nextgen_citizen (nextgen_citizen) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-06-08 21:45:00

Entry tags:

andrew summers, angelo bennet, inactive - dj whedon, inactive - jason reed jr, inactive - julian gallo, inactive - lisa graves, inactive - pauline argosy, plot-"open season", sengai senyaka, team - x-factor

The Siege of District X (bendytimed back)
"If we do this... there's no going back. This is going to burn through every favor you and I have above my pay grade." Police Captain Erica Strauss poured herself and her associate a shot of whiskey. The strongest she had.

"And yet you will do it. District X's time is over, and this is the way to do it." The gentleman raised the glass, before downing it. He pushed a dossier across the table to her. "This file does not exist. There is no file which contains this exhaustive a cataloging of the District's residents, and their... unique qualities. Just make sure you don't get anyone with wings involved. The media loves them, almost as a rule."

"Nobody's going to love anything about that hellhole after this, not until it's torn down and rebuilt as high-rises." Strauss flips through the files, downing her own drink. "This... if this existed--" she humors him. "--it would be perfect. Let's see those brats try to derail this now."

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"The public was shocked today as, in an historic announcement, the governor signed an act to grant emergency powers to the 11th Precinct. Martial law and standing search warrants for the entire District X area have been put into effect. Policymakers are still reeling, as this is the first act of it's kind within the city. Captain Erica Strauss was available for comment earlier today."

"I want everyone in the five boroughs and beyond to understand that no-one involved in this is looking to make any kind of history. These are unfortunate measures to have to be implemented, but it's been determined there is no other appropriate response to the still surging crime wave from District X, and the continuing allegations of disappearances. I'd like to thank my fellow captains of the neighboring precincts for helping to pool emergency funds, as, in an effort to protect taxpayers from the cost of bringing in the National Guard, as well as keeping public safety our first priority, we will be bringing in the brave men and women of Castleton Security Holdings to support our own men and women as we deploy into the District." Every syllable was crisp, except for the parts where the public would respond better to signs of stress or remorse.

Strauss locked her gaze on a camera. "I want those people hiding within this district of our fair city to know that we will not stop. We will put everything as it should be. To the law-abiding citizens of District X, I promise you this, we will be among you."

----

The searches started the next day at dawn. Doors were pounded on. Homes were turned upside down. Residents were subject to 'mandatory relocation' to hotels and shelters in other parts of the city. Every 'successfully' searched building had security stationed nearby afterwards. By nightfall, and the enactment of the district-wide curfew, over five hundred residents had been moved, with well-crafted gentle assurances they would be back in their homes soon.

The efficiency alone was something of wondrous terror.

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Re: The Second Day

nextgen_misc
2011-06-12 03:15 pm UTC (link)

"McSweeden, I want a status report." Strauss' voice came over a radio to one of her men on the scene.

"They're here. Second day in a row."

"Anything we can use?"

"Can't spot the deejay and his girlfriend, but Howard and his girl are at the front of the crowd by the barricades. They're all minding their manners, for now. The Genoshan consulate's got people on the scene too. Not the Summers boy himself, though. Does this change any plans?"

"It changes nothing. Have you seen the way Summers' staff follows him around? They're mindless without him. What's the evac rate for the District?"

McSweeden gets hold of a pair of Castleman agents and checks the reports. "Ninety-two percent. More substance and weapon seizures than we even expected, and three bonus arrests. We're holding on the two blocks nearest the main barricades and media."

"Alright. Let's wrap this up. You are cleared to bring the noise."

"Yes sir." McSweeden turns off the radio and nods to the agents. "Empty the last buildings."

---

A pair of agents enter one of the residential buildings near the barricades. A few minutes later raised voices are heard from a second story apartment. They turn to the sounds of objects being broken, and shouts. Suddenly, a wall explodes out and away as one of the Castleman agents comes through it. The other agent follows him moments later, as a hulking figure
, frothing at the mouth and roaring, jumps out.

The reptilian man lands on a car, crushing it like it were no more than a dollhouse, a screaming child under one arm, who falls to the ground as well. In the gaping hole in the building, a woman with visible bruises up and down both arms can be seen.

His gaze swings on the crowd and now shocked occupants of it. "You want to stare? FINE! I'll take you all on, stupid stinking flatscans!!"

"Get the hostage clear!" An agent shouts, pointing to the child, as police and security agents converge on the behemoth.

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	Re: The Second Day dinosaur_jr 2011-06-12 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	Not good. Most assuredly not good. Pauline gets images of her getting people clear, as DJ dives, dropping her off as soon as its safe, then shifting forms to run at the man. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Second Day clothesline 2011-06-12 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	The commotion doesn't get missed by Jason, but he doesn't go on the offensive. Anything he might do may sabotage DJ's charge, so Jason was content to keep his powers ready for support if DJ needed it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Second Day not_adorable 2011-06-12 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	Good lord.... Angelo hits his auto-dial for Andrew. "A mutant civilian is engaged with police and security; no indication who threw the first blow. Do I extract?" He restrains himself until he gets the go-ahead. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Second Day assaultnbattery 2011-06-12 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Try and coordinate with the others. I don't want you alone with an unknown mutant, or surprising the others... but if you can, don't let the police kill him or dictate the situation. Extract to where the others can put him down if you can, if not, get any civilians in danger out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Second Day whoholdsthewhip 2011-06-12 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	Sengai is nearby. He's made no moves against the mutant yet, but he is within easy reach of a power line. He could absorb the energy and make a contstruct quickly if the need arose. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: The Second Day

nextgen_citizen
2011-06-12 09:21 pm UTC (link)

"Get the hell away from me!" The man screams as police and security agents, wielding batons and shields rather than firearms or tasers, converge on him. He swings his arms, delivering blows that would take out another wall. Police officers are rendered unconscious, but the Castleman agents seem to stagger back to their feet and keep pressing.

The boy behind, being pulled to safety by an agent, cries out. "Daddy! Stop it!" The agent moves the boy away from the fight and the barricades.

The man's focus seems to shift as another large heat source starts coming at him. He lashes out with an uppercut that would be at home in any boxing gym, or the UWF.

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Re: The Second Day

dinosaur_jr
2011-06-12 09:31 pm UTC (link)

This is why DJ chose the raptor form, instead of something bigger - less chance of hurting someone accidentally, and better than human reflexes - but he's not sure it can hurt the guy.

The dinosaur's head bobs back out of the way, missed by the punch by a centimenter at most, then he lunges back in, using the Raptor's momentum even as he switches to a bigger form, trying to take the guy off his feet.

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	Re: The Second Day burnwithlight 2011-06-12 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	"If that guy doesn't have immediate success," Gio tells Sengai, "Arm up." She calls to the little blue girl. "Ms. Fantasia, tell your pal we want to get his back if he needs it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: The Second Day

clothesline
2011-06-12 09:40 pm UTC (link)

DJ was handling himself fine. That wasn't a concern that that needed attention. Jason took note of the police failing and the Castlemen agents still pressing forward. Something wasn't right with that picture. He also took note of the child who called the large beast 'daddy'.

For the sake of removing all chance of casualties and negatively affecting all parties present, Jason decided to take action. He coordinated with DJ's forward lunge by sending a telekinetic wave to come at the back of the beastman's knees.

He also built a telekinetic wall to keep the Castlemen agents from interfering.

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	Re: The Second Day your_talents 2011-06-13 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Should I take him?" Lisa says to Julian through clenched teeth. "He's strong... but it'll be enough for him to go down quieter. You'll have to deal with me getting a little unpretty though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Second Day hellfireprince 2011-06-14 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Let DJ work for a moment, Lisa. The mother and the child, however, are caught in the center of that fight, as well as the agents. Get to the civilians first, though. One wrong move and this whole thing goes nuclear." Julian says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: The Second Day

nextgen_citizen
2011-06-25 01:34 am UTC (link)

The man, still raging, goes down under the combined tactics of Jason and DJ. His son screams as he sees it happen, agents rushing to dogpile onto him, only to be stopped by the wall.

"We have interference from unknown parties!" One of the security agents shouts into a comm-link.

A male voice at the other end replies evenly. "Clean it up. Too many variables are showing up."

Some hand signals are given, and the security agents advance towards the crowd, trying to evacuate those who didn't already take off when the man exploded out of the building.

His son, panicking, takes off running. A few moments after he runs past a car, the plastic paneling on it starts becoming visibly porous. A similar effect continues down the path he's fleeing.

A rumbling crack is heard from a nearby building.

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	Re: The Second Day dinosaur_jr 2011-06-25 01:37 am UTC (link)
	DJ transforms on seeing this to call to the others. "We have another problem, can anyone deal with getting the kid calmed down? His dad will be ok... mostly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Second Day burnwithlight 2011-06-25 01:58 am UTC (link)
	Giovanna sees what's happening. "ANGELO! You, Me, The Child, Sengai, and the Blue Girl, the garbage barges on the Hudson, NOW!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: The Second Day

not_adorable
2011-06-25 02:06 am UTC (link)

"Recon jump!" Angelo answers back, as his pupils dilate and he appears a split-second later several hundred feet up over the river. As he plummets, he manages to spot a drop zone before he builds up too much velocity, and jumps back to the riot scene.

He lands hard, letting out a grunt even as he sticks the landing, before positioning himself to keep all the targets close enough to at least one of the others. "Now!" He vanishes again, this time with the child and the others that his sister indicated. They fall a scant few feet onto the barge he'd selected.

The front of a building more or less collapses where the child had been taken from.

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Re: The Second Day

indie_minor
2011-06-25 02:09 am UTC (link)

Pauline didn't have a lot of time to process all this, but she did know the...scary green-glowing-eyed girl's plan was pretty good. That kid was being steered to destroy the whole neighborhood.

But first things first. As soon as she catches her breath from the sudden teleport, she breaks into her best Rosemary Clooney, and, singing, reaches out with her mind to calm the kid. It's painful. The poor thing's been through so much.

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Re: The Second Day

whoholdsthewhip
2011-06-25 02:30 am UTC (link)

Sengai was temporarily stumped as to what he could do. Suddenly an idea came, though he didn't know if it was particularily good, but he'd try. Using some of the energy he'd absorbed earlier, he kneels in front of the boy, and creates a scene of a folk dance he had once seen as a child. The blue figures dance and twirl, smiles visible on their faces. It had been fun to see when he was the boy's age, he hoped it would at least calm he somewhat.

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	Re: The Second Day burnwithlight 2011-06-25 02:57 am UTC (link)
	Gio observes, keeps an eye out for danger, and thinks of what she'll say to the Damned Reporters later. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: The Second Day

nextgen_citizen
2011-06-26 11:51 pm UTC (link)

The child gradually stops crying, although part of it is out of sheer disorientation. He looks at the assembly of grown-ups, the blue girl (from tv!)'s singing helping calm him as well.

"...what's gonna happen to my dad?"

--

Jason is spotted by an agent, who advances on him. "Shut down the field already so we can take care of this. He's liable to lash out again."

The man is indeed already getting back to his feet, hell in his eyes.

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Re: The Second Day

dinosaur_jr
2011-06-26 11:55 pm UTC (link)

By god, that is enough.

DJ transforms again, getting much, much bigger. Before, he wanted to make sure not to hurt the kid, and had some sensitivity to the cops - but this guy is going to hurt someone, and bad, if not put down with prejudice.

The DJ-Rex roars, tail idly swishing in front of the cop line to keep people back, as one clawed foot comes down hard on the mutant, having gotten a good idea how durable he is, to make sure its not a kill-shot.

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	Re: The Second Day burnwithlight 2011-06-27 02:00 am UTC (link)
	"People are going to try to calm him down, and do everything they can for him," Gio says simply as the Fantasia girl continues to hold and hum and soothe. "You can see him soon, when everybody's calmer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Second Day not_adorable 2011-06-27 02:04 am UTC (link)
	Angelo gets on the phone to Andrew to update him on the particulars of why exactly he just, possibly on camera, kidnapped a small child. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	The Barge not_adorable 2011-06-27 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, sir." Angelo responds, practically swooning* at him taking command, before relaying the information to Giovanna. He then digs into his backpack to offer the young man a biscotti. *To the extent that it is appropriate to swoon over one's sister's boyfriend. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Barge burnwithlight 2011-06-27 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	And Giovanna bites back against any comment of 'drug testing? The kid needs his parents, unmolested by official mobs, not drug testing!' as she just nods and assures the boy that they can go back shortly. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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