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Spellbinder

Bitchcraft
The Six
Real Name
Morgan
Missions
7,430
Residence
Manhattan- Sanctum Sanctorum
Ability
Magick-Sorceress Supreme, Stepping Discs, Elemental Embodiment of Air/Wind, Flight, SuperStrength
<< seeing that Guardian appeared unwilling to reveal the details of where she had been or why Cameron was no longer with her, Morgan lifted her hands. a crash of thunder and in the twinkling of the sorceress' eye...the group was taken from limbo to the TOP OF THE WORLD ...the mysterious, mostly uncharted regions of the arctic circle>>

<< the unforgiving winds raged and whistled...as the snow of the wintery expanse swirled in the air. they had arrived at the proper coordinates as provided by Alycia and verified by the scrying glass....but just as Alycia had warned...there was NOTHING in plain sight.>>

<< Morgan was used to unforgiving cold. in one of her harrowing campaings in Limbo long before she had joined Valiant..she endured an unnatural blizzard sent against her by Belasco when he tried to destroy her and Ororo. this landscape was unlike ANYTHING the group had experienced before. the air, the skies all of it, totally new. the team would now have to stay sharp they were in a whole new arena>>

<< talking loudly above the winds....>>

well this is it! where are we supposed to GO NOW!?

<< Looking over to Haleigh as the winds caused her hair to blow forward....it almost looked as though she were standing in the midst of a wind machine, doing some kind of photo shoot..but this was far from a fashion endeavor.>>


<< far from the group....beyond anyone's sight, save Alison's "precognition".....the first waves of trouble for the group began to stir and surge forward...>>
 
:: The moment the group appeared in the blizzard conditions, Alexis was immediately overtaken by the blistering cold. The meta human was not one for the cold..in fact she hated the cold with a passion. Clenching her teeth together in order to prevent them from chattering, she wrapped her arms around herself attempting to keep warm against the raging winds and drifting snow. ::

:: Her long brunette locks whipped around in the wind, almost completely covering her face. Managing to lift her hand to brush her hair away, the wind wouldn't rest and continued to cloud her sight with chocolate tresses. Looking to Morgan then to Haleigh, they all needed to get the hell out of here. ::

"I...we..."

:: Her entire body was trembling as her body temperate continued to drop. ::

"We need to get inside!! NOW!"

:: She screamed so the others could hear her over the howling winds. ::
 
We CANT just "get inside"....there's no obvious entrance....there's NOTHING here. the building itself is cloaked!

<< noticing Alexis shivering....Morgan realized the team probably SHOULD have suited up different......lifting her hands a bit...a chime is heard as swirling shards of energy flow around Alexis.....with a flashe of violet light, Alexis is now wearing a chinchilla fur coat...waist length and tailored to fit her body along with leather gloves that would insulate and warm her hands. >>

Does anybody ELSE need protection from the cold??

Haleigh and Alison have to get us where we need to go..and FAST. im guess there's a REASON that nothing LIVES around here.
 
::Guardian quickly changed her hair style, now wearing the sleek and stylish bun that was her trade mark. her costume was state of the art. beside being skin tight and revealing a tight, feminine physique, it was insulated against temperature extremes...and so, she did not need any protection.::


STAND FAST!

:: pointing ahead, something seemed to be moving....::


an...ARMY of ice men...headed our way....a NEVER ENDING ARMY!

:: true enough....from far ahead....from out of the snow itself rose men of ice...men over 6 ft tall and all possesed of adonis like physique. running forward in unison like a hive of bees about to defend their territory. running forward like a relentless wave....the ice-men stampeded toward the group::


stay together....because HERE THEY COME!
 
:: The coat helped a bit, and Alexis was very thankful to Morgan for giving it to her. Zippering it up, she heard Alison's warning and turned in the direction in which she was pointing. Seeing the ice men come charging toward the group, they seemed to be picking up speed....Putting her leather gloves on, Alexis gripped her hands into fists. ::

:: Extending her right hand out, she opened it, palm facing the snow covered ground. Soon, the ground around them began to shake violently and within seconds a "wave" of snow rose 4 feet into the air and began travel at great speeds right for the ice men. The shockwave slammed into the men at freight train speeds, continuing throughout the army like a bowling ball knocking over pins. Once the shockwave met the center of the army, Alexis lifted her arm up and the shockwave suddenly exploded with a huge BANG destroying a lump some of the ice men, and causing others to fly in different directions. ::
 
As they appeared in the Artic, Adrian looked around with fascination. His intangible state, fading him in and out like the wind, exempted him from the freezing temperatures and other inconvenient weather hazards. The silence was magnificent and, save for the voices of his team mates, he found this place to be utterly idyllic.

While the rest of the team adjustd their style of dress accordingly, Adrian stayed comfortable in his oriental green kimono, which contained mysterious properties. Looking on at the army of ice men that soon began approaching, Adrian's calm gaze assessed the situation with various possible strategims, and then suddenly, he was gone.

Not a moment later, Adrian appeared towards the "back" of the oncoming army, though quite a few icemen were still advancing from his rear. He whipped his arms out, his long sleeves gracefully moving through the air, and a burst of fire arose from the edges. He began spinning, using his incredible super-speed, and the fire encircled him. Perpetuated by the wind, it grew and grew until an immense firestorm arose from Adrian and, following the movement of the wind, advanced upon the army of icemen north of him. As the center of this storm, he continued moving forward and spinning at the same time, using bountless amounts of energy to facilitate this monster of fire. Many icemen soon met their demise, as the incredible heat melted them into water, which, when mixed with snow, would melt that as well, so that less ice men could be reformed from the ground.
 
<< Morgan watched with intent as Alison pointed. there was nothing there at FIRST..but true enough, as Guardian had stated..they began to appear far back on the horizon...coming like a fluent wave...non stop and unrelenting>>

how many of them ARE THERE!?

<< as Shockwave and Bane sprung into action...striking long range even before the ice men got terribly close....Morgan turned around to look at the BACK of their group......they were coming from behind as well>>

BEHIND US!!

<< Spellbinder thrust her hand forward....a stepping disc opens horizontal...at ground level...growing larger in size....and the ice men run...falling into it , row after row....its a very effective barrier/evacuation for now....but clearly there is more to come>>
 
:: Guardian rolled her eyes::

Bane you unmitigated FOOL! the Army of ice men is NEVER ENDING...youve just PUT YORUSELF INTO THE PATH OF ANOTHER WAVE! Bane will survive ....:: she said it with a tone of almost regret:: Meanhile Everyone...stay together....and pick a side to cover...we've got to keep our space free...we can repell them before they get on top of us!

::true enough, from BEHIND Bane, another running army of ice men began to appeare....mere feet from him...the first few rows were not INSTANTLY upon him.....and the preceeding batch that he had dispatched...had now was now being regenerated.....::

:: Guardian began to thrust her hands forward ala' Piper Halliwell, blowing up small groups of the Ice Men as they got closer and closer. her control over temporal fields was one thing...but the power over MOLECULAR ACCELERATION would proove most effective in obliterating these creatures back to back.::

Morgan... youve got to take to the air. Take MorningStar with you...FIND THE GENERATOR that is manufacturing the Ice men. Leave Shockwave, Bane and Black Widow here with me...The Generator is a LARGE moving machine...that uses ionic energy to generate the "ice men" from the snow.
You have to GET INSIDE the moving factory and shut it down. but beware...A.I.M soldiers are operating it..and are heavily armed.
 
:: Alexis heard everything that was going on from Alison yelling at Bane to her instructions to Morgan and Delilah. But the meta human didn't bother to stop her frontal attacks; she kept firing everything she had against these ice men. ::

"I'll cover the front!"

:: She yelled over the explosions and howling winds. And with that, she thrust her hands into the air, her eyes turning a stark white. Lightning began to flicker in the sky above the army indicating she was building energy before her attack, and soon bolts of lightning came CRASHING down into the ice men. The concessive force alone from the lightning bolt either destroyed the ice men instantly or sent them flying in different directions. ::

:: The continuous loud crashes of bolts sounded like army cannons and TNT explosions from a war. The sight alone was spectacular; bolt after bolt hit the ground, not only illuminating the area in a white and blue light show, but shaking the ground around them. It felt like small tremors from an aftermath of a huge earthquake. Alexis continued this attack against the army as lightning bolts shot from the sky like a machine gun spewing bullets. ::
 
Haleigh appeared with the rest via stepping disc. She felt the chill of the wind and systematically raised her already 100+ degree body temp. She was now so hot that as snow hit her skin, it turned to steam. Her track style tech suit immediately adjusted itself to its surroundings, excercising the new feature of cameleon concealment. Instead of the black stripes on white she had before, The suit gave itself small digitized patterns of white, varying shades of gray, and hints of black. She pulled on a matching parka and flipped up the hood. It was a bizarre transformation... because when she stopped moving, she faded back into the background... even The Six, who were standing around her, would have trouble seeing her unless they could see into the hood, which was only every few seconds when she looked up from the handheld she was studying. She looked around, seemingly unaffected by the cold as the vapor raised from her body continuously.

"This way!"

She shouted over the sounds of battle. She wasnt worried about the Icemen, instead she plowed through a wave. They tried to grab her but began to melt away as soon as they touched her. The snow crunched beneath her boots, and she listened closely to the sound... there was steady clomping... but she was following the GPS, walking on, pushing through the icemen, occaisonally elbowing or punching a persistant iceman away.

Under her feet the snow slightly gave until she hit frozen turf... but soon she stopped, as she recognized metallic echoing of her footfall. "I found it!" She said, kicking and scraping the snow away, revealing a bulk head type door in the ground. She began to rotate the turnstyle, unlocking the door. It wasn't the main entrance.. Haleigh was too smart for that. This was a 'side' entrance of sorts....
 
If it had been anyone else, Alison's words would have gone unheeded, lost as they were amongst the howling winds. Given Adrian's enhanced senses and astonishing concentration, he made out her instructions. Continuing to spin and demolish, he could only sigh in exasperation. Yes, he could handle himself. These men of the elements posed hardly a challenge to him; his energy and determination was just as bountless.

He continued spinning, but his feet soon lifted off of the ground. He rose higher and higher, the column of fire surrounding him feeding off the oxygen and only growing in size. His plan would be transparent to Alison: he intended to cut them off, for below him, the fire now plumetted to the ground and began melting the ice, creating an ever-growing gap between the two armies. Adrian whipped his arms down, awakening the ambient spiritual energies present in this desolate land to lace with the fire, facilitating a barrage of force that steadily ripped through the Artic foundation. Soon enough, a huge gap yawned below him, ceasing the movements of these men and even inviting the reckless to fall to their deaths. Adrian relentlessly plowed downward with the fire and energy, the resiliant ice falling and falling until he had successfully created a huge 20 foot crevice, splitting them off from the endless armies of ice men.
 
:: Putting her hand up to shield her face from the blistering cold winds and drifting snow, she heard Haleigh request that everyone should follow her. Alexis wasn't stupid and wasn't about to let the one person who knew their way around this Hive like the back of their hand get away. Lowering her hand, the bolts of lightning soon subsided, and Alexis was now following Haleigh through the army of ice men. They were exploding left and right once they made contact with Haleigh's increase of body temperature, so Alexis didn't have to do much of anything other then stay close behind the blonde. ::

:: Soon they entered Adrian's little crevice that he created, which incidently was right around where the entrance to the hive was located at. Looking over her shoulder at the human tornado once known as Adrian, she began to shout over he chaos. ::

"You coming Sparky? Or do you want to play with your new friends?"

:: Even through a shout Adrian could pick up on Alexis sarcasim. It never ceased to amaze people that even in situations such as this the brunette would find some way to liven it up with a smart comment or remark. Turning back to Haleigh, she stepped forward. ::

"Let's go! I can't feel my ass!"
 
[ MorningStar nodded at Guardian. Lifting herself off the ground, she went high enough to avoid the ice men's attacks, giving her a bird's eye view of the situation. There were so many...

She scanned the horizon, looking for the generator. Then she saw it - she pointed for Morgan. ]

"There!"
 
<<Morgan turned to hear MorningStar spotting the generator...which never would have been known had Alison not alerted them to its existence.>>

Let's BREAK one of their toys shall we??

<< flying high on one side, while Morningstar covered the other side. the two women unleashed MASSIVE BLASTS...eldritch bolts and laser bolts....the sounds of power pierced the winds and the bolts batterd and destroyed the generator with EXPLOSIVE results....causing the ionic energy that was charging the snow and creating the Ice men to finally stop. the remaining ice men began to lose their speed and fall to the ground, crumbling allowing the rest of the group to make their way with Black Widow toward the entrance.>>

<< With Morgan and Delilah Returning to the group via stepping disc. Black Widow now found and an entrance INTO A.I.M's hive.....a side entrance no less...which was better for them all the way round. they were now inside...in a corridor that was rather narrow....with fiber optics that seemed to accent the smooth metalic surface...a blue glow was all around them>>

okay. so now we are inside. once we get into open area....everybody get into position so that we can cover all sides. Haleigh and Alexis to the front. Delilah and Bane to the back while Alison stays in the middle so that she can use her force fields to cover all of us and ill take to the air. no grand standing...we stay together as much as possible...and we move as one.

<< Morgan motioned for Haleigh to lead them forward...she had memorized the lay out and most likely had memorized Alycia's information as well>>
 
:: Nodding Alexis squeezed past the others and made her way into the front with Haleigh. Looking down the long corridor, she began to walk careful, trying to prevent her heals from clicking too loudly. Looking to Haleigh, a small smirk appeared on her lips. ::

"Who knew we'd end up as human shields one day."

:: A small chuckle could be heard as Alexis looked forward once again. Just trying to lighten up the mood I suppse, because Alexis did volenteer to be in the front. Either way, it was time to be more serious, she had no idea what was around the next corner. ::
 
[ Falling into place next to Bane, MorningStar kept watch, eyes sweeping the perimeter from the front of her to the sides and back. She was at the ready, prepared to raise her own defensive shields if necessary, but trying to control her powers now to keep from being discovered. Who knew what precautions this place had against mutants.

Delilah resisted the urge to congratulate Alexis on the additional fuel for her martyr complex...and just kept moving. She glanced over at Bane - wondering what exactly he would do if the attack came from his direction. ]
 
Haleigh dropped quietly into the corridor, her boots canceling noise before it was heard. her suit immediately began changing color again, now dark digitized gunmetal and steel colors. the suit even seemed to reflect the blue light in the same way the surrounding did. Haleigh turned to the group and waited for them all to assemble before adressing them. SB spoke, and haleigh nodded before adding on. A surveillance camera ended its cycle and began back towards them. Haleigh looked up at it and it stopped, still turned away from them.

"The systems here are very advanced... I can feel them pinging our presence right now and I'm sending them empty readings. Ive also tampered with the heat sensing systems and the weight sensitive flooring already. In this manner, and by manipulating the camera cycles, I can conceal our presence and allow us to sneak up on them in stealth... once we engage, however... itll be pointless to even try. The best way to do this is infiltrate, destroy, retreat. The longer we are here, the longer we fight, the worse it will become for us. The AI for the security systems is nearly comparable to MINE... and I KNOW they have countermeasures that even I dont know the specs of. Bottom line: lets dont linger... and dont draw any attention to us... if we strike at the last possible second... we'll improve our odds. No stupid shit, no showing out. If we pass guards or soldiers that dont see us... theres no need to engage them.... If we HAVE to interact with any staff.... lets discuss it first. Now... come this way."

She rounded a corner, Alexis by her side. At Alexis comment, she smirked, and in a quieted tone, she mumered back: "Somehow... I'm not that surprised." She was being playful though, not angry like she normally would be... and she had no problem keeping the mood light. She led the group through the maze of tunnels steadily, tapping into the systems radar to keep an eye out and avoid Fortress employees. "Down we go...." she said quietly to them as she led them into a stairwell. It was warm and stuffy in the stairwell and smelled of mold, and as they descended they could tell this was a maintenance stairwell as it wasnt as kept up as the corridor's they'd been through.
 
He felt them all wander towards a location, and correctly surmised that the generator, or the source of these ice men, had been found. As left and right the warriors fell into piles of snow, Adrian swiftly came out from the tornado and, without his movements or the added "firepower" of fire and spirit energy, it just as quickly died down. Within a second he had teleported to rejoin the group, positioned as he was next to Delilah. Looking towards her, Adrian grinned reassuringly. Indeed, as they continued on, lectured by Haleigh, he radiated the picture-perfect calm that such a dangerous mission necessitates. His eerie green eyes swung over to assess the area they approached.

Despite the state-of-the-art technology that had been blanketed by Haleigh's clever maneuverings, Bane continued on in a perpetual state between this world and another, making his movements infinitely hard to trace. That, coupled with the fact he was gliding off the ground, gave him extra leverage stealth-wise.
 
<< Morgan was now flying at a slow pace over the group..hovering when they stopped to listen to Haleigh's instructions. things were quiet for now...and coming in through a tributary passage of the structure was a sound move...but things wouldnt remain this way for now. even as they moved without incident....deep within "NERVOUS"......the "mother brain" began to stir....sounds of energy and data could be heard as head shots of each member of The Six flashed on a screen...listing their code name and a brieft description of powers they each possesed>>

<< Nervous was a technological gem....the precision of the tech and equipment there made it a most "beautiful" structure for those into that sort of thing. with the most advanced weaponry, defense and survielance systems on the planet...this fortress was more than capable of defending itself against the most powerful super beings on the planet.>>

<< deep within its protected systems...NERVOUS began to activate the appropriate "defensive measures" to counter The Six....they would soon be put to the test...in the worst way>>

<<< meanwhile..back on the stairwell>>

<< in an icy voice>>: there is a constant humming of power in the air...the amount of energy that this place uses must be ENORMOUS. Alycia did say that A.I.M has the technological might to fight against any threat human or super powered on the planet. This is a side of MysTech unlike ANY we've seen before!
 
::descending the stairs, Guardian seemed rather quiet. there was a reason for it::

:: she was "looking" ahead....deep within.::

We're going to have to go OUT into the open eventually. Black Widow can determine where the best point of entry is but there is no "back door" to NERVOUS.

Once we ARE engaged....the possibility of a forced seperation among the team is glaringly apparent.

:: as they made their way further down....the feeling of impending dread could be felt by them ALL....as much information as they had ...they were not prepared for the raw, unrelenting offensive front that was going to be directed their way once they reached the platform out in the "warehouse" area.::
 
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