Scene #3535: Deeds Done In Shadow

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Chica Mendez	Being in the streets of Gotham at night was probably one of the most dangerous things that one might do in the Multiverse, yet the streets of the industrial distrct were populated by a simple, nondescript white van that followed along the roads--driving completely legally, in fact. There's nothing to indicate that there's anything amiss right now. The van pulled into the parking lot of the S.T.A.R. labs, and a delicate brown hand reaches out to press a keycard against the reader. With a buzz, the gate starts to open, and the van goes to park. Inside, Chica has moved from the driver's seat into the back, silently loading and checking her SMG and the giant pistol holstered in her jacket. Before she leaves, she reaches into a corner and pulls on her ballistic mask. It beeps and makes a quick noise as it starts working to distort her voice, the eyes kicking on to show her hud. According to her Fixer, the card she'd been given would give her access to the labs where she needed to go. "Fucking better be right," she grunts in English.
Terry McGinnis	The streets of GOtham are quiet for a change, mainly due to the holiday's, but that normally never let the lowlifes be calm and idle. Tonight, Batman had stopped a few heist's at various backs after the one last night by a guy made of liquid metal. Tonight, after the most recent theft attempt, Batman was patroling the streets from the Batmobile as he listened in on the police band radio for any activity. Flying over Industrial Row, he saw nothing to worry him, and flew on as the van in question pulled into S.T.A.R. Labs. "Maybe tonight will be a peaceful night now," he says to himself as he flies on and lands on the top of the Wayne-Powers Building and steps out as he looks around att he city of Gotham from where he is.
Chica Mendez	Chica was totally unaware of anyone that might screw up her job tonight, especially someone like Batman. She didn't even know he existed, which... might not actually be a good thing for her. Seeing as how nothing seemed /particularly/ wrong, she steps out of the van and shuts the door behind her, moving up quickly to the side employee door with her SMG readied. Standard breach and clear tactics. A look at the Astral indicated there were no supernatural threats watching, so she taps the card against the reader... viola. Once the door buzzes to allow her entry, she pulls the door open and steps inside quickly. Unlucky for her, there was a security guard that has to do a double-take when he spots a full-armed woman approaching his security station and goes for the alarm--but she reaches out her left hand and summons forth a Stunball that hits him dead in the face. He crashes onto the ground immediately, and Chica sweeps by him, through the employee areas, heading for the labs. She's hoping he didn't hit the alarm, or that nobody heard him fall, but either way she starts picking up her pace.
Terry McGinnis	Terry looks around as he sighs, "Something on your mind McGinnis?" comes the voice of Maxine Gibson or Max as she is called. "Just thinking Max," he states to her. "Ella asked me a question on the radio and I did not knwo how to respond to it," he adds. "Oh really," she says back. "What she wants to take you out on a date or a nice weekend getaway?" Terry blinks, "Funny Max and no," he replys. "She asked wh tI wanted for Christmas," and he sighs. "And I told her that I have no idea really," and Max is heard laughing. "Lets see, you got her a pair of earrings and a matching necklace, and the earrings will let her be able to see due to magic. That is the best gift ever," she comments. "I know, she said she owuld love to be able to see with her eyes. But I have no idea what she will think, since she will only be able to see in blue and grey," he adds. "Terry, your thinking to hard. Just wait and see. She might get you something nice," she adds as Terry nods. "Oh, have you got your outfit for Beacon Academy, cause I doubt Bruce will like you wearing the Batsuit all the time," and Terry chuckles at this. "Yea, I am going to take the Batsuit and wear it under the cloths, but keep the cowl hidden. That cloak Ezio sent will work for that. I grabbed one of the spare old utility belts he had and did soem modification to it and have it loaded up with stuff. Outside of that, I am going with some cloths, pants, boots, shirt, vest. With the Batsuit, if Batman is needed, I can be active real quick," he mentions tto her. "I still think it is crazy Terry," and Terry shrugs, "Gotta learn new stuff, since there are many things arriving hourly here int he Multiverse," he remarks as he looks on over the city. "For a change, its a quiet night," he comments to her.
Metal Man	Chica wasn't the only other party looking at this place. Someone else a long none seen Confederate has his eye on Gotham for some time and now was the night he was debating making a strike against Star Labs they tended to have connections to the capes of this world which would bring up the possiblity of super tech or alien technology in the labs care. All of which would be useful to Doctor Wily so here he was waiting to stike unware that just someone else was also hitting the same place.
Chica Mendez	The next few minutes would be nervous hell for most people. The closer she got to the labs, the more security Chica started to see. More than once she has to cut herself off from the most direct path to circle around, but she learned to appreciate that keycard. And so the night went quietly on, so far as anyone inside knew. When she finally makes it into the lab, she crouches down and shuts the door quickly behind her, hiding from some security as they passed by. Her target was locked up in a weapons case, but hey--a quick tap of the keycard got that little issue out of the way. The footsteps moving away stop... and turn around, coming back. "Shit," she says, her voice heavily modified. When two of the security guards get to the door, they found themselves facing Chica--and her knewly-aquired Shriek Gun. When they try to pull their weapons, she blasts them, shattering glass and making the two men drop to the floor in agony. Not long after, came the alarm. "/Shit/." Now she started to run.
Terry McGinnis	As Terry stood and looked over the city of Gotham, MAx came across the radio in his cowl, "Trouble McGinnis," she says. "S.T.A.R. Labs just got hit or is being robbed," she adds as Terry blinks,"Crap, with the tech in there...." and he jumps into the Batmobile and flies for the Lab. Luckily, he is only two minutes form S.T.A.R. Labs and arrives as he hears the alarm. As he arrives, he drops out of the bottom of the Batmobile as it cloaks and hovers a few blocks away. Landing, Terry looks at the scene and runs for the entrance as he sees someone running. As he runs, he jumps and the boot rockets fire, propelling him into the air and through a pane of glass infront of the thief. As he looks and stands, he says nothing except, "Put it down."
Metal Man	As Chica started to move she might hear something else moving it's not one of her team, it's the osund of metal on the floor but clearly whatever it is it's moving in response ot the sounds of the attacks and Chica's crew would soon hear a voice. It sounded male as someone comes into view he's not very tall and clad in strange body armor which has blades /built into it. He's the sort of guy you don't want to be getting a hug from. His face is covered by a helmet and mask leaving green eyes to look them over and he moves. "You really hat t0o trip the alarm ...." He looks up and the eyes narrow. "The Bat would show up. Hey theif might I suggest we deal with the caped crusader first?" He summons several blades to his hand and they lok like saw bldes but he's holding them like a throwing weapon. "Bats do the smart thing just walk away."
Chica Mendez	With security hot on her ass, Chica doesn't bother trying to creep around anymore. The weapon is packed safely in a container under her jacket, and she lets loose with her SMG as a couple of the ret-a-cops try to cut her off. The Stick-N-Shock rounds work wonders, reducing them to twitching, senseless idiots that she jumps over without a second thought. She's almost made it back to the back entrance when suddenly something crashes through the window ahead of her. Immediately she stops and trains her guns on him. Under her mask, she grits her teeth when she hears him speak. She'd heard his voice before. A quick check on the Astral indicates he's not Awakened, but he's still got such an aura... The last thing she needed was a Multiversal white knight. Just as she's going to try to gun him down, in came... someone new. Completely robotic, according to her, but he, too... The masked woman looks between the two quickly, then shrugs. "Get me out, and I'll give up part of the donation." The mask turns to regard Tony, but she doesn't say anything. The threat is conveyed with her stance and her finger on the trigger.
Terry McGinnis	Batman looks at the two, "Do you really wanna try that?" he asks them. "Smart thing is, just put it down and walk away," he says as he looks at the gun(s) the lady has and then at Metal Man and looks at the blades. Looking at the two, it's a standoff as he studies them and sees what each has in th eway of wepaons and possibly skills. Thinking, he pushes a button on his finger that is hidden, activating a special sonic emitter that will call in some help for him. As he does this, he rushes forward and in the same process, fires two batarangs at Metal Man. These batarangs are not the normal ones, but electrical ones to taser him. and in doing this, he angles and rushes for Chica to give her a punch. Depending on how good that these two have in hearing, they could hear the sound of sqeeking as thousands of bats are heading for Batman..
Metal Man	Metal Man sasy "Deal." Metal Man seemed quick to agree then to the deal as he looks at Batman with his head tilting. "Your out numbered for one, and two last I knew Bat or not you were still but a man." HE readies the blades and looks at BAtman wying him as the batarangs come he'll throw his own blades to intercept. It was a good plan but this is the sort of way MEtal Man fighta and then he springs into action attemping to launch a single razor sharp blade at Batman.
Chica Mendez	Under her mask, Chica rolls her eyes. This guy was pretty cocky, wasn't he? She can't see him doing sneaky things, but it's pretty clear he's not going to move. "Deal," she responded. Perfect timing, because suddenly Batman was on the move. As soon as he threw the batarangs, she'd started falling back, but when he comes in to punch her she simply drops to her ass and lets the punch pass over her head. Once she's down, she grunts and simply opens fire with her SMG. If he's not fast enough, he'll get a chest full of rounds that stick to him and begin to emit intense electric jolts. Using the thrown blade as a distraction, she pushes off the ground and starts trying to go for the door.
Metal Man	Metal Man says "It's been a long time. Don't think I forgot about the last time you poked your heads out. You should be doing something useful like crushing the Jokerz." There's a good deal of disaste in his voice for the Jokerz from the sounds of it. Metal moves with inhuman agility as BAtman makes his move. Metal pauses shocked a bit at the armor batman has. "...I see your gear's better now." MEtal Man now dashes in making for Batman but then he's gone. While he's not able to spot batman visually he shifts over to audio tracking and ultra violent in a hope to find him but it's quickly solved either way. "... Bats?!" His targeting systems are having issues he can track a lot but this is getting a bit silly he gets hit with the taser but it's not quite as effectiove as it would be on a human but it does give Metal Man apause. "That's always the problem with you, you always hold back!"
Chica Mendez	Chica eyes the results of her Stick-n-Shocks with annoyance. She hadn't thought to bring her APDS rounds with her. Thankfully, she had other means of dealing with this. At least he's out of her face. Of course, he puts himself back in her way, and then... goes invisible. Chica grits her teeth in annoyance. Batman was apparently full of tricks, wasn't he? Thankfully, she had a means to deal with that. She opens her Astral sense and gets a nice good look at his aura as he passes. "Behind!" She grunts out in warning, and as the batarang comes for her she pulls out her heavy pistol to put a bullet through the handle, and dives through. The batarang wobbles and shocks just over her head. She has a moment to recuperate while the robot did his thing, and she takes full advantage to slap a new clip into her SMG--real bullets. She was done screwing around. She's about to go out and join the fight when the rush of bats fills the building. She's driven to her knee by the press of them, gritting her teeth as their screeches echo in her elven ears. She tries to force away the distractions and reach for her magic. She takes hold and readies her spell... only to lose control at the critical moment. A Fireball flies from her hand out towards where she'd last seen Batman, but the Drain causes her eyes to roll up into her head as her limbs become water. It's an effort to stay conscious.
Terry McGinnis	Terry McGinnis looks as Metal Man does not attack and talks, which gives him time to send a kick towards Metal Man and the bats are still spinning around him. He looks at the other person and then sees the fireball as he hits a button on his fingers again and jumps out the window as the fireball goes off and hit the wall where he was at initally and explodes, sinding debris in all directions. As the fireball goes off, Terry jumps out the window and is thrown into the van that she drove, denting the windshield and front part. He sits up and shakes his head as Max is heard, "YOu ok Terry?" and Terry looks, "Yea, just bruised," he states as he scans for Metal Man and the other person...
Metal Man	Metal Man gets the warning and movess he will get to cover, he cuts his audio pickups for a moment as the blast happens and while he's damaged somewhat the bart horde has been handled a this point. He does see that Batman frys the ally of the moment's ride. He could leave them and bail but no that wouldn't do, he muses he'll move to grab Chica making sure to not impale her on those nasty blades. "Do not, squirm." THen he's going to start to bail bounding away at rapid speed trying to put as much distance between him and Batman as he can, while carrying the Elf Shaman along with him if she's allowing it.
Chica Mendez	Thankfully, Chica is in the cover of the office she'd so rudely jumped into when the fireball goes off, searing countless bats and totalling the room that they'd been fighting in. On top of that, much of it was now on fire. Perfect. Chica grunts weakly as she tries to get her throbbing head back under her control. She's able to stand without help, but a quick glance showed that her van was now inoperable. Despite her inner urge to rage and curse, she remains calm as she goes on the radio to ask for Metal Man's assistance. Thank the gods she'd stolen that goddamn van. Metal Man's idea of an extraction wasn't exactly what she had in mind, but she takes it, grunting softly with each step that the robot takes. Her SMG is still firmly in hand as she looks out into the sky with her Astral sight, hoping to catch a sight of the Bat if he tries to follow.
Terry McGinnis	Terry McGinnis looks and moves as he stands and mutters as the two get away, "McGinnis, get back here, we need to see how badly you are bruised," Max says to him. "I'll be fine, just hurts when I laugh," he comments as the fire crews arrive and he gives a statement and then leaves to return to the Batcave for a report, rest and some ice.