Onyx
New Mutants
Jasper Bellford
Dont let the darkness consume you....
Posts: 187
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Post by Onyx on Nov 2, 2008 11:06:04 GMT -5
Onyx nodded slowly at Ironclad at the order to make something with his 'power' this was what was going to be difficult as so far he was only able to make solid shapes, not anything complex. But now was not a time for second thoughts, he had been too busy looking around in awe, feeling somehow calmer in this environment despite the numerous demons attacking the people also intent on helping rescue those held here before them. His headache was still prominent but when he looked over at the scene with Aideen and the demons surrounding the other students his mind was taken over by a flicker of rage. This had happened to them and he had been helpless until now. He swore no more death on his hands, and he was intent on keeping that record clean on his head. One murder was already one too many. Slowly, the dark energy within his body surrounded the outside of his arms; glowing a reddish black from his fingertips to his elbows and crackling quietly as he started working on making the required hook and rope to get him down the wall. The upside of Ironclad was that his invulnerability would mean he would not be affected by the dark matter objects and probably would be able to touch them or hold them without any weird side effects. His hands worked as quick as he could, moving as if he where tracing over the object he needed and leaving a trail of solid darkness behind. Somehow the atmosphere of this dimension was making this creating process alot quicker than he would have thought, and Jasper was not going to be quick to make a complaint about that. He was glad that finally something was being done if though it had taken a long time to do so. The more he worked on this particular project the quicker his forearms where growing dark with energy and his eyes too, though they grew dark as night with the energy surging through his body. The energy seemed to be creeping outside his physical form quicker in this atmosphere too, but in a way it made the headache go away. He had spent so much time trying to hold back the natural reaction to expose the energy that it had caused an intense pressure in the form of a headache. Taking off his shades, Onyx placed them into his pocket once again as he took in Limbo for what it really was. The pain was almost gone completely when the young German boy had finished his project and drove the pointed end of the hook into the ground, leaving a tiny crack in the surface before he hopped off the edge; gripping onto the rope and abseiling down to meet the older student on the ground below. He touched down in time to see the reflected bullets from the bodies of the demons and growled under his breath as he realized that some of these things would be strong against weapons. 'Although...' A thought came to mind and Onyx grumbled in a low quiet voice to the older student. "I vonder vhat vould happen eef ..." His words cut off as he felt his body shake ever so slightly as a blueish glow surrounded him, much the same colour as his astonishing blood but causing his eyes to turn completely black. The headache now completely obliterated the young German moved his arms like he was throwing a rock at the demons, but pushing an black orb in the direction of one of the smaller demons. The object passing through its head and forcing the demon to the ground dead. A hole opened in the front of its skull that was bleeding out of the creature. "Zhat vill be 'elpful." he muttered with a satisfied smirk before he looked at the older student, knowing he was the one in charge of him for the moment and looking at him in a way of asking for permission to keep attacking the demons that where gaining numbers and moving toward them. He wanted to help as much as physically possible now that he was able to think without being in pain. The more he could do the clearer his conscience may become.
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Post by ~ N.P.C. ~ on Nov 2, 2008 14:06:23 GMT -5
Standing in the midsts of the crowd of rioting demon was M'kul. He was the Weapon Master of LImBO. His task had been to train the young D'mnchyld and make her a proficient combatant. He relished his appointed duties, for she was wonderful to behold. Once she had taken hold of her powers, as she would do in mere moments her training would begin anew and his job would again begin. He stood ever so still, a rock in the storm. Watching, waiting, smoldering eyes burned under his helmet as he had looked on from the start of the day's festivities. Only three demons knew the end from the begining, Himself, Belasco, and S'ym. I will have S'yms place he thought I will be the most favored demon in the realm. This time I will make it so. I shall show my prowess with ax and sword and magic as well. Yesssss, this will be my turn to climb higher, this girl is different than she was before. Three trusted demons. K'8 trusted them with the knowledge, she enabled them to know. It was her will that they obeyed. Watching, ever watchful, looking on...... He had seen the goddess child enter. His eyes had never left her. Not, that was, until the star warrior had appeared. It is this time, as the scroll had spoken. Ha! unworthy am I S'ym? Now we shall see who is the worthy one, you have been favored for too long. he thought, remembering the words on the forbidden parchment he rolled them over again in his mind ~A star clad warrior, placed before thee. Dropped from on high by a God. Take the head, take the shield, drink the blood and be free. No wall nor chain might bind thee then, gates of Gods will break and bend as will the knees of all.~ Had he the concept of joy he would have expressed it in a hideous grin, yet for now he burned his gaze into the eyes of the Star Spangled Avenger. Then she turned. She broke from their agreed upon battle. It was a warriors agreement made across the battlefield, made with their eyes. To do what? What could be more important...!?!...NOOO! He saw her, was he the sole withness of the atrocity? He saw her stop the anointing of the Goddess Child.
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Post by TrueSpirit on Nov 2, 2008 15:16:35 GMT -5
Mato had been brushing himself off from the portal trip as he listened to Iron Man's instructions. "I believe I have my own way of taking flight," he said as he watched the others leave. With a deep breath, Mato looked inside his mind and found the crane within him. "Come my friend, I am in need of your aide," he said to the fighter in his soul. Cranes were as beautiful as they were fierce. The largest flying bird in existence that was extremely hard to hunt or shoot from the air.
Mato glowed gold for a second before a large crane that stood almost seven feet tall stood before him. "Thank you," he whispered as the crane spread it's wings and allowed him to climb on like he had various times before. Mato climbed on carefully and kept perfect balance as his Crane rose up in the air at a rapid speed. Part of his training in his village as a child was to learn to be balanced with oneself and their environment. Rise high in the air, we will come down at the right time, he thought to the crane that was directly linked to him.
The pair soared high in the scorching red sky as he looked down at the scene below him. Mato heard Beast's voice in his ear from the communicator he put on. "I hear you clearly Dr. McCoy. Iron Man I am in the air and waiting. I will help the girl any way I can, though if we are to do that here, she will be very weak afterwards. I shall look after her if needed," he said into the communicator as he looked down at the scene below him.
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Elixir
dead/inactive
Sara Belsky
-----*she's special*-----
Posts: 117
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Post by Elixir on Nov 2, 2008 15:20:57 GMT -5
Elixir mumbled, "Ok," to Heartstring. "I'll try to hold on. Like with rabbi," she paused trying to remember the rabbi's name. "Well, the rabbi who was dying and his disciples went to pray to G-d, Hashem, King of Kings, oh spare the life of our rabbi and teacher. But he was in great pain, you see, and he," she paused to spit up a little bit of blood. "He was in great pain and begged for release. I am in great pain. I need release. I can't go on." She slumped over, having tried to sit up, and took a second to regain her train of thought. "The angels in heaven sang out to G-d to take him but the disciples prayed hard so there was a stalemate. But seeing how much pain he was in, the rabbis trusted handmaid dropped a clay pot out the window and when it broke the disciples, startled, stopped praying for a second and the angels took the rabbi away...I am trying to hold on but the angels want to take me and there are pots dropping all around." And with that Elixir's breath left her body and it went limp and cold. Yet even in death she could hear the world around her and flickering in the blackness of what should have been her empty field of vision, as her eyes were gone, was the ghostly silhouette of American Dream...somehow Elixir knew that this stranger was also about to die.
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Post by Emma Frost on Nov 2, 2008 16:05:10 GMT -5
Looking up as she had been she saw the woman who had descended to the stage and pulled the sword from Nightcrawler. She was also witness to the arrival of the Avengers and the remaining X-Kids and Dazzler. I am going to have a serious talk with her how could she bring these kids in here? Emma thought as she shoved her way closer to Kevin only to see Ms.Marvel save him from some terrible abuse. O.K. then, since Diesel has Frostbite and Thor appears to have them covered guess I'll go save my man! she smiled.
Nudging and shoving her way past demons. Tossing them left and right as she made her way closer to Cyclops a familiar individual stepped in her path. Oh my - no. Haven! It was the white haired former student, former turncoat, now demon Niki who had stepped in front of the Headmistress. Dammit I don't want to do this. Emma thought hoping there was another way to deal with this most recent predicament.
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Post by Shadowkat on Nov 2, 2008 17:49:05 GMT -5
Shadowkat watched wearily as the familiar looking woman got off the giant demon, stepping closer to Kate and Sean. She continued to watch even as the woman came closer to Nightcrawler, only to reach inside his chest and draw out the Soulsword while she spoke, rendering him unconscious. “Kurt!” she exclaimed, looking at him as he crumpled to the ground. The demons around them had slowed a bit as they stared at the woman and she took the time to bend down to see if Nightcrawler was okay. He was out, she realized as she then saw people flying around. The Avengers had come, and so had some of the other students as well! Thor dropped off HeartString and American Dream on the stage, and she nodded to them quickly as the Corsair went to Elixir. She looked a lot worse off, and Shadowkat was thankful that the healer was there now. Hopefully she wasn’t too late. Then, Ms. Marvel flew in and brought a bloody and frightened Hardlight to the stage. Looking away from Kurt quickly, she nodded to Carol and waved a hand so he could be brought over to HeartString to be healed. “Good to see you guys,” she said to the new arrivals to Limbo, and then looked to the woman again right as she raised the Soulsword at D’mnchyld. Just as she was about to move her out of the way, American Dream blocked the hit with the shield. From what Kitty remembered about the sword, it only affected those of magic…and Kitty herself when phased, as she had learned the hard way. Non-magical people were rarely ever harmed by it. She wanted the sword out of the woman’s hands and in her own – it would give them an edge over the magical beings, and she was sure it would help them out. She had wielded it before while in Limbo on previous occasions, when Illyana had passed it on to her when she died. As long as I don’t phase, it won’t hurt me, and maybe then I can wrestle it from that woman’s hands…we need to get out of here, and with that sword anything and anyone magical is fair game.. she thought to herself. At the same time American Dream blocked the hit, Shadowkat lunged forward in an attempt to wrench the sword from the woman’s grip. She was sure it wouldn’t be that easy though, but she was prepared to fight for it.
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TuneUP
New Mutants
Sean Winterstar
Posts: 165
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Post by TuneUP on Nov 2, 2008 18:39:42 GMT -5
Sean hugged Kate to him and looked at the woman with wide eyes. "Wow Kate she looks just like you," he said and got scared when she saw the woman raise her sword. "NO!" he cried and shielded Kate with his body, holding her tight. Everyone else is hurt, I don't want her to be the next one. Poor Elixir looks close to death, I don't want that to happen to her, he thought and held her tight.
Then it was like in a movie where everyone loses hope and then someone comes in and saves the day. Except in this case it was a whole group of people that came. A shield that looked so much like Captain America's shield blocked them and a very pretty woman held it up with ease. "Well thank the Lord. I think we're gonna be okay Katie girl," Sean whispered when he saw the sky light up in lightning from non other than Thor. He spotted Iron Man too! Oh Lordy, all those fellas I see on the news all the time are here! We're as good as saved! he thought and looked at Kate with a bit of a smile. "Katie girl we're gonna be alright! That's them Avengers!" he said and kissed her cheek.
"We need to get outta here, look Nightcrawler is already down and he don't look well at all," Sean said and looked at the woman. "What do you want with her?" he asked and held Kate close.
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Haven
Acolytes
Niki Sanchez
Posts: 316
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Post by Haven on Nov 2, 2008 19:47:36 GMT -5
"So, so sorry pretty Lady Diamond. This time I'm really gonna break your heart-" Haven had only just casually stepped in front of her former Headmistress, but now she stepped into a fighting stance "-shatter it and you! Into a million splintery pieces!"
Whereas some of the non demon faces in the crowd looked vaguely familiar,this face standing before her she knew. She remembered this woman, who had made such empty promises to her. She had promised her safety and a loving home. A place where she would be nurtured and taught. A school for children, gifted like she herself was. A place where she could feel safe to be herself....but it had all been lies.
Instead of all that was promised Niki had found herself outcast from the outcasts. Made to feel less than capable, teased and tormented, and standing above it all was the statuesque and comely form of the Headmistress, Ms.Emma Frost. She had done Haven dirty. She had lied to her, and berated her. Made Niki to feel wrong, and embarrassed her in front of everyone and most especially in front of the boy who she hated above all others at that school. He was the reason for it all, she wanted him dead and she would make that happen one day, but for today her vengeance would take comfort in the destruction of this sick, lying, whore who stood before her.
"I am going to shatter you. You think you are perfect don't you? But I can see all your flaws." It was not exactly lies, Haven could see with her demon sight all the sins the woman wore on her soul. Every demon could. It made the act of demoning, some had called it temptation, a far easier task. If you knew what someone liked, or what they had done before, it was all the more easy to get them to do it again. She saw the woman standing there hesitating to act, and made sure to take full advantage of that.
"I know what you hate about yourself Emma, and I will use it now to kill you. I know you are weak, I know you are a whore and a murderer, an adulteress, a liar. I see all of your sins you wear them like a veil. And they are darkest right..." Haven used all of her concentration, willed her forcefield to diamond hard density and struck at Emma where her sin showed her to be most vulnerable. Sin and guilt go hand in hand, and they painted a target for Haven. A bullseye, her left eye- and she jabbed it! "...there!"
An eerie cracking sound could be heard, barely, above the cackling laughter of Niki Sanchez. "Ha haha ha HA! You bitch, you puritanical tyrant. You villain in sheep's clothing. You play us all for fools, well I see you for what you are. I know you, the real you. Let's take a vote, hahaha, shall we? Is she a nasty whorey bitch?" Haven raised a hand to her ear in a mock gesture. "The EYES have it!!! AHHHh hahah ha ha Ha HA!" She grabbed her own ribs as her joke had undoubtedly caused her to become unhinged. It must have as it was not a very funny joke, but Haven thought it was. She roared with laughter.
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Post by Iron Man on Nov 2, 2008 20:34:10 GMT -5
Tony set the girls down and flew up in the air. "Copy that Henry, here you loud and clear. Nice set of wings you got there TrueSpirit. And you don't even have to train them," he said in the speaker as he acquired the target of the white haired girl. "Target Engaged," Homer's voice said in his head. "Thanks Homer, ok TrueSpirit I'm gonna grab the girl and I'm flying her up to that wall with the other.... Damnit! She got Emma! Homer get full power mode with the laser force stasis restraint. That's the strongest we got. Thor, copy," he said in full command mode as he headed for the girl. "Get the boy and girl to the West wall. I'm bringing the girl there and we need someone strong to restrain her while the Shaman does his thing," Tony said as he stopped above the girl.
"Laser Force Stasis Restraints Activated in three... two.... one. A glow of red lasers flew out of Iron Man's arms and enveloped in a circle around Haven. Haven was now in a bubble of incredible hard laser bubble that had a similar effect to a stasis cell. "Gotcha girl. That's no way for a lady to act, but I can't blame you as a demon. That is the way you should act," he said as he floated her up above the demons that grabbed for her.
"TrueSpirit, Thor, I'm bringing her in. Thor stay with the kids and do what you have to so the kid can be restrained. I'm gonna go and get Emma outta there before Dazzler and Decibel get started," Tony said as he brought the Stasis laser bubble to place her on the high wall, waiting for the others to get there before he let her go.
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Post by Cyclops on Nov 2, 2008 20:54:40 GMT -5
"Emma--guurk!" Scott cried out as he saw what had happened. He couldn't break the hold of the four armed demon. It's limbs were wrapped too tightly and it was squeezing the life from him. He was spent.
He had given all of himself here in Limbo. From the time in the dessert with the children and the wounds be bore. Then Ember's aid, if one might call it that. He had told her to cauterize the wounds, so it was his own request. Had she not stemmed the flow of blood he wouldn't be here now.
All the walking and the dehydration and the weight of Frostbite on his back, plus the heavier burden of the loss of the promising young man Guardian. It was all culminating in this moment. His vision was darkening, this thing was crushing the life from him. Not allowing the blood to get to his brain, preventing him from breathing.
He saw that Iron Man was here, or was it an hallucination? He could not be sure. He didn't want to take that chance, so he took another. His last chance. He rolled over with all his might to face the ground and reached up to peel off his Ruby Quartz lined visor.
Opening his eyes he unleashed the full force of his mutant power. It launched him and the monster high into the air. Maybe.....it will...let...go.... he thought, his hope was that their 'Ace' might yet be alive to save him.
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Post by THOR on Nov 2, 2008 21:06:44 GMT -5
Thor had flown down and grabbed the young Diesel that held on to Frostbite he recalled from memory. "Thou will forever be there to help the bright youth that hold thine future in their hands," he said as he brought them up. "Thou here's you loud and clear Henry. Tony I am taking the pair of youths to the wall," he said into the communicator as he flew them to the wall.
"Thou has a task for thee to accomplish. Thee must restrain thou peer as she is cleansed," Thor said to the pair as he flew them to the West wall were the white haired lady sat in Iron Man's Stasis bubble. He set them down and nodded to Tony. Thor looked back at Diesel with a perplexed look.
"What is doth 'dude' that thou speak of?"
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Post by Ms. Marvel on Nov 2, 2008 21:11:32 GMT -5
After putting the boy down Carol got a good look at him. According to the files she had flipped through, he was Hardlight, and he was in a horrible condition compared to the picture of him in his file. Gently she picked him up, looking only at his face if she looked at him to try to make him feel less self conscious. “I got another one for you to heal,” she called out to HeartString as she nodded to Shadowkat, moving briskly past the group to lay him carefully on the ground near the girl who slouched. “It’ll be okay, Hardlight, it’ll be okay,” she said to him quietly, patting his shoulder lightly and giving the Corsair a nod. Standing up, she heard her communicator working when she heard Beast in her ear, as well as the others who had their communicators. “Hear you loud and clear, Beast,” she answered him as she gave the wounded on the stage a last look before taking off into the air again, watching out for flying demons as well as Iron Man and Thor. “I’m going to get Cyclops. Where’d he go—“she said, looking for him until she saw a huge four armed demon and Cyclops go into the air. Seeing as how he was only going to fall and be crushed by the demon now that she could see his optic blasts had stopped she jetted forward to catch him, arms stretched out as she caught him before the demon could fall on them. He looked out like a light, out of fuel, and his visor was clenched in his hand. “Ah, I got you Cyclops,” she said to the now unconscious man as she turned back around and flew to the stage. She hovered over where the injured and unconscious were and landed softly on her feet. Laying him down gently when she landed, she took his visor from his hand and carefully put them back on so that when he came to, whoever he looked at first wouldn’t get blasted. “Here’s another one,” she said quietly as she looked back up to the sky to see her comrades in action. She was going to see if there was anything else anyone needed to do, but for the moment she stood with the ones who needed help just in case.
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Ironclad
Corsairs
Mason Rictus
Posts: 197
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Post by Ironclad on Nov 2, 2008 22:01:29 GMT -5
Mason looked back at the kid with a satisfied smirk. "Nice job kid, keep yourself in check. We're gonna go have a bit of a party before we become rescue rangers. I got you're back and you get mine. Hold up your end cause I ain't no baby sitter and I'm not Mary Poppins, so don't expect me to sugar coat nothing," he said laying it all out for him. "We're gonna go give Emma a hand. Shes too much of a fox to be hurt," he said shooting a demon right in the eyes that was charging toward them.
He adjusted his communicator at the sound of Beast's voice. "Copy that Doc. I got the kid and we got a plan. My idea is that we get the injured into that portal one by one if need me. I can see there are some down on the stage and Ms. Marvel just nabbed Cyclops. He's down. Iron Man, Ms. Marvel, why not grabbed the injured and pass them through the portal. Tracy doll, how are you holding up?" he said in the communicator.
Mason looked back at the glowing Onyx and nodded hard. "Alright kid, I'm gonna do my thing, and any demon that I miss in our path, you cover me. I don't know what that stuff you make it, but it does the job. Ready? Let's go!" he yelled and ran at the crowd jumping into the air. He hand his guns out and twirled around in a circle upside down, shooting at the demons in an expertly neat circle. The path he cut was clear and direct. "Oh yea baby that's how its done. Kid cover me," he yelled as he was almost suspended in the air for a moment before he flipped down on top of a large demon's head. Thanks to his unnaturally quick reflexes, Mason brought his gun to the demon's eye and pulled the trigger before it even knew what happened.
"Hey Emma Frost did you miss me?" he called to the Diamond teacher he saw standing not far away from them now. "Let's go kid," Mason called as he quickly reloaded his guns and made his way to Emma.
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D'mnchyld
New Mutants
Katie Lazaro
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, that's why they call it 'The Present'!
Posts: 187
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Post by D'mnchyld on Nov 2, 2008 22:30:04 GMT -5
"I think you're right Sean, I think that is me!" Katie said looking up at him. Her eyes were wide and frightened at the idea that she was standing before herself. She clung tightly to him even as American Dream had her by the wrist and had pulled her into a safe spot. "Who's this though?" she said her eyes getting a look of confusion as her forehead crinkled up and she motioned her head to the girl in the Captain America outfit.
"I don't remember Captain America bein' a girl...?...do you?" she asked him. "This place is freakin me out. I guess they found a replacement for him?" she shrugged her shoulders. "Hope you're right Sean. Hope the Avengers can get us home, cause everybody's lookin pretty banged up, poor Elixir's all bloody and so is little guy over there." She said looking over at Kevin. "What is this all about though? Why am I standing here with a sword I just pulled out of Nightcrawler and I look old, like I'm freakin fifty or somethin?"
She pulled her arm free of American Dream's grasp and kissed Sean's cheek softly before she broke away from his embrace. "Hold on!" she cried out stepping into view alongside the star spangled warrior woman just as Shadowkat rushed up to join the struggle. "What gives here anyway!?!" K'8 stamped her foot on the stage and balled her free hand into a tight little fist that she used, along with the glowing lightsword she held in the other, to add exclamation to her demand for knowledge. "Who are you?" she said to the woman with the Soulsword "Are you me? You are aren't you !?!" she was demanding an explanation. In her mind this had gone on long enough and she had to get some answers. All her friends were in danger, some dying some dead, she had to find out why.
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Post by ~ N.P.C. ~ on Nov 2, 2008 23:45:00 GMT -5
This will not stand! M'kul thought as the demon launched itself toward the stage. Intent on the ceremony proceeding as it had time and time before, but also with the ulterior motivation depicted in the ancient scroll, M'kul plowed through the sea of demons to attempt to mount the stage. Not liking the odds, and thinking how best to thin the ranks of the Star Warrior's fellowship, the Weapons Master of Limbo held short of the stage. Looking up to the bestial hairy man M'kul raised a hand to wave him down to join in mortal combat. A decidedly unfair advantage for an immortal demon, although Wolverine's healing factor did have enough weight to 'level the playing field' so to speak. This should be engaging...enough for a moment M'kul thought as long seconds passed while the clawed X-Man appeared to take his time coming to stand and deliver.
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