10511/Deviant and Damnation

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Deviant and Damnation
Date of Scene: 19 March 2022
Location: Dark Alleys of Manhattan
Synopsis: Some Deviants deign to do dark things. They're met while pursuing kids by a group of heroes that are united against them no matter their origin. Members of the Brotherhood, the Outsiders, and the Titans stop a group of victims from being taken. And they've met the new guest stars front and center. And so the stage is set for the next dark and creepy caper to start.. Stay tuned Deviants. Stay tuned..
Cast of Characters: Ivana Baiul, Raven Darkholme, Laura Kinney, Conner Kent, Bart Allen, Megan Gwynn




Ivana Baiul has posed:
It was a rather late night in Manhattan, in the maze of alleyways that made up parts of the messier sections of it. A big, brawny guy with dark hair and a large eagle tatoo on his muscular chest wearing no shirt would be flexing, while he was fawned over by a punk'ish girl wearing some torn off leathers with a pink streak in her dark hair smoking a cigarette and smelling like charred ashes.
    Entering into the other side of the alleyway was a woman with streaked purple hair. "Why hello there lovely." She would blow a kiss. "What's a stud like you doing out somewhere out here?"
    Percival Edmund Chang, or as he vastly preferred to be called, GRUNGE would ogle her. "Oooh, hopin' to meet some lovely gals like you. What's your name, pretty face?"
    Next to him the shorter girl would look like she was about to blow her top. "HEY! I'm RIGHT HERE!" As Roxanne Spaulding, aka FREEFALL, would go to advance on him.
    The two women coming in from other end would get Grunge grinning, "Ooh, three way?"

Raven Darkholme has posed:
Persistent rumors have a way of coming around over and over again, whispers from this contact or that ally, information being sold or stolen that all repeats. Rumors like this always grab Mystique's attention, not because she's a gossip, but more because something repeated enough times clearly has some truth to it, and that is what she was interested in finding out.

For this reason alone Mystique was wandering the seedier places in Manhattan. Her latest information indicated the dark allies, and so it was that she showed concerned about being out in the seedier parts and back allies, looking for answers.

For ease of blending in, she wore all black, including a hood over her flaming red hair. Her clothing was much like tactical gear, minus the armor, but her blue face was unmistakable. She stuck to the shadows, and applied over a hundred and twenty years of stealth training as she moved. In truth, it appeared that she really didn't give a flying rats butt who knew it was her, that is /if/ they could see her at all.

Upon hearing voices however, she drops low to the ground and the true stealth begins, attempting to inch up and get a better look.

Laura Kinney has posed:
There are always reports of groups going after young people with powers. Some true and others less so. But when any of the reports could be a lead on The Facility, Alchemax or any one of the numerous Outsiders foes X-23 tends to take notice.

And there are few things more relentless than Laura Kinney on the hunt.

With her enhanced senses and a web of informants it's no surpise she's in the area when something is about to go down. Not that you could tell she's looking for trouble. Wearing a non-descript hoodie and black yoga pants she blends into the darkness. Slinking around, sniffing the air for the telltale traces of villains. Bullets, explosives or the weird scents some metahumans give off. Ozone, weird chemicals, poisons.. You name it she's probably sniffing the air for it.

Conner Kent has posed:
There is always someone after young superhumans. Several someones, usually. Conner has been dealing with these groups since he was fifteen. Or rather, looked fifteen. In fact, he was created by one of those groups.

That is why he is following Laura around, because she mentioned having a lead earlier today. So he cancelled his weekend activities for an old fashioned night patrol thing. To be honest, it is more fun with Tim or Bart. The banter keeps him entertained.

Ivana Baiul has posed:
Nicole advances on one side of Grunge as Roxy would yell at her. "Hey, out of the way skank! He's MINE."
    Nicole would grin as Grunge would leer, "Doesn't seem like he is.. Now, both of you shut up and stop yapping."
    Her hands would go up to their heads as the two would face her. Then they would both spasm in pain and agony as they would have seizures, slumping to the ground. Impossible to miss.. "Retards. Ready for pickup." Theatrically dusting her hands off.
    Floating in the air would be a blonde man noticable for having one side of his face reduced to scar and melting that even Deadpool's tumors might glare enviously at. "We're behind schedule, we have others to get to." Glowing psionic energy would go around Matthew Callahan, aka THRESSHOLD as he would head to the ground.
    Jogging out to join them would be a blonde woman with her hair in a bun wearing a leather wraparound that would consist of roughly 90% underboob. "Stop playing with your food, Bliss." Rachel Goldman, aka SUBLIME.
    Definitely, definitely noticable.

Raven Darkholme has posed:
In moments like this, Mystique is reminded of a older time in life, when low-lives and pieces of crap were easier to spot because they wore black hats and talked with an attitude of greatness they couldn't back up. Although the obvious signs were gone in this day and age, the rest remained true, all talk and no ability to back it up.

"I'm not entirely certain what either of them saw in you," she calls quietly, keeping low behind a dumpster as she speaks then immediately using the shadows to move again. "He's butt ugly, and his handler isn't much better," she adds, then moves again.

Pulling both guns from their holsters, a small smile plays over her lips. It had been a long time since she actually got to apply her skills in the real world, rather than just training, and she was going to enjoy this.

Laura Kinney has posed:
How anyone can find time with X-23 boring when she's constantly charging into trouble she doesn't know. Life or death struggles are fun aren't they?

Still gathering intel is more important to her than making a showy entrance. Slinking through the shadows, listening to the villains as they unknowingly reveal their schemes, and hopefully getting a better idea of the reason behind the evil scheme. Rather than simply dealing with the symptoms.

She glances back at Superboy and nods at him. Strictly speaking he's the ranking Outsider on scene. So if anyone is going to give a go signal it's him. And sometimes she'll even listen...

Conner Kent has posed:
She doesn't talk, she doesn't get jokes, and Conner has her in the no-flirting zone because he thinks she needs... other things. Not her fault, it is just Conner is used to more talky people. Even Tim is very talky in a very nerdy way. Total fail at being the grim bat type.

(Laura would make a great grim bat type).

That doesn't mean Conner is playing with his cellphone. He is not fifteen anymore! No, he is paying attention, and what he heard sounds like an ongoing kidnapping. And sure, there is a glowing guy up there, and two unconscious kids. "Hey there. Your schedule just got cancelled, blondie," he states, flying into the alley. Since this is a mostly official patrol, he is wearing red and blue under his leather jacket, it is pretty obvious who he is.

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen was curious what Conner was up to tonight. He would send him a text to see what he was up to, and getting the Ping back of "Hey in stealth mode" that Tim put on all their phones after that one time in the abandoned amusement park. Bart hmms, and is bored so with a speed trip through his closet, he pulls out the ninja outfit he bought a while back, and decides tonight he will be Speed Ninja. So he goes to the last place Conner marked as was and starts looking for his friend. He sticks to the rooftops , trying to be stealthy. His head popped over the edge of a roof now and again looking about. He resists the urge mostly to talk, only a whispered "Marco" when he is looking over this edge or that one.

Ivana Baiul has posed:
Nicole would turn over to face Mystique, "Why can't a girl have a good time? Or a bad one? Sometimes you just want to leave someone a bit roughed up." She would look sadistic for a moment. "And they see in me whatever the hell I feel like. Lucky that I need them alive or I'd just blow both their brains out." She would stop herself from giving theunconscious form of Grunge a kick.

Their attention is on Mystique, even as Sublime goes to twirl batons, "It's not everyday you get to beat a smurf up. I want to know what color you'll bleed." Her moving to advance on Raven, going from one side while Nicole would stay back with the unconscious forms of Grunge and Roxy.
    Thresshold would hold up a hand, "Be quick about it, we're on a schedule!" Yelling at the other two members of his team. Laura isn't noticed, her being in stealth mode.
    Thresshold's hansd would go up as Superboy would come out of the alleyway, "Sloppy!" Looking angry. Glowing, and going to try and unleash a powerful psionic blast at Conner that could flip a car over! As with a number of telekinetics, his hands going up first to point!

Raven Darkholme has posed:
The old saying 'never bring a knife to a gunfight' still remained true. Hand to hand was something Mystique was capable of, but why bother starting out that way?

"All talk, that's typical of this generation, you all think what you have to say matters, oh well," she comments before flashing a bright smile and lifts the right gun. The right shot is for Sublime, not because she called Mystique a smurf... she wasn't the first, she won't be the last, but because she was cocky without reason. The left shot at Nicole, who appears to be the ring leader. Unlike SHIELD and their ICERs however, these rounds were live and deadly, though the cobalt mutant wasn't attempting to kill. She was shooting to wound, to see blood, and slow these morons down to be dealt with by the others. Her information was already confirmed, but it wouldn't do to just spy and leave.

Laura Kinney has posed:
Well it seems like the time for stealth has passed.

Laura Kinney pops her claws with that distinctive trademark SNIKT sound and launches herself from the shadows. She might not move as quickly as Impulse but at a full sprint she's faster than any mundane Human could run.

Sleek and low to the ground she covers the distance in a burst of speed. Bringing her claws down in fast sweeping motions that glide through weapons or flesh with equal ease.

She's not aiming to kill either. Slashing and stabbing to disable, wound and cripple.

If the villains expected mercy they probably shouldn't be out kidnapped people...

Conner Kent has posed:
Conner should dodge this kind of thing. But truth is Kryptonians rarely learn to dodge. He is also sharply aware that anything behind him is probably crunchier than he is, so in a city he just tanks punches and energy blasts.

A blow that would flip a car over barely draws a wince from him, anyway. "Okay, I don't know who you are, but you aren't very good at this... just give up," he closes on Threshold and attempts to push him against the closest wall. Relatively gentle, as not to break any bone. Gunshots down there, however, draw his attention. And so does a charging Laura. "Don't..." he starts.

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen looks over this edge, and hey look it is Conner, and Laura, and hey thats that Mystique lady, but attacking the same people his friends are. He reaches down and realizes he does not have a pouch on his belt, (gotta get a utility belt or pouches or something) He thinks to himself. But off he goes in a split second to the closest craft store, leaving money and a note saying how many boxes of chalk he has taken and that the money is to pay for it. With a super speed crumbling of the chalk, Bart is heading down the side of the building, tossing the chalk down to make a multicolored smoke cloud over the folks who are seem to be kidnapped, aiming it so not to get over his friends, or trying not to at least. Into the cloud the Speed Ninja goes, grabbing the two victims and awaying with them to a nearby dive motel, where the two can sleep it off, till they have time to talk to them. As the "smoke" cloud settles in the middle is Bart in Ninja attire, now stained rainbow colored from the chalk. He takes a goofy karate pose, with a "Kia."

Ivana Baiul has posed:
Bliss is focused over on Mystique, even as those bullets go to fly! "F#$#!!" Hitting the ground to let the bullets go to shoot over her head and scramble for cover! Right in time for Laura to charge at her, "What the S$#*# are you supposed to be? Don't care, but SCREAM!" Bliss trying to hold up an arm to defend herself, screaming at the claws slashing. She goes to then try and hit Laura over with an overloading sense of pain, suffering, agony, and overload! Of course, this is while Laura is engaged in close quarters with her!

Sublime has Mystique going to be shot at. She's rapidly shifting over to increase it's density, bullets pinging off it as she's going to charge into close quarters and trying to punch at her! "Lovely. This is your fault Matthew!"

Thresshold would snap, "Deal with the situation now!" Then he has his own issues as Superboy goes to charge at him! HE moves to throw up a telekinetic shield that would take the hit! Him trying to blast back at Superboy with higher power, trying to knock him back if possible with a mental attack!

Sublime goes to yell, "And deal with that f*#$!@8'ing tard!"Even as the two victims would vanish. "F*ck this shit! Kill 'em and deal with it later!"

Raven Darkholme has posed:
There is a reason that the cobalt mutant, leader of the Brotherhood, has managed to stay alive for as long as she has. Most know of her shapechanging abilities and assume that's all there is to her, the ability to take any face she wants. They were all dead wrong.

As Sublime charges Mystique, a mischievous grin plays across the queen of the smurf's face. Her clothing changes from the boring black tactical gear to her usual white body suit with white thigh high boots, which is when the guns are dropped into the top of the boots to free her hands. Parkour is the answer for the day, skittering up the wall to grab onto a fire escape and swing herself up onto the landing.

"Come now, did you think it would be that easy?" she taunts. "You most certainly will have to do better than that."

Laura Kinney has posed:
In her relatively short life Laura has been shot, stabbed, clubbed, punched, blown up, sliced, shredded, fallen out of planes, been sprayed with acid, set on fire and zapped by lasers. It's probably quicker to list the ways people haven't tried to kill her by now.

Not to mention her taste in hot sauce is so potent it's close to being prohibited under international chemical weapons treaties.

So when Bliss tries to stop her with pain... She grits her teeth and snarls. There might even be a touch of a smile.

Still Superboy calls for restraint. So instead of filling the air with bits of Bliss she holds back. Merely sweeping her claws deeply enough to cause flesh wounds. Her training allowing her to strike without hitting any arterys or major veins.

Before whirling and lashing out with a sweeping kick.

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn arrives late to the scene, scanning the skies, not really good at sneakiness stuff. Afterall she's got bright pink hair and glittery wings. But that's why they have other sneaky types. She taps her comm, checking up on her team mates, "Hey guys, need backup?"

Conner Kent has posed:
Meanwhile Conner has been sent flying by Threshold second mind-blast. Which was powerful to break his concentration for a second when he was distracted. "Mind you? I am trying to keep your friends off the hospital," he tells the psion. "Maybe I am getting too nice, truth I am sick of metahuman trafficking, who do you work for?" He punches Threshold's shield, and lets his own telekinesis gauge the defence. "Cadmus? Alchemax?" He punches harder. "N.O.W.H.E.R.E.?" That comes with a full force punch if the shield was still standing.

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen looks around and seems all the bad guys are taken. He hmmms for a moment, and since the one guy is staring at Conner and sent him. He runs over to the other man putting a finger in his mouth and aiming for the guys ear only to find a shield blocking him "Oh no fair." He knows he probably can't overpower the guy, so he comes up beside him and starts making faces at him, and singing baby shark in his ear.

Ivana Baiul has posed:
Bliss is a moderately adept hand to hand combatant in reasonable, if not excellent shape. Laura is an assassin that from a young age has been through hell. There's no contest as a quick series of exchanged blows has her slumping down unconscious, injured but alive. And not going to be moving anytime soon without someone else hauling her along to take her out.

Mystique goes to jump cleanly over Sublime, even as Sublime's fist would hit the place where Mystique had been, leaving a fist sized hole in the building. "Tricky chica." She would intone. "Nice trick." Her going to take her fists out. "But those things can't hurt me and I just have to tag you once then it's all over. So you going to just stall me here while your little friend takes care of things?" She would go to just start jogging over towards Laura and Nicole, batons up in front of her, keeping track of Mystique, but moving to change targets and going to try to sprint over towards X-23!

Thresshold would exchange blasts with Superboy, and smirk, "It's called 'wouldn't you like to know'. " The pucnh sends him staggering away. He's definitely not capable of taking that many of them!
    Reevaluating, and going to gesture psionically, "Your friend there looks like he needs a little help. Have some fun with him!" A wash of psionic energy going out, it trying to pressure if at all possible on Bart's brain to try and for at least a few moments have the young speedster attack Superboy with an attempted mind control!

Raven Darkholme has posed:
Mystique was not one to buy into the taunting. Let's face it the mutants was a hundred and forty years old and she'd heard all the possible taunts that could exist in time, at least once. No, she wouldn't let this mini-Juggernaut just wander off, but she also wasn't about to hold still and take a hit from her. That was just be poor tactics, and Sublime chose to do exactly what the cobalt mutant was hoping she would do.

As the she-Juggs turns to head toward X23, Mystique launches herself toward the back of the woman. No, her bullets couldn't penetrate the thick skin, nor could knives most likely, but the sleeper hold? That works no matter how thick your skin was, so that's the tactic Mystique would use. Leap onto the woman's back, gets her in the sleeper hold, try to take her down that way.

Laura Kinney has posed:
For good measure X-23 stomps on Bliss's head. Bouncing it off the sidewalk. A blow calculated to ensure she's out like a light for the rest of the fight. She raises an eyebrow when someone else moves to charge her. Claws raised to intercept any sweeping baton strikes.

She might not be as strong as the heaviest hitters but she's got reactions that let her dodge bullets and her claws can cut through almost anything. So when the inevitable attempt at flattening her with clubbing strikes come in she'l simply chop the batons into sections and dodge back.

Using distance and time to allow Mystique's choke hold to kick in.

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn arrives on the scene and sees that the others have things well in hand. Just a street fight, nothing too serious. So she focuses on scanning the area for innocents who might need assistance..

Conner Kent has posed:
"Pixie, hey," greets Conner. "We just got a bunch of kidnappers. Not sure where the blue lady fits," he has heard a bit about Mystique, but the Brotherhood are no longer bad guys, or are they?

He aims another punch at Threshold's barrier, feeling it is weakening. "The glowing guy is a telekinetic, the blonde seems a strong and tough type, maybe you should give her a dose of your dust. Before she annoys X or something."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen 's eyes glaze over a moment, and he looks at Conner. He heads over to him, and will punch him a good 200-300 hundred times in the stomach, but you know Bart is fast, but Bart is not strong. If Bart was in control of himself he would try something much more interesting but he was set on attack. So the mostly harmless attack is done to his friend. While in his head, he is throwing a fit "Hey thats one of my best friend's you can't make me do that." His mental image in his head grabbing and tugging at the control trying to make it let go. Then he says <Ok, time for Hard Ball, he starts singing every song from the last dozen reality TV shows off key in his head, and then starts thinking about he time he helped the cheetah give birth, and lastly yup, the elephant enema that he had to just stand still for and duck his head in his rain coat, to not give away his super speed at work.>

Ivana Baiul has posed:
Nicole is out like a light thanks to Laura. Sublime is breaking out to a full spring now over at Laura, even as Mystique is going up and leaping from behind her to tyr and take her in a choke hold.. The two each advancing over at her in a perfect pincer! Laura's claws slashing through the batons, Sublime then being attacked from behind by Mystique.. At least, that's what it would have been.

Mystique's attack goes right through Sublime's body. As does Laura's if the girl didn't abort it. She would phase, going immaterial as the attacks on her would go right through her! "You going to do anything useful anytime soon? I got a plane to catch." Her sneering at the two, going towards Bliss. Body glowing out of phase like Shadowcat might.

Thresshold was only able to get at Bart for a couple of seconds at most, even while Bart would free himself almost immediately. "I'd ask if anyone ever told you were annoying but we already know the answer." What Thresshold's gotten from that is a few moments to -breathe- and reinforce his shield. Then seeing Pixie he would go to try and blast herw ith a telekientic wave. "I used to have a book I put insects in. You know when you're a kid, you find a daddy long legs? You tear off the legs one by one and just leave the torso?" Going to try and gesture to attempt to send Pixie flying if at all!

Raven Darkholme has posed:
Going through the target is not completely what Mystique wanted, but she accepts that it happens as she follows through by hitting the ground and rolling back up onto her feet a few feet away from Sublime and X23. A powered person who could phase to that degree was out of her league and she knew it. The only way to effect someone like that was through magical means or another phaser, and Mystique has neither of those.

The first move was to once again get out of arms reach, which was two back flips away and up the wall to that fire escape again. If Sublime changed again, she'd be ready but for now she would switch her target to Threshold. The gun come back out of the top of the boots, lifts together to ensure a shot before the triggers are pulled. He was distracted by Superboy... just how many of the Brotherhood could say they fought a battle with Superboy? That wasn't no boy though... focus, shots fired at the enemy!

Laura Kinney has posed:
Laura Kinney shrugs when her claws pass through a phased enemy. Moving to keep pace with Sublime. Her claws extended and positioned directly in the middle of her phased stomach. "Checkmate," she notes with dry amusement. "You unphase and your insides go everywhere."

Her powers don't really give her a way to fight a phased enemy. But being phased also means they can't typically fight back either. And if they want to interact with say an injured ally it means unphasing...

It's really just a question of patience. And X-23 has plenty of that to spare.

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn blinks and glances at Sublime, nodding to Connor. "Right, my soul dagger can take care of her!" she's about to engage with the Shadow Cat knock off, when Thresshold starts ranting about insects and pulling off wings. Unfortunately his tk blast is harder to dodge and she yells as she gets hit in the chest, slamming her into a nearby wall. "Gah!"

Conner Kent has posed:
Conner ouffs when Bart delivers two hundred superspeed punches in a second. That is a lot of kinetic energy. Speed is much more important than strength or even mass, when hitting something. "Damnit, Imp. He got you?"

Fortunately the speedster stops before causing real damage, but Superboy is reeling, and then Threshold shots down Pixie, he priorizes catching the girl before she hits the ground. That gives Threshold a breather, maybe. Bart can handle him for a few seconds, he assumes, since he stopped punching HIM.

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen looks over and figures Conner has a better chance with the mind guy, but then he sees Sublime pull her trick with the phasing and Laura's counter. He looks around and grabs a piece of wood from a broken pallet or some such. He moves behind Sublime, holding the wood like a baseball bat. His tongue sticks out the corner of his mouth as he tries to get this right. He starts to vibrate trying to match Sublime's out of phase with his own and then swings with the 2X4. He is not trying to kill her, but hard enough to try to send her flying so when she materializes she is not on X's claws, aiming to knock her into Threshold, to distract him. "How's that?" He asks, as he tries to take out two villain's with one swing, and if nothing else leave Sublime open for Pixie's dagger if she can get down to them.

Ivana Baiul has posed:
Ther'es a WHOOSH over as Bart Allen goes to hit Sublime, senidng her smashing along as he knocks her back into phase. She's dazed now and disoriented. Thresshold reevaluates. Their objectives are gone, Bliss and Sublime are down, and they're faced with a group of relatively fresh and unhurt adversaries. Right as the shot from Mystique goes to nudge -through- his shields by precise firing, taking off a chunk of his cheek. "ARGH!" Twisting in pain over.

"Come on, we're out of here." As Superboy is going to catch Pixie, Thresshold is going to throw up a psionic blast of blinding that was purely a cover for him yanking hte unconscious forms of his two teammates along with him to get away!

Raven Darkholme has posed:
The situation and abilities of all the enemy combatants has been accessed, as well as the present 'allies'. There would be no answers from this particular meeting, which meant it was time to apply plan B.

Dropping both the guns in her hands, a third smaller weapon is drawn from the back of her belt and lifted to take careful aim. Mystique can't help the grin that dances across her face, after all the shot she was about to take wasn't one that most would bother with. Bliss was her target, and as she floated along after her rescuer, the single shot rings out, aimed for the woman's butt. Nice sized target, plenty of fatty tissue to absorb the tracer, it was perfect really and Threshold made it possible.

Laura Kinney has posed:
Laura Kinney raises an eyebrow when her target practically vanishes. Must have been Impulse. And when the enemies begin to flee... Well she lets them go off to lick their wounds. Taking one last sniff of the air before they go.

Next time her nose know will exactly who they are. And it'll hardly be a chore to track them once they've confirmed no-one is injured.

The former assassin does duck down to take samples of the blood from Bliss. It never hurts to have something to run through the Outsiders DNA database!

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn blinks, glancing at Connor with a smile. "Hey, thanks.." she glances around, rubbing the back of her head, "Grr..Pulling off spider legs and dragonfly wings..Can't stand those types.." she mutters as she peers around, assessing the situation. And then Thresshold is sending out a blinding flash and she staggers back, shielding her eyes. "Woah, what the.." and there they go.."Should we follow?"

Conner Kent has posed:
Conner is momentarily blinded by the blast, and then the kidnappers seem to have vanished. "Did they go invisible?" That question was mostly for Laura, since she has other ways to find people.

"Pix, you okay?" He asks the pink-haired mutant girl. "Imp, check the guys that they attempted to catch. We might need to take them to a hospital."

Bart Allen has posed:
Bart Allen nods, and is off in a well flash. He is back at the hotel room he left the folks who were attacked. He will tap his com "Sleeping like babies still." He checks them out "Nothing wrong I can see with them other than being out. " He gives the address where he took them so the others can come by if they wish.