Chapter 32: Blades in the North

[dakota]

"Unless they had Adamantium fangs, the bloodsuckers still can't touch me so I'm in." Tabitha said a bit brazenly. "I've fought with a Blade before, can't be that different. Hack, slash, snarl and repeat." She smiled with a shrug looking at Blade, "But we are wasting time if it is vamps attacking the wounded. We do need either someone to babysit Gyrich or somewhere to lock him up safe. Maybe Blink can portal him back to DC?" She grinned, finally starting to let some of her dislike for the man escape despite the situation.

[kurff]

"I once made a teleport to the moon. So DC should not be an issue." she looks to Guardian, "We all need a map of the installation ASAP and Tabby's right we need to get moving. oh and do you have any wooden stakes, furniture, or Silver weapons around?" Blink looks to Alpha flight.

Not a huge fan of Gyrich she was more concerned about the real bloodsuckers, not the politicians.

[Mierin]

Blade tilted his head at Gabby's statement. "You better be as good as your mouth is talking, or else we're all dead."

Gabby grins and winks at Blade. "Oh, don't worry your pretty little head. I'm even better than my mouth is talking!" Frowning, Gabby adds, "Hang on one sec!" Disappearing, Gabby reappears after a few moments, having clearly changed - now she's earing an identical outfit to Blade's, waring black leather pants, armoured vest, long black leather coat and black combat boots. She even managed to find the same black wrap around sunglasses and her hair is now tied back into a braid. "There!" Gabby nods with a satisfied look. "THIS is how you go about killing some suckheads!" Gabby tries to affix the same scowl that Blade has on his face, but is unable to keep the expression for more than a few seconds before giggling. "This is gonna be great!"

[doc]

Puck was lifting Snowbird to her feet as she began to stir. "The order...the treaty...He's here..." She began to murmur.

Blade grunted at Tabitha's comment, and raised an eyebrow as Gabby returned in a new costume. "You know how to use that thing?" looking at the swords she wore.

Atlas looked at Gabby, and then turned to Tabitha. "...she has a shrine in her room, doesn't she?"

Heather spoke up. "Alright, that's enough chatter. Logan? You go with Alec, Snowbird, Windshear, to get Mac and secure his lab. The rest of you? We need to rescue the civilians and contain the threat." She looked to Blink. "I'll give you the coordinates to the mess hall, you teleport us there. Then we can start talking about long distance - if you can create something that can get them to safety, we'll use the mess hall as an evacuation point."


(Gabby, Tabitha, and Blink)

The group teleported in as they saw Captain America bring down his shield to decapitate a vampire, blood spraying across his shield.

"Not bad, Flag-man." Blade gave a nod of approval as he began shooting at the vampires.
"Didn't ask for your approval, Blade. And watch your shots." Cap took his shield.
"I was staking vamps while you were taking your ice-bath; don't tell me how to do my job."

There were easily a dozen vampires in the room, rushing on the various civilians within. Flex, Murmur and Radius rushed a vampire about to feed on a tall, lanky woman.

The silent mystery man raced into action and tackled a vampire, engaging him one-on-one. Something about the way he fought seemed familiar to the group (Perception roll).

"What is that fool doing?" Gabby saw what Gyrich was talking about: Foggy had put himself between the mutant family he had spoken with earlier and a pair of vampires. He was holding up a book as though it were a mystical talisman.

"Yeah, that's right! You can't fight things with strong belief! And this? This is the Constitution of the U.S.A, baby! I believe in the LAW! So you can't hurt me!"

Cap was back to back with Blade.

"Care to tell us what we're up against?"
"You haven't figured it out? I have to spell it out for you? Motherfucking Dracula!"

(Wolverine)


Windshear maintained a hard-air tunnel to make your way into the lab. Snowbird was mostly awake, but seemed distracted by something. Logan knew from experience that Snowbird was connected a with a host of supernatural entities; clearly they were communicating vital information to her.

You made it to the lab, only to find Hudson pinned to the wall by an armored figure.



"Logan? I've been waiting for you." Maverick turned. His skin was pale, and his smile revealed fangs. "It's been a looong time, old friend." he tossed Hudson aside. "How about we have a chat?"

[dakota]

Tabitha chuckled at Gabby's transformation, "You've been dying to wear that, haven't you? Well, I wouldn't exactly call it a shrine, but," she cut herself off as Vindicator spoke up and followed through Blink's portal.

While they stepped into the middle of a fight, there were plenty of targets left, "Go figure I left my sword home." Instead Tab picked up a chair on her way towards one of the vamps trying to corner a family and made a full strength home run chair shot on the vampire that would at least get her some attention.

Strike roll rqIfcfq31d20+2

Damage if hits 1d4+25

Perception roll 1d20
1d20+2·1d4+25·1d20

[yendorj]

1WgjPA751d20+1

"Talk Maverick? Alright. Let Hudson go and we can 'talk' all you want." *Snickt* "Don't and what you just said is the last thing we'll hear."

1d20+1

[Mierin]

Perception pV9riKhx1d20

Atlas looked at Gabby, and then turned to Tabitha. "...she has a shrine in her room, doesn't she?"

Gabby looks at Atlas with an indignant look. "It's just a picture surrounded by some candles! It's very tasteful!!!"

As Captain America and Blade trade words, Gabby looks at both of them and scolds, "Girls, girls, you're both pretty! Now let's decapitate some vamps!" Seeing Foggy, Gabby cheers him on, "You go boo!" Gabby then depresses the spring to lengthen her swords to full length and heads to where Foggy is defending the mutant family, attempting to stab the vamp in the heart.

strike: 1d20+3
damage, if hit: 2d41d20·1d20+3·2d4

[doc]

(Wolverine)

The vampire who had once been Maverick tossed James across the room, where Snowbird and Windshear caught him. "My- master-" He grunted as the words flowed out. "couldn't care less about that coward. But you, old friend? he's got a lot of plans for you." He raised his rifle at Logan and fired.

bXFUm3v31d20+8 (Strike)
6d6+6 (Damage if hit)

(Tabitha, Gabby and Blink)

Tabitha's chair swing missed the vampire, but got him to turn towards her. Blink popped out of a portal next to her and handed off her sword to her. "Thank Gabby, she left it on the plane for you. Don't ask, don't want to know why. I'll get civilians to the quinjet and see about a take-off." She vanished through another portal.

Tabitha also noted that the way Weapon Omega moved was more than familiar - it was the moves of someone she had met before; it was Wolverine's fighting style, but more fluid, smoother but just as predatory.

Gabby's stab struck true, and the vampire crumbled to ash. Foggy let out a sigh of relief. "Oh thank god I didn't think that was going to work for much longer. Please tell me we have a way out of here."1d20+8·6d6+6

[yendorj]

TJfmxRx91d20+11 Not one to be entirely stupid, he dives aside. "Already had one boss with Apocalypse. Not looking for another bub."
1d20+11

[kurff]

As Blink was teleporting people she did wonder a bit about the sword too. but never look gift horses in the mouth. she also wanted to get to a local hardware store or lumber store. A place they sold wood. Maybe a construction and home renovation place? heh, they likely did not have wooden stakes. maybe worth a look anyway?

"Heather, the mansion or another place like a church or place of worship might be a good spot. Incase a vamp gets through they will have that to contend with as well. and is there a home renovation place nearby? we might be able to some wooden stakes or something there." she suggested following Heather.

[dakota]

With her armoured skin, Tabby was not worried about being bit, but as the vamp turned it's attention to her, Ghostsabre slowly unsheathed her blade with a smirk. "Thanks Blink, this makes things more interesting." She wasted no time and slashed at the vampire with her saber. At the same time, she kept a close eye on Omega, in case her hunch was right and it caused more grief after the vamps were dealt with.

Strike W4kiRJQC1d20+3

If hits 2d4+ 1d6+ 25 Dmg 1d20+3·2d4·1d6

[Mierin]

Gabby grins. "It's adorable that you think I have a plan beyond 'stabbing vampires' But don't worry! I'll keep you safe, babe." After a moment, she says, "Maybe we should get all of you back to the plane. I think you'll be ok there."

If any vamps attack, Gabby will strike out at them with her sword.
strike: E2DxZ3qa1d20+3
damage, if hit: 2d61d20+3·2d6

[doc]

(Wolverine)

Logan was all too familiar with the scent of his own flesh burning as the plasma bolt connected with him (31 damage).

"Who said anything about making you a vampire? Dracula needs you for something else."

"The Great Beasts." Snowbird snapped to attention. "Dracula is fueling some kind of spell to keep the Beasts at bay."

"Smart girl. Pity you can't live to talk about it." Maverick took aim and fired, the plasma searing Snowbird as well.

"And what about you, Smart Alec?" Maverick sneered. "What do you want to do?"

"...honestly? I think you'll need help gathering all the blood you'll need from Logan. I can assist."

Maverick laughed.

Windshear had grabbed Hudson and pulled him aside, but he looked up at Smart Alec. "You no-good-for-nothing."

"I'm just playing smart. It's what I do."


(Tabby, Gabby, and Blink)

Blink realized that as powerful as her teleportation abilities were, they wouldn't let her cross the hundreds of miles necessary to get those supplies or reach a church; they best she could do would be somewhere safe, perhaps the hangar and the various aircraft.

Tabitha's slash was deflected as the vampire struck back with a howl.

ATvhA|WF1d20+4 (parry)
1d20+2 (Strike)
3d6+8 (Damage if hit)

Blade was making the quickest work of the vampires, while the various Alpha Flight members were doing their best.

Even Gyrich was caught up in the melee, as the back of his suit was slashed by a vampire as he pushed some children out of the way. "We can't keep this up! We still need to get people out of the infirmary! You'll need a non-mutant to go, so I'm in! Someone cover me!"

"On it." Cap took Gyrich's side.

"Don't count me out." Atlas was the most constrained - the ceilings were only about 12 feet tall at their peak, meaning he couldn't take full advantage of his powers and was fighting at far less than his best.

Gabby decapitated another vampire, reducing it to dust, as Foggy gathered the family together. "Thanks!"

"Where the hell is Dracula?" Blade growled. 1d20+4·1d20+2·3d6+8

[dakota]

As the vampire's claws bit into her armor, Tabitha saw her uniform tear and scowled, "Seriously? Do you realize how many dimensions I have to hop back to find the tailor that made this for me? I don't even remember!" With no attempt to get out of the way, Tabby instead followed up her missed slash with a follow through haymaker meant to put her fist through the vampire (no block to simultaneously strike with power punch

aVqlyqyG1d20 to hit

Damage 2d4+251d20·2d4+25

[yendorj]

Ignoring the burning launches himself at Maverick claws first.

gm70gBO01d20+7

4d6

1d20+7·4d6