From the corner of her eyes Mare could spot a disruption in the sky,though before she realized what happened she got knocked off her hooves by a series of strong energy blasts.Raindrops beat off her skin as she slammed with her back against a brick wall,causing her to gasp for air,the stone crumbling beneath her. Cringing she coughed up afew specks of blood,a thin red trail running down her upperlip from one nosetrill. The fact that she appeared so badly damaged by only afew blows proved the woman's skill to be still quite low. Thunder rumbled,forked lightning tails encleaving the dark grey clouds. With trembling lips Mare uttered some words "..n-next time..y..ya all w-wont be this lucky..i-i...shall grow stronger..m-my dears..",before her head fell sidewards in defeat,conciousness slowly leaving her.
A lonely crow let out a morbid cry in the distance,the wind picking up once more. The weather was obviously getting worse with the minute,forcing whomever was still out on the streets to retrieve themselves back into their warm cosy homes. Just below the building the group had been fighting a broken neon sign reading "Foxy Roxy Striptease & Pub" was flicking on and off,moths fluttering around the glowy lights.
(( Starting to wonder again where this is going...But I'll try to help keep it moving away from the battle.))
Nick staggered back up, and smiled as he noticed he scored several successful shots. Works every time...
Antagonism: Nice shot.
Upon hearing that, Nick's smile only grew wider. "Give up yet?If you do, I might let you go." He uttered in a mock-cheerful tone. Nick started to bring up his pistols, until he heard the sound of an energy blast.
As looked over, he saw Rami/Mare hit the wall, and then fall to the floor. He saw her mouth moving, but couldn't hear what she said over the sound of the thunder. Wh-...wha? That didn't just happen, it couldn't have... Nick's face turned grave again, as he dropped his pistols, and ran over to Rami/Mare. Is she dead...!? He picked up her arm, and put his hand to her wrist. No, I can feel a pulse...deja vu..what now though...?
Nick laughed nervously, "Eh...heh..heh...she's going to be all right....right?" Nick pulled a key out of his pocket, the key to the Freedom Corps building he was just working in. Sliding the key into the door, he unlocked it.
Walking back over to Rami/Mare, he attempted to pick her up. Not only was she a little heavy for him, the previous kick to the stomach hadn't helped at all either. Struggling to stand upright, he said to Antagonism and Iron American, "Come on! Help me get her inside you morons!" Nick seemed completely uninterested in the fact that a battle had just been going on, mainly because of Nick's rash actions, all of his attention was back to Rami/Mare again. I still don't know why, but I don't want to risk letting you die. Now Nick was shouting, "Come on! What are you standing around for, let's go!"
Eagle of Light, now in his human form, wached the energy blast travel through the air and hit its target. He stood there completely still, lost in his own little world. When Nick spoke to them he came back to earth. "oh, er.... right" He said akwardly, why did he stop fighting? Is that thing realy important to em? scratching his head clearly surprised that Nick had stopped being such an idiot. He walked over to the door and went inside looking at Rami to see if she was alright.
"Yeah...I'm coming. You shot me three times if you don't remember." Though the battle was still fresh in his mind, and the girl they were saving had just gone psycho moments before, he knew he didn't deserve the title of Hero if he left her to die while Nick struggled to get her in.
"Alright, It may be best if I use my right hand though." He motioned to the bullet wounds in his shoulder as he spoke.
Antagonism: Yea I'm coming. You shot me three times if you don't remember.
Nick only shook his head frowning, "Stop being such a wuss, and help me open the door! We don't have time for incompetence here, at this rate we might just die of old age before we can even get to my office!"
Nick apparently fully regained his lovable personality, as he attempted to open the door by sliding his elbow across the knob. In the end he only managed to look funny.
Antagonism: Alright, it may be best if I use my right hand though.
Nick spoke mockingly again in his usual angry tone "Yea yea yea, I can't imagine why. Get over yourself already and just open it, she's heavy man!"
"Heh, I'll take that as a thanks for the help." He opened the door as he spoke. "I've never actually been here so I'll take her and you can lead if you want." He took a look at Iron American and the new spiny hero "Hey! You two feel like coming or...?"
"Yes, I'm coming. She will be fine, the blasts are non-fatal. I decided it would be best if I took her out because otherwise Dead-Eye there would have killed someone. Most likely you, Gimpy," said the Iron American pointing at Antagonism. "Now that I have given my explanation, I think now's as good a time as any to introduce myself to the rest of you. I am the Iron American. So, lets hear your names, so I don't have to keep giving you these nicknames any time I want to say something?"
((You'll have to pardon my posting a bit, since I started making it after Mutants post, but didn't finish until after Lord Raymond. Though I don't want to too heavily edit it since I think it still is coherent, and helps add a little more of Nick's irritable nature into play.))
Antagonism: Heh, I'll take that as a thanks for the help.
Nick remained in his mocking tone, "Yea, you can take it however you want, makes dealing with you all the easier punk."
As he noticed Antagonism opening the door, he quickly walked in, making sure to lift Rami's head a tad to avoid bashing her head into the door... As he walked in though he heard,
Antagonism: I've never actually been here, so I'll take her and you can lead if you want.
Nick stopped short a bit, and went into a polite tone, but hinted at nervousness, "Ah, umm, no no, I've got her. Yea umm, I'm fine, really. Just complaining a bit, y'know, besides, works muscles this way, hah..eh." Yea, build muscles, right..That sounds good..
But Antagonism seemed to be distracted, as he heard him speak again...
Antagonism: Hey! You two feel like coming or....?
Was he even listening? Eh...maybe it's best he didn't anyway. Nick reverted back to his sarcastic tone, "Forget them, if they want to stand in the rain and act as lightning rods for us, by all means let them. It'll save the building some money of buying a real one."
Nick walked deeper into the building, and noticed the center statue of the building, for some reason, it made him smile. Looking down around the floor, he noticed the lack of sitting furniture or benches, and, as gently as possible, bent down and placed her next to the statue. Standing fully upright again, he looked down at her, and then whispered to himself, "My god, I think I lost feeling in my arms..."
After he looked up, he noticed Iron American. Shooting off his mouth again as always, I swear I was better off shooting him. Why couldn't he play lightning rod?
Iron American: So let's hear your names, so I don't have to keep giving you nick names every time I want to say something.
Nick looked up, this time talking seriously, (For Nick's personality anyway) "Well, I'm not an official hero so, you can just call me by my real name, Nick."
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Most likely you, Gimpy....So, lets hear your names, so I don't have to keep giving you these nicknames any time I want to say something?
[/ QUOTE ] "Who knows, maybe I could have pulled something out of my sleeve...And the name is Judicious Antagonism."
He was, admittedly, a tad un-focused as they came in but his attention was now on the animal girl unconscious next to the statue. Antagonism looked down what semed to be endless corridors "This place does have a medical wing, right? With people still here?" It seemed as though there was no-one even here still.
Eagle listened to what Antagonism looking at his bullet wounds, "are you ok? You got shot right in the left arm around the heart"
Nick: "Stop being such a wuss, and help me open the door! We don't have time for incompetence here, at this rate we might just die of old age before we can even get to my office! Yea yea yea, I can't imagine why. Get over yourself already and just open it, she's heavy man!"
"cut em' some slack dude he got shot, yeeesh" Eagle said frowning.
Iron: "Yes, I'm coming. She will be fine, the blasts are non-fatal. I decided it would be best if I took her out because otherwise Dead-Eye there would have killed someone. Most likely you, Gimpy, Now that I have given my explanation, I think now's as good a time as any to introduce myself to the rest of you. I am the Iron American. So, lets hear your names, so I don't have to keep giving you these nicknames any time I want to say something?"
"Shes gonna be alright... Is that a good thing? Do we want her to start attackin everyone? hmmmm" crud, I said that out loud didnt I? "heh heh, well, my names Eagle Of Light but you can call be Eagle for short. What would be my nickname?" grinning ask he asked.
Nick: "Yea, you can take it however you want, makes dealing with you all the easier punk. "Forget them, if they want to stand in the rain and act as lightning rods for us, by all means let them. It'll save the building some money of buying a real one." "
wow this guy is gettin on my nerves, I wonder if I punched Id get sued..... "Dude yet again, cut him some slack hes tryin to help ya out." Trying to not display any annoyance at NIck's words.
Antagonism: "This place does have a medical wing, right? With people still here?"
wow.... in all the times Ive been here I dont even know what all these rooms are for..... kinda sad. "I dunknow bout there bein a med bay or anything, but I bet tehre are some people around here somewhere....."
((yay post full of quotes, hehe))
Nick looked over to the man who called himself the Eagle of Light. Apparently he wasn't taking kindly to Nick's ...unique...personality.
Eagle: Cut em some slack, he just got shot, yeesh
Nick only rolled his eyes at that comment. What would he know? The fool attacked him first, he earned the holes. But Nick was further irked by Eagle's second comment, " Dude, yet again, cut him some slack, he's trying to help you out. "
Nick retorted angrily, "Yea, I'll cut him slack when he starts helping for real, now tell me buddy, what have YOU done to help so far?"
Nick was ready to spew out some more insults, until he heard...
Antagonism:This place does have a medical wing right? With people still here?
Eagle: I dunknow bout there bein a med bay or anything, but I bet there are some people around here somewhere.
Nick shook his head disappointed, " Eagle is partly correct, there is no med bay. At the same time, aside from me, there was no one else working here. Take note of the closed on Sundays sign. So I was the only person working here, and if there was, no one told me about it, and they didn't make a sound, though considering how interesting my day has been, it wouldn't surprise me if I was being stalked at work." Nick looked down at Rami with concern, "Either way, even if there was a med bay here, I'd be afraid to use anything serious with her, I mean she is an animal women, and unless someone here is an expert, we don't know how her body would be affected by medical chemicals, though I'm completely open to suggestions."
(At a bit of a loss of direction here, ah well, I'll go on a hint I think I saw earlier)
Anatgonism felt uncomfortable being in the middle of the "war of words" between Eagle and Nick.
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"Yea, I'll cut him slack when he starts helping for real,
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Antagonism's expression was visibly darker after that comment. That one hit his pride, hard. He tried to be a balance here, bring some stability, but in reality he had just made the situation worse. Times like this I wish I had just stayed a damn citizen... Antagonism felt a bit of a sting, but he knew he had to help somehow. "Well, there was a pub across the street. Maybe someone in there knows what we could do or where to get some help." He knew a pub was a bit of a long shot for help, but they were running out of options.
((A hint? Personally, I'd try to avoid scene changing till the return of our thread master, but I can have Nick follow along if the majority of the posters wish to do so.))
Nick was checking some of the cabinets behind the information desk to see if he could get anything to replace the pistols he left outside,but to no avail, as he looked back up he overheard...
Antagonism:Well, there was a pub across the street. Maybe someone in there knows what we could do or where to get some help.
But Nick also noticed Antagonism seemed much less outspoken then normal, something Nick wasn't used to. When did Goth-Man turn all quiet on me huh? Hah, bet he's just feeling guilty for trying to kick me or something. Let's let him sweat for a bit.
Nick started again with his mocking tone, "Oh yes, by the way, remember when I said I'm open to suggestions? Scratch that, I meant GOOD suggestions. I don't think we could get much help of any from Toothless Joe and his Amazing Bar Buddies, less we need to know the fastest way to get hammered, plus it's cold, wet, and there's lightning going on outside, I say we spend the night here, find a nice piece of carpet, and get comfy."
Nick started to walk off a bit, and started walking down the steps of the hallways saying, "And if you need me, which I hope you don't, I'll be getting back some more of my gear in my office, in case another series of unfortunate events, occurs."
As Nick walked down into the E.L.I.T.E. office, he found two pistols, "Finally," he whispered to himself. As he was about to walk back up, he thought of Antagonism again and a certain quote, "Hey, cut the guy some slack, he's only trying to help."
Eh, well, maybe he deserves a LITTLE credit.... Nick went back and went back through the drawers, after searching through some drawers, he found a small box.
Walking back up the stairs, he returned back to the others, and took out the box he had just found, throwing it to Antagonism he said, "Apply to the wound, you're no good with only one arm, so use it." He then produced a roll of duct tape, and placed it on the desk. Chuckling he said, "Just might want to keep it handy, y'know, case she goes psycho on us again." Hahah, I'm just too funny for my own good sometime. Though, I'm certainly gonna use it if she does indeed go nuts on us again...
"Stay the night here? Don't count on it for me. I really don't have the time to stay around with you guys for long. Since this job offer has kind of taken a turn for the worse I think I am going to head home for the night. So tell you what. Here is my number," said Michael, handing a piece of paper to Eagle. "Peace. I'm out."
As Michael walked out of the room, he turned his head back and said, "I better here from you guys if anything else goes down. And by the way Eagle, I would have called you Glowly Guy or something of that sort. Adios.
(Righto, got a bit ahead of myself there.)
"Thanks." Antagonism took the first aid kit he had been given and sat down against the wall. "This isn't going to feel good.." He remarked a bit quietly to himself. He wondered if Nick saw that the bullet hadn't gone through him. Searching around, he found a method to get them out. Tweezers...Oh yay. Thankful as he was that the bullet didn't go through him, there was still the matter of getting it out. Well, here goes nothing... He wasn't an expert in doctoring wounds or anything, but he knew enough to help himself here While his little procedure was commencing, he asked a question through the teeth he was gritting. "So..What exactly do you propose we do with her?" A few clangs could be heard hitting the ground. Finishing with what Nick had told him to do, he noticed they were out of gaus. "Hey Nick, pass the duct tape."
((Sorry, sorry, I haven't been around much... What with a mix of writer's block and a little depression, which have both been fixed... *Eyes Emo-Prodi and Blocky-Prodi evilly.* I shall return!
...Well, 'till one of them gets free. The Block one is getting a little loose....))
Experiment followed rather mindlessly, his wounds healing up as he blasted himself with a green device... And slipped it back into his utility belt quickly so nobody saw it. He REALLY didn't feel like letting them waste his device yet.
"Tell me again why we're not transporting her to the Zig? I mean, as far as I can tell, she's criminally insane, and that's a big no-no for healing and letting back out on the streets... Well, not so quickly that the Zig wouldn't do it, but y'know..."
((Gah, slow today too... Working on projects, getting ready to go out, trying to catch up... My head a'splode nao. *BOOMSHAKALAKABOOM!*))
Nick: "Yea, I'll cut him slack when he starts helping for real, now tell me buddy, what have YOU done to help so far? Eagle is partly correct, there is no med bay. At the same time, aside from me, there was no one else working here. Take note of the closed on Sundays sign. So I was the only person working here, and if there was, no one told me about it, and they didn't make a sound, though considering how interesting my day has been, it wouldn't surprise me if I was being stalked at work."
"You see? I just helped, er...... kinda, anyways if you think about it in the long run I knocked you down so you didnt kill Antagonism over here, who opened the door for you so I actualy did help." Eagle said grinning. did that sound good? yeah, yeah that sounded alright.
Hmmm a pub, always wondered what they looked like inside......
Iron: "I better here from you guys if anything else goes down. And by the way Eagle, I would have called you Glowly Guy or something of that sort. Adios."
He grinned at hearing the nickname, "Thats a funny name I didnt think I was realy that glowie.....ah welll well see ya later dude, Ill call you up if we need any help." wich we will with idiots like this longbow punk here. Wow duct tape..... how is he gonna use that for a wound? "wachya gonna do with the duct tape Antagonism?"
Experiment: "Tell me again why we're not transporting her to the Zig? I mean, as far as I can tell, she's criminally insane, and that's a big no-no for healing and letting back out on the streets... Well, not so quickly that the Zig wouldn't do it, but y'know..."
"heh heh, I wouldnt go as far as criminally insane..... it might be better to transport her to the zig though where she wouldnt do to much damage if she wants to when she wakes up....." Eagle said eyeing her uneasily, and then looking up at Nick and Experiment.
((more quotes!))
((Welcome back Prodi, life can be a pain, but that's why we have RPing, get away from it all...))
Nick was fiddling with his pistols, as he sat down at the carpet, but find him frustrated in hearing...
Iron American:"Stay the night here? Don't count on it for me. I really don't have the time to stay around with you guys for long. Since this job offer has kind of taken a turn for the worse I think I am going to head home for the night. So tell you what. Here is my number," "Peace. I'm out." "I better here from you guys if anything else goes down. And by the way Eagle, I would have called you Glowly Guy or something of that sort. Adios.
Nick was about to shout out some insults about him being a walking lightning rod of some sort, but it was too late, Iron American had already left. But, Antagonism quickly chimed in, which interrupted his venting,
Antagonism: "Thanks."
Nick shrugged, "Yea, whatever, what good would you be with onl-' Nick stopped as he noticed Antagonism pick up a pair of tweezers, it seems that the bullet didn't go fully through, and lodged itself in his skin. Trying to start up again Nick said, "....what the? Your gonna use TWEEZERS? Ouch...." It was too disturbing for Nick to even bother with a cruel remark.
"So..What exactly do you propose we do with her?" Nick wasn't sure, as he was about to respond though Antagonism asked,"Hey Nick, pass the duct tape."
Shivering at the thought of what he would need duct tape for to patch up wounds, Nick tossed the duct tape underhanded to Antagonism. Ready to discuss the fate of Rami/Mare he started to speak again, but was cut off by the Spike man.
Experiment:"Tell me again why we're not transporting her to the Zig? I mean, as far as I can tell, she's criminally insane, and that's a big no-no for healing and letting back out on the streets... Well, not so quickly that the Zig wouldn't do it, but y'know..."
Nick turned slightly red. I hate it when people cut me off.... Just as he was about to speak again though....
Eagle:
"heh heh, I wouldnt go as far as criminally insane..... it might be better to transport her to the zig though where she wouldnt do to much damage if she wants to when she wakes up.....
At that point Nick was starting to bubble over, shouting he said, "OK, you know WHAT? How bout you guys SHUT UP and let me talk OKAY?" Simmering still Nick began to speak again, not quite as loud as his first statement, but with an equal amount of displeasure, " Ok, one, Spikey, Eagle, you two seem to have less intelligence then Goth-Man over here, because at least he's talked to her. Now, neither of you have. Steel Spaniard as well had seen a bit of her before her melt down. Either way though, I've still known her longest, and thus have the best sense of judgment for this situation? Don't you agree?" Not even waiting for a response, he picked up again, "Ok great, now that we have THAT settled, it seems clear we need to get to know her a little better, we can't afford to make any rash judgments by sending her to a jail so soon. When I first met her, she claimed to have wanted to be a hero, and I think she could have genuinely meant it. It was not until she banged her head that things seemed to go awry. She could be possessed, have a split personality, or just had a mental lapse for all we know. It's too soon to make these rash decisions."
Yea, talk fast, like you know what your saying, and everyone thinks you know what your doing....Though, I always did anyway....mostly. Nick spoke again though, with a tad bit of concern, "Though, I'm a bit afraid that she just might kill us in our sleep though, which is why i brought the duct tape, maybe we should just, like, tie her hands behind a pole or to one of the desks, just in case, unless you guys want to take turns taking watch at night. Group vote?"
Experiment scoffed, crossing his arms. "Right, because leaving her in duct tape when she might decide to go OMGWTFSTEROIDS on us and break it and rip us apart would be a WHOLE lot better than sending Miss Jekylla and Heidi to a power-suppressing cell."
At the idea of a watchman, he chuckled again. "Great idea- One thing though. If it took more than two people to take her down once, how does night-watchman-dude intend to stop her from impaling her spike-ness into other people? 'Oh no ma'am, please don't do that! Oh, wow, that's a lot of blood- But please don't!' Beg beg, whimper whimper?"
Nick frowned, and reverted back to his sarcastic tone, "Well aren't you SO freaking clever? First of all Spike, what makes you think she has that sort of skill? 2 people to take her down? You seemed practically comatose during said battle, and Iron American did all the work, firing like, what? Three shots at her knocking her unconcious? I'm certainly not afraid of her going "OMGWTFSTEROIDS" on us."
Nick paused for a moment, apparently to take in as he prepared for his next barrage of retorts, "Your right, what was I thinking, a watchman? Yea, because he certainly could not POSSIBLY wake us up if she tried to get violent, yea, freaking stupid. Damn it man, we aren't bears, I dunno about you, but few people would not hear one of us saying "Holy ****!" So you know what buddy? How bout you think before you open your mouth and start talkin smart, less you want us to just knock you out too. Anything else you need to add? No? Good."
Nick was obviously visibly "upset" (For lack of a better word) at Experiments remarks, looking as though he was ready to start another fight over it.
Experiment's grin widened, a small click emanating from his wrist. "You could try, buddy, but I'm used to guns, I am VERY acrobatic, and I could send you into a heart attack of your very short life time with one of my taser darts, a'right? So, be quiet for a minute.
"Also, even if the watchman DID shout, who says we'd be awake enough to react before she decided to attack? I dunno about you, but I can't flip around and throw things/shoot things at people when I wake up- It takes a minute to get the adrenaline rush."
Antagonism was confused at what they seemed to be cringing about in reguards to the duct-tape. "Just using it as some replacement Gauz." After he wrapped the wounds up he noticed the two tempers flare. Antagonism wasn't sure what to do this time, conisdering what happened last time it could be a bad idea to attempt to calm either down, so he just let them vent at each other for a bit Jeez, seems we can't go 5 minutes without fighting...Ah well, wasn't lying about having new tricks... "So, before you two decide to kill each other, I say we go witht he watch thing, it would probably be better than all of us falling asleep while attempting to watch her." His eyes darted between the two. "On top of that, it seems you two may need some time to cool down. I can take first watch if necessary."
Eagle simply folded his arms shifted his weight to his left leg and watched the whole little argument between Nick and Experiment. man, their both actin like idiots, yeeesh
"Come on guys lets try to keep together, if she wakes up and we're fightin its gonna be a piece of cake for her to finish us off. I say two of us stay awake so if one of us nods off then the other will be there to wake em up."
Antagonism: "On top of that, it seems you two may need some time to cool down. I can take first watch if necessary."
"Ill stay up with you."
(( As always, tensions grow high, *pokes Ramare* don't want to miss it do you?))
Nick was still fuming, and became even more so to hear Experiment try and mouth back to him...
Experiment "You could try, buddy, but I'm used to guns, I am VERY acrobatic, and I could send you into a heart attack of your very short life time with one of my taser darts, a'right? So, be quiet for a minute. Also, even if the watchman DID shout, who says we'd be awake enough to react before she decided to attack? I dunno about you, but I can't flip around and throw things/shoot things at people when I wake up- It takes a minute to get the adrenaline rush."
Although Nick was fuming, it did little to dull his barbed tongue "Ok, number one buddy, I don't care how tough you think you are, but you will NOT tell me what to do, or claim you have authority over me, Spikey, because you know what, I can still fill you fill you with holes, and unless you want me to do that, I think you should go take those spikes of yours and shove it. Normally, I'd leave it at that, but because you seem new to this whole arguing thing, I'll tell you why your still wrong. Now, while you say that if the watchman shouts, we might not be awake enough to react. Ok, but with that logic, don't you think animal girl here ALSO would be a bit drowsy, considering she's unconcious from several energy blasts, don't you think she, of all people would have the most trouble waking up? I'm pretty sure a watchman would have woken us all up, and made sure she's not going to harm anyone, by the time she has regained herself. On top of that, you seem to be unable to refute my point that duct tape itself would suffice, and that she has little constitution in the first place, thus telling me you can't prove me wrong there either." I'm right, and your wrong, it's that simple, but we can argue as long as you understand these boundaries. (( 
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Nick seemed to be quite happy with his come back, and smiled. Turning around to Antagonism, he heard...
Antagonism:So, before you two decide to kill each other, I say we go with the watch thing, it would probably be better then all of us falling asleep while attempting to watch her. On top of that, it seems you two may need some time to cool down, I can take first watch if necessary." Soon after he heard Eagle saying,
"Come on guys lets try to keep together, if she wakes up and we're fightin its gonna be a piece of cake for her to finish us off. I say two of us stay awake so if one of us nods off then the other will be there to wake em up."
Nick's smile grew wider, as he turned around to Experiment he said laughing, ignoring the fact that Antagonism was voicing annoyance with the two of them and said, "And the majority is for me then, glad you both agree agree!" Pausing for a moment, he picked up, but with a slightly more sarcastically nasty tone, "Some time to cool down? No I'm fine, but Experiment here seems to have some ego issues." Nick seemed to pause, unsure of how to even properly reply on who should stay up. "No no...I'll do it, besides....You have a bad arm! You're the most crippled of the four of us so..." Nick didn't bother concluding the sentence, convinced he made his point.
Yea, that makes sense...And if she does go violent, I swear I'll be sure to let her kill Experiment FOR me.... Nick crossed his arms, still smiling mischeviously.
Helmet interrupted Michael, saying, "You can't attack a Longbow Soldier unless you are certain that he is in the wrong."
"Agreed. Helmet, target the animal woman."
Michael jumped up into the air, avoiding the spines. When he reached his peak he took aim on Mare, and quickly released three energy blasts from his fists and then fired a fourth, slower, yet larger and more powerful blast.
To Experiment, Michael shouted, "Our attention should be on her, those other two are going to have to settle things for themselves."
The Iron American landed and awaited to see if his blasts had all made contact, if any had at all.