Even over the din in the casino, Kevin could hear motorcycles and gunfire.  With a slightly self-satisfied smile he nodded to Emma.  "And the enemy of my enemy becomes my useful distraction," he smirked continuing by telling Emma, "Give Headboy a chance to get out front and then go quietly check out that door while I try to find the records' office."

In reply to GM (msg # 44):

"That doesn't look very good," Spider-Man said before turning on his communicator and saying, "The Tongs are picking a fight outside, I'm gonna jump in." He leaped off of his spot from above and landed in front of the casino in a couple of swings over. "Hey there!" He said as he fired a web and made the crook drop the Molotov. "You know, if you want to get in so badly, you could've used the line like everyone else." He then yelled over to the leftover Maggia members, "I'll help protect this place if you promise not to shoot at me, got it?"

"Concentrate on protecting the civilians, but let the idiots fight it out," Kevin told Spider-man even as he tried to use the commotion and confusion to identify a way into office area of the casino.  "This is our chance to get what we came for, but not if you end things too quickly."
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Emma made her way to the door once most of the guards were gone she hurried to him. Before he could object she "stumbled" and quickly Drew up her fist into his throat he caught her she pretended to get her footing and leaned him against the wall with a kiss so it looked natural as the man suffocated unable to mouth for help as she removed his wallet, keycards, and anything else of use before helping him into a chair. Afterwards she grabbed a drink and quickly let herself into the door palming her knife as she entered.

In reply to GM (msg # 44):

Bloodrager's attention was pulled away from the tree (and potential snacks he thought might be up in the branches) to the sound of the motorcycles. A sound that he knew (now) here in a city environment. It didn't sound like just bikers passing by, going on their way peacefully. Especially when he heard guns in the direction of the casino.

The big, red, fur-clad man retched, a torrent of blood pouring from his open jaws. A snatching motion with his un-gloved hand grasped the liquid, forcing it to congeal into a large, sword-shaped mass of scab, then to shift to metal as Woundhealer materialized in his dripping fist.
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Alison went into action-   suddenly moving faster than normal sight could follow --  into a dark corner and into her costume, with her normal clothes stuffed into her purse, and discarded on the way. (Bummer to lose an outfit she really liked, but...)  There was some little chance someone might remember the girl who seemed to suddenly disappear;  but it wasn't like she was going to not help.

In no time, she was out front, and in a blur of superspeed began trying to disarm as many gunman of both sides as she could, with anyone who was aiming at her teammates a first priority.    She couldn't help but notice:

Barfing up blood and turning it into a sword...now that's a different power.  Jeez!

When the gunfire started, Lois hit the deck... clutching her purse and its 'precious' contents.  The plan to charm Hammerhead seemed like a bust.  She murmured quietly to her handbag puppy.

"Time to improvise Dee Dee, lets see who's left in here before making a move."

Lois stole a peek towards the door (which had the scientist and buff guy behind it)... looking to see IF she could reach it without being seen.  Lois also tried to see where Hammerhead's brunette companion was and what she was doing.

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Inside the casino:
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OOC: This is why I mention several time to do your actions but not assume you succeed in finishing them.


Darkstar and Lois watched as he turns to the brunette, Lucy, That’s the Tongs! Make em Pay! He tells her.

They watched as Hammerhead follows the much quicker “Lucy” Who suddenly seems to disappear into the crowd. Without a word as he gets closer to the entrance Hammerhead stops a few feet before exiting.

Darkstar turns to Emma  he see’s Emma Grabs the man by the throat his face seemed a little shocked and puzzled at the sudden feeling of something starting to go horribly wrong… As Emma leans in for the pretend kiss and attempt to grab what she needs in her distraction the man suddenly melts away leaving Emma’s hand and sleeve soaked. To her surprise she looks down to a puddle of water that seeps beneath the doorway.
Lois Hopeful the door opens so she could see past it only see’s the Buff man turn into a puddle of water and seep under the door.

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Outside the casino:
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Spiderman lands in the street his comment on helping the Maggia has them a little confused as the Molotov Tong gang member comes flying off the bike from Spidey’s strand of web.

The worst part of the scene now was with the only slightest of breeze almost all the Maggia and Tong members turned to shoot at Spidey .. They made the motion of rapid fire only to find their hands empty it was like kids playing pretend air guns. The Maggia and Tongs looked at their hands in confusion instead of shooting now they started to charge each other.

4 of the Maggia going for Spiderman, as most had not noticed BloodRager just yet

Lois was glad to have waited... 'Lucy' looked to be some sort of enhanced individual.  However the Big Bruiser was also one and he was now inside with the scientist.  Lois didn't want to go in there, not when Darkstar could better 'handle' him.  So what did she do?

"Darkstar... are well going All In or Folding?"

On the plus side, the gunfire had stopped.

Aurora had paused momentarily, a distance off to one side of the skirmish...hovering just over the small pile of firearms she'd acquired.   Leaving them unguarded seemed not a good idea, in case they ended up in the wrong hands.    Neither did she have a great idea of where to immediately dispose of them:   she did not want to be responsible for any tragedy discarded guns might lead to.

But she wasn't worried;  unarmed goons were hardly any match for Spidey and Big Red...
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Using his armpit to pull the glove off, Bloodrager dropped it, letting the gruesome light of his ring shine freely. He started forward towards the brawl as the music began once more, flecks of saliva foam developing at the corners of his mouth before the now wild-eyed barbarian declared, "RRRAAAAARRRGHHH! BLOODRAGER HEAL!" and hefting Woundhealer overhead with both hands.

He charged into the fray, swinging at anyone who looked like they'd been hurt.

Safe in the purse, Deedee was busy checking scents. Making sure of what she smelled and noting anything that seemed wrong. Male and female scents were easy, but she more wanted to get any whiffs of more exotic things. Poisons, latex disguises, even some people's powers left tell tale scents. Like someone keeping a fire generating power in check sometimes smelled of the burning, while lightning smelled of ozone.

But then the chaos started, and she was flooded with sounds and more primal scents. Like fear.

She nodded when Lois said they needed to improvise and kept her senses open. Right now shifting was not a good option, even if her feral side wanted to leap out and run with others just because she could.

For now, she kept her senses sharp and waited...

In reply to GM (msg # 52):

With the proper distraction, Spider-Man made a quick leap away managing to let out a quick sigh. "I'll just let them fight it out." He said before speaking into his communicator. "I'm going to get the civilians that are outside away from the casino, how are things inside?"

"Not too bad," Darkstar told Spider-man as he headed toward the door the liquid guy had gone through.  "Be careful, though.  Hammerheads's got some Supers working for him and at least one of 'em's heading your way."

With no response coming her way, Lois decided to take the initiative.  Maybe Darkstar was purposely testing her, just to see how she performed.  The briefing had painted the financial records as the main priority and the lab as a strictly secondary objective.  Lois decided to respect the objectives and do surveillance only.

"Dee Dee, I'm going to melt a hole in the wall... go small and scout out the lab.  Don't get seen, there's a scary guy in there.  Just see if there are any dangerous materials in there... or test subjects.  Then come back and tell us."

Lois looked for a place where she could melt a hole that wasn't in camera view.  It didn't even have to be the lab wall... a ventilation or drain system would do.  The most important part was to get Dee Dee access without attracting the notice of the lab occupants.

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Inside
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As Dee Dee remained under cover she could faintly pick up a few new scents. They were coming from behind the Lab door…

As Darkstar reaches the door it opens Standing on the other side are 3 figures, The Beefy man from Before,



 A man in a Purple suit with Blue Lightning bolts lining either side of his suit.


The Last man stood in a white suit trimmed in Blue with a yellow circular pattern on his chest.


Lois hears the door open and as she is about to create the hole see’s the new figures standing in the Door…

You’d best be turning around and leaving if you don’t want any trouble. The Purple and blue suit man says as electricity crackles from his hands...



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Outside
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The Maggia that were near the front of the casino were now removed from their initial shock of pulling a trigger of an “Air gun” once they realized there was a woman standing with her arms full of weapons. They turn to the sound of Red rushing to them. Weaponless the Maggia knew they weren’t much of a match for supers.

Bloodrager enters into a crowd of 3 of the 4 Maggia who obviously pose little threat without their weapons.

Spidey moves towards the Crowd his Spidey sense warning him a fraction of a second before a ninja star strikes him in the arm. As his Spidey senses kick in for the stars Spiderman is also warned of danger that is coming fast..

Bloodrager is about to plow into the 3 Maggia thugs when suddenly he feels the impact of a fist hit him across the jaw. The impact is hard and heavy. But there was no one there, the only thing was a draft of wind pass by him and following the doirection of the breeze you now see a Brunnette standing near you .(OOC) (Please note that Speeddemon from this world is actually a female but I could not find a good pic).



Hammerhead now stands at the entrance not happy with the disturbance. Seeing the Tongs and now this big red Behemoth of a man he shouted out
Speed Demon, Keep them busy till the others get here to deal with this! he tells the brunette speedster. As he turns he see’s Spiderman there and get’s angrier.

You menacing wall crawler!  What are you doing here?! not waiting for an answer but charging the Webhead.

Rather than say something she decided to enhance her throwing knife marksmanship ability speed slipping the other one into her free hand. Unless they had a speedsters reflexes while they were posturing she was embedding her knife into purple and Green's throat the other into the spiral on the blue suited guy's chest. Waterboy might be able to just splash away but the other two definitely seemed more physical. She doubted a knife protruding from the makeshift bullseye would kill him but hopefully shocky would be dead.

In reply to William Naslund (msg # 60):

The blow brought a burst of pain, and pain was power for Bloodrager. A burst of mana to fuel spells with. The slavering berserk barbarian's gaze followed the breeze momentarily, noting a woman there, but she wasn't bleeding that he could see and didn't appear to be acting as if in pain herself. He looked away, snarling bestially, and continued for someone who did look hurt. Intending to slice, dice, and impale the wounded if he could.

He heard Hammerhead call out, and almost paused when he heard the term 'demon.' Demons were monsters, weren't they? But there was work to do, not lunchtime. Keep healing.

Kevin quickly stepped back, deciding it was way too crowded in here to risk an all-out fight with the three.  "Oh, yeah, hey, sorry," he apologized, slurring his words slightly.  "I was lookin' for the little boy's room.  I gotta piss somethin' fierce!"

"OOOh!  Are you guys, like superheroes an' shit?  'Cause, like I thought I heard somebody shooting outside!" Kevin babbled.

"Hey, can I get a selfie?" he asked.  "Ah, shit.  Period clothes.  No cell phone!  Man, that sucks!  But this is totally the best casino ever!"

Alison took notice of the new arrival with a little surprise at first, and then, something like professional interest.

To her eyes, this new arrival wasn't superfast, but more like moving at a normal pace amongst a very slow world.   She'd never been able to observe her own power in use before, and this was the closest she'd ever come to doing so.    But that was neither here nor there.    That woman had just decked her teammate.

In a millisecond, Ali was gone insofar as most of the world was concerned, and flying at the so-called Speed Demon.

"Just room for one brunette speedstress here," she told the new adversary, "and it's not you, Ms. Copycat."
      So spoken, her intent was to grab Demon on the passby, and throw her into the closest wall.

In reply to William Naslund (msg # 60):

Not even allowed a second to recover from the sudden previous attack, Spider-Man only barely managed to jump over him and landed on a car on the street, giving him enough time to talk.
"Hey, don't attack me Hammerhead, I was only trying to get the civilians out of here before they got hurt! Don't you think that I would've easily gotten into your casino if I wanted to get you arrested?"

When Lois told her to go small, Deedee went SMALL. In a blink as the door started to open, Deedee became a flea and went to the edge of the purse.

So once the door was open, it was an easy matter to leap to the wall and try and scuttle inside. Chances were she wouldn't be seen as small as she was, but there's no telling what senses they had...

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Inside
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The Costumed Men stepped out the door The Purple dressed one Grunting at Kevin shoving him aside he turned to the others.

Hydroman was about to point out Taskmistress but the commotion outside was priority and Eel jumped in…
<Purple> Hydroman, Cyclone, head up front and give the boss a hand, I will…../<purple>

He was cut off as Taskmistress made the swiping motion for his throat with the knife slicing part of it but the costume had taken the blunt of the knife. Eel reached for his throat in shock. As Taskmistress aimed the knife at Cyclone. Deedee had hopped across the carpeted fibers of the carpet towards the door, The sizes of everything so large that even when one of the villains stepped out and onto her she simply sank between the fibers of the carpet without so much as a scratch

There was suddenly and eruption of electricity in the air sending Taskmistress, Kevin, and Lois Flying in opposite directions slamming into some gaming tables. A few of the people sitting at each table went crashing to the floor. The others all scattered further into the casino. Dee Dee ended up being protected by the boot and hopped past the door. Behind the trio.

That’s the same bitch that tried to attack me!
Hydroman said suddenly turning his legs into water and sliding across to Taskmistress.

There was starting to be a large gust of wind as the White one with the yellow circle started to spin in place creating a mini tornado where he stood.


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Outside
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Bloodrager looked to see for injuries but there was only Chaos. People were screaming and scattering. Bumping into The Maggia and thongs who were now weaponless. A couple of tong members being a little better at hand to hand knocked over a few civilains as they tried to rush past them,

Hammerhead was heading towards Spiderman not really listening to what he was saying, Spidey easily avoided the charge and Hammerhead impacted a car head on causing the passenger door to get completely crushed into the car. He stood up and looked around.
You insect. he shouted pulling out his Tommy gun Speed Demon get h…. he was about to bark and order as Speed Demon suddenly got launched across the street into the building Hammerhead was confused as he could not see why until Aurora stopped.

SD may not be near as fast as Aurora but was able to see her for a brief second. The impact into the wall took her breath for a second.

4 Maggia started to surround Bloodrager and prepared to hit the big man.

The night was not going as Kevin had planned it.  He rolled through the air and managed to control his impact such that he rolled over a couple of tables instead of slamming into them.  Even so, his nerves were still jangly from the shock he'd received.

For a moment Kevin considered just teleporting behind the door from which the three had emerged and leaving Taskmistress to deal with the three.  But Lois was also there and Taskmistress was technically part of the team.  Still, there was definitely going to be a chat in the offing about appropriate use of force as well as about the wisdom of bringing a knife to a Super fight.

He managed to roll to a more or less isolated area as the people in the casino were rapidly getting the idea that no, this wasn't entertainment and that it would maybe be a bad idea to be in the middle of a Supers battle.

He opened his comms.

"William, we got three Supes in here.  See if Clockwork Knight can come in as backup," he told the man.  "See if you can hack into the cameras here.  We'll want to do some editing after this."

"Lois, see about ushering the civies out of the combat zone.  Don't blow your cover, just point them at the exits," he ordered.

"Taskmistress, try to stay alive.  I'm coming to back you up," Kevin told her.  He dropped a field of darkness around the himself and a number of other people, then changed into his "costume."

He dropped the darkness and teleported behind the villains, his force field up and his hands glowing with Darkforce power.  "Is this a private party or can anyone crash it?" Kevin asked as he fired a blast at Eel, trying to make sure no civilians or teammates were behind (or in front of) Eel in case he missed.
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Taskmistress was crumpled up as the electricity scrambled he. the implant was offline cutting her off from ANNI. She groaned and saw the water man. Forcing herself to her feet she moved further from the others to give them more space. "Water...I wish i brought a freeze ray.." she noticed that her top had been wrecked by the blast. But modesty wasn't a concern at the moment.