That's the rubble taken care of. Now to deal with Toxin... Azura thought as she held her breath, just in case, and focused on the bubble of clean air she had created around her head earlier. She tried to strengthen it to keep the poisonous smoke away and at the same time expand it until it covered her whole body – there was no way to be sure what kind of poison Toxin had used, after all. “I don't suppose you'll be reasonable and retreat without a fight?”” She offered the villainess a chance.
Grunting in annoyance, Squidlock has his little spy move closer to some of the cages, wanting to peek inside a few of the ones that look like they have been occupied for a while. That purple flash has him concerned and he would rather not risk staring at it too long without knowing what the consequences of doing so are. Either way, he makes a note to send Master Gulback a message about this later. This is clearly another extra-terrestrial invader encroaching on what is meant to be their hunting grounds and the more he can learn about what they will eventually be dealing with before sending that message, the better.
Spoiler: Speed Roll D100: Vanessa: 96+20 Goon: 46 Luckily, Vanessa has more luck than she did with the last hostage she had to rescue - the goon goes flying, with Lawrence bruised and unconscious but otherwise fine. Spoiler: Combat Roll D100: Vanessa: 86 Hammer: 74 Melee Damage: 12-10 (Indestructible) Hammer's Health: 32 Hammer reels back, wiping blood from his lip. "Hmph... You're gonna have to hit harder than that if you want me to snitch. Or maybe you could get me to talk another way?" He eyes her up and sniggers.
"My mom wouldn't do that." He says without bite, as he ogles her breasts. "And I wouldn't leave my girlfriend just because I have a girl as hot as you here."
"Yeah, I have lube. I guess that means you're ready?" Lee says, pulling her head up once more. Slipping an arm around her thin, androgynous waist, he hoists her up over his shoulder, carrying her into a bedroom, a different one to where his counterpart is staying. Tossing her on her stomach on the bed, Lee undresses fully, before his strong hands reach up under her skirt to caress her ass.
Toxin moves her hands, letting the gas cloud disperse temporarily. "Actually, I was about to suggest the same thing. Let me go, and you can keep these idiots." She gestures to the fallen thugs, slipping something into a satchel with her other hand.
"Khhh." Vanessa growled, clenching her gloved fists even tighter. Even his perverse gaze on her body only worked to rile her up, due to the fact that they injured Lawrence. "Fine, you want me to hit harder?" The heiress grumbled, though she had next to no real combat experience. She figured she had the advantage when it came to speed. So, Vanessa uses her superhuman speed, making it seem as if she's heading straight toward Hammer. But, half-way through her charge, she changes course to zip behind him. Jumping on his back, she wraps her arms around his neck in an attempt to choke him out.
"Oh? She wouldn't?" Amethyst Heart chuckled. "She really wouldn't~ So she accepts your choice of girlfriend?" She said, playing on the young man's feelings. She was sure that Kizuhara made her opinion known. "Or is it that she was against it, and you showed backbone opposing her... only when she saw you wouldn't be swayed in your choice, she accepted your opinion... or should I say, delayed her action to make you and your girl break up?" The blond asked, wondering how many points she was hitting.
Spoiler: Stealth Roll D100: 27 As Squidlock moves his creation, he sees that the prisoners who've already been in the cages for a while are zombie-like in more than demeanor. They stand perfectly still, eyes completely white - soulless. Before Squidlock can investigate further, however, his vision shifts rapidly, as a hand grips the creature he spawned. "Look, my love!" The woman calls out to the monstrous creature. "Someone got us a gift! And what a pretty one it is, too..." Her gloved finger slides up and down the spy's gooey flesh. "Oh, must we? Fine, honey, I'll dispose of it." Suddenly, Squidlock feels her hand squeezing hard on the defenceless worm.
Azura took note of what Toxin was doing with her other hand, and decided not to wait to find out what it was. “No, thanks, I don't need them.” She replied as she gathered and concentrated arcane energy in a fist-sized ball above her palm. Without delay she threw the purple sphere at the masked woman's feet. It would explode upon hitting something solid, whether that was Toxin herself or just the floor. The resulting explosion would hurt and push away any living people within 2 meters of it, damaging their clothes and potentially even causing the victims to fall down, but it would do barely any damage to the floor and walls of the building. More importantly, it would – hopefully – prevent Toxin from using the satchel.
"Gah!" Callista yelps a little at the surprise of being lifted, exclaiming again once she's tossed unceremoniously onto the bed. After glancing to see Lee undressing, she lifts herself to a kneel and begins shakily removing her own clothes. However, she only has her crop top and buttoned blouse off before she feels the man taking hold of her moderate asscheeks, expecting to feel him probing her again, maybe even with something other than his fingers. She casts her hands forwards onto the bedding, presenting her rear and looking back, smiling at Lee over her shoulder. "Want to help me finish undressing? Or are you too needy to wait?"
With a growl of frustration, Squidlock cuts the connection to the creature and leaves it to its fate. He would have liked to learn more about that crystal and how it was brain washing those people but it seems this is all he gets on that front for now. He'll keep an eye out for that woman and her "lover", both in case they try to backtrack things to him and if another opportunity to observe them arises. But for now, he has his own base and minions to prepare, a sorceress' things to raid... and then see whatever else the rivers of fate float his way.
In truth, Jenny was starting to have some difficulty reconciling the thoughts she picked up from Infinity with the identity he projected into the world. She knew that he was entitled to his own private thoughts and she shouldn't intrude, but when he projected them (unconsciously or not) she couldn't help but feel it was an invasion of her privacy. Her innate curiosity of what his thoughts implied coupled with the butterflies in her stomach it elicited was also not welcome to her at the moment; and she was glad when he departed. The time alone in between when Infinity left and her husband arrived was a welcome respite. Her inner guilt swirled like a tornado and she needed a short time to come down from the wild imaginings that her mind raced with at Infinity's thoughts. But when her husband finally arrived, were it not for his injury, she would have launched herself into his arms. Instead she gently pressed herself to him and let him hold her for some time. "It was." she replied to his first comment/question. She didn't want to tell him everything but knew she needed to provide him more; so she told him what she told Infinity. "I made contact with someone at the club who invited me to the apartment After some long... trust building exercises I was got some evidence against a gang attached to Dylan Duke. Actually Infinity was here a short time before you and he took the evidence to continue the investigation. So I guess we have the rest of the night to ourselves." She took the flowers her husband had brought and smelled them, enjoying their aroma and the affection they represented before she smiled up at the man. "I'll put these in some water if you would like to get off your feet." she used her powers to hover up to kiss him on his cheek.
Spoiler: Combat Roll D100: Azura: 28+20 (Arcane Power)=48 Toxin: 12 Arcane Damage: 36 Toxin Health: 64 "Son of a-" Toxin reels backwards as the ball of magic energy collides into the walkway. "Ah, damn it!" The woman exclaims in pain as the lower section of her costume is shredded, material melting off to transform it from a bodysuit into a leotard. "Damn perv..." The villainess grunts, raising her hands in Azura's direction, with her satchel hanging loosely from a strap around her shoulders.
As his vision returns, Squidlock sees his new minion cop grunting as he fills the captive blonde with his seed, before tucking his member away, seemingly having enjoyed himself in his new master's brief absence.
Spoiler: Combat Roll D100: Vanessa: 86+20 Hammer: Natural 100+20 (Crit) Melee Damage: 14+10 (Crit) Vanessa's Health: 40 Vanessa Pinned! Can attack, but not move Reaching behind his back, Hammer grabs the heiress by the neck, effortlessly lifting her off of him, before slamming her down into the floor, the gleaming marble shattering beneath her as she hits the ground. Before she can recover, the giant slams a foot down onto her chest, pinning her to the ground, and she sinks even lower into the floor, as the wind is knocked from her lungs.
The young man's frown deepens. "Well... No, she was mad about it at first..." He looks at Heart. "Why are you trying to turn me against her? Isn't she paying you to spend time with me?"
"After all you've been teasing me?" Lee grins, before a strong hand lands a strike on her ass cheeks. "Nah, the time for waiting has passed." He slides his fingers under the waistband of Calista's panties and pulls, the fabric rubbing against her most sensitive areas, and then with a tear the flimsy garment is gone. She feels a cold sensation as the young man rubs her ass with the lube, and then she feels it - a hard manhood positioned to enter her unused back hole. "Now to show you how I treat my favorite fans..." He thrusts forwards, and all at once Calista feels a hard cock inside her, spreading apart her inner walls to their limits as she feels a wave of pain that quickly turns to pleasure. Lee doesn't move for a moment, savoring the feeling of her ass, letting her get used to the invading extremity.
"Ghaahn!" Vanessa groans as she's slammed onto the ground, before Hammer's massive foot presses against her chest. "Ghhh!" Feeling the air get forcibly pushed out of her lungs, the heiress tries to punch his ankle in an attempt to injure him.
"Weird, Infinity didn't mention he was monitoring the Duke case personally. Well, I'm glad someone like that's got his eye on you, to keep you safe." Jenny watches as her husband smiles, totally unsuspecting of the many infidelities she committed while he was worrying for her safety. "No, no, relax. I'll do it - you must be tired after all that work." He smiles lovingly, before taking the flowers away to put them in a vase. Returning to his wife on the bed, the injured hero caresses his wife's cheek, before smirking. "Now, what was it you said about us having the night to ourselves?"
