10748/Dealing with Stragglers

Dealing with Stragglers
Date of Scene:	15 January 2020
Location:	Somewhere in Bludhaven
Synopsis:	Hulk comes back from Limbo chased by a swarm of demons, and with some help, deals with them.
Cast of Characters:	Hulk, Doc Samson, Piper Halliwell

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Hulk has posed:
After the fight in Central Park, Hulk has not been seen for a while. Being stuck in Limbo dealing with a massive dragon tends to eat up ones time. So when a tear back onto Earth forms in Bludhaven, anyone with an affinity for sensing dimensional borders can tell when the Hulk arrives in a run down back alley somewhere there.

Unfortunately, he also had 'visitors' come with him, and he's already slammed into the ground by one of the bigger ones as he gets tossed out of the tear, followed by a couple dozen others chasing him.

Doc Samson has posed:
"Wilbur!" Leonard Samson calls out from the sidewalk of a nearby street, looking up at the second story of a rowhouse. He pounds on the front door and steps back. "Come on, Wilbur--it's Dr. Samson! Open up! Are you home or not?"

He sighs and shakes his head, flipping through contact information on his phone. "And this is why I told myself not to take on so many house calls..." he mutters quietly.

Then, the impact of the Hulk & company nearby is audible enough for Samson to hear, and he looks around for an explanation. "What the--?"

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper's roaming Bloodhaven because, after P3's impromptu redecoration earlier (Thank you Zealot!), she's closed the club so they can scrub the bloodd and gore and...and...things off the, well, everything. How /did/ blood end up on the ceiling, anyhow? She's settled in walking the streets aimlessly, then pauses. Great. Magic and trouble. The sorta trouble that...

That thud. That's more a beatdown street fight in progress, as Piper runs toward the sound to investigate too. She's worried now, this is her littl bit of Jersey after all.

Hulk has posed:
It's around the point that Piper starts running down the street that she suddenly hears a feral roar, followed by some sort of otherworldly creature /fly/ past her sight, slamming into the building opposite.

Given the size of it, and the kinetic force of the impact, /something/ with great strength did that.

"Hulk is tired of demon things!" Hulk doesn't shout it, but it's definitely an exclamation as he's suddenly swarmed by the mass of creatures. Claws, bites, punches, and grabs overwhelm him as they try to break his impervious green skin, and the confusion has him fail his way into a side wall in the alleyway, audibly breaking it like tinder... and breaking more as he fails about, trying to hit something.

ANYTHING.

Doc Samson has posed:
As the sounds multiply in number and amplify in volume, Samson frowns. He looks back up to the rowhouse window. "Alright, Wilbur! Have it your way!" he calls before half-walking, half-jogging toward the direction of the sounds.

"Are you alright?" Samson shouts, shrugging off his jacket and placing it on the roof of a nearby parked car. He begins rolling his sleeves up when some of the swarming demons come into view.

He picks up his pace, frowning again when the unmistakeable green hue of the Hulk's skin can be seen beneath the mass of demonic creatures. "Of course," Samson says with a deep exhale. He tightens his hands into fists and runs at the nearest of the demons.

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper's debating freezing things....then again, when things go flying, right past her, she's thinking that's a bad idea. It's the swarms that get her attention and the Hulk, too,the hulk, swarmed by demons. Well this isn't Tuesday so....Piper's off and literally running.

Looking to the demons she skitters to a halt and looks unimpressed at them all in her backyard. Not literal backyard. If they want to dumpster dive outside P3, that's their business, but...

Piper's rolling up her sleeves and ready to pick a fight with these demons.

Hulk has posed:
With the swarm entirely distracted at the moment with the Hulk, Samson easily gets in a few good attacks of his own on the slower creatures, and manages to send a couple of the demonic creatures flying into walls and upwards himself. The Hulk is still taking the brunt of the swarm still though, and his wild swinging as he visibly grows to fifteen feet just gets worse, prompting those in the hallway he just broke through to flee for their lives. "Hulk SMASH!"

At that moment, Hulk smashes into the ground, and a visibly shockwave erupts, sending the swarm scattered through the alleyway and building itself.

Not to mention doing serious structural damage inside the room he's in.

Doc Samson has posed:
"Bruce, you--*grkghh*!" Samson tries to shout before one of the demons tries to strangle him with its taloned hands. As a result, he's forced to spend time wrenching it off of his throat rather than help prevent any nearby property damage.

He grips the creature with both hands and slams it onto the ground, then flings it over his head, and then slams it down onto the ground on his other side.

Samson looks around for more, spotting the massive hole that the Hulk's fight has created, but he's overwhelmed with more demons, and his fight takes him off down the street in a different direction.

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper's throwing her hand out, throwing her power behind it now. Oh, this is not fair, demons swarming as Piper's stood up as tall as her five feet three frame can let her. She's throwing her power, and she's conerned about the Hulk and demons, too. These demons aren't nice, either....as Piper's throwing a vanquishing potion toward the demons, as she waits,and is looking over to the Hulk. Piper's got a pair of powers to pick from, freezing or in essence exploding things. It's a toss up which power she'll unleash but her hands are aiming toward the demon swarms.

Hulk has posed:
The potion does the trick, and a brief flare of color similar to the original tear swallows up a good dozen of the demons as they cluster around Hulk. With Samson distracting the demons though, and Piper firing magical bolts into them, their chaotic swarm suddenly becoming a bit more rigid from all the distractions, trying to understand what's going on.

Unfortunately for them, that just means Hulk gets a couple free hits on those that weren't hit by the shockwave.

These are not serious challenges to the Hulk, but Piper might be in for a rough time as a half dozen of the chittering rat-like demons turn their ...'eyes?'.... toward her, trying to get at her legs and torso with teeth.

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper's got this....and she's totally not wanting to be a chew toy. She's got this up until the point where she's swarmed...and unlike the Hulk, Piper's small, but powerful in her own right. Well there goes her one and only vamquishing potion...so....now Piper's fighting literally with her hands and feet and magic, too. Her poewrs are good. But only so good....so she's fighting on the defensive, if she gets hurt, or, worse...there goes the Power of Three. She looks determined to avoid this though but she's just a witch against a lot of demons. Seriously. Where's help when she needs it

Hulk has posed:
Piper is a stranger to the Hulk... so it might come as a surprise when she hears another feral roar, a SMASH into the ground, and sees a gigantic green creature charging towards her (seriously, he's about sixteen feet tall at this point almost.

It'll probably be even more of a surprise when he literally just runs right over her... and past her, taking the majority of demons into his arms, and *squeezes*.

There's a half dozen demon corpses on the ground now, behind her.

"Hulk finally got them still. Hulk thanks Brown Hair." Hulk grunts as the massive green giant looks over his shoulder at Piper... rage easily evident in his features.

Then again, the news reports tend to call him a rage monster. It's easy from this to see why.

Then, he turns back around, walks right over top of Piper... and Piper can observe as Hulk brings back both hands... and *CLAPS*.

The resulting focused shockwave back down the alleyway sends the rest of the creatures chittering in their direction flying backwards.

"Demon things are easy to smack away." Hulk concludes.

Piper, somehow, only felt a light breeze from that clap shockwave.

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper's smaller than the Hulk, true, and she's not a fan of being walked over. She watches Hulk then notes the lack of demons. "What're you gonna do, treat me like a doormat and wipe your shoes on my jeans?" Piper asks, sarcasm in her voice. She's glad though that thankfully, the demons are dealt with, whih yes is good. She's glad of the clap and the breeze have sorted it out. Mostly since she's out of anything useful.

Hulk has posed:
"Hulk was avoiding hurting Brown Hair." Hulk states as Piper talks. Then, he walks forward a bit, turns around, and goes to one knee in front of her.

Even at this height, he's still a good ten feet up head wise.

"Should Hulk have left Brown Hair alone?" His eyes are just a but more subdued, but the anger is still there.

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper watches, a little bemused and puzzled at the knees. Piper though hasn't said anything yet. Then she speaks. "Are all the demons dead?" she wonders, looking a little scared at the idea of more demons. Not a lot scares Piper really, but...being a Charmed One, not much is meant to scare her. Instead, she glances up to Hulk. "You didn't hurt me" she offers. "Did you deal with the demons though?" she adds and looks hopeful that yes, no more demons. Because those are not her usual demons she fights. Which is, if anything, unnerving her more and more.

Hulk has posed:
"Hulk is not sure, but the demon things stopped moving." Hulk glances over his shoulder. Indeed, they're still. Whether they're dead or not... well, that seems to be up to Piper to check. "Hulk only wanted them to leave Hulk alone. Hulk does not care if they are alive." Hulk offers in clarification.

Then, Hulk stands up, his full height only a couple feet away from Piper again now, "Hulk is back on Earth?"

Piper Halliwell has posed:
Piper's glad the demons are dealt with really. They won't hurt anyone. Good. She looks to Hulk, "So it's safe to get up?" she asks. Oh, he's back on Earth? Good,that'll take weight off of everyone else, too. Which is a good thing. She nods to Hulk and smiles.

"Thanks" she says gently, watching the green guy silently. Piper's not sure what to say other thank a simple thanks. For, well, saving her from said demons.

Hulk has posed:
"Hulk was somewhere else for a while, fighting. Hulk leave, then." Hulk concludes.

Bending down just slightly, as if preparing to jump, Hulk turns around... and with a loud windy sound, jumps off into the night.

/VERY/ hard. Hulk is practically a dot in the sky within seconds.