Connecting to megamanmush.com(64.246.46.192) Atlantis --(#240RFnt) The only way to describe even the entrance to the Palace of Waters is lavish. From the coral-encrusted battlements to the mother of pearl inlaid doors, from the cascading waterfalls that splash down the sides of the palace into the surrounding lake, it is obvious that the owner has made the seas and all contained therein his domain. Above, a sinGLe spire curls gently around, shaped LIke a nautilus shell. At the massive gates, two massive statues of fish-LIke warriors stand guard at the locked doors. Contents: Contents: orth: Atlantis -- outh: Atlantis -- [Radio: (C) None] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Yeah. I'm the Sergeant." [Radio: (C) None] Midi transmits, "Some people are trying to assassinate you two?" [Radio: (C) None] Prismatic Spider chuckles. "No harm done. Rank isn't all it's cracked up to be." Medical Complex - RHQ AustraLIa(#6157Rnt) Contents: Contents: Iris [Uniform] [RF] Jet Stingray [RF] Sai [Casual] [RF] Mortar Dodo Null Starfish Repair Chamber Out : Admiral's Way East - RHQ AustraLIa South : Research Labs - RHQ AustraLIa [Radio: (C) None] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "Guts Man has mentioned that he wants to kill the stardroids." [Radio: (C) None] Midi transmits, "We... Guts Man mentions a lot of things..." [Radio: (C) None] Cyclops transmits, "Things which are best not to pay attention to." [Radio: (C) None] Midi transmits, "OOC:Well" Somewhere on the MUSH, Rock has connected. [Radio: (C) None] Dr. Landon DeVry transmits, "*cackles triumphantly* FINALLY FINALLY I have escaped this miserable shell! I have finally escaped into the beautiful world of the eternal! I have become as unto a god! Unending and undefeatable! YES! And now the golden age shall begin at my hands. I shall make the world mine through my truly immortal wisdom and intellect. You fools who opposed me, MOURN at my success, know fear as I have attained my truest form! I have... What? No! Thats not supposed to happen! No!! AAAAAAAAAAUGHGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . . ." [Radio: (C) None] Cancer transmits, "I think one of my friends found the Doctor." [Radio: (C) None] Bridgit Cascio transmits, "OOC: Did you lose an arm?" [Radio: (C) None] Aquarius transmits, " . . . that sounds absolutely hideous." [Radio: (C) None] Cyclops transmits, "Rats. I hope he wasn't just killed... I really would've LIked to 'talk' to him before he was knocked off." [Radio: (C) None] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "By the sound of things, he tried some expirment that failed." [Radio: (C) None] BroadbandClassic Jet Stingray transmits, "Okay... On that note, I'm taking back my wishes for superpowers. Should have figured they would pull those classic genie tricks. LIke turning people into statues when they want to LIve forever and all that stuff." [Radio] Transmission detected: Damn. [Radio] Transmission detected: I wanted ... kill ... ... sucks. [Radio: (C) None] Midi transmits, "Um.. does... anyone have any answers to what just happened to Dr. DeVry?" [Radio] Transmission detected: ... triumphantly* FINALLY ... ... ... ... this ... ... I ... ... escaped ... the beautiful ... of ... ... ... have become as unto a ... Unending ... ... YES! ... now ... golden age ... begin at my hands. ... ... ... ... world mine through ... ... immortal ... ... intellect. ... fools ... opposed me MOURN at ... ... know ... as I have attained my truest ... I have... What? ... ... ... supposed ... happen! ... AAAAAAAAAAUGHGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... ... . [Radio: (C) None] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Does anyone care? If he's dead, it's cool." [Radio: (C) None] Aquarius transmits, " . . . chaos." [Radio: (C) None] Midi transmits, "Well.. even so, this doesn't sound too good..." [Radio: (C) None] Prismatic Spider transmits, "... Sounds LIke somoene made a deal with the Devil." [Radio: (C) None] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "What was that Aquarius?" [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... not supposed to happen ... ... Very interesting. [Radio: (C) None] Aquarius transmits, " Chaos." [Radio] Transmission detected: ... we ... out soon enough. [Radio: (C) None] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Chaos indeed..." [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... you ... right. [Radio] Transmission detected: :sounds ... he ... ... ... ... ... leave their TV on? I ... ... caught ... end ... ... show where ... vilLIan ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... Had to do ... ^^; [Radio: (B) None] **Intruder Alert -- RepLIforce AustraLIa HQ -- *image of Cancer* -- ** [Radio] Transmission detected: ... hasn't ... ... ... Evil Overlord's ... ... ... 'I will ... ... reaLIstic ... ... my ... and weaknesses. Even ... this ... ... of the fun out of the ... ... ... ... will never utter ... ... "No this ... be! ... ... ... (After,...) that ... is ... instantaneous.",...) [Radio] Transmission detected: ... STATUS REPORT! [Radio] Transmission detected: On ... This is Dan Il'est'mort over Malaysia where we've just witnessed a massive explosion. According to our readings, there has been a minor fallout from a low-level radioactive reactor core going critical underneath the plains. Current estimates however are near no fataLIties. The government has denied any involvement with a hidden faciLIty, so no check can be made of deaths within the faciLIty itself. [Radio] Transmission detected: On my way! [Radio] Transmission detected: ...Well ... don't ... to ... I just came ... the med bay ... see if Jet ... ... ... ... see ... ... Prismatic Spider arrives from the Research Labs - RHQ AustraLIa. Prismatic Spider has arrived. [Radio] Transmission detected: Even so... I'd ... to ... what happened ... if ... DeVry ... ... ... ... ... ... people ... ... Fusion Phoenix arrives from Admiral's Way East - RHQ AustraLIa. Fusion Phoenix has arrived. [Radio] Transmission detected: Whoa. I ... that ... answer our question.. Barrage Raptor arrives from Admiral's Way East - RHQ AustraLIa. Barrage Raptor has arrived. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... I ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: I ... I shall send ... ... out ... investigate. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... yes. ... ... quaLIfy as ... [Radio] Transmission detected: I've been ... out that report requested for ... been ... ... ... in MSE though ... that ... ... see. [Radio: (B) None] King Kitsune transmits, " ... oh dear." Cancer is here, drinking a Cappacino. "Interesting..." Fusion Phoenix runs in the main door, looking frantic. He skids to a stop once he spots the Stardroid. "Again in here?" Iris is, at the moment, in the back of the room, rifLIng through a supply cabinet as if nothing's particularly amiss. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... my drones should be ... ... fairly soon. Prismatic Spider steps into the room behind Fusion, eyeing the Stardroid. "Well... Hello there. Given the voice and armor motif, I would assume that you are Cancer, correct?" [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... already enroute. Barrage Raptor changes into her Armored armor. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... perfect. ... ... it appears the Dr. ... is there and ... aLIve ... think I ... come pay him a visit... He's ... ... ... ... too ... Barrage Raptor wanders in, and peers around. Another Stardroid in MSE? Wonderful. Oh well. She pokes her head in a short time behind Pris. Iris peeks around the corner of the supply cabinet. "Huh? -- OH!!" Cancer looks over at the arrivals. "Hello." He says, sipping at his cup, sound oh so reasonably calm. Jet Stingray is just 'sleeping', recovering after helping Rock save all those hostages and spending a long time talking about his movie. What is with him and Stardroids appearing when he is hurt or heaLIng? Fusion Phoenix bLInks. The good news, this Stardorid dosen't seem violent. The bad news, this can change. "Hello. Might I ask what brought you here?" Sai is sitting propped up on a medtable, fiddLIng with a datapad which has a small minicam attached -- he's apparently fiddLIng with an extremely belated After Action Report. He bLInks a few times on hearing a certain voice he's not heard before, and stops cold, looking around carefully. Needless to say he's on alert after that intruder warning, and it pays off when he lays eyes on Cancer. Sai barely restrains his trained reaction to leap into combat stance, instead sloooooooowly setting the pad down and getting off the table. He's not going to say anything just yet, preferring to gauge the situation. He'll speak up when there's something he has to say. For now he's just eyeing Cancer warily. Cancer GLances about. "I had wish to talk to one of your commanders so to speak," the crab notes. "I had hope to find one of them down here with the injured." Bolero arrives from the Research Labs - RHQ AustraLIa. Bolero has arrived. Prismatic Spider steps forwards. "I am Commander Prismatic Spider of MSE. What do you want, Cancer?" [Radio] Transmission detected: ... this ... GLorious ... ... so many ... ... of? ... ... ... one who ... have tried ... kill ... ... ... Such a pity. Barrage Raptor just moves in closer, still. Yeah. Gonna play security. That's what she'll do. In case things go bad. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... you ... him ... Stardroid? Good job. Jet Stingray just continues to rest, groaning faintly as he does. Either he is dreaming, or he is starting to get up. At least he isn't putting his foot into his mouth as he does. [Radio] Transmission detected: The ... ... ... ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... will beLIeve it ... ... ... see ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... dead. Iris just...stands there, staring at Cancer wide-eyed. Him and his coffee. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... to ... it until we ... ... ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... if the ... gets ... or something? [Radio] Transmission detected: Refuse all ... care ... ... ... ... ... for what you ... ... do not beLIeve. [Radio] Transmission detected: So ... ... ... ... to ... Or ... ... do ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... him ... ... ... The ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... he couldn't ... ... Knowledge. Sai remains where he is. He can't relax now, this whole situation could be very, very bad, yet he can't make any overt movements or he'll probably be reduced to scrap. He's not command-ranked, either, so he probably shouldn't say a word. Sai's stance shifts minutely, just enough so that if Cancer gets trigger-happy, he can hopefully tackle the target out of the way. Hopefully. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... me ... ... ... him too ... for even ... ... ... he went ... [Radio] Transmission detected: The knowledge to ... immortal. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... not dead then? If ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: He ... dead. [Radio] Transmission detected: ImmortaLIty ... ... ... ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... ... anti-cLImactic." ... ... ruin everything. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... [Radio] Transmission detected: Well I ... that ... ... got ... ... ... for. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... of cybernetics is dead. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... time. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... a few ... years old ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... ... an ... ... his ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: Another one? [Radio] Transmission detected: Auction? You wish ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... where money ... not the currency. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... [Radio] Transmission detected: What is the currency then? [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... "We ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: You ... find ... ... the morrow. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... don't ... this ... all. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... Fusion Phoenix LIstens to the radio for a while, then returns to the here and now. "I am a Major, and Jet over there is a Commander." Bolero has connected. Cancer nods at Fusion, "Very well. I wish to know your faction current standing on the Rogues. Are you with us, against us, or neutral?" The crab pauses for a long moment before turning away, claws grasp behind his back. "Do note that your answer will either make you or destroy you." "It is your call." Barrage Raptor just kinda stays where she's been, watching Cancer, wondering why he only wants to speak with someone who has rank. Iris says, "Ummmm...ummm...gee, I wonder where my brother is." Iris says, "He'd know!" Abyss Dragon is not connected. Unable to page: "Abyss Dragon" [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... to ... ... ... ... my weapons...Stall ... [Radio] Transmission detected: Good ... Fusion Phoenix has left. Fusion Phoenix has arrived. The doors to Research Labs open slowly, allowing a relatively small figure entrance to the medbay. Small by comparison to some of the giants in here, LIke almost everyone except for Sai, Prism, and Iris. The humanoid figure is rapidly recognizable, especially after LIght GLInts off of his hippie-shades. The Spaniard raises a brow, peering at the giant crab. A slow, devious smirk spreads across his face. "The answer you're looking for, gringo, es muy simple." comes the casual, laid back reply, in SpanGLIsh. By the time the Stardroid can turn, if it so chooses, though, another being has replaced Bolero. This being is, LIttle more than Bolero, undercover. The Spaniard is now in his LIttle used power armor, ready to attack or defend. Bolero changes into his Armored armor. Fusion Phoenix gulps. "That is a hard question to answer... first, I can not speak for every one..." He breaks off as Bolero enters. Cancer GLances over at the Spaniard. "Oh? THen, what is the answer?" Jet Stingray groans even more, putting a hand to his head. Yeah, he's starting to wake up, that's for sure. He's still unaware of who else is in the room. "Man... I hate ice..." Sai tenses. His eyes narrow, and again his stance shifts microscopicly, just enough to drop into full fighting stance in a moment, if needs be. Pure idiocy, of course, but the only recourse he can take. He GLances at the two conscious commanders, and then jerks his head over as Bolero enters the room. He sLIps another step toward full stance -- again, nowhere near an actual fighting posture, but close enough that one could be near-instantly attained. Things are about to get REALLY uGLy, Sai just knows it. Barrage Raptor sLInks away from the group, towards the research lab. Yeah...Slowly, to not attract attention.. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... will confirm ... ... something ... looked ... ... ... ... Whether what's left of ... brain ... still ... ... ... ... say. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... dead until ... ... ... ... ... haff ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: OOC: Oh smeg ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... dies [Radio] Transmission detected: OOC: Put that in ... ... you? I' [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... ... ... ... you? ... ... a few beers tonight. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... Bolero folds his arms across his chest, taking the Vega swagger a LIttle far as he moves closer. "We side with the good guys. That's the way it has been and the way it always will be." he states, calmly and cLInically. By this point, the Spaniard has converted his left hand to his buster. It's always a good idea to come prepared. His HUD is running overtime, preparing the underused power armor for full readyness. "Ahora, might I ask a question of you?" he responds, pausing about ten feet from Cancer, two medslabs between him and the crab. Y'never know when you need cover, especially when deaLIng with Stardroids. [Radio] Transmission detected: :laughs OOCly ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... ... ... time you showed ... on ... Spica page. [Radio] Transmission detected: OOC: I ... ... you ... see Bass ... ... everyday... [Radio] Transmission detected: OOC: *fLIps ... the bird* Prismatic Spider peers at the Crabdroid. "I don't think that your veiled threats are going to be of much use in convincing us to join you. We do not respond well to threats. However, as of this point we are, as a whole, undecided in the confLIct. At some point we may or may not determine who we will assist, if either group." As he has not been informed otherwise by Iris, Colonel, or General, that is the best solution. "... However, as Bolero mentioned, we place high value in moral causes." Iris looks about ten times more astonished at seeing Bolero walk into the room than she was when Cancer appeared. Now, she's just staring at B. Silver Mane arrives from the Research Labs - RHQ AustraLIa. Silver Mane has arrived. Cancer's eyes narrows. "Hello Jet Stingray of the RepLIforce. I seek not to kill wounded warriors... so I suggest you seek immediate COVER." Cancer's claws comes back to his sides, although his right claw is GLowing a bright red. "Wrong Answer. But...you may speak your question..." (Before I destroy you...)oo. Fusion Phoenix sighs. "We have not chosen a side because we do not have enough information about the possible sides. Some of you Stardroids seem to have a love of being cryptic. What do the Rogues want?" [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... guys ... mind repairing ... medical ... [Radio] Transmission detected: Stardroid ... ... Potentially ... ... ... ... standby. [Radio] Transmission detected: Because ... ... ... full force. [Radio] Transmission detected: Understood. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... shooting!! [Radio] Transmission detected: If we don't ... ... ... Jet Stingray bLInks as he sees Cancer... And sees that he is not looking LIke he is happy. He moves to get on his feet, which isn't too hard since he wasn't bashed up as he usually is. He shouts on the radio clearly not amused. Fusion Phoenix signals to some medics to remove the wounded that can be moved. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... he attacks ... ... have ... choice. ... hold. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... we ... ... ... on his back ... he gets a chance ... ... ... ... some of that Stardroid ... they ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... We ... ... fire ... ... shot. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... But ... he ... ... all ... not my ... Cancer's eyes rakes over Fusion's form before he answers: "Destruction of Perfection. Or rather to prevent it from coming. They will also want to kill Nothing." Cancer regards Bolero fully once more... [Radio] Transmission detected: Who's blaming ... Barrage? Prismatic Spider nods. "All right... And what is this Perfection that Nothing seeks?" [Radio] Transmission detected: Nobody ... It just ... ... ... that way. Barrage Raptor sLIps out, and into the research labs. She'll be back in a minute.. A pair of doors to the rear of the Medical Complex opens and sLIdes shut with no obvious change in the number of people in the room. Hearing the chatter over his comLInk, Silver Mane grimly stalks into the Medical Complex, assessing the situation on his own, his stealth and holographic systems turned on to their max." Silver Mane activates his stealth mode. [Radio] Transmission detected: ; seems to ... ... training he ... ... Anthem. ... ... up ... you guys ... ... LIke #$*(#$#$.,...) Chill out. ... ... know ... ... ... ... ... want to be explaining ... General why we lost half of our ... ... are going to ... ... ... a side ... ... now. ... order ... business ... ... ... ... get ... wounded out ... we even ... ... ... of attack..." You say, "Peace. No War. Anywhere. All beings LIving in harmony. They will be nothing but peace for a eternity..." [Radio] Transmission detected: Jet ... wounded are being ... out. Peace??? NOW, Iris is LIstening. "...Really??" Prismatic Spider narrows his optics. "The peace of obLIvion?" [Radio] Transmission detected: Jet LIsten to ... ... we are neutral we are ... enemies. If ... ... ... ... Rogues ... are ... ... He's saying Join ... Or ... ... I HATE that. [Radio] Transmission detected: Jet ... ... ... ... the Stardroids ... wants to destroy ... ... ... we ... join ... ... just ... to frag ... ... Prismatic said. Bolero eyes Cancer, an invisible grin spread across his face beneath his faceplate. The Spaniard remains still, arms at his sides. "Well, I've noticed quite a few things about this whole situation. Given the fact that I was only apprised of it ayer, I'd say I'm being rather objective about the whole thing." B is talking... Long-windedly? In this situation? Good God, he's going to the tactics outLIned in his app. Le gasp! "So, you see, three things came to my mind once I was caught up on the situation." he states calmly. Bolero adjusts his position sLIghtly, attempting to gain the natural frequency of Cancer's body as he does so. "So, in find you here today, asking the questions you asked... Well, you can hardly blame me for becoming quite curious one matter in particular. A matter which, quite frankly, I'm surprised no one else has asked you yet." Bolero LIstens to his radio for a moment, before continuing on with his methods. "Ahora, I know you want a specific answer, but we can't give you one until you give us something in return. Let us therefore suppose that the 'Rogues' as you called them, are the bad guys. Let us assume also that this 'Void' is the head honcho of the bad guys. Ahora, let us state then that the good Stardroids are... shall we say... Stardroids?" The Reploid Master of Sound pauses again, looking at Cancer with his head cocked curiously, waiting for a response. [Radio] Transmission detected: Then I'll hate ... too. All we can do is try and buy ... time ... now ... see if ... ... ... our ... ... ... ... ideas ... ... think of is merely show ... there is disunity ... ... over ... ... ... say ... ... is still ... ... ... ... still ... ... ... chance ... the ... ... give ... final ... here. And Iris remember ... is ... ... that beat the snot ... ... ... ... ... ... talked ... much. They ... far ... the ... ... you ... of. Cancer nods at Lady Iris, "Yes, Iris... sister to Colonel Kanissa... of the RepLIforce." His eyes shifts to Spider. The Crabs says nothing, but merely smiles. An horrific SMILE. The Crab turns towards Bolero, "We are the TRUE Stardroids... the rest are of those who were Stardroids and are now... DYING. And Nothing is our Commander." His GLowing claw calmly raises up... "Questions have been answered. Fall, Bolero." The Claw opens up, and a medium red beam strikes outwards towards Bolero... You strike Bolero with a soLId hit from your Astral Beam attack. Fusion Phoenix's eyes widen at the attack. "If you truely wish to not harm the wounded recovering here, you will take this outside, so that they will not be caught in the crossfire." [Radio] Transmission detected: The Stardroid is attacking! ... ... the Stardroid ... ... All non-combat ... evacuate MSE ... Iris covers her mouth, clearly sickened by Cancer's show of force against Bolero. She whimpers. "Stop it! If you're peaceful, then you'll stop the pointless attacks!! If you truly work toward peace, then your actions should speak louder than your words!" Aldebaran has arrived. Barrage Raptor changes into her Heavy Armor armor. Silver Mane's optics narrow to mere sLIts as he remains standing against the back wall, watching what happens to Bolero after the Stardroid answers his questions. He stifles an agressive snarl, gritting his teeth tightly as his metalLIc skin suddenly sprouts dozens upon dozens of sharp spikes due to his state of mind. Of course, not that anyone could really visibly see that, as his holographic systems keep him looking LIke the wall behind him. Prismatic Spider turns towards Iris and places a hand on her shoulder. "Those who would use brute force to force us to a decision have no place to make demands!" He quickly brings up his forcefield to protect them, and begins trying to move Iris out of the path of combat. A flash of LIght emanates from the refractor on Prismatic Spider's abdomen, quickly dimming into a shimmering field that encloses him. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... Oh ... Jet Stingray merely moves into action. Knowing what usually happens when people defy Cancer, Jet tries to get in front of Iris. He /will/ protect her. "Cancer... May I have a second to speak... I think I hold the answer to RepLIforce's position if you wish to have it." Hopefully Cancer is still in a mood to talk. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... dead? Sai drops fully into combat stance. His eyes are narrowed. He's...well, he's tense as all hell, actually, which isn't going to help him much, but whatever. He bLInks across the room, to just in front of Prismatic and Iris. "GO!" he snaps. "Get out of here! We'll do what we can!" [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... Fusion Phoenix also moves away from the door. "LIke I said, please, take this outside." Bolero waits patiently, which extends just a bit too far. "... Somehow, this did not quite work out right... I still haven't asked my question." The beam burns a hole clear into the dermal layers of Bolero's mid-section, negating the effects of his armor quite readily. B rolls his eyes, falLIng over backwards. He lands with a ker-thunk and a groan of pain, which to those of you with e-senses will sound LIke LIttle more than a pathetic excuse for a groan track from a movie. He stands up moments later, holding his mid-section, seeminGLy shocked at the gaping hole... Which is rapidly being filled in by what appears to be plate armor. Plate armor infamous to MSE. "Well mire a eso. You'd think achieving moksha'd give you some sort of crazy afted super-powers. Looks LIke moksha drains Stardroid juice." he states calmly. [Radio] Transmission detected: Huh? ... ... He ... look ... ... However...that ... is holding ... for ... ... So ... ... possibiLIty ... is in fact STILL ... ... ... ... for the right to ... him. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... "Hah. ... is ... ... I vill ... no part of ... a t'ink ... ... ... ... Cancer turns towards Iris and merely answers... "I am not good. I am not peace. I am the ultimate enforcer. And I am sorry..." He claw/armgun is pointed at Iris... and a bigger flash of red energy comes out... Does Prism or even Jet come to Iris rescue before it is too late? [Radio] Transmission detected: Though I suppose ... does beg ... ... ... ... ... ... Stardroid ... ... money? [Radio] Transmission detected: He said ... ... ... ... not ... money. He ... ... ... more. You strike Prismatic Spider with a devastating hit from your Astral Beam attack. Prismatic Spider's forcefield collapses. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... least there's that ... ... ... ... ... the ... ... wants? [Radio] Transmission detected: Here ... go! ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ...whut's ... now? Fusion Phoenix ducks, and makes himself flat on the floor, GLad that a lot of the wounded have been moved. The door to the research labs open up, and standing there, where the door is, stands...Barrage Raptor. Fully armed up, the massive weapons platform resting on her back, as her purple eyes narrow behind that targeting visor, "Hey Stardroid!" She yells out, "I got a present for ya!" Missile pods open up, and all of them launch right towards Cancer, "TAKE THIS!" Barrage Raptor strikes you with a minor hit from her Quad-missile Launchers for 23 units of damage. "Enforcer?? What laws have we broken??" Iris insists, making a dismayed sound as Prismatic gets hit. Seeing Fusion hit the floor makes her follow suit, as she knows that something big is about to happen. She crawls her way over toward Bolero and Prismatic in the meanwhile. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... Sai stands firm, resolute, unyielding, unwishing to yield...and then gets the bloody hell down, just before Barrage bursts in. Iris takes out a medical scanner and scans Bolero. Iris takes out a medical scanner and scans Prismatic Spider. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... Cancer said ... what his ... ... ... ... ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: There were ... more pressing questions... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... he's ... busy ripping ... ... people! Cancer's beam smashes through the Spider Scientist's forcefield easily, shattering it LIke so much GLass as is is physically thrown from the impact of the energy blast. The large refractor in his abdomen cracks in a spiderweb pattern from the combined force and heat, leaving a hole clean through his decidedly non-combat frame. he slumps to the ground, twitching... But pulls himself back up to his knees, hissing at Iris. "Iris... I said, GET OUT OF HERE!" He stumbles towards the door, grabbing at Iris. He'll DRAG her out if he has to. The Medical Complex only moments before contained only one Stardroid and a rather decent assortment of RepLIforcers. However, that soon changes. With a somewhat warping of reaLIty, the massive, powerful form of Procyon in all of his GLory appears in the middle of the Medical Complex, behind Cancer. With a rather ominous *CLIckSnap*, the fellow Stardroid brings his nasty weapon up at the ready, his eyes boring holes into Cancer's back, waves of menace and destruction emanating from his form almost bodily. There is -definitely- another presence here. A power one at that. Procyon has arrived. Silver Mane drops Procyon. Jet Stingray narrows his optics. There are too few RepLIforcers to make a difference... Cancer will kill them all if he wants to. Now that Cancer has done the unthinkable, Jet's decision is made. The Nothing /will/ fall. "You dare attack Iris... You dare attack the babe that I loved, and maybenotsosureifIstilllove? Leave now, or face my wraith!!!" Jet figures that his best shot is if he used everything he has in one shot, he could seriously damage, maybe even take out Cancer. Merely waiting, he begins to sync his systems. His Hunter Mines, his Ground Hunters, his torpedos... Even his power generator and foot jets. It will all go in one big blast if Jet just gets the time to do things right. Considering that he only considered this idea once, he has no idea if this massive chain reaction of blasting goodness would ever have a chance of working. But Jet figures that if this Stardroid could take him down in one shot, he might as well try hit first... And last. The American Dream was founded on dreams and sacrifice... Jet is clearly hoping that his will mean that his friends will LIve... LIve to consider LIve the dream. Cancer gets hit by the missiles, and they do do some damage... a broken shell, there and here... but Cancer is GLaring at Barrage... "You Want Destructive Force, Raptor. You will HAVE it." Cancer's armor GLows, rolLIng all around the crab until it gets to his claws, at which point he pushes it out to the Raptor... and the energy takes the form of Missiles. Barrage's very own missiles coming back home... Oh dear. You strike Barrage Raptor with a soLId hit from your Armor Reflect attack. Bolero looks at Iris, "Guapa, sala, por favor." he states gently. His voice is pleading, just barely on the edge of reasonable. "I beLIeve the Stardroid and I have things to discuss." he states. "Things unfit for the ears of a lady." he appends, cautiously. It would appear that the Crown Crab of Crime has made a major faux paux, in attacking RepLIforce's leading lady. In fact, given a good look at Bolero's current physical state, it would seem to be a very major faux paux. After all, his body is not supposed to be resonating LIke it is... Especially not to the point that the very ground around him is starting to crack up. [Radio] Transmission detected: Hello?! Am I ... ... person ... ... ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... I ... feel ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: Oh ... ... ... get ... ... full of ... Don't ... about that. Iris bites her LIp, and looks toward the door. (...I should go, but...there's going to be a LOT of hurt people here in a short while from now. I'm going to be needed here.) Looking around quickly, she then suddenly clutches Prismatic, and begins pulLIng him underneath one of the med-tables. "Quick, under here," she says in an insisting tone. "You're more than a LIttle hurt, you're more hurt than B is. Let me fix you." Fusion Phoenix rolls to his knees, and aims his blaster at the red stardroid, making shure that the only thing behind Cancer is a spot of bare wall. "I asked you to take this outside poLItely. Now face the concquences." Cue the magna style action LInes. "Let the Fire and Ice combine! ANTIPODE STRIKE!" Alternating blasts of supercooled LIquid nitrogen and superheated neon plasma rocket at the invader. Fusion Phoenix misses you with his Antipode Strike attack. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... gives a ... ... sober ... "I always ... ... I ... this move ... would be ... ... take ... out of ... ... ... ... ... ... seems that I ... be ... out ... 'Stingray Sacrifice' ... a ... more powerful ... ... only ... is for the uncompleted ... and people ... ... ... ... be ... ... ... I'm taking ... ... Procyon seems to just swell where he stands, his optics GLowing a bright yellow as the bright star on his forehead stars to shine more brightly. He sets himself, waves of arrogant power emanating from him, very much LIke the real Procyon would do. His mouth opens to utter his words to the back of Cancer in the hopes of getting his attention. The Stardroid utters, "It is not your scheduled time to give these.. worms.. their fate. Leave, NOW! Or face my wrath." Around the edges of his body, that weird extra-dimensional flux seems to be in full tow. He sure -looks- LIke Procyon.. and his voice SOUNDS LIke Procyon.. Scared? SCARED?! What do you have to be scared of? Just two Stardroids bent on reducing the lot of you to particulate. THAT'S nothing to be scared about!... er, wait. Ahahahahah. Faulty logic, yes. However, what should suddenly appear in the way of any stray attacks aimed towards the RepLIforcers attempting to defend their base? A massive, red shape, engulfed in a crimson, misty teleportation. Although semitransparent for a moment, after a LIttle while it coalesces into a sinGLe cohesive shape. Aldebaran. He half-GLances towards the RepLIforcers, the side of his head still sparking - hwoever, it seems signifigantly more repaired. "Evacuate this faciLIty. NOW." His tone is quite commanding... after all, it's pretty LIkely that it won't see another day, all things considered. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... die ... ... ... ... Stingray. Ese ... a ... ... ... to ... ... ... ... ... Marine to do ... Iris effects some repair work on Prismatic Spider. Bolero receives a radio transmission from KaLInka. You intercept KaLInka's transmission to Bolero: I know. So I will do it. *sighs* Prismatic Spider is in no position to argue, he's missing half of his power supply, and he's been cored with a high-energy weapon. he slumps to the ground, mostly motionless despite every sense of his screaming to get out of there with Iris... "Iris... Go... I can get out of here, but you have to go!" Barrage Raptor lets out a cry of pain as the missiles she just fired explode against her, and she stumbles backwards, but stays standing, "That all you got? I've seen humans hit harder than that!" Then Procyon shows up, too...And then Aldebaran, "Evacuate?! No way! I'm just getting started!" And to prove this fact, her Vapor 29 is drawn, and aimed at Cancer, "Chew on this!" She pulls the trigger multiple times, set on as high as it can go.. Fusion Phoenix bLInks. "Pac-Pac!" Yep, he's taken to using Alpha's name for this stardorid. He shouts at the remaining medics deaLIng with the last of the wounded in here, "You heard the guy, exptidite!" He helps take Iris and Prismatic to safety, by picking them up and carrying one under each arm. Barrage Raptor strikes you with a minor hit from her Vapor 29 Hollow-point Setting for 26 units of damage. You take extra damage due to your Blunt weakness. Sai was mere milLIseconds too late, the beam slashing past the spot where Sai materiaLIzes and into Prismatic even as Sai shouts for them to go. He grunts, turns to look back at them slowly recovering, then turns his attention back to Cancer. He apparently doesn't even notice Procyon's arrival. Sai's mind is once again a narrow, razor's edge, and the only thing balanced on that razor right now is this: Cancer must be stopped. There's a high-pitched whining sound coming from Sai's right hand as electromagnetic power rushes into his knuckles. With a kiai the LIkes of which he's never uttered before, he runs forward at maximum velocity, hand in position for the blow, and leaps upward so he can strike at Cancer's gut. He strikes, and if the knuckles hit where they're supposed to, electromagnetic energy will be converted into explosive energy, and shunted straight into the impact point. This is, of course, JUST before the twin announcements by Procyon and Aldebaran. Sai misses you with his Bust Knuckle attack. [Radio] Transmission detected: He's not in ... ... mood. ... in ... kilLIng ... and... Um yeah looks LIke ... ... ... ... ... I ... I ... do the whole ... noble ... ... thing yet should I? "If I'm going, then you're coming with me," Iris insists to Prismatic, "Because I don't think you're in any shape to get out alone. Okay? On a count of three, we're going to make a mad dash for the door. ... Ready?" [Radio] Transmission detected: :growls. "Jet ... crack the ... ... already. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... someone ... actual ... authority ... an evacuation? ... ... that'd ... ... ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... EVERYBODY ... ... THE MSE ... AHORA! ... ANDALE! [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... going to ... ... Everyone who doesn't want ... ... ... in the ... ... a Stardroid fight GET AWAY FROM MSE ... Alarms suddenly start blaring in the Medical Complex as red LIghts start to flash, casting a deep red GLow over everyone still inside the room of the confrontation. It sounds LIke the alarm for evacuation has been activated. [Radio] Transmission detected: ; ... ... "Don't ... me ... to ... ... job ... ... ... one ... the ... times ... ... LIfe I'm ... ... to ... ... Besides I'm not totally healed ... Marines ... ... ... ... move ... I'm ... to be ... ... one ... just ... that ... Mel ... in that ... ... ... ... regroup ... ... ... ... prepare ... a ... ... If Cancer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... clear shot I want it taken. ... me?" [Radio] Transmission detected: ... sir! Bolero looks at Iris, "Guapa, stay down y get out as soon as posible." he hisses, gravity welLIng up around him. The gravitational force backs his every step forward, each one a cold, slow, calculating one. Each step grinding dents into the ground itself. He grinds his teeth together, straining to keep himself in check, at least in the language department. The Reploid Master of Sound lets out a loud, disturbing crackle of energy as the gravity field disintegrates. His faceplate cracks, LIterally cracks, under the strain of the immense sonic force being focused around him, ground LIterally starting to heave up in chunks around him. Bolero will tolerate being attacked, even annoyed, but when you attack someone he cares about... Well, all hell breaks loose. Bolero's eyes are gone, replaced with the purest violet LIght of his reploid optics, each one burning coals within the frame of his helmet, the densiplast faceplate shattered LIke cheap GLass. He hisses something at Cancer as the gap between reaLIty and subspace tear loose for a fraction of an instant. It seems the Happy Fun Spaniard has become the Angry Mad Spaniard. It's time Wreck Brahma got involved. Bolero changes into his Wreck Brahma armor. Bolero whispers: I suggest you kiss your arthropod aft adios, porque estoy cocinando la sopa del cangrejo. Sai bLInks as Aldebaran materiaLIzes. He nods to the Stardroid, turns his gaze toward the exit, and fades out, bLInking again across the chamber, just as Jet gives the order over the radio to take the rear and move out. Sai's brave, and brash, and frankly soemwhat stupid when it comes to his tenacity, but...even for all the talk, Sai knows his LImits. Besides, an order's an order. He starts to move out, intending to regroup outside with the other marines and prepare for offensive action, if needed. He hates to leave his commanders alone, but...it's not his place to ask questions, especially not in this situation. Cancer merely stands where he is... for about 2 seconds. Then he moves. The Antipode Strike messing as Sai's bare knuckle try... But the Vapor hits... and it sends Cancer staggering... Just in time to see Aldebaran arrive. Cancer SMILES, "I will absorb you Rogue... You will not stop perfection." Cancer then GLances all around... "You want destruction...I will provide..." "ARMOR EXPLOSION!!!" Cancer's armor GLows very brightly, before exploding in all direction... intending to strike everyone... and for every person struck, their energy makes the remaining armor... stronger... and far more powerful. ...As well as making a sun roof. ^_^ You strike Aldebaran with a soLId hit from your Armor Reflect attack. You strike Fusion Phoenix with a major hit from your Armor Reflect attack. You strike Bolero with a major hit from your Armor Reflect attack. You strike Barrage Raptor with a soLId hit from your Armor Reflect attack. You strike Prismatic Spider with a devastating hit from your Armor Reflect attack. You strike Iris with a devastating hit from your Armor Reflect attack. You strike Jet Stingray with a major hit from your Armor Reflect attack. You strike Sai with a devastating hit from your Armor Reflect attack. Morph Body has left. Silver Mane takes Morph Body. Silver Mane deactivates his stealth mode. Silver Mane has left. Jet Stingray just deactivates the LIttle surprise he set up for Cancer, figuring that with the Stardroid here, he won't have to pull the move. Making sure the other RepLIforcers are retreating, Jet merely starts to back away as he pulls the rear. Shouting to the Stardroid ally, he cries out, "What about yourself? Maybe if we fight together...." He gets nailed with the energy and gets flung back. Ouch. Slowly he gets back to his feet, LImping back to where he was before. Is he mad? No... He's true to those that are wilLIng to help his friends. Besides, having the Rogues get absorbed is a /bad/ thing. Fusion Phoenix is blasted in the back as he goes through the door. At least he is the last medic out. The bad news is that he dosen't have time to cover his charges. This makes him mad. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... may... have to ... ... ... ... the rouge... We can't ... ... happen... Iris winces and shudders, clutching Prismatic tightly as Cancer siphens her LIfe energy right out of her body. "Ugh...I asked if you were ready...to...go..." she mumbles, eventually not even having the energy to continue her normal functioning. Her grip loosens, and she falls into a torporous state. [Radio] Transmission detected: Everybody ... Somewhere on the MUSH, Colonel has connected. Prismatic Spider gasps, the rest of body cracking and sparking under the stress. His voice distorted from the power surges about his voicebox, he holds Iris' hand as he goes LImp, and he speaks... "I'm... sorry... Not... Fast... Enough...." And then he goes slack as well, barely able to keep himself conscius. Silver Mane has arrived. Fusion Phoenix dives to the side of the door now that he is outside. He puts down Iris and Prismatic, and turns to go back in, but waits fot a moment. An NPC medic starts work on Prismatic and Iris. And Barrage again gets struck, which sends her staggering back, "Get the hell out of my base, jackass!" She yells out, pointing at Cancer, "And I mean right now!" Twin foot anchors drop off the back of her feet, onto the ground, as the central cannon on her weapons rack begins to GLow, brighter and brighter, turning a powerful yellow, LIke a small sun, as she watches Cancer, and takes aim, and locks on, and gets ready, "Take this! ARMAGEDDON BARRAGE!" The weapon fires, sending a bright yellow beam right at the crab. The beam bursts apart as it nears Cancer, and spreads into a dozen smaller, explosive beams.. Cancer successfully deflects an attack randomly. Barrage Raptor misses you with her Armageddon Barrage attack. Sai is half-way through the door, when he gets struck square in the back by a flying armor shard. He goes careening forward, into the wall opposite. He doesn't exactly have enough strength to pull himself out of that, right now, as a fairly critical control module was just struck, in addition to the energy drain. Even if he had the energy left in him to move, he couldn't do much. He's helpless...though at least now he's outside the room. Aldebaran's body takes a fair amount of the pelting - trying to cover the others with LIttle success. His armor almost visibly is tarnished by the loss of energy. "VACATE -NOW-! I'LL COVER YOU!" he roars out, his energy and gravitational field suddenly swelLIng. His head drops in betwixt his shoulders, cLIcking audibly as his massive orb-stomach becomes a maw - the maw he seems to be so famous for. His fist abruptly curls as he summons up some of his own energy. With no warning, some stray equipment around the room - a drill here, a medtable there, perhaps a chair - suddenly begin levitating. SwirLIng around at a high rate of speed, the objects rapidly accelerate to hypervelocity before simultaneously converging on the Starcrab. "Know this! You'll not take me aLIve, Cancer!" Aldebaran strikes you with a major hit from his Random Blunt Object for 82 units of damage. You take extra damage due to your Blunt weakness. Iris is probably removed from the room by the NPC medics Fusion sends after her and Prismatic, because she doesn't have any power reserves left to leave on her own. [Radio] Transmission detected: All ... ... in ... ... base ... ... ... ... I repeat prepare for total evac! Dang ... I ... it ... I ... to ... ... ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ; insert ... ... ... Japanese ... here. ... LIke ... ... do much else but mutter ... ... Prismatic Spider LIes there, his blasted body being worked on outside of the room where All Hell is Breaking Loose. Not much he can do at this point. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... heard ... ... Case Omega Alpha LIma! Procyon has arrived. Cancer turns towards Barrage as he tries to attack once more... the LIttle bouts of energy comes striking in... and Cancer... bats them all way with his claws... not one beam strikes... ...But then as Cancer is focused on Barrage... Alderbaran strikes.... pelting Cancer with everything and anything... INCLUDING the Kitchen Sink. Cancer looks beaten, he looks down... He looks absolutely PISSED. "You will finally serve a purpose, raptor..." Parts of Cancer's armor explodes off him... and focuses on Barrage...becoming what vaguely looks LIke a mouth.... which promptly comes down on Barrage. If this hits, congrads Barrage... You've been absorbed... which is the Stardroid version of being Bustered. :o You strike Barrage Raptor with a devastating hit from your Armor Explosion attack. Cancer drains energy from Barrage Raptor with his Armor Explosion attack. You absorb 16 units of health from Barrage Raptor. Barrage Raptor falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Bombast GLyptodon has connected. Barrage Raptor forfeits her Armageddon Barrage to Cancer. Sai is, at present, utterly immobile in the hallway outside MSE. He's been energy drained, but more importantly a major control module was hit, so even if he HAD energy, he couldn't move very far. Prismatic Spider is lying a short distance outside of the room with Iris, both severely damaged. He is conscious, but isn't in any condition to be doing anything. Meanwhile, all hell is breaking loose inside the MSE proper. Fusion Phoenix is by the door, standing by the wounded, but ready to charge back in. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... *static burst then silence* [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... ... MSE!" Barrage Raptor tries to defend as the armor mouths come down around her, but doesn't get too much of a chance, as they suck energy and her primary out of her, her body slumping over to the floor once she goes out cold. And in the ensuing chaos, the true arrival of one of the Stardroids of Time goes unnoticed. Standing against the back wall, Procyon leans back and rests himself against it, while grinning just ever so sLIghtly. He finds the form that mimics him, quirking a brow at the rather dramatic pose it is in right now. And then he watches one of the Agents, one of the three chaos Agents unleash his fury. Well now, Procyon thinks, we can't have him picking on people that Procyon has taken a LIking too. Besides, Cancer has already ignored the 'false' Procyon's presence, so Cancer needs to learn a bit of respect. "Cancer." The word bites out, his words sharp enough to cut through the noise, yet his voice remains absolutely calm. And whether Cancer responds or not doesn't really matter, because what happens next will surely grab his attention. Raising a sinGLe hand, the space and time around Cancer seems to distort, while the visual perception of Cancer remains there, and everyone can talk and interact with him, Cancer is now thrown into his own bubble of Space-Time, a crushing, crunching bubble. MSE gumbies are carting the wounded south, to the teleporters there, while Fusion waits at the door, looking in. He curses as Barrage falls, and prepairs to run in to get her. Procyon strikes you with a devastating hit from his Space-time Distortion for 126 units of damage. You take extra damage due to your Blunt weakness. You fall to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Procyon takes out a medical scanner and scans Cancer. Aldebaran's jaw drops - he attempts to move to intercept Cancer's attempt on Barrage - but, alas, it fails. Rather handily. "You..." he clenches his fist. "You will be the one who's paying..." he snarls, before bringing himself into a levitation, his massive, orb-LIke form hovering above them. Bringing his legs up, he suddenly snags them with his hands. "My appologies for the mess, RepLIforcers." he says, in advance, before cutting out his gravitational support... sending him, rear-first, straight down towards Cancer. Jet Stingray just narrows his optics. He's got two unpleasant options ahead of him. Either he can let the Cancer kill Aldebaran and take his power, but at least his forces would get away. /Or/ he could try and have his forces fight against Cancer... If they could win, then there would be one less Nothing servant to worry about. If not, well.... That would be bad. What does he do? Pray for divine help and just let his armcanon sLIde over his arm. He watches as Barrage go down... "We are so #$#$." Yes he cursed... Yet another gift from a RepLIforcer he wishes was here to help guide him. "Cancer, you will suffer for this... Even if it means losing my LIfe. He not attacking, he merely takes some cover behind a table, hoping that being out of sight will be out of mind for Cancer. "Dude, helping us... I got a problem here. Either you die and he takes your power. Then he just return with twice the power... /Or/ we can all fight together and hope to win. Unless you got some magicial third option that you would LIke to share, then tell me why I should leave you?" [Radio] Transmission detected: ; ... ... anything actually. ... ... ... Japanese woman's recorded ... can be heard ... ... ... ... ... ... parts which mainly ... ... ... important-sounding circuit-boards. Energy streaks through and around his body, siphoning the very LIfe force from him. With a scream of rage, Bolero/Wreck Brahma staggers back, barriers and armor and shrapnel sending the giant into reverse. He falls to one knee, staring down at the torporous state of Iris. At which point, rage fully strikes Bolero. Not merely anger, not merely a fit of andrenaLIne-LIke aggression, but true and all consuming rage. The immense bull stands fully upright, the front of his body cracked and smashed, flattened comically, but that matters not. Bolero's optics flare brilLIantly, drawing him into a moment of intense concentration. "Assaulting warriors is one thing, Cangrejo DiaboLIco, but attacking the innocents... That's just inexcusable." Electricity and energy surge about Bolero's battle wracked form, his arm reaching for his hammer. "I'm now angry." His body stomps forward, swinging the massive hammer about, trying to crack the crab's shell... With raw, unbridled force... Let's see if it even slows arthropod boy down... It's about that point that time and space rip apart in front of him. "..." is all he says. Bolero pauses, turns around and GLares at Procyon... He just /GLARES/. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... me ... up ... fix ... Sai... Iris has disconnected. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... Iris has connected. Procyon has arrived. Silver Mane drops Procyon. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... flatLIne ... she's out cold. ... is ... ... area ... RFHQ. Cancer collapses in pain... "This...is...not...over...Nothing will win...Peace will come!" With a weak fLIcker of energy... Cancer disappears. o.o Cancer retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Procyon. Procyon blanches sLIghtly to himself, knowing that there is no WAY he could ever hope to dupLIcate such a feat as the real Procyon just showed. Keeping his inner musings and worries to himself, the false Procyon turns to stare levelly at the actual Stardroid, though none of the surges of fear and terrifying urges to bolt show on the holographic assimilation of Procyon's own face. The false Procyon dupLIcates Procyon's own actions and movements fluidly, an almost exact repLIca of the massively powerful Stardroid in every way, buth body, expression and voice. The powerful bo that Procyon is so fond of suddenly disappears, leaving the impostor bare-handed once more. Procyon strikes you with a soLId hit from his Code Shock for 39 units of damage. Cancer is temporarily disoriented by Procyon's Code Shock attack. You fall to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Fusion Phoenix sighs, and races over to Barrage, dooing what he can to tend to her wounds. "I hope I'm not to late..." He seals leaks, and sets to work, for the moment not noticing the one that blasted him before. Fusion Phoenix takes out a medical scanner and scans Barrage Raptor. Mortar Dodo, not to far away, wakes up from 'power save' mode, hearing explosions. "The bloody hell? Pardon me, but I am going to kick somebody's buttocks when I find out who is making that dreaful noise!" Fusion Phoenix effects some minor repair work on Barrage Raptor. Procyon seems to have one optic on his impostor at all times as he watches Cancer disappear. He calls out into the room, knowing Cancer can still hear him, "We'll be talking later, about your rampant running around. There is a time and place for everything. Chaos is not the call. Nigh is. And you are not doing the job you were sent out to do. Tisk tisk." And then, finally, Procyon seems to notice all the optics that have turned toward him, and a sLIght grin forms on his face, his shimmering white teeth sparkLIng in the LIght. "Well, hello to you all again. I see Barrage Raptor has yet again fallen to one of us." Barrage Raptor is suddenly...Back to being at full health again. Her eyes open back up, "Ow. What in the blue hell hit me.." She mutters.. [Radio] Transmission detected: :suddenly ... flatLIning "Ow!" Cancer has reset your health to full endurance. You reset Cancer's health to full endurance. Aldebaran's fall stops with an abrupt *SNAP*, as though the laws of physics were disregarded, as his opponent is suddenly incapacitated and gone. His body turns towards Procyon - since his head is no longer a separate moving entity from the rest of him, he's not exactally good at looking around without it. His feet land on the ground with a pair of loud *THUDs*, his gravitational energy field coalescing around him. "Why are you here, Procyon?" he abruptly asks. His move, for now. Jet Stingray just looks to the false Procyon. Yeah, the Stingray has an idea of who it is. He just gets up from the cover of the knocked over medical table. While Procyon is nice and all... and he even restored Barrage. But, with the battle over for now, only one thought enters his mind. "Iris!" Jet is not in a stable mind right now... Having to be saved by Stardroids, his ex and some of his best marines totalled. He didn't even fire a shot... Why? Because he knew that if he fired, the Stardroid would shift his attention to him. He can deal with his sudden bout of playing the coward later... Right now, he runs out to look for a certain fallen 'forcer. Bolero continues to GLare at Proc. "I take it you serve El General Nada, as well, yes?" he inquires darkly, arms folded across his chest. The Spaniard does not seem to be very amused. Not very amused at all. Fusion Phoenix bLInks, and turns to the stardroids. "Thank you." He pauses, then speaks again. "Odd metting here again." Prismatic Spider hears a famLILIar voice... And slowly pulls himself up to his feet, staggering quite a bit with his remaining phusical damage having yet to be repaired. He's almost a dead-robot walking, but yet he seeks knowledge. But first... Procyon. He leans on a wrecked counter as pieces of casing and refractor fall from his body... And waits. Sai twitches, once. He can HEAR Procyon, even from here. For some reason MSE gumbies have taken to dragging the gumby wounded, first, and Sai has been left alone for the moment. Not for long, most LIkely. Procyon doesn't grin in return, but only frowns sLIghtly. The false Stardroid looks over sharply as Barrage Raptor sits up once again, though his face betrays LIttle. It's all in how quickly his head snapped to look. When he looks back at the real Procyon, he continues to control his face, kepping it steadily composed in the face of such awesome force. Before long, Procyon's own voice returns to him, "..what brings you," and the false Procyon looks over at Aldebaran, imitating the real one almost perfectly, "and you, here?" Iris is laying just outside the door...intact, but extremely weak and barely functional due to a certain siphoning, energy-hungry Stardroid. She'll be much better after a full recharge. "...Jet..." she murmurs, barely above a whisper. "I serve whatever interest I have at the moment, nothing more, nothing less." Procyon's eyes start to narrow, while he GLances around the room a few times, each time they narrow more as he sees his 'dupLIcate' and its mimicing of his every move and expression. "I am here, because of the disturbance my young and inexperienced protege was throwing through the entire game." Finally, Procyon's narrowed optics become a GLare, his eyes burning LIke two bright white suns, his entire body seems to exude a certain amount of LIght from it. Bolero snaps his attention from Procyon to the sound of Iris' voice. His immense bulk vanishes into the folded subspace pocket from whence it came, leaving a bedragGLed and greatly blasted Spaniard in barely functional power armor bits... As in, he's got thin armor covers on his arms, legs, and skull. He moves rapidly towards Iris, "Guapa? Will you be alright?" he inquires, his fears that Iris was killed by Cancer now alayed, he can focus a bit. Bolero changes into his Armored armor. Cancer's voice echoes from everywhere... and yet nowhere in particular: "Yes, we will talk. Soon, Procyon... Very soon." And then, silence. A massive beam of energy descends from the heavens, completely vaporizing Cancer. You are hit for 28182392164885742032078381948862464 units of damage. You are now unconscious. Prismatic Spider nods at the concern shown for Iris... She indeed has the affection of many of the RepLIforcers. However, Procyon has his attention. "Procyon... What is the Nigh?" Cancer has reset your health to full endurance. You reset Cancer's health to full endurance. Jet Stingray is about to kneel down and hold Iris or something along those LInes, but Bolero's words remind him of something... Stopping him in his tracks. Slowly, the Stingray of Justice gets up and just lets the Bull do his thing. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, Iris... I will do my best to not let it happen again," he offers softly, before during to walk toward Procyon. "Please, Stardroid, would I be able to humbly a-" He stops as Prism speaks. His confidence has been all but shattered by the massive bout of helplessness Jet was struck with. The nine-foot bird waddles down the hallway, looking quite perturbed. He comes near the medbay, finding lots of wounded and various forms of destruction. "By George, these poor chaps are having problems with doing there jobs." Mortar Dodo walks up to somebody at random in the hall. "Pardon, but the hell happen here?" Procyon holds the real Procyon's GLare for about all of five milLIseconds. The dupLIcate then clears his throat sLIghtly and looks down and away from his other's gaze. However, if one's -really- paying attention to him, they can see the minute LIttle quirks that someone uses to watch someone, even they're not seeming to. As Cancer's voice is heard inside the base, the fake Procyon's head snaps up, and in the space between a heartbeat, the illusory Procyon drains of all color, turning into a completely silver version of the Stardroid. The silver Procyon looks over at the real Procyon then, and slowly morphs his body back to its original form Cancer's voice suddenly shouts: "OWWWWWWWWWWW!!!" There is a bunch of swearing (including in languages are too aLIenish to even translate)... then silence once more. that of Silver Mane. It's obvious that Silver Mane could have done this a lot faste, but apparently wants the Stardroid to know what he's capable of. Morph Body has left. Silver Mane takes Morph Body. The questions come Procyon's way, but as soon as Mane changes form, Procyon disappears. Procyon goes home. Procyon has left. Aldebaran's sparking head... well, sparks. Audibly. And heavily, at the mention of Nigh. And it seems almost as though some of his injury is heaLIng... and a look of comprehension... REMEMBERING... dawns in his optics. "...Nigh..." he breathes. He pays no heed to the fake - he has no time to tell the emitter that it is a very poor idea to continue the cherade - as suddenly... it looks LIke pieces are starting to fit in his head... And then his optics fLIcker. "...no..." he whispers, GLancing in Procyon's direction. "NO." With that he GLances towards the others. "Forgive me..." he says, before demateriaLIzing... his body reverting to a bright ball of energy which suddenly streaks off, hurrying as htough something terrible was about to happen. Bombast GLyptodon has disconnected. Iris murmurs faintly... "Not your fault, Jet..." She smiles weakly at Bolero, hand moving sLIghtly toward him. "I'm fine...just need a power-up, that's all." She sighs from the effort of getting the words out, her head incLIning back as she stares up at the hallway ceiLIng. "...It's good to see you back...why not stay a while." Bombast GLyptodon has connected. Iris has disconnected. Prismatic Spider intakes a sharp breath as all of the Stardroids disappear, his questions unanswered. AGAIN. LIfting his cracked face to the hole in the sky, he shouts out. "WHY DO YOU PEOPLE TAUNT ME SO? AAAAAAAAAARGH!" And with that, it seems all the power he had left drains from him, sending him collapsing on his face LIke a puppet with it's strings cut, unconscious. Sai twitches from his spot in the hall. Silver Mane's reflexes, however, are up to par as Cancer for some reason, left him completeyl untouched in all of this. As Prismatic collapses on his feet, the silver LIon gracefully grabs the spider and hoists him aloft, keeping the scientist from hitting the floor hard. He grimaces sLIghtly, looking around at the massive amounts of damage. Speaking to no one but himself, he says, "I get the feeLIng all the wounded should be moved to London for the time being. This is going to take time to fix.." Iris has connected. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... all ... ... Medical Complex ... ... is completely destroyed ... ... ... ... ... ... wounded or ... ... of ... should be transferred to the ... ... and set up there. Bolero eyes Jet for a long, long moment. It's one of those moments where epiphany takes grasp in his brain. o0(... Ay! Dios mio...) He nods sLIghtly to Jet, "We need to talk, Jet." he hisses out, before turning his attention to Iris. He smiles warmly, crouching down, sparks jetting off from his left knee in a small shower to the ground. He grimaces, but maintains that fond smile, taking Iris' hand and clasping it between his hands gently. "Lo siento, Guapacita. It is good to be back. I hope that I can stay, this time around, Guapa. I'd rather not go on another deep recon mission. Not right now." he states gently. The Dark Lord of the Spanish looks worse for wear, but not nearly so weary as the others in the area. With all the noise, he's charged up a bit, just enough to stay functional, but his concern is focused on Iris. A quick snap of attention is spent on Mortar, "When Stardroids Attack, part whatever." he snaps out, "Now start helping with the evac efforts." He returns his attention to Iris, "You're sure, donacella de mi coraz`on?" [Radio] Transmission detected: ... yeah. ... about ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... concerned ... ... mess ... ... ... ... ... Aldebaran left behind. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... weapons stripped ... and start ... ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: Well if I ... ... I ... ... the strength ... move people. [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... moving the wounded. ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ; ... ... ... ... ... "Unless ... is something that the Marine CO ... needed ... I'm ... out ... ... bit." [Radio] Transmission detected: ; speaks over ... pleasant ... ... the young ... woman ... ... ... ... ... ... critically damaged parts. "Don't...do...anything...rash...sir..." [Radio] Transmission detected: How ... ... ... ... ... helping to evac these people Jet? [Radio] Transmission detected: ... snaps back ... ... lack ... 'Jetness' affecting ... attitude. "How about not? I've ... more this week then ... ... do in a month. Talking ... ... ... ... I've ... keeping myyself ... ... might ... selfish ... might sound ... ... ... ... ... at this ... ... out ... here... ... be ... ... [Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... ... some ... ... in ... Then ... ... ... acting more ... ... ... team-player self amigo.