Young Bloods, San Francisco
As chaos broke out and the team began to be surrounded, Mars quickly powered up Rocket, realizing that stealth was no longer a concern. Taking advantage of the fact that he was in the middle of the group, Rocket used the cover to take into the air. This situation hadn't been how he had hoped to start their work here in San Francisco, but now things were real and he needed to step up and protect his friends.
Roy wouldn't hesitate. I have to get them out of this.
Rocket raised his right hand that formed into an energy cannon, firing into a blast at the side street in front of them. The beam cut through a number of trash cans that were beginning to pill up against their front. They needed to cut a path, they couldn't hope to defeat all of the creatures on their own.
Meanwhile, Angelica saw Kiris produce a large crystal wall to cover their back and realized she could do something similar. She blasted a dumpster that had charged her, freezing it solid to the ground before rushing over to the edge of the crystal structure that was being slammed into by wayward vehicles. She took a deep breath and visualized her path before she began spraying a wall of ice around the team, giving a wide birth to make sure not to freeze any of her allies. She also made sure not to block off the side road in front of them to give the team a way out. Still, there dozens if not more enemies still trapped among them, and marched ever closer. The ice wouldn't last for ever and they needed to get free quickly.
Just then Angelica heard a clang and saw a figure climbing down a nearby building and diving gracefully onto a ford, slicing it in half with incredible ease. The nearby dumpsters seemed to notice the threat and surround him, at which point he tossed his blade at one, which struck hard into the side of the plastic. As the blade sat in the monster's side, it suddenly began to glow bright red before a small explosion sent the nearby creatures flying.
Just then another person appeared, hoovering above them. "Man I'm sick of these things!" She shouted, blasts of electricity coming from her hands and heading down the nearby street, stopping a half a dozen cars dead in their tracks as they became completely lifeless.
"Rocket!" Angelica shouted, "This is our chance, let's push out of here!" the heroine called, while freezing the tires of a car that was trying to ram her against the ice.
"Right!" Mars called back before speaking into the communicator, "Alright everyone we're moving to the base, follow me!" He shouted before landing hard onto the ground and running through the side street that Angelica had left open. The tech hero charged forward, using his energy beam to cut down the dumpsters that tried to surround them once more. Together with the cover from the two strangers that had arrived the team rushes out of the street and beyond the pursuit of the animated creatures.
"Come on, it's close!" Mars shouted, deciding he would wait to discuss their recklessness until after they were safe. After two blocks of running, the team comes upon what looks like a hospital that has been blockaded off with various defunct vehicles and rubble. The parking lot had been quartered off with make shift walls and a number tents were laid out across it. No one was outside at the moment but they looked lived in at some point. Mars stopped outside the hospital, allowing the team a moment to catch their breath now that the danger had passed for a moment.
"So, got to hand it to you, that blindly rush into your doom plan was something else." Behind them walked, the man with the two swords, a grin on his face as he approached. Mars looked away at that, a little embarrassed.
"You're the Young Bloods right? What the hell you doing out here?" He asked, sheathing his swords upon his back.
"We're here to support the outpost here, driving back animaster's assaults. You're Twinblade right?"
The man's smile faded slightly for a brief moment before it returned. "Well, I had hoped Brain Matter would take the request seriously, but we'll take what we can get. At least there are a lot of you, so there's that."
"People who underestimate us tend to wind up embarrassed." Angelica spoke up sharply.
The swordsman chuckled, "Well, I look forward to my embarrassment then. And ya, I'm Twinblade, come on let's get you inside."
"And I'm Thunder Mage!" The woman who had been sparking electricity said as she floated down to them. She had an accent that Mars couldn't place but sounded vaguely South American. "Don't mind Twinblade, his hobby is being an asshole. But you're right, we should get back inside. We've got two others that will want to know you're here."
The two heroes lead the team inside the building. The hospital doors opened and immediately they saw a few people in make shift armor and gear mingling what was once a waiting room. There a familiar face was sitting behind the former reception desk, smiling when she saw the Young Bloods.
"Hey long time no see!" It was Seer, the well known member of the Vancouver Vixens and the sister of their leader.
"I was wondering when you would show up." She said with smile and Frostbite took off her mask for a moment in a rare moment of feelings and offered the hero a smile. "It's great to see you again Seer, they didn't tell us who who would be here but I'm glad its you."
"Well, I knew of your arrival but I was glad non the less."
"You could have maybe told us who they were sending oh great fortune teller." Twinblade said sarcastically. The Canadian hero didn't seem fazed and gave him a coy smile.
"And ruin the surprise?" She replied with a wink before turning back to the team. "Anyway, welcome to our little slice of hell Young Bloods. I'm sure you have questions about what's been going on here so feel free to ask. I'm guessing Brain Matter wasn't all that forthcoming about this place or why or you're being sent here. The bottom line is, we're in trouble. One of ours went missing two days ago. We've trying to keep it quite for moral but, we're worried and we need reinforcements. So, that's where you come in."
