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Post by mcr on Jul 7, 2021 14:03:51 GMT -5
-- Elsewhere --
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-- Meanwhile --
As Kate prepares to attack the unidentified living weapon, a strong memory invades her mind, a memory that is hers, but not quite:
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-- Previously --
Kate's vision blurred into focus as she awoke, groggy, shaky on her feet. Her body felt strange, as though not her own, and her head pounded. She could almost hear herself inwardly screaming.
Wake up. Wake up. WAKE UP! WAKE UP!
Wires and lines dangled from her body, and she nearly choked on a breathing tube before spitting it out. Looking around, she appeared to be in some kind of hospital.
A voice in her head spoke, familiar, and yet not:
She stirs. I was wondering when you would wake up. Don't you have somewhere to be? Can't go out dressed like that?
Struggling to her feet and looking down, she appeared dressed in a flimsy hospital gown. A survey of her room revealed that all of the other patients appeared comatose, and all dressed similarly. Peeking outside, she saw a hospital administrator chatting with Allison Blaire.
"Thank you so much for doing this again, Miss Blaire. The kids really love you. And that trick with the lights? You'll have to tell us how you do it, someday."
Leading her to the pediatrics ward, Kate's inward voice almost pulled her back.
Careful. See that?
Her attention shifted towards what appeared to be a young redheaded boy working as a janitor, but a small bulge lining his waist and the vague outline of a gun.
Something's up.
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Post by leska on Jul 8, 2021 16:46:46 GMT -5
Alison smiled at the Hospital Director with her award winning smile, "Of Course!" she said to him, "These kids have been through a lot and a little bit of music and dancing is exactly what the doctor order" she said making a small pun. "I would love to tell you! But that's a showbiz secret of mine" she giggled. Alison loved it when people would ask about her light tricks, it was the only time she felt like she actually has some privacy in her life since becoming a celebrity. Walking through the sterile halls, her blue eyes looked around, seeing everyone going about their day in solitude. She envied them. Though as she got to the activity room for the pediatric ward. She stopped for a moment while looking at the children all having fun and living in their own worlds. She smiled slightly while she waited for the director to introduce her to them.
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Post by Gris on Jul 12, 2021 4:20:34 GMT -5
Kate was supposed to be trained for this, she had endured a lot in her life and survived through things other didn't. Sure, her powers had given her the edge, but she had also learned a lot to be able to survive into a ruthless world that hated mutants. None of that life, none of that preparation seemed to help, as she had woken up in a sorry state, too busy coughing and unplugging medical equipment from herself to catch up on what was going on. Even confused, she managed to clumsily orient herself, looking around through teary eyes. In an unknown situation her priorities should be to get as much information as possible, but things weren't easy. She had trouble remembering what was the last thing that had happened, past and future turned into a blur, but while unplugging herself and seeing what she was wearing she knew she wasn't in her own body.
"I'm still in the young me" Kate tried to solidify in her thoughts. "Or at least... a young me? I can't remember this in my own past, the timelines have gone wrong..." mumbled, voice still hoarse due to the forceful removal of the respiration aid. The voice in her head, who did it belong to? Was it the Katherine that body belonged to or was it someone else? Kate did also notice that there was danger in the form of armed guards, but also an opportunity in the form of a visiting celebrity. Should she make a run for an exit? Maybe she could try to use her powers? Still disoriented and unsure, Kate waited to see how things developed and if the picture became clearer.
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Post by mcr on Jul 13, 2021 8:54:50 GMT -5
A thought echoed in Kate's head, a voice speaking in feigned shock: How old do you think I am? Well, it doesn't matter. I guess we're stuck with each other. She remembered a yellow-amber glow flooding her vision as the Sentinels attacked, in desperation casting herself as far back as she could. But where or when was she, and in whose body? Barely having time to ponder her situation, she noticed the young redhead moving towards her room.  Quick, play dead. Not seeming to notice her, he focused his attention on the exterior of the room, keeping a watchful eye on comers and goers. Swiftly moving towards a bed, he pulled a pillow out from under a patient - a slightly older young man with a familial resemblance to the fake janitor. In a deep Irish brogue, he whispers: "Sorra ta do tis ta ya, Blackie. I'z on orders. Cannae keep cleanin' oop afta ya messes." He leaned over the patient, preparing to smother him. |
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Post by Gris on Jul 19, 2021 3:54:29 GMT -5
"I..." Kate was about to argue with the voice in her head, something an insane person would do, but she, or maybe they, were interrupted. It was hard to stay in the present, as the Sentinel attack plagued her memories, but whatever the voice in her head was, she seemed to know more about their particular situation than she. Whatever was going on, whatever the risk, Kate wasn't going to just let someone commit murder in front of her. She had to make too many distasteful things to save others, to even survive, but standing still just wasn't her, she couldn't just trust that any other person would help them instead.
Grabbing the wires of the machine she had been connected to, Kate aimed to use them against the redheaded assassin. They would see how did he like to be deprived of breath.
Whatever body she's in, Kate will try her best to approach the redheaded man and strangle him with the wires until he's unconscious if she manages to surprise and restrain him.
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Post by mcr on Jul 19, 2021 6:48:57 GMT -5
Kate tried her best to maneuver in her strange new surroundings, but the stress of projecting back in time was heavy. She stumbled, knocking over machinery.
The red-head whispered harshly:
"Oy! What's tha big idear? Make another move and ay'll scream. An' trost me, ya wonna want that."
Wires pulled out from sockets, machines monitoring patients' vitals start raising high pitched alerts. Anyone nearby is likely to hear the commotion.
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Post by leska on Jul 25, 2021 8:58:23 GMT -5
There were children all in hospital gowns, each one with a medical bracelet with their information and names. Alison stood at the opening of the activity room as she awaited her introduction by the director to the children. As she waited, something caught her ear, looking down the hall towards a room, she could hear alarms blaring from a medical device. She began her way towards the room. Medical staff seemed to be no where as the hospital director was busy with the children and helping her band mates set up still. Alison hurried over to the sound to check to see if everything was alright. She was not ready for what she was about to witness as she made her way over to the source of the noise. Alison’s mutation allowed her to hear things more precisely and further than a normal person.
"Oy! What's tha big idear? Make another move and ay'll scream. An' trost me, ya wonna want that."
What in the world is going on here…? she asked herself before stopping at the door way of the room. There she saw the two, a woman and some red headed man. “What are you doing to her?!” demanded Alison as she stared down the red headed man, her blue eyes transfixed on his face and the stumbling woman.
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Post by Gris on Jul 26, 2021 5:00:58 GMT -5
It wasn't her body and it showed, as Kate fumbled over and ruined the not really thought out plan. Lying in the floor, trapped in a meat marionette she couldn't handle, Kate wasn't exactly afraid about what the redhead could do to her. She had faced numerous life or death situations and at her age she had made peace with herself, but causing the death of her host or being unable to help those in need tortured Kate. She had to do something, anything, but then it seemed that the noise had attracted the attention of someone else.
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Post by mcr on Jul 27, 2021 5:04:35 GMT -5
The Irishman turned towards the interloper, and let out a bloodcurdling scream, sonic vibrations rippling out towards Allison at breakneck speeds. Glass screens and cheap plates holding hospital meals shattered, and Kate, watching behind him, could see the air ripple. But as it drew closer on the starlet, the scream dulled to a low hum, the sonic waves pulsed and slowed, and the air began to glow. Someone, or something, was stopping them!
Undeterred, he pulled out his gun, aiming it shakily.
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Post by leska on Jul 29, 2021 11:22:14 GMT -5
It happened in an instance, the red headed man had looked away from the girl on the floor and towards Alison. Her eyes widened as the man unleashed a powerful sonic attack against her! Alison could see the sound waves traveling so fast that it cause the air itself to ripple like water. Glass shards scattered, as did any loose objects that were touched by the sonic disturbances. The waves of destructive sonic force continued on towards her, hitting her body! Though, thanks to her mutation, she was unharmed from this powerful attack, the sonic waves reverberating on themselves as they were absorbed into her like a sponge. Her body began to radiate a shimmer of light as she looked up towards her assailant, "My turn!" she said to him with a slight growl in her voice. From her body, Alison used the energy she had converted from the sound waves into an explosion of colorful strobe lights in the face of the gunman. She got ready to move out the way in case her light show would cause him to fire his weapon at her.
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Health: 3/3
Energy: 5/12
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Actions:
Create Illusion 5; A strobe bomb in gunman's face
Agility 2; shift to defense
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Mod:
Enhanced Hearing: 3
Immunity to Light Effects
Targeting: 3
Reflexive Dodge: 2
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Post by Gris on Jul 31, 2021 3:34:32 GMT -5
So he was a mutant too, so seemingly was the visitor as she stood undeterred before the sonic assault. Kate wanted to help, but she had enough struggling to get up from the mess she had gotten into, there was no way she could reach Allison and phase her if the redhead used his gun. Wait, could she even phase in that body? She didn't know.
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Post by mcr on Jul 31, 2021 11:39:01 GMT -5
A brilliant flash of light pulsed from Allison's hands directly into the gunman's face, causing him to jerk his hands upwards in surprise, firing into the ceiling. Covering his face, he ran blindly past Allison, making no move to stop or attack. As he ran past, the pair could hear more distant gunfire as the ground began to shake, slowly at first, but soon objects were jumping into the air from the sheer force. A thought popped into Kate's head: "You're about to find out. Feeling deja vu? Oh yeah. I'd start running. NOW!" Moments later, a large figure burst through the walls bellowing: "BLACK TOM CASSIDY YOU BACKSTABBING BASTARD YOU BETTER PAY WHAT YOU OWE OR I'LL KILL YOU MYSELF."  |
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Post by Gris on Aug 3, 2021 3:44:26 GMT -5
"What the-" Kate mumbled, the tremors, the noise... could it be? But the answer came in a way she didn't quite expect. Sure, it was the Juggernaut, but it wasn't the one she knew. Sure, he could quite the powerful and mighty foe, but that... thing? That was a monster outright, a huge figure that towered over the mayhem he himself created. No amount of light tricks or whatever Allison could do would stop that thing, maybe... maybe she could help? "I'm done with running for a lifetime" she argued with herself, it was the time to put her powers to a test and maybe, just maybe, save the day.
Health: ? ; Energy: ? Action: Attempting to rise up to the occasion and either phase Allison out of harm's way or phase Juggs into the ground to stall/stop him, whoever is closer to her.
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Post by leska on Aug 9, 2021 1:41:13 GMT -5
The explosion of disorienting lights had disoriented the gunman and caused him to flee their vicinity. Alison's eyes followed him before immediately turning back to the girl on the floor. "Hey, are you okay?" Alison asked the girl, kneeling down to try and help her before noticing that something else was going on in the hospital. There was a vibration going through the air and the objects nearby, each clanging with the surface they were on in a slow and steady beat, before ramping up into an symphony of chaos! "What in the -" she was interrupted by a wall exploding outwards with tremendous force! Alison had tried to shield the girl with body if possibly from any debris from the sudden impact. The sonic force from the explosion jutted outwards and was absorbed by Alison's body like a sponge.
"BLACK TOM CASSIDY YOU BACKSTABBING BASTARD YOU BETTER PAY WHAT YOU OWE OR I'LL KILL YOU MYSELF."
Alison's eyes grew wide in concern for the situation before them. Another mutant? she thought to herself, wondering why they were openly showing themselves, especially here of all places. She had to think quickly about how she would get this hulking man out of this place. From the looks of him, he could cause some real damage or even take some lives just with sheer force. But who was this Cassidy person he was talking about? Was it the gunman? Either way, she couldn't just let these two run amuck in a hospital.
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Health: 3/3
Energy: 14*/12
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Actions:
Agility 2; Shift to defense towards defending Kitty
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Mod:
Enhanced Hearing: 3
Immunity to Light Effects
Targeting: 3
Reflexive Dodge: 2
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Post by mcr on Aug 18, 2021 18:54:44 GMT -5
Kitty dashes towards Allison and smothers her, managing to phase the two of them as the Juggernaut barrels through the wall and the space where Kitty and Allison had been standing. Security vainly tries to block his path only to get easily smashed out of the way. A gruff female voice beckons the pair from down the hall, an older woman nodding towards the two and pointing: "Come with me if you want to live."  |
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