As the trio discuss what to do, they see and hear
the Guardian's
VTOL
> Jet, land in the clearing in front of the plant.
>
> Harry hears the Huntress's voice come over his radio. "Whoever
sent the
> distress call we are here to help. CAPE will be along shortly."
> They decide to load the children and hybrids into the jet and take
hem
> back to the Guardtower. Huntress uses some of her gas arrows to
sedate
> the hybrids before loading them up.
>
> Prowler leaves in his car, planing to join them at the Guardtower.
> Harry and Electra stay with the children aboard the jet.
>
> Upon arrival at the Guardtower, the children and the hybrids are
taken
> to the labs. Prowler shows up and begins searching through the
notes. It
> would be some time before anything could immediately be done for
them.
> Huntress gives Electra some spare clothes to change into. They are
about
> the same size, and the clothes fit well.
>
> Harry is given medical attention , as well as the children. The
children
> are also bathed and fed.
> To make a long story short, Prowler works night and day for nearly
a
> week straight, before he cracks the code and is able to reverse the
> process. Some of the notes that were contained in the VORTEX HQ, had
> come directly from his parent's theories.
>
> The children are reunited with their parents or are put into foster
> homes and street shelters.
> During the week Harry and Electra spend much time at the Guardtower,
> keeping tabs on the children and become better acquainted with the
> Guardians, what few of them remained.
>
> Only Huntress and Iceman remained on active duty. Membership was at
an
> all time low. Captain Marvel had betrayed the team, Shockwave
had
taken
> a leave of absence due to a death in the family, and Iceman had
gone off
> in search of potential new members in other parts of the country.
They
> needed replacements for the team and Huntress offered them
membership
> along with Prowler.
>
> They each reluctantly agreed [ yes even Prowler, though he used one
of
> his many false identities for sanctioning purposes] for their
own
> reasons.
> ***********************************************
> Weeks pass.....
> Each of the new recruits learns more about their powers.
>
> Prowler, along with the help of Harry and Theklor, learns that his
sash
> now allow s him o transform into any animal native to the African
> jungles. It also allows him to command animals to do his bidding,
even
> those not native to Africa.
>
> Harry redesigns and refines his equipment.
> and tries to think of a catchy superhero name.
>
> Electra gains more control over her powers and continues her
martial
> arts training with her cousin Royce.
> ***********************************************
> Nearly a Month later.......
>
> The 4 heroes (Huntress, the hero formerly known as Harry, Electra,
and
> Prowler) had just finished up a training session in the Danger Room
when
> the Unknown Soldier calls them to the meeting room.
>
> "I just got a call from the police," he says. "It seems there is
some
> strange situation going on in Central Park. They weren't very
specific,
> but they said there are a group of blonde women with swords riding
on
> winged horses attacking people in the park. The cop I talked to said
> something about them resembling Valkyries from the ancient Norse
myths.
> I don't know much about that, but I think it needs to be checked
out.
> This is the first time that you all will be making a public
appearance
> as a team so try not to fuck up. The world is watching"
>
> Without hesitation the new team of Guardians make their way to
the
> Sparrow and fly off towards the park.
>
> As they draw near, the Huntress flies the Sparrow in a circle
above the
> park, The team can clearly see a glowing rift in the center of
a
large
> clearing in the park. Harry's eypiece readouts indicate that the
rift is
> seething with supernatural energy. Emerging from the rift are,
exactly
> was was described by the police: beautiful Aryan blonde women on
flying
> winged horses. They are armed and armored in traditional viking
regalia.
> [These also register as magical]. They are flying at and attacking
the
> various people who were enjoying a nice afternooon in the park.
Old men
> playing chess, joggers. and small childreplaying all are falling
prey to
> the viscious Valkyrie blitzkrieg.
>
> Huntress begins the ascent, but two of the Valyries hear the sound
of
> the craft and fly towards it at amzing speed with their glowing
golden
> swords drawn. Huntress takes evasive manuvers, but the Valkyries
keep
> pace. They strike at the wings of the Sparrow, slicing through them
as
> if they were made of paper. The wings fall off and the Sparrow
begins
> spiralling out of control.
>
> "Everyone bail out!" shouts the Huntress. "I can't contol it. We are
> going to crash!"
>
> [Assuming you bail out safely , there are at present 10 valkyries
in
> the immediate vicinity of the Rift. More seem to be on the way
through.
>
> You are about 200 feet above the park when the Huntres says to bail
out.
> no one is wearing parachutes.
>
Harry says, "Everyone stay calm, I can teleport us all out of here."
Harry then uses the variable mana manipulator to supplement his
boots, increasing the capacity to three four people (Huntress,
Prowler, Electra, Harry). He intends to teleport everyone to the
ground in the park, hopefully close to but out of sight from the
DANGEROUS Valkyries. Goodbye, fair Sparrow.
Once on the ground, he will cast Nullification on the rift. THis will
take a turn before he can do it so he can reconfigure his thingy. If
he is attacked before he can do that, he will go invisible (boots)
and teleport (boots) closer to the rift and continue his task.
[Harry's new costume: Black velvet pants and long sleeved shirt,
button down with square collar, black boots, and no mask. Instead, he
uses his personal illusion transmitter to alter his features so he is
dark and handsome with aquiline features. His gloves are black too.
Quite simply, he is "the most sensual creature you have ever seen!"
Oh, besides Electra.]
Electra says to Harry "All right lets go." She
has complete confidence in
Harry. She doesn't know exactly what it is, but there something about
him
that she likes.
[If Harry's plan doesn't work, Electra will take a running start and jump
from the plane. She is hoping that with momentum and her tolerance
for speed
that she will be able to make a safe landing. (Remember, even though
I have
not, Electra has study physics. So, she might have an idea of how
to make
this work.)]
[I'll assume that she also has a pretty good understanding of the others
powers. So, if there is someone that does not have an escape method
she will
care them with her.]
> [Since Bry cant post for awhile, I am just going
to say that Prowler was=
nt
> with the rest of the team at the start of the adventure. It will be
easy
> enough to work prowler in when Bry realizes that PBeM is more important
t=
han
> jobs or money and starts posting again. Just kiddin Bry]
>
>
> Harry feels a lump in his throat as he accesses the teleport program.
He
> remembers all to well what had happened to him the last time he had
> teleported someone. His feet were still tender and he soaked them every
> night in hot water with extract of bat guano. Theklor had told him it
wou=
ld
> ease the pain, but he had a suspicion that the wizard was toying with
him=
.
> he had become more playful of late, especially since Harry had modified
=
the
> language processing unit on the palmtop. Theklor now spoke in what sounde=
d
> like Shakespearian English, He insisted that it felt more natural to
him
> than the modern-day vernacular that the processor had previously translat=
ed
> his non-existent voice into. All Theklor had to do was think of what
he
> wanted to say and the processor translated his thoughts into spoken
words=
.
> Theklor had also recently become aware of the Harry Potter storybooks
an=
d
> thought that it was the funniest thing ever. He teased Harry constantly
> about the two of them sharing the same name. He had taken to calling
Harr=
y,
> Mr. Potter.
>
> The spell going off rips Harry from his reverie.
> The three of them are surrounded in a flash of blue light and they are
> instantly teleported to the ground. The find themselves in a small l
clum=
p
> of trees near the outer perimeter of the clearing where the Rift and
the
> Valkyries are located. A second after they appear they see the Sparrow
> spinning madly over their heads, with flames now being emitted from
the
> damaged wings. It leaves a long black streak of smoke in its wake.
It
> descends rapidly and slams into a huge fountain.
>
> THA-WOOM!!!!!
>
> The Sparrow explodes and destroys the fountain. sending a spray of water
> everywhere and flying residue of the craft. The Valkyries shout out
a
> victorious battle cry. Their voices both beautiful and frightening at
the=
> same time.
>
> Harry brings up his Nullify magic program and starts it. Tiny lights
and
> circuits glow to life as the mana processor begins its algorithms.
>
>
> As the spell begins it attracts the attention of a few nearby Valkyries.
> Harry aborts the program and goes invisible. He then teleports closer
to =
the
> Rift and reboots the Nullification program.
>
> Electra and the Huntress are left alone as the 4 Valkyries begin a rapid
> free fall. The pegasi appear to be running at a full charge through
the a=
ir
> and their wings beat furiously on the air.
>
> Two of the Valkyries notch arrows to their golden and silver bows and
beg=
in
> shooting. The other two have long spears at the ready.
> One of the arrows hits a tree near Electras head. The arrow goes so
far=
> into the tree that it point is exposed on the backside of the tree.
> The other arrow is heading straight for the Huntress. Electra wonders
how=
> she had gotten into this mess. Only a month and a half ago, the toughest
> thing she had to worry about fighting was leering drunk sailors or snotty=
> strippers. Now it was blonde aryan maidens of death, go figure.
>
> As Harry reappears near the Rift, he begins the Nullification program.
As=
it
> boots up , he glances at the Rift. He is close enough that he can see
int=
o
> it. What he sees confuses and terrifies him. On the other side of the
Rif=
t
> is an army. An army composed of what appears to be Nazi soldiers .
Nazi=
> Swastika flags can be seen throughout the troops. There are hundreds
of
> troops, not to mention tanks and other vehicles of mass destruction.
They=
> are apparently waiting for the Valkyries to secure the area before
> proceeding through the Rift themselves.
>
> The Nullification program is done and releases the spell. The energy
arcs=
> toward the Rift. The Rift appears to be unaffected by the spell. The
Rift=
s
> magical readouts in Harrys eyepiece are off the charts. He had never
see=
n
> magic this powerful before.
>
> Harry hears a Valkyries battle cry above him and he looks to the sound.
T=
wo
> of them were swooping rapidly upon him, his spell having alerted them
to =
his
> presence.
>
> ½Mr. Potter! Verily though art a fool to think your technological
concoti=
on
> would be any match for magic of this caliber. Though must make a hasty
> retreat.… says Theklor
>
> [Epic enough for ya Bry?]
Harry wants to inform Electra and Huntress (using his headset to communicat=
e to the Guardian's communicators--which I assume we all have since we are
n=
ow members) that there are Nazis on the other side of the rift, and that
it
=
appears to be a large scale invasion force with the Valks acting as shock
tr=
oops. Tanks, hundreds of Nazis, other WWII memorabelia. He does this
immedia=
tely if possible.
Next, Harry (having teleported next to the rift) jumps through the rift to
=
see who else is on the other side. He intends to fly through the rift
(still=
invisible, remember--can the Valkyries see me invisible? Is that why they
a=
re charging me? Or could they only see the effects of my nullification
spell=
?). Once on the other side, Harry will look for a source of magic or
technol=
ogy that could be responsible for the creation of the rift (using the
maical=
awareness of the headset). He also gathers as much info as possible by
look=
ing at everything else--buildings, people present, the other technology the
=
Nazis have, the sky (which might tell him if they were not on earth, for
exa=
mple). He wants to understand the source of this mixing of 1930s and 930s
te=
chnology and magic.
If Harry cannot be seen on the other side (i.e., no one reacts to his entra=
nce) then he will spend a round reconfiguring the manipulator to cast an
ill=
usion of all the Valks flying back through the rift, being chased by an
army=
of robot soldiers who fly and shoot lasers at the Valks, killing everyone
t=
hey touch. The robots will then turn on the soldiers, and the illusion will
=
include the robots destroying the army itself, so that the soldiers will
thi=
nk they are being decimated.
If that actually works, Harry will go back through the rift and tell everyo=
ne what he saw, and they can decide what to do next.
IF Harry CAN be seen (i.e., they react to his invisible presence--Harry is
=
especially on the lookout for magic people/items who might be able to see
hi=
m invisible) then he gathers as much information as possible and flies back
=
through the rift, into our fair city of New York. He will then tell
Huntress=
and Electra what he saw and attack the Valkyries. He does this by shooting
=
them with nullify magic (which his manipulator is already set on). If
nullif=
y has no effect, he shoots NNDEB at them (from his gloves).
As the arrow bears down on the Huntress, she catches out of the corner of
her eye, a colorful looking bird descending at her. Before she is able
to
react to both the arrow and the bird, the bird slams into her, causing the
arrow to barely miss hitting her directly in the chest.
"Sorry I'm late, Prowler says," as he emerges from his parrot shape.
"What
is going on here?" He then transforms himself into a monkey and
leaps into
a nearby tree hoping to distract one of the Valkries and enter combat with
the creature.
Electra stares up at the descending mythical creatures. The setting is a
little to surreal. She feels unsure about the legitimacy of the attack.
The
thought crosses her mind that this maybe a test planned by the Guardians.
Regardless, she decides to use her whirlwind to defend against the
Valkyries.
She is hoping the high speed wind will through all four from their mounts.
[If this attack becomes unnecessary and she has receive communication from
Harry she will accompany him into the rift.]
Harry begins running towards the rift in an attempt to jump through it. The
valkyries arrows slam into his forcefireld as he runs. He can see the
spiderweb-like cracks appear on it's surface as the arrows strike it. He
doesn't have time to shore the field up right now.
"Thou technomagic items act as a beacon to the death maidens!! Thou
invisibility is for naught against divine forces such as they!!! Thou art
doomed!!! They shall rend your flesh and feast upon thine soul!!!" says
Theklor.
Harry thinks about shutting Theklor down as he leaps through the Rift. His
readings go a little haywire and he is disoriented for a second, but he made
it through. So did the two Valkyries who are still hot on him. Another arrow
strikes his forcefield and it shatters like glass. The other maiden slams
into him with her steed sending Harry flying ten feet and slamming into the
ground. The wind is knocked out of him, it is hard to breathe. He is
surrounded by nazi soldiers on all sides who are a bit curious as to what
unseen object just slammed into them.
The Valkyries are screaming something in what sounds like german.
"I told thow so." says Theklor.
[you can reboot your forcefield, that will take an action, or you can
attack, or run away, but not both. You haven't gotten a good look at things
because you have been in battle. if you try to use you r communicator you
will find that it is unable to transmit anything through the rift]
Harry, lying in the crowd of Germans, says to Theklor, "How about a
little less yelling and a little help? Can you tell what those Buxom
Bodaecia-like Beauties are saying? (I know, Bodaecia was Celtic, not
Norse. Shut up.)"
Harry immediately teleports to a location exactly on the other side
of the rift from the Valks--not through the rift, but still in German-
land, on the other side of it so the rift is between them and me.
This way, if they can see magic he should be hidden by the powerful
theurgy of the rift.
From there, since he does not want to be impaled by an arrow, he
spends a round rebooting his force field. While this is happening, he
takes in all previously mentioned data (last turns post). He is
especially interested in finding the source of the rift, be it
spellcaster or device. After his force field is restored, he sends
the illusory Dragons to attack the German forces.
If any of the Guardians comes through the rift, Harry will verbally
tell them where he is with his comm link.
ON THE OTHER SIDE
Prowler, in monkey form, leaps from the tree onto the back of one of the
Valkyries.
He shifts into the form of a gorilla and throws her off the steed. She falls
quickly and strikes the ground with a loud thud. Her body is quickly
engulfed in bluish-white flame and then disappears into the heavens. Prowler
is now faced with the task of learning how to ride a flying horse.
Prowler immediately changes from Gorilla to human form and attempts to mind
control the winged horse.
[What are the limitations on his mind control?]
If he can do it, Prowler puts out a call to all the birds in the vicinity
to rally around him. He and the hoard of birds fly through the rift
to look for Mr. Potter. He tells the birds to run interference on the
soldiers while he and the winged beast search the area. He is not planning
to linger long, only a round or two, as he searches, as he does not want
to get caught on this side of the rift. He hopes Mr. Potter has the
good sense to show himself for rescue.
If he cannot mind control the animal, he tries to guide it into one of the
Valkryie opponents and knock the amazon from her horse. he will do
this by leaping onto her and transforming back into gorilla form.
Electra spins her body at incredible speeds, creating a whirlwind which she
discharges at the Valkyries. it hits two of them. One is unable to remain
on her steed, which bucks and flaps furiously to maintain flight, and falls
to the ground with a similar effect as the one Prowler dispatched. The
other, seemingly more proficient in aerial combat, is able to maintain
control. She resumes her charge at Electra, with renewed fury.
Electra looks around for Harry. She has not seen him sense they were
in the
plane. She tries to radio him but get no response. She turns
to Huntress
and Prowler "I'm going to look for Harry. I'll be right back." Electra
takes
off looking for Harry at superspeed.
[If the danger is to great then she will stay and use the same attack as
before.]
The Huntress fires an explosive bolt at the one charging her, There is a
large explosion and when the smoke clears nothing remains except for the
fiery-blue form of the Valkyrie and her steed ascending to the heavens.
The remaining Valkyrie (the one charging Electra) shrieks an alert to her
four remaining sisters (not counting the two after harry). They immediately
begin to fly to her aide.
The Unknown Soldier comes over the commlink. "Hang tight! Reinforcements are
on the way. CAPE has been notified and the national guard has been put on
alert. If what Harry saw is true, then a state of national emergency may
be
declared."
[This leaves 5 Valkyries on the home side of the rift, and two on the Nazi
side.]
Dramatic Events:
Electra: Setback, Something in the Sewers, Team Unity
Harry: Xenophobic Hysteria, Costume Damage, Sudden Transformation
Prowler: Warning of Danger, Arduous Labors, Strong Evidence, Lack of Support
> Ice careens toward Central Park like an icy roller
coaster, using
his
> > ice powers to give him thrust to gain altitude while creating a
solid
> > sheet or a column, then zipping down a long slope, repeating to
form
> > an icy wave behind him. He has heard the communications of the
new
> > Guardians as they encounter a new foe. It sounds like they could
use
> > some help.
> >
> > He has a vantage of the park on one of his upward slides and he
sees
> > the clearing and the crash of the Sparrow. "Ice to Guardians, I'm
> > closing on your position." He sees two of the Valkyries fly back
into
> > the rift and disappear, while five others rally together to charge
> > Huntress and Electra's position. Ridiculously, Ice sees first a
> > massive gorilla, then Prowler, sitting atop one of the winged
horses
> > high in the air.
> >
> > Ice banks toward the Valkyries, positioned like a skier in the
> > crouch, thrusting with his ice powers through his feet. He had
> > recently been practicing focusing his power through other parts
of
> > his body besides his hands, and his control had improved
dramatically
> > with the innovation. As he nears, he focuses on drawing all the
> > nearby moisture to where the Valks are gathered. He then opens
up
his
> > powers full force, rapidly reducing the temperature in that
region,
> > causing the vapor to immediately solidify into solid ice.
>
> The valkyrie heading towards Electra is encased in ice along with
her
> horse. They fall to the ground and shatter like glass. the bodies
are
> again drawn to the heavens in bluish flame. (that leaves 4)
> Two of them break from the group, one heading for Iceman the other
for
> Prowler. the other two remain after the Huntress.
>
> Iceman creates an Ice wall in front of the one charging him and she
> slams into it, falling to the ground. ( that leaves three)
>
> Electra speeds of in search of Harry. She has no idea where to look
> since he went invisible. "The GPS in his commlink indicates he went
> through the Rift." says the Unknown Soldier over the commlink. She
> immediately heads in that direction. She has no idea what to
expect, but
> as she draws near her heart begins to beat faster in anticipation.
She
> had seen all of the footage about W.W.II and the Nazis, it sickened
and
> angered her. How or what they were doing here now was a question
that
> would have to be answered later.
>
> Prowler, now in human form, reaches out with his mind to soothe the
> agitated pegasus. It is angry with him and resentful of his master's
> death, it is bucking wildly , trying to throw Prowler from his
back. His
> bucking soon stops as prowler slowly calms the beast. It is
difficult.
> the creature is magical and is much more intelligent than a regular
> horse. Prowler knows form his practice that the more intelligent a
> creature is the more difficult it is to control. The creatture is
> finally under his control just as another valkyrie appears,
swinging her
> enchanted sword at his head. he ducks just in time. Had he not, he
had
> no doubt that his head would still be attached to his neck. She is
too
> far away now to try to leap upon as he had the previous Valkyrie,
but
> she is doubling back preparing for another charge at him. Prowler
> commands his steed to head fro the rift and calls out to the birds
in
> the vicinity to come to his aide.
>
> The two Valkyries still after the Huntress fire a barrage of arrows
at
> her. She dodges them acrobatically, but one finds it's mark. She
screams
> in pain as the arrow sinks into her thigh and she falls to the
ground.
> The two maidens close in for the kill, swords drawn. "Go to Hell"
she
> says through clenched teeth and tears of pain, firing an explosive
bolt
> that destroys both of the valkyries. "I'm hit." she says over the
> commlink. (that leaves one)
>
Prowler brings the flying horse around quickly, as he smells the blood
of Huntress in the air.
Prowler will reel the horse around and leap from its back, freefalling
to the ground. He will change to jungle snake seconds before he hits
the treetops, breaking his fall, and then climbing to the ground to help
the Huntress. When he arrives at her side, he stands atop her, poised
to fend off any attackers that might be approaching.
If none approach, he bends to her side, and asks her where she is hit,
then begins first aid, if possible, or makes her ready for transport to
the nearest facility.
>
> On the other side
> Harry begins rebooting his forcefield, hoping that the Rift is
> successfully hiding him from the two valkyries that had followed
him.
>
> He scans the area as it begins the process.
>
> On the North side of the rift is the german army. On the South side
> (where he is now) is what appears to be a concentration camp. The
Rift
> is on the outside perimeter of the barbed wire fences. He smells the
> stench of death in the air around him and it makes him want to
puke. His
> eyepiece reveals powerful, black magicks at work. The source of the
rift
> was the concentration camp itself.
>
> "Tis death magic" says Theklor, "powered by human sacrifices on a
> massive scale."
>
> Then it dawns on Harry. The Holocaust! The Nazi death camps were
being
> used to power the Rift.
>
>
> The Nazi army begins it's march through the Rift.
>
>
> Electra bursts through the Rift just as the nazi army begins it's
> march. She quickly veers out of the way and takes in the
environment.
> Her speed making her invisible. She calls out for Harry over the
> commlink who notifies her of his position.
>
> [The situation: two valkyries on the nazi side of the rift plus the
nazi
> army.
>
> One Valkyrie on the Meta-Eart side pursuing Prowler.
> Prowler can post that he comes through the Rift assuming he doesn't
> choose to stay on the other side to fight the remaining Valkyrie or
go
> to help Huntress. same thing for Iceman.
>
> Huntress is down.]
_____
As his force field churns through its reboot sequence, Harry
transmits via his commlink, aware that his message may never be
received by the Guardians but trying anyway. He reports that the
Nazis are beginning their march, and that he has hidden behind the
rift, opposite the side he appeared on. [He cannot see Electra's
entrance since she is so fast, unless she is still wearing the cloak
he gave her at the meat packing plant. If he can see her he signals
her his location and warns her of the Valks and his next action.]
Next, Harry loads an illusion spell into the mana manipulator. he makes
it appear to the Nazis that the rift expands in
size, large enough to accomodate what comes through next: Five huge
ancient red dragons, each as large as a bomber, belching liquid fire
upon the soldiers in their path. The illusion includes the utter
destruction of the front ranks and a swath down the middle of the
assembled goosesteppers, their charred skeletons disintegrating as
they collapse.
Oh yeah, the illusion includes the Nazis themselves fleeing in
terror, breaking ranks and scattering as they are killed en masse. :)
Electra runs right up to Harry and stops. She reappears standing next
to
him. "Harry I'm right here. Are you all right?" Electra watches
Harry.
She assumes he is working up something with one of his gadgets. He
looks a
little tattered but not seriously injured. She feels relieved to find
him
and strangely a bit hungry. "If you know what is going on here or have
any
suggestion about what I can do to help please fill me in." She looks
around
at the unbelievable setting she is in. She is trying to determine if
there
is an immediate danger to Harry or herself.
Prowler wheels his flying horse around and heads for
Huntress. The last
Valkyrie on this side of the Rift charges after him only to be stopped,
quite forcefully by an icy wall that appears directly in her path. She
slams into the wall at full speed and plummets to the ground. She and
her horse burst into mystical blue flames as they hit the ground.
'Thanks for the save, " say Prowler over the commlink, just as he leaps
from the horse and changes into a tree snake to break his fall. On the
ground he changes back into human form. He quickly assesses the
situation. Huntress had been shot through the leg, with an arrow. It was
still stuck in her leg. he knew that it he pulled it out it would only
make mattered worse by releasing the vacuum the arrow was now creating,
thereby staunching much of the blood flow. He does however try to break
off the two exposed ends of the arrow protruding from either side of her
leg. He strains as hard s he can but the enchanted arrow will not break.
It was far stronger than it appeared.
He looks up and sees that the CAPE troops have begun to arrive. A team
of medics rush to Huntress' aide. They quickly field dress the wound and
put her on a gurney. "Go help the others." she says to Prowler and
Iceman as she is carried away by the medics.
"You heard the lady. hop on." says Iceman. Prowler jumps behind Iceman
and holds onto his waist as the take off together on Ice's ice slide. As
they go through the Rift a slight moment of disorientation hits them
,
then they are fine. They see a large German army marching their way,
heading towards the Rift.
Then amazingly five huge dragons fly through the Rift and begin
devastating the Germans troops.
Most flee in terror, but some are rallied by the two Valkyries who shout
commands at the troop s in German.
"They're not real." says Prowler. "they don't have a scent or
heartbeats. It's gotta be the wizard."
"let's hope so." says Iceman who begins forming a huge ice wall in
front t of the Rift to block the Nazi's path. "That should take them
awhile to get through. I can keep reinforcing it as long as they don't
totally destroy it with artillery or flamethrowers.
Electra runs right up to where Harry said he was [remember he is
invisible] and stops. She reappears standing next
to him. "Harry I'm right here. Are you all right?" Electra
watches
Harry. She assumes he is working up something with one of his gadgets.
He
looks a little tattered but not seriously injured. She feels relieved
to find
him and strangely a bit hungry. "If you know what is going on here
or
have
any suggestion about what I can do to help please fill me in." She
looks
around at the unbelievable setting she is in. She is trying to
determine if there
is an immediate danger to Harry or herself.
Harry quickly explains to everyone via commlink that the concentration
camp is being used to fuel the Rift. To stop the Rift the camp must be
destroyed.
No sooner do the words leave Harry's mouth, when the main building of
the camp is completely demolished by some invisible force. The Rift
winks out of existence as the mystical power source is destroyed. To
Harry it appears as if a mystical chain had just been severed. They are
trapped on this side of he Rift.
"What the hell?" says Prowler.
"I beleive I can answer that." says an otherworldly voice from nowhere
and everywhere at once. Then a glowing figure humanoid figure appears
and time stops. Everything is in a state of temporal stasis except
for
the Guardians and teh figure. " I am called the Sentinel. You know me,
or will know me I should say as Captain Marvel, this is what I will
eventually become many years in your future, It is my responsibility and
destiny to protect Time itself. I beleive Iceman has encountered me
before in his past though he didi not know I was Marvel. The Guardian's
were sent to their past by me to prevent the assassination of Hitler by
the OTHER, my bane and nemesis and also my son. You know him as
Harbiger. I could not reveal that at the time since My past self, Capt.
Marvel, was among the group. To have revealed this to my earlier self
would have had devastating consequences to the timestream.
The reason's for the creation of the rift are many.
Because of the Guardian’s earlier visit to the past (when they had to
save Hitler from being assassinated) Hitler became even more fascinated
with the occult and the paranormal. this lead him to fund research and
studies into these areas when he came to power in Germany.
Through great expense and searching Hitler was able to acquire the
legendary Spear of Destiny, a powerful magical artifact rumoured to br
the same spear that a Roman soldier used to pierce Christ's side during
the Cruxifiction. It can, among other things, summon Valkyries to be
used in battle. Legend has it that whoever wields the spear will never
be defeated in battle.
Hitler’s mystic council became aware of a temporal anamoly in the
time/space continuum. This anamoly was created by several factors: The
Guardians previous trip to the past, Your present day Captain Marvel’s
presence out of time, and the birth of his bastard son Harbinger, who is
an abomination to the timestream. All of these things existing in the
same time period (Earth 2001) acted as a beacon to the mystics who also
surmised that the barriers between time periods were being compromised
and weakened by these things. Using powerful scrying spells, they were
able to gaze into the future and see the wondrous technological
innovations in the world of 2001. They also foresaw the fall of Germany
and Hitler’s failure to invade Russia. They told their Fuhrer of these
things and they devised a plan.
A powerful ritual to break the barriers of time would be performed. It
called for massive human sacrifices, hence the Holocaust. Hitler plans
to invade the future and procure the technology he need to win the War.
Now you know. It is because of my actions that these events have
transpired. It is my responsibility to make amends for the havok my
existence out of time has created.
When the proper time comes you shall be returned to your proper time and
place. For now you are needed in this time. You must find the Spear of
Destiny and destroy it. If you do not then Hitler will win the war,
destroying history as you know it.
With that, the Sentinel vanishes and time begins again.
The Nazi troops are coming back to their senses, rallied by the
Valkyries. They scream and point at the Guardians and the soldiers begin
charging and opening fire.
[What do you do. There are a LOT of Nazi's. Thousands of them. All
of
them armed. Plus tanks, artillery, flame throwers, and various other
weapons of war.
"Let's get the hell out of here!" cries Prowler. "We
must be in
Austria, or Germany. We should meet in England two days from now,
in
front of the American Embassy!" After saying that, Prowler changes
to
a Jungle bird, and flies straight up, watching to see what the others
do.
Harry is startled by Electra's sudden appearance, but can't stop what he
is
doing at that exact moment. After he finishes reconfiguring his mana
sink to
cast the required illusion (of Dragons), he says, "Jeez, you scared the
hell
out of me! I'm glad you found me. Stick close, and we can teleport out
of here
with the rest of the Guardians."
He then sees Ice and Prowler glide through the rift, just before his
illusion
takes effect. amid the confusion of the dragons and collapsing
buildings, Harry
says into his comm: "I agree with Prowler, let's get the hell outta
here.
Whoever wants to teleport with me close, on my position. Electra and I
are
directly behind the rift. Prowler, those Valks will be able to detect
you from
your sash's magic! Watch out for their arrows!"
Once everyone who wants a ride gets to Harry, he will teleport them out
of
sight of the Valks and soldiers (like as far away as he can behind a
building
or something). If he must, he will do a couple of short teleports to
lose the
Valks.
If any of the Guardians wants to fight, Harry will stay to help them.
Harry will generally try to get away from the scene so we can talk and
rest and
plan. From there, he is willing to go to England to find out what is
happening
(if that is what the team desires). He suggests that we might already be
right
where we need to be, here where the person who made the rift is. That
person
should have some answers. As well as a couple of Valkyrie guards.
Prowler, realizing the truth of what Harry has said, and remembering
that Harry can teleport them, turns and flies back to Harry, landing on
his shoulder [he accidentally shits on his cloak]. As Harry teleports
them, he wonders to himself if he will be able to find out who really
killed his parents, if they are now back in time.
Electra agrees to move when everyone is ready. She is wandering if one
of
the other has a plan? She is hoping that they do.
Though Ice abhors running from a fight, he decides that discretion is
the better part of valor. He skates over to Harry in a single stride,
waiting to be teleported.
> --- In the_guardians_pbem@y...,
Keith <maxxlingo@e...>
wrote:
> > Keith wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > The group teleports away. A quick flurry of multiple teleports
by
> > > Harry leaves them slightly disoriented but otherwise unharmed.
> They
> > > are now several miles from where they initially started from,
but
> > > still have no idea where they are exactly or when they are
> exactly. As
> > > they look around they see a small barn nearby that looks
> deserted and
> > > fields that are barren of any crops. There is a slight chill
in
> the
> > > air, meaning that it is possibly the Fall saeson.. To get
to
> england
> > > they will have to discern where they are exactly and how far
they
> have
> > > to travel. If that is even whwere they decide to go. They
have no
> idea
> > > where the Spaear of Destiny is, other than in Hitler's posession
> > > somewhere.
> > >
> > > [Not much here I know, but plans must be made and discussed.
I am
> on
> > > break fro the next three weeks so if everyone can post quicker,
> we can
> > > get things turned around quicker.
> > > Take a look at the timeline on my webpage about the WWII era.
It
> may
> > > hold clues or jar some ideas for you all. It is entirely possible
> that
> > > your characters would know some of the background outlined
on the
> > > timeline. This is the Golden Age of Superheroes. When heroes
> dressed
> > > in gaudy costumes and fought the good fight against Axis forces
> and
> > > defended the homefront from sabatouers. Morality is clear
cut and
> it
> > > is a simpler time. People still trust the government and still
> beleive
> > > in the American dream.]
> > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
> > [www.debticated.com]
> >
>
> Harry will perform cosmic awareness to try to detect any cosmic
> forces at work. He also uses magical awareness (boosted by his mana
> manipulator) to look for powerful magicks nearby. He then offers to
> the group, "I can astrally project myself, but I need a safe place to
> do it from. It will be a good way to do recon, and learn exactly
> where we are."
>
> Harry also says, "I remember reading that Dachau and Auschwitz were
> laboratories for the Nazis, maybe this camp is one of those." Harry
> looks for evidence to tell in what country they are in--Poland,
> Germany, ....
>
> Ice wants to do recon of the area, and to find a disguise for
> himself. He also wants to look for a place we can use safely as an
> HQ. As a disguise, he will try to get a trenchcoat, or maybe a long
> German officer's coat. What season is it Keith? What is the
> temperature?
Prowler and Electra pick lint out of their belly buttons. Prowler is amazed
to find a
wide array of animal fur inside his belly button ;probably a side effect
of his
shapeshifting.
Harry begins to download his respective spell programs
as Iceman
> > scouts the area. He starts with the nearby barn. It appears to
be
> > empty. No livestock or humans. It appears their was a battle here
some
> > time ago. The barn is full of bullet holes, though there is no
way
to
> > tell how long ago the battle took place. Inside the barn he finds
some
> > old work clothes that he puts on to disguise his appearance. His
face
> > and hands are still exposed, but he finds a straw cap that helps
hide
> > his face a little.
> >
> > Harry's spell reveals powerful cosmic forces at work from the
> > direction of the Camp they just left, though they appear to be
> > subsiding. Theklor explains that it is probably just cosmic residue
> > left over from the destruction of the rift and the appearance of
the
> > man called Sentinel. Harry also detects magic coming from the same
> > vicinity. He is unable to discern whether this is due to the
presence
> > of the valkyries or other forces. Perhaps a combination of both.
> >
> > Even though the group is nearly 10 miles away from the Camp. they
can
> > still smell the sickening stench of burnt flesh coming form that
> > direction.
> >
> > Prowler also smells a familiar human scent, though it is slightly
> > different than what he is used to. He is almost positive that he
> > smells the Unknown Soldier in the vicinity.
> >
> > As if on cue, several gunshots ring out, and bullets strike the
ground
> > dangerously close to the feet of Electra, Prowler and Harry (who
are
> > still standing out in the open).
> >
> > "DON'T MOVE! YOU NAZI BASTARDS!" yells an all too familiar voice,
The
> > voice then repeats the command, this time in German.
> >
> >
> > They see the Unknown Soldier, emerge from a nearby clump of bushes
> > with two forty five's trained on them. He begins walking towards
them
> > slowly. Though it is not the old , grizzled taskmaster that puts
> > them through their paces in the Danger Room, that they see. They
see
> > The Unknown Soldier in his glory days. He stands well over six
feet
> > tall. Barrel chested, and rock solid. He is wearing his W.W.II
era
> > fighting togs. Which is identical to a regular W.W.II army grunt
> > except that he is wearing a mask that conceals his identity. The
mask
> > hangs freely over his face and looks like an American Flag. W.W.II
> > was when he got his start in the hero business.
> >
> > He had been an ordinary GI who was captured by the Nazi's. They
> > performed experiments on him, using him as a human guinea pig to
> > perfect their own super-soldier formula in the hopes of using it
on
> > all Nazi troops. The formula worked, but it worked too well. With
his
> > newfound powers, the captured GI destroyed the Nazi compound where
he
> > was being held destroying the nazi-formula in the process. After
that,
> > he began working for the government as a superhero and they dubbed
him
> > the Unknown Soldier. He soon became a living legend. Single-handedly
> > wiping out whole platoons of Nazi's and boosting the morale of
Allied
> > troops (especially American troops) everywhere. He was John Wayne,
> > Rambo, and the Terminator all rolled into one.
> > The year had been 1942, so the Guardians know that it is at least
> > that year or later.
> >
> > They also know that aside from knowing several different forms
of
hand
> > to hand combat, being an expert marksman, and all around badass,
the
> > Soldier possesses superhuman level strength, (he can lift about
a
> > ton) Endurance and resistance to injury. His skin is supposedly
> > steel hard and can deflect small scale gunfire. In addition he
has
> > (at least in this era) an amazingly fast healing rate that helps
him
> > recuperate from any injuries he manages to sustain (it also slows
his
> > aging process, that is why he is still kicking in 2001).
> >
> >
> > "FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND MAGGOTS!!" He barks. "MACH SCHNELL
> > SHEISTKOPFS!!"
> >
>
Harry holds up his hands and says, "Hello Unknown Soldier. We are not
your
enemies. We are the Guardians, an american super hero group. You haven't
heard
of yet because... we haven't been involved in the war effort. Until
now." Harry
refrains from telling Unknown Soldier that they are from the future. He
would
never beleive it. Harry briefly introduces everyone here, except Ice who
is
still in the barn and presumably unseen by the soldier.
"We don't know where we are. We were transported here from New York only
a few
minutes ago by a portal. You might have seen it. You also might have
seen some
women flying around on winged horses, wielding viking weapons. They are
why we
are here. There is magic at work, evil magic. Death magic, fueled by the
massive human suffering of these concentration camps. We are here to
stop it.
"And not only that, the portal that took us here from stateside can be
used by
the Nazis to invade US soil. You might have noticed those troops massed
ready
to enter the portal. We stopped them. They were headed for New York. We
came
through to seal the rift, and are now trapped.
"We need your help. I don't know what I can tell you to make you believe
us,
but I am telling you the truth." Or at least part of it, thinks Harry.
Harry
waits to see what the Soldier's reaction is.
If Soldier seems willing to listen, Harry will tell him more, and will
try to
find out where we are, what Soldier is doing here, and what Soldier
knows about
the region we are in--German occupation and troop numbers, etc.
If Soldier does not beleive us and tries to take us into custody, Harry
says,
"We can't let you do that Soldier. Please don't make us fight with you.
We know
how dangerous you are, but we ourselves are also super powered and are
not
defenseless. We are NOT your enemy."
If he still tries to take us into custody, Harry will disintegrate all
his
equipment, leaving him naked. Harry makes his attack obvious, hoping to
draw
Soldier's fire from the others, since he has a force field. (Harry
knows
Soldier is faster and can fire first if Harry moves. That is what force
fields
are for.)
Ice hears the commotion outside and stays still inside the barn. He
peeks
through the cracks and holes in the wood to see someone with guns
pointed at
his friends. As he prepares to freeze the man's hands with frostbite by
drawing
away all heat within them, he hears that it is their leader, the Unknown
Soldier--or rather a ast version of him. Ice hears listens to Harry's
plea for
help to the Soldier, ready to encase him in ice if things get violent.
He of
course won't hurt Soldier, but he also can't let his teammates be killed
over a
misunderstanding. he hopes the Soldier will listen to them.
[Keith, what season is it, what kind of weather?]
If Soldier responds positively to Harry, then Ice will walk out of the
barn
noisily so as not to surprise Soldier and introduce himself. Ice hears
that
Harry does not tell him they are from the future, and will wait to
decide when
to let Soldier know that.
Prowler sniffs the air to see if he can discern what the Unknown Soldier
will do. He notices that he man betrays no fear with his scent, and
thinks how happy he would be to avoid a fight with him. Otherwise,
he
will wait to see Soldier's reaction. If he moves to attack, the Prowler
changes into a Tiger and prepares for the fight.
Electra watches intently as Harry speaks to the Soldier.
She adds to the dialogue (as persuasive as possible) "surely you don't
think
that a woman such as I, would be in a place like this, if we were not
who
Harry says we are."
"I'm sure the Nazi's need hookers as much as much as
any other soldier honey,"
replies
The Soldier to Electra
"As for fancy pants here" indicating Harry, "If what you say is true then
I'm
sure
CAPE will all have record of you. Why I wasn't told about you before assuming
this
mission seems suspicious, but for some reason I feel inclined to trust all
of
you. Not
for anything you have said, just a gut feeling. If one thing this war has
taught me,
it's to trust my instincts. They've kept me alive so far. But I warn you,
if
any of
you try any funny business your as good as dead. So consider yourselves on
probation."
Upon saying this the Soldier holsters his guns.
"We need to get out of here. It's dangerous staying behind enemy lines for
too
long.
Especially with Hitler just issuing the Commando Order"
As if to prove his point a group of four Valkyries appear on the horizon,
apparently
searching for the Guardians.
Theklor patches in to the Guardians commlink and says in a whisper "I have
taken the
liberty of accessing thine Encyclopedias Britanica program, Mr. Potter. Thine
Encyclopedia states that on Oct. 18th 1942, Hitler issued the Commando Order.
Henceforth all British commandos and parachutists as well as Allied
praeternormals are
to be immediately executed whether in uniform or not."
[The group hasn't been spotted yet, but soon will be if they don't hide or
flee. the
Soldier still seems slightly suspicious of the Guardians. They could after
all
be
setting him up for a trap (from his point of view). A battle with the enemy
might
remove some of these suspicions, but it will also bring more troops. The
Valkyries
are, no doubt, hunting for the Guardians and will alert the nazi troops back
at
the
concentration camp if they discover their location. So do you stay and fight,
to gain
the trust of the Soldier or flee to avoid a battle that could get out of
hand
quickly.
There is a slim chance that you could take out the Valkyries before they
alert
the
Nazi troops. ]
Prowler says, "Clearly our best option is to flee, given how few Valkries
there
> > are, it would be better to avoid them, than risk letting one of
them
> > alert the friggin' German Army. Besides, We really need to get
our
> > bearings here. What do you think, Soldier?"
>
> >
> >
> > Harry says, "If I use my magic, they might sense it. They were
able
> > to see me while I was invisible, because of the magic Theklor
said.
> > That may be how they're following us now. We better flee, or hide,
> > and we better decide quick. Electra, what do you think?"
>
> > >
>
> "I agree." says the Soldier to Prowler. "As fast as that thing is
coming, there is no
> way to outdistance her on foot, unless of course any of you have
any special movement
> powers." without waiting for a responce the Soldier begins running
for the barn.
>
>
Harry follows Soldier into the barn, checking to see if the others
are following. He asks Theklor, "Is there any way you can hide my
magical aura from the Valks? There has to be a way to hide magic from
detection. Here," Harry plugs the device which holds Theklor into the
mana manipulator's box on his belt. "You're jacked in. See what you
can do." If Theklor can't hide the magical auras, they valkyries
would be able to find them at will. Unless Harry got rid of his gear,
which wasn't an option. And assuming they could actually track him by
it. There was so much Harry didn't know.
And he was actually back in time. This amazed him, now that he
thought about it. Magic was able to somehow manipulate time and space
to allow not only time travel, but *backward* time travel, which is
even more impossible. The best human scientists in the world, some of
which Harry had stdied with, had no inkling of how time travel could
actually be accomplished, or whether it was even theoretically
possible at all. Unavoidable paradoxes arose when you traveled
backward in time. Crazy stuff. Harry wanted to talk to the
TimeKeeper, or whatever he had called himself. He seemed to
understand time travel. If Harry could discover the physics behind
it. . . .
> Electra stares at the soldier intently as her face turns red with humiliation.
As of late, she has been feeling uncomfortable with her prior career choices.
She has been thinking that her life maybe significant and she does not want
to be held back by her past. She was hoping she could charm the solider
and avoid a fight but instead he insulted her.
>
> As the soldier continues talk Electra focuses on the approaching valkyries.
'I'll show them who I am.' The anger, emotion and electricity all collide
within her body. She feels all of her muscles twitch at once, and then she
takes off.
>
> [Energy Flux- She starts running to gain momentum, then she will attempt
to leap at the closest val and pull her from her mount by the hair and then
push off the horse to the next...hoping to get them all or as many as she
can she will then power slam them into the ground a few yard in front of
the group.]
"I'm afraid that there is no way to hide the devices
magical aura, Mr.
Potter. It thow wouldst spend more time studying the tomes of magick and
less time tinkering with thine damnable contraptions, thow wouldst know
this. Most types of magical detection are however, limited to line of
sight. I suggest spending more time in the library, provided of course,
that thow lives that long." chastises Theklor as Harry heads for the
barn.
Harry, the Soldier, Iceman and Prowler all hear a loud boom, like a
thunderclap. They look to see what caused the sound and discover that
Electra is racing towards the Valkyries. Normally she is invisible to
the naked eye when running, and she still is now, except for the fact
that her body is leaving behind a trail of electrically charged energy
in her wake. To them it looks like a lightning bolt racing across the
ground.
Electra's body is bursting with energy, she sees the electricity arcing
off her as she runs towards the Valkyries. She feels more powerful
than she ever has before. Cresting a hill, she leaps into the air. Her
momentum shoots her into the air like a rocket and she aids this by
short, controlled whirlwinds she creates by spinning her hands, to
control her trajectory. Aiming at the lead valkyrie, Electra slams
into
her at well over 700 mph. The impact causes sparks to light up the sky
like a fireworks display. Electra's momentum carries her straight into a
second valkyrie who was positioned behind the lead. The second impact is
just as spectacular as the first, sending lighting arcing across the
sky, accompanied by the sound of thunder. The Valkyries are sent flying
backwards off their steeds and somewhere over the horizon. Electra
begins to lose momentum and gravity takes over, pulling her back to
Earth. As she falls through the air, she notices that the electricity is
no longer streaming from her body and she no longer feels the powerful
rush of energy she had just experienced.
She perform an acrobatic dance maneuver to position herself upright in
her descent and begins making tight circles with her hands. This has
the desired effect of creating small whirlwinds to slow her descent
with their downdrafts. She is still falling, but at a much slower
speed. She notices that the two remaining Valkyries have reared around
and are now on an attack pattern with her.
If she stops the movement with her hands, she will begin to fall again,
and she was still about 8 stories or so above the ground. A fall from
this height could easily kill her.
"Stupid dame!" says the Soldier and takes off running toward the aerial
melee, He begins shooting at the two Valkyries with his .45's as he
runs, but he is out of range as they are still about a quarter mile
away.
As Harry heads toward the barn, he turns to see if everyone follows.
[This was in my last post.] He sees Electra disappear and before he
can even take one step, she instantly smashes into two valkyries like
a pinball, sending them both flying from their mounts. As Electra
starts to fall, two valks closing in, Harry teleports directly in
front of her. "Need a lift?" A stray .45 bullet zips by in the air
close enough to be heard, and they see that Soldier is firing at the
valks nearby. At this range, the wind must have carried a bullet off
its course.
[Harry intends to teleport the two of them back to the ground, behind
Soldier's gunfire. He will then try to mind control one of the
unmounted winged horses. if successful, he will cause it to attack
one of the other valks, from above and behind. if the creature can be
controlled easily enough, he intends to keep it for transport. if
they are not evil, he will try to communicate and convince it to
serve willingly, or for barter.]
Electra, quite scared by her rapid deceit and the approaching foes, is
thrilled to see Harry and clings to like a frighten child.
[If they make it safely to the ground, she will fire on any remaining
valkyries with her electric blast.]
Electra wraps her arms around Harry's neck, obviously glad to see
him. Harry has never had such a beautiful woman so close to him.
Electra is like a super model in Harry's eyes, and this is almost
like some kind of fantasy for him to be "rescuing" her (though she
was not really falling anyway and obviously could handle the
valkyries, having just wasted two of them--but Harry's mind is a
little clouded). He quickly realizes how foolish he is being and
blushes at the feel of her breasts pressing against his chest. His
senses are immediately electrified, and he is aware of the smell of
her hair and skin, and the movement of her body as she breathes where
his arms encircle her.
Feeling a bit ashamed at what he is thinking, Harry tries to act
natural. However, he has no idea what that would entail. What
is "acting natural" when you are flying through the air being chased
by Nazi Valkyries fifty years in the past? He tries to hink of
something clever to say, but his mind is blank.
Iceman begins making snowcones, he knew the team would be thirsty after
the battle. Prowler smells them and begins eating them. Yummy
[Where are you Bry?]
Harry and Electra teleport to safety behind the Soldier's
gunfire. They
land with a sudden thud, their inertia not stopped by the telportation,
but they are unharmed. They hear the Valkyries scream in anger at being
deprived of their prey.
The death cry of the Valkyries snaps Harry out of his musings about
Electra and he quickly begins the algorithms for his mind control spell.
Electra lets loose with a blast of electricity at one of the Valkyries.
The valkyrie gets her shield up in time to block most of the blast and
she seems unscathed.
She fires off an arrow at Electra for her insolence, but Electra dodges
with ease the arrow appearing to be in slow motion to Electra's
hyperfast reflexes.
As Harry nears completion of his spell he can feel the Pegasus slowly
bending to his will. Just as the spell is is almost done, the second
valkyrie throws a javelin at Harry with deadly precision. The javelin
punches through his forcefield like a bullet through glass, leaving a
half dollar sized hole where it entered. The javelin hits Harry in the
midsection sending a sharp pain through him. His concentration broken
his mind control spell is aborted. Harry examines the wound. It is a
shallow cut, most of the inertia of the javelin was absorbed by his
forcefield, but it is still powerful enough to wound him.
The Unknown Soldier begins blazing away with his .45's now that the
Valkyries are within range. The valkyries block the bullets with their
shields and they careen off harmlessly, not even denting the
mystic-forged metal.
Iceman makes another snow cone.
Prowler eats it. They are good.
"I'm glad you liked it Prowler, they are much better with flavoring
however," says Icee.
Noticing that the valkyries are now within range, Ice concentrates
his powers on the lead valk, causing the surrounding temperature to
drop rapidly and moisture to gather on her skin, freezing into an
encasing block of ice. He wants to capture her alive if possible.
As Electra dodges the arrow coming at her she sees Harry being hit. A
feeling of guilt, stupidity and rage rushes over her. (As soon as Harry
realizes he's been hit he finds himself inside the barn with Ice.) She
sets
Harry down, turns away and pushes herself to maximum speed. Once the
Valkyries are in view she stops and releases her whirlwind. She
immediately
returns to Harry to check on him. From inside the barn she listens for
cries, trying to determine if her wind had the desired effect.
[She is hoping to boost the power of the whirlwind with increased
speed. If
possible she aims to hit both vals if not she goes for the closest one.]
[It sounds like you are wanting to "Push" your power. What Pushing
allows you
to do is
temporarily increase your power intensity by the value of one card
(1-10). The
drawback is that it is just like taking damge, in that you don't get to
redraw
the
card until you gain a recovery. This reflects the exteme exertion you
are
putting
forth. When you reach 0 cards you fall unconscious.
Is this what you want to do?]
[I'll try the "push" but she is to remain invisible the entire time and
she does not stay to see if her wind connects. She immediately returns
to
Harry.]
Harry finds himself being swept into the barn by Electra. "Thanks," he
says to
the empty air where Electra was standing only a second earlier. The
wound is
little more than a scratch, but he is bleeding. He doesn't think any
ribs are
broken. His attempt at controlling the winged horse interrupted, he
looks to
see if he can possibly try again. [Keith, if there are any horses close
enough,
he will try to control them again. if not, he lets it go. if the valks
are
still giving us trouble, harry shoots one with his gloves (nnd eb).]
Electra spins faster than she ever has before and releases
a HUGE
tornado-like
> whirlwind at the Valkyries. without hesitating to see the results she
races
back
> inside the barn to check on Harry. She feels drained after releasing
so much
energy.
> She had never pushed herself that hard before.
>
> Harry's bleeding has stopped, but the wound still hurts. There are
sounds
like a
> freight train coming from outside and the old barn begins to rattle
in
the
sudden
> influx of wind.
>
> Iceman races outside in the hopes of capturing a Valkyrie with his
ice. He
sees a
> giant black tornado heading towards the barn. the Valkyries' limp
bodies are
caught up
> in the vortex along with the Pegasi. none of them appear to be
conscious.
Iceman is
> unable to tell if they are still alive or not. He quickly forms an ice
wall
in front
> of it's path, but it is destroyed as soon as the tornado touches it.
>
> He runs back into the barn and shouts over the deafening roar of the
twister,
"There
> is a tornado headed this way!" Several boards fly off of the roof
to
in
answer to
> the announcement. Then a loud crash is heard as the Unknown Soldier
(who was
> previously outside) is sent flying like a rag doll through the barn
doors.
He comes
> to a stop on the far side of the barn against a bail of hay. He is
bloodied
and
> broken, with shallow breathing and isn't conscious.
>
> Harry aborts his mind control spell, due to more immediate situations.
>
> Electra flashes back( or forward as the case may be) to the Danger
Room in
her minds
> eye.
>
> [flashback]
> The Soldier was lecturing her on using her power responsibly. "With
Great
Power Comes
> Great Responsibility" was a favorite saying of his. He had warned her
that
she was
> still green and to not push things until she better understood and had
better
control
> over her powers.
> [end flashback]
>
> As she looks at his unconscious form, she feels pain and humiliation
at not
heeding
> his advice. This was her fault.
> Iceman's cold touch on her wrist snaps her out of her reverie. 'We
have to
get out of
> here!!!" he screams, his voice sounding tiny and far away though he
was
right next to
> her. It was becoming almost impossible to shout over the sound of the
tornado.
> Visibility was also getting bad from all of the debris and dust
particles
being
> kicked up.
>
> Prowler looses his grip on his snow cone and it flies away in the
wind.
> 'Dammit' he thinks, and sits down indian style. He appears listless
and
without
> direction, possibly even bored. It is as if whatever force has
previously been
> motivating him was absent. If he didn't take action quickly, he would
die.
Harry sees the tornado and yells over the din, "Damn girl, you can COOK!
The
valks seem to be the least of our worries, so if you want to teleport
out with
me, gather round people!" Harry sees Soldier in the corner, unconscious,
and
runs over to him, saying, "Everyone gather at the soldier! We're getting
out of
here!"
Harry will teleport everyone about a mile away, farther away from the
concentration camp. If he can remember what the landscape looked like,
he will
try to take us somewhere unpopulated without buildings so we wont run
into
anyone just yet.
Electra, moving toward Harry replies "I hope you can get us out of were
before I kill us."
Prowler realizes as the snowcone falls from his grasp where he has seen
this part of the country before--he and his parents travelled here when
he was a child. This very place belonged to a friend of theirs.
Perhaps he could find some clues.
Oblivious to the trainlike roaring of the approaching tornado, Prowler
changes into a jungle snake and slithers away into the grass, heading
toward the nearby farmhouse. As he presses his slimy body through a
hole in the barn walls, his dangling earrings nearly snag on a nail.
He
looks back at his companions and watches as each tries to avoid injury
from the ensuing tornado. There is nothing he can do to help them now,
and he has more important matters to attend to. He is finally on a
viable trail to his parents' killers.
Electra, Iceman, and Harry gather around the Soldier
in preparation for their escape.
'Where is Prowler?" shouts Iceman over the roar of the tornado. The other
two look
back at him unknowingly, a sinking feeling begins in their stomaches.
"Hang on a second", says Electra. She disappears for a second and then reappers.
"I
just canvassed the whole area looking for him. He seems to have inexplicably
disappeared. We should wait as long as we can in case he shows up."
"We can't wait much longer." says Harry, " That thing is almost on top of
us."
The heroes wait, huddled around the soldier. No one says anything. Speech
has become
impossible due to the roar. They brace themselves on support columns to
keep from being swept away by the wind. They can see the black swirling mass
of the
tornado's base inching closer through the hole left by the soldier. Then
the far
side of the barn explodes into a thousand pies of broken lumber as the tornado
makes
contact. A swarm of broken boards, nails, and toothpick sized wooden shrapnel
is sent buzzing their way.
"OH SH---"
[Bamf!]
--IT!!" says Harry as he teleports the group out at the last possible second.
They are about a mile away from the barn on a gently sloping hillside. They
see the
barn being engulfed by the tornado. Then it's appetite seemingly satisfied,
it
disappears as quickly as it came.
They are all a bit shell-shocked from the experience, not to mention a little
hard of
hearing. [sort of like after going to a loud rock concert--your ears feel
like they
have
been stuffed with cotton]
The soldier groans and sits up. His healing factor apparently kicking in.
looking at
Electra he says. " Thanks" sarcastically and begins checking his gear. "this
is what
happens when you send women to do a mans job. [keep in mind the time period.
Male
chauvinism is an accepted way of thought]
I need to report back to base and report my findings. if you are who you
say you are,
(indicating everyone) then we can get it all squared away there."
Before they leave the spend about an hour searching the area for Prowler.
Iceman thinks he see a parrot flying away in the distance, but he can't be
sure.
They don't want to assume the worse, but things don't look good. Electra
feels
particularly awful about the situation.
"Quit your moping around!" the Soldier orders. "This man you are looking
for is a
soldier. Just like the rest of us, he knew the stakes when he signed up.
Hopefully
he was able to find shelter or perhaps used his powers to escape the danger.
There is
no way to tell right now. He is MIA. It happens. It doesn't mean you have
to like
it. You have a mission as do I, and our job as United States soldiers is
to complete
our mission no matter what the cost. You cannot throw in the towel overtime
you
lose a companion or suffer casualties. This is War. Bad things happen to
good people
during war. That is why we need to stick to our missions and end this damn
war
once and for all. So we can all get home to our loved ones."
The Guardians cannot argue with the Soldiers logic. they did have a mission
to do and
the longer they spent looking for Prowler the closer Hitler came to his goal.
they ahd to look at the big picture.
With the Soldier's guidance they perform a series of teleports that bring
them to to
England and CAPE's temporary command post.
It is an abandoned castle overlooking a small river.
They are ordered to wait in what appears to be a dining hall. Guards are
assigned to
them. The Soldier leaves them and says he will be back shortly. he returns
30
minutes later with another man. They are introduced to General Hawking,
the C.O. of
CAPE's overseas division. He is in his forties, 5'11" with dark hair going
gray
at the temples. He has calculating green eyes that seem to take in everything
at once.
"Let's cut through the bull shall we?" he says "Who are you people? We have
no record
of you here or stateside?"
The Unknown Soldier stands ready behind him, alert for any signs of attack.
"Sorry for the subterfuge, but we didn't think this one" Harry indicates
Soldier,
"would believe us. He seems a bit dimwitted. General, the truth is that we
are from
the future." Harry gives this a second to sink in before continuing.
"We are members of a team called the Guardians, super heroes from New York
city in the
year 2001. We are here to help, and we need your help." Harry explains the
events in
Central Park and how they ended up on this side of the rift, including all
they know
about the TimeKeeper or Captain Marvel. He tells them about the spear which
they must
aquire.
"Now, I understand that this is hard to believe, and I don't have any proof
that will
convince you without a doubt. Anything I could show you could be forged or
falsified.
What I can hopefully convince you of is the fact that we are against Hitler,
just like
you. And if we fail in our mission, you are very likely to fail in yours--namely,
to
beat Hitler.
"He's trying to use technology from the future to gain an advantage in the
war. If we
can't stop him from venturing into our time, we both lose. I don't exactly
know what
would happen, but I have to go back to my own time, and when I get there
I don't want
to have to learn German. You get my meaning? We are on the same side.
"Soldier can verify that there was a rift at the concentration camp we were
at. That
is the only verification I can think to give you that our story is true."
Harry thinks
about telling the General the dates of important events in the war, like
D-day, or one
of Hitler's major offensives, but he decides against it. If the General didn't
believe
him, he could think that Hitler was aware of the Allied plans. This could
cause the
Allies to change plans. There was no telling how that could affect the future.
The
Axis could win for all Harry knew. He had to be careful.
"I know this sounds crazy, but why else would we have come here? We also
saved
Soldier's life. We know what he will eventualy become over the next 50 years,
and we
couldn't let him die. He will one day be a friend, though he doesn't recognize
us yet.
"Our mission is important, and I hope you can take us at our word, or think
of
something we can do to prove our intentions, if not the fact of where we
came from. If
you don't want to help us, then let us be on our way."
Harry hopes the General will believe him, but is ready in case he doesn't.
If anyone
draws a gun on us, or tries to attack, Harry will teleport the Guardians
outside the
castle.
> Electra, recalling the Soldiers present and future comment, is feeling
> ashamed. If it were not for her rash behavior Prowler may have still
been
> with them. As the men discuss the problem of their identities she remains
> silent and awaits Harry's lead.
Iceman does nothing, just sees what happens, ready to defend himself if necessary
(he thinks it likely they will arrest us at this point), wishing he had
tried to freeze that tornado (suspecting it would have created a million
flying ice daggers....). he will have to talk to electra about combining
their powers in this way if they ever make it back to the danger room.
The General looks at the Unknown Soldier questioningly.
"I did see some sort of 'Rift', Sir. I not exactly sure what it was,
but the Germans were prepared to
advance through it, before these folks showed up and destroyed it.
Whatever it was, I'm sure it can't be good
if the Nazi's were going to use it. The 'Guardians' also saved me from
a tornado Sir. Though i wouldn't have
needed saving if it hadn't been created in the first place." says the
Soldier. The last with a sidelong
glance at Electra.
The General crosses his arms with a look of consternation. "Up until 4
years ago, I would have had you all
thrown into an asylum for such an outlandish story, but things have
changed since then. Since the appearance
of you super-types the world doesn't make as much sense as it used too.
What used to be impossible is now
improbable. I've seen men fly, bounce bullets off their chest and
breathe underwater, but I've yet to meet
anyone from 'the future'. [yet another hint as to the year here] It's
an awful lot to swallow. Men from the
future, Spears of Destiny, Flying Valkyries. If I beleive you with no
proof, then
I am a fool. If I don't belive you, and you are telling ther truth,
then I am also a fool."
"Sir, i am inclined to beleive them," says the Soldier. "I'm not sure
why but I have a gut feeling about it.
I'll assume full responsibility for them." says the Soldier.
"Very well. I respect your instincts, " says the General, "but they are
to have escorts with them at all
times while in the Castle, and are not privy to ANY compromising
information. I'll make conatact with our
spies and see if they can verify any of this information. In the
meantime show them to the mess hall and then
to their quarters. "
"Yes, Sir."
The Guardians are given a hot meal and then bed down for the night.
They are given two rooms. The two males
in one, and Electra in the other across the hall. Gaurds are stationed
outside of their doors. They were
getting no closer to their goal.
In the middle of the night they are awkened by soldiers running through
the halls. The Unknown Soldier bursts
into the male quarters. "Get Up and get your gear ready! We are moving
out!"
Electra dashes across the hall into their room. "What's going on?"
"France has fallen, all exceopt Toulon, that is. The Nazi's are
storming it right now, led by the
Ubermenschen. The other Freedom Brigade members have been alerted and
are in route, but they'll never make
it in time to stop them. Neither will we unless fancy pants (indicating
Harry) can pop us over to France
pronto. I'm breaking orders by doing this, but the stakes are too high.
"
[I'll assume Harry agrees to do so]
Journey journey journey.....
After multiple telports, the Guardians and the Unknown Soldier arrive
on the outskirts of Toulan. Sounds of
gunfire, artillery shells and battle can be heard coming from the town
up ahead. The smell of gunpowder and
smoke fills the air. It is an overcast night making it hard to see,
except for the blazing fires coming from
the many destroyed buildings.
A bolt of lightning emanates from somewhere within the city, followed
by the sounds of dying wounded
soldiers.
"Dammit! That means Baron Biltzkrieg is here. I hate that Kraut
bastard! Let's go!" orders the Soldier as he
takes of running towards the town.
The Guardians hesitate for a moment. They had been in several battles
before, but not like this. This was
War. This was the Big One.
[The outskirts of town are about a half mile away. It is hard to make
out much due to the distance and the
darkness. There is plenty of sounds of fighting coming from all over
the town. If you follow the sounds, or
the Soldier, you will be sure to run into something. It is a
typical
small European town. Winding
Cobblestone streets (with lots of places to hide), and no buildings
taller than 2-3 stories high. I'm being
vague here because the battle is so chaotic. If people can post early
then, I will post more on this Turn.
Also I have no idea about the actual size of Toulon. I'm just making
it up. If anyone
knows anything different (such as it being a large city rather than a
town) then let me know and I will
change it. It is an actual place.
Harry says to Soldier, "By the way, Soldier, I want to
thank you for backing us up. I don't know why you did it, but we are
telling
the truth, and we won't let you down."
Harry says, "Soldier, we should try to use the element of surprise!
They
probably knew the freedom brigade isn't within range, so our presence
should be
unexpected. If they aren't expecting a meta human response, we might be
able to
turn that to our advantage.
"I suggest we not reveal ourselves until we find the Nazi metas, then
spring a
surprise attack on them. If we can somehow figure out where they are,
and where
they are going, we should be able to find a good ambush spot. Who is up
for a
quick scouting mission," Harry asks, looking at Electra.
Electra "just tell what to look for and I'll be right back."
"Try to find exactly where the metas are, and the direction they are
headed. If there is an obvious goal to their movement, like a bunker
or town square, that would be helpful too. Look for a good place to
ambush them, where we can get close to where they are without being
seen." Harry hopes that is enough information. He hands Theklor to
Electra.
"Here, take this old geezer with you. I can home in on him, and we can
teleport directly to you. He might be able to warn you of danger, too.
Your communicator should work at that range, so just tell us when you
are in a good spot and we will appear there." Harry uses the magical
awareness of his headset to keep track of Theklor as they move through
the city. [Keith, if that is impossible, he will just use a mental
power to keep track of Theklor instead. See, this is where range of
"visual" is insufficient. He uses castingtime 4, range 5, duration 2,
AoE 1, intensity 3 to cast mystic vision to keep track of Theklor's
aura or Mind scan to keep track of his whereabouts by his
thoughts.][Keith, since you said divination and sensitivity were the
same, I assume I can detect magic auras with divination??? if not,
how?]
Ice goes along with the plan of course, he doesn't have a better one
right now. The Guardians needed recon. The night is moist, he
notices, and cool, only about 60 degrees F. He doesn't know what time
of year it is, but he suspects they are near the ocean, judging by
the amount of moisture in the air. It will be near perfect conditions
for his powers. He had been practicing his "cryomancy" as Theklor
called it. But Theklor hadn't been able to describe anything magic
could do with ice that Ice could not do. And by the sound of it,
Ice's abilities in his forte exceeded those of the most powerful
mages. He didn't know how it worked exactly, but it did. And tonight
it would work very well. He freezes the early morning dew around him
in a wide radius, testing, but keeping the area of low temperature to
within a few inches of the ground, spilling forth invisible cold like
the mist overflowing a bucket of dry ice. His newly reformed ice
armor crackles with his breathing. He is ready.
He notices, senses, that Soldier's guns have acquired enough moisture
already that Ice could freeze the firing mechanism. This gives him an
idea.