*Click* Test one, Prototype cold plasma shield, Rosenberg Harris theory of electromagnetic waves being forced through a plasma field, we are testing to see if this is a viable method of defense against more advanced electron, repulsor and laser attacks, for this test we are using a standard vacuum setting, further tests to contain the plasma field in a standard environment to commence after this. Test one commencing. *Click* Xander set his tape down and nodded at the other two members of the little research project, Willow was currently watching the plasma field while Kendra was in charge of weapons, Xander's part was the Electromagnetic waves, they needed the waves to merge at the point of impact to try and disperse the attack.
Looking down Xander flipped the switch and started the test.
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Tony Stark was a very knowledgeable man, he knew how to play the market, he knew how advanced systems were put together and thanks to experience he knew the difference between an intentional and accidental explosion.
So when the roof of the warehouse across from his disappeared in a flash of light and a roar of thunder the business man blinked before running back into his building for his armor.
"What's wrong with this town?"He mumbled to himself as he hurried into his suit.
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Xander coughed and tried to ignore the heat and debris around him as he blinked the spots from his eyes, "Willow, Kendra! You both okay?" he shouted over the ringing in his ears.
He really hoped they were as he stumbled through the wreckage of the warehouse towards their location, he thought back to the last moments before the explosion, the computer had screeched something about the magnetic fields colliding before the world had disappeared in a flash of light and heat.
Making a mental note to check the area for radiation, he finally made it to the area he had last seen Kendra in mid tackle of an immensely surprised Willow just before the boom. Shifting the debris around he let out a shuddering breath of relief as a choking redhead pushed herself up from behind a pile of rubble and blinked at the destruction that surrounded her.
"T-that wasn't supposed to happen," She said in a daze before looking at Xander "Was it?"
"No, that was most definitely NOT what I was expecting." Xander said as he shook off the ringing in his ears and looks around carefully "Umm… Willow, Where's Kendra?"
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In Boston Massachusetts a young Girl blinked at the older man that she had just thrown through a wall.
Ignoring her mother's screams Faith grabbed her clothes and fled the house.
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Ironman used his repulsors to slowly drift through the hole in the warehouse he had been living next to for the last two weeks. Landing carefully he looked around the demolished laboratory carefully. "Jeez, what hit this place," he muttered to himself as he stared at the wreckage.
"Well, as it turns out, it was the equivalent of a lukewarm solar flare," Spinning towards the voice Tony blinked at the metal form before him as it lumbered out of the shadows.
"Solar Flare?" Stark asked as he noticed the cannon strapped to the man's shoulder track his movements.
"Yeah, funny thing about plasma… it's a temperamental little shit to work with." Iron Gear said as he watched the invincible Iron Man carefully.
"Figured that out on your own, or did you have help?" Tony mocked and frowned behind his mask as the form seemed to stiffen.
Glaring through the mask Xander resisted the urge to lash out at the reminder of his loss, he knew he couldn't take the legendary Iron Man in a fight, instead he simply sighed and slowly removed his helmet, "I had help Tony, and now one of them is gone."
Blinking at the shattered look on the young man's face Tony Stark powered down his repulsor beams. "What the hell is going on here kid," he asked.
"It all started several weeks ago during Halloween," Xander explained carefully, it was going to be a long conversation.
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Angel stared at the modified motocross armor he had been working on, designed to protect humans from a critical crash, it worked very well against blunt force trauma. The extra metal plates attached to it would assure some protection from the taser system that had been used against him a few nights ago, as well as the more normal (for him at least) wooden stakes, combined with his trademark jacket he should have a viable defense for the next time he faced the metal man.
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Quentin Travers grinned as the report crossed his desk, the slayer spirit had transferred to a new host just minutes ago. Dropping the report in the trash, the Watcher leaned back in his chair happily, "Finally the Bitch got what she deserved," he muttered as he tried to ignore the pain from his shattered kneecap.
He still couldn't believe a slayer had actually raised a hand against him, it wasn't like the vampire he had asked her to capture was going to be used for her Crucimantium, what should she care about that Summers whore.
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In the mid Atlantic aboard the SHIELD Heli-carrier Colonel Nick Fury growled as he read the transcript from a bug planted in a London based Antique Collectors Guild.
In the silence of his own office the Colonel made a mental note to destroy Quentin Travers.
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In a sunny field beneath a green sun a nearly insane Winifred "Fred" Burkle stared as a swirling portal spat out an unconscious Kendra at her feet, looking around for any sign of the monsters that seemed to live in this strange world she had discovered, Fred carefully started to collect sticks to form a sled, she calculated she would need twenty seven three foot sticks to support the young girl long enough to get her back to the cave, or twenty five foot sticks or…
With calculations running through her head the Texas born genius tried to save the dark skinned girl from the fate of all humans that were captured here.
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