Part 3: Myself Despised, Forsaken [closed]

[meat_mooks]

Things were looking rather dire for the captives of the Brainiacs. They were very securely trapped, no one knew where they were, the old Brainiac 5 appeared to be completely gone, incapable of his old morality, and apparently, Brainiac 4 had some sort of plans that involved getting past Stacy's defenses.

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[battorch]

"Just a bump in the road," Red Robin said lowly, mostly to himself.

He recovered without any real hitch, mind still rushing. At least that took care of the first few steps of any escape plan, right off the bat.

[thisclinchesit]

"Getting caught was part of the plan. After all, we've had no luck on getting any leads as to where this place was, so the only option was to get in the belly of the beat when granted an opportunity," Shoutarou comments, smoothing his shirt out and then rubbing his wrists. He's bluffing to a degree, but one can't argue with results.

Granted, the results are less than stellar, but better than anything they've gotten so far.

"...now then, let's find our gear and see if we can't shut this operation down, shall we?"

[halfa_hero]

"Already taken care of." Danny passed over said equipment.

"And get ready quick. Those weren't the only bots down here. There'll be a bunch headed this way now that those are down."

[prodigalfirelord]

Zuko took his swords, glad to have them in case the bots were, in fact, fireproof.

"And let me guess. The others are past them?"

[battorch]

Red Robin took his belts and tools in (admittedly grateful) silence, and clipped them back onto his uniform, listening to the others in the meantime.

At least they were now prepared for any bots. He kept one hand ready for the EM pulse in his belt, while the other retrieved a retractable staff and extended it.

"Units being in the way of our path to the others is irrelevant," he says. "Either we find a way around them or we go through them. We can't waste time, regardless."

[thisclinchesit]

"Good work, kiddo," Shou answers - his tone is quite genuine. He takes his things, shuffling them off to pockets here and there, and then dons his hat. (The hat is very important, you see. It sets the mood.)

"Robin's right. I say we go get Punchy and Sensor, then we take care of 'mommy dearest'."

[halfa_hero]

"We'll have to go through them. If I was at full strength I could've made all of us invisible and gotten around 'em, but even turning myself invisible hasn't exactly been easy for me."

[meat_mooks]

Around the door, there were three robots in between them and the labs now and the way through the labs was the only way out of their holding area. They were nasty things with eyes that could act as laser cutters. Much like the probe that had snatched them earlier, they had a design like a skull with mechanical tentacles dangling down. Those were prehensile, very sharp, and capable of stabbing or strangling them and could be charged with a deadly electrical current.

[ALERT ALERT. GUARD UNITS DOWN IN CONTAINMENT AREA. PRISONERS HAVE ESCAPED. INTERCEPT IMMEDIATELY.]

[halfa_hero]

"And they're here." Danny said, firing a ectoplasmic blast.

[thisclinchesit]

"Well, that was a little sooner than expected," Shoutarou comments as he presses a driver to his waist. It's followed with a purple memorystick being shoved in, and a small pose being struck.

"Henshin!"

Part of the driver is thrown to the side, and a swirling wind kicks up in the immediate area around the detective while black and purple armor envelops his body. Large red compound eyes flash for a moment after they materialize, and the wind dissipates.

"Let's thank these 'bots for their hospitality," he adds before charging to meet them.

[prodigalfirelord]

Zuko follows Shoutarou in, slicing one bot free of tentacles with his sword blades. Two others hedged him in on both sides, and parrying them both took all his skill.

While he was looking for an opening, another bot came up behind him and wrapped him in its tentacles. In the split second the bot took to electrify its arms, Zuko dropped his swords.

The bot had left his forearms with just enough mobility to start the form that allowed him to channel lightning, and as electricity surged through the bots arms, it flowed through Zuko's open chi path and out the tip of his outstretched finger - straight at the right bot. As it fell to the ground, overloaded, he aimed the remainder of the blast at the second. It too fell to the ground as the electric charge finally ran out.

Unfortuantely for Zuko, though the bot gripping him had lost its charge, it hadn't lost its strength. The mobile metal tentacles began constricting him, and Zuko yelled in pain as it tried to pull his limbs apart.

[meat_mooks]

That robot will rip Zuko apart if it has to. Just like the one diving towards Shoutarou will laser him apart if it can, and the one launching itself towards Danny will burst his eardrums with the head-splitting sonics it's firing at him if it can get away with it.

[thisclinchesit]

Bring the lasers, robot. Now that they've gotten this far, Shoutarou's got exactly zero interest in being stopped here. The lasers will bring a shower of sparks once they impact the Rider's armor, and stagger him for just a moment, but he'll keep going, and give the 'bot a fist right in the face.

[halfa_hero]

Danny clapped his hands over his ears, and, given that he couldn't fire ectoblasts AND do that, switched to firing ice-beams out his eyes at the oncoming robot.

[battorch]

Red Robin was lucky enough to be free of immediate danger, at least-- but it seemed one of his team mates was not, and that took priority. He broke away from the bots nearest him as fast as possible, flicking low powered explosive charges onto them. Even if it didn't stop them, he just needed to buy time enough for a moment.

He jammed the staff into the 'bot on Zuko-- not further away but upwards, into it, the retractable blade on the end of the staff extending to give it a little more weight and damage. Hopefully enough to throw it off.

His other hand was fast-- retrieving a localized EM Pulse and attaching it to the machine. Hopefully not ranged enough to effect Shoutarou, hopefully enough to force the 'bot to let go.