Chapter 33: West Coast Tribulations

[dakota]

Tabitha took a moment digest things. She did not fully believe Hercules' apology , so merely nodded, "Good, then I'll never hear about it from you again, and I won't go with my original plan, and beat you with your own arms." She smiled and slid in next to Alex for the flight

"I am never going to here the end of this from Gabby." Tabitha uttered as the chatter between the senior Avengers came across comms as she leaned back in her seat when next thing she knew there was an intense light and then she was suddenly was falling out of her seat, and the Quinjet. She could not help the shriek that escaped as she began to free fall only to quickly thud into Atlas' giant hand. With a slight groan, Tab got to her feet and armoured herself, "Nice catch big guy. Now put me where I can get in this fight."

[Mierin]

Tony did not respond to either of the women in their suits as they trio flew as a support formation.

Captain America sounded very curious on the comms. "Decided we needed some extra air support, Iron Man?"

Gabby grins at IM's silence. Woooo, what a nice guy he is giving me an awesome new suit of armour! Upon hearing Captain Ameria's new suit, Gabby replies over the comms. "He did he called the best!" Gabby add, "By which, I, naturally, mean myself. Oh and Blink is here too." Gabby flies in the air in her shiny new suit. "Wooooooooooo!" Gabby yells as she flies erratically, trying to get the hang of the suit and how it works.

Tony didn't miss a beat. "Pink Lady gets Jubilee and Wolverine! I've got Cap and Walker! Talky Girl, have the Armor reconfigure for Rescue Operation! GO!"

Gabby replies to Tony, assuming she is Talky girl. "Got it!" To the suit, "Hello suit! Do you have a name? I'm Gabby, it's nice to meet you! Can we please reconfigure for Rescue Operation? Thank you!"

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Blink is able to land with Wolverine and Jubilee without a problem, as Tony joins them with Captain America and U.S. Agent in tow.

A teenage girl's voice giggled in Gabby's ear. "Hi, I'm F.R.I.D.A.Y.! Configuring for Rescue Mode Go!"

Hexagonal sections extended from the back of Gabby's armor, forming crude wings with handles. She-Hulk grabbed the left one, causing you to lurch in midair slightly, but it was balanced when Hawkeye grabbed the other side. Another set of hexagons extended out and created large rotors to slow your descent for a soft landing.

Atlas landed as the ground below cracked and quaked. "Fastball special." He tossed Tabitha at Nefaria who simply stood there and grinned as you sailed toward him, not even raising his arms.

Before he could put Hercules down, Screaming Mimi projected a high-pitched wail, forcing the big man to he knees, as Hercules clutched his own ears in pain.



She-Hulk started to bound towards Atlas and Herc, but a flying punch stopped her in her tracks.


"Not as satisfying as it would be to knock down your cousin, but I'll take it." Moonstone raised another fist, but it was smothered in a ball of white goo from a connecting arrow.

"Karla, don't do this." Hawkeye had already nocked another arrow.

Gabby's armor resumed its normal form as she looked up to see a 25 foot tall man standing before her, smirking.



"WHO'S READY TO RUMBLE?"

Blink found her head's up display going haywire, as she spun around to see a robotic man.



"Hey, Stark, who programmed this suit? Did you get an intern to code it? The firewalls are pathetic!"

Tony raises his open palms to respond, but was beset by Joystick, who bounded into him, energy batons flashing.




"A fitting day for an apocalpyse, isn't it?" Baron Zemo strode towards Wolverine, Jubiliee, Cap and the Agent. In his right hand was his sword, while his left hand dragged an unconscious Mystique by her ankles. "Your attempts at intelligence are to be commended, even if it's too late. The Count has already augmented Goliath's abilities to be a match for Josten, the rest of us will ascend in time."



Jubilee shook her head. "Not gonna happen. We've got numbers."

"Do you? Perhaps, but I did decide to expand the ranks of my Masters...and also, to hire a few freelancers."

"And when the Baron hires, he hires the very best!" You hear a heavy French accent speak those words. "Oui, mon capitan! It is I, Batroc Ze Leaper!"



Cap rolled his eyes as he raised his shield, but U.S. Agent laughed. "Seriously?"
Cap cast Walker a side glance. "Don't underestimate Batroc, Agent he's-"
"I've read the file, but you're kidding? I can see why this cheese eating surrender monkey might give you a fight, Cap - but I'm 10 times stronger and nearly bulletproof, what's his fancy karate going to-"

Batroc's foot connected with the Agent's chin, causing his eyes to roll back in his head as he slumped to the ground, unconscious. "It is called Savate!"

Captain America stepped between Batroc and the fallen Agent as the two faced off.

"So what, you're going to take on both of us?" Jubilee gave a side glance to Wolverine as they stared down Zemo.

"I would not even dream of it." You could feel the smirk behind the Baron's hood. "As I said, I expanded the team."

The wall of a neighbouring house collapsed.


The Absorbing Man huffed as he saw Wolverine. "Babe? I owe that runt for what he did to me on Battleworld. You finish off the girl."

"Sure thing - make quick work so I can go wail on Walters. Love you, Bae."
"Love you too."

Zemo steps back from the brawl about to erupt. "Don't worry - I've saved a couple more surprises for you once this is all done."

[dakota]

While the tactic did not surprise her, the guy Atlas had just slung Tabitha at not reacting to her hurdling towards him gave her a sudden reason for concern, "Gotta time this right...," she uttered to herself as made herself intangible. "Hi how ya doing? Don't think we've met." She said with a smile as her powers let her pass through the villain. As she did, she began to contort and as soon as she cleared him, Tabitha rematerialized in time to use her forward momentum to grab Nefaria by the shoulder and use her inertia against him and slam him to the ground before skidding to a stop herself and turning back to face the villain

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Snickt. "Bub, you want to lose that hand again? Or should I make this new and cut off the other?"

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[kurff]

"I have faced worse than. seen toaster ovens with more fearsome visage...in fact pretty sure the toaster oven in the east coast mansion could beat you..." she grins drawing a bow and arrow and charging the arrow. Time to do what she did Holocaust. 'just keep cutting out bits of armor to destabilize the structure. he will fall. in time if I get an opening I can fill him with sand..' if she cut right she might get something vital. Taking releases as smoothly as the armor allowed.


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[Mierin]

A teenage girl's voice giggled in Gabby's ear. "Hi, I'm F.R.I.D.A.Y.! Configuring for Rescue Mode Go!"

Gabby grins as the suit is reconfigured and they are able to catch She-Hulk and Hawkeye. "Look at us, saving the day!" Gabby says to F.R.I.D.A.Y. "Oh, out of curiosity, what does F.R.I.D.A.Y. stand for?"

When the 25 foot man stands in front of Gabby, she frowns in puzzlement. "I have no idea who you are but you look like you can take a punch or two!" Giggling, Gabby tells F.R.I.D.A.Y, "I"ve been wanting to do this for SOOOOOO long! Gear up a tank missile please!" Aiming at the 25 foot man in front of her, Gabby sing-songs before shooting a missile at him "TANK MISSILE!!!"

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[doc]

Blink takes a chunk off the Robot-Techno's armor as he advances. His arm shifts into a large gun. "Wow, Bow and Arrow, huh? You're definitely a student of Hawkeye. Hey, here's some weaponry from this century - try it."

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The Absorbing Man laughed. "Come get it, pipsqueak." He swung his ball and chain directly at Logan's head.

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Tabitha catches a glimpse of Nefaria's surprised expression as she tosses him through the stucco wall of a nearby house.

"You would think for a man who has fought the Vision so frequently, I would have expected such a tactic. Congratulations, young lady - you've impressed me." Nefaria dusted himself off as he floated back into view. "Allow me to show my respect." His speed was incredible as he crossed the distance with a flying haymaker.

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"It stands for Functional Reactive Intelligence Dedicated All Yearnings - Yeah, Tony works hard to make the acronyms work." F.R.I.D.A.Y. giggles. "And so he could call me his girl Friday."

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The missile struck Goliath in the face, causing him to step back and cough. "MY THEETH! YA BROKE MA THEETH! I'm gonna get you!"

Moonstone vaporized the foam coating her hand. "Oh, Clint - it's far too late for that last minute appeal. Don't get me wrong - you're a decent man, and the sex was good....but the truth? I'm not good. At all." She sighed as her hand glowed.

Captain America was holding his own against Batroc's rapid fire leap kicks, but was unable to set up a counter-offensive as Zemo advanced.

"And now, Captain, it is time for me to put my final pieces on the board and end our little game." He drew his sword and pointed. "Blitz, Burn, and Crush."

Iron Man's repulsors charged to fire on Joystick, but at the last second a pair of hands pushed him off target.



"Didn't see that coming?" Speed Demon chuckled. "And here you're supposed to be the futurist."

She-Hulk managed to get to her feet, and was about to leap towards Titania, when a series of missiles knocked her back, while setting her aflame.



"Beetle has engaged." The armored behemoth flew forward on extending wings.

Atlas began to lumber out of range of Screaming Mimi's sonic assault, but then seemingly collapsed on another house as a caped figure flew into view.



"I just want you to know, Atlas, that this is personal. For all you and the Thunderbolts have done to me." Graviton raised a hand and Atlas was helpless as he floated and spun. "Now, can you survive being hurtled into the void?"

Zemo laughed. "And now, here you are, Avengers! Beaten! Defeated! At your very end! Now you understand that Zemos...are born better! What say you, Captain? Any last words? Perhaps an "Avengers Assemble" for your last futile rally?"

Cap laughed as he deflected Batroc away and raised his communicard. "Something your father once quoted. Three words." He pressed the card to activate. "Justice, Like Lightning."



Graviton was surrounded in a familiar bubble of pink energy. "Songbird Tagging in! And I brought some old friends."



The Robotic Techno froze in place as his human creator advanced on him. He looked to Blink. "If you want to thank me later, babe, I'm airdroping you my number, hotel room, and some pictures. But as the teleporter? I suggest you redirect and see if you can send Graviton somewhere like orbiting Venus."



Joystick finds herself waylaid by a brightly coloured hurricane of a young woman. "JOLT COMING THROUGH!"



"M.A.C.H IV here." A humanoid fighter jet landed next to Gabby. "Let's say you and I take out that goofball piloting my old Beetle Armor? I can give you some lessons in Dogfighting - Top Gun style."



Screaming Mimi advanced on the new combatants, but had to leap out of the way of fireball tossed by an 8 foot burning golem.



"Guys? We need to focus on Graviton - he's way too powerful if he gets his bearings." The voice from the giant rock monster was surprisingly boyish.

Atlas growled as he got back up. "Charcoal's right - you guys focus on Graviton and Nefaria - pile on'em." He shot Gabby a look. "Help Ghostsabre." He then turned his attention to Goliath who sprung up to 50 feet tall. "And you? PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE!" He swelled up and uppercut the villain as matched his size.

Titania laughed as she lunged at Jubilee. "Give me some pretty fireworks as I break your bones."

Jubilee sighed. "I get it - you're used to the kid version - but thing is? She's scared, because she knows how her power works."

Fireworks exploded from Titania's mouth as she coughed as gasped.

"See, I create plasmoids - high-energy plasma - out of the air, anywhere. Do you get it yet?" She moved forward. "I. Set. The. Air. On. Fire." She clenched a fist. "Something I learned from Betsy - took me years to learn how to focus the plasma into a shape, and when I did - well, pretty obvious what I would pick, isn't it?" Three blades of bright colour extended from her knuckles. "After all, I had a great teacher. Let me show you what I learned from the best there is at what he does." 1d20+5·1d20+2·6d6+30·1d20+3·2d4·1d100

[dakota]

Tabitha did what she swore to avoid whenever possible, and landed in what Gabby always called a 'superhero pose'. She turned to see Nefaria float from the debris, "I guess comparing my tactics to Visions is a compliment." She replied taking a step back to ready herself as he flew at her with incredible speed. But she made no effort to avoid his charge, "You know you would think a girl would learn her lesson eventually..." she trailed off and met his haymaker with her own offensive move, slamming down on Nefaria with a double hammer blow meant to knock the flyer into the dirt at her feet

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Wolverine deflects the ball knowing Absorbing Man will mimic his adamantium then charges forward. "We're going to see what will give first, my claws or your life."

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[kurff]

"Wow, Bow and Arrow, huh? You're definitely a student of Hawkeye. Hey, here's some weaponry from this century - try it."

"Stay with you know. and new is not always better.." she responded with a grin.

"If you want to thank me later, babe, I'm airdroping you my number, hotel room, and some pictures. But as the teleporter? I suggest you redirect and see if you can send Graviton somewhere like orbiting Venus."

"Ya, not a bad idea. Graviton needs to go. After that I need to put an arrow into Mystique and teleport her to safety to me..." she nods, "Can you help with that? and one portal to the moon coming up...or at least part way to the moon." she asked as she took aim, "If this guy can survive space. Hmm I can try for the moon..Did that once. I'll have to tell you about it one time after we save Mystique..Provided I can shoot straight." she grins and takes aim and does not hit as well as she hoped. Believe in the shot, and be confident...I can do this! she thinks to herself

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Damage: 1d6 if hits Plus Teleport to the MOOONNNN!!! (say hi to Alice for me?)1d20+4·1d6

[doc]

Nefaria made no effort to avoid Tabitha's punch. He took a moment to touch his jaw. "I actually felt that. Well, a bit." He tried to grasp Ghostsabre by the throat.

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Graviton managed to evade the teleportational bolt, though it created a portal just above him. He looked at you and Techno. "You two will be the first to die." With a wave of his hand, a car came sailing towards you, but Techno was able to blast it.

"OK girl in the old-school Iron Man armor who I'm hoping is interested in a wild night after this? Can you please take this guy out?" Techno blurted.

Songbird landed next to Blink. "Norbert, can you try not being a creep for 5 seconds?" She looked to Blink. "OK, you can do this."


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Logan's claws bit into Absorbing Man's now-adamantium hide. "Huh, you actually cut that? Little freak, I'm going to take you down." He tries to kick you in the head.

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"Old man? You're going to need to hold on for a few! I'll be there once I've finished with this one here!" Jubilee slashed again at Titania with plasma claws, even as the big woman tried to deflect with a car.


"Oooh, you said just what I wanted to hear!" Gabby giggled. "Friday? Playlist please-"
"Bringing up AC-"
"NOPE. We don't have to worry about rights in the game, so you know exactly what the song to play is!"
"...very well."



Gabby looked over the drop down list. "oooh! We have Scramjet flight - can we try-"
"-I don't recommend-"
"GO SCRAMJET GO!"

The back of Gabby's armor reconfigured into a large jet engine and ignited. A sonic boom punctured the battlefield as Gabby took off, grabbing Beetle and tearing him away over the ocean as MACH-IV stood by.
"What just happened?"

"DANGERZONE!" You could hear Gabby's voice over the speakers as the two flew off.

MACH IV sighed as he tried to fly after them.

Goliath and Atlas exchanged blows, with Atlas slowly gaining the upper hand over his less-experienced foe. Jolt and Joystick were proving to be evenly matched, while Charcoal was forcing Screaming Mimi to back away from the battle and Iron Man was keeping Speed Demon at bay.

Hawkeye sighed as he fired his bow. Moonstone made no effort dodge, but seemed shocked when the arrow pierced her shoulder. "HOW?"
"Vibranium arrowhead - you can't phase through it - it counters all vibration, Karla." Clint sighed. "I'm sorry." He fired another arrow, this time hitting her in the face with a cloud of blue smoke, sending her tumbling to the ground. "I missed you too."

Zemo was about to stab Captain America in the back, when Batroc batted his opponent away.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Zemo screamed.
"That was most dishonorable, Monsieur Zemo. If you wish to duel Mon Capitan, you may, but then I will not interfere." Batoc stood aside as Cap turned to face Zemo.
"But I hired you! I paid you in advance!"
"Oui! And I will be keeping the money! But you should read your contract very carefully! Batroc Ze Lepair is many things, but he maintains his honour!"

Captain America raised his shield against Zemo's sword. "Let's finish this, shall we?"

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Wolverine just turns his claws to parry the kick. "There's a limit to what you can absorb, bub. Otherwise, I couldn't cut you with my claws."

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[dakota]

Tabitha flinched, and reacted a second too late before grabbing at Nefaria's hand around her throat and trying to escape his grip. She felt her feet come off the ground, and got a panicked look in her eyes. However, it was exactly what she hoped he would do.

Once again going intangible, Ghostsabre dropped to her knees as she escaped his grasp, and then did the unthinkable, she gritted her teeth as she shot upward with the most violent low blow anyone looking had ever seen.


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"I hope you feel that a little too." She growled despite the pain from her throat1d20+2·2d4+25

[kurff]

"Working on it, 'Norbert'" she replies while aiming again at Gravitron and adds, "After night clubbing with a raccoon in alien nightclubs, I am pretty sure Norberts is not the weirdest offer I will receive in the avengers." releasing her shot.

Seeing the better results from her form and much smother release smirks and calls out, "Hey, Gravy? Ask the man on the moon about his stock of cheddar. It's his best."

"and Norbert? Puma's are old school, not this armor. Armor, reset that..firewall. uhh do you have a name and can you track Gravitron's location via Stark's or Avengers' Satellites? also can find Mystique if you have a chance too?." the sooner the hostage is clear the better. If this Mystique is half as savvy and tough as her worlds she was probably free already. Better to be sure and check to be sure the mutant thought.

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