Sept. 27 - Loading the helicopters.

by **Narrator** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:57 am

The helicopters sat, a safe distance apart, prepped for departure. There was one for each team to load into.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 1:29 am

Will showed up, his skin an ashen-gray, shortly before the assigned departure time.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Wed May 27, 2009 1:44 am

Bear entered, moving to her copter and loading her satchel and comm gear.

Her uniform was still lightweight to allow her as much acrobatic freedom as possible, but she did opt for a leather collar and some strategically placed leather patched for protection.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 2:11 am

Rick approached his helicopter next. He appeared no worse for wear from the evening before; his wounds were mostly healed, though he was still wearing some bandages on his arm and leg, beneath his uniform.

"Morning," he said to Will.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 2:34 am

"Morning, Rick. You ready to go?" Will said, all business.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 2:52 am

"Definitely." You have no idea. "How about you?"

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 2:59 am

"Ready or not, here we go, yes?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:00 am

Sara arrives in her usual uniform, no fancy stuff done to it aside from being cut off at her calves. Her nervousness is pretty well hidden due to the fact that she's currently shifted into granite for that exact reason.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:03 am

Will smiles at Sara, and waves from across the yard.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:05 am

William Stanton wrote:"Ready or not, here we go, yes?"

"That's the spirit!" He smirked a bit. Outwardly, all that he conveyed was a sense of calm confidence.

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:32 am

Spotting Will and Rick she walks over to them. "Hey. You don't look too well, Will... Or is that on purpose?" She faintly furrows her brow as she notices Will's skin-tone.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:38 am

"And you're looking particularly craggy this morning, as well," Will laughed back.

"I've got zero blood at the moment, so I probably look a little pale."

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:42 am

"Well, I try to not gawk at shapeshifters, but since you brought it up..." Rick purposely cut his sentence off there, just chuckling a bit along with them. "Do both of you need to shift before you go on a mission for some reason?" He was a little confused.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:44 am

"Don't have to, but it's one less thing to worry about when I get there. Plus, something this...fine, I suppose...takes more effort than mass construction and the like, in my case."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:50 am

"Oh! Not a bad trick. And I figured I'd get myself used to being like this for longer stretches. Going back and forth like usual doesn't seem too appealing." Plus it's so much easier to look calm when your features are literally set in stone...

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:54 am

"Good thinking," Will nods. "Hate to be in midfight and have to, I dunno, shift out, right?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:59 am

"Not mid-fight anyway, but just walking around 'enemy territory' and leaving myself open doesn't sound too smart if I can avoid it."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:03 am

"Well, it's a good plan. A firm plan. A well thought out plan.

It's rock-solid," Will smirked, giving Sara a kiss, rock or no rock.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:09 am

"Hey, if I could run in there as a human boulder, believe me, I would."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:10 am

She barely feels the kiss but smiles brightly anyway at the gesture.
"It does have it's advantages, yeah. Don't really have to worry about a bunch of things that'd be nasty otherwise."

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:13 am

"I'm sure. I can protect myself pretty well in a fight, but it takes some effort; I'd show you now, but I think I oughtta save my energy for now."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:15 am

"Right. We know what you can do, I guess we can take it for....granite, right, Sara?"

Will is having too good of a time, here.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:18 am

"Keep it up and someone's gonna crown you 'The Prince of Puns'."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:20 am

"Gotta do something to keep my mind off the mission, right?"

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:36 am

"I guess so. You get a bit more used to all of this mission stuff in time, though."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:39 am

"I suppose so," Will said, a bit uncertainly. I hope not...

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:43 am

"Well I know I'll sleep better once I can convince myself Will going on a mission is just 'business as usual..."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:45 am

"Same here, m'luv. Except, y'know, with you in place of me."

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:48 am

"I know how you feel. I guess I'm sorta used to Marcus being in the field and fighting, but I still worry about him."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:49 am

"And that's good--I'd hate to think what it would mean if you weren't.

'Woo! Marcus is putting himself in danger again; TV all to myself!'"

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:57 am

"Well, I don't have to watch quite as much ESPN when he's out..." He smirked.

"But seriously, I know he's a very capable X-Man. With a good team around him, to boot," He smiled, looking at Sara, knowing that she would be part of his team, in this case. "That always helps."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:06 am

"I suppose, but to worry is human, I suppose."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:09 am

"Yeah. As long as Ryan doesn't encourage Will's crazy ideas too much..." she chuckles.
"I guess this all is just too new still. All of it." she throws a quick smile Will's way.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:10 am

Will nodded back. "Still, I suppose I COULD get used to it," he said with a smile.

"And don't worry. Ryan's the common sense on our squad," he said, sagely.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:17 am

"Ryan's from a family of superheroes. He's been in this 'business' even longer than I have. I think he probably knows what he's doing more than anyone else on the teams."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:37 am

"Yeah, you're right. That's definately better than who apparently seized team leadership for our squad..."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:49 am

"Hrm? I thought John was the leader, or you, or something..." Will asked, confused.

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:51 am

"John and me both kind of lead the last time, but I'm not too fuzzed about doing that again, to be honest. Constantine picked up that mantle at the meeting at least."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:56 am

"Oh." Will said, flatly. "I worked with him before, during the attacks on Mutant Town.

Be prepared to take some initiative."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed May 27, 2009 6:00 am

"Well I dunno about his leadership skills. I just didn't like his attitude. Or Jayda's. If it was for them we'd be going in there loaded with guns, or that's the impression I got at least. The plan to hand Nina and Kaylee pistols only got abandoned because they're not licensed to wield them."

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