» As The Name Implies, Danger Room-noun-A Room of danger

[Kythe Regaliant]

Date. October 17
Time. 5:00 PM
Status. Open

Kythe hummed as she tapped the controls to the Danger Room, working to set the simulation. She had gotten permission from one of the teachers to use the room, and she was looking forward to the session. Nothing too elaborate, just a simple little obstacle course with things to jump and avoid and the like. A fun little work-out. She looked back over what had been set, and smiled, satisfied with the planned simulation. Reaching down to scratch Ragnarok behind the ear, she turned and headed down the stairs from the control room into the danger room itself. A timer had been set to start the simulation after she got down, and to give a little bit of extra time in case anyone else wanted to join in. With her back turned, she did not notice a small spark flash across the controls, a result of a short within the system.

She stood on the floor of the danger room, waiting for the simulation to start. The seconds ticked by as she waited, and soon the timer went off. What started however was not obstacle course she had planned. Rather, the room flickered, before creating what appeared to be the less friendly section of the city at night, dark, run down and quite uninviting. It was not without people though. four men stood in semi-circle, one carrying a crowbar, and another what appeared to be a small wrecking ball on a chain.

Kythe blinked. This was not what she had planned for. This was very different than what she had been planning to do. As an electronic voice sounded she listened, not liking the message that rang out through the room. "Warning: Safety protocols disabled."

She tilted her head briefly, backing up until her back was pressed against the wall of a building. "I'm not sure this will be very fun," she murmured as the helmeted man lowered his head and began to charge.

This post has been edited by Kythe Regaliant on Oct 26 2009, 05:03 PM

[Spark]

Electricity lit up the dim streets, streaking across until the bolts of brilliant blue landed on target. "Kythe!" the girl called, rushing to her friends side. The man that had been charging was now laying in a smoking heap on the ground, hands up and crackling dangerously Lina watched the other simulated people.

"I thought we weren't starting yet... whats the simulation about?" Lina was confused, not entirely getting the point of a mob style training session, having missed the computerized voice moments before.

[Goliath]

There had been mention earlier in the day of a Danger Room session, this time run by Kythe. Knowing that one run by a fellow student would be way more fun that the instructors, Max had to be there. Striding down the hall he came to the door and adjusted the neckline of his unstable molecule uniform. It was truly a wondrous piece of technology as it adjusted itself and adapted to any mutant power there was. The unstable molecules allowed the fabric to change along with his size. Leaving him fully clothed instead of a giant naked young man. As the door opened it was clear that the session was starting. As the doors closed up behind and vanished into the simulation, there was a sense that all was wrong. The simulation was far from anything that Kythe was to pick, as he had heard what she was going to do. The night time street scenario with the four thugs was not it. They looked to be packing serious fire power. Not the usual kind of guns and knives.

The man that had charged Kythe was down thanks to Lina's attack, leaving the other three moving forward. It was clear that the man on the ground wasn't fully out of the fight though. The four together looked pretty tough. Leaping forward and growing at the same time, Max intercepted the man with the wrecking ball as he swung it for the girls. Catching the moving projectile ball on a chain was painful. The impact bruised his chest but he managed to stop it.

Grunting, Max stumbled back. "Man, no one told me we were gonna fight the Village People."

[Husk]

Paige had heard that Kythe had been granted an open session in the Danger Room, and she had decided to come. After all who in their right mind would turn it down? At least thats what Paige Guthrie thought. She came down to the room in her training uniform, the doors opening to grant her access and she paused immediately after seeing their opponents, who looked rather ruthless.

"Yeha!" She exclaimed, husking her skin into stone as she ran into join them, not realizing the saftey protocols were off. "This looks like fun!"

[Mondo]

Mondo jogged down the hall to the Danger Room. Up ahead he caught sight of Paige as the doors closed behind her.

"Uh Oh, I am late!" He huffed out.

Mondo was very exited about a DR session. The room was truly wonderful. How it worked he never questioned, it was the effects that enchanted the young man. The fact that the Hawaiian was jogging was evidence enough of his excitement.



As he came through the doors his face beamed in his exitement. He came to a skidding stop almost bumping into Husk.

As the young woman peeled her skin revealing a stony exterior charged into the frey Mondo followed whooping.

As he approached the villains he dove into the sidewalk like it was a swimming pool. His body absorbed and took on the characteristics of the pavement. He 'swam' behind the group and emerged from the sidewalk adding mass till he towered above the little group.

"Hey brah! These mookies are in for it now!" He called out to Max.

[Wind Dancer]

The winds rushed at her face and flicked at her hair as she flew at breakneck speeds, faster and faster weaving in and out of trees dodging obstacles as she rode her wind currents increasing the speed more and more. It was a common occurance for the students at the school to see the Venezuelan girl flying crazily near the woods by the lake. If she wasn't dancing around school with her iPod, she was flying. LIVE YOUR LIFE played in her ear this day as she raced across the treeline revelling in the feel of not only the wind the the kick of adrenaline that surged as she'd come close to the trees. A beep on her iPhone caused Sofia to pitch up into the sky to hover momentarily as she read the reminder. 'Danger Room Ex 5PM'

Landing momentarily by her backpack near the lake she stripped down to change into her Corsairs uniform and after stuffing her school clothes into her bag she took to the air once more. Smiling the Venezuelan girl turned her sites back to the mansion and calling upon another jetstream of wind she sped towards the manse. The wind picked up as she sped towards the danger room carried by a frantic wind; its tail end having knocked the cigarette from one of the older students and rustling some papers on her way. "Perdóneme! I'm sorry!!" she said as she waved back apologetically.

The winds died as her foot touched down just before the great doors to the school. With a soft chuckle entered teh school, her golden sash dancing as she moved towards the elevators to the danger room. She entered right after the Big Buy and heard a familiar voice say, "This looks like fun!"

"Si...It seems I arrived at just the right time." Sofia answered her friend. Having arrived after Paige Sofia wasn't privy to the earlier warning about the safety protocols so remained oblivious.

The winds kicked up around her again as she went airborne and whipped a concussive blast of air at her nearest opponent.

[Kythe Regaliant]

Several other students arrived, which was both good and bad. Good because it meant they might be able to help out. Bad, because they could get hurt, and Kythe did not wish to see her friends injured. Spark managed to stop the helmeted man for the moment, and Goliath had stopped the wrecking ball from hitting them.

At Husk's comment of fun and Wind Dancer's agreement, Kythe shook her head. "Might not be as fun as you think," she said keeping her gaze on their oppoents. "I didn't set this program to run, and if what the computer said before is right, there's a higher chance we could get hurt. Saftey got shut off."

Standing around was not a good plan at the moment, something needed to be done. "Husk, can the danger room be shut down from in here?" she asked, before looking to the others. Until they could get the simulation to stop, they would need to start fighting back. "Spark, can you direct your electricity through the chain of the wrecking ball? See if you can make him drop it. Mondo, if he lets go, get it and throw it. Keep it away from him. Husk, Goliath, if you can take out the unarmed pair. Work together and focus on one if you have to. Just try not to get hit please. Wind Dancer, help whomever you can. Use your winds to knock them down and keep them back."

Her own focus went to the man with the large crowbar. She wasn't sure if she could get it away from him (much less keep it away from him), but she could try to keep his attention away from anyone else. "Hi!" she called as she neared him, before disappearing and moving to the side a bit. She reappeared and called to the man again, cheerfully taunting him and disappeared, repeating the cycle as she moved around him. He swung the crowbar when she appeared and she moved quickly to avoid being hit. Each impact left a sizeable dent in the ground, and Kythe really did not want to find out how painful it would be to actually get hit.

As Kythe worked to distract Wrecker, Bulldozer regained his footing, lowering his head to charge at the large target Goliath made. Piledriver turned his focus to Husk, swinging a large fist at the stone girl's head. Thunderball's wrecking ball swung through the air to crash into the ground with a powerful impact, making it harder for those on the ground to retain their footing.

This post has been edited by Kythe Regaliant on Oct 28 2009, 06:23 PM

[Spark]

Lina turned from Kythe to the gang of men just in time for Max's appearance and growth spurt. Wincing as the metal object collided with his enlarged chest, she took a couple steps forwards. "You alright?" she asked softly, the others arrival capturing her focus.

The others to enter had missed the bit about the safety protocols, frowning as out of the corner of her eye the electrocuted man started to get up "Obviously I didn't hit you hard enough..." Lina growled as Kythe starting giving orders. Without further word she started to rev up her current, sparks flying from her finger tips as she took a few steps forwards.

Her attention turned to the man with the wrecking ball, impish grin twisting upon her lips as she moved forwards. The man swung the chained ball at the brunette, she leaned backwards just out of reach. Hands came together to form a large ball of electrical energy, one of her new tricks that she had been waiting for the perfect time to use in the DR, hurtling it forwards on the man's next swing. The metal ball lite up in a shower of bright sparks, watching as the snake of electricity wound its way up the mans arm. With a clank the wrecking ball hit the ground, leaving space for Lina to pounce forwards.

Lina threw the dive into a somersault, springing back onto her feet and latching onto the side of the man. "How do you like your chicken?" she asked, pumping out enough voltage to fry a turkey to a crispy hunk of coal. Spark let go, springing back and away from the fried man. Gaze lowered as she took in her smoking clothing, frowning slightly at this and very glad she had worn part of her training outfit underneath. Her eyes snapped up, turning her focus to the others if they needed a hand.

[Husk]

The metal skinned Paige Guthrie frowned at Kythes explanation, making sure more so to keep her eyes on their opponents now. Well, that wasn't good. As she looked around the room though she noticed they did have some pretty powerful students in there, and by luck three team leaders who knew how to think straight in tight situations. That had to help a little.

"Ah don't think so." She shook her head regretabely at Kythes question. "Tha control panels up top, an' only responds ta voice commands from tha faculty." Taking a stance on the unarmered pair she nodded to Max, swinging a metal fist into one of the mens face as they came near with a loud crack!.

[Goliath]

The pain of the ball to the chest sent vibrations through the body, and winces to the face. The others dealt with the man as Lina's words came to his ears. "Yeah...just a little sore." Playing off the intense pain, he pretended to flex and winced more. The tough guy routine had it's cons to be sure. Then more arrived and the short conversation between the two was cut off. Oh well there was time for talking later. Now there was action needed. "You got it short stuff." Winking playfully as Kythe rattled off orders, he moved towards the remaining men. There were three squad leaders within the room but it was easy to defer to the young girl. This was her program after all.

Just before Piledriver could be attacked, Bulldozer decided to rise up and attack again. The large man ran across the floor right at Max. Size increase came again as he bared down in preparation. This was going to be a hard one. Hands shot out as the large projectile came closer. Gripping around the man's shoulders, the momentum took them both backwards. The strain was incredible. Whoever the man was he was extremely powerful. The strength that radiated from him was almost unbearable. Sweat dripped off the brow as Max gritted teeth and shoved feet into the ground. The world swam as his vision suddenly began to blur. Gasping, his hands relented and the large man slammed into him. Pain blossomed across the body as the large mutant feel hard to the ground, blacking out long before even being hit.

[Mondo]

Mondo listened as Kythe called out the orders. As Wrecking ball shook the ground Mondo felt the tremors roll through his cement form. It was most unpleasant, he would be more than happy to remove the weapon from the mans possession.

As Lina sent bright arcs of electricity up and down the man and his weapon Mondo laughed. The way the man’s body shook was funny. In short order he dutifully released the chain, the ball rolling away. It reminded Mondo of the barking things in Mario Kart Double Dash.

“Arf, Arf, Arf!” He yelled out as he scooped up the lost item.

This was so much fun. Then Max fell over, and Mondo wasn’t having as much fun. He leapt towards the slumped form of the boy to try and intercept his opponent. Hopefully the concrete, asphalt and soils properties could withstand the impact from Bulldozer as Mondo attempted to protect his friend.

[Wind Dancer]

"Might not be as fun as you think," Kythe had said keeping her gaze on their oppoents making Sofia question why. "I didn't set this program to run, and if what the computer said before is right, there's a higher chance we could get hurt. Saftey got shut off."

~Oh...that's why.~ Sofia thought to herself as a sudden dread kicked in. It was one thing to believe in the safety measures of the Danger Room's features but with them turned off that was a whole different story.

Suddenly standing around joking did not seem such a good plan, something needed to be done and Kythe sprung into action first giving out orders to the others. "Spark, can you direct your electricity through the chain of the wrecking ball? See if you can make him drop it. Mondo, if he lets go, get it and throw it. Keep it away from him. Husk, Goliath, if you can take out the unarmed pair. Work together and focus on one if you have to. Just try not to get hit please. Wind Dancer, help whomever you can. Use your winds to knock them down and keep them back."

"Si." Sofia nodded stepping away from the others and allowing the air currents to cycle and increase in speed to give her lift as she hovered overhead for a better vantage point of attack.

Sofia watched as the others each took on their various targets Lina seemed more than capable and Paige cracked a good one to her opponent, the Big guy was yet to move but when she saw Bulldozer take a run at Max she knew where she could help but as she moved towards Bulldozer she watched helplessly as her friend fell from the impact "MAX?!" Sofia called out her friend as he fell to the ground unconscious.

Mondo was quick to react and protect Max so Sofia already headed towards Buldozer Kept her course and with a sneer unleashed a concentrated blast of air towards the man's head aiming the stream of compressed air into a tight stream towards the man's ear hoping to disrupt his balance like she had once done to the Juggernaughtl once before and hopefullly forcing the man down to the ground with bouts of vertigo and imbalance as his inner ear would have been in all intents and purposes damaged. If her attack worked that is.