to question this myself. Is there anyone else we're waiting on to reply or should I post Ghost and Radiator's response?))

((Huh? It's what I always heard.))

((I recall Klaus freezing from the loins up to the archon's upper chest.))

Oh shi-

*dies*

*rez*

*Leaves the maze, retreating to his hidden lair in the mountains*

((I'm only going to reply to the events Portal Corps side so that more people can have the chance to catch up. Edit: For the record, it's Radiator not Radiation ))

Luck was definately on HK 48's side. His cloaking device made him invisible to the Longbow. Even if they did see him, human reaction time was around three seconds. HK 48's reaction time was far better. Almost immediately after arriving on the other side of the portal he teleported himself.

He made several small jumps around the area before stopping in a secluded alleyway over a mile away from the Portal Corps building.

The robot did a quick scan to make sure the area was secure before taking any further action. The highly advanced android sent a secure transmission to the team's headquarters in South America.

Overwhelming force detected. Request additional firepower to deal with threat. Please be ready by the time I reach the headquarters if you wish to help.

AAAH!

*Dies*

*Rezes,thanks to the magic belt he's wearing that allows him to rez inside his own anti rez field.*

*Pulls Entropy out of the black hole and returns him (or his corpse) to the maze*

*Rezes corpse*

*Quickly TPs out of Entropy's reach*

Now then, I suggest you start running again.

"Reply: I have hated all organic beings ever since they created Windows Vista. It's like the Bubonic plague for us machines you know..."

Ghost noticed the odd little pink robot healing the task force members. He quickly turned, pointing the rifle at her now. He intuitively moved his fingers across the rifle until he could feel the triggre for the greande launcher.

There was a loud Ptuwh as the explosive projectile was hurtled out of it's launcher and went screaming towards it's target.
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Scarab hadn't been expecting a counter attack so soon. His warning went off like a police siren in his mind. The assassin soon learned that Ineffable was trying to knock him down. After tossing the large slab away he did a sort of spin at his waist.

Ineffable was slowly tearing away at his armor. He couldn't take this kind of punishment for any length of time. Instead he let the mechanical parts affixed to his gloves grab onto his blades. The curved swords rotated in place until they once again ran from his wrists up to his forearm.

A thin wire shot out of his wrist and hit Ineffable squarely in the forehead. At this range, it would have been absolutely impossible for Scarab to miss.

Ineffable suddenly felt a massive electrical charge surging through his body. He probably did some shaking. The electrical burst could probably do a number on his body if he didn't let go soon.

You forget about the traps my friend....

That and the anti-rez field....

*Flamethrower narrowly misses him*

I'd suggest you run.

Darkvapor felt it...a strange presence.

More like a disturbance. His limited knowledge of magic though made him rather worrisome of just what the nature of said disturbance might be.

He made sure he the general was out of earshot before raising his index finger to his earpiece. "Anyone else feel that? I felt it before...it's our guy. I thikn we may need to regroup soon. Listen, I've got a detachment of Council guys here, any chance I can get some backup?"

*Entropy runs into conveniently placed wall*

"Comment: Oh goody, another human meatbag. Query: What is your identification meatbag?"

Apparently the orb despised all things organic. Well, all things organic that didn't include it's own team mates.

Radiator felt the sudden crushing gravity. Despite the pain he was still able to move. By now he'd concentrated quite a bit of his power into his extremities, preparing for the atomic blast.

The blast to the shoulder didn't help. His energy was dangerously unstable before. Throwing in foreign energy was like pouring oil on a fire. In that moment he went critical.

Normally this would have meant a massive atomic blast. However, the shot to his shoulder interrupted the charge and so he was forced to expend all the energy he'd already built up.

The pure kinetic force of the blast shot outwards in all directions, knocking over various Vanguard instruments and sending some unsecured pieces flying. The radiation that came with it was rather deadly, and could quite possibly be enough to give someone radiation poisoning. They certainly wouldn't feel good after being exposed to such a blast.

A few seconds after the blast ghost reappeared. There was something diffrent about him though. While in phase shift he'd had the chance to switch into his battle armor.

The armor was all black and white, much like that of the Vanguard. His face mask had a rather distinct look to it, with bright white eyes and an eerie almost robotic appearnce. He had no cape, but he did have quite a bit of equipment on his person in the form of bandoleers and shoulder strapped weapons.

He brought his assault rifle to bear, having already chosen his target. He didn't even need to take the time to aim. Depressing the trigger, he fired a long burst of armor piercing rounds into Ryatt66. The bullets were specially designed to harm even the toughest of metas, and he'd seen them in play against even the mighty Zeus Titan robots, with moderate successs. As the thunderous roar of his assault rifle filled the room Radiator slowly backed away from the task force.

Wihtout his body wrappings on people could see his true form. Beneath the wrappings lay a thick black and green suit of armor. His helmet had two thin slits from which his crimson eyes could glow.

His boots suddenly ignited, thermal exhaust propelling him into the air. As he floated about his long black cape fluttered about behind him. "Anyone else wanna go a round with me?" he asked in a scratchy, almost garbled mechanical voice.

((Umm, hate to break it to you, but I did kinda freeze the Archon after he kicked our leader in the jewels. I'd at least like to know how he got off the ground so easily...))

Darkvapor couldn't stand it anymore.

"No collateral damage? But that's what I live for!"

The sarcasm in his voice was perhaps a little too thick.

"Just pray we don't cross to many of those Husk Lords. I have seen them in action, and trust me, we stand no chance if we run into his boss."

He let the grim sentiment filter through the team before continuing, "But hey, nothing to worry about right?"

*Minion goes on massive quest to gather the varous shards. When done he finally puts his master together and rezes him.*

I am reborn!

*Sneaks up on Entropy, before hitting him on the back of the head. When he awakes he is in a maze full of highly dangerous traps, replete with an anti-rez field inside the maze*

((Good story so far..even though I honestly still have no idea what/who Rularuu is.

Not that it's your fault, but like I have said many times in these forums, I never got that far in CoH )