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Berethond

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Nietzsche said, "I'll go stop them from taking off." Then, he flashed away. Inside the helicopter, he kicked the pilot out. Then, he jumped out of the door and teleported before he hit the ground. He appeared fifteen feet away, drilling a guard in the head with his fist. He telepoted onto one of Junker's flying boxes, kicking off to gain momentum. He teleported and landed feet-first on the chest of another guard, flipping backward, teleporting, and then kicking another in the head. He continued in this fashion while the group moved towards the helicopter.

<spoiler=OOC>If any of you have played Dawn of War, (the Warhammer RTS), just imagine the Harlequin's Dance of Death but teleporting.
 

Captainguy42

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I haven't been making as hard as an effort as I should to keep this thing moving lately as I should be. This is mostly due to the fact that school has been sapping my time and energy, but at a basic level it also me just not taking the initiative. With that being said I promise to bolster my efforts in this RP. If in the future I feel that I may be unable to GM for a time I might ask one of you to help me by leading the group on a side event.

The landing area was in complete chaos. The guards were scrambling to recover after Junker and Nietzsche's first strike. They had left the copters unattended while they found cover behind some crates, while firing blindly overhead.

The Untouchable took advantage of this confusion and moved out from the bunker. He kept low, slipping from cover to cover to avoid being shot by the guards who were firing wildly. It took him only a minute to cover the distance to one of the transportation helicopters, inside was only one flight crew attendant scared shirtless by the fighting. The Untouchable wasted no time in getting up behind him and putting him in a sleeper hold, at first the air was filled with the smell of piss as the attendant wet himself and began fighting for his life; then he relaxed as the lack of blood to his brain caused him to feel a euphoric sensation, finally he went limp as his brain, deprived of oxygen fell unconscious. The Untouchable dropped the man but bent down to make sure he was still breathing, killing had never been the Untouchable's style. After a quick check he crawled into the cockpit. He looked around at the controls and then it hit him, Shit, I forgot I have no idea how to pilot a helicopter, well how hard can it but you just step on the gas and pull the lever...

Suddenly the copter woke up and the blades began spinning.

Now we just tilt the yoke and...

Suddenly the copter took off lifting a few meters of the ground, as it rose it tilted at a dangerous angle. It only took a moment for the Untouchable to realized he was going to crash, just before the copter went past vertical. When he hit the ground he rolled as the heli crashed conveniently on top of some guards.

" I meant to do that." The Untouchable told the rest weakly. He wasted no time in getting in another copter. This time he just sit back and observe the controls.

Alright, you can do this. Just use logic, to find out how this thing works.
 

Berethond

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It was now time for Nietzsche to start getting serious. He pulled out two knives, and teleported behind a guard who was about to take a shot the The Untouchable, and stabbed him in the throat.

Nietzsche watched the man drop to the ground as the life drained out of him. Nietzsche teleported away again, cutting the next guard in the femoral artery, and the third in the jugular. Nietzsche began a menace of steel and death, quicker than the eye could see.
 

Sporky111

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Junker paused with the last container above his head when he saw the helicopter lift off. It tilted dangerously fast and crashed to the ground. We're not going anywhere at this rate. He thought when The Untouchable rolled away from it.

The helicopter tore itself to pieces in front of him, sending debris flying. A small piece glanced off his helmet, knocking his head back, then a larger one hit his shoulder. His concentration faltered and the crate crashed to the ground on the side he got hit, standing on an angle.

He fell to his knees as the crushing weight came down on him, bringing the crate closer to the ground. Breathing frantically through gritted teeth, he held back against it's fall. It ground to a halt, and he gave a shove upward and forward. It lifted off his shoulders and landed in front of him. He leaned against it for a second, then shouted in rage and blasted it across the floor.
 

Captainguy42

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The Untouchable looked at the frustrating mass of buttons, switches, and levers that coated the dashboard. No amount of logic or mystery solving was going to tell him exactly how to fly this thing. His brooding was broken by a muffled whimper from behind. He turned to see a large pile of quivering parachutes, when he walked over and reached into them he pulled out a man in a flight suit, most likely hiding there to escape the flying.

"Are you a pilot?" The Untouchable asked, his voice was low, gravely and with a hint of contempt and bottled violence, it was the voice he liked to use to interrogate people.

"Y-yes, Oh god please don't kill me!" The pilots voice broke mid-speech.

"So you know how to pilot this helicopter?"

"Yes, well, no, I've just done the simulations."

"Good enough for me, get this thing off the ground flyboy, your taking me and my pals out of here." The Untouchable pushed the man towards the cockpit.

"And what if I don't," The pilot said, inspired by the misguided idea he had the power.

"Well, um, hey don't you need to use that retinal scanner?" The Untouchable pointed at a blank part of the ships wall. The pilot turned to look were he was pointing.

"These things don't have a- gah!" The Untouchable grabbed the back of his head and smashed his face into the wall where he was pointing.

"Keep in mind I still haven't decided what I'm going to do if you don't help me."

"Alright you fucking pyscho!" The pilot got up nursing a bloody nose and went into the cockpit, he revved the engine and in three short seconds they were off, hovering stably a few meters of the ground. The Untouchable went to one of the doors and yelled "Everyone get in!"
 

Sporky111

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I was planning to be the last one on, but nobody took the cue.

Junker saw the helicopter lift off and Untouchable look out. Time to go. He ran for the aircraft, knocking obstacles away and running over people. Bullets continually ringed off his armor. Their getting their bearings again.

He jumped and grabbed the skid. The helicopter tipped dangerously to his side.
 

Captainguy42

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The Pilot tipped the yoke to counteract the new weight, but that would only buy them so much time.

" We need to ditch that weight or we're going down!" The pilot screamed.

The Untouchable scrambled and got hold of a handle on the door, he reached out to Junker with his free hand.

" Junker! You got to ditch your armor! You're gonna bring us down!"
 

Sporky111

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Bullets continued to hit Junker as he held the skid. "I can't let it all go yet." He dropped the metal on his chest and arms, and pulled himself farther up with Untouchable's help.

"We're running out of room." the pilot yelled back. Junker looked over his shoulder and saw the rotors were nearing the ground.

"Get back!" He yelled. Untouchable moved back from the door and Junker pulled himself in and rolled to the opposite side of the chopper. His weight made it lurch abruptly upward and in the other direction. All the remaining armor, aside from his helmet, rained out the door as Junker let it go. The aircraft leaned ahead and did a 180[sup]o[/sup] turn before the pilot regained balance.
 

Time Travelling Toaster

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"Well that was an interesting night out I think," Chris mumbles shaking his hair back to its normal place and replacing his glasses.

"I'm tempted to go for a fly, but if we need to chat things out? I'll stick here, especially if you'll explain, why us? I'm sure there would have been a few more heroes in the world that would have worked better?"
 

Sporky111

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I guess we assume everyone is on the helicopter now? TTT seems to have taken us for a skip through time. . . Actually, it sounds like a good idea. Get talking!
 

Captainguy42

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((sorry away from my comp right now, typing from my I-phone, ya I'll move the story forward next post.))
 

Captainguy42

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Before:
Everyone else got on board by their own devices. The Untouchable signaled to the pilot an he took them out of the landing area and into the open sky where they got away.

Present:

They had been flying for an hour or two now on a direction The Untouchable gave the pilot when Chris gave his question.

"I'm tempted to go for a fly, but if we need to chat things out? I'll stick here, especially if you'll explain, why us? I'm sure there would have been a few more heroes in the world that would have worked better?"

"Well, that a question I can't answer truthfully because I don't know, as I think I said earlier, there was no plan made by me to contact you. I believe the idea of a contingency plan was a ruse to lure you to that base, but I don't know why someone would go to all the trouble. If we look at what they accomplished, it's paltry really, ambush and knock out a few heroes for a few hours, whats the gain in that, maybe a few laughs as we dangle over a vat of acid? I'm sorry Chris but I can't give you any real answers at the moment, I can tell you neither why you were chosen, or why any of us where. But leaving this to rest could prove a fatal mistake, it merits much more investigation, something far more sinister than anything we have ever faced may be a foot.

Right now the pilot is taking us to a safe house of mine, where I can fly back to my home base and review my information to see if there is something I missed."

Sorry if this confuses anybody, the Before part is right when we leave the base, just to maintain continuity. Feel free to converse while your in the copter, or to ask any more questions, this is the last scene of Issue 1. If you don't feel like your character has anything to say just leave an OOC post and I'll move straight into the next issue and we'll be at the Untouchable's base.
 

Time Travelling Toaster

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"So you think they were trying to kill us off?" Chris asks raising an eyebrow.

"Well I'm in for hunting down whoever planned it," he smiles thinly tapping his fingers on the door.

"Just as a heads up, when we find them, I will rip them to shreds," he snarls through an evil smile, "and that's a promise I won't break..."
I'm done, and yeah he's quite violent about getting revenge.
 

Sporky111

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Jared tried to listen to the others, but he was too focused on his shattered hand. In all the action, it had swollen much larger than normal, and was causing a great deal of pain now that he had no adrenaline to dull it. He clenched his jaw and cradled it against his chest, hoping he would pass out until they got back.

That was a good way to start it, but I think the next chapter should have more focus on people posting.
 

Captainguy42

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" Well all I know is that offing us was part of the plan, but I can't help but feel like there's more to it then that, and it also brings up the question, why someone want all of us dead? I'm sure we've each made our enemies over our respective careers, but I don't think we have a single one in common between all of us. I will appreciate you assistance in the investigation, in fact I may need it."

Aye Sporky has got a point, so far he's been the best one out of all of us including myself when it comes to posting. And this RP ain't going to go anywhere if no one posts.

I'm going to make a point of moving the RP past scenes where I see no one making a point to post in. If you feel like a scene just isn't worth RPing tell me and I'll move things along to another scene. I'm also going to send out a couple of messages to the members that have been have not been posting lately to make sure they are still with us.
 

Captainguy42

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The pilot took them to the Untouchable's safe house, from there they took a jet back to the US. Femme Fatale, however did not go with them, she left on her own flight to attend her business in France. Broken Arrow as well left to deal with some of his own business.

The Untouchable was piloting the plane at this point, it was a small transport plain that he used for missions that were over seas, it was able to travel the distance in only a few hours thanks to a prototype engine, for which the Untouchable had gotten the blueprints from villain's lair after bringing him down. The approached a small hidden air-strip on northern shore of Lake Huron, and landed. When they came to a stop on the end of the air-strip, the section they were on began to sink into the ground. It continued until it came to a large hangar with several other vehicles in it, as opposed to the jet which was shining silver, the other vehicle where all painted Black and Green. From there they got off and entered a large meeting room. They all took seats around a great round in side table with the symbol of a serpent strangling a man on the center.

" Welcome to, well I actually I don't know what to call this place, I think the former lair of H'tec is a bit wordy, normally I just work out of my apartment in the Bronx, but this place is good for security.

To recap, we've all been lured and knock out by an Organization. We don't know why, maybe they were just trying to prove a point, maybe it's something much more sinister. I fear this may be a situation none of us are prepared to handle alone, if we are to get through this we must stand together and discover the depths of this mystery.

Now first of all we need to assess where we stand. Me personally I was lured to the base thinking they had some-sort of a dooms-day device, I went in alone and unprepared for what I was going to face. I expected it to be a simple mission, get in destroy the machine, give the evil scientist a shiner, but it didn't work out like that. All the information that I had discovered turned out to be a trap, they knew when, where, and how I was coming, I barely got into the generator room when they sprung their trap. For the next two months I was tortured and interrogated, I still had not idea I had been setup until you arrived. As I said earlier I had no contingency plan, Dr. Killman must have faked my identity and somehow sent the message to all of you. You arrive, and they spring their trap again, knocking you unconscious.

What we need to know now is who our enemy is and why they wanted to ambush us so badly."
 

Sporky111

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"It seems like this Dr Killman might be at the center of it." Jared said. His hand and wrist were now wrapped tightly in tape, metal and gauze. During the hours on the flight he'd asked them to set the bones back in his hand, showing that every bone, minus his fingers, had been broken and several had dislocated from his wrist.

Now, it was all splinted and set, and wrapped tightly. The painkillers had him comfortably dazed, but the pain of the ordeal was still fresh in his mind. "Did he say anything at all that might tell us what he wants?"
 

Captainguy42

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" No, he did a very good job of hiding his intentions from me, but I doubt he's managed to completely hid his trail. But after two months of being captured all of my leads are dead, but there might still be a chance, can you tell me how he contacted you to begin with?"

To clarify, The Untouchable would like to know how you got the message that started all this. Go ahead and make this up, however would make sense for your character.

Also a few notes:
-We are now officially in Issue 2
-Sadly Aqualung won't be a member of this RP anymore, that's why I sent her character away. With AWC Viper still MIA that leaves us low on members, I'm going to re-open the thread to new recruits, if there's anyone you think would like to join invite them.