June 12th: See No, Hear No, Speak No (Team take-down Simon))

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:05 pm

"Confession," Will said, leading the others into the depths of the stadium. "This is all based on a hunch."

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:08 pm

"You just described 90% of what I do," Rob says, following after Will.

by **Aiden Mitchell** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:09 pm

Aiden walked behind Will having shifted to a much more manageable form, his acolyte uniform the variety in a otherwise X-Men centric squad.

"Better than my plan," Aiden said trying to be reassuring.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:12 pm

"I figure--this is supposed to be me, right? What would I do if I had something I didn't want you guys to get?

I'd try to get you as far away as possible. So, if he's going UP..."

by **Robert West** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:16 pm

"Or he thought you'd think that and you're leading us into a trap," Rob points out, "Either way, good idea Will."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:26 pm

"Well, one of us is pretty smart today. Let's just hope it's me."

by **Chloe Grant** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:24 pm

Chloe didn't say anything. Because in her dino form she couldn't talk.

by **Evil Simon** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:33 pm

From deep in the service tunnels, the sounds of movements could be heard. From the markings on the walls it sounded as though they were coming from the stadium's loading dock.

"For fuck's sake, can't you two secure her? The last thing we need is her trying to run away and getting herself shot."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:45 pm

Will motioned with his hand.

"Quietly! Let's get 'em" he said, beginning to inch around the corner.

by **Robert West** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:46 pm

Rob made a series of hand gestures. Almost all of them were nonsense, but they looked rather professional.

by **Chloe Grant** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:15 am

Chloe followed along silently.

by **Evil Simon** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:40 pm

As they drew near the corner the team would be able to see that the area that the hallway opened up to was indeed the loading docks where the stadium's supplies were delivered. A handful of men in body armour stood with automatic weapons, others in staff uniforms moving supplies out of sight. In the midst of this all stood a tall, lanky man, his fine Italian suit contrasting the rough work wear of those around him.

"No you can't untie her! Just get her strapped in and ready to go!" He bellowed, his voice sounding very familiar.

by **Princess Louise** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:42 pm

The Princess stood between two men in body armour, each holding her by an arm. Her wrists were bound together using what looked like industrial zipties and her mouth was gagged. She struggled and protested as she was escorted out of sight to another part of the loading dock.

by **Robert West** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:08 pm

Apparently one of the hand signals Rob had made was meant to mean "flash grenades". Because that's what he suddenly armed and threw into the room, letting off blasts of light, noise and thick clouds of smoke.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:10 pm

And one of the hand signals must have been interpreted as "Go, team Venture!" as Will dashed into the clearing.

by **Gaius Montgomery** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:31 pm

Guy phased into the room the Princess was taken into, behind some convenient cover. With the X-men making their move, now was his best shot.

Keep them distracted, please God keep them distracted. Just long enough for me steal the bargaining chip out from under their noses.

by **Chloe Grant** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:52 pm

Chloe charged forward, roaring as she ran towards Evil Simon.

by **Evil Simon** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:40 pm

The flash grenades were unexpected, sending several of the lackeys tripping over themselves and onto the floor. The loading bay was like a warehouse however, meaning that there was a very large amount of space to cover. Those further away from the blast recovered much more quickly, rushing to reach the intrepid heroes with weapons drawn.

"Augh! Fuck! What do I pay you idiots for? Shoot them!" Simon bellowed. His back having been to the grenades left him still able to see though his ears were certainly ringing, blocking out the sound of weapons fire from the lackey's AK's and Uzi's as they took cover behind some of the shipping containers. He ran toward where the princess was being held, leaving his men to do the dirty work.

by **Princess Louise** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:44 pm

Princess Louise was being held in a small shipping office with two large, heavily armoured henchmen. Their clothes looked different from the rest, with helmets and goggles, their weapons a much higher quality than most of the people there.

"The fuck was that?" One of them muttered when the grenades exploded, opening the door and looking out. For the moment, the two of them had their backs to the princess.

by **Gaius Montgomery** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:51 pm

Guy slipped quietly behind them and grabbed the princess gently.

"You're not going to like this, but you're going to have to trust me..." he whispered. He phased with her and pulled her towards the wall to an adjacent room. With any luck they could get a few walls between them and the terrorists before they even noticed she was gone.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:09 pm

Will dodged through the gunfire and flung himself at Simon.

by **Robert West** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:16 pm

Rob waves around a device that glows and goes 'whir' a lot but doesn't actually seem to be doing anything as he heads away from the bullets and behind some large crates.

by **Princess Louise** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:39 pm

To her credit, Princess Louise didn't resist her savior. His sudden appearance did frighten her however, causing her to make a noise.

"Hey, shut up-" One of the guards turned around, seeing Guy as he began pulling the captive through the wall. He immediately raised his weapon and began firing at the pair, bullets passing through their phased forms to impact the wall.

by **Evil Simon** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:02 pm

As some of the thugs were kneeling on the floor the others had quickly taken up position behind makeshift barricades of crates and service vehicles. The suppressing fire they were laying down against the team was probably more accurate than the X-men had predicted; these men were professionals, their commands to each other in a language that sounded like it came from Eastern Europe, likely a country that was formerly part of the USSR. Bullets began tearing apart the wooden crate that Rob had hidden behind, large chunks of wood and splinters being torn apart before the projectiles began punching through the other side.

As Will and Chloe approached Simon they had to run through the henchmen, creating a crossfire zone that for less experienced combatants would have been bad for both sides. But the trigger discipline of the henchmen caused the gunfire around them to lessen, the bullets that were fired came frightening close, whizzing by their heads and in Will's case, through his head. The munitions were of a small calibre often associated with automatic weapons, having little effect on the clay man.

"Pozrite sa veliteľ!"

Simon turned around quickly, the very familiar face staring at the two with a pair of cold, unforgiving eyes. Already in his gloved hand was a massive silver and black revolver that measured almost two feet in length. Someone must be compensating for something and these were the two people in this universe who would know if that were true or not.

"Not now sweetheart, daddy's busy."

The sound of the revolver being fired boomed over even the bedlam of the firefight. And in that instant, Will Stanton would discover what it was like to be shot in the head by a bullet that could kill a grizzly bear in a single shot.

by **Gaius Montgomery** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:07 pm

The Princess might find the airlessness of Guy's brand of phasing frightening as he continued to rush her along through wall after wall, trying to make the only avenue of pursuit through the X-men. He did however, soon pause for air. He phased off her bounds and removed the gag.

"Are you hurt?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:16 pm

Yeah, it hurt. And Will's headless body fell to the floor, as clay scattered across the loading bay.

by **Princess Louise** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:19 pm

The Princess took a deep breath, obviously rather shaken by her experience.

"I-I'm fine." She said, rubbing a large bruise on her arm. "A little worse for the wear but I do not think they wanted to see me harmed. I am not much of a bargaining chip if I am dead.

"Thank you, for saving me."

by **Gaius Montgomery** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:31 pm

"You can thank me when we have the X-men between us and the armed thugs," he said, putting out a hand for her to grab, "We should keep moving."

Beneath his practiced cool exterior he was actually quite terrified, as attested to by a slight tremor in his hand.

by **Chloe Grant** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:14 am

Chloe roared and leaped at Evil Simon, aiming to rip him to shreds!

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:50 am

Rob rolls out from cover, "No one ever just wants to talk. Why doesn't anyone ever just want to talk?"

With a flick of the wrist, the multi tool turns into a baton and sends a blast of force towards the people shooting at him.

by **Evil Simon** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:24 pm

The henchmen at the center of the pulse were sent hurtling backward with their guns clattering away from them. One of the large crates being used for cover teetered, the gunman screaming before it slammed down on top of him. For his troubles Rob brought even more guns to bear on him, bullets whizzing past far too close for comfort.

Having focused on Will first, Simon allowed Chloe to come a little too close for comfort. Though no sooner had her sharp carnivorous teeth sunk into the fabric of his suit sleeve than his massively strong hand grabbed her by the neck and slammed her against the floor.

"Don't. Touch. The threads." He said, aiming the revolver at her head. The hammer was drawn back, and -

"Sir! The princess has escaped!"

"WHAT?!" Simon bellowed, momentarily distracted.

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:29 pm

And that's when Rob was riddled with bullets, hitting the ground hard.

by **Chloe Grant** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:31 am

Chloe kicked at Simon, if she connected, his arm and side would be shredded by her vicious claws.

by **Robert West** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:32 am

Rob heroically bled all over the floor!

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:37 am

Will, meanwhile....stood up.

by **Aiden Mitchell** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:03 pm

With the princess out of the way Aiden let loose a jet of flame at the henchmen while he tried to drag the bleeding Rob out of the line of fire.

by **Princess Louise** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:45 pm

The princess had her hand to her chest, trying to catch her breath. "Yes, you're right. We have to get out of here." She said to Guy, taking his hand again.

"Sir! One of the X-Men took the princess through the wall!"

by **Gaius Montgomery** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:57 pm

I kind of like the sound of that.

He phased them both through the next wall and onward towards the abandoned security monitoring room he had used to piece together a plan. There they could see the enemy coming.

by **Evil Simon** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:02 pm

The henchmen who didn't duck behind cover quickly learned their mistake, screaming and flailing wildly as they were ignited. Stray irratic fire peppered the walls and crates in all directions as some of the men panicked, one henchman with an AK getting plugged in the head by a flame-engulfed man wielding an Uzi.

"K zemi!"

A few green orbs were lobbed into the air from behind cover, these grenades looking like they did more than just make a loud bang.

And connected Chloe did, the warm wetness of Simon's blood felt upon her claws as he was forced for the moment to drop his revolver. With his hand still on her throat he lifted the dinogirl off the floor completely and slammed her down hard enough that she bounced on the floor.

"Do you people. Have ANY IDEA. How hard it is to get suits tailored in my size?" Simon screamed, raising his arm to the two guards behind him.

"Finish them off. If you want something done right you've got to do it yourself." Walking away from the scene his tail scooped up his revolver off the floor. From inside the office the sound of a monkey man plowing himself through a concrete wall was muffled by the screams and gunfire. Guy and the Princess would probably hear him coming through a couple of walls like a scrawny Juggernaut before he finally burst into the same room as them, concrete dust and debris flying in all directions.

"I think this is the part where I say something witty, but I can't think of anything, so..." Simon pulled a massive piece of rebar out of the shattered wall, the end topped with a chunk of concrete that looked like it could weight a couple of hundred pounds. With a primal scream he ran forward, aiming to smash Guy into jam. Had he known Guy's plan, he probably would have said something along the lines of "Bet you didn't see this comin'!". But he hadn't, so he didn't, and Guy would have to settle for a "RRAWR!" instead.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:04 pm

Will dashed through the fire after the monkey man, but he was only so fast...

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