ng_underworld (ng_underworld) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-02-25 20:42:00

Entry tags:

adrienne batroc, anya stark, armadillo jr., bea dayspring, crosshairs, guardian, martin baum, plot - "lightning strikes", team - thunderbolts

Lightning Strikes
Stephen Remus sat in the office of his penthouse, smoking a cigarette as he looked out the window.

"You have your team. You ready for your first outing?" Remus asked the figure behind him.

"Yes," came the audibly distorted voice. "We know where they'll all be."

Remus takes another drag of his cigarette before responding. "Good. You've all been practicing, let's see how you do against the real thing. Good hunting."

The sound of metallic boots are heard leaving as the figure goes to announce the mission's start.

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magic_hands
2013-02-27 03:58 am UTC (link)

"So why bother then?" Martin grumbles, he should have expected them to just fly around. Fine. He focuses on flying around and occasionally teleporting to get out of the bees' way while zapping them and now starting to teleport the bubbles of bees not to their master, but out of this dimension. Still, it's not getting him anywhere. Had to hit the source.

So once again the young mage teleports away, only to appear behind Gerald and send a massive blue disc barreling right at him in close range.

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lightningsquad
2013-02-27 04:07 am UTC (link)

"Because I'm getting p[aid, that's why." Gerald manages to keep track of most of Martin's teleports, but did not expect him to get up close and blindside him with that disk. Gerald stumbled in mid-air, launched back, but manages to right himself. Still, his focus on keeping the infernal bees in this dimension was broken as they faded out of sync with this reality. "Not bad, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised by someone trained by Dr. Strange."

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magic_hands
2013-02-27 04:26 am UTC (link)

Sometimes the recklessness of youth helped out. "Thank you. But you never said who you're supposed to be." See? He could be polite, the guy did after all acknowledge Dr. Strange was great, and that he was doing well. Magic fights could be civilized right? Not like the guy made this personal. Now had he said anything negative about Dr. Strange this would be a whole other ball game.

Now he begins muttering the incantation for a spell while he has the time, concentrating hard to get the latin right. He'd asked Dr. Strange to teach him this one as a birthday thing after that whole evil doppleganger disaster. It looks like he's posed to pull back an invisible bow, except the outstretched hand is facing palm up. Runes circle the pulled back hand and an electric shot of blue magic arches out of it and into the outstretched hand which seems to take the powerful beam and redirect it straight at his opponent. The magic blazes through the air with a blinding light.

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	lightningsquad 2013-02-27 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Name's Gerald," he says in reply. Gerald's eyes widen as he recognizes the spell. "Shit!" He quickly begins casting his most powerful shield spell. He finished just as the blast connects, driving him across the sky as the shield strained to keep the energy at bay. Now it was a contest to see which would hold longer, the unstoppable force or the immovable object. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2013-02-27 06:08 pm UTC (link)

"Never heard of you," he managed to get out while straining to keep the spell in his control. It was a delicate balance between adding more and more power while still keeping it his control. But he could feel it slipping. Control was always an issue and this was a newer spell for him. Strands of magic arc out of his control but the main beam stays true, so Martin tries to reign it in by using the escaping arcs to come around the sides and attack Gerald from there. But many go wild and hit nearby buildings.

The two of them are putting on quite the light show in the skies of downtown Boston but Martin isn't stopping. Gritting his teeth, he's using all his concentration to try and keep the wild power under his control just a little longer.

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lightningsquad
2013-02-27 06:20 pm UTC (link)

"That only means I'm doing my job right!" Indeed two bits of excess energy get past the shield to strike Gerald. However, his jacket was more than just for show. It was laced with runes that deflected the bulk of the damage, though it still stung. "Okay kid. Time to show you some real magic!" He closes his hands closer together, chanting, he warps the shield around Martin's energy in an attempt to encapsulate it.

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magic_hands
2013-02-27 06:41 pm UTC (link)

"Really? Thought it meant the opposite." Darn, though that was expected of a mage's clothes. Still...

Now it's Martin's turn to have his eyes widen at his opponents spell. Oh. No. As fast as he can, he jumps back and releases the spell. But Gerald's shield is still fast enough to catch quite a bit of the dissipating magic. Not good, that spell had had a lot of power put into it. No time to waste, Martin starts chanting his next spell, timing was everything here. Except he'd admit he was sort of having a little bit of fun. Though demon hunting was way better than people picking fights with you.

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	lightningsquad 2013-02-27 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	Gerald doesn't bother responding to what martin says. Suddenly the shield wraps completely around the spell, creating a giant glowing ball. "You like your spell? Let's see how much." And Gerald flings it at Martin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2013-02-27 07:02 pm UTC (link)

Martin frowns, he could teleport out of the way but the power he'd put behind that spell meant it'd create considerable damage to the building behind him. Well, back to basics then.

He conjures up a row of his magic discs, and then another, in front of himself to have double shielding. The discs stick close together to create a wall of defense as the glowing magic ball collides with full force against his barrier.

Unstoppable force vs. Immovable object round 2 and in reverse.

Both the ball and the wall of shielding burst and shatter as the blue glowing magics explode out, showering nearby buildings and street corners and causing minor chaos and destruction. Still better than if he'd dodged though.

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	lightningsquad 2013-02-27 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	And in the chaos of exploding magics, Gerald locked on Martin's signature and teleported behind him. A hand lifted up casually behind martin's head, glowing with mystic energy. "Checkmate, kid." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2013-02-27 08:13 pm UTC (link)

Martin froze at the voice and turned slowly slightly to look at the guy over his shoulder. Had he been older, more cautious, or had a sense of self preservation, it'd be this point that would be smart to throw in the towel. But he was barely into his teen years chronologically and still had the overconfidence of youth that believed themselves immortal.

He was still standing on his usual blue disc that allowed him to fly by staying on it. All of a sudden the disc was no longer a platform but a hole to another dimension, the closest one he could think of in the heat of the moment to open a portal to, and he dropped into it and disappears as the disc does too once he's gone.

After a very long moment a blue flash appears in the distance, though Gerald will still make out who it is. A slightly breathless and more disheveled looking young mage sits on his disc. "That was close! Who'd you study with again?" Because maybe Dr. Strange would know the person.

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	lightningsquad 2013-02-27 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	Gerald shakes his head, impressed despite himself. "I don't make a habit of naming my teacher. He had an outdated sense of how people are supposed to do things. I went my own way and have been learning on my own terms since." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2013-02-28 01:05 am UTC (link)
	"Hmm, but you know you're not supposed to pick fights with other magic people without a reason. And you're not supposed to use your magic for just anyone because you're responsible for it," Martin frowns. Dr. Strange had told him the second a lot, when you could almost be a magic power battery that lesson was very important. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lightningsquad 2013-02-28 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Gerald raised an eyebrow. "You are aware that magic users have fought each other throughout history right? Or did you neglect that area of study?" Gerald floated there with his arms crossed. "I already told you, I'm being paid. And who else would be responsible for my magic but me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2013-02-28 01:24 am UTC (link)

"I said without a reason! I didn't say not at all. Without a reason is just rude. And I do a lot of studying!" Martin dusted off his hat and put it back on. "I mean if you got paid to blow up a building or something with your magic or to power something that does bad stuff, it's still your responsibility what that does even if you're being paid."

"So what's the dueling rules for this part now?" He didn't do these with strange sorcerers so he didn't know.

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	lightningsquad 2013-02-28 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"Never said it wasn't," Gerald replied. "I just don't care." He raises an eyebrow. "Dueling rules? There are no freaking rules in a fight for your life!" He chants off a few word and launches a bolt of lightning at Martin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	magic_hands 2013-02-28 01:29 am UTC (link)
	"Well you were really taking your time there," he responds and throws up a disc to block the bolt of lightning and then makes his own disc fly off farther down the street to see if the guy will follow, all while start an incantation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lightningsquad 2013-02-28 01:33 am UTC (link)
	Gerald curses darkly about "kids" before flying off after Martin. Gerald forms a new, brighter bolt of lightning between his hands and flings it at Martin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2013-02-28 01:45 am UTC (link)

Martin swoops to and fro on his disc, flying wildly to dodge the attack but all while not looking back and concentrating very hard on his incantation. The bolt hits and nearby building, causing more, rather flashy, damage to add to this fight. He just needs a bit of time so getting the guy to chase might do that. He'd done this spell a few times and he felt it only fair that if this guy got to fling fireballs that he would too. Except his version is much larger and has that pesky time requirement, it also meant he couldn't' teleport out while working on it. Hopefully it didn't blow up in his face like that last time against the talking cyborg pirate dinosaur.

As the chase goes on a small ball of flame seems to trail behind Martin growing larger and larger as it goes. He keeps up his concentration until that part of the spell is done. Then the fiery ball flares up and begins shooting fireballs at Gerald.

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	lightningsquad 2013-02-28 10:19 am UTC (link)
	"Shit!" Gerald is forced to throw up makeshift shield, albeit not as powerful as his last one, sending hi toward the roof of a nearby building. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2013-02-28 07:28 pm UTC (link)

Martin stops and spins on his disc to see what had happened to his opponent. Upon closer inspection one could notice his giant fireball that had been shooting smaller ones was pulsating, as if it was trying to expand and blow but it was barely being contained. As long as he concentrated on this spell he couldn't teleport or conjure up discs without dissipating the fire spell. Unfortunate, but this one had a tendency to get out of control easily. So he settles for waiting for the dust to clear while staying on working hard to keep the spell in check and stay alert should Gerald pop up again.

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	lightningsquad 2013-02-28 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	Gerald was pissed. This little twerp was getting on his last nerve. Then he noticed what Martin was doing and decided to improvise. He summoned an orb of light in his right hand and flung it above Martin. When it reached above him, its brightness suddenly increased dramatically in an attempt to blind Martin ad make him lose control. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

magic_hands
2013-02-28 10:07 pm UTC (link)

As the orb of light flew out of the smoke, Martin frowned, confused by what this was. Before he had time to do anything, it went off in a giant flash, blinding the young mage. It was enough of a surprise that he lost grip on his control of the fireball spell and he could feel it slip from his grasp.

Shoot.

The fireball rapidly expands until it burst in a giant blast, fire spiralling out, charring building sides, shattering windows, and causing general destruction at the altitude they've been fighting at. Martin nearly gets knocked off his disc but manages to hold on and do a rapid teleport high above the destruction at last minute.

After coughing at all the smoke and ash that he'd ended up inhaling in, Martin frowns down at the destruction, looking rather disheveled even if his clothes were fire proof. They still had ash and soot all over them and Martin himself wasn't fire proof. "Ow," he grumbles and sucks on a burn on his exposed forearm. It was hard to tell in the chaos and all the magics around if his opponent had gotten out of the blast radius at last minute too.

That had not gone as planned.

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