ng_marauders (ng_marauders) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-01-15 00:52:00

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andrew summers, giovanna bennet, inactive - arron wyatt, inactive - danielle hrimharisdottir, inactive - dream catcher, inactive - gabriel, inactive - leech, inactive - moira hrimharisdottir, inactive - molly hayes, inactive - rose logan, inactive - zachary cheney-guthrie, joe marko, npc team - marauders, plot-"horsemen of the apocalypse", sylvia mccoy, team - x-men, tsunami

Attack on Xavier's
Penny stepped out of the cab and didn't look back to see if Winterkill and Breakneck were getting out. They would follow, of that she had no doubt. They had a mission to do. Penny smiled. They'd have fun doing it too.

Penny smiled more as she practically bounced up to the gate. Makeup covered the bruise she had because of that bastard breaking her nose. Anger bubbled up, but she pushed it back. She couldn't afford to let real emotions get the best of her. She had to play a part right now.

Smiling into the security camera, Penny pressed the buzzer.

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	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 12:51 am UTC (link)
	Cait leaned against the wall for support and heard the crackling as the water turned to ice. Instinctively she pulled the ice up protectively around her. If only she could see. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_marauders 2010-01-18 02:59 am UTC (link)
	She wants to play that game? Winterkill will play on her terms. When the shield is up, and with it, Cait's mobility is limited, Winterkill begins drawing all the heat out of her surroundings, trying to freeze Cait in her self-made shell, the air itself quickly turning painful to breathe. Its not nearly as efficient as draining Cait herself, but it may serve. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

_tsunami_
2010-01-18 04:06 am UTC (link)

So cold, Cait thought as the air around her and her insides grew colder.

Think girl, she thought. You control water, including the temperature.

Growling, Cait warmed the water inside of her and in the air around her. That would only give her a few moments. She had to do something now. Gathering her willpower, she pushed the ice shield out and sent ice spikes flying in all directions.

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ng_marauders
2010-01-18 06:02 am UTC (link)

That breaks Mikhaila's concentration, and forces her to go dodging out of the way, with a scrape across a shoulder. She manages to stay silent however. She knows Cait only has so much water to work with, and can only maintain a finite number of effects at a time. Trying to draw more of her reserves off, she picks up one of the icicles Cait used against her, and flings it down the hall to try and get her to either attack, or at least respond in that direction.

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	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 06:22 am UTC (link)
	Cait knew it was ice that had been thrown. She could sense it and wasn't going to fall for that trick. There was one problem. She was down on the amount of water she had on hand. Gathering the last of the ice, she shot it out in shards and made a dash for the bathroom door. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_marauders
2010-01-18 06:25 am UTC (link)

Mikhaila dives after her, trying to grab at an ankle and twist. Though she prefers her powers, and certainly does her best to steal all the heat she can, she's also not at all bad in hand to hand, and happy to physically cripple an opponent and try to keep Cait from getting to more water while she can.
The ice shards force her to duck low, and still leave some gashes down her back, but as long as she can steal some of Cait's body heat, those will heal fast enough.

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	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 06:27 am UTC (link)
	Cait reached the door as the bitch grabbed her ankles. The door opened inward and Cait fell to the floor. She could feel her ankle starting to freeze and she tried to use her powers to counter it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_marauders 2010-01-18 06:29 am UTC (link)
	Mikhaila figured she'd do that - which is fine. She's ok playing back and forth with that, even if it'd be nice to just be able to put her out and have done with it. But while Cait needs to concentrate to use her powers, Winterkill can use her's automatically - which leaves her enough focus to twist the ankle as viciously as she can, trying to snap it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 06:31 am UTC (link)
	Cait screamed in pain as her ankle was twisted. She had to get this woman off of her. Instinctively she reached out with her powers as much as she could and could hear the pipes in the bathroom starting to give way. She kicked with her other foot, hoping to make some contact. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_marauders
2010-01-18 06:35 am UTC (link)

Winterkill rolls with the kick. It hurts, but pain she can handle. She also knows Cait is distracted, and like most of the X-Men, all their intelligence suggested she'll hold back.
She twists the other way just as viciously, continuing to vampire heat out of Caitlin's leg, forcing her to choose where her concentration will be focused, on the water from the pipes, or on not starting to lose toes to frostbite.

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	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 06:40 am UTC (link)
	Cait made her decision. She pulled at the pipes and they eventually gave way. Water started spraying all over the bathroom. Cait yelled as she grabbed water and formed a large column. It was semi-solid as it went speeding toward the woman holding her ankle. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_marauders
2010-01-18 06:43 am UTC (link)

Mikhaila cursed as she saw the water coming her way. She's forced to let go of Cait's leg, doing as much damage as she can in the process.
As it is, her dodge is almost too late, and the side of her face is bloodied by the impact from the column as she barely rolls with the worst of it.
No matter, it'll heal.

Trying to not give Cait a moment's respite, she dives right back at her, raking with her nails towards Cait's face, leaving streaks of glittery ice-lined blood should she hit anywhere near her mark.

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	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 06:45 am UTC (link)
	"BITCH!" Cait yelled and tried to push the woman off of her, but nails scratched her face. Cait screamed from the pain and desperately grabbed the column of water. Instead of hitting her with it again, Cait wrapped a bubble of it around the woman's head. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_marauders
2010-01-18 06:47 am UTC (link)

Maikhaila leads the Marauders for a reason. The bubble forms, she freezes it and shatters it before she can start to suffocate.
"Two can play that game, whore." she spits, cracked ice lining her neck and shoulders, bleeding where the shards dug in. She shoves Cait towards her own column, trying to get Cait's head inside and thus underwater before Mikhaila freezes the water column, slightly healing herself as she sucks the heat out of the water.

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	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 06:50 am UTC (link)
	Cait managed to split the column into two tentacles before her head was put in it. She used the tentacles to repeatedly lash at at the woman on top of her. She could feel the heat being sucked out of her body and she hoped she could hold on long enough. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_marauders
2010-01-18 06:53 am UTC (link)

With having to watch out for the tentacles, Mikhaila can't manage a consistent drain. She needs to do something, and fast or she's not going to be able to manage to keep avoiding the attacks, even as skilled as she is.

She takes a glancing blow from a tentacle which almost knocks her down in the process, but manages to close ranks again, reaching for the hand Cait is trying to guide the water with.

She tries to grab for the fingers of the hand, going for the small targets, trying to quick grab, freeze and twist and see if Cait can manage to keep her focus up with that.

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	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 06:55 am UTC (link)
	There was a brief flash of pain and then nothing except for the sound of her fingers breaking off. Cait knew what happened. Anger welled up inside of her and the tentacles wrapped around the woman and Cait tried to pull the woman off of her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_marauders 2010-01-18 06:57 am UTC (link)
	The tentacles do their job, pulling Mikhaila off. She screams in pain, then sucks the heat out of the tentacles so she can snap one of them. It hurts her hand to do it, leaving a bloody edge on the ice, but she manages. Insult to injury, she tries to jab at Cait's eye - with the extended reach of one of Cait's own frozen fingers. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 06:59 am UTC (link)
	Cait was a little surprised the trick actually worked. Now there's ice and water for her to work with. The ice flew toward the woman while the tentacle continued to lash at her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_marauders
2010-01-18 07:02 am UTC (link)

For all that she's highly skilled, Mikhaila still requires touch to make her powers work, and she came in knowing Cait's powers had the greater utility.
She drops to the ground under a tentacle and the ice, touching the floor, trying to freeze the water there long enough to hold Cait still long enough while she realizes what's happening, and controls the puddles to free her feet - trying to immobilize her opponent long enough to go for a diving tackle at the knees.

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	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 07:04 am UTC (link)
	Cait felt the water on the floor freezing and moved the water and ice away from her feet. Split concentration was something that she had been working on, but was far from being very skilled at it. She had just enough to try to hit the woman with the tentacle while moving the ice and water away. It left her totally unfocused on the woman. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_marauders
2010-01-18 07:07 am UTC (link)

Mikhaila's father was all about teaching her how to handle keeping concentration while in pain, keep her mind active and alert, and it would take people by surprise. He was a brutal man, certainly - but it was only for her survival, and it had paid off more than once since.

She's clipped by the tentacle again. Were it not for her healing abilities to go with her vampirism she'd have been out three or four times over by now, but she's no more normal than Cait is.

She takes the hit, but it helps her get in close. She sweeps at Cait's feet, then dives - trying to get one of those terribly freezing hands against Cait's throat or eyes, even for a moment.

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	_tsunami_ 2010-01-18 07:10 am UTC (link)
	The woman hit her and Cait fell backward. The woman's hand touched her and Cait felt the numbing cold start to spread outward. Cait tried to counter it, but she was weakening too quickly from the biting cold. Darkness closed in. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_marauders
2010-01-18 07:12 am UTC (link)

Mikhaila first collects a DNA sample, stuffing it in her pocket. Then she tears Cait's top open enough to expose the skin over her heart.
The boss made her swear she wouldn't kill Drake, and preferred she be brought in.
"You're one lucky bitch. The boss wants you alive, for some reason." she says as she carefully brushes her fingertips over Cait's skin, feeling her heartbeat slowing as Mikhaila carefully moderates her powers to try and induce coldsleep instead of a lethal drain, healing herself bit by bit with the tapped body heat.

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	xavier_student 2010-01-19 02:16 am UTC (link)
	"CAIT!!!!" Rufus Drake ran down the hallway. "GET AWAY FROM MY SISTER YOU...YOU....STUPID!" A fireball is sent straight at Winterkill. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)