Who: Open! When: 22nd (back) on a dark and stormy night Where: Gotham - Hydra underground/water base What: Teams are going after the Hydra base, converging and rescuing Rating: High in violence Note: Feel free to thread!
Nightwing was waiting for everyone in the basement of the building they had coordinated to meet at. He was standing by a machine that was quietly drilling, hydraulic noises whirring from it as it gouged down into the cement foundation and further. The question on how he had gotten it down there had just earned a grin. "Piggyback." Which was a fib. The machine had wheels and legs, designed by Stark Industries to go to far off regions to drill wells.
"Everybody brought their share of explosives? Aw yeah, that's the stuff! Soon as this is done drilling, plan is simple. We drop down the hole and go in and plant them and force them to abandon ship... or hole. Whatever. There's absolutely no guarantee we'll not be detected as soon as we drop in, so we're moving quick, and we only have a vague idea of the base's layout." He clicked at his wrist, pulling up the holographic image. "This is what the drones Robin and I utilized and the old city blueprints and floor plans of the buildings above could glean." The grid was a two floor layer of tunnels and chambers. "Watch these areas here and here. You set off an explosion there, you'll flood that entire area. The water runs here and here, and they have subs going in and out of entry points around these areas. A trusted SHIELD member has been informed already that we're on the attack, so hopefully we'll have some help gathering up prisoners, soon. Prisoners, guys. We're not here to cause a slaughter." He paused, shrugging awkwardly. "But a little maiming to keep them immobilized I won't argue about.
"We're assuredly outnumbered here, and they have some wicked technology, and we believe prisoners down there that can act as hostages. Don't get caught up in the heat and wind up another victim on their long list. It gets too hot, you pull back here. I'm going to keep close to this area to assure we all have a way back up if that happens. We all go in. I want all of us to come back out. No exceptions."
He then grinned, one of those edgy manic grins that meant he was eager to get into the fray. The drill was done, dinging quietly, pulling all its contraptions upward. "All coms ready and we're good to go?"
The drill was starting to roll away, packing itself up and heading away to a preset destination. He already had rope anchored. "Wait for my clear." Then he dove down the narrow hole, dropping, dropping, slowed his descent. The drill had gone through a steel barrier. There was a confused guard looking at the rubble on the floor. Nightwing was on him just as he was looking up, knocking the man out before he could call out.
Nightwing crouched on the floor, looking up and down the corridor as he pulled out his escrima.