Age of the Warhorse
"Alright folks, time to enter centerstage," Nabiki whispered, "Doom, Tarou, Domino, Crossbones, you're with me in there. Doom, you'll be the one that figures out how to throw a monkey wrench into the War-Horse's empire."
"I well know my place in this scheme," Doom voiced, " You would rather Crossbones be with us, if for any treachary, as well as having one of your best martial artists to deal with the close combat. and I presume Domino is for ground cover?"
"And a little luck," Nabiki added, considering the pale mutant's ability, "Spiderman, you stay out here with Wolverine and keep an eye on Ranma. If anything goes wrong, Wolverine...?"
"Signal right here," Logan replied, holding up the solid light generator which would punch a hole straight through to the sky, alerting the other members of the X-Men that were scattered around the city if anything went array.
"Why am I out here?" Ranma griped, "You should have all *three* of your best martial artists in there!"
"Ranma, you're not even supposed to be here." Nabiki snapped, before recovering her calm, "Anyhow, I'm leaving you out here for a reason other than for your safety. If something goes wrong, Wolverine's going to need a good solid fighter to back him up, and you're appearance should at least keep them confused enough to allow us *all* to get out... hopefully."
"Ah," Ranma started, "I guess that makes sense."
"I don't particularly trust Crossbones..."
"And I'm such a trust'n soul," the former hitman for the War Horse's Empire dry-toned.
"...but I do know that he isn't likely to sell us out in while he's in there with us.
"What makes you believe that?" Xian Pu asked in a worried tone.
"Because he's going to be directly in front of the firing squad if he is. Ranm... War Horse isn't going to be descriminating against who dies in there, if it is a trap." Nabiki replied, factually.
"Nabiki," Xian Pu began to urge, "You have a child, if anyone should be in there..."
"And you have a whole village," Nabiki interjected, "Xian Pu, if there's anyone I would trust in my place, it would be you. My daughter knows... her nanny more than she knows me. She'll be alright."
"I will personally guarentee her safety," Doom added, "That is Doom's word," Xian Pu looked sceptical, but held her tongue.
"Next floor up..." Nabiki brought her weapon to ready, "Doom, the distraction, if you please...?"
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"What the Hell was that?" War Horse enquired with an irritated tone, as the building began to shake; he was right in the middle of dinner, too.
"Nothing to worry about, Ranma," Happosai commented, "Just a few guests that unexpectedly decided to stop by. Maybe we should set out more plates..?"
The War Horse blinked in slight confusion.
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Crossbones, Tarou, Domino, and Nabiki stayed within the range of Doom's personal cloaking device, as they raced towards the large control area that held several core controls. The explosion at the base of the building would draw most of the attention to that area, leaving the top a bit more thinned out even moreso than the wild goose chase Ranma sent them on.
"Where's Akane?" Tarou enquired in a steady, untaxed voice.
"We already decided what she'll be doing," Nabiki replied, in almost the same effortless tone, "We couldn't risk addressing her in Ranma's presense"
"Umisenken?"
Nabiki nodded at Tarou's inquiry, "She's on the way to locate our own sister. She can cover the whole building in the time it takes us to finish are part of this mission."
"She could have been used better with us," Doom quipped, "any advantage in this poorly crafted scheme..."
"Like I said, if you could come up with a better one on such short notice," Nabiki snapped back.
Domino checked point, and motioned the clear. up ahead was their destination. Only six guards, only two seconds for Tarou to drop them all in blinding speed and complete silence. Doom moved to point, and quickly worked on the lock panel for the double brass doors that Ranma had lavishly installed for theme. The former monarch quickly became concerned about the ease in which he broke it.
Before he could voice his opinion, Domino once again moved to point, "Uh, oh crap..."
The War Horse looked back at Domino, and then past her to Doom, Crossbones, and Nabiki.
Nabiki turned to aim her weapon at Crossbones, expecting treachary, but found herself shocked to see the mercenary's own expression of surprise, even through his mask.
"You know?" The War Horse started, standing up from his dining room table, "If I had known, I would have had extra portions made..."
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Princess Herb floated near the base of Niagra Falls, safely hidden from detection for if she was necessary. As much as she disliked being reserve, she hoped that she wouldn't have to be called upon, since that would mean that most likely one person wouldn't be returning, and they were in more dire straits than before.
The comm. unit disguised as the broach that held her cloak together on her shoulders came to life, unfortunately signifying that her own hopes were for naught. As she listened, her face grew even more pale, as the voice wasn't Nabiki's, and the voice warned that the situation had grown even darker than they had comprehended...
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"WHO SET US UP?" Nabiki shouted, laying pinpoint shots into the wall of fayadeen soldiers that were suddenly swarming them from the hall, and the dining room.
The War Horse stood off from the battle, but shrugged at Nabiki's inquiery, "I haven't the foggiest. But can you keep the damage down a bit? This furniture's rare..." Ranma swayed out of the way of a blast Nabiki aimed for his head, incidentally incinerating an old Japanese wall scroll, "That wasn't necessary, Nabiki."
Both Crossbones and Tarou demolished legions of guards that seemed to run endlessly, as Domino, Nabiki sniped any that attempted to take aim or approach them, while Doom confronted Pestilence in a rematch both of them craved. They couldn't afford to be tied up like this, they had underestimated Ranma's resources for guards substantially, and they couldn't last forever.
The War Horse was surprised at their arrival, so someone else had arranged for all of it. Happosai didn't seem phased by their arrival, but it was far from his operating proceedure; if he had anything to do with it, Ranma would have well known.
"WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!" Nabiki called out the obvious, but served more as a focusing cry than an observation.
"We stuck cozier than dolphin meat inna tuna net," Crossbones answered, almost casually snapping one soldier's neck with no fanfare, "We got the shimmy down'n us, an' I ain't tak'n da rap for dis."
"Nabiki, they aren't running out!" Domino shouted, before noticing light flashes every so often. "He's teleporting them in!"
"How very observant of you," Tarou drolled, grabbing one guard, using him as a shield, then as a club, then as a mat to wipe his feet off on.
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Ranma, Xian Pu, Spiderman and Wolverine were currently occupied with the standard gaurds attempting to investigate the commotion on the floor above. All three of them surrounded the beacon that shot a ray of light straight up, signifying their distress to the others.
"They're gett'n thick, here," Wolverine grunted out, as he thrust one set of claws into a nearby fayadeen, and then backhandedly pitched him into an onclosing regimen.
"Think it's bad here, it's gonna be swimming upstairs," Spiderman stated with a concerned tone, while flipping over one solder, webbing the top of his head, and used his momentum to sling shot him into a nearby wall, before swinging him back into several other unfortunate units of cannon fodder. Xian Pu remained deadly quiet, focusing on demolishing any soldier that came within range.
A slight breather came through, cutting a direct path through the crowding soldiers, and leaving them in a more confused state.
"What the heck was that?" Ranma shouted over his own battles.
"Shut up and keep fighting," Wolverine commanded, knowing full well who it was, and that it was best the kid didn't find out.
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"RRRRRAAAAANNNNMMMAAAAA!!!!"
The evil despot in question ducked down, while putting the piece of steak he was holding into his mouth, incidentally ducking under the vacuum blade that soared just barely over his head. "Ah, and the uncute one arrives to complete the party!" He used his cloth napkin to courteously wipe his mouth, before standing and addressing the enraged woman before him, as if unaware of the thickened battle being waged around him, "How's the eye?"
Akane leapt at Ranma, throwing a fleet of vacuum blades at him, fully intending to rip him to ribbons. With casual ease, he swayed between them, while idly backhanding one of them away. Tarou took the opportunity of Ranma's distraction to attempt to catch him blindsided.
The War Horse darted to the side of the punch from behind, and then flipped over backwards from the adopted Musk clansman. As soon as he landed, both Akane and Tarou were pressuring him without giving quarter.
"WHERE'S MY SISTER?!?" Akane demanded, allowing her rage to fuel her attacks to the point of leaving sonic booms in their wake just from her heaviest punches.
Ranma pouted a bit, before sighing, "I get it, you're not here to see me. At least it's good to know you two would stop by for a good spar."
"SHUT UP AND DIE!" Tarou commanded, putting as much, if not more effort into pounding Ranma flat as his teammate was.
Nabiki looked up from her area of commotion, and noticed the battle going on with the War Horse, "NO! DON'T CONFRONT HIM!!!" It was at that moment of distraction that she caught a blast in her shoulder. It wasn't too much more than a grazing wound, but enough to put her to the floor.
"NABIKI!" Doom became distracted, proving to be a deadly mistake, as he was suddenly sailing across the room, and intending the wall.
"Fool! Forget about me during a battle, will ya?" Happosai taunted through his black cloth mask, as he charged the former despot with the end of his pipe.
As the tide of battle began to turn for the worse, a massive surge of ki from above incinerated a large cluster of soldiers. Happosai stopped his charge, somewhat impressed by the energy expultion that just occured, as the War Horse simultaniously caught Akane's foot and Tarou's knee, while directing his attention to the newcomer.
Herb descended from the ceiling reagally with her cloak wrapped around her. As she landed, a ring of ki exploded from her, killing several more soldiers.
With a growl, Ranma tossed both Akane and Tarou against each other, then away from him, "Damn it, it's getting crowded in here..."
"Allow me to open some breathing room." With that, Herb brought out one of her hands, pulsing vibrantly with energy, and shot it straight down into the ground.
"Aw, cripes..." The Warhorse growled, as he was forced to plummet down the length of his own building...
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"AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Ranma barely managed to leap back away from the large beam that cut him off from Wolverine, Xian Pu, and Spiderman. Xian Pu also dodged the blast, which seperated her from everyone else.
"That was Herb..." Spiderman called out, just barely managing to bound to a wall before he also got pulverized.
"She shouldn't be here, Wolverine called out, "Something's gone up, big time, and not just this lil' donnybrook."
"Indeed," Princess Herb stated, descending with the other members of their party in tow. Her voice grew even more grim, as she continued, "Our prime base of operations was attacked..."
Before anyone could gasp at the revelation, "I DIDN'T ORDER ANY ATTACK ON YOU GUYS!!!"
Herb barely had time to blink, as the War Horse rocketed from below towards her, and landed a heavy fist against her chin. With her concentration erupted; a wounded Nabiki, Domino, Dr. Doom, Crossbones, Akane, and Tarou were freed from their safe captivity, and plummeted below. Spiderman quickly made a dive for Nabiki, catching her and descending down the newly created chasm, as everyone else landed with their own devices.
The War Horse lazily somersaulted in the air, before allowing himself to descend, "Now, how about we all just talk this over calmly? What's this about an attack?" As cavalier as his tone was, the sheer amount of anger being displayed in his aura was apparent.
"BASTARD!" Tarou had rebounded off of part of a surviving floor, moving to intercept their nemesis, "DON'T EVEN PRETEND TO ACT IGNORANT ABOUT THIS!!!"
"You're in my way." It was said with a deadly calm, which belayed the furious backfist that Tarou recieved, sending him rebounding off a wall. To all who were his allies, the resounding 'crack' shook them deeply.
The War Horse landed gently, ignoring the heavy thrump the newly created corpse made. "Now, I asked a question."
"YOU MONSTER!"
"Wha-oh!" The question remained unanswered, as the War Horse was enveloped by a steady beam of ki, courtesy of an enraged Princess Herb. With her concentration and fury focused on the one that killed her potential signifigant other, Happosai reappeared from the shadows, moving to blind side her. Fortunately, he didn't get very far.
Wolverine grinned, as both his feet landed square on Pestilence's head, "Sorry, bub, didn't see ya there. Coulda been all that sneak'n in the shadows you were doin'."
The blast from Herb earlier had dropped them all down to the second floor, while eliminating the majority of the soldiers that hounded them.
"REGROUP AND EVACUATE, NOW!" Nabiki barked out, dropping any facade of confidence, and allowing her tears of agrivation, desperation, and failiure cascade down her face. This proved she shouldn't have been leading the X-Men, she had no right to be at the helm. The prior command would probably be her last.
With no hesitation, the members of the X-Men obeyed. Doom fired back into the wall, his blast barrelling through four more walls before reaching the outside. Domino lobbed several concussive gernades in a wide spread, while Akane threw a massive vacuum blade at the wall above and behind Ranma, while Spiderman shot a double strand of webbing into it, and pulled, attempting to collapse it down on the leading Horseman of the Apocolypse.
The collapsing rubble and wall of explosion that separated them from the War Horse well provided means of distraction. In the distance, sounds of destruction could be heard, as Magneto, Rictor, Havok, Sunfire, and Exodus adimantly initiated the backup plan.
The War Horse looked out beyond the escape route into the night, not seeing any of them. "I'll go track them down, Ranma," Pestilence replied, only to be waived off by Ranma.
"No, let them go. I want to have a word with Onslaught when he wakes up."
"Alright folks, time to enter centerstage," Nabiki whispered, "Doom, Tarou, Domino, Crossbones, you're with me in there. Doom, you'll be the one that figures out how to throw a monkey wrench into the War-Horse's empire."
"I well know my place in this scheme," Doom voiced, " You would rather Crossbones be with us, if for any treachary, as well as having one of your best martial artists to deal with the close combat. and I presume Domino is for ground cover?"
"And a little luck," Nabiki added, considering the pale mutant's ability, "Spiderman, you stay out here with Wolverine and keep an eye on Ranma. If anything goes wrong, Wolverine...?"
"Signal right here," Logan replied, holding up the solid light generator which would punch a hole straight through to the sky, alerting the other members of the X-Men that were scattered around the city if anything went array.
"Why am I out here?" Ranma griped, "You should have all *three* of your best martial artists in there!"
"Ranma, you're not even supposed to be here." Nabiki snapped, before recovering her calm, "Anyhow, I'm leaving you out here for a reason other than for your safety. If something goes wrong, Wolverine's going to need a good solid fighter to back him up, and you're appearance should at least keep them confused enough to allow us *all* to get out... hopefully."
"Ah," Ranma started, "I guess that makes sense."
"I don't particularly trust Crossbones..."
"And I'm such a trust'n soul," the former hitman for the War Horse's Empire dry-toned.
"...but I do know that he isn't likely to sell us out in while he's in there with us.
"What makes you believe that?" Xian Pu asked in a worried tone.
"Because he's going to be directly in front of the firing squad if he is. Ranm... War Horse isn't going to be descriminating against who dies in there, if it is a trap." Nabiki replied, factually.
"Nabiki," Xian Pu began to urge, "You have a child, if anyone should be in there..."
"And you have a whole village," Nabiki interjected, "Xian Pu, if there's anyone I would trust in my place, it would be you. My daughter knows... her nanny more than she knows me. She'll be alright."
"I will personally guarentee her safety," Doom added, "That is Doom's word," Xian Pu looked sceptical, but held her tongue.
"Next floor up..." Nabiki brought her weapon to ready, "Doom, the distraction, if you please...?"
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"What the Hell was that?" War Horse enquired with an irritated tone, as the building began to shake; he was right in the middle of dinner, too.
"Nothing to worry about, Ranma," Happosai commented, "Just a few guests that unexpectedly decided to stop by. Maybe we should set out more plates..?"
The War Horse blinked in slight confusion.
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Crossbones, Tarou, Domino, and Nabiki stayed within the range of Doom's personal cloaking device, as they raced towards the large control area that held several core controls. The explosion at the base of the building would draw most of the attention to that area, leaving the top a bit more thinned out even moreso than the wild goose chase Ranma sent them on.
"Where's Akane?" Tarou enquired in a steady, untaxed voice.
"We already decided what she'll be doing," Nabiki replied, in almost the same effortless tone, "We couldn't risk addressing her in Ranma's presense"
"Umisenken?"
Nabiki nodded at Tarou's inquiry, "She's on the way to locate our own sister. She can cover the whole building in the time it takes us to finish are part of this mission."
"She could have been used better with us," Doom quipped, "any advantage in this poorly crafted scheme..."
"Like I said, if you could come up with a better one on such short notice," Nabiki snapped back.
Domino checked point, and motioned the clear. up ahead was their destination. Only six guards, only two seconds for Tarou to drop them all in blinding speed and complete silence. Doom moved to point, and quickly worked on the lock panel for the double brass doors that Ranma had lavishly installed for theme. The former monarch quickly became concerned about the ease in which he broke it.
Before he could voice his opinion, Domino once again moved to point, "Uh, oh crap..."
The War Horse looked back at Domino, and then past her to Doom, Crossbones, and Nabiki.
Nabiki turned to aim her weapon at Crossbones, expecting treachary, but found herself shocked to see the mercenary's own expression of surprise, even through his mask.
"You know?" The War Horse started, standing up from his dining room table, "If I had known, I would have had extra portions made..."
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Princess Herb floated near the base of Niagra Falls, safely hidden from detection for if she was necessary. As much as she disliked being reserve, she hoped that she wouldn't have to be called upon, since that would mean that most likely one person wouldn't be returning, and they were in more dire straits than before.
The comm. unit disguised as the broach that held her cloak together on her shoulders came to life, unfortunately signifying that her own hopes were for naught. As she listened, her face grew even more pale, as the voice wasn't Nabiki's, and the voice warned that the situation had grown even darker than they had comprehended...
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"WHO SET US UP?" Nabiki shouted, laying pinpoint shots into the wall of fayadeen soldiers that were suddenly swarming them from the hall, and the dining room.
The War Horse stood off from the battle, but shrugged at Nabiki's inquiery, "I haven't the foggiest. But can you keep the damage down a bit? This furniture's rare..." Ranma swayed out of the way of a blast Nabiki aimed for his head, incidentally incinerating an old Japanese wall scroll, "That wasn't necessary, Nabiki."
Both Crossbones and Tarou demolished legions of guards that seemed to run endlessly, as Domino, Nabiki sniped any that attempted to take aim or approach them, while Doom confronted Pestilence in a rematch both of them craved. They couldn't afford to be tied up like this, they had underestimated Ranma's resources for guards substantially, and they couldn't last forever.
The War Horse was surprised at their arrival, so someone else had arranged for all of it. Happosai didn't seem phased by their arrival, but it was far from his operating proceedure; if he had anything to do with it, Ranma would have well known.
"WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!" Nabiki called out the obvious, but served more as a focusing cry than an observation.
"We stuck cozier than dolphin meat inna tuna net," Crossbones answered, almost casually snapping one soldier's neck with no fanfare, "We got the shimmy down'n us, an' I ain't tak'n da rap for dis."
"Nabiki, they aren't running out!" Domino shouted, before noticing light flashes every so often. "He's teleporting them in!"
"How very observant of you," Tarou drolled, grabbing one guard, using him as a shield, then as a club, then as a mat to wipe his feet off on.
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Ranma, Xian Pu, Spiderman and Wolverine were currently occupied with the standard gaurds attempting to investigate the commotion on the floor above. All three of them surrounded the beacon that shot a ray of light straight up, signifying their distress to the others.
"They're gett'n thick, here," Wolverine grunted out, as he thrust one set of claws into a nearby fayadeen, and then backhandedly pitched him into an onclosing regimen.
"Think it's bad here, it's gonna be swimming upstairs," Spiderman stated with a concerned tone, while flipping over one solder, webbing the top of his head, and used his momentum to sling shot him into a nearby wall, before swinging him back into several other unfortunate units of cannon fodder. Xian Pu remained deadly quiet, focusing on demolishing any soldier that came within range.
A slight breather came through, cutting a direct path through the crowding soldiers, and leaving them in a more confused state.
"What the heck was that?" Ranma shouted over his own battles.
"Shut up and keep fighting," Wolverine commanded, knowing full well who it was, and that it was best the kid didn't find out.
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"RRRRRAAAAANNNNMMMAAAAA!!!!"
The evil despot in question ducked down, while putting the piece of steak he was holding into his mouth, incidentally ducking under the vacuum blade that soared just barely over his head. "Ah, and the uncute one arrives to complete the party!" He used his cloth napkin to courteously wipe his mouth, before standing and addressing the enraged woman before him, as if unaware of the thickened battle being waged around him, "How's the eye?"
Akane leapt at Ranma, throwing a fleet of vacuum blades at him, fully intending to rip him to ribbons. With casual ease, he swayed between them, while idly backhanding one of them away. Tarou took the opportunity of Ranma's distraction to attempt to catch him blindsided.
The War Horse darted to the side of the punch from behind, and then flipped over backwards from the adopted Musk clansman. As soon as he landed, both Akane and Tarou were pressuring him without giving quarter.
"WHERE'S MY SISTER?!?" Akane demanded, allowing her rage to fuel her attacks to the point of leaving sonic booms in their wake just from her heaviest punches.
Ranma pouted a bit, before sighing, "I get it, you're not here to see me. At least it's good to know you two would stop by for a good spar."
"SHUT UP AND DIE!" Tarou commanded, putting as much, if not more effort into pounding Ranma flat as his teammate was.
Nabiki looked up from her area of commotion, and noticed the battle going on with the War Horse, "NO! DON'T CONFRONT HIM!!!" It was at that moment of distraction that she caught a blast in her shoulder. It wasn't too much more than a grazing wound, but enough to put her to the floor.
"NABIKI!" Doom became distracted, proving to be a deadly mistake, as he was suddenly sailing across the room, and intending the wall.
"Fool! Forget about me during a battle, will ya?" Happosai taunted through his black cloth mask, as he charged the former despot with the end of his pipe.
As the tide of battle began to turn for the worse, a massive surge of ki from above incinerated a large cluster of soldiers. Happosai stopped his charge, somewhat impressed by the energy expultion that just occured, as the War Horse simultaniously caught Akane's foot and Tarou's knee, while directing his attention to the newcomer.
Herb descended from the ceiling reagally with her cloak wrapped around her. As she landed, a ring of ki exploded from her, killing several more soldiers.
With a growl, Ranma tossed both Akane and Tarou against each other, then away from him, "Damn it, it's getting crowded in here..."
"Allow me to open some breathing room." With that, Herb brought out one of her hands, pulsing vibrantly with energy, and shot it straight down into the ground.
"Aw, cripes..." The Warhorse growled, as he was forced to plummet down the length of his own building...
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"AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Ranma barely managed to leap back away from the large beam that cut him off from Wolverine, Xian Pu, and Spiderman. Xian Pu also dodged the blast, which seperated her from everyone else.
"That was Herb..." Spiderman called out, just barely managing to bound to a wall before he also got pulverized.
"She shouldn't be here, Wolverine called out, "Something's gone up, big time, and not just this lil' donnybrook."
"Indeed," Princess Herb stated, descending with the other members of their party in tow. Her voice grew even more grim, as she continued, "Our prime base of operations was attacked..."
Before anyone could gasp at the revelation, "I DIDN'T ORDER ANY ATTACK ON YOU GUYS!!!"
Herb barely had time to blink, as the War Horse rocketed from below towards her, and landed a heavy fist against her chin. With her concentration erupted; a wounded Nabiki, Domino, Dr. Doom, Crossbones, Akane, and Tarou were freed from their safe captivity, and plummeted below. Spiderman quickly made a dive for Nabiki, catching her and descending down the newly created chasm, as everyone else landed with their own devices.
The War Horse lazily somersaulted in the air, before allowing himself to descend, "Now, how about we all just talk this over calmly? What's this about an attack?" As cavalier as his tone was, the sheer amount of anger being displayed in his aura was apparent.
"BASTARD!" Tarou had rebounded off of part of a surviving floor, moving to intercept their nemesis, "DON'T EVEN PRETEND TO ACT IGNORANT ABOUT THIS!!!"
"You're in my way." It was said with a deadly calm, which belayed the furious backfist that Tarou recieved, sending him rebounding off a wall. To all who were his allies, the resounding 'crack' shook them deeply.
The War Horse landed gently, ignoring the heavy thrump the newly created corpse made. "Now, I asked a question."
"YOU MONSTER!"
"Wha-oh!" The question remained unanswered, as the War Horse was enveloped by a steady beam of ki, courtesy of an enraged Princess Herb. With her concentration and fury focused on the one that killed her potential signifigant other, Happosai reappeared from the shadows, moving to blind side her. Fortunately, he didn't get very far.
Wolverine grinned, as both his feet landed square on Pestilence's head, "Sorry, bub, didn't see ya there. Coulda been all that sneak'n in the shadows you were doin'."
The blast from Herb earlier had dropped them all down to the second floor, while eliminating the majority of the soldiers that hounded them.
"REGROUP AND EVACUATE, NOW!" Nabiki barked out, dropping any facade of confidence, and allowing her tears of agrivation, desperation, and failiure cascade down her face. This proved she shouldn't have been leading the X-Men, she had no right to be at the helm. The prior command would probably be her last.
With no hesitation, the members of the X-Men obeyed. Doom fired back into the wall, his blast barrelling through four more walls before reaching the outside. Domino lobbed several concussive gernades in a wide spread, while Akane threw a massive vacuum blade at the wall above and behind Ranma, while Spiderman shot a double strand of webbing into it, and pulled, attempting to collapse it down on the leading Horseman of the Apocolypse.
The collapsing rubble and wall of explosion that separated them from the War Horse well provided means of distraction. In the distance, sounds of destruction could be heard, as Magneto, Rictor, Havok, Sunfire, and Exodus adimantly initiated the backup plan.
The War Horse looked out beyond the escape route into the night, not seeing any of them. "I'll go track them down, Ranma," Pestilence replied, only to be waived off by Ranma.
"No, let them go. I want to have a word with Onslaught when he wakes up."