11699/Uncanny Ursine Unleashed!

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Uncanny Ursine Unleashed!
Date of Scene: 30 June 2020
Location: Bronx Zoo
Synopsis: A group from Xavier's mansion visits the zoo, just in time for a disgruntled bad guy to attack with bears! There is also a ninja.
Cast of Characters: Snake Eyes, Nightingale, Shadowcat, SpyderByte




Snake Eyes has posed:
It's a wonderful day to be out and about at the zoo, enjoying the great weather and clear skies and sunshine and all that happy stuff. There are quite a few people enjoying the animals on display right now, watching them eat, sleep and play. There are monkeys happily chasing one another around, birds chirping and squawking and caribou grunting.

As the crowds wander through the area things seem quite normal, very little appears out of the ordinary. Except at the bear exhibit. There's a large crowd gathered for their feeding time, folks happy to see the massive critters chow down on their scientifically balanced diet of meat, fruit and grains. But the bears don't seem to be hungry for their usual food. Instead, they lock eyes with the zookeeper that's serving them their grub. He's quite oddly dressed, on closer examination. His clothes don't fit right, his beard and hair are unkempt and he wears running shoes instead of the boots that are a normal part of the zookeeper's uniform.

In the parking lot outside of the zoo Snake Eyes is in the back of a panel van with his partner, Dial-Tone. The ninja's dressed for action as there'd been a post on an internet forum or message board threatening a zoo. The sender had been careful to hide his location but subtle clues in the message pointed to New York. As it was not likely a credible threat Action Force didn't spare much in the way of manpower, sending only this two person team to act as a reconnaissance element.

Dial-Tone, well, she's monitoring comms in the van, doing her thing with the computers and radios and whatnot. There's a lot of equipment there pumping out and receiving a lot of information. Snake Eyes' attention is split between watching Dial-Tone do her thing and monitoring the zoo camera system she'd somehow gotten access to. The ninja, quiet as always, watches as people gather to look at the bears.

Nightingale has posed:
     "Do bears *censored* in the woods" is often a rhetorical question, asked in answer to other questions. In this case, though, perhaps at least some in the crowd with a mildly warped sense of humor might be seeking out the answer to exactly that. Or, in the case of the spoopy zookeeper, other answers might be in the offing. However, at least one trio seems to be trying to enjoy themselves, on a normal, everyday outing to the zoo.

     Or at least, as normal as it can be, with one of the three having very distinctive, angelic wings--and who seems to be catching the brunt of some taunts to the effect of belonging in a zoo herself, from random folks. But mostly, at least this time, she and her friends are being left alone, and she herself seems to be shrugging off any rude remarks. "Lemme tell you two, I'm sure glad for the distance between me and those bears," Shannon remarks, chuckling softly. "Especially where there's a cub in there. You don't wanna mess with a mama bear..."

     Something seemed off, though. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, however. "Ooof. That keeper in the cage sure better have a change of shoes, especially if he finds a pile of..."

     *SPLAT*

     "Ewwww."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's trying to ignore the smell of bear dung, but she does giggle when karma bites the zookeeper in the shoes. "See, that's why you look where you're going" Kitty nods sagely and looks highly entertained by this. She shakes her head and does the silent giggle with squeaks thing. Which makes her giggle more, more squeaks....you get the idea. Kitty looks to Shannon, afraid she'l get people around them giggling. Oh she's supposed to be mature and responsible and the adult..yeahh right. Like that's happening...

SpyderByte has posed:
The mute technopath is following after them with a wrinkle of his nose at the scent of bear dung in the air. As usual, he is dressed in his heavy black hoodie a pair of black jeans and his black dyed hair sprawled out across his face. He is panting heavily from the heat, taking sips of his expensive water he had to buy from a vending machine.

At times, his eyes are glancing about quickly, followed by a soft laugh as his eyes roll upwards. He finds something funny, though it probably has nothing to do with the bears or the zookeeper. He's probably getting hit by a thousand signals all at once due to the proxmity of cell phones and other electronics.

Snake Eyes has posed:
"Aww... shi... Err... darn," says the poop covered zookeeper as he realizes he's ankle deep in feces. But he's on a mission! A mission to feed the bears! To feed the bears some people! "Alright guys. Follow me. We're going to get you out of here," he says to the large omnivores he's in the display with. Rather bizarrely, the massive animals gather round and do as the zookeeper says. He leads them towards the door he came in from.

As he notices Shannon on one of his screens Snake Eyes taps the monitor and sends the image to Dial-Tone. She says, "Hey! It's your buddy. Who's her friend? You should see if you can get her number."

Snake laughs silently for a moment before he taps another monitor and sends Dial-Tone video of the zookeeper leading the bears out the rear of their habitat. The female Joe frowns and says, "Where's he taking them? You want to go find out?" The man in the van waits for his partner to look at him before nodding to her. She moves to the front of the vehicle and cranks the engine, moving to drive it around the side of the zoo to a spot where he can get out undetected, especially if she disables the camera there temporarily.

Nightingale has posed:
     Okay, that was just... weird. Shannon furrows her brows, her feathers ruffled--rather literally, in this case--and her wings beginning to spread in a rather tense pose behind her. She slips her Bluetooth headset from her little brown leather bag, which is much easier to keep tied to the belt of a pair of jeans, and slips it on over her ear. Thankfully, she had on some sensible white sneakers, and her favorite cream cotton poet's blouse to keep her cool in the warm weather. Gently nudging Kitty and Jeremy, she lifts her chin in the general direction of the zookeeper.

     "Something's off," she murmurs. "Keep your heads on a swivel."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty nods to Shannon and Jer as she listens. Kitty's got the same thought too, something is definitely off and with a cat hologram up on her shoulder, she's on alert too, looking the zookeeper over as if looking for any tricks or traps.

Yeah right. Kitty could phase in there and deal with this swiftly but why not see how it goes?

SpyderByte has posed:
"W-what's g-going on?" Jeremy asks as he is nudged by Shannon and glances about. He was deep diving a specific line of communication involving a couple arguing. It was also going down a dark path that caught his concern. He looks over towards the exhibit, then back to the pair of X-Ladies. He has a confused look upon his face.

Snake Eyes has posed:
The zookeeper is supposed to feed each species of bear independently. Instead, he wanders to each bear exhibit, says something along the lines of, "Come with me, bears!" to each group and then leads the mammals into the behind the scenes area of the zoo. It isn't terribly long before he reappears at a barred double door near Shannon, Kitty and Jeremy, the group of bears behind him!

Dial-Tone does stuff to the cameras so Snake can enter the zoo unobserved. He exhibits remarkable strength and dexterity when he climbs the wall and proceeds to leap from it to one of the buildings' roofs. Then he demonstrates both his free running and stealth abilities, carefully watching for openings where he's unlikely to be spotted before jumping from rooftop to rooftop. Taking the high road he's able to cover distance quickly as he heads for the bears to see what exactly is happening. When the masked man gets a closer look at what's happening he shakes his head and stays low, waiting to see if the zookeeper opens the doors leading out to the general public.

Nightingale has posed:
     Shannon shakes her head, keeping her voice low as she murmured to Jeremy and Kitty. The last thing she wanted to do was to cause a panic. "Hopefully, nothing. Just... got a real bad feeling about that zookeeper. Uniform was 'off'. No proper boots. No lanyard, no badge, no ID, nothing. And the bear sure seemed quick to follow him. I'd like to be wrong." Glancing around, she tries to get a handle on just who is nearby, particularly for innocents that will need to be ushered out of the way if things go south.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's watching all this crefully. See, she's noted this too and she doesn't much like what the zookeeper is doing. Admittedly, how would Shannon know if the boots are right given what they are coated in? Well then.

Kitty looks over to Shannon, "I don't much like where this is going" Kitty mutters to Shannon and Jeremy, all the while looking over at the exhibit. Yes, this is absolutely off.

SpyderByte has posed:
"H-He is b-b-brrr-brrrrr--" Jeremy lets out a loud sigh. "BRINGING th-th-.. ah-aaah--animals .. out.. " As he squeezes his phone tighter in his hands, he takes a few steps back, eyes widening with fear crossing over his face. He takes a moment to focus on his phone, sending out a range of signals outwards, trying to ping the zookeeper. Is he controlling them through any type of electronic? If so, he'd find it. Otherwise, running away awkwardly would be the only tool he has in his particular bag.

Though, he also sends an alert to the zoo securities and local authorities. Every camera in the area is suddenly hard focused on the 'zookeeper'. Text messages are going off. << 911! 911! 911! HELP! >>

Stepping behind Shannon, he cowardly ducks down a bit.

Snake Eyes has posed:
The zookeeper opens the double doors and steps through, moving off to the side, "Eat them all my ursine warriors! Teach people not to disagree with me when I'm so clearly correct!" The bears move through the opening provided for them at a steady pace, making their way towards the crowds of people. They're not growling or even moving that quickly, but they're big and scary and cause people to react in all sorts of ways.

Some folks, hikers perhaps, try making loud noises like you're supposed to do on the trail if you think there's a bear around. A couple people go prone and cover the back of their necks with their hands. Most just flee. One guy whips out his cell phone and starts taking video, "Is this a publicity stunt?"

Jeremy gets lots of the usual signals. The only thing coming off of the zookeeper is a cell phone. Apparently however he's doing this he's not using electronics.

Snake Eyes frowns deeply beneath his ninja mask. A glance is given to one of his hand grenades, but with people still in such close proximity there's a chance shrapnel could hit a civilian. His personal defense weapon is another option. Armor piercing rounds would likely penetrate deeply enough to kill a bear, but there may be a way to handle this that doesn't involve slaying zoo animals. Time to see if Snake beats bear, he thinks as he moves to put himself between the animals and the endangered citizens, leaping off of the roof of the current building to land on the ground, drawing his sword and moving into a defensive stance. He points the tip of his blade at the zookeeper and shakes his head slowly.

Dial-Tone suddenly sees all the zoo cameras turn to face the action and '911' and 'HELP' appear on her cell phone. She immediately begins dispatching police and animal control to the zoo, hoping they'll be able to stop the ursine invasion before anyone is hurt or Snake cuts down some endangered species.

Nightingale has posed:
     Wait. There was something eerily familiar about the way that ninja moved. Shannon frowned for an instant, trying to run through memories of recent events. Her eyebrows shoot up as she realizes who it is. Quick to reach out to Kitty and especially to Jeremy, she is able to give them a heads up. "He's a friendly. I'd listen to him, he did me a solid the other day." She sprints into action, helping guide the ones fleeing in a more orderly fashion to the nearest exits, returning for the ones who had gone prone on the ground. "COME ON! Let's get you all out of here!"

     Bzzt. Bzzt.

     She glances at her phone, grinning from ear to ear, giving Jeremy a thumbs up. "Good job," she tells him. And, to both him and Kitty, she says, "Let's see if we can help these people find safe places to hide if they can't get out of the way."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty nods. "Alright" she says. See, she's the adult here and she'll take the rap for this one, but she'll also take responsibility. "Where do we feel is safe?" Kitty asks. Think like a bear, Kit Kat. Think like a bear that's acting weird. What do they feed bears?

Kitty's darting her eyes this way and that looking for safe places for people to hide and nods with a thumbs up too. Jeremy did good really. He's proving his smarts and is in Kitty's eyes as good as anyone else in this little team. Alright it's just the three of them but Jeremy is a key part of this.

Safe places, away from bears. That's a subject Kitty didn't study at Oxxford. Nope but she's a few ideas.

SpyderByte has posed:
All at once, everyone's cell phones in the immediate area launches their map apps, followed by the robotic British voice of SIRI. << Emergency Exit is this way. Please take a left! >>

Jeremy is hauling ass away from the group, clutching his phone tightly. He's in full panic mode with true fear coursing through him. Some have fight or flight. He simply has flight and then 'get the $#@! out'.

The young Goth is wheezing as he runs, weighed down by the hot sun, the heavy hoodie, and the chains on his pants, but that doesn't deter him from hard focusing on getting out. Find the exit. Hit the parking lot. Keep running. Find shelter. Duck down. Remain still. Don't breathe.

The messages through security continue to pour in, his panic driven through his powers. << BEARS ON THE LOOSE. ATTACKING EVERYONE. HELP ME. HELP ME. HELP ME. HELP ME. >> His nose starts to bleed, his head starts to pound. << I don't want to die! Please don't let me die! >> His thoughts blur through the signal, panic, screaming now.

Siri is yelling now. << THIS WAY! OUT! GET OUT! SAVE ME! SAVE ME! >>

He's not a superhero.

Snake Eyes has posed:
"Ninjas! My enemies send ninjas!" Zookeeper yells at Snake Eyes! "Eat him, my minions! Ninjas are no match for bears!" His eyes are wild. His hair is crazy. His pupils are heavily dilated. As he yells his volume fluctuates.

Folks are letting the angel girl direct them, surprisingly enough. Anyone who looks like they know what they're doing at this time could be a subject matter expert, after all. And with wings she's clearly on top of things.

As even Siri starts to panic, however, many of the people who were formerly escaping in an orderly fashion begin to turn on the jets! They run alongside, past, behind, all around Jeremy, not knowing he's the source of their phones' distress. They're just trying to survive, too.

The bears face down Snake Eyes. He watches them closely, looking from animal to animal. As the first approaches him and tries to pounce Snake darts to the side, away from its attack. Another bear rears up on its hind legs, using it's massive paws to try to decapitate the human it had been ordered to destroy. This particular human is no easy mark, however, actually running towards the bear to suddenly slide underneath it and come back to his feet behind the furious furry foe!

In the van Dial Tone is messing with her electronics. Many of them are yelling at her to save them.

Nightingale has posed:
     Shannon knows well the source of the distress call, and is the first one to look for Jeremy in the midst of the fleeing crowd. "JEREMY!" With no answer, or a reply potentially swallowed up in the sounds of terror and sheer panic, she taps out a message on her phone. <<SPYDER BYTE! Ping me, show me your location. I'm coming to help you!>> She could only hope Kitty could be of some help to Snake Eyes, as she couldn't be in two places at once. She had to make sure the most vulnerable member of their group was safe. He'd done incredibly well, and... she just didn't want to see anything happen to him.

     <<SPYDER BYTE! It's alright, you're going to be okay!>>

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty nods to Shannon. Kit Kat can hold it down here, while Shannon does the important stuff. Kitty's not nuts enough to fist fight a bear. Even if she can phase through it. Instead, well, she'll use this to her advantage, if she can distract the bear long enough or use Snake as a distraction, the problm Kitty has is....what is she gonna do with a bear? She...doesn't much havee a use for a bearskin rug. Maybe it can go in the foyer? Nah.

Kitty though takes on the task of distracting the bearrs. The wild geese got competition, as Kitty's trying her best to lead them on a wild Kitty chase, no feathers or geese in sight. Well, except the geese at the zoo of course.

SpyderByte has posed:
Run.
Run!
RUN!

Jeremy continues to worm his way through the crowd, sliding through cracks, and finally making his way to the emergency exit. It's a side route to the parking lot and as he busts through it along with the crowd, he wheezes out heavily, shambling to the side and clutching his knees. Blood drips from his nose to the ground next to his sneakers in dark red splotches. His head feels woozy as he feels the signals of panic that he caused whistling through around him.

Clutching at his head, he gives it a few pounds, bubbling up a sob in his throat before he focuses as hard as he can. All at once, everything stops. It's like a high pitched ringing in his ears. A dropped call. A dial-tone.

<< Parking Lot. Fine. >>

Shannon's phone will light up. The font is a weak colored green, instead of the bright and bold letters. But, he's fine. As he slumps down to his knees, he tilts to the side, leaning in against the fence which divides the zoo from the parking lot. << DoN'T wOrRy aBouT mE. >> Another message comes through.

Snake Eyes has posed:
"Argh! Fight faster, bears! Don't let him get to me!" The zookeeper is shouting erratically. His eyes are bloodshot now and tears of blood are pooling in their corners. Whatever he's doing it isn't easy on his system.

As Kitty jumps into the fray the bears begin to divide their attention, their crazed master yelling at them: "Eat her, too!" They look as though the orders are making them quite confused at this point. It's difficult to tell what they're going to do next. One of the animals misses a swipe at a human and nails its furry friend with a claw. The victim of the clawing turns and swings back! Those bears begin fighting one another!

The distraction allows Snake eyes to vault over one more bear, kick another in the face and land closer to still to the zookeeper. This is one of those times where being able to talk would come in handy. The ninja will need to get closer still to properly threaten the man into stopping the bear attack.

Nightingale has posed:
     Oh, lovely. Confused, erratic, likely very pissed-off bears. This was not good. With most non-combatants out of the immediate area--and Jeremy at least safely out of range in the parking lot--Shannon could turn her attention to the bears, Kitty, the zookeeper, and Snake Eyes. The tears of blood trickling from the zookeeper's eyes were a tell-tale sign of the toll this was taking on him. One more distraction could tip the balance in Snake's favor.

     It could also send the bears off the proverbial rails.

     Pursing her lips, she taps a reply to Jeremy on her phone. <<I'm going to worry, you know that. Stay safe, monitor communications from current location. Let us know when help is en route. Have a headset, will be listening. Need hands free. Wish me luck.>> With the message sent off into the aether, she slips her phone in her little brown bag, and turns to the problem at hand.

     The bears.

     Picking a point just opposite Kitty, where she has plenty of airspace above her if necessary, she stands her ground--not rushing the bears, not shouting. But she spreads her wings fully open, to make herself seem as large and intimidating as possible, moving them back and forth as if she was presenting a red flag to a bull.

     It would either distract the bears--or she would be forced to fly if they charged.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's caught what Shannon is doing out the corner of her eye. Which if anything has her worried now. Shannon's either brave, stupid, or both. With wings, so she can fly. If the bears can fly, then alright, things wil get scary. Kitty though? Her focus is on directing people out, those that are stil around. And oh yes, capturing and dealing with the zookeeper, too. Hey, it's not like anyone else is around, really yet so it's just them and the quiet ninja guy

Snake Eyes has posed:
The zookeeper circles around his team of bears, trying to keep as much distance between himself and the scary ninja as possible. He's kind of losing track of Kitty as she is not menacing him with a samurai sword at the moment. His path will take him quite close to her if he continues heading in his current direction. Then he sees the girl display her wings and points at her, "Get the dove lady as well, my children!" Blood trickles out of the corner of his mouth as he screams.

The bears don't know what they heck they're doing. They start rearing up on their hind legs and roaring, making just a ton of scary noises. A couple of bears each head for the people that aren't the zookeeper. Snake Eyes weaves between the fuzzy attackers, letting them run into each other and start rolling around on the ground, brawling. The swordsman faces down another ursine attacker, ducking under a claw swipe before being forced to dodge backwards to avoid yet another bear heading for him. The critters are surprisingly fast, given their massive size.

Out in the parking lot Dial-Tone notices a sobbing teenage boy outside of her van, but she can't do anything about him at the moment. The comms setup in the vehicle is impressive and soon she's got the electronics obeying her commands again. "Someone hacked me or something, Snake Eyes. Going to figure it out later," she says over the radio for her battle buddy to hear. Almost lightheartedly she asks, "I'm not going to tell you to kill the bears, but wouldn't your life be easier without them in it?"

SpyderByte has posed:
Now that he's calmed, Jeremy wipes the blood away from his face, leaving a smear along his cheek. It took a few minutes, but he's got his shit together again. Even if his head is panging. He takes in a deep breath and holds his phone out in front of him as he settles into a cross legged position. Clearing his mind, he focuses now on the many signals, leaping back into the world of binary as he starts to once more direct traffic. He focuses on the cameras and pulls them up in his mind's eye, ensuring that whoever is running security or has eyes on it can see where the bears are at, and where the zookeeper is.

<< I can hear you. >>

Dial-Tone receives a message across her screen as he plucks that particular signal out of the air. It's a green bubble. Untraceable with a blinking 'spider' for a cursor. The word 'hacked' got his attention. It was like a homing beacon for his attention span.

<< The Zookeeper is controlling the animals using mental powers. He is the key. Knock him out and the bears will be free of influence. But then the bears will be confused and most likely rampage. If your partner can find a way to lead the bears as bait back into their cell, I can direct my team to engage and lock the doors behind them. >>

A British female's voice can be heard in Shannon's ear through Bluetooth. "It's Spider Bite. I have made contact with another hacker. I do believe she is communicating with the ninja fighting the bears. If he can bait the bears back into the cell, you and Kitty can lock them in. Any ideas?"

Nightingale has posed:
     Okay, so at least the zookeeper was really straining now. That was good. What wasn't so good, however, was the fact that a few broke off and headed for some of the few that had not managed to make it out of the zoo. Lovely. Shannon has to take to the air, just as Spyder Bite manages to get through to her.

     "We've got innocents in here. If the hacker is who I think they are, they're most likely a friendly. Unmarked panel van? Need a distraction in here, give the innocents a chance to get out."

     Somehow, she had a feeling this was going to get messy.

     This was probably not the greatest thing to be doing, but fleeing people were a target for bears. They would trigger the creatures' predatory instincts. "Kitty's gonna kill me for this," she mutters to herself, winging her way over towards the fleeing people. With a target in place that wasn't running, would it be enough to distract the bears, and buy Jeremy some time?

     Then there was Kitty. She calls down, keeping one eye on the bears. "Kitty! Please tell me there's some bear spray somewhere down there?"

Snake Eyes has posed:
The zookeeper is wobbling on his feet now, actually bracing himself against a bear for support. That particular bear almost looks like it's asleep on its feet. The rest are fuming mad, running after Shannon now that she's food that's closer than the fleeing food.

Dial-Tone just keeps talking over the radio, "What the hell? Whoever you are, you're good. Snake, take out the zookeeper. Lead the bears back into the cage. The others will lock you in there with them. Just do your thing and escape. Probably do it off camera somehow, too, just so you can appear out of nowhere again. Damn ninja."

The ninja hears the instructions from his partner and leaps into action. Literally. He jumps into the air and does a forward flip to land on the other side of a bear. From there it's more dodging and weaving to get to the zookeeper, but Snake Eyes gets there relatively quickly. Not unscathed, however, as one of the mighty beasts drags a claw across his back, opening up a wound across his left shoulder blade. Once at the zookeeper Snake's sword arched up in the air and the hilt comes down on the side of the animal controller's head, knocking him out and sending him to the ground.

Almost immediately the bears begin to calm down. They look confused, almost as if they're getting over being drugged. The bears that were fighting each other stop. A couple just lay down on the ground. One starts eating out of a garbage can.

SpyderByte has posed:
<< I can kill the cameras inside there and then erase the memory banks. >> Another message pops up. << I can ensure your friend's safety. >>

Jeremy clutches the phone tighter in his fingers as his knuckles bleed white. As far as who he is? << Call me Spyder Byte. >>

As he furrows his brows, he flips the cameras off inside the bear pens so that when Snake Eyes eventually gets them back inside, he won't be seen. << Cameras two and three are disabled now inside the holding cell. >> "Police are inbound four minutes. I am working on giving them all green lights. Traffic is always a bitch in New York." Siri's British voice talks to Shannon in a gentle, soothing tone.

Nightingale has posed:
     Shannon breathes a sigh of relief as, finally, the zookeeper is taken out. But she flinches as Snake Eyes is clawed by the bear. Damn it! She knew he was pretty tough, though, but still, she wasn't too keen on the idea of leaving that wound untended for very long. Thankfully, however, his injury seemed to be the only one, aside from some frayed nerves and rattled wits all around. Tapping her Bluetooth headset, she calls to Jeremy. "Zookeeper's down. Can your hacker friend get some zoo staff in here to help get the bears back in the cage? Good job out there. Proud of you."

     Circling above the cage, she calls down to Kitty and Snake. "Police incoming, four minutes out. We've gotta hustle!"

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty gives Shannon the okay sign with her fingers and looks to the bears. Okay. Okay. Time to play at animal control. Because, really, the bears need to go back in the cage or cages. And yes. That's imperative cause Kitty doesn't much like bears roaming around. The ironic bit? She's from Deerfield, IL. Probably a cardinal sin to lock bears up then...

Stilll, Kitty's hunting around for things to lure the bears to the cage with. Food's s a good start.

Snake Eyes has posed:
"Thanks for the assist. Might have to put you on the payroll," the lady Joe tells her new pal, speaking over the radio. Snake can hear it of course, but he's busy with bear wrangling to worry about it. Dial-Tone goes on, "Spyder Byte? I'm Dial-Tone. Good to meet you." Then she's back to talking to her sneaky battle buddy, "Hurry up, Snake. Don't want those ornery bears eating everyone. Plus, now I gotta get Doc to stitch you up. Again."

The bears are kind of just milling about. Zoo staff have arrived to start getting them in their cages. Some of the personnel have dart guns they load with tranquilizers. One of them is wearing nothing but his skivvies and holding an ice pack to his bleeding head.

Looking over at Shannon, Snake Eyes lifts his sword to offer her a salute with it before sheathing it smoothly. He rotates his left shoulder, making sure that everything works, then lifts his left arm so he can type on the tablet attached to it. Soon the tablet is speaking in its robotic tone, "Thank you for your help. Looks like zoo folks are on it. I'm going to watch bear man until cops show."

Kitty is definitely able to spot a food cart not far away. In addition to selling bottled soft drinks there are numerous hot dogs available to consume!

SpyderByte has posed:
<< I get that a lot. Take care DT. >> *Blip* The message disappears from the screen and erases, leaving no trace of him.

After disengaging from the world of binary, Jeremy pushes himself up to his feet, panting heavily from the hot sun that is baking him in this heavy oversized hoodie. He gives a loud snuff, then wipes at his face again with his sleeve. He hates nosebleeds.

"Cops are here. The customers are safe. You two should get out of there. You don't want mutants being blamed. Ninja and his friend in the battle van has it under control." Siri's soft, warm motherly voice speaks to Shannon.

Nightingale has posed:
     Shannon lands near Snake Eyes, smiling lightly at him. Craning her neck slightly, she peers a bit more closely at the injury. "Well, at least you can move the shoulder. But please, will you let me help? It'll just take a few seconds." Uh-oh. If Kitty's in earshot, she'll know what this likely means. "Going to be a few seconds yet, Spyder Byte. We'll leggit pronto, I swear."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's motioning to Shannon to get outt of there, no sense being all over the news or in police reports. Or, having Shannon with a hurt neck, yeesh. "Grab hold of me and get us out of here" Kitty calls over. "I'm sure he's got it covered" she adds with a nod to Snake. Great, Shannon hurt is not what Kitty wants. At all.

Snake Eyes has posed:
Looking at Shannon for a moment, Snake eyes shrugs. He's not going to stop her from doing her thing if she wants to. He even begins reaching towards the small of his back where there's a little kit waiting with a tourniquet hanging off beneath it. Might as well use Action Force's medical supplies, right?

Now that things have slowed down Dial-Tone can lean back in her seat and relax. There's still that kid outside the van, though. And he's bleeding. She goes digging in the aid bag kept in the van for a roll of gauze. Once it's in her hands she opens the sliding door and says, "Think fast!" Before throwing it to the youth. "You're going to want to use peroxide to get the blood out of your clothes." Then she ducks back inside and closes the door behind her. Enough being friendly with strangers for right now. Back on the comms she says, "Cops are a couple of blocks away. Doc's on standby."

The zoo people are surprisingly adept at handling such a weird situation. They start moving the more docile bears and drugging those that look like they'll be trouble. The guy in his underwear continues watching the whole thing. When he spots bear man on the ground he yells, "That's the guy that hit me and stole my clothes!" He's very angry.

Snake looks over at Kitty and shrugs, probably aggravating his wound worse. Holding up his little first aid kit he pulls it open to show its contents.

SpyderByte has posed:
Glancing upwards at the sound of the voice, Jeremy freezes for a moment. Was he made? He glances down at the gauze, then back to the van as DT climbs back into it. Hesitantly, he reaches out to pick it off the ground, then brushes a few particles off it as he unwinds it. He gets enough to stick it up into his nostril. He'll at least make use of it. Drawing his hoodie over his face a bit tighter, he shuffles off a bit in his usual slow paced wandering as he aims to find the car they drove up in. He may as well wait for the others.

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     "I can't carry that much in the air yet, Kitty. Leggit out of here, I'll meet you in the parking lot."

     Shannon shakes her head at Snake Eyes, reaching out to close the little first aid kit. "You won't need that." Smiling, she flexes her fingers slightly, resting her hands upon the wound on his shoulder. "Just hold still a moment. This'll just feel a little warm and tingle a bit for a few seconds."

     With that, she closes her eyes and sends a tendril of thought... or was it her life energy?... to touch the edges of the wound. However, her successes prior had run out for the time being. She hisses softly as, while the wound on Snake's shoulder begins to seal itself, flesh and blood vessels knitting together and repairing themselves, a corresponding wound opens on her own shoulder, staining the shoulder of her poet's blouse red.

     When it's done, she pulls her hands away, nodding. "You could still have your friends check you out. But we've got to get out of here." She manages a light smile. "Thank you, yet again." With that, she does indeed follow Kitty out of the zoo, and hopefully, safely home.

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Once he's feeling better Snake Eyes gives a thumbs up to Shannon and nods towards her, quiet as ever as he puts his first aid kit away.

As the group from the mansion departs Snake waves down an arriving police officer, to try to make sure they're not held up. The freshly healed Snake Eyes pulls some form of ID from one of his numerous pouches and holds it up for the cop to examine. Luckily, since he's dressed like a ninja and carrying a machine gun, he has their full attention. The police officer looks like he's about to say something about the girl with the wings after getting a look at Snake's ID, then does a double take, "Sorry sir. How can I help?"

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Sitting at the car is Jeremy, waiting patiently as he listens to the voices in his head as he catches a signal or two. Once he is sure that Shannon and Kitty are safe, he tracks them with the cameras until they are through the exits. With a sigh of relief, he tucks his phone away and disconnects from the world, waving a hand to get their attention. Yes, he's okay and alive.

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     Shannon smiles a little at Kitty and Jeremy as they regroup at the car. She breathes a sigh of relief to see they're both safe. "Good job, both of you." That, spoken with a sheepish smile to Kitty, who is technically the adult here and thus, serving in the position of team lead. That wasn't her job, yet somehow, she had fallen into it naturally. "Let's leggit. Mr. McCoy's not gonna be happy about this..."

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"I'm sure you can work it into a term paper" Kitty says to Shannon then looks to Jeremy, "You did great"h she nods, "Hop in the car and I'll crank up the air conditioning. Question is, both of you. Do we go home, or take our time? Both have pros and cons" she admits. Oh she could really go for something to celebrate a mission well done, even if twas wrong place wrong time for that zookeeper. Kitty opens the car door and pauses, waiting on their answers.

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     "My vote's for home." Shannon's voice is a little tight now, her lips pressed into a thin line. "Got to get to the wellness office or the medbay. My healing factor may be pretty good, but it's not quite as fast as Logan's. Probably going to need this shoulder stitched up." She tries to smile a little, though, looking at them both. "Really good job. But could we go home? Please?"