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Post by Joshua D. MacArthur on Jan 5, 2010 0:14:45 GMT -5
February 2nd, 2015
The sound of a motorcylce could be heard across the abandoned fields of warehouses near the river as an unnatural fog cut its way through New York City, already the city was being placed on high alert and police patrols stepped up. It was the perfect cover for his mission tonight since no one would be permitted to leave where the currently were until the threat had ended, Joshua could see the outline of the warehouse he had chosen for tonight's rendezvous and kicked the cycle to speed up. He would be doing this without Levi's permission nor with any type of surveilance for backup and so as he pulled up to the front of the building he could only think of how hurt Levi would be when he found out what had happened. Joshua turned off the black Kawasaki Ninja and set the kickstand down, his helmet came off with ease and was placed on his seat slowly as he scanned within the warehouse for any sign of unwanted visitors.
With a sigh he walked through the ever increasing fog making his way to the door at the west side of the building, he had used this place whenever in the city to escape apprehension from the NYPD or as an extraction point when he couldn't make the escape on his own. Joshua's right hand reached out and grasped the rusted handle giving it a hard tug opening the door with a loud clang, no one else except for those gathered here would have heard it anyways so it made no difference and with the way the authorites were acting they'd gather around high profile locations. His eyes glanced around the empty warehouse and pulled out two notes from the front pocket of his trench coat, they were old fashioned telegrams from Western Union he had duplicated and sent out to Dr. Clarke and Revi to meet him here.
Joshua walked over to a metal table at the center of the warehouse pulling out a roll of blueprints from the wood chest next to it, laying them out upon its surface showed the schematics for one of the taller skyscrapers downtown. With the fog and the authorities rushing around to find out what exactly was causing the disturbance, it was the perfect time to lay waste to the company he onced worked for and kill his grandfather. While he made his way to the top floor, the two men who were late for this function would make their way steadily down into the depths of the sub-basements of the building. Joshua understood the risk of going in guns blazing like he intended, but the idea of what was being made in that buldings depths made him want to destroy the building to its foundations. His inner thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door clanging open once again, Joshua reached for the gun on the table and aimed for at the intruders head."You're late!"
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Post by atlas on Jan 5, 2010 0:37:35 GMT -5
Dane read the telegram quietly to himself. It’d been a long time since someone had actually called for his help. But this time, he could answer. Progress had been lacking at the lab. The weapon still wasn’t getting anywhere and he was starting to get frustrated. He needed to do something, all the pentup energy inside of him. He scribbled a short note and placed it on mirandas desk “going for a walk. May come back, may not... Goodnight” He walked slowly down the hall to the exit room. The guard simply looked at him and stepped out of the way, this was the first time Dr. Clarke had ever actually used this contraption. Inside the room was a large glass replica of the earth with a pin dangling on a string nearby. He studied the area closely and gently placed the pintip on the general area of the apparent meeting place. Only once had he met Joshua McArthur. But because of that meeting Dane owed him this much.
The tingling subsided as he faded into existance. He examined the streetsign beside him. Three blocks away! not bad for an unreliable contraption. As he made his way toward the warehouse the fog seemed to grow steadily thicker. Dane needn’t imagine what lay in the mist, he could feel everyone cowering inside... except one person down the alley. They had just dismounted a machine, possibly a motorbike. As they entered the building Clarke could tell who it was. That power was unmistakenable. He walked down the aley and inspected the bike, it was a very nice bike. Obviously expensive. After a quick look-over Dane decided it was time and opened the door as quietly as he could.
When he saw the gun pointed at him he simply smiled “You’d be upset if you weren’t the first to arrive though. So it’s a no-win situation for me” he strolled casually over to the desk “Was a very vague message, care to let me in on the details?”
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Post by Revi Balalaika on Jan 5, 2010 0:56:09 GMT -5
Revi was cold, wet and frustrated... why? Simply put he had not planned to return to the city he was happy out in the south, but some reason he came back here, and had wound up being splashed upon by a passing car. This city where he had once dreamed of graduating to planning to fry larger fish in his old bloody fighting days as a juvenile. But now he was here upon some accord, and what for all this man was built and wanted for was fighting but he tried to free from that wanted to live in solitary and peace. That is since the ordeal with his sister, but something about this message from a stranger who some how pinged out who he was and where he had been made him curious enough.
The cold wet man waltzed in to the unfamiliar scene and saw unfamiliar faces, but he was tense guard on max ready to react. He was in a white T-shirt and blue jeans with tan leather sandals, hair long and messily splayed atop his head face with a five o clock shadow. He looked at both strangers with a steely stare "And what the f*&k do you think you are doing calling for me through letter rather then hunting me down in person like all the sane people I turned down?" he growled. He was wanting to ask how he was found so quickly since he had just changed his home to a new abandoned town recently but left that thought to the back of his mind.
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Post by Joshua D. MacArthur on Jan 5, 2010 1:30:36 GMT -5
Joshua raised an eyebrow at Dane as he lowered the weapon once again to the table at his back, the doctor had been at the top of his list of people to take with him on this mission knowing that the outcome would be more positive with him. "I actually like to arrive later than expected, it gives everyone else something to talk about and time to admire what i'm wearing. But that's besides the point, you see i called you here to share some information with you about..." His words were cut short at the intrusion of Revi to this little party he was throwing, and from the look on the man's face there would be no time to joke around at all. Joshua motioned for them both to stand close to the table where the blueprints were alongside a map of downtown NYC. "You'd do well to remember that you're not the only power user in this room, to answer your question i contacted you with the telegram since i was stuck on Alcatraz until today so getting to you was impossible. As for why i contacted you, well that involves both of you gentlemen, myself and my grandfater. Liam MacArthur."
Joshua reached down underneath the table for the briefcase he knew to be there and placed it on table, his fingers sifted through the printouts looking for the ones that would show exactly what he had wanted them on this mission for. The picture of a diseased ridden man popped out at him and with a small frown he pulled out the entire folder, Joshua tossed it to Dane letting the contents slide out and scross the surface. "The building at the heart of the city is only a front for the company, to the eyes of the government and anyone else looking closely they're simply waging a war against power users and supplying the military with new weapons to fight this war. What i learned was actually far gruesome, they're engineering a retrovirus that infects everyone without a genetic marker for specific powers. Basically anyone who doesnt have a power." Joshua walked around the table switching on the television next to it, the frozen image of some lab techs restraining a small girl was the first thing they saw and when the tape began the full extent of the company's prowess was learned. He sped up the tape steadily to show how fast the virus worked on the subject turning them into something that looked like one of the infected from that movie Carriers.
"So as of now, i have someone working in the city that's keeping this fog from losing it's horror film touch and while the police are running around with their heads cut off i want to take down this place for good. If you want to come along then fine, i can use someone to head to the labs and destroy the information and specimens they have there...or keep it for yourself Doc if you wanted. I on the other hand have a meeting with Liam MacArthur, this is the only chance i am going to get guys so if you want to step away then go ahead." |
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Post by atlas on Jan 5, 2010 1:51:46 GMT -5
Dane thought hard for a second. Ignoring the intruding man he had felt coming. “I don’t know for sure what they have in those labs. I could flatten the building if I’m not careful... As for Liam. You sure you don’t need help? I’ve met the guy before, I want to be there when you beat him.” He held scanned the schematics. It would be easy getting in and all. But luck of the draw says how he’ll get rid of everything. He flipped out his phone and quickly dialled home “James. Yea It’s me listen, when I next put on the ring I want three teleporters to my location immediately, you hear? No questions just send me three.” He closed the phone and slid it back into his pocket “I’m in.”
He turned to the new man “Hi. I’m Doctor Daniel Clarke, My hands are a little cold I know. But not as much as my feet”
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Post by Revi Balalaika on Jan 5, 2010 1:56:55 GMT -5
Revi looked at the two confused, and then looked up at the ceiling "Man this all seems to be out of my area of expertise, I am but a fighter, and I have no desire to meddle in affairs that are not of my concern." He said, and nodded. He then inhaled slowly looking down at the information splayed out across the table "And not to mention I don't know either of you, but just what type of beef should I have with some Liam dude, and why should I care enough to stop something that wont affect me?" he said as he exhaled.
Revi was unsure how the two would react, and he simply looked at the man who introduced himself "Ah And I am Revi.. a modern day god..." He said nodding, no hand shake just a name and title all that he felt was needed for this introduction.
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Post by Joshua D. MacArthur on Jan 5, 2010 3:44:50 GMT -5
Joshua pinched the narrow part of his nose as Dane started calling in some favor from a guy named James, not to mention Revi who had no clue who Liam MacArthur was. He had enough patience to see this mission completed though it was being tested to the extremes even before he got to the building, "Please don't involve too many people in this mission if you can help it Dr. Clarke, i'm sure you know James and trust him but for me i have no clue who this guy is. To answer you question Revi, well Liam MacArthur is the president of MacArthur Enterprises which built the facility on Alcatraz when it was a prison. Not to mention all the experiments he's done on people with powers trying to create the perfect soldier, he's one of the big players we have to take out." His phone beeped alerting him to a new text message more than likely from Levi, he took the blackberry from his pocket and read the message. Joshua sighed once again and turned the phone off leaving it on the table until he returned for it, the chances of getting caught would go up with a phone ringing everytime Levi wanted to yell at him.
His attentiuon returned to the two men in the warehouse with him, "I could have sworn i met you in New York a long time ago Revi, i might have made a mistake though but that does not change our situation. I hate asking for help when i am more than capable of doing this mission solo, but the level of destruction i would have to cause is unacceptable and would force the hand of the military to take swift action. Look i have researched the data from the labs and this thing is major, it moves swift with a short period between mutations." Joshua could feel that they were not taking this as seriously as he had anticipated, there wasn't enough time to act and the authorities were going to have to turn to the Feds if this thing didnt get started. "What if i told you that my grandfather is over 2000 years old and has been working on a way to destroy humanity for a millenia? He's come a lot closer in the past century actually, for some reason he's not really immortal persay...more like he has a lot of life force inside him. It's all in that file there." |
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Post by atlas on Jan 5, 2010 4:00:34 GMT -5
Damn! this guy wasn't gunna let there be contact. he couldn't tell how he would help!
“No need to worry mate. James is the complexes AI. And the three will be incase we need an escape or to get rid of importnat files I find. They’ll know nothing of whats happening” Dane read throught Liams file, there was nothing in here that he didn’t already know. But the file about this mutant weapon... He was glad he hadn’t told anyone where he was going “there’s a mole in Haven by the looks of this... it’s too advanced for McArthur Industries, it’s just behind where I was a few weeks ago” He was getting slightly annoyed, more than slightly. It took all his control to stop his powerwave from rippling outward in fury.
“I’m ready to go. I can understand your not wanting me to help with your grandfather. Afterall, who know what would happen to him if i did the same thing I did to cronus” Dane walked towards the door, patting Revi on the arm as he went just for the information, and pulled it open with ease. “Don’t know about you two, but I wanna get this done. I have to stop this madness” He dropped the file on the floor and walked out the door recklessly. “This is madness. Who could have possibly gotten that information out? And how much has that little rant of mine told joshua? If anyone is listening to this, its rude, stop it”
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Post by Revi Balalaika on Jan 5, 2010 10:55:35 GMT -5
Revi simply scratched his head and looked up "Ah.. I have no real involvement with humans, and I like to act on my own accord... and I had tried to give up fighting since I had grown tired of digging graves, but would only fight if the person was strong and asking for it." He said, and closed his eyes. Revi was thinking this was something he should have wanted involvement with, but normal people he hated them they took what was precious from him, a normal life and his dear older sister. But he didn't try to help any one in general even those who had abilities like himself, but could he really sit idle after hearing something like this could his malice and selfishness be so deep as to keep him from stopping something of this level. His eyes slowly opened, and his face wore a dull expression "Guess there should be some strong guys there for me to fight." He said trying to mask the fact that he really did care. ))C: I redid Revi's complete history, so he didn't meet Josh  |
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Post by Joshua D. MacArthur on Jan 5, 2010 19:00:27 GMT -5
Joshua gave out a frustrated growl as Dane made his way to the door intent on heading out before he had time to hand out the Ù level security cards, he quickly pulled off his trench coat showing the X-menish leather outfit that was beaneath it. They had lucked out when Eddie came to the island with his power over technology that seemed to rival anything else out there, the body suits he made for extreme missions could repair non-lethal injuries on the body and designed to stop even the most destructive armour piercing bullets. "Here, take one and give the other to Roy Rogers over there. Look i know this isn't your cup of tea usually and i wouldn't have even bothered asking if i had no other choice, Dr. Clarke is a powerful man but if the situation is the world or your teammate i think he'd always choose the world." Joshua left Revi's side and caught up with the doctor so he was between the two men, they would have to make their way downtown using the fog and shadows to cover their tracks while evading the NYPD at every corner. Already they could hear the sporadic sounds of gunfire coming from somewhere in the cities depths, if the common criminals bought them some needed distraction then Joshua wasn't going to begrudge them their acts of civil disobedience. "FREEZE!!" came the shout from the mouth of the alleyway directed at them, it seemed they had stumbled upon a hidden patrol car as they had ducked into the darkened alley and now looked down the barrel of two shotguns.
"We don't have time for games gentlemen." he said as he disintigrated the guns in their hands and lifted the up at the same times with his powers, Joshua sent them flying into the wall to the right of them and into the dumpster beneath. The edges of the metal dumpster crumpled to seal them in until someone came to their rescue, that there was enough cracks in the thing for them to breath had been his only concern and so he continued on. "So do you want to explain why you think there's deffinitely a mole within your organization and why you're so adamant that MacArthur Enterprises' research division is solely based her in NY? If they're this close to wherever you guys are on your project in this city, then you can be assured that in one of the other facilities they're working on something that would put them leaps and bounds ahead of you. Don't underestimate them just from what data that was 'shared' with you. So Revi, what exactly were you doing before you joined this motley crew?" |
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Post by atlas on Jan 5, 2010 19:17:49 GMT -5
Dane watched the crushing of the dumpsters and chuckled. Never mess with that you can’t see. “Because, I was at that point about 5 weeks ago. After seeing where it’s development would leave the victims, I decided to take another direction. Thats also the reason I may call for the teleporters. To extract any information I believe may detail other bases where this research is, and such help me find and destroy it.” He handed Joshua a sheet of paper with details of the goal HE had been working toward. He trusted this man, but not enough to leave it to him alone to save the world.
OOC: icky, short post
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Post by Revi Balalaika on Jan 6, 2010 21:53:20 GMT -5
Revi sighed, and shrugged as he followed "No Idea what I may be as far as usefulness here seems to be a more covert assassin mission, and I am kinda not able to be stealthy." He mumbled.
He then simply shoved his hands in his pockets, and began to morph the skeletal form of his knuckles making them more narrowed and pointed like studs. He also began to focus on vitals such as his skull and ribs managing to rapidly process his calcium and turn it to make those bones more dense and durable. Then the headache from increasing the width of the skull and the slight pressure it gave his brain, but keeping the brain put in one place without shaking it was his idea of anti black out from blunt trauma.
All the preparations he made, and to keep from whincing while do it as all the nerves where so alive, but he still felt each pain like a lifetimes worth of growing pains shoved into one length of time.
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Post by Joshua D. MacArthur on Jan 7, 2010 3:57:55 GMT -5
"Fine, you can keep or destroy any information that you deem worthy of your attention as long as you ensure that none make it out alive down in the labs. I can't run the risk of them heading off to another facility like the one in Montana, or getting grabbed by another rival group who i'd have no intel on." Joshua had lead them to the side of the MacArthur building furthest away from the guards standing in front of the entrance, the fifteen or so mercs were armed to the teeth and looked pretty tense from what he could see. He supposed the big guns would either be on the top levels and deep within the buildings labs if he knew how his Grandfather operated, there was a chance though that they'd have to encounter one of them right from the start on the ground floor. "Well i was hoping they would have kept all of the mercs inside the building, but it's not like this is any kind of a problem just really annoying."
Joshua stepped away from the side of the building and started walking toward the front entrance of the building, at once the mercs saw his approach and leveled their guns at him. "Stop right the fuck there or i'll empty this clip in your ass." From their vantage point he was still enshrouded by the heavy fog looking nothing more than a persons shadow, his right hand twitched sharply pulling the aimed guns away from the mercs and levitated them to rest in fron of his feet. "As kinky as it sounds to have you empty your clip in my ass, i have to decline since i barely even know you. Perv!" With cobra like speeds he thrust his left hand out in front of him and threw the mercs through the buildings windows, Joshua raced forward blasting the front doors inward and crossed into the lobby. The facilities alarms had not gone off yet, so they were still working with the cover of surprise and could take some time to work their way to their intended targets. "Revi, watch out for the Doc's back since i know he's going to be more ingrossed in the data than the danger in this place. And this mission isn't just about working stealthily, it's about taking out a piece of a dark organization with extreme prejudice...no one leaves this building that didnt just enter it okay?" |
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Post by atlas on Jan 7, 2010 5:13:30 GMT -5
Dane took in the whole scene with amusement. As Joshua entered the building, the doctor took the opportunity to make the whole experience less boring for this ‘revi’ character. “Hey, I’ll be shifting through the laboratories, it’ll be rading and shredding and all that stuff. Probably going to be a real pain to be on bodyguard duty. I would think you’d prefer to do your own thing. No stealth needed, go nuts” He walked into the building, the whole structure mapped in his mind. He knew where he had to go and wat was worth keeping and such. He looked at revi before he lost sight of him. A man like that could be dangerous if Dane went into a state where he couldn’t control his own power.
Waltzing through the complex Dr. Clarke went completely unnoticed by the scientists. He laughed inwardly at this ignorance. Finding one of the rooms he proceeded to sift through the notes quickly... everything here had to go “DAMN! I’ve hit the bloody jackpot.” Turning to face the wall on the doorside he almost shat himself. Lined along the wall were various chemicals that with proper incentive could probably take out this end of the entire structure “Oh... Fuck. This explains the vault-esc doors” His situation was complicated further by the entrance of an employee. “You’re not cleared to be in here. Who are you?” The man unveiled that he had himself concealed a weapon “Don’t move. Move and I fire” Fire, fire... Dane looked from the man to the lines of chemicals and back. “You wanna be careful with that. Can’t you see where we are?” As the man lifted his gun and lined dane up the doctor had no choice but to give the man an ability. The moment he did the man burst into flames “Oh shit! Bad, very very bad!” thinking quick.. only one firepower acted that fast. He dashed out the door and sealed it behind him. As the door closed the mans flames vanished. Over the intercom Dane told him “You’ve been backset. You are a user now. and you have a choice. Open the door and reingage your power. Creating a fireball that when igniting the chemicals on the wall would level this place. OR sit there and slowly suffocate. Your choice."
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Post by Revi Balalaika on Jan 9, 2010 23:55:11 GMT -5
Revi just followed suit of the other two into the building, and he was beginning to feel that familiar flame that ebbed him on so many times before. Seeing this young man and his abilities it made Revi want to try taking him on try to see just how far they could take their fight. Always a pissing contest always to see who was stronger, and that was the only unit of measure Revi had to gauge a persons worth. With that thought in mind he decided to follow the youth and allow the doctor man to do as he pleased not really feeling an interest in him yet.
He grinned, as he followed the man seeing an armed man come from the second floor stair case, and quickly he reacted sprinting and lunging up taking a bullet to the forehead and sternum for the man named Josh before landing right fist first into the man's face. A spray erupted much like you'd expect from a point blank shotgun slug to a watermelon. A grin on his face as the spray splashed him over, and he looked around he managed to jump to the second floor in that moment leaving the man named Josh on the first unguarded.
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