RPG- Superhumans 2: Anarchy (Page 7 of 18)

Shift climbed up to the roof, where Jericho was. He pulled the knife from its sheath and slashed at him. Jericho ducked and punched Shift in the face, tripping him and kicking him from the roof. Shift landed on the road, hard. He pushed himself up, wiping a trickle of blood from his face. This wasn't going to be easy.

Jack waited for Jericho to return.  But no one came.  Instead he got a nasty electric shock.  Jack stood up legs still spasming a little.  After his muscles has settled Jack saw Alastor start after a downed Frost.  Jack put himself between the stunned Frost and Alastor. He smoothly pulled his katana and wakizashi.

"Ah  I see you have a sword.  I do too.  They are manly and tough.  Like me.  But I think we've already established that.  Through my many crusades.  You should know what I'm talking about."

Jack readied his multiple swordplay ready for any attack.

"I have a job for you two." M"lure spoke to her new recruits. "There is a mutant that goes by the name Atma. He is strong and he is angry. More importaintly he has not yet chosen a side, whether to Andromedia or to other supers. I want you to have him join our party."

"What's this party for?" Seth asked.

"To exact revenge. You'll know more when you need to. Just know that we shall take what is owed to us, the powerful."

She led Flame and Seth to part of her fortress. She handed Flame a slip of paper. "That is Atma's last known location. Come, I'll show you your ride."

M'Lure brought Seth and Flame into a garage area. There were several cars and motorcycles all lined up.  She pulled a set of keys out of the box on the other side of the garage.  She handed them to Flame. "Take the Camaro."

((This is a new black Camaro similar to the one in Transformers.))

Jack tried to cover his ears to block out the soun but to no avail.  But his healing factor was working.  Everyone else was twtching on the ground.  But he managed to fish out a gun of his and located the noise box.  He fired one shot destroying the little piece of equipment.

Haze slowly got up.  "That was like trying to tune out Jack."

Jack laughed.  "That's mpossible.  I've tried."

"Just stick him in the engine room for a while, he'll be fine." Mr. Anasazi snapped to one of his workers when asked what to do with Alastor's frozen body.

"Devil went down to Georgia...no, north of Georgia, middle of the earth...when the king looked down, the jester stole his throne...that's how it goes...?" Alastor mumbled inanely.

"What was that?" Mr. Anasazi knelt down to here what he had said.

"Someone left a cake in the rain..."

"Yeah, just stick him in the engine room."

The worker complied, and without a word, got a group of three other identical workers to come over and lift Alastor's frozen form, leaving a puddle of water where he had been. They crabwalked away in unison.

"So...now what?" Jericho asked. "My car's back down there. And Gerrx..."

"We got lucky with Gerrx. Hopefully the brainfreeze will make Alastor forget about him. As for your car, I'll hook you up with a red button and send yo uback down to get it later."

"Why the red button?"

"Eh, it's a classic design. I figured why not. It doesn't set off nukes or anything, I just think it's kind of...whimsical. "

"Whatever, man. Your toys."

Suddenly, a computer began to buzz loudly and flash bright lights.

"What's going on there?" Anasazi yelled to the worker.

"Amateur home video just uploaded to the internet." The worker said in a montone voice.

"If it's another damn rap song remix, I don't want to see it."

"No, you want to see this."

Anasazi knelt down to view the video. It was only 17 seconds long, and depicted a large blue monster dashing through a forest. The beast was going so fast it was barely visible. The Andromeda buidling could be seen from far away, stretching to the sky, indicating this video was from Mission City.

"Well that's interesting. Jericho, grab some guns, let's go monster hunting."

((That blue monster's your guy, JustDave. If you've got a prob, I'll edit.))

(( I had thought that JustDave was interested in my team? That's why I sent out Flame and Lightshow to get him/ convinve him. I had no intention of fighting your guys at the moment.))

Chink took the blast to the side of her face and the right shoulder. She hit the ground hard and winced. Thankfully her scaly skin had protected her from most of the damage, however she would end up with a very nasty bruise and as her attacker said a very bad headache.

Chink attempted to stand and felt someone assist her. She turned her head and this time she recognised who it was, Blur. She immediately shied from his touch, unsure as to whose side he was one, after all Haze had gone out to bring him in for questioning. She tensed in preparation for the first blow but it never came.

Blur raised his hands as if sensing Chink’s inner turmoil. He lifted one hand slightly higher as he prepared to give some back up to Frost and Jack. The most awful noise stopped him from doing so.

When the noise stopped Blur sat up and shook his head, “Did he say Brown Note? I thought that was a sound that made you sh-”

Haze cut in, “If you mean empty your bowels, then yes that’s what I thought it was too.”

“Thank heavens that it didn’t,” Jack said as he dusted himself off.

Chink flushed slightly as she saw that Shift had also joined the fight. He’d probably fought much better than she. Chink decided it was time she took up Chromium’s offer of combat training.

“So what now?” Frost asked as he shook his head and hit his ear with a flat palm.

“Search time,” Chromium stated.

Vandal let out a snort, “Forget it. We’ve all got massive headaches that are bound to blow out to full on migraines.”

Jack laughed, “You maybe. I’m fine.”

Vandal made a fist and headed towards Jack, “Let me fix that for you.”

“Whoa, whoa,” Frost said as he stepped between Jack and Vandal.

Vandal shrugged then used here telepathy to share some of her head pain with Jack. He flinched but tried to look macho. Vandal smiled and increased the intensity.

“Cut it out, Vandal.” Chromium boomed.

Vandal cut the connection. “Tyrant,” she muttered.

Desdemona opened her mouth to release the soul she had consumed. She watched the soul return to earth and down to the underworld. She prepared to also depart however something made her pause. A faintly familiar feeling touched her but she couldn’t identify what it was.

The transparent soul eater hovered as she reached out with her senses. Something was changing, shifting and coming to the surface. But what was it?

Desdemona flew higher into sky and froze, “Void.” There was only the faintest trace of him but Desdemona knew it was him. But where was he?

Lowering herself to the ground Desdemona studied the people around her. She changed her clothing to look similar to those around her. She morphed a low cut white button up blouse, short denim skirt, black stockings and ankle high black boots with extremely high heels. Desdemona allowed herself to fully materialise so others could see her. Little did she know that she was in one of the seedier parts of Mission City.

As she walked in the direction she had last sensed Void she heard some wolf whistles and someone pinched her on the backside. She coolly turned and stared at the culprit.

“How much, baby?” he asked with a leering smile.

Desdemona raised a delicate brow, “I’m only interested in your soul and you’re certainly not ready yet.”

A bunch of guys burst into laughter and the leering man quickly backed up and moved onto a more accommodating woman.

As Desdemona walked she lost any trace of Void. She sighed as a touch of emotion reached her. She was going to have to stay if Void was near and there was one person she intended to visit, this time in the flesh. Once again she dematerialised and locked onto Jack’s presence and appeared before him. She solidified and noticed that his jaw dropped as he looked at her. “Hello again, Jack.”

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Shift stepped over, he wasn't good at reading people, but he could tell Chink wasn't happy about this new woman and Jack's reaction to her.  He walked over and casually slid his arm around her shoulder, then turned her away from Jack and the new person. "Hey, I think it would be a very good idea if you went over this way, you know, in the general direction of away from them right now." She was incredibly reluctant to go, turning her head back to either look at Jack or glare at the newcomer, Shift couldn't tell which. He managed to get her to an area of the Cafe where she couldn't see Jack or the newcomer.

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Flame caught the keys as Seth, or Lightshow as he seemed to want to be called now, made an unneeded display of power.  He made his way to the car and got in, turning on the stereo. Something in German began playing as he began to drive towards the city. Seth seemed to enjoy it, and he soon had the music at its max volume. Flame made his way to the Atma's last known location, tearing through the streets. He hadn't drove a car in a very long time.

Chink wasn’t very impressed with being led away from the exchange between Jack and the magically appearing woman. Shift had got her to a corner booth and had her pegged in. She considered shoving herself along the vinyl seat and making a run for it but Shift was quick.

With all the destruction of the Café, chances were that they weren’t about to be served. Some of the wait staff were busy cleaning up the broken glass and sweeping up the various razor blades.

Haze worked her magic and lifted the larger debris away. Somehow none of the remaining civilians had been seriously injured. Haze grabbed a couple of cokes and placed them on the table before she moved to stand in the doorway. She was intrigued to know why Desdemona had returned.

Chink took the coke and opened it. She glared at Shift, “Why’d you drag me in here?”

“I get a feeling that was someone important to Jack. I don’t want you get caught up in a jealous fit.” Shift said as he took a swig of his coke.

Chink’s eyes narrowed, “I don’t have jealous fits.”

Shift shrugged, “It’s pretty obvious you’ve got the hots for Jack.”

Chink felt her face burn and knew she was blushing, “I-I like Jack but…”

Shift leant his elbows on the table, “There’s no point in covering it, Chink. You’ve had goo goo eyes for Jack since day one.”

Chink swallowed, “Please don’t tell anyone.”

Chink was glad for the distraction. Her scales had retracted and she reached her hand up to touch the side of her face. “I think I’m going to bruise well, my scales took the brunt of it.”

Shift nodded and noticed that Chink’s face was returning to its normal colour. It seemed that the distraction was of benefit. “I’ve found this cream that’s great for reducing bruising. You can borrow it if you want.”

Chink nodded as she held her coke, she didn’t look Shift in the eye, she knew he was just trying to take her mind off Jack and the other woman. Chink swallowed and had to remind herself that Jack wasn’t actually hers to lay any claim to. Half the time he didn’t even seem to notice her.

Shift reached over to pat her hand. “It’ll be okay.”

Chink considered pulling her hand away but decided not to. Shift was only trying to make her feel better. Haze moved slightly and Chink was able to see Jack, he had his hands on the woman’s arms and was talking non stop. Not that that was anything new.

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Blur floated back into the Andromeda building and noticed the lack of personnel. He wondered how the place hadn’t been infiltrated. As he floated along he noticed that Acero had made a stop in. He didn’t visit often Blur had heard, Acero tended to do missions on his own.

Blur found the room he’d been locked in and materialised back inside. He paced the room feeling edgy. He wondered if Haze would tell Chromium of his little venture out.

Chink had been planning on staring out the window miserably but once again Shift was drawing her into conversation. “Yeah I like music. Preferably rock,” she muttered as she continued watching Jack until he was out of sight.

“I don’t know how good I’m going to be to you with this robbery. I don’t have much field experience.” Chink said miserably.

“Well you gotta learn somehow,” Shift said trying to lift her spirits.

Chink nodded still looking sour, “I guess so.”