(Abyss)
*Now the VERTIGO and Equillibrium is something different. Though they have training for it in S.E.A.L. school, for high pressure sicknesses. The actual part of it not hurting the pressure images that are fed to him. They aren't sight. But the spinning of his head is enough to throw his aim off considerably. But a weapons expert is dangerous even if he's dizzy.. And in rome, do as the romans do. Holding onto the wall to give him ''some'' feeling of orientation, he clicks the button near the trigger, pointing it around the side of the wall where he still knows pole to be, and though his aim might be off, it hardly matters with the automatic spread that issues forth, Eight bolts in Two seconds, varried targets, anywhere he thought POLE might be with his Vertigo in place. Though with such a spread the weapon powers each shot down to fourty five percent. But if his shields are still down, and if more than one happens to hit... As he ducks back into his cover, he doubles over, one hand on his knee, and throws up from the effects the fucking Psi freak is having on him..* Figures... ''Rich Boy'' can't fight fair.. Gets others to do it. Pussy....

(Jayne)
WARPOLE: *she searches again for him, manuvering herself around the area, staying away from the actual floor, hovering on the wrong side of the banister. She points her right hand up at the ceiling, changing the probability of it staying up, and sends it crashing towards Warpole, mumbling under her breath* hurry up Mel!

(Pole)
ABYSS*his roll happens at the same time as the shots.. lucky coincidence. On the floor and not standing and still rolling, all the shots miss.. though his shields are grazed and lose another notch*/// HEHX:*The ceiling takes out the last of the shields...they collapse as he hurls himself out of the debris she sent crashing on his head. Still mostly unhurt but now without his shields... he powers the pole up more, for a net, and curses SHRED for being a woose with ABYSS*

(Sai)
zora/Venin: *another explosion- larger. Sai meant what he'd said- he'd destory any wall he scented them near- but there's also wiring in the floor too. how long before he starts blowing that to hell and back?*

(Venin)
*snarls soundlesly as she purposely moves to grind broken bones, bringing her charge dangerously close to max she readies another blast, looking at zora she silently counts tell, indicating zora to run towards where she last saw alan. ont he countof 3 she stands and throws the blast at SAI*

(Shadow)
*smiles as she hears Abyss.* //Venin: *quietly* We need to get out of here.

(Gild)
*He smiles as MER-SEA dives at the illusion of OLD SCRATCH, which GEOFF himslf can see through, seeing to where MER-SEA dived too, he brings his other gun around the corner as well, takeing aim at the prone HUNTER and pumping rounds starting at both sides he could roll too and then inward to close the gap, and GEOF can fire fast. Alot faster that the HUNTER can reload his weapon. especially on his stomach. The Four bullets speeding at MER-SEA's back.*

(Lyta)
*she walks up to Melanie and kneels beside her*

(Mersea)
Pole: ~trying to pin down Gild, bastard's getting sneaky. used an illusion of scratch. I got a shoulder wound outta that one, nothing major. ~

(Sai)
Venin: *had a fair idea of where they were- and ducks to the side, the blast going past him.* *the staff flares- acting as conductor- and a condensed bolt of electricty flashes towards her, aiming for her stomach. he doesn't want to kill her- just take her down.*

(Jayne)
*she tries to follow WARPOLE's movements, barely noticing the weapon in his hand. With precision that she has learned over the centuries that she has been alive, she sends a hex out to the weapon, trying to change the probability of it firing correctly, and trying to get Warpole's staff to misfire and to hurt him more than her*

(Abyss)
*He knows SHADOW'S there by her voice, still ducked agaist the wall as his eyes stair straight foreward.* I can't see anything...*This coming to him, though he doesn't know how it will to her, as a /BAD/ thing.*

(Shadow)
*Throws a shadow shield over Alan's head to protect it. The use of the shadows starting to weaken her. It was too light out.*

(Abyss)
*He can still ''Feel'' where POLE is through the pressure irregularities. Curseing like the old sailor he is, and much like back water inbred basterd with the slur and quietness as he pops in another power cartrige to the weapon. The ONLY other one he has, though POLE need not know that. He doubted that he knew much about the weapons production seeing as how Congress AND the president didn't know about it. ''Plausible Deniability'' is a great thing. And doubting that the GUARD would have any contacts on such a small R&D team.* Fucking sombitch.... I'll plug his ass yet.... Pussy aaaaaassed bastard.*Cocking his head around like a rooster as he does his action, still hidden by his wall. Slamming that second powerpack into it and pulling the weapons coiler back.* FUCKER!

(Sai)
Pole: why not just fry all of them? *perfectly capable of it- this place was the worst kind to try to fight Sai in- electrical things everywhere. he could bring the whole building down with a few well placed surges.*

(Abyss)
*Talking to SHADOW.* All I need to know is when POLE is distracted, and for you to aim my hand in his general direction.

(Nightflash)
WATER:*a slight sound to the side of him, a familiar voice* Going somewhere handsome?

(Melanie)
**melanie's eyes flutter a bit, a moan escaping her lips. She sits up, looking around, looking concerned at LYTA, grabbing her shoulder* Are you ok? What can I do for you?

(Lyta)
Melanie;*barely conscious, she hears your voice and blinks up at you, unable to see you through the darkness* r-rest....

(Venin)
ALAN: How ya doing hun, you don't look good? ---- SAI: DAMN! it missed him, UMPHH! *the ball takes her in the stomach and sends her crashing back agains the wall next to ALAN, she sits there momentarily stunned battling the hazy blur of unconciousness*

(Shadow)
Alan: *grins* You need distracted? Give me a minute I'll be right back. *looking out where Pole is she moves to the shadows behind him*

(Yoshi)
Nightflash: *mutters something about rude Americans who just don't know when to leave you be.* Yes. Away. *mist begins to gather around him, slowly condensing into water. he's tired and hurt, though..*

(Nightflash)
WATER:*and she's fresh.. just fine, unhurt. She smiles and winks* yeah, you look like hell. Lots of noise in here though... and I -love- noise. *she gathers it in... and creates, from sound... -nothing-.. holes of nothing. Of no sounds, of pure vacuum... a ball of nothing is in her hands, spinning above her fingertips* I really don't wanna mess up that pretty face, but... *and she throws it, but this is merely a distraction... the true nothing is closing in as a wall behind him*

(Abyss)
*Talking to VENIN, though he's staring straight ahead.* Not doin too good sweets... Not good at all. Some kinda telepath like AERIK all over my shit like sharks to an injured whale...*Looking the part of fucked up as well, a pile of vomit near his feet.* Pussy assed POLE... I'm for vacateing babe... We've bloodied and hit 'em.

(Sai)
Venin: *lunges for her, staff blade leading the way- full intending to impale her. if they get her back to HQ fast enough, she'll live.*

(Mel)
*Melanie takes LYTA by the shoulders, trying to drag her out of the way of the fight, wanting to stay near her to protect her, but knowing that she needed to find Jayne and help with whatever trouble she had gotten herself into* LYTA...is there anything else you need? I wont be able to stay here with you. Are you going to be able to defend yourself if anyone comes after you? *she tugs harder at the woman's shoulders, Melanie's very slight build not helping matters at all*

(Pole)
*....Abyss is still functioning, still firing, and while Pole would love to engage the RUNner tete-a-tete, he simply can't afford to right now. Connecting to Shred he tries again... ~~~Okay, Brain boy, one more time. Get Abyss the fuck outta my way. Stop his bitch-ass heart /NOW/...~~~~ Sayonara, Bucko. *Pole can't listen to Abyss talking trash right now, and he certainly has no time to take it to heart. He's a soldier, with orders to follow and men to command, ones he's responsible for... and as a soldier himself, Abyss should understand that. No place right now for personal vendettas. Shred reaches, causing a massive attack*

(Shadow)
Pole: *Quickly gathering shadows she throws several shadow balls at his head in rapid sucsession. Not waiting to see if they hit she moves back down to where Alan is.*

(Lyta)
Melanie;*she sighs* ..no.......go...*and lapses into silence, to weak to do more than that*

(Mersea)
GILD:*As he passes through the illusion he reaches behind him, grasping the water molecules in your body, condensing and drawing them at an excelerated rate from your body, he attempts to roll to a firing position and get nailed in the side by a bullet, the others shooting up slivers from the floor, millimeters from his body*

(Jayne)
Pole: *Jayne hovers in the air, collecting herself after the ceiling came down on WARPOLE. She barely notices him bringing out his pole, turning her hex on the staff, trying to get it to misfire in his hand and to hurt him more than anyone else, causing him a bit of damage*

(Abyss)
Pole:*Having readied another Solvo at POLE though. The first reaction of anyone is to make fists hen thier body attacks, squeezeing the triger of the already aimed weapon and holding it down as he fights the ''severely'' unnatural heart attack in a very fit body. His only hope is that one of the erradic bolts hits pole right in the head, as he drops to his knees. Fighting the blackness he feels encroaching.* Fuck you POLE...*He gets out through grit teeth.*

(Melanie)
*Melanie looks down at the woman worriedly, but makes sure that LYTA is fairly well hidden in tall palms adorning the area, clasping her on the shoulder and offering her profuse thanks. Mumbling to herself* Now to just find Hehx....*her face screws up in concentration and she looks up in thought, seeing Jayne up there, Melanie lets out a surprised gasp, running under her*

(Yoshi)
Nightflash: *knows he's in trouble- and reacts naturally to having something thrown at him- he backs up, gathering the water to his left hand and lashing out at her with it, the tip ending in ice- though tht movement is slowed by his wounds.*

(Pole)
HEHX:*the pole fizzles.. a few things pop and make weird noises. He stares at it a moment... then shakes it. Blinking up at her he growls* I DON"T.. like you. *then some shadow balls thwap him in the head and knees.. he goes down ungracefully but is mostly unharmed, except in pride. The bullets from ABYSS sail over him and head for HEHX instead*

(Nightflash)
WATER: Ooooh! *he's slow.. she's not. The ball thrown expands into a hole, to suck in his attack on her... and the huge nothing closes in rapidly, surging forward to swallow him whole. It is, however, a doorway straight to a holding cell in the GUARD HQ* Such a shame we're on opposite sides...

(Lyta)
Melanie; *left alone and hidden, she finally goes unconscious*

(Gild)
Mersea: *The water being drained from his body does slow him, to about the speed of a VERY fast track runner. Both weapons aimed at the prone hunter still, seeing as he's on his back, both lasers marking each of his lungs,either way he rools, he's takeing one.* See you in hell...*As he fires both guns in rapid succession.*

(Mel)
*Melanie runs under Jayne, forming dual bladed psi-swords in each hand, the weaponry looking wicked and viscious. She stairs up in disbelief at the Hunter on the 2nd floor, wondering how Hehx has kept him at bay for so long*

(Pole)
SHADOW: oookay.. eiw... *he's covered in sticky shadow gunk.. and its messy. He makes a face under his mask and does what is natural... blasts out of his eyes with a searing light to strike at the shadows*

(Shadow)
*Steps out of the shadows in time to see Alan collapse. Moves over quickly kneeling down next to him. She doesn't find any pulse. With Sai attacking she tries the trick again about pulling another person into the shadows with her and takes Alan out to the ally behind the mall* *looking around quickly she doesn't see anyone around. Feeling safe for the moment she start CPR.*

(Venin)
Sai: *brings herself into conciousness long enought to see SAI coming at her. She kicks up a booted foot, pushing the pole slightly off course, it rams through her shoulder pining her to the wall. With scream of pain and rage she unleashes a massive energy ball at him, her gunhand coming up nanoseconds later to fire three rapid rounds at him*

(Jayne)
*At the sight of him going down, Hehx follows WARPOLE to be at the same level as he, wanting to look the jerk in the 'eyes' as she does as much damage as she can, feeling a nanosecond later, the bullets wizzing over her head. She looks up surprised, her brow furrowing in shock and a bit of fright. She looks down as she hears Melanie cry out to her, relief flooding thru her at seeing SABRE doing well.*

(Yoshi)
Night: *as he's swallowed- too hurt to move- thanks to his fight with Exit- many of the daggers still in his side.* Hai- so true. You seem like you'd be such a /pleasant/ girl otherwise...

(Shadow)
Pole: *as quickly as he blasts the shadows away they seem to reform. Again blocking his vision.* *continues to do CPR on Alan. Not yet ready to give up.*

(Mersea)
GILD: *leaving the water of your body, he instead calls on the water from the air forming iceblocks in the barrels of your guns*

(Pole)
SHADOW:*He growls... and keys up his pole. He doesn't need vision, he can interface with it. And with that, he sends out a steady blast of light to surround him... and it keeps there, and WILL for about 20 mins... a very bright light his eyes shield for, but too bad it will also take use of the pole, mostly, away from other things...*

(Nightflash)
WATER:*she smiles sweetly* Oh but I AM.. and you'll find out. *small sigh and she waves as the nothing closes, leaving him guarded in a cell* I'll put in a good word for you. And now we're not on opposites. *the portal closes and she looks about, thoughtfully* Hmmm...

(Jayne and Mel)
*Jayne floats down to Mel, hugging her quickly* Melanie...Its WARPOLE. He's after blood and lives this time..... *Melanie looks seriously at Jayne, pulling a bit at the short hem of her dress* Do you think you could get me up there without too much hassle? *Jayne looks up at the rise, and nods* Yeah, I can. *Melanie nods for Jayne to get her up there, and she starts a bit at not having firm ground beneath her, but watches as she rises, holding her psi-swords tightly*

(sai)
Venin: *gets blasted back, taking the bullets in the side- though he manages to form enough of a shield to keep all from hitting any place vital, but he's hurting* what the hell is with you people and shooting me...? *manipulates the charge in the staff- meaning to basically give her a mild electrocution.*

(Lyta)
*she groans softly, slowly coming back to consciousness*

(Gild)
*One guns barrel exploads in his hand as the ice didn't quite make it to the other one, the bullet heading towards it's intended target, and seeing as he didn't move, its target being the lung. The blast from the weapon throws his other arm out wide, though he goes withthe momentum and simply carries himself around the corner. Into the protection of the store.*

(Shadow)
*Frustrated the CPR isn't working she knows something more was done to Alan than just a simple heart attack.. What it is she has no idea and is begining to doubt if she can revive him.*

(Melanie)
*Melanie reaches the top where WARPOLE is, Jayne following behind her, levitating herself to be with her friend, ready to lend a hand if need be. MELANIE takes in the sight of WARPOLE attacking SHADOW, and rushes him, swinging one of her psi-swords at his pole, knowing that if she can get into contact with it, she could wipe it out, due to the fact that electronics and her swords dont mix*

(Lyta)
*her eyes flutter open and she tries to sit up, but blackness threatens to engulf her once more and she lays back down, wondering if the poison will get her this time*

(Warpole)
SABRE/HEHX:*he's.. a bit occupied. The shadows and the light blaring from his pole make it useless to use otherwise. He sees her coming, and instinctively uses the pole to BLOCk her swords... and on contact, the pole... stops working* The fuc--??? *he blinks, the shadows overwhelming him again, unable to see*

(Venin)
*tears stream down her face as she notes the disappearance of ALAN as she painfully struggles to her feet, she rips the pole out of her shoulder once again putting herself dangerously close to her limit. She forms another blast using all the pent up power, this one she turns and aims at POLE* you bastard!

(Shadow)
*getting an idea she moves them back into the store where the were. Looking around for Sai and Venin*

(Yoshi)
*He slumps to the floor of his cell, eyes closed. things had not gone as planned- not at all....now he had two choices- try to escape - or safe guard his little sister the best way he could- by killing himself. a corpse couldn't tell you much. and it's not like they'd have any reason to look in some half-ruined pagoda in the mountains of japan. and exit had given him the means to do so..*

(Pole)
VENIN:*The strike takes him totally by surprise... a cry of pain, even if it does hit the cybernetics, and he goes down HARD*

(Jayne)
*Jayne turns her powers to the ceiling once more, reaching into it to get the electrical cords out, trying to change the probability of them falling down and hitting WARPOLE with enuf juice to fry at least some of him*

(Sai)
*blinks as Venin tears the pole out* holy shit... *not many people can do that. Then he lunges at her- with her attention being on pole, he figures he has a clear shot, claws leading the way to her throat.*

(Pole)
*Annnd... the wires hit him too. Totally incapacitated now, Pole is of little more use than a puddle of melted jello. But Nightflash is still there, in the wings, and she sends the call to teleport the poor, misunderstood hunter out of harm's way before he's turned into so much chopped liver*

(Shadow)
Sai: *lunges for him to push him away from Venin. If she couldn't save Alan she would try to save Venin.*

(Lyta)
*she slowly pulls herself up to sitting position and looks around, shakily, pale as a ghost*

(Melanie)
*MELANIE dodges the power cables coming from the ceiling, trying to get in closer to take out some of his electronics with her sabres. She dances around the cables, striking out with graceful almost archaic moves, trying to thrust into his cyber parts*

(Nightflash)
*It really didn't look good, they were too outnumbered and Pole was down. She connects with the other HUNTERS*~~~I suggest.. a hasty retreat... unless ya have yers dead to rights, pull out people~~~ *and she turns, leaping into her own nothing portal, to that one cell WATER is in.. and hopes she doesn't get in trouble for calling a shot there*

(Sai)
Zora: *staggers as she collides with him- then slashs down with one clawed hand- meaning to finish first her off, then move on to venin.*

(Shadow)
Sai: *She cries out in pain as the clawed hand slashes along her back. The electric charge jolting through her body she passes out.*

(Lyta)
*she looks for the woman she was trying to help, then stumbles to her feet and begins to walks slowly towards where she remembered the others being*

(Sai)
*shoves Zora aside, then shifts to take care of Venin, smirking. Two for him- not bad his first try, eh?*

(Yoshi)
Night: *blinks, startled, having just pulled out one of the daggers- and was about to put it to use. so much for privacy during your last moments..* ....

*MELANIE twists in with savagery, thrusting her sabres into the cyber part of WARPOLE's brain, thrusting and twisting her weapons into his head, pushing with all her might, even if they were just psi weapons. She wanted him down and out for the count, and she would give it her damndest try. She screwed the sabres even farther into WARPOLE, finally letting up with a final twist and a kick to his side*

(Pole)
SABRE:*JUST before he's teleported, Night distracted by the pretty, if not beaten, form of Yoshi, the psi swords strike their target. Pole's body stiffens and jerks, convulsing, throwing itself in seizures. Only the kick to the side is denied... Poles cyber and organic brain a really ookie mess right now... and he's gone. Shred will have to put in long hours on this one*

(Nightflash)
WATER:*she's frowning and looking back at the nothing as it closes, wondering if she should go back and help... she leans on the cell, glancing at the guards standing to either side but aparently -not- paying attention to the prisoner inside* Well, cutie.. least yer not back THERE... real mess back there.. *she glances over* REAL mess... hey! Whatcha doing???

(Lyta)
*she approaches the place where the others are and gasps as she sees Shadow on the ground unconscious*

(Mersea)
GILD: *he smiles in satisfaction as he watches one gun explode in your hand. The smile turns to a grimace, then a burbling scream as the other gun fires, taking out a lung* ~oh shit!~ *His fading senses reach out grasping your water molecules in a last ditch effort, freezing them, ripping them out through your skin, but even that stops as he uses his last bit of energy to signal his ride home. He vanishes, and reappears in the infirmary at HQ*

(Sai)
Night: ~~I have one down. About to take care of another.~~

(Gild)
*The energy that MER-SEA used to hit him with weakens him even more, he would have started to scream, though he bites the inside of his mouth. Causing it to bleed a bit. Then the hunter disappears. And so does the pain. Without another HUNTER up here. He's safe for the moment.* An' don' come back ya fuck...*Pointing his one good gun tiredly where the HUNTER was. Then shirks behind the wall again, eyes following the ceiling... this was something to tell PAUL about.*

(Lyta)
Shadow; *she approaches you as fast as she can*

(Shadow)
Lyta: *hisses* back off.....unless you wanna come along...

(Lyta)
*she stops at Shadow and glares defiantly at her attackter, ready to fight*

(Gild)
*He starts to come out of his sopt though, maybe he could get off some sniping shots to help the others. Looking out from his doorway.*

(Sai)
Lyta: *still perched more over Venin than shadow- but the floor under her surges suddenly- the wires underneith exploding.*

(Mel and Jayne)
*MELANIE looks at the spot where WARPOLE /had/ been, and sinks to her knees in exaustion. Hehx walks over to her, and kneels beside her, bowing her head, hugging Sabre's shoulders*

(Venin)
*her claws extend and she blindly slashes heedless off friend or foe upon her. SHe can feel the electric charge from sai coursing through her painfully. The pain once again giving her strength*

(Lyta)
*she reaches down, throwing herself on Shadow and then hits the teleport button on her bracelet* *she gasps and goes unconscious once more, unable to take the shock as they teleport away*

(Nightflash)
SAI:*She gets the trans and grimaces*~~~You need help kid?~~~

(Gild)
*Pulling out a cell phone that he stole a while back, he dials up the house, figuring he'll call in PAUL... A fresh R.UN.er should be able to chase off whats left.*

(Yoshi)
Night: *watching her warily- about to finish what he had been starting- stabbing the dagger towards his heart, not responding, trying to get it over with before she can interupt*

(Sai)
Venin: *responds to her attack by grappling with her- he's not physically stronger- Sai's very weak as far as most people are concerned. but his powers usually make up for that- as he tries to simply eletrocute her with his touch- enraged now because he lost Shadow.*

(Sai)
Night: ~~*with condiderable cursing* I lost Shadow..someone with a braclet grabbed her and teleported- fighting the other woman now...~

(Mel and Jayne)
*Sabre and Hehx get up, looking around at the debris and the war zone they had all created*

(Yoshi)
Night: *levels a glare fit to kill* and why should you care, Guard-woman? *he has something to protect, after all....and if this is the only way to do so..*

(Nightflash)
WATER*She frowns slightly, brows furrowing, watching the knife closely* hey.. just cuz this is my job doesn't mean I'm a bad person. Don't you judge me. *she sighs and levels a gaze at him a moment before motioning to send the guards away* You can tell me... they'll know anyway. They might already know.

(Venin)
SAI: *she feeds him blasts almost as fast as his power surges through her, but possibly not fast enough to compensate for what her body has been through with a last ditch effort of strength she tries to throw him off *

(Craze)
*A soft flash and she's there, the GUARD never one to leave their own behind. Counterproductive that way. All silence and eerie grace, she takes in the situation, striped tawny fur matching her gold mane. Her face a mask, covering her features, the shark like teeth on the mask odd to her structure. Slowly, and already close to SAI, she slinks forward, on all fours like an animal, a tigress... shields up and now better off since shred adjusted for SABRE *

(Melanie and Jayne)
*MELANIE looks down at the now torn and unwearable dress she had kept on from trying it out and at her frazzled stocking feet, she laughs a bit and shrugs, looking at HEHX with a smile on her face,and tiredness in her eyes. SABRE reaches down to her bracelet and hits the 'home' button, winking at JAYNE, who follows suit. Both of them winking out*

(Sai)
Venin: *gets thrown off- but just pounces again, vemon showing on his claws this time.* Nighty night....

(Yoshi)
Night: and what did I do to deserve this? *leveling a glare at her* how should I judge one who attacks without provocation- you poisoned me when we first me! How am I to view this? I've only ever acted in my own defense. should I say I'm in the wrong, that I provoked you? *hissed. like hell he's going to tell them about his sister....how the hell would they know anyway?* *flatly* my secret is mine to keep- one way or the other.

(Venin)
*in the brief second that Sai has been thrown she reaches for and activates her bracelet, uncaring of where it may be set too and vanishes in a flash of light*

(Nightflash)
WATER*She puts her fists on her hips and glares back at him, indignant* Well maybe you should try standing in MY shoes and walking a mile before you judge me at ALL! I was only doing my job, so get off yer high horse, okay?? *she folds her arms haughtily* And it won't matter. You kill yourself now.. and they still have 4 mins to get the info out before yer brain melts. Did you know that? They can find out stuff after yer dead and all.