13571/Robbing the Bank

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Robbing the Bank
Date of Scene: 14 December 2022
Location: New York City Bank
Synopsis: Astro-Knight and the King of Chins Hercules go fisto-a-face-o with Scorpion and Rhino!
Cast of Characters: Monet St. Croix, Greg Rollins, Hercules




Monet St. Croix has posed:
It's five o'clock on a dreary New York City day. The sun is down, it's freezing, the smog seems almost frozen thick and eveyrone is miserable. Over at the First National Bank of New York, various people are shuffling through to make deposits, have customer service, or in the case of some of the older ladies, go there for companionship while they stand in line.
    An elderly security guard is snoring while standing up, various tellers are barely paying any attention to people in line while chattering.. Nothing quite to see here.
    Then from one side of the bank, ther'es a smash-through as a green-armored wearing monster smashes through! Mac Gargan, aka THE SCORPION!
    Then from the other end of the place comes the charging form of the RHINO!
    Scorpion immediately yells at RHino, "What did I say!? What did I say! We both came in through THIS way!"
    Rhino goes, "You said on my left! I came in through the left side!"
    Scorpion yells, "I said MY left, you numbskull! THIS HAND!" Scorpion goes to raise up a hand threateningly.
    Rhino goes, "That's your right hand.."
    "THE ONE FACING ME!!"

Greg Rollins has posed:
Up high in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane... it's just some guy in a silver suit with wings on it under the arms.

The Astro-Knight as he calls himself is gliding along the New York skyline, watching around him as he flies towards Happy Harbor roughly. At least until there's the commotion below. His suit's sensors pick it up easily. You don't hear falling rubble like that from this area, nor arguements and what sounds like stomping feet and people being terrified.

He looks down and perhaps just curiousity causes him to drop down out of the air in a steep dive before slowing himself to land near the hole that Rhino came through.

He's got his visor down, hiding his face as he looks at the hole. He's about to say something until he sees Rhino and steps back a bit to try to not be noticed by the arguing pair.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
The pair continue to argue with one another. Rhino goes, "You pick a side! You stay on that side!"
    Scorpion hisses, "We're both supposed to stay ON THE SAME SIDE! That was the plan! We both bust in /from the same point/!" He gestures madly voer at the two walls that had been smashed through.
    Rhino would shrug, "Well, obviously we're going against the plan now."
    Scorpion would just sigh, "All right, us coming in from the same side wasn't really integral. I just had it as it looked cool."

Greg Rollins has posed:
Astro-Knight has probably heard enough. Demolishing public property, but his other problem is figuring out what the civilians are doing. He carefully peeks around the corner to check on that.

Then he gets a bit of an idea as he decides to play a little deception.

Peeking again, he moves just enough so a shoulder based gun can slide up and point at Scorpion specifically. Then he fires off a pair of shots.

The Tangle Launcher isn't Spider-Man's webs, but it will at least get their attention as it's sure to hopefully slow Scorpion down with the fire fighting and containment foam that they explode into.

Then he ducks back into cover and uses his suit's flight systems to get above the hole in hopes that they will take the bait.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
The citizens are taking it well in stride. They're New Yorkers. Banks are robbed multiple times a week. Someone is still standing in line yelling at a teller over not being able to access thier account while the teller would be filing thier nails and humming the 'hold' music.
    The elderly guard is still sleeping.
    The net goes to hit Scoprion.. But is -very- quickly shredded to pieces. Scorpion is -strong-.
    "Hey! It's too early in the morning for Aluminum Man! Where'd you get your costume from!? That's bad and I've had to run into NFL Superpro." Oof.

Greg Rollins has posed:
Oh, that just makes him mad a bit. Astro-Knight peers down from the top of the Rhino-Made hole.

And a young kid's voice of all things comes out, "I will have you know this was given to me by my father before I came to this planet."

There's a small pause and the kid seems to look at the two curiously, "There's an Aluminum Man? As in someone dressed or themed after the soda cans that seem to be prominent beverages?"

As to how he's hanging there, it's mostly a gravity trick using his suit and some of the flight systems.

Hercules has posed:
    "You know, in my youth, I too went about wearing the mantle of a beast. The skin of a lion was my armor! You would think then that my epithets would relate to such a kingly beast." conversational but raised to carry over the distance, as a man in strappy sandles, a green skirt with gold trim, and a likewise adorned sash, came picking his way through the rubble and debris that The Rhino had left behind. "But for a time I came to be known as the Black Ass while wearing the hide of a lion. Not exactly the Nom De Guerre one hopes to acquire in their life."

Ancient Annecdote delivered, the man planted his powerful fists upon his hips and posed, a beaming, blustering braggard of a hero, all muscles and jawline. It, of course, was none other than-

                                    HERCULES                                    
                      THE BLACK A-, er... PRINCE OF POWER                      

"I may not be the friendly, neighborhood fellow you delinquint duo are used too but I will be more than happy to accept your surrender."

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Scorpion goes to grunt over. "That's it. I hate a wise guy." Scopriong oes to simply try to spray over Astro-Knight with a blast of acid going from his tail over at the flying hero. "Well, let's just say he got recycled. You I ain't gonna bother with. I'm just going to rip you right out of your little plastic box!" The acid sprays in a wide arc over through the air at him!
    Rhino goes to grunt and face Hercules, "Hey, you! You look like some kind of roid freak! How many steroids you pump into your pecs? They look like hot air balloons!" Rhino goes to smash his fists together and then goe sot dig in, ready to charge. "And I'm happy to poke my horn into you to see how fast those sillicone bits deflate."

Greg Rollins has posed:
Some liquid being sprayed his way has him pushing himself back up out of the way of that liquid. Liquid bad. And looking to see what it hit, Astro-Knight stares a bit as he sees that it's melting a fire escape.

Then he flies around to the edge of the hole assuming Scorpion is going to be looking at where he was. Taking a breath as he keeps his back to the hole, he spins to face it and unleash a pair of wrist force lasers at the green man. They won't do much more than feel like a normal punch as his suit's safety limiters kick in to prevent him from overpowering it.

Then he says back, "I was just asking. You do not seem to be a very nice person. And did your mother ever tell you not to spray acid at people? You could hurt someone with that!"

Hercules has posed:
    The good cheer of the Lion of Olympus faltered in the face of Rhino's retort... and Scorpion's spray aimed at the youth that hovered near the self-same hole that Hercules himself had so recently sauntered through. Springing away from any collateral drizzle that might escape the acid stream, Hercules rolls with agility that seems ill-suited to his bulk. "Ho there, my Chrome Clad Compatriot! Leave the gruesome grey-clad fellow to me and I shall leave the green garbbed grotesque to you!" such was the grand strategy of the God of Strength.

Rising to his feet, Hercules wasted not a moment. "With a brick like charm such as yours to whet his tongue against, I see why the Spider-Man's whit is so sharp! Never the less, it is the Christ-mas season of the Christian cult and in the spirit of the season, I have brought you a present!" Hercules all but cheered, snatching up a heavy table littered with deposit slips, tethered pens, and other such pamphlets. He rips it from the very floor and closes on Rhino with his weaponized furniture club, "Rejoice in this, the Gift of Battle!"

And then he tries to hit the Rhino with a table.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Never let it be said that Hercules has not familiarized himself with the more modern spectacles of gladitorial arenas and games where strength met story and entertainment met violence. Hercules goes to meet the charging Rhino over in the full face! Rhino goes to table the matter.. And falls down HARD with a thump, grazing along the ground. "Fine, ya #$#!'ing steroid freak, now I'm gonna gut you!" Rhino goes to smash up and moves to charge over at Hercules full power! He might not be the wrecking train that was the Juggernaut, but he could still smash plenty welL! like a charging rhino going by the hrons!
    The punch goes to hit Scorpion, "What is this? We doing show and tell here? Or Pen and Teller?" Scorpiong oes to smash his tail around wildly, presuming his enemy is cloaked. The tail is -very- powerful and the barbed end will hurt and mess Greg up quite a bit if it hits. Fortunately Scorpion hasn't the slightest idea of -where- he is.

Greg Rollins has posed:
Astro-Knight flies backwards from the hole, letting the tail fly wildly about as he unleashes more force blasts at Scorpion.

He uses the blasts to gauge how much power he needs as each one gets a little bit stronger.

Once he reaches a stopping point, he looks to see what Scorpion is doing or if he's even been followed. Can't be that hard to follow a bunch of blue laser-like beams shooting at a guy, right?

Hercules has posed:
    Hercules loves few things more than he does a good fight. One of those things seems to be the sound of his own voice. Dusting his hands, Hercules simply beams down at the man in the grey pyjamas as he pulled himself up from the splinters and litter of bank brochures. "Come and have your try then, Villain!" belted the Scion of Zeus a moment before her was neatly folded in half by Rhino's charge. Hercules abs of steel prove even more durable than their moniker, that prominent horn jabbing him in the middle put not quite perforating the hirsuit brawler. A bit of maneuvering has Hercules rolling off of The Rhino like a hit and run pedestrian who was left wondering if anyone got the number of the bus that just plowed over him.

Pulling himself to his feet, Hercules quickly shakes it off with a joyeous laugh, "Hah HA!" There is little he loves- Well, I already mentioned that.

By the time Rhino is coming around for a second pass, Hercules has come to meet him, a fist reeled back and sent rocketing in from the heroes hip! A stiff uppercut to test the mettle of the man's jaw!

Monet St. Croix has posed:
WHAM! Hercules abs put anythin but the Nemean Lion the likes of which he had one day wrapped around his body. Rhino goes to hit Herc hard and seems tow obble almost off him as the horn doesn't crack, but Rhino goes to stumble around. Then as he goes to head along for a second pass Fist Meets Chin voer in a classical CLOBBER as Rhino would be fistfaced and sent flying through the wall! Rhino goes to get up and out a moment later.. Yanking out the door to the main bank vault and moves to throw it like a train! "Well, let's see if there's more than one way to skin a god." But he was using something flat and blunt, not edged..
    The blasts don'tseem to be doing much to Scorpion. Even as they go up in intensity and Astro-Knight flies backwards. Scoprion goes to hiss, "Well, since you want to play 'tag'.." Then Scorpion goes to shoot up and out through the wall, leaping HIGH and FAST over at Astro-Knight, tail snapping out! Scorpion was very, very surprisingly fast. He could tag Spidey sometimes!

Greg Rollins has posed:
Just when he was sure of what intensity he would have to go to, the Scorpion goes up and through the wall above. The speed is what catches the Astro-Knight off guard.

Fortunately his suit at least has some safety measures. Such as once he stops firing the force field snaps back into place. Even then, the silver clad teen is sent flying back into the bank where he rolls all the way across to the other hole that Rhino made.

There's a blue sparkling flicker around him as the teen gets back to his feet.

He takes what looks like a martial artist stance as he waits for the Scorpion, taking a few moments to catch his own breath and make sure he is able to even keep at this with how fast and strong that strike was as he does a quick mental check and his suit does the same.

Hercules has posed:
    Hercules is just getting warmed up despite his somewhat trampled appearance. He works the clobbering fist into a open hand as he strolls after the flying rhino. When Rhino gets back on his feet and launches a quipping retort of his own, Hercules cheers for him "Haha! Yes, flex your mouth as well as your might!" Herc' praised even as the door sailed towards him. The God of Strength would run nor hide from this ernest attempt. He accepted it fully and with all the effort that Rhino had put into it! Digging in his heels, the Lion of Olympus reached forward and caught the door! He absorbed the momentum by spinning as a discus thrower might, whirling in a circle, bleeding the force of the throw off before he laid the heavy vault door to rest at his feet. Slightly dizzied, Hercules staggered before he planted a sandled foot on that very vault door to steady himself.

The world swam around him and Hercules thought himself bewitched! Two rhinos loomed before him and Hercules clapped his hands once in praise, "What now... sorcery as well!? You learn... quickly, oh fiendish foe! But Hercules will not-" the Demigod wavered, staggering. "Hoh, give me a moment..." he bade for a moment of time as he tried to still the sea-tossed world around him.

"There we are..." he uttered as his internal seas calmed. "Now, I am not so unaccostumed to such tricks!" he uttered, arms spreading wide and then coming together with thunderous impact as Hercules cribbed off of Bruce Banner's work sheet for a good, old Thunder Clap.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Scorpion goes to smirk, "Well, looks like we have ourself an idiot. So I'm going to do a favor to the world and make there one -less- idiot. Free of charge, call it my good deed of the day." Scorpion's tail goes to smash up and then down, hurling in an arc through the air that could cleave through the side of an armored truck like a sledgehammer tkaen to a pinata over towards Astro-Knight! If it would miss it would crack through several feet down into the concrete ground and then snap up again to try and whiplash around!
    Never let it be said that Hercules doesn't learn from the best! The sudden thunderclap has the mad Rhino Russians taggering! His super invulnerability did not seem to go to his eardrums as they would rupture! "HEy!" He goes to move to charge over at Hercules! But eardrums, being very necessary for balance.. Would have him missing,a nd going to roll along over like a boulder along the ground as if a bowling ball about to go for as trike!

Greg Rollins has posed:
That tail is definitely dangerous, and Astro-Knight hops back, followed by another as he stays away from it. The occasional burst of his jets puts him further to try to make sure he has enough room to go around the dangerous thing.

A glance to the side as he hears a clang nearly has him caught by the whiplash as he ducks down, the sound of a small 'bzzt' sound as the stinger goes over his back is also heard. That was close!

But seeing what is coming, the teen launches himself forward and with a burst of blue light from the feet as he tries to get in close.

The teen tries to get an angle where he can blast Scorpion again. The previous force blasts weren't doing much. This one? It's like a bazooka as the silver clad teen crouches on the floor in hopes of having a pair of supervillains colliding from doing this.

Hercules has posed:
    There are times when one can fall in into sync with the workings of the world and see the weavings of the fately sisters. Here, and now, seeing this gret, grey lummox rolling towards him and the rumble of his approach that was not unlike a mid-sized sedan rolling down a gravel embankment. In that moment, Hercules saw not the weave of the world, but instead he heard the score. Something orchestral; swelling and adventurous! With a path clear to both his left and his right, Hercules was brave enough to run directly away from the boulder like Aleksei.

With the boulder bearing down on him, Hercules saw his only hope of escape in the form of a damaged light fixture that hung now from the ceiling, dangling by a cable.

With a burst of speed and effort, Hercules leapt, arms out stretched!

By the time he clasped the cable, it was too late, Hercules did not realize the mistake he could not Harrison Af-Ford. That mistake being: Hercules is heavy as heck.

The cable snapped. Hercules flopped to the ground and was uncerimoniously bowled over by the Rhinoulder.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
The impact goes to hit the Scorpion hard, even as it goes to send him through one taxi, out through an uber, and then finally onto a Lyft where the driver would just calmly go as Scorpionw ould crawl his wayout of it. "Gonna have to charge you extra for the tail." Scorpion would hiss. "Come on then." He would go to snap up with his tail, moving to send another blast of acid over at Greg! It wouldn't be particularly accurate due to the distance but it was still a sign that it was best to keep his distance and not get in close iwht someone that could use a double decker bus like a flyswatter!
    What follows is like an avalanche going downhill as a Hercules + Rhinoball goes to smash through the already mostly leveled wall that had originally been smashed into by three or four people already. They take out most of it,r olling out to the street where the two are separated over as Rhino would fumble and be flattened over into the ground like some sort of pancake. He's embedded a solid nine or ten inches into the ground, horn first, and is slowly trying ot prop himself up and over on his elbows, trying tos lug himself up and out. "Burgghhh.." Maybe that was Rhino for 'let's call it a draw'?

Greg Rollins has posed:
The resulting impact isn't what Greg hoped for, but it's still more out on the street as he flies into the air in pursuit. Now with a lot more mobility, Greg can easily dodge the acid, and make sure it's only hitting things that it can't harm hopefully. Like him. And the passerby on the street.

And... okay, that's an ugly paint job on a car. He makes sure acid hits that.

The teen stays out of possible reach of the tail as well.

Then he asks an important question, "Hey, green and ugly. I got a question. How much of that stuff do you have and where exactly is it coming from?"

Hercules has posed:
    "Muh.. wugh.." grunts Hercules grunts as he begins the arduous process of prying himself from Gaia's lusty grip. "My Chrome Clad Friend..." groaned Hercules to Astro Knight, "It is rude... to poke holes in your foes gimmick!" he notes as he tries to regain his senses.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
This is accompanied by Scorpion going ot launch said car over at Greg. Then the car next to it. Then a mahole cover. Then a garbage can with lid on it. Wait, since when did New York City have garbage cans in public areas that still had lids!? It was something rather freaky as Scorpionw ould be going berserk and just hurtling everything through the air he could.
    "How about youc ome down here and I show you nice and personally?"

Greg Rollins has posed:
Cars are easy to dodge, really. They're big. Just have to move quickly! Which Greg does!

The manhole cover, not so much as it's more aerodynamic and actually clips his leg, causing the trash can to also hit but not do much as he flips in the air, falling downwards before he barely manages to catch himself by spreading his wings and firing some emitters that look like mini-jets. He still is limping a bit from where the manhole cover hit him.

In response to now being slightly grounded, Astro-Knight starts to blast things out of the air.

He calls over towards Hercules, "I was just curious how much of that he had left! His fault for getting hurt by it!"

Having enough of somewhat target practice and having to also dance around the occasional car tossed at him, Astro-Knight finally tries a pretty intense blast. This one pretty close to maximum power. He just hopes the Scorpion can take it without serious injury.

Hercules has posed:
    "With out a doubt!" answered Hercules, affirming Greg's view on the matter, "However and never the less, a foe's pathos and desire need to be respected! We know not what tragedy would drive this strange man, this walking tragedy into-" Hercules began, pontificating as he did so well, emerging fully into the fray, fists balled and at the ready to take advantage of The Astro Knight's efforts with his full-powered blast, Hercules bellows over the report of the energy weapons. "someone that would so willingly transform themself into a strange, Half-Man, Half-Lizard hybrid!"

In Hercules' defense, there is a fifty-fifty chance that a Spidey foe who is green and has a dangerous tail could be either The Scorpion or The Lizard!

This said, Hercules reels back and looses the Heyest of haymaker punches!

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Even as the punch from Astro-Knight goes to send the Scorpion flying, the hard hit sending him stumbling along as he would stagger, tumbling over towards the Mild Mannered Chin.. Then there's a brutal THWACk as Hercules goes to brawl him right over as a loud -CABONG- fills the air so hard it almost leaves a flashing afterimage of the onomatopoeia of the blow as Scorpion spins, falls.. And flattens atop Rhino!

Greg Rollins has posed:
The fight finally apparently over, Astro-Knight looks at Hercules.

And the most important thing he got from that speech, "People turn themselves into that willingly here?"

Yep. Greg is catching the most important tidbits of Hercules's antics. Then he sighs, "Oh, great. I'm going to be late for school. Sorry, big guy! Need to go!"

With that, he heads up into the air, heading for above city level pretty quickly.

Hercules has posed:
    Gravely, Hercules nods his head and folds his arms over his chest. Slowly, he draws breath and is about to sermonize about the lengths that desperate men may go to when driven by nefarious or dire needs/// But Greg has to go to school.

Left holding the proverbial bag, The mountainous Olympian feels... conflicted.

Will no one heed his ham-fisted narration?!