4259/A Passing Blasting

A Passing Blasting
Date of Scene:	30 November 2020
Location:	Union Square
Synopsis:	A bunch of crooks try to steal using tech and end up getting taken down by Ray, Spider-Man and Shuri.
Cast of Characters:	Shuri, Peter Parker, Ray Terrill

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Shuri has posed:
The attack came swiftly and the people were well prepared, they wknew what they wanted. So, when they attacked ESU, it was an in and out job. WHat they hadn't counted on was interference. Now the group of guys are all racing through the skyline of New York City firing back at those who would get in their way. A pair are on a hover bike, small group in jet packs and the last four are all packed into a flying truck.

"Just lose 'em!" The driver of the truck calls back through his comms to his allies, "We gotta get dis stuff to da boss and we can't lead the capes back to 'em!" He grumbles even as he swerves around a building, shaking his head, "Damnable hover crap. Ain't nothin' like a proper car." He sighs and shakes his head, flying at the maximum altitude of around hundred yards, "Boss don't understand the joys of road and rubber..."

Peter Parker has posed:
What they had counted on was a student being part of the crew.
What they DIDN'T count on was Peter Parker, freshman, lab tech, and blue-collar superhero, being onsite.

By the time he had suited up (the ones that can just transform, like Mania, had it EASY), the crew was already making their escape. The problem was, Spider-Man was in, as Buford T. Justice would have said it, HOT PURSUIT.
They weren't flying high enough to fly OVER the skyline, so it wasn't long before Spider-Man was closing in on them.

Ray Terrill has posed:
        Ray was studying in his dorm room when the early reports hit his police scanner app of an attack at ESU -- involving flying vehicles. Luckily (well, not for the guys who stole things) Ray could fly. A moment later, The Ray flew from above NYU towards ESU, swiftly catching up to the thieves. In fact, he went past them once or twice before finally getting on their tail. "Guys? C'mon. You know how this goes. You steal, you get served." He's throwing up light shields to ward off any oncoming fire, while trying to aim some smaller blasts, mainly towards the truck, figuring that that's where the cargo is. Currently, he's above and a bit behind them -- very obviously so.

Shuri has posed:
Almost imediately, the guys on the hover bike pull back and aim at Spider-Man, "Use da new missiles!" And he fires off a shot from a tube right at Spidey. The thing is a heat seeker and he had given it time to actually lock on to Spider-Man's heat signature. Smart missiles are rather smart for these morons. All the same, the guy is already reloading as the truck floors it (which, is admittedly pretty fast for a hover truck).

Meanwhile, two of the guys with jet packs start firing at Spider-Man while four more aim at Ray, firing off shot after shot, "Shut up, Lite Brite!" He fires another shot, "We're gettin' away and you're goin' down!"

Meanwhile, in the front truck, there's a small alert that they ignore. THe Alert that they are entering over Embassies in New York City and will be considered to be temporarily in Wakandan Air Space.

Of course, someone else doesn't ignore the alert. That person is Shuri, who is idly blinking at the radar in her lab as she stares confused at the various things flying through her air space. She immediately launches a drone that shoots up and starts chasing.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man arcs his body at JUST the right moment for the missile to miss him (narrowly) but the Spider-Sense is talling him he's bought himself a few scant seconds, at best. As it passes, he fires a webline at the nosecone, hits a nearby wall, then fires another webline towards the hoverbike, connecting the two weblines together.
This opens up a number of possibilities, none of them good for the bikers. Either the missile would be re-trained on them, go after him and pull the bike with it...

Oh yeah. Incoming fire!

Spider-Man leaps to the left, bouncing along the brick wall as he chances firing a web-ball at one of the guns firing at him.

Ray Terrill has posed:
        Ray keeps blocking shots. It's daytime, which means most of this is effortless for him. He blinks as a -rocket- gets fired, and he quickly pivots -- before realizing that it's handled, "Are you freakin' kidding me, morons?" He aims a hand at two of the guys on jet packs, firing blasts "Eat lasers, losers!" He's slightly delayed, but is more than fast enough to catch back up.

Of course, he doesn't notice the drone -- he's distracted!

Shuri has posed:
The guys with the bike, blink at the fact that the rocket is now locked to them and then it pulls the bike after Spider-Man only to be in a situation where it isn't strong enough to pull the bike, but the bike isn't strong enough not to be pulled off course, resulting in the bike wobbling left and right before the rocket snaps free, spins out and explodes. The bike goes flying down an alleyway and the air is heated for a minute.

Then two jet pack guys are flinging off to slam into walls. One covered in web, the other crashing through glass. The third one is good enough to dodge. He continues to fire along with the others. "Dammit! We got two tails! Get the big gun!" And then the top of the truck begins to open.

Peter Parker has posed:
"Get The Big Gun?" Oh, that sounds VERY doubleplusungood. (Yes, he still hasn't written his report on Orwell's "1984" yet.)

He fires two weblines to launch himself towards the truck while dodging gunfire. Flying trucks are new to him but bringing it down safely without crashing is a good idea.

So, neutralize whatever the Big Gun is, while not getting shot, and bringing these guys down to earth for the law to handle.

Oh, is it Monday already?

Ray Terrill has posed:
        "Hey, other guy!" Ray's talking to Spider-Man, here, "If you can catch things that drop, I can stop it, I think." He's moving higher up, waiting for the top of the van to fully open up (and see whatever this 'Big Gun' is) before doing anything. Disabling the van, at least in his mind, is easy -- but he also isn't sure what's powering the truck, and worried about ... well, things going *BOOM*. So, he's waiting. And aiming another couple of shots at the remaining jet pack guy, "Dude, you guys are -so- screwed!"

Shuri has posed:
And then...the big truck suddenly just stops. The guys with the jetpacks race past in confusion even as they turn back around attempting to swing back toward the truck that was only halfway open. The guys in the truck are flailing at the controls while the guys in the back who were supposed to be working the big gun are wondering what the heck happened. Then, Spider-Man will hear it.

"Hey, Spidey. You may wish to catch that. I can catch it if you like. Maybe your friend can? Either way, it's going down." And off to the side, leaned against a wall about twenty stories up and attached by lines from her hips is Shuri, holding what appears to be a small cannon with a visor over her eyes.

"What da hell just happened?!?" The man at the wheel calls even as teh depowered truck goes careening toward Earth.

Peter Parker has posed:
"Oh, tap-dancing turtles..."

Spider-Man bears down with his feet on the brick wall, then fires four weblines in quick succession...then two more to catch the truck.

He takes a breath, about all the time he has, and then the lines snap taut.
The truck slows drastically as the elasticity of the weblines are tested...and not found wanting. The truck stops ten feet above the street, with Spider-Man hanging on to it before slowly lowering it to the pavement.

He lets go and exhales, descending to the street to make sure no one is getting away.

Ray Terrill has posed:
        Ray exhales as the truck drops -- and is caught, "Good catch! Should play for the Phillies!" He then zips after the guyss with the jetpacks -- and as they turn around, he aims a light-construct wall....about 10 feet in front of them. If they slam on the brakes, they may just stun themselves, and not splat against it. Granted, it isn't meant to really injure them, but definitely to put them down.

Shuri has posed:
And the guys do indeed not really prepare for a sudden light wall. They slam into it, though one does sorta catch himself and spin around...only to slam the pack into it and break it. Each says some varying form of 'Oh s**t!" And then they fall from the sky. Shuri fires off a device from her hand and, well, it's like a sort of cushion pad appears down below the guys who hit it and then roll off to the ground.

"Good job!" Shuri calls out in her accent toward Ray and then she fires off another line toward an opposite wall and swings down to the ground pretty easily near the truck. She smiles at Spider-Man and gives him a wave.

Peter Parker has posed:
Well, well, well...Shuri's in the house.
Spider-Man waves up to Shuri and the Ray as he, nonchalantly even, webs up two guys trying to escape the van. "Hey there. Found these guys trying to make an unauthorized withdrawal, and, well, I just checked and their student accounts are SERIOUSLY overdrawn."

He uses Spider-Comm to put in a call to the NYPD with names, dates, places, and suggested cleanup tools.

"Hope they're not keeping you too busy at work, Princess."

Ray Terrill has posed:
        "I wasn't going to let them hit." Really, he wasn't. He might have let them fall to about 10' above the ground, then funnel them into a pipe to tumble around and land so he could cuff 'em, but ... that was it. Really. He looks around to make sure nothing else is needed, before lowering himself down to the ground, landing lightly, still surrounded by a bit of a nimbus, "So what the heck were they even stealing?" He nods towards Spider-Man and Shuri, "Um, yeah, hi." He's has that 'new' smell on him.

Shuri has posed:
A smirk and the woman shakes her head, "I am always busy, Spider-Man." She then nods her head to Ray and shrugs, "And now you don't have to." She states simply enough and then looks to the webbed up guys and considers, "No idea what they were stealing but they flew into Wakanda, technically, if only for a moment." She chuckles, "So, I had to stop them."

She nods her head, simple and obvious logic. She idly slides the large cannon thing into itself. It seems to be a collapsible tube to a degree. She then pops it on to a holster on her back and looks to the truck, "I imagine they were stealing, well..." She gestures to the truck itself, "That." She nods.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man opened the rear of the truck and took out a device about the size of a briefcase. "This was stolen from the Vault at Empire State University. No idea what it does - I think I would have to work at SHIELD for a decade to get the security clearance. But I should get it back there so they can check it out for problems, damages..."

...loss of positive containment...

"...but I need to wait until the cops arrive. Maintain the chain of evidence so these boys don't waltz out of the courtroom with a slap on the wrist."

Ray Terrill has posed:
        "So not the truck, but what's in the truck. I'm a bit worried about what that 'big gun' is." He nods towards Spider-Man, "I don't have the background to have a clue either. Guns, lasers, rockets. I get that -- and geez, were they insane firing a freakin' rocket in the city like that?" He pauses, "I hope there wasn't too much damage when it exploded." He frowns, then asks Spider-Man, "You deal with the cops?"

Shuri has posed:
A shrug and then Shuri laughs, "Well, I suppose that is everything then." She then smiles to Ray, "And hello, I am Shuri of Wakanda." She nods her head, "You are?" She asks and glances briefly at Peter to offer him a, "We should talk later."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey nods. "Yeah. Since JJJ of the BUGLE likes to besmirch my somewhat-but-not-really-good name by telling the cops to treat me like a criminal, I try my best not to ACT like one. Like taking potential evidence from a crime scene without getting the all-clear from the NYPD. They'll take some pictures, I'll show them the yellow blinking light, and then they'll tell me to get this thing outta here. See? All very straightforward."

He gives a quick nod. Yeah. They should talk. His new job, his college career, the new bad guys...

And, of course, about he and MJ breaking up. What fun.

Ray Terrill has posed:
        "Oh," to Spider-Man, "See, I had one of the cops...well, she said she was a cop. I've got her card somewhere." (in his dorm room, buried, most likely under a pile of electronics) "She said that dealing with the cops was generally more trouble than it's worth." He pauses, "I have heard the paper griping about you." He shrugs, "But they gripe about a lot of people, and ..." His tone goes a bit wry, "I've found that you can't always trust what you're told." He ohs, then says towards Shuri, "NIce to meet you. I'm The Ray." A pause, and it's obvious he realizes that it's not the best name in the world, "Ray's fine, really."

Shuri has posed:
A look over at Spider-Man as he speaks and Shuri chuckles before she shakes her head, "I don't believe that I'm needed here anymore then." She states and looks to Ray before nodding to him, "The Ray." She smirks and then she idly adjusts her wrist and wings literaly form out of her back, digitizing in real time across the area behind her and she lifts off the ground, "I doubt that my brother will be happy if I get on TV again or something of the like." She laughs and nods to Ray, "It was good to meet you." She then looks over at Pete, "And we'll talk later, as I stated, Spidey."

Peter Parker has posed:
Wings. Of course. Jeez, he is so far behind the tech curve he keeps thinking he's first.

"I'll have my spiders call your spiders." He looks around as the cops arrive, then smiles slightly. "Looks like my cue. You got good moves, Ray."
He waves to Shuri and the Ray, then walks over as a hard-nosed woman in plainclothes walks purposefully towards him. "Detective DeWolff, you won't BELIEVE what happened to me today..."

Ray Terrill has posed:
        "Thanks, man." As the detective walks up, Ray begins to take off -- it's not that he's inconspicious (AT ALL), but it's better to be safe than sorry. "Next time, Spider-Man!" He waves, and is gone -- just below the speed of sound. He's being careful!