385/Big Lots of heroes

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Big Lots of heroes
Date of Scene: 09 March 2020
Location: Downtown Manhattan
Synopsis: There was a theft! D-List heroes are there to save the day!
Cast of Characters: Ben Reilly, Jubilation Lee, Kate Bishop, Driver




Ben Reilly has posed:
New York City! The Big Apple! Busy streets and even busier criminals. Why are the criminals busy? No one can really be quite sure. It's a bit of a mystery really. With what sometimes feels like half the world's super hero population residing in New York you would think the criminals would give up! Move elsewhere! But no. They stay here and cause havoc. Then they get out of jail and cause even more havoc! It's like the world has some weird inversion where normal people turn into criminals to keep the super heroes occupied. Or something.

There was a break in at a tech lab. The alert went out and the sound of sirens light up the New York streets as cop cars go racing towards the conflict. Some bad guys bust out of the lab shooting their way to their armored vehicle where they pile in and start the chase, endangering the citizens of New York as they go. Several cop cars are put out of comission with well aimed shots to the engines and tires before the chase even truly begins. So the bad guys only have a couple of cars weaving through the New York traffic, which at all times other than a criminal chase are so clogged you can barely walk across the street. But something about bad guys seems to clear traffic up in a jiffy.

What has been stolen? A thingamajig. It's explosive, that much was made clear in the police alert that went out. For the cops to be careful because whatever they stole is volatile and could take out a city block. So a normal Tuesday in New York. Though the alien tech repurposed as blaster guns is probably still new to the police, and some of the super heroes. Wreckage from Loki's invasion has been creating havoc all over the city.

Jubilation Lee has posed:
Speaking of heroes, Jubilee is out for a stroll in the city that never sleeps. She's wearing her usual yellow jacket, spikey black hair, and purple shades up on her forehead.. chewing bubble gum noisely with both hands in her pockets, periodically leaning onto her heels to roll a few feet on the wheels built into the heels. "When I was, a young boy, my father took me into the city... Hold up, what kind of early two thousands bullshit am I even listening to?" Eyeing her cellphone, she doesn't hear the honking of horns from the traffic veering around the rushing escape vehicle further up the street.

"There we go."

She pushes play and slips her phone back into the pocket of her jacket.

"EXCUSE ME SIRRRR, there's someone you've mistook me for, if I can see someone who knew me or someone in uniform..." Hopping up a bench to slide along the edge and leap off the end into a lazy jaunting. Not paying a lick of attention! Worst super hero ever!

Kate Bishop has posed:
Honestly Kate was not expecting the whole alien tech repurposed as blaster guns. I mean yes this is New York but it was kind of shocking when she fell into pursuit of the police driving fast on her dark purple motorcycle and they shot the bike with a bit of spooky accuracy. She is one to talk too in that department.

Still she managed to not become road pizza, laying the bike down in a wreck but getting up shakily. "Some of a BITCH!" is shouted in the street. Then she looks sheepish at the disabled cop cars ... pulling out her phone and calling a number that came across her radar recently. "Uh.. yeah... I need an emergency pickup for a car chase at the intersection of.." she peers at the street signs and rattles it off. Honesty this seems pretty crazy even to her but what does she have to lose, her bike it totally trashed.

Driver has posed:
    In the dim neon glow of a back alley, theres this car. Nobody cares about that though, cars are completely boring.

    Sitting on the fender of the car, sitting in the dim neon glow of a back alley, is everyone's favorite Driver. Hunched over as he stuffs his face with take out orange chicken, which if we're being frank was at best sort've ok. Not that the Driver had ever been accused of being particularly picky when it comes to chow. It pauses, glancing towards the police scanner in the car as it squawks. Cellphone casually fished out of a jean pocket as the call comes in, a glance is offered after that chinese before it's tossed across the alley into a dumpster.

    "This is the driver, I'll be there in one minute. Grey plymouth, raise your right hand as I approach so I know who to pick up." And click, The Driver vaults the hood of that car and pulls on it's fighting gear. Ballcap, wayfarers and satin jacket acquired it slips in through the window and hits the button. Touching the throttle ever so gently as it snugs belts on, enough to get that supercharged big block upfront to crank over with a ripsnort of irritation.

Ben Reilly has posed:
The sirens wail as the police careen around a corner in pursuit of the armored van which seems to be significantly faster despite the weight difference. An enhanced engine perhaps? Or maybe just because they have no compunctions about ramming civilian vehicles out of their way and the police are definitely concerned about endangering citizens. Super heroing has gotten a little more difficult recently with the influx of alien gear being used by regular joes it's true. And sadly wrecked Hawkcycles are probably one of the least of their victims.

The vehicles all take another corner at dangerous speeds, smashing cars out of the way and sending others in a mad scramble to escape, the sirens loud drowning out the snap of the gun fire as they approach Jubilee's position on the street. The noise of vehicles crashing, tires squealing and sirens blaring might be enough to break through the music in the young mutant's ears. Might be. It wouldn't take the Driver long to get to Kate's position and pick her up and really with the streets in disarray it wouldn't take that long to get caught up and within sight of the street chase either, especially with some well timed short cuts through alleys and what not.

And unknown to Driver when he threw his takeout into the dumpster it never quite made it. A soft thwip announced the theft of the discarded food.

Kate Bishop has posed:
"Uh.. sure thing thanks." Honestly Kate wil be very hard to miss as she stands in the middle of the intersection with disabled cop cars and a wrecked superbike. She raises her right hand holding a bow in the left hand. I mean how many purple clad teenagers with battle batons, a sword, and a bow in her hand really are waiting for a ride to continue pursuing bad guys.

She really didn't think that would work but well who knows maybe she will just look silly on social media.. or maybe she will be back in the fight soon right.

As long as the car lets her in, well she will get into the back and start rollign the window down. "Armored car.... stole some explosives.. using some sort of super science guns like you wouldn't believe... got a headstart on us now."

Jubilation Lee has posed:
The ruccus sounds of irritated vehicles does breech the safe haven of Jubilation Lee's musical sanctuary like Orcs spilling upon the gates of Minas Tirith. Turning to glances back over her shoulder with a growing frown and a narrow eyed stare, "What the f... who the h.. why the... s..?" Who even knows.

She's the burger king of heroes, though.

"Have it your way..."

Pointing both hands out towards the obviously fleeing van and letting loose a stream of brightly colored sparkling orbs towards the wind shield, timed to explode upon the glass like the annual Fourth of July, fireworks spectacular held in Central Park West. It's probably a poor decision to try and blind the driver of a speeding vehicle headed right in her direction, but that's what you get when you bring budget X-Men.

Driver has posed:
    You can -hear- it before it actually swings into view, screaming like it's the last dinosaur. That battleship grey and black 'Cuda hurtles out of an alley, cutting the turn with a fair bit of throttle to slide the car through a mixture of stalled traffic and a single confused jay walker. This single neat arc complete, it hops on the brakes to hustle that thing to a stop. Side door popping open as it slows, swinging open finally -just- as it comes to a complete stop.

    Inside it's all roll cage, kevlar and more than a few gauges all backlit in dull red. There is at least a comfy passenger seat, and the rear bench is intact. Is that Anthrax on the stereo? It's Anthrax on the stereo incidentally.

    Casually the driver leans over to peer after Kate. "Seat belt is not optional, the windows are bullet proof so don't roll them down. Whats the car look like, and what direction did they go?"Just as casual as can be. "And we do appreciate five star reviews, when we catch these punks."

Ben Reilly has posed:
Well the sparkles do have an effect, the armored vehicle swerves all over the road, smashing into driving cars and parked cars alike as the driver tries to see past the exploding fireworks on his windshield. There's some swearing from inside that is probably completely lost under the absolute cacophany of noise the whole chase is creating.

It doesn't take long at all for the Driver and Kate to catch up. They come upon a scene well... actually it's a pretty regular sort of sight around New York. Other than the blaster weapons. Those not so much. The laser blasts firing backwards at the cop cars, knocking a couple more out of comission and causing the remaining few to fall back a little and give the thieves some space. Also reduces the risk to the civilians so that's good.

Before the sparkles hit the van a red figure wearing a blue sleeveless hoodie drops down onto the top of the destructive vehicle. He doesn't attack it or anything he just... well he takes a seat, dropping down onto the vehicle cross legged, body swaying with it's swerves and turns. And in his hands? Is a white takeout container. His mask is pulled up just enough to let him eat his way through the chicken, popping one piece after another in his mouth and chewing as he balances atop the careening armored van underneath him. That couldn't possibly be Driver's discarded orange chicken could it? Most takeout places use similar boxes right? Only that one didn't. It has a distinctive logo printed on the side of it's white takeout boxes.

The figure turns his head to look behind him at the vehicle and the cops now tailing the van and he lifts a hand to wave at them before he... goes back to eating out of the container. Until he spots Jubilee by the roadside throwing fireworks at the vehicle. He looks down at the van then over to Jubilee as it's racing towards her and points to it then to her with a questioning tilt of his head. Does she want on the vehicle? Cuz he can make that happen. He holds his hand up in the same gesture that Spider Man uses to launch his webs to emphasize the nature of his question. Does Jubilee want aboard?

Jubilation Lee has posed:
Look, up in the sky it's a bird, it's a plane... wait, no that's not Superman. Superman is dead... OH HEY, it's the friendly neighborhood Sp-... is he wearing a hoodie? What kind of budget standin hero is Jubilee seeing right now? And he's motioning at her?

She points at herself, head tilting... then she shrugs and nods. Arms out wide as if to invite the webbing what will bring her aboard as the Van begins to grow dangerously close to her current position on the sidewalk. Lord knows she'll regret it! BUT LIVING DANGEROUSLY IS ONLY DANGEROUSLY LIVING IF YOU DONT!

Kate Bishop has posed:
Kate pauses rolling down the window. "Well.. I mean I intend to shoot out there tires when we get up there." yes with a bow. She looks over at the driver and then at the road and stops rolling it down and buckles up. "It is an armored truck... that way.." she looks at her phone "Just went through intersection X and Y... cops still in pursuit but struggling with the blasters they are packing."

She settles in for the ride, wow this car service drives fast. "Not sure who that guy on the armored truck is... or where the sparklers are coming from..." which is about when Kate rolls the window the rest of the way down again "Hold it steady." she notes then leans out risking being shot by a blaster but she draws a bead on a back tire and looses an arrow....... it isn't a piercing arrow.. that thing probably has run flats on it....

If this trick arrow hits it will explode in ultra fast and hard drying foam.... she figures that might work a lot better than a regular arrow in this situation.

Driver has posed:
    Somewhere just south of two thousand horsepower on city surface streets is no minor thing, and well despite all the violence under the hood it's a surprisingly easy ride really. The big 'cuda slips through the disorganized chaos with grace few would think the big car's possible of, dialing in no small amount of throttle to dial in the precise angle as it slices it's way up to the armored car. On scene, well Driver swings the cuda over into oncoming traffic to offer Kate a better shot.

    "If you'd like I can terminate the chase myself, that bucket's not as tough as they think it is."Offered ever so casually as it drops down into fourth, and turns the radio down. "Oh nice call, was that foam?"

Ben Reilly has posed:
The cops fall back a bit further as the big grey muscle car edges closer to the fleeing van. Yeah, let the super heroes handle the bad guys with laser guns. Smart cops. Good cops. The thieves stop firing their weapons willy-nilly at least so there's less chance of people being hit. Though one does lean out of a passenger window to try and take aim at the grey car. A perfect target for a world class marksman that happens to have a bow.

There's a yelp from the red suited figure of Ben Reilly as the van swerves HARD and while it doesn't spill Ben off of the vehicle it sure does send the chicken sailing out of it's container in his hand. His hand flicks the box outwards attached to a string of webbing to catch the chicken. Sure a couple pieces escape the makeshift bucket but it catches most of it. He reels it back in and resumes nomming on it though he thumps his foot down onto the roof, denting the metal. Then scrambles back as a couple of laser blasts punch up through the roof. "Woops." Then he turns his head and looks around for Jubilee. She motioned for him to grab her oh, she's back a bit. He was distracted with saving his food. He reaches out an arm and flicks his wrist and a string of webbing arcs through the air to snag her and he quickly reels her in and plants her on the van as well. "Just hold onto the web and you won't go flying." And then he affixes the other end to the van so she has an anchor point. "Guessing they're hauling something explosive since the cops aren't shooting?" He shouts over the rushing wind and the sound of the chaos around the chase.

"Hi I'm oh... I think she's about to shoot the tires." He motions back to the bow wielding Kate in her glorious many horse powered steed. "That's a cool car. I wish I owned a car. We should probably.... here." He webs Jubilee again and then hops up off of the vehicle just as Kate's arrow slams into the back right tire and turns the thieve's day into a very bad one. The vehicle careens down the street pinballing off of parked and moving cars as it's back wheel refuses to spin, losing traction so they're just sliding down the street on momentum now.

"Those were nifty sparkles. Ummm what do they do though? Like... they didn't seem to do much. I mean blinding is good, except when they have explosives in the van." Ben to Jubilee as he swings down the street with her dangling from one hand reading to put her down when the van skids to a stop. "Down we go." He drops out of the sky and gently sets her down before his feet hit the concrete as well. "Good shot! Great car!" He calls out to Kate as the musclecar comes closer. "Pretty sure they're going to shoot their way out of there n-" There's another yelp from him as in fact that is exactly what happens, laser blasts punching through the armored vehicle to clear the area around the doors and a whole gang of like twelve guys pour out.

"How... how did they all fit in there? Were they like... stacked up? Heh. Sardines in a tin can."

Kate Bishop has posed:
"Yeah... non-lethal way to ... you know I figured an explosive arrow when they are carrying explosives would be super bad." she grins over at the Driver and then peers after the van which is having a bad day on all those parked cars and losing momentum. "Perfect."

She doesn't wait until they catch up with the stopped van though, as soon as the doors blow open she fires a second arrow with excellent marksmanship..... which doesn't actually get to them but rather explodes into the thick of them like a big old flash bang.

Kate is already pulling herself back into the badass car and hits the window rollup since they are bulletproof "Can you .. like love tap all those idiots without killing them?"

Driver has posed:
    That Cuda jukes left, then right as the Driver lays on the throttle. The rear end snaps around in a hurry, throwing that rear fender a few thousand pounds of force at the mob. This done it casually slips the car into neutral, tugs the E-brake and waits for the big Cuda to come to a stop. That driver side door swings open, and the Driver slips out ever so casually. Taking a moment to snag that ten gauge short barrel it had clipped to the driver side floor boards.

     It takes a moment to make sure the paint's not scuffed, before racking the gauge and sending a gnarly ten gauge bean bag after one of the thugs. It delivers a "just in case" kick to another thug reaching for his laser whatever, but well it's "chill" is admirable yeah?

    "I have to say I was rather expecting a proper chase, with machineguns and attack helicopters." Shotgun lifted up to rest casually against it's shoulder. "Oh yeah anyway, no the foam was a nice choice. Likewise with the smoke, it's a nice effect really. My last partner used to have something like that, Smoke baseballs to be specific."

Ben Reilly has posed:
The thugs pour out of the vehicle only to get hit by a flash bang. And well so does Ben. The scarlet suited man staggers backwards, head swimming as the thugs all reel in the same fashion. "WARNING WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD!" He shouts down the road at the archer as his hands cover the eye sections on his mask. He is out of the fight for the moment as the thugs start to gather themselves, only for about half of them to get swatted by the back end of a vehicle and go down. Laser guns snap up into firing position, though two of the guys go down from Driver, and no doubt more under Kate's arrows once the car has come to a stop. "DOn't shoot me!" He calls out. "I really don't want to be shot with an arrow!" One of the thugs shoots at him, with a blaster weapon. Despite being blind Ben leaps into the air and twists around the blast, landing back on his feet on top of the armored vehicle, his head shaking as if that is going to help get the flash out of his eyes.

The bad guys, realizing the red suited guy isn't doing anything turn their attention to Driver and Kate and start firing down the street at them. The like... four that are still up after the full body check from the car and what not.

"Like really. Who shoots a flash bang into the bad guys where the good guys are also standing and doesn't shout some kind of warning? That's bad super hero etiquette okay? Very bad etiquette. Wait are you wearing purple?" He asks, the plates narrowing suspiciously in Kate's direction. "Yeah that is definitely purple. Now that I can sort of see. Also dude you could not be cooler!" He calls out pointing at Driver, then looks to the thugs and thwip thwip a couple of laser rifles go sailing through the air to be webbed to the top of the van.

Kate Bishop has posed:
Okay honestly how was she supposed to know that the guy riding on the getaway van eating food was a superhero of some sort. New York truly is full of all types.

"Sorry!" is shouted over the laser blasting then to Driver "Well.. I mean I am sure we can find machine guns and helicopters at some point... right now though you will just have to settle for laser rifles... cool?"

This is all relayed while she is scrambling for another arrow and slouching in the seat to make sure she isn't in the line of fire. Once she thinks she has the rhythm of hte laser gun barrage from the four guys she pops up, split second aims, and launches an arrow ... this is the sharp pointy kind... right towards one of the thugs shoulders... before ducking back under cover.

Ben Reilly has posed:
Thugs go down with yelps of pain, either with a bean bag having stuck them, or an arrow taking them in the shoulder. "Hey! Hey!" Scarlet Spider is standing on the truck now pointing down at one of the guys on the ground clutching his shoulder where an arrow is sticking out. "Did you know that guy used to be a tech thief? Yeah? Until he took an arrow to the shoulder." He laughs for a moment, only to let out a surprised sound as laser blasts fly his way. He dodges to the side rolling onto the side of the vehicle and then stands up there. Well stands... sideways, his feet stuck to the side of the armored van. "Hey I'm not doing anything. Shoot at the people that are you know, shooting you. Oooops too late." As the last of the thugs goes down with an arrow, swearing about going back to the joint. Thwip thwip thwip. Laser weapons are collected and piled on top of the vehicle.

"Good work team!" Two thumbs up are directed to Kate and Driver before he looks around. "Wasn't there a fourth member of this impromptu squad?" Then the white eyeplates widen. "My chicken! I mean his chicken! That became my chicken! Seriously who throws away perfectly good takeout?" He spins around and then sees the remains of the takeout chicken on the ground where he first dropped down and got blinded by Kate. "Noooooo." He drops to his knees in front of it. "Why???" He reaches for the sky, then droops his head with a soft sigh before he stands dejectedly.

"Cops should be here any moment. Shall we scram and let them clean up?" He asks as he throws out a couple more thwips at stray guns he missed the first time. "Either of you want a souvenir?" He asks waving a blaster rifle at them, if not it gets thwipped to the truck as well. "That really is a cool car. Like, super cool. I know owning a car is completely uneconomical in the city but now I want one." Not that Ben could afford one. "You! Purple Pincushion! That foam was pretty cool. What's it made out of?" He asks as he approaches and pokes his finger at it. The guys on the ground groan and grumble in pain but mostly just... lay there. For safety purposes Ben starts to web them to the ground so they can't go anywhere. "Seriously. Good cleanup though."

Kate Bishop has posed:
"Well the ride is still on the clock... we should probably get clear of here year... and you know I have no idea what it is made out of.... I get them from the other Hawkeye.... I need to get back to my bike though before the cops impound it and start digging too deeply..." she looks mildly concerned but not too concerned. Not like the thing is registered to her but it would be good to get it out of the intersection before it is impounded.

"Good working with you all though..." things definitely needing to be done before the cops get here. "Hit me on Twitter, @Hawkingbird I'll buy you chicken sometime." that is called to Ben before she splits.