"They'reKidsThatsWhatMakesThemMatterMoreYouDontUnderstandIHaveToKeepThemSafeIpromisedToKeepThemSafe!!" With the chain wrapped around his neck like a halter, frantically threw his head back on instinct, head-butting Xiayu with the back of his head.
CRA-CRA-CRACK
In a crackle of thunder he struck her three more times the same way striking her strongly in the nose each time.
"YouDontUnderstandThisIsImportantIhaveToWinThisWeHaveToWinThisTheresNoOtherWayIfHeHasThemItsAllOverIHaveToWinThisImSorry"
"ItsNotGonaBeEasyAndItsNotGonnaBeGoodOrRightButIveGotToDoItIHaveToFightForThemIDontWantToDoThisJaimeBut..."
As the Reach Hammers struck Wally's chest he groaned in pain, the force of the blow sending his body into overdrive. His instincts pushed him to faze out of the way of the following blow, slipping behind the Beetle and landing a might kick to his lower back, throwing him into Xiayu.
"INeverWantedThisImNotABadGuyItsForTheKidsPleaseUnderstandIveSpentMyWholeLifeFightingForWhatIBelieveAndRightNowINeedToFightWeAllNeedToFightTheresTooMuchOnTheLine!"
"But where do we go from here?" Terry muttered, his hand locked to his utility belt. He couldn't use any of his toys just yet; there was too much potential collateral, and he wasn't about to throw away his shot at escaping over a fruitless attack... besides, there seemed to be enough people in the fray as it was. Still, he stood vigilant, ready to intervene should the situation arise.
"A team is great, but we're gonna need a lot of food, and water... and by the looks of things, medicine. We have some time before nightfall, but... we're eventually going to need shelter and heat. We have no idea how cold this Island is going to get overnight... or how cold Arcade is going to make it get..."
"We can exchange email's later, kid" Scott growled, blocking another of Eli's sword strikes with a low knee, sending the boy rolling backwards onto his weaker foot. Pushing his advantage, he lunged forward, closing the gap between the two fighters, and striking him in the chest a swift down-punch.
"Right now we need to get somewhere safe-- somewhere far away from these nutjobs!"
"No!" Eli screamed, rolling back to his feet and preparing to brace himself for Scott's next blow.
"Don't listen to her! She's trying to get us to lower our guard-- so she can kill us too!" Rolling past Summers' flying shin, Eli threw to quick jabs into the side of Cyclops' knees, cutting him down to the blonde boy's height. "She's playing the game too, just like us! Only she's playing the long game. Stop her before she can---"
"Get your hands off me!" Eli screamed, spitting in Alice's face. The fireball didn't scare him. She wouldn't kill her own
teammate, would she? Eli
knew that Alice had grown to hate him, and he had preemptively hated her, but resorting to murder? No. He stood by what he said- if they were a team, he'd save her to the end. In a world gone mad, he would have to rely on his team's safe harbour, at least occasionally.
"We're wasting time! They're getting away!" His smaller arms writhed frantically within her grasp as two smaller globs of saliva came flying in her direction.
"We can plan later- they need to die. They all do. We can't let them get away!"
"Listen to your mom, Kid" Scott muttered, climbing back to his feet and brushing the dirt from his suit.
"Going after them is a death sentence. Sooner or later, they'll come to us, and when they do, we'll be ready. We'll have supplies. Food. Defences. We let them fight on our turf on our conditions, not theirs"
"No! The only conditions we'll be fighting under are Arcade's! He's the one making the rules! He's the one who--"
"What the--" Terry tolled back against the wall of the bubble, his back slipping against its pink walls. Who'd have thought the the kid had these sorta powers in him?
"This is... new... Guess we've got more than one powerhouse on our side. An Argonian and a... Bubble boy. Looks like me might be staying alive after all... So what that the plan, little guy? We gonna go it alone, or sit here like ducks?"
The moment chaotic magic filled the area, the equilibrium of the battle shifted again. Still under the influence of Arcade's reversal spell, Weapon Hex's Hexagon curse began to glow with a distorted green hue and crackled his a groaning hum. As the light erupted from her fingers, its blast radius dramatically, a tunnel of light consuming the clearing.
[BOOM [BOOM] [BOOM] [BOOM]
Caught in the centre of the blast,
Eli, Hnikar, Hawkeye, Cyclops, Loa and Alice Swanson vanished from the clearing,.
Even with the Speed of Mercury on his side, Shazam couldn't save Scott in time, with the weight of the rest of his team slowing him down. By the time Billy reached Cyclops, he and those around him had already been snatched up and throw across the Island.
"Hex..." Terry muttered to himself
"What the hell did you just do..."
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@Red Team + Loa and Cyclops
In a flicker of light, Eli, Alice, Scott, Hnikar, Kate and Loa found themselves in the middle of an endless white plain. The air carried with it such a chill any bare flesh seemed to burn and blister, forcing Eli to pull what was left of his jacket around himself as tightly as he could. Soon, he forgot all about killing Scott; back home, he had never felt air so cold.
"Now look what you've done, Alice. You've ruined e--e-everything!" Eli stammered, struggling to compose himself and desperately shaking off the grogginess of the shock he had experience upon hitting the snow. His arms, legs and face had turned bright red, dusted only by a coating of silver frozen sweat.
"S-Save your breath" Scott snapped back, his blue and gold environment suit dusted with snow. It had protected him from the brunt of the cold's cutting waves, but as the wind began to close, even he felt himself shiver.
"No point in pointing fingers if we--c--can't find shelter. We n--eed to get out of this region. We'll all d--die unless we can get warm s-s-soon"
Eli opened his mouth to a make some meaningless comment. Probably something about wanting Scott and Alice to die. But nothing came out. He place his quivering tongue back in his head and hunched over.
"Alright. Right now we need to s---urvey the area. We n-need to get moving. S-stand around too long and we'll be snow-mutants..."
In the distance, the survivors could make out the base of a large mountain and several rows of carefully compacted trees, marking the mouth of the
[FROZEN FOREST]. If they turned around, they could vaguely make out the peaks of the
[GREAT RANGES] peaking out above the clouds. They were much too far away for them to have any hope of reaching them over night- especially not without heat and warm clothing- but it was enough to let them know
whether they were moving closer to or further away from [ARCADE'S CLEARING].
"The Forest--- might g-give us some cover from all this w--ind. We might have a shot at getting some fire wood an---starting a real fire"
"But we--" Eli coughed frozen spit from his lips
"We wont be the only ones h---heading in there. There'll be aa-nimals. We could get some f-furs if we're luck-y-- or get e-aten by a bb-ear or so-mething..."
@Jeremi @Crow @Takumi @Atomic Knight
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Shazam's clifftop perch sat directly between the
[JUNGLE], the
[NORTHERN CLEARING] and
[ARCADE'S CLEARING]. In the distance, he could see the
[GREAT RANGES] and the endless wasteland of the
[FROZEN PLAINS], although the fog of the settling snow preventing him from making out where the missing Champions were.
He, like the Champions in [ARCADE'S CLEARING] did not know where the Missing Persons were.
If
White Team chose to follow the cliff face north, they would find a waterfall that would lead them into the heart of the
[NORTHERN CLEARING], a large valley region.
@Purple Team
If they chosen to head south towards the
[DRYLANDS], they would find region of perilous deserts and cliffs just as dangerous as the Tundra. Yet at its heart, the team would just be able to make out what looked like an system of
caves running throughout the region, possibly protecting them from the sun.
Even from their skytop retreat, they couldn't make out any significant secrets lurking within the
[JUNGLE], its forested floors protected by a veil of green leaves.
@Lucky @dark @Alex Azure
