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Rescue vs. Minions/Victims avengingwarrior 2010-04-01 03:33 am UTC (link)

After giving Glory just a little sample of what Andrea had truly wanted to do to her, she had focused all of her energy on the demons. Enjoying the feel of beating them down. The sensation of bones crushing and the satisfaction of a job well done. However, she wouldn't have been lying about being distracted. She kept shooting glances at Pike and Lois; as they arrived and joined the other ... affected people. She paused, which was likely stupid of her, to momentarily scowl at Jacen. An expression that quickly eased when she caught some of what he said. Later she would go on and be impressed by what he did ... or didn't do. Now her attention was going back to the fight. She glanced one last time towards Lois, when a fist came out of nowhere and caught her in the jaw. She scowled again, which instantly wavered when she saw it was Pike. Her fingers balled into fists. No way was she ever laying a harmful hand on Pike. Well, at least not when her friend couldn't defend himself. "Hey. I thought it I was the one who owed you the punch." She said, ignoring the slight bleeding of her lip. For a regular human, who was currently insane, he sure hit hard. Her tone was gentle and her focus was mostly on him. Mostly. She wasn't going to make the same mistake of letting her worry and concern distract her again. Especially not around the demons. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Rescue vs. Minions/Victims halfexustio 2010-04-01 03:41 am UTC (link)

He could not ignore the call when it came. It was time. Time to go, time to do as she wished. Nothing could stand between him and fulfilling his duty. So he had left the apartment and walked towards the site, following others, expressionless. "Time," he murmured quietly. "Have to go. Time." Adam took his place with the others, echoing a chant he'd never heard before but not missing a beat. This was a big night and things had to be perfect. Nothing must go wrong. Not even when they showed up, people wanting to take the bright, shiny key. He couldn't let that happen. Turning towards the unwelcomed ones, he swung at the closest person. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Rescue vs. Minions/Victims daughterofel 2010-04-01 03:49 am UTC (link)

After the nerves of the older/young cousin were settled, and she was sure Clark was at a safe distance from Glory, who's attention was now on Buffy, Kara looked down to the fight against the minions and demons. Glorys pawns were getting their asses kicked. She doubted they needed a version of Supergirl, but hey, why not? The kryptonian powerhouse flew down the ground, landing with her feet firmly planted not that far from Jacen, since apparently he was one of the people leading this fight. Her attention turned to one of the demons who was now coming toward her. Fire flared up behind her eyes, and two streams of heat flew toward the demon, nailing it square in the head, causing it to fall over in death. Kara wasn't one for killing. But this wasn't human, not even close. It was from hell, it was different. She could destroy it and not feel bad. When one demon jumped on her back and attempted to stab her in the spine, she heard the knife shatter into pieces and fall to the ground. Reaching behind her, Kara grabbed the demon by the neck, and pulled it forward, holding it out infront of her. "You're lucky that didn't cut my jacket." she informed the demon, now looking more than a little terrified. And with that, she flicked her wrist and sent the demon flying into a brick wall, where it crumpled to the ground. When she felt a fist collide with her face, Kara turned her head again, looking toward the man who had just hit her. One of the victims, he couldn't hurt him. "Sorry about this." she told him, before reaching out to grab his shirt. When she had a grip on him, she sped off toward the side of the house in a blur. There was a drainage pipe on the side of it. Pulling part of it away from the wall, she shoved Adam (gently) against the wall, and then wrapped the pipe around him, from shoulder to foot, locking it in place. "Just sit tightly, okay?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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Rescue vs. Minions/Victims halfexustio 2010-04-01 04:11 am UTC (link)

Had he been in his right mind, Adam would have been horrified to realize that he'd just decked Supergirl. He couldn't hurt her but it was the principal of the thing. But that thought had gone missing with the rest of his sanity and instead his mission was to make sure the intruders didn't get the key. He didn't understand why she was saying sorry, only that it was followed by movement that made his head spin. Then he couldn't move. No no no. This wasn't right. He had to be there, not here. They couldn't get the key. she would take the key and then bad things would happen. Adam started to struggle but the pipe was around him too tight. Still, he wasn't going to give up. "Protect the key. Fight." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Rescue vs. Minions/Victims sonovabitch 2010-04-01 04:21 am UTC (link)

Had to get there. Had to get there soon and fast. There was an urgency to get to the location that refused to ease up until he had reached his destination. Dean knew that he was being followed, even in his current state, he was aware of that. However, since she wasn't standing in his way or doing anything to hinder him, Dean chose not to lash out. Yet. It was only if she started getting in his way. But she wasn't ... Maybe she understood? No. It was jumbled in his head but Dean knew that Ruby didn't understand anything. Maybe. She was just following him because of ... Because of Sam. Dean never forgot about Sam. No matter what happened to him and he wasn't forgetting about Sam now. This would be good. It was time to go home. Time to protect the Key. Ruby following him and even Sam drifted from his mind, his focus latching onto that one thing. That and stopping the ones who wanted to intervene. It wasn't very long with all that was happening around him, before Dean spotted someone moving and swung out and decked them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Rescue vs. Minions/Victims red_eyed_hunter 2010-04-01 04:22 am UTC (link)

John Jones was more than ready to fight at the moment. Glory had to be taken down. He hoped that the super-powered ones made a hard impact with their hits. He suspected that they would, there wasn't anyone he knew from his world that was more powerful than them. He had taken off in a red streak through the sky, joining the fight below in several seconds. His eyes had glowed red for a moment as he readied himself to fight the demons. He would also take care not to injure the humans. The humans could be restrained as one currently was.. but the demons would not have mercy. When one of the fiends demon rushed at him, he stepped aside and grabbed it by the arm, quickly soaring upward. He then took one hand and placed it on the minion's chest. It cried out in pain. The evil thing felt a strong burning sensation, and after several minutes, it writhed as a charred palm print was on his chest. Then, John threw him aside, watching as it fell to the ground about twenty feet from the scene. It was definitely dead. Then he swiftly descended back down to see if anyone needed assistance or if there were other demons to fight alone. He knew there were more. And he would continue to fight until everyone had eliminated every threat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Rescue vs. Minions/Victims tweedywatcher 2010-04-01 04:30 am UTC (link)

(ooc I hope I don't cause a confusion...needed to edit a slight gaff. Should still work this way.) Giles was not going to miss this battle, no matter what. He was frustrated as it was, due to the constant issues with Drusilla and the inability to put a stop to her. He was glad to finally have a challenge that could actually be attacked and worked on. He had ended up borrowing weapons from Buffy, as he still didn't have a means of getting his own, but it really wasn't any different from the way things usually were in Sunnydale. Only, he was usually the one handing out supplies back there. He carried a sword this time, and had a couple of smaller blades tucked in his belt in case he should be disarmed. As the minions' chanting died down, he found himself thrust into the battle with the others. He fought well for a man his age, his energy surging as the line between kind, mild-mannered watcher and the darkness that was "Ripper" blurred. He took as much care as possible not to harm Glory's victims, but showed the demons no mercy. He might not be a part of the squad guarding Dawn, but he'd still fight to the death to help win this battl (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Rescue vs. Minions/Victims -- Spell complete_dork 2010-04-01 04:33 am UTC (link)

It had taken some doing but she had managed to rework the spell that Willow had told her about. She didn't have the books and it had been sometime since they'd actually spoken about what had gone into it. Not to mention, that Tara didn't believe that she had the raw power Willow had to make it affective. In fact she didn't, period. Especially not in another world where the rules were different. Nevertheless, she had to do this. Not only to give Buffy more of an edge with Glory but to set everyone right. She remembered all to well how it had felt to be lost in that darkness, and no one else was going to have to go through it any longer if she could help it. Tara would be lying, and delusional, if she had said that she wasn't scared. She was terrified. It was people's minds that she was risking taking this chance, and ... she didn't know if she could do it. She had worked the spell and altered it, rearranging and fixing what worked with what would be safest, as best as she could. Yet even as she arrived at the sight of the battle and the ritual. Tara still hadn't been certain that she would do it. It was only when she looked at those blank faces, and seeing people striking their friends and those who wanted to help them that she knew that she had to do so. Reservation aside. Goddess, help her. Goddess help them all that this would work and work beneficially. She had given the spell to the other witches, to Christy and to Paige to give to whoever else wanted to help. Having it effect each person one by one would take too long but she didn't have the exact power to have it alter everyone all at once back to their immediate state. It would work in a wave effect. If it worked at all. As soon as she got close enough, Tara began saying the spell. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Rescue vs. Minions/Victims ex_demonbloo908 2010-04-01 04:37 am UTC (link)

Sam followed Dean carefully. He was determined to make sure that his older brother didn't stray from his sight; one wrong move, one unexpected motive, and something easily could have happened to him. Not to mention that Dean himself wasn't capable of keeping himself from harm. He could either end up hurting himself accidentally or letting something else do so first. Either way, Sam wasn't going to let it happen. It was why when the first few groups started fighting, Sam steered off to the side and focused on Dean. He had a shotgun in his hands and a spare gun at his side if he needed it and, from the looks of things, he was glad he'd thought to bring both weapons along. These ugly monsters - demons, he was sure someone had called them (which was kind of laughable, considering) - didn't look like they would go down easily. So when one strayed too close, Sam raised his gun and fired off a shot. He hit one of the things in the chest, then turned to fire off another round at the next incoming monster. Sam wasn't stupid enough to believe that the bullets would kill the 'demons', but he knew that they'd at least slow them down. That was good enough for him for the time being. Looking up, Sam spotted Dean sauntering off in the opposite direction. Sam followed suit, halting slightly in his tracks when he caught Dean taking a swing at someone. Unfortunately, that someone wasn't one of their enemies. And that? It wasn't good. Swearing, Sam broke out into a run and moved forward to keep Dean from doing anything worse. He didn't trust everyone that had stepped into the battle enough to believe that they wouldn't harm his brother in retaliation - intentional or not. "Dean! Hey!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Rescue vs. Minions/Victims frostandsnow 2010-04-01 04:39 am UTC (link)

Dean had managed to punch her, distracted as she was by the others fighting. The one with blades and the one...was he fighting, burning them with his very hands. Interesting. She hadn't noticed the blow coming in from Dean and staggered back just a little. Cursing under her breath. "...Come on...Dean you're too close. Sam, you gotta get back to Sam don't you. He's not here, you know he's more important than any stupid key so...don't make me drag you Shortbus" Ruby was so not in the mood to be babysitting a man she hated. But she'd sworn to Sam that she'd protect Dean, and she'd only let him get this far cause crazy or not he still knew a word that made her pause, and hurt and made her eyes blacken. And she'd decided Sam would be adverse to her hexing or stabbing his brother to slow him down. Probably even punching, even if he could punch her. An act she felt was more Dean than crazy. He'd be so damn smug. "Don't make me make you. No one wants that" As she spoke she heard Sam from the side of her and stepped into view from behind the other fighters. "Can I hit him? Just once. He'd stop fighting?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Rescue vs. Minions/Victims slayersocialwrk 2010-04-01 04:46 am UTC (link)

Faith was pretty pissed that Doyle had listened to B and let Pike go. That guaranteed that she was going to be heading after Glory. Not that she wasn't willing to be in on the fight, of course. She just wished that Pike had stayed back at the motel. She had once again gathered her knives and Pike's gun and headed to where the big scene was going down at. Once there, Faith spent no time at all jumping into the fight. She killed demons left and right, and whenever she came up against a crazy person, she checked her punches so she didn't actually kill anyone, just knocked them out. When she noticed that there was a witchy-kinda-crazy among them, she just avoided her. Faith wasn't a fan of magic and had no problem staying away from that. Her eyes flickered over to where B was fighting Glory from time to time-to make sure the hellgod didn't kill her, of course. She didn't want anyone else having that pleasure 'cept her. That was the only reason. Well, that and she'd probably have to jump over and fight Glory herself if B died. So it was a good idea to keep tabs on what was happening. She was also distracted as she waded through the ranks of the insane people, hoping to spot Pike somewhere before he got himself hurt or killed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Rescue vs. Minions/Victims tweedywatcher 2010-04-01 04:58 am UTC (link)

Giles' gaze also kept flicking to Buffy, concerned for both her and Dawn. He was hoping against hope that everyone would come through the battle alive and hopefully intact. He tried to catch Faith's eye as well for a moment. Tara was beginning her spell now, and he prayed that it worked. He had wanted to say the spell with the others, but he'd reasoned that he would be most useful doing what he was right now. A demon smacked him in the head from behind, and he turned, dazed, fighting to shake the cobwebs out as he plunged with the sword. He only wished that he wasn't just a mortal human, that he had something more to call on. He felt the beginnings of the fatigue, and he knew he'd use his reserves up faster than the younger people here. He just hoped Tara's spell bought all of them what they needed to succeed. (Reply to this) (Parent)

Rescue vs. Minions/Victims notafishie 2010-04-01 04:58 am UTC (link)

Pike had been about to continue his assault on Andrea. He hadn't attended the quipping school of combat. Quipping while fighting, in Pike's experience, wasted time that could be used dodging or attacking. Sure, he could joke around before and after, and if he had some help he could make toss an occasional joke during a fight, but usually he was all business. So instead of responding to her, he just advanced, prepared to continue the fight for as long as he needed to. And then something hit him, and the spilled jigsaw puzzle of his mind snapped back into sharp relief. His eyes widened as the dark lifted and the crawling went away. Suddenly he could form coherent thoughts again. The dark fog that had settled over his mind from the minute that hellbitch reached into his mind was gone. With sudden clarity, he knew what was happening. He'd just struck a friend. Dawn was going to be bled dry. He'd been forced to relive all the feelings from Detroit. He'd dropped the l-word with Faith while crazy, which might color any future attempts to make her believe it was true. Maybe even ruin things. Most of the people here would probably have mistaken Pike for a mostly harmless hanger-on, great for moral support but probably not as good of a hunter as he thought he was. Pike certainly had never come across as dangerous to anyone here. The one fight he'd been involved in, he'd gotten stabbed. It didn't give the impression of someone that could actually be dangerous. That was a misconception that anyone who saw him during this fight would probably not believe again. He was still standing in full view of Andrea, but he wasn't seeing her. His eyes narrowed, his heart sped up and thudded in his ears like a heavy metal war drum, and something dark, cold, and flinty replaced the usual open, laid back look in his eyes. His face reddened, his fists clenched, and he literally shook with fury. He was going to kill as many of these scabby little bastards as he could. And he was going to enjoy it. He spun on his heel, away from Andrea. He needed a weapon, and that scabby little bastard with a short sword about ten feet to the left was a great source. Without so much as a second thought, he charged it. The sword swung, but Pike ducked under it, stuck out his arm, and slammed the demon into the ground with enough force that the impact could probably be heard over the din of the fight. Without missing a beat, he lifted one booted foot and brought it down in a vicious stomp directly at the center of the demon's throat. There was a sickening cracking sound and the demon began gasping for air. Pike just leaned down, plucked the sword from the demon's suddenly frantic hands, and stepped over its body. The fact that it would die a slow death of suffocation pleased him more than it should have, but right now, all Pike could feel was white hot fury. There was no room for guilt. A demon came at him from the right with a piece of road clutched in both hands. Pike batted the clumsy attack aside with the flat of his new sword, lashed his hand out, and buried his thumb in one of the disgusting little thing's eyes. It screeched and stumbled back, and Pike thrust his sword into it's throat and tore it out the right side, sending demon blood and gore out onto the street. A third demon stared at him and Pike just walked up and cleanly decapitated it. Then he turned and proceeded further into the crowd of demons, looking for more to kill. (Reply to this) (Parent)

Re: Rescue vs. Minions/Victims ex_demonbloo908 2010-04-01 04:51 am UTC (link)

Oh. Good. It was just Ruby. That was okay, Dean could hit Ruby. Mostly because Sam knew that Ruby wouldn't harm him in return...at least not much. He wouldn't put it past the demon to at least take a swing at his brother to get him to calm down. Of course, as soon as Sam had that thought, Ruby turned to him and asked if she could give him a hit. Sam rolled his eyes and brushed past her, as if that single look alone happened to be enough of an answer. No way. Grabbing Dean by the shoulder, Sam attempted to pull him back so that he could calm him down and, hopefully, talk some sense into him. Talk sense into a crazy man? He'd have better luck at convincing Santa Claus to set a Christmas tree on fire. Sam tried to suppress a cringe at the Christmas reference, tugging on his brother as he did so. "C'mon, Dean..." He didn't like this. It was bad before, but now his brother was attacking Ruby? ...actually, that was probably the sanest thing that Dean had done all night. "Ruby's on our side. You know that." Sam tugged at his brother's shoulder again, leaning down a little in hopes of meeting his brothers eyes. He wouldn't attack him, would he? Was he really that far gone? "Dean, we can do whatever you want. Just keep your hands to yourself. We'll help you, okay? You know I'll help you." He was lying. But if this was what he needed to do in order to keep Dean from going all nutso on everyone, then so be it. It wasn't like Dean was gonna hold a grudge later on for it. That was, if he remembered anything. Or if Tara's spell actually worked. God, he hoped that it worked. [ooc: And I'm splitting this! Because keeping it in one thread is confusing.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Rescue vs. Minions/Victims sonovabitch 2010-04-02 04:03 pm UTC (link)

Dean struggled against Sam. Pulling himself from his brother's grip. One priority taking over the other; the need to protect the key over not ever hurting Sam. His hand balled into another fist but before he could raise it, to clock his own brother, something happened. He blinked and shook his head as the spell took affect. It was as if the jumbled, shifting, buzzing had just stopped. Things were rearranged and slow and carefully put together, and with a click all was right again. Mostly. "I hope to God, you were just making the crazy person feel better, Sam, or I might reconsider punching you." The words were lame even to his own ears, as he tried hard to infuse some humor in them. Rubbing his hand over his face, Dean's eyes took in his brother, and answered before Sam could even ask. "Yeah. I'm sane again. Or as sane as I ever been." His eyes cut to Ruby, involuntarily, and it was a visual struggle for a moment. However, at that instant he was too tired to care. All of barriers weren't back up and he was just raw. Which was why it was eaiser now than it ever would have been for him to say, "Sorry." An apology that would likely never happen again. He didn't give any thanks because that was pushing it. And he hadn't asked her to stand his way. He was damn sure that had been Sam. However, she'd done it. He didn't delude himself into thinking that she'd done it for him; not even in his previous state would he have been able to consider that. Still. She'd watched out for him and he'd ... hit her. It was good. He wasn't going to lie about that and if he could get away with it again, he'd do it. His apology was more for harming her when she'd been trying to help, than the actual act of hitting her. Five letters more complicated than they should have been, but he had the feeling she'd understand. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Rescue vs. Minions/Victims frostandsnow 2010-04-02 04:21 pm UTC (link)

Sam wasn't going to get hit, she wasn't gonna let it happen even if it meant she had to take another punch. She was about to pull Dean's arm back behind his back when he paused, his hand not even raised yet, something was happening. And Ruby had an idea what that something might be. Dean was back to himself, confirming this as he spoke. Sane as he'd ever been, well she wouldn't deny that. But she was happy Sam had his brother back, she didn't like seeing him hurting and without his brother. He should be. Ruby couldn't deny her eyes had widened when he actually said it, said sorry. She wasn't going to push it, or do anything to take away from it. She mearly nodded and moved back a little to stand beside Sam but not to interfere if they wanted one of the brotherly moments they had now and again. Just like before back when Dean didn't who who the brunette called Krissy was when he'd returned she felt awkward at times like this. "Don't worry about it" she managed to say and busied herself looking around to see if there were any more of the ugly creatures claiming to be demons around. They offended her just by existing in her world and she was happy to ensure they didn't anymore. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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