On the Hunt

[ngm_bloodforce]

Panther's Blood Force eventually got their trans-reality portal to open again. There was some time lag and even greater distance shift between when they left and where they arrived. The five dimensionally-displace villains arrived at North Carolina's Outer Banks slightly disorientated from the journey. As they got their bearings, Blood Witch took a breath of the salty air.

She looked to the others of Blood Force. They looked hungry for action and slightly disappointed they weren't getting any right away. She took stock of their surroundings. No annoying superheroes were there yet. Which was both good and bad. Good in that they could lay a trap. Bad in that they had no one to call their prey to them.

She ran her tongue over her pointed canines. "Mm. Quiet little world here. Let's make it a little louder. Sandstorm, make this sandbox ours. Rough Justice, scout the area. Iron Maiden, Blackdog, get the authorities to come. I want a surprise for the soon to be dead crown prince."

The escaping nuisance from last reality had probably warned Remi deNamor. Blood Force would not have much time to set things up. The little almost king would be here soon. Possibly with others to slay.

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[aqua_gambit]

Remi felt like his face was crushed. He could feel hot blood trickling down into the sand that was trying to choke him. He fought back against the sand until he got a physical shock. He struggled to get free of the giant, grasping hand when he heard the taunts from one of Blood Force.

The Atlantean went still for a second. Then the sand around him exploded out as he shoved his shields out with everything he had.

"What happened to my father?"

[innameof]

"....You do realize myself and Alexa could easily disable it," he growls at the cripsy looking man.

"Mary! I believe the other red head is controlling Jacob I think." It makes sense to him.

[soulstealingstark]

Other redhead. Alexa followed Griff's gaze and as she did so the armor on her arm subdivided, traveling up to her shoulder and then part of the her face, enhancing her vision. Yeah, she saw the redhead.

"Fry in the light, bitch," Alexa growled and unleashed a full-power blast at the vampire.

[realstarpower]

Ryan watched as Alexa loosed a blast of energy at the vampire. While she did that, he still went after his brother. They needed to split their resources or something.

Truth be told, Ryan wasn't really sure what he was doing.

He started zipping bolts of energy between Jacob's eyes. Little pings to annoy him, to get him to snap out of his possession. Its the same way that Ryan used to flick him between the eyes when they were little, before their mutations kicked in.

[sub_mariner]

While Ryan did that, Derric joined his power in with Alexa's, charges of electricity flowing out from between his fingertips and attacking the redheaded vamp-witch.

He paused and winked at Alexa as he did so.

[ngm_bloodforce]

Blood Witch saw the attention turned toward her. As tempting as it was to have her new pet break the mouthy redhead's neck, the vampire knew it was time to regroup elsewhere. She dove behind one of the nearby police cruisers to avoid the blasts coming at her. "Time to go, darlings," she said with a wince as things exploded around her. "While we have a chance to play again. The prince'll keep."

"On it," Rough Justice replied over the team comm. He poured on the superspeed to get around the Imaginauts and grab the crispy Black Dog.

Sandstorm disappeared into a dune. Only to have it fly out and swirl around to obscure vision and possibly get sand into Imaginaut eyes. Using the flying sand as cover, he moved toward the water where Iron Maiden emerged with a splash.

"Maybe next time we can make the world burn, pet," Blood Witch said to Jacob through their link before severing it. Once she had a psychic hold of someone, it was an easy matter to re-establish her dominance later.

[aqua_gambit]

Remi spit out a mixture of blood and sand from his mouth. His blue eyes went cold.

He was the Crown Prince, Heir to the Throne of Atlantis. They had just leveled a dire announcement about the state of his kingdom. Remi gestured and sent two sharp planes of invisible force into the swirling sands after members of Blood Force.

"I will not be ignored," he roared after them as he moved through the whirling sand. "And I will have your heads!"