Shade, Subway station
The already-injured ghost wasn't fast enough to evade the whirling blades and fell backwards, whisps and loops of energy fraying off from its throat. The other pair were faster, ducking or throwing their arms in front of the faces and necks as they moved in. One jumped forward to grab hold of China Doll's leg mid-spin while the other threw itself on top of her, trying to pin her to the ground.
Shade herself advanced cautiously behind the forth ghost, levelling her taser at the supervillain and looking for a clean shot.
Subway Station - The Great China Doll Manhunt!
One of Shade's ghost managed to pin one of the China Doll's legs without major injuries, but the other one just received a stab in the chest, one strong enough to send it back to Shade if it connect.
"Get off me! Get off! You're ruining my stockings!" Said the girl while stabbing the ghost's head with her sword.
Her heart skipped a bit when she heard the loud footsteps of the guards, but she made her trademark grin.
"Oh dear, I've become quite troublesome, did I?" Said the psycho while sighing and displaying her disappointment in the most melodrammatic pose conceivable.
"Oh well, this mean I have to end our playtime soon" said the girl while grinning at Shade.
edited 13th Dec '15 12:25:57 AM by Damacyn
"No defiant last words, Dr. Jones?" "I like Ike"Subway Station — why does it always happen?
"Say that again," Dune said, quietly. "Say that again," he said, much more loudly. "Shade is one of your targets? Surely I misheard." All subtlety went out of the window; sand began to swarm around Dune and Kukaze, hiding them from view, making breathing hard — and preventing the vigilante from seeing either China Doll or Shade.
Under his hood, David bared his teeth. How dare a second-rate Ninja wannabe threaten Jo...!
Harvey was the first one to emerge from the shadows with three other guards. Harvey was armed with a FN-P90 along with Henri Jeter. The two other guards were armed with riot shields and shock batons. The squad was split so they could locate the criminal earlier.
"This is Harvey," He said into his comm link, "We've found the China Doll and there are also other supers you'd like to lay your eyes on."
Harvey was elected as fireteam leader with Henri as his second-in-command, the other two guards were simply obliged to follow orders from a man they weren't acquainted with yet. This wasn't much of a problem, since the guards had some form of military background to lay on.
"China Doll," Harvey said to her while leveling his FN-P90 at her, "Will we do this the easy way or the hard way?"
"We're moving to your position," John Ciardi said from the comm, "Hang in there."
edited 13th Dec '15 1:15:06 AM by Victor_Skye
"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war.""Good job. You have released the villain. Her execution will be swift" Kukaze said, stumbling around, using his sword as a probing device "Even blind I will find you. And justice comes for you, China Doll"
"Too bad that I have more enemies now. Execution is coming. Retribution is coming. Wait for November 4th, prepare for a surprise"
Subway station — he doesn't seem to take a hint, this guy
"Come the fourth, you'll be in Nucatraz, idiot," Dune said quietly. He snapped his fingers, and sand filled Kukaze's helmet to the brim, preventing him from seeing, entering his mouth, nose and ears and making breathing very hard indeed.
Then a tonne of sand, concentrated in the smallest possible space, appeared above his head and fell on him.
Kukaze knelt down
"You do not know what you have done... your... ass... *cough* is mine... once... this is over. Do... you understand... this?" he said, grasping at his throat and coughing. "Look... this isn't... *cough* going to work... what good can come of imprisoning... her? Normal criminals... all for it... but superpowered villains... have to be slain... *cough* executed... to keep us all safer..."
Subway station — Kukaze's lucky day
"You sorry, sorry, fool," Dune said; he almost sounded apologetic. "The very system you so decry is the one ensuring that you would live to see tomorrow." Dumping enough sand on Kukaze to keep him immobilised by the virtue of its sheer weight, Dune turned and banished the sand that was concealing him and the vigilante from view, then made a beeline straight toward the closest guard – incidentally, Officer Ciardi. He took his Association ID card from his sleeve-pocket, holding it out. "Officer?" he asked. "I have immobilised a dangerous vigilante, right over there."
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home."Hey." An enormous man stepped forward, pressed his hands against the bars of his cage. He respectfully placed only a little pressure on him, mirroring how his physique fit, but did not strain against his prison jumpsuit. "You should have me on file. My name in the folder should be O.R.C., but I'd rather you call me Jim. Release me so I can take down that woman. The files should say I literally can't end a life. You're in the clear."
Shade, subway station
The ghost that took the blade to its chest staggered back and towards Shade and the ghost guarding her. Swearing under her breath, she moved in unison with ghost #4, both of them ducking to one side to let the injured ghost fall past. The ghost gripping China Doll's leg had started to put the villainess on the ground with a judo throw, but Doll's sword interrupted it, and it crumpled around her legs instead.
Shade hung back with the guards as they stormed in and held the psycho girl at gunpoint, the young heroine hesitating. She'd sent three ghosts in, and all three were down. She did not want to get any closer to that crazy bitch.
"Think she's dead-set on the hard way." Shade said, firing her taser at the girl.
"Assist her," Harvey said to the two guards with shock batons, they moved forward to shock her to unconsciousness then they would proceed to take her to Nucatraz. The one on the left was named Mario Nissen while the other was Luigi Laukkanen.
While Mario and Luigi attempted to subdue China Doll, Harvey directed his attention to Shade.
"Identify yourself, super." Harvey said to Shade, "Are you registered?"
edited 14th Dec '15 4:39:51 PM by Victor_Skye
"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."Nucatraz Docks(I guess?)
There are a few things Alvin never expected to be doing with his new-found heroism. Saving the world was the big one, since why would they bring him in to do something like that? Destroying the town was right after that, since that isn't what he would do even if he could. And, most importantly, he never thought that he'd need to stop a riot in a maximum-security prison for supervillains.
But he also never thought he'd be turned into an orange, so his judgement was pretty shit.
Still, it wasn't like he would refuse the call. Since they decided to phone him, specifically, they probably didn't have most of the important/powerful guys and were getting desperate. So he went off to the Association building, got suited up and ready to ship off. The armor would help, definitely, but Alvin didn't want to try to use a gun in case it tore his arm off at the elbow or something, she he was weaponless as they got to shore. He managed to get this far in life without a gun, though, so he must've been doing something right. So there he was, with the guy from the HA and whatever others they managed to scrounge up, looking at the chaos surrounding the prison. Usually, a shootout would scare him, since a stray bullet could potentially take a leg right out of commission, but luckily all of this armor he had was bullet-proof. He hoped so, at least.
"So, uh. I'm starting to think that this is getting out of hand."
The psycho opened her parasol and blocked the probes of the tasers.
She grinned while getting back on her feets. "Nu-hu! Those things are dangerous, young lady! Oh well, time to say good night and leave the stage!".
She undid a lace on her skirt and made a pirouette, spreading green "candies" around her, creating a corrosive smoke screen.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! I bid you farewell, 'heroes'! We shall meet again... It will be fun!" and made a run for the tunnels of the subway.
edited 14th Dec '15 8:52:07 PM by Damacyn
"No defiant last words, Dr. Jones?" "I like Ike"Subway Station — it isn't easy being green brown
Having vanished the sand from over the body of the now-unconscious Kukaze, Dune turned to his protégé only to find her engaged in combat. He couldn't see through China Doll's corrosive smoke, but he didn't need to; he could guess where she was headed. Tunnels were wonderful for limiting movement, weren't they? And so the hero snapped his fingers, causing a thick slab of hardened sand to seal the tunnel about sixty metres away from the smoke. With luck, it'll hold long enough for the smoke to disperse and for someone to catch the villain.
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.Shade, subway
Shade swore under her breath as China Doll blocked her shot, her ghost rushing forward to cover her while she loaded a new cartridge, glaring at the supervillain. That was when she saw the flying arc of green "candies" and gasped, reaching one hand out instinctively.
"Get away from those!" As she yelled, two ghosts blinked into existence behind Mario and Luigi and grabbed the charging guards by their harnesses, yanking them back out of the acid clouds. In the same motion as they threw the men backwards, the two constructs charged in themselves, giving chase to the frill-clad villain.
Panting slightly, Shade turned to the guard who'd been barking orders at her. "Yeah, yeah." She said impatiently, pulling her Association ID card out and holding it towards him. Hers had a big red strip along the top with "PAROLE" printed in white letters. While he looked it over, she returned to trying to reload her taser, growling as the cartridge kept jamming.
edited 14th Dec '15 9:41:43 PM by Gaunt88
The psycho slammed her nose against the hard wall of sand, fear was starting to overcome her and her malevolent smile slowly fade away.
"No... No, No! No!! NO!! NOOO!!!" Tears were forming on her eyes.
"I don't wanna go to jail!!! I'm a free person!!! I can play as much as I want!!!" Said the panicked girl while drawing her sword and running the other way.
As China Doll spun around delivering her payload of chemical weaponry, Harvey turned just in time to see Shade's two ghosts haul his men out of harm's way. Shade pulled out her Association ID that identified her as a villain on parole. Harvey contemplated whether to take her into custody, but after considering that she had saved his men and was without a doubt helping them capture China Doll he dismissed this foolish idea.
"Fuck," Harvey cussed as he saw China Doll dash towards the opposite direction, "She's getting away, OPEN FIRE!"
A thousand screams pierced the air as Harvey and Henri fired their FN-P90s at China Doll, hoping to take her down immediately. They were careful not to shred the two ghosts that were giving China Doll chase. If a lunatic like her would escape, nobody would know how many lives would be lost before she was taken dead or alive. Harvey felt like he made the right call, he chose the lives of one psycho over the lives of a dozen more innocent individuals.
Mario and Luigi sprung up from their fall, drawing their shock batons that they lost grasp of when they fell down.
They ran out of bullets, Henri started to reload but Harvey shouted something back at China Doll, "A psycho like you ought to be put in a cage forever!" He reached for another clip on his pouch, "Thanks to you, you've massacred untold numbers of people that were living their daily lives only for their existence to be snatched by a selfish brat like you." He ejected the spent cartridge and placed the new one in, "We're taking you in China Doll, dead or alive!"
What the fuck, Harvey? Henri became a little reluctant to gun China Doll down now since he knew Harvey's intentions.
"Let's take her alive, Harvey." Henri said.
"Or dead, whichever comes first," Harvey raised his FN-P90 at China Doll, "It's up to her."
edited 14th Dec '15 11:47:48 PM by Victor_Skye
"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."The China Doll opened her parasol, and managed to block the bullets and dodging some, but the knockback was strong enough to make her fall back-first on the ground.
"This is not funny!! You are mean just like anyone else!!"
Said the psycho girl while crying.
"All those people I killed would have hurted someone sooner or later!! See? We're not so different after all!!" Said the girl while regaining her malevolent smile and getting up wobbling.
"But do you know why I'm different from you pathetic Heroes? I'm having fun! Every time I kill someone... I do it with a SMILE! So come on!!" She closed her parasol and widened her insane smile.
"Prove me I'm right!!! Prove that you are as monstrous as me!!! KILL ME WITH A SMILE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
The laughter of the madwoman echoed through the station as she waited for a reaction from the guards.
edited 15th Dec '15 12:55:29 AM by Damacyn
"No defiant last words, Dr. Jones?" "I like Ike""Harvey," Henri said threateningly, "You've got to give people a shot."
"Gladly," Harvey said wistfully, "Relinquish your weapons, China Doll. Behind our backs there are more guards running towards here as we speak. If you attempt to run you will die, but I will not do it on your terms, I will do them in mine. Either way you'll end up in the Underworld awaiting a different type of prison... hell. Today is the day you choose your prison, China Doll. Will you stay in the land of the living and lodge in Nucatraz or will you bathe in the inferno of hell?"
He trained his gun on her, "Choose wisely, China Doll. We haven't even confirmed if the afterlife exists yet."
"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."The grin from her face disappeared suddently, her hands were shaking.
"S-Shut up! I-It's not funny!! Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!!!"
The girl fell on her knees, dropping the blade and the parasol, and started to cry. She looked quite pathetic but anyone would have felt pity for her... If it wasn't for the fact she was a murderous psycho.
"I'll make all of you pay!!! You'll throw me in a jail but sooner or later you all will be back to hurt me more!!! If you want to imprison me, so be it!!" She looked at Harvey with a ferocious look and with the makeup dripping on her sickly white ceeks. "I'll make your life miserable!! I'll haunt your dreams and make your existance worse than the hell you're banishing me in!!" She regained her grin "I'll make you wish you killed me and you'll become a worse monster than ME!... And we'll see who had the last laugh!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
The two ghosts catched her and locked her on the ground, but the psycho kept laughing. "This is just the begining, Harvey..." She thought "I'll make you my little doll, and when I'll be bored... I'll throw you in the trash like the rest!"
edited 15th Dec '15 4:26:26 AM by Damacyn
"No defiant last words, Dr. Jones?" "I like Ike"Harvey took a step back, he was tormented by the sight of the lunatic rambling about vengeance. This was unlike anything he had encountered before. He had a few scuffles with people here and there in his life, but never had he faced a psychopath swearing a vendetta that would last until the end of time. Fear had overloaded his better rationality and he was going to squeeze the trigger had not Mario walked in his sights to incapacitate her. The bloke had inadvertently saved this girl's life.
"Jesus Christ, this girl is high." Mario said under his breath and stepped forward to electrocute her a few times with his shock baton.
"I'd love to take what she takes," Luigi came by Mario's side, "To hell with marijuana and shitty beer, what's your secret?"
Mario and Luigi were best friends since middle school, they happened to be named after the characters in that Nintendo game called Mario, which involves trying to save an annoying princess that always manages to get kidnapped. You have to wonder if Peach is having a secret affair with Bowser after being abducted so many times. Nevertheless, Mario took advantage of being named after the eponymous character and endearingly referred to Luigi as his sidekick. Luigi does not take this kindly, and often backlashes at the offender with a snarky quip of his own.
"We'll have your back, Harvey," Henri said to console Harvey who looked like he had seen a ghost, "We'll tear the boogey man a new asshole if he comes."
"Thanks," Harvey sighed and kept his weapon trained on the psycho in case she would do anything stupid.
- A short description of Harvey's team:
- Harvey Stewart: Ensign Newbie, Melancholic. Prone to stereotyping villains as inherently evil. Trust is hard to earn. His suspicion of heroes makes him act decisively and may devolve into stupid haste.
- Henri Jeter: Reasonable Authority Figure, Phlegmatic. Keeps the situation from arriving at critical meltdown. Calmly processes information before making a decision. His assessment takes time but his actions are pre-meditated.
- Mario Nissen and Luigi Laukkanen: Bash Brothers, Mario: Choleric, Luigi: Sanguine. Loyal Heterosexual Life-Partners that smash heads first and ask questions later. They are the energy of the team that gets the job done when things get physical. They can make decisions on their own, but they are under Harvey's command.
edited 15th Dec '15 5:41:55 AM by Victor_Skye
"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."Nucatraz
"You'd be surprised how often it happens... Or not, since most of the people have superpowers and nothing left to lose."
Jaime then pulled out a phone and attempted to contact the warden. From the arrival point he could hear sounds of a battle, but hadn't caught sight of the villain.
we will survive.

HA
Why do they make us fucking say that, I never- *sigh*.. Also, bikini? The hell...
"We'll get there as soon as we can sir, it'll take about fifteen minutes. In the meantime, sit tight and.. tell everyone to take cover. Avoid fighting her head on, and if she's got henchmen or something take 'em out without alerting her."
He then puts the warden on hold and goes to announce it to the others.
"There's an emergency at Nucatraz, all combatants on.. deck..."
.... And then he realized why it was so quiet.
"... Figures we're understaffed. Tch. Guess I'll be going along this time. Great."
15-20 minutes later, Nucatraz
Jaime and the few heroes he was able to scrape together arrive, decked out in gear.
Before leaving the office, he'd sent out a call to the heroes under their jurisdiction, telling them about the emergency. He highly doubted they were coming, though, if they hadn't bothered to show up to the office in the first place.
we will survive.