Heather Collins (loveontherocks) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-12-31 19:43:00

Entry tags:

azurite, crimson, emerald, plot-"island lights", sapphire, topaz

New Guardians... GUARD (Okay, we really need a better battle cry)
By locking on to Saishu again, Heather had been able to lead Andy and Lenny to Cindy, Harry, Jess, and Saishu. With the flying members carrying the non-fliers, they made their way back to the beach. Because, in the face of all logic, Ganthet was still there and who knew what the Controllers were doing to him.

As they came in from the air, it turned out to be fairly bad. Strung up by his arms and legs by Effigy flames, one of the Controllers--there were only two of them remaining now--blasted him with bolts of cosmic energy. His red cloak was singed, his blue skin blackened in places. And he was screaming.

"Uh... plan?" Heather asked.

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	godownswinging 2013-01-01 01:55 am UTC (link)
	Plan? Saishu needs only one plan. Attack. With a war cry, she charges at the Controllers, slashing at one of Ganthet's bonds along the way if she can get close enough. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	fears_itself 2013-01-02 12:05 am UTC (link)
	The focused Fear that Andy had felt earlier was still there. Not on the surface, but easily accessed. Andy felt the nanomachines bend and strength beyond what they were supposed to, but there was no physical difference. At least, no noticeable difference, aside form yellow eyes. But there is a charge right after Saishu. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2013-01-02 12:51 am UTC (link)
	"We need to come up with a pla-son of a bitch!" Lenny yelled when he saw Saishu take off, followed by Andy. "Cindy..you seriously need to talk to that woman before she gets one of us killed," Lenny said through gritted teeth. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2013-01-02 03:32 am UTC (link)

Harry is looking a little jumpy, all this fighting has him on edge and Saishu charging in startles him. His first instinct is to get her back, but he reminds himself they're supposed to fight these...people? To make matters worse, he doesn't quite trust his teleporting anymore.

So instead he just looks at Cindy, wide-eyed, and waits for her instructions. That was always the safe bet right?

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littleladylord
2013-01-02 11:52 pm UTC (link)

"On my to-do list, Lenny. Harry, when I count to three, I need you to take me, Lenny, and Heather right behind Ganthet while the bastards are watching the big red and yellow distractions. The minute he does so, Heather, I want you pouring out the crystal walls from tight around, keeping the bastards on the outside. Lenny, please just be prepared to keep people alive." Under this amount of constraint, it's the best she can come up with.

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	in_reserve 2013-01-03 12:22 am UTC (link)
	She gets a nervous but earnest nod from Harry. Okay, teleporting, he could do that...right? He'd done it before, many many times so why did this one make him so nervous? That memory of the last teleport going awry was something he still hadn't quite gotten over. "S-sure. On three." Taking a deep breath, he holds out his hands for the others. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	loveontherocks 2013-01-03 01:09 am UTC (link)
	Heather nodded. "Got it." She took a breath to steady herself, even though she did not actually need to breathe. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleladylord 2013-01-03 01:16 am UTC (link)
	"Good," Cindy said, grabbing hands. "Start as soon as we're there. One. Two. Three" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2013-01-03 01:37 am UTC (link)
	Harry nodded and held his breath on the countdown, reassuring himself it'd be fine, he's done this before. And the group of them get teleported right behind Ganthet. Harry does let a sigh of relief escape for now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lantern_rogues 2013-01-03 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	The Effigies and one of the Controllers directed their firepower at Saishu and Andy, filling the air with fire and energy bolts. The other Controller directed his fire towards the others, before they vanished. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	loveontherocks 2013-01-03 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	Heather wasn't sure if the blast was going to hit them before Harry managed to teleport them or not... She threw a block of crystal in its way. "Made it..." she started, as they appeared on the beach. Quickly, she got to work forging crystal walls, even as the Controller railed against it with his power blasts. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

godownswinging
2013-01-03 11:09 pm UTC (link)

Saishu focuses on the energy bolts, letting the fires wash over her. What pain there is just makes her angry - and dodging into the fire, a lot less damaging to her than the other energy, actually makes it that much easier to evade other shots.

With only Andy following, some may say she's horribly outnumbered. Saishu, on the other hand, considers herself to be surrounded by a target-rich environment.

With some awareness of where Andy is at, she otherwise starts swinging at everything that moves.

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	littleladylord 2013-01-05 01:45 am UTC (link)
	As soon as Heather's walls manage to separate the enemy from Ganthet at all, Cindy looks him over intent on getting him down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2013-01-05 02:24 am UTC (link)
	The sounds of fighting have Harry worrying and feeling nervous but he still manages to focus on the task at hand and help Cindy get Ganthet down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hope_on_wheels 2013-01-05 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	Lenny quickly moves to where they have Ganthet, using his powers to quickly get an impression of the Oan's injuries. "The damage is mostly cosmetic thankfully, but he shouldn't be moving around too much." Lenny uses some of his energy to stabilize the worst of Ganthet's injuries. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fears_itself 2013-01-05 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	Andy is nearby. In a sense. Up is a direction in which Andy is nearby. Andys body has morphed and stretched, into a form Andy seems familiar with but has never seen. It looks almost like a large insect, with the body tinted yellow as she swings and blasts at all enemies who come near. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lantern_rogues 2013-01-05 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	The Effigies put themselves between their Controller masters and Saishu and Andy, but against their blows, they stand little chance and begin to fall. The other Controller, meanwhile, continues focusing his blasts on the crystal. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lantern_corps 2013-01-05 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	Ganthet slumped as he was released, barely conscious. "You... returned..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

loveontherocks
2013-01-05 11:14 pm UTC (link)

Heather strained to reinforced the crystal, having to repair it almost as soon as she made it. "He's too strong..."

The crystal shattered as a blast tore through it, aimed low.

"Look out!"

Heather tried to form another shield, but it was weak and half formed, and the blast passed through it, taking her legs clean off at the knees with it, blasting her backwards.

"Arrrrgh!"

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hope_on_wheels
2013-01-05 11:19 pm UTC (link)

"HEATHER!" Lenny ignores Ganthet completely, heading to where Heather had fallen. "It's okay, it's okay," he said trying to sound confident. He placed his hands out to where her legs used to be, trying not to feel sick, as he poured healing energy into her body. "All will be well. All will be well. All will be well." It barely registered to him that he was saying this, so focused on trying to heal Heather.

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	greenwillpower 2013-01-05 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	".... Stop hurting my friends!" And Jess is very angry. She goes flying like a rocket at the Effigies lashing out with green energy. She will not stand for what is going on. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	godownswinging 2013-01-06 12:30 am UTC (link)
	Saishu may not have the greatest mind for plans - but she's entirely aware that she's supposed to be the distraction. Roaring, she charges towards those firing at the others, inviting those she had been fighting to take their best shots, just occupying everyone she can and mowing down anything in reach. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2013-01-06 05:42 am UTC (link)

He's already jumpy and nervous, the fighting was bad enough but he was still awfully shaken by the faulty teleport earlier and how having everyone scattered and attacked separately had been his fault then. But when he sees Heather's legs blown clean off he goes white and can feel his stomach drop. That first hole straight through her on their first meeting, then losing a hand later and now her legs...what was the point of this hero thing if you couldn't even protect your own? It didn't seem like anything was going right. Ganthet hurt, messing up that teleport, and now...not being able to save Heather from getting hurt each time.

Focus focus focus. He wanted to rush to help Heather but what could he do? He couldn't seem to do anything of this right and if he teleported Heather and Lenny to safety there was still a chance these Controllers could mess up his teleporting again. Which would leave Cindy on her own...

Harry turns to Cindy, looking for some kind of instruction. Yes, he didn't seem to be able to do much right and was very much not cut out for this hero stuff, but if any of this hero stuff was going to go right it was because of Cindy. She had the plans and her plans worked. So he was going to do everything he possibly could to carry those plans to a T. Because that's the only thing he has real faith in now. Not his teleporting, not their abilities, not any belief that will get through this or win, but that Cindy has a plan and that if this plan was followed things would work.

"Cindy?"

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littleladylord
2013-01-06 07:31 am UTC (link)

Cindy's looking to Ganthet "Yes, we returned, you idio --" and when Heather is hit, she stops cold, eyes wide, and the orange flares up.
She looks directly at the cluster of Controllers and effigies.
"Ibegyourpardonbutifyouwouldbesokind, BACK OFF, PLEASE!" She throws all she's got into it -- and that's quite a bit because Heather, in a completely non-threatening-to-Saishu way, is hers. Maybe it'll buy them a second.

She looks to Harry, shoves Ganthet into his arms, points to Lenny and Heather with one hand, the edge of the trees with the other hand. "Them. There." Because you don't try to deal with someone rapidly losing body mass in the middle of the battle that caused it. Or torture victims either.

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in_reserve
2013-01-06 07:44 am UTC (link)

He just nods, the relief is clear in his eyes now. There's a plan.

Pushing down worries about teleporting disruption Harry holds onto Ganthet and teleports over to Heather and Lenny in a flash. "Sorry, we've got to move. Hold on." He shifts Ganthet in his arms so he's holding the Guardian in one and the other is free to reach out to touch Heather and give Lenny a chance to grab on.