[Issue 11] The Catbird Seat

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:54 pm

"Lets get going." Rachel said.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:29 am

"Right," Ryan said, taking a deep breath. "Let me get up there again and see what I can find. This might not take long." He looked around for an opening in the trees, then took off for it, flapping up until he could coast and look down to spot the enemies (or brainwashed kinda-enemies).

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:35 am

Stephanie watched Ryan take the to sky, sniffing around herself to see if she could catch scent of anyone else from her much lower vantage point.

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:59 am

"I can't go back... not yet. I have to rip Kraven's throat out."

He shuddered.

"Okay I... I need help..." he admitted, "I'll go."

He headed for the plane.

by **Nick Varkan** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:07 am

Nick moved Nailah into the plane and secured her, nodding to John.

"Good call John. We both know you'd never forgive yourself if you did that."

He went back out.

"Just let me get Grizzly before you go for Kraven," he told Steph as he went by.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:32 am

Rachel reached out with her mind, trying to see who she could find, and hopefully their direction. And mood.

by **Narrator** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:27 pm

The closest Rachel could sense felt rather like Grizzly. He wasn't where they had left him, and was in a mood to punish anything he found in his territory.

Ryan likewise could see that Grizzly was on the move. Another large body seemed to be investigating where they set off the collars, with a smaller one circling around.

A fourth lifeforce was moving at a fair clip further up the creek.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:40 pm

"Trev," Stephanie said, walking over to him after seeing a bit of hesitation on his part. She put a clawed hand on his shoulder "Go back with the plane. We need someone with a totally clear head on that plane in case something bad happens with John, Chloe or Professor Weaver...who knows what happened to our heads from this. We can handle everything here."

Trev nodded, a mixture of disappointment and relief crossing his face, and boarded the plane with the rest of the wounded and prisoners.

Stephanie rejoined the group going back in. "If I get out of hand, take me out. Immediately. We can't afford crazy."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:44 pm

"No, we can't." Rachel agreed "The bear is awake and moving, and we've got 3 more in the area that I don't recognize."

by **Nick Varkan** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:47 pm

Nick ceased going for Grizzly and rejoined the group.

"Think one's Kraven?"

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:29 pm

"Maybe." Rachel said "Its hard to be sure, they're all so muddled and aggressive."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:19 pm

Ryan circled in, landing. He started pointing out the directions for people as he kept a fix on the four lifeforms. "Grizzly's that way. I think Rhino's being circled by someone up there, I think Kraven, and there's someone moving up the creek, I think that's Vulture."

by **Nick Varkan** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:37 pm

"Let's hope Rhino believes in 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'," Nick said.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:42 pm

"Yeah, that's worked out for us so far, right?" Ryan said smirking. "All right, where first. I... someone else make that call, someone with a clear head."

by **Nick Varkan** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:04 pm

"Our first priority has to be making sure he can't use the lives of his criminal victims as leverage."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:24 pm

John Hino wrote:"I can't go back... not yet. I have to rip Kraven's throat out."

He shuddered.

"Okay I... I need help..." he admitted, "I'll go."

He headed for the plane.

Bear gave him a long, gentle hug as best she could as he entered the ship.

"Stay safe.. I'll be back soon."

She gave him a quick kiss on the side of his snout, then joined the others in tracking the remaining people.

by **Nick Varkan** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:42 pm

"Ready to steal the rest of Kraven's toys and beat his ass?" Nick asked Bear.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:58 pm

"No joking, Nick.. Lets just focus on the goal. I already feel nervous splitting up the group and not heading back."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:00 pm

"Trev can handle the others on the plane and they need help. We've got power here. We'll be fine."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:07 pm

Bear nodded, increasing her running speed.

"Let's finish this."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:19 pm

Ryan looked around again, taking a deep breath. "Which one first?"

by **Byrna Cooper** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:02 pm

"Whichever one's closest."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:22 am

"I think that is Grizzly." Rachel said.

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 7:48 pm

Nick moved along with them, ready for action.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:58 pm

Ryan was a little more hesitant than the others, and he decided that that was a good thing. He stayed near Rachel as they set off, mentally psyching himself up to not fly in all crazy like he'd done early.

by **Narrator** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 4:52 pm

Grizzly was, indeed, in an even worse mood than when they'd last seen him. Hearing their approach, he bellowed in their direction.

by **Nick Varkan** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 5:00 pm

"Oh shut up you big baby," Nick said, again tweaking Grizzly's collar.

by **Narrator** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 5:02 pm

Having had a few jolts over the course of his imprisonment, Grizzly seemed to be building up a tolerance.

Thus, Nick got a nasty surprise as the bear-man briefly spasmed, then lunged forward and took a swat at him with an arm like a tree trunk.

by **Nick Varkan** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 5:19 pm

Nick telekinetically threw himself out of the way, but not before bear claws tore into his ever-present jacket and possibly his X-uniform. He responded by launching one of the steel balls Bear had thrown earlier towards Grizzly's head.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 5:33 pm

Ryan threw his hand out, beams of light arcing out from his hand at Grizzly. "HOw much do you spend on jackets every month anyway!" The banter was mostly for a distraction... trying to keep himself grounded and not crazy.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:36 pm

Bear started out soft, throwing two spheres that exploded in multiple beanbags, pelting the Grizzly all over the torso.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:30 pm

Steph held back, allowing others to work first, ready to dive into the fray to save someone who healed less quickly than she did. She also was fighting hard the urge to just tear into the fight, and not pay much attention to who got in the way of her jaws....

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:29 pm

Rachel stayed back from the fight, looking around with her mind to make sure that no one managed to sneak up on them.

by **Narrator** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:12 am

Rachel could feel the coast was clear, for now. However, there was a sense of interest from the circling one, that might yet become something else.

Grizzly for his part didn't seem to know what he wanted to do, assaulted from so many angles. He lashed out, as if at a swarm of angry bees, thrashing.

by **Nick Varkan** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:40 am

"Way too damn much!" Nick bantered back.

Nick launched the other two steel spheres into a one-two uppercut motion applied to Grizzly's chin.

by **David Renko** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:47 pm

Renko watched the others fight and not having their super strength or toughness decided to play a support role. He tried to use his powers to slow down Grizzly's thrashing so that his comrades could more easily avoid the blows and/or take advantage of any openings created by Grizzly's hopefully slowed movements.

"I'll charge you half as much to fix them," Renko said, "They shouldn't moo too much when I'm done."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:14 pm

"Can anyone, like, punch really hard? Just checking..."

Bear circled, pulling another surprise out of her satchel.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:49 am

"Yeah!" Ryan called back to her as he aimed another blast at Grizzly's midsection. "Grizzly can!"

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:22 am

Rachel focused on the one who was coming closer, trying to work out who it was and what they might do.

by **Narrator** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:42 pm

Grizzly was starting to look a bit punch-drunk from Ryan's blast, and the balls which pummeled him. Combined with Renko slowing him down, some of the fight was taken out of him.

The nervous system Rachel could sense was long and thin, spread out. That combined with the altitude gave the impression that this creature had... wings.

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