A door opened a few levels down, it was a little office, the same office that Chev went into, but then Teyilia could see Chev, on the floor tied and gagged. Six huge men came out, each split up into pairs of two, two of the largest went for the three srrounded by the lasers as the camras turned off.
"Get down!" Teyilia yelled seeing a muzzle flash from a lower level and a few dings were heard as the catwalk was hit a few times, Teyilia returned fire and one went down, but then firing gave her spot away, she had to run, and take Scion with her unless...
"Get the kid!" one of the goons yelled, he was a ugly dude, torn face and clothes, he looked as if he'd been picked up off the street before the crushing machine got to him, the other goons made their way to the catwalk that Teyilia and Scion were on.
Acting quickly, Nick reached into his duster and brought the shield out. Teyilia and Scion will both get a brief look at the world famous emblem on the shield before he puts it over his head and reaches out an arm to both of them.
"Grab hold and hold on for dear life," he said in a surprisingly calm voice for the situation. "You want to get outside, I'll get you outside."
Teyilia took one look at the emblem on the shield and without thinking she grabbed Scion and all but handed the lionboy to Avenger, seeing that emblem made her know that she could trust Avenger with the lionboy, she then brought up her P-90 and fired a few times, sparks flew as her shots connected with the supports for the catwalk that two really ugly looking men were coming from.
Teyilia felt the catwalk under her feet shake as two men pounded towards her, which then made her fall off the thing onto the same crate that the cat scent was strongest...
...She hit the crate, and fell into it with a loud shriek as she landed on something not hard nor soft, just plain painful, rolling over she found what she landed on, a spiked bottle like weapon was laying there, she grabbed the thing and held it up, it was a time bomb with three spikes to anchor it to something.
suddenly the crate went dark, Teyilia stood and shifted into feline form just enough to have her body half covered in fur, and twice as strong as Logan in the proccess, pulling back a fist she swung and knocked one of the men off the top of the crate, she then pushed off the floor of the thing and landed on the top of it, another man was there as if waiting for her. Teyilia sent a spin kick to the man who blocked it, and sent one of his own, which she blocked and sent right back at him, the man sent her to the floor... hard
Her P-90 had vanished when she shifted, though she still had her daggers, shifting as she rolled on the warehouse floor she grabbed four of the six and shifted again, the daggers became claw-like.
The lights were then on full blast and very bright, showing the inside of the huge building, Avenger and Scion could both see what might have been Teyilia, but in her place there was a mostly white feline with, black, purple and blue patches of color mixed with the fur.
Scion was looking round in a panic and jumping left and right from the lasers when Teyilia grabbed him and threw him to Avenger, he looked up at Avenger and then looked down at the ground as the lights came on it took a moment for his eyes to adjust to the light but ten he saw all the goons.
Scion growled noticing(thankfully) there wasn't any of their Masters around knowing full well who, and what, the Blackrose Syndicate is. He flexed his paws and gathered electricity around them and started shooting Tesla Electricity at each of the goons in an attempt to give Teyilia a chance to run...
Using the shield to deflect both lasers and stray bullets, Avenger flew towards the outer wall of the warehouse at blinding speed; just short of exerting g-forces that would have been damaging to his passenger. At the last second, he repositioned the shield ahead of them so that it would impact the wall first. The vibranium in the shield would absorb the impact while the adamantium backed by Avenger's momentum and strength would bust through. At least that was the intention. Since neither the windows nor the skylight had been abnormally armored, he had to hope that the walls weren't either.
Nick's plan was simple. These goons seemed to be after the kid. If he could get him outside, the goons were likely to follow, hopefully giving the cat woman who had introduced herself as Teyilia some respite and a chance to make good her own escape and even launch a counter offensive. Further, the fact that the thugs would have limited points of egress should supply choke points that Nick hoped to be able to control. That was under optimal conditions, of course, but at the very least, it should draw the opponent out into a more open area where Nick could make better use of his speed and maneuverability in dealing with them.
Teyilia was locked in hand to hand combat with one of the largest men she ever fought, and she was holding her own very well, he sent a swing at her mid-drift while at the same time swinging for her face, she blocked the first, and nearly was hit from the second, instead she felt herhand get grabbed and the turned around, and the guy put a foot on her chest and rolled backwards, sending Teyilia into a backwards triple cartwheel.
The man got up and called to her, "I can ready your every move kitty, why do you just be nice and give us the kid?" he said walking forwards fast, he swung his fist as if to knock her out...
...only to have the hand blocked, and a dagger through his heart, "read this." a cold purr filled voice hissed into his face. Teyilia yanked out the dagger and the man fell to the ground in a heap, Teyilia let out a breath, "freak" Teyilia looked up and watched as Avenger hit the wall with his shield and go through with little to no trouble, though the men went running for the door and the roof.
The head Goon watched as Teyilia took out one with a bullet to the neck and the other with a claw to the heart, this was not what he was wanting to do for his day on the job, fighting a cornered dog was way easier, but then a cat like that would come in very handy.
Two of the goons stopped when they started for Teyilia, the Leader yelled, "Forget her! Get the kid! Now!" he yelled, then when they didn't move he added, "If the Mistresses don't kill you, I will!" that got them moving fast, they both went for the doors while those on the catwalks ran for the roof
The first two goons through door got hit with a shield that flew from Avenger's hand, hit the first, rebounded to hit the second, then rebounded again to return to Nick's hand. Nick's father had taken out literally thousands of goons with that shield. Steve Rogers had been able to lift maybe a thousand pounds under optimal conditions and with ultimate effort. Nick Rogers could lift a hundred times that amount with far less effort. In his hands, the shield would cut an unarmored man in half. Even given their body armor, the two thugs were still hit with the force of a speeding semi. It was unlikely they were going to get up any time soon . . . if ever.
Without taking his attention off the fight, Nick set Scion down and calmly addressed him. "These men seem to know you. May I assume that you know them as well? If so, any suggestions on tactics?"
"i dont know them but i know their Bosses, they will do anything to get the job done. these guys will probably try and play dirty, i can cover you with long distance electricity if it helps"
Scion straightened himself out after landing then cracks his paws and then flexed his claws as his eyes flashed with yellow electricity he looked to the main door of the building already starting to be shadowed by the large men, he then fired a large bolt of electricity straight through the doorway
There came a pair of Kabong! sounds as the Shield knocked first one man then the next, each were doing the Cha-Cha on the ground as if they had be knocked in thr brain a bit too hard, "Get up you fools!" The good leader shouted, "Get the kid now!"
"Right boss, we're on it" said one of the goons on the ground through shattered teeth. The two pulled themselves to their feet and once again started for Avenger and Scion as a pair of goons appeared on the roof, guns drawn and ready to fire.
Looking around a few seconds Teyilia spotted the sewer pipe leading down, and yelled into it, "Logan, if you can hear me, we got trouble, get back up here!" she looked up as the Goon Leader came running at her with a two by four piece of wood, oh crap she thought as she dove out of the huge mans way.
"I'm gonna get you little kitty." the man said in a really whiny sounding voice, "come on out now."
Teyilia dove behind a few crates, then started climbing them, there was no way she'd let these guys get the better end of her team.
Hearing an echo through the sewers that she couldn't quite interprite, Spero turned to Logan, "Did you here that? You have good hearing right? did you understand it? It sounded like Teyilia, maybe we should go back..." Spero looked around nerviously, sheathing her sword and pulling out one of her guns and quickly checking that it is loaded, she turned the safety off with an echoing click. She touched the right side of her sunglasses and lets the lights dim slightly.
Logan was already moving. Sabretooth was a minimal threat to the group, but Storm and the others were already missing and he wasn't about to lose Teyilia and her team as well. Creed was going to be next to impossible to track through the sewers, anyway.
A growl burst from his throat and his claws were bared as he leaped from the sewers and sliced cleanly through the improvised weapon being wielded by the goon leader. He landed with his feet spread in a combat crouch. His body was blocking his opponent's access to both Teyilia as she dived for cover and Spero as she emerged from the hole originally created by Sabretooth.
"Bad move." Logan's smile as not a pleasant sight. "Ya got two choices, bub. Ya c'n give up an' tell us what happened t' our friends, r' ya c'n get ready f'r a whole lotta pain an' sufferin'. Ya don't wanna know which one I'm hopin' ya'll take."
Avenger nodded. "Keep an eye on the rooftops. They're likely to send snipers up there. I'll deal with the attackers coming at us through the door."
He slid the shield back into his duster and came out with a katana. The hilt of the weapon was ornate and the blade was razor sharp. The blade was also made of pure adamantium. Nick flew back to the two thugs at the doorway; launching a full strength heel kick to the groin of the one and slicing the sword through the weapon arm of the second. If they were tough enough to get up after being hit with the shield, they were a lot tougher than normal people, which meant he could take the kid gloves off and cut loose.
Spero exited the hole to find the warehouse in chaos, Teyilia running for cover, Avenger and Scion nowhere to be seen, and a man holding a broken weapon. "It will be a cold day in Hell when I let an enemy have a chance to run." She shoot off two rounds towards a goon as he climbed the cat walk, the secound cliping the mans leg. Spero spun arround, taking in the fact that she just ran into a closed space that had few exits and many people who wouldn't stop for a secound before shooting her. But, seeing most of the goons headed to the roof, Spero's arm glew breafly before she flung a ball of energy at the catwalks, disabaling one of the passages up.
Seeing his makeshift weapon get cut cleanly the man smiled as Logan spoke, "I get a choice huh? Never thought of that from you James" he said, he'd been told of every person on the team, mostly after all that nice talk stopped working, he threatened to kill the rest of Storms team if she didn't talk, but then she didn't have to as a "friend" gave him some info he got.
The Goon Leader dropped the wood and pulled out a adamantium switchblade, "Ready when you are" he said.
Spero's shot connected, sending one man to the ground floor with a bullet in his leg, her next shot took out a good sized part of the catewalk, as well as part of the warehouse itself, which then started to fall apart a bit. all in all, they were good shots.
Avengers foot connected, the man let out his breath is woosh of air as he dropped to his knees, holding his "soft spot" the other man saw Avenger coming and brought up his own blade, which was then cut cleanly as if it was never there, the man knew he was in trouble when his fried went down, they were both bleeding for their noses from getting hit with the shield.
Logan was slightly surprised by the goons comments. Very few people knew the name James Howlett. Even he hadn't recognized it when Captain America had called him by it the first time they crossed paths after World War Two. Hearing this glorified thug use it now, just made him madder. Whoever told him the name should have warned the guy that Logan just loved to get madder. It gave him a reason to release the Beast within and cut loose. That's exactly what he did; launching himself at the goon leader with a feral snarl that was without even a hint of reason, compassion or humanity.
Pivoting, Avenger planted his right instep across the jaw of the thug he had just disarmed and sliced the razor sharp tip of the blade across the throat of the thug on the ground in the same motion. He landed standing between the two, facing the entrance of the warehouse, his blade at the ready.
The goon waited until the last second then ducked faster then thought possible, that "food" he had was speeding the balance up a bit, within seconds, the goon and Logan were trading blows, each trying to get the upper hand, moving all through the first floor of the warehouse as two more came out the door and stopped dead in the their tracks staring at Avenger as he took out the thug that was mostly standing holding his neck.
The thug on the ground said in a very high pitched voice, "Forget the kid! Get the bosses!" The two goons nodded and turned to run when the goon grabed one and said still in his high pitchedvoice, "get me an ice pack!" the goon then fainted dead away as Teyilia appeared in the doorway. she ran forwards fast before he could swing at the now out cold goon, "Don't kill him, we'll need him for later to find Storm and her team" she said looking to the out cold goon on the ground, the guys friend was now long dead and lifeless.
Avenger stopped immediately, flicked the blood from his katana, then slid it back into his duster and came out with a first aid kit. He then knelt and quickly, but professionally checked the fallen thugs vitals. "He'll be alright," Nick said calmly rising from his patient. "I doubt there was much chance of him fathering children anyway."
Logan had started after the head goon he'd been fighting, but returned after a few minutes. He didn't say they'd gotten away, but the look on his face spoke volumes. It was pretty obvious that he wasn't going to be calming completely down anytime soon and most of the others all knew it was probably best to just leave him alone until he did.
Spero followed Logan and the head goon out careful to keep her distance, but otherwise remained silent and still, if anyone attacks me, I will of course counter attack by whatever means necessary, my sword: would cut cleanly through their torso, guns: a few shots to the stomach or even simply one to the head or any of my powers: darkness to confuse him, Matria would make quick work of someone or even the small metal balls in her pocket should suffice... she thought keeping an eye out for any stray goons that might need a lesson: College is much easier then acting tough, in college, you won't get shot
Teyilia smirked as Avenger spoke of the man not fathering any more kids, "I doubt it" she said reaching down to him and shifting a bit so she could turn the man over, her dark taned arm seemed to grow thick white fur covering her watch and some of her clothes, which made the arm look like a white, black, purple & blue mix of colors.
She looked to Scion who had finally joined them, "Any idea why these jerks wanted you?" she asked him, this was confusing, first Storm and her team vanish then when they show up to look for them a half dozen jerks show up to take them too. What was going on?
Scion watched Avenger launch into his attacked then looks to the roof to see goons with guns and just as he got ready to shoot them all down the top of the builing collapsed taking the goons with it and Scion just sighed, noticing the fighting had almost stopped he walked over to Avenger and Teyilia and listens to Tey's question and closes his eyes before even thinking of an answer for her.
Scion made a big sigh this time then leaned down over the guy on the floor and tore his shirt away showing the same symbol on his chest that Teyilia thought was a watermark on a crate, "this mark is the sign of The Blackrose Syndicate, as for me being wanted by them" Scion stood for this bit of info and takes a few steps away from the body, his hands severly shaking at that point "the short story, the leaders of the syndicate ar..ar.. "Scion let out a sigh"... are my mother and big sister"
Teyilia stood up, "OK, so, we have ourselves a little problem, Storm last radioed to the Mansion from that doorway before we lost all contact, Xavier nor Jean can find Storm or her team no matter what they do, so we come out here, only to get attacked by a group none of us now about other then they want you for some reason, my mind hurts with all this thinking" Teyilia looked to the door, "There is more then these two and the two that were on the roof, two went after me the leader... went somewhere, then three are dead, and that means..." Teyilia went to the door and peeked in, just in time to see a Narq dart hit Spero in the neck, knocking her cold, Teyilia brough up her P-90 ready for use, she got on her radio, "Gambit, you see anyone with a stun gun? if you do, hit him with a poker hand"
Avenger re-entered the warehouse and felt around for the goon that had shot Spero. Searching along the line of fire, Nick found the man hiding in the catwalks towards the rear of the warehouse, in a section that was still stable even after the collapse of a sizable portion of the roof. Gambit was nowhere to be seen at the moment, so he decided to take matters into his own hands.
Nick reached into his duster one more time and extracted a Shi'ar javelin. He quickly triggered the full extension of the weapon from dart size to full spear size and hurled it. The javelin flew true and impacted the catwalk beneath the feet of the sniper.
If it had been one of the traditional electrically charged or acid filled versions of the weapon, the man would likely have died. Since Teyilia wanted to question the man, however, Nick had chosen one of his cryonic javelins. The instant the spear struck, the temperature in the immediate area around the sniper dropped dramatically. Seconds later, the man was encased in ice from his chest down.
"There's your captive, ma'am." Nick turned to Teyilia respectfully. "Would like me to bring him down to you, or would you rather deal with him up there?"
Teyilia smiled, this man thought of everything, "I'll go to him" she said starting for a set of stairs, "Scion, Logan, see to Spero, Avenger was it? Keep an eye on the door"
Teyilia headed for the third level catwalk and headed for the man half frozen, who seemed to be smiling grandly as if he was happy about something.
Nick nodded and positioned himself in the doorway. The audio filter in his headset was set to listen in on Teyilia's interrogation, however. It was becoming more and more clear that he was in a different dimension and/or timestream. These people were claiming to be X-Men, but as much as two of them resembled men he had grown up idolizing, he didn't know them and he wasn't fool enough to automatically trust them completely. Right now, he needed information and he needed as much of it as he could gather as soon as he could get it.
Scion saw Spero hit the ground and Avenger act straight away before realizing what Teyilia had said and started counting the bodys and amount of goonz he had seen, then it struck him. this wasnt just a motley crew of goonz this was a small platoon which meant...
Scion tapped his belt buckle and started speak softly, "Tey, be careful. it could be a trap... this many men!!? there boss has gotta be here or near by", Scion let go of the belt buckle and ran to Spero's side as pulled the dart out carefully before taking his jacket like shirt off and folded it up putting it under her head, wondering where gambit was he flicked his ears trying to listen to the air around them then a small waft of mixed scents went up his nose, Scion raised a brow at this "orange, rose and jasmine... thats a really strange perfume" he looks down at Spero then sniffs at her neck quickly finding its not her, then looked up at Logan, "Can you smell that Logan?"
Logan sniffed the air and nodded. "She's close. Get back inside th' warehouse behind Avenger. She's lettin' us sense her in hopes o' gettin' us t' separate so her people c'n divide n' conquer. Make her come t' us. Go let Teyilia know what's goin' on, then back up Avenger. I'm gonna try t' figure out what happened t' Gambit."
He quickly, but gently picked up Spero and carried her inside and out of view, but near the entrance in case they had to bolt quickly, then he went off in search of Gambit.
Scion nodded and picked up his jacket and placed it back under Spero's head when Logan set her back down again then ran on all four paws at Teyilia, "Tey we got a problem, I know why he's smiling.. His mmmmm" Scion stops to stand then takes a deep breath, "his real master is here, one of the mistresses of The Blackrose Syndicate, I pray they havent sent someone I know"
Teyilia stopped a few feet from the guy in ice, who still smiled as if he was as happy as a drunk that just got divorced, Only problem was, that Scion spoke a bit late and a fist struct Teyilia squarely in the side of the head, knocking her to the catwalk, as a tall woman appeared for out of thin air, it was Oracle. I'm screwed! Teyilia thought seeing a very long knife in Oracles hands as the woman headed her way, thinking fast Teyilia shifted form as she grabbed a pair of daggers, hopefully the woman hadn't seen Scion yet.
Scion skidded to stop seeing Oracle punch Tey, such a fear welled up inside Scion that his tail wrapped itself around one of his paws, 'omg omg omg omg omg omg... im in trouble... c'mon scion snap out of it think fast or else Teys gonna get hurt, she hasnt seen you yet... i could fry the catwalk, no teys on there shed be fried too. Light Bomb!!!' he raised his free paw towards th ceiling and focused a lot of Energy to his wrist "TEY!!?" hoping she would get the idea he shouted her name before releasing a sudden burst of lightning into the air completely strobing the entire warehouse with light so much at anyone with eyes open would see nothing but white for atleast two minutes
Teyilia heard Scion yell and saw what he was doing, though Oracle did not see nor did she hear the lionboy, she was too focused on Teyilia laying seemingly helpless on the ground, within a few seconds Oracle and Teyilia go into a major catfight which then had Teyilia under Oracle as well as under the knife the woman had with her, Oracle smiled and started to press all her wieght into stabbing the knife into Teyilia's chest.
I'm so dang screwed! Teyilia thought grabbing at Orcale's knife hand, trying to move the blade away from her body, Tey grunted as Oracle shifted her body to put more pressure on the knife, Teyilia only managed to move it away from her heart, but not off her body completely.
The knife came down into soft flesh, and Teyilia screamed bloody murder as her right shoulderblade was stabbed.