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[capemods]

WHO: PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE
WHERE: Nominally Los Angeles, but with teleporters and the refugee camps involved, who even knows?
WHEN: From June 5th on!
SUMMARY: People... who evacuate people... are the luckiest people... in the world.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97KzeJ6QUJA

[ctu_savior]

"HOOK UP!" The airman had to yell over the roar of the transport plane's engines. "REMEMBER! YOU GOTTA HIT THE BASEBALL FIELD! IF YOU COME DOWN ON THE BUILDINGS, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA BREAK A LEG

[sable_cloak]

Now that the rooftop was clear, The Shadow had a body, a new weapon, and any supplies left on the body that remained on the roof. Quickly he picked up the gun, taking the spare ammunition and stashing it as he followed Jack and Dust's progress, providing cover over the remaining rooftops and what he could of the streets. From his new vantage point, he could see the blockade, and hear the loudspeaker clearly.

Only a moment after the murderer finished his proclamation, an eerie, echoing sound of challenging mirth echoed its way to the blockade, starting softly, and reaching a crescendo as it pealed off the buildings. It was a sound designed to confuse and intimidate any opponent who heard it, its reverberating nature making it difficult to pinpoint the source of the sound.

"THE CHALLENGE IS ACCEPTED!" The voice sounded as if it came from the rooftops, but which one would be difficult to determine for at least a short time.

[fromyourbones]

She clenched her fists unconsciously as she watched the violence from through the windows of the same car, then attempted to identify the source of the voice in vain. Whoever the mysterious person challenging the HIVE goons was, whether or not they were trusthworthy, remained to be seen--even if they were, relying on them alone would be nothing but stupid. There were two things which Sooraya had absolute faith in in this situation and one, she knew, was available right here and right now.

"Let me go first," she said, and before he could actually respond, she was already off, wafting through the air in the direction of the roadblock. She did not want to do this, she did not like to do this, but there was only so much she could just watch.

The man with the loudspeaker was the obvious target, but she was still reluctant to kill anyone directly; he did, however, need to be disarmed. She could jam the guns, of course, but that required trapping pieces of her body in AK-47s, and it would only be a temporary measure--the HIVE would

[ctu_savior]

Good thinking, thought Jack. Clearly the X-men had been better trained in tactical matters than he would have expected. Dust's move not only obscured the enemy's line of sight and distracted them from the civilians, but the panicked firing it caused also gave Jack easy targets. He picked out the muzzle flashes within the dust and opened up, firing single shots to minimize the risk of misses hitting civilians. Two hostiles hit the ground with Jack's bullets in their chests. Jack kept shooting, ignoring the wild return fire coming towards him. The priority right now was to neutralize the threats before they could cause any more noncombatant casualties. Jack's own safety was a secondary consideration

[sable_cloak]

When the firing started, The Shadow took aim with his borrowed weapon, looking for the armed men that remained after the inexplicable dust cloud seemed to cause them to react. Suddenly the radio that had been on the body crackled to life.

"Snipers! Snipers! Where the hell are you?!" A man fled across the road, narrowly avoiding a grenade blast, and then dropping. The Shadow sought out the source of that lead and gave the trigger a confident squeeze, taking him down. He returned his aim to the remaining foes, using muzzle flashes to help coordinate his attacks as he aimed at those who offered the greatest threat to the civilians.

"Snipers! Hold Fire! Hold Fire!" A sibilant laugh escaped The Shadow's lips as he took down another H.I.V.E. member, and heard them shouting over the radio at their dead comrades.

USING THIS ICON FOREVER

[fromyourbones]

Quickly diving back into the fray--or wafting, or whatever the correct term was--Sooraya continued to disable the men with guns, literally sanding the flesh from their extremities in order to keep them from hurting anyone else. Their screams of pain were both disturbing and effective, making them better targets for anyone who might want to pick them off. The thought was unsettling, as it always was when action like this became necessary, but there was another constant to the violence--the guilt and disgust dulled with repetition. It was... not fortunate, but useful.

[ctu_savior]

Between his fire, the Shadow's sniping, and Sooraya's power sanding, by the time Jack got to the blockade all the hostiles were down. He hopped into the pickup truck, its keys conveniently inside, started it up, and rolled it out of the way of the refugees. He then got out and took up the loudspeaker. "THE AREA IS SECURE!" He announced. A few civilians cheered, but most of them just got moving on their way out of LA. Jack continued yelling, belting out the locations of evac points where they would be safe and routes they could take to get there. "THE GOVERNMENT AND THE IMPORTS ARE HERE! WE WILL PROTECT YOU! I PROMISE."

"Fucking..." The former owner of the loudspeaker whose hand had been mutilated by Dust suddenly leapt up from his fetal position on the back of the truck and tackled Jack. Surprised, the agent went down as he felt the masked man's remaining hand go around his throat. "We've had a good thing here for years... you think you can just come in here and take it all away?" Spittle flew from the enraged criminal's mouth. "You

[sable_cloak]

((LJ notif failure, sorry for the delay))

The Shadow intended to aid Jack in that statement, as he provided sniper cover from the rooftop. He kept a close eye on as many potential ambush and sniping locations as he could from his position. As he moved about the rooftop to cover the mobile citizens, he collected the valuable radio that had been uttering curses at him moments earlier, and relieved the body of the H.I.V.E. soldier of any remaining gear. It mostly was just ammunition, but it was ammunition that would help protect the people it had originally been intended to kill.