Argos - IC

[deamonstalker]

Neman felt the force of the man's strength, through his mental force. That said, even as the man pushed the box away, Neman let it form around his arms, only the area around the man's arms being the distorted part. As he did so, his lack of skill with his power was weakening several points as his body was weakening as well. Even so, Neman didn't let up. Now it was up to Bruno and Lia to take the guy down, as Neman fought to stop him from moving. He knew he was probably only going to slow the guy down, but he was going to try.

[Afrobrony]

Lia was done with Neman doing all the work, she was going to finish this guy off. He was making some sense with his little spiel but it didn't sway her at all, especially the part about her head becoming ice cream to scar some poor child. She charged right in delivering a punch with the arm covered in metal straight into Prophet's face. Prophet was hardly affected by it, only having his head pushed back a bit. While he could have easily dodged it, even with Neman restraining him but decided to use this to instill at least some fear in Lia with just how strong he was. While this did not have the effect Prophet necessarily wanted it sure did surprise Lia. "This guy's crazy," was all she could really think. Prophet quickly kicked her back in the stomach, making her double over. He said "you've just made the biggest and last mistake of your life, Lia. And to think I had faith you'd see the truth. Using your power like that is virtually useless in a fight against me." Before Lia could fully recover he dealt another kick this time on her head, knocking her on her back. He began smashing his fists together with full knowledge that Neman's energy was reaching its limit.

Chameleon quickly figured out that either Kent had some weird device that messed with people's heads or he was infected and could do what he was doing with whatever ability it had given him. Whichever it was she couldn't be thinking about it, the buzzing in her head was making her swerve side to side. She tried to keep close and slow down as she got closer to the truck. Heatstroke just barely managed to latch onto it after his jump, however with Chameleon's swerving he fell off as she just keep going back to Prophet. She wasn't risking going back for him without Prophet to help her out.

[MysticOtaku]

Talia remained crouched in the truck, she kept a firm hand on her heart and she faced to the left of the truck. While neither her nor Amy could see through the walls of the truck, atleast Talia's scans gave some idea of where everyone was. Then her heart skipped a beat. Without hesitation she sent out a slightly stronger pulse, something was happening to someone's energy. She had a horrible feeling about this. In the scan she detected a vague shape of energy too, she guessed it was Neman's. Meaning, he was either protecting someone or trying to trap them. Very close to that energy she felt a flicker in another's. At first she felt the significant dive of energy, like the wind was knocked out of them, then she watched the energy mass fluctuate and it began to grow weak. "S-Something's happening!" Talia whispered in panic to Amy. Hopefully, this mass would turn out to be their enemy. Threat dead, all good. But Talia had a throbbing sense in her stomach that this wasn't good, the light in her hand began to flicker as her anxiety got a better hold on her. She couldn't stop the theories and scenario's running through her head. Neman, gone. Lia groaning. Even Bruno laying plaster to the floor. But who was it? Her heart began to race. "We've got to do something...." She span in her crouch to face Amy her eyes wide but scrunched slightly as if she was expecting tears.

[AvisCrown]

Bruno started barking loudly. He took a few steps back and then stood his ground, growling. Kent heard Bruno through the com and came out of his slightly dazed state, releasing Chameleon as she drove off. Kent turned back to the direction she was heading. He simply tossed one of the disrupters towards Heatstroke and started to walk back. The disrupter went off on impact next to heatstroke. It flashed a bright light, like an electric shock before stuffing heatstroke.

Agent Kent walked a few feet before starting into a jog then running back as fast as he could. If Bruno was barking something bad must have been happening. Kent was now only feeling the pain from when he feel off the truck but he ignored it as he ran.

[deamonstalker]

Neman gritted his teeth, trying his best to soften the blows that the man was raining on Lia. With each impact, he felt a phantom blow and with each consecutive hit, his will weakened. Chips started to appear in the barrier around the man and Neman took aim with the rifle. knowing how useless it was going to be. Using the last of his strength, he abandoned the barrier around the man, and instead made a thin layer across the road underneath Lia. Then he pulled the layer away from the man as fast as he could, another barrier appearing in between the two. Once Lia was out of the way, Neman let everything dissipate, breathing shakily. Then he pulled the collar from his pocket and activated it. With it activated, he opened it and set it on the edge of the rooftop. Then he made what looked like an RC Quad-copter around the active collar and flew it to somewhere over the brutish infected. This plan was a last-ditch effort to capture the infected and complete his mission. Hopefully it would work and the collar would find its way to the man's neck with Neman's guidance without him noticing.

[MysticOtaku]

Talia pressed a firm hand against the wall of the truck facing the action. Her head had gone crazy with anxiety and she sent wave upon wave of pulses trying to keep up. The whole time her eyes with a hint of brightness darted around, as if following a fly. Talia looked between Amy and the energy's she could see outside. With the energy she was using they were almost always there, like heat signatures on a thermal camera. But the outlines were blurred. Talia still had no way of identifying them. "We have to do something! TODAY!" She almost shouted to Amy giving her one last chance to made up some amazing plan. Before Talia ran out there like a lunatic. She couldn't stand it any more. The weight of the unknown. The whole time she was watching a throbbing sense of anxiety and cowardliness rose in her. Along with a spark of anger and frustration. Why was she the one sat doing nothing while she watched the silhouettes parade around? She had no plan for what she was going to attempt. But before she could stop herself she was moving towards the door, and started to contemplate opening it. Could she use the truck for cover? She still had no way of truly seeing the situation and her constant pulsing had already shown its consequences, giving her the burden of early fatigue to rest on her shoulders. But she had to do something, anything.

[AvisCrown]

Kent was running with all his might but he still couldn't get there fast enough. "Run. Retreat. JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!" Kent shouted, hoping he could still be heard through the com. He still didn't know what was going on but it was bad. Kent's heart was racing. He was almost in tears from the pure stress of the situation. Everything was going through his mind. This had been a disaster.

"Fucking christ! someone come in!" He needed to hear someone, someone telling him what was happening. Bruno was completely useless in this state.

[deamonstalker]

Neman heard Ken'ts voice come faintly through the crackle of static from the com. He hadn't noticed that there had been static at first, but he realized that it must be from Lia's com, busted as it was. "Say again, Kent. I can barely hear you. Lia's hurt bad, and the infected is just blowing through anything I put up against him." He said, repeating it again in case Kent didn't hear the first time through the static. He stayed put though, maneuvering the little drone to try to get it to a position for the infected to not realize what it contained. If nothing else, he had one try so if he failed he would retreat like Kent ordered him to, and If he still had the strength, he'd get Lia out too. Hopefully Kent could get there in time to straighten everything out.

[MysticOtaku]

Talia heard something. In hindsight, she had left the smallest of sparks of energy left in the engine. She knew to well they may need it at any time. A wave of relief blew over her and she listened to both Kent and Nemans voice crackle through the speakers in the front seat. She grabbed at a radio sat in a small pot like shape in the dashboard. It took her a few minutes to work the controls but when she was sure her voice was being heard she spoke. "It's Talia, I can hear you both... just" Talia spoke softly fearing what situation they could be in. But Neman was talking, so the battered energy wasn't him... Lia. Talia froze in place replaying Neman's crackly voice through her head. Lia's hurt bad... Oh God. So it was Lia. Talia turned towards the right, sending another pulse. She spotted the faint blur which seemed to be lying down and levitating some height above her. A building. So someone was on a building, that must be Neman. "We're getting out of here?" Talia merely whispered, the weight of the situation and all the energy she was using heavy on her shoulders. "W...What about Lia?" She spoke again her voice wavering, she was near tears but she didn't want it to show. Then she crouched in the passenger seat of the truck, not daring bring her head, or any part of her for that matter, into the view of the window and the chaos outside. She had to stop the pulses, they were using too much of her precious energy. The blurs faded and Talia felt a pang of loneliness hand heavy on her heart. Please let Lia be okay... Talia thought to herself her eyes brimming gently with tears

[Lady Skyra]

Amy had bit down hard on her tongue as the minutes passed like days in the silence of the truck. Talia had begged her for answers. But she could only hide, charging in recklessly had only got her ass beat over and over. Despite the urge to run out and at least help... if they could help at all. The wait was killing her and the guilt was gnawing at her gut but the unknown was overwhelming.

She cruelly had blocked Talia out, in order to prevent herself from being convinced to charge into battle, change the plan.
"Lia will be fine, you need to worry about yourself right now!" Amy glared at her with a grim frown and furrowed brow but her wavering voice revealed the fear lurking beneath. She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself and looked Talia in the eye.
"Do you seriously think we have a chance of helping them?" Her voice was harsh, serious yet ever so desperate to know the answer.