Terror Dome

[Oracle]

<< the scene and space around them flows like mercury, and swirls in white light as The Six are teleported via stepping disc. most of them are aquainted with this mode of travel but one among them was not. Hopefully he would adjust for now that Spellbinder was back, the team teleporter would be taking them on whirlwind trips via stepping disc often.>>


<< the disc opens in a hilly, forest area far beyond the city and the storm. it s quiet and eerie, with the faint sounds of nature and a nighttime breeze flowing. >>

<< Spellbinder, Black Widow, Foxfire, Persephone, MorningStar and Rampage were now in the area where the terror dome should be, but as expected it was HIDDEN from normal human eyes and at the same time, though the forest looked natural, there would be many anti personnel devices grafted into the landscape and trees. Black Widow would be the first to sense the presence of EXTREMELY high end technology all around them. she would also sense the power being utilized by the terror dome which was hidden in a valley within the forest.>>

<< the had a bit of a walk ahead of them. the forrest was too lush and dense for Spellbinder to simply fly through. they had to walk carefully and be prepared for ANYTHING.>>

[Jill Monroe]

<< standing tall, already the tallest woman of the group even WITHOUT her 5 inch high heeled boots, Spellbinder looks about. She notes the fog and the cool night breeze.>>

That storm back in NYC must be magickal in nature. the intensity of it and the fact that Illustra seems to be the focus of it made it too unusual to be natural in occurence, and now, we are out here, in the midst of a fog which is also unusual for this time of year.

<< walking forward a bit, in her unholy, demonic, yet erotic costume, much of Spellbinder's body was exposed [probably to the delight of Nicolas] but she did not seem bothered by the cooler air. sounds of nature could be heard in the air and echoing.>>

we're outside...when i was in the midst of my astral projection spell, i flew OVER this area to get into the terror dome. we've got to walk a fair distance in that direction.

<< pointing to the forest area>>

the terror dome is hidden from normal human eye site nestled in a man made valley.

<< she looks at everyone>>

I know i havent been here for a while, but what I saw Malice doing to Alison...it prooves that this woman is without conscience or restraint. She's bolsted by the Dire Wraiths AND backed by the technology of Mystech. As far as we're concerned...she IS "Mystech" now.

This won't be easy...for any of us, and again....Guardian..will not be "herself" when reach her.

<< morgan said this with a tone of uncertaint. she KNEW what would most likely happen once Guardian was released, but Morgan decided that it would be BETTER to let it happen!>>

[Foxfire]

As the members of the Six said good-bye to Karen and the others, Fox wondered if she would see them again. Malice was one of their more vicious and brutal enemies yet. Her green eyes fixated on the Doctor for a second. Blaze couldn't be sure, but it seemed like Karen was less condescending around her.

Taking one last look around, Blaze tucked her weapons inside the security of her suit. A stepping disk enveloping the whole team. The disks transporting them to a lush green forest. Blaze observed the regular weather patterns here including the crisp cooler air.

The transportation did not seem to bother the mutant. Instead it seemed she was able to acclimate to it. Insects, night owls, and other creatures greeted the group.

Spellbinder confirmed her suspicious about the erratic weather at Illustra. Foxfire, who was to Morgan's left glanced over to her sibling. Morgan's costume was somewhat appropriate for this setting. Walking with the group, Blaze was the shortest of the bunch, which made her stand out like a sore thumb.

"Malice pushed Alison over the edge once just mentioning Kelly King. Maybe I'm just a skeptic, but how do we actually really KNOW Cameron is gone? Diana can manipulate anyone's emotions, whose to say its not an illusion. You and I both know Alison's weakness is her family, despite how she felt in the past. "

Tucking a piece of loose hair behind her ear, Blaze's eyes drawing on her older sibling. "The death of a family member can send anyone off the edge." Looking away at a few thick trees, Blaze recalled the death of Morgan, and how painful it had been.

"I still don't believe he's gone."

Morgan pointed over the hills instructing that was their destination. " Malice enjoys torturing people. She did it to me... " Blaze trailed off, clenching a fist at the memory. " She separated myself and Karen. I wanted to die that's how vicious she was. "

Looking back up at Spellbinder, Blaze reached out with a gloved hand. Her glove touching Morgan on the upper arm.

"How do you feel? " She asked, unsure how Morgan was adjusting to being back in action. Maybe it was too soon or the right moment. Drawing her eyes upward, checking for any creatures or villains following them. " What do you mean she won't be 'herself?' I was tortured first hand by that white cow! I was myself, what aren't you saying Morgan?" Blaze had sensed Morgan was concealing a few facts. If, they were going to rescue Alison, Blaze wanted to know.

[Jill Monroe]

<< the cape of Spellbinder's costume hung behind her..with its shredded edges. the demon sorceress seemed to be calm and collected, if not a little detached from everyone right now. as her sister spoke up, Morgan didnt immediately look down and over. she continued to look ahead.>>

<< she finally looked down at Blaze.>>

<< in an icy voice>>

Blaze, I SAW what was going on. Malice was bombarding Alison with the psychic and emotional feedback from Cameron's death. You can't just FABRICATE that. She's an omega class telepath and she was essentially FORCING Alison to experience his emotional state of mind and final moments before his death.

Malice knows she can't trick Alison with telepathic illusions or attacks, her mind is closed to that, just like mine. But Malice is also an empath.

<< she looked ahead as she pushed some branches aside and kept walking.>>

Cameron disappeared shortly before i died, if Alison, a SEERcouldn't find him, after all this time then what does that tell you?

<< Blaze asked her how she felt. Morgan didnt know what to say really. it WAS rather weird to just be jumping back in but Alison needed their help and Morgan was not about to just "rest" while her best friend was in trouble.>>

Well...I don't know. everything and everyone ...<< looking at Nicolas>> ALMOST everyone looks a bit different. YOU weren't here before either...you were still dead, so obviously much as changed. I saw what happened to Alexis in Ororo's garden as well.

It's like returning from a long vacation....to put it simply. The emotional and mental connections are there now, things that mattered to me before, matter once again.

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: Appearing in a wooded area via stepping disk, Persephone glanced around the chilled foggy forrest, noting the irregular weather. The thick and dense fog made the surrounding area barely visible allowing anyone or anything to hide. Lifting her hand, the fog surrounding the group immediately disipated a good 10 feet around the group allowing them to see each other. ::

:: Looking to Spellbinder as she spoke, this would be an interesting altercation, that was for sure. As the group began to walk toward the Terror Dome, the fog began to disappear in front of them allowing them to see the area immediately in front of them. Normally the goddess would clear the entire woods of the dense cloud, but it would draw unwanted attention to the group. ::

:: Listening to Blaze and Morgan speak, Persephone didn't bother to look at the sisters or comment on their conversation. She continued to survay the area in case any unwanted guest decided to drop in. ::

[Foxfire]

Stepping over a few fallen branches that had littered the grass, Blaze felt her stomach tighten. She was hoping it was all an illusion, but Morgan's argument was sound. A gentle breeze blew a few strands of ebony hair against her glossy lips.

She didn't know what to say, her mind reacting to the news. Her green eyes falling to Haleigh who had been on Blaze's left. The brunette staring at her comrade with a sympathetic expression, even though Black Widow had been looking elsewhere.

Slipping past a few tree limbs her eyes met with Morgan's. "I missed you. Alison, myself, and Haleigh all struggled to find you. I'm glad we did." She looked up to see a pair of haunting eyes staring at her. The round feathers puffed up with the howl hooting.

"We all change in time and space. Jasmine had repented for her sins, and therefore was offered a second chance at her own life. To harmonize the scales, the fates decided I was to take her place as it should be. Frost came through in the end, but she has her own life now."

Growing silent, Blaze noticed something move beside Morgan in the tree limb. It slithered down the cracked branch. Its forked tongue tasting the air. The snake was highly poisonous as it moved toward Morgan. Blaze, having heightened senses saw it and immediately grabbed the reptile by the back of the head. Its pearly white fangs leaking venom with a hiss of protest.

Blaze knew Morgan's fear of reptiles, especially snakes. Holding the snake by the back of the head Blaze decapitated it. Hurling it into the grass behind them.

"Brown - tree snake. They are nocturnal hunters who roam through the trees. Highly venomous." She said casually, "the Brown - tree snake is a reddish-brown with narrow dark cross-bands and has a broad angular head."

Being the tomboy she was, Fox had an abundance of knowledge on most animals, especially reptiles.

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: Turning to catch sight of Blaze snatching the brown snake from the tree, Persephone's eyes narrowed seeing her hold it with force, exposing the fangs. As the snake went hurling into the bushes afar, the goddess rolled her amethyst eyes away, now looking in the opposing direction. ::

"I wasn't aware we had Steve Irwin in our midst."

:: Her voice cold and sarcastic, she found it quite annoying when people would man handle creatures with such force and disregard. Blaze obviously knew her animals and reptiles, it was apparent in the way she discribed what type of snake it was in a 'matter-of-fact' type of manner. But it did not impress Persephone in the least. ::

:: Wind whipped throughout the wooded area blowing strands of hair from her pony tail forward past her shoulders. Tucking a few loose strands that fell from her pulled back hair behind her ear, Persephone could feel every animal, insect, and reptile within a mile radius of where they were. All were calm--except for the very pissed off brown snake--which led the goddess to believe that there was no immediate danger yet. Nothing had alarmed the creatures; nothing made them tense or scared. Nature's alarm system in a way. ::

:: Stepping past some fallen logs and ducking down to avoid branches, so far so good for the team's trek through the woods. ::

[Foxfire]

Persephone's sarcasm amused Foxfire who managed to crack a smile. Running the tip of her tongue along her bottom lip.

"Coming from you Persey, that's a compliment."

She grinned, moving over to one of the thick oak trees which provided privacy to the Terror Dome, besides the illusion cast. Climbing upon the tree limb, Blaze crouched down to look upon the horizon. Her eyes scanning for any sudden intruders over the hills. Preferring to be obscured from sight. It gave the team better odds with her in the trees.

Her emerald eyes falling on Persephone, noticing her grace and form. She was indeed a femme fatale yet equally deadly. Blaze was curious how Morgan was handling Nicolas and Persephone.

[Rampage]

Nicolas emerged with the rest of the group from the stepping disk. As the ladies took a moment to acclimate and set off towards the dome, Nicolas took moment to shield the non psi-screen members of the Six from detection. It would do no good to try to have a surprise atack if they stuck out mentally like a sore thumb. He walked confidently yet in complete silence, taking the rear guard which afforded him an opportunity to take one more good look at Morgan before the battle began. She was as irresistable a woman as he had ever met, at once someone who was more his size yet very femimine at once. he enjoyed the moment then refocused on the task at hand, listening as Morgan finished her statement. He stepped forward a bit and met her eyes as he spoke to her.

"It is good to see you in all your glory, although I wish it were under better circumstances. Nevertheless, welcome back. You have been missed and anticipated."

[Jessica Hamby]

"Everyone stop, right where you are."

Haleigh's hoarse, hushed voice came from behind and broke through the conversation with an abruptness. She had been quiet all this time and as they worked their way through the dense forest, she had allowed herself to fall back from the group a little. Now she drifted towards them, one knee bent slightly and her toes pointed downward as both feet floated above the earth a few inches. Controlling the steel that reinforced the toes in her boots, she kept herself from touching the ground as she slowly looked about warily.

"We've been traipsing through a minefield... the triggers have been spread out thinly... but you three have stepped into a hotspot. Foxfire, take two steps to your right and get directly behind Spellbinder. Persephone.... come straight towards me, and do NOT touch that 'fallen sapling' on the other side of you. Rampage, keep going on the way you are, but start keeping tighter to our formation. You're starting to straggle...and for Christ's sake.... QUIT eyeballing Morgan, how can I concentrate with you back there looking like you're about go all Pretty Ricky on her? Spellbinder, go straight in the direction you're facing a couple of paces and Foxfire, follow, That will take you out of the high concentration area. I would simply deactivate the mines.... but Malice has sensors upon sensors in place.... I want to disturb this forest as little as possible, so please, everyone, try not to touch anything else."

Haleigh leads the group forth with a look of sharp determination.

"Yes... I can 'see' the dome now... its absolutely GLOWING with technology. Malice is certainly planning not only on keeping us out... but keeping Alison IN. So peculiar.... this EPIC hatred she has of all of us... its not JUST about Mystech..... it reaches SO far back... even BEFORE Mystech found global conglomeration.... I mean... she has PURPOSELY involved herself in events that would CHANGE our lives and shape us into the people we have become... but why? She has known us and hated us since... we were all just KIDS. Has she known what we spelled for Mystech? and if she DID.... WHY would she give us EACH a separate reason to hate Mystech?? NOTHING about this woman makes logical sense."

[Foxfire]

Blaze looked back at Haleigh who demanded the team to halt in their progress. Cocking a curious brow, Blaze froze in her tracks. She had been still crouched in the tree but she nodded.

Spreading her arms out lengthwise she began to walk across the tree limb above the team. Striding two steps right, her lithe form moved with grace. She was maneuvering herself to jump behind Morgan. Angling her position she jumped down from the branch. Her stiletto boots impacting in the gravel to form in line behind her sister. Morgan obviously still taller than her younger sibling.

Haleigh's comment stirring up interest in Blaze who turned her neck to send a chilling glare at Nicolas. It was the 'hey that's my sister, back off' glare. Fox was rather protective of Spellbinder, especially her track record with men.

Following behind Morgan, Blaze reached into her suit placing a small earbud device in her ear. The ear bud allowing her to contact Haleigh openly, in case they were separated.

"Malice has been knitting her web of chaos for years. I think she had plans before her lurid affair with my father, Christopher. She has reasons to despise us, we took down her lover, and now who does she have? Nothing except a superb array of arsenal and other weaponry that was highly classified. Its her turn to strike us down, its personal for her."

[Rampage]

Nicolas froze with Haleigh's commands. he stepped as she commanded out of the hot zone, then decided it would be best to simply float, touching nothing at all. He felt the blood rush to his face a bit with her comment about Morgan, that was unnecessary. Damn, I guess no one is supposed to want anyone but her. As he proceeded he noticed Blaze's glare at him and he decided to respond telepathically, still shielded from outside detection.

Relax Blaze, I don't bite. Haleigh made whatever look I DID take sound ten times worse than it was. Besides, if there was ever a time for that, NOW is definitely NOT it.

Nicolas kept floating towards the dome, in the formation as Haleigh directed, re-focused on the task at hand and ready to move immediately.

[Jessica Hamby]

"No.... I don't think so.... Christopher was her PLAYTHING, not her 'lover' in the most expressive sense of the word.... she had to know he wasn't GOOD enough for her.... and besides... its Christopher's OWN fault AS WELL AS HERS that we destroyed him. I wonder if she didn't USE us to rid her of him once and for all. The same with ALL those who shared the inner circle of Mystech with her... have we played right into her plans all along? Does this VERY night have a BIGGER purpose for her? she has been LIGHTYEARS ahead of us all this time... and she reveals herself now... and what? now that her 'friends' are gone, we are her new form of entertainment? And why us... and still... WHY does she so desperately hate us all? WHY is it personal?"

Haleigh analyzes.... as she secretly ALSO wonders why Malice killed Cameron on the side... and not right in front of them all... the effect would have been much stronger than kidnapping him and killing him in secret... Haleigh tried to push the thought of him away for now, as her eyes seemed to focus far away and she knew they were beginning to get that misty look. She cleared her throat and floated to the front of the group, keeping her back to them all until she could blink the tears back. She wasn't ready to talk about the implications Cameron's death [and the way Malice had killed him] might have.

[Foxfire]

Blaze overheard Nicolas' voice roaming inside her thoughts. A sign he had opened a rapport with her telepathically. Although the guy did have a point, Fox wasn't taking any chances. Her voice carefully chosen but equally protective.

Although you bring up a valid point about Haleigh, I am very protective of Morgan. We just got her back from the clutches of death. And you are a genteel person and fierce fighter like myself, it is my best intention to watch out for Morg. But, Haleigh is also on edge which isn't to say she overreacted. Haleigh tries to play off this stoic formation like a drone GI Jane soldier. But I can FEEL her emotions so strongly that I see behind her facade. She's hurting and for good reason she loved Cameron...more than a friend. I apologize if I pounced on you.

Kicking some loose dirt with her boot, Blaze peeked her head out from behind Morgan to study Haleigh. Fox's empathy detecting the sadness and dread Black Widow felt for the death of Prophet. Forming back in line, Blaze couldn't help but recall her days in the United States Army when she was only twenty.

She still wore her dog tags underneath her suit, a reminder of her past. Her fingertips reaching up to hold them tightly. Bats glided above the team hunting for a few insects. Shadows loomed and hung over the team with the effect of moving tree branches.

A wolf's howl echoing in the background. Removing a pair of stealth military goggles, which covered the pair of sparkling green eyes. Touching the side frame, Blaze switched through various vision modes. Her vision able to see a florescent shade to reveal electrical devices and electricity. The horizon was lite up like a Christmas tree to hint the technology that Malice manifested in her domain.

The hum of the Terror Dome sounded in Blaze's ears so loudly the further they ascended up the hill. Trekking upwards, Blaze clicked her goggles again to infrared. The background appearing to be a dull black. Red tints appeared throughout the valley, some just animals while others belonged to her teammates.

Moving through the thick grasslands, Blaze stepped over a few pile of stones. The back of her boot pushing down a web, disturbing an arachnid. The large female spider moved onto Blaze's black stiletto boot. Its large legs crawling up Fox unnoticed, moving from her leg up the middle of her back. The red hourglass was cleverly hidden under the female's belly. Foxfire had disturbed her home by accident.

Sighing under her breath at the wall weeds, Blaze removed her machete to cut down the annoyance. Her thick blade slicing the weeds in half and any branches that had gotten in her way. The Black Widow spider moving up her shoulder blade, crawling up by the collar of her suit, where her skin was exposed.

"What's the plan?" She asked to whomever, although it was probably more so addressed to Morgan or Haleigh.

[MorningStar]

[ Delilah followed silently in the footsteps of the team, avoiding the sensors in the ground. Lost in her own thoughts, she barely registered the conversation that was going on around her. Cameron was dead? She too wondered at the source of that information just as Blaze spoke it aloud - Malice was not the bastion of truth and honesty. But she trusted Morgan's judgement.

Morgan... Did they really have the old Morgan back as it appeared? She wasn't so sure. Something just wasn't right with her. She had her memories back, yes. And she was relieved to have her friend remember her again - it was not an easy thing being a stranger to her best friend. But still...she wasn't the old Morgan. And maybe that was to be expected - Morgan had been through a lot, maybe she would never be the same again.

Then there was Alison. Morgan's words were haunting - what would they find when...if...they got to Guardian? What damage had Malice done? And how would they find her, when Malice had so easily taken her from them in the first place? Blaze's question jolted her from her thoughts. ]

"Yeah - we can't very well just walk up to it and knock on the door..."

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: Stopping in mid step, Persephone turned her head to look over her shoulder at Haleigh who instructed them to halt. Hearing there were landmines nearest to her and Foxfire, she lowered her eyes looking to the ground before nodding to Haleigh. Taking a step to the side, she slowly and carefully stepped over the fallen tree branch Black Widow had intructed her to avoid touching. Once over it, she was out of immediate danger allowing everyone to continue walking once more. ::

:: With Spellbinder, Foxfire, and Rampage ahead, and herself, Morningstar, and Black Widow covering the rear, Persephone continued to survay the area, carefully listening to the conversation between Blaze and Haleigh. It was apparent that Malice had a vendetta against the team that long surpassed her alliance with their former teammate Shockwave. But their primary objective was to retrieve Guardian and reverse whatever damages Malice had done to her state of mind. ::

:: Stepping over a few more tree branches, wood and dead leaves crunched beneath Persephone's stiletto healed boots. The ground soon softened as they entered a more 'grassy' area of the woods. Picking up her pace during the team's trek, the goddess spotted the small Black Widow crawling along Foxfire's collar. As the spider moved toward the mass of curled hair, it disappeared for a few moments, to only reappear on the opposing side. Moving forward, she moved her hand to Foxfire's neck, capturing the small creature within her hand. Noting the questionable look on Blaze's face, she opened her hand in a cup-like manner, revealing the deadly aracnid. ::

"Seems that you are a magnet for poisonous creatures tonight."

:: The small female spider crawled along Persephone's finger tips before making it's way back along her palm. Stopping, she squatted down along a small bark of wood that had chipped off from a tree a couple feet away. As the spider crawled off Persephone's hand and onto the piece of wood, the goddess stood and continued forth, meeting with the group again. Hearing Morningstar's comment about what their plan was, she nodded. ::

"I assume with Black Widow's knowledge and pull over technology, she's our best bet to get in."

[Jill Monroe]

<< as members of the group interacted, Spellbinder continued to look ahead. she ignored Foxfire's question about Guardian, simply because she knew that her plan would only work if Guardian was left UNCHECKED once unleashed. She saw where Malice was making her mistake...but she wouldn't tell anyone else here that. A shadey move, yes...but Spellbinder was always the more "evil" member of this team. Rampage stepped forward a bit and personally spoke to Morgan and she looked him up and down before looking back into his eyes. tall as she was, he was a bit taller than her and she took note of his immense stature.>>

my my, when did they bring this giant into the group?

<< she nodded and spoke in an icy voice>>

hmm yes, thank you. It's nice to be back indeed.

<< she looked upon him with a rather detatched stare for a moment. not hostile, but not overly intrigued. whatever she was thinking, HE would never know and she was concealing her outward reaction quite well.>>

<< Black Widow ordered them all to stop, and pull together in a tighter formation, to walk more carefully. For Spellbinder, the tone of Haleigh's voice was a bit off putting. The dynamic of the team had certainly changed while she was gone and she had only just TRULY returned....now was not the time to explore the changes in detail. She knew that Haleigh ultimately wanted to make sure that everyone came in AND left out...together in one piece. Listening to Black Widow's directions, Spellbinder stepped carefully in her high heeled boots, making sure to avoid the high concentration area. the wind blow, picked up her cape just a bit, enough for it to keep from touching the ground.>>

<< without anyone seeing her facial expression, Spellbinder SMIRKED, her face partially enshrouded in shadow as Haleigh called Nicolas out for "eyeballing Morgan.">>


poor dear

<< she thought as she laughed softly.>>

Tall, very well built and obviously powerfull enough to stand in the presence of these women. He think's i'm not aware that he notices me in my costume. Who WOULDNT be bewitched by this outfit?

<< she touched her ample chest with smug self appreciation>>


He is by far the best looking man we've had on this team. I'll DEFINATELY want the 411 from Alison on him AND have to "investigate" him in my own way when this is over.

<<This man was definately a stand out among the others, she knew he was watching her. she also knew that this COSTUME (http://nitro1.fw.hu/pic/Goblyn%20Queen%20Temple.jpg) she wore and what it represented brought an uncertain feeling to Foxfire, Black Widow and Morningstar. she couldnt blame them and she wasnt sure WHY she was wearing it now after all this time either BUT for some reason, it felt RIGHT. Morgan herself felt different...not as conflicted, nor as "concerned" as she was about the darkness in her soul. perhaps this was an outward manifestation of it. Persephone, however seemed very comfortable with the situation. She was cold, calculated...much like Guardian. as Haleigh spoke on Malice, Morgan responded>>

sometimes, there's no point in trying to understand the "WHY". She may be be the perfect embodiment of a sociopath, she may be a MAD genius corrupted by her own desires to dominate others. one thing's for sure, she's doing something that the others in Mystech's inner circle failed to do and that's why they are dead and she's still alive.


<< just as they began to wonder what they would do once they arrived to the area where the terror dome should be....THERE THEY WERE, standing on the slope over looking a large, deep, man made valley that was surrounded by mountain like rock formations and more fog>>


<< in an icy voice>>

Here we are!

<< her blonde hair and her cape begin to blow in the wind as she stood on the edge of the slope>>

looks like this WAS the easier part of the journey. either that, or Malice is too busy to care right now.

[Rampage]

"It seems that we have two choices. We could surprise her all as a group using Haleigh to disrupt their tech to get in by stepping disk or simply by sneaking in manually. Or, we could have ONE of us create a diversion that might give the rest of a few seconds to free Alison while taking an upper hand in the battle. If you guys prefer the latter, I am certain that i can get their attention. Just a suggestion."

Nicolas waited for their respoinse as they stood before the valley of the Dome. He was anxious to get started, as he wanted to get Alison back, despite their...strained past. As he waited the thought: What the hell, in case its my last look, I may as well get ONE more peek at that incredible outfit Morgan is wearing.

[Jill Monroe]

<< Morgan smirked again, at the thought of "Freeing Alison.">>

Freeing Alison indeed

<< she abruptly TURNED AROUND, catching Nicolas looking at her and as the wind blew through her hair, she looked at HIM, sizing him up with a knowing glint in her icy violet eyes.>>

<<in an icy voice, she spoke>>

why don't you take a picture? it'll last longer.

<< laughing softly, she turned around again to look out into the valley, not really bothered by Nicolas either way but certainly noticing his subtle attempts at looking at her.>>

Nicolas and Persephone both bring more physical beauty to this team. Far more than anything that Bane and Tempest could offer. I'm sure my sister will no doubt try her hardest to catch Persephone's attention. and what of Haleigh and Delilah? I wonder if our newest member has taken to look at THEM the way he looks at me? Knowing Delilah, she'd probably burn a hole through him with her laser!

<< Morgan laughs in her mind at the thought of Delilah putting Nicolas in his place for getting fresh with her. but she soon gets her mind back on the business at hand as Nicolas speaks>>

It's not just technology we have to worry about, its MAGICK too. The Wraiths are involved in this as well and until my mother can find a spell in the darkhold to banish them from this realm, we will have to include them in our plan as well. There's no telling what they will do or how much "control" Malice has over them. They don't strike me as the kind to take orders for very long, and I'm sure Malice will have own brigade of guards or troops.

<< stepping forward a bit, Morgan narrowed her eyes with wicked glee as she smiled with a rather demonic gleam>>

I think we should just storm the building and tear them all apart and see whose left standing. We have the power, and we have the will to use it.

<< a sign that Morgan's more bloodthirsty instincts were reassirting themselves as well.>>

When we reach Alison......I will help her.

<< Morgan stopped short of saying anything else on THAT subject.>>

[Rampage]

Nicolas was clearly caught by Morgan, but he noticed a hint in her tone as he saw her also getting a look that let him know that looking was fine with her. He smirked at her as he responded.

"I have SEEN your pictures. Your photographers should be fired for not doing you justice."

He listened as she gave her input into the battle plan. He liked the idea of storming the place and he believed in the plan.

"If that is what you wish then, follow me in. Haleigh, if you would disrupt ther tech when you see me landing. Here I go."

Nicolas flew into the sky, cloaked in illusion as a great bird. Flying higher and higher until he disappeared from most of their view. At about five nmiles up, he turned and began to plummet towards the dome, feet-first, bolstered and protected by his TK and ready to take it to his enemies for once. For too long he had been worried about what others were going to do. Now they would see why he was called Rampage.

[MorningStar]

[ Delilah rolled her eyes - were they about to take on a powerful evil entity or attend a sixth grade dance? ]

"If you all are finished making out at the drive-in...?"

[Foxfire]

Following in tact behind the group, Blaze was observing the landscape as well as the interaction between Morgan and Nicolas. It was just as she suspected, the two oozed sex appeal but also highly - charged sexual tension. She could feel the lust in the air, making her stare. Morgan was off limits and Blaze could make SURE of it!

Stepping over a fallen log Blaze rolled her eyes at the two. A pair of icy hands sent a chill across the back of her neck. Turning at the waist to see Persephone behind her cradling a Black Widow in her hands. Lifting up the goggles from her eyes she stared the spider with intrigue.

"I guess I do. Thanks."

Her eyes followed Persephone, who had released the black widow back into the tall grasses. She knew the Goddess had a rapport with animals in some way, especially the way she had glared at her with the termination of the snake.

Turning back to follow the team, she caught Nicolas staring again almost undressing Morgan. This sent a small spark to emit in her eyes, walking past Morgan. Her boots sinking into the ground as she grabbed Nicolas by the suit. Pulling him down so she could whisper into his ear. Her palm inches from his groin with the palm facing towards his pride and joy.

"I told you to back off hot stuff. We wouldn't want to burn off your Hershey kiss now would we? Because I'll make it melt and not in the good way."

Her voice cold and stern, releasing Nicolas. Stepping back her eyes sent a glare to Morgan. "And DON'T encourage him Morgan, we all know you enjoy teasing."

It seemed Delilah felt the same way she did, especially with her catty comment. It brought a wicked gleam to Blaze's lips, "Nice one D."

[Jessica Hamby]

Morgan gave her take on Malice's motives... saying there was no point... and the only thing that mattered was that Malice was able to do what those who had fallen before couldn't. Indeed... and I can't help but admire her for it.

"Maybe you're right... maybe there's no point.... but maybe there is... I'd like to know.... who's game are we playing? Is it hers? Or is she just another player too?"

Haleigh fell back into her own thoughts... Cameron dominated them... why HAD she killed him? Haleigh got the distinct feeling that she was missing something. His death just didn't fit... and she knew there must have been a damn good reason. Haleigh wondered about the Cassadines as well... were they still a card in Malice's hand? They must be... the mines were distinct Cassadine product, as was most of the integrated weaponry Haleigh could sense as they reached the terror dome. Morgan's playful banter with Nicolas brought Haleigh back around... and warmed her a little. Morgan was pleased with the attention she was getting... Haleigh could tell, despite Morgan's ability to mask it from Nicolas. Blaze was getting protective... TOO protective. Haleigh, standing behind Blaze as she released Nicolas, landed a hand on the mutant's shoulder.

"Blaze..... Morgan's a grown woman, and she can take care of herself. Who knows... Perhaps he can make her happy. At any rate, she's more likely to break his heart than he is hers.... and I imagine he's clever enough to have figured out there'd be hell to pay if it ever went sour. Leave them be, and let's all focus on the task at hand."

She said softly, for once, sticking up for Nicolas, which was an interesting turn of events. Before she had been ready to exile him for the stunt in the park... but now that she'd observed him... in his interactions with Karen.... his desire to help and rescue Alison despite the way the seer had reacted to him... and just as importantly, the exchanges he had with Morgan.... Haleigh was beginning to change her mind about him. Haleigh turned to Morgan, as Nicolas made his suggestions and Morgan wanted to storm the place, guns blazing. Haleigh herself was partial to keeping under the radar, but she couldn't realistically expect them to stay under stealth for much longer. She knew completely fooling the Terror Dome's technology would become very taxing, very quickly. She remembered what Morgan had said about having to worry about technology AND magik... and gave her endorsement.

"Let me worry about the technology.... and I'll let you and the Doc worry about the magik... between us all... we should be able to make our stand. Everyone keep tight... splitting up, wandering off... is fatal. Spellbinder... I know you have a plan.... regarding Alison. I know you know something that you don't want to tell us... for now... I just trust that your judgement... is sound... and I'm not going to press you."

She left it at that and turned her attention to Nicolas, waiting for her cue to do what he'd asked, as he volunteered himself to be their battering ram.

[Rampage]

As Nicolas plummetted towards the dome he sent a message to Blaze. He ws a bit taken aback by her threats, but he understood her protectiveness. Besides, it was worth it to see Haleigh DEFEND him.

Sweetheart, don't be mad. As I said before, I don't bite. You should know me better by now. Oh, and tell Haleigh to shut all tech down now, please.

With the force of a small meteor, Nicolas plunges THROUGH the "hill" and down into the Terror Dome!!

[Jill Monroe]

<< Morgan was a bit surprised by Delilah's catty comment. But she knew her best friend was always "no nonsense" when it came to the capers the team went on. She always provided focus and clarity. Morgan looked at Delilah with a bemused expression.>>

My my, Dee. You just know how to cut us up so QUICK i see.

<< she winked at her friend, and acknolwedged the seriousness of the situation. Foxfire was reprimanding Rampage. wasn't THIS a change. For so long it was Morgan who was always being protective...even OVERprotective of Blaze at times. the members of the six had changed in many ways indeed. Haleigh spoke with Blaze as Rampage offered to be the battering ram. Morgan couldnt help but scoff a bit as he so boldy "took the lead">>

well now, look at Blaze? being rather BOLD with her reprimanding of Nicolas.

hmph. whatever happened to LADIES FIRST? << she said flatly.>>


<< as Haleigh spoke to Morgan, the sorceress looked over and down a bit at her.>>

<< in an icy voice>>:

I'm not a precog like Alison, but, I saw what was happening and everyone even a woman who is KNOWN for being unfeeling, has a breaking point. I DO have a plan...but rest assured, I'll make sure that everyone is protected when the time comes. But it is better that I alone deal with the fallout of Malice's torture of Alison.

<< turning to watch Rampage smash through the rocking mountains into the Terror Dome, Morgan lifted her hands, as a chime sounded off.>>

might as well make this as easy as possible. I'll teleport us in together, that way we wont have to waste more time and energy trying to get down this slope. once we're inside though...you guys better be ready for ANYTHING!

<< summoning a stepping disc. Spellbinder 'ports the team in the blink of an eye from the forest slope and into the terror dome, using the path that Rampage has cleared.>>

<< they arrive in a featureless, PITCH BLACK space..there's no immediate sense of how big the area is, where they are, or what is around them. it's the easiest problem for MorningStar to deal with so far this evening. and what a surprise would await them.>>

[MorningStar]

[ Delilah laughed at her friend - it was almost like old times. She felt herself passing through the stepping disc and being transported inside the terror dome. The darkness was penetrating, almost artificial in it's blackness.

Concentrating deeply, MorningStar's body began to increase in luminescence until the area surrounding the team was lit well enough for them to see. ]

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: All the bantering between the members of the six reminded her of her times back with her own team. Each of the six almost mirroring her own team mates...it was actually quite ammusing. Continuing forth, Nikolas soon shot into the air and came hurling down on top of the terror dome....so much for a stealthy enterence. With a newly made opening to enter in, Spellbinder took it upon herself to sweep the team up into a stepping disc and reappear inside the dome. ::

:: Once inside the dome, it was completely pitch black. Morningstar's body soon illuminated allowing the group to see around the darkened space. Taking a few steps forward, only Persephone's healed boots could be heard clicking throughout the vast space, echoing off the walls. ::

"Spellbinder, perhaps it would be best if you cloaked us."

:: Getting a strange feeling that something was looming their way, even though cloaking wasn't a sure fire way of protecting them, it would do for the time being. ::

[Jill Monroe]

<< emerging from the center of the disc, Spellbinder closed it once everyone came through and they were now inside the Terror dome. Almost on cue, Morningstar used her fantastic and versatile power over light to completely illuminate the WHOLE interior of the terror dome.>>

<< as Persephone suggested Spellbinder cloak them...it was too late!>>

There's no time!

<< she pointed out as an ARMY of death wings began to fly into view in a formation. line after line, deathings continued to fly into view and began to unleash a barrage of concussive force blasts consisting of violet hued acid flame. the blasts rocked the ground and if they HIT anyone who wasnt protected, they would be incinerated.>>

They're comoing for us...so lets GO FOR THEM!

<< a rushing chiming sound is heaerd as Spellbinder takes off into the air, using her power of wind to propell her. flying with speed and grace, Spellbinder evaded a few head on blasts by a group of death wings, as she spin in mid flight>>

I have demons at MY disposal too! and they are just DYING to find new victims to play with!

<< Spellbinder's face was enshrouded in shadow as she "standing" in the air. she struck a pose as she lifted her arms and fanned her cape out behind her. from the s hadows of the cape, on EITHER SIDE of her, demons began to emerge. called from Limbo and summoned by their mistress.>>

<< the demons were extremely large and muscular. larger than Rampage even and were possesed of powerfull sharp fangs and claws as well as capable of flight.>>

DEMONS! tear them apart! your mistress commands it!

<< Spellbinder climbs higher into the air as her own demons from Limbo began to ATTACK some of the deathwings head on. viciously assaulting them and mangling them. More deathwings joined in the battle. >>

[Oracle]

<< it was obvious that Spellbinder had no problem tapping into the darker aspects of her power now. her costume, her attitude, even her facial expressions suggested that she was less restrained, and far more willing to tap into the darkness of Limbo. It was too reminiscent of her presentation during the INFERNO but she was not attacking the Six this time. She was on THEIR side. This could be the advantage they needed.>>

<< even as the demon sorceress commands her own small army of demons summonded from Limbo to attack the deathwings, MORE trouble comes. Spelbinder finds herself being attacked head on by MORE Death Wings. She takes the offensive and fights them herself in the air using her own eldritch bolts to block and return fire, while relying on her skill as a high speed flier to evade their physical strikes. but they are just as fast as she and are hounding her agressively.>>

<< from the ground level, Persephone and Morningstar are charged by four Hellhounds. One RUSHES Persephone, phasing through her leg and subjecting it to a PAINFULL, paralyzing effect. the second hellhound attempts a deadly pass, leaping up and luncing toward her andthis time aiming for her HEART. two others are now clawing and beating at MorningStar, intent on keeping her away from Persephone before dragging her down.>>


<< Rampage is greated by three DIRE WRIATHS, who flood the air ALL AROUND him with the magickal enchantments and began to DETONANTE them instantly. blinding him with flashes of light, and jarring his body to the skeletal structure. The Wraiths are beyond his physical grasp as they trap him in a malestrom of MYSTICAL FLAMES, battering him and tearing his costume apart. He cannot effect them with his telepathic powers and he will not be able to touch them as they keep their distance.>>


<< Two waiths reveal themselves to Foxfire as they attack HER using the envrionment around her! enchanting the machinery with their dark magick and causing it to come to life to attack the mutant. She is greated with hostile laser cannons that could slice her in two if a blast connects with her. The Wraiths ADD to the confusion by warping her sense of perception with the illusion of the area spinning>>


<< and as for Black Widow, well she is greeted PERSONALLY, by MALICE.>>

[Dire Wraith]

We learn from our mistakes. While The Six may have a diverse array of powers, The sisterhood FAR OUTNUMBERS them, in addition to the hell hounds and the deathwings. we CAN destroy them. We will BURN this world just as we destroyed the Darkchilde's coven. SHE thought she could destroy us but she was WRONG!

Dire Wraith: in a deep, raspy voice FORWARD SISTERS! SHOW NO MERCY!

<< the wraiths and their minions attack with vigor and agression>>

[MorningStar]

[ MorningStar's jaw dropped a little bit as Spellbinder began actively using her dark magick to summon DEMONS to their aid. It was slightly unnerving but she had little time to ponder its implications as an army of fiends began their attack.

She started to go after Morgan when she and Persephone were set upon by three hellhounds. Delilah could not see how badly the goddess was injured as the two beasts came after her.

She threw her arms out in front of her and sent photon blasts directly at one of the hounds. Simultaneously, her right leg began to glow a bright shade of green as it was "charged" with photon energy. ]

"Bad dog."

[ MorningStar plants her booted foot into the second hellhound. ]

[Rampage]

As he lands Rampage is immediately greeted by the lights and sounds of the Wraith magic, shredding his clothing and jarring him while attacking him with mystic flame. The pain is excruciating, but Nicolas has studied his opponent, and has a nasty new trick for them this time.

He closes his eyes and uses his TK to find them, smug in their sense of security through distance. He erects a shield to give him some cover as he raises his hands. Nicolas then teleports some of the air at the five mile altitude he surveyed around the Wraiths, air that is sitting at a cool -10 degrees Farenheit. Using his TK, he encases them in this cooler air, hoping to use their weakness against them. He then teleports out of the maelstorm they created and closer to them.

[Foxfire]

Blaze's green eyes continued to stay focused on Nicolas, who had taken to the skies. Her eyes blazing with a bit of fire to them. Haleigh's gloved hand snapped her focus to the blonde, turning to meet eyes. Blaze perked a brow but she argued her own point.

"Haleigh, this is my sister. I...we just got her back from the clutches of death. Its normal for any sibling to react this way and like Karen I WILL see to her protection and safety. Karen is not here, thus I am a sort of sisterly substation. Morgan has just gotten back into action, she's not ready for any sort of decadence the two share or a future relationship. Nicolas is not a bad guy but he is not for her. Morgan is in a class all her own, as is Nicolas. She is my flesh and blood."

Blaze's tone revealing a bit of caring sincerity about it, one that Haleigh would know and appreciate. Turning to peer up at the sky, Blaze's mind filled once more with Nicolas' soothing masculine tone.

"Hales, turn down the tech now!"

She nodded to her friend, preparing for battle. Spellbinder teleporting the team inside the dome that Rampage plowed through, a most impressive move indeed. Pitch darkness greeting them but Blaze's eyes flickering into that eerie yellow tint with her infrared allowing her to see the heat signatures around them while Morningstar sheded some light on the subject (no pun intended).

The odor of the other creatures were a quick inkling to what lay ahead. Morgan pointed her index finger across the room to spy an army of deathwings and other creatures coming for them. Blaze could hear the malice in her sister's voice that almost encouraged her into battle. She was grateful to have Spell on their side.

Foxfire's form blasting in a frenzied form of flames that sent her rocketing off into the air. Her vibrant yellow eyes glowing with life. "Come and get me!" She taunted with a smirk, her flaming form zig zagging into the air to confuse and daze those attacking her.


Gliding through the air, Foxfire connects a powerful punch into the skull of one of the deathwings nearby, sending it into a downward spin to the ground with a sickening thud. Other Dire Wraiths surround her and attempt to enchant the technology around her. Laser cannons spring to life as blasts of yellow fire zoom toward her.

Springing into action Foxfire glides upwards towards the ceiling of the dome on purpose. The automatic cannons move to follow, the head of the laser firing hot blasts of around 800 degrees at the mutant. Blaze was positioning the laser on purpose.

"Over hereeeee."

She said sarcastically. Her flames propelling her further into the air at a high velocity speed that seemed to be a blur of flames. Spiraling around to avoid the laser, which she just BARELY escaped as the laser collided above, hitting a few pieces of the "dome." The debris falling haphazardly towards the centered laser. Foxfire moved around as the debris came topple down on the device. Reaching out a palm, Blaze fired a highly charged electrical flame across the debris. A collision impacting the laser, amplifying the temperature before it was blown up from the extreme heat. Fox knew most lasers required a "cooling system" based on hydrogen peroxide and a variously of liquids.

"Yeah!" She raised a fist in the air when her senses began to take effect. Blaze's sense of equilibrium felt disorientated. Her gliding body shook as she felt the walls around her spinning. Raising her hands to her head to snap out of it, Foxfire's flaming form began to nose dive toward the ground around 120 mph speeds. Her form spinning wildly out of control, the Dire Wraiths were succeeding in their attempt to subdue her. One problem solved, another arisen.

[Malice]

:: before Black Widow can do anything, her arm is grabbed and she yanked around with such FORCE meeting the cold glare of MALICE, who was now in her DIAMOND FORM and possesed of class 50 super strength enabling her to lift/press 50 tons. ::

Your so besotted with Cameron. Your thoughts, like your existence, are PITIFULL. Get your mind back on your business, you walking CAN OPENER!

:: Malice spins with Haleigh in her grasp, hurling the mutant across the way and head long into some machinery.::

I'll ENJOY ripping you apart...both in BODY and MIND!

:: she stands ready for Black Widow to emerge, knowing that this would hardly be enough to do the mutant in.::

[Dire Wraith]

The wraiths find that they cannot maintain the malestrom attack...they are losing their strength and vigor as they feel their bodies growing weak!

Dire Wraith in deep, raspy voices the COLD! it saps us of our strength! Curse that wretched mutant!! But even HE cannot cope with the powers of dark magick!

We must combine our powers in one final strike! to make it COUNT!

the three wraiths, though HAMPERED do not fall. instead, they cease their advance and as Rampage comes toward them, THEY combine their forces and transform....it APPEARS that they will assume the form of "death wings" , which are the most DURABLE form the wraiths could take, but instead they merge their physical forms and shed their shells to become a GIANT BALL of dark magick. an eerie sound is heard as the light around the ball is sucked out and forms a "black light" effect. the ball of dark magick rushes forward and SLAMS into Rampage, encopassing him and begins to DRAIN him of his very life force! He can't affect the field with his TK because it is composed of magick.


--------------

meanwhile MorningStar takes down the first two hellhounds. Another one emerges from the floor BENEATH HER and attemps to lock on to her and PULL HER DOWN INTO THE FLOOR to hold her in place as a trio of death wings swoops down and begins to fire upon her.. If the hell hound merges her physical body with the floor and unphases, the parts of her body in the floor will SHATTER.

--------------

as the two wraiths begin to overwhelm Foxfire, the transform the ground she is plummeting towards. the ground itself comes to life and opens up in the form of a GIANT set of steel jaws, just WAITING to crush devour the mutant.

[Rampage]

Nicolas is topped in his tracks as the ball of magic encompasses him. he can feel his energy waning as they attempt to drain his life. He thinks quickly of what he can do to buy some time. His TK has no effect on the field itself, and he can feel himself starting to lose consciousness when he thinks of one word.

Castling.

Nicolas selects a deathwing at random and switches places with them, leaving them in the draining storm while he emerges falling out of the air to one side. He quickly lands then and raises his hands, causing the floor by the ball of Wraith magic to form larger versions of his hands. He slams his hands together and the "floor hands" do the same, crashing into the Wraith ball.

[Jill Monroe]

<< flying through the air, Spellbinder gains some distance and gets a chance to regroup. Now athovering in the a higher point air, a chime sounds off as Spellbinder pulls her hands up and back. wind begins to flow with her movement (as that is her element to command, the gift she inherited from her father) and with an exhale of annoyance, she thrusts her hands FORWARD.>>

<< a rushing, irresistable gale force gust of wind lashes out and slams into a group of death wings, overwhelming them and sweeping them backward. hurling them UPWARD into the spinning blades at the top of the terror dome.>>

<< the screams of the deathwings is followed by metal slashing "flesh" and explosions from the collision. Looking down, Spellbinder sees her demons still doing battle with other death wings. there's so much chaos in the air as she tries to spot MorningStar and Foxfire to make sure they are okay.>>

[MorningStar]

[ Just as Delilah was about to catch her breath after dispatching the two hellhounds, she was under attack again.

Throwing a bent arm above her head, MorningStar created a light dome to shield her from above. Turning her attention to the hound that was snapping at her from below, she appeared to be making a circular motion at her hip with her free hand and a whip of solid light appeared. Cracking her wrist, she managed to encircle the hellhound with the whip, binding its arms and jaws together. She made another flick of her wrist attempting to throw the hellhound away from herself. ]

[Foxfire]

Spinning around dangerously, Foxfire was free - falling towards the metallic floors. Her own heightened senses vulnerable to the dark magick these creatures possessed. Blaze needed to snap out of it before it was her downfall!

The floor beneath her morphed into steel jaws, opening wide to devour the brunette. Blaze's yellow eyes locked onto an object in the off corner. Everytime she spun wildly her eyes were locked onto the focal point, lessening the dizzy feeling. Gathering her bearings she curved her body to twist in the air. Her fiery body somersaulting just in the nick of time. The animated floor board claming down in air, attempting to grab Blaze.

The "teeth" grabbing the forearm of the suit. Blaze pushed herself further as the suit ripped and tore. Moving away from the floor she glided to a safe vantage point. Her bare arm exposed almost like that of some provocative costume. Blaze's arm scratched but no serious injuries. She nearly escaped that by the hairs of her head.

Landing upon the obliterated laser cannon she destroyed. These pesky Wraith's were beginning to frustrate her. Calling out to Rampage via their mental rapport.

Nicolas, I need you to cast an illusion on this Wraith to the right. Cast her like me, but allow the rest of the Six to see the real Blaze. I have a plan...

Blaze vaulted over a couple of passing deathwings, slashing one of the wings with her blade. A horrid cry escaping it as the creature went sailing downward. Using her own speed and agility, Blaze hoped upon the back of the deathwing's back, tugging on the skin of the creature.

The creature making a wild attempt to buck Blaze off its back. But like an urban cowgirl Fox held on long enough to fly through the air. Gaining coverage on one of the Dire Wraith's, Blaze jumped on the creature's back before hurling herself into the air. Her human form yanking the Dire Wraith viciously like some rabbit dog. Blaze was tired of playing nice.

Her fingernails digging deep into the side of the Wraith's body. The two of them free - falling toward the "steel jaws" of the floor. Blaze was counting on Nicolas to trick the floor into thinking the Wraith was Blaze and Blaze the Wraith. Spinning her body around forcing the Wraith down towards the jaws of the floor with Fox on top. Her hair flying wildly with her yellow eyes watching in amassment. Could her plan of attack work? Anything was possible.

The further down herself and the Wraith went. The mutant was taking a huge risk here. The two falling faster with seconds to bare. Fox kept a strong hold of the Wraith as she sent a whirl of fire into the jaws of the floor to melt the "teeth" into her element of fire. A blaze of inferno igniting across the floor around where the Wraith's had enchanted.

[Jessica Hamby]

Before Haleigh has time to react, to the light shed on the Wraith and their army, to the sights and sounds of her comrades being engaged in battle, a pair of demanding hands spins her around. It is none other than Malice HERSELF, and this revealation alone is what causes Haleigh to instictively recoil... but she finds herself unable to pull away, as Malice's strength in diamond form now well surpasses her own.

"Well, if it isn't the woman of the hour. I really must compliment you on your soft skin... it looks so leathery and wrinkly... but whatever age defying lotion you're using is working well."

Haleigh is quick with the quip, before Malice THROWS Haleigh towards some machinery... Haleigh throws her arms out in front of her to shield her head from the impact, and Malice finds that under Haleigh's dense, Techno-organic form, the machinery GIVES... it crumples around her body as though it were made of aluminum, and Haleigh's battlesuit holds up to the now twisted, sharp metal, protecting her from cuts and scrapes. Haleigh is momentarily motionless, but turns over to face Malice and gets to her feet defiantly. She pulls a futuristic looking gun from thin air, and firing off a couple of precision aimed shots... Haleigh was no fool... she knew that in diamond form, Malice was nearly indestructable... and so she'd picked a very special kind of bullet for Diana... one that instead of lead, had DIAMOND fragments that sharded apart just before impact for max damage... and because Haleigh had the TO virus, her thoughts read differently than the others... the patterns were sporadic and seemingly fragmented... and randomly there were disjointing streams of COMPUTERIZED binary code... Malice could, without a doubt, read her mind... but it took an extra moment to decipher, what was all the time the 'bullet' needed to reach its target.

[Pam De Beaufort]

<< from the ground level, Persephone and Morningstar are charged by four Hellhounds. One RUSHES Persephone, phasing through her leg and subjecting it to a PAINFULL, paralyzing effect. the second hellhound attempts a deadly pass, leaping up and luncing toward her andthis time aiming for her HEART. two others are now clawing and beating at MorningStar, intent on keeping her away from Persephone before dragging her down.>>

:: As the hellhouse phased though her leg, Persephone screamed through clenched teeth, dropping to the ground on one knee. Her leg felt like it was on fire and she couldn't move it. Without a moment to spare, a second hellhouse lunged for her one more, this time aiming for her chest. Lifting her hands in front of her, a stream of sub zero frost slammed into the hellhound, coating the creatures body in an icy blanket. The hellhound screamed in pain before dropping from the air and shattering on the floor. ::

:: Gritting her teeth in pain, soon the pain began to fade as her leg began to glow a bright shade of green. Looking to Morningstar, Persephone stood. ::

"Thank you."

[Dire Wraith]

MorningStar and Persephone were stronger than they looked. We've encountered the goddess before, but only briefly. she seemed so weak and unfocused back then, but now she's different...honed, more precise and the mutant, MorningStar, she the energy she weilds is formidable. she'd make an excellent power source for the Wraith World in the Dark Nebula!

the Dire Wraiths that were present commanded the death wings to close in on Persephone and MorningStar. the giant flying creatuers began to surround them in formation, firing blasts of acid flame before another line of creatures swoops in to strike at them with their shadow talons. intending to capture them and carry them off.

Three of our sisters sacrificed themselves against the other mutant, Rampage. Though he managed to escaped our null field but he is weakened now! He cannot cope much longer!

Dire Wraith: in a deep raspy voice I have you NOW!

another wraith, who dwarfs Rampage in size, extends her... "hands" and ensnares the mutant in a binding spell. the magick forms mystic chains around his neck, his arms, hands, thighs , knees and legs. rending him physically immobile and unable to move. the bindings are IMPOSSIBLE To break by any physical or pisonic means. the wraith then DRAGS the mutant out into the open and HOLDS him there as hell hounds move in. the closest one diving off a platform from above and making a glancing blow as it slashes/phases through his shoulder, slicing it badly before subjecting it to the painfull paralysis.

Dire wraith: you mave have destroyed my sisters, but YOU will not live to savor the victory. my pets will tear you limb from limb while you are BOUND and immobilized by my spells!

[Jill Monroe]

<< Spellbinder caught sight of her sister, Foxfire, who was RIDING a deathwing!? the deathwing was plummeting toward the floor which had now been warped to create a giant set of steel jaws with immense teeth that would crush and destroy anything that fell into their trap!>>

<< Spellbinder turned and swooped down. Rampage was unable to help Foxfire as he was being attacked by another wraith and her hellhounds but Spellbinder had one shot! as she flew down in perfect form, she took aim and a glowing violet halo of dark magick formed around her extened hands.>>

ZARK!!

<< Spellbinder fires an eldritch bolt. the concussive force blast of dark magick charges for the deathwing and SLAMS into it, broadsiding the creature as it screams before being destroyed. AT THE SAME TIME, Foxfire is TELEPORTED via stepping disc and reappears in her sisters arms high above as the falling, flaming carcass of the death wing crashes into the steel jaws.>>

<< Spellbinder slows her speed to allow Foxfire to adjust to the sudden change in direction and location>>

<< in an icy voice>>

Blaze, if you wanted to take a ride, an amusement park might have been a BETTER PLACE to find something.

<< she scolded>>

The deathwings have shifted, they are now coming down on Persephone and MorningStar. The good news is that there's no longer an endless stream of them phasing through the walls of the dome! Something must be happening back at Illustra with my mother and the darkhold...we actually seem to be wearing away at their once "endless army".

<< finding a clear spot to land, Morgan flies down and lands, setting Blaze down and points over to Persephone and MorningStar.>>

Go help Delilah and Persephone and this time, AVOID any reckless stunts. I'll see to Rampage...as he will not be able to free himself from binding magicks of the wraith.

[Malice]

:: Malice looked smug as Black Widow was thrown into the machinery. KNOWING the mutant hybrid wouldn't be so easily defeated, the white queen looked FORWARD to a vicious battle, not really paying attention to the raging battle between the Dire Wraiths and the rest of The Six BUT keeping a firm telepathic fix on those whom she could sense.::

:: she watched as Haleigh lay for a moment, before finally turning around and firing a high tech looking weapon at her.::

:: BUT alot can happen in "a moment" when your dealing with a telepath. As Black Widow executed what was a perfect shot, the bullets HIT their "target"...but nothing happened...as the target simply VANISHED::

Poor dear. That's what happens when you try to fire upon someone who simply ISNT THERE!

:: Malice was now standing on a platform high above, from the moment Haleigh had recovered from crashing in the machinery and turned around, Malice had telepathically "convinced" Haleigh that she had been standing down below all that time but IN FACT she was now in a new place::

Now, it's MY turn!

:: touching her index and middle finger to her forehead in a "salute" pose, a white halo of energy forms at the touching point. a sound of energy charging is heard as a glowing white javeline with sparks emmitting from it forms in the white queen's hand. she takes aim and hurls it with perfect form. the javeline charges for Haleigh with the sound of thunder roaring in the air. It's aimed for her chest and if it hits..not only will it subject her whole body to incredible pain but it will compell any biological part of her system to shut down.::


:: as the javeline flies for Haleigh, Malice has already made it her business to change locations.::

[Jessica Hamby]

Haleigh has seen this effect before... and upon Malice 'saluting', Haleigh knows she must take cover or suffer the consequences. She reaches back over her head and takes hold of the machinery she had previously smashed into. With the ease of Class 10 strength, she lifts it over her head and pulls it down in front of her. It instantly compacts into a LARGE metallic sphere and then SPLAYS out into a disc-like shield so large that it completely conceals Black Widow from view. Malice moves from her ledge, but not before Haleigh can lock onto her DNA signature.

The javelin hits the shield with such force that it pushes Black Widow BACK a few feet. Protected from energy transferrance by her gloves, Haleigh is quick to react, as soon as it hits, she locates Malice via DNA and spins, slinging the HUGE shield [now crackling with Malice's own psionic energy] like a discus towards Malice's NEW location. Haleigh narrows her eyes.

"Why don't you come on over here and fight me like a woman, instead of hopping all over the damn place like a fucking grasshopper, Diana? Come on.... I'll only use my hands.... no guns, I promise."

As if to punctuate her point, Haleigh pulled off her gloves and threw them aside casually. She was less afraid of Malice than she probably should be... but she had always been one of steely nerves and a steady heart. She had no use for fear. the strange thing was, that though Malice might have expected Haleigh to be unafraid, Haleigh was ALSO neither angry or upset, despite the fact that she knew Malice had been torturing Alison and had KILLED Cameron. There was no vengeance in Haleigh's heart.... and, it seemed, even LESS malice.

[Rampage]

Nicolas grunts with the pain of being actually CUT by the hellhounds. He strains and quickly realizes that the enchantment has him physically bound. But as the Wraith gloats over her supposed victory, Rampage's axe lifts off his back and slings for her unprotected neck as fast as thought, while he grabs hold of the chains, determined not to let HER go either. Meanwhile, his guns lift out of their holsters and begin shooting at the hellhounds to keep them at bay.

"Who's...EXACTLY got WHO here now?"

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: The Dire Wraith's were zeroing in on herself and Morningstar as more deathwings began to fly above them, now in formation. Taking her Mystic Daggers out from their holsters, she held them above her head in an X fashion creating a dome of mystic energy around bother herself and Delilah, stopping the acidic flames from hitting them. ::

"Delilah! Blind the creatures with a light bomb, quickly!"

:: Her voice raising over the massive commotion from the numerous battles. With about 10 deathwings flying above them, they needed a big distraction in order to take them out all at once with a big attack. ::

"On three, i'll drop the sheild! One! Two!....THREE!"

:: Uncrossing her mystic daggers, the dome of energy immediately dropped leaving Morningstar with an opportunity to attack. ::

[MorningStar]

[ Delilah remarked at how quick thinking Persephone was in battle. She might proove to be a valuable asset to the team after all. She nodded in understanding of the plan.

As Persephone dropped her shield, Delilah thrust her hands out towards the mass of deathwings. A blinding flash of light lit up the sky, followed rapidly by secondary flashes pulsating in random patterns. ]

[Foxfire]

Foxfire, who was still successfully riding the deathwing seemed to think Nicolas would assist her. When she received no communication from him while in mid descent she had to think quickly. Both herself and the deathwing were falling fast with only seconds to spare! Looking to her right Fox could see a violet hue racing towards the deathwing.

Releasing her hold of the beast, preparing to jump.
The eldritch bolt collided with the creature just as Blaze was teleported elsewhere. The mutant barely had time to focus let alone attack. She was not expecting assistance from Spellbinder, but it was a timely assist after all. Her environment and heighten senses registering the new location. Noticing a pair of strong slender arms around her she could hear the scolding tone in Morgan’s voice. A grin appearing across her cheeks, the tables had turned on her again.

"I suppose, but when do I have the time of day for an amusement park?"

She asked sarcastically, knowing Morgan was looking out for her. The feeling of Morgan carrying her while she flew reminded her of Lois Lane and Superman. It was odd having her sister carry her, but Spellbinder was capable of bench pressing extreme amounts of weight.

Chocolate trestles blowing in the wind with Spellbinder flying the two siblings to safety. "That’s probably the best news I’ve heard all night." She turned to see Malice attacking Black Widow rather viciously.
Pointing a gloved hand towards Haleigh while her eyes studied the movements of Morningstar and Persephone.

"It seems our guest of honor has arrived. I think Morningstar and Persephone can handle themselves, and I wouldn’t underestimate Nicolas. He’s come through some of the most harrowing experiances of his life. Shouldn’t we worry about locating Alison or assisting Black Widow?" Blaze wanted to make sure all bases were covered.

Her green eyes seeing the interaction between Delilah and Persephone. "I don’t mind assisting, but I think those two have it just about wrapped up." She turned to look at Spellbinder for clarification

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: Right on cue, Delilah shot of a massive light bomb, along with secondary lights pulsating around the 10 deathwings, distracting the demons. Without wasting time, Persephone thrusted her hands up above her head, sending a gail force blast of lava temperatured heated winds upwards. The impact of the over 200 mile per hour heated winds not only sent the deathwings slamming into the ceiling of the terror dome, but literally burnt them to a crisp, if not melted them to the ceiling. ::

:: The backdraft from the heat filled the dome, immediately increasing the temperature. Lowering her hands, she looked to Delilah slightly out of breath. She was a damn good fighter, and powerful indeed. ::

"In the mood for some BarBQued wings?"

:: Sarcastic yet lighthearted, it seemed that once Persephone saw how the six could handle themselves during battles, the goddess didn't feel the need to be as cold toward them. Turning to see Haleigh and Malice battling, Persephone looked over her shoulder back to Morningstar. ::

"She's in her diamond form. Maybe you can bonbard her with a laser attack. Give Haleigh the chance to retaliate."

[Jill Monroe]

<< with the sounds of battle all around them, Spellbinder bristled at her sister's question>>

Blaze!

<< she said in an expasperated tone>>

just what would YOU do in a fight with Malice? from all accounts, you're one of the MOST vulnerable to her! and powerfull as Rampage is, he can't adapt to EVERY situation that a MAGICK user can create. Go to Persephone and Foxfire, and stay with them. HELP them. Black Widow can cope with Malice long enough until we can all regroup.

I have the sense that my mother is about to come through for us in a BIG way!

<< she waved Foxfire off, and went to help Rampage. a sinister look came over her face as she thought about what would come ahead in the battle.>>

Meanwhile, all i REALLY intend to do is to get rid of the hell hounds. my ultimate goal is to find Alison and free her...and then, let HER finish the job for ALL of us!


<< she came close to the battle between Rampage, the dire wraith and her hell hounds. Rampage was firmly bound by dark magick and was attempting to defend himself with his own weaponry via telekinesis. a clever enough move given his problem but the Hellhounds were PHASING through the gunfire and closing in. they could attack him with a double front and even hit him in his heart and kill him. even the WRAITH was closing in for a final strike.>>

[Dire Wraith]

the mutant attempts to defend himself by controlling the objects on his immediate person!

the axe slices the skin of the wraith and there's a searing, stining pain. though she is sorely but it is not enough to kill her! and she will make SURE that he does not live through this

the grotesque female alien leers at the young mutant as a dark liquid drips from her throat area. Rampage is still unable to move but as he pulls on the mystic chains, he actually plays into her next strategy!

Dire Wraith: ::in a deep raspy voice:: your infernal weapons cannot harm the hell hounds!

he will see how they phase through the volley of discharges from the guns

and though i am sorely wounded...your energy will restore me to VIGOR!

with a sickening, predatory roar, the Wraith, now RIGHT IN FRONT of Rampage, is now INSTANTLY upon him. gripping him with her immense, powerfull arms and "hands" and from her freakish jaws comes that long, snake like tongue...the tip of it spinning like a drill and before he can react, the "drill tongue" strikes his foreahead and attempts to drill through to his BRAIN! if it succeeds, the wraith will take all of rampage's energy and be able to completely assume his form to a cellular level AND use his powers. he will die, crumbling into dust while the wraith stands, strong and vital as ever!

[Jill Monroe]

<< as the hell hounds nearly reach their prey...they are all RUSHED and tackled by DEMONS, techno organic infected demons from Limbo, commanded by SPELLBINDER. the hellhounds growl and yelp as they try to defend against the larger, stronger demons who can compensate for their phasing. the demons will butcher the hell hounds, and Spellbinder continues on, narrowing her eyes as the Dire Wraith is about to slay Rampage>>

<< in an icy voice>>

just hang on!

<< Spellbinder doesnt break stride as he holds out her hand, a chime sounds off and in a flash of black light she manifests the Soul Sword. Easily the most dealy weapon/talisman possesed by anyone in The Six. neither magickal beings nor enchantments can withstand its touch and anyone who falls victim to this blade....will die an agonizing death.>>

those mystic bindings are impossible for him to escape. but not for ME.

<< Spellbinder summons a disc and teleports. she is now along side Rampage and the Wraith who is draining him dry. with one mighty swing, Spellbinder shatters the mystical bindings with her soul sword...the violent backlash will send Rampage tumbling to the ground. he'll be weak and winded from the Wraith's attacking anyway.>>



<< looking at the wraith with an evil glint in her eye, she notices the look of shock on her face. the wraith seems to RECOGNIZE the soul sword...>>

[Dire Wraith]

CURSES! It cannot BE! the SOUL SWORD in this time line!? then that means....that SHE IS.....THIS world's "Darkchilde!


Dire Wraith: ::in a deep raspy voice:: SISTERS!! DEATH WINGS...BEWARE, the dark child is in this realm....she is HERE with us NOW!!

we must combine our forces or we will suffer the same fate we did once BEFORE!!

the shock, the fear the irritation are felt among the sisterhood as they immediately began to pull back from their individual efforts. the whole space of the dome began to shake and grow dark...dire wraiths lifted their arms and began to focus their magicks in unison, the deathwings followed suit and soon, a swirling, sparkling BLACK nebula field could be seen...reaching all the way to the ceiling.....as a GIANT SERPENT emerged from the the void..the serpent looked so ancient, so EVIL...and was by far t he biggest creature in the room


Dire Wraith: if we are to die....then we will take THIS WORLD's darkchilde with us!

you shall face the power of the dark nebula in FULL FORCE!!

[Malice]

:: Malice was impressed with Black Widow's ability to keep up with her using a dna tracking. it would make relying on telepathic blurring less effective but it was not the only thing Malice had up her sleeve.::


:: despite being older than her foes, Malice was in tip top shape even WITHOUT her diamond form. her body was tight, firm, feminine and she looked far younger than her age. lithe and agile, she dropped down and DODGED the large metal "disc" shapped shield hurled by Black Widow, without missing a step. they were now facing one another again::


you are fast and clever. your hybrid nature affords you a level of clarity not found in most of my prey. but it will avail you NOTHING in this instance for while i could EASILY pulp you with but a punch in my diamond form, better i think to have your destruction come...at the hands...of YOUR OWN!

:: Malice's wicked smile seems to occure in time with the blackness that is now encompassing the area around them. her eyes glowing , almost SPARKLING with sparks and her gleaming smile seems demonic as a white halo forms around her head. at the same time, a white halo forms around Persephone, MorningStar AND Foxfire's heads. Malice POSSESES them and strikes them at their emotional core as well with her empathic power::

my precious pets. you yearn to do ANYTHING i ask. you wish to fullfill my every command! and now, what i want you to do, more than ANYTHING...is DESTROY HALEIGH DAVIDOFF!

:: Malice's smile faded in the darkness, like a cheshire cat. leaving a now totally possesed MorningStar, Persephone and Foxfire to close in on Haleigh. Their hearts BURNING with ANGER and RAGE towards the mutant...as Malice distorts their perception of Black Widow....making them believe tehis is all HER FAULT!::

[Foxfire]

Turning around to see Morgan glaring at her with utter disgust. "It was just a question Morgan, don't get your panties in a bunch...or better yet that outfit you have on....if you can label that an outfit." She mumbled under her breath, shaking her chocolate locks.

Her eyes checking on Black Widow who seemed to hold her own. But, Morgan was right! Foxfire was probably the most vulnerable to the team, so she would assist in other areas. Pulling her goggles down to mask her green eyes, Blaze moved to perch herself on a more elevated area.

She thought it was highly illogical to assist Morningstar and Persephone. Both women had the battle under control on their end. Sighing under her breath, Blaze cracked her neck to the side. Her muscles popping as she did. Walking slowly towards Morningstar and Persephone, Blaze had a few deathwings circling from behind her comrades. Noticing a projected piece of weaponry on the "wall" she moved to grab it. The weapon labeled "MysTech."

Retracing a black sword - like weapon before studying it. Flicking it out the slender object elongated into a bow with a florescent blue laser across the front end.

Fully equipped with liquid nitride laced inside the arrow head, Blaze smirked. Placing the arrow across the black bow she posited herself accordingly. Taking aim the deathwings circled around Morningstar and Persephone. Cursing underneath her breath, Foxfire moved to lower ground. Dropping to one knee with her right eye closing as she pulled back the black string.

Her thumb and index finger released with the metallic arrow zipping through the air. The arrow puncturing one of the deathwings. The liquid nitride delivering a chilling frostbite that permanently disturbed the creatures inner workings. Thick sheets of ice blanketing across the dinosaur like bird. The liquid chemical working its way through before sheets of nitrite blew up the deathwing.

Retracing another arrow Blaze began to pick more deathwings off as Persephone and Morningstar destroyed the others. A whirling sound was heard as the arrow impacted on a few more deathwings. Climbing to her feet she rushed down to regroup with Morningstar and Persephone, sending a nod to both.

"Nice work."

EDIT

Foxfire, who had just regrouped with Morningstar and Persephone now felt her body stiffen and tense. Her eyes darkening to their yellow orbs while she felt her heart beat slam against her chest. Her adrenaline accelerating to higher depths than she truly felt. Clenching her fists into tight balls, Blaze felt her body shake with hatred and rage.

Wiping her head around her eyes locking onto Black Widow. "There she is, get the BITCH!" She spoke with a venomous tongue as she moved away from her teammates. Her body catching fire to mask her "human form." Blaze's flames was a solid 1,000 degrees that could destroy any normal human skeletal system. Souring into the air her yellow eyes targeting Haleigh without a second thought.

Raising her arms in the air the floor around Black Widow cracked and broke in half as a mountain of flames exploded through them. The fire more solid as each group "punched" through the floor around Haleigh. Foxfire on the other hand dashed down at around 120mph ready to plow right through her dear friend, unaware she was being manipulated.

[Oracle]

<< Spellbinder saved Rampage from a painfull death at the hands of a Dire Wraith but at the sight of the soul sword the wraiths, upon realizing just who Spellbinder was, regrouped and combined their powers to open a dimensional portal, bringing forth a fierce, deadly, TERRIFYING creature, a giant serpent that reached the height of the terror dome. the space around them was now darkened as the light was being consumed by the energy of the dark nebula.>>


<< at the same time, Malice, now telepathically seized the minds of Foxfire, Persephone and MorningStar as she POSSESED them and manipulated their emotions, to turn them AGAINST Black Widow.>>


<< the battle went from a dangerous to downright HARROWING with no easy , if ANY solution in sight!....at least not from within these walls. all the while, still no indication on the where abouts OR well being of ALISON.>>

[MorningStar]

[ Delilah followed Persephone's direction, turning her attention to Malice. Putting her hands out, palms together, she closed her eyes and focused her light energy in order to expel it from her hands as a lazer. But then...

The thoughts invaded her mind. Haleigh! She is responsible for all of this! For Morgan's death, for Sharon, for Cameron. If it wasn't for her, Alison would still be with them! She was a threat to them all - a threat that needed to be neutralized.

She turned towards Haleigh instead, her eyes narrowing. ]

"You are going to regret the day you ever came off the assembly line, you mechanical freak."

[ MorningStar, under the White Queen's influence, fires a photon blast headed right for Black Widow. ]

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: Lowering her head as Malice began to use her powers on herself, Delilah, and Blaze, Persephone could feel the anger and rage brewing within her. It was all aimed toward Black Widow. Persephone's solid black eyes blinked up, now glaring at the mutant through dark lashes. ::

:: Noting Blaze's fire attack, Persephone extended her hands out toward Haleigh as the wind began to pick up within the dome. A soft rumbling could be heard as the ground began to shake violently. Suddenly the ground began to explode around Black Widow in a circular pattern, containing the Haleigh with the fire attack Blaze had inflicted on her. ::

[Rampage]

As Morgan slices free the mystic chains binding him, releasing him from the deadly embrace of the Wraith, Nicolas falls to the floor, exhausted and weakened by the monster's attacks. He can feel his energy returning quickly but he is hoping for a breather. He gets his wish somewhat as the Wraith's pull back for a combined attack against Spellbinder. As they unite to use their magicks, he feels Malice's heavy-handed manipulation of Blaze through their rapport and sees the attacks against Black Widow. He hastily erects a TK shield to try to help her and places an illusion upon the minds he knows Malice must now possess, leading Persephone, Blaze, and Morningstar to now think that Malice is Black Widow and Black Widow is now Malice!

"WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!"

As the HUGE snake emerges from the portal opened by the Wraiths, Nicolas stands up to face it, now feeling more himself as the paralysis form the hellhound is fading and as he is quickly healing from the devastation that Spellbinder interrupted. He remembers the fear Morgan has for snakes and speaks to her, realizing if she listens to him that he may be writing his own death sentence, even though it may be best for the team...

"Malice has taken the minds of Persephone, Blaze, and Morningstar. If you deal with her, I may be able to use the distraction to get them back. I will dance with THIS in the meantime. Hurry, before our ensnared members kill Black Widow!!"

Nicolas holds his hand out and as the axe returns to it, he flies upward to greet the serpent, hoping to take its attention and goad it into a hasty move...

[Jessica Hamby]

"Hmph... coward."

Haleigh says, as Malice uses Blaze, Perse, and Dee to do her dirty work... the effect is almost instantaneous. Foxfire is the first to turn, and begins to surround Haleigh with fire. Morningstar assaults her with a photon blast and Persephone follows by exploding the ground around Haleigh and pinning her with Blaze's fire.... all the attacks came in near unison, and Haleigh had a time of avoiding it all.

Blaze's fire was a bother, but of little danger, as Haleigh's suit was flame retardant. The fire did, however, restrict Haleigh's view and kept her from seeing the photon blast. She manifested a fire extinguisher and began to put the flames out, but didn't see the blast in time to dodge the glancing blow that hit her just above the hip on the right side, knocking her sideways into some of the fire. Haleigh drops the extinguisher and rolls left into a crouching position, as the ground erupts around her.

"Alright.... alright... I realize you three are a little upset... but I REALLY dont want to fight.... right now isn't the BEST time, if you hadn't noticed."

Haleigh uses molecular dispersement to get out of the tight situation, moving now to the shadowed ledge that Malice had been on earlier. She sunk back into the shadows and tries to defer fighting her comrades as long as possible. This would only get ugly.

[Foxfire]

Foxfire hissed under her breath watching Haleigh scramble away, "curses!" She spoke, turning to glance at Persephone and Morningstar. She had deflected all of their attacks quite stealthy but Blaze wasn't giving up so easily.

Spinning through the air she followed Haleigh via her heat signature plus the suit Blaze was wearing kept a constant life vital screen caption. Flaming behind Black Widow when she felt her mind shifting in pattern. Her eyes glancing over to Malice but being the most vulnerable and already a victim of Malice's torture, Blaze's mind was locked solidly with the illusion and her empathy. Foxfire had a rather strong empathy and if someone were to manipulate that like say a world class telepath nothing could reverse it except maybe another world class telepath. Nicolas attempt was clever but the end result was futile.

Blaze's flames extinguished as Fox slammed her fist toward the small of Haleigh's back. Executing a round house kick afterwards with her yellow eyes burning into Haleigh.

"Come on bitch!"

She spat, her elbow viciously rounding to attempt to impact Haleigh in the nose. Her reflexes sharp and her vitality full of vigor. Hand to hand combat Blaze was a threat to Black Widow, both had similar fighting styles, both were in the military, and both highly stubborn.

Not only was it Malice's manipulation but Blaze held a secret grudge for Haleigh due from earlier at Illustra. The memory flooding into the mutant's mind only causing the situation further stress.

"You like to intimidate people don't you GJ Jane! Your web of secrets your little trip to Greece!"

Her movements fast and furious while attacking Haleigh. Blaze was battling like never before. Her pearly white teeth clenched. "Your just a good old soldier girl with your bullshit LIES! You fucking provoked the wrong person!"

[Jessica Hamby]

Haleigh stiffened as Blaze connected with her lower back, and stumbled forward, spinning around to face Blaze with a scowl. The roundhouse kick came in well placed, but Haleigh threw up her forearm and knocked it down. Hand to hand combat was what Haleigh lived for... it was the one thing that had never failed, even before her powers. Ammunition runs out... powers, as she learned, can be suppressed... but no one could take away her ability to throw down and fight. Haleigh' speed and reflexes rivaled Blaze's own, and she CAUGHT Blaze by the elbow in a vise like grip that would send shoots of pain up her arm. Her voice was calm and disengaging, even as she yanked Blaze down by the elbow, forcing the angry firestarter to her knees. Haleigh's lack of emotion was jarring against Blaze's fury.

"Blaze, you know you don't REALLY want to do this. All this anger is groundless. I know we've had our differences lately, but frankly, the decisions YOU made forced me to make the TOUGH decisions I made."

But Blaze is beyond talking... and goes on to taunt Haleigh. Black Widow takes it in stride, knowing that Malice was behind this.... but when Blaze mentions Greece, it sets Haleigh off. The idea that Blaze could KNOW... and the kind of implications that might have... it could very well turn the REST of the Six against her. Haleigh slaps Blaze across the face, but didn't hit her NEARLY as hard a she could. She grabs Blaze by the throat but doesn't squeeze.

"SHUT UP! You SHUT your MOUTH, Blaze, not another goddamn WORD! I don't WANT to hurt you Blaze.... but I WILL defend myself if you keep after me.... don't MAKE me do this."

[Jill Monroe]

<< holding the soul sword in front of her, the fierce mystical blade was surrounded by glowing white flames. the sword glowed with power for it's owner...but even with that, Spellbinder found herself now confronted by her most terrifying fear as the darkness swelled through the dome, and a GIANT SERPENT now crawled through the dimensional rift.>>

<< Morgan felt all the warmth leaving her body as her icy violet eyes widened with SHOCK>>

hecate!!!

<< she stepped back as the snake towered above them all.>>


<< still gripping her sword, Spelbinder's blonde hair and the cape of her unholy costume began to blow back as she began to tremble. Rampage's voice registered...and he wanted her to go help the other's against Malice, who had possesed 3 out of the 4 women.>>

I....i can't MOVE.....the snake.....so large.....


<< things were getting worse...they could very well be overwhelmed and they needed HELP...fast!>>

[Shadow Weaver]

<< Suddenly, without any warning, Dr. Victoria appears in a swirl of golden orbs. Wearing her regal, elegant black "flying suit" the Dr. looks very pristine and intimidating as she quickly looks around to assess the situation and locate her daughter. She gasped as she saw the giant snake, and the darkness that was consuming everything around them. Malice, was using members of the Six to ATTACK Haleigh>>

I'ts just as as saw through the scrying glass!

<< she was behind Malice, who was too busy gloating and could not sense Karen via telepathy. Karen opened her hand and manifested spiked head mace.>>

Diana...REMEMBER THIS!?

<< with a mighty swing, the doctor SLAMS the mace across Malice's jaw and on contact it DETONATES a mystic force bolt at point blank range. it would not be enough to destroy her in diamond form, but it WAS enough to knock her off her feet and send her sprawling across the metal floor.>>

<< tossing the mace up in the air, with a rushing harp sound, the weapon disappeares as quickly as it appeared. Karen spots Morgan and Nicolas. Side stepping some falling debris and being carefull to avoid the demons from Limbo who were battling hellhounds, the doctor runs over to Rampage and Morgan. she can see her daughter gripped by fear...and on the verge of panic>>


MORGAN! honey!! don't panic! you must not fall apart now! Rampage and your friends ...they NEED you! I'm here and i have the spell that we need to banish the wraiths, but we have to say it TOGETHER!

<< she struggles to get her daughter's attention, hoping that it's not too late.>>

Rampage, I've knocked Malice off her feet, but it wont take her long to recover. Go and help Haleigh...but beware, She will make Persephone, MorningStar and Foxfire use their powers in ways that none of you has seen before...they are ALL very powerfull and now they are extremely dangerous!

if you manage to DEFINATIVELY deal with Malice, you stand a better chance of helping the women under her posession. but the important thing RIGHT NOW is for you to help Haleigh, before they hurt her...or worse!

now HURRY!

<< she hoped the mutant could do something to help them without placing himself in too much peril.>>


Morgan, stand with me. You don't have to fight this ALONE! we can beat this...TOGETHER!

<< she shook her daughter a bit, trying to break her out of her paralyzed state. looking up at the fearsome snake that was bearing down on them.>>

[Dire Wraith]

the snake locks onto its prey and immediately begins to strike with FRIGHTENING SPEED, lunging down for Karen and Morgan...its giant jaws wide open to reveal massive fangs. it intends to smash them and devour them both in one deadly pass.


the wraiths continue to keep the portal open, allowing the null light of the dark nebula to flood in and consume all the power of the terror dome around them.

[MorningStar]

[ even as Black Widow takes to higher ground, and is now confronting Foxfire, she cannot escape the PERFECT eyesight of MorningStar. it's easy to underestimate the FIREPOWER that MorningStar posseses, due to Delilah's calm, even tempered, logical nature. But Malice, knowing the capabilities of this powerfull mutant, now intends to fully exploit them as she uses her power of possession]

[she narrows her eyes with contempt at Haleigh while extending her hands and clasping them in a "gun pose" position, a halo of white light forms around them. the sound of light powering up can be heard as blast rays form around the halo of light]

[ VOIP!]

[MorningStar unleashes a HIGH POWERED photon blast, this blast would be capable of punching through A BATTLE TANK and is traveling at LIGHT SPEED, as all of her powers manifest. the bolt SLAMS into Black Widow with perfect aim and immense concussive power, blasting her hard off of the platform. ]

That sleazoid can't escape ME and if she thought I was as easy to subdue as Blaze, she's got another thing coming!

[ MorningStar flings her arms out ward and unleashs a sonic light blast a focused, sonic boom accompanied by a strobing flash of light. that will knock out Haleigh's hearing AND eye sight....or at least serverly decrease it since due to Black Widow's hybrid nature, she may be able to take more damage than most.]

Persephone, I've flushed her out, now NAIL her with a localized cloud burst/thunderstorm!

[Foxfire]

Blaze’s well executed stiletto boot was knocked down by the side of Haleigh’s glove. Black Widow’s own speed and strength matched Foxfire’s identically. Almost like watching a pair of twin’s fighting. Swinging her elbow, Haleigh snatched it viciously allowing a snarl from Blaze to be heard. Yanking Blaze to her knee while the other was crouched down she roared in anger. Pain shooting through her shoulder blade before pulling on the bone.

Foxfire was determined to strike back despite her small statue and physical size. Haleigh’s voice leaked with anger as a firm slap was directed across Fox’s face. The impact sending a wave of hot pain slithering across the woman’s face but also making her laugh. Her laugh morphing into something psychotic.

"You stupid bitch!"

She snarled as her head whipped to the side from the slap. Haleigh’s cold fingertips wrapped around the mutant’s throat. Immediately Foxfire executed a bold head butt into Blaze Widow’s temple. Throbbing pain would accompany Haleigh now as Blaze took the upper hand in the situation.

Pushing up from her knee, Blaze was able to forcefully shove her shoulder blade back into Haleigh to push her back. Dropping to her feet, Blaze swung one leg out to trip Black Widow as Morningstar delivered a deadly source of power.

Lifting one leg up while crouched Foxfire pushed Haleigh towards the sonic light blast. Jumping to her feet, Blaze cartwheeled away.

[Jessica Hamby]

Haleigh towers over a kneeling Blaze with her back to Morningstar and Persephone, distracted from them both and confident that they would be sidestracked trying to find her long enough for her to deal with Blaze , who lands a rather vicious headbutt and causes Haleigh to release her, following with a shove. Haleigh straightens up, jumping over Blaze's leg swipe, lifting her hands and preparing to enter and ALL OUT BRAWL... but Morningstar finds Haleigh far more quickly than she expects, and with the speed of light, attacks Black Widow with another photon blast-- this one much stronger and less reserved than the first, and it takes Haleigh COMPLETELY unawares, hitting her hard in the back of the shoulder, burning THROUGH Haleigh's protective suit and charring her skin. It hits with such force that she is knocked from the shelf, back down to the floor among the demons and fighting.

She lays face down, knocked unconscious momentarily, the wound on the back of her shoulder smoldering and steaming. Morningstar lets off a sonic light blast, but Haleigh's eyes are shut as she is knocked out and her sight is unaffected. The sonic boom that follows, however, detonates on unprotected ears, and the loud intensity of it brings Haleigh back to the realm of consciousness. Her hearing is severely diminished. Everything sounds warped and as though she is listening through THICK foam earplugs, and there is a painful ringing sound deep in her ears. She can BARELY make out Delilah calling for Persephone to attack, and she tries to get up but can only make it to her knees.

She aims a handgun as Morningstar and begins to fire off a couple of warning rounds... but she still isn't FULLY ready to fight her own team... the bullets she shoot at Morningstar are tranquilizer darts, not lethal gunfire. She stops to check her shoulder, which is a source of intense pain... she can feel badly burnt flesh and the edges of the hole in her suit have MELTED and fused to her skin... Haleigh knows she needs a miracle soon or she's going to give in and ATTACK in retaliation... she can't afford to take much more abuse.

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: On cue, Persephone lifted her hands forward, pointing them directly at Black Widow. A massive thudercrash was heard as the wind strictly around Haleigh began to pick up in a cyclone like fashion. Ice cold rain pelted down on Haleigh's skin violently while HUGE bolts of lightning began to crash into and around her body, encasing her in even further. ::

:: With the combination of the heavy rain slamming into her from every which way, and the bolts of lighting, Persephone's goal was to overwhelm Black Widow and compromise her ability to see and assess the situation. ::

[Foxfire]

Black Widow has easily avoided her foot sweep but Fox wasn’t about to give up. Rolling her body backwards into a fighting stance. Her yellow eyes went wide at the brilliant display of power displayed by Morningstar. It was the first for the mutant to unleash such malicious intent. Persephone also attacked in unison with the blonde, which was perfectly orchestrated.

Walking around Haleigh, who had fallen unconscious. Blaze pushed her boot against the side of Haleigh’s side, making sure she had fallen unconscious. Haleigh awoke with a start intentionally reaching for her gun. Blaze, who had snuck up behind Black Widow grabbed her wrist tightly sinking her long nails into her veins on the under side.

"How’s it going peanut?"

Her voice dripping with rage. Twisting Haleigh’s wrist to the side to aim the dart gun toward the wall to prevent Morningstar from being shot. Her other free hand moved to squeeze the back of Black Widow’s unprotected neck. Her hold was not vise - like but enough to pin her down temporarily.

Fox’s own body was burning with flames, pulling Haleigh’s back into her chest. Gliding off into the air with Black Widow in her grasp.BW’s insulated suit protecting her from the extreme heat and the dangerous flames. Foxfire had swerved into a spiral pattern in attempt to dizzy and confuse Haleigh.

"Let’s see if you can land on your feet."

Dropping Haleigh above the "steel jaws" that were still active. Her comrade had only seconds to bare before she would be devoured by the enchantment.

[Jessica Hamby]

Rain as cold and sharp as ice pelted down on Haleigh, who was encased in an isolated and intense thunderstorm... but instead of weakening her, the cold helped to lower her core temperature, which had been running hot and high on adrenaline.... Cooling her inner temperatures helped her to process information FASTER, not slower, and though the rain obstructed her vision, Haleigh pushed forth and began to rise steadily to her feet. Blaze came out of nowhere, compounding her attacks with Persephones.... but expecting Haleigh to be battered and weak... two things Haleigh was not. As Blaze managed to deflect Haleigh's tranqs away from Morningstar, Haleigh planted a SHARP and HARD elbow into Blaze's face and spun around... she was TIRED of being attacked FROM BEHIND and seemed to have finally tripped that switch in her head... the one that had kept her from THROTTLING the trio. Haleigh used leverage to break free of Blaze's grasp, in SPITE of the pain of her nails digging into Haleigh's skin. She locked her arm around Blaze's and pulled against Blaze's elbow with a machine-speed yank, SNAPPING Blaze's elbow the wrong way and shattering the joint with the ease and fluidity of having done it many times before and a sheer LACK of compassion.

Blaze took flight, turning to flames and dragging Haleigh up with her into the air, doing a couple somersaults to try and disoriented Black Widow... but Haleigh was damned and determined now and as a TO hybrid, quite impervious to disorientation. Blaze finally let go, dropping Haleigh over the steel jaws, but Haleigh wasn't able to go without a fight, and as she fell, locked onto Blaze's fiery ankle with her hand and hung on tightly. In her free hand, a HUGE weight appeared.... dwarfing BOTH women in size and labeled '20 TON' in big bold letters... Haleigh held onto the iron handle as the weight DRAGGED the both of them down towards the steel jaws...

They crash landed with a resounding boom that SHOOK the terror dome... but the jaws didn't close upon them, as Haleigh held them open. Haleigh pulled down on Blaze hard, jerking her from the air and SLAMMING her into the ground. the steel jaws around them remained open, but began to tremble as if on the verge of snapping shut. Haleigh stood with her back to the huge weight, out of which DOZENS of firearms began to develop, some pointing at Morningstar, some at Persephone, but MOST pointing at Blaze. Foxfire's expertise would tell her that every ONE of these weapons harnessed brutal LETHAL force, and Haleigh mentally pumped the 12 gauge shotgun that floated above her left shoulder. Her voice was devoid of even anger, deadpan and even, and loud enough for EVERYONE to hear.

"THAT'S IT! NO MORE FUCKIN AROUND. IF ANY OF YOU TRY ANYTHING ELSE, YOU'LL HAVE MADE MY DECISION FOR ME. YOU CAN'T STOP EVERY ONE OF THEM... ONLY I CAN."

[Rampage]

Nicolas was energized with the appearance of Karen Victoria. She grabbed the apparently apoplectic Morgan and began to get to her after leveling Malice with her mace. As per her instructions, Nicolas went to help Haleigh. He knew that he needed to move fast, but what to do???

Seeing Malice sprawed on the floor, Rampage focused his most intense mindbolt at the telepath, a beam of focused psionic energy capable of shaking even HER concentration. While realizing he was not yet her equal in power and expertise, he understood that the best way to retrieve the captured minds was by rattling the source.

I hope this works. Those ladies are going to KILL each other before long.

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: Standing like a statue, Persephone's eyes shifted from the loaded guns that hovered in the air around her. Each barrel pointing directly at the goddess. Looking to Black Widow, the blonde had yet to fight back unless it was to defend herself, now, she was prepared to kill. ::

:: Gripping the handle of her transfiguring whip, the weapon rose from her battle attire. Looking to each weapon pointing at her, there were about seven of them, all aiming at different sections of her body. It was either stay put and give up, or make an extremely risky move take the chance at getting shot. Persephone never gave up, nor did she allow people to believe they had the upper hand on her. So this choice was hardly a choice at all. ::

:: Pulling the handle of her whip out to the side, Persephone's body spun instantly as shots began to fire off. All seven guns going off at once, only a few missing their target, but a hand full actually hitting the goddess. One in the leg, one in the shoulder and arm, two in the back, and another grazing her side. Although painful, she had suffer worse and continued to fight. ::

:: Coating her hand with blood, Persephone gripped her now loose whip with her other hand, snapping it in the direction of Black Widow. Flicking her bloodied hand toward the 12 gage shot gone, her blood splattered all over the muzzel of the weapon; the acid instantly burning the muzzel to where it literally broke off the rest of the gun, and fell to the floor. ::

:: Swinging the whip around her head, with her good arm, with speed and elegance, it tightly wrapped around Haleigh's body in a vice like grip. Pulling back, Persephone sent surges of electricity into the whip, shocking Haleigh with deadly bursts. ::

"You think a few of your toys will stop me? Think AGAIN!"

[Jessica Hamby]

Haleigh glanced over at Persephone, who was making a show of trying to 'disarm' the weapons trained on her, incurring, as promised, a volley of gunfire on herself. She manages to escape some of it, but is nailed several times in various places. Haleigh eyes Persephone, but divides her attention, careful not to neglect either Foxfire OR Morningstar. Persephone pushes on, swinging her whip towards Haleigh, who reacts quickly, raising her arms to avoid being restrained by the whip, which wrapped around her torso. Persephone surges to whip with intense electricity. Haleigh's suit takes the brunt of the energy, toning what would be deadly shocks down to mildly upsetting surges, the likeness of sticking your finger in exposed light socket wiring.

Haleigh reached out towards Persephone, shackling her feet with iron cuffs, and then yanking her feet out from under her, pulling the goddess towards her and stringing Persephone up by the ankles with her head hanging a few inches above the ground. Haleigh looked down at her, pausing for a second to observe the resemblance between Persephone and her sister, Ava.

"For your own good."

Haleigh says quietly, a double-entrende that no one would catch, as she KICKS Perse in the side of the head with her steel toed boot, not hard enough to KILL... but merely incapacitate.

[Foxfire]

A sudden snap was echoed in Blaze's ear to indicate her elbow had snapped and thus severely injuring her joint. Sucking in a breath of relief Blaze roughly shifted her weight to snap the elbow back in place, an extremely uncomfortable position. But, due to her overdose of adrenaline she hardly suffered plus accompanied by her omega healing class factor her elbow was repairing itself despite against all odds.

A contempt of hiss was given to Black Widow in regard to move. Foxfire's fiery form was jerked downwards with the grappling hook of Black Widow's hands, pulling her downwards. A sinister smirk forming on Blaze's lips who was hardly afraid of death. Appearing in Haleigth's free hand a 20 ton weight appeared, sinking them faster than anticipated.

"I underestimated you my dear."

She said casually, her eyes watching the two of them free -- fall. The two women disappearing into the ground level, shattering the floor as a plow of dust and debris flung every which way. It seemed Foxfire was out for the count. Getting up more woozy, Foxfire noticed an array of weapons all targeting herself, Persephone, and Morningstar.

"That is clever...."

Blaze raised her hands as Persephone attacked Black Widow. Overwhelming the machine guns, plasma guns, and other assortment of weaponry Blaze targeted their heat signature BLOWING each of the weapons up. She laughed with a cackle, throwing out her hands sending her pyrokineisis into effect, destroying every weapon.

Forging on ahead, Blaze tackled Black Widow with speed and determination that would throw her off guard. Blaze toppled on top choking on top of Haleigh with her hands squeezing around Haleigh's throat. "You FUCKING LIKE IT!!! You don't know what ABUSE IS LIKE! You like to push my BUTTONS!!!" She roared with anger, Blaze's yellow eyes morphing into a dull crimson shade.

"You PUSHED me in Illustra and now your PUSHING me again! When does Haleigh Davidoff ADMITT she's wrong!" She spat, snapping Haleigh's skull into the floor repetitively. "Did you ever think what Blaze FEELS like?! NO!!! You write her off." She roared again.

The pain in her elbow enough to interfere in her decision to kill Black Widow. "I've been killed before...I'm not scared! You think you can do it than GO for it little spider." She climbed off Black Widow. "If you would tell the TRUTH about your agenda we wouldn't have this problem."

Stumbling back, Blaze's eyes flickered to their sage green to yellow and finally on the fiery crimson. Her eyes moving onto Malice unsure how her body yearned to react. "What....is...going on..." She whispered, almost unsure how to react. Her eyes moving onto Black Widow. Despite her raging form...her heart was connected to her teammate which caused her to double - think the situation. Stepping back, she was unsure if this was the right decision after all.

Her eyes shifting to their green tint. "WHAT is going on here? And you BETTER be honest?" She held her elbow, unsure herself.

[Jessica Hamby]

Haleigh had been watching for this kind of behaviour, but it amazed her how PSYCHOTIC Blaze had become. She managed to survive the threat of death by firing 'squad' and then moved to tackle Black Widow to the floor... but Haleigh was READY for her, and grabs BOTH Blaze's wrists as they collide, pulling her hands OFF her neck as the mutant tries to strangle her and preventing Blaze from slamming her head into the floor.

"I haven't done anything wrong." She maintains calmly. "YOU are the one betraying ME, trying to KILL me for no apparent reason. Did you ever stop to THINK where all this MALICE is coming from?"

Haleigh coats Blaze's hands in URANIUM gloves, using the DENSEST, HEAVEIST metal on earth, weighting her hands down and then mentally taking hold of Blaze's hands, putting them behind Blaze's back and setting them on the floor, pinning the angry mutant down. Haleigh gets to her feet, shaking her head slowly.

"It's NOT a question of whether I CAN kill you.... but whether I CHOOSE to kill you. I don't want to kill you Blaze... I've lived without you before, but only just. This team has suffered ENOUGH loss."

Haleigh says, sighing, and artfully sidestepping Blaze's most direct question, one she wasn't ready to answer yet.

[MorningStar]

[ MorningStar froze as a variety of weaponry materialized and pointed itself at her. Carefully thinking about her next step, she watched as Black Widow turned her attention to Persephone and Foxfire. She scowled - the bitch always was underestimating her abilities. She was tired of being the weakest link in the group. It was time to show miss high and mighty "Oh I'm infected by the TO virus" what she could really do.

Using her ability to move at the speed of light, MorningStar dove to the right while simultaneously spreading her fingers, emitting focused laser beams from her fingertips targeting the guns pointed at her. As the weapons exploded in mid air, she turned to where Persephone hung suspended. Pointing at the chain that held her upside down, she fired a quick laser blast severing it, then surgically targeting the cuffs shackling Persephone's ankles. ]

"Big mistake Robo Slut - haven't you heard? Female cops are a bitch."

[ Throwing her hands up, with one palm facing out, she projected a laser image, creating a hologram making Haleigh appear to be enclosed in a box whose walls seemed to be closing in on her. With the other hand, she created a thin laser beam which began to cut away the floor around which Black Widow stood. ]

[Malice]

:: Malice was gloating with wicked glee as she increased the savage instinct in Persephone, MorningStar and Foxfire which caused them to use their powers against Black Widow with a more lethal edge. Things were getting dangerous and someone was going to die. Malice KNEW this and it suited her just fine.::

what to do, what to do. Eh Haleigh? do you face being torn apart by your friends, or do you do what you do best and murder them the way you have so many OTHER so called "friends."


Diana! REMEMBER THIS!?



:: things were getting grim when suddenly Malice was struck down by Karen AGAIN with the mystic spike headed mace. Malice cursed as she fell to the floor hard.::

DAMMIT! that medling WITCH and her psi screen!



::Karen had already made her way to help her daughter and now RAMPAGE was trying to fight her again!::


:: she lifted up her diamond hand...and BLOCKED the brunt of his mind bolt...gritting her teeth as she got to her feet, still holding up her hand to black the bolt...the FORCE and power behind it....this man was full of energy and the will to use it. He was far from weak, but he wasnt NEARLY as strong as she was!::

you FOOL! I'll LOBOTOMIZE you and then i'll see Haleigh DRAWN AND QUARTERED!

Persephone, Foxfire, MorningStar! DO NOT STOP! KILL HER NOW!

:: Malice's hold on the women is still strong, for now. but as she turns to face Rampage her own rage is now focused on him::

Prepare to DIE!

[Jill Monroe]

<< Spellbinder was nearly "out of touch" with rational thought, as she was frozen in fear. she knew such spells that could turn this creature to DUST, but the sight of the snake, the shadow it cast over her....it made all of her knowledge and her will leave her!>>

<< she felt the touch of her mother, the voice...it was faint in her mind, but it kept her from going completely catatonic.>>

<< her voice, shaken and weak>>

mother.....help me...the snake....so big....it..itll kill me!!


Morgan, STAND WITH ME! we can fight this TOGETHER! you musn't fall apart now..your friends NEED YOU! ALISON is depending on you!


My friends.......alison?

<< the snake strikes....bearing down on them. its the moment that she feared the most coming true...and she SCREAMS!>>


<< her scream is so shrill its like an alarm and a chime sounds off>>

<<C LANGGGGG>>


<< Spellbinder's fear triggers a FURTHER transformation. her unholy, erotic costume leaves and she is now completely covered in body countouring ELDRTICH ARMOUR! even her face is covered with a featureless armoured mask, with only a slit across the area to reveal her eyes! it is the ultimate manifestation of a need for PROTECTION. she grips her sword still, which is engulfed in the glowing white mystical flames.>>


MOTHER!!!


GET AWAY FROM US!!

<< Morgan stands between her mother and the snake and holds the sword out toward it, unleashing a deadly torrent of white mystical flame!>>

[MorningStar]

[ MorningStar hears the words of Malice, instructing she and the others to kill Haleigh, and she is powerless to disobey. Hate and rage fueling her actions, keeping her focused on Black Widow and oblivious to what was going on with Morgan at the time.

Reaching out once more towards Haleigh, Delilah creates a web of deadly laser beams surrounding her, so that if she moves to avoid the floor falling from beneath her she will surely be painfully sliced by the rays of light... ]

[Dire Wraith]

the searing white hot flames of dark magick! the BOMBARD the snake...and tear at its skin...the snake SHRIEKS with pain and it writhes but does not FALL!


Dire Wraith: do not stop sisters! we CAN destroy her and her mother! just as we did in the other timeline!


the sisterhood is determined NOT to fail. they are at their most critical and most dangerous moment as they channel more power into the other dimensional serpent and renew its focus to strike and kill Spellbinder and the doctor!

[Shadow Weaver]

<< Karen gasped as the giant serpent charged for them.>>


MORGAN!!


<< she was about to get in front of her daughter to protect her, even if it meant her life. as ANY mother would for her child, but Morgan's fear catalyzed a FURTHER transofrmation the CLIMAX that she saw during the INFERNO as her daughter was now covered in body contouring eldritch armour and LASHED OUT at the snake with the fire power of the soul sword.>>


<< Karen looked behind her and saw the wraiths, they were fueling the snake with their own magickal power and it was coming back for another pass>>

Quickly Morgan while there's still time!


<< raising her hands, the cape of her flying suit flowed behind her as sparkling golden shards of magick swirled her hands and she spoke>>

NOW blade of truth fly swift and sure!
that evil DIE and good ENDURE!

[Jill Monroe]

<< Spellbinder heard her mother's voice. it was firm, but encouraging. it gave her courage and strength! it allowed her to BREAK FREE of the paralyzing fear and it brought forth another transformation in her appearence. it was what was needed. and NOW, something ELSE was needed.>>


Quickly Morgan! while there's still time!
now blade of truth fly swift and sure!
that evil DIE and good ENDURE!

<< normally the soul sword REGECTS magicks but this was her mother, and they were workting together! the sword was the ultimate expression of her power and her mother's magick flowed through her by the bloodline...it was the perfect combination for the task at hand!>>


<< h er mother ignited the spell and the sword began to glow now GOLDEN and on her mother's cue, Spellbinder HURLS the sword with perfect form and it SLAMS into the underbelly of the snake piercing DEEP into its body and irradiating it with their magickal powers combined. neither magickal beings NOR their enchantments can withstand the kiss of that deadly blade!>>


<< the fall out from this attack is extremely loud and BRIGHT!>>

[Dire Wraith]

the giant serpent SHRIEKS with pain...its jaws agape as magick pours through its body and comes OUT through its mouth and eyes in the form of white light! the body twists and writhes as its head tosses back and its body begins to swell. it hisses one FINAL time as it lurches forward and begins to FALL, now DEAD. it EXPLODES and the shockwave rocks the terror dome even MORE


DIRE WRAITH: NO! the witches, they've DESTROYED our demon!

this is INTOLERABLE, as the sisterhood struggles to deal with the backlash from the destruction of their demon...they glare with contempt at the doctor and her daughter

we WILL have our revenge. RIGHT NOW!


they weave another spell, the floor around doctor begins to glow and history repeats itself...

[Shadow Weaver]

<< after shielding her eyes from the fall out of the destruction of the snake. it appears to be destroyed and Karen, touches the small of Morgan's now armour covered back, breathing a small sigh of relief!>>

good work, honey! i KNEW you could do it!

<< as Morgan turned around, she seemed to be ashamed>>

don't worry. i know what this armour represents. But we are NOT in the inferno. you aren't trying to hurt us this time. you're here WITH us. now, i have the spell we need to banish the wraiths....if we can just.....



<< before Karen can finish, the floor which had been glowing underneath her...ERUPTS to life, seperating her from Spellbinder with force as it begins to SHOOT UP in the air. the startled doctor screams with shock as she is rocketed upward so fast....before the floor OPENS UP in the form of jaws and she FALLS IN. the jaws SLAM SHUT with such crushing force it appears...that the doctor has just been KILLED. the SAME way she died in Persephone's timeline.>>

[Foxfire]

Blaze's hands were easily encased by Haleigh's who pinned them behind her. "I can't tell...but I have NOT betrayed you. All I want is answers yet I'm looked down upon. You do NOT comprehend the struggles I have endured. I have been nothing but loyal to you Haleigh..." Blaze winced, her bad arm still throbbing despite her healing ability. "You come at me...like some lunatic....Haleigh...my foster parents did the same thing. Of course it provokes a reaction from me...so much you don't know.." Blaze quieted down for a second.

Her hands pinned behind her back. "I was right...you never cared for me....I'm just a cover for you..." She didn't struggle in her attempts, just staring blankly at Black Widow.

Malice's ruthless words flooding her mind. Like a drone Blaze attempted to move but found her hands glued to the floor. Pushing herself further the bones behind her arms cracked to dislocate both while the skin of both hands was pulled away to reveal bleeding flesh. Foxfire stood, her hands bleeding now skinless as she painfully pushed both arms around to re - locate them with a gasp.

"Terminate Black Widow..."

She said almost drone - like. Foxfire had been holding back despite her raging form. In her heart she wasn't entirely sure she would murder her friend despite her personal feelings. Something in her soul...her heart couldn't add up. Her yellow eyes moved to Morgan who screamed in anguish. She saw Dr. Victoria struggle bravely before she was killed!

In one defining moment Foxfire flamed beside Black Widow. Diving upon Haleigh to pin her down upon the floor. The image of Karen being killed turned her around completely.

Lifting off of Haleigh, Blaze felt her own body react to Karen's death harshly. Her eyes zooming on the Dire Wraiths. "GET THEM!!!" She yelled, pointing her index finger to the Wraiths. Looking back at Haleigh, Blaze waved a hand restoring any wounds she had inflincted on her friend. Helping her up, her green eyes stared into Black Widow's.

Shaking her head, Blaze felt light headed and fuzzy resting her palm to her forehead. Karen's murder haunting her memory banks. Snapping out of it, Blaze seethed with rage.

[Oracle]

<< the battle has taken a seemingly tragic turn. Though one LARGE threat was dealt with, Malice STILL had Persephone, MorningStar and Foxfire under her power and they were gunning for Black Widow with such savage instinct. Rampage had stepped in to help Haleigh while the Doctor had arrived to help her daughter in her hour of need.>>


<< but before mother and daughter could FINALLY deal with the threat of the dire wraiths, the WRAITHS themselves took revenge, and in one swift act, they tore Karen Victoria away from her daughter and CRUSHED her within the giant steel jaws of the floor mutated by dark magick>>

<< it happened so FAST...it almost didnt seem REAL. Spellbinder was laying on the floor....stunned...DAZED. and the SHOCK of this scene was ENOUGH to SNAP MorningStar, Persephone and Foxfire from Malice's hold.>>

<< Malice may the most powerfull telepath that the Six had ever encountered, but even SHE couldnt count on this...the power of LOVE and FAMILY to overcome ANY power she possesed. the emotional SHOCK of seeing Doctor Karen Victoria DIE was all that they needed...followed by Morgan's cries of anguish. The three women would be fatigued, and suffering from HEADACHES following their being SNAPPED from Malice's mental hold. they would REALIZE what was going on...but would not be able to react immediately.>>

<< the wraiths had done FAR MORE than they bargined for and for PERSEPHONE in particular, this scene out of hell would strike her RIGHT in her heart. BUT as HORRIBLE as things had just gotten, things would get WORSE....for MALICE and the WRAITHS.....as the dome began to TREMBLE in a way that the team hadnt felt. this was something DIFFERENT. >>

[Jill Monroe]

<< still shaken by the ordeal, and ashamed that she had fully manifested the "dark child" aspect of her personal now as she was completely covered in eldritch armour, she held the sword once more as she turned to face her mother.>>


<< in an icy voice>>

Mom...I...


<< but even as Karen began to comfort her daughter and try to tell her the next step of the plan to eliminate the wraiths, Karen was RIPPED away from Morgan's grasp and Morgan was blasted back and knocked to the floor with such force.>>

UGH!!

<< laying on her side, she looked over...and her solid red eyes WIDENED as she beheld her mother being rocketed up to the ceiling before CRUSHED by the jaws of the floor enchanted by the wraiths>>

oh my god!! NO!!! MOM!!!

MOTHER!!

<< winded and stunned for the impact, Morgan was in SHOCK as she cried out!>>

<< a chime sounded off>>

BY THE SOUL OF HECATE! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS! I'LL USE MY MAGICK TO MOVE YOU ALL TO LIMBO AND ILL DESTROY YOU ALL!


<< she was beside herself...she was on the verge of BREAKING and turning BACK into the being she was during the INFERNO. if that happened...all was LOST!>>


<< but at that darkest momente, a shadow cast over her....and Morgan looked behind her....>>

YOU! you're FREE......HELP ME...HELP ME GET THEM ALL!

<< the terror dome began to tremble...from the foundation to the top. all sounds of battle seemed to be suspended as well..there was an eerie silence...as Spellbinder seemed to vanish from the view of the others..>>

[MorningStar]

[ MorningStar cast an icy glare at Haleigh. She was about to remark on her predicament when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Karen. The good doctor was first thrust skyward then - shockingly - she plummeted down into the awaiting jaws... ]

"Karen! No!"

[ Delilah forgot what she had been doing as she screamed. The trauma of seeing her 'adopted' mother crushed ripped her apart. Suddenly she was filled once again with rage, but this time it was not directed towards Black Widow, but back again upon MALICE.

She waved her hand towards Haleigh, the laser web and crushing box hologram disappearing, the laser melding the floor solid again beneath her feet.

She turned to face her true enemy, now free of the White Queen's control. In one movement she thrust her hands out in front of her. A sonic boom of immense proportion was directed at Malice, while strobe lights began pulsating around her in an attempt to disorient. Finally, a laser beam made a bee line for Malice's head and moving downward, attempting to saw her in half. MorningStar was throwing everything she had at her adversary, her anger and pain redirected into pure force. ]

"You know what they use to cut diamonds, don't you?"

[Harbinger]

::from the shadows, Guardian stepped forward...something was terribly wrong with the seer. she looked.. EVIL hardly any humanity could be registered from her soul. her blue/black hair flowed and her eyes were now glowing solid cobalt blue.::


:: it was SHE who had taken Morgan and it was HER doing that the terror dome was now shaking from its foundation to the very top. she saw everything and everyone. but there was no attachment. she walked forward...a "shadow tentacle" effect was cast from her shadow....and a vine like tattoo ran along her arm and framed the right side of her face. She watched as MorningStar lashed out at Malice, but it was not enough..not NEARLY ENOUGH...::


AWAY from her MorningStar. Cover your friends, while you still can.

:: Alison's voice was ghostly, cold, and seemed to be heard all around the air. MorningStar found herself and the others TELEBLINKED away from the heart of the battle as Guardian walked forward slowly. the attacks of the wraith's bouncing off the field that surrounded her::

you have done all you can. now all of you, stay away, if you want to live.


:: she held out her hand as Morgan now stood beside her. the witches were holding hands...and it was CLEAR that they had crossed over.::


Next stop....HELL ON EARTH!


:: the lights in the terror dome SHUT OFF. it was now completely dark. all exit points SLAMMED shut and were SEALED by TK and MAGICK...no one was getting out physically.::


:: no more talking, no more waiting...no nothing. it was time for people to DIE::

[Oracle]

<< of them all, MorningStar knew Morgan and Alison best. She would SENSE that the two witches had LOST all sense of restraint and that this was the end. Sharon, Cameron, and now Karen....Malice had gone TOO FAR.>>

<< it was known that Morgan and Alison were the strongest on the team and the damage done during Inferno was a memory that lingered in the hearts and minds of many in the Six...but tonight, things were about to reach that level and possibl EXCEED IT.>>

<< Delilah KNEW that the time for talk was OVER and though she and the others may YEARN to strike out at Malice, they now had to stand back and let Morgan and Alison unleash something truly EVIL and unholy in order to purge this world of Malice AND the Wraiths. The Witches were BEYOND any normal sense of reason and MURDER was EASILY an option to them...but how far would this GO?>>

<< as the darkness surrounded them in the terror dome and all exits slammed and sealed shut. MorningStar KNEW she had to shield the Six from what was coming.>>

[Malice]

:: even MALICE was taken aback as Karen was killed before her eyes. NOT out of sadness or pain of loss, but just because SHE wanted the pleasure. the wraiths were INSATIABLE when it came to violence and destruction. Malice was beginning to tire of their presence but even SHE knew they were beyond many of her powers.::


:: at the moment of Karen's seeming death, Malice's HOLD on Persephone, FOxfire and MorningStar was shattered....the backlash, combined with the strain of fending of Nicolas' attacks FINALLY took a toll on the white queen as she stumbled backward from the shockwave and psychic feedback!::


NO!!! this CANNOT BE! no one has EVER BROKEN FREE!! DAMN THEM!!

:: as she held her head with pain and irritation, she looked up....and a SONIC LIGHT BLAST greeted her. no time to react or truly defend herself. her DIAMOND form took the brunt of the impact and while she was blinded temporarily, a TELEPATH has no need of EYES to truly see!::

AGGHHHH!!!

:: she hammered by the assault, but immediately got a telepathic fix on her foes. MorningStar attacked AGAIN with LASER bolts. several SLICING through her diamond form before she FINALLY managed to throw up a deflection field...the ultimate expressin of her defensive power. the next volley of lasers ricocheted::

FOOL! i may be down, but i'm FAR from HELPLESS.

:: she spoke, though her voice was shaken (for the first time in their presence)...she gripped her shoulder...a laser bolt had sliced CLEAN through it and even in diamond form, the pain was INTENSE. she used her own psi powers to HALT the sensations of pain as best as she could...but she needed space..she needed a chance to REGROUP!::

I'll STILL see you dead. You're powers are INFANTESSIMAL compared to mine! I.....


:: Morningstar was teleblinked, they all were...gathered together and away from Malice. and as the terror dome grew eeriely quiet, and began to tremble, Malice knew who was there..she FELT it::

YOU! how did you get loose!?

:: Malice was at a loss for words. she hadnt counted on this...she hadnt counted on MORGAN either or the fact that the members of the six would be JARRED free from her telepathic hold by the site of Karen's demise.::

[MorningStar]

[ Alison's voice sent a chill through Delilah as it reached her ears. Just as she turned to see the dark shadow that was Guardian she found herself teleblinked away from Malice. She watched in horror as Morgan joined the Seer. She bowed her head - the darkness had taken them both. ]

"No, they've been through so much...not this..."

[ But she knew that it was true and that there was nothing to be done. Fire and brimstone were about to rain down on Malice and everything surrounding her - including she, Blaze and Haleigh - with unbridled power. There was no telling where the combined force of the witches would stop...

Reluctantly, and denying herself the fervent wish to bring her friends back from the precipice of evil they had crossed, Delilah raised a shield of light over the other four now passive members of the Six, protecting those she could: Blaze, Morgan's sister, Persephone, Darkchilde's dear friend, Nicolas, who Karen had championed, and Haleigh, team-leader.

She solemnly gave the answer to the question no one had had the words to ask. ]

"No, it's too late, they're gone..."

[Dire Wraith]

the sisterhood gloats as Karen is swallowed and crushed by their spells. THAT will teach that meddling old HAG to interfere AGAIN and now, they can take her daughter, and anyone ELSE.

Dire Wraith: sisters....the PRECOG is free!! and she's joined the dark child in this timeline! we must FLEE!

but they find they CANT!


DIRE Wraith: even our DEATHWINGS and HELL HOUNDS cannot escape. they've SEALED us in. the witches...they will kill us ALL!

they know what's coming. they went through this before. but there will be no reprieve this time. they FEEL it and they now would PREFER the "comfort" of simply having been BANISHED rather than the HELL that is about to come down upon them now. their alliance with Malice prooved to be a FATAL miscalculation...

[Foxfire]

Foxfire who had been side - tracked by her seething rage for Black Widow, had lost time of space and her other friends. Karen's screams chilled her to the core, even adding momentum to the guilt she already felt for Alison's capture. Her green eyes watching in shock and horror that Karen had disappeared within the steel jaws. Blaze froze...her eyes wide with shock and her eyes misty. This was all her fault...Alison's capture, her fall out with Dr. Victoria, and now her battle with Haleigh.

Stepping back in disbelief, Fox didn't want to admit it was real. She HOPED this very scene was an illusion on Malice's part except it was real. Morgan's cries of pain and anguish only caused her to jump. She watched as her sister revealed her true self the dark child. Alison's bewitching solid blue eyes were glowing as was her voice.

Standing up, Foxfire remained where she was. Her heart sinking inside her chest but she didn't move. Morningstar only confirmed the dread she felt, she knew both were gone. Looking down, Fox couldn't watch she couldn't bare the sight. Shutting her eyes tightly she could hear Delilah's whisper roaming through the air. Blaze knew it was useless to even try, Malice had stepped over her boundary, she had surpassed the act of "war" and now it was personal.

The dome itself shook and trembled while Malice seemed to be injured. Everything was in a blur for Blaze, who stood emotionless. Her eyes filled with fears but she purposely blinked them back. As a soldier she knew what it meant to "honor your fallen comrade." She understood this was Alison and Morgan's grudge. Looking back to Haleigh for a second only to look away with regret. She had fallen prey to her emotions, she had ultimately failed.

Blaze's mind throbbed with pain from memories of the pain and present. Her battle with Haleigh, Karen's death, and now the confrontation between Malice and Alison with Morgan. Raising her good hand, Blaze fired her own fire wall to assist Morningstar in their protection.

Foxfire's eyes returned to their green tint but one that was dull and full of sadness. She knew what was coming. The sacrifices what would come, the hell each of them had been through.

[Jill Monroe]

<< holding hands with the Seer, Spellbinder lost her self in the vacuum of fury and vengeance. ONLY Alison could understand now. Malice had touched their lives for the LAST TIME...interferred, hurt, harmed, taken away for the last time. Morgan registered the fact that her friends were there..but that was it. there was no other connection at this point. >>


You won't be escaping ANYWHERE, Wraiths. You won't do ANYTHING but BEG for the comfort of DEATH!


<< a rushing sound is heard as the DARKNESS in the terror dome is slightly removed by the appearence of a large pentagram that surrounds Morgan and Alison. the din of the mystic flames is LOUD as the pentagram of power comes into full view followed by the sound of an eldritch chime. Morgan now had the demonc red horns that sprouted from the forehead area of her armoured covered face. her glowing red eyes and Alison's glowing cobalt blue eyes made them look inhuman. they both looked and sounded so EVIL.>>


<< just as MorningStar had said, this was the point of no return...and Morgan and Alison were about to bring hellfire down upon this place in more than once way. the six, hidden behind the safetly of MorningStar's laser shield which was bolstered by a fire wall from Foxfire would have a terrifying "ring side" seat to this event. Malice, who THOUGHT she was safe behind her deflection field would be a witness to this as well>>


<< let the nightmare BEGIN.>>

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: While attacking Black Widow, suddenly chained cuffs appeared around Persephone's ankles. With Haleigh's pull over metal, the chains pulled forward and swept Persephone's feet out from under her, as she hung in the air above the ground. And with one blunt kick to the head, Haleigh had knocked her out. ::

:: Minutes passed as the goddess continued to hang unconcious above the ground. Only the shrieking of the snake Morgan and Karen had just killed alarmed her awake. With blurred vision, she could see the outline of the massive creature falling in the distance. Closing her eyes tightly in pain, winds whipped around Persephone's body as she disappeared from Haleigh's shackles and reappeared standing feet away. ::

:: Blood seeped from the various bullet wounds around Persephone's body, along with a trickle of blood that ran down the side of her cheek from Haleigh's kick to the head. Still feeling the desire to attack Haleigh, suddenly it all came to a screetching stop at the scene that began to play out afar. With wide eyes, Persephone watched AGAIN in absolute HORROR as the floor beneth Karen shot up from under her and turned into huge jaws! The jaws slammed shut around Karen, crushing and killing her instantly! ::

:: Screaming out in agony, Persephone dropped to her knees, grasping her head in horror. ::

"NOOOO!!!"

FLASH

:: Screams filled Ororo's apothecary as the powerful goddess was impaled to death. Karen's body laid limp within massive jaws. ::

"STOP!"

FLASH

:: Her sister wraith, Alessandra, laid bloodied afar, her head half way sliced off and tilted sickeningly to the side, exposing her severed spine. Titania brutally maimed, laying in a slump along the massive book shelves. Brenthon's battle attire laying among ashes; the only remainings of his body. ::

:: Persephone's face was flushed stark white as she hunched over, clenching her head in pain. Desperately trying to stop the flashback memories of her friends murders. ::

"NOT AGAIN! NOT--"

FLASH

:: Screetching and screaming. Power surges and explosions. A blur of choas filled the massive room as each member of her coven continued to fall. Elektra, Morpheus, Ikaris. Everyone dead. Everyone brutally murdered. Karen's body lip and battered. Ororo bloody and dead. EVERYONE she loved murdered. The once beautiful and vibrant room now filled with blood, pain, and loss. ::

--

:: The sight of Karen dying had LITERALLY rocked Persephone to the core. In a way she had NEVER experienced before. In a way that no one on this team had ever SEEN the goddess before. She was strong, brutal, and cold. A logical thinker, and never one to allow her emotions to overtake her state of mind and being. But something snapped within her once seeing Karen murdered AGAIN. Everything that was internalized once awaking from her 25 year 'sleep'. Everything emotionally that had been pushed back into her subconcious; the pain, grief, anger, resentment, guilt, hate. It all resurfaced in that one moment. ::

:: Persephone's eyes were shut tight, even now refusing to let tears fall. Heaving in labored breaths of air, the goddess' blood began to boil. Slowly lifting her body from the it's hunched over position, she slowly moved her hands down the sides of her face. Persephone's eyes snapped open, black and burning with rage, she glared with absolute contempt through Morningstar's protective sheild to Malice.....NOW, they would find out WHY Persephone was so feared in her timeline...... ::

--

:: A tornado of winds circled around Persephone's body as she DISAPPEARED from Morningstar's protective sheild and reappeared next to Spellbinder and Guardian. Although still wounded from the altercation with Haleigh, adreniline pumped thoughout the goddess' body masking the pain completely. She would not stand back and do nothing, she was going to MURDER the woman who brought the Dire Wraith's into this timeline. She was going to take her out and make her pay for killing Karen! ::

:: Blackened eyes glared at Malice. Her hands clenched into fist. It was all out WAR now. ::

[Foxfire]

Holding her bad arm, Foxfire saw the lights around the room flicker, a pair of contrasting eyes illuminate through the dim lighting and the venomous voices of Morgan and Alison. Her eyes stunned to see both of them this way but she knew this had been brewing.

Surveying her arm, the joint which had been shattering was slowly working to repair cells, plasma, epidermis, bone, muscle, etc. The process was painful as Blaze cringed in pain, biting back a groan of pain. Her arm throbbing like someone was stabbing her arm multiple times.

Persephone's bird - like cry startled Foxfire, whose eyes fell on the dark Goddess. The Goddess did have a personal stake in this but than again they all did. Dangerous winds picked up bluntly to show how emotional Perse could be. Perking a brow, Foxfire was amused at how the Goddess took it open herself to leave the safety of Morningstar's shield.

"It sucks right about now to be Malice. She's going to see what the art of Bitchcraft is really about."

Walking over next to Delilah, Blaze looked her over. "You okay, D?" She asked. Turning to lock eyes with Haleigh. Blaze turned away not bothering to ask how Black Widow was doing. "Give my regards to Ava." She spoke casually, but not fully addressing Haleigh. Stepping away from her.

[Jessica Hamby]

What to do indeed. Malice had literally read Haleigh's mind, and was now taunting her with the thoughts that weighed heavily on her. Karen surprised Malice and kept her from egging the hybrid on, but Haleigh was pretty far gone regardless... and came to a 'point of no return' of her own. Morningstar attempted to play tricks on her with the light, but Haleigh's computer enhanced brain and sensory receptors could recognized a hologram for what it was instantly, and though the floor began to fall away, Haleigh was unaffected by the illusion, and now a single handgun appeared in Haleigh's left hand. She aimed at Morningstar's head, near point blank range. She wore an expression of shaky resolve, which she tried to strengthen. She tried to rely on anger, furrowing her brow and taking a deep breath.... but she faltered, and let the gun down, rubbing her eyes with her right hand. After a beat, she raised the gun again... this time to her OWN temple. Her whole body trembled, her eyes shut tightly... but she found she couldn't do it. She opened her eyes, her facial expression going blank as she finally leveled the gun once again at Morningstar's forehead.

"I'm not sorry."

She said, as she squeezed the trigger... but Blaze once again destroyed any chance for accuracy, as she tackled Haleigh to the floor AGAIN, sprawling Haleigh out on the floor as a web of deadly lasers appears where she once stood... but this act alone did nothing to revive Haleigh's faith in Blaze, and Black Widow turned the gun on her 'former' friend. Blaze tried to help Haleigh up, but Haleigh shrank back in disgust and distrust.

"GET AWAY FROM ME! DON'T TOUCH ME YOU TWO-BIT, TWO-FACED PYROMANIAC!"

Haleigh said in a scathing tone. It was the sound of Morgan's screams that finally pulled Haleigh's attention to Karen's 'death'. Haleigh began pull herself back from Morningstar and Blaze instinctively... though no one was attacking her any more. The state of things struck Haleigh harshly too... for Karen was like a second mother to ALL of them... and Haleigh now was feeling ashamed of herself. Morningstar, Blaze and Persephone had been trying to kill her, yes... but they had been under Malice's possesion the whole time.... Haleigh had been ready to kill too... of her own FREE WILL, without manipulation from Malice. Haleigh shook her head, shaking the self doubt and guilt from her thoughts, and keeping her gun trained, moving it from Delilah to Blaze. She was aware the Guardian had moved them all out of the way, and that Morningstar was now protecting them with a shield... but she was still barely clinging on in survival mode, and she pulled herself back to the edges of Morningstar's shield, putting as much distance between her and her murderous teammates as she could. Blaze threw a comment in her direction, and it was one that made Haleigh flinch and only made relations WORSE.

"FUCK You!"

She snarled in return, unable to comprehend WHY Blaze was trying to destroy her.

[Harbinger]

:: Guardian flung her arm downward and opened her hand. all the machinery behind her EXPLODED in unison and the now extremely hot shrpanell was sent FLYING forward at her telekinetic command it began to SLICE through the wraiths and the hell hounds like a horizontal torrent....flesh and "blood" could be flying seen as the hell hounds were yelping and being decapitated.::

:: the trembling of the terror dome grew STRONGER as dire wraiths, who were running and screaming, were being BLOW UP one after another. the power signature was clearly Guardian's molecular acceleration.::


:: metal javelines began to rise and float off of a platform nearby and zoomed forward in formation, turning upward sharply and IMPALING the deathwings one by one in a row before THEY too were blown up.::


:: the trembling grows as things that are not secure began to fall and crash down all around the terror dome.::


:: more dire wraiths try to fight back, but they are cought in temporal fields- ANOTHER power guardian posseses , and they are now being spun around so fast..that their bodies are PULLED APART. heads, arms, legs, tails, everything being ripped from its original structure and as the body parts are hurled out every which way, they are BLOWN APART. the screams fill the air as blood and guts are being splattered everywhere.::


:: large machinery and other objects begin to launch from their resting spots and swing hard and wide like massive wrecking balls, slamming into more dire wraiths and deathwings, hammering them, CRUSHING them and slamming into the floors and ceiling.::

[Jill Monroe]

<< Spellbinder stood, side by side & hand in hand with Guardian. looking less human, and more evil like she did during the Inferno. she watched as Guardian led off the brutal revenge, and turning to the dimensional portal that was still open to Wraith World, Spellbinder knew EXACTLY what she wanted to do.>>

<< Persephone appeared next to her. Why would she do that? didn't she know that this was dangerous! Still, Spellbinder FELT the pain from Persephone. what did she see in her own timeline that reminded her of this? could Darkchilde's mother have died by the Wraith's hand as well?>>



<< Spellbinder, if for no other reason than to keep Persephone inside the safety of the pentagram of power, took Persephone's hand in her own armor covered hand but didnt speak.>>


<< wraiths, wings and hellhounds were being butchered and the terror dome was shaking violently now. alarms were going off as pressure seemed to be building up but Spellbinder looked to the dimensional portal. The Wraiths made a fatal mistake when the opened this gateway up.>>

you killed my mother! and now you'll PAY!

<< speaking in an ancient tongue, Spellbinder ignites one of the DARKEST spells>>


Birina katath, dronmor eilith
corsat eilith, Draktar azir, draktar tolem
Shadows swell and darkness reigns
Thy soul is rent asunder
You ALL will feed the azir's hunger!


<< thunder crackles as shards and jagged rays of BLACK LIGHTNING form in the center of the terror dome. a stepping disc opens and from it comes an emense demonic ebony mastiff like beast about the size of a an elephant whose howl will shatter a victim's physical form and leave the soul and spirit vulnerable which it then proceeds to eat. Due to its never ending hunger, The azir will continue to devour unless the person who summoned it is strong enough to deactivate the spell. Never attempt to interfere with an azir as it will turn on you and there is no known defense against one. The creature posess the ability to hunt prey across dimensions and through time. The victim of an azir will never be born again in any form in ANY timeline.>>


<< This deadly spell is now full activated as this massive creature is now in full view. it roars so loudly and as Spellbinder POINTS to the portal, the creature DIVES through.>>


<< in Darkchilde's timeline, she destroyed every dire wraith present in Limbo. But she did not reach to Wraith World. THAT is the key difference. and everyone who is now watching is given a terrifying view as "Wraith World" can be seen through the portal. the Azir begins to lay waste. the carnage is so sudden and so unexpected as the dire wraiths are MASSACRED. they scream, as their flesh being rendered and bodies shattered. their soul essence is being devoured and their world being destroyed. the world begins to fall into chaos as explosions and feedback from the chaos cascades all over the place and the few surviving wraiths present in the terror dome cry out with pain and terror themselves as they know their time is now at an end. they cry that is until GUARDIAN blows them up....leaving their horribly swollen and deformed bodiees laying on the ground as their insides drip and flow out


<< the mass murder on wraith world is a reminder to the members of the Six why Spellbinder had such a struggle to keep the darkness in her soul in check. now she lets it flow freely caring NOTHING for those that are dying by her hand. some of the feedback from the carnage on wraith world falls through the portal as body parts, smoking, burning parts fall through and land on the ground. Wraith world is now and will forever be ravaged by the Azir and Spellbinder doesnt even ATTEMPT to deactivate the spell YET.>>


Malice, your FINISHED! you will join my father in HELL. You cannot escape and your telepathic powers cannot effect me. We will DESTROY YOU...DESTROY MYSTECH! DESTROY EVERYTHING!

[Malice]

:: Malice watched in disbelief as the witches unleashed the forces of dark magick upon the terror dome and those within. Morgan and Alison were EVIL. it radiated from their hearts like beacons to Malice's empathy but there was no conscience. no restraint. For Malice to even TRY to tap into it would be like trying to stop a torrential flood.::

:: hidden within her deflection field which had thus far prooven strong enough to deflect any powers or attacks that might have otherwise hit her by now, and REMAINING in her diamond form, the telepath watched as the wraiths were slaughtered by Alison here and by Morgan's "soul eater" on Wraith World.::

:: the chaos that was happening all round her was so unrelenting, but she didnt flinch, even as objects whizzed by her or slammed into her deflection field. she simply stood, silent and stone faced...her diamond form prevented any possible discernment of "fear" on her face as she held her shoulder at the point where MorningStar had sliced through it with her laser.::

my god....this is...MAGNIFICENT! the power that they posses, when unleashed...could destroy the city...if not the world! power that Mystech has tried for SO LONG to capture and CONTROL!

:: she gritted her teeth with anger as Morgan addressed her, threatening her life.::

I'm not afraid of you, demon spawn. I have destroyed your family, I have DESTROYED the bond between Haleigh and her team mates that SHE worked SOOO hard for. They will forever REMEMBER this night and they NEVER trust her again and SHE has prooven that she is just the same as she always was. she'll kill her own when it suits her! i have prooven how weak and vulnerable ALL of you are and that I am STRONGER than all of YOU! I have survived WORSE! I will LIVE and i will come back for you! and THIS TIME your MOTHER won't be there to protect you ANY of you!

:: indeed, Malice had prooven to be tougher, far more resourcefull and stronger than anyone else in the Inner Circle of Mystech, but things were different now. her allies were dead. there was no way for her to get out of the terror dome and while she was nearly indestructable in her diamond form which was BOLSTERED by her power of deflection....she secretly wondered...::


JUST WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TO GET OUT OF THIS!?


:: psychic attacks, no matter how powerfull, were useless against the mad witches, empathic attacks wouldnt really REGISTER ...she was in a BAD situation and the reality of that finally begin to hit her as the terror dome was now VIOLENTLY shaking and things were falling down from levels high above and crashing all around her. she herself was having a hard time remaining standing as the tremor began to turn into a FULL BLOWN EARTH QUAKE courtesy of Alison's unchecked telekinetic power::

she means it..they will destroy the terror dome, and everything outside of it! the hell with The Six now...I have to find a way....OUT


:: her last resort...to summon back from MYSTECH in the form of soldiers and sentinels. they carried a device that utilized the same "teleporting" technology that former agent PIPELINE had as his power. if she could unleash them, it might by her enough time to escape!. it didnt matter that she'd be placing HUMANS in danger, this was about HER way out...if it would work.::

:: she pulled a small "tube" from her corsett and pressed the button. and at that moment, from a hidden floor beneath the terrordome, an army of mystech soldiers, armed to the teeth and SENTINELS appeared. because of the immense size of the dome, even the sentinels didnt seem as massive as they had before.::

[Oracle]

<< at the moment the button is pressed, an army of heavily armed mystech soldiers, backed by SENTINELS and flying drones appears, circling around the dome. all poised and aimed, ready to fire.>>


Mystech: the white queen is in danger. she must be evacuated!

<< several soldiers and a sentinel move to protect Malice while the rest aim at Morgan and Alison (and Persephone, who is standing with them) >>


MysTech: KILL THE WITCHES!

<< they dont give anytime , the just open fire. the sentinels lift thair massive arms, palms facing out and unleash repulsor blasts while the soldiers fire plasma cannons and other high powered energy weapons. its a shocking display of a coordinated effort on MysTech's power as the blasts converge upon the witches and Persephone. >>


<< with the rest of the Six hidden behind MorningStar's laser shield, they are temporarily hidden from the massive sentinel's detection as the light from the shield scrambles their images from its computer sensor. the Six can do nothing but stay cleare and watch as Malice has just sealed the fate of human beings with no prayer.>>

[Harbinger]

DIE!


:: Guardian's glowing, solid cobalt blue eyes SPARK as the plasma blasts are TURNED BACK and sent toward those who fired. the human men are set on fire and some are being sliced apart and blown up.::


:: she lookes up as her eyes flash again....and the sentinels begin to tremble...shaking violently now.::

Sentinels: DANGER! this unit under TELEKINETIC ATTACK!!

:: nothing can be done as they sentinels' armoured plates are ripped and torn apart before the heads of several sentinels EXPLODE while the arms and legs of others are blown up as well. the bodies of the sentinels come crashing down on MORE men, crushing them.:


:: Guardian's eyes flash AGAIN as the walls of the teror dome begin to CRACK and SPLIT as does the floor...things begin to rise and fly all around at high speeds ad an all out earthquake is now BREAKING the land and the dome apart....the dome CRACKS and pieces of it began hurling away, blowing up as they are incinerated and The Six can see the night sky in various areas. the alarms sound off loudly as the place shakes SO HARD NOW that Malice and The Six are hard pressed to remain standing.::

[Jill Monroe]

<< as the soldiers and sentinels appeared. Spellbinder showed now reaction. some of the plasma blasts and repulsor blasts were turned back at them by Guardian. others bounced off the pentagram of power. as the soldiers shouted "KILL THE WITCHES" Spellbinder responded.>>

FEED THE DEMONS!


<< at her mental command, those soldiers who ARENT killed by the falling sentinels, or blown up by Guardian are caught up in small discs. one opening beneath each individual soldier. demonic hands and arms reaching up and clawing at the men as they are PULLED IN. the sounds of demons attacking and devouring screaming humans is heard.>>


<< the sentinels fall and as the terror dome begins to tear apart, a crash of thunder is heard as winds whip forth. the terror dome BLOWS APART so violently and they are now out in th open. rocks and trees fall and split, blowing up as the earthquake continues to spread throught they land. everything is getting worse, the chaos is spreading >>

[Foxfire]

Blaze spun around at Haleigh’s derogatory comment. Her eyes carefully inspecting Black Widow quietly. She seemed stoic to the comment being given. The brunette’s attention moving away from the fierce battle.

Walking slowly to Haleigh, fully aware the other woman would either threaten her verbally and attempt to harm her physically. But like a maniac Foxfire kept walking towards Black Widow until she was about two feet from her.

A heavy sigh escaping her lips. "Fuck me? Now that’s very inappropriate coming from you. I think it should be reversed. I’ll be honest I don’t like your web of secrets and I’ve stumbled into your latest adventure. I’m guessing you’ve yet to tell the rest of the team, don’t you think they deserve to know? You’re pissed off at me because I let the cat out of the bag. But let me tell you something Ms. Davidoff as bright and intelligent as you are if you can’t tell your teammates something linked to MysTech than you threaten ALL our lives. I have a tendency of risking every in my path but you as a team leader should know better."

Stepping closer to Haleigh almost cornering her like an animal for answers. "You dislike me...and your more than welcome to. We’re not bosom buddies like we were in the past. And why? Because back then I could TRUST you, I don’t have that luxury anymore. I’m not trying to provoke you, backstab, or even hurt you. Before I was willing to strike you down yes, due to being manipulated. Malice was able to turn the tables on you, you want to gun myself and Delilah down. That gun doesn’t frighten me and I know its not an intimidating tactic on your part."

Side - stepping around Black Widow, Fox seemed non - aggressive in her demeanor. "I’ve done some things in my life I regret. I’ve killed, I’ve lied, and I’ve betrayed. I don’t expect you to like me but I do expect the truth. Because otherwise your hurting me and this team...and we cannot function like this. We almost killed each other out there, and you seem highly likely to do it again. But I’m not going away, I’m not backing down, your going to deal with this." Her eyes moved back to the battle taking place. She saw the gigantic sight of the Sentinel’s but something told her the three women would take care of it.

"Would it make you feel better to kill me? Add another number to your list? Because I think that’s all I am to you, a number. Prove me wrong
Haleigh, prove me your not some isolated soldier drone."

[MorningStar]

Walking over next to Delilah, Blaze looked her over. "You okay, D?" She asked.

[ Delilah moved her eyes from the battle going on in front of them to Blaze. ]

"No."

[ She looked back towards the battle. Persephone had thrown Delilah's attempt to protect her back in her face and joined Guardian and Spellbinder. She had no idea what she had just put herself in the middle of...

She watched the sickening carnage of the end of the dire wraiths and deathwings. A enormous weight pulled on her heart as she saw the vengeance that the two were capable of. What would be the limit of their terror? At what put would the destruction stop, if ever?

She nervously chewed her nails as she watched, helpless to give aid and helpless to stop what was happening. She had a horrible sense of deja vu - that this had all happened before.

Delilah was distracted from the battle by the altercation between Blaze and Haleigh. Couldn't these two stop for five minutes? Did Blaze always have to provoke everyone? And could Haleigh get off her high horse for once?

She turned back to the scene in front of her as Malice made a last attempt at escape. She whispered to not anyone in particular. ]

"Sentinels!"

[ She heard the horrible screams as Morgan set the demons of limbo upon the soldiers, the unnatural sounds of warping metal as Guardian destroyed the Sentinels. It was not like Morgan to take human life with such ease, but she wasn't so sure it was Morgan who now stood before them. She turned away from the sight, and faced Blaze and Haleigh who were now getting into it at the other side of their protected area.

Suddenly angry, she stormed over and put herself between them. ]

"Oh will you two PLEASE just STOP IT! Something more important is going on here that is BIGGER than YOUR LIVES."

[ Taking a breath, she turned to Black Widow, speaking more calmly now. ]

"Haleigh, can you scan for Dr. Victoria - make sure she's...she's really gone?"

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: Feeling Spellbinder's hand grasp hers, Persephone didn't look or speak to the witch, she simply kept her eyes focused forward prepared to fight. With machines and other equipment blowing up on Alison's cue, a massive cloud of crystalized wind began to form behind the three woman. Nodding her head chin foward, the cloud blasted forward at top speeds, SLAMMING into a cluster of Dire Wraith's, instantly freezing them to sub zero temperatures. With the shards of metal and debris flying forward from Alison's explosive attacks, once hitting upon the frozen Wraiths, their frozen bodies completely shattered into millons of pieces. ::

:: Spellbinder's attack however was brilliant, and perfect to say the least. The massive demon within the Wraith's World began to literally savage them, murdering the murderous bitches in a bloody mess. Persephone's black eyes gleamed with delight at the hellish sight. But now, their attention was on Malice. As the white queen pulled out a small mechanical device, soon doors began to open all around the terror dome as soilders and sentinals came storming out. ::

:: Watching as the dome literally blew apart, thunder crashed and echoed in the air as pitch black clouds formed in the sky. Bolts of lighting began to hurl to the ground, SLAMMING into numerous sentinals and literally blowing them apart. The black cloud began to lower, funneling into a an F2 tornado. The tornado instantly swept up the soilders like a pile of leaves, along with the trees and other plant life in the forest around them. The winds in the area drastically picked up from the cyclone, sending the debris from the terror dome flying every which way, hitting random soilders who were far away enough not to get sucked up into the tornado. Thunder continued to crash loudly, echoing throughout the vast dome, as lightning bolts randomly slammed into different sentinals. It looked like a scene out of the movie Twister. ::

:: From afar however, Persephone created a dense clound of smog around the forest, preventing anyone from seeing the battle. It just seemed as though there was a horrible storm going through the area to those who didn't know any better. ::

[Jessica Hamby]

Haleigh watched the battle between Morgan, Alison, and Malice and the wraiths with fascination. Morgan had taken on the inferno persona again, a sight that chilled Haleigh to the bone. Malice was as adamant as ever, and said some thing Haleigh wished weren't true, but knew were. Haleigh felt like she was back at square one, and began to wonder why she was trying so hard to change herself... but for now she was content to watch the show, too fatigued from being triple-teamed to even WANT to help. Foxfire, however, wouldn't let a blazing bridge burn, and thought it wise to push Haleigh even farther, continuing to lord the meeting with Ava over her. The firestarter spewed a whole speech about what the rest of the team deserved, her own past regrets, wanting the truth and proof. haleigh kept her gun up and her aim on Blaze, but she didnt shoot. She knew Blaze was playing her best hand, trying to bait Haleigh into reacting instinctively and shooting her, so that Blaze could play the martyr... but Haleigh didn't bite. She knew all too well this was a bluff and was through with entertaining Blaze.

"I don't think they DESERVED to find out from YOU."

She said evenly, keeping stormy eyes on Blaze. It was too late now, Blaze had gone about confronting Haleigh with the Ava situation the wrong way, and now she wasn't going to get anything except a stone wall.

"I regret NOTHING, I don't owe you SHIT, and I don't have a DAMN thing to prove, least of all to YOU. Didn't you hear Malice? I'm a NATURAL BORN KILLER... and even I can't change that. When are you going to stop TESTING me?"

Morningstar stepped in, playing a late referee and surprising Haleigh by asking her what could be construed as a favor. Haleigh's voice was cold and flat. She was sick of the cop's self-righteousness.

"Oh, you DEIGN to talk to a SLEAZOID like me now? A mechanical freak from the assembly line? BIG BAD ROBOSLUT??" Haleigh said sharply, pausing for a moment to consider the request. "I'll do it... but not for YOU." She said, looking out over the rest of the action and activating her scanner for any residual trace of the doctor.

[MorningStar]

[ MorningStar closed her eyes briefly, pushing inward the biting words she wanted to say in reply to Haleigh's taunts. Drama queen. Martyr-complex. Egocentric. Not to mention that asking for the doctor's whereabouts was certainly not about her. ]

"Put a gun or six to my head while you do it if you want, but just do it - for Morgan."

[Rampage]

Nicolas was teleported by Guardian to the safe place where the rest of the Six gathered as it looked as if the world itself was about to end. For him, he felt like maybe it was. Karen had been murdered.

She was his bridge to this team. From when Ororo first sent him to get her and he first fought Malice, to her kind words to him, to her mediating the trouble they were having with his arrival, Dr. Karen Victoria had been a friend, a mentor, a mother to him even in the short time in which thay had known each other. The enormity of this loss hurt Rampage more than anything he had endured to date, and he dropped to one knee, quietly sobbing at her passing, taking a moment to regret not talking to her more or doing more to save her now.

As he kneeled in sorrow, Morgan and Alison began to take apart their foes, with Persephone's assistance. As he heard the screams of their victims, he also heard arguing between the remaining members in the force shield. He 'd had enough of them. Karen was dead and they were bickering like FUCKING children!!

"Goddammit!!! Just do the damn scan!!! And NOBODY in here is shooting ANYBODY!! You hear me, NO ONE ELSE in this group dies today!! Especially not at the hand of another of the Six. If you want to strike at someone, get Malice!! She is the one that took your insecurities and multiplied them, don't you see?!"

As Nicolas spoke, he covered all of the member of the Six in a TK shield, providing some level of pretection one from another. He then reached out with is TK towards Malice, who was planning to try to use the Sentinels as a diversion to escape. With a motion of his hand, he went to widen the crack made by the laser, to use his power to try to tear her arm off.

[Jessica Hamby]

Haleigh smiled wickedly... Morningstar had brass ones... and a demeanor that appealed to Haleigh, EVEN now. It was a plus that even with ALL she had undoubtedly overheard, Delilah avoided asking who Ava was or why Haleigh so protective. It was as if Delilah KNEW it was none of her business, or even trusted Haleigh to enlighten her if it was. Pretty smart for a cop. Haleigh had shut Blaze down with steely spite, and though her tone didn't change and she didn't seem anywhere NEAR relenting from her position, she couldn't help but treat Delilah as deserved, like a woman who'd earned a little bit of slack, even after trying to kill Haleigh.

"You know, Mirrorball.... of all the people I thought I'd have a healthy love/hate relationship with... you were one of the last. However, I have to admit...Though at this very moment I'd just as soon shoot you as look at you... I've come to respect you..." She said, then, adding a rather pointed remark that was directed more at Blaze: "At least YOU never tried to FRONT like you were my friend. When it comes to kill or BE killed... you and I know where WE stand... no smoke and mirrors."

Haleigh spoke with a hint of disregard... but that might have been mostly attributed to her being concerned with scanning for Dr. Victoria. She nodded, agreeing, almost under her breath.

"Alright then... for Morgan."

Rampage seemed to burst at the seams with both remorse and anger, demanding Haleigh to scan with such vehemence that she STOPPED to look down her nose at him. She eyed him briefly and then went BACK to scanning, addressing him with a STRONG undercurrent of disdain in her voice.

"Malice is GONE already, she's intelligent enough to know when to duck and run and if she ISNT... she'll be dead soon. And YOU, young man, are not helping ANYTHING with that abrasive tone."

[Rampage]

He eyed Haleigh back as she attempted to look down at the 6'5" mutant. His response was cold and measured.

"It looks like my tone should be the least of your worries. Although there seems to be some issue here, I am not interested in your secrets. You will say what you say when you say it. And if you wait too long, you will answer for it. Good luck."

As Haleigh restarted her scan, Nicolas silently prayed that Karen would be found, that they could somehow recue her, heal her, get her back. He heard Haleigh's comment to him, but it did not matter. Right now, to him, Karen mattered, and he began to scan using his TK to find her, as he had done on two occasions before.

[Oracle]

<< Malice wasnt gone, though not for a valiant escape attempt on her part. Even as Rampage tried to ADD to the injury Delilah caused her, he would find that he could not penetrate her deflection field. that power would deflect nearly ANY form of energy or attack, be it psychic, magickal or otherwise. it was the only reason why she had survived this long.>>

<< but as the team was now more strained than ever before and Morgan and Alison had destroyed the terror dome as well as a large area of the forest outside, the storm that raged above provided a suitable deterant from any outsiders...but there was one last thing that had to be done.>>

<< the group would find that Karen was no where to be found. no life signs, nothing. it seemed that she was infact dead after all.>>

[Jill Monroe]

<< the winds howled as EARTH gave way to LIMBO.>>

<< Spellbinder teleports anyone still alive from earth to limbo but NOT the serenity of Ororo's garden. No, THIS is the endless realm outside of Ororo's sanctuary. the endless expanse of violet hued skies, and black lightning bolts flashing across the swirling skies. floating land masses and shrieking demons on those land masses and flying through the air.>>

<< it was cold, barren and hostile all around them. there was no indication of where the "ground " was and how far down below it was as the group realized they were now on a rocky plateau. demons in the shadows all around learing at them with fanged smiles and glowing eyes as thunder crashed around them.>>

there's no escape THIS time Malice! I'll have my revenge. Alison will have HER revenge...and you will never hurt ANYONE again!

<< the armoured covered sorceress held her soul sword, and the blade sparked as the flames around it glowed brightly. this blade had caused much pain through Morgan's hands...it was the most deadly weapon among the members of the six and some knew that PERSONALLY.>>

PREPARE TO DIE!


<< Spellbinder had long forgotten the rest of the team. the terror dome was destroyed, the wraiths were as well. she was on a rampage and all she wanted to do was KILL>>

[Malice]

:: Malice, who attempted to escape, found that she could not! her soldiers, the sentinels were swiftly destroyed in the most violent and brutal ways. CURSE these people and their resiliency!::

:: she fell to the floor as the shockwave of the terror dome being destroyed tore the structure apart and t hey were now outside. even THEN, the group was still suffering from the damage left by her psychic and empathic manipulation! :fdevil: >>


<< as the worst of the onslaught seemed to pass, Rampage AGAIN made an attempt to attack her by capitalizing on the wound from MorningStar's attack. but her deflection field blocked his TK as the energy splashed against it.>>

FOOL! you can't hurt me.

<< now they were out in the open, now was the time to escape! but then, reality spun around her and she found herself being TELEPORTED via stepping disc, to a realm of nightmares, of violent storms and cold, bleak expnase. this was LIMBO. the realm was not familiar to her first hand but she had heard some accounts of it from others.>>


<< still on the ground, and still in her diamond form, the white queen glared around her, seeing the swirling chaos of the land. the others had been brought as well. she turned as the creature covered in armour strode toward her , brandishing the soul sword.>>

do you think killing me will change anything? you'll still be ALONE. your supposed friends see you and alison for the MONSTERS that you are and THEY...well just look at them, they cant even stay under the same force field together without despising each other. nothing you do now will change what has happened. I have succeeded where others have FAILED!

I have DESTROYED the unity of The Six.....and Karen's death was just an added BONUS!

:: she glared at Morgan and Alison ::

[Foxfire]

Blaze listened intensely to her comrade's vicious and venomous statements. Foxfire seemed stoic on the interior as she took a step toward Black Widow. "Well, that was enlightening. But, maybe you are right..."

She paused, choosing her words wisely. "I suppose I should take off the rose - colored glasses and wake up. I should realize that Haleigh Davidoff is nothing but a lifeless corpse without a soul. Despite our differences I'm still empathic of your emotions. Say what you want about me Ms. Davidoff but I know you."

Sucking in a cool breath, her green eyes falling on Delilah who interfered. Running the tip of her tongue to coax her bottom lip, Blaze said nothing to Morningstar.

"Just remember....the truth hurts. You placed your first team in danger and look at the end result. History has a tendency of repeating itself. The clock is ticking Black Widow...but what do I know right?"

Blaze kept her eyes locked upon Haleigh. She didn't address more information than needed about Ava. It was enough to forewarn her comrade. "Neither one of us owe the other a thing. And it appears it will stay that way."

Nicolas chimed in with an angry assault of words. Eyeing Nicolas with a perked brow just as Haleigh was studying him. Opening the palm of her hand Blaze unleashed a small flickering flame across her bad arm. Biting back a groin she stepped away from the others.

The heat soothing the pain but the throbbing felt as though several knives were impaled inside her arm. The healing process was overbearing and agonizing but it had to be done. Her plasma, cartilage, bone, muscle, tendons, and epidermis all working in unison.

Her arm was unproportional compared to the rest of her body. Black Widow had done a number on her arm. The arm was repairing the damage stricken to it. The flames were extinguished to reveal a bone that had protruded through where her "elbow" would be. It looked painful and it was, but Fox took it in with strides.

Her green eyes welling with tears but she blinked them back. Her injury was a blessing. It took her mind off of worrying about Morgan, Alison, and Karen. She knew someway it would fall into place. Removing her folding knife, Blaze cut across the sleeve of her arm to form a sling around her bad arm. Pulling the sleeve through a loop via her teeth. Pulling on her arm she winced in pain. Her body rising in temperature a few degrees only to settle down.

Walking out of the destroyed dome, Foxfire could spot severe damage from clouds of smoke. She figured it was Persephone's doing. Looking around for any life signs of Karen's by any of her six senses, all of which came up empty. Snapping her folding knife shut she placed it inside her suit pocket. Picking up a fallen tree branch she eyed her arm. Applying the branch to brace her elbow. Re - tying her bandage, Blaze was aloof with all of the team. Moving thicker through the forest, looking around for Karen.

[MorningStar]

[ MorningStar was resisting the urge to slap Nicolas for instigating more dischord in their time of crisis when she found herself teleported away from where the Terror Drome used to be. All members of the Six were there, plus Malice. She looked around her: the black lightning and raging thunder, the bleak landscape, the creatures waiting in the shadows. This could be only one place: limbo. And if Morgan had brought them here, then she had something truly terrifying in mind.

Instinctively raising her level of luminescence in the face of the darkness and the monsters it sheltered, she cast a pool of light around herself and those near to her.

Still as before she watched the scene in front of her. Malice, still taunting, even at this her bleakest hour. Guardian, master of such power. And Morgan. Was this how it had been with the Dark Childe of Persephone's timeline? Wielding such dark magicks, and such a desire to kill. But perhaps this kill was what Spellbinder needed, to close the door on the pain of her past and those she had lost. ]

[Jessica Hamby]

Haleigh stopped scanning... it seemed Karen was dead after all... Haleigh made no attempt to break this gently, as she turned to Delilah, and afforded her the only courtesy she could spare; she gave it to Morningstar straight.

"There's no sign of her. It appears... she's gone."

But Malice wasn't gone, and she jeered at the team and reveled in her involvement in their dissention. Haleigh was unaffected, and instead, mentally rooted for Morgan to decapitate the telepath, more for wanting to see the massacre of a rival than wanting to see justice served to a crazed sociopath. Haleigh had reverted back to the shadow of her former self, a protective armor of her own. Blaze just didn't let a dead thing go, and said even MORE... and Haleigh seemed only ANNOYED that Blaze would choose now to distract her from 'the good part'.

"No no, Blaze, I think you might be ON to something here. I am an empty SHELL, a DISGRACE of a human being, a WASTE of techno-organic matter that LACKS sensitivity and even the very CAPACITY for deep feeling. And You're SOOOOO much better, you and your FEELINGS, your EMOTIONS. Well if I recall, its YOUR little EMOTIONS that GOT us here, isnt THAT right? You had to throw your little temper tantrum and run off to illustra to drown your scathed, hurt little FEELINGS in alcohol and open your legs for WHOEVER showed you the least bit of attention. but THAT wasn't enough for your legacy, was it? You had to come back hungover and DISRESPECT Illustra, trip a fit, give Alison and I a headache and AGAIN skip out to XS... where you proceeded to FOOLISHLY try your best UNARMED attempt at a battle of the wits with a KNOWN Serial killer! And when Alison comes to your rescue, as we all knew only SHE, as Guardian, would, you get her KIDNAPPED and TORTURED. So you come CRAWLING back to me with your tail between your legs, leaving it up to me, Dr. Victoria and a still SHELLSHOCKED Spellbinder to fix this big ol' steaming MESS you dragged everyone into. And because you felt even THAT couldn't do you justice, you cajole those Morgan asked you to HELP into trying to KILL me! And yet, King is RIGHT... Malice is behind that LAST one... but consider THIS... She didn't pull it out of her ASS... somewhere inside you was harbored a SEETHING RAGE against me, and Malice merely brought it to the SURFACE and made it the ONLY thing you could think about. And so NOW... because of all your WONDERFUL little FEELINGS... Guardian and Spellbinder are BEYOND repair and KAREN, MOTHER TO US ALL, IS DEAD! And you STAND here, all up in MY face, and DARE! DARE TO CONDESCEND YOUR SELF-IMAGINED SUPERIORITY ON ME! BUT REALLY, AFTER ALL... THE HURTFUL TRUTH IS.... THIS IS ALL YOUR DOING!!"

Haleigh pointed at Blaze as she deemed harshly. They were all THINKING it, deeply, and Haleigh had the BALLS to say it out loud, and she didn't feel the need to sugar coat it at all... A demon, taking pleasure in the dischord from the shadows just beyond Morningstar's newly ignited light snickered at Haleigh's remarks and utter disregard for Blaze's feeling. Haleigh whipped around to attack the next outlet for her frustration at the whole situation and her INVOLVEMENT in it. The intensity of Haleigh's retreat to heartlessness and cutthroat behaviour was INCREASED by the chaotic violence that Limbo REEKED from every fiber of its envornment.

"What are YOU smirking at?? Wipe that look off that THING you call a face before I RIP out your SPINAL CORD and strangle you with it!"

[Harbinger]

::Guardian stood stone cold, her darker features and evil countenance radiated a cold, unfeeling aura. as she had now murdered scores of HUMAN men and destroyed the terror dome, she rocked the country side of upstate new york with a powerfull earthquake, courtesy of her unchecked telekinetic power. she didnt feel anything, and didnt care about anyone anymore. the "vine" tattoo effect that ran up her arm and framed the right side of her face underscored the change in personality and attitude as they arrived in Limbo.::


:: the white queen was bold and definat even now, and it was true, she had done what no one else in MysTech could. She terrorized the familes of and the members of the Six for YEARS, destroyed some of them. She had erroded the team and caused extensive emotional and psychological damage among the team and prooven to be the most deadly foe the six had encountered to date.::

:: Spellbinder stood over Malice with the soul sword, while the members of the Six continued to bicker several feet away on the rocky plateau. She was not concerned for them either way. Limbo had never frightened Alison, and now, she seemed to APPRECIATE its violent chaos.what now? would killing her change anything? NO. but it would certainly satisfy Alison's own deep seeded need for REVENGE! ::


It may NOT change anything. But it will be FUN FOR US!

:: holding out her hand::



HEART


:: Guardian TELEBLINKS Malice's heart, intending to extract it from her body......but in a surprise demonstration of just how STRONG Malice's defenses are and how indomitable her WILL is, Malice attempts to RESIST and Guardian begins to "PULL" as a beam of black light now travels from her hand to Malice's chest.::

[Malice]

:: Malice gets to her feet. she will NOT die on her knees, NOR will she die without a fight!::

my death will only light the path to HELL which the two of YOU will take! You will NEVER recover from this. NONE of you will and that will give ME the final victory NOW AND FOREVER!

::Guardian attacks Malice , who is still in her diamond form. but The White Queen FIGHTS BACK, deflecting the teleblinking as best she can, using her own psi powers to BOLSTER her body's ability to resist.::


I ...will NOT...give UP!

:: the white queen's voice is shakey...as she fights to keep her heart from Guardian's grasp.::


I ...will HAUNT you ALL forever. I showed you just how.....WEAK..you ARE!

:: thunder crashes in the skies around them as the power struggle continues. Malice, takes this last moment....to form her PSI JAVELINE...a sparkling white javeline of IMMENSE telepathic power. gripping it in her free hand...she fakes a "throw" at Guardian..but at the last minute, HURLS it at the group who are so busy arguing, they do not realize that they are about to be struck by the bolt.::

[Jill Monroe]

you cannot HAUNT a woman who is already a MONSTER. Look around Malice, THIS place..it is ME. my soul is as black as the night sky. You may have destroyed our lives, but YOUR DEATH will satisfy ME.


<< Spellbinder appears behind Malice and IMPALES her from the back with the soul sword...SLAMMING it so hard that it comes out through her chest! the soul sword unleahses a THUNDEROUS blast as the white flames around it now engulf Malice even in her DIAMOND form.>>

say hello to Christopher!


<< Spellbinder's armoured covered face is enshrouded in shadow as she YANKS the blade out from Malice and spins around, swinging with such might as she cries out! she DECAPITATES Malice with the sword. and Guardian finishes it all by thrusting her hands forward and BLOWING UP Malice's diamond body. the explosion is so bright!>>

<< demons all around celebrate and revel in the violence!>>

[Malice]

:: Malice's head lurches back as she looks up....words cannot describe the feeling of being VIOLATED by the soul sword. but she does not SCREAM. she grits her teeth as her body convulses and is engulfed in flames...she does not fall....her body FLASHES...the fleeting image of her SKELETAL structure can be seen....::

I....I'll SEE YOU IN HELLL!!..........


:: she doesnt draw another breath, as her head is SLICED OFF....lightning strobes as her head falls to the ground and her body is SHATTERED by Guardian who lashes out with her molecular acceleration power. the explosion is so loud...so BRIGHT. white flames, diamond shards...thunder crashes....and sparkling shards of magick fade from the spot where the pile of burnt diamond dust remains.::


:: Malice is dead. her body destroyed, her soul rendered. she is finally GONE.::

[Pam De Beaufort]

:: Watching as Alice began to teleblink Malice's heart from her chest, a stream of black light emitted from the white queen's chest and reached Alison's hand, showing the queen refused to go down. Taking a step forward, with one last attempt to one up the six, Malice creative a massive PSI JAVELINE that went hurling toward the group of bickering idiots afar..aka the rest of their 'team'. ::

:: Persephone's body lifted in the air and spun in a tornado-like fashion toward the group. Her arms held out to the sides (think Storm in X-Men), the goddess LITERALLY dove in front of the javeline, taking the brunt of the hit. Flying back many feet, Persephone slid to a sickening hault, motionless. Hair askew and body limp, perhaps Malice succeeded in taking one of the six with her after all. ::

[Oracle]

<< even as the dreaded and powerfull White Queen dies a violent death by the hands of Spellbinder and Guardian, her telling words are painfully true. Nothing will change with her death. Sharon Kelly , Cameron King and Dr. Karen Victoria are dead. the lives of the six and their families have been blighted for YEARS by Malice and there's no fixing it. The team spirit of the Six has been all but TOTALLY destroyed and Spellbinder and Guardian have lost themselves in cold, unfeeling, unforgiving darkness. No longer human, no longer connected or attached to their former lives or their friends.>>

<<Though the moment Malice's death seems to be LOST on members of the Six, who would rather bicker than appreciate the deadly gravity of their situation, but they will HAVE to face it now....for at the same time, Malice's PSI JAVELINE charged madly for them...PERSEPHONE in an act of true nobility attempts to save her comrades as she intercepts the blast...taking the BRUNT of it with her own body! the fall out from the blast knocks everyone else off their feet. and left them covered in debris, cuts and bruises. a FINAL scare from the evil white queen.>>


<< With Persephone down...and laying motionless, Spellbinder and Guardian fix their eyes on Haleigh, Blaze, Nicolas and Delilah....and began to approach. not as friends, but as ENEMIES. the two witches now looking so evil and predatory it appears that the sequel to the Inferno will BEGIN HERE AND NOW.>>

<< they have crossed over, destroyed scores of innocent humans and decimated the wraith world. why should they stop there? they have nothing left to live for...so everyone ELSE should DIE as well!>>

<< the team is at a terrible point now, and if someone doesnt do something...it will be a BLOOD BATH.>>

<<MEANWHILE....Haleigh's tech begins to vibrate..she receives an alert....many feet away, behind a cluster of bulders..there's the detection of vital signs. the DNA signature...is that of KAREN and she's ALIVE! but she's uconscious. will Haleigh realize this before its too late?>>

[MorningStar]

[ MorningStar had given up trying to intervene between Haleigh, Blaze and Nicolas. If they were going to rip each other apart, then let them. She held her breath as Malice and Guardian struggled. Then suddenly, the White Queen's psi javelin was headed straight for them!

She had no time to react other than to try to leap out of it's path. Luckily for her and the others, Persephone intercepted the javelin before it could hit them unawares and at full force - but at what cost to the goddess? The fallout from the impact rocked the plateau. Delilah landed hard on the rocky ground, her body now covered in cuts, scrapes and bruises. Coughing dust from her lungs, she looked up and gasped as she saw Morgan, brandishing the soul sword, decapitate Malice. Even MorningStar instictively shielded her eyes from the blast as the explosion lit up the dark sky, strangely beautiful.

The horror of what had just happened shocked Delilah - the violence, the terror, the refusal to accept defeat by Malice. She slowly stood, half dazed, and looked up at the frightening forms of Guardian and Spellbinder. ]

"Alison? Morgan?"

[Rampage]

Nicolas watches as they are transported to limbo. Ignoring the rest of the team, he is frantically searching for Karen, ANY sign of her. He is hoping for a heartbeat, an energy signature, a movement. He is no longer concerned for their bickerings, and only left the last comment as a general warning to Haleigh. As he scans, he see the death of Malice, but he is turned away when the psi javelin is thrown. He notices it and starts to 'port the team away, but he sees Persephone leap and intercept it, falling to the ground. As he starts toward her, he stops, noticing an angry and homicidal Alison and Morgan coming towards them.

"Morgan, Alison...are you with us??"

Suddenly, he flashes an uncertain smile, and he turns to Haleigh.

"Haleigh, scan NOW. AGAIN. I am getting something, but I cannot get a good fix in this place. Please...just listen. And hurry."

Nicolas turns back to face the pair, palms out to indicate NO aggression, hoping to buy a BIT of time to see if what he THINKS he may be noticing is REALLY true...

[Foxfire]

The truth can hurt especially when its aimed at you. Haleigh's words were bold, truthful, and cutting. All of which the mutant Foxfire deserved. This was ALL of her doing and she knew it, but rather than take the responsibility she used Black Widow as a scapegoat. One that turned deadly for all parties.

Blaze was the most stubborn person you could meet. She took pleasure in provoking her teammates, an antagonistic to the core. Her nobility which was witnessed in Limbo previously was gone. What had changed that? What began all the bickering? Malice was only a pawn to a larger scheme of things.

In the end Blaze was exactly like Christopher Victory, whether she yearned to admit it or not. She could FEEL his blood coursing through her. Morgan on the other hand showed signs of light and repent for her past sins. What was going through the mind, body, and spirit of Blaze Fielding? She couldn't be so blind to this deadly and brutal massacre that occurred could she? The answer was yes.

Walking off across the barren land, Blaze's green eyes went wide in horror. The dimension had changed in the blink of an eye! Her eyes seeing demons scatter the land like ants, the fierce battle taking place. Looking up, Foxfire's eyes went wide at the sight of Alison and Morgan. She had been so caught up in her own affairs she missed this. If anyone on the team was NOT to be trusted it was Blaze Fielding.

She watched in envy and pride as her sister and Alison tore apart the realm of Limbo. And Persephone also participated in the glory of hatred and war. Holding her arm, Blaze was already losing feeling in it. The numbness almost rivaling her own personality. Haleigh's brutally honest words fired out at Foxfire. Looking over at the raging blonde, Blaze could only nod. What the nod meant was anyone's guess. Her voice strong, bold, and unabashed.

"It was and it still is my fault."

She openly admitted, her eyes looking right through Black Widow. Blaze couldn't argue anymore, not because she was "put in her place" because she came to agree with her comrade. Winds whipped around the team with Malice addressing Alison and Morgan. The two women looking erotically hellish in power and costumes. Blaze knew it would be highly unlikely to restore these two women. And Persephone? Wasn't this the same land that could place her in perilous danger? The odor of blood filtered through the air strongly that Blaze looked around to see who had been injured. Could it be Malice? No. It was Persephone, due to Haleigh's sophisticated weaponry back on earth.

Walking closer to Morningstar, Blaze's emotions shifted via the power in her light. Calming Blaze's fiery trainwreck emotions. She stared at Guardian who yelled for Malice's heart. The mutant was silent throughout the battle. She knew Morgan and Alison would be victorious in their altercation with the White Queen. Just the look of the soul sword made her skin crawl to the bone. Closing her eyes she could have to overcome this. Forcing herself to memorize the outline of the sword just as Spellbinder impaled the White Queen.

A javelin of power came surging toward the group. Blaze's eyes wide at the beam charging for the group. Persephone came charging as well, making Blaze step back. In the most noble act, Persephone took the blunt of the assault. The backlash hurling the team backwards. Blaze had been thrown backwards so fast she didn't have time to react. Her body tossed over the edge of a cliff. The thick dirt pile plowed through the area, a few rocks dropping from the ceiling.

Blaze who hung by her good arm above a crevice in the side of the cliff. Her face broken out in beads of perspiration. Her gloved hands tightly held the spike in the cliff. Preparing to push herself up with one hand was harder than expected. She needed two arms but that would be to no avail. Her body shook from holding on but something in the back of her mind forced her on. Pushing with all her might she hurled herself up as the blood dripped from her thigh. A spike impaled through it from the impact of damage. Gritting her white teeth Blaze climbed upward.

Climbing over the edge of the cliff before falling back with her grip slipping. Her hands sweaty and dirt stricken. Grabbing her folding knife she slammed it inside the ground to anchor her body. Her bad arm tucked against her chest, using her momentum to push herself back up. Moving up on top of the circular dome of the plateau. Regaining her footing she collapsed onto the ground heaving breathlessly. Sweat stinging her sage - green eyes.

Delilah's voice caused her to look up. Turning at the neck she saw Morgan and Alison walking towards them. Blaze could feel the tainted evil within their souls and Persephone who lay sprawled out across the cavern. Haleigh and Blaze's suits beeped, making the brunette frown. Looking down it read 'Dr. Victoria.' This new bit of information sent a small dose of energy into Foxfire. Yanking the spike from her thigh with a moan of pain. Getting to her feet, her suit painted in dirt, blood, and dust. Limping a bit while her body healed the damages. Nicolas demanded Black Widow to scan. Shaking her head Blaze walked toward the group.

"Ask her nicely, she doesn't take shit..." She stopped to look at Black Widow...."From anybody." Heading over to Persephone. Swiping the hair from her eyes. "Morgan and Alison are gone but if we can awaken Dr. Victoria it might just shatter their dark side." Raising a good hand Blaze began to heal Persephone, unsure if she was alive or dead. "If you guys can retrieve Karen I'll heal any wounds she has." Her bloodshot eyes looking from Black Widow, Morningstar, and settling on Nicolas.

[Jessica Hamby]

Haleigh watched Malice's untimely MURDER with vicious delight after shamelessly lighting into Blaze, living vicariously through Alison and Morgan. Blaze finally relented and for a few moments, there was an end to arguing and most everyone's attention was pulled inevitably towards the execution. Malice tried to send one last psi javelin and Delilah moved out of its path, as persephone JUMPED in front of it, taking the brunt of the blast and colliding with Blaze, and continued sliding across the barren wasteland until finally coming to a slumped stop near Haleigh's feet.

"Well, that was a particularly stupid move on your part." She deadpanned, folding her arms across her chest and staring down at the Goddess. "Noble, but stupid. [addressing the rest of the group] Somebody look after her... she looks injured." She looked DEAD, but Haleigh was feeling less than hospitable. The further she retreated into her unconcerned and uncaring persona, the BETTER and more RELIEVED she felt.... it was like a great BURDEN had been lifted-- the burden of protecting and defending them all. They OBVIOUSLY don't WANT me to... so why waste the effort. Now that I think about it... Malice probably HELPED us more than she hurt us... She certainly FREED me of my worst fears... Haleigh thought, as she looked over at the CLIFF that Blaze had last been seen falling off, and then looked around at her teammates. "Don't look at ME, I'm not gonna help her. Maybe her emotions--"

Haleigh stopped short... she was getting an alert... even though she'd stopped actively searching for Karen, her tech would still register the DNA signature... and it was DOING just that. Haleigh didn't say anything... Morgan and Alison were walking over with a look of bloodthirst in their eyes, as if they were STILL on their murdering spree and Nicolas and Delilah were trying to talk to them... and then Blaze spoke too.... but Haleigh wasn't listening to what they were saying anymore... she could hear their voices... but could care less about what they were saying.... There was a sign of Karen... Karen who'd risked her life to come rescue them from Malice and Blackout, Karen who'd helped them work out their differences, Karen who'd never turned on Haleigh, and shameful as it WAS, Haleigh had the fleeting thought that being the one to bring Karen BACK would be her life insurance policy against the rampaging Sorceress Supreme and her Seer Sidekick.

Haleigh had already strayed from the group, oblivious to their calls after her, heading for a cluster of boulders not too far off. "Doc? Karen?" She called softly, as she traversed the terrain towards the rock formation. She rounded the otherside of the boulders.... and she was almost holding her breath.

[Rampage]

Nicolas heard the comment from Blaze and looked to see Haleigh already going around a rock formation. He turned and few quickly around the rocks, hoping to find Karen. Though Blaze was right about needing Karen to break the depths to which Morgan and Alison had fallen, he cared far less about that. To him the key was just finding Karen, and seeing if there was anything left to even salvage here at all.

[MorningStar]

[ MorningStar barely registered what was going on behind her - that Karen might in fact still be alive. Her eyes were too trained on the duo coming towards her. She cocked her head slightly as she studied Guardian and Spellbinder - was it over? And what of the city they had left behind? What were the repercussions of the great battle that occurred there?

Delilah cautiously began to walk forward. ]

"Alison? Morgan?"

[ She repeated. ]

"Are...are you allright?"

[Foxfire]

Crouched beside Persephone, Blaze attempted to survey her injuries. Locking onto Black Widow and Rampage who disappeared to locate Karen. Dropping her eyes back to the Goddess. "Come on Peres." Who was to say if Persephone could recover? Her immune system was far weaker here than usual.

Sitting back, Delilah's voice sounded through the demonic cries and stormy weather. Watching Morningstar walk towards Alison and Morgan. "Delilah! Come back here, they are not themselves..." When she received no reaction, Blaze placed a well executed fire wall around Persephone to protect her. Running up to Delilah, Blaze grabbed her arm.

"D, they won't respond to you. I tried that back in Inferno. Both of them are gone...YOU already confirmed that. Look at them..." She pointed to Alison and Morgan. "So full of evil and hatred. Malice pushed them over the edge. We cannot regain them by confronting them. Our only hope is Karen. And whose to say how Persephone will react IF she awakens."

Her sage - green eyes pleading with her teammate. "If you go to them you risk death. Trust me...I went that route." Blaze knew she couldn't physically force Morningstar to return. She knew how stubborn the blonde was.

"I promise we'll find a way but I need help with Persephone. I can't lift her with a damaged arm. We must seek shelter upon higher ground or something. Rampage and Black Widow are currently searching for the doctor." Walking back towards Persephone, glancing over her shoulder to Delilah.

"Persephone won't survive long enough here. This place is like poison for her." Moving behind Goddess to cradle her head in her hands. "She's out cold...if that hit any of us we would be killed. She took the brunt of that for us..." Blaze's eyes lowered to stare at Persephone.

For Persephone to bite the bullet was so uncharacteristic. But to Blaze it showed courage, strength, and honor. "Hurry D." She called after Morningstar, seeing the menacing look on Alison and Spellbinder. Foxfire couldn't help but feel fear clutch her heart by the mere sight of Spellbinder and Guardian.

[Rampage]

As Nicolas rounds the boulders, he sees Karen in grave condition.

"Dr. Victoria!!!"

As he steps forward to lift her up, he decides against it in order to keep her in the same position and keep her stable. As he removes debris from her, he manually stimulates her adrenal medulla using his TK, giving her body the equivalent of a epinephrine injection

He teleports Karen and the ground supporting her along with Haleigh to Blaze, remembering that she has beneficial healing abilities. He scans her body for out-of-place bones/organs and uses his TK combined with his medical knowledge to hold her together in proper anatomical positioning for her, closing her wounds manually and quickly setting any bones so that internal damage is limited.

"I have her. Please help her all you can, Blaze. I have done all I can do for the moment."

[Oracle]

<< Persephone's brave act to save the team from Malice's final strike was a REMINDER to them of what was IMPORTANT...the very thing that malice had claimed to destroy (and very nearly did)...the TEAM SPIRIT and UNITY!>>

<< The impossible scenario became REALITY as Karen's dna signature was detected...she was ALIVE! Black Widow found and retrieved an unconscious Dr. Victoria, who had survived the jaws of death by activating her own "movement" power at the last instant. the reaction was born out of PANIC and thus she could not have anticipated where she would end up. with the doctor found, MorningStar, was able to use her own power over light in yet another aspect that was within her ability yet rarely used as she delicately reach out to the emotional cores. using a smooth, easy blend of flowing light patterns to flood the area. the light, combined with her gentle voice managed to soothe and calm Morgan and Alison, almost putting them in a "lull" like state as they were brought out of their murderous rampage and returned to a calm state. MorningStar's light show ALSO calmed everyone ELSE down as well. settling their hearts as they realized that Malice had done a number on THEM ALL but now she was finally dead and that the ENEMY was not WITHIN the team. Black Widow would not need to return to her old self and she STILL had her place among The Six. RAMPAGE had also more prooved himself. With Malice gone, the threat of MysTech became that much LESS of a shadow over them as well. Karen and Persephone would be healed of their injuries as well. >>


<< Spellbinder, Guardian, Rampage, Persephone, BlackWidow, Foxfire, MorningStar and Dr. Victoria were all returned to earth, to Illustra and immediately put to bed for the evening....giving them all much needed time to rest and settle. there would be time to heal as well as a chance to finally mourn their dead and move on slowly, carefully to the next challenges that awaited them >>

<< there was something else too. in THIS reality, Both Persephone and Darkchilde, whose assistance was what made this all possible, finally found the TRUE justice for their friends and family back in their time that had also been touched by the Dire Wraiths. The Dire Wraiths were NO more in this or ANYTIME line and would never hurt anyone ever again. Persephone's transition would now be that much EASIER as she began to make a new life for herself here...just as Darkchilde had wanted for her. and allowing them BOTH the comfort of knowing that their friends and family were now TRULY at peace.>>