Act 4 Prologue: The Fall of Vulture Team

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Poison Serpent let out a grin when she heard Bunny's pain "Nice~" she cooed, already preparing herself for Bunny's inevitable counterattack. There came the hand "Gonna lend me a hand, eh? Come at me girl~" she muttered, dashing past Bunny and appearing behind her. She then threw a roundhouse kick towards the back of Bunny's head "You gotta understand this girl... you can't beat me... it doesn't matter WHAT you got up your sleeve... I'll ALWAYS win~" Poison was about to attack Bunny again with the cyclone... this time towards a fatal location, but someone managed to distract her. The entire room was rubble, it was falling apart, all because of Jo's destructive attacks. They weren't even particularly aimed well, she was just destroying everything in sight. Poison lowered her glare towards Jo, her patience worn thin "You're nothing but an annoyance! Will you stop!? THIS IS A SACRED SIGHT YOU FILTHY MONGREL!" she barked out towards Jo, not even noticing the grenade rolling at her feet. Before Poison could react, the explosive went off, destroying everything around Poison... the greenette however, was nowhere to be found. Despite what seemed like a sure-in hit... Poison stood behind Jo, not a scratch on her "Charlie and David are jokes compared to me, sister, you're in a whole nother league now!" she spoke to the bluenette before forming yet another cyclone hand and bringing it down upon Jo's left shoulder "You were just pieces in a little game! You're with the players now girly! YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET!"

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Poison's Theme - Getting Away With Murder

 


Kraven
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Kraven snickered upon hearing Ryder's first response "Tell me something I don't know..." he snarked, his bat over his shoulder as he looked down towards Ryder. He was beginning to let his guard down, he was starting to underestimate Ryder. But then he saw a spark in the red head's eyes, and without a doubt, the spark was reignited in Yuri's own eyes as well "Finally..." he muttered happily, pointing his bat back down towards Ryder. "I don't expect either of us to back down!" he happily spoke out "Alright! Everything we've got! I've been waiting for this for a long time!" just as the blonde grew more energetic however, something happened, something that changed Kraven's entire attitude. A black plasma began to seep down from the ceiling, Kraven's eyes widened. Kraven would know that as The Deacon's blood. He was dead, and that could only mean one thing... Red Masque. Kraven wiped the smile off his face and donned a deadly serious grimace "CATHERINE!" he yelled out to Cathy, his grip on his bat tightening "It's time!" he told her... now was the time... the moment he'd been waiting for. Kraven lowered his bat "Sorry..." he muttered "We'll have to settle this another time..." he told the red head, suddenly walking towards him calmly... then walking past him towards the stairs "JOSEPHINE! STOP WASTING YOUR TIME ON THE WENCH! YOUR REAL FOE STANDS ABOVE YOU!" he yelled out, suddenly making a run for the stairs.

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"DEATH IS MY FATHER, MY BROTHER, EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD TO ME!!!"   
Kraven Theme - Holy Diver

Bunny◈Mio
Ranked #9
Crimson Angel of Death
Theme: Bunny Mio- Oh, she's a Killer
It♥is♥true♥that♥we♥lose♥our♥humanity♥to♥the♥world

Bunny was sure a surprise attack would be ok- yeah no. She received a lovely kick to the back of the head, sending her onto the floor once again...only to have an explosive on her face.
"Fuck me..." she muttered and braced herself. As the explosions went off, Bunny was sent through a wall, losing her arm in the process, and buried under some debris as she crashed. She grunted, trying to lift herself up, but the crap over her body was keeping her down. She felt blood trickle down her lips again. "This is Karma somehow...this is karma..I swear to christ...fuck you christ..." she kept trying to get out, but she was burned out. Her earlier rage was lost. She couldn't even muster anymore hate for anyone. Poison had beaten her again. Bunny wasn't equipped to fight the killer gene, not with what she had. That was evident. "Stop playing around Poison...just fucking end it...just kill me..." she muttered, laying under the debris, not even trying anymore to get up.

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Isaac Harvey
Blondey



Isaac watched as people were running over to Daisy while Red Masque was still there by them. Something about the figure was creeping Isaac out. The fact that the man that tried to kill Daisy is now dead wasn't the matter, it was how he died. The heart being crushed was the last thing that the blonde expected as he still stayed where he was previously. He wanted to run over and apologize to the girl about how it was all his fault, but it was just Red Masque that was throwing him off. Something was definitely going on. He noticed that Justus hasn't moved yet as well as he walked over to where the knight stood as he whispered to him, "You know. Something about that person doesn't seem to feel right. I mean it's great that Daisy is not dead and all, but shouldn't everyone be prepared if the worst happens from that person?" Isaac took a quick glance at Red Masque before whispering to Justus again. "We need to be on high alert. I still don't like the situation here still."

Ryder Mercy
The Boss
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"I guess it's true what they say...you never know how strong you are...until being strong is the only choice you've got."
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Ryder had prepared himself now to fight Yuri--but then suddenly, the man stopped. Ryder paused for a moment, his eyebrows rising as Yuri walked towards him--but then the blonde walked right on past. Ryder turned, calling after him,
"You're kidding me--after all that--?!" He heard Kraven's words to Jo, then furrowed his brow. The real foe...? As Ryder saw Yuri running up the stairs, he gripped his bat tightly in his hand, then gave chase, pounding up the stairs as well. "No way in hell I'm fucking letting you ditch now, you ass!" he shouted after Kraven as he chased him, soon to reach the top of the stairs, hot in pursuit of Yuri.

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Ryder's Theme - Thousand Suns

Justus Maximus Philo Marcellus VII
The Knight of Azure Flames
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"In the name of the ambition of azure flames, all servants of evil shall taste the edge of my blade!"
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Justus heard Isaac's whisper to him and quietly spoke back, his words barely a breath on the wind,
"I do not like this situation either...I am feeling an extremely dark aura emanating from that person...I do not trust him...I feel that everyone is jumping to conclusions. Not everyone that helps you is your friend...I suggest that we keep our guards up. Be prepared to move at a moment's notice." He wasn't sure if he was being foolish or not--perhaps he was just being paranoid. Lately, he had been concerned about nearly anything that moved that wasn't a part of Vulture--so perhaps he was just blowing this out of proportion. Or, there was always a chance that this paranoia of his was well-founded...

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Justus’ Theme – Xepher

Chelsea Mercy
The Comeback Kid
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"Just you wait! I'll show you that I can protect the people that I care about!"
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Chelsea looked to Ivy in moderate surprise when she suddenly began asking her if she'd done the first-aid right--after all, Chelsea was pretty sure that Ivy knew about biology and how the human body worked and whatnot than she did. For a moment, she looked to Daisy, then looked back to Ivy and gave her a smile.
"I-I'm pretty sure that you did it right, yeah! I'm pretty sure that Daisy's going to be just fine--just a little bit shaken up. I'm just glad that she's alright..." She gave a little sigh of relief, hoping that now they could just leave this chapel and not need to worry about any arguing among Vulture anymore...

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Chelsea's Theme - Save You From Anything

Isaac Harvey
Blondey



Isaac nodded to what Justus had to say. There was something about the figure that felt like indeed there was a dark aura that was around it. They would have to be careful as he heard Nate too and nodded again. He whispered back to the two, "Yeah we'll have to keep our guards up in case that person decides to attack or anyone else in that matter attack us as well." He held his card up to show the two that he was ready no matter whats going to happen next as he took another quick glance to make sure that nothing bad has happened. "Ok we should get Daisy and get out of here ASAP. The longer we're in here, the longer I feel like something terrible is just about to happen."

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[color=#333333] Poison Serpent grimaced as Jo avoided her move "Little shit..." she muttered "Stay in one place so I can kill you already!" she yelled out to Jo, her cyclone arm wearing off. She could hear Kraven, and an eyebrow rose up immediately, she knew he was planning on betraying them, you'd have to be an idiot to not see that, but what ever was he talking about? Jo quickly turned her back on Poison, and the greenette reacted "IMMA STAB YOUR ASS NOW~" she sung as she pulled out a knife- only for the grenade to hit her feet. Poison looked at it for a moment, before it unleashed a gust of smoke. The greenette smirked "Did you really think that'd work...? Super perception biiiiitch~" she continued to sing- she was about to give chase- but then she heard Bunny's voice. In her own mind, Bunny was begging her to kill her. This sounded much more entertaining than Jo. Poison turned her back on the bluenette and looked to Bunny, a sinister grin on her face. She slowly began to approach the assassin "Bunny, Bunny, Bunny~ Why would I ever kill you~? You're too much fun~" Poison summoned up another cyclone and smashed the debris over Bunny, before grabbing the assassin and tearing her right leg off. Poison straddled herself on top of Bunny as she pulled a knife out, pointing it towards Bunny's face "You're the only human being that's ever showed me kindness... I never EVER want to see you die~ That's why I'm going to tear off all your limbs so you can't move anywhere, I'll keep you with me at all times like a little stuffed animal~ You'll be my pet Bunny~"
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Poison's Theme - Getting Away With Murder

Pugsy Marcone
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Pugsy finished untying Daisy, she had passed out, which angered the greaser greatly... he would have loved to kill The Deacon for this... but Red Masque had already done that for him. Pugsy rose his head up to the masked man as he spoke. His voice was kinda silly, like a cartoon character "I think I like this guy-" Pugsy spoke with a smile... and then things took a turn for the worse. Red Masque made it clear that the Deacon WORKED for this man... and he was just on intent on killing Vulture Team "I- SHIT!" Pugsy got back up on his feet, clenching his fists "YOU WANNA GO PUNK!?" he yelled out running in front of Chelsea "DON'T YOU DARE GET CLOSE TO HER OR I'LL RIP YOUR THROAT OUT!" he yelled, a determined look in his eyes. He wasn't going to let this man get close to Chelsea.

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"I'm Pugsy Marcone. Top Enforcer of Vulture Team, all-around brute, and proud of it. I've followed Ryder since the good old days back in Derry, no way am I gonna back down now...!"   
Pugsy Theme - Number One

 


Kraven
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"I don't have time for you right now!" Kraven barked out to Ryder when he noticed the man gave chase "I have a daughter or two to protect..." he muttered, in a strange inversion of what Ryder said earlier, it seemed the tables had turned. As he ran up the stairs, the blonde pulled out some sort of device from his pockets, and as he finally reached the bell tower. Kraven began to pant "Still... not used to this..." he whispered to himself, before looking up to the stage set before him. There was Vulture Team, standing over the corpse of The Deacon, and of course there he was, Red Masque. His true enemy. Kraven stood tall, then suddenly barked out "MASQUE!" a confident smile grew on Kraven's face "I'm here... I'm here to put an end to all of this." he spoke pointing to the masked man "It took a while to figure out where you get your powers... but I now know... I KNOW YOUR SECRET! And I'm not going to let you use them on these people... that's why...!" Kraven pressed down on the machine he held in his hands... suddenly several panels in the room began to glow. Kraven had installed EMP devices all over the room "I wouldn't have got it... but considering my past run-ins earlier in No Man's Land... I evolved... you see, I had a run in with a cluster of criminals who used nano-machines... and their abilities were quite similar to yours!" he proudly proclaimed "IT'S OVER!" the EMP devices completely activated... Kraven understood that would likely screw over a few people in Vulture Team, but at this point he didn't care, he jsut wanted to kill Red Masque and put an end to this.

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"DEATH IS MY FATHER, MY BROTHER, EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD TO ME!!!"   
Kraven Theme - Holy Diver

 Rika dropped her guns when asked by the deacon, she did not want to get daisy hurt even more. She listened to the dribble coming out of the Deacons mouth and had to try very very hard not to laugh at him for being so incredibly stupid and well just insane, I mean she knew she was pretty insane too but this guy just took the cake going on about cain and shit it was just plain funny, that was until Red Masque showed up and put a hole through his chest then it was hilarious and she couldn't contain herself anymore she just burst out laughing while picking up her guns off the ground. She continued to laugh until the Red Masque declared he was going to kill them now "fucking everyone wants to fucking kill us fuck everyone" She geared up for a fight once again and kept grumbling while doing it.                

Isaac Harvey
Blondey



Isaac listened to what Red Masque had to say now as they all learned his name and what he was doing. His face turned into anger as Red Masque told them that they were going to be killed now. "Yup he did want to kill us. We should have expected it." The blonde kept his stance and waited for an action to happen as Pugsy started to yell. While Pugsy was intimidating, Red Masque's aura was even more. Could they even beat this guy? As Isaac expected the worst to happen, Kraven came in and turned on some machines that Isaac had no idea what they were. He stood there confused as to what the hell was going on now.

Ryder Mercy
The Boss
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"I guess it's true what they say...you never know how strong you are...until being strong is the only choice you've got."
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On his way up the stairs, Ryder paused momentarily as he heard Jo shout, turning around to look at her, his eyes nearly bugging out of his head as he saw the state that she was in.
"Holy hell Jo, that's not okay you're not okay oh god--" He ran down a few more steps towards her, working to support her along with Catherine, who came up soon after, the two of them helping the bluenette up the stairs. "Shit--seriously--this--okay, okay, we're okay, we're okay--no, no, we're not okay at all, fuck--" Ryder continued up the stairs, helping Jo along with Cathy, not at all expecting what he saw at the top--all of Vulture--with a few of them clustered around none other than Red Masque. Ryder felt his eyes widen as he saw that the particular people near to Red Masque were Chelsea, Pugsy, Ivy, and Daisy--that was so many levels of not-okay.
"Get...Get away from him...!" Ryder yelled over to Pugsy and the rest of the group near Masque just as Kraven's EMPs began to come into effect. "Get away from that guy, now! He's dangerous! Get away from him!"

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Ryder's Theme - Thousand Suns

Justus Maximus Philo Marcellus VII
The Knight of Azure Flames
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"In the name of the ambition of azure flames, all servants of evil shall taste the edge of my blade!"
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The moment that Masque said that he was out to kill Vulture Team, Justus immediately took a battle-ready stance, growling out,
"I knew it! He was practically leaking a dark aura, there was no way he wasn't here to harm us...!" He ran forward towards Masque in an effort to attack him--but at that moment, Kraven's EMPs activated, and Justus' arms flopped down to his sides when he was halfway there, dropping his lance to the ground. He halted, seeming very confused, looking down at himself and wondering why he couldn't feel his arms anymore. "Wh-What accursed dark magic is this...?! Blasted mechanical limbs...!"

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Justus’ Theme – Xepher

Chelsea Mercy
The Comeback Kid
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"Just you wait! I'll show you that I can protect the people that I care about!"
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Chelsea's sense of ease quickly vanished as Masque made it quite clear what his true intentions were--and as he began shifting closer to her, she took a step back--but Pugsy quickly stepped in between them. She definitely felt a bit safer with Pugsy there--but at this point, she couldn't deny that she was concerned if this man planned to kill Vulture all on his own. Flashes of the robotic psychic Inquisitor blasting through the walls of Carrion Land blurred through her mind for a moment, and she tensed slightly in apprehension. She heard Ryder calling for them to get away from this masked figure, and she took slow, careful steps backwards away from the threat. She couldn't afford to be in the way right now...

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Chelsea's Theme - Save You From Anything

Bunny◈Mio
Ranked #9
Crimson Angel of Death
Theme: Bunny Mio- Oh, she's a Killer
It♥is♥true♥that♥we♥lose♥our♥humanity♥to♥the♥world

Bunny heard Poison talking to her, and then remembered, oh yeah, killer gene, super hearing. Riiiiiight. Soon, she was freed, but before she could attack, her leg was ripped off. She let out another painful scream, and started to pant as Poison kept talking. Bunny growled, and sent her other fist at Poison's chest.
"L...Like hell..." she felt the flashes come back. "I'd...rather die....then....then you control me..." she said, dealing with the visual hallucinations as Poison had her in her grasp. "The only time I showed kindness...was before you betrayed me...and then tried to kill me...f...fuck you..."

I✘just✘didn't✘think✘it✘would✘happen✘to✘me