Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
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Post by Aqua on Dec 16, 2007 10:16:01 GMT -5
Heather believed her her heart stopped as she saw two giant sand golums appear in front of her and her team. A third was still forming. She ran back to Shadowkat, her fear increasing more than ever. She closed her eyes. Think like a bubble, they rose from the bottom to the surface. That was it!! She understood. Shadowkat was giving her a hint of what was going to happen in the Danger Room that night. In the dessert, water exists DEEP below. That is what made cacti able to survive. But they were in a simulated room. There wasn't any water there, not really. Heather blanked out. She had nothing to say or do but await instructions from her team leader.
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Post by Shadowkat on Dec 16, 2007 10:19:55 GMT -5
"I have an idea Aqua, stick closeby." Shadowkat looked to her aparently powerless team member and nodded encouragement. "Clutch break off that way-" she pointed out to the left further, where the newest golum was piling up out of the sand "- Aqua, with me. Ready!.... Now!"
On her mark Shadowkat hoped her girls were doing what she told them as she broke into a run, rushing headlong at the center golum. "Nobody to fight this battle but us - gotta do what we can!"
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
Posts: 731
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Post by Aqua on Dec 16, 2007 10:27:31 GMT -5
Heather's eyes opened wide. She is freaking crazy? However, Heather's feet was following Shadowkat, instead of standing still. She ran faster, catching up to her leader. This was it, she was going to die. She knew it. However even though she was behaving dramatically, Heather was truly disappointed that all she could do was run to the sand golum instead of wash it away.
She stopped thinking about what she could do, and began realizing that she could only do what Shadowkat told her from the beginning. 'Stick by her'. Heather did just that, waiting for further instruction.
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Post by Nightcrawler on Dec 16, 2007 10:33:28 GMT -5
Nightcrawler sprang up to his feet landing poised for another creature to arise. Looking to his left he watched a his dear friend Kitty Pryde led her team like a seasoned combatant, 'and vhy not- she is qvite experienced, and they should do fine' he thought as he looked to his own novice group, who seemed to be holding their own for the time being-
but no!
"Ember behind you!" Nightcrawler took a step and 'BAMFED' to get closer to his team, they had all bunched up and now Aideen was about to be clobbered by two of the creatures. Nightcrawler's teleports were considerably slower than Jumper's even though they were almost instantaneous it would not be quick enough, he feared something terrible would occur before he could get there.
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Post by Shadowkat on Dec 16, 2007 10:55:30 GMT -5
Knowing that Aqua's powers were useless without water present meant the girl was hers to take care of. Not that having caused this debacle herself needed to be addressed, but how could she not think of her bragging about her team, and how Ms. Frost said she should chose her words carefully- "Now Miss Pryde, you really should chose your words more carefully. I expect there will be a lesson learned soon enough, you are a teacher now and as such I hope you can maintain a sense of dignity about who is on who's team..." she recalled the words the Headmistress had said to her and knew something would be in store for her team in here.
'It is not even hardly close to fair to take out my mistaken words on this young girl' Kitty thought. 'If you're listening Emma it's wrong! Hardly ethical if you ask me.'
Getting up close enough to the sand golum in the center Shadowkat hollered to Aqua "Now, slide Aqua" and she threw herself to the ground sliding under the swipes of the arms of both golums and reaching out for Aqua with the hope she would be close enough to grab. Shadowkat was at the very base of the center golum and the one on the left was almost fully formed. "Seeing" the pair of young women slide next to it's companion the golum on the right bent down to get a good hard shot on the two of them, it's arm swinging fast and with a deadly purpose in mind.
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
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Post by Aqua on Dec 16, 2007 11:34:23 GMT -5
Heather, not aware that she was doing what Shadowkat instructed, ran and slid back. She closed her eyes thinking about what her leader taught her. She couldn't help closing her eyes in sand was blowing in her face from every direction. Every time a sand golum would move, packs of sand would escape from its massive bodice.
Again and again she thought about what Shadowkat meant. But now wasn't the time. She had to think about what she had to do at that precise moment. As she slid, she kept listening for Shadowkat's voice.
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Post by Ember on Dec 16, 2007 11:48:08 GMT -5
Aideen felt a bit of sweat form on her brow as the fire grew hotter and hotter, fueled by the heat of the Sahara Desert. She had been throwing her fire at the first creature for quite some time and the fire was super hot. After another second, the first creature turned into glass. Aideen smirked and let her fire down at the sight of the glass figure.
Upon Nightcrawler's warning, Aideen whipped her head around to see another sand creature behind her. Without enough time to react, the creature managed to land a punch right at her stomach, sending her flying across and landing on her back in the sand. She was so stunned that she had lost her focus that it took her a minute to get her vision back into focus from the impact of the punch. Aideen looked up at the creature who now towered over her with narrowed eyes. Throwing her hands in front of her aiming at the creature of her she threw a long beam of fire at him legs, making the creature stumble and giving Aideen enough time to scramble to her feet. With a backward flip, she landed a bit away from the creature, moving into fighting stance with fireballs in her hands, the fire returned in her eyes as she stared up at the creature.
The creature regained its balance and started after Aideen. Aideen threw fireball after fireball at him trying to fend him off. At least she was slowing it down.
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Post by Shadowkat on Dec 16, 2007 12:04:34 GMT -5
'Good job kiddo- gotcha!' Kitty thought as she reached out and took hold of Aqua just as the left side golum's swiping arm slammed into them.
Phasing them both it's massive arm passed through them, but connected with their center most sand adversary. The force of the blow knocked it over collapsing it into the ground. Holding fast to Aqua, Shadowkat calmly and loudly said "Nice!- O.K. let's move..." Standing her up and making sure they were both above the surface of the sand before she de-phased them.
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Post by BEAST on Dec 16, 2007 12:05:46 GMT -5
THE HEAT OF EMBER'S ATTACKS IN PROXIMITY TO HER TEAM HAS REGISTERED AS "DANGER~CLOSE" AND THE DANGER ROOM HAS REACTED. POPPING OUT OF THE SAND THREE METALIC CYLINDRICAL COLUMNS AS BIG AROUND AS BASEBALL BATS LOCK INTO PLACE. THEY SNAP OUT INTO GUNS AND AIM AT EMBER HOSING HER DOWN WITH HIGH PRESSURE WATER- AND KNOCKING HER TO THE GROUND.
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
Posts: 731
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Post by Aqua on Dec 16, 2007 12:09:34 GMT -5
Heather felt Shadowkat grab her. At that moment she waited for the sand golum to strike. There wasn't anytime to dodge it. But then nothing happened. The golum went through them. Through her! She was shocked. So that was what her leader was able to do. Pass through things.
Heather tried to sand up but wasn't fully able to until Shadowkat helped her. She gave her leader a small smile when she complimented her. When she told Heather to move, she started to look around, memorizing the area and where each person was at that moment.
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Post by Ember on Dec 16, 2007 12:17:34 GMT -5
Aideen was thrown to the ground far by the water and the water kept her down. She gave a small gasp of pain as she felt the heat leaving her body. She tried dodging the water by rolling away from where they aimed but seem to have followed her. There seemed to be no way for her to get away from them. With one last attempt, Aideen jumped up and rolled behind the heavy glass sculpture she made of the creature, shielding her temporarily.
The cold water had weakened Aideen greatly and she leaned against the glass trying to regain her strength. The desert was still hot and she took deep breaths trying to get the heat back in her body, but it did not look good in her weakened state.
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Post by Nightcrawler on Dec 16, 2007 12:20:48 GMT -5
~~~~~ "BAMF" ~~~~~
Nightcrawler teleported to where Ember was and nearly got singed in the process. "Ack! Careful child..."
~~~ "BAMF" ~~ "BAMF" ~~~
He teleported over and out of the range of the incredible heat Ember was generating to clasp both of the other Paragons around their shoulders Ripple with a hand and Jumper with a foot. Wrapping his tail around the base of their golum he teleported again....
~~ "BAMF" ~~~ "BAMF" ~~
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Post by Nightcrawler on Dec 16, 2007 12:25:26 GMT -5
Having only gone a few yards with the two Paragons in tow and a ringlet of sand - the very sand connecting the golum to the sand beneath it - he looked back to see it collapse. He noted the water guns popping up and Ember's skill in taking cover 'She has a vonderful survival instinct...reminds me of - ' his train of thought was cut off.
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Post by Shadowkat on Dec 16, 2007 12:30:04 GMT -5
Hearing her fuzzy elf friend 'bamfing' all over the place Kitty looked over to see the events taking place at the Paragon contact site. "Look Aqua!!!" she squeeled in sheer joy "WATER!!!- use it! You know how, stop thinking and just let it happen..."
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Post by BEAST on Dec 16, 2007 12:37:26 GMT -5
THE THIRD GOLUM AT THE NEW MUTANT TEAM SITE HAS NOW FULLY FORMED AND IS BEARING DOWN ON CLUTCH. THE WATER GUNS ARE BEGINING TO SHUT DOWN THEIR SPRAY, BUT ARE SCANNING BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO LOCATE AND LOCK ON TO THE HEAT SIGNATURE. THE GOLUM NEAR EMBER DIVES DOWN INTO THE SAND AND EMERGES FROM THE MUDDY WET SAND - IT MOVES QUICKER NOW BECAUSE IT IS BOUND TOGETHER BETTER.
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