Re: [Aquaman + Open]
His steel steps carried him to the water's edge. He was listening to the chaos around him, chanting quietly as he went. The shield layered over his skin, further protecting him. Hmm... One of the prisoners was quite a psionist. That distracted him only for a few seconds before his meditative mind slipped off the malevolent radar.
The new probes had hurried into place (the previous ones had fallen into the sea at the EMP blast). They were now circling the island, starting to move in a slow circle, scanning and fishing out signals. They were recording, intercepting transmissions and sending them on again, he knew, keeping out of the way of the fighting. Only the size of melons with long antennae, the dark blue machines were hard to even see in the rainy chaos. Three other probes further out were receiving all of their transmitted information, ready to zip and flee at the first sign of trouble.
Things were going well thus far. He folded his arms and stood at the water's edge on the lowest level, watching.
He didn't expect anyone to be coming out of the water. But then he saw whom, and realized the ease it must have taken to get by the jellyfish. Dr. Doom said not a word to the newcomer, only tilt his head toward him and looked back up at the sky as drones rushed the island.
SHIELD in action... Performing better than expected. But not well enough. There are still obvious kinks in their command.