12424/The Cure: Creatures of the Night

The Cure: Creatures of the Night
Date of Scene:	08 November 2020
Location:	Gotham Zoo, Bay Side
Synopsis:	A bat lady wrecks havok on Gotham zoo, releasing a swarm of bats on terrified onlookers. Various heroes come to the rescue. So do mysterious people dressed in white.
Cast of Characters:	Pixie, Iron Man, Jubilee, Lex Luthor, Ivory, Superboy
Tinyplot:	Mutant Cure

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Pixie has posed:
It's early evening at the Gotham zoo, and while the bigger day animals have mostly gone to sleep, all sorts of nocturnal creatures are starting to come out of the woodwork, so to speak. At one of the underground nocturnal exhibits, it is simply buzzing with activity as numerous viewers have co e out tonight to enjoy a number of new and exciting exhibits at the zoo.

The large underground exhibit consists of wide hallways with numerous glass display cases containing a number of nocturnal creatures such as owls, capybara, ocelots, bats and some larger predators that have access to outside enclosures like the Jaguar.

Its really quite impressive how they have set up their enclosures to mimic nature and Megan strolls along in the spooky half light, peering at this and that in awe, only slightly anxious about the dim lighting.

Iron Man has posed:
Speaking of nocturnal creatures, one of the world's wealthiest men, and New York's most eligible bachelor, is currently walking arm in arm with the daughter of one of Gotham's resident politicians. Like virtually everyone else in Gotham, she seems almost vampirically pale and wears virtually nothing that isn't black. But Tony doesn't seem to mind this.

He's a bit pale himself, to be honest.

"So that's when I realized that the compression ratio was out of whack, and here I'd spent about forty five minutes replacing the fuel cells!" It's not obvious how this is a joke, but Tony laughs any way as he retells some sort of highly technical adventure he's recently had.

The Gotham Socialite laughs along too, her laughter soft and musical, but not very genuine.

The two walk arm in arm through the zoo, pretending not to notice the photographers who keep snapping pictures of them out on a 'cute date.' They're just like regular folks, honest.

"Oh Tony! You tell the funniest stories! I can't wait to introduce you to Papa!"

Behind his thick-rimmed glasses, Tony raises an eyebrow and casts a side eye at the woman on his arm. Clearly, she's gone too far.

Too far.

Jubilee has posed:
Jubilee can't work all the time. So why take the time to go look at some interesting animals? After a day of exploring, she's kind of disappointed that by now a lot of animals are sleeping, but she goes inside to see what's left. "Oh, more?" she says to herself, coming upon one wide hallway herself. "Guess I don't need to leave yet then."

Lex Luthor has posed:
Then there's the 'visitor' who's not a visitor. In the parking lot of the zoo is a black Limo with the US flag, with the logo of LexCorp on the front hood. Mercy is dressed in her standard business dress as she heads inside the zoo on an errand for her boss, chatting with a man at the entry in a whispered conversation.

Inside the Limo, Lex is handling LexCorp business over a computer interface hanging in front of him.

The work is never done, but at least he can get the daily updates out of the way as he waits.

Ivory has posed:
    Gotham zoo might be not the best zoo in the tri state area - that might be Bronx or Metropolis, but it had cats. And a new exhibit with cats. So Ivory was going to look at it, lining up with others. They weren't the tallest, but the white hair did possibly stand out in the crowd, as did the jacket with the playing kitten on the back. And the beany on the head.

    No date for the cat designer tonoght, no boy or girl at their arm. But they had eyes for the cats, working their way over to the ocelots. Oh, they perk ears, the eyes focussing. More than the others. Because in contrast to those, their eyes glowed not just from excitement but from the dim light in the park getting reflected in them.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn peers around this way and that, totally enchanted by the creatures of the night. However when people start muttering and pointing at the celebrity couple, many taking photos shoots of Tony and his date, Megan turns to ogle them as well. Hey, Tony's totally cool and funny (and kinda cute even if he is old..!) and so she pulls out her phone and snaps a shot too!

And then she spots Jubilee and smiles and waves to her. "Hey Jubes! Didn't know you were checking out the zoo too, how you been?"

Meanwhile, another Gothamite woman enters, petite, graceful, dressed in a short black leather mini dress, hooded cloak covering her face and hair as she peers around, moving slowly, deliberately. Briefly, her eyes seem to reflect off of some light, glinting amber and eerily inhuman for a moment, or was it a trick of the light? As she nears the bat exhibit they seem to get unusually excited for some reason, fluttering and thrashing against the glass window as if desperate to get out..

Iron Man has posed:
"Listen, Giselle, you've got a lot of really nice qualities. I mean, just look at that rack... woof! But I think it's important that we don't move too fast, and it's not really fair for me to meet YOUR parents before you meet mine, and mine are dead."

The semi-celebrity couple (Tony's a celebrity, she's not) continues to mosey through the zoo, making their way slowly toward the bat exhibit which is apparently garnering the attention of a bunch of the evening's zoo visitors. The couple continues to smile, but not directly at any cameras. After all, this is a Real Date and not just an attempt to stay trending on social media.

Neither of them would do a cheap publicity stunt.

Although he came with one pasty black-clad Gothamite, Tony finds himself noticing the other once near the bat exhibit. Noticing so much that he gets a sharp elbow in the ribs, which one of the photographers happens to catch. Looks like he'll be trending for the wrong reasons once again.

Jubilee has posed:
Jubilee looks up and runs over to Megan. "Hi!" she calls out, waving as she bounces on up. "So what's going on? Oh him," she snickers, looking over to Tony Stark. "Yeah I'm just, taking a day off. Between training and school work, just not having to worry for a day. You?"

Lex Luthor has posed:
As the whispered conversation is done, Mercy walks up to the entry and heads inside the zoo proper, having already bought her way in earlier for a planned meeting. In the distance Tony and company can be seen by her, but she only takes notice... before heading deeper into the zoo, heading for the meeting point.

She had an appointment to keep.

Outside, Lex remains inside the Limo, checking the time on the computer screen occasionally as he picks up his LexPhone and makes a call.

Ivory has posed:
    Ivory's eyes wander the enclosure of the ocelots in the dwindling light, mostly trying to keep track or a rather feisty individual that is working up and down a branch, almost dancing. In the glass they can spot Tony, only giving him a couple glances, before returning to the cat.

Superboy has posed:
Meanwhile Conner just got to the zoo, and he just realized his cellphone is out of battery. Again. He was supposed to be here twenty minutes ago, but there was an accident just in he outskirts of Gotham and he stopped to lend a hand.

Starktech how have you failed me! (Maybe he should have charged up the Starkphone at some point of the last three days!). Now he needs to find Megan without electronic help.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn smirks at Jubes, lowering her camera, "Ohh about the same, just taking time off of work, training and a break from school, figured I'd try something new..Was supposed to meet Conner here but not sure where he is." she bites her lip as she glances around, though the bat exhibit draws her attention.

"Huh, what's going on over there? They didn't get their feeding yet?" she frowns softly as she watches the creatures, and there sure are a lot if different bats. Big bats, small bats, blood suckers, insectivores..Oh, and the king of all bats, the Spectral bats, huge and raven sized, kept separate from the others.

And while all attention is on the bats, a small explosion is heard, and suddenly the entire building is shrouded in darkness!

Iron Man has posed:
'Small' explosions are probably a near-daily occurence in Gotham, but they only happen to Stark when he forgot to disconnect the fuel cells before checking the compression ratio. Or when violence is about to ensue.

Tony's local celebrity date lets out a squeal and clutches Tony's arm as the entire building goes dark, and Tony looks fairly startled himself. However, he has to play the part of the superhero or his Q score will lower and the Avengers' merchandising division will suffer from reduced golf shirt sales.

Not on his watch.

Tapping the frame of his glasses, Tony's vision shifts to night vision mode, and the HUD pops up to begin feeding him relevant data. He holds his wrist up to his mouth, and calls out to his Trusty AI Co-Pilot.

Not J.A.R.V.I.S., the other one...

"Dummy! Prep the Ultra-Lite and put in a call to whoever is on Monitor Duty tonight. Let's just hope it's not Hawkeye..."

"Mwoop!" The Slightly Less-Trusty AI Fill-In, Dum-E, responds and goes about his asssigned tasks, albeit less adroitly than J.A.R.V.I.S. would have.

"Hey uh... Wednesday Addams!" Tony calls out to the Other Gotham Girl. "Would you mind staying here with my very close friend-girl? I've gotta go do the superhero thing, and she suffers from anxiety."

Jubilee has posed:
Jubilee takes any explosion seriously of course. When the lights go out, she throws up a hand, creating a very light pink orb, illuminating the area around her. "What is that? What's going on?" she blurts out a little loudly. "Is someone trying to blow up the zoo?" She sees that Stark looks at least mildly concerned. "Stark? Can you tell what's going on? Need any help?"

Ivory has posed:
    Ivory ducks down as suddenly something explodes, watching the small cats dart to safety. Their own eyes still are lighted in the low ambient, almost making them a target, just as much as the ocelots that just went into hiding and the Jaguar that took cover in its shelter. Just that, unlike those, Ivory was a human and among the crowd seeking shelter.

Superboy has posed:
Conner was in the way to the bat exhibit when he hears the explosion and see the lights go out. Short circuit, possibly. Gotham is not good with the safety inspections. It doesn't seem very important, but he quickens his pace towards the building to make sure there is no one in trouble and not a fire starting.

Lex Luthor has posed:
As the explosions are heard, Lex looks outside the window, eyebrows frowning just slightly. "I'm going to need to call you back. Something just came up." Lex tells the person on the other end of the line before hanging up. Then, he reaches out and presses the intercom button, giving him a direct link to mercy inside. "The contact can wait. Keep out of the way and find the cause of that explosion. If possible, find me the person responsible."

Inside the zoo, Mercy gives a simple "Yes, Sir." Before she begins to make her way over to where the explosions came from, taking out a head mounted flashlight and placing it as she goes.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn meeeps, peering around and starting to panic as the lights go out. "Ahhh, what's going on? I hate the dark!" she stays close to Jubilee as she scans the crowds, wondering where Conner is. They could really use his help and now she has a bad feeling. Several people are pulling out their mobile phones, creating several points of light in the darkness. The animals, specifically the bats, seem all the more excited and not seeming to mind the darkness at all. Afterall, they are nocturnal creatures..

Speaking of, the the Goth woman just blinks at Tony and narrows her eyes, shaking her head slowly. "Now why would I do a thing like that?" she pulls back her hood then, tossing aside the cloak to reveal massive grey bat wings, pointy ears, fangs and claws. Then without missing a beat she draws in a deep breath, and utters a loud, ear piercing scream that shatters the glass of several nearby exhibits. Mostly the bat exhibits.

Suddenly the air is thick with several dozens of excited swarming bats!

Iron Man has posed:
A bit distracted at the moment, Tony looks quickly at Jubilee, seemingly not finding her to be a very likely source of help during a crisis. And, in Tony's defense, he probably wouldn't be far off of the mark, aside from the fact that she's a Mutant Glitterbomb.

His fancy-pants AI Glasses don't tell him who is and isn't a Mutant Glitterbomb.

"Sure kid... I could use some..."

He never gets to finish his sentence, because right before he can accept Jubilee's offer, the woman has pulled back her hood, and Tony has let out a shriek that's almost as high-pitched as the one the Bat Girl is emitting.

Dum-E shrieks too. Like this:

"MWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!"

"Dummy! Hurry up with the Ultra-Lite!"

There's some sort of audible confirmation, and the casual suit that Tony was wearing begins to get replaced by small, hexagonal pieces of what appear to be red and gold metal. The pieces keep popping up all over his suit and body, looking at first like he got a case of the Skittles.

But quickly, they start to connect together. Let's just hope it happens in time!

Ivory has posed:
    Ivory hunkers down closer to the ground as the scream from the bat woman threatens to deafen them for some moments, hands pressing the beanie down to try to shield the fluffy cat ears it hides, the tapetum lucidum in their eyes looking like a pair of silver disks. What... what was happenign?!

Superboy has posed:
That scream gives Conner pause. Owwww! The disadvantages of super-hearing. And then there is a lot of broken glass and he seems to be hearing Megan's voice too. Which means he was foolish at thinking a 'small explosion' would be something harmless. That never happens in Gotham.

So, he is really quick to run into the exhibit, and likely get a face full of bats. Gotham never disappoints.

Jubilee has posed:
Jubilee cries out at the ... bat-bomb to work against her glitterbomb. "Aaah.. Don't hurt the animals!" she cries, looking between Stark and the bat-girl. She makes her pink torch brighter, or tries to anyway. Trying to light up the entire room bright. "That glass is for their protection more than ours!" Fortunately her light should keep the bats out of her's and Megan's face, right?

Lex Luthor has posed:
As Mercy went along, the bat display had her step dead in her tracks against as she waited to see what was going on... and to give as low of a profile as possible. "I'm not sure what's happening in here, Sir. I'll keep you updated."

Lex, meanwhile, had been keeping an eye out the window at the goings on from outside. "Hope, keep the engine on standby." Lex casually ordered to the driver cabin.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn stands frozen in the spot. Apparently the dark scares her. So do crazy aggressive bats, flying amok! But...She's an Xman first and foremost (Or X-girl!) and she quickly snaps out of it, drawing her soul dagger from her chest, a glowing pink source of light that calms her down a bit.

"Umm alright, everyone remain calm and head for the exits!"which is pretty much what the zoo officials are trying to do as well, waving flashlights as they guide the fleeing crowds towards the exits..

Fortunately, none of these bats have rabies, being domesticated and all. Bats are usually shy too and don't normally just attack humans. Unfortunately, these bats seem to be under some sort of influence, and as people head for the exits, they flock after them, almost like they're herding them in, preventing them from leaving, even lashing out with claws and fangs, viciously attacking without provocation.

"That's right my children! We must punish them for keeping you captive, helpless, trapped for all these years! They will pay for your torment..Destroy them all!" more vicious bats are diving towards Mercy, Conner, Ivory and Jubilee, perhaps momentarily stunned by her light, but they have other means of navigating even in bright light.

Iron Man has posed:
"Aaah!"

Tony tries to swat away the bats from around his head as they attack, bite and scratch at the parts of his skin that still aren't protected by the still-growing swarm of hexagonal metal bits of armor. The swatting is mostly ineffectual, and causes Tony to look a bit like Raoul Duke...

Still, he manages to swat one of them out of the sky. It may be Bat Country, but Tony never got the memo.

"Dammit Dummy! Seal this thing up! I'm gonna have to get vaccinated again!"

As the girls start doing glowy pink things, it starts to get brighter, and the night vision setting on Tony's glasses automatically dims. Of course, in a few seconds the glasses will be sublimated by the armor's systems, if Dum-E ever gets the Ultra-Lite fully assembled...

Ivory has posed:
    Ivory flails as the bats assault them, the mind slipping into what might best be desctibed as feral. Teh fingers distort some as the fingernails fo claws. Not large ones, but enough to hurt and rip fabric - or climb up a tree. But now? They were just aiming to try to rip those pesky bats from the air, while they turned to fight with the back to Jubilee, the blinding lights so much harder on the night sensitie eyes. Nononononononononononononononononononononono! DIE bats die!

Jubilee has posed:
Jubilee uses her left hand, guiding and controlling the big pink spirit bomb over her head, and the right starts making smaller shots. "I don't want to hurt the animals, I hope I can just... stun them. You know like in the movies." she explains before firing off a few multi-colored shots. Very weak, hoping to... just disorient the bats coming at herself and at Megan. "Megan, stay with me... I'm working on the bats, I need you to work on the bat queen. If I can knock down enough bats it should help everyone else here, too."

Superboy has posed:
Conner has to deal with the bats, which are harmless for him, and the people trying to get out, which are also harmless but he can't ignore. So, he gets to hear crazy person telling the bats to destroy 'them all'.

Eh, they are rats with wings. Not up to destroying much. "Megan!" He shouts, when he finally manages to get into the room. He recognizes the glow of the soul dagger. Not so much the other sources of light. "What happened? Who broke all the glass?"

Lex Luthor has posed:
Most people would panic with a swarm of angry bats attacking them... but when you're educated as a tactician, you have a good idea of how to deal with threats... Mercy is a very well equipped bodyguard, despite her dress.

Reaching into a concealed pocket inside her jacket, she takes out a small capsule, shuts her eyes tightly, and throws it at the ground while at the same time looking away.

Anyone looking in Mercy's general direction will be effected by the mini-flash grenade. Hopefully that'll confuse the bats enough for her to get inside a room and into cover.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn blinks at Conner, waving him over. "Conner! looks like the bats have escaped and gone nuts! I think the bat lady is controlling them.." she points to the woman who is already screaming at various zoo officials, stunning some that try to help the bats and fleeing people. She then nods to Jubilee, stepping back once the zoo officials take over in helping people to the exits. However, the bats are causing trouble, and they pull out nets, attempting to catch as many as they can. They'd rather not hurt them if possible.

"Right, if we incapacitate bat lady, hopefully it'll calm the bats down!" now, to figure out how to deal with her. Perhaps she can stun her with her dagger? It's worth a try..And Megan is about to throw it at the Bat lady..When she opens her mouth, uttering another ear piercing scream, with enough force that it blasts Megan back several meters, slamming into the Jaguar display, shattering glass all around her and releasing the large cat..,He looks pretty hungry as he starts to prowl after bats and humans alike..

Fortunately Jubilee's little blasts manage to successfully stun many of the bats who fall to the ground. Ivory manages to claw at many more bats, probably causing many of them considerable harm, the ones that aren't fast enough to dart out of their way. And more are stunned by Mercy's flash grenade.

There aren't as many bats flying around now and at least most people have fled. Which leaves crazy bat lady, stunned bats and stunned zoo officials.

Iron Man has posed:
With a few 'KLUNKS!' and 'KA-SHUNKS!' the Iron Man Mark L Ultra-Lite finally completes sealing and the systems come online. All in all, it was only a few seconds, but the whole idea was that it would be nearly instantaneous. Tony's really going to need to get J.A.R.V.I.S. back if he wants to get back on top of his game.

But for now, he's stuck with what he's got. Poor Dum-E, he tries so hard.

As Iron Man comes online, the eyes begin glowing, as does the Arc Reactor visible in the center of his chest. It adds a bit of light to the area, though he seems intent on keeping the spotlight trained on Bat-Girl.

"You know, I thought you were kind of cute, lady, but I don't do long-distance relationships."

Holding out one of his arms, Iron Man's palm opens up, revealing the glowing Repulsor Cannon on his hand, pointed right at Bat-Girl.

"And you're about to be living Upstate."

Ivory has posed:
    Ivory flails and fights like a savage beast, fingers hitting bats, throwing them around as the claws scratch over the knuckles. There's blood all over the jacket as it rips under the assault of the bats, but the fighting brings them closer and closer to the bat-lady, the fingers hitting her wings. Which means they yank at the wing, trying to land punches and strikes at the batlady. Defense? Nearly none, only the fingers and fists seeking to strike down the batty one. The light makes the eyes narrow, slots. Cateyes. Cat versus Bat.

Jubilee has posed:
Jubilee winces, as she makes her rapid fire shots. "Pew pew pew! Bats I'm sorry, it's not your fault, but when you wake up it should all be better!" she apologizes to the poor animals as she knocks them out cold onto the ground. "Stark, yes! Thank you!" she calls out as Tony goes for the villain. With the immediate threate diminished, she does her best to fire supporting shots to knock down as many other bats as she can harrassing anyone else in the room she can see.

Superboy has posed:
"Bat lady, check, I will... wait!" Conner tries to catch Megan when the sonic blast hits her, but his ears are hit too, and misses his chance. A second later he is at her side, picking her up and trying to prevent the shattered glass to hurt her.

And there is also a jaguar. "Bad kitty," he states, looking at the feline, "get back to your cage." Not likely to obey, it is a cat. So he looks for something to tie it up until the zoo caretakers come to handle it. "Megs, are you okay?" He asks the pink-haired girl.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn is still for a moment or two, but groans and stirs a moment, glancing up at Conner, and smirks, "Heh, gonna take more than that to kill me!" still, at least he protected her from shattering glass shards and she climbs slowly to her feet, a bit bruised but no worse for wear. "Ugh what a pain, let's finish this!"

The Jaguar is pretty hungry unfortunately and confused and anxious with people fleeing and bats screeching. It snarls,hair raised in ends as it prowls towards Megan and Conner. "Easy kitty, no need to attack you!" but she's not sure if it's safe to get to close to a hungry, anxious wild animal, "You'll thank me later." she murmurs as she stabs it with her dagger as gently as possible. It shrieks but then falls to the ground, momentarily stunned.

As Ivory rushes at Bat lady all teeth and claws, she meets them with equal ferocity and speed, shrieking as they claw at her wing, though those wings are tough and it's not enough to draw more than a painful scratch and a light trickle of blood.

Its only when Tony aims his cannon at her that she freezes, hands up. "You wouldn't really use that on an innocent, would you? I only wanted to set my poor brethren free! You should all be ashamed of yourselves, gawking at these beautiful creatures behind glass cages, treating them like prisoners!"

Iron Man has posed:
"Ha! That's what she said."

Inside the thin but superhard shell of his fancy emergency suit, Tony Stark can't help but chuckle. But his voice doesn't come through with Dolby Atmos, the way it does on his normal suits. This one apparently has really small external speakers.

Kind of tinny-sounding too. Must have taken them off an old smart phone.

Looking around at the other assembled heroes, and the girl he was supposedly on a date with, Iron Man seems to be looking for some sort of approval.

"Use that on an innocent? No? Not even a chuckle? I guess it's not the greatest 'that's what she said' ever..."

Still pointing his repulsor cannon at the not that threatening Bat-Girl, Tony sighs audibly through his tinny external speakers.

"No... I guess I won't blast you..." With sudden and alarming speed, his repulsor cannon drops and his other arm swings around as he gets propelled closer suddenly by the suit's magnetic skids, and he drops his Iron-Clad Elbow right down on the top of the woman's head!

"Friggin' hippies."

Jubilee has posed:
Jubilee was about to knock bat queen out, but then Tony takes care of it. She winces, and then fires off a few more shots to knock out any remaining bats that are harassing anyone. Then with a deep breath, she spins the light over her head. "The bats I hit should all wake up just fine. The ones attacked by cats... sorry. Not so lucky," she explains to the first zoo staffer she sees.

Ivory has posed:
    Ivory might not be the mos cooperative fighter, but as Batlady freezes, Ivory slows, the fingers still dug into the girls clothing, entangled, eyes staring her down. At which point Iron Man delivers his smackdown, and should she not go down, Ivory added a headbutt right after, against the nose of the batlady. Should at least disorient her...

...And buy enough time to yank away the legs and pin her to the floor, one cat designer sitting on the Batlady's back, one arm twisted to it. "Stay down..." they hissed into the ear. That's when a bully would stop fighting back. When they were on the ground. Pinned. But would the bat?

The jacket on Ivory looks like she just replayed the blade intro in the slaughterhouse, well, maybe not *that* bloody, but stained from smacked bats and combat, red and black and ripped in a lot of spots.

Superboy has posed:
Conner grabs the cat and puts it back into the cage. Not that it will do much without the glass, but the zoo crew should be here soon. "Well, looks like we got another typical super-people date," he murmurs to Megan. Half the time they get into weird trouble. "Sorry I was late. Do you want to get back to New York or still up for some dinner first?"

Pixie has posed:
Between Tony and Ivory, Bat lady is incapacitated, or at least momentarily stunned and no longer a threat for the time being. By this time, the zoo officials have managed to round up the bats with help from Jubilee and her stun blasts, and with Conner's help and thanks, the Jaguar is returned to his habitat, safe,t locked up in a cage for now. Although they're definitely not happy with Ivory's feral approach, which has costed the lives of at least a few bats while injuring a few more. Still they're too busy maintaining order along with security to deal with Ivory at the moment, although the feral cat is given a few disapproving looks.

By now the place has been evacuated of visitors, leaving just the various heroes. The lights suddenly snap on again, painfully bright perhaps, after all the darkness. "Alright, we'll take it from here!" someone talks through a megaphone and suddenly there are about five people dressed in crisp white suits, some in lab coats as they surround the heroes.

Oh, and they're carrying what look like tranquilizer dart guns, aiming one at each of the heroes. Except maybe Tony Stark. "Have you folks been causing trouble here? Cuz we can't have that.." one of them shoots at Bat Lady and she shudders as the drug rushes through her body. It only takes a minute or two before her wings, fangs and claws just..Melt away, leaving an ordinary human laying in her place. Two officials grab her still unconscious body and drag her away.

Megan frowns, moving towards Jubilee, nodding to Conner and Ivory as well. "We should get going, I get the feeling we're next!" she's already got her hands glowing, readying a teleportation spell.

Superboy has posed:
Conner eyes the white suited spooks with distrust. Technically he is Titan and he has some vague law-enforcement thing. But he is in his civvies and would prefer to keep his face out of the incident. "I don't like it, but Iron Man is here, so I guess he can make sure this is all legit," he comments to Megan.

"Oh right, port away Megs," he sighs, bracing himself for that kick in the gut that is magic energy used on him.

Iron Man has posed:
Checking to make sure that things are legit is one of Iron Man's many superpowers. If there's anyone who will see through the malarkey of these vaguely threatening people in white labcoats, surely it will be the Armored Avenger?

"So... Dr. Arden, was it? You don't mind if I call you Julie, do you?"

Chatting up the most attractive of the people in white labcoats, Iron Man raises the visor on his helmet, exposing his mustache, and the used spaceship salesman smile beneath it.

Julie seems to be impressed.

"Tony Stark, you've heard of me."

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn smiles faintly and nods to Conner, "I guess this date was a bust, but we'll make up for it later?" and nodding to the others, she's already glowing with energy as she says the magic words, porting with her anyone else who might wish to stay away from shady science people brandishing power-stripping darts..

The white coats arch a suspicious brow at the mutant girl and her allies as they're whisked away but make no attempt to follow them for now. The bat lady is taken into custody and Dr Aden steps towards Tony with a nod and slight smirk, "Nice work, Mr Stark, you've managed to capture one of the escaped meta criminals. We will assure she doesn't cause anymore trouble.."