X-Men: Darkest Days

[ZTG]

IC: Zanebono"Just don't mess with this thing! It may not even be a virus but some sort of mutant AI thing, its the only explanation onto how things were going haywire. A virus only effects certain things, it can't control an entire network. An AI however, can..."

[Constructelf]

IC Knower"... Wait... Perhaps we could release a counter-virus onto the network? If we double infect the system, it may cause interference.""Because the only way I'm seeing it is for me to talk to the thing."

[ZTG]

IC: Zanebono"AIs think and grow, it can catch up to us quickly, but I'll see if I can make a few viruses that should buy us some time, just be sure Fury is okay with us doing it," Zanebono said to Knower

[Snelly]

IC: Howard - SHIELD Helicarrier -

 

Howard was getting more and more frustrated. This virus wasn't like any virus he'd ever encountered before. It seemed almost....alive. Every time he seemed like he was getting somewhere, the virus would shift, change it's coding completely.

 

"****...okay...breaking this virus is impossible...at least from this end." Howard sighed. "We'd have to pluck the hard drive itself out of the system, kill the whole thing."

[Wyrd Bid Ful Araed]

IC: "You may not be a computer Vince, but this thing is hardly a normal virus," Anton stated. This was about as sage-like as he got, "If it does possess a form of sentience like you think, then it might very well be able to jump from a computer brain to a human brain with no problem. Its all just electricity when you get down to it."

[Krayzikk]

IC: James

 

For an instant, the old James was back as he slid to attention, and gave a single salute. But it didn't quite reach his face. That remained grim, unyielding. "Yes sir."

 

In a single move, he pivoted, and marched toward the rear of the hallway. The secondary Lokisphere was kept behind a single door, one a bit weaker than most of them. Not by choice, but considering the occupants it was designed to hold, having less material there was a better idea than more. Pulling back, a single fist slammed into the place where the two side of the door met. It was, of course, locked down. Couldn't be opened through conventional means.

 

So James had to go unconventional. Another blow. This time, a sizeable dent was created. The supersoldier worked his fingers in as deep as he could, and pulled, tearing and bending the metal aside. The result was a gap, barely big enough for him to slip through. He inhaled, sucking in his chest, and slipping through the crevasse. The room beyond held what he was looking for. A small, clear sphere. Originally designed to be a prison, it had quickly been realized that it just as easily could serve as an escape route for more durable passengers. Passengers like a superhuman soldier.

 

James climbed in without hesitation, pausing only a moment to damage the release mechansm. A single pull sealed the door behind him.

 

He stared straight ahead, waiting. He didn't have to wait long. Mere moments after he sealed the door, the pieces holding the sphere in the carrier broke under the increased weight, sending the grandson of Captain America hurtling towards the earth.

 

Whoever did this should hope that they are not there when I arrive.

[Takanuvainika]

C: Iron Bolt

 

Walter walked along the side of the highway. He was wearing a large grey coat the came down to his knees, it had all sorts of cuts and tears in it from just trying to get it on with his massive talons. Every now and then he would hold out his thumb for a passing car, or at least he tried to, it wasn’t exactly the easiest thing to when your fingers are replaced by three large talons but he did the best he could although most cars just sped up rather than slow down. His efforts were eventually rewarded when a big-rig stopped. ‘I wonder why he’d stop to pick up someone with claws for hands.’ He wondered suspiciously, but his fears were soon dispelled when he saw that the driver had a completely metal head. “Need a ride?” The metal headed mutant asked, opening the passenger door. “Sure.” Walter answered as he climbed in the cab and struggled to close the door with out cutting anything. “Not many people willing to give a ride to mutants these days.” The metal headed mutant said.

 

“Yeah and it doesn’t help that I can’t really stick my thumb out.” Walter said holding up his talons.

 

“That’s true.” The truck driver said with a nod. ”So, where ya headed?”

 

‘Xavier’s school for the gifted.” Walter said.

 

“Ahh, just got your powers then?”

 

“Yeah, they appeared a few days ago, then I got fired from my job and my family told me to get lost. Which I guess I did since I have no idea where I am.” Walter said with a slight smile.

 

“Well I can help you with one of those.” The driver said, pulling out a map. “Let’s see we’re here and the school is here, so I can drop you off right here then it’s only a few more miles to Xavier’s.”

 

“Thanks.” Walter said looking over the map

 

“No problem.”

[otter]

IC-Error:

 

Alright, so far so good. Everybody was already at the bridge/various other stations or running there, and the guards were up on deck, securing the weapons to make sure they wouldn't be pointing back to fire on the ship, or anything. Error, meanwhile, passed yet another level on the ship, still crawling down the small security ladder.

 

He'd stopped in a small lounge, cracked open a locker and grabbed a technician's suit from it; slipping that on, he'd quickly left to continue on his downward trek. And, T-minus ten...nine...eight...A sense of weightlessness, a bit of a thump as he landed, and Error shook his head.

 

"Okay, looks like they need to fix that ladder," he muttered. "No matter. It looks like I'm...here," he said, looking out at the various stacks of electronics and interconnecting wires in the area, cocking his head. It was not a very pretty picture...

 

The electricity deciding to arc around like lightning every once in a while only helping to supplement that idea.

[Light]

IC: Ben clutched at his head, random strings of ones and zeroes spewing from his mouth. With some difficulty the scientist contained it. "Can't... Analyze... Too... Strong... Wait. Where's error?"

[Constructelf]

IC Knower"Let's see how they're doing at the other end," I mumbled. "Stark," I said over the comm. "You copy? Have you found anything?"

[sunflower]

IC: Jesika

 

"Nathan!" Jesika said happily, getting a slightly confused look from said winged mutant. "I'm gonna name him Nathan!"

 

Well, it could be worse. And it seemed Jesika was especially happy, given her wild-looking expression and gaint eyes as she hugged the puppy against her cheek. See, it was still good, even without family. Suddenly, Jesika seemed to realise something, and her face lit up even more. Physically possible, no, did it happen, yes.

 

"What did you guys get for Christmas?" She asked, glancing around, still hugging Nathan. Puppy Nathan, not human Nathan.

 

IC: Veronica

 

"As my unit is no longer officially part of any organization, would it be possible for them to be absorbed into your ranks?"

[Eevee]

IC: IcitineLilliana smiled sadly as everyone showed off their gifts. She turned around to head back to her room, not knowing where John had gone off to. But she expected he had his own gifts to open.

[25K Now!]

IC: Gabriel - Casino

 

Gabriel smiled, and promptly grabbed the boy and threw him into the pool, disguising the true nature of what she was doing - turning him into a girl. By distracting the guards with the scene of an older girl pushing a younger girl, who was probably a friend, into the pool, they would not realise that she had just used her powers on Jeffrey, nor would they realise that he, now a she, had been the one responsible for the chaos.

[Flex Lord Splash]

OOC: Sorry I missed when you edited in Liliana Rawrmouse, just give me a heads up next time.

 

IC: White Queen (NYC)

 

Katherine said nothing in reply. There was nothing to say. Jace was right, he was completely and fundamentally right. Katherine’s face seemed to slacken a bit, and the fire dimmed in her eyes even as Jace’s condo continued to burn. There was a blur of movement and Katherine was gone.

 

She appeared a moment later holding a long sharp piece of wood she’d collected from the debris raining down from the burning condo. She’d easily stamped the flames out on her new make-shift stake. She placed the stake against her heart and maneuvered the end of it into Jace’s shocked hands. Scarlet tears began to run down Katherine’s face as she looked into Jace’s eyes for possibly the last time. If this was how she was to die, she couldn’t picture it any other way; staring into the eyes of her soldier as he gave her an honorable death.

 

“Kill me Jace, please.” She said as she brushed his cheek with her cold hand. “I’ve lost my humanity Jace, I’m a monster. End me. As your Maker I ask you to do this.” Scarlet beads plummeted from her cheek as they fell to the asphalt. If she wanted this, then why was she crying? That was something Katherine couldn’t answer.

 

IC: Songbird (Cerebro Chambers, X-Manor, Basement Level)

 

Ashlynn walked up the long metal walkway until she was next to the large oval X door. She pressed a few keys and the metal X door slid open at the middle allowing the three mutants passage.

 

When the redhead beheld Krystal in her current state she looked a bit shocked. “Are you okay?” she asked, worried about the girl’s safety.

 

IC: Stranger (Hellfire Cells, then Hellicarrier)

 

Ares nodded, “Its not that I’m not grateful,” he said. “It’s that I could possibly die from using so much energy by teleporting us all so soon after my injuries were healed.” He said.

 

He appeared on the bridge as he teleported the others onboard, only to hear the alarms flashing. “This day just gets better and better,” Ares said as he approached Stark as he did his work.

 

“Do you know what exactly we are dealing with here Stark?” he asked. He suddenly froze when he heard Natalie’s words.

 

"Brando's dead."

 

No, Ares wouldn’t believe this. Brando was probably just off hoarding some hostess or something. Avenger’s didn’t die.

 

“What do you mean he’s dead?!” he shouted balling his fists. "How?!" he said. He then began to hear various things about a virus. Ares' powers were magical in nature, he was useless when it came to technology. "Is no one going to go look for Brando?" he said after he'd been informed that Brando's ship had been destroyed by their own weapons.

 

Ares levitated into the air before flying away from the others. As he neared a metal wall he mouthed out a spell, morphing the wall and creating a oval that he passed through, now outside the ship. Ares quickly morphed the wall back to normal as he flew through the air, the wind attacking his hair and cape as he flew.

 

He flew through the air, scavenging any piece of debris he could find still floating in the air or that had impacted the Helicarrier. He looked for any signs of Malron lounging around on the Hellcarrier with a sly smile, or floating towards the ground with a parachute. He saw none.

 

IC: Feral (X-Manor)

 

John had been going over his meeting with his father in his mind when Liliana had walked off. He tracked her down at her room finally.

 

“Sorry about that, I got lost in my own thoughts.” He said as he walked in. “To answer your question, I had Beast create me a simulation in the Danger Room, of my father,” John said. “My dad spent so much time in the thing it copied him almost perfectly Hank told me.” He said as he gazed at the tree. “For the past few years I’ve gone and trained with him, he always beats me, but it always makes me better. As we train I tell him about my life, and today I told him about you.” He said as he turned his blue eyes onto her face.

 

IC: Invictus (Woods)

 

“Well I saw the news yesterday morning; Quicksilver killed some people on live television.” He said. “I can track him from the news-station.” He said as he trudged through the snow.

 

IC: Romulus (Warehouse)

 

Something was going on. Suddenly the attacks stopped. The remaining living SHIELD troops vanished as fast as they came, off to somewhere else. There was a massive sonic boom that almost all of NY could hear. Romulus stepped out of the warehouse, blood running down from his blades. He turned and then began to run as fast as he could through the city.

 

The ancient mutant soon arrived at the Hellfire Mansion. He stepped inside seeing the dead guards and what seemed to be scorch marks along the walls. "What happened here?" he demanded.

Edited January 23, 2013 by Flex Capacitor

[Snelly]

IC: Nathan - Institute, Westchester -

 

"You're gonna name him after me? Well, I'm flattered really..." I was almost taken back by it, I didn't realize she liked me enough to name a pet after me, it was almost like I was her brother.

 

I just...really hoped that the puppy was a boy, otherwise it could get...awkward.

 

IC: Jeffery Pryde - Las Vegas -

 

Jeffery had been too surprised to even yelp as Gabriel shoved him into the pool, as he splashed into the water and then resurfaced, he wasn't happy. Did she want him to get caught? He climbed up and out of the pool, he stayed on all fours for a moment, breathing heavily. The security guards surprisingly when right past him, paying no mind to him and his soaked hoodie. While this surprised him, he was still kinda mad at Gabriel.

 

"Why the heck do y-" He stopped dead in the middle of the sentence. That wasn't his voice...it had been far too high pitched like a....girl's... "What is going...." Jeffery looked down, only just then noticing the changes to his body.

 

Well, you could say her body now.

 

Needless to say, Jeff was pretty freaked out. "What the **** is going on here!?" She said, sounding more panicked than anything. She looked up at Gabriel, her eyes wide.

Edited January 23, 2013 by Snelly

[25K Now!]

IC: Gabriel - Pool, Casino, Las Vegas

 

"Saving you from the guards," she replied.

[Snelly]

IC: Jeffery Pryde - Las Vegas -

 

People around the pull had been giving the two girls strange looks after Jeff's little outburst, Jeff calmed herself down enough to speak more quietly, she creep closer to Gabriel. "So...you did this to me? Are you a mutant...like me?"

Edited January 23, 2013 by Snelly

[25K Now!]

IC: Gabriel

 

"Now now Jess," said Gabriel cheerfully. "You can't prove that I pushed you into the pool for the sake of humour."

 

Distracting people was something the mutant was good at, and the people that had once been observing them turned away, assuming it to be merely the arguments between a mischievous older girl and her younger friend.

 

"But ... yes."

[Snelly]

IC: Jeffery Pryde - Las Vegas -

 

Jess? Well, I suppose that works... 'Jess' thought to herself, but she was still concerned about one thing, "I...I'm not stuck like this forever aim I?" She prayed as hard as she could in her head that the answer was no.

[25K Now!]

IC: Gabriel - Las Vegas

 

"Don't worry. I can go get a dryer and get you back to normal."

[Snelly]

IC: Jeffery Pryde - Las Vegas -

 

Jess sighed the biggest and yet most relieved sigh she'd ever made. She wasn't stuck like this, good. "Well, then everything is cool." She said with a smile, even if she was still weirded out by the whole thing. "I guess I should thank you for saving my neck, I mean...I could have escaped, but then I'd have to use my powers and...I don't really want people to know that I'm a mutant, I'm sure you can understand that."

[25K Now!]

IC: Gabriel - Las Vegas

 

The older girl nodded. "I know. So, what are you going to do now?"

[Snelly]

IC: Jeffery Pryde - Las Vegas -

 

"Well, I suppose for now I'll just take you up on your offer. I'm already starting to feel cold in these damp clothes, and I don't even have any spare clothing on me, and hoodies take forever to dry."

 

'Jess' blushed again, she kinda asking a lot from this girl she'd just met, but she was sorta desperate. "You wouldn't mind if I just laid low for a while with you until the guards give up on finding me do you? At least till my clothes dry..."

 

"And actually...that will give me a chance to show you my mutant power...if you want to see it that is."

[25K Now!]

IC: Gabriel - Las Vegas"I have some spare clothing you can borrow," said Gabriel as she got up. "And I'm not that curious about your powers right now, so yeah."

[Takanuvainika]

OOC: Hey Flex Knight, Belrog, and the Mysterious Priest are all outside the Hellfire building. Speaking of which, Snelly Knight fired a surprise stun laser at the Priest's back.

 

IC: Silver Serpent

 

Susan looked at Tyrone and asked. "Who are you?"

[Snelly]

IC: Jeffery Pryde - Las Vegas -

 

"Oh, okay..." 'Jess' said, sounding somewhat disappointed that Gabriel had a lack of interest. 'Jess' stood up, though found herself slightly unsteady...somehow her sense of balance felt a bit off, she also felt slightly shorter, which made her feel even worse, she was short enough when a guy. "This is so weird..." She said, mostly to herself as water dripped from her soaked clothing.

[25K Now!]

IC: Gabriel - Las Vegas

 

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it," she replied, leading her new companion towards the elevators.

[Snelly]

OOC: @Takanuvainika - Ah okay, I didn't see that, I'll get to it tomorrow or something.

 

IC: Jeffery Pryde - Las Vegas -

 

"So...is your power just switching people's genders? Or do you do other stuff?" "Jess' asked as the elevator began to ascend. She knew that there were all sorts of strange powers mutants could have, but this was a new one for her.

[25K Now!]

IC: Gabriel - Las Vegas

 

"It's pretty much all I do," she replied as they arrived on the floor where her room was. "Nothing more, nothing less."

[Snelly]

IC: Jeffery Pryde - Las Vegas -

 

"Oh." 'Jess' said, feeling a bit meek at the moment. "My powers let me become intangible and go through solid objects." To demonstrate, she put her hand through the door to Gabriel's room, literately.

Edited January 23, 2013 by Snelly

[25K Now!]

IC: Gabriel - Las Vegas

 

"Interesting," remarked the older girl, opening the door and entering, before heading over to her wardrobe and rummaging through. "You can use the shower if you want."

[Snelly]

IC: Jeffery Pryde - Las Vegas -

 

'Jess' froze at the mention of using the shower, normally that wouldn't have been a big deal or anything. But she was still a girl.

 

"Um...do you think you could...change me back before I take a shower?" She asked Gabriel. "It's just...you know....awkward."

[25K Now!]

IC: Gabriel - Las Vegas

 

Gabriel snapped her fingers, instantly reverting her companion to his normal sex. "Done."

[Advent Child]

IC: The moment Siegfried had seen the various firepower fly towards Brando's ship, he made to do his best to save the man. But even with his speed, he hadn't reacted anywhere near fast enough, and hadn't even gotten off of the deck before the inevitable had occurred. Cursing under his breath, Siegfried had immediately blasted off in a surge of electricity, thunder rumbling in his wake.

 

But try as he might, he found no sign of the wisecracking Avenger.

 

Minutes later, Siegfried touched down on the Helicarrier deck, an intense frown across his face. As communications constantly zipped across the airwaves, Siegfried only caught bits and pieces of what had happened, something about a virus, no sign of Brando, various reactions ranging from raw shock and pain, to apparent indifference.

 

Eventually, Siegfried finally chimed in. "Siegfried accounted for and reporting in. If there is anything I can do to aid in the endeavors, do not hesitate to let me know."

[shadow pridak money gang]

IC:

 

James truly couldn't have landed in a more perfect location. With all the bombast and power that the very name implied, the glass Lokisphere hit hard New York earth, coated in what may have been the early stages of permafrost, so hard that the bottom third of the sphere was totally embedded in the ground and the super soldier had to force his way out. A single two story farmhouse, a barn nestled in tight behind it, stood about a hundred yards away from him. For a second, James' mind rang back to his high school days, when he was James Rogers, star quarterback instead of James Rogers, SHIELD up and comer. He could close a one hundred yard gap in naught but seconds.

 

And Brando Barton, god-tier wide receiver instead of Brando Barton, the departed. Typical Barton, he could close it faster.

 

James buried those thoughts and began to sprint for the farmhouse.

 

-Tyler

[Krayzikk]

IC: James

 

The first few yards passed slowly, as the supersoldier stumbled every other step, trying to regain his sense of balance. The next few yards went faster, the next few even faster, until James had finally regained his balance, and began moving at top speeds for the farmhouse. He could see the address of the farmhouse in the distance. It matched up perfectly to the one clenched in his right hand, the address of the person behind the hacking of the Helicarrier. The one who killed Brando.

 

He slowed to a walk, kicking down the door without breaking stride. "Get out here, you *******."

[Wyrd Bid Ful Araed]

IC: "She's doing better than she was," M'Kus answered, "Good old lupine healing factor. If only we could bottle and sell it eh?"

 

 

IC: "I think the real question is who are you?" Tyrone said, turning the question back on Susan, "Given that you were the one trying to break in and all."

[Veeks]

IC, West:

 

West paused for a moment and smirked. "The more, the merrier." He said. "I'll have my men send you the coordinates to one of our outposts. We're in the midst of a massive overhaul of our organization. I hope you and your soldiers are ready to do some serious work."

 

IC, Ingram:

 

Ingram exited the van and entered the hangar bay of Outpost 17-B. The drone was carted in after him and laid out on an examining table, where several researchers began to scan it.

"Amazing..." one of them mumbled. "Absolutely incredible."

[Snelly]

IC: Jeffery Pryde - Las Vegas –

Jeff sighed in relief, he was a guy again! Hopefully he’d never have to go through that again, still he was glad Gabriel had been able to use it to get him out of a jam at the very least.

“Thanks.” Jeff said. “I won’t be long.” And with that he went into the shower, he rung out his wet clothes and hung them to dry. When he was done with his shower he dried himself and then put on the spare clothes Gabriel was letting him borrow, just a simple white t-shirt and jeans. It was a good thing Gabriel seemed to have clothing that either a boy or girl could wear.

With that all done, all Jeff had to do now was wait it out till things calmed down and he could escape from this place. Walking past Gabriel, he went up to the window and looked toward the pool and the casino room. His heart thumped a bit at the site of multiple police cars. Obviously they were not too happy about some kid wrecking all their slot machines.

Hmm....I might not have thought this through at all.

He was safe in the hotel room with Gabriel, as they would never look for him here, even if they wanted to they couldn't just go from room to room uninvited and upset their guests. The only problem was trying to leave unnoticed. Even with his powers it would be tricky, sure they had no chance of catching him, but if they spotted him using his powers, they might call in someone like the Enforcers and well...Jeff wasn't too keen on that.

"I might be stuck here a bit longer than I previous thought...." He said to Gabriel apologetically.

IC: Krystal - Cerebro Room, Institute -

"I'm alright Ashlynn..." Krystal started, looking around at the massive chamber that made up the Cerebro room. "So, with this thing you can find my family? I mean, they might be scattered across the country for all I know."

IC: The Mysterious Priest - Outside Hellfire Club, NYC -

Knight finally arrived at the hellfire club and saw Belrog producing smoke and it looked like he was hurt. Switching to infrared light to see through the smoke Knight fired a stun laser at the Mysterious Priest's back.

The Priest vanished just as Knight fired the laser, the Priest of course couldn't see through the smoke, but he could definitely sense another mind, and their intent to harm him. "Now now, attacking me from behind?"

 

The Priest had teleported away from the fog, reaching down he picked up his staff, which was no longer on fire. It also didn't seem to be damaged, nor was it hot to touch. "Why don't you come out of that fog and we can talk this out hmmm?"

 

Edited January 23, 2013 by Snelly

[AuRon the champion]

OOC: Belrog? Takanuvain, the character's name is Balrog. Like the whole "Shadow and Flame" thing from Lord of the Rings that killed Gandalf.

 

Also, Flex, you missed Warren's reply.

 

IC:

 

"Easy answer guys," Will said, raising his voice so he could be heard by his supposed 'allies', "We try to get the ship over water, then we simply disconnect all the computers. The ship should be able to run on its own, right?"

 

It hadn't taken Christopher long to get the Danger Room working. So, he was able to load a copy of Rogue for him to battle...

 

And talk to.

 

"So let me get this straight, you're mah son, from another dimension?" The Danger!Rogue asked, throwing a right hook at Christopher.

 

"That's about right," he replied, dodging to the right and aiming to give her an uppercut with his left... With his brand-new claws.

 

"I remember when Jean's daughter from another dimension came here. She had a bunch of problems..."

 

Christopher forgot that he was fighting someone with his powers, someone who could knock him unconscious with a touch. So he was surprised when the copy grabbed his arm, and grew claws of her own.

 

"But that's not what I wanted to talk about," He said, grunting as he was stabbed in the abdomen, then regenerated the wound, "What should I do? I mean, she went through the trouble of getting me it, only to have me reject her gift. I want to make it up to Christine, but I barely know her..."

 

As he ducked from another blow, he could hear Rogue saying, "Ah don't exactly know. You should make it up to her, but I didn't get much of ah chance to spend time with her either. He insisted that if I wanted her to train, that she should stay with the Brotherhood..."

 

"He?" He asked, only to receive another stab for pausing to ask the question.

 

"Oh, nobody. Just ah friend. Why ask me this? You said it yourself, I didn't raise you."

 

"It's Christmas. Sarah never wanted me to bother her on Christmas when I was younger, and I'm not about to break that tradition today," He grinned as he was able to finally land a clawed hit on his mother, only to find himself thrown back by a kick from his stronger opponent.

 

Five minutes is almost up, He thought groggily, standing up. He'd set a timer for five minutes, not wanting to fight without the borrowed powers. He wouldn't stand much of a chance against Rogue if he didn't have the borrowed powers. Not to mention that he was tired of getting his butt kicked, "One last question before I have to go... Why put me, both me and the me from this dimension, up for adoption?"

 

"Ah didn't want him to give you to the Brotherhood too. And if ah kept you, he'd tried to take you to the Brotherhood anyway."

 

"He-" He started, only to hear an alarm and the copy of his mother vanishing as the Danger Room turned itself off.

 

"Bye," He said frowning. He wondered who his mother was talking about. It was someone, someone involved with the Brotherhood, or maybe someone from the institute. He didn't know. Maybe Gambit? He'd have to ask Christine if she knew anything.

 

But in the meantime, he had something bigger to do. He'd had to find something Christine liked, and get her a Christmas gift. Hopefully today. Heading out of the Danger Room, he shapeshifted so it didn't look as if he'd been stabbed several times by John, or anyone else on the premises who had claws. This day would prove to be interesting.

 

Chris was in the kitchen, prowling about for some food, or anything related to such.