11230/Kung Fu Car Chase

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Kung Fu Car Chase
Date of Scene: 19 May 2022
Location: Gotham City Highways
Synopsis: Batfam and Guests stop a drug theft with a high speed chase. The Uber gets a really good tip.
Cast of Characters: Jason Todd, Barbara Gordon, Shang-Chi, Danny Rand, Helena Bertinelli




Jason Todd has posed:
EARLIER

The Red Hood lurks upon a fire escape, eyes narrowed at the scene below. Four goons hurling sacks of perscription drugs into the back of their SUV, a sporty looking Japanese one at that. He shifts slightly as they close the back end and start hopping in. The instant the motor starts, Jasom leaps out, arcing over the vehicle and twists in midair to land facing the vehicle.

"You schlubs aren't going anyw--"

That's when they run him over, knocking him to the ground and speeding off.

NOW

<These assholes are somehow getting away from me in a god damn SUV. Little help, fam?>

Jason screams down the mostly empty nighttime highway on the HOODCYCLE, occasionally taking potshots at the fleeing vehicle with a pistol. Because of course he is.

Barbara Gordon has posed:
Barbara is out and about tonight, further running some tests on her Oracle AI system. Inside of her Batmobile, the leader of the Birds, is in full armored costume tonight. Her green eyes are sweeping from the road, down to the displays on her dashboard as the black armored sporty vehicle rips down one of the lesser traveled roads through this section of Gotham.

She gets the report from Red Hood's position across her alert scanner, and after a moment her voice would chime in over his earpiece.

"Hood. This is Batgirl. I'm not too far away. Are you in need of backup?" She asks as she takes a turn down an alleyway, causing a pair of black cats to yowl and leap out of the way of the fast moving vehicle!

Shang-Chi has posed:
Shaun Chee doesn't own a car. He does have one that he and Katy share when they are doing their Uber delivery. He's just dropped off Katy so now it's time to head back to his spot which is where he's headed in this cheap car that he definitely doesn't want to be in but he can't afford anything else.

Now that he too is part of the mostly empty highway, he can relax back into his Shang-Chiness and has no idea that there's a high speed chase behind him on said highway. He's too busy trying to change the song on the radio. This is why you should pay attention to your mirrors, people.

Very likely to something more apt for a car chase cinematic adventure...

Danny Rand has posed:
What is Danny Rand doing away from his beloved Hell's Kitchen? Business meetings. A day chocked full of them. It's only fair that he should be able to let off some steam, right?

And so he finds himself patrolling the busy streets in search of some evil doers to thwart. It doesn't take long. Gunshots are ringing out, tires are squealing and he can't help but feel a little excited. Is that a Batmobile? Batmobiles are widely known for heading towards crimes, so that's got to be the case with this one, right? Danny beams widely and ducks into the alleyway, leaping up to bounce off of one of the walls and land...right on top of the very fast-moving car. "This thing...is so sick! I'm Iron Fist!" he shouts to the driver, clinging on for dear life as she makes another quick turn. "I'm here to help!"

Jason Todd has posed:
The goons, well aware that the Red Hood is following them, are sweating.

"Jesus christ, Phil, can't this thing go any faster?"

"Fuck you, I knew I shoulda put Nitrous in it in this town!"

The two in the back seat both lean out their windows and send semi-automatic fire back at Jason, unaware of the approaching Batmobile and Friend(?). They rapidly gain on Shaun, their headlights bright and blinding in the rear view for a moment before they slingshot by him, still sending rounds back. One goes wide and punches through Shaun's windshield.

<Hell yes I could use a hand! Taking fire!>

Jason redlines the motorcycle, rocketing towards the speeding vehicle. He certainly doesn't put a bullethole in Shaun's trunk. He wouldn't do that. He's a better shot than that.

As he passes Shaun's car, the Red Hood looks over and gives him the 'Get the hell out of here, man' gesture. With a gun in his hand. Oops.

Barbara Gordon has posed:
With Danny landing on the roof of the quickly moving Batmobile, Babs spares a glance up at him, her green eyes looking through the canopy window of her cockpit. When she looks back down again, the Oracle AI System has already brought up a bit of information about the Iron Fist from information out of Manhattan about the hero. "Great." Barbara mutters before she keys on the exterior speaker.

"Hang on." Her voice speaks out to the Iron Fist.

Up ahead, Danny will see a steep incline toward the traffic that Jason,a nd the criminals, are making their way through.

Of course, this on-ramp is also blocked off by road-closed signs.

So... get ready for that, Danny Rand.

The Batmobile driver guns the gas, and the vehicle rockets ahead, bursting through the signs, causing them to splinter in all directions, before bouncing on to the on-ramp leading up to the busy highway!

Shang-Chi has posed:
Maybe his Assassin Sense is tingling or something but Shaun manages to duck out of the path of the bullets hitting his car. He flails for just a moment, only because there is another car passing by him at the moment. But then he's paying closer attention. Because it looks like there's a Flying Rodent Mobile in his mirrors.

Yes, he's checking his mirrors now that there's bullets in his car. Katy's gonna' kill him. "Katy's going to kill me." Yup.

With all of this madness going on, Shang-Chi decides that this probably can't be safe for whatever other vehicles are on the highway and decides to run interference. Using his less than spectacular (but fast enough) vehicle to give chase! But only so that he can kind of vehicularly guide innocents out of the path of the oncoming Flying Rodent Mobile!

Danny Rand has posed:
The Iron Fist is hanging on and, honestly, having a great time. Luke and Matt don't have anything like this and Jessica's always just flying around, so this is a real treat for the man who usually takes the subway to the scene of the crime.

He swats an incoming orange and white plank out of the way that was sailing towards his head and grins, hunching down closer to the roof of the car.

Helena Bertinelli has posed:
Huntress is used to two things, generally. Working by herself or working with the Birds of Prey. Because of that, she wasn't exactly certain how, when, or even why she found herself receiving Bat-Family communications. And her first clue was one Red Hood swearing across the channel while asking for backup. It wasn't exactly on her dance card tonight, getting involed in a car chase across the city. But when is a car chase not more exciting than surveilance of a run down apartment building?

The correct answer, of course, is never.

A minute later the whine of a cycle engine, like an invasion of angry hornets, howls along the alley Huntress erupts out of. Heading toward the rolling chase she quietly radioed back.

"Huntress entroute. I'm on Adams Boulevard. Coming up on South Craig street. Should intercept your parade around Perez Avenue."

Jason Todd has posed:
The squad in the SUV start yelling at each other as they start rifling through compartments and pouches.

"Don't you have anything with more firepower!? They just keep multiplying!"

"There's a shotgun in the back, and, hold on."

The guy in the driver's seat, Phil, starts rifling through the center console and comes up with a HAND GRENADE. He tosses it to the back.

"Where'd you get that thing? A fuckin' hand grenade?!"

"Did a job with the Clown once. Had it left over and ran off with it. I think he'd approve. Throw it at those assholes!"

The pin is pulled, the spoon dropped, and the grenade hucked out the window.

Jason looks back to see the Babsmobile gaining on him, and Huntress is on her way. They should be able to get these goons. He looks back in front of him just in time to see the grenade bounce on the ground. The Red Hood jerks the bike hard to the left, dumping it in a shower of sparks. It slides into the retaining wall, making unpleasant scraping noises. It's probably fine. The Hood Cycle is a magnificent machine.

Jason, on the other hand, tumbles and rolls across the world's biggest belt sander, thankful for his armored costume and helmet. He bounces and skids and crashes into the retaining wall, stunned.

The grenade explodes violently, cratering the highway and hurling hunks of stone and metal all across the area. Driving hazard!

Barbara Gordon has posed:
Some homeless vagrants throw their empty liquor bottles at the Batmobile as it bursts through those road closed signs while the armored sporty vehicle itself roars on to the highway up above!

Barbara looks up to see Danny still attached to the canopy which has her smirking faintly. She looks back down to her displays then at Helena's announcement. "Copy that, Huntress. I have a New Yorker on my car. I think he's on our side though." Batgirl says back over comms as she floors it again, gaining on Jason just in time to see the explosion.! The Batmobile swerves again, moving around the crater, and passing through the debris, and smoke, only to emerge on the other side. "Hood!" Babs calls over the comms. "Are you okay?!" She shouts as she tries to stay on the madmen throwing grenades!

"If they keep that up, we might have to rethink our strategy here!" Babs adds while the Batmobile gains on the baddies up ahead.

Another look is sent up to Danny as Babs tries to ram the back corner of the Gunmen's vehicle!

Shang-Chi has posed:
Shang-Chi bobs and weaves in his vehicle, trying to make sure his car doesn't get exploded by fiery debris or anything. He actually goes into some twisted drifting he's learned from Katy (or his fatherly training but we don't talk about that ahem) and slams on the brakes to bring the vehicle to a stop next to a Hooded retaining wall and throws open the passenger door.

"Get in." Shang-Chi is hoping he can get Red Hood into the vehicle so they can do that thing where they give chase. "I'll drive, you shoot."

Megan Fox, much?

Danny Rand has posed:
Red Hood's blaze of glory has Danny's eyes widening, ducking out of the way once more of any potential shrapnel. He's trying his best to figure out how to monkey climb his way across the car and reach out to the man, but Mr. Shaun's already got it well in-hand.

Danny's eyes meet Barbara's and he gives her a knowing nod, moving to a crouch and pushing off of the canopy with those gold and green limited edition Iron Fist Adidas that Luke found for him at the store. When the Batmobile connects with the SUV's bumper, Danny is launched forward, his right hand illuminated with a pale orange light as his fingers dig well into the roof of the getaway vehicle to keep him from being instantly thrown off.

"Okay, Danny, we're on the bad guy's car. Now what?" he says, voice straining as his fingers dig further through the roof.

Helena Bertinelli has posed:
"A New Yorker? On our side? That's one for the history books" Huntress shot back as she wove through a lumbering parade of delivery trucks.

"Was that an explosion? Are we trying to blow them up or are they trying to blow us up?" she wonders. Cutting low around a corner, she finds the onramp to the expressway she had been seeking. Just in time to see a import SUV speed past with something large and yellow(?) on the roof.

"Is there a large banana on the target vehicle?"

So many questions.

Merging down the ramp onto the expressway she shifted into top gear, revving the engine to the limit. The front wheel briefly left the road before gripping again. She found herself almost alongside the Babsmobile. "Hi boss. We have a plan? Or is this just a free for all game of Stop That Pigeon?"

Jason Todd has posed:
The hand grenade's explosion sets off a roar of cheers in the car. High fives and 'We smoked those losers!' rebounding from the occupants.

Until the Babsmobile rear ends the vehicle.

"Oh shit, it's the Bat!"

"We're fuc--"

The thud of Danny atop the car makes the three that aren't driving look up and start to empty their handguns through the roof, while the driver is not very successfully trying to dislodge the Babsmobile.

Meanwhile, Jason shakes the daze off in an act of raw willpower. He is bruised to shit, or will be, and moving in the morning is going to be agony, but now, he makes his way to his feet, blinking as the car stops for him.

"Uh. Sure, if you're down. I'm not responsible for damages," But he knows a guy with money.

Jason slips into the car, slams the door and cranks the window down. Though it might all be over by the time they catch up.

Barbara Gordon has posed:
The Babsmobile helps deposit Rand on to the roof then speeds up ahead of the SUV. The driver of the SUV tries to not LET her make this move, but she's far faster, and a lot more maneuverable than a bulky SUV! With the engines of her vehicle roaring, Babs ends up ahead of the SUV now, with her flame firing behind her toward the front of the SUV that the thugs are inside of!

"That's the 'Iron Fist' according to the reports I have." Babs replies to Helena over their com system. "I don't know what his deal is, but he seems fairly capable, if a bit ... banana like."

Barbara tries to decelerate then to force the SUV to slow down, but not so violently as to toss Danny off. More just to try and pace this chase a bit!% for the safety of other drivers up ahead!

Shang-Chi has posed:
There's no time to waste and Shaun's foot is on the accelerator in record time. He jerks the car back into motion and is on the move, speeding after the high speed chase already going with a talent that he probably shouldn't have. His bobbing and weaving is impeccable. "It's fine. Just like GTA, right?"

Shaun wheels around a car that really shouldn't be in the way and makes sure to ride back into pursuit at an angle that makes shooting out of the window quite effective. "I'm Shaun, by the way. Your Uber Driver for tonight's dangerous car chase." Shaun attempts to get a joke in. "Why don't you give me five stars and we call it even?"

Danny Rand has posed:
Guns! Why couldn't Danny take after Orson and just start packing chi-fueled Colt 1911s? Because he's stubborn, of course. Danny rolls to hang off the side of the SUV, one hand clutching the bike rack as the other bursts through the back right passenger window and cracks one of the gunmen in the jaw. He hefts himself up afterwards and swings his legs through the broken window, ending up laying across the laps of all of the goons in the back and punching and kicking them to the best of his ability.

There isn't exactly a wealth of courses at K'un-Lun about fighting in the back of an SUV against gun-wielding opponents, but Danny's decent at improv.

Helena Bertinelli has posed:
Huntress huh, "Iron Fist? The way they're shooting at him, I hope the rest of him is iron too..." She weaves back behind the SUV as Batgirl moves to cut them off. "Do you know if Mr... uh Fist.. is as durable as iron? If that thing wrecks with him inside. It may not be very pretty."

She's already prepping one of her crossbows to try and get a shot off toward one of the tires. "I've got a shot at the tires. Confirm."

At least she's trying to be a team player.

Jason Todd has posed:
Danny Rand is the Iron Fist. One of the greatest martial artists on earth. The guys in the back are low level thugs. Granted, they're Gotham thugs, but not a match for the Iron Fist. The one in the passenger seat turns, pistol in hand to shoot the hell out of Danny, but...

Batgirl slingshot passes the SUV, causing the driver to hit the brakes so as not to ignite the vehicle. At the same time, Helena speeds up and puts a crossbow bolt into a drive tire, making the car lurch.

"Bro, you got it. Luckily for you," Jason says as he hefts himself up to sit in the window, aiming at another tire and emptying a magazine at it, just to be sure. "I tip real good."

The bullets and the crossbow bolt contrive to make the car uncontrollable, but this gives Danny the chance to deal with the last of the goons and end this!

Barbara Gordon has posed:
"For his sake, I hope he is." Barbara says in response to Danny being entirely Iron, considering how he just jumped right on inside the vehicle with the crazy gunmen!

She keeps testing the driver's attention, and abilities behind his wheel, as she tries to further push back against the SUV to keep it from gaining any speed.

"Fire away, when you got a shot." Babs says to the Huntress. Her green eyes look in one reverse angle feed on her dash to see Huntress taking the shot, then in the other she can see the car with Jason inside it. "Nice team work." Babs comments as the SUV gains on her, causing the Babsmobile to shoot a burst of FIRE and FLAME back at it!

"Hopefully they don't have any more explosives in there..."

Shang-Chi has posed:
"Say less."

Shaun dips into a little Shang and whips this ride like he's auditioning for fast and the furious. He knows what Red Hood is going to be aiming for and decides to add a little bit of trajectory assistance to this whole ordeal. Not that his father trained him on how to assassinate individuals while in a high speed car chase or anything like that. Honest.

It's all about style points at this juncture, probably. Might as well earn this tip.

Danny Rand has posed:
With the scoundrels in the backseat dispatched, Danny's eyes cut to the man in the passenger seat with the gun and catches a bullet to the arm for his trouble. Hissing sharply, Iron Fist sits up quickly, pins the gunman's hand against the back of the chair, a sharp snapping sound emanating from it, and drives a straight punch straight into his nose, his head lolling backwards before he's slumping over in his chair.

The driver, for all of his hard work, is rewarded only with a harsh chop to the temple before Danny's vaulting forward to sit astride the center console, jamming a foot down towards the unoccupied brake and trying to wrest control of the wayward vehicle.

Helena Bertinelli has posed:
Huntress sees Red Hood arrive on the scene, "Good. You're back. We were lost without you." She's almost saying it with a smile as she rides along, watching the SUV careen down the expressway.

"Red, I hope your driver is okay with some property damage. Going to try and keep that thing from flipping with Mr Fist inside." If it were just criminals? It could barrel roll a dozen times and she wouldn't shed a tear. But she isn't looking to sour relations with possible allies from NYC. There was a meeting about that recently she seemed to recall.

Raising her crossbow again, she fired off a grappel bolt that pierced the steel of the rear bumper. The tip flicked open prongs to secure the bolt in place. A second bolt auto loaded to the weapon and she turned to fire it back at the car Red Hood was riding in. On. Beside?

A cable stretched now from the bumper of the SUV to the bolt that just embedded itself into the radiator of the car assisting Red Hood. "Have him brake slowly, keep the cable tight.. hopefully the SUV won't roll before we get it stopped.

But if it does, it'll be very exciting now that the car behind it is tethered to it. Part of her kind of wants to see that happen. Morbid curiosity.

Jason Todd has posed:
Lots of things happen. The last two thieving goons get laid out by Danny, and he commandeers the crippled car. At the same time, Huntress connects the SUV to Shaun's car (oops) to prevent further injury to the Iron Fist. At the same time, Batgirl lights up the front end with jet power.

All in all, the runaway SUV comes to a stop without too much incident, and nobody died!

In the car window, Jason winces at what Helena does. Luckily his bank account is big. Real big. He ducks down to look back inside. "Uh. You got Venmo? I'll pay for the damage." And then some. Jason doesn't know how much shit costs. Katy's going to get a new car. ... A newer car.

Barbara Gordon has posed:
The Batmobile speeds ahead after the SUV slows down. Barbara eventually comes to a stop though and turns the vehicle to block off the highway. She looks back at the stalled traffic back there with the SUV, and everyone else gathered around it, behind it, and so forth.

"Emergency Services are enroute." Babs' voice speaks over comms. "Hope the Iron Fist fella is okay." She adds a moment later.

"Are we in-store for anything else related to this tonight?" She asks from inside her vehicle cockpit further down the way.

"And thank whomever picked you up, Hood. That was some fancy driving for a less than awesome looking car." Babs adds with a smirk crossing her lips.

Shang-Chi has posed:
Maybe there's more to this citizen's arrest style driver or he's watched that Ryan Gosling movie a lot because he's braking with the exact style and speed necessary to make the Huntress Plan work like a dang charm. He's also cutting the wheel to make sure everything goes smoothly and that no barrel rolling is going to happen.

While he's doing all of that, Shaun grabs his phone from his pocket and holds it up. "Ready when you are." His Venmo name is up on the screen and everything so that this transaction can happen before they potentially die if this goes south.

Danny Rand has posed:
Jamming the SUV into park, Danny kicks open the door and fumbles his way out, slumping onto the ground and really regretting his go at the patented Luke Cage 'just throw yourself into the swarm of bad guys what's the worst that could happen' fighting style. "Son of a...," he begins, before getting himself back up to his feet and kicking a dent into the SUV's side. Vinnie down at Staten Island Tracksuit Emporium is going to give him hell for wrecking another one.

Danny hops up and down a few times, before he sets his mind on slowing the blood loss and controlling his breath. It works, for the most part and he slings some blood off of his hand before he turns to look back at the Batmobile, smiling softly in a way that says 'hey we did it, but oof ouch ow my arm'.

Helena Bertinelli has posed:
Huntress rolls to a stop on the passenger side of the SUV. She looks to the passengers, "Well they're still in one piece. I think Mr. Fist worked up a Number 6 on them. But they'll live." She glances toward Fist, "Though your New Yorker looks like he's gotten himself injured. Are we going to stick around with him? Take him with?"

Jason Todd has posed:
Jason, because he is on Team Bat, has a very fancy helmet. He looks at Shaun's phone, executes a number of blink commands to the interface, and a payment goes through from, what else, @RedHood.

It's got five numbers in it.

"Thanks for the help," Jason says, slipping out of the window to the pavement. He moves to the back of the SUV and opens the hatch, rifling through the bags. "Lots of opiates. And other stuff. These boys are going away for a while."

A memory flashes through his mind from so many years ago. He was a boy. A child. Coming home from school to find his stepmother dead from drugs like these. His teeth audibly grind under his helmet and he reaches for his gun, his hand quivering in fury just above the grip.

He forces himself to turn away, and he starts walking. <Thanks for the help, ladies. I'm getting my bike and going home before I do something I shouldn't.>

Barbara Gordon has posed:
"Let him know that the ambulances are on the way." Babs says back to Helena over the team com. "If he needs something that is less interogative, up to you if you want to take him to the med labs yourself."

And with the GCPD closing in ahead of the EMS services, the Babs mobile starts up again and starts to setup a perimeter around the 'crime scene' until they can arrive to secure it.

Shang-Chi has posed:
Ol' Shauny Boy's eyes are going wide at the number in his Venmo account now and he's not sure what else he can really do at this juncture except shout, "Thanks! Any time!" And with a wave but vigilantes are very hardly ever around for that kind of stuff.

Shaun makes quite sure what's left of he and Katy's car is no longer tethered and sets about making himself scarce in the ride. He's still got to get home, he has work in the early afternoon tomorrow.

As he drives away (much slower now) Hotel California starts blasting from his phone. It's Katy. She must've sensed a Disturbance in the Vehicular Force.

"... Heeeeeey Katy."