Society of Justice 3: Crisis on the Earth

[Lefthandofgod]

Steven narrowly dodged a swipe of the beasts tail before constructing his full suit of armor. He was now covered head to toe in what looked like glowing grey steel. His eyes were covered by the solid faceplate, and massive curved sword appeared at his side. 'Gotta get close, Gotta get close,' he thought to himself. 'I need to stop those lasers, or I wont be any use.' Looking over at Brian tending to an injured Rowan, 'And I need to give them some cover, too.'

"Hey Ugly! Over here! Over here stupid! Look for the glowing-bloody-Irishmen! I bet you cant hit me from this distance!" Several of the snakes turrets fired on him at once. Steven stood perfectly still until the last possible moment, then stopped the lasers dead in their tracks. With a smack of his sword, he knocked the lasers back towards the turrets they came from, destroying them. "Home-mutha-fuckin-RUN baby!"

 

[The Zango]

It happened so quickly, one second Tyrell was standing about, wandering when the training was going to begin and what it might be, the next second he was somersaulting backwards, his finely tuned reactions proving faster than his cognitive ability. By the time he touched down on the ground and rolled to the side however, the Shadow was fully aware of the situation and trying to come up with his next move.

Dodging another swipe of the beasts tail with a skillful sideways roll, three ninja stars had appeared in the heroes right hand, The Shadow having drawn them from some concealed place on his character.

'There' thought Tyrell as he caught sight of the creatures 'eyes' and threw his stars in quick succession, knowing that atleast one would strike its intended target.

 

[Lizmichi]

Eric blinked and sighed. "You think the planet would have been enough of a training mission." he said putting his hands on the ground sending dirt spikes with the starts. "There Tyrell this should help." he said.

Alex finished her first PP! and grabbed another before sitting down on the stands.

 

[tsatoma]

"Look at that mechanical snake go! Marvelous!" Patriot yelled out as he took a seat on the picnic blanket and grabbed a sandwich, cheering the snake on as he ate.

"It is pretty cool, though I think you should be rooting for the recruits not the snake," Garrus said as he polished off his fourth PP! and got another one, happy that he finally remembered what being buzzed felt like.

 

[NeoAC]

Man. I can't really do anything against this snake except try and stay out of this thing's way and see if the other guys need help...Unless...

After being shielded by Steven, Brian turned around and tried focusing the dark energy on the area around the snake. He focused hard. It looked like the tail was slightly lifting...but then it fell back to the earth.

Shit. Still can't do much. Great.

 

[elementsoul]

Tyson started ducking and weaving the lasers, his armor heating up due to the near misses of the lasers. The snake swung it's tail and Tyson dived under it, receiving scratches all along his armor and a cut to the back of his head. Getting up and turning to the snake; Tyson flipped his gun to full auto and sprayed for three seconds before ejecting the magazine with rounds still left in it. Tyson watched as the bullets deflected and bounced off the snake and didn't bother with catching the magazine and instead loaded another as he started to run again.

Tyson then saw Rowan fire a beam at the snake and destroy a turret after being hit. Brian then healed his wound before hiding behind a tree. Okay he can fire beams at it and he had said he can blast through 12 inches of steel with a beam. I can make that work. Brian's power that he didn't reveal was that he can heal people. I'd rather have him have come out about that power earlier. As Tyson finished that thought the tree got hit by a couple of lasers and started to run towards the tree's previous location.

While heading over there Tyson looked back behind him to see the light user, Steven, stop the lasers and deflect them. This is starting to look good. Beyond Steven was a man dressed as a ninja throw three shurikun and Eric launch dirt spikes at the snake. I'll need to know more about their powers before I get a plan in motion but for now we need to regroup.

Tyson let out an extremely loud screech at the snake hoping to confuse any potential audio sensors in it before shouting, "Everyone regroup! If we split up we'll only loose! We have to work together!" Tyson reached the location where the tree used to be hoping to find that Brian guy alive.

 

[RBMidknight]

Taryn laughed quietly at Levi's comment but kept her gaze trained on the fight. She hadn't planned to do much more than store the footage and data. But doing some sort of mashup for Christmas time review sounded like it could be fun. Taryn minimized several windows and hit two command keys to make the video feed change display modes. Multicolored lines began to trace objects and alphanumeric characters blinked into existence. Taryn looked up to compare what she was seeing on screen to what was occurring on the field.

 

[socialtangent]

The reflected laser bolts sent at the MechaSnake by Steven hit a few of the turrets that had targeted him. The nonlethal energy blasts fried and melted the turrets, rendering them inoperable. At the same time Steven's reflected laser bolts hit the snake, Tyrell's throwing stars bounced harmlessly off its glowing red eyes. A few laser turrets targeted Eric's dirt spikes, vaporizing all but one. The remaining spike embedded itself in the thinner part of its cobra-like hood, sending sparks and bits of severed wire flying from the 'wound'. The scream sent its way by Tyson caused the MechaSnake's audio detection instruments to overload, temporarily rendering it deaf and throwing off its targeting system. Despite its sudden handicap, two of its remaining operable turrets immediately took aim and fired at Eric while another shot at Tyson and Brian.

 

[NeoAC]

Brian was so worried about his poor performance on offense that he forgot to play on defense. The bolt came flying right at him and he had no time to move.

Oh f-AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

The laser scored a direct hit on his left leg, blasting a huge chunk out of it. He tried to stand but it was barely hanging on, and he let the world know it. "FUCK! OH FUCK FUCKING OWWWWWW GOD DAMN IT! MOTHER FUCKING AHHHHHH! Fuck. Fuck. OK. OK. Let me se-HOLY FUCK! OH FUCKING SHIT! OH GOD! FUCK! Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. OK. OK. OK.....OK. OK it should be fixing though. It should be- Oh fuck it still looks bad. But I guess it is working. Aw Fuck man!"

It was healing though. The flesh and bits of bone slowly started regenerating itself as he kept his leg as still as good. It slowly but surely grew back. The whole process took about 30 seconds but after it all, his leg was back as it was before, good as new.

"Fucking hell, man! That, ah! Man god damn! God and now the bloody things asleep. Mother...Damn." He tried walking over to where Tyson was, it took a second to get the feeling back in his leg, but it came back soon after. He made it to Tyson. "OK. I'm good, I think. So, someone want to take that fucking thing's other lasers out?"

 

[Lizmichi]

Eric yelped out in pain. "Fuck." he said as he tried to avoid the shots but one hit him in the ankle and the other in his leg and headed over to Tyson and held his leg. "This is like when I got stabbed in the foot." he said sighing. "God." he said.

Alex laughed some watching the new recruits struggle with the snake as she takes another PP!. "Wow this has some kick to it." she said still not a big fan of the bleach but was starting to like it a bit more.

 

[Lefthandofgod]

Constructing a giant shield around himself, Steven ran over towards Rowan, throwing him over his soldier, while ignoring his prostests. "If I die saving your ass, I swear I'll fuckin kill you," he screamed while dodging lasers. "Shit there's too many to reflect! We need cover...HEY! Eric! Make us some cover NOW! I'll armor it with a shield!"

 

[Lizmichi]

Eric blinked and quickly put his hand on the ground. Using the dirty he turned it into an obsidian dome leaving behind a ditch where the dirt once was. "There that should give us some cover for the time being." he said not quiet sure of what to do next.

Alex raised an impressed eye brow. "When did he learn that? Much have been when I was gone. Wounder where he meet an alchemy teacher." she asked her self. She adjusted her setting position some to get a better view of what was happening. "Hmmm seems they may be getting this training after all. Better then my group did." she added.

 

[NeoAC]

As the dome rose, Brian finally noticed the source...and the injury. "Oh shoot man, you got hit too? Man darn thing's taking target practice on us. Here, hold on for a second, and don't move, OK? Very important you don't do that." He looked down at where the shots were. "Ugh, man. Well at least they got you small and clean. Not like me. All right, like I said, hold still."

Brian put his hands over Eric's wounds and concentrated for a few seconds. He could feel the holes closing up, it went a lot quicker for little holes like this. He couldn't be sure how Eric was feeling, but he figured it wouldn't be anything pleasant. Once he was satisfied he lifted his hands and the leg was healed.

"There you go man, good as new."

 

[Pm0n3y]

Jason looked on at the battle, almost completely engaged in the battle.

"They're doing...pretty well. I'm surprised." He said, impressed at their advancements in teamwork. Picking up a Patriot Punch-filled coconut, Jason relinquished a small sip from the cup, immediately going into a coughing fit as a result.

"Fuck, this stuff is strong." He murmured, taking a sniff and quaintly having his nose hairs burned after.

"Well, nail polish and bleach does that." Erebus answered simply. As Jason began to wash down the bitter taste of the drink with soda, he heard Alex's iteration of the fight.

"Well, that's about right. Excluding Taryn, and Levi, the last year's rookies were damn mediocre...if I haven't stressed that enough..." He replied to her, quickly downing the soda before going to another.

 

[tsatoma]

"That's what you get for drinking when you're underage Jason," Garrus lectured to the younger man, shaking his head as he grabbed his seventh PP! and gulped it down. "I will say I do enjoy your list...it makes me laugh," he added as he giggled a bit, the PP!s clearly starting to affect him now as he watched the ongoing fight against the MechaSnake.

 

[Lizmichi]

"Psh I was part of the group too Jason don't forget that." Alex said in a huff splashing some water on him. "I'm still here after all." she said finishing her PP!.

Eric yelped some the healing not feeling great but was still better then the pain from the wounds. "Thanks really." Eric said fixing his clothing and waited for someone to talk.

 

[Pm0n3y]

"Oh c'mon Garrus, i'm like, two years away from the legal drinking age. Besides...that stuff's like poison. I'm surprised no one hasn't keeled over yet." Jason debated back to Garrus before he was practically drowned by Alex.

Jason casually shook the access water from him with a smile before finishing his current can of (now watered down) soda.

"Well yeah, but you were like, a strung-up ***** starting out. Like seriously, I was a little scared to approach you or Kin because I'd think we'd end up fighting because I coughed the wrong way. So yeah, you've a vital part to the team now, but when you first started out...ehhh, not so much. I'm just saying." Jason replied, adding his own little disclaimer at the end to avoid any serious backlash.

"Well, i'm sure you too would be a lot happier if you and your significant other became 'Nympho Buddies for Life'." Erebus gibed with a snicker.

 

[socialtangent]

Levi nodded in approval at the new recruits' performance thus far. They seemed quick to form plans, to cooperate. It was nearly the polar opposite from what had happened with his own group last year. Save for a few, his fellow recruits were immature, irresponsible, confrontational, and refused to work together as a team. If it weren't for Taryn, Alex, and himself, their group would've been a complete and total bust. Watching the battle, Levi watched as Eric erected his fellow recruits some temporary shelter. "I wish the others were this cooperative during our training exercise," he said to Taryn. "They're getting the hang of it pretty quickly..."

[hr]

Observing that its targets had erected a barrier, the MechaSnake focused all available firepower and fired upon the recruits' temporary shelter. However, with its nonlethal armaments, it was not making very much progress. The mechanical serpent's sensors analyzed the the dome that kept its targets out of its reach. It was made of obsidian, a relatively brittle material. As a result, the MechaSnake opted to go for a more direct option. The giant machine swung its tail and used it as a blunt weapon, smashing off a significant portion of the obsidian dome and exposing its occupants. It took the opportunity offered and aimed all available turrets down into the hole and began to charge them for another volley of shots.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Huh, yeah, and who was it that was sorting out most of the fights?" Katie asked before raising her hand with a grin. "Hell, I took a freaking lightning bolt for Alex once. Kin was far too unreliable and volatile to be an effective part of the team. Plus she had her daughter running around - another concern of mine - and neither of them were within the acceptable age limit for applications, if I remember correctly."

[hr]

"You arse! I could have handled myself perfectly fine," Rowan yelled at Steven before the MechaSnake smashed the dome down. "Oh, son of a..." he murmured as he realised that the mechanical monstrosity had them trapped inside the open-air dome. Thinking quickly, he ducked into what little cover was left, and shifted into Brian's appearance as he had planned, then stepped out into the open. Hopefully the identical copy would confuse the MechaSnake into targeting Rowan rather than the near-defenceless healer.

 

[elementsoul]

Tyson watched as most of the team had gathered together and make a temporary shelter for themselves. Okay. I think I have a plan that isn't total suicide. As soon as that thought finished the top of the shelter got smashed off and the snake could be seen charging its beams. Tyson screeched again then turned back to the group and barked an order to Steven, "Make a light shield and deflect the beams around the dome."

Tyson then went back to his previous thought started to speak. "I have a plan. It isn't as suicidal as it sounds and it could easily work. Eric I'm going to need you to change the medal armor on the snake to something weaker. We can then blast through the armor and that's going to be the easiest way to get to the hardware and shut that machine down. For this to happen we'll have to distract the snake from attacking Eric. Steven, Rowan, and myself will have to distract it. Brian we'll need you to stay back and move in when we get injured and heal us." Tyson finished the rant and let out a deep breath.

"Once the snake fires drop the dome and disperse. Eric pick your timing carefully and lets do this." Tyson finished speaking and waited for the next attack. I hope this plan works. Actually this plan will have to work.