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Post by Cyclops on May 31, 2008 0:57:00 GMT -5
'Oh great!' Scott thought as he felt the floor undreneath him in the genetics-lab fall away and he tumbled through the nothingness of eternity and all his senses fell to darkness and numbing tingles. He knew the moment it happened, since he had done the jumping through dimension thing a time or two before, nothing compared to Kitty's experience with dimension hopping.
Shadowkat had told many stories of her times with Captain Britain and the team Excalibur and how they had jumped through a thousand or more dimensions each one numbered and patroled by the Captain Britain Corps. Kitty was good for spinning yarns, but when Nightcrawler had confirmed the stories Scott was duly impressed.
Waking on the flat of his back he took immediate stock of the situation and checked his visor before he opened his eyes. 'Good it's in place' he thought and cautiously opened his eyes to see the landscape of Limbo sprawled out and cracking before him, molten looking magma radiating heat up through the cracks. "Worse than I remember it" he muttered and looked around for everyone else.
To his right was TuneUp. To his left, D'mnchyld. No one else was around. He sat up and looked behind him, sensing a presence and hoping for others 'Where is everyone?' he thought. The glare from the heat obscuring his vision for a moment, then he caught sight of one other- Guardian.
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Post by Guardian on May 31, 2008 23:52:24 GMT -5
Guardian awoke on his stomach. Feeling dizzy, with his eyes closed he slowly pushed himself up from the ground onto his feet, using his massive tail for balance. He felt heat surrounding his entire being, the hot temperature covered him like a giant blanket. He opened his eyes and looked around. THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE LAB he thought quickly to himself as he looked around seeing place he has never been before. Strange lands and surroundings, he turned his head left and right as he backed away trying to understand what just happened. Looking at the rivers of lava and the cracked ground under his feet.
Guardian turned around and saw the Headmaster, along with D'mnchyld and TuneUp. Nobody else that was in the lab with him was there. He slowly walked backwards towards them still trying to understand what has just happened and searched with some hope of maybe seeing other team mates around. He turned his head to face the headmaster and offered his hand to help him up. "Are you three alright? where is everyone else? WHAT IS THIS PLACE??" Guardian asked throwing questions at his headmaster while panting, short of breath and still a bit dizzy.
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Post by TuneUP on Jun 1, 2008 0:12:24 GMT -5
The first thing that Sean thought was that it felt like he was back in Texas in the middle of July. A very hot July. Am I back home? Or is it July and Grandma put the heating on again? he thought and opened his eyes to see a red landscape and hearing the red dragon boy\'s voice in a panic. Sean sat up slowly and rubbed his head, with no hat on to block his movement. Well that just ain\'t good. I lost my best hat. It\'s never a good sign when a fella loses his best hat. he thought and saw Cyclops and the goth girl from the lab.
He looked around trying to take everything in. Sean looked at Cyclops guiltily. \"Uh sir, did I do something to make us go here? Or did the Geiger work too well?\" he asked uncertainly.
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Katie Lazaro
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Post by D'mnchyld on Jun 1, 2008 1:13:53 GMT -5
Katie sat up clutching her cheek and looking at the guys as she tried to square things in her head. "Ow, that hurt!" she said as she liked her finger and touched it to the cut on her face.
She got up and walked over to Cyclops saying "Is this Limbo? Is this the place where my demons come from?" She didn't like it at all and yet somewhere inside her she felt a connection. Like the desolation in her heart was what she saw in the world around her. It might be why her blood would draw the little critters through to their world so easily.
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Post by Cyclops on Jun 1, 2008 1:52:42 GMT -5
"Alright Team gather round lets take a minute and regroup!" Cyclops said with his warmest command voice. He was a father figure to be sure, and as the skillful tactician he knew he needed to asses his rag-tag little teams strengths as well as their weaknesses. He waited for them to huddle up as he considered all of their questions and took stock of the relative position of the high ground and the lay of the land. At least he had Guardian who would provide them not only an eye in the sky for reconnaissance, but someone who might be able to blend in with the locals too, so that his flying would not attract undue attention. His strength and innate combat prowess would definitely come in handy D'mnchyld had her power to draw demons and might yet prove to have some manner of control over them, however Scott doubted that very highly. He didn't think by looking at her that she would be much use although he did have to admit that there was something about the young girl, she had moxy, and spunkiness would go a long way. The most talented of his new little team, and certainly by all accounts the least psychologically disturbed would have to be TuneUp. He would have to be the one to get them out of here. The problem was his lack of an offensive power would be a hell of an obstacle to overcome. Maybe though, if the kid was clever he could work something out. Scott would have his hand full that much at least was certain.
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Post by TuneUP on Jun 2, 2008 10:51:43 GMT -5
Sean scrambled to his feet and dusted himself off, looking around at the cliffs with wide eyes. 'If it weren't for the weird lookin' sky, it would be like the canyons back home in the summer. Though even at the canyons it wasn't this hot. I wonder if we're the only ones here?' Next to him on the ground was the Geiger that he was messing around with. It looked completely friend and a little bent up. "Well, I guess it worked huh Cyclops sir?" Sean said looking it over. 'Well there goes my hard work. Hmm... I wonder if I could reverse it? I remember mechanics that could work that Mr. Ericson taught us in that technical and mechanics school I went to last summer'
He looked up at Cyclops still holding the Geiger. "Cyclops sir, Are we the only ones here? We're gonna be lookin' for any others or just them teacher that went missing here?" he asked looking suspiciously around the landscape.
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Post by Guardian on Jun 2, 2008 22:09:40 GMT -5
Guardian huddled up like the Headmaster instructed. "So...this is Limbo...at least theres air" Guardian said trying to levitate the situation a bit. He couldn't help but look around more. The landscape was so vast, he was hoping to spot the rest of the team. Maybe if I fly up I can get a better view and maybe spot the others from up high, but I probably shouldn't leave these three, they'll need all the help they could get right now, as will I Guardian thought to himself.
"Headmaster, maybe we should make a plan as quick as possible so that we could be ready for any surprises that might be lurking around, this place sends chills down my spine, even at this temperature" He turned to Cyclopes and explained. "Instead of only having to find Nightcrawler and Wolverine, we have to locate the others too, after all, wasn't getting into LIMBO the only way we could save Wolverine and Nightcrawler?" he asked with anticipation.
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Katie Lazaro
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Post by D'mnchyld on Jun 2, 2008 22:48:50 GMT -5
The cut on her cheek was no longer bleeding and she was glad for that. She wondered what would happen if she bled here, would her powers have any effect at all, or would she simply bleed. If they did work normally what might happen then?
As she looked around and dragged her feet through the dusty soil she wondered why this place was feeling more and more comfortable to her. She had only been here a minute or two, but already it was not as overbearing a world as her own. She knew this was not a healthy sign.
"Um, do you even have a plan?" she asked Cyclops as she approached the cluster of mutants. "You know, to get us out of here?" she wondered if she would want to go if they even could leave.
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Post by Cyclops on Jun 2, 2008 23:25:31 GMT -5
Cyclops looked at each of them as they rattled off their questions and raised up his hands to quiet them down. He spoke with a certainty although it was more a cunning technique of leadership than of actual knowledge. "Yes, we have arrived here in Limbo and as it would appear the others from the Lab are not with us. If they are here we might not be able to know, but if your Headmistress is here she will find us."
"In answer to your queries... Yes, this is where your demons come from, and we must be on our guard in case any show up. Yes your hot-wired Geiger portal worked, apparently sooner than expected. And Yes, we're all O.K. at least we look none too worse for the wear." he answered their first round of questions one at a time looking at each as he went down the list.
"As for a plan, yes I do have one. It most certainly includes all of our friends..." He looked at Guardian as if to respond to his words and then glanced over to k'8 and said "...And if all goes well it will get us home." He thought she would need to hear that.
He didn't have a plan. Not any true plan yet, but he wouldn't let on that there was anything wrong, that was his first rule of thumb, always remain calm and in control. The plan would come given time, but Guardian was right they would need to reconnoiter the surrounding area and come up with a strategy to find whomever might be here that belonged in their dimension. It was coming to him, but he needed more information first.
"Guardian, I need some intell. Please do a fly over in a box recon from above." he took his finger and drew a flight plan for him "Make sure you don't get too far off and lose sight of us, but whatever you do DON'T look like you are looking for something or like you are intending to come back here. If something sees you try and look like you belong, you understand? Just fly casual."
"TuneUp, let's see what you can do with that burnt up stinking piece of equipment. If nothing else see how badly it's been damaged." He said to the cowboy noting the Geiger was smoking and smelling like burning dog hair. "It's our only link to our home, let's hope you can salvage it."
"D'mnchyld, try and see what this world has done with your powers. I don't mean for you to cut yourself, but I am curious if you have any other kind of abilities that might exist here that didn't in our world. I've been here before and sometimes other dimensions can alter our powers somewhat." He reached over to her and pulled her closer saying "I know this might seem bad, but we're going to get home. All of you-" he looked at each of their faces "-I promise that to you, I'll make sure we get home."
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Post by Guardian on Jun 4, 2008 20:11:47 GMT -5
Guardian stood up straight with his head held up high looking into the sky. He looked back down at the three people in front of him and quickly after he heared his leader's instructions, without hesitation, he responded "At Once sir!"
Knowing it was alright to leave the group briefly since the other three were alright now, Guardian turned around and took off at a slow run. As he ran he spread his wings wide and pushed hard off of the ground going high enough not to be easily spotted and still low enough to keep an eye out for his team mates. He soared through the sky with the flight plans Cyclops instructed him with, looking back every so often to make sure they were still in sight.
"Hah, 'try and look like you belong' he says to me, now thats one I've never heard before" Guardian said to himself as he soared through the skies laughing. "That must mean there are more like me here, wonder if that's why everyone is so frightened of this place, are the locals that dangerous? Shouldn't take a chance, better fly carefully" he continued to himself keeping an eye out for anything, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, the other teammates that were in the lab, or even any other beings that shared a similar resemblance to him.
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Post by D'mnchyld on Jun 6, 2008 23:18:48 GMT -5
"What do you mean that my powers will be different? Try what?" K'8 asked him as Guardian took to the sky. "Alls I do is cut myself and demons pop out, it's not rocket science you know. How do I try something different?" She looked up at Cyclops and cocked her head to the side trying to imagine a different way to use her given gift without cutting herself and bleeding.
"Maybe I should try and cut myself and bring a friend here? What could it hurt?" but the moment that she said it she knew it was not a good idea. "Uh, never mind. That was stupid, forget i said anything." She looked down at her feet and kicked at the sandy dusty ground. Her boot lace was untied and she decided to at least tie it and make herself busy.
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Post by TuneUP on Jun 9, 2008 11:18:55 GMT -5
Turning the Geiger around in his hands, Sean studied it carefully. The bottom of it was unharmed except for a few dents and scratches, but the top of the Geiger was completely fried. The little bowl had melted, the slot that held the fragment melted as well, and the activator was sparking with melted metal around it. Well, the melted metal parts I'm sure can be fixed, but to get it workin' again is a completely different thing, he thought before voicing his thoughts out loud. "Well sir, I can fix these here melted parts easily, but gettin' it to work again is a whole different story. See with the right wire shaping and connection, I can get the activator to work again on reverse. The big problem is that we would need somethin' from the real world to activate it again. And from the looks of this place," Sean looked around before looking back at the Geiger. "I dun think that we can find somethin' from our world to activate the Geiger."
Sean moved his hands over the burned out device, molding the metal over each other to stop the smoking and crackling. He felt the metal change and mold and saw a clear picture in his mind of what it should look like since he had finished it in the previous state not long ago. Sean also began reshaping the wires and switching them around. It's like when I took that class in robotics at the college back home. This device here ain’t that different from that cleaning robot I engineered. It's a good thing the Professor made sure we knew how to reverse the commands and dynamics of the robots we built before we were able to pass the class, he thought as he moved the wires around inside of them.
Sean concentrated so hard, that he blocked out if Guardian came back from his flight or anything around him as he usually did when he had a project to do. And those wires were a challenge.
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Post by Cyclops on Jun 10, 2008 23:39:26 GMT -5
"Don't cut yourself. I don't think that would be wise, we don't want company now. I think we'd best stay out of sight and out of mind. Discretion being the better part of valor, so in other words it's not un-brave to be sneaky sometimes." he said trying to put things into perspective for the young girl.
Turning to see TuneUp working on the device that had brought them there he said "Let's see what we can come up with. Maybe someone has something that we can use, that is if we can find anyone else from the Academy here. I'm curious TuneUp, how large an area of effect do you believe that device would have created, because I was some distance from you when it went off and yet here we are together." Scott was not convinced that they had come here alone "How many others from the lab do you think may have been pulled in with us?" he asked.
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Post by Guardian on Jun 11, 2008 17:07:20 GMT -5
Guardian was flying for some time now. He's seen a lot of the landscape but hasn't spotted any actual beings. There were jagged mountains, glowing red from the immense heat radiating from the rivers of liquid fire. "What a barren place, nothing in sight except flowing lava and volcanic like mountains and stones" Guardian said as he kept looking around at the wasteland below him. Guardian was coming to an elevated, sharp mountain range, he noticed there was a path through the mountain range as he was flying over it "hmm it seems as if that path wasn't naturally made" he said to himself. He passed over the mountains "maybe I should head back already" he suggested to himself, until he spotted something in the distance. 'What is that? Could it be the rest of the group?' he thought to himself as he felt excitement flowing through him. He started to speed up to get a better view then slowed down and thought 'Wait...what those figures are the...natives...Cyclopes warned us about.' 'Maybe I should just get close enough to tell who or what they are' Guardian kept thinking as he flew closer but higher so not to be spotted. Flying out of sight came easy to Guardian since he always had to avoid being spotted, so he got used to noticing things from high altitudes. As he flew closer he noticed that the beings were climbing out of the lava itself. Guardian stopped himself from approaching any further, he saw what they were, they were demons. 'Are THOSE natives??' he thought to himself as he felt his feelings of hope and excitement of it being teammates being overwhelmed with disastrous thoughts of what those things could do if they caught up with the rest of his teammates. 'I have to warn the headmaster' he panicked as he let his imagination get the best of him. Guardian turned around and started flying back to the mountain ranges. When he got there he looked back and saw those things were running in the direction he was flying, and they weren't too far behind either. "Oh no! they must have spotted me!" he cried, "I have to cut them off...but how..." Guardian thought out loud then he gasped as he realized "The PATH!" He flew down in between the jagged mountains and with all his might he PUNCHED the wall of stone and he watched as large boulders flew down blocking the pathway. "That should hold them off just enough" he said as he raced away back to his team mates. Finally he arrived at the place where he left them, "Headmaster!" he yelled as he made a quick landing and ran up to Cyclopes, D'mnchyld, and Tuneup. "We got trouble" he spoke, panting so hard, he forced the words out "There were monsters, creatures I've never seen, large and horrifying, they spotted me, but I cut them off and blocked the path I don't know how long it will hold them, we have to get out of here" he finished as he tried to catch his breath.
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Post by TuneUP on Jun 12, 2008 9:33:18 GMT -5
Sean was still concentrating on the device, but managed to be aware of his surroundings enough to hear Cyclops’ question. “Well the way this thing was built, it should cover about a six foot radius, maybe more since I played around with the coverage wires a bit in case it was needed cause I wasn’t sure what the good Doctor wanted to do with it exactly. What gets me is that if that is the case, then there should be more people with us since it’s a bit hard to slip through the force of the activator, because the wires here were set ta have be real strong, in case travelin’ ta another dimensions is like the theory of teleportation where a body part could be left in the place you teleported from. And sir out of all of us the only people who were near each other was me and Kate?” he said looking over at her apologetically in case that wasn’t her name. Sean looked back at Cyclops and went on. “Aideen and the Headmistress was right next to you sir, and Ian and Lorelai were right by me and Haven and Hardlight were nearby too. I don’t think it would have been possible for them to have resisted the pull of this here device, especially since it was an accident and none of us were expecting it,” he said. That Haven girl got real issues with others being nice ta her. That’s sad, but mom always said that we gotta be nicer to the mean ones, cause they are usually mean cause no one was nice ta them before. I think apologizing to her would be useless, but it’s sad ta think someone had so little kindness shown to them. he thought just as he saw Guardian rushing up to them with the news of the demons.
Sean looked around wildly, trying to figure out what to do next. He looked over at Cyclops, really wishing he had his hat now. “I better put this away for safe keeping then,” he said tucking the Geiger safely into his shirt. He looked back at the Headmaster and waited for some kind of instruction on what to do. This was all so new to him.
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