Just Your Typical Evening Robbery Spectacle ((Open to Street Level-types))

[ngm_mojoverse]

Primetime punched his fist into his palm. He knew what he and his team needed to do while Propsmaster did his thing. New York City had cameras all over, so this wouldn't be that hard. He stepped out onto the sidewalk, shoving some of the pedestrians out of the way. He didn't care about the yelled protests.

The masked man saw a taxi driving down the street in front of him. He opened up a teleportation disk right under it. The other end of the disk opened above a parked car with a brunette walking toward it. She looked kinda cute, but it looked like that's where a little distracting anarchy could start.

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[ngm_mojoverse]

When Gina got within 10 feet of Gaffer, the redhead concentrated to try to shut down the metal woman's powers. She couldn't naturally swing around that light pole naturally. Right?

Ingenue dodged as best she could while trying to keep Gina in Gaffer's radius of effect.

Primetime winced at the repeated blows. They distracted him enough from his objective that he did not move in time to avoid Nika's attack. He stumbled sideways to get out from between the two battling young ladies.

[guardian_devil]

"Two against one," Mags said, refreshing her attack with a few well-placed firebolts. "No waiting. I'd throw in the towel now."

[symkarian_princess]

Nika moved with the villain to attack him. Though she sprang up from her crouch to try to bach Primetime in the head before he used his powers again.

[molecana]

Gina looked surprised when her body changed from metal back to flesh.

"What the $%&#? I didn't do that!"

In most of her powered up forms, Gina can rip a medium-sized house off its foundations. When she's not powered up, she can still bench around 700 lbs.

She couldn't quite wield the lamp post like a fly swatter anymore, now it was more like a baseball bat. She held it in both hands and swung at Ingenue.

Then she looked down at the scrawny little red headed twig.

"Did you do that?"

[ngm_mojoverse]

"Oh, fekt," Gaffer commented. She kept concentrating to keep Gina's powers supressed, but she hoped Ingenue had a plan of some sort. She was having flashbacks to Sara Summers's fist.

Ingenue was clipped by the large baseball bat Gina was wielding. She spun out and hit the pavement. She yelped in pain and rolled away from Gina. She lay on the sidewalk and reached up to harness her power to try to pin Gina against the wall of a building with a sustained wind.

Primetime grunted and hissed at the repeated fiery blows on her body. He teleported before Nika's baton blows could land. He appeared beside Acrobat and swung a double-fisted blow at her ribs. Then he teleported again with the sound of the channel changing.

[guardian_devil]

"Hrrrrk!" Acrobat stumbled back. That hit hurt! She had a nice little collection of powers, but superstrength wasn't one of them, unfortunately. "I hate teleporters!"

[symkarian_princess]

Nika sailed right through where her target had been. Her landing was less that graceful, but she managed to stay on her feet.

She blinked at the light pole baseball bat. Though the distraction was only for a moment. Her grip on the metal baton tightened.

"Back-to-back. Less openings that way." It wouldn't stop the teleporting, but it could save them both some pain.

[molecana]

Gina twisted when the wind hit her, and dug the end of her light pole bat swatter into the sidewalk. Sparks flew, but she was pushed backwards and at an angle instead of into the side of the building. When she was blown far enough so that she was out of Gaffer's effect range, her body spontaneously turned to metal again.

"Huh. That's cool."

She shifted to volcanic form. The lamp post started to melt.

"This is hot."

She fired a lava bolt at Ingenue.

[ngm_mojoverse]

Primetime teleported around the two young woman, throwing punches and kicks to wear them down.

Gaffer sighed when Gina got out of range of her powers. This was going to be painful.

Ingenue flew straight up at top speed to avoid the lava blast. She moved to throw a whirlwind at Gina but abruptly stopped. She put a couple fingertips to her ear and nodded once. "Commercial break's over. Back to the main program."

She lifted Gaffer up with her powers and started to fly the pair of them off. Primetime had his own powers to meet up with the rest of them.

[guardian_devil]

Moments like this, Mags sometimes wished she carried around a weapon, like her father did. But then, her dad didn't have superpowers.

Not that they were coming all that much in handy here.

Still, Mags stood back-to-back with Nika and worked at blocking Primetime's attacks, sneaking in bolts of fire or telekinetic punches where she could.

[symkarian_princess]

Nika hated going full-on defensive. But it was necessary to have a chance at even staying conscious at the moment. She blocked as many attacks as she could. Though some blows slipped through.

She fought not to stagger away from the hero at her back.

[molecana]

"Hey! HEY!"

Gina jumped in the air, cracking the sidewalk when she landed.

"No fair!"

She tossed a chunk of melted lamp post at the retreating Ingenue and Gaffer.

"Youse two still owe me a cup of coffee!"

[ngm_mojoverse]

Ingenue broke concentration for a moment to let both Mojoworlders drop just enough that the chunk of melted lamp post sailed over their heads. Once the projectile was harmlessly out of range, she concentrated again. Before she made them speed off at top speed, she gave a one finger indication of how much coffee Gina was going to get.

"This was just getting fun," Primetime grumbled before he disappeared. He did not reappear anywhere on the street.

[guardian_devil]

"Okay." Mags dropped her arms down, the flames dying off. "What...what the hell was all of that about?"

[symkarian_princess]

"I have no idea," Nika said darkly as she collapsed her batons down. "But it cost the embassy a car and me a shopping trip. Are you alright... uh, superhero?"

She had no idea which hero this one was. She also half turned toward the walking Hawaiian destruction goddess person.

"Are you okay, Volcanic Woman?"

[molecana]

Gina grabbed her left elbow with her right hand, placed her left fist under her chin, and emphatically gestured at the two Mojoworld women before they disappeared.

"Pansy-assed cowards!"

She looked down at Nika.

"They made me spill my coffee."

She glanced down even further.

"And ruined my shoes. You know how hard it is t' find Loo-bottoms in a size 17? I gotta go t' that guy in the back of the bodega in Chinatown..."

Gina sighed.

"Yeah. I'm fine."

[guardian_devil]

"Acrobat," Mags corrected. "I'm Acrobat. Daredevil's dau - sidekick." She reached up and readjusted her ponytail, trying to figure out what a "loo-bottom" was.

It didn't sound particularly savory.

"There has to have been a point. To what just happened. A reason for it. Things don't just...happen."

[symkarian_princess]

"Daredevil's sidekick, hmm? Guess that puts you in the not interested in mercenary employment," Nika mused as she put the batons back in there hidden pockets.

"Veronika Sable-Preston, co-leader of the American branch of Silver Sable's Wild Pack. And if you don't buy random acts of violence," she paused and squinted for a moment, "possibly a distraction for some other crime happening."

She turned back to the tall woman and looked up. She would ignore the mispronunciation of Louboutin. Also, having been around Fin her whole life, she was used to literally looking up at subordinates.

"Are you... gainfully employed? I can't do anything about the shoes, but I can replace your coffee and cupcake if you're willing to consider becoming a mercenary under my employ."

[molecana]

"Becomin' a what?"

Gina narrowed her eyes.

"Wild pack... that ain't that bar over offa 42nd street, is it?"

[guardian_devil]

"Sorry," Mags grinned. "I'm a superhero girl through and through. But I'm not against the occasional team-up if you ever need anything," she added. "Father Gordanelli at St. Malachy's knows how to get ahold of me if you ever need me."

[symkarian_princess]

Nika nodded to Acrobat. "Very well. Until we meet again."

Then she turned her attention back to the tall volcanic woman. "A mercenary. Someone paid to protect things or people. Or as one of my employees puts it, getting paid to hit things. Sound interesting?"

She kept her face placid. While this woman didn't reek of intelligence, her powers could be useful if directed the right way.

"Not that I know of. It's what my team is called."

[molecana]

The concrete sidewalk around Gina's feet slowly bubbled. She pondered.

"Gettin' paid to hit stuff? That sounds too good to be true..."

[guardian_devil]

"Not in our world," Mags laughed. "Having said that? This was fun," she added. "I do hope you'll look me up if you ever need me." With that, and a nod, she headed away.

To buy her father a gift again and then head home.

[symkarian_princess]

Nika winced at the heat rolling off the lava woman.

"It is true. I already have a big man on the team who gets paid to hit stuff. But the more muscle, the better." She swiped at the sweat starting to bead on her forehead.

"Can you... powerdown? Un-lava-fy? Possibly before you fall into a building's basement."

[molecana]

"Huh?"

Gina looked down at herself.

"Oh. Yeah, I could, but I kinda sorta, um... burned my clothes off."

She thought for a moment.

"How's dis?"

She switched her form to metal.