nextgenerationmarvel | Attack on New York (All US teams on deck!)

"On it!" Vincent takes flight towards the giant at the front of the charge, hovering in front of it's face.

He meets its gaze and lets loose one of Mother's favorite spells. "The one right behind you,--" he gestures to another giant, "--has insulted your bloodline, defiled your wife, and slain your offspring. Believe it to be true."

He pulls back immediately, heading to remove Erin.

Yeah, that was what Marcus was afraid would happen. He reached down from the saddle and grabbed Erin to pull her up onto Aether with him. "Hope you can do all that water voodoo on the move."

He gave his horse a nudge with his heels and they took to the sky, heading up to (hopefully) above the giants' reach.

There was a whoop of joy from Roxie as the Frost Giant she'd attacked had gone down. She whirled in mid-air, seeking her next target - - or waiting for her next target to seek her out.

Head to head with a Frost Giant, Nicky considered as he raised his axe high. Mother would be proud.

Erin nearly headbutted Marcus when he grabbed her. All of her focus had been on boiling the water around the Frost Giants.

"Just hold onto me. All my focus is on doing what Bruce seems to think I can get away with.... I'm gonna be seriously light headed after this," she grits out as she feels her head throb as water starts to boil in the air around a few of the giants not currently engaged in direct combat.

For now Jay will have Frost Giants hitting him. They want him to stay down. Others seeing Jay is down move to help their comrades even if many of them are suffering from the mysterious heat pouring through the air from the water getting boiled by Erin.

Bruce knocks the Frost Giant he punched back dazing it.

"You! I will kill you," roars a Frost Giant attacking his comrade all because of Vincent.

Roxie will not be left alone in her dance on the battle field. Several Frost Giants start to attack her. With swords and clubs they wish to make her bleed.

Nicky will have his battle with a Frost Giant. The giant comes in swinging widely.

Jay was getting angrier with each blow that landed. He lashed out in every way he could, trying to get a hold on some sort of giant body part. When he got a good grip, the Hulk tried to toss the captured giant into one of the others.

Bruce concentrated, pumping more of his energy reserves into strength. He hit it again.

He trusted Marcus and Vincent to do their job.

"Don't worry. I won't let you fall." Aether was smart enough to do the flying on his own with little input from Marcus, so the majority of his attention was on holding onto Erin and keeping an eye out for low flying problems.

Noting the pile of giants ganging up on Jay, Marcus maneuvers Aether closer to him so that Erin's boiling action will affect the ones attacking his green friend.

Marcus seems to be keeping Erin at a relatively safe distance, so Vincent momentarily shifts his focus, although he still flies close to them.

He just needs to make visual contact with Jay for the spell to work. One of the earliest ones he'd invented as a child, back when the most fun thing in the world was to watch Mrs Barton's musclebound son run through walls.

And... there, he's got the shot he needs.

"SUGAR RUSH." Vincent puts some nitrous in the young Hulk's tank.

Roxie fends off their attacks, ducking here, dodging out of the way here, swooping up above an arm there. Does she get hit? Yes, of course she does. There's a good number of them? But now, as in war (as it once used to be in sex), the more, the merrier.

There may have been a whoop of bloodlusty joy from her little section of the battlefield as she fought off the Frost Giants.

Nicky let the Frost Giant swing wide. He went the other way, his cape flapping furiously. He was going to go behind the frost giant and take him him down from there.

Hopefully with the giant being too slow to notice what Nicky was up to.

Erin sees what Marcus wants her to do. So she focuses her powers on the Frost Giants attacking Jay. Then slams hot water into their backs. She wants to drive them off of Jay so that they can fight back.

For a moment Bruce is winning. Then the Frost Giant recovers then punches back as hard as he can.

There is screaming from boiling giants and Jay throwing one onto the others. Jay has the chance to change the nature of the fight.

Honestly the Frost Giants are having just as much fun as Roxie is. Some of them are hurt but they work as a well trained machine. They counter some of her attacks but not all.

And the Frost Giant Nicky is fighting is very confused! Where did he go?!

When Jay had an opening, albeit with screaming and crashing around him, he jumped at it. And at a Frost Giant. Though with the unexpected, added boost from Vincent, Jay's strength got a bit away from him.

He hit the giant and the both of them went crashing into a building.

POW!

The blow sent Bruce flying, crashing through the window of an office building and sending him skidding across the floor inside.

"Ouch..."

"Just like old times..." Vincent comments, as he watches Jay in action. He spots something, however. A few of the giants haven't moved, despite the rising battle.

"Knight!" He calls to Marcus over the rush of the air as they're both maintaining flight. "The giants are protecting something! I'm guessing it's whats anchoring them here, and the cause of the current weather. Any suggestions?"

"I can move closer to focus the heat on them if you can keep them from attacking." Erin, he means, although he doesn't want to say aloud what's causing the giants the pain if he doesn't have to. Doesn't want to draw their attention to her.

No, its better that most of the Frost Giants instead keep their eye on Roxie, so that Erin can better do her thing.

He's right behind you, Mr. Frost Giant Man!

With a swipe from his axe, Nicky aims to take him down. Speaking into his communicator, he adds, "Do you guys need me to watch over Erin's back?" I think I'm about done here."

Erin can't detect heat so she has no idea if what Vincent is saying is true.

"Do what you can to shut whatever it is off," Erin calls as the winter wind picks up. She shivers a bit because this is starting to drain her.

"As soon as we're done here I need to down a bottle of Gatorade," she grinds out. "My head is starting to throb."

She redoubles her efforts trying to extend the heat she is creating and manages to push the radius outwards more.

The Giant falls to the floor of the building Jay has knocked them inside of. Curses spill from him as he tries to club Jay over the back of the head.

Bruce is stalked by the giant who hit him. This battle is not yet over.

Vincent should he get closer see that they are protecting something familiar. It is easy to identify should he get even a glance at it.

Roxie will have Frost Giants focusing on her. She is dangerous and has in a moment taken down three of them. She is very skilled now that she is using her mind and not just her passion.

Jay had. A flagpole. In his ear. It was making the cranky young Hulk crankier. He picked the flagpole up and tossed it away in irritation.

Only to get smacked across the head and across the building by a giant. Jay pulled his face out of a filing cabinet with a roar rushing past his lips. He threw the cabinet at the giant before charging at the big annoyance.

Bruce forced himself to get to his feet. People were counting on him. But his solar-power was slowly starting to wane, with the constant snowfall.

He lifted off the ground and toward the giant like a missile, firing photon blasts.

"Hang on a little longer," Marcus encourages Erin as he nudges Aether to fly closer to whatever Vincent's pointed out. Jay's roar from below startles him and he looks down to watch his green friend charge. Hoo boy. Mister Stark wasn't going to like the price tag on this little battle.

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