The Ashes of the Phoenix [OPEN]

[thethirdspecies]

WHO: John Sublime, "No Girl", the U-Men, and their unfortunate target... The Insitute
WHAT: Sublime's U-Men attack the school. They're aiming for the sublevels. Stop them at all costs!
WHERE: Throughout campus
WHEN: Past midnight, Wednesday-Thursday
WARNING(S): Gonna get violent.


The time was now. The media attention over his followers actions was too much. And after all, Xavier's little henchmen in London had figured it out. He was sure of it. There was no more time to bide. No more room for hesitation. It was act now, or the revolution would end in a prison cell, festering away in the disgusting care of this unclean world. Sublime couldn't stomach it. Couldn't fathom it. And whatever god help those who stood in the way of him and his dream of Homo Perfectus.

"All units are in place," Sublime whispered, peering out over the immaculate green, covered in moonlight, staring a drilling, piercing hole into the mansion. "Martha... it's your turn now," another whisper, as the floating apparatus before him, holding a strange glowing orb, began to shine even more brightly.

Just like that, the security systems failed. And just like that, Charles Xavier gasped and sent out a short, psychic burst to all X-Men, perhaps to everyone in the school, before he was overwhelmed and silenced, collapsing from his bed to the floor, stunned into sleep by a psychic force even he was not prepared for.

"This is it, Martha... our dream... U-Men! Bring me the Ashes of the Phoenix!" And like that, dozens of the men from the blurred video that Glamour and Spy had managed to obtain swarmed the ground, organic and mechanical, using a plethora of stolen mutant powers, attacked.


[[ This is it! Our first major action post, and in X-Men tradition, it's a direct attack on campus. Feel free to start your own threads. The U-Men will be NPC'd by the mods. Their ultimate goal is the filed away genetic samples of Jean Grey in the sublevels. They must be stopped, before someone uses them to integrate Jean's powers into a U-Man. ]]

Comments

[ladyliberty]

She's right behind him, bat at the ready. Time to see what they're dealing with.

[niepokonany]

As they turn the corner, they find a U-man with his back to them. His first indication that they're there is his gun suddenly turning into a Super Soaker. He looks around in confusion. "What the-- where are you? Come out!"

Feliks imagines some rickety old roller-blades in place of the man's shoes, and glances to Amelia as he starts flailing and shooting water down the hall. "Ladies first?"

[ladyliberty]

"What a gentleman." Amelia moves to cut off the runaway U-man, abandoning her pillow for the moment to grab him by the front of his suit in one hand, holding him several inches off the ground.

"So, do you want to tell me what you assholes are up to or am I gonna have to use the bat?"

[niepokonany]

"Screw you, bitch, it's got nothing to do with you!"

The U-man struggled, throwing the water gun uselessly at Amelia's face. Feliks gave a little sigh, leaning against the wall nearby -- looked like she had this.

"Um, it kinda does? Like, this is our home. They never wanna make this easy, huh?"

[ladyliberty]

"I don't know, I kinda prefer the hard way." The man, having finally figured out his gun was useless, tried to kick out at Amelia as she held him off the floor. She used the opportunity to crack him over the knee with the bat.

"See, that was fun," she grinned as the man groaned in pain. "You want a shot, Feliks?"

[niepokonany]

Feliks hummed like he was giving it consideration, fiddling with the buttons on his imagined-up tazer.

"I don't know..."

The man swore, though at least he was only kicking with one leg now.

"Fuck! What the fuck is wrong with you?"

"Wow, rude. Are you just gonna talk to a lady like that? Super classy. I mean, not quite 'breaking into a school with a gun'-classy, but I guess you're gonna have to work pretty hard at topping that one."

[ladyliberty]

"What the hell is wrong with me? What the hell is wrong with you? Crashing in in the middle of the night in some weirdo suits? Who even does that?"

[niepokonany]

"Yeah, that's super gross. Like, they're not even cute suits or anything! I bet it'd even be a total improvement if he was dressed, like..."

Like Smokey the Bear, complete with bear-mascot-head? The U-man stops moving in confusion as he looks at himself.

"...What?"

[ladyliberty]

The sudden change in outfit causes Amelia to lose her grip, and the man crumples to the floor as his weight shifts to his injured leg. Amelia is holding her sides with laughter.

"Only you can stop mutant beatdowns!"

[niepokonany]

"Oh, my God."

And then Feliks breaks down into helpless giggles right alongside her.

"Oh my God, Amelia, did you just...?"

The U-man is somewhat less amused, and tries to take a swing at Feliks, who dodges, still snickering like mad.

[ladyliberty]

"I know, right?" Amelia grins smugly and buffs her fingernails on her t-shirt, putting her foot on the man's shoulder. "But anyway, this is getting boring. Are you gonna tell us what this is all about or should we just finish you off and get going? 'Cause we've got places to be, man."

[niepokonany]

"It wouldn't matter if I told you or not. You--hrrk!"

The tazer in Feliks's hand crackled a little, then went back to being a phone, its work done.

"I so hate it when they try to monologue. Don't you totally hate that?"

[ladyliberty]

"The worst," Amelia agreed, picking her pillow back up from the floor. "Let's get going, there's gotta be more of those goons."

[niepokonany]

"Way ahead of you!"

[OOC: Wrap it up there and handwave?]