SONIC:
**Sonic walked around for a second then decided to sit on the stairs to wait for Mark** I get to choose where we........ *his head turned to the direction of Black*...go........ *a thought registered*......next. Uh, Mark, hurry up man. **He didnt take his gaze off the man as he grabbed his things** We have a LARGE situation out here. **Black kept getting closer. At about this time, Sonic praised the mans size so he could easily be spotted out of any crowd. That is about all he praised it for**

GAUGE:
*Furrowing one eyebrow and squinting a little bit, tugging at the patch of fuzz on his chin, wondered exactly what had just happened. All he saw was a small boy who seemed to have blown a wall off the side of a building. {What the HELL have I gotten myself into!!} he thought to himself. He had experienced violent pit fight tournaments, seen people killed before, many things... but NEVER had he seen a young teenager blow away part of a building without anything to help him.* Uh, James... what was THAT?! *He stood up, again next to Blackdagger, and stared at the boy child in an analytical way, trying to figure out what was going on. He knew about runners, he knew about GAURD, he had even been told that things like this might happen from time to time, but having never seen it before it was still quite a shock to him. He looked at Blackdagger, waiting for some kind of signal to strike, and stood his ground.

BLACKDAGGER:
~*~ James never tore his eyes off Sonic. ~*~ I told you to be prepared for some freaky stuff. ~*~ He nodded and smiled near politely to Sonic, who he was assured reconized him. Knowing the kid would have no clue who Gauge was. ~*~ He's just a kid, who can turn sound into light and energy, not by far the most threatining thing. ~*~ He slowly approached speaking directly to Sonic a low voice, trying to seem as threatening as he possibly could. ~*~ Hello. ~*~ He didn't unfold his arms from his chest, instead inclined his head slightly to show he did tower over the boy. Saying again in his teacher like voice. ~*~ Never underestimate any of them, expecially Gild, that mother. . . father could take you out before you could blink. This guy from what we have collected has no particular strengths, no outstanding abilities. ~*~ Talking as if Sonic wasn't even there. ~*~ And usually we don't sit around here like this telling camp-fire stories about the RUNner we're gonna catch. ~*~ ===Myriad, check that, be careful, have you read the report. The rat is unbeknownstly one of ours. === The smile deepened as he sent the mesage to Metalic. ===Scare him, don't kill him. Or capture him. === ~*~ ~*~Looking back to Gauge. ~*~ There is another one around the back, perhaps I'll introduce you two sometime.

MYRIAD:
~*~ He reached into his pocket and withdrew a smoke, flicking it to his lips with suprising accuracy, something that had taken him weeks on the couch to perfect, and lit it calling, ~*~ Yeah yeah, what security catch ya' blowin'. . . ~*~ Jogging over towards him and nearly stumbling /into/ Blackdagger, then turning back to Sonic eyes wide. A half laugh and a half - oh sit, I am dead- look. ~*~ Heh So now the walking Steroid is a rent-a-cop? ~*~ Uttering this as if it were his last breath before throwing his smoke directly at Black and making a hayline towards Sonic. ~*~

SONIC:
**His head shoots back from Mark to Black a few times, until focusing on Mark. He gave him a quick nod to sugest where he was going. He planted his feet, snatched his stuff, and bolted like he'd only seen a loony toon do. Attempting to weave in and out of peoples way, he didnt even take the time to apologize to any that he may have slammed into. He turned his head over his shoulder to see how he was doing. Blackdagger was easy to see. Still standing there, good. All he could see in the way of comotion was a grungy looking guy trying to make his way through the crowd to get to the start of the line, maybe, hopefully.**

METTALIC:
*he lunges for mark just as the kid takes off, but unfortuantley the kid is quicker, he jogs along behind him, stopping just before Mark recognizes BD*~ shit, your spotted~ *A smile crosses his lips as he watches the other unnatural suddenly make a break for it, heading straight for him, as sonic approaches his arm suddenly whips out, trying to clothesline the kid, while his one leg juts out to keep the kid from being able to duck under hte arm*

GAUGE:
*Putting the silver medallion back into his pocket just as a freshly lit cigarette landed between him and James, Gauge looked up to see a young man shoving his way through the thick crowd. Assuming this was something only a RUNner would do in this situation, he took off after the younger person. Casting a quick glance at James, he was off. A little old lady with a walker stepped accidentally in his way, but it didn't matter- he merely spun around her and kept going. He dove between a hot dog cart and it's umbrella, rolled, and jumped to his feet to continue running. He thought about what it was he could yell without sounding stupid, because being silent made him feel like a goon.* FREEZE! *Knowing that didn't sound as cool or intimidating as he had hoped, Gauge decided to shut up and keep up the pursuit.*

BLACKDAGGER:
~*~ James just watches for a moment, as the new guy takes off, after Mark and Sonic, repeating to Gauge's internial com ===Remember don't kill or capture Mark, the red head. . .just. . mess him up a little. === He folded his arms over his chest and patched through to HQ about the encounter, and to keep watch via satalitte. Explaining that their scanners were jammed. /Still/ mentioning the problem should have been fixed last week. Instead he walked near casually alongside a few stoners at the back of the Gravitron. The lights and loud music nearly hid the acts of shooting up and smoking pot. He wandered near watching for a moment, and noted they were simply watching the ride spinning. He causally laid his hands atop of one, who was nearly dead from drug overdose, and asorbed all the energy he could. The kid was already horrid looking. His skin was thin and grey, his eyes sunken in. Blackdagger drained his power as perfectly as he could, calling HQ again for a 'clean up', telling them that drug over doses were the cause of the death. He nearly glowed his body felt more pumped than if on sheer adreniline, his eyes sparkled. He wandered back towards the hall of mirrors and patched in to Mitalliac === Give me your location. ==== ~*~

MYRIAD:
~*~ He didn't notice Gauge, or Metallic running towards them, no instead he noticed his feet running as fast as they could, Reaching back to latch onto Sonic's hand and two flashes of light later, two more of him ran in other directions. one back past Gauge, and the other towards the Zipper. He fell short of breath, and wheezed, though his pace refused to stop. He felt vertigo, and light-headed, and about to pass out, instead he tried as hard as he could mowing over people, to escape. ~*~

SONIC:
**All he could hear now was the steps his feet made and his heart about to give way and shoot out his chest. He didnt look over much more, just keeping his eyes forward to fly in between two rides. He didnt see anyone to the left and right of him. Far to the left, he could see a clearing and the enternce to the park. Adjusting his pack on his back, he attempted to weave in and out of the crowd, hanging low and going a little slower to not attract as much attention. Giving a couple more quick peers around him, he didnt see anyone behind him, so he gave into a slow jog.......that's when he felt a hard solid object hit the side of his head, then the floor to his back. Flipping over from his back, he stared up to see another grunge type looking down at him. He rubbed his head and squinted his eyes, attmpting to roll back over and get some leverage** Aw Shit.

METTALIC:
* He watches the kid running towards him a smile dancing over his lips as the kid impacted with his arm* ah shit man, like sorry *He offers sonic a hand up..its not as if he was a recognized hunter, he kept a low profile...hell he rarely did any GUARD shit unless he had to....* Ya should watch where your goin' *Out of the corner of his eye he watches the approaching Mark..he notes the 'split' as his dopplegangers take off in differetn directions, but the one he was interested in was the one heading towards his buddy, which Metalic had right here..he nods at the running Mark as he barely avoids a collision with a group of kids* that your bud? maybe he should watch too *a mischievious smile crosses his lips* who ya guys rip off that your runnin from? *While he is talkign to the kid he is giving a running report to BD and base* ~Got the kid by the Whizzer, just clotheslined 'em...trying ta keep a neutral front though...come pick 'em up...other ones on the way up here too, try to see how long I can keep my cover*

GAUGE:
*After a few more quick steps, Gauge saw a couple of guys, who looked remarkabley like one of the ones he was chasing, shoot off to both sides and run in different directions. Knowing that he was going to encounter strange occurances like this, he just kept after the first one he had been following all along. He saw Micheal running with him off to the left, but he wasn't too sure where James had gotten to. It didn't matter, he was going to catch SOnic and the other boy if he had to do it himself.*

MYRIAD:
~*~ He was out of breath, very out of breath. He didn't even note Sonic on the ground until he nearly tripped over him. His clone on the other hand who was near Gauge looked back and noted everything. Yelling ~*~ You stupid asses, get your asses in gear! God I hate me. ~*~ Then fathoming all the courage it had, which believe me was not a lot, ran towards the nearest Grungy looking man Gauge, and started swinging, hair pulling bitch-slapping , whatever it could to spare Sonic and Mark. The real Mark. The real Mark tried scooping Sonic off of the ground, not even paying heed to the man near them wheezing and panting. Tugging nearly dragging his little buddie along with him. ~*~ Bike. . now. . .

BLACKDAGGER:
~*~ He confirmed the location to Metalic and then bolted over there, energy would seem to arc off of him, life force. Pure and sweet. He knew he'd be spotted as soon as he neared and would have to rely that he was better trained than these punks. He got to the ride and stood there, as a few people stared at the two teens on the ground, he smirked at Mettalic nearly ignoring the man. He skidded to a stop draining what extra he had left. He looked at the scene hoping the new-bie was taking some notes. . .how Mettalic approached them, it was nearly priceless. ~*~

METTALIC:
*Metalic sidesteps effectively blocking the escape path of both Sonic and Myriad* Why you two in such a rush? what ya steal? *Still attempting to play the bystander as he 'accidentally' blocks all escape routes...he watches Blackdagger and Gauge approach, then decides to take this whole thing one step further...His hand reaches for the collar of Sonic as he looks at Black* these punks steal something?

SONIC:
**Using the force and momentum that Mark gave him from picking him up, he colides into Matallic with his shoulder** Piss off!!! **Working around him, he sets off through the crowd again, not even taking the time to evade hitting others in the way. Men, women, kids, weelchairs, he didnt care. Anything in his way, eventually got out of it** Come on, Mark!!! Stop lagging. **He tensed his arm and shot Mark in front of him, pushing him along**

METTALIC:
*He is caught unawares as Sonic suddnely pushes up and past him* Damn! *he sighs as he turns* I tried to keep this clean *He carefully focusses creating a low subsonic, and magnifying its strenght he aims it at the ground before them, trying to break it up,...few people can hear it, most only feeling it like an ache in the back of their head.*

GAUGE:
*Feeling another body land on his back and squeeze their arms around his neck, he reaches up with his right arm, locks it around his attackers head, and slings them to the ground. It was one of the look alikes, the strange things. He looked at the boy, kicked him in the ribs while he was on the ground, and ran over to Metalic where he had SOnic on the ground. Not knowing that Metalic had been trying to pretend he was just another nobody, Gauge asked* This the one we're lookin' for? *Noticing the 'you moron' look in Metalic's eyes, Gauge shrugged and stuck his arms out to the side* I thought this was just supposed to be training!

MARK:
~*~ He coughed a bit more and uttered something about smoking too much, but continuing, his hearing was picking up something, like a dull aching that persisted. Her just kept his arms locked on his buddy, as his clone slowly made his way behind Metalic a crowd started collecting and people started talking, bi-standards started reaching for Mark as he pushed them aside, saying to stop the shoplifters. He instead continued no matter how his body screamed. The clone that was pushed to the ground was also being lifted up by bi-standards who noted before it did it's busted arm. Instead the clone vanished as people gawked in wonder. Mark on the other hand still trudged having enough effort to give Gauge the finger before trying to dissapear into the crowd. The ground before him felt stable enough, until he noted a few of the rides seemed a bit. . . lopsided. . .~*~

BLACK:
~*~ He held back watching blending where he could to the crowd, until Metalic called to him. He then shook his head in disbeleif. === They are obviously on to you, don't delay catch them. ==== He turned back to watch the new guy, taking careful note of his tatics, and his eagerness. A small smile broke over his lips as he rolled his gaze then back to the dissapearing pair. He then lowered his large form to the ground, and with inhuman speed rushed after them, avoiding the multitude of people with ease. He sidestepped them all with extreme accuracy, his eyes fixed the whole time on the young RUNners. ~*~

SONIC:
**Struggling intensly he begins to swing wildly at Mattalic** Bitch, Lemmee go.

MYRIAD:
** Mark's head spun back towards Sonic, looking at the large man who looked strangely like a renegade Metallia fanatic, gripping his buddy. He isntantly made his clones dissolve and made four of him, including himself to surround Sonic. Never letting his buddy go. They swarmed him, like a nest of fierce bees, hitting what he could, and trying to rip Sonic away. The original Mark as lightheaded as he was struggled as hard as he could for his fried yelling to Metallic **DUDE GO BLOW YOURSELF!

METTALIC:
*a smile crosses micheals face* I don't think I am anyones bitch, but you might be though * he attempts to throw a stasis field on Sonic before his buddies arrive to help....then he finds himself surrounded by clones..one manages to get a good punch into his kidney, and he crumples slightly, a grimace of pain on his face *DAMNIT that hurt..the words amplified to near deafening levels aimed specifically at those around him*

GAUGE:
**seeing that Metallic seemingly had Sonic under control, he becomes a little less intense in his pursuit. Still confused at all that is going on because he was led to believe this was a basic training gig, he raises an eyebrow to Metallic and smirks. Then he looks over at Blackdagger** HE got to cuss... whatcha gonna do to HIM?!

BLACKDAGGER: -=- James looked towards Gauge and the look should have said it all -NOW is not the time to debate about cussing. He then quickly, silently ran, bolted to the myriad of runners now swarmed over Metalic, until the ear piercing sound was heard. Even he stopped to clench his ears. Looking desprately towards Metalic, -=- The small kid uses sound STOP! -=- But his wails would be lost in the near sonic boom. That was it he turned twisted his com ion in the commotion, -=- /// ANYONE need backup, rookie, damned rookies are fouling up capture, situation will grow worse, . . .much worse. . . -=-

SONIC: **Throwing both his behind his head, he uses the intense volume to form 2 orbs around his fists. Throwing them together, he aims for the center section of Mattallic's body** I said, LET GO!!!

MYRIAD: ** Mark and his clones tried to rip away Sonic only before covering their ears from the deafening screech. His clones kicked as he buckled his constitution catching up with him. He glanced frantically reaching for Sonic. He was not about to let his little buddy go. Reaching someone's shoe and yanking it full force, to realize it was attached to the foot of Metallic, then only gagging and mocking the man further ** DUDE YOU REEK ** He tried over the loudness. It was to no avail. His ears began to ring, heavily, and his body to shake in the pressure it seemed to cause. He finally located Sonic's foot and refused to let go. One or two clones decided to attack none the less, even though pain. Another simply stared to sob at the pain. He glanced over at himself mouthing the words -wimp- **

METTALIC: *Someone pulls on his foot and he looks down to see one of the many Marks...he kicks full force trying to connect with flesh...then he looks over towards the one he currently holds, his jaw dropping for the briefest of seconds as he watches Sonic use his own against him* SHIT!! *The sound cuts off abrubtly as one of the orbs manages to connect, his grip on the RUNner loosening only slightly as he is pushed back against the wall.*

WARPOLE:
**It was gonna be an easy day, he was sure of it, just some R&R after all the damn moving and replacing crap and everything else... yeah, good old rest and relaxation... so, of course, he's a little disgruntled when the call for backup comes in. His jellydonut squirts goop all over his nice new polo shirt (Ralph Lauren, of course), and he sits bolt upright from his leather easy-chair, cursing and dropping his Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition as he reaches for a tissue to wipe his clothes off. A string of profanities sours the air about him and he sighs heavily, just glaring down at his ruined clothing* Someone get that. *he mutters, meaning the summons. He pauses, waiting* Someone PLEASE get that... *he waits longer, listening to the commlink chat. No one else was answering. The hell was that all about?? Oh, someone was gonna get an earful from his later... He checks it officially* ~~Commlink center Alpha 5. Warpole checking in. Anyone else available?~~ *at the negative, he growls, and zips into his uniform, garbs his warpole and sets the thing to charge up. Yanking his mask over his angry face, he centers on the coordinates* BEam me up, Scotty... *and teleports to the action. Black OWES him for this one. He had just been about to indulge in a nice bubblebath.. (StarWars bubblebath, of course)... and he blinks, taking a moment to assess the situation* Oooohkay... *he breathes and then shifts mode, all action and battle finesse now*

GAUGE:
**Gauge punched two of the "twins" that surrounded Metallic, but, noticing how Blackdagger was approaching the situation, kept his volume to a bare minimum. He silently leaped into the air witht the intention of bringing a knee down on top of Sonic's face.**

WARPOLE:
Ow! *Pole glares hard at Metallic, scrunches his face in pain and initiates a sound block... it barely does the trick. A keening whine still rings thru his head and he has to compensate a few things cybernetically to maintain balance* Aw, hell... *now, seeing the situation, there was no way in HELL he'd force Black to deal with this by himself. Poor kid... *

BLACKDAGGER:
-=- James whipped his head back towards Metallic and cried over his COM again, and again until he turned to see Warpole in the near distance. The people who were spectating now run amok. All James could do was offer a small smile and shrug, nearly shrieking over his COM again towards the cy-hunter. -=- // Training. // -=- As if that word would mean everything. And it would, knowing the situations that they feel through, (GUARD that is) when training. He looked back again and quickly bolted to GAUGES side, or near it, watching, observing mostly, for the briefest of moments. Before moving and swiping another clone away. With ease nearly breaking the thing's neck in the process. He paused and reached for the last, draining what energy he could from it. These things, he mused, could be useful. The Boy Mark's Clone in his grasp seemed to wither and disappear, and Black, who absorbed the energy, nearly glowed white. He hovered over GAUGE and leered down at him. -=- Rookie, leave. . .now report back to base, asap or I'll bring you there myself. .

MYRIAD:
** Mark the real one flew through the air, as he contacted with Metallic's shoe. Crumpled there, his face bleating with pain. His clones one by one vanished, and he again struggled back towards Sonic. Standing finally while his buddy still was confronted with the towering hells angel wannabe. He grit his teeth against the pain. He Bolted, and most people have never seen Mark actually move more than two inches an hour, so this was a rather unusual event. He skidded to a stop his ears ringing only with noise. His nose bleeding severely, he skidded to a halt before Sonic, and nearly ripped his friend if he could from Metallic. Kicking and hitting the behemoth if he could. **

GAUGE:
**lands next to Sonic and Metallic, looks up at Blackdagger, and nods before running of in the direction he came from and around the corner of a building, where nobody could see him.**

BLACKDAGGER:
-=- Black fully charged pulsed through the fair, his heart in his ears. His senses super keen, the noise making everything super sensitive and leapt over Mark, nearly throwing the child down in the process. Trying to snatch One of Sonic's arms, and with his free hand he quickly and powerfully balled a fist, dragging it forcefully and landing it square in the youths gut, (If he can your call). -=-

SONIC:
**He didnt really feel much pain, but all he knew at the moment was that he couldn't breath. His knees buckled and he keeled over. Coughing frantically, he tried to search for his breath**

METTALIC:
*He tries to adjust his grip on Sonic, forcing an arm behind the boys back while he subvocally throws his voice at Black....not willing to make the same mistake again and give the boy ammo...* Throw a stasis field on him

WARPOLE:
*Pole arches a brow through the noise as a rookie, a real wet-behind-the-ears Rookie dashes around a corner and out of sight. Pole casts his glance over to MARK, then to SONIC. Black seems to be converging on Sonic, Metallic... God, what was he doing? Pole rolls his eyes. He'd watch this one, and has that test ready... then he turns again to MARK, advancing, pole charging, keyed to... something... something... /pink/ flashes across his vision as he accesses the files... something meant only for very high clearance code holders, like himself. Just a brief, brief emblem... then its gone, and takes the man a moment to understand what that just was... he's never actually seen one before aside from Foxglove...* Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle... *he mutters it, powers down his pole, and slings an attack towards Mark, an energy net*

SONIC:
**focusing, he tries to remember what his father taught him in these situations. Peering down, he lays his foot hard into Mattallic's foot, then gives all the strength he can to kick high over his head to hopefully hit the targets head behind him**

POLE:
*/Throw a stasis field on him/ Pole hears Metallic's order, or suggestion, and grunts in slight approval. Well, at least it was better than a few other choices the boy could have made...*

BLACK:
-=- James slid his hand back and glanced at Metallic as the boy lost his breath. The look was that of - You IDIOT, - He reached for a status field not after kicking the kid again, and backhanding him, quickly. Lightning quick, blinding speeds. He Flicked out the device, with near macabre delight held it for the kid to see, his clutch far too constrained on the device to allow it to be kicked away. -=- This, son, is your fate. -=- His mind raced quickly as he handed it to Metallic to do the honors. -=- He's your capture Michael. -=- He turned to look back towards Pole, surprised the situation had calmed so greatly in such a short time. -=-

METTALIC:
*He glances form the kid he is holdign to Black..one eyebrow arched..once more he subvocalizes* my hands are sorta full here *A pained growl leaves him as sonic stomps on his foot* DAMN kid! *He brings his knee up into Sonics kidney, trying to drop the kid and stop his attempt at a kick, then once the kid is down (if hes down) he takes the stasis field from Black and activates it*

WARPOLE:
*Pole can sense it was one of those situations... one of those "Aw hell, this is bad, we need back up quick or we'll all die!" Ones where the moment backup shows, all calms down. Like having someone listen to your car and its funny engine noises on the day the engine decides to behave. Luckily, Pole likes Black, so he'll mostly let it slide* (commlink)~~This is what ya needed backup for, eh? Two kids when ya got two Hunters? Losing yer edge James, or just feeling lazy? I lost a good donut over this...~~

SONIC:
**Head swimming, he looked about, trying to focus. He could feel his whole body in pain and sections were becoming red stained with blood. He aimed his his gaze up at Black** What the FUCK **as he swore, blood poured from his mouth** I hope this makes you feel real good. Some fair fight, isn't it ASSHOLE. **he coughed and spit out blood onto the ground**

BLACK:
=- James glared over towards Pole He didn't pay any attention to the bleeding child in Metalic's grasp. He flicked on his link to Pole. -=-// It was him, him and a million of his little clones, and baby-sitting Gauge. I'll buy you a box of em. // -=-

POLE:
*Pole grins behind his mask, but doesn't look at BLACK* ~~Yeah, you do that. This I gotta see... slacker~~

MYRIAD:
** Mark staggered back and pointed, looking to his buddy who was being man-handled by two larger men. This was not good. This in fact neared /very bad/ . The kick to his face earlier still left a wound there. His Nose bleeding freely. He staggerd again trying to get to his feet, and bolting. Instead he felt his legs and lower torso caught by something. . . causing his whole system to shake. He again tried for his clones, several more, as his mind bordered sleep. Coughing, his lungs in an utter fit. He had never replicated this many before in this time. Five more Marks poped up. All equally pissed. They stood in a brilliant flash of light. Two tore after Pole, one towards BD, and two more towards Metalic. **

BLACK:
-=-James watched the bright flashes and the cloned appear, as the young form of the original Mark shook beneath the eletrified net. He grabbed the one heading towards him, with incredible speed. Clutching the beings neck in his hands. Crushing the windpipe. Slwoly constricting his neck as the boy kicked feebly. The other two still headed for Metalic. -=-

METTALIC:
*a grin crosses his face as the clones appear in bright flashes....gotta give the kid credit, hes got spunk.... with the slightest of effort he once more uses his powers throwing his voice and confining it to Mark raising it to a high sonic, one that would hopefullly render the kid unconcious and nullify the clones* nighty night