Whodunnit?

[ihatefire.livejournal.com]

It was time to get a little more organized, share some information with each other. She had a talk with that bigface kid, Jaime, to see if he could do anything to shield them from Stacy's prying eyes and he said he had a few ideas, so a meeting place was chosen, and it was time to gather.

Cybil had a good authoritative, shouting voice.

"Everyone, listen up! We're meeting down in the city near that big tree. Grab whoever you see and get down there."

Indeed they were. People were starting to gather there.

[ooc: Instead of little subthreads, everyone post in one thread as people arrive. Try to keep the convo general, like everyone talking to each other, instead of devolving into private conversations.]

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[cityship]

That's when they swarmed in, coming up the alleys, crawling up walls, reaching out from the windows of buildings, trying to snag people.

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Oh that's not good. That's not good at all. Guys! Cover your ears, quick!" Danny shouted, before taking a deep breath and letting out an earsplitting, unearthly scream, unleashing a powerful shockwave along with it.

[st-veritas.livejournal.com]

Connor and Murphy, who had just been dropping guns as the clips ran out and pulling out the next pair, clapped their hands over their ears. Unfortunately, that left them rather vulnerable- Connor especially, as he had situated himself between Murphy and the attackers, trying to protect his brother.

[thenameissam.livejournal.com]

Sam had just barely covered his ears when a deafening wail erupted from half-pint's mouth but it did little good. Not only did his hands do little to diminish the high-pitched screeching in his head, but the force of the shock wave picked Sam up, lifting him off his feet, and slammed him up against a nearby building.

He was out cold.

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

Fuck, this was NOT good.

Jono had been backing up along with the rest of the group, staying at the front. Or, well, the back now. He didn't want to get hit with that crap, but it was better than somebody being hit by one of his blasts accidentally.

The wail made him slap his hands over his ears, but he did his best not to think about it. He'd trained with Sean Cassidy, after all. He could think around his eardrums trying to bleed out of his ears.

Everybody behin' me, he 'shouted', ripping open the front of his outfit. It would probably seal back together. The important bit was exposing his full chest so that he could blast as many of them at once as possible.

[beyondgotham.livejournal.com]

This was all bad. Worst then bad - this was maybe the weirdest, most dangerous thing that Terry had done. And seeing Tim getting grabbed had just made it worse.

He'd leaped towards the strange bug-monster, ignoring Cybil, acting just as Kon had. Except Terry'd forgotten how slow he was without his suit.

At the ear-splitting scream, he'd stopped, however. He clasped his hands over his ears, but it still hurt, and his ears were ringing slightly. He'd only just heard Jono's warning, and jumped out of the way.

[cityship]

The unfortunate thing was that when you were hunched out of the way of your blasty team-mates, with your hands over your ears, it left you a little vulnerable.

Being unconscious did that, too.

Sam was dragged away. Connor was snagged through a window. Terry was dragged down an alley. Paco was clotheslined and dragged up the side of a building.

They'd watched. There were ones with powers, and ones without. The ones with powers were predators. The ones without--provided they could be separated from their little stingy, loud weapons--were prey.

If any of them screamed, it was lost in the cacophony.

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

Suddenly the otherworldly wail cut off. "...oh no. Oh no. Shitshitshitshitshit" In his mind the ghost-boy was blaming himself for the other members of the crew's capture capture.

[lytaalex.livejournal.com]

Ducking back and forth as she dodged the swarm of giant roaches, her ears covered until the wail ended. Luckily, she'd already been behind Jono when he blasted a group of bugs so she hadn't been forced to avoid friendly fire as well as the attacking insects.

This was out of control. There were so many of bugs and so few of them. And everyone was shooting in all different directions, someone was bound to get killed in the cross fire. They needed help. 'Stacy!' Lyta suddenly thought, remembering that the ship had seemed to hold their safety as the most important thing, at least so far. So where was she now?

STACY!! Lyta screamed at the top of her mind. Stacy! God damn it! Don't you ignore me!

[waylostandfound.livejournal.com]

The only thing that saved Nathan from getting sprayed as well was his own fast speed in the air. He was able to react in time to move back and out of range.

But the sonic yell? Was another matter, and as he passed out, his ability cut out. He fell bodily to the floor, and rolled to the side under other people's feet.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate had some experience with sonic attacks so she had covered her ears, but that kept her from grabbing Paco. Instead something else grabbed him, and she yelled his name, and aimed some arrows for whatever the hell was grabbing him. She then tried to climb up the building, and stabbed a bug that tried to grab her.

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

Okay, so everything was bigger in Texas. That did not cover roaches bigger than he was.

"JAIME!" he shouted, whacking the doom roach around the head-ish area. "I COULD USE SOME LASERS OVER HERE!"

The doom roach gave him a shake, like a dog with a stick, and slammed him into the side of the building. The stick flew out of his hand and Paco was out cold.

[mynameisax.livejournal.com]

Ladies and gentlemen, the cavalry has arrived!

...Okay, the cavalry is a blue centaur with extra eyes and a truly wicked-looking scythed tail, but there's still a cavalry.

One of the roaches was trundling toward the unconscious Nathan, apparently intent on killing him or dragging him off somewhere. It was unimpeded until the full weight of a teenage Andalite landed on its back.

FWAP! FWAP! FWAP! The head-like portion of the roach in question fell off and rolled out of the way. Ax removed its legs as well. If it was anything like Earth roaches, beheading it wouldn't kill it, but he did want to make sure it couldn't attack any of the others.

< Please do not harm me, I am assisting you! > he announced to the rest of the crew as he went after another roach.

[st-aequitas.livejournal.com]

"Fuck! CONNOR!" Murphy screamed after his brother, already unloading more bullets into the gigantic bugs. If a stray bullet got Ax, he didn't seem to notice.

[mynameisax.livejournal.com]

< AAAHH! > Ax yelped, managing to twist out of the way enough that Murphy's bullets didn't seriously injure him. One stalk eye took in the damage and then swiveled in Murphy's direction, taking note of his face.

At least it hadn't been a Dracon beam.

FWAP! FWAP! FWAP!

< Could someone please retrieve this man so that I may be of more assistance? > he asked, dispatching another roach that had been heading for Nathan.

[lytaalex.livejournal.com]

After her continuous pleas to Stacy for help went unanswered, Lyta was pulled back to the reality of what was going on by the sound of Ax's voice in her head. He'd changed.

Jerking her head in his direction, she saw Ax fight off a series of roaches in his attempt to protect Nathan. NATHAN!

Her eyes widening, Lyta kept her head low as she rushed over to the unconscious man, having to duck a couple of times as Ax's bladed tail swished by her and took down another roach.

"I've got him!" she shouted as she grabbed Nathan's arm and wrapped it around her shoulders before she attempted to hoist him up. 'I think,' she thought when she realized just how heavy he was.

"You are so going on a diet," she groaned at the unconscious Nathan as she began to drag him away.

[likeapoison.livejournal.com]

As soon as ears were mentioned, both Pat and Tox had a bad feeling-one that was quickly confirmed. The sonics were more than enough to affect Toxin, and he was unable to hold up against them, going from suit form to just a mess of red and black, somewhat stringy glop.

Pat went down as well, the shock to Toxin making him pass out.

[titanium-will.livejournal.com]

This was hell all over again. The ringing in his ears was painful, disorientating, and he could only hope the pipsqueak hadn't permanently damaged his hearing. That complaint was far back in his mind, however; he could see well enough, even if, at this point, he didn't want to really be involved in this scene anymore.

The last time he'd been in something like this.. at least his foes had been human, with human enough motivations. This, he didn't get. Not in the slightest.

Tony's hands curled into fists, even as he quickly scanned the battlefield, looking for something, anything, to strike back with. No good opportunities presented themselves. What was he going to do, fistfight a giant insect?

Still, a blur of red and black had captured his attention. Shit. Pat. The cop had seemed like a nice enough guy, infestation aside, and Tony found himself wading through the mayhem, finally focused on something, trying to be of use to somebody.

[the-cute-speedy.livejournal.com]

"Scuze me handsome.." Mia jumped onto Tony's shoulder, then propelled herself forward, firing a freeze-arrow in mid-leap at one of the bugs. Mercifully, the requisite earplugs had been stashed with her sonic arrows.

Then she was on the floor again, and the dramatic action-hero moment was passed. Now she was hip-deep in a very real survival horror scenario. "I can do this... I can do this.. I'm too cute to die here." She shouldered her bow for the moment and readied her sword against the nearest bug.

[cityship]

The roaches weren't happy about the blue thing with the sharp tail. Especially since it kept getting between them and the female trying to drag an unconscious male to safety. But they had sheer numbers on their side, and there was only one of it. They could wear it down eventually.

The bug Mia hit with her freeze-arrow certainly froze. Unfortunately, the two bugs behind it simply clambered over it's back and split up, one heading straight for Mia and the other cutting Tony off from Pat. Another one cut behind him to keep him away from the rest of the group.

In fact, separating the remainder of the crew seemed to be the master plan, especially splitting those without super powers away from those with super powers.

Besides, they only had half of the set of twins. You needed both, didn't you?

[titanium-will.livejournal.com]

Weight suddenly pressed against Tony's shoulder, a grunt of displeasure leaving him as the girl decided to use him as a trampoline. Damnit, didn't she see he was busy? Her remark, of course, fell on deaf ears. Literally.

He'd almost made it, though he wasn't entirely sure what he was going to do when he got to Pat; drag the poor bastard back, if possible, try to offer some form of help, but one of the insects had suddenly scooted in front of him. Well, if you could say anything that big really scooted. He started cursing a blue streak, at that point, and if it didn't move, he'd try to kick the damn thing.

He never really noticed the one behind him.

[vincent-amora.livejournal.com]

Vincent strode through the battlefield, invisible. This was his element, his Aesir blood pounding in his ears. The field was too cluttered with pawns allies to use any wide range spells, so he opted for a more personal touch. Both his hands were coated with destructive energy, more than enough to rend these bugs to pieces.

He weaved his way past each obstacle he came across, plunging his magic-laden hands into the bugs, ripping them open. He couldn't help but smile. This was the most fun he'd had in quite some time. But he was going to make sure this battle came to a close soon. This was his domain now, and he wasn't going to let some miserable lot of vermin interfere with his plans.

[anoldtrickster.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Aesir, Wednesday's been contributing a bit, too—nothing supernatural, but he's good with that scimitar, hacking at joints and limbs with the smooth efficiency of a trained soldier... not that there are armies today that really train in that kind of thing. "Pull back!" he shouts, hoping there are enough who can still hear him to actually matter. "Stay together!"

He's trying to clear through the separating bugs, and one-on-one—despite the occasional obvious twinges of pain or overexertion—he's quite good at it. The problem is that there's far, far too many to get through in time.

Well, there's one good thing, at least... this all seems to have put a bit of color back into his cheeks.

[cityship]

Snug like a hug from a bug! The roach wrapped its front legs around Tony and lifted him up off the ground as easily as a child. And to insure his tractability, it lowered the plates down over its eyes and headbutted the back of Tony's skull.

One more down.

Vincent and Wednesday were fast becoming another of the bug's least favorite people. Roaches were hard to kill, but ripping them open was more than just incapacitating, and there's only so much a bug could do without functional legs. They tried to herd both of them in the direction of the leg-chopping blue thing. Several tried to swarm Vincent and take chunks out of his arms and legs.

Meanwhile, the bullets didn't seem to be doing too much good. It hurt them, yes, but roaches are hard to kill. Most of those using bullets were without super powers, and these roaches had long since adapted to dealing with baseline humans.

[titanium-will.livejournal.com]

Suddenly, he was lifted off his feet. The stream of profanities were suddenly cut off as something crashed into the back of his head. Everything went black. So much for him having a thick skull.

It was possibly the quietest he'd been in a long time.