And here we go!

by **John Hino** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:32 pm

Luckily for the others John had taken most of the impact. After a brief period of disorientation, he punched the rocketeer in an effort to knock him out.

by **MasterCorporal Freud** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:18 pm

And Vic went silent, a lazy trail of sooty black smoke rolling from his flightpack.

Of course he was still glue to the lizardman's chest like a baby in a carrier.

by **Narrator** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:13 pm

And that's when the floor finished flipping up into more of a wall-thing, sending oh, about half the XUniverse people tumbling down, down, down...

by **Bobby Bowen** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:44 pm

Bobby spiked himself into the side of the wall, reaching out to catch whoever was in range from falling...

by **Byrna Cooper** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:45 pm

but Bear, unluckily near the center of the disturbance, went tumbling into the darkness with a frightened gasp.

by **John Hino** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:54 pm

John, too, went tumbling into the dark.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:19 pm

Stephanie was still a bit dazed from the explosives sent at her, which were fortunately more loud and bright than deadly. She staggered to her feet in time to see the floor rushing up to meet the ceiling, separating her from a big chunk of the group. "No, no NO! Damnit!" she swore.

by **Melody Martens** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:21 pm

Melody and her doppleganger went tumbling down into the unknown...

by **Nick Varkan** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:24 pm

"Fuck!" Nick shouted, powers tearing at the new wall.

by **Gideon Rede** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:19 pm

Gideon grabbed Bobby's hand.

"Thanks," Gideon said grabbing a knife from his belt and jamming it into the wall to give him another place to grip.

by **Isabel Galen** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:47 pm

And Isabel was there too! Tumbling helplessly.

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:13 am

Sara was still firmly clinging to the floor (now wall?) next to Will.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:24 am

Except Will, by now, had fallen down the shaft with the others!

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:26 pm

"Will!" she screams and begins half climbing, half sliding down the shaft.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:21 pm

"You're lucky I'm... such a... nice guy!" Daniel grunted, flying up through the shaft and starting to haul Gid and Bobby up out of danger of falling.

by **Veronica Freud** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:20 pm

Ronnie shrieked and plummeted down the hole after the others, falling past Bobby, Gideon and Daniel. And it was a good thing she fell past them because soon after she expanded rapidly, wedging herself against the walls of the hole to stop her descent.

"Nng, dammit! If I'd fallen first I could've caught some of them." She scolded herself, her massive fingers gripping the edge of the hole before dwindling to their normal tiny size, her shrinking form pulled upward by her shortening arms.

"Little help?"

by **Daniel Uriel** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:37 pm

Daniel, hauling the other two up the rest of the way, slowed and positioned himself so that his head pushed Ronnie the rest of the way up. Or gave her a ride, should she feel so inclined.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:43 pm

"Damn it, I'm going down there after them..." Captain Britain said, poising herself over the hole.

It apparently wasn't up for discussion, as she descended down into the darkness...

by **Narrator** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:55 pm

...which turned out to be a bad decision, as the hole closed up around her!

by **Gideon Rede** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:10 pm

Gideon was happy to be on the ground again. Falling down into shafts tended to hurt those not made of steel, clay, or powered by magic.

"Thanks for the save," Gideon said, "Well we've fulfilled the getting split up cliche, eh?"

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:49 pm

Steph growled in frustration as they truly became split up, doubly so because her boyfriend was down below.

by **Robert West** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:43 am

"Settle, big girl," Rob says, clinging to the wall, "We'll find them."

"...Hopefully."

by **Bobby Bowen** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:01 pm

Bobby gritted his teeth, dropping off Daniel once he was clear.

"dammit!" he exclaimed, to everyone and no one.

by **Narrator** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:26 pm

Several more explosions rocked the building from the outside, and it became evident that Renko had been on to something. The wall he'd been weakening now began to crumble, daylight shining through.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:40 pm

"Well," Daniel said, shrugging as he looked at the wall. "It's something, at least."

by **Gideon Rede** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:47 pm

"I think we should take advantage of what is practically an invitation," Gideon said extending his awareness just beyond the wall to scout.

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:49 pm

"We can't just leave them!" Nick said with futile stubbornness.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:58 pm

Daniel just turned to look at Nick, keeping quiet and waiting for him to admit that there wasn't anything they could do.

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:00 pm

Nick looked back. "I know... damnit, I know..." he sighed in defeat.

by **Gideon Rede** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:12 pm

"They've got a team full of capable people," Gideon said, "They'll make it."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:15 pm

"You're right," she sighed. "They all know what they signed up for. They've got Cap, and several heavy hitters. Let's keep radios open and hope we hear from them."

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:25 pm

"Let's get out of here then..."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:55 pm

"Yeah... standing around here isn't going to let us help them," Daniel agreed, glad that he wasn't having to fight with people over this. He walked over to the hole and looked out to see if he could figure out where they were. It was supposed to be earth, just different, after all... he might be able to recognize something.

by **Narrator** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:01 pm

It was London, that much was recognizable.

Granted, London didn't usually have tanks rolling down the streets, or a lunatic with an armor-piercing weapon slung under his arm...

by **Daniel Uriel** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:09 pm

Oh hell... look at that.

...

...Holy hell, could I cut loose in this place.

"Ah, guys? It looks like we aren't at the only party in town."

by **Nick Varkan** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:10 pm

Nick stepped up beside Daniel.

"That explains the explosions."

by **Gideon Rede** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:16 pm

"Tanks, soldiers, and a madman," Gideon said, "Sounds like a wonderful place to be."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:07 pm

"We're never going to come to a universe with palm trees, smiling locals, and no explosions, are we?" she sighed, stepping up to the new exit.

"The real question is who's friendly and who wants to kill us most."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:16 pm

"Whichever one starts shooting at us would probably be a good side to work against."

by **Robert West** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:19 pm

"You guys really don't get it," Rob says, "Here, everyone's going to be shoot out us. Or trying to eat us. Or putting us in some sort of crystalline structure that farms our brainwaves."

"It's that kind of place."

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