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Tweak says, "Cry Havoc!"

Adrian Veidt (35minutesago) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-03-22 20:25:00

Entry tags:

nite owl, ozymandias, purifiers plot

Who: Adrian Veidt, Dan Dreiberg, and a little girl named Meg.
What: Getting Meg an evac to someplace safer.
Where: The Brooklyn Bridge.
When: Now, pretty much.
Warnings: We’ll see. Adrian plans on throwing down no-holds-barred once Meg’s safe, but I may leave that as a “fade to black” moment.

Adrian had been using a speech-to-text program on his phone to communicate, but now that Dan had agreed to help he no longer needed it. He passed it to the little girl, telling her to answer it if it rang. Not that the others had his cell phone number, but it was a precaution he wasn’t prepared to put somewhere hard to reach. “We’ll be fine,” he told her, with a smile. “A friend of mine is coming. He has a ship that can get us out of here.” Of course, part of that was a lie. Adrian didn’t plan on leaving with the girl. He had a feeling he could take the Purifiers, but he wouldn’t be able to take them out and watch over the girl. He intended to pass her off to Dan, and then finish things with this particular group. He wouldn’t let them go on to hurt other people.

“…A spaceship?” The girl’s question surprised him, and he furrowed his brow as he drove. She almost sounded hopeful.

“You know, I never did ask him what altitudes it was tested for,” he mused. “For all I know, he’s been having space adventures this whole time, while I’ve been running a boring business!” He grinned at her, and got a small laugh. That’s much better. Much better. He made a sudden turn, shouting out that he was taking a shortcut and that she should hold on. A series of very tight corners, and one brief moment on a sidewalk, later and they were on the bridge. He gunned it, forcing other cars out of the way, driving like an absolute maniac until he could get to the halfway point on the bridge. Once there, he pulled his car as close to the edge as was safe, scooped the poor girl up, and headed outside. “What’s your name?”

“Meg.”

“It’s nice to meet you, Meg.” He smiled at her, moving around to the hood of his car and backing up very close to the edge of the bridge. “I need you to be brave just a little longer, okay? Just a little longer.”

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ex_hootyhoo851
2009-03-22 07:49 pm UTC (link)

Dan could set aside his feelings for Adrian long enough to help save the two of them. That's what he was good at, making himself just numb enough to try and forget the man was responsible for the deaths of millions along with his once best friend. He knew he didn't have to put on the costume, but wearing it empowered him and he hadn't put it on since he'd been there. Who knew what all he'd have to be up against?

Before long, he was hurtling Archie as fast as he could, navigating its way through the tunnel system for his ship before he was bursting out of the water underneath the Brooklyn Bridge and into the sky.

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35minutesago
2009-03-22 08:12 pm UTC (link)

Adrian had always been impressed with Dan's engineering genius. He'd even thought of offering him a job, once or twice, but it had never panned out. He knew Dan was likely not loving this, but he'd known Dan would be able to put their differences aside in order to help people.

He waved to Dan with his free hand, and pointed to the large unmarked van that was hurtling down the bridge towards them. "That's your target right there!" He wasn't entirely sure what Dan was planning, but he agreed with him that the van was the first priority. The evac could go down after that.

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ex_hootyhoo851
2009-03-22 08:19 pm UTC (link)

Making a sharp turn to the left, Dan brought Archie around until he saw the van and Adrian waving his hand toward it yelling something. He flipped a switch and then he could hear Adrian's voice ricocheting off the walls inside of the Owlship about that being his target. While Dan didn't like killing people, that van was full of people intent on killing others. He moved the stick forward, driving Archie plummeting toward his target where he pressed a button, opening fire on the van, hitting the windshield and tires and the side. After he rained down enough bullets, he brought Archie around to hover just in front of where the van was forced to come to a halt with no tires left to run on.

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35minutesago
2009-03-22 08:39 pm UTC (link)

Adrian knew that Dan wasn't likely to have killed all of them. The driver was likely dead, or at least seriously wounded, but those in the back might have been able to escape in decent condition. With that in mind, he moved over to his car and unlocked the driver's side door. "Meg, I want you to get in here and stay here, okay? My friend and I are just going to make sure it's safe for you to come out." She nodded a little, and Adrian gently placed her into the seat. "Scream loudly if anything happens, alright?" She nodded again, and he closed and locked the door.

He immediately sprinted around Archimedes, and sure enough there were Purifiers slowly pulling themselves out of the back of the now disabled van. "Dan," he called loudly, knowing full well the Purifiers would hear it, "I think we may need to show these wastes of humanity the error of their ways." His fists clenched and his eyes narrowed. He didn't tell Dan where Meg was, for fear of the Purifiers overhearing.

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ex_hootyhoo851
2009-03-22 09:26 pm UTC (link)

Setting Archie into an autopilot hovering mode, Dan opened the hatch at the bottom and dropped down through it, landing with a billowing whoosh of his cape. His goggles were zooming in on the individuals, trying to make identifications of them but nothing was coming up in any databases as to who they were.

"Absolutely," he said, agreeing with Adrian. He'd been monitoring the boards and saw that people were disappearing and these ones called Purifiers were running amok and taking people. When the first one ran toward them, Dan took off in a sprint toward him, his hand palming something small and shiny before Adrian would have seen him smashing it in the guy's face. He dropped to his knees screaming as hydrochloric acid splashed all over his skin and Dan swung around to punch him in the back of the head.

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35minutesago
2009-03-22 09:47 pm UTC (link)

Acid? Very nice. He took off towards the van, engaging two of the Purifiers. He ran straight for one, flipped over him at the last second, and delivered a spinning backfist that had him reeling. He dropped down into a leg sweep, tripping up the man in front of him, and sprang up into a rising uppercut, taking the man off his feet. Seeing an opportunity, Adrian grabbed the Purifier before he completely hit the ground, wrapping his arms around the Purifier's legs. Then, putting his back and legs into it more than his arms, he swung the man around and let him go, sending him sailing into the other man, who was just now closing the distance after the backfist.

Adrian took enough time to make sure the two of them didn't fall off the side of the bridge, and then stormed over and smacked both of their heads together to knock them out. Then he turned to check on Meg, who was still hiding in his driver's seat. That left one conscious, but Adrian had a plan for that one. It involved interrogation, and not very gentle treatment.

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ex_hootyhoo851
2009-03-23 06:26 pm UTC (link)

Dan watched as Adrian dealt with two more with his usual finesse and grace about him, though he could clearly see the anger and determination raging. Just like the last time he'd seen him like this. It both scared him and fueled his own determination to succeed in this endeavor.

One more left and the two had the same idea: interrogation. It was definitely in order. "What do you think, Adrian? Subdue him and drag him into Archie?"

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35minutesago
2009-03-23 07:44 pm UTC (link)

Adrian smirked, moving towards the man slowly. "Unless he wants to voluntarily submit to a," and without further warning Adrian's hands were out, gripping the man's collar. He headbutted the man once to daze him and then turned, dragging him along the road towards Dan's ship. "He tried to kill a child, Daniel. What do you think it would take for us to allow such scum to live?" Adrian's tone was low and dangerous, but it was mostly an act. He didn't plan on killing the guy. He avoided death unless it was a necessity.

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ex_hootyhoo851
2009-03-24 12:20 pm UTC (link)

Dan's head jerked back from the sound of the impact of Adrian's head connecting with the Purifier's, though he smirked as the guy sort of slumped and followed behind as he dragged him to the Owlship. A small red flush crept up his cheeks and disappeared under the cowl at the mere mention of trying to kill a child. Dan pressed a button on a control in his hand and Archie lowered his drawbridge for the three of them to board. "There's rope over in the utility panel there," he said, pointing to a large gray metal door.

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35minutesago
2009-03-24 02:05 pm UTC (link)

Adrian nodded and shoved the man in Dan's direction. "Hold him. I'll tie him up." He retrieved the rope from the panel and approached the recovering Purifier. He was less than gentle as he tied the man's hands together at the wrists, leaving some rope for them to hang onto. "Now Daniel, would you mind moving Archimedes over the water?" He stared right at the man as he said, "I believe our friend needs a dip in some cleansing waters."

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ex_hootyhoo851
2009-03-24 11:44 pm UTC (link)

When Adrian pushed him at Dan, he wrapped one arm around his midsection and one around his neck, holding the guy to his body as Adrian fetched the rope and began to tie him. Passing him over, he moved to the pilot's seat and pulled in the bridge and took off, heading over toward the water just below the Brooklyn Bridge. Pressing a button, a porthole opened in the bottom of Archie before putting him in autopilot while he watched to see what Adrian was going to do.

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