Who Will Defend Us?

[ngm_villains]

Manhattan
Central Park
April
1:26 pm

The portal from Limbo opened easily and without triggering the wards that warned those mystically sensitive of what was happening in the city.  S'ym's erstwhile ally had seen to that.  Not that S'ym trusted him further than he could throw him, but he had been truthful enough in what he could provide. 

Other demons, made temporarily invisible, followed him out of the portal.

"You all know S'ym's plan," he said.  "Raise hell out there.  Make the humans panic.  The more chaos we sow, the weaker our ally makes the barrier between dimensions.  And when that happens, he says this world will belong to S'ym!  And what's good for S'ym is good for all of you!"

The demons began to cheer.

S'ym puffed on his cigar.  "But it's gonna take all of you doin' what we do best.  Killin' folks, corruptin' this world, just like we done before.  Only there ain't no X-Men here to stop us this time!  No little Darkchylde to ruin things!  This time... this world... will... be... OURS!"

The demons flew off, ready to raise hell. 

Comments

[im_a_librarian]

Dawn let out a shriek as a taxi nearly bit her legs off.

[vesper_verde]

Whoops. She might want to keep those. He stopped rolling and banked upward.

"Sorry. Step on ze top of my feet to brace your legs." This holding a swordswoman while flying was a lot more complicated than he figured. Not that he had ever planned for anything like this.

As they climbed, Vesper took a quick look to see how many possessed taxis were left.

[im_a_librarian]

Dawn did as he asked, trying not to hyperventilate. Because this? Was easily the scariest thing she'd ever done in her entire life.

There weren't many left. A mere two remained.

"I think... I think we're... winning?"

[vesper_verde]

"Zen let's go for victory. Once zose two are taken care of, people will be safe." Vesper climbed a little higher into the air just to get the angle right. Then he swooped toward one of the taxis, holding the swordswoman as tightly as he could with tiring arms.

He could bank left after she cut that one and they could maybe get the second one.

[im_a_librarian]

Dawn trusted to her instincts to guide her sword arm, slicing each taxi deftly, banishing whatever forces had possessed it.

[vesper_verde]

Once the taxis were taken care of, Vesper came in for a gentle landing. He released the swordswoman.

"Zere you go."

[im_a_librarian]

"Thanks," Dawn said. She immediately leaned against the nearest structure--a mailbox--and began to hyperventilate.