14837/Secrets of the Ooze, Part II

Secrets of the Ooze, Part II
Date of Scene:	23 May 2023
Location:	Alleyways: Brooklyn
Synopsis:	The gang successfully steal a truck and more, as they unknowingly free the Fugitoid, Professor Honeycut, from the clutches of the foot clan. Now they've got both a truck to infiltrate the TCRI Building (Probably after repairing that dent in the side of it) and maybe somebody smart enough to hack into the TCRI Database and get them keycards for the building...
Cast of Characters:	Mona Lisa, Mary Jane Watson, Sally Pride, Sundance, Terry O'Neil, Kainashi, Caleb Dykstra

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Mona Lisa has posed:
     The Big Apple, 3 AM.

     Mary Jane Watson had gotten a full briefing on the Utrom involvements on earth, the TCRI organization, and why a SHIELD liason was needed after a warehouse exploded in Brooklyn. Basically, these interdimensional aliens had been running experiments on earth animals using a particular mutagenic ooze as well as trading it to local criminal elements in exchange for... anything they could want, really. The promise of easy muscle that can fight of metahuman levels is enticing, especially to people like the Foot clan or NULL group that have seemingly made more Mutants now roaming the streets of New York than the Utroms themselves.

     Mona was more than happy to receive an official liason from SHIELD, and... energetically explained her side of the story. How her allies fought with valor in stopping the mutagen from falling into the hands of the mob. How the explosion was wholly necessary in pursuit of this goal.

     Tonight, the plan is simple. Hijack a TCRI box truck so they can use it in infiltrating the institute itself and put a stop to the Utroms' plans once and for all. Foolproof. And since Mary Jane has the most experience driving earth Vehicles, she's been volunteered to be the driver.

     First thing's first though. First they need to grab that truck.

     Waiting on a nearby rooftop, the gang watches as a truck pulls up into an alleyway outside a sushi restaurant... and the loading door opens, revealing a rhinosaurus mutant in a wifebeater and camo pants, and a warthog in a stylish vest and purple pants, along with several footsoldiers that appear as two sharp dressed, thin, identical men in suits, sunglasses, and slicked back black hair exit the cabin of the truck.

     "Shoot." Mona says, ducking down, "Change of plans, we might need more than just a distraction... How do we want to approach this?"

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Lovely. Not only were there enough aliens invading the planet.. Now there were aliens using mutagenic ooze to mutate humans/and other aliens. Red Sonja found much of this abhorrent, but Mary Jane could understand the very, very desperate reality of it. So, along with the group she's wearing a dark hood over her face that has some tactical lenses on it. The normal SHIELD logo that a tactical suit would have is gone. Mary Jane is wearing a set of suction gloves - they could be used to help nab onto things to pull up or clamber up a wall - very, very slowly mind.
    That huge broadsword on her back also looked downright -strange- hooked over it. She's over with the group, scanning along and going to look down for a moment in thought. "I can handle a distraction." Sonja did enjoy her theatrics. But she didn't go down to rush down and charge. No.. she would coordinate over with the rest. And hopeuflly limit Sonja so there wouldn't be a bodycount - those two MiB's looked nasty enough on their own. And..
    She would squint to confirm that yes, it was a mutated rhinocerous wearing an army helmet and a warthog. Well.. Those two had files. Very, very, very long files.
    On the upside, a distraction would be easy. On hte downside, it would likely escalate to Long Island not being the only island based borough..

Sally Pride has posed:
Sally Pride squints a bit. Mostly at the rhino and warthog. Then ducks back down at the edge of the rooftop. "Looks like someone's already been dipping in the ooze. We might be in for a bit more of a fight than we anticipated." She turns her head to look to Mona and her liason. "Unless you want to wait for a different truck.... though who knows when that will be. I mean." She glances down again, this time at the trick. "Pretty sure I can hotwire that, it's a matter of getting me in the driver's seat long enough to do so...."

Sundance has posed:
The coyote cowboy wandered on up to the side of the rooftop, taking a moment to look at Mary Jane's broadsword, "An here people give me funny looks." He says, giving her a faint grin. Any human who doesn't immediately run away in fear or start shooting at him is generally okay in his book.

He slips back down once the two mutants show up out of the loading door, "Hell." He pulls one of his revolvers out of the front holster on his belt, "I could take care of 'em the old fashioned way, if'n you want miss Mona."

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"That depends. I can provide a musical number if necessary."

That was Vorpal. Or Terry O'Neil to the world, as he didn't have a secret identity anymore. Mary Jane was, indeed, a very wise choice to drive the vehicle because, although Terry was born human, the fearless and reckless abandon with which he drives might only be second to Batman in his Batmobile. Except that Terry doesn't have a Batmobile. And he doesn't have Batman's *precision*, and-

Let's say MJ is really a good idea.

The Cheshire cat crosses his arms, his black bodysuit contrasting against his more colorful fur in a brave attempt at making him less noticeable. It usually doesn't work, which is why he has to resort to his magic to complete the effect. "But speaking in all seriousness," he glances at Sonja, "Rabbit Holes, illusions, and magically-animated objects, anything you need in that front, I've got, so we can distract the two heavy-hitters while a sneaky sneaky team hijacks the vehicle. That's a possibility."

Terry's in on this is, of course, his turtle connections. As an O'Neil, and April's cousin, the Turtles are practically family. And their extended family is practically is extended family, and the in-laws are- you get the point.

He snaps his fingers at Sally's suggestion, "So you can be in charge of Team Hotwire. I can help with the distraction..." He peers over the edge and raises an eyebrow, "One of them looks familiar. I was trying to trail him a while back when the whole experimentation on mutants thing came to light... but that's another story. To be told at another time."

He glances at Mona.

Kainashi has posed:
    Kai's ears flick as she shifts her weight, looking to Mary Jane, to Sally, and to Sundance, and her weight goes from one foot to the next, and she shrugs her shoulders, reaching back to test her two wrecking bars as she breathes out.

    She could take on the Dynamic Destructive Duo, she considers. She gently taps on Sally, and points to herself, and then holds two fingers up like Rocksteady's nose horns, and imitates Bebop's tusks, and then points to herself again. The scarred canine's ears rise up, her eyes going wide, and then she mimes breaking something.

    HEr tail is wagging about a mile a minute to boot, and when Vorpal mentions distracting them, her ears droop a little bit, and her tail stops wagging as she slumps a little bit.

    Of course the pooch wants to fight the mutants who are like, eight times her size.

Caleb Dykstra has posed:
Well, skip the rooftops and let's take the commoner's route, shall we? In this case, back on the ground.

Caleb is really a newcomer to New York, having gotten out of Gotham to keep his family safe from the Vittorelli branch of the Gotham mob. Going for a late night movie to clear his head, and then a quick meal nearby, he lost track of time, fiding himself now walking through... Well, wherever the hell this is, right now!

Stupid, right?

Well, yes... and no. Caleb, you see, knows the criminal element, so he carries himself like them - which, with a bit of luck, helps him to blend about. So he's safe...

And then, as he goes around the corner into an alleway to cut some distance to the subway, there's something going on, involving men in suits and... Athropomorphic rhinos and warthogs, WTF??

Okay, scratch that, this is not going as smoothly as one can expect.

As soon as he noitices them, he ducks behind a dumpster, and observes the events unfolding.

Mona Lisa has posed:
     Mona huddles down with the others and nods to them, saying "Okay... sounds like we gotta change up the plan a little. Kai, Terry and I will be the distraction and fight them as Sally, Sundance, and Mary steal the truck." She looks apologetically to MJ, saying "I'm sorry, I would love to fight alongside you, back to back, swords grasped in hand, but I need you on the truck, and the three of us should be able to handle Bebop and Rocksteady..."

     Over the edge of the roof, the others can see Bebop and Rocksteady unloading a crate from the truck, which doesn't... look like how the mutagen they've seen moved around, usually the cannisters are bare. "You three," she says to Sally, Sundance and MJ, "go for the thin men, take them out as fast as you can then hotwire the truck. Same time, Kai, Terry, we're taking on the big guys and the ninjas. Alright? On three. One... Two... THREE!"

     Mona leaps off the roof, firing her grappling hook with her left hand, swinging down towards Bebop, energy sword springing to life in her right!

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would just shake her head over, "You're not going to handle those two. I'm not sure anything short of the Hulk could." She would mutter quietly and look at the others. "And -fine-." Sonja would rather be fighting the monsters, but this is the part that she's here to play! Mary Jane goes to charge towards the two Thin Men. Or however they were deemed! Sonja's going to charge in at high speed, running at a full sprint!
    Her hand is snapping up over to hte large broadsword on her back, intent on drawing it out in a scythe motion! Moving at metahuman speeds, her intent was to just charge, trying to use her full momentum to slash through the wrist of the nearest priority target - hopefully just skewering it off before it could draw a weapon! Of course, if it moved quickly or was blatatnly metahuman in turn this would not work.

Sally Pride has posed:
Sally Pride reachs over to pat Kai on the shoulder. "I bet you can take them. Just be careful. You don't have to fight alone."

Then she nods to Mona. "My kind of plan." She edges back to the end of the rooftop, waiting there for the others to go down and get the big guys' attention. Then she jumps over herself, landing on the roof of the truck. The faint clunk of her heels might get some notice... but it's a moot point when her next jump is off of the vehicle, aiming to plant those heels on one of the tall men and slam them into the ground.

Concussive impact usually works no matter what planet or dimension you're from.

Sundance has posed:
Yep, that sounds like a good plan. Sundance follows Sally off of the roof, down to street level. He's not even attempting to land on the van. He just aims straight for the closest of the thin-men, aiming to crash on top of it with the full weight behind himself.

At least the thin-men can be taken out with impunity now. Even though the group will no doubt still have to deal with the gooey brains inside of there.

Terry O'Neil has posed:
An object lesson in Cheshire lore is this: Cheshires never fight fair. They operate on the notion that, whomever you might be fighting will invariably be in the wrong, and therefore are deserving of no honor or fair play. The standard playbook is: Freak your enemy out as early as possible, and be like a gyroscope: if your enemy starts off-balance, make sure they *stay there.*

Which is why the first thing he does for distraction is the magical illusion of Diana of Themyscira, freaking Wonder Woman, landing from the sky and into a spotless three-point crouch on the street just a ways from Bebop and Rocksteady. The Princess raises her head and casts a challenging glance at the massive mutants and says, in her husky accented voice:

"Moving day, boys? Do you need assistance?"

It's a gamble, but a pretty certain one: the appearance of Wonder Woman herself would most likely draw the two mutants and the ninjas. What warrior, or brute, with an overflowing ego could possibly resist the temptation to prove they can best one of the most legendary warriors on Earth? Aside from those that might still have a functioning brain, that is. But this should allow Mona and Kai ample room to maneuver, hopefully, and choose their attack vector while the illusory Princess draws the attention for now.

Illusion summoned, he now makes his way off the rooftop via Rabbit Hole, to emerge in a shadowy place where he can launch his own attack once the illusion is revealed.

Kainashi has posed:
    Kai raises one of her scarred-up eyebrow markings, and points to herself, and then points to everyone else, shrugs, and then back-shoulder-rolls off the rooftop, bringing up one of her wrecking bars and using hte hook to glide down some wires, the canine reaches into her side-pack and launches a flash-bang as she goes, looking to disorientate the two big beasts and the ninjas, dropping down to the side and spinning one bar over her hand to hold it in a reverse grip, she goes in low to start taking out kneecaps!

Caleb Dykstra has posed:
Now behind his vantage point, Caleb wonders if he was spotted. But that's when all hell breaks loose, and both mutant animals and the men in suits get jumped - by familiar faces and other mutant animals as well.

He recognizes MJ, having fought alongside her previously against a nasty creature, now a tale to tell by the bonfire. And also, Wonder Woman's here??

Man, this is so above his paygrade! Maybe it's time for him to...

And, just as he's about to turn away, he kicks a can, which rolls away from the dumpster he's hiding behind.

"...Well, shit."

Mona Lisa has posed:
Concussive force does indeed work no matter what planet you're on.

     The one Sally lands on falls in the direction of the truck, and the thin man's metallic head comes off as he falls into the side of the building with Sally's full weight behind it. Not that she's fat, just... well, she's a Lioness. That's a lot of muscle. There's the sound of a pig squealing as the Utrom within the thin man's metal body bursts out of it's stomach and skitters away on its tentacles.

     MJ lands expertly right next to one of the thin men, the suited man giving a robotic "Halt, you who is not authorized to be here must leave this-" before his hand is sliced off with sparks of electronics within. He brings his other hand to bear, which transforms into a metal gun as the fleshy bits come off in little panels, but Sundance quickly lands on this one too, crumpling under the coyote... but still moves, squirming and barely functioning as it tries to lift its weapon to bear against the two.

     Bebop barely has time to seeming squint through his thin sunglasses, saying "Hey... *snort* whut's da pretty la-" when his face connects with Mona's foot and Kai's wrecking bar connects with Rocksteady's knee, multiple ninjas swinging into Terry's illusion before one spots Caleb's can kicking down the alley, looking to the others before leaping over his cover to confront him directly, tonfa in hand.

     The problem with Mona's foot connecting with Bebop's face is that Bebop outweighs her by a considerable degree, meaning she has to hit him with her knee bent lest she actually just break her leg against his face. With a bent leg though, she jumps back off Bebop's face and then dashes forwards after landing, swinging her sword at him while he's still dazed and landing a solid hit that propels him backwards.

     Kai has more trouble, while Rocksteady seems to be in severe pain he manages to act through it, his strong arms reaching down to try to grapple the dog girl. All the while, there's something that only Sundance and Kai can hear, and maybe Sally, with their superior hearing:

     Something is inside the box, and calling for help, but muffled by the thick container that it seems to be in.

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson goes to duck underneath the return shots over and goes to take out her blade, moving to try and slash it over if she can not at the arm.. But at the leg of the MEC. The slash is angled downards to try and hit the knee joint. Her next slash is then aimed over if possible at the opposite ankle, before she goes to try and do a quick sommersault over the 'head' of the unit to try and do a reverse strike of the sword into the hip connection point where servo connected torso to leg. They needed a quick way to neutralize the threats and these units weren't something they could necessarily destroy.
    So crippling it's ability to chase after them and pursue, and thus ability to target if she could might help! Of course, her strikes had to be clean and she had to be fast enough to be evasive and avoid being demolecularized..

Sally Pride has posed:
The Ultron does the wise thing and scurry away, abandoning it's impacted robotic body instead of putting up a fight. Not that they seem able to fight much without the bodies. But Sally has more important things to be concerned with. Even if she did hear the muffled sounds from the box she probably wouldn't notice it as she focuses on getting the truck. Which means getting into the cab, and getting the steering column open so she can get at the ignition.

Sundance has posed:
As the thin man suit tries to raise the weapon up at him and MJ, Sundance moves backwards, evading the shots from it, and then firing. Unlike Marry Jane he's actually just aiming for the head. After their run-in with the aliens last time, he knows if he shoots it in the face it'll be fine...Probably...But it'll shut down the mech suit and that's the important part, really.

When he hears the sound coming out of the crate, his ears twitch. He moves up to the crate proper and presses an ear against it, "There's somebody or somethin' in here.." He mutters, reaching down to his belt to pull off the combat knife there, trying to wedge it under the lid of the box and pry it open.

Terry O'Neil has posed:
Sure, Kai chased him up a wall. But that's 'Hey, I like you' in canine language, right? That's why, as the big brute reaches down towards her, the Cheshire Cat narrows his eyes.

"Oh no you won't," he mutters from his shadowy corner, and summons up something into being.

A giant, purple anvil materializes over Rocksteady, seemingly thinking it is Elphaba as it remains in mid-air, defying gravity.

Until it isn't and comes crashing down towards the rhino. "Hey, you malnourished leather tank, come pick on someone your own size!" says the five-foot-something Cheshire cat, stepping into the light.

Caleb Dykstra has posed:
Wait, there's something - or somoene - making sounds in that box?

Caleb's sense of duty as a concerned citizen gets the better of him, and he descides that some help is in order.

Now, past experiences and engagements with other ninjas - the Hand - and aliens have led him to seize some properties to create some nifty counter-measures against future situations where these could repeat themselves.

So, when this time a /Foot/ Ninja comes to check out the noise he made, Caleb wastes no time - he pulls a sword from under his coat - because seriously, at this time of night in these neighborhoods, you come in strapped, or you're asking for trouble -, and charges in against the guy.

Kainashi has posed:
    Rocksteady attempts to try and grapple the dog girl, but she was taught pretty good by the former Foot Fox. Her ears give a wiggle at the cry for help, but as Sundance seems to be tending to the captured one, Kai draws herself up a little bit, and then twisting her legs she jerks herself down. There's a 'pop' from her back as she drops down, braces herself and grabs at Rocksteady's leg.

    And then goes to pick him up and SLING him into the side of one of the vehicles, carefully balancing and lifting with her legs.

    Safety first, Team!

Mona Lisa has posed:
     MJ artfully, skillfully disables every piece of the android clinging to life with absolute precision in a fashion that makes sure that not only is nobody injured, but this body will never be repaired.

     Sundance unceremoniously shoots it in the head.

     A brain on tentacles with eyes and a mouth squeals as it crawls out from under the android's stomach before disappearing under the truck. Sundance quickly moves to the crate, but a knife is not going to do the trick to pry it open, it's nailed shut and there seems to be multiple layers to it.

     Sally is able to get to the wires under the steering wheel without issue, quickly hotwiring the truck as it roars to life with the ramp still down... and then Kai slams Rocksteady into the side of it. "Kai!" Mona yells, "Don't damage the truck, they'll know it's ours if it looks too banged-OOF!" as Bebop comes up and slams into her from behind, the dropping Anvil from Terry slamming Rocksteady into the concrete, leaving Bebop and Kai as the ones standing in the loading dock as Mona rolls to her feet.

     Caleb charges the lone ninja, who parries his blade and quickly engages the bystandard with a swing of his own, and the remaining ninjas, unattended to, begin to rush Kai from behind and Sundance with the crate...

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
As Sundance goes to finish off the target, Mary Jane glances over at the crate, "Help the others. I'll handle it." The crate might need more than a knife to open it. . Well, here's the woman with the basterd sword that goes to tkae the blade over, moving to simply slash it through the edge of the latch on the crate and pop it open with her other hand. That wasn't a knife..
    THIS was!
    As the crate pops open, Mary Jane looks over at something that looks like a silver'ish, almost cartoon robot. "Huh, you seem a little cute. Almost like some kinda Fugitoid." She would deadpan. "Come on, we're getting out of here."

Sally Pride has posed:
Sally Pride ahas! "Still got it!" With the truck running Sally glances in the side view mirror, and snorts. Now that her main task is taken care of, she can help the others before this turns into a long protracted fight.

She draws her stun-gun, leans out of the truck window, and fires at the ninjas to help keep them from dogpiling (heh) on Kai and Sundance. "We ain't got all night guys!"

Sundance has posed:
Sundance nods to MJ as she reminds him she does in fact have a bigger knife. He hops up, slips his knife back into its scabbard and then hops into the passenger side of the van, grinning at Sally, "Hey. Lean back a sec." He says, as he waits for Sally to lean back before he throws a different knife past her and into the shoulder of one of those foot ninjas that was trying to grab her out of the van, "Lets git!" He calls out to the group, readying to attack anyone else who tries to take back the van.

Kainashi has posed:
    Kai, wee little pupper that scarcely hits the five foot mark with her ears, has used Rocksteady as a car customization item.

    #RhinoCoating

    She releases the huge mutant, hopefully stunned, and she makes a running leap for the back of the truck, knocking a few Foot Ninja on the way.

     As she leaps, upside-down in the air she puts both her hands together and makes a very rude gesture, her tongue sticking out, and she straightens up and skids on the back of the truck, giving a thumbs-up to Sundance

Terry O'Neil has posed:
"To the van!" Vorpal calls out, and promptly vanishes through a Rabbit Hole, only to appear on top of the van via the sister hole. He's done playing in the shadows, and a large glowing mallet appears in his hands. He's ready to Harley Quinn anyone who tries to approach the van. Anyone for a game of whack-a-ninja?

Caleb Dykstra has posed:
Now, Caleb may not be a ninja, but he's no slouch; he knows the basics of a fight, and he's had a couple times hands-on experience with these guys. So, he's parrying the lone ninja's moves with his own katana: one, two, three... dodge!

Whew... That training at the Themysciran Arts Center's been paying off! As the ninja invests, Caleb's dodge continues into a spin roll, stopping just as he's to the ninja's side... and behind him. This puts him in a perfect position to use his katana on the ninja's back, stabbing him in the chest, and twisting the blade.

The ninja falls to the ground, bleeding and gurgling, movements sinking into lethargy.

"It was you or me...", and he pulls out what weapons the ninja has on him, you never know how handy they might come to be one day, "...and it wasn't gonna be me."

Of course, now that he killed one, certainly the others will be thrilled, to the point of gunning for him. So, as preparations are made to skiddaddle with the truck, he runs in group's direction, "Hey there! Uhm... could I get a ride to whatever point not here?"

Mona Lisa has posed:
     The chrome metal man holds up both pudgy three-fingered hands as he raises out of the crate, shouting in a dainty, british accent "Wait! I mean you no harm! I request asylum, wherever I am!"

     Mona had just finished clocking Bebop over the head with her energy sword set to magnify her concussive force rather than cut, turning around as she shouts "Get going, they've gotta be-" before her amphibian eyes blink, that salamander mouth shouting "YOU!" as she points her sword at the android, "Arrest him! That Android is wanted across the galaxy!"

     Only a handful of foot soldiers remain, one charging Mona who quickly kicks him away, but others start to jump for the truck, one being shot by Sally's stun gun, another shot by Sundance, but a third jumps into the bed of the truck, the noise of his footsteps on the metal truck bed clearly visible giving Sally just enough time to tilt her head with feline reflexes before a sword blade comes out the back of the truck cabin right where Sally's head was moments prior. On Sundance's side, however, and where Caleb can see as he runs up to the passenger side, the Utrom that came out of the mecha that MJ and Sundance had so thoroughly disabled climbs up into the window of the truck, trying to leap for Sundance's head!

     Vorpal makes it up to the bed of the van behind the Ninja that tried to kill Sally, who grabs a kunai from his belt and slings it quickly towards the other feline. Kai sees one more ninja leap from above onto the top of the truck, where only Kai can get to him if she climbs up onto the top of the truck...

    

Mary Jane Watson has posed:
Mary Jane Watson would call out at Mona, "We'll figure this out later! Come on, you can stay and party with them or you can.." She goes to move to pop out the small ICER Gun that all SHIELD agents had, trying to pop it over to Sundance.
    "We can give that thing some questions!" The knockout toxins in the dart gun were extremely efficient against most forms of known xeno-biologicals. So hopefully for weird aliens quid brains too. Maybe. Of course, Sundance may not be immediately interested in trying to take the alien in rather than just using his wn weapon.
    And a quip to Mona, "If you're paranoid about the android, at least tell me his name is Marvin!"

Sally Pride has posed:
Sally Pride jerks her head over as a sword comes plunging through the back. "Asshats don't quit do they." Then the ninja turns his attention on Vorpal. Giving Sally a moment to grab the sword and shove it back out the rear of the cab. Then turn her attention outside. "We can sort it out after we get the hell out of here, just get on the truck!" she retorts towards Mona and MJ and their new 'friend'.

Sundance has posed:
There's a moment where Sundance thinks he's going to get away without one of those brain things trying to facehugger him. He was wrong, of course. But he thought it might happen. So when the thing eventually manages to grab a hold of him, he yelps out in surprise, but immediately starts pulling on it and trying to yank it off of his face.

Eventually he does manage to pull the creature off of him, only to be looking at it wearing his hat, "Gimme that!" He reaches up with his left hand before he puts the hat back on his own head. Of course now he has a brain alien wrapped around his arm with a bunch of gross tentacles, "Git offa me!" He starts to swing the Utrom around, trying to whack it into the ceiling of the truck, or the door, or the dashboard, or throw it out of the window.

Caleb Dykstra has posed:
"What the...?", is all he's got under his breath as he notices the Ultrom. But he snaps into a beautiful save vs. wierd shit, "Okay, Caleb... This is not the worst shit you've ever seen in your life!" He reaches Sundance and greets, "Hi. Innocent bystander with a sword, just killed a ninja, need a ride. I can see you're in a bit of trouble with this... Brain...?" He pulls out a taser from his pocket and, "Please hold out your arm..." And tries to zat the little bugger!

Terry O'Neil has posed:
Mallets aren't as fast to maneuver as other weapons. Vorpal sees the kunai launched in his direction, and he ties to deflect-

It is super NOT effective.

There's a yowl, the scent of fresh blood, and the Cheshire's fur is streaked with red as his shoulder is wounded after an attempt to parry the incoming blade with the mallet. Note to self: Next time, go for a magical staff. The cat snarls, his eyes glowing purple.

"You. Chose. Poorly!"

He opens a Rabbit Hole under the ninja in question.

The unlucky ninja falls onto grassland. The rosy fingers of dawn, to borrow a cliche phrase, are brightening the sky. The tops of trees far away can be seen, past a living wall of elephants traveling in long lines. A massive, flat-topped mountain reigns over the entire area, cloud-wreathed and tinted blue with the distance.

Welcome to Killimanjaro National Park, ninja. We hope you enjoy your visit!

Back at the van, the feline snarls and opens another Rabbit Hole to dig out some bandages from the Titans' first aid cache. Time to treat the gash... fortunately he managed to divert the blade enough to keep it from burying into his flesh, but not enough to avoid being wounded.

Kainashi has posed:
    Kai's ears rise up at the Intergalactic/Planetary fugitoid, and she pauses a moment to give a little wave to the poor metal guy before her head snaps up at the ninja on the roof. Isn't it supposed to be cats? Or Fiddlers?

    Well, the small ninja bares her wrecking bar again, her lips curling up in a snarl before she leaps upwards, using Honeycut's box in order to leap to the roof of the truck and leg-sweep the Foot ninja, followed by a hook of her crowbar to try and catch his foot and shend him sailing back towards the loading dock with all the strength she can muster!

Mona Lisa has posed:
     Sundance's flailing arm only has to make it to the edge of the window for MJ's crack shot to hit it and stun the brain-like alien, grabbing his hat from falling out of the window in the process, Indiana Jones style... but bringing the alien back in with him, to interrogate later.

     Sally guns it, Kai hanging onto the top with a fresh blood splatter where the ninja she tripped hit his head on the way down, MJ and Terry and Mona climbing into the back with the fugitive android and now with no ninja in the back with them thanks to Terry, Mona and MJ firing their weapons at any straggler ninjas as the ramp hanging off the back of the truck shoots sparks as they peel out and shoot down the alleyway with their new prize and their unexpected new... ally?