Edward looked at Calm.
"You know...I never actually meant to kill him, just delay him, I've never seen a hero fall to such basic drones before and there was something else...something was stopping me bring him back from death...I don't know what it was but something stronger than me stopped it...and that worries me a whole lot..."
Edward reached into his pocket...injecting morphine into his arm, "this stuff kept me alive during ground zero of the Rikti war..." he looked at his mechanical stump, "where I loss that, defending those I cared about in the Isles...funny...how....things...don't...change..."
Edward seemed to pass out.
Badge Earned: Wing Clipper
A real showstopper!
Calm placed a hand on Ed's wounded leg and concentrated her healing energies on the injury. With her other hand she checked Ed's pulse.
"I wouldn't know." She replied quietly. She bowed her head and a single tear rolled down her cheek.
@Wild Red
"In the Rogue Isles, loyalty goes to the highest bidder." Wild Red
Krak-Krakooom!
Tomb giggled again as in the distance a massive rose of flame bloomed in the sky, the explosion of Dr Mech's arm shattering the frozen barrels, the heat melting the frozen chemicals, the pools touching and reacting violently. The cyborg zombies had been incinerated and now a cloud of toxic fumes hovered over the area of the warehouse.
The grinning and giggling girl looked up suddenly at the voice, her eyes widen slightly at the winged figure before a look animal cunning crosses her face, just for an instance before she puts on an overly cute act.
I'm just watching the fire over there she lies pointing at the fire across the street the flames dance all funny like
Brawling Cactus from a distant planet.
Jennifer looked around as the distant explosion lit up the sky. "Portent? Portent!" she shouted into her communicator. The only reply was a faint hissing from the device's speaker; either her field had fried its circuits, or... Oh, God. Ok. Focus. One thing at a time.
She turned back, missing the change of expression on the girl's face, though what had replaced it was still disturbing. Something was definitely wrong. She glanced down at her PDD; the screen had gone fuzzy, but it showed a flashing indicator right here...
Jennifer let herself descend to the level of where the girl was standing, approaching her slowly. "Look, you shouldn't be here. Why don't you come with me down to the precinct? It's safe there. We can call your parents, let them know you're ok." She reached out to gently put her hand on the girl's shoulder.
Knights Exemplar: Wolfram, Autumnfox, Starlit Spirit.
Militia: The Portent, Wavekite, Mr. Sandman.
The Cadre: WarpLocke, Zajin.
Numerous others.
The girl let a sudden look of fear cross her face at the winged womans words.
Pl...please don't do that! she begged
If you take me there, then daddy will have to come to get me an' he'll be angry and beat me an' an' lock me in the basement again for be...being a bad girl she wasn't particularly a bad actor, but though she scrunched up her face as if about to cry, no emotion showed in her pale blue eyes.
I'll head r...right home this v...very minute is th....that okay? she fake sobbed
Brawling Cactus from a distant planet.
"Ok, don't worry. We won't do that." Jennifer hesitated. There was definitely something not quite right about this girl, but... no, it was crazy. She moved closer to put a comforting arm around the girl's shoulder. "Where do you live? Maybe I can at least give you a lift."
Knights Exemplar: Wolfram, Autumnfox, Starlit Spirit.
Militia: The Portent, Wavekite, Mr. Sandman.
The Cadre: WarpLocke, Zajin.
Numerous others.
A shiver runs through the girls body as the winged heroine lays a gentle arm around her shoulders, her right fist clenches and unclenches violently. Panic flashes though the girl, with each involuntary full body shiver. Angrily she pushes Wavekites arm away, quickly stepping away from the hero.
Grabbing at her still spasming right arm, she glares angrily
D...don't do that! whatever you were just doing it feels bad1 genuine emotion this time in her voice, unease and fear.
Brawling Cactus from a distant planet.
Jennifer backed away quickly, holding up her hands. "Alright. Alright. Not doing anything." She paused, and looked back in the direction of the warehouse; that was where she would be needed, if anywhere. "I'll just let you go home if that's what you want. You think you can get there ok from here?"
Knights Exemplar: Wolfram, Autumnfox, Starlit Spirit.
Militia: The Portent, Wavekite, Mr. Sandman.
The Cadre: WarpLocke, Zajin.
Numerous others.
The girl backs away, the further away she is from the winger heroine the less her body shivers, even the spasming clenches of her right arm slow.
Yeah I'll be fine, hadn't you like better go see about the explosion and stuff?
Tomb begins to climb down the fire escape, no more mischief from her..... tonight.
Brawling Cactus from a distant planet.
Asuka nodded, even as she felt the bile rise in her throat at the thought of the healer's talents being wasted on this monster. She did understand, and while she didn't agree, this was no time to lecture one stranger on why another deserved to suffer. And there was a kind of victory in this gesture of mercy. It said a lot that Calm could go through everything she had inside that warehouse, and yet still stick by her principles without fear or favour. She sat and watched silently as the healer set to work.
Knights Exemplar: Wolfram, Autumnfox, Starlit Spirit.
Militia: The Portent, Wavekite, Mr. Sandman.
The Cadre: WarpLocke, Zajin.
Numerous others.